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Worker restrictions put construction at risk on Guam

16:05 pm on 31 January 2019

Guam is facing a crisis in its civilian construction sector due to a labour shortage caused by new US federal restrictions on Filipino workers.

The removal of the Philippines from the US H-2 temporary worker programme means only military construction projects will have access to skilled workers from their closest Asian neighbour.

Dominic Godfrey reports.

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A Filipino construction worker in Guam Photo: Twitter/ @NEHgov