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Continental plane in '_em.ergency landing' ing to an undisclosed destina- tion, it was learned. - Details about the incident were sketchy but Common wealth Ports Authority execu tive director Carlos Salas con firmed the report. "A Continental aircraft made an emergency landing at the Saipan airport and we are still investigating,"-he said in an in terview. No other information was Carlos Salas immediately available as of press time. By Aldwln R. Fajardo But Salas said the aircraft Variety News Staff landed safely' adding that all of A CONTINENTAL aircraft the Continental flight's crew made an emergency landing at members anq passengers were . the Saipan International Airport safe. · ·· Saipan f:Aayor Jose C. Sablan (right) and Tinian Mayor Francisco M. Borja are sworn in by acting Guam Gov. while on flight yesterday mom- Continued on pag~ 38 Madeleine Borda/lo (left, foreground) as vice president and treasurer, respectively, of the Association of Mariana Islands Mayors. Also in photo is Piti Mayor Becki Haggard, AMIM president. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza .Guam·tourist Gallegly to introduce nu~bers drop HAGATNA-Guam continues to see a slump in tourism as a result of Super Typhoon Paka late takeover 'alternative' last year. According to Guam Visitors By Zaldy Dandan Committee Chair Don Young [R Bureau's preliminary statistics for Variety News Staff Alaska]) believes that (residents) last month, 312,787 visitor arriv UNITED States Rep. Elton should be in the majority," said als were documented by the Cus Gallegly (R-California) is ex Mansur, who is the Resources toms and Quarantine air arrivals pected to introduce legisiation that Committee adviseron insular and and the Port Authority of Guam's would require more federal assis international affairs. sea arrival records. tance in resolving the CNMI's Aliens are now estimated to total This marks a 13.8 percent de labor and immigration problems 42,000, while local residents num crease from March of 1997. while at the same time reducing ber about 30,000. Damages caused by Super Ty the number of the islands' alien Transition period phoon Paka propmted Guam's workers, a senior congressional Gallegly's bill, according to major hotels to temporarily limit aide said yesterday. Mansur, would give the CNMI a room availability for repair. T.E. Manase Mansur, in a meet transition period during which the Another reason for the decrease ing with the CNMI's legislators, commonwealth would be required in vacation getaways may also be said the legislation's bottomline to address federal concerns over attributed to devaluation of the Manase Mansur will be that US citizens, including Elton Gallegly labor and immigration. Japanese yen. permanent residents, US nation come a majority," he said, refer If the CNMI successfully re said years ago, abuses will not be Statistics indicated thatJ apan's als, and Micronesians, should ring to the 1987coupd'etatinFiji solves its problems during the condoned. These issues will not sluggish economy will continue constitute a majority of the is that ousted the duly elected, eth transition period, Mansur said, go away and they need to be ad to impede outbound travel from· lands' population. nic Indian-dominated govern there would be no need for a "fed dressed," he said. the world's second largest "We do know what· happens ment. eral takeover" of local immigra "Something is going to be economy. when the equilibrium is disturbed "That's a farfetched scenario tion and minimum wage policies. done ... it's time to take action." The island's tourism industry and (disenfranchised aliens) be- here, but still, (House Resources "As (Young and Gallegly) have Continued on page 36 Continued on page 38
~~~~' .'','• ..• ~.··-~11', .:~.~··'.·~i.~.~";;':"'.. ~'t".;,7:~~7-~::r-:-~ APIL to discu·ss casinos' 'WEAT~ER \! Te?-orio rE;futes Babbitt, !! UMiller's views on CNMI ~ effect on· smaller islands i:'J By Zaldy Dandan · · By Mar-Vic C. Munar OuTlook (j Variety News Staff Variety News Staff \l GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio has submitted supplemental state THE new casino industryTinian \': ments to the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Commit- Yi will be a major agenda to be ('. tee, reiterating his administration's commitment to take correc- f)i discussed by the Association of I • [;J Pacific Island Legislators when i'.J tiv;e~c~~fi:a~~ :~: fo~~!:s;J1~~o~:~ ~~i~~~r::~~r::or~::~s;lso ilJ. it holds its 17th General Assem H"correct" highly critical statements made by US Interior Secretary tJ bly me(!ting next month, an APIL }I Bruce Babbitt and US Rep. George Miller (D-Califomia) regard- r:1 officer said yesterday. [ii ing the commonwealth. ~1 · Floor Leader Ana Teregeyo, ?;1 Babbitt and Miller testified in favor of the White House-backed ) APJL treasurer, said panelists Party cloudy with ffi "federal takeover" legislation, which the CNMI government and ., will tackle the effect ·of casino isolated showers . r Continued on page 38 ) Continued on page 36 Ana S. Teregeyo .,.~"'!.A. ,. ----~~ ~- -
_:tvti\RIAN,\S VARlETY NEWS AN[)_y_lEWS-FRlDA Y- APRIL 17, 1998 :i 7_ ~~~~~~-'-"~=--'-'---'-'-'---"-''------·------'------· e FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 IS 6 ~trds sue Attaos ,, ...., BANGKOK, lliailand (AP) - By Rick Alberto Aida S. Allao, Julie /\ttao, Ban gel Khmer Roul!C leader Pol Pot. who ingly also a shareholder ami board started working for the defendants ment of their non-overtime :.md Variety News Staff Security Agency, and Asia Pa member of both security agen rumcd Cmnbodia into :i vasl killing in October last year and were ter overtime hours worked and the SIX of the Bangladeshi security .. ·T" field and slave labor camp, has died, cific Security Service. cies. minated last March 18, had been return of the$1,600 that the four guards who had earlier aired their his jailer said TI1ursday. The complaint, filed on their Salim, Islam, Shakawat, and temporarily transferred to the of them had paid for processing In a telephone call from the Cam complaint publicly in a series of behalf by lawyer Pamela Brown, Chakraborty were all employed defendatns pursua·nt to temporary charges. bodi,m capital. Phnom Penh, Non rallies took their case the other stated that the defendants failed by the defendants in March 1996 work authorization. They also asked for undeter Nou said Pol Pol's hem1 stopped at day to the federal district court. to pay the proper rate forovertime and were terminated in March The defendants were also ac mined amounts in liquidated dam 11: !Sp.m. (I6I5GM1) Wednesday Claiming they hadn't been paid and the regular wages for non this year. cused of illegally deducting ages. in ,lll :uea of northem Om1bodia about their regular wages and overtime overtime hours worked. They had been permanently $1,600 each from Ghosh, Salim, Last month the plaintiffs joined two kilometm (1.2 miles) from the compensations, Zakir Hossain The complaint claimed that transferred to the defendants pur Islam and Shakawat to cover the a series of rallies participated in TI1ai frontier. Salim, Zahedu I Islam, Shakawat, Aida is the real owner of Asia suant to an administrative order processing costs of the nonresi by over a hundred Bangladeshi "At 12 midnight (Pol Pot's) wife Haridas Chakraborty, Shawpan Pacific, as well as a shareholder emanating from Labor Case No. dent employment contract appli contract workers who claimed came to us. She bu11ed tl1at her hus Kumar Ghosh, and Alamgir and board member of Bangel. 96-181. cations. they were either not being paid lxmd w:L, dead when she was tying Rahaman filed acomplaintagainst Julie, on the other hand, is accord- China's Deng Xiao-Ping, left, gives a warm send-off to Pol Pot center Ghosh and Rahaman, who both The defendants sought the pay- their salaries or were jobless. the (mosquito) net for him," Nuon in this October 13, 1977 file photo. The notorious Khmer Roug~ leader, Nau said. "He died in a hut built for accused of causing the deaths of as many as 2 million people, has died, him after he lost his power." Thai military sources said Thursday. AP Artifacts discovered at DOLI takes 2 to 3 mos before Nuon Nau had been w;signed to gmml tl1e 7 3-yem·-o Id Pol Pot,after he through executions, disease mid st:u· m-e in the jungle we face some shmt lost powerinablcxxly intemal snuggle vation before he was toppled by a ages,'' Non Nou said. Tinian power plant site it·can hear Rota, Tinian cases h,t ye:u- mid W,L, placed under loose Vietnamese inv,L~ion in 1979. Pol Pot's death cmne as a dwin By Jojo Dass two of which involve mon house amc:st by tl1e victrnious faction. Cambodian King Norodom dling number of the once powerful By Rick Alberto Corp., preserve the historical sites volve monetary claims -unpaid Variety News Slaff Pol Pot orchesu-ated one of the Sih,mouk, whom the Khmer Rouge Khmer Rouge were holding out Variety News Staff that "fall outside of the project wages among others - while the etary claims. ROUTINELY takes the De most violent revolutions of the 20th deposed, recently desc1ibed Pol Pot against Cambodian government SEVERAL artifacts, including construction area but within the IT rest are requests for transfer em It will be recalled tliat Phil partment of Labor and Immi century. turning Cmnbodia into a ,L~ "one of the most powerfu I mon forces near the Timi frontier. remnants of structures associated fire break zone.'' ployment. ippine government officials gration (DOU) three months chmnel house du1ing me 1970s. As sters ever created by humanity." L1rge numbers of tlieir followers with a pre-War Japanese residen The project is being contructed "We let it (cases) accumulate had raised concerns on labor before it can attend to labor cases and then ... address it," said Cruz. cases, mostly about abuses Pol Pot: Dead at 73 mmiy as 2 million people perished "A Khmer u-aditional ceremony defected in recent weeks. tial complex, have been discov by contractor Telesource. piling up on Rota and Tinian, it will be held for his funeml, but as we There was no official announce ered at the site where a new I 0- In a report sent to Telesource "We go there (Tinian and Rota) against women workers, that was gathered yesterday. had remained pending on Rota ment of Pol Pot's deatll from either megawatt power plant is being Project Director Guy Hammond, every three months except when The department does not find and Saipan a few years back. theCmnbodianor111aigovernments. constructed on Tinian. Senior Archaeologist Rosalind L. there are emergency cases," she the Cambodian capital, Phnom it feasible to hire two hearing The matter proved to be one In The Historic Preservation Of Hunter-Anderson of the added ...... - _._.._-...... -.-.. Penh, a government spokesman, officers for each islands and thus, Cruz explained that sending thorny issue in RP-CNMI re - ..... fice, however, has not required Micronesian Archaeological Re Khieu Kanhaiitll, said the death could has to send its Administrative lations as it prompted then the in-place preservation of the search Services, said the concrete Asper to the neighboring islands neither be confim1ed nor denied. Hearing Office (AHO) Super and spending for his board, lodg Philippine Labor Secretary historic sites. ruins discovered in the project "(Ifhe is dead) we1-equestwhoever visor there every three months ing and transportation there Nieves Confesor to impose an HPO chief Scott Russell, in a area included several types of has his body to tum it over to the to issue rulings on the cases, indefinite ban on the deploy memorandum, said the sites had str~ctures. saves the department on ex government," he said, adding that a according to Becky Cruz, AHO penses as compared to hiring new ment ofFilipino domestic helps been adequately documented and Japanese consultant Wakako medical investigation would have to Administrative Officer. hearing officers that will, she said, and nightclub workers in the be conducted to ascertain whether that therefore the historic sites Higuchi, according to Anderson, Cruz said Linn Asper, the cost government some $40,000 a Commonwealth, foul play was involved. that fall within the two-hectare said the ruins were probably those AHO head, is currently on Rota The ban was consequently 95* power plant site may be demol of Japanese vocational school year. "'There ,m: a lot of coincidences a for a three-day hearing sessions She said the practice was meant lifted after CNM1 pledged to here," he said. ished to "allow for facility con built by the Nan yo Kohatsu Co. in on about 27 cases that have ac to optimize the department's op introduce reforms which include Asked ifit was possible tl1atsome struction." 1937. cumulated since the last time he eration and reduce backlogs. speedy resolution of all pend one had killed Pol Pot, Non Nou said, Russell, howerver, recom Other cultural objects found on was there. Asper is also scheduled to be ing cases estimated to be "If tl1ey m-e afraid the body was tam mended that the permittee, which the ground included fragments of Around 12 of the cases m- on Tinian to hear some 21 cases, around 400. pered wim, ask his wife. She was is the Commonwealth Utilities Continued on page 5 WE SERVICE ALL MAJOR BRANDS the1-e. No one has done ,myming like Mitsubishi , Hyundai , Isuzu , Toyota • Nissan • Honda • Ford PASSENGER TIRES LIGHT TRUCK TIRES that." Speculation Chevy , Chrysler , Jeep • BMW , Mercedes • Mazda & more! '155R12 $29.•5· LT155R12 $54.95 He said Pol Pot's wife cried after US Army Corps to find -TIRES 95 155R13 39.95 LT165R13 54. seeing her husband's co1pse. "It is over judicial · · RADIATOR FLUSH· .. OIL &ABER CHANGE 95 185/60Rt3 60,95 LT185R14 89. impossible for a wife to inject her funds for Tanapag dump • Drain old oil & add up to 5 175/70R t 4 59." HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES 4X 4 TRUCK TIRES LT195R14 99.95 husbmid to death," Non Nou said. He • Evacuate old nominees rife quarts of Caslrol or 185/75R14 62." 185/60R13 $59.95 · LT27/8.50R14 $89. 95 LT205/75R14 99.95 said photographs were taken "as evi By Jojo Dass Jone, have been coordinating coolant Shell Oil dence," but did not elabomte. Variety News Staff with :1ppropriate feJeral official. • Check for • Install new 185/70R t 4 64." 195/60R14 73,95 LT30/9.50R15 119." LT215/75R15 104.95 LA WYER David Wiseman is ~1 possible leaks name-brand -,___;:, 195/70Rt4 74.95 195/65R15 84. 95 LT31/10.50R15 149." 1.T215/85R16 129." Pol Pot mid his Khmer Rouge car" likely to be nominated to one of TI-IE UNITED States Army Corps on the clean-up of the Jumpsitc • Refill with new oil filter tured me toppled tlle U.S.-backed the two Superior Court posi of Engineers (l/SACOE) is scheJ since last year al·ter a Vietnam coolant 205/70Rt4 75.95 215/65R15 94." LT31111.50R15 154." LT225/75 R16 134,95 • Disposal fee S3.00 extra Cambodian government in 1975 and uled 10 make :111 asse,smcn1 of the W:1r veteran blew the whistle on 205/75R15 79." 195/50R15 99.95 LT33112.50R15 159.95 LT235/85R16 149." tions, which would be vacated began a massive, Maoist-style abandoned military dumpsite in the possible exislence of toxic P215/75Rt5 84." 205/65R15 104.95 LT35/t2.50R15 169." LT245/75R16 159." when Presiding JuJge Alexandro purge of Western influences. Tanapag and finJ funding for a chemical wastes in the area. 95 95 Castro anu Asso~iale Judge s299s P225/75R15 87." 225/60R15 104. LT265/75R16 169. Phnom Penh's residents were Miguel Demapan moved up to clean-up. Rep. Dino Jones yc,ter The veteran w:1, visiting 1·c ?235i75R 15 89.95 205150R15 109. 95 ·------~ herded out of the city at gunpoint, the Supreme Court, sources on day said. cordeJ w:1rsites when he ,lurnhkd vast communes were established, Ciipitol Hill said yc,tcrJ:1y. Cu1Te111ly. Jones said. upon the du1mpi1c·. which is situ money abolished anJ the slight The sourc<.:s said th,; othn can l IS,\ ('()I: Ille' mbcrs arc assc·ssi ng :11cd by :1 neck uphill i1110 • 165/60R 13 215/40R16 est infractions of the Jraconian • Inspect 1ront & reJr susoensior : · Oil & filler change ~ ')>7 ~8~~~~~~ didate John Manglona is sure to the is Lind· s southern part. the air Tanapag. • · L.. ubricate chassis 17515DR13 225!40R 16 rules were punishcJ by execu port scclinn. Th..: pbc·c bib urnkr a 5(1-hcct · ~aiJst_cast:': ~ : • Top 01: all lluids ~et the other scat. .oe & aarib,. 18516DR 14 245/45R16 tion. Jon.;, said US/\COE, upon an: sill'. being dcvclopcll by the v:.r,cn Jppi,cabie1 m. • · Rotate & balance 1ires ' Wiseman has becn acting as A 1979 Vietnamese invasion · _l.~ost cars ·-,: , Service bal!ery terminals 205i6DR 14 215140R17 completion or their evaluation or Division or Public Lands (DPL) · Inspect brakes ~s to'H ~s* ousted the Khmer Rouge, who ,pecial judge in several local 195i45R14 23514DZR 17 the airport area, will move on to for homcsleaJs. · l~ost cars & lighl trucks retreated to Lhe jungles' to fight cases. 205/SOZR 15 25514DZR17 the vicinity of the William S. Bertha Leon Guerrero, DPL s,,,s succcssi ve governments. Sources said Castro and 205/45R16 Reyes Elementary School in Director, in an earlier interview, s59,s TI1crc have been cal Is for Pol Pot Dcmapan would be nominated to has stressed that whoever mai..lc a to be brought before the Interna replace Associate Justices Pedro Chalan Kanoa where hundn:ds or tional CourtofJustice in the Hague M. Atalig and Ramon G. corp,es were spraycd with chemi dumpsilc of the area shou Id do i l, ·------· cleaning. .. BRAKE SERVICE : . to stand trial for war crimes ;nd Villagomez who both rctireJ last cals shortly after World War II Lo crimes against humanity. December. prevcm the possi blc sprcml of dis She said lots available at the In lasl year's purge, Pol Pot was Other candidates to the Supe ease. homestc:1d site mav have to be Brushless ...... - ...... '· ·-'. ' ...... "' ...... ' " ...... " r; ... ·~ .... ' •• ' ...... - ...... ~ •, ' • '' ' •••••• •· ...... - - • ~-· • • • • • • • •.• - • ------• - ...... - ... --- •• r FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5 JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND I~ Letters to the Editor Ii ... . ' '' Greasing the wheels SVES 5th graders air THE OLD INTERNET. .. THE NEW INT£RNtT... on highway bill environmental concerns WE OON'T have enough space 10 detail all the pork-ban-el projects !hat found their way into the $217 billion u·m1sportation bill passed by the House just before its Easter vacation. Dear Editor: It is so embarrassing lo our is ment and the community should Tie a blue ribbon So we decided toconcenm1teon just one project, a tiny drop in the J;u-dbucket My name is Elton John 0. land visitors like the tourists who put time and make a program to ofconstrnction proposals that :u-e being deliver-ed to every cong1-essional disnict Hocog. I'm writing this letter often want to swim in our well make our environment a much because I'm really concerned known beaches. better place to live in. A slogan THE J\IONTl-l l>f :\p1·il has been declared bv then actin>! Ciov. Jesus in the !mid just in time for the midte1m elections. about our environment. I think the government shou Id like "Environment Clean Up R. Sablan as Child Abuse and Neglect ·Prevention' A1varc11css TI,is is the strny of the Center for National Scenic Byways in Duluth, Minn., which doesn't yet exist, but nevertheless is the proud owner of a $9 million Most of oursu1rnundings spe announce and ask the general pub Day." 1\lonth cially the beaches arc becoming lic to keepoursurroundingsclean. In line with the proclamation. the For 1hc Childrrn Campaign autho1ization in the highway bill. We wanted toleam how such an item finds its way into a large, complicated dirty and polluted. I really believe that the govern- ELTON JOHN 0. HOCOG Co111111irrcc in coordination with the Division of Youth Services bill - especially one authored by Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa, the powerful ;1J;1ptcJ the National Committee to Prevcnt Child :\buse·s ··blue chai1man of the Transpo11ation and InfnL,tructure Committee. Dear Editor: sure there is a recycling bin in to see if anyone would throw ribbon·· d1·i1e. I think we shou Id clean our almost every spot of specific ar things on the ground. It seemed stnmge that Shuster would approve such M item; Shuster is well For the 11 hole month of 1\pril. the Committee is advocating for known as a lover of :ill things mad-1-el ated -except for scenic byways. 