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UNIVERS17Y Of HAWAII LIBRARY----... arianas %riety~~~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 \:,~ ""'' ...· ~U.)':·:,,~; i~';~;J'':: §\ .• c;r~::·:, ',' .~' '1".>[t];~~is~1~ :Jifr;]r~f!.:f gf i~?:;~i·,f .:Pt:;:.'~~:~t~~ ::f~~:~:!.~. ::7~.· '~:;<· Article 12 case vs DFS is dismissed Manglona dropped the lawsuit filed by Joaquin L.G. Tudela against the Commonwealth In-' vestment Co., Inc., DFS Saipan Ltd., and Lino B. Fritz. The case was dismissed with prejudice after considering the parties' stipulation. · The parties agreed that all of Tudela's causes of action and CIC's and DFS' counterclaims against plaintiff and DFS' cross John A. Manglona claim against CIC will be dis missed with prejudice. Each party has to pay his or its By Ferdie P. de la Torre own costs and attorneys' fees, the Variety News Staff stipulation signed by lawyers THE SUPERIOR Court has dis Vicente T. Salas, Rexford Kosack, missed an Article XIl case filed in William Blair, and Brian 1992 against Duty Free Shoppers McMahon, counsels for Tudela, Saipan, Ltd. and other defendants DFS, qc and Fritz respectively, following an agreement among said. the parties involved in the case. Salas in Tudela's complaint SHE'S HERE. First Lady Sop~ie Tenorio huddles with Dr. C~iaki Mukai, ~he wo~ld's first female Japanese iFaisao~want;•·prit!e·,Associate Judge John A. Continued on page 23 astronaut upon the latter's amva/ yesterday afternoon at Sa,pan lnternat,onal Alfport. Photo by Marian Maraya · lj gu1 t ·.· '·., ii re .... · a ory~ .. ~g~p.~y > '.1 By Jojo Dass · · '. By Haldee V. Eugenio green ... and now that dream has Saipan, Mukai had already ex :l Variety News Staff · , · Variety News Staff come true ... The people here are pressed willingness to see as many 1i REPRESENTATNE Melvin WHO WOULD have thought that wonderful,,; Mukai told the throng local CNMI residents, students ~ 0. Faisao is looking into estab setting foot on an island like of people who warmly welcomed and nurses, as well as taste indig ij lishing ·a price control regula~ Saipan is a dream come true for her shortly after his 3 p.m. arrival enous cuisine and visit local morn ) torybodythatwiHmonitorpric Dr. Chiaki Mukai, the world's at the Saipan International Air and pop stores. ~ ing trend of basic commodities first Japanese female astronaut? port. "I am looking forward to meet \ and keep it at reasonable levels. Mukai, together with Hideshi Upon her arrival, Mukai was ing as many people here as pos ) In an interview, Faisao at the Kozawa, director of the National escorted by CNMI government sible," Mukai said during a short . same time said the Attorney Space Development Agency officials led by Gov. Pedro P. General's Office is looking into interview with reporters and chil (NASDA), Washington DC of Tenorio, First Lady Sophie dren. ' the possibility ofhiring an "out fice, arrived yesterday afternoon Tenorio, Washington Resident side legal counsel" to represent Melvin 0. Faisao Gov. Tenorio presented a sym for a three-day stay on Saipan. Rep. Juan Babauta. bolic "Key to the CNMI" to the CNMI in case the govern The astronaut will be the key Officials of the Marianas Visi- · Mukai, who said later on that she . ment opts to join Guam in the probe on the matter . note speaker at the American Pa tors Authority, Japanese children, will be coming back to Saipan. · legal.action filed against ship "I am working with AGO, cific Nursing Leaders Council students of the Hopwood Junior "I have the key to the CNMI; I ~ i) ping companies for alleged and the finance and commerce Conference (APNLCC) which High School, representatives from will be back," she said. '. overcharging. departments. So far AGO has will kick off today, and at the the Commonwealth Health Cen In his message, the governor Faisao said he will be coordi initiated talks with my office commencement exercises of ter and other spectators lined up at noted Japan and the CNMI's n·ating with various CNMI gov where we are· just looking at Hopwood Junior High School. the airport yesterday to get a friendship ties and economic co ernment agencies, including the hiring an outside legal counsel "I always have a fascination glimpse of the astronaut before operation. Departments of Finance and to represent us in case that we with islands especially the North proceeding to a short Hafa Adai "When you are out there in outer · Commerce as well as the ports might bring the shipping liners ern Marianas. I always dream of greeting party. space, please remember to look ;. authority, as part of an ongoing Continued on page 23 . ... ·-·~- -'."."·-:··•·. ~··· ·····: -;-: ...__ _ . -, .· .• ..:· -.. -. :· . ·- ··- :·~·· -· :· ._ -.. -·- - -- .~:-- .. lagoons, brilliant beaches, lush Long before her arrival to Continued on page 23 ~.··· .· ·;;;;-•,•....- ··-·-. • . - .. -··-··-« - .· ....·:: .... " ..-..:~:.