VNIVERSITX 0~ tlAWAll U~ arianas %riet_Yr;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ~ ·tVci-2irNo·:g2· :· ... ' ·, · .. : ., . Y · · · · .. ·...;,;. .;, : ....., · . ,.-_.:.:.,Ii., ... z--· ,· ·199·9 . · .. . Saipan,MP96950 5"¢ ·i'.'.©1~98Ma;iana~-V~ri~ty' .- ·. ·_, ~ .· ... ', ·.. · -:· ·',·_.,.~s. ,a)'.'_.;·_•U )' .· ,.·. ·... · '• ·.: · ·ServiilgCN~lfo~.2~Years ·· .. V, '. _.\,,,,·\~'·~-..:•, • ,<,,,' 'F' ,,,.,,• •, ,t, ,', 1 • ',~.,~, •• • ~ ,.~ , 1 .• 'I c' ' '1 • OPA ruling to allow Tinian , 'Probe missing power plant project to move LaMotte denied Pacific Marine and Industrial Corp. 's (PIMC) appeal for the reversal of OP A's June 9 decision. developer's tax' "To obtain reconsideration of By Zaldy Dandan He added, "I suspect that cer an appeal decision under the Variety News Staff tain local officials here as well as CUC [Procurement and Regula SENATOR David M. Cing (D officials of the former adminis tions], tbe requesting party is Tinian) yesterday said he will ask tration knew what was going on," required to, present a detailed Senate President Paul A. Cing said. statement of.the factual and le Manglona (R-Rota) to call for an "We will get to the bottom of gal grounds upon which rever oversight investigation of possible this." sal or modification is deemed irregularities involving an agree Cing noted that Tinian is seem warranted, specifying en:ors of ment and "contract for construc ingly "cursed." Leo LaMotte law or information not previ tion" signed last year by central "It's either we get robbed or ously considered," the report By Mar-Vic C. Munar said. and Tinian government officials there's a natural disaster," he said. Variety News Staff and representatives of Hong Kong "All kinds of bad elements seem LaMotte said OPA did not find THE OFFICE of the Public '_ errors in its earlier ruling which Entertainment (Overseas) Invest to be on our island-there is the Auditor (OPA) has paved the ments, which runs Tinian Dynasty Jesse James group and the mod would warrant such changes. way for the construction of the In its June 9 ruling, OPA dis Hotel and Casino. David M. Ging ern Robin Hoods, (and I refer) to Commonwealth Utilities missed PMIC's protest against Cing said the investigation will those who steal from the poor and Corp. 's I 0-megawatt power the CUC's awarding of contract find out what happened to the given the money to the wrong give it to themselves," Cing said. plant on Tinian, as it upheld its to Telesource, saying it was not $730,000 in developer's tax paid hands. The chair of the Senate Com earlier ruling in favor of the timely filed with the Director of by Tinian Dynasty. "The question," he added, "is mittee on Executive Appoint CU C's contract with Procurement and Supply. "I think Tinian Dynasty was who are the governmen·t officials ments and Governmental Investi Tele source. PMIC had claimed among misled by someone in govern who got the money, which seems gation (EAGI), Cing earlier asked In a report released yester other things that Telesource did ment," he said. to be unaccounted for. I wish I'm the Department of Public Works's day, Public Auditor Leo "The management could have wrong." Continued on page 19 Continued on page 19 t,-r.i: •·r:,· ,t, ··~-, ,... t. .':/' ,·c; ,,.,.,.,,,~~.~.~~;.~ -~-~Z;/'!CT:·t£:,j[;f1::;:·.:::. ·-·2!:NJZ~.1~~-t(['.~':J!rm·z'.'·iZrf'·:2°i,~ 1:L;3:,]l:1!&i:~-Xt;?;!tr!E~!r~i'$#lz:::.:,$a~''.!1:'··,i5~=81.llll1$$:l:1JJZ1$·tl:JJ•~f~··Z.,!'.Z~t-e~:.sSl•®ffl:!,'.J,ffl.·.JM!:E· ·illf!iiil'ie.ENiiP~@~-9!!:!¢".J1!.]li@~f\·'!'l!:1llrall@IE:,,,;E\:;"elY.l!~~-~--~- if MHS gym project f_l Continental sees revenue drop j get_s back on track .1 By Aldwin R. Fajardo vice president for sales and pro- 1:;j Variety News Staff motions. By Haldee v. Eugenio r THE ASIAN financial up- In I 995, total passenger rev- Variety News Staff r:jr:1 h eava I 1s· startmg. to ta ke its . to II enues reached $657 million,
AFTER being idle for about four·years, the construction of the I"0 on the airline industry, with whichwasoverahundredmillion Marianas High School gym is finally back to normal, and ifnothing f: / Continental Micronesia pro- dollars than the figures recorded hampers the three-phase project, it will be finished by May next i': jecting that its revenues for the during the previous year. Dias year, it was learned. ·. l ! year may fall close to the I 994 attributed the leap to the strength Christopher F. Fryling, Public School System CIP coordinator, level, a senior airline official of the Japanese yen. yesterday said the construction of the gym is almost finished with said. He pointed out that 70 percent phase I, which involves cleaning up the site and properly erecting the "This year, our total passen- of the airline's revenues are de- structure for the roof. ger revenues will fall a little bit nominated in yen, "so if yen is The phase l construction of the project is expected to end at. ; . more. We will probably end weakening, our revenues auto- September. · 1 i up close to the 1994 figure," matically decline when converted r-; "Most of the steel is in good condition, but a few pieces had rust Hsaid Walter Dias, Continental Continued on page 19 Walter Dias J~ 1 ~a,~014~"~~;~;;~~as i=·=··· ---~- ····-····~,T~~;;f~~"j;-;d --. against drug-smugglers
By Zaldy Dandan illegal drugs before the penalties Variety News Staff are invoked. J;. ~., 2-ryIA_lsIANAS.VARlETY _NEWS.AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- JUNE 21 . 1998 ...... - .... ------... -- -- ... JJ TUESDAY, JUNE 21 , 1998. -~A.~~Af'i~ VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 Indonesia volcano rumbles{ Guam Fire chief, senator feu.d . \··.( By Maxine Hillary cated that he was providing mtroduc- JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Merapi siL~ in d1e middleofCentrnl cial helping to coordinate the evacu 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of . Volcanolog1sl~reportedthata4.5- ~. VanetyNewsStaff tory courses in fire suppre~sion an? More dum 3.(XX) people fled villages Java,oneoftheworld'smostdensely ations, said at least 3,225 villagers Jakarta. kilometer (2.7-mile) tnul of lava had HAGA TNA _ 111e chief of the fire prevention. Whether this constJ- on the slopes of Indonesia's most populated regions. from three disllicL~ fled their homes. Officials few· hot or toxic clouds poured down 1L~ southwest slope, ',,; GuamFireDcpartmentmaybefight- tutes the tr~ning specified by the active volcano as Mollnt Merapi The evacuation W,L~ ordered on M,my were being housed in make cou Id hit villages on the mountain's 'n,eJakaitaPostnewspaperrepo1ted. 1 inn for his job-this after he com- Senator 1s still unclear. ominously spewed out hot poisonous Sunday after the mountain threw up shift camps in safer meas. slopes. The newspaper also said tl1at vol- .. 1,, m:nced u-aining rec111iL~ in-house, in Chaifauros indicated that statting l}1 g,L~ses. ash and lava. officials said two huge clouds of super-hot gas. Authmities said thous,mds mo1e Du1ingasuddeneruption in 1994. canic ash had fallen on towns and ;:,.f;# violation of what is perceived to be a training at the Fire Dep~ment ad- Monday. Lava poured out of the crater along residents, within an 8-kilometer (S a ste,m1 cloud flattened one village, villages a~ far away as 20 kilometers i,;>/:' statute requiring him to go through ministrative o_ffic~s at T1ya11 would Volcanologists said activity wi d1in wid1 ash and dust. mile) radius of die peak, we1e on killing 60 inhabitanL~ ,md severely (12 miles). f· Guam Community College or m1- be seen as a v1olat1on of the law. tl1e2.968-meter(9,737-foot)peakhas There have been no repo1ts of ca stm1dby to leave. burning others. Merapi is the regarded as the most ~i: other accredited institution. "It is illegal tosta11," he asse1ted. "It been building for weeks. They fcara sualties so far. Officials denied a local media re Villagers choose to live of the dangerous oflndonesia 's 500 volca- ;' In a letter dated July 16, Sen. Mrn'k violates the policy of the teni tory ~md majore1uption is possible. Rohadih, a local government offi- port on Monday that 6,000 people sides of d1e volcano despite the ever noes. · Chmfauros info1med Chief Gil Reyes nodirectorof ,my agency has the nght had· been evacuated from die area presentdangerbecausethesoil there Its most destructive eruption this { that should he decide to conduct in- to violate the law." ------near the city of Yogyakmta, about is extremely fe1tile for fmming. century killed J ,300 people in I930. ' house fire training rather thai1 go Chrnfauros went on to say that he Legislator kills self after through the community college, he wouldnotputthesafetyofthcpcoplc- would be in violmion of Public Law of Guam ut swke to save money as 14-77 which requires public safety ww; alleged. party candidate loses vote personnel to go through "an accred- "I'm ;oingtobe fomon this. Chief TOKYO (AP) -A 1egional law Parliament's upper house from .the ited educational institution such ,L~ Reyes h71S to~back down or I'll call for maker committed suicide after ap Niigata electorJ.l district. Gee.·· his resi1.'Tlation." p,m:ntly failing to secure enough votes The candidate was backed by the Atthet:me Vaiiety inte1viewed the He added, "I won't tolerate ren- for a rnling pmty candidate in elec ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to Senator, he wasn 'ta ware d1attrnining egade directors.·• tions to Japan's PrnfaUTient, police which Nishikawa belonged. had staited. ~ Chwfauros went on to say that and newspaperrepo1ts said Monday. The conservative LDP suffered a Guam fire fighters battle blaze. There have been over 800 fires on Guam this year. Photo by Maxine Hillary An inte1view with the Chief indi- Continued on page 20 Junji Kaneko, a police spokesman stunning defeat in the July 12 upper in Mitsuke. a city in Niigata prefec house elections, forcing die resigna tu1e. or state. said prefectural legisla tion of P1ime Minister DEQ employee pleads tor Susumu Nishikawa. 