-----,.--=--, I I

UNIVERSITY OF HAWP II I !~'?/,.RY

e

By Rafael H. Arroyo way · for a Korean companyJ to faith and credit of the CNMI gov- The construction of n new pris- Variety News Staff finance and build the facility at a ernment. ons facility is being pressed by THE TENORIO Administration cost of between $16 million to "(I believe that) financing will the US Department of Interior, is considering plans at building a $20 million. be necessary in order to accom- concerned about the bad state of new, multi-million dollar correc­ In a letter to the presiding offic­ plish construction of the new the existing jail on Saipan. tions facility to alleviate over­ ers of the House of Representa­ prison ... However, financing The Saipan jail has recently crowding at Saipan's current de­ tives and the Senate, Borja asked means going into debt... and the been the focus of criticism from tention centers. if the lawmaking body would be constitutional power of approv- certain officials, ,including Public According to acting Gov. Jesus willing to authorize payment for ing public debt is vested firmly Defender Dan DeRienzo who C. Borja, negotiations are under- the project as it requires the full with you," Borja told Speaker once described it as a "medieval Diego T. Benavente and Senate dungeon." President Jesus R. Sablan. Interior's director for Insular Repeal ·of garment regs to Thus, he said, the executive Affairs, Allen Stayman, it could branch needs to know the be recalled, included jail improve- Legislature's position on this Jesus C. Borja ment among recommendations he cost gov't $500,000 in fees matter "before we proceed any made in a recent report on CNMI AS A RESULT of acting Gov. Jesus Borja's repeal last week of further." unless the Legislature is willing issues to US Congress. the emergency garment regulations, the government will have to "It is almost pointless for us to to consider approving the financ- Stayman suggested that the refund some $500,000 in application fees paid by garment set out a request for proposals ing," said the acting governor. Continued on page 20 factories to the Department of Labor and Immigration, a legal officer of the department said yesterday. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dan Aguilar said at least 1,400 applications Saipan may0r's office does a l for nonresident worker permits had been filed with the depart­ ment since the emergency regulations were signed by Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio last Sept. 3. PSS: 'Give us our budget too' I About five new factories have applied for new permits, Aguilar By Mar-Vic C. Munar Legislature's move to grant the "To this end," the mayor told 1 said. Variety News Staff Public School System's request Sablan, "I am appealing to you ( Borja repealed the controversial emergency regulations be­ TA KING a cue from the for a separate budget for fiscal and the legislature to consider l cause of its perceived inconsistency with Public Law 9-IO, year 1997, the Saipan Mayor's and enact on a timely fashion l otherwise known as the Garment Industry Moratorium Act. Office is demanding its own our budget submission in order J The Act imposes a quota on garment workers based on the 1995 budget,too. that, together we can provide j level. 'The Office of the Mayor of our constituents with the urgent j Legislators believed the emergency regulations issued by the Saipan is totally dependent on public services they deserve." 1 Department of Commerce would open the door to 7,800 new adequate funding to carry out its Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio ve- i garment workers. constitutionally-mandated public toed the 1997 budget legislation ·1 In his Oct.· 1s directive, Borja instructed the labor department duties and responsibilities,'; saying he was no~ pleased with to refund the fees paid by the garment factories that applied for Saipan Mayor Jesus DL. Guerrero the revisions made by the Legis- new worker permits. said in a letter St:!nt Tuesday to lature on his proposal. j "Half a million dollars is not an inconsequential amount of Senate President Jesus Sablan. The Legislature has not moved l money. Whether it will affect the whole government operation, Guerrero said unless the Legis­ to override the veto. ' I cannot speculate. But it's still revenue generation. We prefer to lature acts on the budget request, Under the vetoed bill, the keep it but, we have to give them back," Aguilar said, "the Office of the Mayor will not Saipan Mayor's Office was to Aguilar said agencies identified by the Nonresident Workers be able to effectively provide get $2.37 million. Continued on page 20 Jesus Deleon Guerrero many essential public services." ' Contmued on page 20 . '------~------·------. -·--l More SPC delegates arrive By Mar-Vic C. Munar Palau, Tuvalu, New Caledouia Variety News Staff and Fiji arrived earlier in the day. AT LEAST 30 South Pacific A total or 140 participants arc Commission delegates and staff expected to arrive, Borja told re­ members including the porters. commission's Secretary General, C~o-n~t,~n_u_e __d_o_n_p_a_g_e-.20 Robert Dun, arrived on Saipan yesterday afternoon for the 36th SPC Conference scheduled for next week. Weather The conference will run from Oct.. 30 to Nov. 1, but certain SPC committees and United Na­ Outlook tion agencies such as the UN De­ velopment Program will hold pre­ conference meetings starting to­ morrow, according to Vicente B01ja, chairman of the Confer­ ence Planing Committee. B01ja led the group that wel­ comed the conference participants at the Saipan International Air­ port. They touched down at 2:30 Partly cloudy isolated More delegates to next week's South Pacific Commission conference arrive at the Saipan International p.m. . showers Airport yesterday. Among those who came are participants from Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu and New Borja said ambassadors from Caledonia. Photo by M~rvic c. Munar =

