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The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division do not prohibit young people from working. Children 13 years old or even younger can get work but if you are below 18, you cannot just work anywhere and anytime. Here are some guidelines provided by the Occupational Safety and Health Administratio…

Electrical engineer by profession, Jun Lee has been engaged in the aquarium business for decades now. At an early age, Lee said he found satisfaction in fishing so much so that he would make it a habit every summer. Now at 42, the electrical engineer and court translator from South Korea said he ha…

Reynaldo Belgado, a hairstylist/makeup artist at the Hair Dimension salon on Middle Road starts a regular workday at 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. seven days a week. He deftly juggles his unique mix of work tools—a pair of scissors and make-up kit and his Canon SLR camera with its accessories as a professio…

As a housewife, Dee Clayton, a resident of Kagman says that she designs and creates fashion jewelry including earrings, bracelets, necklaces and other trinkets as a mere hobby. “I love jewelry. I love making and wearing them and I am always amazed when I find people like my designs and want to buy …

After a year of research, planning and experimentation, Mary Susan Cruz, owner of Susan’s Creations, a company on Tinian that has gained popularity here and abroad for its line of preserved hot pepper and other local souvenir items has finally released five local fragrances that have been getting r…

With the goal of providing safe and high quality water for drinking as of utmost importance, RWGS Corp. president Sung Moon Cho said he knows that Rota is just the right source for pristine and high quality water suitable for drinking. With this in mind, Cho said that his company did not hesitate t…

Kathryn Hodgson, vice president and secretary of Hodgson Enterprises Inc., told the Variety she found it hard to believe she was Saipan’s winner in the Pacific Island-wide Anchor Milk’s promotion. “I’m very happy because this is really unexpected,” Hodgson said. She said her husband James loves to …

In his message for the June newsletter, Saipan Chamber of Commerce president Doug Brennan said  very little work has been accomplished in surveying and establishing prevailing wage rates here in the CNMI. “The chamber wants to assist the CNMI Labor Department that has began to accept applications f…

Juggling and balancing his time to work and assist on the different marketing strategies between all the Triple J Saipan’s businesses which includes  Triple J Motors, Hertz Rent-a-Car, Triple J Five Star Whole Sale Foods, Triple J Super Fresh Market, and Tony Roma’s and Cappricciosa Restaurants is …

Relish the comfortable feeling as your feet sink into the blue and green soft, rubber mattress on the floor and watch the joy erupt on your children’s faces as they crawl in the rubber tunnels, bounce up and down in the rubber trampoline, hop for rides in the mini-carousel, and have the best times …