111at 's island. I have a suggestion, One eas. Now most of our beaches have ,·n111i11ueJ public ;1wan:ncss of the CNMI child abuse and 11egkc1 because roads designated as scenic byways m-e prohibited from having new is we should close down our Our police should be on the been polluted severely. When prob km. :1s signified by the wearing and:or tying of blue ribbons. billbom-ds erected. And if there's one thing Shuster loves almost as much as beaches or areas and wait until lookout for people who throw we have tourists on our islant.l Such a campaign could 1101 come at a better time. asphalt, it's billbo,u-ds. people obey the federal laws. trash on the ground. we should have translated signs. \\'ith all the prnblcms and uncertainties of the times. this agc·-old We know this becaLrse the billbom·d indusuy has given $250,CXJOtoShuster's We should make the amount If it would be possible, some of problem h:1s ,·u111inued 10 be: m·erlooked and i"norc·d. campaigns sinre 1990, accrnding to the :mti-billbmuu group Scenic Ameiica. of the fine higher. We should be the policemen should volunteer ERNEST YA MARTINO There has illlked bc·en too much focus gtl'en the labor and In return, the chai1man h,L'i happily done the indusuy 's bidding on Capitol Hill im111igrati,,11 L1kco1·cr issue. dwindling tuurism counts and other for two decades. Dear Editor:. good idea to let the commu around the island. economic cDncerns. Very li11Jc is actually said about the children. ·n,a1·s not the case with Rep. Jim Oberstarof Minnesou1, the top Democrat Hi, my name is Mmjorie Q. nity be aware about pollution Second, close down al I places 011 ho11 their physictl and e111otional needs should be fulfilled and on the Tnuispo11ation Committee. By sheer happenstance, Oberstrn·'s disbict Villagomez. I'm a fifth grader on our island. that are polluted until they can 11hcther they arc gi1cn the· right kind of upbringing. includes the city of Duluth. home of the afo1-ementioned Center for National from San Vicente Elementary First of all, our island is small be properly cleaned. There has been too many installl·es of children being abused. ti Scenic Byways. School. and polluting the environment is And third, is to build a recy physi,·ally ,,r ,·crbally. by their p:1rc11ts :11 the slightest act or Yariations Oberstm· Joves the government's scenic byways program, which is rnn by the I' 111 writing this letter because dangerous to our health. cling center. 111isbeha1ior. ~a~~---· Zaldy Dandan Federal Highway Administrntion ant.l helps designated roads p1-eserve their I'm very concerned about pol . I have three reasons to stop or I I h;1s gotten lo the: point 11 here: some people see these acls as a natural or historic significance. Although the progrmii has worked well so frn·, lution. control pollution and littering. MARJORIEQ. nonnal t'orn1 01111stilling disl·ipline in children. Many p;1rents arc Oberstrn· thought he could make it better. I feel that this will be a One is to put recycling bins VILLAGOMEZ 1101 e\·en aw,1re that they a1·e ac'lually hurting their kids and their Bcfon: contacting Obersl<'U·, we called Scenic America, a preservationist ~iJ,, future. ;1s the latter grn11 up scarred and lrau111;1ti1.cJ by the group that's battleu the billbom·d induslly foryems. By extension, the group ha~ Dear Editor: make a recycle walk-a-thon for newspaper to close down areas abuse. For those who are about to sweat often locked horns with indusuy man Shuster. Not this time. What you can do to protect the the island. that are polluting until they cl.ean On the other h;111d. there are also those parents who although they 'This bill is A-OK with us," a Scenic Ame1icaspokesmansaid. Asforthe new its entire funding. lndccd, in terms of provid island is construct a recycling You can put more sign board so it up. Jo not resort to corpor;1J punishment actually cause the111 harm by RECALLING how one of Asia's leading can byways center, tlie spokes111m1 said he w:L~ thiilled to see it inclut.led in the bill, center and put bins in the beaches that people read them and they You can ask people to stop sheer nc12lel·t. didates for the Nobel Prize for Literature ing money for public education, it is t.lifficult but that his group hadn't ,L,ket.l for it. like recycling bins, where won't litter anymore, or maybe buying disposable items from The 11101hcr who lean:s her child inside a parked car on a hot ,fay snapped at a poetry fellow for the inexcusable to believe that the Legislature and the execu So we called Obe1st,u·'s office, which promptly directed us to tlie b-anspo1ta picknickers throw cans and keep there is a police around the island the store and you could coordi 11hilc she played poker is an example of how extreme child neglect sin of writing verse immediately after being tive branch have been blatantly remiss in their tion co111111inec. There we found David l·leymsteld, tJ,e staff di1-ector for the in case they litter and they should nate a volunteer for a '"clean up ,·an be. Common-law husbands who do not 1iro1·ide for the educa minority DemocraL~. them from going into the reef. sci,,cd hy an unhearahle sentiment, I decided obligation. At the same time. if only the gov You can publish in the news be brought to jail or given a ticket. program" and ask for donations tional needs of their out-of-wedlock kids arc also glaring ex But even tl1ough l-ky111sfcld likely knows rnon.: about the highway bill than to wait for my own emotion to be .. rerollected i.:rnmcnt were operating like a business entity, papers the existing anti-litter You can advise also the schools of reusable or recycable. ,111,p le s. 1sgucxl for his health.he prolessed ignorance on the subject of the byways center. in tranquillity" before writing an op-ed on the it would have closed PSS long ago for dismal ( to pick up all the trash that they :\II acrions 1h,1t lead to children's suffering and misery should ·-rm not an expen on rhm," he conles;,ed. mid steered us back to Obersuu·'s ing laws and I suggest that nCl'L'r he tolerated. Th.: community should stand up and condemn MHS students' ··boycotting" their classes '"ROI." r personal office. ·Tuey know 11101e about that than I do." families can work together and throw or you can write in the ANTHONY A. CASTRO 1he,e acts in the strongest terms possible. over. .. air conditioners. Eleven days later, I But the students say, in so many words, that { But Heymsldd did volunteer how suppottive Oberstrn· was of tl1e highway There should ,ilso be an aJ111issio11 th:11 wha1 actually exacerbates have found out that my initial opinion has not they arc also protesting OPA's order to re bill. because it ensures that mass tnmsit spending inc1-eases propo11io11ally witli Dear Edi tor: about it. student to help pick up trash. the 1mibk111 is that most or those who :1buse their kids do not changed since I first read about it in the Vari move the air conditioners due to procurement spending on highways. I am concern about the en vi - I hope that people do care about I hope people don't throw ronmental waste. I'm also con trash and if they see the trash on trash anymore at the beaches. :1c·1uall1· realize thei1· misdeeds and are no! aware: of the damage ety, and that I still consider the ··protest ac technicalities. Yet BOE has owned the mis Is there ,mything in the bill that Mr. Obcrst.ll' doesn't suppo11? No, he ·s suppo1ting eve1ything in there, I-leymsteld said. 11iat's because cerned about the trash on the the ground they will pick it up and roads, houses and churches, \\r,rnglH lheir belo\'ed young lllles. tion" as misplarc:d as the issue it espoused is take. And, despite the arcana of procurement Thi, is where the prnclanwtion. the wearing of the blue ribbons Shuster, Obe1-suu·, and the top Democrat and Republican on the tr:.mspo1tation ground and people who throw put it on the trash can. because some people are lazy to ,incl the :1cti\ ilics planned for the monlh. come in handy. misJ'ramed. regulations, their strict enforcement is one of subcomminee '"have ,m agreement to suppo11 the bill unless all four agree on trash when chey finish eating I'm studying at San Vicente clean them up and they don't Thc1·e is 1w11· hope that the CNMI ;1s a community would unit..: in Perhaps it's a Third World thing. Back home. the few safeguards against government thiev ch,mging it." and drinking and they just throw Elementary School and I'm prac pick the trasli and even store liringing child abuse prevention 10 the highest aw;rreness levels. for example, I nel'cr experience paper rnts. A ery. against which the students could have In other words: [' II give you eve1ything you w,ml, if you promise to give me trash on the road. ticing myself to pick up trash customers pollute trash around It is high time that action is l:1ken il"the chilt.lrcn of the CNMI arc to good 8 l/2x 11 is expensive and the type of found a better rallying cry. They could have, eve1ything I wm1t. 1 am studying about waste, around the school because our u.,. Back we wern to Obe1-sr.u·'s pe1-sonal office, where chiefof swff Bi II Rich,uus and I observed that people see principal Ms. Haberman told us be s;i\·c:d from emotional and physical ruin. paper readily available is so gauzy you can see for instance, demanded to know the identities ;mswe1-ed ...Call Michelle Johnson at Annwhead Regional Development ing trash on grount.l don't care to keep our school clean and even. EV ERL YN G. MENDIOLA \\'e:;1ri11g a ribbon is 1101 enough. the table surface you·rc writing on. lt"s the: or the government or education officials who There h:is Io he: a wide inn,Jvernenl by :ill scctDrs in the community Commission. She'd be happy to tell you what a good project it is." same thing with student protests. The demon awc1rded contrncts to those with questionable 10 slOp the :1\Jusc ;111d neglect. But the key rcnwins to be '"awareness." Finally. we had found the b1:tins behind the Center for National Scenic LETTERS to the editor must carry the full name of the wnter and signature, with a telephone number /in case of faxed or mailed lerters} credentials. Further, they could have asked l\1r,·n1s nn:d to be: aware of their duties to the: childn.:n. /\s thi.: strations were against a US-backed fascist Byways. AsJohnsonchce1fullyexplained, the new center was tlie brainchild of for verification. Letters addressed to other publications or to third parOes and those endorsing particular poliNca! candidates are her org,mization, a 11:gional planning outfit tl1at h,L, wo1·ked with local groups discouraged. Al! fetters are subject to editing. The Variety reserves the right to reject any fetters. Name w11hheld and unsigned letters w1/I Cummittcc: ,u:cgests. p,11·ents should cwn t:1kc parenting classc:s to dictatorship or in solidarity with the urban what the government is doing to prevent simi not see print. to get tl1ci1· roads designated a, state or national scenic byways. lc:1rn pu,1t1\·c 11;11s 1,i \\'llrk with rh,·ir kid.s. poor, landless peasants and workers railing lar and costly venality from reoccurring. It '"We thought, wouldn't it be great if (other scenic byways) h:id someone who On the nthcr h:111d. gm·crnmcnt leaders must 111;1J.;c policy changc:s to remains doubtful, however, whether depriv against their starvation wugcs. Teargassed stu rnult.l hdp them," Johnson allowed. So her group went 10 Oberstar ;u1d to the ccd\ :incc rhc wclhrc: ol lhc youth or the CNMI. Specifically. there has dents learned to '"jog" with them while being ing themselves of a day of learning could FHA for supp01t. Oberstrn· W,L, so enamored with tl1e idea that he wrote it into :,, he nwrc " pro-active dlllrt by the Di\'ision of Youth Services lo chased by truncheon-wielding, and sometimes bring back the aircons and expedite the con the bill. Naturally, nolxxly complained. prn,cculc ,:1sc, ul child abuse and ncgkcl. There also has lO be gun-totting, expletive-spewing pol icemen. Other struction or the gym. 'lliat still leaves one very imporumt question: What, exactly, will the new c·unlinuous prng::1111s to r:iisc awareness on children's rights. center do with its$9 million? Once again,Johnson knew the ,mswer.1liecenter, l,ul more i111p,11·1;1111ly. wh;,t is nc:cdcd is a community thal cares :inJ students stood with unbelievably courageous nuns This brings us back to the subject of neglect, ( she said, would help scenic byw:rys across the nation "talk" to one :motlier. c:,11 loo~ :it things through the eyes of a child. with member., rc;1dy to block the path of the dictatorship's tanks at for there is neglect involved in this affair and the I- '"We would proyideplwming services to the national ... scenic byways," she to 111:1ke :1 d11lc1\.:11cc: 111 the lik of Ih:11 young unc. Eds a. Thcrc wc:re also demonstrations against the blame for it can be pinned on those who have said. "(We'd) help them develop marketing plans and help them develop lack of classrooms, teachers and quality edura forgotten that education should be considered a org,mizations ,md write granb." ~ORR'G tion. I don't seem to n:call boycotting classes privilege by thosc who would claim it as a right. 'll1e1-e you have it. Tucked deep into the federal highway bill is a proposal for 5JR, WE bec,1use our school did not have elcctri<.: fans. What people do for thc:mselves, as economist the fedeml government to spend $9 mi Ilion to help 1-esidents along rural. histoiic NO LONGER tJv[arianas 'Variet~~ But the issue at MI-IS is about neglect, ac Robert J. Samuelson says, matters more than roads get even more federal money. DEAL IN Copyright 1998, United Featw-e Syndicate, Inc. CA£H Serving the Commonwealth for 26 years cording to the students, citing the suspended what governmcnt tries to do for thcm. And the government can only build schools, hire learh Published Monday to Friday By Younis Art St~dlo, Inc. · gym project. Which makes me, who has been tonsm1dgW1iepicceswerealsofound. Publishers: covering Capitol Hill for the past four years, crs, buy books, and teachers can only teach; it Artifacts ... "These matetials suggest people Continued from page 3 Abed and Paz Younis wonder. Education and health usually get the remains the students" responsibility lo learn. actually resided on the site dUiing the Rafael H. Arroyo ... , .. Editor biggcst slice of the budget pie, and I have seen Sometimes they have to do so without air condi porcelain bowls, plates mid cups; time it was a vocational school," how PSS' s appropriations have increased tioners, without a gym and even with toilets that pieces of stonewm-e jm, ·and bowls; Anderson said. Member ot , P ,J 5:JI ::<~1 SZi :-J!H1 !/.P 959~0-()231 : diinkingglasses; metal pails mid pans; CaimenS:mchezofthe Tinian HPO i el 16i01 23~-',341 · 7578 9797!92i2 The Assoc,aled Press [~Pi yearly m,tinly because ducat ion officials say emit toxicity. But this has never prevented those :·/ :I 1,1[1,tll(lt !;.IIICE UI~ rn1d mewl tools such as hoes, shovels, also said oval-shaped ciste1ms found U,ilO!U,L they need more, yearly, and they usually gel it. who wanted to learn from doing so. They know ,(' t 1%3. t.1ar1anus ·,,1,m~ty fJ[','/SP/.PEH machetes, saws, and rnkes. intheprojectm-eaareuniquetoTinian. ;..ssoc1r..11rni Afterwards, key legislators will complain, oil that the beginning of education is not the ability I-' All Rights F0ser1ed ;;..,.,.,_ ~II/ ,( Personal items likcJapanesecoins, She 1-ecommcnded that at least the record, to reporters that PSS failed to sp·cnd to whine, but the willingness to be i.:ducated. :.:. toothbrushes, combs, buckles. but- one cistern be preserved. ,. c:c-- 6-MARI,\NAS VARIETYNEWSAND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 17, 1998 ---~------FRIDAY. APRIL 17, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7 CHC sues to collect bills TB-infected workers to be treated Ii By Aldwin A. Fajardo the members of that household will By Ferdie de la Torre employers to collect over Named as defendants were Chao's Enterprises, Victor Hocog, $7,979.80 in 1995 to 1996; and Variety News Staff have lo be tested also. If an individual Bedroom Sets Vanety News Staff $100,000 in alleged outstanding Solid Builders. Hernie Commonwealth Security, Saipan Commercial Trading's scven- PUBLIC Health Secretary Joseph is living in abairncks, all of the people THE COMMONWEALTH medical bills for their alien work- Hofschneida, Hocog Enterprises, Bowling Center, Island Security $11,277.73 in 1993 to 1997: Kevin Villagomez is urging nonresi living in that bairncks will be tested," I Ic,1lth Center yesterday sued 12 Rita Bcnavemc, Ben T. Fejeran, Services, Francisco and Agnes Andersen said that in separate dent workers tested positive for Tu he stressed. Deleon Gue1Tero, and Commer instances, CHC sent written no berculosis [TB J lo comply with the He did not mention about the pos cial Trading of Saipan. tices to the employers advising regular u-eatrnent pmtocol to avoid sible deportation of HlV-infected COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION CHC, through counsel Assis them of outstanding bills for their possible deportation. ri nonresident workers, which, accord tant Atty. Gen. Celeste E. guest workers. VillagornezsaidTB-infcctcd1,'llcst ing to initial results of the emergency REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 1 Andersen, sought payment total •.. When the defendants did not "' workers ,mcl theirernployers need not health screening, have already to CUC Rf P98-0024 ling $163,570.86 from the defen respond, Andersen said, the At " won)' about the u-catmcnl cosL~ since taled four since Feb1uary. dants for alleged breach of con torney General's Office wrote a the medication is 1-endered free of But Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio on The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is requesting proposals to TEMPORARILY lease office space for its administrative tract and violation of the Non letter outlining the lists of the !.. chw·ge at the Commonwealth Health Wednesday issued asuungstatement o8erations. CUC requires the oflice space to be available no later than July 1998. CUC requires the oflice space for a period Resident Workers Act. CHC' scollection efforts and mak Center. Joseph Kevin Vi/fagomez about the deportation of guest work ol 1101 less than six months while construction al its power generation plant and adm1nistrat1on building are ongoing. According lo the complaint filed ing a The Around the Islands section covers community stories, r·i local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a TELEVISIONS Tinian airport project t' story you would like to share, or an event that need$ to not to start this year 1 be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341 • Remote Control By Aldwin R. Fajardo sea 1x1r1s as wdl as the viability of tax • Cable Ready Variety News Staff rcwnucs that c:ui be generatcu from DPH holds HIV test for DPS EXPANSION of the West Ti11i:u1 the ca,ino indusuy. aiqx1r1111ay not st:u1 within this yew·. Sahs said theTini:ui improvement By Ferdie de la Torre ""It's a good oppo11unity because police offim:;' blood pressu1-e be need to know your blood ptesswe," d,L,hi11g hopes tospurairtrnllic move ;md exp:msion project would be on Vanety News Staff we me teaching over hundre April 20, 1998 at 9:30 a.m. in the Board Conference Room of the 'Jl-lIS IS to advice all parenL,, stu Nauru Building, Saipan. dents mid friends of Tmmpag El ementary School that the "Spting •i Concert" scheduled for today, Aptil The following item is on the agenda for the above referenced meeting. f· I 7 has been re-scheduled to next I' Hiday, April 24 due to unforseen ,· circumstances tlmt prevents us from I"!: having the conceit as scheduled. I. PRELIMINARY MATTERS Aerostar Enjoy Dancing Under The Stars Please hold on to your tickets and Mustang Crown Victoria 1. we hope to see you all next Ftiday. With The One You Love On Call to Order 2. Roll Call We apologize for any inconve "THE LOVEBOAT" nience. Should you need any infor 3. Adoption of Agenda mation, please contact Mrs. Ignacia Departs Every Friday from Charlie Dock Demapan, Acting ·Ptineipal at 322- 4. Adoption of Minutes 9843. at 8:00 p.m. and returns at 10:00 p.m. Explorer Ranger IL FISCAL COMMITTEE: BUDGET SUBMISSION F150 Drinks and Snacks are available on board Vets meeting Come down and test drive one today... Tickets on Sale at the Boat on the III. ADJOURNMENT THE U.S. Armed Forces· Veter Night of Sailing. Come early because ans Association will have their ~1-,. JOETEN MOTOR COMPANY INC. passengers are limited to 100 only All interested persons are welcome to attend and to submit written or monthly meeting today, April 17, ~~1 AUTO SALES, PARTS & SERVICE oral testimony on the above agenda items. at 6:00 p.m. at the Kilili Beach Tel. 234-5562 to 5568, 235-5557, 235-5559 Price only $20 per couple!!! Center. ii) !