2-MARIAN AS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- OCTOBER 24, 1996 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 AIDS cases among US blacks continue rise Drive vs minors in strip bars 0 By CAROLYN THOMPSON drug users. They said blacks By Jojo Dass their operations from night club nuder before a rowdy crowd of Questions, for instance are minimu wage. . BOS-TON (AP) - AIDS warn­ must embrace the cml:e of AIDS Variety News Staff owners who might protest it on male audiecne at the strip joint. now being raised regarding.why On the hand, "Katrina," ·'and ings in the United States are prevention the way gays did a THE DEPARTMENT of Labor gr~u~~sofdisruptionofbus\ness She also compl~ined of ille- thePhilippineforeignaffairsde- "those wh~' helped her falsify apparently reaching high-risk decade ago. ,') and Immigration has began act1v1tJes. gal salary deductions and un- partment issued her the pass- documents, rnayfacechargesfor\ whites but not many blacks, who "Part of (the problem) is de­ ' searching strip joints for em- "We're trying to g~t _the fac_ts paid wages port. doing ~o.. . . continue to contract the disease nial that has been characteristic \/ ployed minors. This coming in down. I mean ~e ';an tJust go;m added. Aguilar said investigation Agmlar said feder_al oi:eratives in disproportionately high num­ of almost every community af­ the aftermath of complaints filed there and say we re here, we re Her revelations, Aguilar said, based on the complaint is still in are now also looking mto the bers, experts said Tuesday. fected by AIDS," said Dr. Mark by a 15-year old Filipina who gonnachecke~erybodtsID,'~e "opened the Pandora's Box." progress. He added that opera- matter for possible violation of Galvanized by statistics in­ Smith, executive vice president recently claimed she was forced c?nce11_1 that will ~e ra1s,~d then 1s "There are a lot of people that tors of the kalesa Bar may face ch_i,ld labor law. dicating that blacks will account of the Henry J. Kaiser Family to dance naked by operators of a d1~rupt1on of business, Agmlar may face sanctions as a result.. charges for violating laws on . Th~ U~ Department of Labor for more than half of new AIDS Foundation, which helped fund night club in Chanlan Kanaoa. said. a lot of it can be from the Phil- non-resident workers and 1s looking mto the.case. The Fed- cases by 2000, black leaders the meeting at the Harvard AIDS "We are now looking into sev- "But the thing is we're not ippines," he said. era! Bureau of Investigation as convened an emergency meet­ Institute. eral night clubs. We have been going to condone the practice... well iH e:lsa iHte it," -he-said. ing to plot prevention strate­ "The reality of it is, I think receiving reportsandwe'vegath- that kind of conduct on the mi- gies. people understand how the dis­ ered that there might be addi- nor is not going to be tolerated," Conference organizer Mario ease is spread," said Cooper, tional people in other clubs work- he stressed. Cooper noted that the number former chairman of the AIDS inginasminors,"DaniloAguilar, Fifteen year old "Katrina" of AIDS cases among blacks Action Council, a Washington­ DOLI legal counsel told the Va- turned a lot of heads and raised, and whites were, for the first based policy group. But-h; said riety. eyebrows when she, accompa- time, equal in 1995. Both limited access to health care has It was gathered that the DOLi nied by fellow employees of amounted to 40 percent of new Iy slowed progress in halting the has already identifkd a number the Kalesa Bar trooped to the Iraqi Kurish children, ride on the back of a truck in Diyanah, Iraq filled with their families' belongings as they reported cases, while Hispanics disease. of strip joint operators employing Philippine Consulate office last flee the figh_ting between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Thursday. Only accounted for 19 percent and Conference participants asked \. minors as waitresses or dancers. Oct.16 and lodged a complaint skirmishes were reported Thursday between the Iran-allied Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and Saddam Asians and American Indians that civil rights groups, as well It is anticipated, Aguilar said, against the club's manager, Hussein's allies, the KDP. AP Photo made up the rest. as schools and the media get thatlaborandimmigrationopera- Eugene Zamora who, she al- The statistics from the federal involved in AIDS education. tives could faGe obstructions in leged, have forced her to dance Centers for Disease Control They also urged communities Pentagon seeks 20,800 for show that last year, there were to seek out federal funding. 93 cases of AIDS reported for "In terms of prevention and Construction firm· slapped every I 00,000 blacks, compared education, the vast majority of possible nerve gas exposure to 15 cases for every I 00,000 funds and efforts have not gone fines for safety violations. By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER 10 by U.S. Anny engineers, the letter ister with the Pentagon or the whites. to the communities that are now By Rick Alberto PlaintiffLabor Secretary Rob­ WASHINGTON(AP)-ThePenta­ said officials also were investigating Veterans Administration if they Experts Tuesday said the so­ impacted by the disease," Coo­ Variety News Staff ert B. Reich, in his complaint gon says it needs the help of the a third explosion on March 12. "It is need medical assistance. lution is more complex than sim­ per said. "Traditionally, gay 20,800 soldiers who may have been not known if the unit logs containing The units involved were associ­ THE U.S. Department of Labor filed by Senior Trial Atty. Faye ply telling minorities how the male clinics and service organi, filed a labor complaint against a Von Wrangel of the Labor's·· near the destruction ofan Iraqi chemi­ this report are accurate, or if such a ated mainly with the Anny's 82nd disease is contracted: through zations have driven the way the constructiot1 company with the Office of the So!idtor, sai&thaL cal weapons depot in March 1991 at demolition occurred, or if chemical Airborne, 24th Infantry Division sex or sharing of needles among money is appropriated." the end of the Gulf War. munitions were involved," the letter (Mechanized) and the 101st Air­ district c:oilrt Tuesday to recover . more than' 15 workini clays~ The military can't figure out said borne Division (Air Assault). civil penalties totalling $40,780 elapsed after defendants. Reyes"' how many troops may have been On Tuesday, Pentagon officials The Pentagon previously sa.id ·cargo plane crash~s in plus undetermined interests, de­ and Benavente received each of' linquent fees and administrative exposed to chemical agents un­ also acknowledged that hundreds more than I s;ooo soldiers may the notices of penalty .but that, Governor Froilan C. Tenorio presents Madam Wu Yi, China's Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic less it gets better information on more nerve gas rockets may have have been exposed to nerve gas downtown Ecuadotr" - costs. · they did not contest the ~itations Cooperation a souvenir after their Friday meeting in Beijing. The two talked about problems pertaining to • - • • J how many explosions took place, been exploded than first thought, but cautioned that the figure could The penalties were slapped and notifications except the for, Chinese workers on Saipan. Photo courtesy a1 PIO how many Iraqi rockets contain­ if a third explosion occurred. go higher. QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A the Pacific coast. after the Rainbow Construction one. ing nerve gas were destroyed and Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said officials were try­ Boeing 707 cargo plane The radio reports said at Co. and its sister company Rain­ Because the other penalties bow Enterprises had· violated. exactly where U.S. soldiers were Bacon said he did not know how ing to contact any soldiers who crashed shortly after takeoff least IO people had been found were not contested, the citations Adult high school proposed at the time. many soldiers have been contacted may have been within a SO-kilo­ Tuesday night in the down­ burned to death following the certain requirements of the Oc­ ~ecame final orders, whicq are "Our search for information but that at least 600 thought to meter (31-mile) radius of the weap­ town section of an Ecuadoran I 0:40 p.m. ( 11 :40 p.m. EDT) cupational Safety and Health Act notsubjecttoreviewbyanycouri · By Rick Alberto tends to "combine academic stud­ the PSS and the NMC. continues," said a letter being sent have been in the area of the weap­ ons depot during the period March port, killing the crew of four crash. of 1970. or agency. . Variety News Staff ies with life experiences," the pro­ The first year of the project will to the soldiers, signed by Deputy ons depot had been reached by 4-15, 1991. The radius previously and at least 10 others on the It was feared the toll could Owned by Juan S. Reyes and Aside from the penalties, La­ AN adulthighschoolfortheCNMI posal says. require about $35,000, and Defense Secretary John White. telephone. was estimated at half that size. ground, according to local ra­ go far higher because the Rita Reyes Benavente, the com­ bor wants Reyes and Benavente has been proposed and is to be a The academic subjects will in­ Pellegrino urged the business com­ "Since there is evidence that The Pentagon says that up to 2 A CIA computer model of dio reports. homes in the area of the crash panies have their main offices in to pay interest, delinquent fees, joint project of the Saipan Cham­ clude language, mathematics, so­ munity to participate in the project chemical weapons were present tons of sarin nerve gas may have weather patterns and other data Witnesses said the plane are tightly grouped. LowerBase. Theirotheroffices andadministrativecosts. More• ber of Commerce, the Northern cial studies, science and health, "for its own good and for the good during the demolition of a bunker been released when Iraqi' rocket was being put together to help struck the bell tower of the La The last major crash in Ec­ are in Garapan and San Antonio. over, according to Reich, inter­ Marianas College, and the Public and literature and arts. of the coIRmunity." and crated munitions in a pit area, shells were demolished at the first determine the potential exposure Dolorosa church and broke up uador was May 4, 1995, when The citations and notifications est should continue to accrue for School System. The project is slated to start on Addressing his colleagues in the we are asking for help from our two sites. area and how many U.S. and al­ in flames, setting fire to sur­ a private jet went down in the of the proposed penalties for al­ the duration of the defendant'>' The proposal was presented to the fust week of January next year bu3iness community, Pellegrino leged violations were issued four indebtedness. . · . people in learning more about The letters ask Gulf War vet­ lied troops could be at risk. But rounding houses in Manta, a Andes Mountains near Quito, the newly fof!Jled literacy commit­ and it would accommodate up to said, "We all realize that employ­ Reich said demands f~r what happened," the letter said. erans to call the Pentagon with. Bacon said the Pentagon decided town of 150,000 people that is killing all eight aboard, in­ times: July 6 and 15, 1992; May pay~ · tee during a meeting at the North­ 50 students. ees are our most important asset in Besides the detonations of two any information they may have not to wait for final results of the about 160 miles (250 kilome­ cluding Argentine oil execu­ 13, 1993; and April 15, 1994. ment of the penalties had been ern Marianas College yesterday. Initially, according to Pellegrino, the company. Unless we invest in The total penalties amounted weapons sites on March 4 and March about the demolitions and to reg- analysis. ters) southwest of Quito on tive Jose Estenssoro. made but ignored .. The committee is chaired by the PSS will allow the use of the improving their ability to perform, to $50,140 but the amount was Both parties, however, have Anthony Pellegrino, president of Marianas High School facilities free they may remain a liability." reduced to $40,780 after the expressed their intention to be · Pelley Enterprise. Pellegrino is of charge. · Pellegrino said that these $18,720penaltyimposedonJuly open to any possibilityofasettle­ also involved in the Chamber of The NMC will help with admin­ targetted young adults may now be US mediator remains in Israel despite announcing departure 15, 1992, was settledfor$9,360. ment. Commerce's educational pro­ istrative duties and related activi­ among the dropouts currently em­ By JACK KA 1ZENELL Palestinians and Israelis had reached rael wa~ to pull out of Hebron in on a key question - who controls that an accord could be reached grams. ties. ployed by various companies in JERUSALEM (AP) - A top U.S. an agreement on the civilian issues March. Prime Minister Shimon Peres building permits for Jewish settlers. "relatively soon." The proposed adult high school The teachers will come from both the CNMI. envoy remained in the Middle East related to the troop pullback, but that delayed the pullout after a series of In addition, there is disagreement But chief Palestinian negotiator Cleaner, safer beaches had been adapted from a project on Tuesday to mediate lti;iaeli-Pal- differences remained on security ar- bombings by Islamic militants in Is- on the scope of the talks. Saeb Erekat suggested Ross had By Rick Alberto Commissioner Lino S. Tenorio, proposal presented by NMC' s Fe .Man mauled, another robbed.