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.. UNJVERSIJY 0~ HAWAII LIBRAR'( arianas %riet.r;;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 b'&1 US Commission's -recommendation: 'Green cards for . GOVERNOR PedrOP. Tenorio qualified OCWs' 1 By Aldwin R. Fajardo Marianas ...CNMI must come to meet the standards for a family Variety News Staff grips with the presence of long based or employment-based per <: CITING "serious immigration term residents who have no .po manent visa if in another US ter~ !flllf, yesterdayidentifi~;~ef.iYe'as - problems" in the Northern litical rights," the report said. ritory would be eligible for per •Sue: ~ingh-Baiiies (busirie~s), Mariana Islands, the US Congres Providing an avenue to perma manent residence. in the CNMI Lunimie. Bernr11dez;(yolith .. af.: s-created, bi-partisan Commission nent residence for those who meet and would be on a "citizenship '.fairs),: Kurt Burldi*1:(tounsin on Immigration Reform (CIR) is the standards in US immigration track." andtrade),Davef;cret:(t~lecorn~. recommending the granting of Jaw would help redress this situa The Northern Marianas, a group . rtmnicatloris ·aiia ·.utilities)Aind: .. permanent resident status to quali tion, the report said. of 14 islands north of Quam in the Er.i'c,.Giiman;'.(inv1i~riiJieµt'a{ .. last month_ dunng a purge of fied contract workers oh the is "It is better to have aliens enter Western Pacific, became a US lands. ing as permanent residents and island Commonwealth in 1976. ;·tttgt:~~~%~ti~~itii}i .'·•. ~1~~~:31,, executive branch of-_ CIR, in a report released to becoming citizens rather than be From 1947, the islands had been anno.un.c,e.cJ/~e,;~ppo.ip~aj~n.t:or.: :: In: reappoint.ing . Htiriter, · Af coming a longsterm underclass," under US administration as a part Saipan reporters· by Insular iQI~ri~J:Iµri(~rsas:~q_tiijgJi¥,~i~,}i .. 'I'enotio descrjbedher as~ "very.·' fairs Director Allen Slayman, the CIR report said. of the United Nations Trust Terri ; assistiuitfor."' ro' ~ amsiuiale' fsf:\ :LvallUl.bJe asset," :ad din ·'that 'he · called for urgent attention to the· The immigration body e·x tory of the Pacific Islands. CNMI's "severe" problems with plained that this provision of le Stayman said the law extend its immigration policies. gal permanent status to qualified ing US .sovereignty delegated to "Having embarked on an im alien workers is consistent with the CNMI the authority to set its migration program that has US traditions regarding immigra own immigration and minimum 1.Mi!lltifir!iti;ilifii: :< She was.asked tc)'I:esig_r(ho~+ -~;" 'check ff 0goy~riimentempl6y~: brought thousands of foreign con tion. wage policies, ever;· C.~nilnu~ ~" page tract workers to the Northern Under this, aliens who would =c-o-n~ti-n-ue-d~o-n_p_a_g_e""'2'""0 bf the·-~~i1:>u~ go~¢frior · ·. .. ; 20:: DEQ probes outbreak of 'deadly' star-fish species By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff THE C.N.M.I Marine Monitoring Team will start investigating today a reported outbreak of a dead! y kind of starfish called crown of thorns. · Susan Burr, marine biologist from the Division of Environmental Quality who heads the team, said the investigation will be made following reports from private divers about the sightings of the crown of thorns starfish in Obyan Second Reef. The team, composed ofpersonnel from the DEQ, the Coastal Resources Management, and the Northern Marianas College, will go to the site today, Burr said. "We 'II go out to determine how bad the problem is," she explained. Burr said the crown ofthorns starfish eats corals and is poisonous. It is the first reported outbreak of this kind of starfish in Obyan. In 1969, the Saipan Lagoon was afflicted with this stmiish scourge, which damaged the reefs there. 'fh; cTm 1·11 ofthorn.1· stwfish has poisonous spi kcs all over iL'i lxxly. Ninety nine percent of iL'> body is made up of its stomach. Burr said they cm1 devtl'itate an entire reef if millions of them eat the contls. She said the team may take action to kill the starfishes or dump them in the Members of the world-famous Marimba Ponies from Japan pound on their xylophones during their high/y Marianas Trench. acc/aimed special performance at last Monday's Teno-Pepero Inauguration ceremonies at the American f:'.;'.c·:::,.":'.=:"",=.""7"~'""''::::::'"'''~[;l"'".r;-.}f~~!f!..~~~~·::;.c::.:::",.>'~~·,.ft?;-··,:/nf,-;'·±,t:·-.,:,:-,:iiww:~~~~,wimu,.rn1,~-.:,~~-~~~~'~r,,y_!±:#~! 1 f::1 Garment affiliation sealed Froilan's defeat-- Stayman f .•. , l·" WEAT~ER :': By Aldwin R. Fajardo "If there is anybody who can our concerns)," he said in a ti !. ' Variety'News Staff work with the Federal Govern- brief meeting with reporters !1 INSULAR Affairs Director ment through the spirit of partner- yesterday. '· Ou1look ;,; Allen Stayman has a simple ship and through the spirit of the He added that the special• f'iI"; f'.;; reason why former governor Covenant,IbelievethatisPeteP. study commissioned by [i iii,., Froilan C. Tenorio was un- Tenorio," Stay man told reporters Tenorio's. previousadministra- -,,;.,!