~.:>! First on Saipan! Call 322-7676 10-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 17, 1998 °FRIDAY, APRIL i1. i998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-11 3 secretaries co rmed Mansur asked: Waive Visitors Bureau compu'Oller. while matching reqU.irement By Zaldy Dandan Tcbuteb. necessary r.Jocumcnls lo the Senate tion. Looking for Variety News Staff Also conti1111er.J w,L, Mamello M. Committee on Executive Ap1:xiint- Another l',u'Ole Bo,u-r.J nominee, Tcbuteb returns to t11e Dep:utment of By Zaldy Dandan dent Paul A. Manglona (R-Rota) and Young to conduct a public hearing on Tl ll: SENA TE yesterJay continneJ Ayuyu. who was nominated lo lhc 111cnls anr.J Governmental Iiwcsliga Er.Jwrn·d I. Sabl,m, likewise declined Cultural mid Community Affairs, Variety News Staff House Speaker Diego T. Benavente Saipan, but the committee's adviser the nominations of LmJs ,mJ Natu P,u'Ole Bo,U'r.1 together with Pe11y B. tion (EAG I). Lo serve. which he headcr.1 dUiing the previous SENIOR congiessional aide T. E. (R-Prec. 2, Saipan) have made the on insular and international affairs liquidity, safety and ral Resources Sccn:t:uy Jo:iquin r\. [nos. Senate Vice Pn:sident llmm:L, P. Inasep:u,1te interview, EAG l Chair adminisu:ition. Manase Mansur may have felt like same request to federal officials when said scheduling such aheruing will be Tc·norio. Finance Secretary Luci:1 lnos's nomin:nion. hom:\·er. was Villagomez (R-Saip:m). in an inter David M. Cing (D-Tini,m) said the Cing called Tebutcb, a Repub Santa Claus yesterday as legislators they were in Washington, D.C. difficult. guaranteed rates? DL(,. Nielsc:11 :u1JCul1u1~d rn1J Com 1101 l,1ke11 up during 1he session yes \' icw. sair.J scnalOI, wcri:: told that !nos Senate's unw1irnous voteconfim1ing lican who supported the 199:l rattled off items from their "wish !twas House Minority Leader Dino 'The1e is a very busy agenda in tl1e rnu 11i1y .0 \ffai1, Secrd:uy ·1110111,L, :\. iL'1llay due to his failure lo submit the ··is not n:ady to accept'' the nomina- Gov. Pedro P. Teno1io's nominees Democratic ticket, the "luckiest lists," including a request that Con M. Jones (D-Prec. 4, Saipan) who remainder of this session, and I don't show "how qualifier.] they m-e." man" in the C:NM!. gress waive matching fund require asked Mansur to help the CNMI se know whether the committee has the Dr. Tenorio was p1-eviously the '"His appointment shows the qual ments for the CNMI's CIP monies. cureitsCIPfundseven withoutmatch flexibility to come here," Mansur Teno optimistic Young panel Nonhem Mw·i,m:L,College 's,L~soci ity our governor h,Ls," Cing said. Mansur, who had an ''open forum" ing funds. said. Our ate r.Ji1-ector for research w1d is the ··He will appoint even sonw,me with the legislators, acknowledged Jones also asked Mansur to tell Continued on page 39 brotheroffom1erlieuten,mtgovemor who did not supp01t him in !ht: l:Lst that the local economy is slumping Rate will respect CNMI self-gov't Pete A. Tenorio. who was the elections ,L, long as that JJC1,011 is and may need all the help it could get, Climbing CD govemor's iunning mate in the 198 I highly qualified. particularly from an injectionoffed ,mr.J 1985 elections. "I told (l'ebuteb) he should be ap eral CIPfunds, which amount to$120 11998 LIBERATION DAY COMMITTEE\ By Mar-Vic C. Munar The governor said he was as be maintained.'' Tenorio said. is the answer. Variety News Staff sured by Manase Mansur, adviser The governor is also confi Nielson se1ved ,1, the Mrnim1,L, preciative of that fact." million. ARST COME ARST SERVE EFFECTIVE APRIL 17, 1998 GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio to the LJ_S, House resources com dent that the CNMI can find an Headvisedlegislatorstodrawupa VENUE: COCONUT HOUSE RESTAURANT said yesterday he is optimistic that mittee, that the committee 'schair ally in the U.S. Senate. list of CIP projects and promised to th.: new bill expecter.1 to be 1iler.J by man, Alaska Rep. Don Young, During the March 31 hearing, MVB open to explore mention it to his boss, US House HIGH STAKE GAMES Rep. Elton Gallegly will upholr.J th; "is sympathetic" to the CNMI's Tenorio said "the Senate was Resources Committee Chair Don BETO BETO ...... $8,000.00 CNMI's self-govemment. desire to keep its autonomy. very helpful." Australia, RP markets Young (R-Alaska). BACCURATES ...... $5,000.00 However. Tenorio said the Tenorio also said he is confi He said the testimonies sub Mansurat the same ti me noted that Gallegly bill is no assunmce tl1at dent the CNM1 would get suppo1t mitted by the CNMI to the Sen By Rick Alberto Nrnm:m Bcrgsair.J the MVB would Gov. Pedro P. Ten01io, Senate P1esi- BLACK JACKS ...... $5,000.00 threatsoffederal takeover are gone. from Mansur. ate would be passed on to the Variety News Staff like to create other more sales-01i PLEASE CALL JOHN AQUINO AT 235-7340 FOR MORE INFORMATION ··we still need to work closely "He is very familiar with the US House of Representatives, THE Marianas Visitors Bweau ha, ented opportunities. CUC: No delays with (the federal government," Covenant issue, and he said that and "from there they would to expl01e other tou1ist markel, like Berg, who attended the rccem an Tenorio told repocters. the inte~t of the Covenant should know which direction to go." Austrnliaand the Philippines, its mrn· nual c~nference of t11e Pacific Asia in power project Tmvel Association in Manila said keting _manager has said. By Mar-Vic C. Munar Saifol Inc. one of the most important things that Variety News Staff is seeking qualified applicants for the following position: he "took away" from the conference TI-IE COMMONWEALTII Utili is the concept of"pmmeiing for suc ties Colp. will not allow protests to Boutique Supervisor 11 cess," in which people "you would cause delay in the construction of the . , ._.. _.,,,: v.••'., .._._.: ·--- .. · ,, .-.-•."' ., ...•_._'_ , .. _,,_,:C ·,.,.,,. "''·"·' ·•·-··"·' ,.,,• .-", C.· •. ·,•.w,·.•w>,"m ""-.,;.; ww· ,,,,,-,., .. ,.,.·:· ·-···,·~··- :,,·,,,,, ··• ,,,,.·· not nrnmally think woulJ be a good TH"E C.ARR.liEiR·.w.··=·· M!AN,',"''' w.,. S $120 million Power Plant project on Interested applicants should posses the following: marketing paimer can come to your Saipan, CUC Executive Di1ector assisumce now." . Timothy Villagomez said. • Retail Experience An cxm11ple, he said, is contacL, "CUC has planned ahead to insure CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE .April 6-30 • Ability to work flexible hours with t11e Australian consulates to pro that sufficient power is available to mote t11e Mmitma~ not necessmily in the public through the legal procure • Strong communication skills, written and verbal Ausu-alia but to "help us promote ment of this new Power Station," • Excellent math skills Tl1e latest in Carrier technology that brings whe1ever the Austrnliw1 consulate Villagomez said in a press statement • Japanese speaking capability desired oflices m-e in t11e South Pacific mid The CUC chief issued the state you ''Value'' with superb performance. Asia for Ausu11lian ex pal, that live in ment in reaction to protests filed by Police clerance required t11ese counu·ies, to come to Sai pw1 for disqualified bidders who have ques Benefit package includes: commission, paid medical & vacation because it's w1 Amc1icm1 ' tioned the procedure applied by the dental insurance, vacations and holidays. SUPER VALUE WHISPER QUIET destination." corporation on the selection of pro f-t· Berg also said that he thinks "we posals for the SO-Megawatt Power Applicants should fax their resumes to: should work vc1y closely with the Plant to be built in Lower Base. Philippine tourism bureau." "'CUC has been working closely "What ( f\tu1aging Din.'ctor) AniL·ia with the Public Auditor to insure that Bluefol Guam Inc. (Tomok.me) and l saw there from th<: Continued on page 39 Attn: Arlene Madrazo HIGH WALL SPLIT W/ PIPING KIT Philippines (w:L, a) f.ml:L,liccapabil Fax No. 649-3783 ity on their p,ul because of literally Pouch system • 5000 BTU $325 • 9500 BTU $470 their m,mpower," Berg said. Deadline For Applications: April 20, 1998 • 6200 BTU $374 :;_~ being devised .· • 11500 BTU $615 ;} ··n1ey have hundreds or 1xople • 7200 BTU $399 • 18000 BTU $715 available tl1c11.!. ·111c service level is for Rota,. Tinia.n ci very good. ·111ey were all polite." he An Equal Employment Opportunity -J By Jojo Dass \•I---:-:--:----c-,-.--,..,,...,----,-----,-.,-----,-,...,,--,-,1 adr.Jcd. With a Climbing Rate CD you can enjoy some of the - .• j Variety News Staff . \" \ - ... ,... ,.... ~~~: ·;·····)\_,/ WIRELESS I le said he w:L, impressed by the highest rates around, as well as access to your funds REMOTE govcrnmcnt-indusuy 1xuu1cr,hip in A POUCH system is being devel WIRELESS oped by authorities to enable · every 91 days without penalty. Or you can leave the 9000 BTU $ 905 CONTROL the Philippines. "ll seemed that ev = REMOTE Tinian- and Rota-based nonresi erybody we talked to in the hotel dollars in and earn a guaranteed higher rate during the CONTROL • 13500BTU $1219 dent workers obtain the required indusuy was really focused on the • l9000BTU $1501 medical certificates without going next 9 l-day term. The minimum opening deposit is • 2-1-500 BTU $899 FREE Centennial celd11:!lio11 (of Phi lippi11e to the Dcpai1mcnl of Labor and just $5,000. This offer ends soon. • 25000 BTU SPLIT $1900 Indc1xndence Day) ... Immigration's (DOU) main office l;';DOOR CEILING 1\10UNT ESTIMATES!!! I le said this is a good e.\a111plc or here. To open a Climbing Rate CD now visit either branch. "how tl1c induslly comes together Ill \.. Many items Connie Guen-ero, Public Health sup1:xir1 a national event." on SALE!!! Liaison officer assigned to DOU, "In Lc1111s of total m:U"kcting rnuu ml said she is meeting with immigra 1992 CADILLAC DEVILLE the world. I consider Asia mid the Gualo Rai Branch • 36000 BTU $2099 made in U.S.A. Philippine tourism bu11::1u to ull a tioh officers on the two islands to Gualo Rai establish a mecha'nism where Commercial Center • 48000 BTU $2650 ve1y g !§_:M_ARIAl'JJ\~VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY: J\f_R_!1_J1_,l9_2L_ .. __ ~·~---- Pacific nations must get S"7iss SupreD1.e Court OKs C~>: ..,(r!?:~(;~:..,.,, . .-~--! ' ~ 'fiscal house' in order transfer of Marcos money ...._¥;·,.. HONOLULU (Pacnews) pacts of the current Asian fis was against Swiss interests "to appealed to the Swiss court lo Island Fiesta Bldg. Susupe • Tel. 235-1492 • Fax 235-1493 • OPEN 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM Daily cal turbulence. By Oliver Teves The Bank of Hawaii's chief MANILA, Philippines (AP) - serve ;s a safe haven" for !light stop the transfer of the money. This is especially impor economist, Paul Brewbaker, The Swiss Supreme Court has capital or criminal proceeds. The But the court rejected the appeal. says Asia's financial chaos tant, he adds, because so approved the transfer to the Phil Phil ippinc government claims the Gun igundo said the government has an imporranr mess,ige for many Paci fie nations focus ippines of $540 million in Swiss Swiss deposits are part of bi II ions has filed a forfeiture and confis . :. •. . . .. ,,,. th<: Paci(ic Islands region. their export and economic de S:AL:E...... · ...... PiE:RIOD...... ·...... · AP:RJL;...... : 17'...... · 23 bank accounts belonging to the of dollars in ill-gotten wealth ac cation case against Mrs. Marcos .. Writing in a just-released vcl opmen t strategies on late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. cumulated by Marcos during his to acquire the Swiss deposits, bank economic report, he Asian economic gro~vth. ,m official said Wednesday. 20-year presidency. claiming the assets cannot be le says. "perhaps the most rel ft is importunt to remem In a ruling last week. the L'OUrt The Swiss court said the money gitimate because they exceed the evant ksson for Pacific ls ber. the Bank of Hawaii Certified Angus Chilled concluded thl'. l'hilippine gov..:rn can only be released from the lawful income of Marcos and his Certified Angus Chilled land economics from the re economist adds, that Asia's rncnl had prnvided sufficient guar escrow account to the govern wifo. cent r\sian experience is the growth pot<.:ntial remains sig T-BONE PRIME RIB antees it will meet the conditions ment ii' Marcos' widow, Imelda. Marcos was ousted in a popular most simple. nificant not withstanding re !'or moving the money to an es is convicted in connection with n,volt in 1986 and fled into exile STEAKS .. Get your fisl·al house in cent events. crow account :,n the Philippines. the funds. in Hawaii, where he died three order. .. he recommends. B rcw baker notes whether said Magtanggol C.,unigundo. The Philippine government also years later. He denied using his ·'The roots of this crisis can its tourism, garments, tropi chairman of the !'residential Com is required to protect the rights of office to enrich hi msclf. Taste the difference be traced to economic mis cal agriculture, marine min $5a95 mission on Good Government. the Marcos family in the trial. and Mrs. Marcos, who was con m,1nagement and fiscal ex erals, fisheries, aquaculture inform the Swiss court on mea victed of graft in 1993 in a case ~ial Cuts: 235-1492 or something else, Pacific ls Se\'eral Liechtenstein- and cess. Panama-based foundations set up sures to compensate victims of unrelated to the Swiss accounts, Brewbaker recommends lands economies will con Certified Angus Chilled by Marcos to control the money. human rights violations under is free on bail pending an appeal. that officials anticipate and tinue to depend on Asia in held in two major Swiss banks. Marcos. Certified Angus Chilled quickly develop strategies to particu Jar to earn foreign rev GROUND Frozen Danish had asked the court to block the In ,, separate court case in Ha deal with the near-term im- enues. Ombudsman· transfer. waii. the Mai-cos estate has been BEEF BONELESS PORK CHOP BONELESS BEEF The court ordered the handO\ er ordered to pay S2 billion in dam in Vanuatu for stewing of about one-fifth of the Marrns ages to ':1.5.19 victims of human · urged to look deposits in December. then ex rights abuses who won a class 1 into conveni:iig STAY ALIVE liON TDRINK AND DRIVE! tcndo:d the ruling in January to action suit. • I • • • co\'er the entire amount. The victims arc claiming all the p~rliamen1 . .. ,', ' .. . The latest ruling conclmkd it Marcos Swiss deposits. and had ~~~~ra~m~~c~~~~~~~a PORT VILA (Pacnews)-Thc opposition in Vanuatu lrns asked Except Beer & Tobacco : the Ombudsman to investigate the legality or the holding or an ex Present this coupon for : traordinary sitting or the new Western Family Chilled Tyson Frozen Chicken Vanuatu parliament Tuesday. JUMBO HALF The speaker had called the ur Discount on p.w @C) gent meeting to approve a tempo BREASTS HOTDOGS rary Appropriations Bill to fund purchase overo D "' government services and allow ~: ~'~\ $1K ~ ff\) :fi'\ l; ;,.:} ~ ~ivil servants to be paid during J ;;; 0 \\jj \Jj; AQL\A RESORT CLLIB the three months April thru June Saipan until the 1998 budget is approved, From April 17 - 23 16 OZ. PACK Radio Vanuatu reports. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~m~~ 2 1/2 LB. BAG But the opposition complained that the sitting was not in line with Orange. Apple. Pineapple. April 22nd (Wednesday) parliamentary standing orders Grapefruit Juice, Champagne which required a notice of 25 to at the RARAlNA 30 days before the house could WONDER BREAD Western Family ICE CREAM COLD: Roast Turkey and Smoked Turkey Rolls debate any Appropriation Bill. Avocado and Crabmeat & The speaker, Edward Natapei, Country White $1.79 Regular Oblong Box Shrimp and Mussels Fountain tolu the sitting Tuesday it was FARMLAND Country Wheat $1.79 Chocolate-Vanilla Baked Ham and Pork Asado necessary to pass the bill because CHILLED French Bread $1.99 Cookies-n-Cream Seafood and Vegetable Salad with Oil c:,67(;; or the urgent need to pay civil Italian Bread $1.99 Rocky Road Gado Gado with Samba! and Peanut Sauce sc1vants and keep services run Sour Dough Bread $1.99 Neapolitan TI:J{J(.-\CE RESTAL'IL\:S-1' ning unti I the budget is ready in Salads Dressings English Muffins $1.99 Fudge Royal 11 :00 am - 2:00 pm June. Sashimi Jumbo Franks 14oz. $3.49 Raisin Muffins $2.59 Mocha Madness Port Vila MP Willie Jimmy has Select Sliced Ham 16oz. $5.69 Hamburg Rolls $1.89 Orange Sherbert written to the ombudsman, Marie Cotto Salami 16oz. $2.79 Hot Dog Rolls $1 .79 Cooky-Dough STATION: Vegetable Samoosas Noellle Ferricux-Patterson, com Chicken Samoosas Chutney Bologna 16oz. $2.69 Strawberry plaining about the decision or the Hotdogs 12oz. $1.99 CAB' Top Sirloin with Pepper Sauce Speaker and the president, Jean Swordfish with Pesto Chopped Ham 8oz. S1.29 you, Smelacy lo, tmly delectable Luoch BuITel Marie Lcyc, who signed the tem Assorted Salay .r{.,, porary appropriations bill into law U.S. Vegetable Fuji or Red Delicious with a FASHION SHOW to be participated by only hours after it was passed by U.S. SOUP: Mille Fanti 1998 NMBPA Beauty Pageant Candidates. parliament. COOKING OIL sweet Jimmy has also complained ATERMELON HOT: Quiche Lorraine. Broccoli Quiche crunchy Courtesy of: about the legal advise given to the Chicken Breast Princesse sweet Pena House & Monika's Gallerie President and the Speaker by the APPLES Salmon Fillet Grenlioble attorney-general, Ham Bulu, and your favorite store in Saipan! .. seedless Baked Seafood Lasagna he has asked the ombudsman to Fritto Misto with Sauce Aioli investigate the actions of all three ~ mt pg] di nre, Sauteed Vegetables $18.00/person men. > ···.· . 'fj'1!5P) ~@)? lLV)ci White Rice, Spanish Rice includes: Jimmy says if the Ombudsman .~····~·:,_·.~ Vegetarian Curry • Flower to all Secretary (inc.ls that the decisions of the three men wen: illegal, he would put • Welcome Drink (Blue Blazer) U.S. Anjo Red Globe U.S. Navel PASTRY: Sliced Tropical Fruits the issue to the courts to have the Fruit Cocktail with Amaretto · A gift - Compliments of parliament's decision and the PEARS GRAPES ORANGES French Pastries -Duty Free Shoppers president's approval of the deci sweet Apple Strudel w/ Vanilla Sauce -Pena House sion declared null and void. sweet sweet Jellos, Mousses in Glass, Custards -Monika's Gallerie Ferrieux-Pattcrson has con Pies, Eclair, Swans, Ice Cream Bombe firmed receivinn the letterofrorn plaints from Jii~my and says she For reservation please call POL or DAWN at 322-1234 will only investig.:1te the matter if ,:·· it is not first put to the Supreme ''·', Court. • i FRIDAY. J\PRIL 17, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-19 18-MARIANAS VARIETY Nl:\Y_S_ A~R_YIE_\\I_S-FR!DA Y.: ,\_PR_]L I7 .L~2..~-- Fiji offers tax amnesty ...&~ Elsewhere~i.n the Pacific Visiting RP politicians tell US: SUV A (Pacncws)-The Fiji gov a om:-off chance to pay rhcm with ernment Wednesday launched a mn having to pay penalties up to tax amnesty in its efforts to in 300 per cent of the amount owed, crease revenue by collecting un Island Networks Corporation re paid taxes. po11s. Casinos to close 'Estrada next president' Finance Minister Jim Ah Koy The three-month amnesty will HONlARA (Pacncws)-The 7 next year, no extensions or re public casinos in Solomon Is believes government is losing up 10 By DAVID BRISCOE dcpm1urcoi'U.S, ba,csfrom the Phil said. but he acknowled!.!cd tl1at the Mncadu was introduced as start on May l and end on July 31 Solomon Islands government has newals will be granted to all cur lands." $Fl (Xl million ($US7 5m) because WASHINGTON (AP)-A del ippines in 1992 took the Philippines United States plays w1 i;1poruu11 se Estrada's likely choice to be cJctcn,-;c this year. decided to close down all casino rent holders of casino licences. He said the only exception will people are al'oiding paying tax .. egation of Philippine politicians "to a higher plane.'' curity role in the n:gion ,uid indicated sccrctrny, Espiritu ,Ls finance sccre- Ir will give those who owe t,i.xes operations in the country by April He explained that the one year be stale lotteries and games of has come to the United States on "When both counuics look back, Estrada would continue to supfXJI1 1:uy and ;'"1111orn a,1 executive sccrc 7. 