55, hanged Ryutaro Hashimoto. Gov't must share with private himself fmm a clothes line at his Niigata is 256 kilometers (160 not guilty to theft home em·Iy Sunday. miles). northwest of Tokyo. 1l1e mass-circulation Yomiuri Police. however. were still investi sector cost of infrastructure AN EMPLOYEE at the Division of Environmental Quality yester day pleaded innocent to the charges that he deceived two persons in newspap;r 1eponed Nishikawa had gating die motives of By Aldwin R. Fajardo come in and do businesses here if we expressed a sense of ,uniety over the Nishikawa's deatl1. Kai1eko said. have a competitive package," Ayu yu taking money from them. Variety News Staff Froilan M. Camacho, through counsel Douglas F. Cushnie, waived defeat ofa c,mdidate seeking a scat in He apparently left no suicide note. THE GOVERNMENT must come said. i: reading of the information at an arraignment before Presiding Judge up wid1 incentives other d1,m tax In an inte1view, he s,tid providing !. Edward Manibusan. \J tax breaks to investors dming the first I breaks to encourage mo1e business Camacho pleaded not guilty to eight counts of criminal charges. Over 3,000 Malaysians i two yern-s after the business has been I activities in d1e No1them Maiiana The Attorney General's Office charged the defendant with five /. set up could be one major atu·action. f Islands. in light of slumping towism counts of theft and three counts of theft by deception. laid off in Singapore r But Tenrnio said die present tax indusny. The complaint stated that Camacho in separate incidents last May ~· system is low enough, adding that he KUALALUMPUR,i\'lalaysia(AP)-Morethan3,000Malaysianshave "Maybe the government crn1 shrn-e and April deceived two persons and took from them money amount been laid off from a Singaporean shipyard due to the regional economic South African Preisdent Nelson Mandela, left, joins in the applause with his new wife, Graca Machel, 2nd left, with new investors some of d1e costs sees no reason why the government should give more perks. "One of the ing to $4,925. aisis, a news reprnt said Monday. and US Superstar Michael Jackson, right, at a glittering reception held at Gallagher Estate outside in infrasnuctu1-e like sewer instead of Camacho last month filed a civil case against the Department of Johannesburg, Sunday. AP appealing incentives we crn1 offer is Regional cuncncics have depreciated sh,uply to the Singaporc,mdollar, tl1edevelopcrpayi ng foreve1yd1ing," Public Works and the Office of Personnel Management over his our tax stJucture, we me on d1e lower which ha~ 1:1isecl the cost of business for ncighbo1ing count.ties and forced Commonweald1 Development Au te1mination. Juan S. Tenorio side and we m-e compai·able with the m,my ship owners to send tJ1cir vessels elsewhere for repair, the Star thority chair Jwm S. Tenmio said. Camacho in the complaint asked the court to issue a judgement Fm· East." ne,vspapcr rcpo11ed. One century of U.S. rule leaves Teno1iosaid the need to institute ,m that tax b1-eaks should be made avail declaring that the actions of defendants DPW acting Secretary Juan He agreed. neve1theless, that the At one shipyanl near Sembawai1g in Singapore. where Malaysians made attractive incentives package to prn· able to investors who would wish to B. Cepeda, OPM Director Mathilda A. Rosario, DPW and OPM p1-esent tax system in d1e CNMI is ,L, up 90percent of the facility's 10,CXX) workers. some 3,000 wc1c let go over ticulm· investments is inevitable, but set up manufactuiing plants in the have been without legal authority. good only ifit remains unch,mged or the past three mond1s a, business has slowed, said Alex Tan. Puerto Rico divided, confused added that giving them tax breaks CNMI, if die government is deter Camacho sought for reinstatement of his pemrnnent position as an withouta11y imposition of new fees or '"The shipyard ha~ beer11cceiving few orders to repair ships lately and By DAN PERRY by many islanders, most descendants Ricai1s pay social security taxes but should not be on top ofd1e p1imities. mined at developing Tinian as an Environmental TechnicianJII with full pay and allowances from his worse still, it h:t~ not received any contract to build new ships," Tan wa, SAN JUAN, Puc11o Rico (AP) of Spanish colonists and Af1icai1 no federal income tax. rn1d receive He s,tid there me certain invest indusllial zone. inc1-ease in p1-esent rates. However, Ayuyu maintained that date of discharge. quoted as saying. Emilio Figueroa remem~rs well the slaves who expected the Amcric,ms federal aid of up to dlrs 10 billion a ment, that may be given incentives "Futu1-e growth not only ofTinirn1 He said a notification of personnel action approved by Rosario tax breaks which may be given to Tan s:.1id thar mai1y ship 0\\11Crs were now doing business in comltlies day Eisenhower died. He cried when to give tJ1cm independence. yem·. 'I11ey cmmot vote for U.S. p1-csi like the government shoulde1ing a but of the entire Nrnthem Maiiana retroactively cancelled his permanent appointment and changed it to where their cum.".ncy w,1~ su·onger ai1d labor was cheaper, such a, the Nixon resigned. He went tocol lege in Instead. Pue110 Rico became the clent on d1e isl,md_ butc,m if they live po11ion of d1e total costs in the con Islands is our ultimate goal and we investors do not necessmy have to be a limited term appointment. (FDTJ Philippines. Cincinnati. He worked in Flrnida, U.S. gateway to d1e Cmibbe,m - a on d1c mainl.md. They have one non suuction of sewer lines. ,rn1at would cm1 better encourage businessmen to cc,nfinued on page 20 Meanwhile, unemployment ha, 1iscn sharply in Malaysia, whe1e the Louisi,u1a and Hawaii. su·ategic gem, a sometime economic voting delegate in Cong1ess. be ,m incentive betterd1,m tax breaks." cum.":ncy. the 1inggit.hac; lost 11<:arly 40p.::m.".ntofiL~ value totJ1c U.S. dollar. l lc adon:d S i11:1tra. asset. w1cl a bit oi' an cmlxur,L,sment Pucno Ricans ,u·e eligible for the Saipan Chamber of Commerce As a re~ult, b:uiks have tightened lending poli,ies forcing m,my building I.ikc: his .1.8 million island compa since colonies went out of style. milit;uy draft, ,md tens or tJiousrn1ds president Joe C. Ayuyu suggested Victims of Fena massacre on Guam remembered projects to~ shelved. u·iots. he\ a citizrn of the Unitc:d ;\ centur)' later, debate rages over have fought for the United St;tti:s. wid1 no food :md no b1caks. ises of food ,md d1ink fr.ir· a p:uty. luct:mt to !t:a\'C the caws fem·ing Malaysia's Human Resources l'vlinistry said dmt 39,511 worken; were States. ·±e~ori~ ~d~pt~ -.. · · ·. By Jacob Leon Guerrero the isl,md 's w-guably subse1vient re 'Ille United States gets naval ai1d After several wceb of working in Instead d1ey \\'e1-c :llta,ked with b:1yo for tJ1eir lives. laid off between J,mumy and June, 21,806 of whom were factory workers. Variety News Staff Y ct d1e 36-yeai· old owner· of tl1e lationship with the United States, miliuuy- bw;es at a m,uitimc cross equal empl_oyment Hagatna-Ycsterday mm'ked tl1e d1ose conditions, they we1-c llllcd to nets ,md shot. Dorothy Camacho Seagraves l\urnt Club bisu·o in S,m Juan is not made more irksome by the master's roads :u1d a convenient mai·keL Puerto .opportunity policy first time su1vivors ,md 1elatives of the caves by tJ1e enemy witJ1 pmm- Surv ivars of d1e massacn: wc1c 1c- Continued on page 20 enti1cly Americ,m_notin hiseyes, at seeming rn11bivalence. Rico gets some symbois of sover victimsofd1e Fcna M,L,sac1c could le,L<;l. Polls - imd a non-binding 1993 eignty, like iL, own Olympic team By Zaldy Dandan come onto tl1e site to hold a cer "I'm Puc110 Rican!" he says sim n::fc1cndum - indicate only about m1d a much-revered fbg. Variety News Staff emony in 1cmembnmce of those ply. c.u-cssing a Monte Cristo cigar. one in 20 Pue110 Riecms actu,tl Iy w,mts But d1e1c is a growing feeling tl1at GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio h,L, who fell d1at day. "We have a lot of he,ut, a lot of light, independence. Most people crcc.l it the ch,u1ge is inevitable. 'I11is was bol issued a directive ,umouncing tJ1e . Sho11ly after d1c wm· d1e Navy a lot of tenacity!·· United States forgiving them a living stered by Washington's decision two implementation of a govemment claimed d1e m-ea for stomge of war Emilio 'shem1yrat1iotism isshai-cd sumdaitl rrnely seen in Latin Amc1ica. yem-s ago to phase out tax incentives wide CNMI Equal Employment munitions. by all here: - from rnral JXJor who But ask whedier d1ey arc Amc1i d1athelp;d attl,tct Americ:u1 business Oppol1Lmity Progrnm to require non It h,t, 1-emained highly resu·icted depend on Washington's aid to a cans or Pue1to Ricai1s, mid tl1i: ratio opemtions. esp;cially phm1m1ceuti discrimination in all government ever since. growing middle class tl1at In, em turns on iL, head. cal pkmb. employment practices and fully Paiticip,ml, endured swelte1ing braced consumer culture with a suu· "ltisacccpted by the great majority '111e U.S. businesses pushed m1- implement affornative action. heat to offer prayers mid songs hon tling vengc:u1ce to intellectuals who here d1at Puc1to Rico is a nation," said nual per capita income to $8,(XX) Tenorio said the program will oring tJ1e mm1y young Ch,m1011ns l~mom1 die meg,urntlls :u1d otJ1er Ricm·do Alegria, head of die Institute onc-d1ird die U.S. average but five "implement our legal ,md moral obli fmm Agat and Sunrny who were signs of Ame1icw1ization. of Pue1to Ric,m Culture. '111e great times higher thm1 in nemiJy Domini gations," adding that he will person killed by the Japmese at Fena. '1 Flowe1-s were placed on a cross at The resilience of national senti majrnity w:u1t to maintain our own cai1 Republic. ally "ensure continued compfomce .". I d1e moutJ1 ofacave identified us one ment is stJiking, conside1ing culture, lite1~ttu1c, lw1guagc." Development also brought income wid1 iL~ tenets with d1e full force or of tJ1e mai1y used by the enemy to Pue1to Rico In~ never !xen m1 That