Koblerville Tragedy
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII LrnRA"RY arianas %riety;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 '&1 evvs Agreement on Koblerville tragedy public purpose By Ferdie de la Torre The Variety gathered that the boarded th.e truck to buy some- The family then transported expenditures Variety News Staff grandmother was not arrested thing from a store. the girl to CHC where the girl TRAGEDY struck in but police placed the case under While backing up the truck later died. By Jojo Dass Koblerville when a pickup truck further investigation. from th~ house, the grandmother The Variety learned that the Variety News Staff driven by a woman ran over her Initial investigation showed reportedly stopped as she girl's father was killed earlier AN AGREEMENT has. been two-year-old granddaughter Fri that prior to the accident, Borja thought she ran over a dog. She this year while reportedly hav- reached between the adminis day morning as the vehicle and her grandparents had break was shocked when she saw it ing a vacation in the Philippines. tration and key government of backed out of their home. fast in the house while her was her granddaughter. Ten years ago, the ficials on the need to enact leg Ayanna Eusavia Castro Borja mother took shower at about 8 After learning of the incident, grandmother's I 0-year-old son islation amending the law on died six hours later at the Com a.m. the mother went out from the died at the same house when he the use of taxpayers' money for monwealth Center due to head After a few minutes, the house and clutched her blood- fell down while playing on a public purpose, the Variety injuries. grandmother went outside and ied daughter. monkey bar. learned. !(•"-=--===-~ .~-=~-===:.-•·T~· ii According to a memorandum sent by acting Attorney Gen Palacios confirms meeting eral Maya B. Kara to House Ii Staff told to observe ! legal counsel Steve McKenzie, with US Congress staffers Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio, along [: DPH's betel nut ban ~ with Senate President Paul A. By Jojo Dass I-' q Manglona (R-Rota), House • By Haidee V. Eugenio i· Variety News Staff I: J .Speaker Diego T. Benavente TINIAN Rep.-elect Norman S. ·· Variety News Staff. , (R-Saipan), Finance Secretary Palacios yesterday said he is now WHILE public health staff are Lucy DLG. Nielsen and Kara ' supporting Rep.-elect Benigno expected to know better when it herself, have agreed that the R. Fitial (R-Saipan) for House . comes to health and hygiene, Legislature "will entertain a bill speaker because ofFitial' s "con ' the Department of Public Health to amend Public Law I 1-84. •· nections" in Congress, which, (DPH) is having a hard time The bill wiH seek to "ratify ensuring its employees adhere he added, could help boost eco i, and authorize ·the payment of nomic growth on T'inian and i to its own policy that bans smok expenditures made and submit / ing and chewing betel nut within Rota. I ·.ted prior to the effective date of Palacios, in a phone interview, 1 its premises. amendment, with an exception said Rep.-elect Stanley T. Torres Benigno R. Fitial I'. In a memorandum issued on for certain obviously improper is another factor that made him [' Thursday, Public Health Deputy Ned Arriola 1: expenses." reconsider his earlier decision were at least two U.S. congres . Secretary Ned Arriola urged all f, The bill would also ''further to endorse Rep. Heinz S. sional aides who were on Tinian I: staff to "adhere strictly" to ba- Public Health were found with fi clarify the intention of the Leg Hofschneider (R-Saipan). and Rota to ''look for projects" \; sic hygiene and cleanliness at betel nut stains and other traces .\ islature as to permissible ex Torres has been ·'trying to kill" that may be implemented there. j their respective working sites. of unsanitary practices. f] penses." i Arriola said a report submit- "I am very concerned and fl Tinian and Rota, Palacios said, He did not name them, but added t Kara, in that memorandum, apparently referring to the law that their presence ''indicated" i ted to Health Secretary Joseph annoyed when our Secretary of r offered draft language for the Kevin Villagomezand_rrepared ~ealth reminded me in address- \ suit challenging the number of Fitial 's influence in Congress. ~ 1 ratification portion of the pro Senate seats currently allocated He said the visit "helped in 1; by DPH housekeepmg staff ing this menacing and unsani- t! posed amendment in which she to the islands. making me change my mind." r: documented that majority of the tary practice especially when, 1; stated that any amendment offices within the Division of Continued on page 26 (! Palacios also confirmed there Continued on page ts :! Continued on page 26 Li_-:..:·:-:--·.:::_:::::...:..:...-::=--=-.::.:.-:::=:~ .. -::::· __-:··· .:,:•. :.-:. -··-=::: --= .:·.~- =--====--==:· .. :::-: -~ --~:::...7~:.