1999. grace period is to enable the ca chances for charitable purposes. behalf of Vice President Joseph it looks like we did the right thing," he that role. t;uy. This was revealed by Home Af sino licence holders to take ac Reverend Boseto said a bill will Estrada, saying he wil I be the fairs Minister. the Reverend Leslie count of any proprietary rights or be brought to parliaemnt in the -., Boscto whik clarifying the legitimate expectations they might mid-year meeting to review the :t·. country's next president and that govemmcnt"s stand on casinos in have. whole gaming and lotteries in he_ will carry on major policies of parliament today. Reverend Boseto stressed that dustry with the view to reflect the the incumbent who opposes his No reasons were given for the as of April 7, 1999 "there will be govemment's policy to totally election. Arriving just a few days after a decision. NO commercial casinos whether prohibit casinos from Solomon term-ending Washington visit by RevcrcnJ Boscto said by April private clubs, internet. hotels or Islands. President Fidel Ramos, the Estrada delegation scheduled no Joseph Estrada meetings with top Clinton admin Kiribati president Tito still istration or members of Congress. poor in the Philippines," saidZamom. Philippine Sen. Orlando But he said Estrada would continue Mercado and Rep. Ronalda the economic liberalization, interested in another term Zamora held a sparsely attended plivatization and emphasis on pro news briefing in a downtown ho moting free enterp1ise that marked HONOLULU. (Pacnews) more work to accomplish, includ Japanese financial crisis. tel Tuesday and scheduled meet To be re-elected Beretitenti, Ramos' successful term. The president of Kiribati, ing better transportation, better ings and receptions with several Rm11os is limited to a single, 6-ycar Teburoro Tito, has indicated in communications, and better qual Tito must first be elected to the private groups in Washington and Maneaba ni Maungatabu or House tem1 butln,endorsed I-louse Speaker terest in continuing to serve as ity goods for his Micronesian na New York. of Pruiiament, be nominated by a Jose de Venecia in the 11-cmididate Beretitenti (President) when his tion. Mercado introduced the group parliamentarian to Kiribati's high election. The top vote-getter wins, second te1m ends later this year. Tito also is iryterested in purs as future Cabinet members in an est elected position, and then re even without a majority. ' l!f!!.. l!f!!..tl'Ell D.\\· •~n.nm"' T.\'.\:t During a Honolulu interview, ing constrnction of a planned Japa Estrada presidency. According to Estrada's greatest asset, said ceive a majority vote from the 41- d d TIIUOl'l,11 R\Y mm1 Tito said he "would be available nese spaceport and 150-room ho polls, the former movie actor who Espiritu, is his ability to build member parliament if the people want to hire me tel complex on Kiritimati- Christ has served for six years as an consensus. 1 mas Island. The presidential election will take again. ' opposition party vice president to He sai,d Estrada would present place either next October or No He said he has enjoyed serv The project has been postponed Ramos is front-nrnner in the May "more of the same" in good rela • 134 Luxury Rooms Uox IOOOI vember. ing his country and has plans for two years because of the current 11 Philippine election. tions with the United States and • Swimming Pools 1-'inasisu. Sai1ta11 "President Estrada will give foster"even more economic improve • Sauna .,11• 1um;;o more t:mphasis to assisting the ments." Mercado said the • Gourmet Restaurant T••l••uhonf': More trips for Fiji president briefed on 4u,ot 2:,:.-2111; 1m~1-1 • GiftShop Samoan ferry Gunm.en kill reelectionist • Centrally Located {C.70t 2:l."t-UH 1/,t APIA (Pacnews)-Additional political developments • Airport Trans!ers l~"ail: trips have been added to normal SUVA (Pacnews)-Fiji Presi Labour Party and the new Party councilor in northern RP 1•i ,· i••ra (a';sai1,n n.t·o111. trips by S:rn1oa's ferry. Queen dent Ratu Sir Kamise:,e Mara has for National Unity. DAGUPAN, Philippines (AP) ing Dagupan's feast day when Salamasi na, be tween Samoa· s capi been briefed on the latest political The FA leader confirmed the - Two unidentified gunmen one of the gunmen shot him tal Apia and the American Samoan dcl'elopments in the country in a meeting but declined to divulge Wednesday assassinated a city from behind with a .45-caliber capital Pagopago, this week. closed door session with senior info1ma1ion, saying details were councilor seeking re-election pistol. This is tocataan increased num political leaders. confidential. then killed a policeman who He added that Daliwan, who ber of people and Samoa's contin [b§!J!]IJ!J@JX And among those who report Meanwhile the Fijian Associa came to his aid during a village was working security at the back gents to Pagopago's Flag Day this edly were in the session with the tion Party has briefed its executive festival in the northern Philip of the stage, was shot by a sec Decorative Doorstcih week. Radio 2AP re pons. ------____\ Air Conditioning President was Fijian Association council on its proposal for a coali pines. ond gunman. The suspects es 'll1c additional trips were made 11 11 11 "Setting standards of comfort leader Josevata Kamikamica, Is tion with the Fiji Labour Pai1y mid Four civilians were wounded caped on foot. Sunday and Easter Monday. The 36 X 1 3/4 X 80 land Networks Corporation re the Party of National Unity. by stray bullets in the incident On Tuesday, Ramos asked excellence for over a century" last contingent left Wednesday ports. FA Leader Kamikamica says the which took place in Dagupan the military and police to take All Designs qual•i•ty (kwal'e te), 1. a night Wei I-placed sources say council has agreed to the coali City in Pangasinan Province, the steps to pre\'ent an outbreak of TI1e Queen Salamasina will re distinguishing element 2. excellence Kamikamica shared his views on tion but they still needed time to home region of President Fidel violence ahead of May 11 elec 3. the basic essential character of sume with its rrips Friday and con a proposed coalition between the consult supporters in their dis Ramos, police said. tions following the killing of a tinue through the weekend for the something 4. the degree of Fijian Association Party, the Fiji tricts.· Candidate Elmer Quinto died ruling pm·ty r.;;ayornlty c-andi Kiln Dried LUmber · retuming contingents and others. us excellence on the spot from a single gun date in southern Mindanao. shot wound in the forehead while At least five people have been If quality is what you're looking for in an police offict:r Richard Daliwan killed in election-related vio 2x4x10' $4. I 9;pc air conditioning sys/em for your business Split among Bougainville rebels suffered multiple gunshot lence so far. or home & family, please read on. wounds, said police investigator Violence often mars Philip 2x4x12' $5.03/pc Rolando Aquino. pine elections, specially on JWS Air Conditioning & Refrigeration is Aquino said Quinto was on a Mindanao island, where many 11 the answer. We may not have the deepens Papua New Guinea rift 2x4x14u $5089 ;pc 1/4x4x8 $11e31 /sM lowest prices on isl,and but we believe makeshift stage with other local armed rebels, bandits and pow you get what you pay for. We otter a PORT MORESBY, Papua from Papua New Guinea which The Pakia meeting is seen as a officials to hand out awm-ds dur- c1ful clans are active. quality product at a reasonable price New Guinea (AP) - The rift has led to an estimated 15,000 belated eff011 by Ona to involve 2x4x16' $6.71 /pc 1 /2x4x8' $24. 13/sht and the service capability to support splitting gougainvillc's seces deaths. himself in the peace process. your long term investment, sionist rebels has deepened as Joseph Kabui, the vice-president Kabui, who took a leading role $7.53;pc 5/8x4x8' $30.39/sht prominent rebels say they won ·1 of the rebels' political arm the in the New Zeal mid-brokered peace Coll Bernard Banez for your free Bougainville Interim Govemment, talks between the wmTing pm1ies, estimate. information & pricing. attend a meeting Thu1·sday called by ·1heir reclusive figure and the rebels' military commander said the rebel leadership was 1101 $8.66;pc $36.54/sht Now in Stock head. Francis Ona. Sam Kauonasaid Wednesday night trying to al icnate Ona as he reaf Ona has organized a three they would not p,u1icipate in the fi1111cd that Ona was still their po Split System 12,000 BTU Wall Mount Split System 18,000 BTU Wall Mount day gathering of Bougainville Pakia meeting. litical leader. Split System 24,000 BTU Wall Mount leaders at Pakia village in the Kabui said that senior rebel po Pakia village is located near Split System 30,000 BTU Ceiling Mount c.:ntral region of the island, litical and military personnel have the giant Panguna copper mine Split System 40,000 BTU Ceiling Mount which is interpreted as a bid to boycotted Ona ·s meeting because which triggered the secessionist Split System 50,000 BTU Ceiling Mount shore up his diminishing posi of his refusal to speak with them crisis a decade ago following Split System 60,000 BTU Ceiling Mount tion as the political leader of the first. landowner and royalty disputes. rebels. Ona has so 1·ar distanced him The mine is majority owned by AIR CONDITIONING Prominent Bougainvillcan self from the current peace pro Australian company RTZ CR.A. 'J~S & REFRIGERATION chiefs and politicians have been cess on the island, which re The rebels have harbored mis • Authorized Distributor· invited to the gathering. sulted in the warring factions trust or the Australian ~overn- President of the Philippine Senate Neptali Gonzales at the second Serving Customers for Over 26 Years! Rebels on the Pacific island agreeing to a cease-fire that is to 111 en l, which t ra i nc~d and Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) held last.week at the Queen Elizabeth II be signed Ap1·il 30 and stai1 next Centre, London. The summit focused on the financial crisis in Asia. AP Located on South Middle Road have been involved in a bloody equipped PNG's military dur I 0-year war for independence month. ing the conflict. Phone: 235-5572/74 Fax: 235-5573 ., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, I 998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-21 ------=------'-'-'------'-· 20-~l:\RI.\N.-\S \'.-\RIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 17 . 1998 After El Nino drought Strike paralyzes Bangladesh Party and its right-wing allies DHAKA, Hangladesh (AP) - signcu last December. ending a urivers had Jefied the strike, an agency n:porled. The strike was saiu to have paralyzed other main later deferred the strike unti I ;\ ~c·ncral strike that was delayci.J D-year-old separatist war in the official said. Authorities deployed more than cities, but details were sketchy. after Bill Richardson, the U.S. RP braces for La Nifia floods by l\\'o dais because or :i U.S. country's southeastern hills. The strike was first scheduled ambassador to the United Na otl1cial's 1·isll shut Jown busi- Opposition parties complain the 3.000 riot police to prevent any By OLIVER TEVES in order 10 han·..:sl in the third tions, completed a two-day visit 11css and halted most tra!Tk in the govcrnmcnt has conccued too violence in the city of 8 million for Monday, a day after the gov \l.\:\ILA. Philippines (.-\Pl - quarter of the ye:1r. Escudero said. Tuesday. Bangladeshi capital and other much to the Buddhist Chakma people. No major confrontutions ernment introduced a bill that pro S1ill reeling frnm 1he effects of a I k said 23 provinces. many of posed setting up a tribespeople Chakma tribespeople, ;i sm;ill major cities Wedncsuay. insurgents. were irnmediutely reported. SC\L're Jmugl11 c·:1used by the El 1hem rice growing an:as. could minority in predominantly Is Opposition parties eallcd the In Dhaka. police detained al Government offices and banks dominated elected council to con \'illll ll'e:llhc·r ph..:ncirn..:1wn. Ihe bear the brunt of the heavy rains lamic Bangladesh, account for least I:, opposition activists who opened, but attendance was thin, trol the southeastern hills. The l'hilippin..:s is bracing for nmxls and floods. strike to protest a peace accord United News of Bangladesh news counci I was part of the peace two-thirds of the 800,000 people frcim ;1 .. La Nina .. tilat 111av fol El Nino. which means .. the the Awami League govemmell\ smashed some rickshaws whose agreement. in the region of rugged hills and child .. in Spanish. is 1he nick l,111. offic·iah s:1id \Vcd11esd:1v. The country's main opposi dense forest 110 miles ( 176 ki name of a periodic warming of REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL :\gnc·1ilturc· S..:netary Salv:1dor tion Bangladesh Nationalist lometers) southeast of Dhaka. lcscud,·1\i s:1id hc·:1\·y r:1ins from waters in th.: eastc111 Pacific off CUC RFP98-0020 thL' La '-:in:1 rnuld bq!ill in the last the mast of Peru that generally March 27, 1998 quarter or 1his y1:ar. 1\·hich is nor occurs every two to scvcn years. The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms capable of mally hc1r\·,·s\ Sl':1Slll1. with ,arong episodes c\·cry l 5 providing the following services: ground maintenance; trash, oil and sludge disposal; and other Th.: tlooding ,-milJ thrc:1tcn rice ye c1rs or so. ,-rops. so Ihc· gll\ crn111,·11t is en The phenomenon causes maintenance. droughts in somc arcas. such as c·nuraging f:1rmcrs l\l plan! early Interested parties may pick up the Scope of Work at the CUC Procurement & Supply Office from 7:30 to J 1:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, except for government observed holidays. Offerors shall provide a certification signed by a principle of the company stating that the company has in the past, and is currently, in compliance with all applicable CNMI and federal labor laws. Should the company be unahlc to proviuc such cerli fication, the company must provide a written explanation as to why, including a description of any violations of such labor Jaws and any remedial action taken. FAILURE OF THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE TI-IE CERTIFlC/ff!ON OR EXPLANATION JS GROUNDS TO REJECT THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL. Proposals will he evaluated am! selection made based on Cost- 50 points. Experience- 30 points. Approach to Project - 20 points Smoke billows from the mountains of Talubin as it continues to gobble up precious pine trees in northern Six (6) sets of the proposals and copies or business licenses must be submitted in a scaled envelope marked Philippines on Tuesday. Forest fires continue to wreck havoc in the mountains north and south of the country CUC RFP 98-0020, to CUC Procurement & Supply, P.O. Box 1220, Lower Base, Saipan, MP 96950. no FOR as a result of the El Nino phenomenon_ AP later than 3:00 p.m .. local time, Monday, April 27. 1998. Late submissions will not be considered. lanches of volcanic debris if a La improve drainage in Metropoli Relatives of opposition activist who was shot dead, cry beside the body 2 1 Southeast Asia, an If you have questions regarding this proposed project, please call Mr. Edward Babauta, CUC Wastewater Division Project Former First Lady and current presidential candidate Imelda Marcos left, gets a ki~s from an emotional supporter as she pays a visit Monday Engineer, at (670) 322-6706/7179. to supporters who staged a hunger strike in front of the Supreme Court in Manila. AP FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-23 22-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 17, 1998 Italy calls for more LOW IN SALT LOWIN SUGAR contacts with Japan LOWIN FAT TOKYO (AP) - Italian Scalfaro said, according to a Scalfaro has been accompa PrcsicJent Oscar Luigi Seal faro copy of the speech released nied FRIDAY. APRIL 17. 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND V[EV,'S-_~5 24-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 17. 1998 US unions to back Australia group meeting of the ILWU on Thursday the international movement is yet ··J think it is rair to say it is a Australia's ports have older S\'11:',;EY,Australia(AP)-The The ILWU has 60,000 members he suid. By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN tel :1,.:, c:11-,Ll) injllllL'lillll hlm·k produL·ts ... uniun official Bob is expected to fornial\y issue asll!te to be decided." cranes and poorer road access first step toward a possible U.S. and represents wate1i"ront workers "If they are able to bust the unions SYD\EY. Australia (.-\l'J - i11g thL· l11ll'rn:1tiu1rnl Tr:1nsport Carnegie told a union pickc:t I inc war of attrition, but they (the ment of suppo1t for the fired Aus On the East Coa~t of the United than major hubs such as bo\"cotl of cargo ships from Aus along the entire West Coast of the in Australia and England then .-\ ,hipping L'Oll!Jlany righting to Workers· Federation rrorn or at Fisherman Islands in the: port union) have to understand the tralian dock workers. States the ILA, which represents Rotterdam and Singapore. tralia is expectei.l Timrsday when United States and Hawaii. they'll come afterus next and there bust the maritime union \\'Dn ganizi11g a11 int<:mational boy city of Brisbane. government is very resolved Stallone said there had been no 65,000 workers along the Atlantic The current strike is the latest America ·s two largest waterfront Seven members of the ILWU won't be anybody left to help us if temporary court vinories cott in supporturthc Australian Workplace Relations Minis about this." he said. we don't help them now. decision yet on the next step the and Gulf Coasts, expects to officially Minister John development in a waterfront war unions offrr 10 back 1.400 fired including its president were affested \Vcdnesday. \\'ith judges order Ul!IO!l. ter Peter Reith said Tuesday Prime union would take. announce its backing for the fired that began in I 996, when new Aus1ralian s1evedores. last week during a protest over the "We see the silllation in Austra ing union protesters not to block The ITWF, a London-bascd night there will be no quick rnd Howard's conservative govern lia as one of an ongoing attempt by "We have the ability to stop any Australian workers on Thursday. workplace laws restricted the The East Coast-based Interna Australian wate1front dispute out access to its wharves. co11fcdcration or world unions. to the dispute that erupted when ment has said it wants to weaken international shipping companies ship and not work it," he said. "We 'I\ be issuing a statement of maritime union's ability to tional Longshoremen 's Associa side the Australian Consulme in The maritime union rc ,,·ants 111..:mbcrs to boycoll ships Patrick sacked its unionizc:d the utionally. to bust dock workers' unionsm·ound "How we will handle this within suppolt on Thursday morning," strike. tion (ILA) and the Wesi Coast San Francisco. sponded Thursday by bringing IDaded by Patrick's 11<:w non wo1·kers. Union supporters counter that Tot union has a long history of the world." ourown legal confines and how we ILA spokesperson Jim McNamara basei.l !ntemational Longshore and 111 pil·kets ;,nd protesters !"rom union stcvedor<:s. An international r.xecutive board will coordinate that with the rest of said. Warehouse Union liLWU)expcct industrial action and close ties to other unions. which ;1n: not The Mariti111<: Union uf /\us to send official letters of suppon to Australia. bound by the injunction, and by tralia. whose members have the Maritime Union of Australia Its founder and 40-year presi members or the g.rneral pubiic. staged protests outside l'atrick·s ~MUA) within the next two days. dent, Han-y Bridges, was an Aus lo blockade the docks. terminals. claims th<: company Au,ma\ian Associatei.l Press re tralian. The Ne\\' South Wales state conspired with thc federal gov poned Thursi.lay. Stallone compared the actions of Supreme Court granted a tem c111111cnt to illegally lock out its --what exactly we intend to do is Australian Prime Minister John porary injunction against the I ,400 members at I 7 ports 1rn still under discussion:· ILWU Howard's government to former Maritinw llnion of Australia. tionwidc last week. spokesperson Steve Stallone told British Pri~1e Minister Margaret pre\l:nting it rrom stopping \C Patrick rnmpa11y fired all AAP. 