·· estinian negotiations despite an- rangements. rael. While Israel seems almost eager been overly optimistic. ,. Variety News Staff 12 supervised inmates classified Y. Calixterio to the NMC Board nouncing a day earlier that he was There wasnoworrlon theresump- Netanyahu, whowonlsrael'sMay for agreement on Hebron, the Pales- "Mr.Rosshasbeentalkingabout ' EARLY in the morning some in- as non-violent have been allowed of Regents and shelved. By Jojo Dass to later notice it was gone. i:' returning to Washington. tion of talks from the Palestinians, election to succeed Peres, postponed tinians appear to be angling for a progres.s since the first day he got According to the proposal, the Variety News Staff The mauling incident, on the t·J mates from the Division of Cor- to volunteerforthe project as part A U.S. official said that Dennis who said theirteamhadleftthenego- the withdrawal further, demanding package including other unresolved here," Erekat said "Maybe in his •,I rections can be seen picking up of their rehabilitation. adult high school would fill a gap IT MUST have been a bad day for other hand, happened at a Dandan RosswasheadedforTelAviv'sBen tiations to brief Yasser Arafat in better security for the 450 Jewish issues, such as a Palestinian airport L-1 way Mr. Ross sees progress, but in Ii! trash, trimming bushes and clear- The piles of filled trash bags left by the NMC' sown adult high them. karaoke bar. Gurion International Airport when Bethlehem. settlers who live in the city of 94,000 being built in Gaza, the closure that ourwaywedonotseeanyprogress." ing overgrowths in Lau Lau and cut bushes at Lau Lau show school program leading to the A tourist was robbed while The victim, he said walked in call talks ti he received a phone and was The latest round of began in Arabs. prevents workers from entering ls- Beyond the current issues, the ,, Beach. that much work has been done so GED (general educational devel- playing tennis as another man was the bar, bought himself a bccrand asked to return to the negotiations. response to a plea from President The talks have been plagued by rael and the safe passage of Pales tin- siclesaredividedbyagulfofdistrust The cleaning and clearing op- far. . opment) degree. mauled while having beer inside was enjoying it when a still uni­ One unconfirmed report said Clinton, after a week of violence in differences of interpretation. ians between the West Bank and a karaoke bar Monday evening, dentified man accosted him ask­ I stemming from the fact that ~ erations-started last week-are Tenorio had Jong been con- "The proposed adult high school I Ross turned around after speaking which Palestinian police and Israeli Israelhasclaimedthatitwasmerely Gaza Strip. Netanyahu - far more than his pre- t, a joint effort of the Department of cerned about the Jack of beach program is intended to work with police reported yesterday. ing for a beer. on the phone to Israeli Prime Minis- soldiers opened fire on one another, trying t.o toughen the security ar- Ross denied reports that he had decessors who launched the peace \ young adults who may notqualiffy Sgt. Franklin Babauta, police The victim refused and was thus • Public Safety and the Marianas maintenance and its consequences ter Benjamin Netanyahu. killing 79 people. At a summit in rangements iri implementation of the given an ultimatum to both sides to process - is resolutely opposed to Visitors Bureau to make Lau Lau for tourism, which is the CNMI' s for entrance into the NMC's pro­ Public Information Officer, de­ mauled by the assailant assisted After his renun, Ross had some Washington, Clinton asked the two accord. But the Palestinians have either make significant progress the ultimate Palestinian aim ofan and several other beaches clean economic lifeblood. gram but need and want an educa­ clined to identify the said male by another man. meetings with Israeli and Palestin- sides to negotiate until they reached claimed that many of Israel's de- · ~r he would go back to Washing- independent state. and safe for tourists and local The MVB has also stationed tion," the proposal says. tourists. In yet another incident, a man ian negotjators that resulted in sub- accord. mands amounted to an unacreptable ton. "We will not give up our great picnickers alike. security guards in some troubled Accordingly, the proposed high He said though that the robbery who was supposed to be celebrat­ stanli.al progress in the talks on an The main issue is the long-delayed attempt to revise the existing agree- "This is not a step to put pres- struggle until the establishment of Lau Lau Beach had become a areas of Lau Lau because of rob- school aims to enable the young inci(ient happened at around 8:00 ing his birthday went inside the Israeli troop pullback from the West Israeli troop pullout from the over- meri1 sure," he said at a news conference · the Palestinian state wilh Jerusalem notorious place because of reports beries and assaults reported there. adult learners to handle and un­ pm at the tennis court of the Grand Hollywood karaoke club inside Bank town of Hebron, said the offi- ·whelrningly Palestinian city of The sides have also been divided announcing his departure. Ross said as its capital," an angry Arafat prom- that tourists have been victim- "Criminals targeting beach ar- derstand basic language usage and Hotel in Susupe. the Dai !chi hotel and solicited cial, who spoke on condition of Hebron, the last West Bank commu- on the civilian administration of -he would return when the "time was ised 3,000 Pale"stinians in a ized by robbers who his behind eas had now better think twice," to motivate them into wanting to The tourist, he said, left his cash from two women patrons. anonymity. nity Israel occupies. Hebron. But on Monday, said the appropriate," maintained some schoolyard in theDeheisherefugee bushes. MVB Managing Director Anicia continue their "disrupted" educa­ wallet containing $120 and Y30 The man, whom Babauta also Ap Israeli official said today that Under the Israel-PLO accords, Is- U.S. official, they reached agreement progress was made, and predicted camp near Bethlehem. According to DPS Deputy Q. Tomokane said. tion. thousand, on a bench beside the refused to identify, was arrested The high school program in- court shortly before playing only for disturbing the peace. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5 Speaker on workers recruited under revoked regs: 'They should be deported' e::I SfeiH '"'­ By Zaldy Dandan Iations were promulgated effective Borja' s recent directive repealing "(The Department of Com­ ~ 1-'\rn. :,ToP CoMPaRiNG ~ 'J,R'4 lTkvuana~ l'PWs•,.i,.a Yoll/?SeLF WiTH Variety News Slaff Sept. 3, 1996. the emergency regulations "is si­ merce) gave me a total of some by: John DelRosario HaRRY TRu/vlat-J. NoW HOUSE Speaker Diego T. Therefore, Benavente said, be­ lent on this issue." 6,000," Borja said, "but what the YoV'R12. TRai~iNG Benavente yesterday said gannent tween May 38 and Sept. 3, no regu­ The directive, the speaker added, quota was for each particular in­ workers in the CNMI who got their 0- "1iM, Too! lations were in effect, and P.L. I also failed to address the issue of dustry nobody could really gave Tradision familian natibo entry permits between May 28 and 9 "alone governed the permitting those workers whose application me a straight answer, so I just had Sept. 3, 1996 must be deported. of gannent workers." DESTE ke mafaiiago i patgon, tatutuhon krumeansa finanaguen forms orperrnits have already been to act on the information I have." Benavente, in a letter to acting He said that any labor certificate paid. halom guma' familia tat komo respeto, responsablidat yan morat The Gannent Industry Morato­ Gov. Jesus C. Borja, said previ­ or entry permit issued to a non­ Benavente said any such fees rium Act (P.L. 10-9), he said, is puede ke u siiia tumohge namaisa komo mauleg na sudadano gi ously existing garment industry resident garment worker-which should be refunded ( see related confusing. halom komunida. regulations were repealed Oct. 15, was neither a renewal, a replace­ story in this issue), the documents "I don't blame (Commerce) for 'Nai man:o edatfia umeskuela, ta atetuye prumebeniye nu i 1995. ment nor withint the pre-Oct. 15, revoked and the workers-if they trying to resolve the confusion nesesidatii.a tat komo leblo, lapis, mus go mo', katpetta yan otro siha The new law governing the in­ 1995 quotas-was issued in viola­ have already entered the CNMI­ created under the law, (which) dustry, Public Law 10-9, became tion of the law and should be re­ deported. .·'·}i.". says as of Sept. 30. garment facto­ trastis eskuela.. Kada ogaan ta asegura na umomag, ha brochas ....., , effective May 28, 1996, while the voked. Likewise, contrary to what the __ ries that have satisfied (certain) nifeniia yan asentado antes de u huyoiig gi pettan san mena. recently repealed emergency regu- However, Benavente said directive stated, Benavente said criteria are eligible for licenses Dispues de eskuela, ta tagam ya tafaisen kao mauleg ha' haanifia 'i. ,, gannent workers who only have a Diego T. Benavente for renewal but not for workers gi eskuela. 