arianas %riet.r;~ · Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ~ ews Murder in Hannon Supreme Court lently. The 42 year old Korean was employed at the Dallas Lounge, in Tamuning. Kennedy was found dead in sanctions AGO her apartment by police officers on Labor Day. For ignoring court orders Officers on the scene re By Zaldy Dandan General Maya Kara for a com dered AGO to show cause ported that Kennedy had bmises Variety News Staff ment, but was told that she within seven days why )ts ap on her body, head and face. THE SUPREME Court has was in a meeting. peal should not be dismissed Taitano said because the case sanctioned the Attorney This reporter's phone call for failure to prosecute. is still under investigation, he General's Office for its·fail to AGO's Criminal Division But AGO did not respond, could not disclose whether the ure to follow-up on the appeal Chief Ross Buchholz wasn't according to the court. woman was married, or the iden° Heun Sun Kennedy it filed regarding two traffic returned either. . Last Aug. 13, the court is tity of friends or relatives.· cases. AGO appealed the Superior sued a second order, to which By Jacob Leon Guerrero What is known at this time is The CNMI's highest court Court's decision on CNMI vs AGO, again, did not respond. Variety News Staff that she was not an H-2 worker. dismissed AGO's appeal, and Juan D. Aguon in November "Given the fact that the gov HAGATNA, Guam - The The police department is still ordered it to pay a fine of $320. of last year, and on CNMI vs ernment has failed to respond police department announced trying to determine her citizen Legal experts yesterday David R. Quitugua last Feb. to two separate orders to show yesterday that the woman who ship status. noted that it is "highly un 20. cause, has failed to file any was found on Monday was mur The police are asking the usual" for an AGO to be sanc According to the Supreme requests for extensions of dered, based on autopsy results. public's assistance in their on- tioned by the court. Court's order dismissing the time, and has not taken any Police spokesperson Ron going investigation. . "It means there's a manage appeal, AGO neither filed action to (effect) this appeal, Taitano said the victim, Heun you have any information If ment problem in that office," their opening brief, nor did it the court finds it necessary Sun Kennedy, died sometime cal I the police department at 472- they said. request for an extension of and proper. .. to not only dis last weekend. 8911 or Crimestoppers at 477- The Variety tried to reach, time to file a brief. miss this appeal, but also to He said the woman died via- HELP. I' by phone, acting Attorney Last July I 0, the court or- Corffinued-cm page 57 No bail for Ishibashi By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff THE US District Court yesterday ordered no bail "at this time" for the temporary release of businessman Kojo Ishibashi in connection with last month's drng bust after evidence showed he was lying about his financial statement. · Chief Judge Ale'x R. Munson during a hearing denied Ishibashi 's motion for bail and withdrew the previously set $25,000 bail for the defendant. Munson asked Ishibashi to provide a complete financial statement to be filed in court. Ishibashi and anotherJ apanese, Michihide Izumi, were arrested in a drug operation last month in which over I 00 grams of '·ice" were confiscated by agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration/ CNMI Task Force. The federal government charged Ishibashi with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine while Izumi with importation of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute "ice." At yesterday's bail hearing, defense counsel Yoon Chang pre sented in court a preliminary survey report regarding Ishibashi 's two fishing boats. · Chang requested that the boats be posted as bail so that Ishibashi may be temporarily freed. A Guam fire department inspector look at the debris following a structural fire in Dededo. No injury was Assistant US Attorney Kevin Seely, on behalf of the US govem- reported, but nothing much remains of the building, which was once used as storage for construction Contfnued on page 58 materials. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS ~D \/IEW_?-FRIDA Y- SEPTEMBER! I . 1998 ______FRIDAY.SEPTEMBER 11, 1998-MARJANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 Starr triggers impeachme:t;1.t review Teen suicide attempt By DAVID ESPO gress' subsequent review. conference that Starr's' office WASHINGTON (AP) - Inde With the delivery of StaIT·s had informed congressional rate up by 5-percent pendent Counsel Kenneth StaIT long-awaited report to Congress. leaders the material included a sent Congress 36 sealed boxes that will be for the House to de 445-page report. buttressed by By Haidee V. Eugenio filled with .. substantial and cnc!d cide. whether before or after foll 2.000 pages of backup material Variety News Staff ible'· evidence of wrongdoing by elections. and voluminous additional ma A SIGNIFICANT number of CNMI students-some as young as six President Cl in ton on Wednesday. The repo11 was expected to lay terial that includes grand jury graders--have "tried to kill themselves," according to statistics. triggering the first formal im out evidence of possible obstrnc transcripts. The current statistics on "considering" and "attempting" suicide has peachment review in the United tion of justice. perjury. witness At least the 445-page report actual Iy increased by five percent. States since Watergate a quarter tampering and abuse of power by will likely be made public on Approximately 987 students of the 2,057 suiveyed students grades six to cenwry ago. Clinton in his effort to conceal an Friday. Solomon said. He said 12 revealed that they tried to commit suicide. House Speaker Newt Gingrich affair with Ms. Lewinsky and Starr's office had told congres This figure comprises 19 percent of the surveyed population, according and Democrntic leader Dick thwart the Paula Jones sexual ha sional officials in an evening to the recently-released I 997 Youth Risk Behavior Suivey Results which Gephardt pledged before StaIT rassment lawsuit. phone conversation the report :vas conduc~ by ~e Public School System's HIV prevention program acted that they would make a bi In his letter-to Congress. StaIT includes a 25-page introduction: m cooperation With the US Center for Disease Control. panisan effon to review the po also hinted the report might con a 280-page narrative and a 140- Jackie Quitugua, coordinator of the PSS program, said the suicide litically explosive report. deliv tain graphic details. "Many of the page description of grounds for attempts rate actually increased from the 1995 survey considering ered in the shadow of the mid supporting materials contain in impeachment. that this is the first time that grade six students were included in the formation of a personal nature Solomon also said he expects survey. te1m elections. ll1e two men then Rep. Herman Palacios hands over a House resolution lauding the appointment of Mark Zachares as that I respectfully urge the House In 1995, the suicide attempt rate was pegged at43 percent, but this is met into the e\'<:ning to thrash out the Judiciary Committee and the Department of Labor and Immigration secretary. With Palacios are (from left) Senate President Paul to treat as confidential." he wrote. full House to decide by year's only among grades seven ID 12 students. plans to make several hundred Problems on love and relationship (whether fmnily or fiiend), Quitugua Manglona, Hous1: Speaker Diego Benavente, Representatives Alejo Mendiola, David Apatang, Mafua Rep. Je!T)' Solomon. chairman end whether Starr's report war Peter, DOLi official Jeffrey Camacho, Rep. Karl Reyes, House Majority Leader Ana Teregeyo and David pages public within a few days said, were the main reasons why teenagers attempt suicide, or c.onsider of the House Rules Committee. rants a full-scale impeachment Sablan of DOLi. Pholo by Aldwin R. Fajardo including posting it on the suicide. told reporters at an evening news mqu1ry. Internet - and to govern Con- "We knew beforehand why anumberofyouths consider suicide as the answer to their problems which are mainly due to family and For alleged failure to pay loans relationship problems. But now that we have actual figures, we Clinton vows to regain trust really need to do something," Quitugua said. She added that the survey results give clearer picture of what ORLANDO, Florida (AP) - a role model for the nation's chil on making his crisis a cam Feds sue residents, bank teenagers are going through, which will help teachers and parents in President Clinton, his voice fall dren - and didn't want his per paign issue in November. helping these youths get over their problems. By Ferdie de la Torre they had obtained a judgment loans. ing to a murmur in a banquet hall sonal behavior to darken his pub "Don't be fooled-not for a Twenty nine percent or 270 of the surveyed high school students Variety News Staff against Pangelinan in a 1985 civil Pearson said in Fcb.1987 de of friends, appealed to Demo lic record. minute, not for a day -elec reported that they attempted suicide one or more times during the THE US government has filed action and may claim an interest fendants Dela Cruz and Ciolden crats on Wednesday: '·I ask you ·Tm determined to redeem the tions are about you and your past 12 months before the survey has been conducted, while 4 I three separate lawsuits against in the property being foreclosed Talent executed two written prom for your understanding. for your trust of all the American people," children and your community Documents relating to President Clinton from Independent Counsel percent seriously considered it those who have refused to pay upon. issory notes to USSBA for disas forgiveness.''He promised to set he said, asking donors at a fund and your future," he said. Kenneth Starr arrives on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Starr sent Congress "Chamorro and Carolinian girls (high school) have a significantly their loans from the US Small Other persons, corporations, en ter loans amounting to $15,000 the Monica Lewinsky matter raising luncheon for Florida gu Clinton spoke just as spe a report and two vanloads of supporting evidence of possible impeach higher risk for considering and/or attempting suicide among CNMI able offenses by President Clinton, posing the gravest threat to a Business Administration. ti ties or governmental units who and $9,400. right before the November elec bernatorial candidate Buddy cial prosecutor Kenneth Starr youth," the survey said. president since Watergate. AP Special Assistant US Atty. Rob are presently unknown to USS BA USSBA demanded payment tions. MacKay to spread the word. sent to Congress by van 36 Among grade six and junior high school students, 19 percent or ert W. Pearson in the first suit were included because they may against the defendants in the prin The president, under ongoing He added: ··1 also let you down boxes containing what is ex around 214 teenagers, mostly eight graders, attempted suicide. filed before the US District Court claim ownership. lien and r;ghts cipal amounts of $4,768.84 and pressure from Democrats and and I let my family down and I let pected to be embarrassingly The American Association of Suicidology reported in 1994 that an named as defendant Vicent K. in the property. said Pearson. $7, l 49.66 plus accrued interests Republicans alike to express this country down. But I'm trying detailed information about average of 31,000 Americans committed suicide each year. Suicide What's in those Pangelinan aka Benny K. According to the complaint, in the sum of $3,294.3 l and more contrition for his actions, to make it right.·· the president's relations with ranks as the ninth leading causes of death in the US. Pangelinan. Pange I inan executed to the $2,437.81. said he wanted once more to be He warned against those bent a young White House intern. Also named as defendants in USSBA a promissory note in the In the 3rd complaint. 1he US m_ysterious boxes? the same complaint were Califor amountof$60,800. He m011gageu government named as defendant nia First Bank, Hali mu yak Diver By Deborah Zabarenko of Clinton's affair with former White Benavente pushes for as security for repayment ~(the Esperanza S. Borja aka Espy sified, Inc., Teresita Bahtlthazar, WASHING TON (Reuters) - In House intern Monica Lewinsky and note a piece of land in Susupe. Borja. Mirage Clearance dependent counsel Kelllleth Starr sent its cover-up and a discussion of the easier worker transfer Aida Sabino, C.C. Enterprises, "More than 30days have passed Pearson said in March 1987 17-998 John and Mary Does 1-20, Doe since service of the notice of de Borja executed two promissory to Congress two vanloads of "sub grounds for Clinton's impeachment partnerships, Corporation and stantial and credible" evidence of ll1ese grounds include perjury. By Aldwin R. Fajardo fault without cure, and defendant notes to USSBA for disaster Joans other entities 1-20. Big Discounts - Real Savings possible impeachable offences by obsnuctionofjusticeandabuseofthe Variety News Staff is now in default under terms of amounting to S9.900 and S4.300. President Bill Clinton, but not one office of the president, sources famil HOUSESpeaker Diego T. Benavente Pearson said USSBA included promissory note," said Pearson in The defendant, however, failed word was made public on Wednes iar with Starr's investigation said. (R-Prec. 2, Saipan) is urging the De the California First Bank in the the complaint. to pay the $50 and $22 monthly day. The repo11's appendices fearure paitment of L'lbor and Immigration suit as it may assert lien, rights, if In the second case, the US gov ins ta II men ts. The anival under armed guard of evidence, including grand jury testi to expedite the processing of applica any, through a mortgage executed ernment sued Golden Talent In USSBi\ demandeu pavmcnt for the three dozen ordinary cardboard mony.according to one source famil tions to u·,msfcr by nonresident work by Pangelinan to the bank. tematirnwl. Jnc .. Ramon M. Dela S9.56l .::!2 :llld S:!.%6.07 plus ac ~.\' .. boxes -and speculation over what the iar with the case. e1, from one employer to another. Bahtlthazar :1ml Sabino were Cnu :rnd Dolores T. Dela Cruz nucd i11tcrc.,1s i11 rlic ,um c>i' reams of paper may contain - created Beyond that. there were few details lkriavcntc is raising concerns on also named clcl'embnts bec.1use over rHlll-p,1_1me1Jt of dis:1skr s~.~75.13 ,111ci sM;u. By R. Fajardo "!lit: Senate special inwsligative Aldwin [• Variety News Staff committee h,L, concluded tl1al tl1e BOTH HOUSES of tl1c Legisla settlement agrccment ha, violated ture, in sp.:cial back-to-back~ ses CMv1 I laws, and that it is not bind sions, yesterday passed a bill ap ing, but added th:Il tl1e MV ;\ Bcxud No to the three-year limit bill. pmp1iating the $2.2 million p11y should be given the authority to rnenl lo l&S Crnp. delc1rnine whcthc:rtl1e govc111mc1ll LEGISLATION to limit the stav of our alien workers will neither will pay or not. impro\·e our "image" in Washington. D.C., nor the condition of these 111c bi II now heads to Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio. "/lie Senate committee earlier workers. Yet here we are again. hearing the \'cry same justifications for urged the House to p,L,s the bill. in another \ersion of the same bill. Worse. it seems that the Legislature Under the te1ms of the settlement agrccd upon by tl1d ap,mcsc adver order to would cmixiwer MY i\. to has chosen a most inappropri:lle time to discuss a proposal that would tising company :.md the Attomcy use FY 1998 fundsrn1dpay l&S,m disrupt the hiring policies of p1·i\'atc firms. which arc already reeling General'sOfiice(AGOJ,theCNMl amount commensurate with the from the curr.:nl .:conomic situation. The yen, it should be noted, will begin its payment this month. benefit received by the CNMI. continues to weaken: 1he 01hc1· key Asian economies arc still slrug 1l1e Senate previously requested It said, however, that the amount r.linr.: in\·cs1ors· rnood 011 \Vall S1rccl is starting to gel bearish. In short. and r-eceived assunmces from the should not exceed $2.2 million. !her~ is not e\·e11 a glimpse 01· a quick fi:-. for-ou1-~busi11essmcn in the Office of the Governor that no pay J&S claims that it htL, 1-endered horizon: but no\\'. the: also ha\e to contend with the possibility of ment should be made to l&S based promotional services, products ,md losinr. their \1·orkers. TOURIST ATTRACTION. One of Guam's newest tourist attractions is the dinner cruise boat now plying nightly the Philippine Sea in East Hagatna. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza on the settlement agi-eement prior materials that would help advance lnd~ed, if1he CNl\11 has a stock market. ;111J .1 similar bill is brought to September I 0. CNMI's image as a major towist up in tht Legislature. the resulting market plunge would have hit the In urging for tl1e bill's pa~sage, destination in Japan. bottom of the 1\.farian;1s Trench. According to researcher Senate Majority Leader Pete P. The legislation requi1-es MY A To be sure. the threc-vear limit bill was introduced because its Reyes(R-Saip,m)noted, '11iatdate :md the A ttomey General's Office sponso1·s thought th.it such a proposed law could reassure Washington is fa,t approaching as is the dead lO pmsue l'CCOVety of any mnount~ that something is being Jone to correct our labor and immigration Feds should be responsible line for payment under the terms of paid from tJ10sc past or pt-esent problems. 