'l11atcher's industrial policie; to hicles 1·rnm ,·ntcring ell· lc;1\ ing u11im1 ln11gshorcmen April 7 and --But the discussion certainly in wards mine workers and dock the P:1triL·k ct1mp;1ny doL·ks in repl:ll'ed them with non-union cludes targeting ships that have workers. S,dncy and Newcastle. workers. who were brought in --111ese :u-e ·n1atcherite policies' used the Patrick scab dock work The 111ju11ct1011 runs ,rnly by senll"ity guards !"la11ked with the Howard government is doing," ~rs. thrnugh Thur,da) su JusiiL·e ;1ttad, dogs. James Wood l·an rinish his he;u· The Fede 1· a I (' o u rt 111 ings. and hL' s;1id it did lllll !"orc ivkl boumc on Wedncsuay <:x shadow the outcome or the prn tended a week-old injunctio11 ccedings. delaying the mass riring of II !"ollo\\ ed a dccision earlier Patrick st<:v<:dores' workers na Wcdnc·sday by the Western Aus tionally. ahead of further court °'~ d_ tralia state Suprcmc Court also hearings 011 the matter Thurs temporarily barring the union day. n !11 court hearings scheduled Picketting union workers pelt a bus, loaded with non-union workers, with paint bombs as the bus pushes from using. intimidating. or vio through the blockade at Newcastle docks, Wednesday. Heated battles have erupted on Australian docks ror Thursday, the Maritime lent tactics at the Fremantle after the stevedore company Patricked fired all of its 1,400 workers last week. AP docks. Union of Australia will seek a .. , USED 'C;~ SALE~ Australian Defence Minister Ian McLachlan, left, talks with Indonesian President Suharto during a courtesy Earlier Wcdnesday, as union court order to reinstate the 1,400 call Wednesday at his residece in Jakarta. AP pickets blockaded wharves union membei-s. Patrick has so around Australia, two dismissed far ignored the previous "no ~~ill and ltf/fil, dock workers were .slightly in fire"' order by the court. jured al Newcastle: when they Union organizers said that dc The FIELD and LENS -~~§'i~" were pinned und-:r a bus that s pi tc company efforts, ,,, ~ii~i~~~;;t~~:~BMW 3:Si longshoremen·s unions in the _ -··· U97-004 ··,'c: s'u:CK •:.:::,,u,;y ABA-2t7 5'So ; was trying. to enter the port. 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VAi, AAT-247 9495 ··,•; Door_ Oyen: 9}(~pm _ .,·I To enroll your child for the 98-99 school year, /1 '.Entrance: $5.00 with 2_free drinks Jrom ~a1yac Product . :.\ d~ Microl Corporation please call 234-3203 ·:~': .... 2,--:::::,- An Inchcape Motors Company or ,,) at the corner 01 Beach Road and Chalan Mnsr. Guerrero in San Jose. Call us al 234-5911 or Fax us al 234-6514 Stop by our office at Kimco in Gualo Rai on Middle Road 'J FRIDAY, APRIL 17. 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-27 26-l\lARL\NAS \' AR!l:TY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 17 . 1998 GAO finds terrorism ~·~ ~ Thousands protest in Jakarta (!fii NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION 1!J training incomplete men l. Noisy demonstrations call on Suharto to quit Many studc:nts want major :·('1;:M~,··@< 2nd AMENDED REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 6~~~~~~~:~~ By LIBBY QUAID justice. changes to the way Indonesia is WASHINGTON (AP) - De · Hastert plans hearings on the Traffic was blockt:d as they to play politics on campus. crisis began six months ago, re run. They have called for Jemo The Board of Directors of the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC), represented by Mr. Juan S. spite a S:\O million plan lo prepare subject next week. chanted slogans calling for eco The student protests have been sulting in a dramatic plunge in crati c reform and have de Tenorio, Chairman, and the Department of Public Works are soliciting sealed proposals for the Installation as many as 120 American cities lo GAO investigators suggested nomic and political reform. the most visible sign of dissent the currency as well as soaring manded that Suharto end his 32- of Lighting of the Baseball Field in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Proposals Jeal with terrorist awicks, con Con!!rcss order federal and city No arrests were.made despite in Indonesia since the economic inflation and mass unemploy- year grip on power. in duplicate, will be accepted at the NMHC Central Office in Garapan, Saipan until 2:00 p.m., local time, gressional investigators have nov;mmcnts to assess the risks the disruption to traffic. April 22, 1998, at which time and place all proposals will be opened and read aloud. Any proposals received found that only about two dozen t1cing each city. IL rccorrnnended The protests began mid-morn after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances. actually have received Lrnining. that the FBI play a bid role in ing and were continuing in the A General Accounting Office such assessments. early afternoon. A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the proposal. This security may be Certified Check, report revealed that federal, state ··While it is not possible lo re Dozens of pol ice we1·c on Cashier's Check, or Bid Bond, made payable to the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation. and local officials have not yet duce risk to all potential targets duty, but only a small number identified the threat facing each a!!ainst ... te1Torism," the report were wearing riot gear. Suharto The proposer is required to submit with the proposal: 1) a copy of a current CNMl-issued business license; city and which types of training s;id, "risk assessments can help Student discontent has intrn 2) updated linancial statement; 3) listing of existing and past projects including completion dates; 4) certification amlcquipmentare needed. In 1996 ensure that training, equipment By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA sified in recent weeks as lndo of tax compliance tram the Department of Revenue and Taxation; 5) written confirmation from a reputable tefforism legislation, Congress set and other safeguards are justified JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ncsia reels the effects or the bonding firm as to the company's capability to obtain bond insurance and performance and payment bond; aside about $300,000 for such and implemented based on threat, Thousands or students held worst economic crisis in 30 6) copy of Builder's Risk and Workmen's Compensation coverage; 7) listing of manpower with copies of needs in each of the 120 biggest the vulncrabi lity of the asset to an noisy anti-government demon years. CNMl-issued work permits; and 8) listing of equipments. American cities. attack and the importance of the strations on Wednesday. some Last week. Indonesia and the "ll1is report underscores my asset." taking part in an illegal street International Monetary Fund Plans and Specifications of the project are available from the Technical Services Division, Department of concern that the left hand might But the Defense Department, march and many calling on signed a rcviseJ agreement for Public Works, Saipan, on or after February 25, 1998. A non-refundable payment of $150.00 is required for not know what the right hand is the project's overall leader, dis President Suharto to quit. a $43 billion bailout or the each set; payment made payable to the NMHC. doing," said Rep. Ike Skelton, the agreed with the idea of risk as Rallies were held on at least economy or the world's fourth House National Security sessments, saying such plans seven campus around the capi most populous nation. Attention is called to Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1968 which. requires the Committee's ranking Democrat. would not affect a city's choice of ta I. The deal, the third to be signed provision of training and employment, and the awarding of contract for work on the project, to low income "Nothing is more important than equipment and could boost costs It was om; of the most active in less than six months, calls for project area residents and business concerns. NMHC also notifies proposers that it will affirmatively ensure assuring the American people that by as much as $30,000 per city. Jays or protest in Jakarta since big economic reforms but does that, in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority and women's business enterprises its government is living up to their The GAO report came on the students began a campaign of not address demands by some will be accorded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this RFP. expectations." heels of a leading scientist's com public criticism of the govern for 'political change. Tl1e report, the fourth in a series ments that government health ment ,1bout two months ago. Dozens of protests have been Attention is lurther called to the labor Standards Provision for Wage Rate Determination al the on U.S. efforts to battle terrorism, agencies are unprepared for bio Several hundred students held at campuses across the Commonwealth, Classification and Salary Structure Plans, and payment of not less than the minimum said emergency response person logical tenwism, with no plan to from a Christian university de country. Most have been toler salaries and wages as set forth in the Contract Document, must be paid on this project. nel in only 11 cities had com get vaccines or antibiotics to vic fied a ban on street marches and ated by police and the military pleted the program at the time of tims or to detect the first illnesses walked down a major road to and have been conducted peace The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any imperfections in the said the GAO review, but Skelton and in time to save lives. join a large protest at the cam fully. although students and se proposals, if in its sole opinion, to do so would be in the government's best interest. All proposals shall Rep. Dennis Hastert on Wednes "We're pleading" with the gov pus of the University of Indone curity personnel have clashed become the property of the Commonwealth Government. day provided agency data show ernment to prepare, said Dr. sia in central Jakarta. at several demonstrations. ing that training is now complete Michael Osterholm, Minnesota's Many, wearing blue univer The military has warned stu Isl JUAN S. TENORIO February 13, 1998 in 22 locations. epidemiology chief and a princi sity jackets, sat down at the en dents not to take to the streets, Chairman of the Board Date Police scuffle with student protesters in front of Padjajaran University in Bandung 60 miles southeast of "In short. counterteJTorism pro pal researcher for federal efforts and Indonesia's education min Jakarta Wednesday. In one of the most active days of protest since the onset of an economic crisis, Northern Marianas Housing Corporation trance or the campus in defi grams are being designed. funded to detect emerging disease threats. ance or police orders 10 move. ister has called on students not thousands of students staged noisy anti-government rallies Wednesday on as many 25 campuses around and executed without adequate "We are working very hard to Indonesian capital and other cities. AP JOHN B. CEPEDA. February 17, 1998 oversight from both Congress and improve our ability to deal with Acting Secretary ol Public Works the executive branch," said any act of biological terrorism," Hastert. chairman of the Govern Defense Department spokesman HERMAN SABLAN February 17, 1998 ment Reform and Oversight sub Kenneth Bacon said Wednesday, Acting Director, Procurement & Supply committee on national security, citing the training program stud international affairs and criminal ied by the GAO. An earlier GAO report re P.O. BOX 1640, AS LITO, Te I.: 288-2288 quested by Skelton found that oio American troops abroad remain SAIPAN MP 96950 Fax: 288-4488 vulnerable to te1Toris111 because 0 the military lacks mandatory se ,.:. / i :1 curity standards. : I I ' '' I Mass transit systems arc cspc ; i ( ci ally vu Inerablc to attack, a sepa NEW ARRIVAL SALE! rate Transportation Dq1art1m:nt study found last year. REBAR 040, 20' #3-#6, ··~····· $370.00/ST us PLYFORM, ACX 7 PLY, ...... $ 27.00/PC ACXSPLY, $25.00/PC CPVC FITTINGS & PIPES, 15%0FF GYPSUM BOARD 1/2", $9.50, 5/8', $12.50 CEILING BOARD, METAL STUDS & T CHANNEL 10%0FF WOOD MOULDING, FULL LINE 20%0FF ROOF TIN G26, 32"W, 14'/$16.00; 16'/$19.00 WOOD DOORS 10% VINYL FLOOR TILE, 10%0FF CERAMIC TILE 4"X4", $19.00/BOX(l60PC/BOX)! US LUMBER & MAHOGANY LUMBER, 10-15% OFF AIRPORT M.R. PLYWOOD BB & US PLYWOOD ACX 10% OFF • GASSfAIION ALL ELECTRICAL ITEMS: ASUfOROII.D Republic of Texas leader Rich 10% TO 20 % DISCOUNT ·~, ASUTO ·~ ard McLaren, right, is escorted :,iJ f-RIDA Y, APRIL 17, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-31 ------·-·------ 30-MARIANAS::_:_c__:c_:_:c.:.:.:_.:.:..__cc.-=_:__.:...:..:...:.:..=_:.....:__-"---'--'=---c...c--=----:...:..:...:=--c....:.:=---c...c--=--::....:_;_=..:---'----'-_..:.._=-.:.=___:_:_-'--'-'-'-"------·------VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 17. 1998 ·------.. ,. Mexico Congress impeaches Govs to recall team in Congo By Robert H. Reid (!dgcd that some Rw:md:u1 Hu1us. I lutus in Rw:uida. and human righLs th:m his p1~dcccs MEXICO CITY (AP) - fl<,xing local media repo11ed Wednesday. One committee is vying wi1h ~1c ·nie 7-0 vote was a lopsided vic majority. UNITED NATIONS (AP) -Cit mmcd by Mobutu to light the rebels. 'Ilic 1-cfugces wc1-c Rw:md:m I lutu s sor, Mobutu. theirnewly wonmajo1ity in Mexico's 1lie vote comes just eight months executive branch to get access to files tory forthe opposition Democratic The commission investigating ing a lack of cooperntion from the may have been killed in battle - who haJ fled their homeLmd to es Kahi\a ha, !'ailed to create m1y Con!,TJ-Css. opposition legislators have afteropposition panies won theirfo,t on a 30-year-old massacre of student Revolution, National Action and the 1968 massacre of at least 300 Congo· s govemment, Sec1ctary-Gen along with the women mid childr-cn cape punishment for the 1-Iutu-or dcmocratic institutions sincc he tcxJk voted for the impeachment of two maj01ity in Congi-css in seven de protcste1> by soldiers. Labor parties. which have been student protesters in Mexico City ernl Kofi Annan has decided to with whom they hid among. chesu·atcd slaughter. power,md has bwmed political oppo rnling-p:ll1y governors. cades. Yucaum Gov. Victor Cervera is long clamoring for the ouster of has also run into a roadblock. draw a U.N. team sent to the Africmi Rwandmi TuL,is who fought for Meanwhile, a top U.N. investiga sition, wrote Robe110Gmn:ton in the A congressional subcommittee Long eclipscJ b_v a powe1fol p1-csi accused of violating a constitutional MaJrazo anJ Cervera. The Interior Minisuyhasscntthe countJy to investigate massacres, a Kabila me accused of killing Hutu tor said in a 1cport Wednesday that 55-pagc 1-cprn1 tou1c53-me111ber U.N vo1eJ to suppon irn1xachrne111 pro Jcncy :u1d s~ile governors. opposi b:m on succeeding oneself in office. One member abstained from panel ;1 letter saying the executive senior U.N. official said Wednesday. refugees to1etaliatefortl1e I 994geno Kabi/a 's government may be worse Human RighL, Commission. which cecJin~s :1~:1ins1 1he Yucat:m :mu tion leadc1, in the lo\\'cr house of Ct:rvera w~L~ appointed as acting voting and the six deputies of the br:mch is undernoobl igation to coop The official, speaking on condition cide of m01-c than 500.CXXJ TuL~is by in terms of improving democracy is meeting in Geneva. T:1basc'o s1,{tc gm·emors for c01111p Congress h:1vc pleJgeJ to cle:u· up govemment of the southern state for ruling party walked ou1 before erate in tl1c probe, commission mem of anonymity. said the m111ounce tio11 :u1d violating the constitution. long-buried scandals. .~most fourye,u,.:md w:L, latcrelcc1ed the vote was taken. bei;; told tl1e newspaper Refomm. ment would probably be made 1l1ui;; ,V 'I to a six-ye,u· tem1. But the impeachment resolu Tensions between the executive day or Friday, even though Ann,m -- Qtommonhlealtb Wtihties Qtorporation ,.~~ ------.-. h.~., tions are primarily symbolic. mid legislative branches were r,u-c ~ - ti!. Si,'-' llic subcommittee 1-ccommended w,L, under pressure lium the United :-~~ ~\~... - ._./" I trying Tabasco Gov. Roberto since they will certainly not pass when the 111ling pm1y held sway in Sunes to keep the team in the Congo. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Mad1:izo for blocking investigations the Senaie, where the ruling pnrty Cong1css between 1929 and 1997. CUC-RFP-98-0021 'A;j\~ F,·rst ~ i ~r'; Anmm sent the team to the Congo t ;~ ( (,' imo a campaign financing scmdal - popularly known by its Span ba,icallytuming the legislature into a lese capital of Kinsln,a in August to April 6, 1998 '~- ._,.~),., ,... ,,. ! Laurent Kabila f involving his llJlJ4 election. ish initials as PRI - has a strong 111bber stmnp. investigate 1-cports that forces loyal to -,\\ Anniversary 1i)\- The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide President Laurent Kabila mw;sacred th01ities detained a Canadian team archeologieal monitoring for the Beach Road Sewer System Project on Saipan, Commonwealth of the t thousm1ds of Rw,mdrn1 1-lutu refu mcmberovemight in the eastern city Northern Mariana Islands. Rosary :1{ gees during their seven-month rebel of Goma. lion. which toppled dictator Mobutu f.,~ Anmm u1en suspended uie team's Interested parties may pick up the Scope of Work at the CUC Procurement and Supply Office from 7:30 to d Sese Seko in May I 997. 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. except on Government observed holidays We, the family of the lat/., :1 activities, Jemm1ding an explmrntion Despite assurances from Kabil,1's from the Congolese government. - ii government that it would coop::rate. The United States had warned that Offerors shall provide a certification, signed by a principle of the company stating that the company has in 1i~ the past, and is currently, in compliance with all applicable CNMI and federal labor laws. Should the MANUEL DIAZ MUNA ' 1 the investigation hw; been delayed by fu ttn-c Ameriecm aid was linked to •) numerous Jisagreements ovc:r the company be unable to provide such certification, the company must provide a written explanation as to cordially invite our friends and relatives to join us in ~ Kabila 's cooperation with the inves scope of the probe rn1J allegations why, including a description of any violations to such labor laws and any remedial action taken. FAILURE tigation mid urged the United Nations OF THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE THE CERTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION IS GROUNDS TO prayers as we commemorate the" First Anniversary" that the team Jesecrntcd graves. into his eternal home with God. to persevere. REJECT THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL. In Kinsln,a, tenm leader AL,u But Congo also holds a su-ategic Koffi Amega said the investigatoi;; location in the volatile G1cat Lnkes Selection of the three highest ranked consultants will be made based on Cost- SO points; Experience - 30 Nightly rosary will be held at 7:00pm at the family's lmd not been informed of miy deci Region of Africa, and U.S. officials points; Capability to perform work - 20 points. residence in Chalan Kanoa, beginning on Saturday, sion to withdraw them from theeoun we concerned that wiu1drawing the April 18, 1998 until Sunday, April 26, 1998. uy. tean1 could unde1mine Washing ton's Six (6) sets of the proposals and copies of business licenses must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked La,t Friday, Arncg:1said the inves cffor1s to forge surng tics with the CUC-RFP-98-0021 to CUC Procurement & Supply, P.O. Box 1220, Lower Base, Saipan, MP 96950, no later than 3:00 p.m., local time, on Monday, April 27, 1998. Memorial mass will be offered on the eighth day, tigators were unable toc,uTy out their new Congo government. work, mid morale w:L, ··ve1y. ve1y Kabila has denied that his forces Saturday, April 25, 1998 at 5:00pm at the Mt. Carmel low:· Also J.L-;t week. Congolese au- Discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors, who submit proposals determined to be reasonably · Cathedral in Susupe followed by a dinner reception ,,' uu-geted refugees, but has ncknowl- susceptible of being selected for award, for the purpose of clarification and to ensure full understanding of, 1 and responsiveness to, solicitation requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with -\;v_at the family's residence in Chalan Kanoa. -"f/- ~ > respect to opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals, and such revisions may be permitted after ,;,_ -VI Mexico's Foreign Minister Rosario Green speaks at a joint press conference with United States Drug Czar Richardson: Nuclear issue submission and prior to award of the purpose of obtaining the best and final offers. In conducling discussions, ,,, Barry McCaffrey, left, and Mexican Attorney General Jorge Madrazo, right, after a meeting last week in ,'I; , Kindly join us_ 1 f, there shall be no disclosure of any information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors. 1.Y' ,1}.