raises a question ,L, funda gaps ,md one of the highest murder executive authority." ;'f In his directive. the governor ap commit auocitics against 1esidenl,. independent nation. It is probably tJ1e mental to the United States as to ,u1d dmg abuse rates in tJ1e United pointed die di1cctor of personnel a, After a brief prayer ce1emony, key obstacle to Gov. Pedro Pue1t0Rico:Ca11,ai1dshould,aproud, States mid iL, tcnitrnies. .I his deputy equal employment office1· die site w,L~ consecrated. Rossello 's campaign to make Pue110 distinct rn1d Spw1ish-speaking nation In some ways Puerto Rico looks for the CNML wid1 autJ101ity to de 'Dle m,L,sacre victims we1e cho Rico join tJ1e union? Ameriecm, as in a generous scale out velop equal employment oppo1tu sen to build bridges m1d dig tunnels d1c 51 st stati.:. Uncomfrntablc as a colonizer, tJ1c ofsynch wid1 tJ1e reality of a cmwded nity (EEO) policies, implement d1c at d1e Fena m-ea shmtly before the Columbus claimed tJ1e islm1d, in United States gnmtcd Pueno Ricw1s islm1d. G,L, stations luxuriate over program and oversee its operation. Ame1ican inv,L~ion of tl1e isbnd in habited by Taino Indiai1s who soon citir..cnship in 1917 - so tJ1cy Gm tJ11ce-acre (1.2-hectm.:) ploL,; sprnt, The pc1-sonnel di1ector, in tum, will 1944. were decimated, for Spain in 1493. A few of the survivors of the World War II Fena Cave massacre pose together yesterday at the Fena Cave travel freely to the U.S. mainland, utility vchiclesm1dspacious U.S.crn-s, name a11 EEO coordinator, who will AcconlingtoPedro L.G. Robe110, OnJuly25, 1898,duringd1cSp,m site where they hid during the wartime occupation and witnessed their friends being bayoneted by President Clinton greets a small group ofpeople upon his arrival in New where some 2 million now live. often beming a single driver, clog d1e · tabulate the cun-ent government em one of the smvivm-s, d1ey wc1-e ex Japanese Imperial Forces. From left, Victor Toves, Barcelisa Mesa. Pedro Roberto, Roque Nededog, Orleans Sunday night. Clinton was set to address the American ish-Ame1ic,m war, die United States Underapcculiar''commonwcalth'' web of "autopist:L,." ployment levels in tJ1e categoiies of pected to work 16 to 18 hours a day Fransisco Cruz and Gonzales Reyes. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza Federation of Teachers on Monday. AP invaded. U.S. tJuops were welcomed :unmgement agreed in 1952, Puerto Continued on page 20 con·tinued on-page·20 ,' I 4-MARIANAS \:'_6_~l_ETY]'!EWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- JULY 21, 1998 . -----~--·------·~-- ·------·------· MVA mulls new promo scheme the island will get special services the copy to MVA. which will Aldwin Fajardo in Guam. ding Campaign would give mar By R. provide the couple with tlie $ I 00 The government is expecting to rying couples the chance to re from campaign-pmticipating hotels. Variety News Staff shopping coupons. THE GOVERNMENT is hoping earn close co $150,000 in addi ceive maiTiage certificates signed MVA will provide$ JOO shopping by the governor, which will also coupons to tlie campai!,rn-paiticipat "More tourists come, more ben to generate close tb $200,000 in tional revenues from this alone, efits tourism gains. Especially, additional revenues nexfyearfrom based on the average $134.19 serve as the license. to apply for ing travel agents in Japan beforehand. the Anniversary Repeater Ser Travel agents will present the coupon wedding group covers all genern its "Marianas Wedding Cam room rate in 1997. tions from children to adults so all "Addition to this, there should vices. together with tlie airline tickets to the paign" which is expected to en types of business get tlieir own share. BREWEDJojo Dass · be more tax revenue collected Under the Anniversary Re couple. courage more foreign couples to We need to magnify the wedding from tour agents, shops, restau peater Service Plan, couple<; who If the couple iravels on their own, exchange vows in the CNMI. market for all tourism-related busi rants, optional tour companies and got maffied on Saipan and plans the hotel will be responsible forcheck Marianas Visitors Authority nesses," Castro said. Don't you? marketing specialist Motoyo E. other tourism related activities," to celebrate their anniversary on ing their certificate and forward WH~N I fo,t goton the ishmd about two yems ago.I really did not know much about Castro said the agency is antici Castro pointed out. rnnmng a c,u·. pating a 30 percent increase in the He said MV A would be need Well. of course. I know how to tum it on. pull the first gem mid that's it. number of Japanese couples who ing$67 ,000 to support the project. Like I c,m just nm the cm· on first gem· wherever I go which is impossible. would get matTied in the North Under the program, the agency And I very much hated curves ortums so much so that I wish all roads are straight. ern Marianas in 1999. will provide mwaar mwaarto ev And stop lights ! ~ MV A estimates that 2,000Japa ery visitor which would cost Specially those on inclined roads. nese couples will have their wed $15,600; wooden taga stones to I hated them roo. ding ceremonies held in the CNMI each of the marrying couples at ·niey make me sweat bone dry. this year. while at the same time $26,000; and marriage certificates I_t ewntually_ took me_some guts- well, lot, of it - to finally pull myself into targeting an additional 600 at $26,000. senously k,uiimg to dnvc a c,u·. couples next year. While Hawaii remains the most Living way out yonder at a Smi Vicente .. bmrncks." 1felt I 1eally had no choice In a report, Castro said that an popular destinations for man-y but to bun to d1ive if I w:mt to go elsewhere thmi the bathroom. additional 600 wedding couples ing Japanese couples with a mar Solilid. ~ in the Northern Marianas, who ket share of 61 percent, figures A_nd witJi ,1 littJe help tium a fiiend. l mm1aged to finally get tJie knack of iL would normally stay four nights reported in Saipan is increasing; Like when to pull the second ge:u·. or tJ1ird, or fou1th. or fifth. And tlie in a hotel, may mean an extra its present market share is 3.7 combinations as in when to shift back to first, or second and so on. percent. Guam gets 8.5 percent, JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER revenues of about $31,200 from My maiden crnise happened on tlie second Sunday of December '96. Australia 13.4 percent. l had problems tJiough. hotel room tax at $13 per night. MVA attributes the increasing On_ my way home. I remember how a guy in a pick-up ouck behind me kept At an average of 9.5 attendants WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND number of Japanese couples get shoutmg ··La pu_! .. at me when my cm stm1ed rolling back close to his as I w,L, per wedding, the projected 600 hanging by that stoplight nem· the Iglesia Ni K.iisto ch~rch. increase in the number of maITy ting married on Saipan to the Boy, my knees were jerking. I felt like even my goose bumps had goose bumps. ing couples next year would bring destination's proximity, reason I pulled myself togetlier. Stopped tlie engine. Stm1ed it buck on first gear and Gloves come off in FPI debate in close to 3,000 wedding atten able package tour price. and time screeched away. dants. This is slightly higher than difference. the 7 .9 pax in Hawaii and 8. 7 pax The proposed Marianas Wed- ·nie pick-uptrnck went after me as I ww;nmning tJiatpe1ilouscurve ooino0 toSmi ROD Townsend Jr., owner of the Knoxville Glove Service. Vicente. ~ b Factory in Tennessee. knows unfair competition Using distribution outlets already in place in the · Local dancers from Western Samoa perform a traditional number during the Cheju World Festival for Island He gav.: me the bad finger when I was finally within his sight nmge and oied to when he sees it. United States, Colombian cartels strong-armed Cultures last Saturday. Photo by Laila c. Younis edge me off to tlie opposite ltuie. - - - His factory competes against an organization that American cocaine dealers into distributing heroin. GEDA bats for easier, Well, m,m 's got to do what he's got to do. pays its workers less than a dollar per hour, on Dealers were told that they wouldn't get their I pulled back tomy lane missing a passing car by a few feet and went home, knees average. Yet his competitors' products cost more cocaine supply unless they agreed to take on a load still jerking a bit. than his own. Even so, his competitors get the of heroin as well. Cartels also gave heroin ship quicker loan process FASHIONS Pretty soon. I le,mied to sec tJ1e fun of it. contracts he covets to provide gloves for the U.S. ments to some wholesale dealers to sell on a D1iving st,u1ed making me feel gooJ. By Jan Furukawa The schedule for military and other government agencies. consignment basis in order to build a clientele. Variety News Staff CONTEMPORARY Se_infeld once said llJ{,ing is w;nderful in that you remain seated yet you're That's because his competitors' gloves are made Their second tactic was to lower prices. They village pr~sentations: movmg. HAGA TNA - The Guam by prison labor. Not Chinese political prisoners checked the market rate for Asian heroin and July .. 