13utthis bill \\~ill notaJJressthese concerns. Such a bill is not the settlement agreement iL,elC con-tinued on page 51 c\'en incluJeJ in rhe reform proposals outlined by the GOP leadership for Tanapag du1npsite of the US House Resources Commiltee. E\ en Insular Affairs Director ...... L Yariations Al Sta,man admitted that such iel!islation would not convince anyone fffl&ffl:::'• By Jojo Dass the1-e." cation cm1 go up there, walk tl1rough in the ('linton administration 10 ;hangc his or her mind 1·egarding the Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff "I cm1 't imagine theJ apanese com there for l Ominutes and see that that 8-hr power outage tomorrow neeu for a federal takeowr of local labor and immigration bureaucra A WRITER workingonabookabout ing back after the war to clean up their is a dumpsite and tl1at 99.99 percent cies. the "la<,t years of the Japanese em mess. I (also) can't imagine the ofall the stuff up there is US militaiy ," By Jojo Dass Half-baked solutions. like this bill, arc no solutions at all. It is hoped pire," yesterday insisted the ab,m Chamo1rns going muund in all of he su-essed. Variety News Staff that our legislators. particularly the sponsors of the bill, will realize doned dumpsite in UpperTanapag is Saipan with their bullcarts and haul Concerns have been mounting on A LARGE part of the island from Kagman to Sadog Tasi will this. Consiuering that these gentkmen are sincere in their efforts to Fat! made up of "99.99 percent US mili experience an eight-hour power outage tomorrow, according to the ing old ai1planes and throwing it right who is supposed to clean up the improve life in ;ur common,~·eallh it is likely that they would. HALF of the 9 year old girls in the 50 US therapy" that teaches well-endowed people t:.uy equipment." there," said Petty. dumpsite, which is situated nem· a Commonwealth Utilities Corp. Meanwhile. the: Lcgislatun:: should instead consider a hiring quora states diet, according to Boston Globe's Ellen ("obese" for the Fashion world) to shed a B111ce Petty, who has done ,m ex "Maybe it is not in the m·chives but 250-lot homestead project. In an advisory, CUC explained t11e outage, which starts at 9:00 in the for :ill industries, particularly the garment industry. which hires almost Goodman. They do so, the poor dea~s. be negative self-image and !earn to feel good tensive resemd1 ,md on-site inspec it is US :md somebody had to dump it EnvimnmentaJQuaJityDircctorfke morning, is necessary to enable iL~ crew to install l1igJ1 voltage wires as part half of the Ci\M\'s total number of alien workers. ln addition, the cause according to countless TY and print ads about themselves-even without losing a tions on vmiouspa11softhc island for there. They did not all just land there Cabrera said his office still needs to of die completion of its feeder IV project. housecleaning al 1he Department of Labor and Immigration should pounded on their heads everyday, to "look pound. his book project, said the site is lit by tl1emselves," he added. work witl1 Rep. Dino Jones for mi CUC said this will be the la.~t power outage required to f mish the project. continue without letup. Lastly, the government should forcefully hot" is to look like a fashion model. Which at Rosen's eight-week program, reports The tered with old US ai1plm1es, 111sty The Co1ps has said the CNMI will invent01y before asking Gov. Pedro 'TI1e feeder IV system mns fmm Lower Base through SadogTasi, Capitol enforce existing labor and immigration laws. the existence of which this stage of human civilization, says New York Times, has a 70-percent success bmTels, personnel equipment like have to conduct fu1ther investigation P. Tenorio to r-equest the lederal gov Hill, As Teo, Denni, Santa Lourdes back down to the Kagman homestead area~. are sufficient t; address the problems the bill wants to solw. Goodman, is defined as someone with a head rate. The following are among the steps he mess kits and helmets. and come up with :m invento1y of ernment to include tl1e site in iL, Fuds of a 25-year old woman and a body of a 12- teaches: He said there m-e also acetylene what m-e at tl1e dumpsite to substm1ti list. It took CUC almost two year:, to complete the $3.6 million Feeder IV renovation pmject which was done in six parts. year-old boy. Ala Kate Moss in those Calvin • Do not badmouth your body. Instead of Ulllks 1md batte1ies scattered about. ale its claim ,md to boost effo1ts to Jones has ern·Iier implied the US The Feeder IV system Was built after the war by the Trust Territory Klein print ads, which could be mistaken for negative thoughts-"I'm such a pig"-prac "I've been up the1-e," said Petty. "It have it listed in the feueral Naval administration, which was Yes to downsizing the government government and has been considered as the ishmd 's "weakest,'' CUC said. a "Help the victims of famine'' campaign pitch. tice more forgiving, non-judgmental self-de is definitely US milita1y equipment." government's list of Fonnerly Used t:.ISked to clean up tl1e isltmd after the Its powerpoles have, thmugh the years, been covered by thick foliage deep I've always equated feminine beauty with scriptiuns-"Laiia, Jon 't I look. healthy!" The US Army Crnps of Engineers Defense Sites (Fuds) so that a cle:m wm·, could have been 1-esponsible for ITS TIME has rn1m:. in steep te1Tain by the forest, giving CUC c1-ewmen difficulties in repairing corporeal abundance-what I call the • Learn to take a compliment. Other people has said the durnpsite is not listed in up may commence. the dumping. The r_o\ ernmen1 no longer gennatcs the samc amount of rcvcnucs broken lines whenever a weather disturbance hit the island. Rubencsque factor. Not incluucd in this cat me likely to be more objective and positive the defense dep:U1111cnt 's md1ives. But Petty insisted one docs not that on~·c enahli:u it to invent such nice sounding titles as "community US forces invaded Saip,m in 1944 Feeder IV has always been the first to go breakdown in times of typhoons. cgorv. however, are those women who have about your appearance; listen to what they But Petty counte1-ed that the ab have to be :m expen to conclude that ,L, p,u10fa milit:uycampaign to deny worker" for pl1sh tha1 require nothing but the willingness of :1 pc1·son The renovation was meant to fortify thee/ectJical system by 1ep/acingok.l n;ad~ it tu the "Guinness Book of World say. Talk lo rnc, for instance. sence of the site in the wd1ivcs "still the: dumpsite belonged to the US Japan its defense line. eli~iblc tu , 01e tu !,'Cl paiJ C\cry other two \\'Ceks. This scarcity of power poles w1d moving t11em closer to the madside. Reco1·ds"-1hosc with a gr:1vity-punishing • Takt: in your whole being. Study yoursclr docs nol :u1swer the question ,L, to government. TI,c isl.u1d,along with neighboring public funds 1, ll -· ,.: .• • r • •.. •... •, ~ .,. .• .~ .• ..• .• •. • • -· .• ...... -...... , •.•.•.••• • • ..... ··- '... -;.: - "' •• "· •. ... - • -- ·- ., -'· ·- ·- ~ ..... ·, ...... ____ ,_._ __ ... ~,,, ...... 12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- SEPTEMBER I I, 1998 'Great Guam duck race' lnt1 reef check on Sept. 30 By Tanya M.C. Mendiola scientists, before participation, By Tanya M.C. Mendiola for non-profit organizations. Smith said throughout the Variety News Staff Divers were taught basic sci-· Variety News Staff Smith said the event (duck month of September V ARO HAGATNA, Guam - The is- . entific survey methods and to HAGA TNA, Guam - Some racing) has proven a success plans to have booths at the · land will once again participate identify indicator species offish, thing will go a fowl at Tum on 's ful fundraiser for non-profit Chamoru Village's night mar in the International Reef Check invertebrates and substrate ma Ipao Beach Park during the organizations in the US. ket, the Hagatna Shopping to be conducted at 3 p.m., Sept terials. Micronesian Diver.; As ::It's something different, in Center and the Micronesia month of October. Victim's 30. This is an annual effort to sociation (MDA) and Guam Advocates Outreach program teresting and fun to bring to Mall to promote the event. scientifically survey coral reefs TropicalDiveStation,andScuba The community and busi a non-profit organization that the island. throughout the world. So far, 30 Company are each donating the WE'LL BE GIVING A WAY LOTS nesses can "adopt" a duck for provides support services to We (VARO) hope (to use it divers signed up and participated use of a boat, captain crew and $5 or they can raise the odds OF GIFTS & PRIZES! victims of violent crimes and as a way to raise money and) in the training sessions for the scuba gear. trauma on Guam. will hold the increase awareness of family by opting for a "Six Quack," event. Sitesforthesurveyarechosen WITH REMOTE LIVE TELECAST first annual ··Great Guam violence on Guam," said six rubber ducks for $5. Un The Univer.iity of Guam Ma based on their amount of human OF POWER 99 FM! Duck Race," October I 0th, co Smith. fortunately, according to rine Laboratory, organizers ofthe impact. inciding with Family Violence The ducks will be set afloat Smith, participants won't be event, participated in the annual The MDA boat will have a · Awareness month. in the bay and the first l 0 able to keep their "quackers" event in 1997; but on a smaller dive of Facpi point because it Fifteen thousand rubber ducks to cross the finish line but they are invited to join the scale. has been heavily impacted by duck will race down a preset will win prizes donated by event annually. Volunteer diver.; were invited the construction of roads and course in Tuman bay for a fund various island businesses. A All proceeds from the duck to participate in the survey. developments near the reef. raising event for V ARO. Ac small fair will also be held race will go to V ARO to fur UOG Marine Lab scientist will The tropical Dive Station at cordi;g to the organization along with the race. Other non ther their efforts as a support supervise all activities and vol Western Shoals in Apra Harbor chairp;rson, Patie;ce Smith, profit organizations will be service. Corporate sponsors of unteer divers were required to which has been a shipping, div the idea for the event was ob invited to set up shop and edu the event are Mobil Oil Guam attend at least one of two training ing and fishing-impacted area tained from the Internet cate the community about their and guam Medical Specialists. sessions, conducted by the pri The Scuba Co. will go to through a website dedicated individual cause. There will For more information, contact mary organizer of Reef Check Double Reef, considered a rela -<~E R/J.f to different types of activities be door prizes as well as en the V ARO Duck Adoption 1998, Dr. Sandra L. Romano, tively prestine area, leaving out o'D· Our Tire and Rim Prices to promote fundraising events tertainment for kids. hotline at 477-7984. fh · :; Include Mounting & and several pother Marine Lab of Hagatna Boat Basin. \' a° Computerized Balancing ov,. nd·o ALPZ Merchandising Tel. No. (670) 234-5441 or 5473 Street names for Carolinians Fax No. (670) 234-0745 By Louie C. Alonso glish street names on some part of Variety News Staff the islands," Rabauliman said. WE SERVICE ALL MAJOR BRANDS HA VE you ever been to CAO has already conducted Mitsubishi • Hyundai • Isuzu • Toyota • Nissan • Honda • Ford Aghurubw Street or Olomwaay the first leg of the village meet Chevy • Chrysler • Jeep • BMW • Mercedes • Mazda & more! Avenue~ ing, September 9. The next vil By Louie C. Alonso r~ Re&Ae- SJ.e,I Variety News Staff According to Carolinian Affairs lage meetings will be held on the SPLIT AIRCON Office Executive Assistant Frank 14th at the Chalan Kanoa, 15th at CAROLINIAN Affairs Office MAINTENANCE SERVICE MAINTENANCE COMBO Executive Assistant Frank 12000 BTU s1, 100. 00 Rabauliman, CAO is consulting Gara pan and 17th at Oleai. the whole Carolinian community The village meetings will tackle Rabauliman praised Marianas Limited Offer Only! 00 Visitors Authority for support 24000 BTU s1 ,580. on the different Carolinian names about community-related issues ingall the activities of the CNMI they will be submitting before the among the Carolinians. • 4 cylinder/4 spark plugs only Cultural Week celebration. street naming committee. "We have community meetings • Oil & fi!ter change • Change oil · . . PASSENGER TIRES · ."· -·: INCLU~S \ "We feel very good that MV A "The office is very much ex every end of the month in the past. • Lubricate chassis • Change filter SALE REGULAR BASIC is more supportive now in the SALE REGULAR 155/80R12 $29.95 $49.95 cited on this project. We actually There were a fairnumberof people • Top off all fluids • Rotate & balance tires 155/80R13 $4Q.95 $69.95 INSTALLATION have a list of several Carolinian attending the meetings. hope Department of Community and • Rotate & balance tires 155/80R13 38.95 52.95 I • Inspect brakes 185/60R14 79.95 98.95 Prices good names and we only need the ap that on these village meetings, Cultural Affairs projects than it • Service battery terminals • Check all fluids 175/70R13 45_95 63.95 195/50ZR15 sport 109.95 149.95 while supply lasts proval of the whole community," more of them will show up to was before. They are helping us • Inspect brakes • Change spark plugs 195/BOR 14 84.95 99,95 . . 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Inventory Clearance Albright fired back Wednesday Richard Butler, the head of the U.N. Security Council had second largest commercial bank in combined bank will have a~sets of South Korea was forced to accept at critics who accused her of eas- commission, took on Ritter Tues prompted her to oppose certain South Korea, banking officials said 84.6 trillion won ($60.4 billion). a $58 billion bailout fund from the Solid Pine ing away from tough U.N. in day, telling The New York Times inspections of suspected ·weap Thursday. Analysts said the latest merger International Monetary Fund in De Bunk Beds spections of Iraq's suspect weap that Ritter's testimony to the Sen ons sites in Iraq. Britain has stood Kookmin Bank and Kon~a Long will spur more reorganization of cember. In return, the nation is re ons sites. ate was often inaccurate in chro shoulder-to-shoulder with the Tenn Credit Bank, twoofthenation 's South Korea's inefficient, debt-rid quired to refonn its bloated industrial Only 6 left "TI1ey are sincerely wrong:· nology and detail and had dam United States, but France, Russia lql~ven banks, plan to sign arremcran den banking sector. and financial sectors. Albright said. aged UNSCOM. and China are all reluctant to take dum of uncmtanding Hiday to rrerge 'There are three major ways to The government had previously In ; speech to. the American -Butler also said Ritter. who re . Saddam on. effective Jan 4, bank officials said improve banks' finances: foreign shut down 14 troubled merchant Bedroom Sets Legion in New Orleans, Albright signed on Aug. 26, had inflated In confronting Iraq, she said in It will be the thirrl merger of Ko investment, capital increase and banks, or finance companies, and said the United States has been his role and made misleading Wednesday's speech, it's best"to rean commercial banks this year. merger. For now, merger seems to five small commercial banks. But Only 6 left the strongest international backer statements about Butler's dealing be able to choose your own tim . . HanilBankandCommercia!Bank be the most feasible way," said Suh critics said that was not enough. of the U.N. Special Commission. with U.N. Security Council offi ing and terrain." of Korea announced plans to merge Young-ho, an analyst at Daewoo To boost voluntary mergers to cre "We have pushed and pushed cials, and particularly with "In fact," Albright went on, "the in July and Hana Bank and Boram Securities Co. ate more efficient, stronger banks, the Coffee &End ·Table Sets and pushed some more to help Albright. . United States has been by far the Bankearlierthis week, l:xltheffective When the economy slowed down government has promised to help by Hana Bank president Kim Seung-yu, left, shakes hands with Boram UNSCOM break through the "The critics are sincere," strongest international backer of Bank counterpart Koo Ja-jung after announcing on merger of the two 10 in stock Jan.4. and companies begancollapsing last writing off bad loans and giving tax banks at the Bank Association building in Seoul. It will create the smokescreen of lies and decep Albright said in her speech ..··we UNSCOM. I, along with Secre Kookmin and Long-Tenn Credit year, banks wereleftwithmoundsof benefits. seventh largest commercial bank in South Korea. AP tion put out by the Iraqi regime,'' are, after all, on the same side. But tary (of Defense William) Cohen Albright said. they are sincerely wrong when and other members of the The critics include Scott Ritter, they blame America for the president's foreign policy team Curio Cabinets an American who quit the moni world's failure to uncover the full have traveled the world, demand •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• toring commission and com truth about Iraq's weapons of mass ing that Iraq cooperate with • Only 6 left plained the administration and the destruction programs," she said. UNSCOM." •• • • CASH & CARRY ONLY Anti-Pope threat in Italy • • WHILE SUPPLIES LAST 234-7368 CHIA VARI, Italy (AP) - Po alty and compromise with dicta John Paul is scheduled to visit • • lice searched Wednesday for the tors. One urged murder of the Sept. 18-19. A Vatican spokes • ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR, ASK YOUR • people responsible for violent "Pope of Rome, killer of liberty man did not return a call seeking anti-pope fliers that appeared in and tyrant." comment Wednesday. • • the northern coastal city of The authors signed themselves The pope survived a 1981 as RELATIVE OR YOUR FRIEND Chiavari, the site of an upcoming only as "anarchists." sassination attempt in which an • They're all buying at Conwood Products and Saving Cash on their building materials. "If you're not buying at Conwood you're paying too much!". • pastoral visit by Pope John Paul Authorities removed the fliers assailant shot him in the abdomen • • II. after they were posted in the cen in St. Peter's Square. He also is The fliers accused the pope of terof town, 75miles westofltaly's believed to have been the target of • • supporting racism, the death pen- border with France. other plots. • ·.. REBA.R/T.IE WIRE ·- · . 