THE
COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS (CNMI)
(SOURCE: Araceli Maraya,
former labor attaché of Saipan; Currently Acting
Head, Household Workers Name Hire Unit, Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration)
I. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
OF THE CNMI
Saipan: capital
Tinian: Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino
Rota: famous golf course in Pacific
White beaches like
Boracay
*5-star hotels and golf courses
*scuba diving, sky diving
Tourism
· Intensification of
tourist promotion to Japan, Korea and China
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· Penalty of hurting tourists greater than hurting
a resident
· Tourists are Japanese,
Korean, and Chinese
FILIPINO OFWS IN CNMI:
· 13,000 OFWs
· in hotels, golf courses, restaurants, tourist-related
establishments
· affected by Asian economic crisis: nurses, doctors,
accountants, engineers, chefs
LABOR
OPPORTUNITIES:
· Construction of infrastructure for tourism and
tourist-related programs
· Tinian hiring workers for another casino and golf
course
· Move to lift moratorium in hiring of alien workers…
· Need to replace OFWs who migrated to Australia,
Canada, and US
· Better salary and conditions than working in the
Middle East
· Fast turn-over of qualified nurses to the US
· More Filipino-US investors from US mainland investing
in CNMI
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