23, Agat But there's more lo it. Economic Development Au CLOT"ING FOR LESS slaving away in a gulag, but Grade A, I 00 percent undercut those prices by half - delivering purer July ·· 28, Asan-Maina J bcwm to use d1iving as son_1e S011 of a tl1crapy whenever J feel depressed or thority, which supervises the American convicts employed by Federal Prison heroin at a cheaper price. July 30, Barrigada homesick or cheated or when I simply don't know what tollo and is so bored I wish government's finances, has Industries. Aug. 4, Dededo I could just evaporate - poof! And by making their product more potent, the started reaching out to villagers Townsend loses so much business because of Colombians were able to eliminate the single big Aug. 6, Imuajan, Malojloj '98 81\CK TO SCI-\OOL Driving e,L-;es my nerves. to promote its Micro Enterprise Aug. 11, Mruigilao It makes me feel cool. FPI 's mandatory source requirement-which guar gest factor that keeps potential users away from the Loan Program through village antees a market for its products. Here's h;w it drng: needles. Since the Colombian product is Aug. 13, Merizo I d1i_ve aimlessly-on personal g,L~ of course since it is a company car I'm using. meetings Aug. 18, Mon gm on g-Toto 0 Maite I dnve. look ,uound. look at people. at other c~-s. at the sea. Just d1iving. works: If a federal agency needs to purchase any nearly I 00 percent pure, users no longer need to A beauty shop and a hotdog fl thing from T-shirts to desks, they must place an inject it into their veins. Instead they can snort it, Aug. 20, Ordot-Chalan Pago l prefer Beuch Road. ~ stand already have secured as Aug. 25, Piti order with one of FPI's 32 regional sales reps - which makes it more palatable to those raised in Ofcow-se. when I want tohe really. really away from the world ,L~I want to make sistance from the authority un Alig. 27, Santa Rita even if they can get the same product cheaper and the age of AIDS. hclie\_'e. I driv~ tJ1e Cross Island road from S,ui Vicente to Capitol Hill where tJie der the new program launched Sept. l. S inajana \'JC\\' 1s rna_JCst1c. tht:n tkm'n to M:uvi. up Suicide Cliff. down B:mzai Cliff and tJien more efficiemly somewhere else. How docs our own government propose to solve June 30, according to Sept. 3, Talofofo off to Middk Road. Government agencies do have some recourse if this problem? Not with guns, or stricter border RitaNauta, spokeswoman for Sept. 8, Tamuning,Tumon,Hannon S0111c:ti111cs. J "cxplor{' din roads wondering where tJ1ey lead, which usually is they dcn't want to buy from prisoners, If FPI controls, or stepped-up pressure on the narco GEDA. Sept. 10, Umatac :i dead end. doesn't make a certain product, or can't produce it governments in South America, but with televi Atleast 20 businesses are al Sept. 15, Yigo Funny. but I never tdt tired aficr such long moto1ing. fast enough, the agency can rc4ucst a waiver. The sion. Maybe you noticed President Clinton and lowed to loan capital money Sept. 17, Yona . I n:call tJiis interesting experience I had d1ivino ho~e one late night. sheer volume of orders makes it necessary for FPI Newt Gingrich last week, announcing a five-year, before the end of 1998. NEW ARRIVALS Ciuising down Middle Road, a pick-up trnck,I noticed, kept tailing me. to waive much of their business. But that docsn 't $1 billion anti-drug ad campaign. The program is being pro service, and simpler forms is What Sensing drniger, I sped up a bit. - mean the company is huning. Even though it granted Considering the growing sophistication of the moted bythe governor's office, our customershave asked for," 'Ilic trnck did the same. 90 percent of al I waiver requests in fiscal year 1996, competition. this battle has the m,1kings of a rout. GEDA and the Mayors' Coun Untalan said. Ok Oh my Ccxl. I told mvsclf. I smcll t.roublc. FPI ranked as the 38th largest government vendor. AFTER SUHARTO- Rooting out corruption cil. "We are now ready to process ~'.P C/\}G, I saw tlie ,;ick-up trnch: gathc1ing speed, just behind Texas Instruments. and crony ism in Indonesia in the wake of President loansquickly and easily." I he d11vc1: couldn't be headed to where I'm headed, I kept telling myself. "In reponse to a request from 'They can be 50 percent higlv~r than 111L! and still Suharto's 32-year rule will be difficult. if not l made a nght tum at tl1c Srn1 Vicente intersection going to D,mdan. the Mayors' Council to provide The program is part of a joint 'Ilic uuck did tlie same. ~· - get the deal," Townsend told us. "If they can be the impossible. easyaccess to capital for per project between GEDA and the I made another right tum on a di11 road leading to our .. !xurncks." low bidder and still get the deal, so be it. But I find During his long imperial reign, we consistently sons in their villages who wish GuamHousing and Urban Re 'Il1c u11ck too made tliat tum. the lack of competition very un-American. ·· criticized the Indonesian leader and detailed his to start-uporexpand their busi newal Authority to provide fi I sped up. stop the c:U" at tlie pm-king lot ,md quick! y jumped off. I saw a lead pipe And if one member of Congress gets his way, this and his family's growing fortune. Our reports were nesses, and at the direction of nancing for low- tomoderate-in mid got hold ofit. Bureau of Prisons program will soon expand even denounced by the Indonesian government as exag the governor, GEDA come persons to operate their own '!1ie Uuck, a big blue Toyow, pm·ked a cm· or two away from where mine wa~. further. Rep. Bill McCol!um, R-Fla., wants to gerated and inaccurate. islaunching the Traditions in businesses. But nobody w,L~ coming out. broaden the scope of FPI, which last year employed It now appears we were too conservative in our · Progress Community Outreach The jointproject is funded by a I crept in slowly. mid n;ticed t11e uuck 's door window ww; open. 18,000 of the 120,000 inmates in federal prisons reporting on Suharto's corruption and despotism. Program," GEDA Administra U.S. Housing and Urban Devel ~Cl::PT ACC~ORI~ & S!!::LfCTID !IT~ I pecked in mid saw a wom,m at tlie driver's scat. and reported sales of nearly $500 million. For instance, CIA sources told us their best esti tor Ed Untalan said recently. opment Community Development WtAcnPT Whew. THE HEROIN EMPIRE-Not long ago, most mate of Suharto's personal fortune was some "For the next 16 weeks, Block Grant. And to think tliat a gmig wa., after me. of the heroin entering the United States came from where between $3 billion and $5 billion. GEDA staff will visit each vil It provides for: Olffi!IDEAllERAllOtJ l I stood up. said hello wid a.,ked if I could help her. Southeast Asia. But that was before the Colombian But now it appe,u-s th:1t he may have as much ,L~ $14 lage to meetone-on-one with • direct loans of up to $25,000; 'Jlic lady looked like she has had a drink or two. cartels got into the act. billion, according to Forbes magazine, making him the those interested in business • for individuals oflow- to mod "'I'm waiting for Alex. You know, !lie guy driving that cm·?" she said. With the slick efficiency of Ivy League MBAs. world 'ssixtJi wealthiest 111,m. And tJrnt 'snotall. llie !~st loans," he said. erate-income OR "Ma '111." I replied, '"] w,L~ lhiving that cm· mid I'm Jojo, not Alex." U2FASHIONS the captains of Colombia's cocaine cartels have re U.S. intelligence estimates - some of it drawn tium Village presentations will in • for enterprises of 5 employees ( NEXT TO MC DONALD BESIDES OHL) "kessl1," she n;mm-ke 0 I added. :i;~;~~o~t ;1r;~:~~~;~ ~~~~abauta s1~~ss~!~~1 ~1e~c~!o,emenrnndlif, There has been reports about I leged involvement in a robbery- Sheng to pay $20.CXXl. which is tl1e Variety News Staff Demapan to preside over the pr~:!, THE COMMONWEALTH Di- "We want to tag as many of the mafute having been caught exto11ion mcketw:L~ :u1.ested :mew ,m10untoftheunsecrnedbondheis SUPREME Cou11 Chief Justice ceedings in the lower court. :~; visionofFishandWildlife(DFW) mafute as possible," said off the Marpi reefs. for violation of cou1t order in cunently iele:L-;ed on. Maity W. K. Taylor h:L~ appointed 111e lawyers for Babauta and gov'it is asking fishermen who may have Concepcion. "We ask fishermen to measure I tim-apan over tile weekend. llle Ym·icty gatlleied tllat duiing frnrner Associate Justice Pedro M. emmentearliertoldtl1eSupe1iorCourf caught tagged mafute fish to mea- Weather conditions, she said, the mafute and release it. We also Immigrationofficer,,onstrengtll yesterday's bail hewing, tile coun Ataligtopresideovertl1emurdercasc tl1at it is in the best interest of am: have been favorable and more need data they have gathered," of an :mest wai1·:mt. picked up tl1e _gave Sheng :motller chance by re- t . sure· the species and release it I - - against Oscar R. Babauta. 1 1 ; ._ , pmties concerned- tl1at the case pr~.' b k t e trips to FDM must be made be- said Concepcion. · I 24-ve:u·-old Sheng Sheng Wang at le,t~ing him on tl1e same condi- - ac o s a. I his ;esidence in Grn,tp,u~ Saturday tions. Taylor tapped Atalig after Supe- cced, if al all possible, under the Around 225 of the fish species fore the onset of the typhoon sea- The study of the mafute fish spe.::ies is among several projects at 1: 18 a.m. WmigmlllGuoXiongChenweie 1ior ~bowt Presdiding Judge Edw:ml continued ju1isdiction of Demapan; · have been tagged at the Farallon son. lmmigrntion Capt. John Taitano chm·ged with robbeiy, attempted Mam usan 1m soug 111 111e appomt- 111c parties, however. expressed de Medinilla by DFW staff dur- The recapture and tagged and being undertaken by the Depart said he was in a heaJing in tlie robbeiy, two counl'> of attempted rnent of a pro temp judge ··for tl1e reluctance to contact Demapan di- ing the first week of this month. released mafute, according to ment of Lands and Natural Re sources (DLNR) regarding the Supe,iorCouit last Thursd:1y after- t11eft, ,md assault witll a dangerous prompt ,md efficient dispatch" of rectly, prompting Associate Judge Some 2,000 more tags are now Concepcion, will provide needed noon when he spotted Sheng ac- weapon. Babauta's C:L'>C pending in the Ilia! Timotlly Bellas to convey theirsenti- being ordered. data for use in estimating the fish Commonwealth's 200-mile Ex comp,mying his girlf1iend to her Cou1t infomiation showed tllat cou1t. Pedro M. Atalig ments to Manibus,m. Marianne Concepcion, Lands species' survival, abundance and clusive Economic Zone's (EEZ) heating. W:u1g and Chen demanded over ManibusanaskedTaylortoassign Manibusan had inquired from and Natural Resources PIO, said growth. fishery resources. Taitanoinhisaffidavitstatedthat $1,CXX)fromaChinesewomanlast Atalig to h,mdle t11e jury uial for TI1e scheduled April 20 uial was Demapanregm The Around the Islands section covers community stories, 1;11 ~~ The Around the Islands section covers community stories, local events, and _cultural activities. Should you have a j.... ;;·:..