'Nai matto gi gima', tana' mirienda yan ta asegura "bare contract, but not the valid though. lokue' na hachogue' iyofia homework. Este na eksisio pot dose Teno-Pepero on I Taotao Ta entry permit and labor certificate" troversial emergency garment regu­ "It doesn't make sense, so Jet aiios na sakrifisio pot para ta prepara i patgon umeyag antao .na are affected by the repeal of the the courts decide that." THETENO-PEPERO team will and Anicia. "This type of atmo­ lations, calling it as "defective" as directive. linala' taotao para ayo na haane 'nai ha tutuhon lokue' mismo 'i be in the spotlight tonight on sphere encourages viewers tocall P.L. 10-9. Despite the confusion, however, The directive states that "any familiaiia. ·,1 :KMCV Charuiel 7's "l Taotao in and ask their questi,:ms di- . He said garment companies ad­ B01ja said he would be "com­ Ayo mas mange' na regaluta nu i saina i felis hinanaoiia ennao na Ta Former G<)vernor Pedro P. rectly," they add. · worker who has a valid contract on versely affected by his repeal of the pounding the situation with what the effective date of (P.L. 10-9) is emergency garment worker regu­ I feel as a defective law with an­ patgon ya guaha konfiansata na huiigan ta komple obligasionta JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER Tenorio and)lis running mate, Topics on the program will immune to its effects." lations "should take the matter to other defective regulation." komo saina. *$enate .President .Jesus R. range from the reasons both are "I believe that the focus of this court." He said he has to "uphold the Lao hu repara na mampos didog na tinilaika guaha pago, piot gi WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND ·Sablan are making their bid to be · .running, to the accomplishments analysis is misplaced," Benavente "There's still confusion (on the law" though there may be some­ ayo na maiieluta i man gai famaguon umu 'usa i amot bineno osino the standard bearer for the Re- hope to be met...... public party. · . I Taotao Ta ("Our People")is said. exact number of garment workers thing wrong with it. shabu'. Makat na kontrario ya hu komprende hafa sifi.ientetefi.a un' They will square off .against . a live talk show in °Chamorro, However, the speaker said that a company may hire)," he said . In his directive, Borja said the he "thoroughly applauds" Borja' s saina ni ha chachage lokue' amano i sin.a pot para u pula' patgonfi.a Bankers say S&L cleanup bill is uniair former Governor Lorenzo l. where viewers can call in and He added that he has yet to find repealed regulations shouldbe re­ "courage in repealing and putting out what was the ciuota set on Oct. placed with something "within the ginen este na chinatsaga. WASHINGTON-Congress is once again wres­ it won'.t be complied with," Meier said. Guerrero and his running mate: express opinions as well as sug­ an end to what I believe was a 15, 1995 for the number of gar­ confines of the law." I punto i para ta ayuda ennao na patgon sumuhaye un' bisio na tling with how to pay for the savings and loan The bill is also opposed by consumer advo­ Dr. Rita H. Inos, both of whom gestion. . blatant violation ofexisting law for ment workers a company may He also ordered the Deparonent piligro pot hinemloiia yan futtunafia. Yangin parentela hao ya cleanup. And once again. They may ask taxpay­ cate-turned presidential-candidate Ralph appeared in an earlier edition of Meant as a channel of infor­ the benefit ofan unprincipled few." hire. of Labor and Immigration to re­ unlie' i prohimo na ha atetutuye umayuda patgonfia ginen este na ers and bank customers to foot the lion's share of Nader, who, in a letter to House and Senate the program. mation for the people of the He said he "simply want to en­ If the new garment regulations fund any application fees for non­ the bill. leaders urged lawmakers to replenish the S&L ."This will be a rare opportu­ Northern Marianas, I Taotao airs probl~ma, na geftao hao man ayuda gi manera 'nai para unna' sure that the intent. .. (ot) P.L. 10-9 resident garment workers paid pur­ Earlier this year, the banking industry· was insurance fund without "combining it with a nity for the public to get to know ·this every Thursday evening at contravene the 1995 quota, Borja komprende i patgon na pot guinaiyata nu guiya na ta atotga man is earned out in full." suant to the repealed regulations instrumental in defeating a bill that would have package of anti-consumer anti-community the candidates," say hosts Jess 7:00 p.m. on KMCV Channel 7. earlier said, then the regulations entalo' pot para ta ayudague' gin en este na finatso. ' ... Borja on Friday repealed the con- but have not been issued permits. forced banks to pickup a heavier share of the S&L provisions which have nothing to do with are invalid. · · Guaha ayudo gi Commonwealth Health Center pot este na bision bailout. recapitalizing the insurance fund." man hoben. Lista si Senor Joseph Villagomez man ayuda maseha It was a stunning victory. The proposal had Consumer groups fear that without the pos-. haye na patgon osino familia ni munesesita este na klasen ayudo. been endorsed by the White House the House sibility of litigation, some banks would re, Safigan honestamente hafa problemafi.a ennao na patgo kosake Republican leadership and Federal Reserve Chair­ turn to practices that were common before ensegidas sifia ma'ayuda. Maulegiia ta prekura pago mientras man Alan Greenspan. More importantly, there's "Truth in Savings" laws were passed. Among guaha tiempo kumorihe ennao na finatso. Mufiga manaiiga na considerable need for the bill. Without it, there is them: estake atalag i prohimo na para un e'ensinahyao. a risk of default on $8.2 billion in bonds issued to -Some banks advertised interest rates in a pay for the S&L cleanup. Yan gin ta korihe estena problema gi halom manhoben, seguroyo' way that was misleading or difficult for con­ Much to the bankers' chagrin, Congress is now sumers to understand. Consumer advocates na ti apmam yan pago siha mismo ha atan tatte finapos niha ya ha taking another stab at forcing banks to pick up the cite a 1994 Federal Reserve Board report agradese i ayudo ni tanae' siha. Achogha tronkon hayo siiia ta dobla S&L tab. The banking industry now appears saying about 20 percent of larger banks.used pot para tana' tunas mientras gagaige gi halom maseta. Kuando resigned to paying $12 billion over 22 years. a method of calculating interest on checking menos i patgon ni gai titanos, sobla de siiia ta ayuda tumalon "This is something that we are getting stuck accounts that did not pay customers interest dumirihe aktibidatfia deste peligro esta i safo na chalan. with," Charlotte Birch of the American Bankers on their entire account balance. Association told our associate George Clifford -Some banks failed to disclose various Makat na katgo gumai obligasion komo saina. Doble mas este na REPUBLICAN PARTY ~i chinatsaga yangin guaha gi famaguon umu 'usa ti kombene na amot III. Birch likens the situation to being forced to fees. PRIMARY ELECTION pay for a neighbor's insurance premiums. As lawmakers grapple with the S&L issue bineno. Ayo na para hamyo ni famaguon ni ti umu 'usa amot pot NOVEMBER 9, 1996 But, she added, "we know how to read .the in the final days of the legislative session, para unprueba na echo tao tao hao, maulegfia un suhaye sa' taya' situation ... so we' re working with members to let they may be affected by more than just the Man A1nkosjy balifia i para unna' imbeninao sistemamo deste pago. Ayo metgot them know where bankers stand on the multitude merits of the opposing side's arguments. na sensian patgon i sifia hasuhaye peligro yan daiiosu na aktibidat of issues that are also wrapped up in this legisla­ Banks have always been big campaign con­ mangachofigfia. Ti bale un matufofig na paire gi un bisio na tion." tributors, and the current election cycle is no uothe foundation of our communities .. uttimofia ni para hago mismo dafioso yan tai mamauleg. In other words, consumers will ultimately get exception. Pedro P. Tenorio and Jesus R. Sablan are preserve our customs, and to strengthen Para i man soplu ginen este na problema, atetuye amano i sifia ya stuck with the bill. An analysis of Federal Election Commis­ New legislation being pushed by Republican pledged to expanding programs and family values. unna' satton hao gi responsablidatmo komo saina gi famaguonmo. sion records by the Center for Responsive Sens. Richard C. Shelby of Alabama and Connie Politics found that banking PACs have given Fanue' mauleg na ihemplo ya in fanue' hafa sustansian motmut services to ensure that our Man Amkos Mack of Florida resurrects much of the old bill. $5.3 million to candidates this election cycle, respeto gi un sudadano. Soluke sifia harespetan maisague' 'nai sifia Banks would still be forced to ante up to pay for more than the PACs of any other industry. live with dignity, respect and well being. Through their wisdom and inspiration, manrespeta otro sudadano. Nae' responablidatfia gi gima' pot para the cleanup. In exchange the bill offers major Our own review of records shows that the the Man Amkos will play a key role in u eyag gumai responsablidat petsonatmente. Fanue' hafa na concessions to the industry by rolling back con­ American Bankers Association PAC alone They are committed to improving health fostering harmony in our communities, presiso na u eyag gumai responsablidat morat. Fan hamyo para i sumer protections. Late last week it was still has forked over at least $844,850 to candi­ care services, to ensuring that the in instilling pride in our heritage, in Girna' Yuus an Damefigo komo familia. Fanague manmanaitai under debate. dates in the current cycle. BANKPAC gave at Medical Referral program is protected, promoting unity amidst our diversity, and kosake achogha' un dia sin hago ni saina, sifia ginen i tinayuyotfia· At the top of the hit-list are provisions that least $10,000 to 11 incumbent senators and at would take away consumers' right to sue their mangagao pot satbasioniia espirituat yan otro siha na nesesidat. least $5.000 to eight others. The largest re­ ,, and to expanding programs for our senior in building for all of us, a better quality of bank fornot proper! y disclosing information about cipient of this largess was Sen. Alfonse M. \, I mas maog' na irensia ni kada uno sifia hanae' famaguofia i citizens to share traditional skills, to help life. interest rates and fees. Without the threat of D' Amato, RN. Y., the chairman of the Senate fuetsan mauleg na edukasion. I edukasion patgon, pareho yan lawsuits, consumer groups say, some banks and Banking Committee who has received t mahatsan un guma ', untutuhon ginen i halige, sige hulo' esta i atof. other lending institutions are likely to ignore the $203,964 from the industry since the 1994 elec­ Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio ("Teno") Yangin ti fitme haligen ennao na guma ', pues guaha chinatsaga gi law. tions. BANKPAC also gave at least $5,000 to 40 Jesus Rosario Sablan ("Pepero") tiempo mona piot ya matto mattiempo. Estague' na rason na sumen Michelle Meier of the Consumers Union be­ House candidates, most of them incumbents. presiso na un atetuye hafa leksionfia ennao na patgon diaramente. lieves bank customers could lose· between If that all sounds like a lot of money, consider the ~~~ ""*: Dispues de ennao, na' guaha kualidat na tiempo para siha ginen $300 million and $600 million in interest source. Banks are looking at another year ofrecord payments each year if the threat of lawsuits hamyo ni dos saina Kayon mona i chalan 'nai siiia un 'kreansa ennao na profits. Commercial banks made $48.8 billion in 1)ote "A Better Quality Of Life." is erased. 1995, the fourth consecutive year of record earn­ ~ ** patgon tumufigo manrespeta, kumuentos gi liiiguahiiia, moratfia yan otro "If you' re going to take the teeth out of the ings. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance tradision yan kutturan natibo sa' ennao na manera 'nai siiia metgot na pisu law then you're going to see the law on the Corp., the higher profits are due in large part to * 'nai u tohge gi halom katma yan pagyo. Si Yuus Maase! books nominally, but increased interest and fee income. 6-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- OCTOBER 24, 1996 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7 Man in 'passport scam' freed PIO on Mitchell suit: 'Hypocritical' By Zaldy D!lndan plus since fiscal year 1995 and our He claimed that he met Verano at By Jojo Dass monies made by a third party who Migue1Demapan,incomingupwith sulate office. Variety News Staff projections see that surplus inc~t;aS­ the Ninoy Aquino International Air- . Variety News Staff also is a liar." his ruling on the case, argued that the Danilo Aguilar, legal counsel of THE GOVERNOR'S Public In­ ing." THE COURT yesterday set free a The passports were supposedly testimony from which the allegations the Department of Labor and Immi­ port as theY, were op the same flight to formation Officer Mark Broadhurst Broadhurst said if Aloot' s con­ Filipino accused of being a member used by Filipino jobseekers who wa,nt were based was made by a fellow gration filed charges of violation of the island last Oct 9. Upon arrival, he thinks it's a "little bit hypocritical." tract was not worth it, it would not ·. of a syndicate fabricating fake Euro­ to land a job in Japan through Saipan. Filipino who has earlier admitted is­ CNMI immigration laws against43- said, he assisted Verano, a first timer Maybe not even a little bit, but "a have been entered into. pean passports on grounds of ''testi- Superior Court Associate Judge suing lies before the Philippine Con- yearoldCresencioEscalaongrounds in the island, in filling up some immi­ lot." "Mr. Aloot is ( a) high caliber of sworn statements issued by Erwin gration papers. "It's very interesting that an at­ attorney. He has the expertise (and Verano, another Filipino recently Escala soon after flew to Japan torney like Mr. Mitchell would sud­ the) national and international ex­ nabbed in possession of a fake Bel­ where he was bound, then later came denly be so concerned about how posure." San Nicolas asks Finance again! gian passport at the airport. back on Oct 13 to meet a business­ much money other attorneys are Aloot, Broadhurst said, will now Verano, whowasenroutetoJapan, woman regarding the outfit he in­ being paid," Broadhurst yesterday be able to focus his time on issues 'What's the real deficit figure?'