GARAPAN, Saipan – Filipino workers in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) are now subject to US Social Security and Medicare taxes because of the federalization of CNMI immigration.

Filipinos in United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) whose immigration statuses are still in limbo have asked the US for humanitarian parole so that they could remain in CNMI.

Philippine authorities have noted a sharp increase in the number of Filipino workers in the Marianas applying for Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) membership.

Hundreds of jobless Filipinos in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) have until November 27 this year to find a new employer or face deportation from the United States territory.

Nearly 400 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saipan availed of free health screening conducted by Philippine officials there, with the help of a Filipino volunteer medical team.

Citing requests from the Filipino community, Philippine officials in Saipan have set new working hours to improve services to Filipinos there.

Friendship month proclamation kicked off preparations for the marking of the 113th Philippine Independence Day in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said over the weekend.

SUSUPE, Saipan – The last of three defendants who bludgeoned to death a Filipino security guard in Saipan nearly three years ago was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

GARAPAN, Saipan — A United States lawmaker has introduced a bill seeking to grant a new immigration status to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and other foreigners with US citizen children in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) as of May 8, 2008.

GARAPAN, Saipan — The US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has closed 283 labor cases and appeals that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have filed in recent years.