• • bJ]/ll l ~.·...... -') local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a story you would like to share, o~ an event that needs to f w:·~(l~III f · 'I ~"E__ ':_Jfl story you would like to share, o~ an event that needs to be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341 r~. ··~w( be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341 CNMI j~i-~s Chej~, !~~!~ !,~,~~!~!! ~~,~!:~~~i Japan exchange students here event and we have pooled much Vis1tors1\uthoritytorepresentthe as national media," he added. ./ of our resources to make it a real- CNl\11 for the first two weeks. Other island nations participat~< By Louie C. Alonso sponsors who will take care of the afternoon at the same venue. Donalds will also be providing the on the 24th. On the 25th, Fii:;t Lady ity," he saiJ. 1998 Miss NMI Universe ing in the Festival include Palau,\ Variety News Staff them during their one-week stay Today, the students will have a studenl~' lunch this day ,md they will Sophie Tenorio will host the farewell "ThcoriginalideafJrthcFesti- llclene Yun Lizam:1 is also at- Western Samoa, Hawaii, Papua TWENTY nine Japanese ex in the islands. courtesy call to the Gov. Pedro be tollling the Dai-ichi Hotel. pmty forthc exchange students at the val. however, started ten years tending for the Miss Island WorlJ New Guinea, Tasmania, Tahiti, change students mTived in Saipan Y csterday, the students have Tenorio. They will also have a Tours in Sugar King Monument, Govemor's house. ago with our former governor. Festival. Dominicrn1 Republic, Madagascar, last Sunday to participate in the stai1ed theiractivity by swimming botanical garden tour ,md Nikko Suicide Cliff, Banzai Cliff, Bi1J Is The week long cultural exchange I le had a vision to invite different "We arc very excited to be here Malaysia,"n1ailand, Vicu1a111,Cebu,' cultural exchange program that in the Pacific Islands Club's Hotel tour. land. Grotto and La Fiesta Mall will prognun will end on July 26th where islands to celebrate thcirculturcs." at the Che ju World Festival," said Sc,mdinavia, Sicily, Crete, Chile, Sri the Saipan Mayor's Office is host Waterpark Fun. The students had On July 22, the students will be take place on July 23. While the the sponsors have to b1ing the student he added. l\'1VA Marketing Assistant Ed- umka,J,mmica,Okinawa,Mauiitius, ing. also been transported to Coral touiing the Diamond Hotel. Mc students will have an all day shopping by themselves to the airport. The multi-million dollar cvcm warJ Manglona. Sardinia, China and Korea. Maggie DLR. Kai pat of the Stu Ocean Point for a tour. sponsored by the Che ju govern- "We feel we arc getting good "We me plruming to make the fes- dent Exchange Program said that Daily stm1ing yesterday, stu ment is hosting 28 different is- exposure or our islands for the tivalabi-rnmualevent:mdwehopeto this yearly activity is a way of dents have to be dropped off by lands nations and shouldering Korean market as well as other include m,uiy other isl,md nations," strengthening the CNMI and their homestay sponsors at the their expenses such as meals. ac- regional markets." he said. said Hyun. Japan's friendly ties through a Mayor's Office at exactly 8 in the commo Rota Chamber of Commerce RED WHITE & BLUE Pursuant to P.ublic Law, the state Board of Education gives notice that the DOUBLE DIAMONDS to hold a barbecue-meeting WILD CHERRY special meeting of the Board will be held on Wednesday, July 22, 1998 at 5XPAY By Marc Hizon dent; and Lola C. Hocog, secre BLACK WIDOW 10:00 a.m. in the Board Conference Room of the Nauru Building, Saipan. For the Variety tary/treasurer and representatives THE ad hoc committee of the from business establishments such as RT &T, The Rota Hotel The following items are on the agenda for the above referenced meeting: Rota Chamber of Commerce is TOP JACKPOTS UP 10 10,000 COINS!!! set to hold an election of officers Association, Rota Trading Com (with three-coin bet: paid all at once) during a get-together party slated pany (RTC), Angyuta Shipping I. PRELIMINARY MATTERS for July 26 at the Tweksben-y Co., Ltd. (ASCL), J&C Enter COME EXPERIENCE OUR VERY UBERAL PAYOUT MACHINES! prise, Bank of Guam Rota Branch beach. And of course, FREE REFRESHMENTS and GREAT SERVICE .is ustwl. 1. Call to Order The party is to be hosted for and Rota Merchandising Corpo 2. Roll Call active and prospective members ration (RMC). FOR A LIMITED TIME of the Chamber, and their fami Interested parties may contact LOCAL RESIDENT SPECIAL PROMOTION 3. Adoption of Agenda lies. Nick Mendiola at (670) 532-3658 and Lola C. Hocog at (670) 532- !'LAY 3 ROILS AND GET ONE ROLL FREE!!! The committee is composed of (Lirni1eJ to one free SI 0.00 rol I (..\0 quarters) per person duriug any 2..\ hours duralion with vcrifica1_io11 L11' $3ll.00pl:ly; proof of CNi\ 1t or Nicolas Mendiola, acting presi- 3600. Guani r,•sidcncy required; rnusl be played in IGT Skill S1op Slot Machines ur otl1,·r Pachinko Slo1s). TIHS olkr 1s only g?od at our II. SEVEN YEAR CIP PRIORITIES Treasure Isl.ind Game Club Saipan loc,1tion. 1l1is offer is good l'rom July t 71!1 through Ju ty 22. I 99S during the hours of :i:00 pm to / 11:00pm . '\ Bar Association taps Inos_ III. BOE RESOLUTION 6-1 PERRY !nos was appointed as president of the Bar Association, •~} the Bar Association's new Pro said that he thanked Pfund for all All interested persons arc welcome to attend and to submit written or oral grams Committee Chairman. He the voluntary work she has per-· Tel. 233-5100 testimony on the above agenda items. ------JI succeeded Sally Pfund who sub formed for the Bar. I-le is also 1998 Miss NM/ Universe Helene Yun Lizama flashes an island smile hoping to continue seeing Pfund in her national costume before a photo session for the Miss Island mitted her resignation due to BEACH ROAD Cheju World Festival last Saturday. Photo by Lalla c. Younis pressing time. at the Bar Association's member r-uuw-l I ~,~--,G~A~R~A~P~A~N~~~~~~- Justice Ramon Villagomez, ship meetings. ~ ELEM. SCHOOL ---, TUESDAY, JUNE 21 , 1998 -MARIANAS y ARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- JULY 21, 1998 ---·--~· Tinian economic forum. slated Tsunami deaths can reach 3,000 swept from a low-lying sand spit into Warapu will be closed because we . Sissano lagoon . don't have the children," Daile said. Marianas. ·we can contribute to THE TlNIAN Chamber of see all those people on one ing with Tony Mosely ofMTC the entire community can listen Other villages along the heavily 'They 're all dead." Commerce is sponsoring a stage at one time." to pro.vide a live broadcast to to the "perspectives." the common wealth of the Com populated coastline were also badly Prime Minister Bill Skate inspected conference entitled "Perspec The list of the participant$ Guam's K-57 audience. "This conference, like the APIL monwealth." damaged. The area, which was home part of the stricken area Sunday. tives on the Economics of the is impressive, in the least. The prepared remarks will conference, could not have been Long put it another way, "Di to up to I0,000 people, was dese,ted The area is a jungle, swamp area Marianas: Where we are and The political leadership be bound for distribution to possible without the Dynasty ho versification in the economics after villagers fled to higher ground. that includes tribes that rely on subsis where we are going." panel is expected to include high schools and colleges in tel," said Mayor Borja. of the Marianas is in the best Daile said the confirmed death toll tence farming and fishing. Most live The one-day ~onf~rence will Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio, Guam the Marianas. "It just goes to show that interest of the entire Common was 599, including 500 dead at in homes made of jungle materials be held at the Tinian Dynasty Gov. Carl T. C. Gutierrez, Marianas Cable Vision will take Tinian is becoming a major wealth, and the Marianas in Warapu. and built on beaches. Hotel and Casino of Friday. Washington Rep. Juan N. the entire event and replay it so player in the economics of the general." 'There are still people out there In Rome, Pope John Paul II, who August 21 at IO a.m., the Babauta and Guam Delegate who are injured that we have not has visited Papua New Guinea twice Chamber said in a news re Robert A. Underwood. rescued," he said. 'They 're scattered during his papacy, dedicated his Sun lease. The media leadership panel all over in the mangroves." day morning prnyers to the victims. A "It's exactly the kind of includes Abed Younis, Lee Preparations on for Carolinian Daile said most of the victims were spokesman said the pope was "very thing our island needs," said Webber, Steve Nygard and old people and schoolchildren. concerned" and asked to be kept in Tinian Chamber of Commerce Peter Sinclair, the Chamber Cultural Heritage celebrations "Schools in Arop, Sissano and fonned. president Phillip Mendiola siad in the news release. Long. The business leadership By Haldee V. Eugenio have different committees," Heritage Week, and I'll try ··1 am very excited." said panel includes the presidents Variety News Staff Rabauliman told the Variety. my best to make this a good Mayor ofTinian Francisco M. of Saipan, Tinian and Guam BARELY two months before He, however, said that the one," he said. Borja. Chambers of Commerce and the annual Cultural Heritage sources of funding for the said The CAO chief added that L "The Tinian Chamber of the President of the Guam Week, the Carolinian Affairs event has not yet been identified. the four committees will meet r A Papua New Guinea tidal wave victim is loaded onto a rescue plane at the flattened village of Sissano in the northern coast Sunday. A 1a-meter (33-foot) tidal wave hit several small coastal villages Friday, leaving Commerce came to me with Hotel and Restaurant Associa Office is already on the first "I know that that funds are there, every Wednesday until the '\·.