• r' seated during the November in an press briefing yesterday. tion confirmed the concerns of ,.; f~ generalelections--hisapparent Stayman said Tenorio showed the Federal Government. 6, affiliation with the garment "positive signs" when the US gov- Stayman noted, however, that sector. ernment raised its concerns on the the result of the study had Jed to This, as Stayman said there garments sector during his previ- the issuance of an executive is nobody who can work well ous term. order or the drafting of local with the Federal Government "When he (Teno) was governor legislation to put a cap on the Mostly cloudy with than three-termer Gov. Pedro before and these issues were industry. Isolated showers P. Tenorio. Allen Stayman raised, he had a special study (on Continued on page 2U .rf\C NEWSPAPER STACK§ i ' ' I 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-JANUARY 15, 1998 :' I THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 Iraq tensions escalate Buchholz declines DPS post By Ferdie de la Torre and further consideration he filed criminal charges against "I am here at this point 111 i tted he has no paper to show By WAIEL FA LEH to show upto lead Ritter:md histcmn TI1c Security Council w;L, Jue to forany excuse nottocomply with it> were halted for tli1ee weeks. Variety News Staff decided that it would be im · 1 I police officers for alleg solely to ensvre the contin he was appointed anew as BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq on the Jay before. Wca1xins inspection meet Wedncsuayaftcrfailingtoagrce international obligations toward tl1e Iraq's effective blocking of Ritter ASSISTANT Atty. Gen. Ross ued operations such as ser deputy commissioner of ad \Vcdncsd:1y thwancd for a second tc:m1s require 1i~1qi escons to p:L,s ontl1e wording of a U.S.-dmf1edstate- Special Commission and tlie Secu- on Tuesday produced a replay ofl:i,t possible for him to hold two ed])'. beating a_ burglary sus day a pl:umcd weapons site insp,.:c secuiity gum·c.ls at suspected sites. 111ent on Iraq's action against Ritter. 1ity Council," said B1itish Ambassa year's ciisis rheto1ic. Irnq 's state-1un Buchholz has turned down his positions simultaneously. pect. vices provided by DPS and as ministration or any other po tion by :m A111e1ic:m-lcd U.N. team h~1qi authrni tics said Monday tl1ey The statement wou Id condemn Iraq's dor John Weston. press accused Washington ofaying appointment by the new ad Buchholz is currently serv Buchholz said he told soon as a new acting com sitions in the DPS. by failing to pmvidc it with the 1c wou Id b,u· Ritter frnm further inspec action "in the snungest te1ms" :i, a He said Iraq's failure to comply to"injure the dignity oflraq." Bill ministration to serve as acting ing as chief of the Attorney Tenorio in a meeting about missioner is named I would "I just came here to look qui1cd escOI1S. tions because his team was over "clern·violation" of Secu1ity Council witl1 UN. resolution~ "will certainly Richardson, the American ambas commissioner for the Depart General's Office's Criminal such conflict of interest and be no longer be acting in this around and read. There's no have consequences, and those con sador to the United Nations, said Two other U.N. wc:qxins inspec loaded witl1 Ame1icans :md Britons, resolutions. ment of Public Safety. Division. also discussed the issue with dual capacity," he said. official yet. .. it's very per tion teams wcntout as scheduled. But whom Baghdad accuses of seeking Council PiesidentAlain De jam met sequences will not be the early Iraq was instigating a new con As this developed, Frank "There is an inherent con AGO. Meanwhile, some DPS per sonal," said Duenas as he re Scott Ritter :md his team stayed at the to prolong the disrnrnament process ofFr;mce, whose government takes lifting of sanctions." frontation. Rosario, acting spokesperson sonnel said tjley have been fused to el'aborate. U.N. weapons inspector,' headqu:u· mid U.N. sm1ctions. a more conciliatory approach to Iraq's latest move was less dra .. I can tell you, patience is run flict of interest between the "It was agreed that there tcrs out,idc Baghdad. ··onre again. I l11e inspectors me ch:u-gec.l with Iraq, said all 15 members agreed matic but no less decisive than the ning out in a lot of Security Coun for Governor Pedro P. two jobs," he said referring to should be someone other tlian "bothered" with the presence Former Governor Froilan had to postpone the inspection be overseeing tl1e elimination of l1:1q's they must give "unanimous sup actual blocking of inspectors that cil capitals.