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3 M arianas CVM e ty g Micronesia’s Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ( Vol. 19 N0.86 Saipan, MP 96950 l ©1991 Marianas Variety January 18.1991 Serving CNMI for 19 Years G ov't to bail out CUC debt, $6M by Ronel B. Concepcion Guerrero is responding to a Taitano’s letter provides that Company General Manager general public...’’especially letter sent by the CUC Board they need a helping hand to sat John Kailey directly brought up those people that can not afford Governor Larry Guerrero ex Chairman Jose Taitano, asking isfy the needed account, it added to his attention the C UC ’s situa to pay their electric bills." pressed Thursday that his ad support from the Governor re that they can not sacrifice dis tion, having owed the oil com He said that they at the gov ministration is willing to bail garding “ the seriousness of the continuing important major pany around $6 million. ernment is “ some sort” of subsi outthe Commonwealth Utilities utilities corporation’s account projects because of the Gulf Cri The Executive Branch already dizing already by way of ab Corporation from its $6 million with Shell...the overdue amount sis. haveiton its drawing board, that sorbing the cost of increases of debt with Shell Oil Company. is increasing.” The letter said that the CUC after identifying the area of pos- o il prices...’’which is 1.5 m illion anticipates that the Mideast cri sibly getting additional from the time the crisis arised in sis would affect the price of oil, resources...” we are going to in August 2 until December 31.” but they do not want to impose clude that CUC account in our Ports asked to use “ sudden rates in power con supplemental request to the On the other hand, CUC Ex sumption because there are ad Legislature.” ecutive Director Ray Guerrero verse consequences...” According to him, they w ill earlier said that they paid security measures According to the communica ask the Legislature for their $522,000 to Sh ell more than a tion, CUC right now is doing cooperation and understanding week ago, an amount which they by Ronel B. Concepcion requested that the C PA imple good but still needs the assis that the CUC “ is in no way out, accumulated from since the in ment stricter measures at its tance jn clearing their account if we do not assist them with the stitution of the disconnect- Commonwealth Ports Au airports...,” said Tudela in his from Shell, which w ill “ provide additional funding that they re deliquents policy. thority Executive Director memo. | the CUC a new direction in its quire to bail them out from their Roman T. Tudela issued According to the document, quest for self-sufficiency.” debt.” CUC’s Guerrero also men Wednesday a memorandum the CPA has been asked to Gov. Guerrero said that be Guerrero said that his admin tioned earlier that whatever col addressed to all airport airlines, implementthe ‘approvedairport fore he received the letter from istration w ill be on an all out lection the CUC is generating, tenants and its personnel to contingency plans at Level II/ the CUC... “We have already effort in trying to protect the Shell becomes their first prior implement security measures II A,” in the Saipan International been alerted of the situation.” uneccesary burden of the in ity when it comes to paying ob due to the Gulf Crisis. Airport, Rota International According to him, Shell Oil crease in the price of oil to the ligations. “ Due to escalating conditions Airport, and at the West Tinian in the Middle East, the Federal Airport. Aviation Administration has Continued on page 26 Court orders tomorrow Ent. to pay its workers wages by Teri M. Fibres Thecompany has notonly been sued by its workers TheU.S. DistrictCourthas but, the current management ordered Tomorrow Enter has also failed to pay the prise to pay a total of former owner of the com $198,904.91 to 32 pany. Bangladesh nationals who On Jan. 10, Superior have been working as sew Court Presiding Judge ing machine operators, sew Robert Hefner has granted a ers and cuuers in the gar writ of execution which al ment factory. lows the government to sell U.S. Federal Court Judge the company’s assets that Alex Munson has also w ill satisfy the judgement granted an award to an em being asked by Park Hark More than 600 students of W.S. Reyes Elementary School marched across to Hopwood Junior High ployee who claimed that he Yong. Through his counsel School demonstrating against the use of drugs. The students were accompanied by teachers and two had been as-saulted by one police vehicles o f the managers of the