· riced an estimated 2,000 people missing and presumed dead. AP the idea. and I endorse it tion. stages of preparations, accord but all we need todo is to identify beginning of the cultural wholeheartedly. I will give it Jon Anderson will be the ing to Frank Rabauliman, them," he said, adding that the event which is slated from '\ SISSANO, Papua New Guinea topassthroughthem,"hesaid."Iwas tion of 4 million, occupies the eastern · my full support. I can't wait to moderator, who will be work- . CAO'snewly-appointedexecu government's austerity mea September 19 to 25. (AP) - Bodies, shattered coconut afraid. It was the first time I had seen half of the island of New Guinea. It palms and the remains offlimsy huts so many bodies." has a mountainous,jungle-filled inte ury tive assistant. sures makes it a bit harder to The programs and public Rabauliman said he has al identify resources. ity committee is headed by floated ·off the shores of this Pacific Scores of children were among tl1e rior that has only been explored in the ready assigned four standing He said that in the past, fed Cinta M. Kaipat, president nation after a wall of water crashed dead. Hundreds of people were in- past 20 to 30 years, along with lush NOTICE TO BIDDERS committees to oversee the-Sep eral grants were used to fund of the United Northern Is into three villages. jured and were awaiting urgentmedi- tropical beaches on the coastal plains. SEALED PROPOSALS for the ARRIVALS AREA AIR CONDITIONING. AT ROTA tember event which is dubbed the heritage week celebra landers Association (UNIA); The death toll Monday was at least cal help, while others were believed The capital, Port Moresby, is about Windows INTERNAT ONALAIRPORT. ROTA, MARIANA ISLANDS, CPA Project No. R-CPA-A-001- 375 miles (600 kilometers) east of to be the biggest Carolinian cul tions, although the biggest Nick Nekai heads the enter 599, but couid rise to 3,000. to have fled to higher ground in the 95 will be re·":ived at the office of the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. COMMONWEALTH PORTS Australia. · tural celebration. bulk of funding for the event tainment committee; the Australian Broadcasting Corp. inte1ior. An estimated 6,000 people AUTHORm. Saipan International Airport. P.O. Box 1055, Saipan. Mariana Islands 96950, until The tsunami struck west of Aitape Locks 2:00 P.:'11., August 7, 1998, at which time and place the sealed proposals will be publicly opened "Recommendations will be always comes from donations food and luau committee is quotedJohnTekwi,govemorofWest were left homeless. Sepik Province, as saying the 3,000 "We heard a large bang, then saw in West Sepik province, hitting vil and read. worked out, and as to what ac of the private sector. led by Cecilia Rabauliman; figure was "conse1vative." the sea rising up. We had no choice lages about 370 miles (595 kilome The project. rn general. consists of enclosure and air conditioning of the existing Arrivals areas as tivities wil.l comprise the Heri "When I was appointed, my and the prizes committee is well as the 11sta\lation of a shell type baggage conveyor and various other upgrades throughout Shortly before tlmt, Papua New buttorunforourlives,"PaulSaroya, ters) northwest of Port Moresby. tage week, now that we already the interior and exterior of the terminal building. biggest concern is the Cultural headed by Vivian Nogis. Guinea's national radio quoted pro- aresidentofNimas village, told Aus- Area disaster coordinator Dickson The project 1s being financed by funds from the Commonwealth Ports Authority. The contract vincial officials as saying the toll tralianBroadcastingCorp. television. Daile said Monday the villages of award. ir it is to be made, will be made within sixty days (60) from the receipt of bids. Depending could top 2,000. Papua New Guinea, withapopula- Nimas and Warapu have also been upon availability or funds. CPA reserves the right to hold such bid in effect for ninety days (90) There was no warning before the from the dat: of bid opening. _Turtle nesting gr~und discovered_ Power Steerin 23-foot (7-meter) wall of water This contract i, under and subject to Executive Order 11246, as amended, or September 24, 1965, the Federal L:.1bor provisions and the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) provisions as By Jojo Dass at risk from predators. was recently conducted at the crashed into t11e northwest coast of Cruise Control containing in the contained in the contract. specifications and bid documents. Variety News Staff One such example is the Oby an Department of Public Safety's Papua New Guinea, a nation on the All mechani :1 and laborers on the project shall be paid no less than the established CNMI wage A TURTLE nesting ground has point experience where turtles' (DPS) shooting range in San Juan, island of New Guinea north of Aus Front Wheel Disc Br rate. been discovered on the island. nesting places have been moni Marpi. tralia, where some people live a near Each bidder -~oust complete. sign and furnish. prior to award of the contract (Project No.R-CPA The CNMl Division offish and tored to have transferred else The consetvation officers' comple Stone Age existence amid jungles Split Folding Rear Sea A-001-95) tne "Bidder ·s Statement on Previous Contracts Subject to EEO Clause," a "Certification Wildlife (DFW) however refused where due to human activities. tion of their training is expected to and swamps. on Non-Segregated Facilities" (See Specifications). The devastating wave, known as a Required Notices for All Contracts. to reveal the site to protect the Officials are still addressing the boost efforts by the Department of Remote Trunk & Fuel rele marine species from poachers. problem. Lands and Natural Resources tsunami, shattered the region Friday a. The bidder must supply all the information required by the proposal forms and after a magnitude-7 emihquake. "Right now," said DFW PIO Meanwhile, the discovery of (DLNR) in its campaign against 100 Cubic Feet Interior sp ,pecifications. On Monday, m,my survivors were Marianne Concepcion, "conser the new nesting place renewed poachers. b. The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA). in accordance with Title VI of the Civil still in shock. Rescue officials said Rights Act of 1964. hereby notifies all bidders that they (bidders) must affirmatively vation officers are closely moni hopes there could be more of such Poachers target a host of protected The Hyundai Sonata GL is the luxury car you nsure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business species including some fish varieties, they expected to have a better idea toring the recently discovered across the island's beaches. later Monday on the deat11 toll. looking for. Option for option, compare wha enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation fruit bats, coconut crabs and turtles. ,md will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color. or national origin nesting ground." Poachers gather turtle eggs for An Associated Press photographer with other cars in its class and you'll sec With the continued develop consumption and commercial use. They also prey on wild deer. in comidcration for award. visiting the scene said entire villages own a luxury sedan and still afford ment of beach resort, officials said, In a related development mean More conservation officers are The biJJer '- .ttention is called to the fact that the proposed contract shall be under and subject to have disappem-cd. comes with a luxury lifestyle. the equal opportunity clause as set forth in Part Ill, Section 302(b) of Executive Order 11246. as turtles have began moving away while, six DFW conservation of being planned to undergo the same '111e village of Arop was built on a amended b; Executive Order 11375 dated October 13. 1977. and Section 60-l.4(b) of the from its original nesting place far ficers, according to Concepcion, training which is part of several regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR 60- I) as implemented by Section 152.61 of the s,mo spit mid had a population of Federal Avintion Regulations, to the contract and labor provisions ofTitle VI of the Civil Rights ther into the sea. have "successfully completed" a ones including orientation semi about 2,000 people. It no longer ex Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252) implemented by Part 21 of the Regulation of the Office of the Secretary This, said DFW. place the tu1tles shotgun training session which nars to have them betterequipped. ists. 