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They hope to tap into fears the candidate, "it wi11 probably "It a11 depends on the advertis at a gate of the American Em Critics say the accord infringes (Reuters)-Judging by the way SPD dominance. He hung on to it about immigration, especially be SPD." ' ing," says 19-year-old Thorsten, bassy in Manila Thursday to pro on Philippine sovereignty because Doris Barnett swings a ma11et in 1994 against Barnett by just from east and southest' Europe, The "ifs" and "don't knows" when asked how he would vote. test a proposed accord allowing it limits the Manilagovernmenr's German Chancellor Helmut Kohl 3,540 votes. rising crime and drngs. are a headache for both parties. The first-time voter, attending a U.S. troops to train in the Phi lip right to prosecute had better watch his back. Both he and Barnett entered "If you are angry, come and Pollsters say anywhere between fair opened by Barnett. says he pines. American soldiers who com The Social Democratic candi parliament in any case because speak to us instead of voting for a fifth to a half of the electorate has no strong convictions and TI1e two dozen protesters dem mit crimes here. date is getting plenty of practice they were on their parties' lists for extremist parties,"says Barnett, are undecided. will probably not decide who to onstrated for .30 minutes. then The protesters said the pres tappipg the beer barrels without the half of the lower house seats sounding as much like a social "We have more undecided vot vote for until ,he last week. His hurled a plastic bag containing ence of foreign troops could which no campaign rally in the that are not constituency-based. worker as a political brawler. ers than four years ago," said girl friend agrees. paint at the embassy gate before also promote prostitution and chancellor's home district seems But the ignomony Kohl would Undecided voters Heinrich Jaeckel, as he tried to Older people seem less hesi dispersing. Police made no ar expose the Philippines to at complete. suffer if he lost his seat is a pow bedevil pollsters entice rain-drenched shoppers to tant but fall into two camps. They rests. tacks from terrorist groups Although a political light erful incentive to the SPD which The next campaign stop takes stop at his CDU stand. believe either that the left-lean Guards tried to cover the seal antagonized by recent U.S. weight, Barnett thinks she has the feels it has the weapon in unem her across the wrong side of the The CDU, trailing the SPD ing SPD will look aftertheir pen with shields and pushed the activ missile attacks in Sudan and blow to fell the West's longest ployment. tracks to a housing estate where nationally by up to five points. sions or that "the reds" wi 11 tax ists back from the gate of the Afghanistan. reigning political heavyweight. '"We have almost 10 percent foreigners and asylum-seekers are hopes this uncertainy will swing their savings. embassy. which has been guarded The United States halted "I do weigh less than Mr Kohl," unemployment here," says mixed in with Jong-term unem voters at the last minute to Kohl. "Look, all this political stuff more hea\·ily by police since last major joint exercises in the says the trim, 45-year-old law Barnett. '"BASF has been cutting ployed and families on welfare. who beams down from posters is a load of bull," confides one month ·s attacks on two U.S. em Philippines and visits by U.S. yer. "But this is not about weight, back," she adds, refening to the A group of men nursing beer offering ··security instead of 75-year-old shopper, suddenly bassies in Africa. military ships in December it's about action. That's why I'm chemical company that dominates cans look up as Barnett passes but Risk." delighted by herown strong lan Last month. demonstrators 1996. when the Mani la gov miles ahead of the chancellor." the job market in a community show no interest in following her It's a struggle some call guage. "It's just that Kohl is the pelted the embassy gates with ernment ended a legal loop Barnett and heropposition SPD that is split between industry and to the tent the SPD has set up 'Doris and Goliath' lesser of two evils.'· dozens of eggs. also to oppose the hole that had shielded U.S. party are going all out to try to agriculture. beside a grey block of flats. Barnett, lacking the Untroubled by such thoughts pact. called the Visiting Forces military personnel from pros humiliate Kohl in his own back As she drives herself to yAt "Eighty percent of people here chancellor's track record, is of defeat in her '"Doris and Agreement. ecution by the Philippines for Police block protesters who held a rally in front of the U.S. Embassy denouncing the Visiting Forces yard in the election on September another round of handshakes, beer are unemployed," says one man paired in posters with the telege Goliath" struggle, Barnett The agreement was signed early crimes committed here. Agreement in Manila yesterday. The Visiting Forces Agreement, which awaits ratification from the Philippine 27. and sausages, Barnett passes rows between sips. nic Schroeder. battles on to a street festival. senate, allows joint military exercises in both countries. AP this year by U.S. and Philippine However, a small number of Kohl's popularity has already of posters reading: "Out with For This should be fertile ground The SPD hopes to turn out the The sun pokes through and her officials but ~till must be ratified military personnel from both pine army camp. The small-scale Military ties with the United the last U.S. base in the country in slumped nationally, and polls eign Criminals" and "German In for the centre-left SPD but few yourig vote, presenting the mood brightens, although all by the Philippine Senate. countries are currently con training is intended to ensure joint States have remained a sensitive 1992, ending close to a century of show him losing the chancellery terests First." residents venture out to meet the middle-of-the-road Schroeder as the hand-shaking and baby It would govern the conduct of ducting minor exercises. includ combat efficiency while the ma issue since a nationalist Philip American military presence in its to SPD challenger Gerhard The advertisments are for the woman who says she wants to a fresh face to a generation that kissing doesn't seem to come major military exercises between ing jungle survival training and jor exercises remain suspended. pine Senate forced the closure of former colony. Schroeder. Republican party, one of three solve their social problems. was still in diapers when Kohl naturally. the Philippines and the United rescue work. at a northern Philip- Barnett is on the stump up to I 0 . ' times a day to hammer home this message to the army of unde US Legislators to 'kill' Chinese cided voters in Kohl's home town Sale Prices WE'LL MATCH-YOUR CAS·H!:. Sunday· Night Special of Lugwigshafen, a riverport on . ' . project over security concerns the Rhine. Star.ting At: Locals understand Kohl's I LONG BEACH, California ering operations on the U.S. main Long Beach officials warned standing as statesman (AP) - National security con land. Supporters said those fears that th; Chinese government may "Kohl has been chancellor for cerns have prompted U.S. law were unfounded and noted that retaliate by rejecting pending pro 16 years now and most people makers to agree to kill a Chinese the project would have generated posals by two U.S.-based ship know how much is left in the their 1 '- company· sport development plan hundreds of jobs and millions of pers, Sealand and APL, to build wallets at the start of the month despite fears that the Chinese gov dollars for the port. new facilities in China. after all the deductions," says ernment may respond by retaliat Port officials, President Bill ''This has ramifications way be Barnett, threading her way ing against U.S. companies. Clinton's administration and yond the city and port of Long through a street market. Congressional conferees in their pro-trade supporters have Beach," said Randel Hernandez, "I have done something for the Washington agreed to include fought hard for the project. but chief of staff for Long Beach people," she says, picking up an language in the annual defense lost ground recently amid con Mayor Beverly O'Neill. "'This opposition charge that Kohl bas authorization bill that would bar troversy over the export of U.S. action would destroy efforts by lost touch with ordinary Germans 8 the China Ocean Shipping Co. satellites to China and alleged U.S. companies to expand and beyond his Bonn chancellery 12,995 from leasing space on the former Chinese contributions to U.S. open markets in China." walls. Long Beach Naval Station. port political campaigns. Congressional aides said the "Go and ask the local people officials said Tuesday. Oklahoma Republican Sen. decision to bar the Cosco port what he has done for them ... He's Sephia The Port of Long Beach. south James M. lnhofe, chairman of project is not a ~l&t-~ ·Elsewhere in the•. Pacific ... _... ._. . PM appeals for calm Saipan Ice Inc.: HONIARA (Pacnews)--Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Bartholomew Ulufa' alu appeals to members of parliament iri Deadlock derails the opposition and government to solve their differences through consultation. In an address to the nation on Tuesday, Mr Ulufa'alu says Maki·ng sure your water is safe members of parliament should come together and iron out their differences through the Melanesian way of consulta hepatitis. the water then passes through ultra Parliament vote tion. . treat up to I 5,(XX) gallons of water BY ALDWIN R. FAJARDO With a high population of children . He says if that cannot be achieved, then lefthe law take its violet or radiation treatment before it everyday . By Giff Johnson failure of a majority of the Nitijela Speaker shall conduct a secret ballot and elderly, CNMI is at a higher risk goes through a machine with carbon course. Saipan Ice is also proud of its ozo For the Variety members to attend the session is re vote on the request of three or more against ou !breaks of waterborne dis The prime minister says it would be hypocritical of Solomon filters which gatekeeps impurities, mitor facility that provides the last Majuro - Marshall Islands sulting in a violation of the constitu members, unless an open vote by call eases. This is where Saipan Islands to be a mediator between Bougainville and Papua water treatment stage. This President Imata Kabua continued tional mandate that the Niti jela not of the roll is required by the Cons ti tu Ice comes in with its technol New Guinea over the Bougainville issue when it cannot solve phase provides a hundred his party's boycott of the Nitijela adjourn or recess until the motion of tion or has been requested by three ogy of maintaining a clean percent assurance that the (parliament) yesterday, further de no confidence is resolved. members. its own differences at home . drinking water. · Ulufa'alu called for calm among Honiara residents adding water has been completely laying a vote of no confidence They claim that if the Niti jela is The dispute centers on who made During a tour around the freed from contaminants and that was first scheduled to be held prevented from holding session this the request first, since the Constitu that what had happened has resulted in a sad situation. company's water purifica impurities. on Monday. week, it will bring on an unprec tion doesn 'trequire a roll call vote for He says shops have closed earlier than normal, schools tionplantdownLowerBase, Butwhatisapureandc\ean The boycott has split President edented constitutional crisis for the no confidence motions. have suspended classes and there is general tension within Songcuan says Saipan Ice drinking water if the contain Kabua·s cabinet. with three gov countl)'. The government party claims that Honiara. has its own deep-well and ers are not? For Saipan Ice, ernment ministers showing up to The government party holds a slim it made the request for a roll call vote Ulufa'alu said the situation should never have come this WATER is essential to sustain life. 80 percent of all diseases and over rainwater catchment fa there is no let-up in quality the Niti jela session on yesterday. majority. but in a secret ballot vote the before the senators bringing the mo far if members of parliament were willing to sit down and This is what drives Saipan Ice Incor one-third of deaths in developing cilities, although it also control. The bottle cleans But even with the three cabinet opposition has a good chance to win tion of no confidence asked for a discuss the problem among themselves. porated to continue with its commit countries are water-related. sources a portion of its water ing process involves three ministers present, the opposition was ning support for its motion of no secret ballot menttoprovide theNorthemMariana For such cases, Songcuansays dis from the Commonwealth stages to make sure every still twosenatorsshortofthe 17 mem confidence, said Senator Litokwa During a speech byTomeing at the Islands with pure and clean drinking infection is the key word. The WHO Utilities Corporation. thing is properly handled. bers needed for both a quorom and to Tomeing who is spearheading the session Monday, new Fmance Min water. says waterborne diseases drop very The company's two Anthony Pellegrino Ador Songcuan The company's auto pass a vote of no confidence in the opposition since being dropped from ister Tony deBrum interrupted with a Earthmovers ordered to pay Nowenteringits 13t11yearofdeliv shaIJJly to a low value when adequate water catchment tanks can matic bot ti ing machine President who has been in office for cabinet by Kabuainacabinetshakeup pointofordertoasktheSpeakertocut HONIARA (Pacnews)-The he is g1vmg two days for ering safe water to local consumers, levels of disinfection are maintained. store up to 80,000 gallons washes, rinses and steams 18 months. two weeks ago that precipitated the off Tomeing's speech to move di Solomon Islands Court of Ap Earthmovers to comply with Saipan Ice plans to take aggressive Indeed, disinfection is unquestion of water. Saipan Ice has an im bacteria and smell. plastic containers where the wa Speaker Kessai Note recessed the no confidence move. rectly to a vote and then requested a peal has ordered the the order. steps to also provide Tinian and Rota ably the most important step in the pressive process of purifying the To better ensure !hat the water has ter is stored. Pure water comes in Ni ti jela and called for another session In this nation that is still heavily vote by roll call that was immediately Earthmovers Group of Com Justice Chetwynd also urged residents with safe and pure drinking treatment of water for public supply. water it delivers to several house been purified and free from contami a clean, disinfected container. today. But it is doubtful that the dominated by traditional practices, a seconded by supporters. panies to either pay into court lawyers representing water. It is by far the safest way to prevent holds in the island. nants, it passes through another stage Only one thing spells the success President's party will return to the secret ballot would be the only way But the Speaker allowed Tomeing SI$600-thousand Earthmovers and the Solomon Feasibility studies and planning outbreaks ofcholera, typhoid feveror From either of the three sources, called reverse osmosis which can of Saipan Ice, Inc. - Quality. session before next week, according that some senators would vote against to continue and Tomeing then issued (US$ J27-thousand) or pro Islands National Union of are already undeiway to expand the to sources in the government party. Kabua who is also a powerful tradi a request for a vote by secret ballot duce an irrevocable bank guar Workers to agree on a sum to market to other islands in the North The constitution requires that the tional chief. After Tomeing concluded, the antee for the sum by today. be paid to the sacked workers. ern Marianas, according to Anthony vote of no confidence be held within The entire dispute between Presi Speaker said that while he had recog This is money owed to work The National Union of Pellegrino, president of the JO days of its filing. Government dent Kabua and Spealcer Note hinges nized deBrum 's pointof order he had ers sacked by the company. Workers is taking the case Pelley Group which owns and op party members are saying that once on the interpretation of the Niti jela not recognized his motion for a roll In a ruling Tuesday, Regis against Earthmovers on behalf erates Saipan Ice. At present, the company enjoys the IO day deadline passes today. the rule about secret and open roll call call vote; therefore, the secret ballot trar of the Court of Appeal, the company's more than 300 P.O. Box 1808, Salpan, MP 96950 • Tel.: 322-5991 (Acctg. Dept) • 322-6130 (Billing) • 322-9848 (Sales Dept.) • Fax: (670) 233-9297 motion is dead. votes. request was made properly and a Justice David Chetwynd, says sacked workers. between 60percent and 70percentof Opposition senators charge that the The parliament's rules say that the secret ballot vote would be held. the total market share on Saipan. AI though a slight drop in sales. was recorded due to the closure of some restaurants which Saipan Ice pro videsdrinkingwater,Pellegrinomain tains an optimistic view of the Saipan market Not even the bad omen asso ciated with the number 13 can stop Saipan Ice. September 11, 1998 "Everybody drinks water and ev. erybody needs safe and pure drinking water. As long as this is the case, we will continue to serve the community To All Our Customers: . which helped us reach this far," he says. Pellegiinohasareadyanswerwhen As Saipan Ice & Water Co., Inc. celebrates its 13th year of serving you a,ked what keeps Saipan Ice going. "We provide outstanding service and all the other residents of Saipan, I personally want to thank you for coupled with an excellent quality of dtinking water." the privilege. Without your support and trust we would not have con- Trueenough, theDivisionofEnvi tinued in business. · ronmentaI Quality regularly collects water samples from the company's (_;· purified water to check the presence of any impurities. We pledge to continue serving you the cleanest wat~r with prompt \ ' :\IL\.