com Michael A. White, Yong pany. The order also grants filed a lawsuit which the factory workers an claimed that the people who amount which is equivalent brought the factory from House refers budget to the double the amount o f him, paid an amount of salary that has not been given $65,000 in check. The to them. checks bounced. On January 7, Yong was back to committee When asked if she thinks the company still has enough awarded by the Superior by Ronel B. Concepcion should immediately get together with that of rhe assets to satisfy the court’s Court judgement which Senate,.,"so that we can have the 1991 budget,” judgement, the group’s amounts to $76,167.40. Fiscal year 1991 budget was rejected by the ' Guerrero also announced that Cong, Attao win counsel LeciaEason said that Commerce and Labor House of Representatives Wednesday, House b ill now head the committee that will meet with the based on the inventory, the Chief Jack Torres lid that 7-172 goes back again to the conference committee Senate conference committee headed Sen. Patti for deliberation. company has enough money although the Bangladesh Mangipna. to pay the workers. workers have already been The biU, House draft 4, committee draft 1 and Earlier, members«* the Senate said that what they "R ig h t now, I am sitting awarded a judge-ment, most Senatcdraftl, was approved by the members of the hurriedly passed was the Governor's version, con on pins and needles because o f them do not have a job at Senateon December 19... ’Is notconsistcnt with the sidering that they are stiil in the process of kmring' · House version,” stressed Cong. Jesus T. Atlao, we still have to wait for 10 the moment. the defects of the 1991 budget. more days before we could Torres said that it is still Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. Meanwhile, Governor L m y Guerrero have afc Attao then filed & motion to reject the measure, tech-nically enforce the the responsibility o f the De- ready signed into law the 1S#1 fiscal yearfunding other members followed by voting for it. judgement," Eason said. Contlnued on page 26 for the LegislattYe, Judicial branches of the govern House Speaker Pedro Guerrero then urged that ment and the Washington Representative’s the conference committee members of the House amounting to about,$?$ miilioa* , , ;j,,; *, * fiEWbV/V/fc i i J X o S T A C K S FRIDAY, JANUARY 18,1991-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-JANUARY 18.1991 A I I AM A Meeting Place For Our Gov· warns retailers not to increase prices ■ |% V IT ! Opinions. And Yours “ W e asked our fuel company by Ronel B. Concepcion people of the Commonwealth do not conserve energy, suppliers and gas retailers to use "Please do not restraint...please do not take ad CNMI Governor Larry I. everyboby will be faced with the possibility of “ higher utility vantage of this Mideast crisis to Guerrero, in response to the out take advan raise your prices unnecessarily,” break of war in the Persian Gulf, rates, reduction in government services, andpower brownouts.” Guerrero mentioned. Ir's Agenda stressed the need for oil and tage of this Guerrero likewise cautioned energy conservation. Presently,CNMI’spowerbill e d it o r ia l by John DelRosario, Jr. is around $1.2 m illion a month, people doing business, that the “ With the war in the Middle which could possibly increase Mideast crisis CNM I has a statute known as East, the Northern Marianas Is the Consumer Protection Act that The entire world community Something’s got to give in of this commodity which is by over $2 million a month...”as lands’ o il situation could become prohibits sudden price increase W a r has already broken out in the Middle East has prayed for the peaceful favor of peace. An iota of peace passed on down to consumers. the Mid East crisis to raise yotir even a worse problem for us...” in situations like what is hap and the repurcussions will definitely be felt world resolution of the Persian Gulf is worth more than a ton of de It goes to show that we are continues...which have sur Guerrero stressed. prices unnec pening now. wide. Crisis. It seems, however, that structive warheads. Let us totally reliant upon fossil fuel prised our budget planning The Governor said he do not He said that people from the Not only will there be a definite increase in oil this alternative has become a thin continue praying for peace. for our basic necessities from process,” he said. anticipate that the CNMI will essarily. AG’s office will be closely prices around the world but, prices of basic thread of hope ready to snap lose transportation to illumination.