'niere :u-e no people to be seen. Papua New Guinea tidal wave victims await a rescue helicopter at the ofTransponation. Also, the proposed contract will be subject to the Contractor's Certification of ll1ree other villages have also been flattened village of Sissano in northern coast Sunday. Coretta Yore.n/1, non-segreg.:•eJ facilities. desuuyed. ''fl1ere was not11ing left center, is believed to be suffering a fractured skull and mul/Jple The apparent low bidder and any known first tier subcontractor may be subject to a pre-award. except for coconut trees," said resi abrasion caused when a 1O meters (33 feet) Iida/wave hit several small equal oppor,;ir.ity compliance review by representatives of the Office of Federal Contract Lobby efforts prompted AGO to file dent Lusien Romme, whose wife coastal villages. AP Compliance Programs. U.S. Department of Labor, before the award of the contract for the purpose of determini1g whether the bidder and/or his subcontractors are able to comply with the provisions was killed m1d his home destroyed. of the equal opportunity clause. suit vs businesswoman, says lawyer Romme, who broke two fingers Air Vanuatu, Air Marshal.ls ,md injured his 1ibs ,md shoulder, told A bidder or :,rospective prime contractor or proposed subcontractor shall be required to submit By Ferdie de la Torre Secuiity Title, Inc. such infomrn,on as the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, requests prior to the award of a because she will invoke her constitu Australian Associated Press by tele Variety News Staff PATCO, through counsel happy with new Saab deal contract or sub contract. When a determination has been made to award the contract or subcontract tional tight not to testify in her depo phone Sunday from his bed atAitape 's to THE LOBBYING efforts had O'Coru1or, sued Anderson and her Vila, Noumea and Honiara. a spccifo u contractor. such contractor shall be required prior to award, or after the award, or sition due to the pending criminal l Raihu Health Center. By Giff Johnson both to furnish such other information as requested. prompted the Attorney General ·s company last January for 11 causes matter," he said. Romme said he saw "the sea 1ising Majuro-Air Vanuatu and Air The South Pacific airline is Contract de ~rnents. including plans and specifications. may be examined at the Office of the Office to file ctiminal charges against of action, including conversion, ll1e evidentia.ty tactic, Kosack up and coming tow:.uu me" before he Marshall Islands have agreed to using its own flight and cabin Executive [meeter. Commonwealth Ports Authority. or can be obtained from this office upon the a businesswoman who is also facing breach of a covenant not to compete, a five month lease for Air crews to operate the Saab, while payment of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($250.00) for each set of plan documents. stated, effectively would prevent was hurled into a coconut tree and 1998 Hyundai Sonata GL This amount is nonrefundable. Payment shall be made by check payable to the Commonwealth a civil case, according to lawyer and unfair competition. Anderson from offeting televant tes then into the Sissano lagoon. Marshalls' Saab 2000, sai,d the AMI will lease the plane back to Rexford Kosack. PA TCO complained that Ander I provide services from Fiji to Ports Autho•:tv. timony in her defense and, "thereby, f· 111e first oft11ree Royal Ausu-alian general manager of the Majuro Not content with merely filing the son, its fo1mer employee, did not I, Funafuti on a weekly basis, A pre-bid c,1nference will be held at the ROTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL tie one hand behind her back in her I Air Force C-130 tnmsports :.u1ived at based airline yesterday. Starting at only BUILDING. al 9:00 A.M. at Friday, July 10, 1998 to explain and clarify any questions regarding civil action, Robe1tJ. 0 'Connor,coun return the missing PATCO's com legal battle against her fo,mer em i Vanimo at first light Monday with "The initial term (of the lease) Mackay said. this project. Questions should be submitted to the Consultant, in writing, at least five (5) days in sel for the Pacific American Title "This is the first step in a pro advance fo1 ·or,swers at this pre-bid conference. with a copy of the same mailed. simultaneously, . pu tcr disk and fo1med her own com ployer. emergency supplies including a fie Id is for five months although it is InsurJI1ce and Escrow, (CNMl), Inc. pany using the infonnation contained Thedefcnselawyeraskedthecou1t ( hos pi ta! ,md a tcmn of doctors, nurses likely that it will be extended gram initiated by AMI to place to the Executive Director. Commonwealth Pons Authority. ·.1, Each pros}Y.'. .•ive bidder shall file with the Commonwealth Ports Authority, at the above Saipan lobbied then acting Atty. Gen. Loren in tl1e disk. to issue an order "staying" the civil jl' and engineers. over a longer period," said Marc the company on a secure opera address, a notice of his intention to bid a form substantially similar to the supplied with the Sutton, tofi le cti minal charges against Kosack, in a motion to stay civil action until the c1iminal case against Vanimoisabout60miles(96kilo S. Mackay, AMI's general man tional and financial basis by re contract documents not less than six (6) calendar days prior to the date hcreinabove designated Kim Fell Anderson for the alleged action, said PA TCO has implemented Anderson is concluded. meters) west of the area wiped out by ager. allocating assets that will result $14,598 for opening e,f proposals. theft of the missing database, said a <;tratcgy which is designed to pres Kosack explained that the stay t11e tsunami. It is the main administra He said the long-term lease in a return on investment," Each propo,al shall be on a form furnished with the contract documents by the Commonwealth Kosack. sure on Anderson, by forcing her to tive centerm1d is close to the borderof Mackay said. Pons Autho: ity. would allow Anderson to asse1t her was negotiated with the aim of 'Ilic lobbying effo1ts proved suc defend herself simulttmeously in two constitutional privilege against self the Indonesian provinceofliyanJ aya. improving the financial picture Air Marshalls purchased the The Commonwealth Ports Authority reserves the right to reject any or all proposals in accordance Fisherman Jeny Apum1 said Sun c~~±-, with Sectior, ·1.2(7) of its Procurement Rules apd Regulations and to waive any defects in said cessful when the AGO filed a cr1mi different actions-one criminal and inctimination in the criminal ca'iC of the Marshalls national air- · $16 million Saab in mid-1995, proposals. or any of them, if in its sole opinion to do so would be in its interest. nal case against Anderson Jas;t May one civil. without having to fotfeit her defense day that he couldn't even count the line. but has had difficulties in main 21 for the alleged theft of the com "'PA TCO also intends to prevent in the civil suit. numberofbodies floating nearone of Air Vanuatu is using the high taining reliable operations of the /!JCARLm H. SALAS puter disk, said Kosack, counsel for M~. Anderson from testifying to cer the devastated villages. n-rE~!~~!;D tR~2!~E~ Executive i , 'ctor Dated: June 24, 1998 ll1c defend:mt~ retained separate tech plane to service Nadi, Port Continued on page 20 Goropon 234-7133 • Used Car Mart 235-5012 Anderson and her company entitled tain matters in the civil suit simply 'There were so m:my bodies to Continuedonpage19 geci1er I had to move the boat slowly li~MARIAN_J\.~ VARIETY NEWS_AND 'v'LE:}VS-T1J_ESDAY- JUNE 21_._1998 ______------~- TUESDAY. JUNE 21 . 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS A~_ VJEWS-13 Alined robbery in Fiji sparks wave of·outrage RP has lower growth targets Australia planes flying relief MANILA,Philippines(AP)-The percent further to 10.7 percent in June. By next year, the budget surplus 585 million) in the first half of I 998. MELBOURNE. (Pacnews)-An The robbery took place in the pres Philippine govemment has lowered Budget Secretary Benjamin Under the program, the govern- should reach 22 billion pesos($ 536 The administration is now trying to :.urned robberv at the University of the enceof security officers who are unable itseconomicgrowthtargetsandraised Dioknosaid the revised targets would ment pledged to seek a budget sur- million). contain the budgetdeficitto below20 Soutl1 Pacific.c;m1pus in Fiji on Friday to prevent it. Police say they've re supplies to tsunami hit areas its inflation prediction to reflect the bereviewedagainafterthereleaseof plusof5billionpesos($122million) But the government incurred a billion pesos($ 488 million) by the has sparked a w:1ve of outrage at the ceived some valuable deeds ,md be CANBERRA(Pacnews}---Austra l OmeUt'. tidal wave could rise to at paulins for the homeless, drinking impact of the Asian currency crisis second-quartereconomicfiguresnext this year. budget deficit of 24 billion pesos ($ end of the year. counuy's growing crime problem. lieve two fonner university studenL~ and El Nino drought month. lian militrn-y Ua.nsp01t aircraft flew least I ,000 with up to a further 3,000 water and food. Five masked men rn111ed with c,me may have been involved. The government now expects the "By that time, we'll havenewdata through the night Sunday cm1-ying a people injutt'.d. They are due in PNG this morning kflives stole $F50,000 ($US25,000) A pol ice spokesman says he's confi gross national product will grow be- to evaluate in time for the first pro- The huge wave engulfed several (Monday), to join a fourth C-130 from an office of the ur.iversi ty ·sSchool dent early arrest~ will be made. mobile hospital, medical teams and tween 2.5 percent and 3 percent this gram review of the International heavily populated villages near the already there in ferrying 11:'.lief sup of Social and Economic Development TI1e robbery has brought renewed relief supplies for victims of the mas yearinsteadofitsearlierforecastof3 Monetmy Fund," he said. plies to the West Sepik provincial at the Laucala Bay c,mipus in Suva cal ls fortou ghermeasures againstcri me. sive tidal wave on the northern coast town of Ai tape Friday night, 30 min percent to 4 percent. The Philippines is currently under headquarters at Vanimo where many Radio Australia reporL~. There's been a spate of armed rob ofPapuaNewGuinea which is known utes after an undenvater earthquake Gross domestic product, which a two-year IMF precautionary bor- beries some involving violence in Fiji to have killed more than 600 people. registe1ing 7.0 on the Richter Scale injured are being treated. unlike GNP excludes mon~y sent rowing progr-.1m. Active bomb over the past year. Officials say the death toll from the occun-ed about 20 to 30 kilometre off A team of Australian airfield engi home by overseas Filipino workers, The program allows the govern- the coast. neers is also on the way to Aitape to is expected to range between 2 per- mentaccesstoasmuchas$3.7billion Many village people died as the assess whether the local airsllip is cent and 2.4 percent, down from the in standby credit to protect the peso in found iri Fiji wall of watersenttheirflimsy wooden capableoftaking heavy transport air original 2.4 percent and 3.5 per~nL the event of a worsening of the Asian SUV A (Pacnews}---An