-'·;····tt, 'This is how we assure our cus delivery and at a fair price. .r tomers that they get the best quality drinking water. It is safe primarily Jil because it is pure and clean," the company president adds. Again thank you. Saipan Ice & Water Co., Inc. does care about your Aside from the DEQ monitoring team, Saipan Ioe has adopted its own health and the wa_ter you drink. quality <::ontrol system in further moves to provide only the purest water to thousands of households in Sincerely, the island. Saipan Ice vice president Actor SAIPAN ICE & WATER CO., INC. Songcuan says the company checks the water quality through sampling once every. week while off-sight wa ter tanks, nonmally located in super markets around the island, are cleansed once every three months. Saipan Ice will not just take any risks, as far as thesafetyofitsdrinking water is concerned. And why would S,,.·flldde-cee. . the company risk the health of its PURE AND SAFE DRINKING WATER AND ICE customers when the World Health 1 WE CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH 1· Organization reports that an estimated 22-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- SEPTEMBER 11 , 1998 . ' r' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-23 . ~..:tat~ Elsewhere in the Pacific . . . .· l \': Zero economic growth for Australia . l CANBERRA, Australia (AP) _ Wednesday. ""Unfortunately as we see the 2002 to keep the present account two weeks meant that country's Australia's economy will suffer Peter Brain, the executive direc events unfolding before our eyes. deficit at less than 7 percent of economy would contract between zero growth and double digit un torof Australia's National Institute the international environment is gross domestic product. IO percent and 15 percent over the employment by 2000 as the Asian for Economic and Industry Re quite poor," Brain, one offew ana He said on radio he was 60 to 70 next 18 months and Britain was !J, economic crisis and a global eco search, said growth in most of the lysts to see th4e Asian economic percent confident his predictions entering a period of very low " nomic slowdown take effect, a world's economies would slow in crisis coming, told Australian would come to pass. growth. leading economist forecasted the next two years. Broadcasting Corp. radio. Brain said ·his predictions for Growth in the United States in 'This will mean the impact on us Australia were based on contrac the past six years had been driven v,ill be a grinding down of the tions in the economies of Indone- · by a tremendous build up in debt Organic bill OK' d Australian growth rate to zero lev sia, Thailand, Korea and Malaysia which had to come to an end, he 17 els by about 2000," he said adding of between. five and 15 percent said. PORT MORESBY (Pacnews} wasted down to 50 percent infra Australian Finance Minister John that the number of jobless Austra forecast for the next 12 months. .... The Papua New Guinea government structure development and the other lians will grow by at least 300,000. He predicted growth in Japan Fahey dismissed the predictions as C'il has passed changes to the Organic 50 percent for social services. Inan article in this week's Bulle would contract by about 2 percent doom and gloom which flew in the Ol :J Law on provincial and local level The money was strictly controlled tin magazine, Brain predicted and China by 2 percent to zero over face of expert, optimistic treasury I.I) government by the district treasury. growth rates would continue to be the next two years. analysis and indicators pointing to i ..... It will give members of parliament The move to amend the new pro negligible in Australia until at least The events in Russia over the last continuing economic growth. Cl) ::,:. an increased district support grant of vincial government law was mooted "- 500-thousand Kina ($US214,000) after members raised concern that C'il ' ,,..1· ~ beginning next year. their political furure would be shaky Govt assured·compensation for ,,· The changes now remove the 300- if they did not have some authority to ~!1""11'"="""-~------i··· thousand Kina ($US 128,000) previ use the funds in line with their priori ously given to open members which ties. Vanuatu's former civil servants G PORT VILA (Pacnews) up at the Public Service Commis in 1993 after demanding a wage Formermembersofthe Vanuatu sion office in Port Vila demanding rise. Public Servants Association to know when they were to be Meanwhile, former VPSA who were sacked afterastrikein compensated. president, Barton Bisiwei has 1993 have been assured by the Parliament approved a Bill in called on the Prime Minister to government that their compensa 1996 for the government to com reconsider the current Compen tion package will soon be ready. pensate over 200 members who sation Board which was estab The assurance was made this were sacked by the former Union lished to oversee the compensa week when the members turned of Moderate Parties government tion process, Coast guard urges public to report oil spill PAGO PAGO (Pacnews)-The The first spill two weeks ago in But he said the analysis work United States Coast Guard in volved about 500 gallons of oil and doesn't always result in a match up American Samoa is asking mem the second one on Tuesday involved because by the time they learn about bers of the public to beon the look about 100 gallons. a spill, the culprit has left the territory. out for oil spills and report them Local Coast Guard Liaison Officer Lt Sakaiosaid this happened in the immediately so that the culprit or Lt Michael Sakaio said oil samples last major oil spill at Utulei Beach a culprits can be identified and pros taken fiom boats and ships that were couple of months ago. ecuted. in the haroour and suspected to have He pointed out that public aware This follows two oil spills in the the same type of fuel as the spills are ness needs to be raised so that mem maindockareaofPagoPagoHaroour being sent to Hawaii for"fingerprint bers of the community can easily spot in as many weeks. ing" or matching. an oil spill and report it right away. . .· :. BRIEFS . . •CHERRY VANILLA 'All ( BougainvillePremier,GerardSinato; Year Awards which is to be held later \ •CHOCOLATE CHIP US Visa this year. Tel: 235-0470 ', . his deputy, Thomas Anis; BIGvice •PEANUT BUTTER CUP The FTIB has been able to secure APIA (Pacnews}-Samoans are president,JosephKabuiandhisarmy •POLKA DOTS Fax: 288-3139 '"-.. major sponsors for all the categories now eligible to participate in the an commander, Sam Kauona. ·CHOCOLATE tliat it's offeting for the competition. nual immigration visa lottery to gain The meetings are in preparation for ·TIN ROOF SUNDAE ll1e courier service, OHL World permanent residence in the United the start of negotiations between the •FRENCH VANILLA Express issponsoting the major award States of America under its Year Bougainville leaders and the PNG ·MARBLE FUDGE for this year, which is the prime government later this month on the ·MINT CHOCOLATE NON-FAT 2000 Diversity Immigrant Visa minister'sExporterofthe Y earaward Programme-DY 2000. political future of Bougainville. •MOCHA ALMOND •VANILLA The two new categories which is ·NEAPOLITAN ·CHOCOLATE FLAKES Ihe lBest Portrait §tll][dlio Underthisprogrammethe US gov the Exporter to USA and Exporter to ernment will be issuing 50,000 per No more •MAPLE NUT ·RASPBERRY Australiaawardshave both been spon •ROCKY ROAD •REAL VANILLA manent resident visas. sored by the Bank of Hawaii' for the According to America's Charge licence •STRAWBERRY ·STRAWBERRY USA award and the Fiji Australia •VANILLA ·RASPBERRY SHERBET d'Affair in Apia, Bill Warren, the Business Council. PORT VILA (Pacnews)-The ·PEACH •PINEAPPLE SHERBET competition for the visa, is expected The other categories include the Vanuaw government has decided to ·ALMOND PRALINE ·ORANGE SHERBET to be very high, with several millions Unique Exporter, New Exporters, stop issuing licences for public trans •CHOCOLATE •VANILLA CREAM of people applying. Exporter to New Zealand, Small Ex One Free Hair Styling ports wanting to opernte in Port Vila ·FRENCH SILK •ORANGE SHERBET The visas are made available to porter, Medium Exporter, Large Ex Bmaheover due to the large amount of buses and citizens of counuies that have low taxis now operating. porter and the Services Award for the UJith any Glamour rates of immigration to the United The order wa, signed recently by Yem·. States. the Deputy Prime Minister and Min or Family Portrait; Sitting* isteroflntemal Affairs.Father Walter Rice price (dsh dbaut Our Christmas Card Specials/ Awareness Lini. PORT MORESBY (Pacnews} •BACON BAKED BEANS ·SMALL WHITE BEANS •some restrictions apply. Offer good for a limited time. Please call for Around 240 buses and taxis are •BARBEOUE BEANS •ASPARAGUS appointment and details. With no sitting fee, portraits are not included, The Papua New Guinea government now opemting in the capital and the •BLACK BEANS •STEWED TOMATOES but packages will be available for purchase at proofing. PORT MORESBY (Pacnews}- isnegotiatingwiththeAustralianRice number has become a concern to the •CUT GREEN BEANS ·ITAL/AN STEWED TOMATOES Leaders of the Bougainville Tnuisi Industries to lowerthe price of rice by tional Government, the Bougainville operatorswhoarenotmakingenough •DELI BEANS SALAD ·NO SALT TOMATOES Saipan Photo Lab, Inc. another five percent ·CHILI BEANS •TOMATOES W/ JALAPONO Revolutionary Army and the money to meet the costof theiropera Rice prices were fi.rst reduced by ·GARBANZO BEANS •ROUND TOMATOES ~ (670) 322-7754/53 Bougainville Interim Government tions. ®§ This concern has been raised with five percent after initially skyrocket - •MUSTARD BAKED BEANS ·RIPE OLIVES ·RED WINE & HERB will asfiom today conductjointaware ing last month. •WHITE WINE & HERB ~ fax: (670) 322-7745 a the Land Transport Association. •LOUISIANA RED BEANS •STUFFED OLIVES ness meetings in several major towns Prime Minister, Bill Skate says the •MAPLE SUGAR BEANS •CARROTS WHOLE ·RASPBERRY VINEGAR s ~ in Bougainville to inform people of •TARRAGON VINEGAR a Award government is also negotiating with ·RED KIDNEY BEANS •CARROTS SLICED f------==C=.U=.C=·=l.!:::::IP=;::ub=.=W=o=r=ks~I::::---I the progress of the peace process. the Australian government to allow ·SANTA FE BEANS •MAINE BLUEBERRIES •MALT ALE VINEGAR The meetings being coordinated Lower Base Saipan SUV A(Pacnews)-Preparationsare PNG to buy rice in Australian dollars •SAN ANTONE BEANS •DARK CHERRIES •MAUI ONION FRIES 0 by the Peace Monitoring Group on in place for the annual Fiji Trnde and instead of the United States dollars •SANTA FE BBQ BEANS •MIXED VEGETABLES 0 Photo Lab 0 the island, will include speeches from Investment Board's Exporter of the because of the high mru'ket mtes. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-25 M-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- SEPTEMBER 11_, 1998_ ------~------HOUS it,, ~;' ~ -;, ... - ".. • . tQU,U HOUSING OPPOltUNlrT . \1f! .• NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION '' p'lesents KOBLERVILLE EXPANSION MORE THAN A PLACE TO LIVE, AN IDEAL NEIGHBORHOOD FLORES ATBOT BOUGAINVJLLAEA FORTY-FIVE AFFORDABLE AND ATTRACTIVE HOMES, TWO-BEDROOM RESIDENCE TWO-BEDROOM RESIDENCE WITH SOME UNITS ADA ACCESSIBLE. ~ ' CHICHIRIKA ASUSENA THREE-BEDROOM RESIDENCE THREE-BEDROOM RESIDENCE ,. ,-11-,-, 0"·. - f··i:':?EC' c.;,.Ji k'Dr:;JOSA 1 ~ THREE-BEDROOM RESIDENCE THREE-BEDROOM RESIDENCE ' ,'--- . i ~- --·-·~ - -· Pl.Ufv1ERIA SHAPING AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY FOUR-BEDROOM RESIDENCE A CREATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE WITH A COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL GROWTH t:7' he Koblerville Expansion is a model residen .,,.,,,,, tial subdivision for the modern homeowner. Aimed at maintaining the attractiveness of the community and minimizing ownership turnover, the project was planned with much foresight. The $7.3 million subdivision will make much improve ment to the image of the existing Koblerville sub I division. The project will stimulate the economy ROSAT GARDENIA withjob and business activities. FOUR-BEDROOM RESIDENCE FOUR-BEDROOM RESIDENCE • '26-MARIANAS VARIETY -NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDA Y--SEPTEMBER 11 1998 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 , J 998_~M~IANAS VARIETY NEWS AND V!EWS-27 Rights lawyer welcomes Imelda's compensation offer Bandits abduct Italian NORTHERN MARJ.ANAS HOUSING CORPORATION By OLIVER TEVES MANILA, Philippines (AP) - priest, 12 others in RP 234-7689/7670/6866/944 7 The American lawyer for victims of human rights abuses under the ZAMBOANGA CITY, Phil said more than 20 men armed sionary group called the late dictato; Ferdinand Marcos ippines (AP)-Suspected Mus with rifles and grenade launch Pontifical Institute for For HOME OWNERSHIP SEMINAR said Wednesday their indemnifi lim bandits abducted an Italian ers barged into the church and eign Missions and is one of cation has been speeded.up by the priest and 12 Filipinos, includ store and took Venedettie and about 70 Italian priests as September 12, 1998' willingness of Marcos' widow to ing children, in the southern the others after ransacking the signed to the southern re 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. pay $ 150 million. Philippines, police said Wednes store. gion of Mindanao. Imelda Marcos repeated Tues day. The abducted Filipinos in Two Italian priests have JOETEN-KIYU PUBLIC LIBRARY day that she is willing to give the Police said Fr. Luciano cluded the store manager. his died in past years in vio money "out of compassion, not Venedettie and the other victims staff and their children. lence related to a separatist p R.C>C3 R.A.IVI guilt" to9,539Filipinos who won were taken at gunpoint Tuesday Domingo said two men ap rebellion being waged by a class action suit against the Imelda Marcos night from a church and a nearby proached a town resident and Muslim rebel groups in the Marcos estate for torture, sum asked for directions to the region, a member of the ;n TIME TOPIC GUEST SPEAKER OFFICE church-run cooperative store and mary executions and disappear the Marcos Swiss accounts be forced into several boats in the church. After finding it, the stitute said. 09:00 a.m. -09.30 a.m. Rural Development Rural Housing 502 &504 Programs Ms. Mary Cruz, Communily Development Assistanl ances during her husband's rule. fore the government and Mrs. remote coastal town of Sibuco two men signaled the armed Priests from Belgium and Rural Developmenl, USDA Ireland were abducted late 09:30 a.m. -10 00 a.m. Fire Safely and Precautions al Home Mr. Julian Tagabuel, Fire Fighter The Hawaii court which tried Marcos negotiate adivisionofthe in Zamboanga de! Norte prov men to enter. Fire Division, DPS Domingo said no one has last year by former Muslim 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. land Tille Examination and Insurance the case awarded about$ 2 billion remaining 70 percent. ince. Ms. Denise Hartshorn, Manager Pacific American lille Insurance &Escrow (CNMI), Inc. in damages to the plaintiffs. The Italian Embassy in Ma yet claimed responsibility for rebels who wanted to pres 1030 a.m. -11 :00 a.m. Individual Wastewaler Disposal System Permil No agreement has been reached Mr. Pele Palacios, Waslewaler Branch Manager Division of Environmenlal Qualily Robert Swift, the victims' on this proposal, which was made nila said provincial Gover the abductions or demanded sure the government to pro Mr. Gus Camacho, Environmenlal Technician American lawyer, said he wel as part of the implementation of a nor lsagani Amalong con ransom. Police and military vide benefits promised un comes Mrs. Marcos' consent and human rights accord between the firmed the kidnappings. teams have been ordered to der an amnesty program. 11 :OD a.m. -1130 a.m. Owner/Contraclor Relalionship Mr. Efrain F. Camacho, Presidenl EFC Engineers and Architects will now. seek a meeting with her government and Communist Venedettie, 56, is from search hinterland mountain Muslim rebels and bandits A. Selection of aConlraclor lawyers. Swift said the amount is rebels. Treviso City, Italy. areas and islands near Sibuco, abound in Sibuco, about 810 B. Conslruclion Conlracl close to the 30 percent being Swift, who is now estranged Regional police com he said. kilometers (500 miles) south C. Paymenl Schedule sought of the $ 540 million from from Selda, the group that helped mander Dominador Domingo Venedettie belongs to a mis- of Manila. D. Inspection Marcos' Swiss bank accounts that fight the court battle in Hawaii, has been transferred into an es said its proposal was "meaning E. Acceplance of the Project crow account in a Philippine bank. less"' because it will not result in a The Swiss Federal Supreme "satisfaction of judgment" of the Keep Saipan Clean & Beautiful 01 :00 p.m. -01 :30 p.m. Village Loi Homeslead Program Mr. Henry S. Ho(schneider, Deputy Director [}Ji~on of Pu~t lards, Oepartment of Lards ard Natur~ Resoorces Court has ruled that the money Hawaii couI1. 01 :30 p.m. -02:00 p.m. Bankoh Residential Mortgage Lending Program Mr. Daw P. Tci\estrup, Vr:;e Presi:1€nt ard Manager CNMI &ard'es Bank of Hawaii can only be released to the Philip 02:00 p.m. -02:30 p.m. Residential Power, Water and Sewer Hook Up Ms. VelmaApatang, Adm. Asst. Commonwealth Utilities Corporalion pine government if it obtains a Mr. Joe Camacho, Construction Inspector conviction of Mrs. Marcos in a Mr. Alex Falig, Water Conservation, case connected to the deposits PRECINCT# 1 and if the victims of human rights Mr. Sam Camacho, Asst. Mgr., Waler Div. abuses are compensated. 