. · . in his sworn statement, alleged that it tends to put up. said, reacting to the taxpayers' suit the governor think is most impor­ was Scala who gave him the fake He was invited over for question­ filed Tuesday by Rep. Stanley T. tantand mostrelevanttotheCNMI. . to San Nicolas, is only a projected Tli'efollowing are among the ~rtand that he was s1:1pposed to ing uponarrival toSaipan ongrounds figure. · projects mentioned in the bill: . Torres. and lawyers Jeanne "He'sadamngoodattomey,and pay him back, in still undetermined of Verano' s allegations. Rayphand and Theodore Mitchell. his being on board in this capacity "I'm sure that there is an in- • $3 million for the Land A.(!: Mark Broadhurst Sebastian Afoot monetaryamount,oncehelandsajob "You based your charges on testi­ will do much not just for the gover­ crease, if not a decrease," he said. quisition Fund which would pay' in Japan. monies made by a liar T' Demapan, The three are asking the Superior his motive," Broadhurst said. (or) maybe there should be a cap on nor but for the CNMI." A handwritten note on the letter for the government's · ·Man.broke acq~i~: Verano, a native of Leyte in Cen­ referringto Verano'saffidavitadmit­ Court to invalidate Sebastian Asked for a comment, Mitchell what an attorney should get in the The lawsuit states that "theAloot states, "First request ·was done· tion of private land, instead of_ tral Philippines, according to papers tingthatheliedtoConsulateofficials, Aloot's $180,000 a year contract said he earned "every penny" he CNMI." contractisnotinthepublic interest, (on Oct. 3). Please respond!" the government exchanging into house, submitted before Demapan's sala, asked Aguilar shortly after &cal.a with the administration. was paid as MPL T legal counsel Some legislators, Broadhurst that there is nothing unique (or San Nicolas last Oct. 16 said · public lands for it. . ·.. , ?; ·:, also lied before Philippine Consulate took the witness stand. gets CD player Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio and from 1985 to 1995. said, are spending even more than even especially outstanding) about that his committee will wait for • Some $2 million for the ' officials who questioned him shortly Inthesaidaffidavit, Veranoadrnit­ Aloot were nan1ed defendants. Broadhurst, Mitchell said, should $180,000for"porkbarrelprojects." his qualifications or the services he the Department of Finance fig- · Northern Marianas Housing. upon arrival and detention in the is­ ted lying because "what! say doesn't By Jojo Dass Mitchell· himself, according to dispute his (Mitchell's) billiings to "They may have a point (that the will provide under the contract." ures on the deficit before acting Corp. · · · · s'.,.i ,> ' land. matter. I'm going home anyway." Variety News Staff Broadhurst, has for many years MPLT, "ifhe thinks he can do so." on an $8.4 million supplemental • $1.741 million' for. the Re:-. administration is wasting money) TheplaintiffsallegedthatAloot's Verano has already been deported .Aguilar argued that despite having TIMES they are achanging . been a contractor for at least one "Ifhe can't and ifhe continues to if the deficit the governor inherited rate of compensation is excessive; appropriations bill. tirement 'Fund. Th'e apptopria~ , backtothePhilippines.Hisarrestand been given the prospects of going A man broke into a house in The Senate legal counsel has tion would include money for governmentagency,theMarianas make these baseless accusations, I was getting larger, but it's not. It that the ·terms of payment are subsequentdeportation,accordingto home upon submission of testimo­ Dandan thorugh the front door Public Land Trust (MPLT). will sue him for libel." ' advised the committee that the the early retirement bsmuses, of looks like by 1998 the deficit may grossly unfair to the Common­ OOLI Secretary Thomas Sablan, has nies, Verano still implicated Escala, and took off with the owner's "I didn't hear him complaining bill is unconstitutional. Public School System teachers, Broadhurst said if Aloot' s con­ be erased completely. wealth; and that there was no inde­ bolstered claims the island is being the act, therefore, bolstering the pos­ $450 CD player, police reported when he raked in the bucks in that tract is to be looked into, "then let's "(Theyshouldrememberthatthis pendent legal review of the con­ Henry DLG. San Nicolas Steve Woodruff, in an Oct. 7 andthe$11,000earlyretirement used by illegal Filipino immigrants as sibility oftruth behind the allegations yesterday. position. And so (now) I question look into all attorneys' contracts, administration) has garnered a sur- tract memo, said that as the CNMI bonus of former representative a jump off point to Japan. made. Sgt. Franklin Babauta, police By Zaldy Dandan Constitution requires, no addi- Mametto U. Maratita. Escala, a French passport holder Demapan,ongiotindsof Aguilar's Public Infonnation Officer said Variety News Staff tional appropriations can be made · • $236,800 for the cost of of- who also is a native ofLeyte, denied failure to "convince the court" on the the victim was a 24 year old fe­ TWENTY-days after first rais­ until the remaining fiscal year fice rentals of the Tinian' s Verano's allegations under oath evidence presented against Escala, male. ing the question to the Depart­ 1994 deficit of some $20 million Mayor Office; the Tinian La- maintaining that he is a businessman moved to set the latter free. The victim, according to ment of Finance, Senate Fiscal is paid for. bor, Immigration, Commerce whohasbeenintheislandthricesince Escalawillnonethelessbesentback Babauta,leftherhouseat7: 15 am Affairs Committee Chair Henry The CNMI Constitution re- and Finance offices; the Saipan July checking on the possibility of tothePhilippinesongroundsoftech­ ensuring that all doors and win­ ICY SPEC'' DLG. San Nicolas is still ask- quires that a budget deficit should Mayor's Office; and the Offit:e setting up a door-to-door delivery . nically having been "excluded" or dows were locked . ing: . · be retired within two fiscal years. for Youth Affairs. ·· · outfitfortheFilipinocommunityhere. refused entry to the CNMI. She went home at 3: 15 only to "What's the actual balance of So we have to check first with • $200,00 for Tinian Hig~ find her front door lock broken revenues as of Sept. 30, 1996?" MCe if the 1994 deficit has School's collateral equipment. and her CD player missing. San Njcolas; in a letter yester­ t,ady been covered," San • $150,000 for Rota's road Aloot told to move out Babauta said only the player day to Finance Secretary Anto­ Nicolas said in an earlier inter- . paving, drainage and. building was reported missing by the vic­ nio R. Cabrera, said the Senate view. improvements. · tim. needs to know the exact figures Passedoveramonthagobythe • $250,000 for the Northern of gov't house by Oct 31 House of Representatives, House·. Marianas College gym. before acting on the $8.4 mil­ By laldy Dandan MODEL l=J•#•jl.f/!1 w/ (iff41]:Ji~I l ion supplemental appropria­ Bill 10-296 would appropriate the • $180,000 for the purchase of Madhatters. Vmiety News Staff Compact One Piece 22" Wide-Upright unexpended fiscal year 1996 rev-· ambulance and emergency res- tions bill. THE GOVERNOR'S special assis­ Ice Machine Ice Machine The $8.4 million, according enues totalling $8,429,800 cue vehicles. horror.night' tant for administration has already Produces up to 50 Lbs. of ice per day. Produces up to 330 Lbs. of ice per day. given Sebastian Aloot a "notice of SA.11' AN International School Quality Constructed, Smartly Styled, 320 pound storage capacitlj. eviction." a non-profit corporation, if, Refrigerant. Reg. $3,995.00 Vicente T. Attao, in a letter Mon­ holding its 3rd Annual· Reg. $1,995.00 · day to Aloot, "requested" the former Madhatter's Horror Night ori acting attorney geneal to vacate by Sunday November 3, 9 p.m. at . NOWS} ,71J5!Hl ~ Oct 31 the goverrunent house Aloot Gilligan'sintheHyattRegency,!. 1 is cwrently residing irt .Great ·door prizes, loads of ~ ~, I MODEL ll;l•H!~t.;I Attao said that under Aloot' s con­ fun and prizes to be awarded to , ~ Compact One Piece loiist tract, the CNMI is not obligated to t.:., ..:, the best "hat." provide fringe benefits or any other ·. Liveentertainmentandanin~. Ice Machine .: I'! employee benefits, including hous­ . temational cuisine extrav11~ Produces up to 115 Lbs. of ice per day. :) ing. Vicente T. Attao ( ganza by several of the leading Ice storage bin, Ice thickness control, i 1.iET l!iil.iANB FliEJR.l!iiT ttEl.iP Afterthe Variety broke the news on island chefs are also planned. Air circulation. YEJll !iiELiE~T TttE PER.FE~T Aloot's contract Monday, a number Attao) is on top of these things. He Tickets are available by call­ Reg. $2,495.00 should have notified Aloot (by now) of people have called up our office to ing Saipan International School V that he can never stay there. (He . NOW s2,2:Ja!!i! "complain" that the former acting at 288-9660 or Power 99 at ,:-~·~~·~~~r~.!ll!"J'.,,..:::!1:::;;:·,·· - . attorney general is still residing in a should) give them reasonable time to 235-7996. house provided by the government leave but they have to move out" MODEL 1:1114'51,f/~1 But Aloot, in an interview, denied Aloot has been hired by Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio as a part-time Under Counter Model Under Counter Model • Sill.ii-\ FbEJWERSi that he will continue to stay in a house / St.Jude; legal counsel. His contract states that provided by the government despite f ;1 Produces up to 160 Lbs. of ice per day. H Produces up to 260 Lbs. of ice per day. · GEJREJN:A leaving the Attorney General's Of­ he will receive $180,CXXJ, or about •· Compact self contained uni1. '.:, Ideal for behind-the-bar placement three times his salary as acting attor­ fiesta fice over a month ago. :1 Reg. $3,795.00 f1. ~ Reg. $3,595.00 ; :).~~~~j~:,, The former acting attorney general ney general. THEPARISHIONERSofSaintJude said he will move out, soon. The contract, a copy of which was i;.;···. Church and extend an invitation to l. ' NOW NOW · 6REJUNB SPR:A Y "I'm packing up now (as) I'm try­ obtained by the Variety, provides that the General Public for the annual ~~ s2,Ha()!!il i] t ·.. ,•.. ' s:J,55()00 ing to get out by the end of this 20 percent ofthe amount, or $36,CXXJ, Patron Saint Novena starting Octo­ 1 • l:REJSS -A.NB HEMP AMAN6EMENI1 it.rnmMa~~~;R~~~y;· 3 Y;~RS ,@mK;;~,sJ:, .,~;~, ..... ·. .. . month," Aloot said. ispayableuponexecutionoftheagree­ ~~~T~/L~~·~~::R~::~ Larger ber 18, 1996 and ending on October • FRESH Fli19WERS :ARR:AN6EMENT "You can't leave the government ment plus the first of the $12,CXX) I 26, 1996. 5 YEARS/LABOR ON Evaporators Models and keep those benefits. That would monthly payments-for a total f The Novena will start at.5:30 p.m. on 5 YEARS PARTS/3 YEARS LABOR ON Compressors Available be wrong." upfront pay of$48,CXXJ. Wednesday & Thursday and 6:00 STEJRE ttElllRS: I 2nd Floor Acting Gov. Jesus C. Borja has Under his new contract, Alootonly p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, needs to render I 00 hours of profes­ MElNB:A. Y THRtl SllNEl-AY Beach Road, Chalan Kanoa said Aloot should move out of the Saturday and Sunday. ------·-- sional services each month. Beyond Authorized Distributor 9 :fll:l-AM TEJ B:l:ll:JPM government house. On the day of Fiesta, October 26, "His wife, I've heard, is also no that, he is to be paid $150 per hour. 1996, the Novena will start at 8:30 Next to Flash Photo, Chalan Lau Lau TEb. 236 Hll:l I longer working for the goverrunent," In addition to his consultancy fees, am. fQllowed by Mass and Proces­ Borja said. thegovernmentwillreimburseAloot sion. Lunch will be served immedi­ Tel. 235-5572/74 • Fax: 235-5573 "I hope the governor's special as­ for all costs and expenses he incurs in ately. Again, everyone is invited to sistant for administration (Vicente providing his professional services. join us celebrate our Patron Siant REFRIGERATION• HOTEL• AIR CONDITIONING• RESTAURANT SUPPLIES Novena and Fiesta. JI -- .