~ -~...::::::::-.:.:: .:....:.:.... --:.,:-0:.:.....:-..:::::-~~::::.::.:i NMI arrivals Earthquake increase by 5% rattles Guam By Haidee V. Eugenio By Eric F. Say Variety News Staff Variety News Staff TOURIST arrivals went up by HAGAT'."JA -- :\n c:arthquakc 5.54 percent to 41 .480 in Novem measuring 6.1 on the Richter scak ber as a result of the continuous rocked the island yesterday al economic recovery in the CNMI' s around IO a.m. two prime markets. Japan and .. .:.:.,.,•;,: The· National Earthquake Cen South Korea, preliminary figures r}, ',. "··,, ter in Colorado classified the from the Marianas Visitors Au quake as a major event. thority (MY A) showed. No major damage or injuries The Japanese yen's strength were reported but merchandise in ··~ versus the dollar. which resulted 11,;,, grocery stores and items on in greater Japanese consumer con shelves in households came crash fidence. and additional charter • ;"11· ing down. i.' flights fuelled the growth for the One woman in Latte Heights :/1 second month of fiscal year 2000. '1 said she was standing in her November's arrival figure is ' kitchen when she felt a sudden . also much better than the previ jolt and crystal drinking glasses ous month's 40,941 visitors. were thrown from her cupboard. For the second consecutive ·. { ..} .' ... ,' . According to Guam Civil De ·-' .. ·..·.·.,·.· .· ·.'\;··...•.: month, Japan posted an increase ··: ~,\1 ' • fense spokesman Charles Ada, the .., '· ~ ·. in arrival figures. From 29,499 in National Earthquake Center November 1998, the figure ·.: placed the epicenter 35 miles ~ f climbed to 31,698 last month, (~ south/southwest of Hagatfia at a marking a seven percent increase. Schoo/kids from Mt. Carmel School garbed in Christmas costumes perform the finale number during the depth of 40 miles. Continued on page 2-6 school's annual Christmas program Friday at the American Memorial Park's Amphitheater. Continuecfon page 26 P1\C N[vV$PAPER STACKS MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- DECEMBER 20, 1999 Accused o_f violating Vienna Convention Report: Children in Japan to stop use of i MOX for reactors I !J AGO defends police1nan SYDNEY (Pacnews) -· Envi men ts condemning the shipment, f !1 back seat dangerous ronmental group Greenpeace including Fiji, Solomon Islands, r. Ferdie de la Torre fails because Article 36 of the Liban, was arrested and ques charges and that any statements in which the PDO, counsel for a Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. r Variety News Staff Friday welcomed the Japanese ; Vienna Convention applies only tioned by a police officer last Feb. she made could be used against defendant, argued that a DPS LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chil of the danger for three decades, last December that its 32-year-old Industry Ministry's (MIT!) de Greenpeace also protested at its THE A TIORNEY General's Of when a foreign "national...is ar 3 over a theft case on Tinian. her in court. officer's failure to advise a de dren riding in the back seat of a but have not reached a decision requirementforseat strength, called cision to postpone fuelling of departure from Sellafield and I fice has denied that a police of rested or committed to prison or Hartig argued thatLiban 'sstate The defendant Lynch said, was tained suspect of his rights under car risk severe in jury and death on what to do, the report said. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Stan nuclear reactors with MOX arrival in Japan. ficer violated the Vienna Con to custody pending trial or is de ments made during the interview also advised she has "right stop Article 36 of the Vienna Conven from front seats that may snap American car companies have dard 207, is not adequate to prevent (mixed uranium and plutonium "The plutonium MOX foe.I 'I vention in questioning a Filipina tained in any other manner." with the officer should be sup talking or answer." tion should result in suppression backward in rear-end collisions, been sued hundreds of times by seat back collapse. oxide) that was transported business is a last ditch attempt f. without calling the Philippine Liban was not arrested or held pressed on the ground that she AsetofLiban 's fingerprints was of his incriminatin!! statements. : I the Los Angeles Times reported families of victims who were The standard requires that the through the South Pacific earlier by the nuclear industry to cover Consulate. in custody last Feb. 3, said Lynch was not informed of her right to taken from her on a standard DPS In that case, Lyn~h said, Supe yesterday. killed or injured in accidents in upper part of the seat back resist a this year. up the folly of nuclear repro Chief Prosecutor Kevin Lynch as he asked the Superior Court to contact the Consulate as required booking and property record, ac rior Court Associate Judge Juan The danger is documented in volving collapsing seat backs.