02:30 p.m. -03:00 p.m. Single-family Residential Construction Project Mr. Emil M. Quiatchon, Projecl Engineer E.Q. Construction Swift spoke with reporters after 03:00 p.m. -03:30 p.m. Builder's Risk, Hazard &Mortgage Lile Insurance Ms. Maggie S. George, General Manager Associated Insurance Underwriters of the Pacific, Inc. meeting presidential Executive 03:30 p.m. -04:00 p.m. Termite Trea!men! Systems Mr. Lee Delos Sanlos, General Manager No Kai Oi Termite &Pes! Control (Saipan), Inc. Secretary Ron al do Zamora to e.x . •· • • · .. • Please' • ; • ' V01EfQr•• r • • • • • ' ·· ' ···.·•··.·.····~ r ' - ': ' ;._ plore a "fast-track solution" to Limited seats available and free lunch included. Call for reservation. compensating the Marcos victims. He said any compensation would have to be coursed through the Hawaii court ··co assure integ NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION rity, credibility and transparency." Zamora also met last week with COMMONWEALTH Of THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS SAIPAN, MP 96950 Filipino human rights lawyer EQUAL HOUSING Romeo OPPORTUNITY Capulong and leaders of Sclda, a group of former political detain PUBLIC NOTICE ees under Marcos. The group submitted a proposal The Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC) Board of Directors, through its Chairman, Mr. Juan S. Tenorio, is pleased to inform the public that it will for compensation that sought pay commence accepting application for the single-family residential houses at the Koblerville Expansion Project on Friday, October 2, 1998 between 8:00 a.m. ment of at least 30 percent from through 10:00 a.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays, and closing at 10:00 a.m., on October 30, 1998. Applications are available at the NMHC Office in Garapan, Saipan between regular business hours. A period of two weeks in which NMHC will evaluate and pre-screen applicants after which time, the eligible will Taleban limits be assigned a number to enter the lottery. Drawing for 2-3 and 4-bedroom units will respectively take place each morning at 8:30 a.m., on November 17th, access to prisons November 18th, November 19th. -- Red Cross ONLY COMPLETED APPLICATIONS, TOGETHER WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS NOTED ON THE APPLICATION CHECKLIST, GENEVA, (Reuters)-The In WILL BE ACCEPTED. · ternational Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday Afghan Only first-time homeowners of CNMI descent, with dependents, who arc in dire need of a residential housing unit, will be the target groups considered for Taleban authorities were limiting eligibility to purchase lots at the Koblcrville Expansion Project. Existing pre-approved applicants for one of NMHC's Loan Programs are not eligible to apply for its access to prisoners and minor units at the Koblervile Expansion Project. Homesteaders who have yet to build on their land arc eligible to apply, provided that he/she must relinquish a ity Hazaras in and around the homestead lot back to the Division of Public Lands upon successfully obtaining a lot at Koblerville Expansion Project. northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The purist lslamicTaleban. who now control most of Afghanistan. The hous~s range in size between two-, three-and four~ bedrooms. A family with a maximum of two (2) dependents may purchase a 2-bedroom house; a family with captured the city a month ago a maximum of four (4) dependents may purchase a 3-bedroom house; and, a family with a maximum of six (6) dependents may purchase a 4-bedroom house. from fi;!hters of an alliance that Conveniently located across the St. Jude Chapel, and a few minutes away from the beach and Coral Ocean Point Golf Course. support; the wi . ;: ; ~ ' • ' ; • J •••~ ;·, • ;; ~ ' : '. !i; : ~-· "':'"•". 32-MARL~NAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- SEPTEMBER 11 , 1998 ______FR~ID_A Y, SEPTEMBER ~ ; 998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-33 \ \ \ \ I ,U M u . MILK MILK MILK ;'.aYi.>O~ ~ 2 FOR ;~-,~ .... •••••- J U.S. WHOLE: HIGH 1 1 1 11 FRYERS VIKING PORK: , :. i: : /·" BEEF \' (C/> ! t'.<_\',: , CABBAGE ''\/L~ J~ 'I''· , BAKERY , ,,, i.. I... I;/' VIENNA \<: j l .\ FULL CREAM~: SOY SAUCE, COUNTRY 30 LBS. (LIMIT 2 CS.J RIBLETS HOT DOG '.__ ',iLJ\\). 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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-35 34-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- SEPTEMBER 11 , 1998 APEC calls for.strong Convicted HK commitment to reforms Legislator expelled HONG KONG (AP) - The legislature voted nearly unanimously to Council, said there will be no recov support for fiscal stimuli, including expel a convicted lawmaker who has been imprisoned for attei:npting SINGAPORE (AP) - More than subsidies. to restore demand in the I 00 economic experts from Asia Pa ery in Asia until investor confidence forgery in a land deal, newspapers reported Thursday. is bolstered and capital flows are countries hit by crisis. Chim Pui-chung, an eight-year veteran of Hong Kong's legislature cific nations said in a swtement re The International Monetary Fund. restored. and representative of the financial services sector, was ousted late . bL,;e ------~~---- 36-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- SEPTEMBER 11 • 1998 Free-Willy leaps toward freedom. The Lewinsky affair • By JEFF BARNARD halfway house until is able to be NEWPORT, Oregon (AP) - released into the wild. From soap opera to senous t~eat Keiko the killer whale, who leaped There was less enthusiasm in over a harbor breakwall to the sea his soon-to-be home, where killer Congress. no one can know the out- · suddenly in de.epening doubt. in the "Free Willy" movie, took a whales abound. ''It's ridiculous to By TERENCE HUNT America· s political landscape has come. real-life step toward freedom have a 21-year-old ore a come back WASHINGTO"'.'I (AP) - The de A Republican-led Congress whose be.en rocked by an ominous earth Wednesday when he wa~ airlifted here to Iceland," said artist Eva liver\' of Kermeth Swrr's report to leaders have denounced Clinton as Benjaminsdottir. Others ques Congn:ss uw1sfom1s the Monica quake. immoral and unfit for office will be to an ocean pen in Iceland. Few thought the president's rela tioned whether he can adjust to L.ewinskv sa;!a from an emb:.urnss called upon to lay aside politics and On a signal from a handler, the tionship with Ms. Lewinsky could the wild. ing soap oper~ to a grave :Uld w,ench lead deliberations that will decide the 9 ,050-pound (4, I 05-ki lo), droopy 11:sult in impeachment but now the The 1993 box-office hit "Free im, rh1eat to the Clinton p1esidency. president's fate. It is a solemn duty finned orca swam into a nearby Wirh little public clamor. President only certainty is uncertainty - as holding tank and was slowly lifted Willy," about an orca threatened an impeachment process looms in with almost no precedents. Bill Clinton· s second tenn in office is with a nylon sling into a special by a villainous amusement park transport tank on the back of a owner, took on a whole new mean truck for the trip to the airport. ing when it was learned that the He made chirping noises dur real-life whale was actually in a cramped Mexico City tank. Monica Lewinsky ing the move. Pres/dent BiJI Clinton Hundreds of children and adults School kids collected pennies For most Americans, the eight Clinton partisans say the best out waved goodbye, some carrying to help save the ailing Keiko month Lewinsky investigation has come for Clinton would probably be ··we Love You Keiko" banners (KAY-koh). Warner Bros. and seemed more like a library of sordid a rebuke or reprimand from Con outside the Oregon Coast cell-phone bi II ionaire Craig Keiko, a Killer whale, and the star of the Free Willy Movies, takes a look at spectators on his last full day at gress. Some have hinted he may have tabloid tales rather than an epic con- · McCaw kicked in millions more the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Ore. On Wednesday, he will be lifted by a crane, driven by a United stitutional struggle. A seemingly end Aquarium. Parcel Service truck and flown by a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster cargo plane before arriving Thursday ;o resign. With the ground quaking "A part of me feels sad," said 9- to bring him to the spacious Or less series oflegal battles betwe.en the in the Vestmann Islands off Iceland, where a floating sea pen as big as a football field awaits him_ Keiko is beneath hi°m, Clinton abandoned any year-old Kasey Lindsay, who egon tank to recuperate from lung moving to Iceland's Vestman Islands to further his rehabilitation and possibly be release back into the wild White House and the Office of the reluctance to apologize and declared wore a Keiko T-shirt and sipped infections and lesions. in the years to come. AP Independent Counsel has obscured he had let everyone down ''but I'm Two and a half years and S12 "He's become part of Newpott Keiko root beer outside the southern coast where he was cap A,!Jntic. uying to make it right" He said he the grave stakes. aquarium. "But then I'm glad he million later, Keiko has regained and a part of me, but I think he "I don't think the public thought it tured more than 19 years ago at age And some question the dlrs 2 was determined to "redeem the trust'" is leaving so he can be with his his strength, put on at least a ton of should go to Iceland to be with his would come to this," said Nonn 2. million cost, all paid by the Free of the public. family." muscle and blubber and has taken family and not have people taking Ornstein, a political scientist at the Still, trying to transform a long Willy Keiko Foundation. Now it is up to the House of Rep At 6:25 p.m. (0025 GMT), 2 1- lessons to catch his daily diet of· Even Keiko's most enthusiastic his picture all the time." said 11- American Enterprise Institute. captive, pampered whale back into resentatives to determine whetherthe 2 years after Keiko arrived here 145 pounds of fish, instead of handlers say it will be at least two year-old Leuretta Harden, whose Clinton's job approval ratings re a ruthless predator has never been Starr investigation has produced evi from a cramped Mexico City being hand-fed. years before they can determine if Yaquina View Elementary School mained high even after he acknowl tried before, and whale handlers at dence warranting Clinton's impeach amusement park, the huge Air "He is the most fit whale I have he can survive in the open ocean. is across the bay from the aquarium. edged a sexual relationship with Ms. aquariums across the nation say ment. IfClintonsurvivesthe immedi Force C-17 transport plane roared ever seen in captivity," veterinar And they concede he may spend "He '11 be able hear other ore as Lewinsky and acknowledged he lied Keiko's move is only a feel-good ate reaction to StarT's report, it likely do:wn the runway for the eight ian Lanny Cornell said before the the rest of his life - 10 years or for the firsttime and that's exciting about it whale was loaded into his water exercise that puts the whale at risk. will be a long,drawnoutproccss with hour flight to return the whale to more - in the pen. for him.'' said JO-year-old Tricia ··Rarelyhavewehadaclearersignal CriticssaythatKeikoisn'tskilled televised hearings next year by the the same Icelandic waters where fil led, fiberglass box for his long The varied dangers to Keiko left Weaver. "But I just hope hedoesn 't from a large majority of Americans, enough at catching fish, has no House Judiciary Committee and a he was captured nearly two de flight to Iceland. mixed feelings with the children of get scared and nothing hurts him. consistently over an extended period experience interacting with other parade of witnesses. In this forum, cades before. There, he will be In his pen, Keiko will be rein Oregon's coast who have adopted "Goodbye Keiko. have a nice of time, that. ·we believe he's done it, troduced to the sights and sounds orcas and could be shocked by the Clinton supporters would have a placed in a football-field-sized bay f1igid, harsh conditions of the North the whale as their own. trip. voice, a sharp contrast to the grand we don 'tcare he 'sdone it,getoff ofit," pen that will serve as a sort of of the same waters off Iceland jury which operated only with pros Ornstein said. '"There was not an ex ecutors and no defense attorneys. pectation we might come to this." Bizarre scene as Starr report sent to Congress By Vicki Allen that could determine President WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Clinton's political fate arrived at the BEEF U.S. Capitol on Wednesday under CHICKEN LEG PORK FLANK BLACK TIGER Thirty-six sealed cardboard cartons WHOLE SHORTRIB armed guard and in full public view. SPARERIB STEAK SHRIMP Tourists, journalists, camera crews CALROSE RICE CHICKEN QUARTER 20 LBS. 1 LB. and a few member,; of Congress lined 40 LBS. 30 LBS. 30 LBS. $18.95 BAG $18.95 the Capitol grounds as two heavily $24.95 cs $22Jl5 CS $19.95 cs $8.95 BOX wml.led vans containing the volumi $10.95 PORK ~ous 11:port of indcpc;lent counsel BEEF SHANK GROUND BEEF TOP ROUND OX TAIL HOCK Kenneth StarT's investigation of the BONE-IN 10 LBS. president arrived promptly at 4 p.m. STEAK $17.95 BAG $8.50BAG $15.95 EDT (2CXXl GMl). 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NESTEAICED HAM of Representatives, where they were 20 QT. 702. 502. $6.99 transfened to U.S. Capitol police ve TEA MIX 890 STEAK hicles and were taken, unopened, to a STEAK 5302. $8.99 4/ 1.29 C nearby House office building. $4.59 NIAGARA $14.95 The report will be kept in a suite of JIFF PEANUT PANTENE $18.95 DISTILLED SPRAY BAG threeroomsintheFord building, where BUTTER SHAMPOO CAMPBELL VINEGAR STARCH the Capitol Sergeant-at-Arms, Wilson 13 oz. Livingood, changed the locks this CHICKEN W/ 1GAL. 18 oz. 22 oz. $3.49 morning as an extn1 precaution, one RICE $2.75 $2.49 $1.49 congressional source said. BBC "We'll have officei, assigned to CLOROX protect the document, and tl;e room PORK CHOP ZEE TOILET LUV ZEE NAPKIN WONDERFUL 1 GAL. tliat the documents wi 11 be seemed in," FOAM CUP TISSUE SIZE 4/5 a Capitol police spokesman told re 360's 3KG. $15.95 51's 12 ROLL 24's/22's porters. He said tl1e cJocumcnL, would $3.59 $8.99 be kept "under lock mid key." $1.39 $4.49 $7.59 All this to uy to keep secn:!t fora few more hour,; th'? report - widely be lieved to contmn salacious details of Garapan • Tel: 234-0692 / 7956 • Fax: 234-7958 sex in the White ! louse between tl1e world's most powedul man mid :m Gualo Hai Tel: 233-7957 intern less tl1:.u1 hair his age . while Congress decides what to Jo with it. 38-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY::_ SE~PTETI~M[llB~E£R_lL!l__,_,ll9~9~8------.------::~------==:------~-- FRIDA y' SEPTEMBER 11 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS ANQ VIEWS-39 Defense plan stalled in Senate Disannament tops UN agenda Shelton's strong opposition and cau By TOM RAUM work on a national missile defense The 59-4 l vote fell one short of with debate on the legislation. By NICOLE WINFIELD curity Council, effectively the tioned the Senate against going against WASHING TON (AP) - A re system faltered by a single vote in the 60needed to overcomeJ)emo Even though Senate Majority UNITED NA TIO NS (AP) - U .N. board of directors, and the best judgment of the nation's newed Republican push to speed the U.S. Senate Wednesday. cratic opposition and move ahead Leader Trent Lott had made the bill The U.N. General Assembly setting time limits for new a top pait of liis l 998 agenda, the military. elected Uruguay's foreign minis U.N. programs so they don't "It will not contribute to our na vote was identical to one last May. ter as president of its 53rd ses outlive their effectiveness. · · INVITATION FOR BIDS .o tional security. It will weaken and It was an election-year effort by sion, which opened Wednesday Although the U.N. chief's · . DPW98-IFB-024 August 28, 1998 . . . jeopardize our national security," Republicans to vent their frustrations with calls for consensus on such proposals for reform were·em Levin said. Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through rl;c. J?epartmcnt_ of withClintonadrninistrationnational issues as disannament, terrorism, braced, "all we can offer was Levin said he did not sense any Public Works (DPW) and the Department of Public Health (DPf:), arc sohc1tmg sealed bids security policies. Wednesday's vote human rights and refonn. the decision to send a consid for Various Repairs to the Commonwealth Health Center on the island ofSaipan, Common was a critical, if narrow, victo,:y for erosion of the administration's effec Didier Opertti, who replaces erable bulk of them for addi the administration .. tiveness in lobbying against the mea wealth of the Northern Mariana islands. Hennadiy Udovenko of Ukraine, tional consideration during the Republican sponsors of the mea sure thatmight be aresult ofa deterio urged the 185 U.N. member 53rd session," Udovenko said. ration in support for the president Scaled bids, in triplicate, must be submitted to the Office of the Dir~ctor, ?ivision of Pro sure had cited the political instability states adopt a "spirit of toler The assembly did take ac over the Monica Lewinsky matter. curement & Supply, Lower Base, Saipan.no la~cr than 2:_00 p.m. local nme, Fnday, September in Russia and North Korea's missile ance," as it sets about its pro tion on one major issue this Administration allies contend the 18, 1998 at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. tests as lending new urgency to move gram of work for the next year. year, granting the Palestinian ahead with. a program that would legislation is premature and could The main theme~ of the observer mission special sta A bid bond of fifteen percent ( 15%) of the t~tal bid amount must accompany the bid. This protect the nation from incoming in violate arms-reduction agreements assembly's agenda represent tus_ enabling it to participate security may be Certified Check, Cashier's Check, or Bid Bond. Checks must be made pay tercontinental ballistic missiles. withRussiaSenateDemocraticleader the biggest cha11enges facing in more assembly matters than to Ml able the CN Treasurer, with a notation of the face of the check: "Check Account no. "We are putting that security at risk Tom Daschle of South Dakota has the United Nations today, he was available to the mission 44660". W1der the current policy," said Sen. belittled it as "the son of Star Wars," · said, citing the Asian finan as a regular observer, and al Thad Cochran. areferencetodisparagementofPresi cial crisis, terrorism, nuclear lowing the Palestinians to take The Scope of Work and bid documents are available on or after Tuesday, September 8, 1998 The legish:tion would order imple dent Reagan's 15-year-old proposal proliferation, human rights part in general de bate for the at the DPW Technical Services Division, Lower Base, Saipan. mentation of a national missile de for a space-based missile-defense abuses, drug trafficking and first ti me. fense system as soon as it is techno- · shield. U.N. reform. PLO leader Yasser Arafat A Pre-bid Conference for this project will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time, Friday, September logically feasible. A similarversionis But Republicans had asserted that "I respectfully appeal to all plans to use his speech to try 11 1998 at DPW Conference Room, Office of the Secretary, Gualo Rai, Saipan. All ques expected to be debated in the House recent events should have altered the states represented here to en to gain support for plans to tio;1s/concerns must be submitted in writing to the DPW Technical Services Division no later later this month, where it is expected dynamics. deavour to reach a consensus declare a Palestinian state in than 4:30 p.m. local time, on the Pre- bid Conference date. to win approval. ''There's no doubt that the devel that will enable us to identify May 1999, Palestinian offi The existing program provides for opment and testing of missiles by Iran common, universal interests," The responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid will be awarded a contract with cials have said. three years oflead time once a poten · and North Korea ought to convince Opertti said. Following the marathon of the CNMl Government and will be required to deliver Performance and Payment bonds tial threat has been identified. The senators that we neerl to have a na In his farewell speech, speeches, the assembly will equal to l 00% of the contract price. Performance time for completion of the project is ninety Pentagon has been outspoken in its tional policy to develop and deploy a Udovenko lamented that the get down to work in its agenda, (90) calendar days. Liquidated damages to be assessed at one hundred fifty dollars ( $150.00) opposition to the speedier approach. missile system to protect our country assembly's 52nd session failed which this year has two new per calendar days. Gen. Herny H. Shelton,{:hainnan as soon as possible," said Cochran. to overcome regional interests items: granting observer sta New United Nations General Assembly President Didier Opertti, right, of Uruguay (aPf the gayel a~ the start of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, renewed Republicans are making much of and reach consensus on mod tus for two inter-governmen of the 53rd session of the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Wednesday. Chinas Yongpan Jm, under- All bid documents received shall become the sole property of the Government of the North his opposition in a meeting with Lott North Korea's Aug. 31 test of a me ernizing the world body to tal organizations _ the Asso secretary general for General Assembly affairs, is at left. AP ern Mariana Islands. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive Tuesday and has sent letters to sena dium-range ballistic missile and sub make it more efficient and rep ciation of Caribbean States meeting Oct. 6 to commemo the U.N. Universal Declara for small island states, and the any imperfection in a bid proposal in the interest of the Commonwealth of the Northern tors urging a ··no" vote. sequent reports that it put a satellite in resentative of the globe itself. and the Organization of Eco rate 50 years of U.N. peace tion of Human Rights. social and economic impact Mariana Islands. Sen. Carl Levin, a Democrat who orbit; and also reports that it may Among other things, the as nomic Cooperation and De keeping operations. Another Other special sessions will · of globalized, interdependent managed the opposition to the legis secretly be building a huge under sembly postponed action on velopment. UAN B. CEPEDA special meeting Dec. 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Divers are trying to retrieve the tives issued by the FAA between and the Boeing Co. were served ing, and causing smoke and fires in The cause of the crash is under another day without a fully func wouldn't give his last name. "But I The Duma has twice rejected plane'scockpitvoicerecorder,whic;h 1996 and 1997. The ~~ves_ad- with a $ SO million lawsuit the aircraft, most importantly from investigation. tioning government Wednesday, can't change my money at a bank Chemomyrdin' snominationasprime is still on the sea bottom. A signal visedandwamedofposs1blem-fhght behind the control panel in the cock A U.S. Navy salvage ship carrying its economy unraveling while because there aren't any rubles." minister. If it reject, Yeltsin's nomi Wednesday morning by former from that recorder has been detected, fires and smoke in an MD-11 due to boxing champion Jake LaMotta pit," said Mitch Baumeister, an avia deep-sea divers and equipment ca President Boris Yeltsin pondered Meanwhile, stores inMoscowwere nee a third time, Yelt,in would be pable of lifting up to 300 tons arrived but ·bad weather Tuesday forced a wiring problems. whose son was killed when-Flight tion attorney representing LaMotta. the next move in his politieal chess restocking shelves and people seemed forced by Jaw to dissolve parliament Thursday morning to help the Cana one-day halt in diving o~rations. The FAA mandates required that 11 l crashedoffNovaScotialastweek. All 229 people on board Flight game with parliament. less wonied about food shortages. and call new elections. 111. including l.al\.1otta 's 49-year dian government search for tpe flight The plane 'sother"black box"_ the any damaged wiring be replaced and TI1e lawsuit filed in U.S. District flight data recorder has been recov- that anti-chafing sleeving on the wire Yeltsin was apparently consid "I'm buying but I haven't been in Chernomyrdin spent five years as old son Joseph, were killed when the wreckage. ering alternatives to acting Prime panic. We see people hoarding, but p1ime minister before Yeltsin fired Court in the borough of Brooklyn, On Tuesday, investigators released ered and sent to a laboratory in Ot- bundles be installed. While FAA plane plunged into the Atlantic on Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, we don't do it There's no reason for him last March, and many Russians claims that both Swissair and Boeing a more complete version of the last tawa for examination mandates do not apply to foreign Sept 2, about one hour after taking including a Communist whose it, you can't buy for your entire life," blame him for the country's eco should have knownaboutwiringprob minutes of conversation between LaMotta's lawsuit charges that carriers, Swissair officials have said offfromNewYorkforGenevaMin~ nomination would undoubtedly said Tatyana Shishkova, 57, a retired nomicproblems. Yeltsinbroughthim Aight l I l 'spilotsandairtrafficcon Swissair and Boeing, which owns that they voluntarily complied with lems on the MD-11 aircraft, and did utes before the crash, tl1e pilot re- . sail through the leftist-dominated teacher. back as acting prime minister last trol1ers. The new details included the McDonnell Douglas, the manufac- the directives. little or nothing to correct them. ported smoke in the cockpit from an parliament. But there were signs Yeltsin spent the day at his country montl1 after firing Sergei Kiriyenko. · Toere were tl1ree air worthiness apparent mechanical or electrical fail pilots reporting that they put on their that Yeltsin might insist on Pres. Boris Yeltsin house outside Moscow ,meetingwith P.M. Viktor Chernomyrdin A compromise candidate could directives issued bytl1e Federal A via- ure andrequestedanemergency land- oxygen masks and telling the control- Chemomyrdin after all. top aides and deciding if he would resolve a deadlock between the presi Yugoslav airlines The political stalemate is exac though rates varied widely. The offi agree to a compromise candidate for Maslyukov met Wednesday with dent and parliament that has para JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT erbating Russia's economic col cial rate was 15. 77 rubles to the dollar. prime minister. Yeltsin's chief of staff, Valentin lyzed the political system even as the !/' 1, lilt/'( 11.1,:rnF THE C:0.\/,\//),\'\l'ULTH UTIUTIE.\ (.'()J{}'()/1.4 71/JN (CUC:) THAT THE C'l'(.' .\IE/UT H/RINU ,\Y.ITEM .,HALL RE l apse, which was reflected Foreign currency dealers said the TherewasspeculationintheDuma, Yumashev, but there were no details country's economy flounders. .·il'l'!IFI u .\'/ J .·liJ.11/.\./.\HRUl A(.'C.'0/(1)/.\'<; TO 7HE l'JU\.(.'JJ'LE OF EQUAL 01'/'IJ/ffU.\T/T FOR ALL CITIZENS AN/J NAHONAL halts Germany flights Wednesday by rising prices and a improved rate suggested that people t11e lower chamber of parliament, that on what they discussed, the ITAR Communist leader Gennady ·"' /)E/·l.\'/c/) /ff TJ-IF. .\D!mlrn ,\' ,\/Alli., .\',i.\ (.'0.\/.\/0.VIFEALTH (.'(),\',\T/T[JT/(),\/ ANJJ ST.ffUTE.\ /{f(;A/UJLE.\.\ OF AGE, /(ACE, V.\. II Fl.Ii ;/1 J.\', /'/J/./'/'/c'.i/. .·I FF/ LI.ff/I!.\' IJ!( /1ELI EF.. \fAIIITAI. ST,I TU.\, HA ~'!)JC:11'. OJ{ l'L-\CE OF 0/(l(i/N. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia(AP) countries in response to the crack spread of emergency measures, had exhausted their ruble supply in Yeltsin was considering Yuri Tass news agency reported. Zyuganov warned that the Duma Job Vacancy No.: 98-039 Yugoslavia's national airlines down by Yugoslav and Serb forces such as price controls, in some re panic buying and had begun to ex Maslyukov, a Soviet-era economic Maslyukov'S spokesman said he would begin immediate impeachment Opening Date: 09/01/98 on Wednesday suspended service to on ethnic Albanians fighting forinde gions of the country. change more of their dollar savings officialandamemberoftheCommu hadn't been offered any government proceedings against Yeltsin if he Closing Date: 09/15/98 Germany,respondingtothatcountry's pendencein Serbia' ssouthemKosovo Surprisingly, however, the for rubles. Many Russians keep their nist Party. Maslyukov has worked post yet, according to Interfax. nominatedChemomyrdinathirdtime. implementation ofa t1i ght ban agreed province. countty'statteredcurrency, the ruble, savings in U.S. dollars. with Yeltsin before, resigning' last Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, A vote to start impeachment PERSONNEL SPECIALIST I to by the European Union. JAT, banned worldwide during a bounced back a bit Rubles, which The Jack of rubles sent the week as trade and industry minister. whose name has been prominently proceedings blocks Yelt5in from 1 DL TIES: Required ro .issist the Rota Deputy Director in performing a \'arietv of electrical tasks invol\'ing limited 1992-95 U.N. embargo against Yu were selling at about 20 to the U.S. currency's value up_ and added a Communist and centrist leaders or 110 su,icn·ision. :\ssists \\'ith engineering investigations lw investigating illegal connections to CUC's electrical Germany announced Tuesday it mentioned as a potential prime min dissolving the Duma, although it was s\·stem, meter l.lmpcring ,rnd merer malfu11crio11s. Responsible for coordinating and compiling data for planning would enforce the ban on the goslavia for· its involvement in the dollar on Tuesday, rose in street sales new dimension to people's wonies. praised Maslyukov, saying tl1ey ister, met with Yeltsin and predicted not clear if the opposition has enough srndics, trcrnhkshooring the distribution svstcm and performing minor distribmion design projects. Prepares J ATcompany. Other countries have Bosnian war, has reportedly starting to as strong as 10 to the dollar, al- "I've been trying in the last few would back him for prime minister. afterward that Chemomyrdin would votes to get such a motion passed. ~,11.1.lysis or (l\Stornn powi.:r us~1gc. l~~nhcrs data for the Tl.'.chnic1\ Services dcpartmtnt. 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Iraq withdrew cooperation with t:NITED NATIONS (AP) - In trusive inspections and generate "What this means is that the inspectors after the chief inspec ® a move to punish Iraq for halting pressure for a lifting of sanctions. council is expressing to Iraq the tor, Richard Butler, refused to SEpTEMhER 14, 1998 ev1an U .N. weapons inspections. the Se The council invited Secretary fact that the road is open to Iraq certify that Iraq had destroyed its (MoNdAy) curity Council suspended peri General Kofi Annan to give his to move forward and to get rid banned weapons. The inspections odic sanctions reviews Wednes views about how such a compre of sanctions if it responds to cannot take place unless Iraqi Natural Spring Water day. leaving Baghdad wjth no hensive review should be carried Security Council's require escorts accompany inspectors. avenue to have the crippling mea out - a concession to France ments," Greenstock said. "The Iraq's ambassador Nizar which had sought the U.N. chief's sun~s lifted. mechanisms for that are being Hamdoon said any resolution A resolution. adopted 15-0. involvement in reporting Iraq's adapted to make it slightly easier that condemned Iraq was unfair marked the toughest action yet by progress. for Iraq to respond to those re because Baghdad had good rea The U.N. chief has pressed for the council in response to Iraq's quirements." sons for ending cooperatioµ. an end to the sanctions. France, Aug. 5 decision to stop aiding Though highly symbolic, the Nevertheless, he welcomed along with Russia and China, gen inspectors. Without the reviews move to suspend sanctions re intervention by the U.N. chief, erally takes a more sympathetic Sec.-Gen. Kofi Annan every 60 days. Baghdad now has views scuttles a major six-month saying "the more the secretary view towards Baghdad. no mechanism to press for the "It was a very clear and direct evaluation scheduled for Octo general is prominent, the more . The United States had previ easing of economic sanctions ber. Russia, France and China Iraq gets interested in this whole ously objected to France's de message to the Iraqi leadership imposed in 1990 after it invaded that the council expects them to were to have made a push for matter," of a comprehensive Kuwait. mands. Nevertheless, Deputy review. Ambassador Peter Burleigh said come backintocooperation,"with easing the measures. Trying to give Iraq a way out of U.N. arms experts must cer Such a review, he said, would the United States was pleased with inspectors, Burleigh said. the impasse, the council agreed to tify that Iraq has destroyed its focus on the real issue of disar the outcome of the final resolu He called the comprehensive conduct a comprehensive review sanctions review "the light at the long-range missiles and chemi mament "which would end up of sanctions if Iraq reverses its tion, which left the U.N. chief's with the lifting of sanctions on role more vague than in the (end of the) tunnel that the Iraqi cal, biological and nuclear decision. Such a move could force side is always talking about." weapons before the council will Iraq. the council to acknowledge Iraq's original French proposal. - --:--:------,·-. - .. ---:-~ .... -- . . . .'., __ ... 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' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-45 44-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- SEPTEMBER 11. 