8-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- OCTOBER 24, 1996 i THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VI.EWS-9 Panel seeks literacy awareness Inos argument on squatter case hit By Rick Alberto their literacy. well as he should. Often this Saipan aimed precisely to them to part1c1pate in a re­ claim, if any, is wholly unrelated to policy is and must be toenforceCom­ policy, DPLdirected the trespassers to Variety News Staff It was pointed out in the adult develops a low self-es­ reach out to these adults and newed activity to improve policy subordinates,such as the Mayor this lawsuit," Clifford said roonwealthlaw. Nobody.not even the vacate public land. · meeting, held at the Northern teem. "draw them out of the shells their literacy. They must be of Rota," Oifford said. A CITIZENS' committee on The government lawyer contended Mayor of Rota, has the authority to "It was a law enforcement action. It literacy yesterday discussed Marianas College, that the The committe' s chair, busi­ they have built around thern­ made to realize that it is not a that any local control issue would only The government sued six Rota resi­ serve out public land according to his was not the administration of a public dents for trespassing and breach of ways on how to approach average adult feels inferior nessman Anthony Pellegrino, sel ves." shame to be a -slow reader or needlessly bog down and complicate fancy," said Clifford service," he said. the simple lawsuit with complex con­ contract, targetted adults and improve when he or she cannot read as presented a literacy project for "We must somehow invite have low comprehension, but Prior to the AGO' s· decision to file 'The ultimate power to have this that it is a lifetime of shame if stitutional issues. !nos along with Sen. Ricardo S. suit, he said thismatterwasbandled by matter investigated and then to decide they do not attempt to better 'This is a trespass lawsuit Defen­ Atalig, Rep. Vicente M. Atalig and the Division of Public Lands. the trespassers would have to go prop­ themselves," Pellegrino said. dants remain on public land in open former Lt. Gov. Benjamin T. Clifford said in accordance with erly rests with the chief executive, the Activities planned for Int'l Coral Reef Year The Saipan Literacy Project, defianceofCommonwealthlaw. They Manglona expressed sympathy with . . Corrunonwealth law and government Governor, and not with any of his . according to him, will try to have no lease. They are .no home­ the six residents. Furey of the Coastal Resources cash awards. 1997 CNMI telephone By Rick Alberto create an awareness of the im­ steaders. They are not even of NMI Variety News Staff' Management College and high school slu­ directory's Yellow Pages. portance of a higher level of descent," he said. THE committee preparing for The exhibit would be portable dents would also be invited to Sixteen-year-old Marlie· Ii teracy for parents and their Clifford explained that the AGO the celebration of the 1997 and include photographs and post­ · write articles on important coral Rankin, a work study student, PRE-HOLi DA~ children. brought the suit on behalf of the Com­ international Year of Coral ers, artwork, dead coral speci­ . reef species, which hew to key developed the ad in collabora­ Among the suggested monwealth government pursuant to Reef in the CNMI has planned. mens, and reef-building organ­ message "Coral Reefs: Their tion with the CRM. projects are neighborhood Joseph S. /nos AGO's constitutional mandate to en­ a lineup of acti~ities, i1wlud­ isms. Health, Our Future." The ad ·contains several key force law and to government policy of visitations to conduct reading ing a library exhibit that will The steering committee will Other planned activities include Il).essages developed at the Fiji enforcing the law. sessions in various villages also sponsor a reef cleanup drive, mural painting of public build­ Year of the Coral RC(!f working By Ferdie de la Torre "Everybody in the Commonwealth kick off the year. and establishing an adufthigh The exhibit, to be mounted which should enhance public ings, bus shelters, and trash cans; sessions. Variety News Staft government understands this with one school for school dropouts. in the Joet_en-Kiyu Public Li­ awareness of the value of reefs, video tape presentations; essay­ The messages include: "Pol­ ASSISTANT Atty. Gen. Thomas E. exception, the Mayor of Rota Even Pellegrino and committee brary, would highlight the eco­ especially to divers. writing contest; and reef cleanup lution kills our coral reefs" and CliffordsaidRotaMayor Josephlnos' the Resident Department Head, who members agree that the big­ logicalimportanceofcoral reefs, Groups and individuals who drive. "Taking too much from the reef local control claim in thelawsuitagainst was apparently misled into interven­ gest problem to hurdle is how according to the committee, collect the most trash from un­ The CRM, meanwhile, will today steals from our children's six alleged "squatters" on Rota is un­ ing in this suit, has since demanded to reach out to the targetted which is headed by John derwater sites would receive place a full-page color ad in the future.'' related to the case. that intervenor's caused withdraw his adults and sustaining their in­ In theCNMigovemment' s opposi­ name," he said. terest. tion to Inos' motion to intervene in the Clifford stressed that the suit has . lawsuit, Clifford said !nos has no inc nothing to do with how much local terest in the suitotherthan the enforce­ control !nos should have over public Governor ment of Commonwealth law. services on Rota invites PROC 'That interest is adequately repre­ 'This is a law enforcement matter. CASH consulate· · ·. sented by applicant's local control The Commonwealth government's PURCHASE ONLY By Mar-Vic C. Munar CUC issues tips on Look for other in-store specials Variety News Staff ·AT - THE CHIN A's Premier Li Peng and all November long_ it Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio have how to save energy DISCOTHEQUE discussed the possibility of opening a China consulate By Rick Alberto kwh; a hairdryer 4 kwh; a 15 cu ft. office on Saipan, Variety News Staff frostlessrefrigerator 153kwh; an oven government's spokesperson ''We can help you save money!" 22 kwh; an iron 13 J...'Wh; a washing Mark Broadhurst disclosed So says the Commonwealth Utili­ machine 9 kwh; and a toaster 3 kwh. The primer also informs conswners yesterday. ties Corp. The CUC primer, entitled "Save," how much kwh an air-conditioning Tenorio and other members offers practical tips for saving on appli­ Wlit with different BTUs uses each GN!20 " of the entourage arrived yes­ hour. a1'1!. s" mueli m"1'1!. I.Iran a liaiJwa,e sl.tJJII!.. w ance energy costs and other informa­ "'7.J,.,Hf terday from a two-week Asian tion like how much energy a household For instance, a 24-BTU air condi­ tioner uses 7 .2 kwh per hour and an P.O. BOX 331, SAIPAN, MP 96950 trip. consumes on the average monthly for PHONE: (670) 234-6609; 7666; 8779 Broadhurst said it was each appliance. 18,000-BTU unit uses 5.27 kwh each FAX: (670) 234-8720 hour. Tenorio who had raised the For example, the cue advises that idea of putting up a consulate one should cook several dishes in the oven atone time and not open and close office for the Chinese commu­ the refrigerator repeatedly. ... with the Miller Thriller Monster Squad nity in the CNMI. Anddon'tyouknowthatwheniron­ FHP Saipan is pleased to host guest speaker "Both sides agreed that it was a ing fabrics you should start with those and the Power 99 Phantoms!!-! good idea," Broadhurst said,"but that require a low-temperature setting future possibility of that occur­ and work up to higher settings? ring will depend on diplomatic The cue advises further that you Mary Clare Nadolny, Registered Dietitian Thursday, October 31st, 9:00 PM shouldthinkofyourhomelikearefiig­ negotiations betweenChineseand erator. The CUC refers to air-condi­ COVER CHARGE: $15.00 WITH A COSTUME the US governments." tioned quarters. DIABETES MANAGEMENT {INCLUDES 5 DRINK COUPONS} Broadhurst said the Chinese If it is tightly sealed, it says. the air CHOLESTEROL CONTROL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1996 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 7996 $20.00 WITHOUT A COSTUME population in the CNMI is close conditioner will "run as much trying to to 9,000. main~ the comfort level of your 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (INCLUDES 7 DRINK COUPONS) Broadhurst said apart from the home. proposal to open a consulate of­ All windows and doors, the cue FHP Medical Center - Main Lobby Get ready to party with Frankie1 primer states, shoudl be checked for fice on Saipan, the two govern­ leaks to reduce wann air from entering Miz Fang and The Mummy. f1D{'i5T~SQLJflrJ ment heads also discussed labor the house, since the more warm air and crime issues affecting Chi­ there is, the more the air conditioner is Fantastic Games and Prizes. nese citizens in the CNMI. · put to run. • Frankie's Nut and Bolt & Mix and Match Broadhurst said the CNMI gov­ Some people leave the lights on in • The Mummy Donceathon ernment is also optimistic of get­ the house when they go to work but ting a part of mainland China's can't be home WJtil nighttime. • Miz Fang's Booty Button Stickathon These people can save a lot by in­ tourism market especially if pians • Costume Contest for the Scariest & Sexiest stalling an auto tirneron their lights, the to open direct flights between CUC says. Total cash prize of $450 for Costume Cqntests Saipan and China materialize. Not putting on the lights to save on TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR DIABETES & CHOLESTEROL one's electrical bill, on the other hand, I risks the security ofthe house when it is THROUGH PROPER DIET, EXERCISE AND CARE. \· left unlighted at night WJtil one gets backhome. 'r Open to the general public. I Thus, the CUC says, an auto timer saves electricity and provides secwity For more information contact our Medical Receptionist at 235-0998. whenyouaren'thomeatthesametirne. l The CUC charges residential cus­ I tomers 11 centsperkilowatt-hour,com­ mercial customers 16 cents per kwh; I and government facilities 20 cents per i kwh. l=MP® ,.l,• The primer lists selected appliances ! and their corresponding average kwh HEALTH CARE ~;' per month. A window fan, for example, uses up Your health partner. For Life .... I.D. check at the door: 60 kwh monthly; a 19" color TV, 17 1 • • • • • • • , J I J , f \ • ' ', , , ~ , 1 "\ I I'" t I ,' ' , . , - • I I ' • ' • • ~ • ., •

