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Top stories this month:
- RSF patrol vessel Tigress intercepted
a boat load of illegal immigrants in the waters off
Cowichan Bay. The passengers, thought to be economic
migrants from British Columbia, will be held pending
repatriation to Canadian authorities.
- Prince Edwin opened the fall session
of Parliament this week. He announced his government's
intention to extend medical benefits to guest workers,
provide additional tax relief to technology start-up
firms and upgrade the south coast zeppelin cargo
ports.
- Parliamentarians from all the
Commonwealth nations will convene in Victoria this month.
The conference, to be hosted by PVI's Prime Minister Yin,
will focus on ways of increasing citizen participation in
public policy.
- According to third quarter reports,
the unemployment rate in the Prinicipality has dropped
below 2 per cent. The growing number of job vacancies in
the service sector is expected to increase pressure for
wage hikes or a relaxation of the guest worker
regulations.
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