No more taxi cab marriages … sad day in middle east
Yesterday was one of the first good steps towards recovery of this Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Federal court determined that the CNMI government has no basis for the law barring alien workers working in certain job categories such as taxi cab driver, secretary, bookkeeper, accounting clerk, messenger, receptionist, surface tour boat operator, bus driver, including tour bus drivers, and telephone switchboard operator. Now the question at hand is, what would happen from this decision, will the CNMI government sweep it under their rug and ignore it. Or make swiping changes to its labor practice including the retarded law of 20% of your work force must be of local or IR work force. I have to say I feel sorry for all the Middle Eastern guys who married local girls just to get their IR status to drive a taxicab. I believe me the local girls they married were not … um cream of the crop. Have you actually seen the break down of how many actual local people drive taxicabs compare to foreigners driving taxicabs?
On a sadder note, one of Saipan landmark store is shutting down its operation after six decade of doing business on the island. ESCO’s bake house, located in Capital Hill is shutting down, I am going to miss their apigig, and other local delicacy not found anywhere else on this island.