~1~0~-M~A~R~I~AN~A~S_'._V~A~R~IE~T~Y~N~E:'...:W..'...'S,._A~N'-"D~V~IE:'...:W..'...'SC'.__-~TH~U':'._R~S~D::..:A-.:.:Y:....-_:cO:.:c:C:...:T..:::O~B.:::.ER=24..:c..~19:...:9--=-6------~--- ______------"----'--'-'--'---'-THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 Vanuatu probes role of Should president win 2nd term Chief Justice declared deputy PM in bank scam Who'll be in Clinton cabinet? WELLINGTON, New Zealand public of Vanuatu." return for the bank guarantees. sistant secretary of State Richard undesirable immigrant (AP) - The Vanuatu Ombudsman's Ombudsman Marie-Noelle She said the nation could be bank­ Holbrooke, United Nations ambas­ office on Wednesday accused the Ferrieux-Patterson released a report rupted if they were all called in at sador Madeleine Albright, former Port Villa (PNS)- Vanuatu' s taken against Vaµdin d'lmecourt deputy prime minister of breaking in July alleging Sope, then-Prime once.- Democratic Sen. George Mitchell -.-:, 1./·· ~:. :~/ .I I". sacked chief justice, Charles between Tuesday and Wednes­ the law by l!ying to obtain docu­ Minister MaximeCarlotKormanand An Australian financial consultant - now a Clinton envoy to Ireland - ·.. Vaudin D'Imecourt, hs been de­ day morning when the court hears ments crucial to a US $ 100 million others had been duped into signing charged in connection with the affair . - and Deputy Secretary of State ;' ' . clared an "undesirable immi­ an application by the fonner chief bank scam from Scotland Yard. letters of guarantee allegedly to has denied that it was fraudulent He Strobe Talbott, a longtime Clinton ,/« grant" by the Vanuatu govern­ justice against his deportation. The Ombudsman's office said be used in a massive fraud. is awaiting trial in Vanuatu. friend...... ment. . The deportation order was Deputy Prime Minister Barak Sope She called for the reprimand of Sope said Wednesday that Senior aides said the president He was issued· the declaration secretly trie.d to convince British po­ the prime minister, and dismissal Ferrieux-Patterson had been con­ served by the minister for foreign might tum to former Gen. Colin ,s, notice Tuesday by the foreign af­ lice to release letters of of the Reserve Bank governor, affairs, Willie Jimmy, giving 10 guarantee ducting a personal campaign Powell or Sen. Richard Lugar, an . fairs minister, Willie Jimmy, worth a total US $ million in an the finance minister and the fi- against him and "one or two oth­ Vaudin d'Imecourt two hours to I 00 Indiana Republican, in a show of Tuesday, Radio Vanuatu reported. leave Vanuatu. attempt to thwart criminal investiga- nance secretary. ers" and had gone beyond her bipartisanship. The notice came despite a court The Vanuatu Supreme Court is tions. Parliament ousted Korman in responsibilities. The most interesting personnel ruling Tuesday that no action be today hearing the application. Scotland Yard's fraud squad has September on a no-confidence vote. "We've (those who signed the moves could take place outside the l been investigati.1g the letters. It re­ Ferrieux-Patterson said the letters letters) received advice there is Cabinet. Chief ofstaff Leon Panetta Bill Clinton Warren Christopher William Perry fused Sope' s request of Oct 2, say­ of guarantee, which amount to gov­ nothing wrong with the documents. is expected to leave Washington Robert Rubin ing only Vanuatu' s attorney general ernment backed IOUs, had been She hasn't proved any one_ of her Teachers~ ·strike may· By ROBERT BURNS and run for governorof California. expected to leave, although his aides hadthepowertoaskforreleaseofthe signed for a total o fU S $ I 00 million, allegations," Sepe said At Health and Human Services, unclear whether he wants to stay. If WASHL'JGTON (AP) - If Elec­ Key Clinton adviser George insisthehasnotmadeplans.Hecame documents. which is double the South Pacific The Ombudsman's office has said Shalala strongly urged Clinton to he goes, West Virginia's Gov. tion Day goes his way, President Stephanopoulos will definitely under fire for proclaiming ValuJeta affect annual exams A report issued Wednesday by the island state's budget. the attorney general had advised that reject the welfare reform bill but Gaston Caperton has the inside Clinton will face a winner's choice: leave for greener pastures, perhaps safe airline following its crash last SUVA (PNS)-A planned national association, had reached a stalement Ombudsman said Sope acted with­ She said it appeared the country's the transactions were illegal. earned political points by standing track. to tinker with his Cabinet or rebuild in the entertainment business. May in the Florida Everglades, only strike by more than 6,600 teachers in and the strike action is the Iastreso= out the know ledge or authorization leaders had been "duped" into believ­ Vanuatu gained independence by him after Clinton signed it. Interior's Babbitt wants to stay Fiji next month may affect the annual left to push for their claims. it from scratch. · Bowles, a North Carolina busi­ to have to ground the carrier a month of his government and had chosen ing agroup of "promoters" and "in­ from joint British and French rule in Education's Richard Riley has to position himself for a Supreme school examinations. . The other public sector unions are Indications ai:e that several Cabi­ nessman who headed Clinton's de­ later when maintenance problems "deliberately and forcefully to en­ vestmentmanagers"would beableto 1980. It has about 170,000 residents won Clinton's public praise but it is Court seat. Early indications from secret bal­ the Fiji Public Service Association, net members, including Secretary bate preparation team, is the front­ came to light lots beingconducted throughout the Fiji Nursing As.sociation, Ftji Teach­ tirely disregard the laws of the Re- secure vast profits for Vanuam in on 83 Pacific islands. of State Warren Christopher and runner to replace Panetta. Deputy The front-runner to replace him: country show that teachers wi!J be ers Union and Public Employ~ Defense Secretary William Perry, chief of staff Harold Ickes may be backing strike action to coincide Union. Chicago's Bill Daley, brother of would leave. Among the few gocd with the exams, the Fiji Times The Fijian Teachers Association considered after heading Clinton's Mayor Richard M. Daley and a reported and the Fiji Teachers Union are con­ PNG minister declared bankrupt bets to stay in a second Clinton term political effort. Democratic activist who was slot­ Fijian Teachers Association ducting national secret ballots in an PORTMORFBBY (PNS) · Papua Alotau. that the worx of many leaders will are Treasury Secretary Robert Inside the Cabinet: ted for the job in 1992 until Clinton Secretary Ted Young said teach­ efforttoseekamandateon what course New Guinea's National Court has This resulted in the money ending continue to be seriously hampered by Rubin, Interior Secretary Bruce Attorney General Janet Reno said decided to fill it with a minority. ers in smaller schools have fiu­ of action to take againstPSC'srefusal GENERATE declared the fisheries minister, Titus up in the finance office instead of tl1e the rigid and insensitive manner in BabbittandHealthandHumanSer­ a few weeks ago she would like to Energy Secretary Hazel ishedcastingvotes and results were to meet their claims. Philimon,bankrupt. Philimon owed bank as it should have. which the law is applied. vices Secretary Donna Shalala. stay. Her doctors say her mild case of O'Leary has embarrassed the slowly trickling in. Theclaimsincludepaymentof1996 Few officials will offer even the Parkinson' sdisease is not an obstacle He said talks between the Public increments, negotiations on job re­ the Papua New Guinea Banking Meanwhile, Philirnon has voiced Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan White House with miscues in ac­ Service Commission and five other view issues, 1996 log of claims and Corporation just under 40 thou­ regret over his bankrupt declaration. says he would stand by the minister broadest hint of their intention in to her continuing in the post. counting for foreign travel ex­ GREATER public sector unions, including the changes to 1991 labor laws. sand US dollars plus interest, he says while he respects the due and give him whatever support re­ these politically sensitive two weeks Mickey Kantor, who took over as penses. She's gone. Rep. Bill RNZI reports. process of the law he was concerned quires to exonerate him. before the election. Commerce secretary after Ron Brown Richardson of New Mexico is a Philimon told the Post-Courier "The president is very clear on was kille.d in a plane crash last April, White House dream pick, but his FSM names population policy exec this with all of us," presidential PROFITS! the debt arose from an arrange­ wants to be attorney general or White semi formal negotiations in Burma PALIKIR, Pohnpei-FSM Vice recommendations from the 1994 ment in which he had guaranteed Air Nauru to hike fares press secretary Mike McCurry told House chief of staff. His best bet: and North Korea "allows him to President Jacob Nena has designated world population conference in Cairo the purchase of a boat, MV reporters recently. "Anyone who Hope Reno leaves. Clinton pal Mack shoot higher," a senior official Health Services Secretary Eliuel K. where the FSM participated and Yelengili, for I,js electorate some­ TARAWA (PNS)- Air Nauru on top of the current 144 dol­ comes to· him and starts talking McLarty could replace Kantor. said. Pretrick as FSM Population Policy agreed on the finding that the times in 1993. has announced it will increase lars ($US 115) for the Tarawa about a second term ... the president Perry, who move.d up from the Labor's Robert Reich is an old coordinator and directed him to begin world's population need to be con­ He says a cheque was raised in airfares and freight costs by Nauru one-way route. will lake a very dim view of that." deputy secretruy post at the Pentagon Clinton pal who is considered ef­ formulating a policy proposal forcon­ trolled and monitored. Nena stated favor of the department of fi­ up to 50 percent in most cases The airline has also an­ Yet Clinton has asked deputy after Les Aspin resigned in January fective, but officials expect him sideration and adoption by the na­ the FSM has a high rate of popu­ nance office in Alotau instead of from this Sunday, October 27. nounced it will not have First White House chief of staff Evelyn 1994, has led associates to believe he to return home to Boston. Laura POP CORN NACHOS tional government. lation growth,andthatithasbecome the PNG Banking Corporation in It has also announced Class travel on its flights but Lieberman to quietly begin work would return home to California after. D' Andrea Tyson, national econom­ MACHINES MACHINES The effort is consistent with the a major concern. changes to its seating arrange­ will maintain its business and on his transition. She is getting help this year. ics adviser, has been mentioned as a ments on flights and a new economy class divisions. from her predecessor, Erskine But when pressed by reporters re­ replacement, though her current job P1J)Q[l1 flight schedule - all effective From Sunday also, a new Bowles, and Washington lobbyist cently, he saidhehadnotfullyconsid­ may carry more weight She would . from the same date, Radio flight schedule will come into Vernon Jordan. ered whether he would stay. Perry love to be Treasury secretruy, but ··e··~=-. Kiritiati reports. force and inbound flights to It is not unusual for a second­ took a lot of heat from Congress for Clinton will stick with Rubin as long KYOTO F~--ttii The changes in the airfares Tarawa will be on Wednesday term president to ask for resigna­ the terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia as the millionaire will stick around. ~- .- . ' ·;;T:.; : will mean an increase of 72 from Fiji and from Nauru on tion letters from every Cabinet that killed 19 American airmen, but is Housing Secretary Henry ·MART Australian dollars ($US57) Saturdays. member as a formality to give him generally viewed as a steady hand Cisneros apparently wants to re­ a clean slate. CIA Director John Deutch is turn to his native Texas. He is un­ SAN ROQUE Christopher, who turns 71 this widely believe.d to covet Perry's job. der investigation by an indepen­ month and is the oldest Cabinet He was the deputy Defense secretruy dent counsel for a possible con­ member, is widely expected to before he replaced James Woolsey at spiracy with his former mistress to POPCORN, BAGS, CONES, NACHO CHIPS, CHEESE, leave. Who would replace him? the CIA in 1995. conceal from the FBI details of his FLAV.ORINGS, GLAZE POPS. BOWLS, TRAYS. POOL TOURNAMENT Speculation includes former as- Transportation's Frederico Pena is payments to her. ~ HOT DOG COTTON CANDY Thursday, October 24 • 8:00 PM For four Kind S 1pport !MJMC~Hfl\lJfES !fu"JA