-i""t Elphidia Reyes Muna and Family -r;;"-''' _~...:. Mexico City, McCaffrey praised Mexican law enforcers for turning up the heat on traffickers. AP won't hurt developing ties ~~ ~' because of ongoing conflicts with CUC reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and to waive any defect in the proposals both 01ina and Pakistan which if, in its sole opinion to do so, would be in its best interest of CUC. All proposals shall become the property have nuclear capability. of CUC. India says the United States should concent111te on disarming TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ itself and other nuclear powers, Executive Director instead of restricting membership to an exclusive nuclear club. DEATH & FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT India's new government, led by the conservative Bharatiya Janata Qtommonhlealtb Thltilities Qtorporatton In his death, he now joins his Party, has said it will review the REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Wiie: Victoria Ch. Camacho decision against developing and Father/Mother: Antonio/Maria Tudela Camacho deploying nuclear weapons. India CUC-RFP-98-0022 Father/Mother-In-Law: Trinidad/Jose Mafnas Chargualaf tested n nuclear bomb in I974. April 1, 1998 Bill Richardson Last week, Pakistan launched a Brothers/Sisters: Jose T./Antonia S. Camacho The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is soliciting competitive proposals form responsible fim1s Jesus/Juana L Camacho By ARTHUR MAX meclium-range missile - which capable of performing construction management and inspection of civil, electrical and mechanical Pedro, Cecilia, Rumana, & Valeriana T. Camacho NEWDELHJ,lndia(AP)-'Oie U.S. officials believe was built with construction activities for electrical 13.8/34.5 kV generation and 34.5/13.8 kV distribution subs1ations. The Ana G.llgnacio f' Villagomez United States will keep aying to North Ko1ean help - that could work included under this contrnct will be on the island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Joaquin /Juana V. Torres draw India into nuclear weapons deliver a nuclear bomb to India's Islands (CNMI), approximately l 50 miles north of Guam. Jose l/Carmen S. Camacho control programs, but it wi II not Jet largest cities. Interested parties may pick up the scope of services at the CUC Procuremenl & Supply Office in Lower Bro:hers/Sisters-ln-Law: Jos·e Muna, Gregorio Basa, Francisco I. Chargualaf, Rita CJJuan Benavente, Isidro Chargualaf, New Delhi's refusal to relinquish India responded that it hnd been expe<"tingamissiletcst,andpointed Base, from 7:30 to I I :30 a.111. and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m .. Monday through Friday, except for govern men! Victoria C Cepeda, Vicenta C./Roberlo Tudela, Satonino Santos. Maria/Pedro Demapan, Luis/Trinidad Cepeda. Ana Ch./ iL,nuclearoptionsounelations, U1c observed holidays. or have the scope of service.~ Faxes or mailed upon request. Tomas Villanueva, Nicolasa M. Cepeda, Joaquin/Maria Chargualaf, Magdalena Ch./Vicente Lizama & Vicente B. Pangelinan visiting U.S. amb3'saJor to the to its own missile pmgrnm which Son-in-Law: Ignacio 0. Pangelinan United Nations said Wednesday. already h,L~ the capabilily of suik Offerors shall provide a certification. signed by a principle of the company stating that the company has in He 1s sur1ived by his ChildreriiSpouses, Grandch1Jdren!Spouses, and Grea/ grandchildren: "We don't just have a one-is,ue ing anywhere in Pakist,m. the past, and is currently. in compliance with all applicable CNMI and federal labor laws. Should the Antonio Ch./Maria Margarita DLC. Camacho-Lawrence, Rodney/Yvonne Camacho (TemaraiKeolaShane),Anthony, Ryan, agenJa, .. said Bill Richardson, the Knrl Indcrfurth, the deputy sec company be unable to provide such ccrtificatiun. the cumpany must provide written explanation as to why. & Victoria Eugenia. first cabinet-level American offi retary of state for South Asia, said including a description of any viol:1tions to such labor laws and any remedial action taken. FAILURE OF Jose Ch./Rita S. Camacho-Marvin Joseph/Emily Camacho (Marvin AnthonyJonathan Ethany/Joey Evans) Leila Lorraine cial tomeettlienew Indim1 govern the United States will continue to THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE THE CERTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION JS GROUNDS TO REJECT S. Camacho (Lorenzo Jose) & Glenn Franklin \Vicasha Marie) . ment installed less than a montl1 seek India's signatU1c on the Com THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL. Trinidad C.IFelii Kisa-Norma Jean/Joseph Santos (Joseph VincenVJesse) Felix Jr./Jennifer B. Kisa (Keanue lnapu/Kaleo) ngo. prehensive Test Ban Treaty. Leilani (Alexander Enrique/Allani) Alvin & Kenneth Patrick. Proposals will be evaluated and selections be made based on Bid Price - 50 points: Construction "The new Indian government Inderfurth, accompanying Management Experience - 30 points; and Construction Inspection Experience - 20 points. JLoren?o Cecilia CJlgnacio Pangelinan(+)· Larry Joseph (Lareina Celine) Ignacio Jr., Victoria Maria, Vacian Peter & Lianny Ryan has acted with restraint and been Richardson, said the high-powered Magdalena C./Jose N. Santos-Brenda Lynn (Anthony Joey) Jenniter Lee/Manuel T. Camacho (Joey Mathew/Claymour very responsible," Richardson told U.S. delegation will try to persuade A copy of the proposal must be submitted by Fax to (670) 322-6582 no later than I :00 p.m., CNMI local Douglass) Elaine Frances, Jesus Lorenzo & Victoria Jolina. reporters on the second and last day Pakistan not to flex it~ "nuclenr time, Tuesday, April 14, I 997. The original proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked CUC Ramona CJ Jesus DLG. Sanchez·Lionel Jesse, Percy Jonathan, Victoria Concepcin, Eldred Brandon & Mone!le Sheryline. of his Indian visit 'We have had muscle," and said India had no RFP 98-0022, to CUC Procurement & Supply Office, P.O. Box I 220. Lower Base. Saipan, MP 96950, no later than 3:00 p.m., local lime, Monday, April 20, 1998. He is additionally survived by his diffe1ences in the past, and it is rea50n to respond to the Pakistani {Eubela missile test"ina lit-for-tat fashion." Sisters/Brothers-in-law: Concepcion C. Muna, Margarita C./Nicolas Q. Muna important that some of these issues Discussions may be conducted with responsible offcrors, who submit proposals detennincd to be reasonably Brothers/Sisters-in-Law: Domingo 1./Virginia Chargualaf, Isabel Ch. Pangelinan, Felisa Ch. Basa, Francisca I. Chargual2f, be dealt witl1." "Richardson said another theme susceptible of being selected for award, for the purpose of clarilication and to ensure full understanding of, Marcelina Ch. Santos, Juan I. Cepeda. Maria S. Chargualat & Vicente I. Cepeda. Richardson, picp,uing for Presi of the nip was to encourage India and responsiveness to, solicitation requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with dent Clinton's uip to this region in and Pakistan to resume talks on the respect to opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals, and such revisions may be permitted after Qtamacbo Rosary is being said nightly at 8:00 p.m. at the residence of Mrs. Cecilia C. Pangelinan (Pangie). at As Lito Village, starting November, reflected a softer tone explosive Kashrnirdispute, butre submission and prior to award of the purpose of obtaining the best and final offers. ln conducting discussions, April 12, 1998. Last respects may be paid on Saturday April 18th 1998 lrom 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the As Lita Residence. toward India tlmn when nuclc:u ilcmted that the United Suites will there shall be no disclosure of any information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered al 5 00 p.m. on the same day 14118/98) at the Mount Carmel Cathedral and burial issues dominated U.S.-India tics. not get involved unless asked by BOil\: August I 0. 1926 and was called viii\ immediately tollow al the Chalan Kanoa Cemetery. both pruiies. CUC reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and to waive any defect in the proposals India ha:; 1efoscd to sign the bed if. in its sole opinion to Jo so. would be in its best interest. All proposals shall become the property of CUC. to his eternal rest on Saturday, rocknuclearcontrol agreement, the "Wearenotmediators, butifwc THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS are asked by both sides we would April 11, 1998 at the age of 71 years. j.; Non-Proliferation Treaty, arguing TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ that it must keep its options open certainly consider that," he said. Executive Director I ' , I, I \ \ •, l FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998-MARJANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-33 ------. I l'1''J 32-M/\RIANJ\S VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-f.RIDAY: APRIL, 17.~~_9_8 .t': US often 'nixes' world orders Clinton off to Americas' talks By EDUARDO GALLARDO problem or the UnitcJ States. not perfect: Erika Rac Rose, a frontatiun. failwi: to pay more th:m SI billion in By David Briscoe SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Not our prohle111." Sta\c Dcpartmc:nl protocol of Amcrir:m 1.tws :ui: inci-c:asingly at back ll.N. dues. WASHl:\GTO:-; tAPI- When it After a two-day state visit, He said that "we in Latin ficial. was robbed of her bag lxlds with mueh of the \l'Orld on the ·'!lie United States isaratherdifli with some S3.000while lunch rnmcs to intcmatirnd agn::cmcnts. U.S. President Bill Clinton America will continue to ad death 1.:nalty. :u1d the L111itcd St:1tcs cult 1xu1nerin :my intem:itional agrcc ing al a restaurant in the fash .\111crica w:t11Ls it lxJth ways - full will join :n other leaders at a vance" toward a regional free s,1111cti mes bc·n ,111<:s the targ.ct oru:1Jc mc:nt." said Ted C,alen Cup.:nter. rn111plianl-C abroad :md th: sup11:111:1c> summit launching formal talks trade area. ionable Las Condcs neighbor ,ll'l, .S. cou11S. laws :u1d tq!ulationsat :ind cm ironmcntal :1ccords it hdrx:d 1·rn1:ign policy :malyst with tl1cCATO :j Frei al so said presidents at hood. Institute. which suppo11s free o·aJc -1 to establish a free-trade area hrn11c. \\'Ji IC. I.) tending the summit will agree An aide: said frei expects and free cntcqi1i:;c. .,I ~ involving every nation in the lkic'l'llc>ll of Cl \\!odd ( 'mill :11- The United Ste11cs also is meeting to open forma! talks for the Clinton "to express interest" He sai , • ' • , ~' ' 1 ' ' ... , ·.' '," ~ - r I • , , , , ,' .' • ' , ,· I ; , , ' , , t 1', • ~ . 1 1 1 .... FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998_ -MARIANA~-~0.~l§_!_:-.'_J'l~W?_~ND_VIEWS-35 34-MAR!ANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 17, 1998 G- 7 countries express fears: UN: Iraq access issue unsolved By Robert H. Reid carried out to its satisfaction, national dignity is respected. all long-range missili.:s anJ 'Japan economic woes serious' UNITED NATIONS (AP) - the commission, also known They are to observe - not nuclear, chemical aml biologi U.N. arms experts warned as UNSCOM, said, problems interfere with - the inspec cal weapons. Inspectors must certify com ''Il1ey showed under,timding," he of the Asian turmoil, the U.S. n·ade down by making importscheaperfor bolstering tlie weak Japanese yen, Wednesday that access to Iraq's are "likely to re-emerge," es tions. said. deficit is expected to hit a record high Ame1icans. which dropped earlier this montli to presidential sites "is by no pecially when teams try to visit The commission said the pliance before the Security However, the United Suites ,md this year. 11ie joint statement stressed tliat its lowest level against the dollar in means solved," despite an agree sites with Ii ttle or no warning diplomats did not interfere for Council will lift economic sanc other countries have stressed that the A weaker dollar in compmison J ap:u1 had no time to delay in getting more tlian six years, did not surprise ment allowing inspectors to to the Iraqis. the most part, but that in "cer tions imposed in 1990 after Iraq Japanese government must vigor wii11 tlic yen and other cuITencies it~ stimulus efforts under way. private economists. travel anywhere in the country. ''It is essential .to note ... the tain limited circumstances, invaded Kuwait. ously implement tax cuts, increased would help on J11e n·ade front by "What is crucial is to implement 11iey hadsaid theG-7wasunlikeiy In a report to the Security fundamental issue of continu diplomats engaged in argu The military strike was threat govemment spending and deregula making Ameiican goods mrne com quickly a stmng program of effective to propose joint intervention to buy Council, the U.N. Special Com ing access is by no means mentation and challenges to ened after Iraq refused to allow tion to make its latest effort to 1-est:ut petitive on foreign markets. fiscal measures and snuctural re yen on exchange markets until Japan mission also said diplomats who solved and has only been post· the work of UNSCOM experts, the inspectors to enter the pal its economy mrne successful tlian But the soung doll:u·has been a key forms," the G-7 statement said. made greater efforts to get its own accompanied inspectors sided paned," the report said. supporting Iraqi views against aces, citing national security and past attempts. factor helping to hold U.S, inflation The decision not to go further in economic house in order. with Iraq in some instances The report cited remarks at those of UNSCOM." sovereignty. The concern is that Japan's prob when minor disputes arose dur tributed to Iraqi Lt. Gen. Amir The inspectors arc sccki ng That prompted the United lemswilldragdownitsouubledAsi:u1 ing visits to President Saddam Rasheed, who reported Iy said to determine whether Iraq has States and Britain to scml troops. neighbors. Hussein's eight palaces last that Irnq "had agreed to a pro· complied with U.N. orders, is planes anJ ships to the Persian Ryutaro Hashimoto Last ye.u·, three once high-flying mrnllh. cess of visits of finite dura sued al the enJ of the 1991 Gulf and thrcatrn military ac Kofi Annan economies-South Korea, Indone The report, sent to the counci I tion." Secretary-General Kofi Persian Gulf War, to destroy tion. sia and 1liailand - wc1e forced to By MARTIN CRUTSINGER Wednesday, reviewed the first Annan, who brokered the accept mrne J11mi $ I00 billion in WASHii\"GTON (AP) - Japmi round of inspections of the eight agreement, has said it was in came under increased pressure bailout packages fmm the Interna tional Monetm-y Fund, palaces permitted under the t;nded to give inspectors unfet Saipan Office: Wednesday from tlie United States U.N.-Iraq agreement, signed in tered access. • • • • • • • • • • • D'Torres Building :mJ otl1er nations to Jo mm: to OOOSl "Deregulation of the Japanese Middle Road, Garapan February. which averted a U.S. Under the agreement, diplo its flagging economy, witli top fi economy ,md major stimulation of mats are to accompany the in nance officials depicting Japan's eco thefapanese economy is ve1y impor led military strike against Iraq. nomic problems as serious and grow L'111l not only for tlie Japanese but for Although inspections were spectors to guarantee that Iraq's ing ,vorse. the world," said Canadian Finance 1::HH»·OOOOOOOOOOO·CH:tOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO The officials me concerned tliat l\1inister Paul Maitin. troubles in the world's second largest The Clinton administration is also @PtappJ! ~ictli8ay / mustomer Service Representative economy could cause renewed finan concerned that a domestically weak Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, center, poses with top financial officials at the Blair House in Washington cial tu!1Tloil in Asia and beyond. Japan will be unable to buy American Wednesday during a meeting of the G7. From left are, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown; 'Toe challenges facing Japan are exports, thus further worsening and Finance ministers Theo Waigel (Germany); Dominique Strauss-Kahn (France) ; Rubin; Carlo Ciampi Letty Palacios If you're interested in entering the dynamic field of insurance, StayWell may have a job for you! seiious and have intensified in recent America's trade problems. Because (Italy); Hikaru Matsunaga (Japan); and Paul Martin (Canada). AP months," the group said in a joint April 16, 1998 We're looking for an outstanding personality with pleasing phone etiquette and typing skills to commurnque. From your friends at the join our customer service team. Customer service experience is preferred but not required. We'll The economic fallout from tlie Variety Asian crisis was topic No. I during train you. more than fivehoursof discussions of 000·0·000·0000000000000000000000000000 finance ministers and central bank We're offering a salary commensurate with skills and experience plus excellent benefits including presidents from tlie world's seven 00000000000000000000000000000000000 weal tliiest industrial counuies - tlie paid vacation, sick leave and medical insurance United States, Japan, Germany, @Ptappy @2/ictlt8ay/ France, Britain, Italy and Canada. Japan signed off on tlie communique Presents: from the G-7 group. Albert P. Pascual LOCAL HIRE ONLY Financial markeL, had been w:ll'y From the family uncle of the PICK UP APPLICATION AT: in advance of Wednesday's meeting, Philippines tSai ·t wonde1ing whetherthe seven nations ,·;. Ella and close friends FeITy STAYWRL OFFICE ~) would e~bark on a coordinated ef & Cool Bud Specials! and Nathy Especially from D'Torres Building, Middle Road, Garapan fort to boost Japan's flagging cur- Beat the heat and have fun doing it at these great Budweiser Bars! niece Pinky 1-ency, the yen, by inte1vening in cur- 00000000000000000000000000000000000 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE 1-ency markets. However, during a mid-afternoon \>.~L14 break, U.S. Treasu~-y SecietaI)' Rob ert Rubin told reprnters they should AMMEI\IDMBIIT NO. 1 expect no policy changes from the CUC RFP 98-0011 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS gmup. Indeed, the language on cunencies SUPPLY OF LUBRICANTS, LUBRICATING OILS, ,Garapan . The Northern Marianas Protection and Advocacy in J11e final statement lanielv tracked GREASES, ETC. FOR POWER PLANTS ON SAIPAN, wording used when J11e G-7 officials Mondays~.· Bud Nlte $2.50 all night TINIAN AND ROTA, CNMI Systems, Inc. (NMPASI) is soliciting proposals for the last metin Februrny in London. Wednesdays - Bud Ice Nlte $2.50 In both statements, the finance Fridays - . Haifya1';fBuC, Srewwttti . i? . Date: Thursday, April 2, 1998 financial and compliance audit for the fiscal year ending ministe1, mid central b:u1k di1ectors · .· Budwel,er 22oz tof$s;oo. / . said that "excessive volatility" was Bud Family Night $2.50 September 30, 1997. Proposals shall be submitted to undesirnble. 'Q'Dou/'s AJso Avollable.. . The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is But tlie new statement made no hereby notifying all interested firms that CUC is extending the NMPASI, P.O. Box 3529, Saipan, MP 96950 no later explicit commitment to inte1vene mid the deadline for submission of proposals. CUC insteaJ saiJ the group supprnted than April 24, 1998. The audit shall be performed 1n lap,m \ effrnts to Jeal with the prob determined that it will be in its best interest to extend km "bv stimulating Jomcstic de And since a 12-year study sl,ows the deadline in order for offerors to submit the most compliance with the following guidelines: mand led ~rowth ... 1hat being 40% or more overwe1gl1t responsive and competitive proposals. 