© 2007 Marianas Variety
Published by Younis Art Studio Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Email : mvariety@pticom.com

A school bus picks students up from Kagman Elementary School on Friday. The governor says $2 million in federal Compact-Impact money will be allotted for the repair and rehabilitation of school buses.Photo by Mark Peñaranda

News Headlines

957 to lose jobs if PSS budget is cut by 15.5%
THE Public School System yesterday informed the Legislature that a 15.5 percent, or $5.9 million, cut in its current budget will result in the laying off of 957 staff members effective June 10 for the remainder of the fiscal year....(Full Story)

Cohen: White House cleared my statement on NMI immigration
DEPUTY Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs David B. Cohen says his Feb. 8 statement to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on CNMI immigration “was thoroughly cleared by the...(Full Story)

Quitugua says NMC unwisely spent money on off-island applicants
VICE Speaker Justo S. Quitugua says Northern Marianas College should start looking at its priorities and stop the practice of spending money “unwisely.”....(Full Story)

IT
GUAM EDITION

Vice Speaker Eddie Calvo, R-Maite, left, gestures during the roundtable discussion on the government of Guam’s finances yesterday, while Sens. Jesse Lujan, R-Tamuning, center, and Adolpho Palacios, D-Ordot/Chalan Pago, listen. The finance, taxation, commerce and economic development committee chaired by Calvo expressed frustration that administration officials could not answer whether the new revenue enhancement and cost containment measures promulgated by Gov. Felix P. Camacho’s executive order would be included in the fiscal year 2008 budget.Photo by Paul Blas

Local News — Guam