-~.'. :·_:, .. i NAP to food stamp recipients: Find jobs !! 1 of 6 crewmen in alien . ~ •· By Aldwin A. Fajardo ferred by NAP to the Department in food production activities. fl , VarietyNewsStaff ofLaborandlmmigration(DOLI) "Activities like farming and t! smuggling pleads guilty ji THE GOVERNMENT'S Nu- in 1998 have been either hired or fishing, however sm.all~scale, lj By Ferdie de la Torre fj trition Assistance Program is are actively seeking employment. would both help max1m1ze the j Variety News Staff Ii actively encouraging food The remaining 110 food stamp clients' NAP benefits and assist ONE OF six boat crewmen charged in connection with smuggling ; stamp recipients to seek em- recipients who failed to comply them to be less dependent on 141 undocumented immigrants to Guam last April pleaded guilty ployment due to the apparent with the work registration had publicassistance,"Tenoriosaid .. during Friday's hearing in federal court. increasing number of low-in- been deleted from the NAP par- The number of actual indi- Jin Hua Lin and court-appointed counsel Joshua Berger signed a come Northern Marianas resi- ticipation. victual recipients increased by plea agreement with the US govemrnent represented by Assistant dents who depend on the state- Gov.PedroP. Tenorio said NAP 4.4 percent from 3,287 in 1997 US Attorney Kevin Seely. provided incentive. is intensifying its efforts to en- to 3,439 last year. During the Lin admitted committing attempted alien smuggling to a place According to a report released courage the private sector to pro- October 1998-April 1999 pe- other than at a designated port. by the Office of the Governor, vide NAP clients with job train- riod, food stamp recipients grew US District Court for the NMI Judge Alex R. Munson accepted the 214 or 66 percent of the total ing and employment, while also by 18 percent to 4,50 I. plea and set the sentencing on Sept. 16. 324 food stamp recipients re- enticing local residents to engage · Continued on page 23 Continued on page 23 PAC NEWSPAPER STACKS ·,·,·, • 1 . ' -, \ 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- JUNE 14, I 999 ,=--~--:-------=================M~ONDAY,JUNE 14, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 Despite class suit Hillblom tax money may , war rages Garment exports post only pay for past debts )'; sidered as fiscal year 1998 or 1999 . d. revenue, and should therefore be By HEMA SHUKLA the road linking Srinagar, the eated on the maps by the mili 0 ., I used for the government's past DRAS, India (AP) - Indian summer capital of Indian Kash tary authorities of the two coun ·•. l growth in 1st quarter and current obligations. mir, and Leh on the Chinese tries in 1972. troops captured a key mountain ·J~ The administration and the Leg border. Aziz said it was not clearly By Aldwin R. Fajardo effects of the billion-dollar class peak overlooking India's north The CNMI government, islature were hoping that the tax ern highway Sunday, in a fero Pakistan denies Indian charges marked on the ground. Variety News Staff action suit against the local gar however, is not taking the issue could be used for fiscal year 2000, cious all-night battle that began its army is involved, and says the "I have no illusions of resolv SAIPAN'S garment manufac ment sector but empha,sized that lightly as it starts exploring the which starts on October l , Reyes as India and Pakistan ended un fighters are indigenous Kashmiri ing the current difficulties in a turing industry remains unfazed all indications are pointing to possibilities of tapping other said. successful talks to end the fight freedom fighters. d~'s visit to New Delhi," Aziz by the celebrated billion-dollar lower orders from mainland buy investments that would replace But because of the number of ing that has killed hundreds of On Saturday, Pakistani For said after the talks. He was op class action suit filed against ers, thus, lower revenue for the the islands' second largest rev appropriations enacted that are combatants, officers on the front eign Minister Sartaj Aziz held a timistic there would be more majorityofitsmembersandtheir Commonwealth. enue-generating sector. not yet funded, Reyes said the said. day of talks in New Delhi, but talks, but Indian newspapers mainland buyers, as the CNMI A numberof garment manufac The garment industry has Hillblom tax is "technically gone." failed to defuse the crisis that reported Sunday that Singh re government reported growth in turing companies on Saipan have Indian troops breached the sum been expected to pull out of the Kar: T. Reyes "I'm now looking at all these has aroused worldwide concern jected an invitation to make a apparel exports during the first reported a dramatic decline in or mit ofTololingPeak at 6 am (0030 CNMI in seven years when the By Zaldy Dandan appropriation laws to check ifwe return visit to Islamabad next quarter of the year.