'nim w~rdin11 echoeJ comments pu1s you at high risk. 1t makes sense to iollow these the United States hw; tx:en making guidelines for healthy ltving' The amendment to request for proposal is as follows: witli inc1easing fiequency 1-ecently ,;;; Eat plenty of fruits and L Generally Accepted Auditing Standards; and the J aprniese economy appeaied to be vegetables rich in vitamins A teetering on tlie brink of a recession. and C-oranges, cantaloupe, The deadline for submission on proposals is changed 2. 0MB Circular A-133 Bowi'iig to strong forei),.'Tl p1-essu1e, strawberries, peaches, apricots, from April 14, 1998, to April 28, 1998. All other Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage. Eat a high information as provided in the solicitation and statement Hashimoto last week proposed a$ 75 fiber, low-fat diet that includes of work shall remain the same. Award will be based on specific factors like the price, billion package of tax cuts and new whole-grain breads and cereals government spending aimed at re such as oabneal, bran and wheat. prior experience, technical competence and ability to staiting Japan's economy. Eat lean meats, fish, skinned While tliat was the biggest in a poultry and low-fat dairy TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ meet the deadline. The contract for this audit will be sc1ies of sti mu !us efforts attempted products. Drink alcoholic Executive Director beverages only in moderation. by Jap,u1, financial mm-keb have been · -For more informalion, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation awarded not later than May 8, 1998. The audit work skeptical, believing it is too late to call 1-800-ACS-2345. keep the counu-y out of a recession. shall commence thereafter and a final audit report shall (liiN! PAC) Japrniese Firnuice Minister s. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Hik,u,1 Matsuna. speaking to re l be completed by June 15, 1998. Any questions regarding porters alter JJie G-7 meeting ended, said he gave the group a full expl.u1a AMERl~- §!larianas %rietr/ this matter can be addressed to Ms. Lydia F. Barcinas, tion of the latest stimulus package. ~CANCERI f SOCIETY® ~ i Executive Director at Tel. No. 235-7274/7273 ·:.··;\ ·r··,_\<~.. ·.... -... '...· .. ; FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-37 36 MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 17, 1998 find out why the island's resi ciation and Family Court As proposal, Mansur said. dents decided to allow casino sociate Judge Virginia Sablan Gallegly .. "And then," he added, "you APIL ... to be established in their Onerheim will discuss the ef Continued from page 1 have the (Young-Gallegly ap Continued from page 1 place," Teregeyo said. "Of fects of casino gambling on proach)." gambling on the island. course, economics is the pri family values and traditions. Mansur said the CNMI, by seri· Other provisions - The APIL meeting. slated for mary reason, but they want to Other topics in the agenda, ously tackling federal concerns Among the proposed provisions May 25-29. will be the maiden hear some more and then de according to Teregeyo, will and with federal assistance, could that the bill may contain: SU R G E O N GE N E RA L'S WAR NI NG : Sm o k i ng ev~nt to be held :it the newly cide whether they should also include the status of a plan to take charge of the process. • A time frame for future Cov By Pregnant Women May Result in Fetal constructed Tinian Dynasty introduce this industry in their establish a Regional Fishing He added that he is cum~ntly work· enant Section 902 discussions, Hotel and Casino. own islands ... Cooperative; improvement of ing on the bill's draft, which could be with the added requirement that a Injury, Premature Birth. And Low Birth Weight. The new c,1.,ino hotel will Students of Northern regional routes through avia 1eady :1, early as next week. report on the talks, even if dead· be inaugurated during the soft Marianas College on Tinian tion and sea transportation; the If the committee's schedule would locked, will be submitted to Con· opening on April 25. will be among the thI·ee panel state of the region's agricul allow it, Mansur said, a public hear· gress. Tinian is being groomed 10 ists. During the first day of tural trade; and regional heal th ingon the bill could be scheduled by It is also preferable if discus be rhe "Las Vegas" of the general assembly, the stu care and HIV/ AIDS preven June or July. sions are raised at the highest lev M icroncsia. dents will present a research tion. He said the bill, which will be els. It should be the United States '"The main reason why APIL they had made on the indus Teregeyo said the associa bucked by Young, has good president, not the Interior Depart· members want to hold the gen try. tion will also discuss Nauru's chances of getting enacted this ment, who should name a 902 eral ass<.:mbly on Tinian is to The Tinian Women's Asso- membership in APIL. year. representative. "The Young-Gallegly approach • A gradual increase over a pe will be more acceptable to Con riod of time in the number of US COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY gress, and I don't see the House c i ti ze n s/ res iden ts/na ti ona ls/ and the Senate at opposite ex Micronesians in ga1ment facto CPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS tremeson this issue," Mansur said. ries until the ratio reaches 50-50. No infringement New garment factories, how NOTICE OF MEETING He assured legislators that the bill, ever, will be required to comply Pursuant to Public Law B-41, Section 11, Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and_ Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Commonwealth though requiring more federal par with the 50-50 ratio. Ports Authonty Board of Director, hereby give notice that the regular meeting ol the CPA Board ol Directors will be held on Friday April ticipation, would neither single out • Allowing alien workers to 17, 1998 af 10:00 a.m. at the CPA Conference Room, Saipan Seaport Oflice, on Saipan. ' any industry nor unduly infringe the transfer to other companies even The following items are on the agenda, for the above-referenced meeting: CNMI's self-government without the consent of the origi I. PRELIMINARYMAITERS The proposed reforms, more nal employer. 1. Call to Orders 2.. Roll Call over, would not adversely affect • A compensation mechanism 3. Adoption of Agenda the CNMl's economy, which for "scammed" alien workers. 4. Adoption of Minutes (March 4, 1997) Mansur described as "fragile." • A free flow of information II. CORRESPONDENCE (information only) In Washington, D.C., he noted, between CNMI and federal im \IL COMMITIEE REPORTS 1. Finance Committee "ther~ are those who would uni migration bureaucracies. -Adoption ol Financial Statements laterally apply (federal immigra • The creation of a CNMI non -Tralfic and Earnings Reports tion and minimum wage laws) to voting delegate seat in Congress. 2. Seaport Facili\ies Committee the islands regardless of its effect - Bulk Cement Facility Proposal on 1inian • A full time US attorney to be 3. Airport Facilities Committee on the local economy." stationed on Saipan. - Saipan Car Rental Concessionaires Others, he said, would want to • The creation of a special in 4. Personnel Committee phase in "federal takeover" no dustry committee led by the US (Report under executive session) IV. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT matter what happens to the Labor Department but with local 1. Feasibility Study and Bond Rating economy. participation. The committee's 2. Aviation Task Force created by Governor The White House-backed leg function will be similar to that of 3. Meeting with Tinian Delegation islation is an example of such a 4. Project Status Report the wage review board. 5. Rota Small Boat Marina 6. Groundbreaking-Reta, Apron Expansion • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • V OLD BUSINESS • Happy 1st Birthday 1. Lel\er horn Joseph Mendiola re Telesource Proposal VI. NEW BUSINESS April 17, 1998 1. Revised Board Bylaws (drall) 2. JMC Lease oi Storage Space-Saipan 3. SN-5 Enterprises-Use Permit-Tinian 4. Agriculture & Grazing Permit-L. Cabrera VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS Vl! 1 (Executive Session) LEGAL COUNSELS REPORT IX. ADJOURNMENT Lorie Jane From All interested persons are welcome to attend and lo submit written or oral testimony on the above agenda items. Papa, Mama, Ninongs & Ninangs ls/Antonio S. Camacho . April 13 1998 Actin Chairman, Board ot Directors Date •••••••••••••••••••••e••••••••••••• oualilJI cars at 11,,a, Prices! $13,995 1991 Subaru Legacy"'" .... ' $4,995 1992 Subaru Legacy s/w rnn,;,, $8,495 1996 Toyota Corolla '"'°'' 1992 Subaru Loyale s/w '""' $5,995 1991 Honda Prelude""''"' $8,595 1997 Isuzu Hombre Pickup"""'' $14,995 1991 Buick Regal ''"""' $5,995 · 1991 Honda Accord'""'"' $8,995 1997 Hyundai Tiburon '"""'' $14,995 l 9B9 Mazda B2200 Pickup ,,.,,:.., $5,995 1993 Hyundai Elantra """~' $8,995 1995 Toyota E-Cab 4x4 Pickup "•. ,.,,$15, 995 1992 'Toyota Tercel ,•• ,,., $6,995 1994 'Toyota Tercel ,... ,..., $9,495 1995 Chevrol~t Camaro Conv. ,.. ,,,.., $16,995 1988 ·suzuki Samurai ,~,,,, $6,995 1991 Mazda RX7 ,,,,,~, $9,995 1994 Ford 15 Passenger Van '""" $16,995 1989 Suzuki Sidekick ,.,...., $7,995 1988 Mercedes Benz ,,,...,, $10,995 1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT '""'' $18,995 1994 Hyundai Sonata ""'""' $10,995 1993 Mazda 626 ,_ $10,995 1992 Isuzu Trooper "-' $11,995 1992 Mitsubishi Diamante ""'"~ $11,995 1995 Ford Escort'"'"' $12,595 1996 Mitsubishi Mirage, ... ,,• ., $12,995 «""'1"fJ,,.,,.-.a»~,/.~'''''"'"'" 1994 Ford Escort s/w '""" $12,995 USED CAR MART 1995 Oldsmobile Ciera ""'" $12,995 At the Monsignor Guerrero and Middle Road intersection 1991 Toyota 4-Runner '""'"'' $13,595 235-5012, 235-5014 ,t"I,' -,.1,:,.,.__ -.-.. -- .. · I :\ FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-39 ~~:_iv!ARl:-\N:-\S \':\RIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDA Y-APRJL 17~.~1'~~9!_3':8~------1 I; I protest, the Saipun Power Pmtners weeks," Villagomez added. IN TIIE SUPERIOR COURTOrTIIE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Ol'THE In addition, overall poverty lev dustry only represented 0.54 per wrote a sepm·ate k:tter to Public Aside from the Pacific Cemrny COMMONWE/\LTI I OF TllE NOR'll lERN COMMONWE/\t:1'11 OF THE NORTHERN CUC: ... MARIANA ISLANDS MARIANI\ ISLANDS els in the CNMI have decreased cent of overall US apparel manu Auditor Leo LLMotte saying the dis andSaipanPowerPa.1mers, tlm:eother Tenorio Continued from page 11 LUIS C. BENAVENTE. LUIS C. BENAVENTE facturing. qualified biddet, "were given 110 companieshavereportedlyfiledsimi Continued from page 1 nearly 57 percent from 1990 to PlainiilT, P:a1nt1ff, NOTICE TO BIDDERS 1995. he said. The Clinton administration, he factual reason for being eliminated." lar protests. \.'S. "· no improptieties have occurred dur TOKAI SAIPAN, llD. SE..\LED PROPOSALS for the CORRIDOR ENCLOSURE AND AIR-CONDITIONING AT private sector oppose. Tenorio noted that his adminis added. may have "greatly misrep At least 13 companies had submit Villagomezsaidtheseprotestswere J.R. FINANCE CO., l'.J"D, KABUSHIK\ KAISHA NIKKEi ing the procurement," Villagomez Ddcndanl. Geier.cant S..\IL\'.\ l'.\TER';ATION.-\L\IRPORT SAIPAN. ~lr\RIAC'i.-\ ISLANDS. AlR PROJECT NOS. In his supplemental statements. tration will propose legislation and resented the amount of Chinese said, ted pro!-X'sals, but only six were se lodged by "disgrnntled contractor.; CIVIL ACTION NO. 9S-I t9A CIVILACTION N0.91·1210C )-69-lX\12-0S II ill t><- recci,eJ at the oftice of the EXECL1TIVE DIRECTOR. COM~IONWEALTH other measures to encourage more ownership of (local) garment com lected to join the actual bidding. who failed tosubmitcompctitivc pro SUMMONS PORTS .-\llTHORITY. Saipan lntcmational Airport. PO bo, 1055. Saipan. Mariana Islands 96950. Tenorio denied that the CNMJ's 1l1ePacificCentury Inc.hasasked "CUC evaluated these proposals !-X'Sals." TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: 1'r0p,1sah w11l l:>c rc,meJ up until 2:00 P.~I .. Friday.June 26.1998, at which time anJplacethe :t!ic:n workers arc "indentured:· local employment. panies." the Office of the Public Auditor to TO DEFENDANT, {ABUSHIKI KA'SHA N,KKEI "CUC has no intention of delaying ;c;ilcJ prnrosals II ill be publi,·I) upencJ and rcaJ. saying that the workers "volun The governor also denied that I le said of the 33 companies, 13 freeze the bidding for the project, and determined that only the six high YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and no1ified YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and notilied to 11:e any 10 file any answtr you wish to make 10 1hc tarily choose employment (here) thi; rec7·uitment fees shelled out are owned by South Koreans. 6 est scoring companieshad reasonable the project or being unduly influ answer yo1.1 l'l1Sh to make to lJ-e Complaint a COP, or. wh_id11s 111t' prl1jt'll. in ~l·nerJl ~-onsb!~ of J~·rnol i1ion of,.~.\ i~I ing bl:islwalls. enclosure of G~tes I through alleging that CUC had accepied of Complaint a copy of which is published bcrewith. p.ib1shed herewith, V¥1!/'in (21J days a~er :he las1 publ:cation o1 5. ~rounJ anJ st·rnnd floor. air-rnnJitioning of borh ground und second floor: fire sprmkler system: because they can make a better by alien workers benefit the CNMI by Americans, 2 by Japanese and fers thatdidn 't comply with emission chance of being awru·ded the con enced by salesmen who would put within (21 J days after the last publication of lhis lh1s Summons 1.1,ocn y:·u, wtl.,c/1 last ~011cat1on s~a!I oe May oa. 19"38. anddel·ver 01 mail a copy oltouranswere lhelaw offices trt.'nchin~ for Jrain;i~t· on !ht· apron .~ide: electrical incluJing PA systen.1. telephone. fire ul_arm Summons upon you, which !J.st publication shall life for themselves." ,:ovem men l. only 6 by Chinese who are Hong st;U1dards set by Title V of the Clean tract," Villagomez said. tl1eirown interesL~ above those people or Do~gras F. c~snn;e ori May 29, 1998, v.tiose ma1 1ing aOOress s1 s1cm. liehline: :ind all other misn·ll,mcous con.,true1ion. All work 11 ill wkc pl;;cc at Sa1pan Moreover, statistics on the - He said his administration does Kong-based and were formerly of the Commonwe,tlth, ·· Villagomez be May 8. 1998. and to delivcror mail a copy of is P.O. Bo~ 949. San Jose 1/il!age. Saipan. fAF 969:Q as soon Ii1terna1ional Airport. in acrnrdancc wi1h 1he plans and speci11ca1ions. Air Act. The awarding of contract will be your answer to the lc1w offices of Douglas F. as r;.-actica!)e aner lilir·g your answer or sending 11 ro tne C'erk CNMI 's unemployment rate-14 not condone recruitment fees and British nationals. In suppo11 of the Pacific Centwy's announced "within the next few said. Cushnic on Mc1.y 29, l 998, whose mailing address ol Court lor lrl1ng 11,e projcet is being tinanced by funds from 1he Commonwealth PM Authorily and from the U.S. Yo1J1 cnsl'ier :.hDu:d ~ 1n w:,tng and !,led wilh the Clerk of percent, according to Babbitt is cun-cntly investigating related Further, "the majority of gar is P.O. Bo, 949, San Jose Village. Saipan. MP tn1s Caurt a! Su~nor Court. C:mmc,nweallh o1 the No,.·.hcm FcJcralA1i,11ion Administration. The contract award. if it is to be made. will be made within si.xty 96950 as soon as prae1icablc uf!Cr filing your Ma•ia~a Jslards It ma/ b-s pre~r~d ard signed !Gr ,ow by ycui t60) dais from the receipt of bids. DepenJ ing upon availability of funds. CPA reserves the right to arc misleading, Tenorio said, cit allegations. ments produced in the CNMI ani;wcrorscn DEADLINE: 12:00 noon the day prior to publication EEK & MEEK® by Howie Schneider ~a Pena House Tel. most just what makes those rn-ound 10 Young's Wholesale Tel. 235-0470(4/ 235-7275(5/1 )F26216 structural integrity analysis of the Division's Corporate Office ing quite some time for a commit to you by a friend who wants 01 ASSISTANT MANAGER-Sal 10)F25993" Located in Capitol Hill. you tick. You m·e inte1ested in all ment of a special kind. see you extend yourself more. ary:$1,000.00 per month 01 INSURANCE UNDERWRITER-Sa/ kinds of issues, Jm·ge mid small, and TAURUS (Ap1il 20-May 20) SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) 01 MAINTENANCE MANAGER-Sal 01 SUPERV/SOR-Sa/ary:$3.35 per hour ary:$2,300.00 per month Interested individuals may pick-up proposal forms and you me always willing to play a role Interaction witli someone relatively - You won't have all the an ary:$1,000.00 per month 01 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05-3.15 per 01 INSURANCE UNDERWRITER-Sal specifications at the Division of Public Lands' office located in the affairsofothcrs,evcn ifit is only new in your life is likely to introduce swers today, but you can help Contact: D.S. 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In the end, you can gather 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$700.00 per 233-0350(4/1D)F25994 to do what you ,ue capable: of Joing GEMINI (May 21-Junc 20) plenty of' information. month 01 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST-Sal well on your own, but to help you /\ battle: of wills ensues today SAG!rfARIUS (Nov. 22-Dcc. 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$900.00 per ary:$900.00 per month Contact: ACHER DEVELOPMENT maxi111i1.c the rnnsidcrable gains you CORPORATION dba Glory Market Tel. month 01 RADIOLOGY TECHNICIAN-Sal MICROl INSURANCE, INC. after a11 argument introt.luces two 21) - You may be a bit too con 235-0476(4/17)F26082 Contact: INTERTEX, INT'L. Tel. 234- ary:$900.00 per month Needs would be making aheady. In n:tu111. conflicting points of view. It will cerned with how you compare to 5000(4/1 O)F25999 Contact: TONY STEARNS, M.D. dba you always ,u·e willing to lend a h,u1d be up to you to suggest a compro someone who has been around "".J:::;:.(·C,-K~'2,\...,,. © 1997 United Fealure. Synd1ca1e, Inc 1Yis 01 SUPERVISOR·Salary:$1,200.00 per Marianas Medical Center Tel. 256- to see ,ITTothcr succeed at a chosen mise. month 01 MARKETING MANAGER-Sal 3222(5/1 )F26224 MOTOR CLAIMS ADJUSTER longer than you. You still have '3NO ·5 'l\lcl '8 'cl\13 ·g '31033N ·i, "ells ·z 'N\lv.JMONS . l :NMOO Contact: WOO YOUNG (SAIPAN) LTD. ary:$800.00-1,500.00 per month Successful candidate must have sound mechanical knowledge, office endeavor. CANCER (June 21-July 22) time to develop. '3/\13Ml ·or ·c1ol:lclll/'J ·L '1::J3110 ·s 'Noc11 '£ 'Sl:::l\11S ·~ :ssol:lJ\f Tel. 235-3404(4/17)F26080 01 REF. MECHANIC-Salary:$1 ,200.00- 01 ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTS-Sal skills and able to work within a team environment. Insurance experience To see what is in store for you Take the time to reassess your CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-J an. 1,700.00 per month ary:$4.75 per hour tomoll'ow, find your bi11hday ,uid position today. It could be that 19) - You may hear from 01 INSTRUCTOR, MARINE SPORTS 01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sa/ 02 MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour preferred. 1-ead th: conesJXJnding JXUT1graph. you 'vc overlooked something that Salary:S850.00-2,000.00 per month ary:$3.05 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.65 per someone today who has kept Contact: MARIANAS AQUA SPORTS, Contact: JG SABLAN WATER & ICE hour ACCOUNTING CLERK Let your birthday strn· be your daily others think is painfully obvious. his or her distance - for a INC. Tel. 235-7621(4/17)F26079 CO. Tel. 234-3219(4/24)F71-688 01 CARPEN'TER-Salary:$3.05 per hour guide. LEO (July 23-/\ug. 22) - very good reason. By day's Contact: MARIANAS STAR CORPO Su.ccessful candidate must have 4 years accounting experience, office S/\TURD/\ Y,i\l'R. 18 Something is troubling you, but end, you 'II understand a great 01 H.E. OPERATOR-Salary:$3.05 per RATION Tel. 234-5577(5/1 )F26222 01 AS81STANT MANAGER, FOOD skills and able to work within a team environment. AQlli\RIUS(Jiu1.2(l-frh. 18) you don't know how to talk about deal more. hour SERVICE-Salary:$800.00 per month y ou may liavc t11c ch,uice to do some- Copyright 1998, United Featuro Synd(cato, Inc. Contact: JG SABLAN ROCK QUARRY 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.75-7.00 it with the one person who can Contact: STRINGSTONE ENTER Please submit your resume at Micro) Insurance office at Ground Floor, CO. Tel. 234-3219(4/24)F71689 per hour PRISES INC. dba Bistro Tel. 233- Lim's Office Bldg., cor, Beach Road, San Jose, Saipan. WE NEED TO MAKE A L_ ITTLE THERE GO TWO Contact: SAIPAN SEVENTH-DAY EXTRA MONEY. 