1998 Albright disputes claims of ex-UN inspector As a result, the July inspec By TOM ~AUM Eastern affairs, conceded hesi concerns about creating a deep Tourists dive to see Titanic WASHINGTON (AP)-Sec tancy in confronting Saddam split in the U.N. Security tion was "adjusted," while the OFF \'HE COAST OF NEW McDowell and his company, Almost all of the tourists catch up with me in Sydney," John, Newfoundland, and spent retary of State Madeleine once he had moved to blocked Council had prompted her to August one _was blocked by FOUNDLAND (AP) - Four Deep Sea Expeditions Ltd., had pulled out of the trip after the said Andrew Rogers, a 34-year nearly 48 hours steaming Albright disputed con.tentions an inspection. It was "a judg oppose certain inspections of Saddam Hussein ~ and But tourists were ushered to the At planned to bring 60 tourists on lawsuit, but a·few-five Ameri old Australian restaurateur south. by a resigned American arms ment call," Indyk told a Sen suspected weapons sites in ler d·ecided not to confront him lantic floor on Wednesday to the trip, but that was before an cans, five Germans, the English who won his voyage. The dives take eight to I 0 inspector and Republican crit ate Foreign Relations subcom- Iraq. af the time. "Butler was the see the rusting hulk of the Ti injunction was sought by RMS woman and an Australian - Nonetheless, the trip was hours, depending on the va ics that she had backed away mittee. Ritter told two Senate pan one who made the decisions," tanic - suddenly a sightseeing Titanic Inc., an American com agreed to go ahead. Some won planned at the last minute in a garies of weather and technol from a hard-line stance on Both Albright and lndyk de els last week that he quit his Indyk said. · attraction, 86 Y!!ars after its ill- pany that holds salvage and pho trips in competitions, while oth cloak of secrecy, lest word get ogy, and are scheduled for the Iraq, branding them "sincerely fended the U.S. government's job in frustration because the Butler, the head of the com •fated voyage. tographic rights to the ship ers paid the full price by them out and the law move in. The rest of the week. The ship is to wrong. policies and rejected allega United States and Britain had mission, took on Ritter Tues Two Americans and two GeF wreck. selves. tourists boarded the ship in go back to Newfoundland late As Albright struck back at tions by Scqtt Ritter, an undermined efforts by U.N. day, . telling The New· York mans boarded submersibles that This summer, that company "They are going to have to stormy weather Sunday at St. next week. critics in a speech Wednesday American inspector who quit inspectors to get to the bottom Times that Ritter's testimony took them 2 1/2 miles under the brought up a number of pieces to the American Legion in a U.N. monitoring commission of Iraq's arsenal of weapons to the Senate was often inac North Atlantic's surface, 368 from the wreck, including a 26- New Orleans, a top State De Sec. Madeleine Albright last month asserting the ad of mass destruction. curate in chronology and de miles off Newfoundland. The by-20-foot segment of rusted partment official insisted to ministration and the Security "I have to tell you, I think tail and had damaged price: $32,500 per person. hull. Congress that the United President Saddam Hussein. Council were going easy on he's an American hero," Sen. UNSCOM. The dives were made in defi Judge J. Calvi tt Clarke Jr. Stat;s ''has not taken force off Still, Martin S. Indyk, assis Iraq. Sam Brownback, chairman of Butler also said Ritter, who ance of a federal judge's order ruled RMS Titanic had exclu the table" in dealing with Iraqi tant secretary of state for Near In her American Legion the subcommittee on Near resigned Aug. 26, had inflated barring anyone from visiting the sive rights to excavate, view speech, Albright said the Eastern and South Asian af his role and made misleading site, because of another com and photograph the ship because United States has been the fairs, told Indyk. Responded statements about Butler's pany that owns salvage and other it was "preserving the artifacts VEHICLES FOR SALE strongest international backer Indyk: ''We have nothing but dealings with U.N. Security rights to the wreck of the leg salvaged from the wreck for the of the U.N. Special Commis respect for the work of Scott Council officials, and particu- . endary ocean liner. benefit of all mankind." As Is sion, set up to conduct inspec Ritter." . larly with Albright. "What right has an American He barred anyone from going tions of suspected Iraqi weap But Indyk challenged many "There are clear' inconsis court to stop me from visiting a ·within IO nautical miles of the ons sites. of Ritter's central allegations, tencies !).ere" between Indyk' s piece of history on international wreck. The ship, .billed as un CARS "We have pushed and and insisted that the chiefU.N. testimony and Ritter's, Sen. seas?" asked Anne White of En sinkable, hit an iceberg and went l'N-1 ("!llffSILI(( O\CO!WF ABA-348 1992 MAZDA.. . ' ' a2200.PICK.;.up.... ,· . . ' . ,, , ... pushed and pushed some more weapons inspector, Richard Paul Coverdell told Indyk. gland, one of a dozen tourists down on its maiden voyage in i9')-I ('Ill<\. I.l \!!\.\ AAZ-446 to help UNSCOM break Butler-not the United States Iraq announced on Aug. 5 who joined 85 crew members 1912, with a loss of more than I 9')11 \! J.:!(( Tm:s _\l)i[ SI :1. AAV-412 Please contact the Bank of Guam Credit Department at tele through the smokescreen cif - made the decisions in terms that it was freezing coopera and scientists on the expedition. 1,500 lives. J(}!JI Bl :lCh CE.\Tl'H.Y ABA-217 1•192 nn:ssrn \ ABK-509 phone number (670) 233-5000 and ask for lies and deception put out by of actual inspection details. tion with U.N. inspectors, "After all," she said, "the Brit McDowell is appealing the 1997 C..\\tRY n: ABK-338 1.1(_)(,J_.:; extension 208 or 238 for details. Bid(s) will be closed on the Iraqi regime," Albright At the same time, Indyk said, which has prevented any new ish built the ship." ruling. He argues that an Ameri l'!'J-1 C,\\!RY U. ABA-534 1f9\6 September 18, 1998 at 6:00 p.m. The Bank reserves the said. the Clinton administration had inspections from being carried . The first to go down were two can court has no right to prevent 19'1?. C,\\lR\ AAS-620 Californians. Their fellow tour anyone from viewing the wreck 11)lJ:! ~-' \:'\1RY LE AAW-196 (1l)t_J5 ·~ right to reject any or all offers. "The critics are sincere;" spoken to Butler and "raised out. L'J9 l C.\ \ 11( \ ABB-471 Albright said. "We are, after questions" about two inspec Indyk predicted Security ists cheered them on as they in international waters. i 1J:)9 C ..\\lR\ \\,.\(;()\ ABK-495 ~:;:;~ all, on the same side. But they · tions, one in mid-July and the Council approval later this climbed into a 23-foot submers His ship "has every right to be !'NS t'Ol{Ol.L.\ \\'L'\. ABT-252 l!)-\1)::,.. are sincerely. wrong when they other in early August. week of a resolution that ible along with a Russian pilot, here on international waters do l':9I ( Ol{Oi.L..\ \\.'{;:-;. ABF-681 -l~Jq ::=, ; :J!_)q:, blame America for the world's "Our only motivation was and then were lowered by crane ing scientific research and pro 19% CELIC\ ABC-786 would suspend regular sanc l 'J'J I ( Tl.!C\ ST. ABA-321 failure to uncover the full truth to ensure that Saddam Hussein tions reviews on Iraq until it into the ocean. grams, especially in this area l at the corner of Beach Road and dt\Microl Corporation Chalan Mnsr. Guerrero in San Jose. 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But - With floodwaters threaten prepare for evacuation. Sol It costs almost $73 billion per tucky adults to a low of 16 percent posed - and aborted - $368 .5 bi I Florida, Texas and Minnesota Rice's report shows that Minne ing: to engulf their homes diers. government workers and year to treat U.S. smokers for of adults in Utah. lion settlement the states' attor have reached such deals worth a sota spends a total of about $1.2 Thursday. nearly 600.000 area residents had plugged medical problems caused by ciga The report analysed health care neys general negotiated last year total of $36 billion. billion per yeartreating sick ciga Bangladeshis living near the more than I 00 leaks and cracks rettes - a figure which dwarfs pro data for each of the 50 U.S. states in a deal with the tobacco indus But Rice said the new research rette smokers - meaning the to capital were fearfully looking with sandbags Wednesday. posed settlements wit_h the tobacco and found that California spent try. indicated the states might not be bacco pay-off will run out long for havens. Dhaka Deputy Commis industry, according to a study re the most money treating its smok That agreement, originally in asking for enough. before the state's supply of sick Mom taz Ahmed hesitated to sioner Mobarak Ahmed said leased on Wednesday. ers with health care costs rea~h tended to compensate states for "'Most of the states have just smokers. that IO new buildin£?s have take his family to one of the Health economists at the Uni ing about $9 billion, including their smoking-related Medicaid been suing the tobacco industry ''My feeling is that we really crowded. potentially danger been identified by the offi versity of California wentthrough about $1.7 billion in Medicaid costs, was widely criticised by to recoup the Medicaid costs," must strive to be a smoke-free ous refugee camps that have cials for use as emergency published figures for all public payments. heal th groups and politicians who Rice said. society in order to hold down our shelters for women, children sprouted up across the coun and private health care spending New York followed with $6.6 felt it was too lenient on the to "Having the total picture really costs," Rice said. "We must con and the elderly in Dhaka and try since the worst flooding in and determined that cigarette billion in medical costs, while bacco companies, and eventually indicates that there are additional vince our children not to take up the two adjoining towns. a decade began in July. smoking accounted for about 11.8 Wyoming spent the least at jusl fell apart after Congress refused cosls Lo Medicaid that have not smoking. not to become A senior engineer at the Wa "l am trying to leave the percent of total U.S. medical ex $80 million per year. to back it. been accounted for." addicted ... and thereby not be sub area with my family any ti me ter Development Board, penditures in 1993, totalling $72.7 Taken as a whole, however, the Now, new dealings are under Minnesota, for example, this ject to the heal th hazards associ todav for a safer place which I speaking on customary condi billion. costs of treating sick U.S. ciga- way between a number of states month took the first payment of a ated with smokinl!." have-not been able to find yet.'" tion of anonymity. said that if 'This is higher than was esti Ahmed said. the embankment collapsed, up mated in the past, and we think '- . The United Nations. appeal to eight feet of water would that we have used better data, and ing to the world to help cove; the area. But he said it better modelling to come up with Ba~ngladesh cope with the would take at least eight hours these higher costs," said report floods. noted this week that to reach that height, giving co-author Dorothy Rice of the the emergency shelters were people time to evacuate. Institute fo"r Health and Ageing at severely overcrowded. Dhaka's flood Forecasting A family take shelter an the rooftop of their flood-damaged house in airanigonj district, near Dhaka. The the University of California-San devastating flood hit Bangladesh, claiming more than 700 lives and affecting 30 millions of people. AP ''This overcrowding com and Warning Center said Francisco. bined with shortages of food, Thursday a 2.5-kilometer (I.S crowded delta nation. The del pledges totaling $172 million. government and private The new research, published in safe drinking water and ad mile) stretch of the 35-kilometer uge has claimed more than 850 Government officials have sources before the flooding the September issue of Public equate safe sanitation facili (22-mile) embankment had been I ives and displaced more than stressed that thanks to the re struck when shortages were Health Reports, indicates that ties are the almost perfect further weakened by the over a quarter of the country's 124 sponse of the international already predicted in this di smoking-related illnesses cost the breeding ground for major dis flowing of the Buriganga and million people. community, they do not fear a saster-prone country. United States far more than just ease outbreak and public Sitalakhiya rivers. . The flooding also has in repeat of the famine that killed U.S. embassy officials said the estimated $12.9 billion spent health crisis," the U .N. said in The center said that both the creased the spread of water 30,000 people following 1974 Thursday said that planes car in 1993 by Medicaid, the state a statement. rivers were likely to swell fur borne diseases and destroyed flooding. rying American aid - auto federal health care programme for The nearly 600,000 people ther under the impact of gush an estimated 2.3 million tons Five ships with 100,000 tons matic water purifying units, the poor. living near the weakening ing waters from their upper of rice. of grain reached the southern plastic sheets to set up emer It also estimates a far higher earthen embankment that pro reaches. The government has asked port city of Chittagong gency shelters and medicines total cost than the $50 billion pro tects the capital Dhaka and Flood waters have sub for dlrs 889 million in foreign Wednesday. Port sources said - were scheduled to reach jected by an earlier research study, the nearby towns of merged much of this over- aid and has so far received the food was purchased by the Dhaka within a few days. a difference Rice and her col leagues attributed to more precise statistical analysis. According to official figures, roughly 23 percent of Americans NEW DELHI, India (AP)-India MEN'S, WOMEN'S & is paying an enormous price in terms of ecological deva~talion and health KIDS FOOTWEAR problems for its march into the next century, the United Nations Devel (ALL BRANDS) opment Program said Wednesday. In a report tracking human devel NIKE, FILA, K-SWISS, ADIDAS, opment released Wednesday, UNDP said that according to conservative REEBOK,VANS estimates, India spent $ 5.7 billion treating health problems linked to dirty water and$ 1.3 billion on those PT. 11 & SATURDAY, SE,J linked to urban air pollution. India \> MEMORIAL PARK, AMP, ,,· loses up to 6.3 peroent of its total '.'.'.:.:::, ::.· ,.)'/ agricultunll ou1;put every year be cause of land degradation and defor .1 ' :OOPM • FREE A' ~ · - estation costs another$ 214 million a year, the report said. India also is facing a major decline Sponsored by the Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture, in fish catches. a major source of in part through a grant from the National Endowment for the livelihood for poor people. Fisheries Arts and made possible by the following contributors. are being damaged by sewage. High levels of arsenic, linked to ALL ACCESSORIES heavy use of certain fe1tilizers, have SELECTED appeared in groundwater in six dis Expeditors·, uicL~ in West Bengal state, killing International (BAGS, HATS, SOCKS, ETC.) APPARELS Micronesi.i Inc. ~TIONdL some of those who drank the wa ~ •U#e4=1-i•l~U§ ~RONESIAN BROKERS ter. 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"Obvi ha\'e consistent\, ,iolated hu- ture.-the London-based group as a result of torture. the group ment. He said the report did not aging Starr report. President try," said Rep. David Bonior ously this behavior has not man rights in the name of se- said in a -10-page report. said. However, Hanan Ashrawi, a give sufficient weight to the Bill Clinton sought support of Michigan. second-ranking been helpful in terms of our curity in the fi\ e \'ear, ,ince l,;rael ·s Supreme Court has David Bar-Illan. an adviser human rights campaigner and Barnas suicide bombings and Wednesday from House prospects in the fall.'" rhey ,igned their fir-st re ace le!!itimized the use of torture to Israeli Prime Minister Ben- until recently a minister in bristled at the claim that Is- Democrat in the House. He said the president should :igrecmcnr. the human right, an-d detention without trial. the jam in Netanyahu, said the de- Arafat's Cabinet, said the rael was pressuring the Pales- Democrats in an emotional Boni or said there was no dis be entitled to see Starr's re group Amnesty International report said. tcntions were a necessary tool deaths in detention were "a tinian Authority to violate meeting and congressional cussion of impeachment or port in advance but that may said Wednesday. The Palestinian Authority to protect Israel and save lives. source of serious concern." human rights. leaders from boch parties resignation. "I think the presi not happen. "We ask the During the five-ye:ir rcriod. has detained hundreds of sus- Nabil Abourdeneh, an ad- Amnesty said both sides en- Most of those targeted by promised to explore impeach dent will certainly be able to American people to reserve gaged in human rights viola- the Palestinian Authority were ment proceedings with no continue in office," he told judgment;· Bonior said. tions in the name of security, people suspected of coopera- .. partisan tirades" or rancor. reporters after the 90-minute In the Senate, Republican but the Palestinian population tion with Israel, he saitl. With prosecutor Kenneth meeting in the White House INVITATION FOR BIDS to presidential aspirant John has become the main victim "To blame the dictatorial. Starr expected deliver de residence .. tails of his Monica Lewinsky Ashcroft of Missouri sched DPW98-IFB-026 of the violations. corrupt and arbitrary regime Bonior said Clinton's meet inquiry to Congress this week uled a hearing on whether a It said some of the Palestin- of the Palestinian Authority ing with Democrats was very September 11, 1998 or next, House Speaker Newt emotional and it was clear president could be indicted as ian Authority's violations ... on Israeli and American Gingrich, House Minority .. that he felt the pain, and he well as impeached. Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Depa11ment of Public Works (DPW) and the were carried out under pres- pressure is to insult history In contrast to the House Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) are soliciting sealed bids for the Renovation of the Lands and Survey Leader Dick Gephardt and felt it very strongly .... What sure from the United States and plain common sense," he leaders' efforts at harmony, Ottrce on the island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Magnitude of this project is between and Israel, which have called said. their lieutenants met to dis we saw was a father, a hus $50.000.00 and Sl00.000.00. there was only bitterness Tues for a crackdown on Islamic In its report, Amnesty also cuss how to handle the explo band. the leader of our coun sive report. try who was contrite, who was day between Starr and Clinton Sealed brds. rn duplicate. must be submitted to the office of the Director, Division of Procurement & Supply, Lower Base, militants responsible for more said that an Israeli commis- .. Next to declaring war, this lawyer David Kendall. Saipan no later than 2:00 p.m. local time. Tuesday, October 13, 1998, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened than a dozen suicide bomb- sion of inquiry has endorsed very sorry for his actions." Kendal\ had asked for an ad and read aloud. ings in Israel since 1994. the principle of allowing Is- may be the most important Bonior said the handful of President Clinton gestures at a Democratic rally in Orlando, Fla., making an apology for the negative impact he has had on the party vance copy of the report so he "In a spiral of violence, kill- raeli security forces to kill thing we do so we have to do it Democrats lawmakers present A brd bond of fifteen percent (15%) of the total bid amount must accompany the bid. Thissecurity may be Certified Check, saying, "I let this country down but I'm determined to make it right:" could rebut its findings, but ings of Palestinians by Israeli suspected terrorists anywhere right," Gephardt a Missouri forgave Clinton for his ac Cashier's Check, or Brd Bond made payable to the CNMI Treasurer, with a notation on the face of the check: "Credit Account Clinton was appearing on behalf of Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay who ,s Starr rejected the request. security services or settlers in the world. Democrat. said in a joint news tions. He said he advised seeking the governor's office in Florida. AP No. 4466." "You are mistaken in your have led to suicide bombings The commission had criti- conference. "We have to do it Clinton he needs to make clear to get to the issues he was not want to see this president views as to ... your right to The specrfrcatrons. drawings, and bid documents are available on or after Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at the Technical (by Islamic militants) and the cized the Israeli security ser- objectively. fairly and in a to the American people his nonpartisan way. I think we elected to address in this coun fail. They want to see him suc review a report before it is Services Division. Department of Public Works. Lower Base. Saipan. A cost of one hundred fifty dollars (USS150.00) is deaths ofisraeli civilians," the vices for botching the assassi- contrition and sorrow and "he required for each set; payment to be made to the CNMI Treasurer. A receipt of payment must be presented when picking up have a good start today." needs to address it on a con try." ceed." transmitted to Congress," report said. "These have led nation of Khalid Mashaal, an tile project package. Gingrich said the process is tinua\ basis. But he also needs "The American people do Bonior acknowledged that Starr wrote Kendall. to waves of arbitrary arrests, Islamic militant leader in Jor- "a constitutional crisis that A Pre-bid Conference for this project will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time, Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at the DPW incommunicado dan, last year, but it did not requires judgment that is based Conlerence Room. Otfice of the Secretary, Gualo Rai, Saipan. All questions/concerns regarding this project must be submit detention, torture and unfair question the government's de- in fact," not politics. ted in writing to Mr. Andrew W. Smit\1, P.E., Director of Technical Services Division, no later than 4:30 p.m. on the Pre-Bid trials.'' cision to carry out such opera- Conference date. Gingrich said Starr's report Bar-Illan, the Netanyahu ad- tions, the report said. should be made available to ,pUBLIC T The responsrble oidder submitling the lowers! responsive bid will be awarded a contract with the CNMI Government and will the public at some point. .. The be requrred 10 deliver Performance and Payment bonds equal to 100% of the price specified in the contract. Performance public has a right to know," and Payment bonds equal Jo 100% of the price specified in the contract. Performance time for completion of the project is Germany urged to build one hundred twenty 9120) calendar days. Liquidated damages will be assessed at two hundred dollars ($200.00) per the speaker said. ANNOUNCENIEN calendar day. But Gingrich added that Holocaust memorial some materials could be harm All bid documents received shall become the sole property ol the Government ot the Northern Mariana Islands. The Govern ful to innocent people and meni. Teservea the right to reject an'f or all bids and to waive any impertection in a bid proposal in the interest of the Common By KAREN CARSTENS after national elections on wealth ol the Northern Mariana Islands. should be reviewed by the Ju The Carolinian Affairs Office wishes to announce the deadline for BERLIN (AP)-A U.S. Jew Sept. 27, fearful that the sen diciary Committee beforehand ish group urged the German sitive issue would become entries on the upcoming 1998 Carolinian Cultural Heritage Week rs! JUAN B. CEPEDA Dr. JOAQUIN A. TENORIO to determine whether it shou Id government on Wednesday to central to the political cam Actrng Secretary of Public Works Secretary of Lands & Natural Resources remain private. events. build its national Holocaust paign. "Any impeachment cannot HERMANS. SABLAN memorial, suggesting that can While Chancellor Helmut succeed unless it is done in Director, Procurement & Supply ce \ i ng the controversial Kohl has pushed for the bipartisan or nonpartisan project could send a negative project, his rival, Gerhard way," said Sen. Henry Hyde, 1. Speech Contest Entries - Deadline is September 15, 1998 . . message about Germany's Schroeder, has questioned the the Republican chairman of Open to all Carolinian writing & speaking children: _For more mformat_zon, willingness to confront its wisdom of building the me the House Judiciary Commit Grade School & Junior High Students, please see your bzlzngual teachers. High Nazi past. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL morial. tee. School & Private School students, please see your counselors, or have your parents Bruce Raber, president of Raber called for the new Rep. John Conyers, ranking DPW98-RFP-023 the Washington. D.C.-based government to decide on the Democrat on the committee, contact the Carolinian Affairs Office. September 11, 1998 American .Jewish Committee. memorial immediately after cautioned that impeachment said Germany should nol un the election. He applauded the proceedings are not a gi vcn. 2. Battle of the Bands Registration - Deadline is September 10, 1998 derestimate the symbolic im postponement, calling the Governor Pedro P. Tenorro and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan. through the Department of Public Works and the Public School "We are not pianning for im System are sol1cit1ng sealed proposals for the Design-Build of the Dandan Elementary School General Purpose Building, portance of the memorial memorial "too important" and peachment," he said, showing Sarpan. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. project. the "historical consequences signs of disagreement between 3. Fishing Contest Registration -Deadline is September 25, 1998. "We would be surprised and far too great" for it to be cast Republicans and Democrats. Interested proposers must submit one (1) orrginal and four (4) copies of sealed proposals to the Office of lhe Director, more than disappointed if a as a subject of partisan poli Gingrich bristled when re 4. Demonstration of Local Food Preparation - Deadline is September 18, 1998. Drvrsron of Procurement & Supply, Lower Base. Saipan. MP 96950 no later than 4:00 p.m_ local time, Friday, September 25, decision was made not to build tics. 1998. porters talked about injecting the monument," said Raber, The private group that politics into the process. "We 5. Carolinian Cultural Demonstrations (Weavings & Carvings) -Deadline is Proposals will be evaluated and a selection made based on the lollowing criteria: whose group has an office in launched the memorial should not move a day sooner , . Time 1rame ~or design and construction - 20% Berlin. project, led by TV journalist 2. Pnce - 20% because of the election, we September 15, 1998 The project, first proposed Lea Rosh, made a similar ap should not move a day later," 3. Innovative design concepts - 20% in 1988, has been repeatedly 4. Warranty - 20% peal in a Berlin press he said. delayed by debate over what 6. Booth/Concession Registration -Deadline is September 14, 1998. 5. Financial capability - 10% conference Wednesday. House Majority Leader Dick 6. Manpower1Equrpment - 10% it should look like, who should Rosh also reiterated demands Armey of Texas, one of be remembered and where it that the memorial be built on a Clinton's fiercest critics, de All interested individuals are urged to visit the Carolinian Affairs Of~ce _in A copy of the Scope ol Work may be obtained from the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works, Lower should be built. Some also site designated by Kohl, near Base, Saipan on or after Tuesday, September 15, 1998. question whether the killing clared, "I will have an attitude Garapan to fill out the registration forms and pi~k~up a COJ?Y of the cntena. the Brandenburg Gate in cen that there will not be partisan of 6 million Jews can ever be A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at lhe Department of Public Works Conference Room, Gualo Rai Office, at 10:00 tral Berlin. tirades ... on either side of the For more information, please call the Carohman Affatrs Office at a.m. local trme. Frrday, September 18, 1998. All questions must be submitted in writing to Mr. Andrew W. Smrth, P.E., Director expressed through art, and Kohl favors a design for the aisle." of Technical Services Division, no later than 4:30 p.m. on the Pre-Proposal Conference date. have proposed instead that 233-1127/1129 or 234-6385. memorial by U.S. architect The meeting and news con more be done to preserve Peter ference occurred shortly after The Government reserves the rrght to reject any or all proposals and to waive any imperfection rn a proposal in the interest of Germany's decaying co.ncen the Commonwealth of the Northern Marrana Islands. Eisenman _ a labyrinth of an embattled Clinton met with tration camps or to support 2,700 pillars resembling a fellow Democrats at the White All responses to this RFP should take into account any and all taxes that will be charged to the successful proposer in 1ulfilling research. cemetery. The design was one House to express deep sorrow the contract, including excise taxes. German politicians agreed of four finalists from a com for causing pain in his family ls/Francisco M. Rabauliman three weeks ago to postpone a petition organized by Rosh 's and throughout the country by Thrs pro1ec1 is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Service. Executive Assistant for Carolinian Affairs decision on the project until group. his affair with Monica Lewinsky. /s/ JUAN B. CEPEDA Isl HERMAN S. SABLAN "He wants to carry on with Acting Secretary ol Public Works Director, Procurement & Suply the business of the country but Read with your child everyday. he clearly understands, I think, the deep pain he has caused Date: September 8, 1998 Dale: September 10, 1998 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-53 52-MARIANAS_VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDA'---'\c_::·-__,,,S~E~PTE~M!.!:B~E"-'R~2_l_._l _,_, .__,19~9,.,_8 ______~ ------~ American Red Cross NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS CHAPTER /OrH ANNIVERSARY THROUGH THE DECADES CLUB 200 Prize Winners Microl Coqioration Grand Prize $25,000 Cash #1267, John & Susan Schwartz 1st Prize 1998 Toyota Camry # 1482, Elizabeth Salas-Balajadia Inchcape Marketing 2nd Prize 1998 Nissan Frontier # 1398, Eazy Black 3rd Prize $10,000 Cash #0617, Junie Tudela 4th Prize Business Package #0854, Alexander & Elizabeth Padini 5th Prize $5,000 Cash #0964, Jesse P. 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' . ·------~---- - NATO completes \ COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS UN tells China to respect hl1man rights J COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY By RENEE SCHOOF China by a U.N. high commis BEIJING (AP) - Challenging sioner for human rights, and both Kosovo plan China's policy that economic sides want it to end the confronta growth comes before civil liber tion between China and U.N. BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - ethnic Albanians, who make up 90 (}r,r · REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ties. U_N. rights chief Mary groups on human rights. NATO has finished contingency percent of the population. Robinson said Wednesday that The U.N. Human Rights Com planning for allied military op • Air operations inside Yugosla 0 development and n:spect for hu mission. which sets policies for erations in and around the south via, both limited and full scale. man rights go together. Robinson's office, has annually ern Yugoslav province of Kosovo, • Deployment of ground troops Pursuant to Public Law 8-41, Section 11, Governor Pedro P. Moments before Robinson aired criticisms of China's treat a NATO official said Wednes backed by air power to support a Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan through the Office of spoke at a Beijing hotel, plain ment of dissidents and pro-inde day. cease-fire or a peace agreement for clothes police and hotel security pendence Tibetans. "We have completed contin Kosovo, That could involve as the Public Auditor is soliciting proposals for a financial and dragged away the wife of a jailed. .. China can be commended for gency planning for the full range many as 60,000 troops. compliance audit of the Commonwealth Development Authority ailing dissident who was seeking efforts to eliminate poverty and to of options that may have to be used Such operations, should they be the U.N. high commissioner's meet the basic needs of all," to support international diplo comenecessary,could involve both (CDA) and its subsidiary, the Northern Marianas Housing Corpo help. Robinson said in her speech, macy," said the official, speaking NATO and non-member countries, ration (NMHC) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998 in .. I want to see Miss Mary:· Chu acknowledging China's position on condition he not be identified. but it was too eatly for that kind of Hail an screamed as she was pulled that economic development The aim of the plan, he said, is decision yet, the official said. accordance with 0MB Circular A-133 and applicable auditing through the Hilton Hotel lobby takes precedence over political "to give political leaders maximum The NATO ambassadors wel standards. Proposals shall be submitted to the Public Auditor, and out a rear door. Her where rights. But, she added, the ·'right flexibility" in dealing with the comed recent indications that a abouts were not immediately to development" is based on Yugoslav government in Belgrade peaceful settlement may be tal PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE Mariano M. Camacho and Rosa A. COMMONWEALTH OF THE Camacho NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS P.O. Box t 759 Saipan, MP 96950 IN RE THE ESTATE OF Cambodia protests escalate JOSE MASGA TAIMANAO, Re: Nocice of Default on Bank of Guam Deceased. By ROBIN McDOWELL Reports that a monk died in vio P/N No. 1803-000607 Civil Action No. 9S-704(R) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Al') lence Wednesday crnmot be con i_s currently in need of qualified candidates Dear Mariano and Rosa: fiirned. but Cambodians believe sev AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING to fill the following po.sitions: -Police tin:d gunshob point-bl:mk (2) Bedroom, (I) Bedroom Aparrmenl, Fully eral were killed. escalating :mger This is to inform you that the amount of into a crow 62-MARIANi\S VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- SEPTEMBER 11, l 998 Sampras, Williams keep winning National League: By Bob Greene No. IOCarlos Moya faced Magnus Vicario win five of the last six NEW YORK (AP) - P<:te Larsson in a day match, while two games, losing only her serve in the Sampras is ~oindora record-rvin° unseeded players. Sweden's Tho- fourth ~ame. Tired McGwire goes hitless 12th CiraniSla1~1 tounrnmclll titk~ 111·1s, . Jl1l1·111, s.·sc11 1 am l I1arc I-serving · .SI 1e '-:found the range al"tcr that. VenusWilliamsisseckinl!hcrfirst.• M ar k· ]'I '.1·1· 1ppouss1s · o 1· /\ ustralia. powering her groundstrokcs• deep Jose Lima ( 15-7) won for the 130th arc right on target in the meet tornght. into the corners and takin~ the net Cl'SClNNA Tl (AP) - One da s~a"~nt~fo~3~dmn~~d The ball, which was autographed 1 By John Kekis U.S. Open. • , Sampras g:1ined a measure of at just the right times. Wh~never it after hining his recorJ 62nd ho Iller. stuck with 58 homers, four behind seventh time in eight decisions. He by McGwire and dated "9-8-98," allowed two 11Jns, seven hits and COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) Sampras aml Willi:ims solved revenge against Kucaa. who beat appeared Sanchez-Vicario had the a tired Mark McGwin: went D-for- Mark McGwire. -Mark McGwire kept his word, was significant. fa;onSchmidt(I I-I l)walkedSosa stmck out seven in eight-plus in the swirling winds in A11hur Ashe the world's top player ~1 the upper hand, Williams would raise 2 WeJnesday nighr in St. Louis' 6- and it lit up the face of9-ycar-old "It's probably one of the most nings. Billy Wagner got the final Stadium and stayed on COL!l'Se with c1uarlerfinals ,·n tl1·1s· J"v",·11·'s· /\ti.'t1·,·1-., I1er game an d wm· t I1e 1mpo11ant · 3 loss lO Cincinnati. in his fo,t at-bat, b1inging boos from important artifacts in the history three outs for his 28th save. Danny Rys. surprisingly easy victories Wcdnes- li:111 Open. · McGwiri:. who got Iii.tie sleep the c1uwd. anJ Grace followed with of the game," Hall of Fame presi points. his 15th homer. Sosa grounded Rockies 9, Marlins 8 "I'm excited!" Danny said d ay. 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