active bomb homes hurtling into the sea craft. FinanceSecretmy F.dgardo&piritu currency crisis. believed to be from the World War Among the injured are hundreds Pacnews Canberra correspon said over the weekend the revised Under the IMF program, the Phil- Two era. mea~uring about the size of a with multiple fractures caused by fly dent says Australia was quick to targets, recommended by the inter- ippinegovemmentpledgedtoachieve medium size television set was discov ing timber. offer condolences and relief aid agency Development Budget Coor- a GNP growth rate of 3 percent and ered in Fiji's western town of Lautoka The quake was reported within to PNG following telephone con dination Council, factor in the worse- maintain an average inflation rate of last Timrsday. than-expected impact of the Asian 8 percent this year. 1llis is the third such bomb discov minutes ofhappening by international versations between leaders of the ered in the Western Division within tl1e monitors around tl1e South Pacific two countries. financial crisis and a severe drought But the economy already showed rast month, Island Networks Corpora but it was so close to the PNG coast, Australia's deputy prime minis attributed to the El Nino weather signsofstraininthefirstqumter,with tion reports. there was no chance of warning the ter, Tim Fischer, told a national tele phenomenon. GNP growth sinking to 2.5 percent Police say Matawalu villagers while villagers. vision programme that "a honific He said inflation this year is now from the year-earlier 5.4 percent. cutting grass in the Tavakubu Pine Three Australian airforce C- I 30 disaster" had taken place adding that expected to avernge between 9.4 per- After posting single-digit inflation yard,accidently stumbled across the 58 transport aircrnft left their bases in Australia with its special and positive cent and I O percent, up from the rates since last year, the inflation rate earlier target of 7.5 percent and 8.5 hit 10.3 percent in May, and rose by 14 centimetre bomb. Australia last night canying a mobile relationship with PNG would pro The military immediately took hospital, 40 medical personnel, tar- vide realistic help. charge and are currently holding the bomb at their base in Lautoka. Police say the bomb might have Tongais con.cerri~d·abouthigh · Cl-J,ap.deliel' tTu_at ~ell n~llI'• been there during all these years. number of unregistered babies Est:rada.went--•.µninspect~d NUKU'ALOFA(Pacne-ws)----TheTc>n~angovemment'sregistry MANILA., Plillippilles <~> ~A chandd1ier thatcra;,hed n~President his first day in i~ted forneady a office has expressed concern over the high numberof unregistered JosephBltrada,on office had not been quart.er-century and fell by accident, aJJ. official said Sunday. babies in the kingdom. _ _ A local ~mpatty said the chandeliers acManila 's Malacanang Palace It says the figures are notavailable but the problem is increasing 'tundergone any safetyjnspection installed the lights in DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS: $5.00 (w/ iced teal) hadn since it J CJ75 due to carele~ness ofparents to register their children, Radio afthe ~ight of strongman Ferdinand Marcos' martial law mle, Press Special Tonga reports. for Monday UIKlersecretary Icas.iano Gutierrez said. _-__ _ The registry office says in most cases, parents crowded the · ''lt"}'asneithera case ofbadlucknorthe threat of sabotage but an accident Shredded Pork government registry at the start of every school year when their waiting .to.11ap~ntputi.em;z said in a statement. __ -______· kids are being rejected from schools be~ause they fail to produce or Huli Huli Chicken Royal Australian Airforce Flying Officer Epili Naivalu, left, and Army -_ Agovemrnentin~es?gati011basconcludecl thatthechandeli(:l"W3S simply Tamuning Plaza Hotel, Engineer Sgt. Ross Beigood help load relief goods onto a RAAF C130 birthcertificates. · ' _ _ _ tooC)ldand brittle at1d gave i:rl t.o its i,yei,~ht, he added Behind Blockbuster Video Hercules in Towns vi/le, Queensland, Sunday prior to deploying aboard The concern comes at a time when the United Nations urges -___ r.ast earthquakesand ~~tantpou1*[ing during a mili~ rebel attack on 649-8646 ext 130 the aircraft that will take them to aid the disaster in Papua New Guinea. member countries to consider this world-wide problem. thepalace in the .1980s mighthave JQ()Sened the chandelier's bolts, he said, AP acl By Louie C. Alonso ond half, 77-46. and stretched the margin by hav Budweiser defeated Aspec crown in the first game by having Variety News Staff Alegre continued to spark in ing 13 points in the fourth quarter O'Douls in a hard fought battle a total of 30 points to put him to KENT Budlight has strengthened the second half of the game with alone. that ended with a 92-7 4 final score. the third spot on the league's Top its hold of the lead in the RP teammates Bicera, Vista! and Alegre continued to put a total O'Douls loss put them in a 2 Gun Standing. Centennial League, beating Cosino. Halinas, on the other of 18 points in the second half of wins 3 losses catego~y. Michael Dodge of Budweiser Michelob Light-Halinas 149-105 hand, managed to answer th.e ballgame. For the high scorers of the Game ' CMSI was the high scorer in· the last Sunday at Civic Center Bas Budlight's offensive play with With Budlight's dominance in last Sunday, Rick Alegre took the Continued on page 23 ketball Court. Nicdao's 16 points and Dayrit's the court, Halina 's tried but failed Kent Budlight's first five play 10 points in the second half of the to minimize the lead. ers Dado Vista!, Danny Bicera, game. Budlight' s sterling performance Ed Casino, Ronald Delos Reyes Budlight however, committed last Sunday put them in the over and Rick Alegre outpowered many team fouls against Halina's all lead in the RP League team Halina's Jose Dayrit, Boyet De five in the second half. standings. Halina's remained in Mesa, Jesse Nicdao, Jeruel But Budlight's six team fouls the fifth position with Owin and 3 Zamora, and Carlos Garcia on the never stopped them in in dealing losses. · first quarter alone. a severe blow to Halina's loose In the second game last Sun Halina 'spoor defense enabled defensive play. day, Budweiser-CMS! climbed to Budlight to bank on its strong Budlight's Fernando Muleta the second spot sharing the lime team work to advance in the sec- managed to score some points light with Michelob Bigis. Rota ·Fun Rl.ln this weekend TIIE.MARIANASVisitorsAuthor entry at the awards banquet. Applications may be picked up ity together with the mayor's office Prii.es will be given out to first, · · between. 8 ain.. and 5 p.m. from in Rota will be staging the 15th second and third overall male and . . Monday to Friday. annual Rota Fun Ruh on Saturday, female finish~rs and first place male · · Registration deadline is Friday, July 25th at 5 p.m .. and. female finishers in the 18 .and July 24 at 5 p.m: at MVA Saipan The run will start at the Rota under, I9-30,31-40and41 yearsand . ·officeand'Saturday,July25 at3:30 Resort road entrance and will head · up category. p.m: at MVA Rota office. south along Beach Road, through The application.forrra and sched~ . · For more infonnation about the Songsong village and will end in ule ofevent may be picked up~ the event,pleasecontactMartinDuenas. front of the Roundhouse. Marianas. Visitors.Authority office .·. or Jack Diaz'at MVA office on F.ntry fee is $20 per person. The on Beach Road, San Jose beside the Saipan and on Rota contact Sandra fee entitles a finisher's t-shirt and Saipan Bowling Center. · King at 532-0327. Alfonso tops chess tournament f,J VETERAN Ronnie Alfonso theJuly 12toumament,finishedsec- ButBiniahanhadthebettertie- (j ,', toppedSunday'sactivechesstour- ond, a point behind Alfonso, who break score. f'i 1 nament at the 13 Fishennen' s beat him in their individual game. In a CCA active chess event, ::1 ,, Memorial, scoring 9 points out ofa Third place went to Gerry Biniahan each player is allotted 15 minutes (/ i, possible 10,andlosingonlytoRey with 6 points, who finished in a tie a game. f ; Villamor, who finished fourth. with Villamorandevenn.ial fifth placer Eleven veteran and new players /j Junnel Lomantas, the winner of Manny Domingo. Continued on page 23 :'° i gmemem!l!.lZi~~Dm~t::'iZ:i~~~Z:Ei:~~~zzr:::::·<.:;.. ,M~·=--· z.. zi,·=···=·=-cc-·.',~ .:: .. :--7·· .. · ·~ •. -~·· .· - ..:_ 1 Kinsella (first name not available) of the CNMI executes a jump shot in the Gatorade Ultimate Hoops 3-on-3 basketball tournament last week end at the University of Guam Fieldhouse in Mangilao. The CNMI team went down to the Southern Bulls, 15-6. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza RP trounces Hong Kong HONG KONG (AP) - The Philippines and Hong Kong spiit the last two singles matches Sunday, giving the Filipinos a 4-1 overall victory in the Asia-Oceania Zone Group 2 Davis Cup tennis compe tition. Melvin Tong scored Hong Kong's only victory point when he beat Joseph Lizardo 7-5, 6-4 in Sunday's first match at the Vict6rii Park court. Bryan Juinio then·beat Hong Kong's Shane Barr 6-2, 6-2. Sunday's singles were meaningless after Michael John Misa and Ade lo Abadi a had defeated Hong Kong's Barr and Andrew Brothers 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 in the doubles Sa[\.1rday, giving the Philippines an unbeatable 3-0 lead. PacSports Cardinals DB Darryl Brown makes a move against the Keico Mustangs in Miller Football League The Philippines won both the opening singles matches on Friday. action Saturday night at the Dededo's Wettengel Field. The Cardinals stopped the Mustangs, 16-6. Hong Kong is relegated to Group 3 following its defeat. ..., .;, .. ,. ,.,:·r": Photo by Eduardo C. Siguenza .. I ::_.·-. ,/- SAIPAN I' 0 llOY. 231 '.,orpon. MP 9U/EJJ • 1,,1 (670) 234-6341 • 7578 • 9797 ' ~;rianas %riet~~ • Fu.< (670) 234-9271 F-rr1oil ·1ouni.s@)gtc,pocif1c:u rir.:.·t Micronesia's Leudir1u Nrcwspciper Sir1c:c1 19 /? '&1 ;,olor11 1f 1J:.,01pon rK:lpc:1 corn