No Mass Exodus of Teachers, Says
I = 'I ~ ~- ~ , . ., \J ,.~ Vol. 23 No. 'F -d D b" 16 l'994"· Saipan, MP 96950.' .. 50'¢ ©1994 Marianas Variety '.' '. ,. ay· ecem er , .' .Serving CNMI for22 Years' . '. .' . , . workerfee surtax, halfofthe percentage rate dent worker. With about 25,000 He said he will' only rescind fee, stiff as ir may seem to the he wants. non-resident workersin the Com such a regulation ifthe approved business community, is a lot more Given that, the chiefexecutive monwealth, the fees collected at tax reform measure could raise at "conservative" compared to what said he would immediately pur such a rate could amount to over least$25 million in additional rev the governor earlier planned on sue a plan to raise the worker fees. $5 million. enues. doing. Currently, the fee charged for Tenorio in an earlier press con According to the governorthen, An earlier interview with Gov alien labor applications, new and ference said a new set of regula the additional amount to be raised ernor Tenorio had the chief ex renewals, is at $200 per non-resi- tions is justabout ready for imme with the worker fee hike would be ecutivedisclosing plans of raising diate promulgation if and when' used mainly to retire the deficit, the fee up to $1,000 per worker, the tax reform proposal thatcomes while operations will be funded not only as a means to raise rev out of the Legislature fails t6 gen by regular tax collections. enues but also to discourage hir- erate at least $25 million. The $500 non-resident worker Continued on pagei9 Froilan C.
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