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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Amazon.com Inc on Friday called for an election re-run after workers at a New York City warehouse voted to create the company’s first U.S. union, saying that the U.S. labor board and worker-organizers suppressed turnout. The Amazon Labor Union rejected the allegations mad…

(NMC) — In its efforts to promote sustainability in the Marianas, the CNMI Small Business Development Center at the Northern Marianas College in partnership with the CNMI Department of Lands and Natural Resources-Division of Agriculture and the CNMI Department of Commerce provided assistance to loc…

(Press Release) — At the Saipan Chamber of Commerce’s general meeting on April 6, 2022, the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers Co-Chairmen Gov. Ralph DLG Torres and Jerry Tan, along with Domestic Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sablan, presented their 2021 Annual Report to the chamber membershi…

(NMC) — Mariana Lighthouse is the latest company to sign on as a Northern Marianas College ProaPerks Partner, joining many other businesses and organizations. All card-carrying members of the NMC ProaPerks program can now receive a 15% discount (not applicable on special promotions or other discoun…

The American Red Cross recently conducted outreach at Joeten Super Store during two Friday events. At the outreach, volunteers talked with customers about disaster preparedness and provided informational materials. Joeten Superstore provided free tarps as give-a-ways to encourage residents to be re…

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Five airlines so far have applied for a chance at a $100-per-seat subsidy under the Guam Visitors Bureau’s restarted airline incentives program that has a budget of $1.7 million for April. This was among key topics at Tuesday’s meeting of GVB’s Air …

THE Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands reported 21% average occupancy rate among its 12 member hotels for March 2022, compared to 7.25% average occupancy in March 2021. A total of 9,655 of 41,093 available room nights sold during March 2022, compared to 2,495 of 34,421 available room…

9-ELEVEN Resto Bar, which serves a variety of food and drinks, has opened a new branch on Beach Road in Garapan near the former Tony Roma’s/Capricciosa restaurants. The bar’s manager, Edwin Maratas, said one of their bands,  Groove Theory, will perform nightly in Garapan while another band, Kwerdas…

(Reuters) — Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard on Tuesday said she expects methodical interest rate increases and rapid reductions to the Fed’s balance sheet to bring U.S. monetary policy to a “more neutral position” later this year, with further tightening to follow as needed. &#…

(Reuters) — Amazon.com Inc has secured 83 rocket launches over five years to put together a satellite constellation, called Project Kuiper, to beam broadband internet, the e-commerce giant said on Tuesday, as it looks to take on Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starlink. The deals were inked with Eur…