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Contact: JCC CORPORATION Tel. 234- ,·,(Neg! Ne>rlhe'!l t.1_a~q1JCJS ..~e>l)~g~);'~'.'.H;J;.) Contact: PELLEY ENTERPRISES, /NC. Contact: HSIA-LING H. LIN dba Net 1688(4/24)F26161 235-5686 (8:30 AM lo 5:30 PM, Weekdays) 235-5849 (6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Everyday) Tel. 233-9298(4/24)F71692 Apparal Tel. 234-6888(5/1 )F26217 TURN LITTLE THINGS INTO BIG MONEY WITH A CLASSIFIED AD! 42-t\tARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY APRIL 17, 1998 FRIDA Y,APRIL 17, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-43 ------.~------·------·---- Hiroslia. a 26-ycar-old pro Yamaguchi He described the race as IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE fessional from Japan said, "grueling." COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN Hollywood Movie Review: Continued from page 44 MARIANA ISLANDS This year, the triathlon Shousky when asked said, which was coordinated by "the water oul there was real ln the Matter of the Estate of "It took me ell least lour months to K1yokazu Onishi, chief rcpre rough and the race overall dif Kenneth Richard DLR Kapi !co 2-Bedroom, 1 Bathroom, Free train seriously for this event. But l 'vc_: sc n tali vc from the Kf-C ficult. But l enjoyed it so Deceased. been competing on :md off at lime,. T1·i:11hlon Club of Japan and much." Civil Case No. 98-315B Cable and 24 hrs. water. 'The Man in the Iron Mask' '!he ishmc.1 is very nice, I enjoy co-sponsored by Marianas George I-loco[!, the local co Nest to San Pedro Chapel, the scenic view while biking. Visitors Bureau, the Office of ordinator in cl;arge said. ··J NOTICE OF HEARING Great Ocean View. By Lucette Bentley for honor that they once had." Rota has clear waler," the Mayor and its department anticipate that th~re will be :i Notice is hereby given that petitioner, Call: 234-8999 for more For the Variety "I wanted the Musketeers to be .',) staffs. problems and complaints Josepha !)LR Kllpilco, has filed a petition United Artists Pictures presents the lions, and I wanted them to be real," ··r appreciate the people of among the motorists. I can't infonnation. Wallace notes. Rota for hosting·an event such requestrng an Order of this Court spirited adventure The Man in the COP ... help that. But despite this, the granting a transfer of personal property Available anytime Iron Mask, written and directed by "When the Musketeers have been as this yearly. l hope next year triathalon hosted by the people and estate on limited value. Randall Wallace, inspired by the rendered in the past, there has always Continued from page 44 will be bigger and better," said of Rota was a successful event. A hearing on the petition will be been an element of farce associated Onishi. CENTRAll Y LOCATED classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, There will also be competition I thank the people for their conducted by the Court on May 5, 1998, with them, a bit of common fantasy, "KFC donated some funds "The Three Musketeers." in the open (5.0)division ifat least support, encouragement and al I :30 p.m. in courtroom B, Superior IN GARAPAN anditwascrucial to me to tell the story to assist the municipality de Co~rt. All persons interested are hereby "When rioting citizens ofFrance four teams sign up. hospitality. It is somethinl! in a way that made the Musketeers fray some some of the cost that Rota needs to continu~ notified to appear at the hearing and show destroyed the Bastille, they discov All participants will receive a real people who were in situations associated with the event. And building on to attract more cause, if any, why the order should not ered within its records this myste free I-shirt and an awards cer be made. 3 Bedrooms, Semi-Furnished, that were not farcical or laughable. every participant, at least from tourists to the island." rious entry: 'Prisoner number em1;my/banquet will conclude the Reference is hereby made to the Washer & Dryer, 24 hrs. With this adventure, they have Japan spends more than a thou Mayor Benjamin T. 64689000: the Man in the Iron loumamcnt. sand dollars to come over. So petitioner for further particulars. found the opportunity to reaffirm Manglona, for his part said water, Private fenced yard. mask.· The identiry of the prisoner Entry forms are available at it helps the economy and the everything they once believed, and in that the athletes are the am Dated: April 7, l 998 has forever remained a mystery." American Memorial Park, Las community of Rota," he Who was the man in the iron fact, may even be able to fulfill every bassadors of the country they For more Info. Call: 322-7733 ·, Vegas Golf and Tennis, or at Coral added. /s/Depuly Clerk of Court thing they had once set out to do but ·1 represent. "I hope that they mask? Ocean Poinl Tennis Club. Taro Shirato who was a two or Beeper 236-1374 This question has continued to had come to believe was never going continue to come to see Rota For more information, conlac.:l lime champion in the past two and join our people. inuigue and fascinate historians, to happen." John Siren at 2:14-4286 or Earl years came in fourth. I hope we can all participate writers and the public at large ever Leonardo DiCaprio, who has dis Maslin at 235-1927. The lop local finisher from in these kinds of events so since a witness caught a glimpse of tinguished himself with diverse, the Rota learn was Joey that we can build our friend highly acclaimed roles in such films this mysterious figure back in the Shousky, an employee from ship better for years to come," 17th century. as the worldwide hit Titanic, as well thc U.S. Fish and Wildlife. he added. Jung, Pagnol, Voltaire are as William Shakespeare's Romeo & Pistons. from page amongst the myriad of writers who Juliet, stars in the dual roles of King Continued 44 (Left to right) John Ma/kovich, Gerard Df!!pardieu and Jere"!y !rons star as thf! legen_dary T_hree Keep Saipan Clean & Beautiful tried to unravel this mystery with Louis XIV, who has been raised to be clinching homecourt adv,mtage in Musketeers who reunite and embark on thetr most dangerous m1ss1on ever ,n the Umted Artists sprnted King,andPhilippe, whohasspentthe varying degrees of success. adventure, The Man In the Iron Mask. the first round of the playoffs, So what is really known about last seven years in a barren cell, his scoring 12 of the final 17 the man in the iron mask? mortalized this myth in his novel The emL One for all, all for one. identity locked up in a dehumanizing points for a victory over New The date of his arrest: 1669 and Man in the Iron Mask, first published Athas (John Malkovich) lives a 'Toe more you do, the more you mask. Jersey. the date of his death: 1703, thanks in 1850, as part of the last installment simple life raising his son Raoul. dare," explains director/screenwriter 'Louis has been brought up on the Davie.I Wesley stripped the to an official prison document dis ofhis triJogy on the three Musketeers, Porthos (Gerard Depardieu), though Randall Wallace. throne and is tainted in his view oflife ball from Keith Yan Horn with covered at the time of the French "The Viscount of Bragelonne." thicker and older, still eats lustily of "I was electrified by the image ofa and how to treat people," DiCaprio 44 seconds left and the Hor Revolution. ThemaskedprisonerwastheLouis life, thoughhemissesthegreatbattles man in an ironmasksincereadingthe says. nets up by one, and the Hor It is also certain that the man in XIV's twin brother, removed at birth of the past Classics Illustrated version of "He has turned into a menace and nets preserved the victory by the iron mask shared the earlier to avoid a complicated succession Aramis (Jeremy Irons) has followed Dumas' stale. ismakingthepeopleofFrancestarve. making three of four foul shots part of his captivity with at least and imprisoned when he discovered his faith and become a priest '"The set-up for our story is from Philippe has spent a lot of time alone. \ in the last 20 seconds. • 5 SPEED two other famous prisoners.Nicolas his own identity. Only d' Artagnan still serves the Dumas: I had to invent where it went He's also had a life of complete mys . ' The victory, combined with Fouquet and Comte de Lauzun, IftheKinghadhadatwin, whywas King as captain of the Musketeers. from there," he notes. tery because he really has no idea Atlanta's loss to Indiana, cur • AIR CONDITIONING Captain of the King's, Bodyguard, therenoeyewitnessevidenceoreven It is 1660 and France is starving. "Because you don't really under where he came from, what his back Charlotte's magic number to and longtime confidant of Louis rumors, prior to him becoming an Louis XIII, the great King whose stand who the characters are until you ground is or why he's been put in this one lo beat out the Hawks for • AM/FM CASSE1TE XIV. adult, connecting himwith the masked throne the Musketeers served has understand how they love and who mask for his whole teenage life." the fourth ~eed in the Eastern Both men had fallen dramati prisoner? died and been succeeded by his arro they love, I began to take a look at "You don't see a Jot of movies like Confere11c.:e. • DUAL AIRBAGS cally form the King;'s favor and However, it is true that the circum gant and cruel heir, King Louis XIV those issues and he story led me into this," DiCaprio says. The Nets must win one of paid dearly for it. stances surrounding Louis the XIV' s (Leonardo Dicaprio) ... while at the ways I didn't expect it to go." "This film is about valor and pas their final two games lo clinch • CLOTH INTERIOR The last element of the puzzle birth were somewhat puzzling. Bastille a mysterious prisoner has Wallace describes The Man in the sion and honor, as opposed to the a playoff spot. worth mentioning, since it has been No matter what his name was and lived for nearly a decade encased in Iron Mask as a tale of"men who once machismo thing you see in a lot of Magic 99, Heat 87 • FULLY CARPETED verified by surviving correspon what secret he took with him to the an Iron mask. lived in an age ofglory-of their own films these days. This story is very In Miami, Nick Anderson dence between Louis, the Minister grave, the prisoner known as 'The To save a nation, the Musketeers personal glory. complex. It has twists and turns, and scored 24 points as Orlando • STYLISH WHEEL COVERS in charge, and Saint Mars, is that Man in the Iron Mask" remains one must reunite and embark on their Their best days are behind them many layers of emotion." avoided a season sweep by its Nor exactly as sholl'n more important than the interdic of the most tantalizing enigmas of most dangerous mission ever. to free and they have lost the feeling that they AnneParillaudplaysQueenAnne, intrastate rival. tion or the incapacity to show his history and also one of the most po the prisoner and unlock the secret of had when they were young and full of theyoungK.ing' s motherwhosetragic Horace Grant added 17 $10,995 Jess $2748.75 DOWN at 11.75% APR for 48 months. face, the prisoner was not allowed tentially tragic figures of all time. his identity. idealism---the feeling the they could life finds a resolution in the unfolding points, including 13 in the sec 1 to speak to anyone. His story will never cease to fasci Only through this act of mercy will change the world. events. ond half, and pullec.l down nine lfhe tried to communicate either nate and inspire since he, rightly or they realize their dream of finding Now, they are successful yet disen Judith Godreche portrays Chris rebounds as the Magic verbally or in writing with another wrongly, stands for all the silent vic and serving one great king-for the chanted, cynical and involved with tine, the beautiful young woman with snapped the Heat's's eiglll person, he was to be immediately tims of tyranny, wherever and when enigmatic prisoner, for the kingdom their own personal problems. whom the King falls in love despite game home winning streak. executed. ever they are kept hidden by merci that was and will be again, and for Now they are forced to recapture a her engagement to Raoul, Athos's Back-to-back 3-pointcrs by There are a thousand and one less rulers. each other. sense of the excitement and passion son. Dan Majerlc pulled the Heat names that have been brought for It has been many years since to X9-82 with 6:03 left lo play, ward to fill in this fascinating blank Aramis, Athos, Porthos and but Ma1·k Price hit a jumper in history. d' Artagnan fought together as brav and 1-loracc Grant followed The first and the most popular est illld best of the King's Royal with another for a 93-X2 lead. theory is what could be called the Guards, the Musketeers, with a pas Pacers 82, Hawks 70 "Royal Connection" Dumas im- sion and valor that has become leg- In Indianapolis. Indiana held • 2-WHEEL DRIVE /\tlanu1 withqut a field goal for more tlwn IO minutes of • 5 SPEED the second half and g;1ined homcc.:ourt advantage {or the • AM/FM CASSETTE second round of the-playoffs. • POWER WINDOWS I D' Sebastian Building • POWER LOCI ,,., ' 44~MARI_ANA.S VARIETY NEW$ _AtJ_Q _YIEWS-FRIDA Y-APRIL 17, 1998 Saipan Major League Baseball Individual Lifetime Batting Record Pistons stop B s (Top Ten of the 1997 Season) AUBUR:\' HILLS, Michigan (AP) ne,u-ly blew a 17-point second-half - Brian Williams had 25 jxJints :uid lead. Compiled by Francisco M. Palacios 17 n:buunds as the lktroit Pistons To avoid missing the playoffs for For the Variety l"X?at ChiL'ago~7-79 WednesJay night, the ninth time in IO yems, the Wiz gi\ ing the Bulls their first two-game m-ds need to win their remaining two Run SQQring losing SU\.'ak since e:u-ly lkcembcr. grn11es - at Miami on Friday ,md Player Run Seasoo A!Ba1 The Bulls played without Scottie home against Boston on Saturday Reno Celis 203 13 579 Bill Quitano Pip]"X?I1, \\'ho stayed behind in Chi m1J hope that either the Knicks or 195 14 560 Bobby Lizama 191 14 714 cago b-:cause of kidney stones. Scott New Jersey Nets lose all of their Ron Benavente 183 14 626 Bundi st:u1cJ in his place and sco1\.'d remaining g:ui1cs. Tony C. Camacho 139 10 433 16 poims. Bucks Il7, Celtics 109 Greg C. Camacho 132 12 453 ll1e Bulls. locked in a battle with In Boston, Ten-ell Br.muon scoreu Eddie Kapileo 132 13 535 Utah :u1dSeallie for best overall rccon.l 22 poinL"> m1u Ray Allen added 19 to Mike C. Guerrero 119 10 407 :uid home cou11 adv:mtage through lead Milwaukee over Boston. Eddie T. Sablan 117 12 339 ow the playoffs. scored the first bas Milwaukee s:mk 14 consecutive Dennis T. Camacho 112 13 421 ket but never led again. frcethrowsintheftnal fourminutes to Chicago's 1\.'cord dropped to 60- put the game out of reach ,md end a Doub[~~ (TWO Ba~e Hit) 20. lea\·ing the Bulls a half-gm11e two-g,m1e losing su-cak. Eddie Kapileo 33 13 535 behind Utah :mu tied with Seattle. ltwasthefou11hlossin five games Frank S. Pangelinan 32 to 46 'I·· Wiz,mls IOI, Cavaliers 93 for Boston. Cris Pangelinan 28 10 397 / .. \' I In Washington, facing playoff Milwaukee had six players fin Ron Benavente 26 14 626 elimination once again, the Wizm·ds ish in double figures, including Tony Camacho 24 10 433 let a 26-point leaJ JwinJle to four Michael Curry (20), Jerald Jack I. Taitano 24 10 377 before haloing on for a victory over Honeycutt ( 17), Armon Gilliam Bill Quitano 23 14 560 Clevehmd. (16) and Elliot Perry (Ii). Mike C. Guerrero 22 10 407 Tracy ivlu1rny scored 23 of his 25 Boston was led by Antoine Al Camacho 20 9 225 points in the lirst half :L'i W,L'ihington Walker's 24 points. Greg C. Camacho 20 12 453 brokealour-g:U11ehomelosingsu\.'ak. Hornets 109, Nets 103 One night e,u·lier, Mu,rny haJ 27 Detroit Pistons' Jerry Stackhouse (42) passes off against Chicago In Chmfone, No1th Cu·olina, the Triple /Three Base Hit) poinL~ in a do-or-die I04-102 victo1y Bulls' Jud Buechler (30) and Dennis Rodman (91) in the fourth quarter Hamel"> moved within one game of Reno Celis 24 13 57 at New York in which the Wiuu-ds Wednesday in Auburn Hills, Mich. Stackhouse scored 20 points to help Jess Peterson 18 10 359 the Pistons beat the Bulls 87-79. AP c-ontinued trorri page 43 Greg C. Camacho 16 12 453 Ft/:.':,\, ,,, , ,:,,,,.,,.~1~,e..,r2:7J.i1S,i\·~~,, ,, .h",.::wr::;...... ,,....,,·, .• ,; ..• ;,."';~ Jess Dela Cruz 16 9 315 Tony C. Camacho 15 10 433 Bill Quitano 13 14 560 f COP night time tennis [;1 Yamaguchi, Trees Ron Benavente 12 14 626 Frances George 12 10 355 Itournament is slated j Ben Hocog 12 6 207 rule,Rota Triathlon Ben Mesa 11 9 273 ~ JOIINSIRENofCoralOcean are $10, a news release from 1 James Ada 11 ::! Point Tennis Club announced COP said. ROTA-ROSU -111e Fifth ROTA Blue Triathalon held last Saturday, 13 386 drew a respectable crowd of at least I 40 athletes from as far as the U.S. t] yesteruay that an altogether All matches will be played f'i· mainland. . . t, night tournament will be held under the lights at Coral Ocean : ~ 1 The event started at Sasanhaza Bay with a swim course then a bike race Reno Celis 6 13 57 [: on May I st, 2nu anJ 8th and Point Tennis Club. Events (all l~l passing the Rota Resort entrance twice and ended with a mn course from Greg C. Camacho 6 12 453 [ ! 9th. doubles) will be held for both ',l Songsong to the old Japanese canon far south. Cris M. Pangelinan 6 10 397 Lt The event is open to the men and women at the 2.0, 3.0 :.. J A first time visitor to the island of Rota and a first time competitor among Bill Quitano 5 14 560 [ : pub! ic for a fee of$ 15.00 per and 4.0 levels. r 1 the athletes, Hirohisa Yamaguchi, captured first place while his coach Wilber Ada 5 7 247 t·1 event per person. Member fees C6nlinued from -page 43 jJ Michael Trees took second. · Tony C. Camacho 4 10 433 Continued from page 43 Paul Camacho 3 7 235 :~·~~-.b;;-'-·-=-·..-,,-, .. ;-.,,-,.,~ .. C'-.;·,,;2·· .. - ... :,'.Cl.": •.~~2i;L' .. ·:, .. •.:,_,., ...... -.... ·,.•.· .. ", .•.:1 i:t ..... Mike Guerrero 3 10 407 SGA monthly ... Glen Palacios 3 9 308 Little ·League Team Sylvan Pua 3 13 383 Com pi kd hy Frank D. Palacios tourney Su~day 1-·or the Vllriery · . . . . . Run~,Batler-ln (RBI) Reno Celis 165 13 57 Team G AB R H 28 :rn HR RBI BB so HP BA1TING THE SAIPAN Golfers Asso .. Littk" Ron Benavente 146 14 626 Padres 4 I 13 65 52 14 0 I 26 27 31 4 460 ciation is inviting all mem Bill quilano 125 14 560 SV Aces 4 108 47 44 10 I 3 36 12 25 3 407 bers to participate in the up Jack Taitano 121 10 377 Hustlers 4 98 52 36 2 4 I 24 29 29 I 367 coming monthly club champi ~ri~crs 4 I I 0 52 40 9 3 0 31 18 21 2 364 Greg C. Camacho 115 12 453 01 · 1\c·cs 3 (,(, 3(, 24 5 I 0 19 15 35 4 364 onship tournament this Sunday, James Ada 111 13 386 Blue Jays 3 61 30 20 3 0 0 15 25 23 3 328 April 19. Tony C. Camacho 105 10 433 Falc:uns 4 77 32 24 6 I 2 14 35 43 0 312 D-9ers 4 .. 110 46 34 6 4 1 26 15 24· 2 309 This event will also be a part of Eddie Kapileo 102 13 535 Pirates 4 106 32 32 7 2 0 15 19 28 2 292 the qualifying round selection for Mike Guerrero 90 10 407 Toyota 4 87 34 19 2 3 0 22 36 39 3 218 Chris Pangelinan 89 10 397 CanJinals 4 86 20 17 3 I I 11 14 40 3 198 the annual perpetual trophy com Lions 4 74 29 .14 I 4 0 13 26 29 5 189 petition between other participat ,Knights ""~· 4 84 24 14 4 I 0 8 18 32 3 167 ing clubs in the CNMI. Ba~Qa 6.all Rockies 4 83 12 13 13 0 0 5 28 42 0 156 Last year, Club 500 was the Bill Quitano 111 14 560 ··Seniors" winner of the perpetual trophy. Ron Benavenle 93 14 626 Braves 2 63 45 29 3 I I 21 28 5 460 George Q. Camacho 86 10 285 kis 2 52 23 19 I 3 0 20 19 10 I 365 SGA will be selecting two play Kag. Aces 2 68 15 17 I 2 0 6 7 20 0 250 ers from each flight categories for Tom C. Barcinas 80 7 214 D-'>ers 2 61 23 15 3 3 0 11 12 21 0 246 Eddie T. Sablan 79 12 339 Ol'Ac:es 2 35 5 8 2 0 0 . 2 7 14 0 229 this event. Tee off time is 6:06 a.m. Al Camacho 77 9 225 "'Big Div." Frank Pangelinan 72 All interested members are 12 469 SY Stau. 2 60 15 20 2 0 0 .9 6 12 I 333 JessWabol 72 12 359 Braves 2 57 21 19 I l I 14 15 13 0 333 asked to please be at the Laolao Hustkrs . 11 Bob Lizama 71 14 714 2 65 17 2 2 0 5 6 16 I 262 Bay Resort no later than 5:45 a.m. Chids 2 · 47 6 · 12 3 0 I 5 9 17 0 255 Frances George 65 10 355 SR Expos 2 56 15 14 3 I 0 7 7 16 0 250 for pairings. We will be play Dennis T. Camacho 65 13 421 ing at the west course. ------~--- t;Maria_nas %rie~r~ 1·111u•JI ,. ;:,i(I Ol r,,urJ111rJ I !10·1,'.if)UIJ':f S111cc: I ')7') i-' () l\()J :J'; J '.i'.llr)ur 1 1,111) 96'1')[) • I el ((J/IJJ :tJll /JJll I • /57/J • 9797 ICJX. (f)7(JJ 2Jt1 C/; I I ··------ ': I • ' ' ' ,•'-. ;