Ask for Mira, Juvy, Miss Huang, and Kristina Tol.:(670) 235-5572/5574 Lccation: Middle Rd , Chalan Laulau •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Fax:(670) 235-5573 Next to Flash Folo ·~ I ; ~· • \' ' I \.

Jr ~ $"""'w ~

'·. T - '. ·1' • ,. •~ '• I I • ... ' , ', .'\ , • 1 I 1 ~ ' I .· .·. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-13

t

' t,;;'.,:: '

,. I.t"5

·• ' l

g..:.....,,.,.~"~. }:·{:.

·.-.,II', .... ~.,;,

All around Saipan, people are taking a shot in the mug , .• ,.A.:-.'--;_~ for the Bud Light Freeze {1:J-J.·)"f).. "{:er -.1~1'-,J ,-, Frame. You can too. Just keep an eye out for our Freeze Frame camera crew, tell them you love Bud Light, and show your best beer mug. Your mug could end up in a print ad like this one. So freeze Saipanl And make it a Bud Light.

We will be at... Island Gard.en Thursd.ey, October 24, 1996 from 8pm

We will be at... We will be at... Remington Club Oleai Beach Bar & Grill Frid.ey, October 25,1996 Wednesd.ey, October 30,1996 from 8 pm from8pm

October 18 - November 9, 1996 - ) ·, ', · • ~ :' - , : , ' •. ·, - l ' ' '. • .-' ,·· I __ · _ • ', • 1 . •. 1 ', ' ' · , _ , • • r • • • • , • , , , . J • : .14,MARIANAS .VARIETY. NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- OCTOBER 24, 1996 .. · · THURSDAY, -OCTOBER 24, ·19°96 ~MA.RIAN AS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15 Ex-communists lose in elections Closer India-Russia defense ties By BURTON FRIERSON Party, made up of ex-Communists Povilas Gylys, a member of the dt;­ say on the makeup of a new govern­ to have the reforms that have started By RANJAN ROY 75-minute meeting with Gen: Igor Wednesday. News reports said his likely to figure in the talks, the offi­ India stepped up efforts to buy Vll.Jffl.JS,Lithuania (AP)-The ex­ who have governed since 1992, won feated LDDP. ment already," the former prime minister NEW DELIIl, India-Top Indian Rodionov, the visiting Russian de­ talks with Yadav could include pos­ cials-will discuss ways of improving new weaponry last year after the U.S. Communists governing this Baltic state just under 10 percent and took 11 'The social costs of reform were Gediminas Vagnorius, the Conser­ said and Russian defense officials met fense minister. sible cooperation on manufacturing defense cooperation, diplomats Congress opened the way for Paki­ were trounced by a 3-to-1 margin by a seats. high and that raised dissatisfaction." vatives' candidate for prime minister, "Andtheyvotedforusbecausethey . Tuesday to discuss reopening.a sup­ New Delhi also is keeping its de­ submarines. say. stan to take delivery of nearly dlrs400 right-wing party in election results The elections filled only 70 parlia­ Landsbergis, who has already won said Lithuanians' interest in reforms saw this (recent policy) was not the ply channel that collapsed along with fense links with the Westopen. Many U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Rodionov' s visit comes as In­ million in missiles, aircraft parts and Tuesday .1be vote reflected voter dis­ mentary seats, and the remaining 71 a seat, is expected to be chosen chair­ was the reason for his party's victory. right way (or refolJTIS." Voter n.unout the Communist regime. Western arms manufacturers are still FranklinKrameralsoanive Wednes­ dia is on the verge of concluding other equipment that Pakistan paid content with oonuption and the slow will be contested_ in the Nov. W man ofparliament, which has the final 'Thevotersdecidedthattheywanted was 54 percenl "Ourtiesarestrong. Wewillmake hoping for Indian contracts. day for 2-day talks on strategy and deals for40 Sukhoj:30 warplanes. for prior to a 1990 ban on U.S. sales pace of eoonomic development runoff. it stronger," said India' sdefensemin­ German Defense Minister Volker security issues with Indian defense The deal is reportedly worth 70 because of Pakistan's nuclear pro­ The Conservative Party, led by The Conservatives will have the ister, Mulayam Singh Yadav after a Ruhe arrives for a three-day visit officials. Although arms sales are not billion rupees ($ 2.05 billion). gram. Vytautas Landsbergis, a hero of most candidates and appear likely Croat presidency member says Yadav did not say if the Sukhoi After the former Soviet Union dis­ Lithuania's 1991 independence to build on their advantage. deal had been signed or give de- · integrated in 1991, Moscow, India's struggle, is virtually certain to be the Andrius Kubilius, the current Pakistan warns Afghanistan to tails about negotiations on other main arms supplier, was unable to dominant party following runoff elec­ head of the Conservatives in par­ municipal vote to be postponed military hardware, including air­ meet demand. India turned to the tions Nov. 10. liament, said his party's strong craft carriers and submarines. West, but found that would mean an The runoff is meant to fill parlia­ showing was based on its promise By SRECKO LATAL conditions exist for fair and solid between the Muslim-Croat fed­ break up if fighting continues· Rodionov arrived in New Delhi expensive change of weapons sys­ mentaryseatsnotcaptured in Sunday's to end corruption and speed up SARAJEVO,Bosnia-Henegovirta municipal elections." eration and Bosnian Serbs. In some Monday on what is his first over­ tems from those made for Warsaw "It is now certain that the mu­ By KATHY GANNON Babaar said he would like to see a and the ore to oversee the cease-fire polling. economic reforms. (AP) - Nationwide municipal elec­ areas, like in Sarajevo, the lines seas tour since he was appointed pact annies to those designed for nicipal elections will· be post­ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Af­ cease-fire agreement between Dostum agreement, . However, 1he Conservatives are Landsbergis helped lead tions will be postponed again because cut across residential districts. by President Boris Yeltsin inJ uly. NATO forces. conditions aren't right for a fair vote, poned," he said. The municipal vote was to have ter days of crisscrossing neighboring and the Taliban signed in a matter of· Once a cease-fire is in place, Babaar: unlikely to have an outright majority Lithuania to independence during He returns to Moscow W ednes­ Almost all India's tanks and artil­ says the Croat member of Bosnia's Zubak said he expected the an­ taken place alongside elections to Afghanistan in search of a c.ease~fire, days. said a commission from both sides of and will probably have to form a the 1991 breakup of the Soviet three-man presidency. nouncement to be made later Tues­ the three-man presidency on Sept. Pakistan's Interior Minister Nasrullah However, the two ·sides still. are the conflict would sit toge!her to dis­ day. leryareeithermadeordesignedin the coalitionwithatleastoneandpossibly Union, but the economic turmoil Local elections were rescheduled day by Robert Frowick, the head 14. It was put off mostly because Babaar warned Tuesday that a pro­ haggling over a prisoner exchange, the cuss prisoner exchanges, the establish­ Defense experts.say Sukhoi- former Soviet Union. two other centrist parties. that ensued led voters to return the, in September for Nov. 23-24 after in Bosnia of the trans-Atlantic Or­ of international concern that the tracted warwould surely splitAfghani­ makeup ofa commission to oversee the ment of a government and the style of 30 warplanes would be India's The air forre has French and Brit­ The Conservatives won just under fonnerCommuniststopowerin.1992. Bosnian Serbs, and to some extent ganization for Security and Coop­ vote might not be free and fair. stan along ethnic lines. cease fire and the role of the United government answer to F-16 and Mirage-2000 ish fighter jets, but depends on the 30percentofSunday' s vote to capture All the parties campaigned on plat­ Bosnia's other ethnic factions, eration in Europe, which is over­ But with the rules modified to ''It's areal wony,"he told reporters Nations and the Organization of Is­ The Taliban movement, begun by former Islamic seminarians, has been fighters in the arsenal of Pakistan, huge fleet of MiG fighters and 3 2 seats in the 141-member parlia­ forms of eoonomic refonn, but many flooded voter rolls with their sup­ seeing the vote.- prevent vote-stacking, Biljana in the federal capital. "We in Paki­ lamic Conference. with the stalemate in cease-fire talks. uncompromising on its version of Is­ India's neighbor and rival. The two Antonov and Ilyushin transporters ment Lithuanians said the economic situa­ porters in an effort to cement their The postponement would be "in Plavsic, the president of the Serb stan·wm face the repercussions of a divided Afghanistan in perpetuity." Babaarsaidhe wants both the U.N. lam. countries have fought three wars. and Mi-series helicopters. The centrist Christian Democratic tion has worsened and they also were hold on key towns. the common interest" for some half of Bosnia, has expressed op­ open issues to be resolved, such as Pakistan is accused of suppo,:t­ Party, a likely coalition partner, fin­ concerned about crime and. corrup­ Kresimir Zubak, the Croat presi­ position to staging the elections. municipalities divided by the Dayton ing the Taliban. Babaar has been a ished second, with 10 percent of the tion. dency member, told Croatian state In Washington, Secretary of television late Monday that the peace accord, Zubak said State Warren Christopher said strident supporter of the Islamic vote and 11 seats. "I think we still live in a time of vote would be postponed again Underthe 1995 accord, Bosnia is Monday that no decision had yet movement, but Pakistan denies giv­ The Lithuanian Democratic Labor transition," said Foreign Minister because "all sides think that no divided in about two equal halves been made on whether to go ahead ing any military or monetary· sup­ port to the Taliban. with local elections. OSCEspokes­ Two-thirds of Afghanistan, in­ man David Foley said Tuesday . eluding the war-shattered capital there had been no postponement of Kabul, is run by Taliban men, yet. most of whom are ethnic Pashtuns, John Kornblum, U.S. special en­ like most people in Afghanistan. voy to Bosnia, was to travel to The only other major force in the Banja Luka Tuesday to meet with country is commanded by northern Plavsic, State Department spokes­ warlord Gen. Rashid Dostum; an ( 10/ 02/ 96) man Nicholas Burns said. ethnic Uzbek. "This is an important trip," Burns ''Herepresenrsthenorthasawhole," said said, adding: "The Bosnian Babaar said ofDostum and ''they (the Serbs have failed to meet their taliban) are willing to accept that real­ responsibilities in agreeing to ity." schedule these municipal elec­ But neither side seems ready for a tions." cease fire and Babaar warned that if The municipal vote was among either side digs in its heels, Afghanistan the issues that Kornblum raised could split up. Monday in separate talks with all On the battlefield Tuesday there were three members of the presidency. no signs of an imminent cease fire. Kornblum, who returned to the Instead the reports were of ferocious region in hopes of giving new im­ fighting between Taliban soldiers and petus to the stalled peace process, troops loyal to ousted military chief also was seeking to arrange the Ahmed Shah Massood. IS TO INFORM ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT THE first joint meeting of the presi­ Since the Taliban took over Kabul THIS CNMI JTPA last Sept 27 and drove out the Tajik-led dency. OFFICE IS SOLICITING ONE HUNDRED (100) APPLICANTS FOR THE YOUTH He met. at the U.S. Embassy } govemmentofPresidentBurhanuddin I VACATION EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. with .Serb co-President Momcilo Rabbani, the anti-Taliban forces have Krajisnik, who has so far refused become a collection of the country's to sign a written oath of allegiance minorities. to a united Bosnia and attend a Dosn.un, an Uzbek, formed an alli­ PRIORITY CONSIDERATION WILL BE ACCORDED TO THOSE STUDENTS BELOW joint presidency session. ance last week with Massood, who is a Tajik, and with Karim Khalili ofHezb­ THE POVERTY INCOME GUIDELINE (ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE). HOWEVER, l':'\ e-Wahadat, who is a Shiite Muslim. DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL FUNDING, THE PROGRAM MAY Copter crash . The fourth member of the alliance, Jaffar Nauderi, leads a small group of ACCOMMODATE THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED HIGH INCOME TO J~ills: 5 people_: Ismaili Muslims, also a minority. "; :. > • ' ' I I' ,__,,~ • ' • '' .- '' Northern Afghanistan is home to FULFILL THE 100 SLOTS. most of the C-Ountry' s minorities, that LONDON (AP) - All five people includeTajiks, Uzbeks, Turkmensand aboard a chartered civilian helicopter Shiite Muslims. They haveethnic links DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996. No diedTuesdaynightwhenitcrashedin to the Central Asian states that they APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE ESTABLISHED DATE. hillywoodlandnearMiddlewich 150 border. miles (240 kilometers) northwest of There have been reports that the · Taliban earned out reprisals against London. minority groups in Kabul, particularly ALL STUDENTS ON YELLOW TRACK ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THE JTPA Police said the cause of the crash against ethnic Tajiks. was not immediately known but that OFFICE LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS CUC, OR CONTACT MRS. LAURENT T. Amnesty International claims more Tht· pn•mir,m 100mm 11wutlwl rig,1rdft'. the twin-engined Eurocopter AS than 1,000 people have disappeared CHONG OR MR. MARTIN C. PANGELINAN AT 664-1700/4 FOR MORE 355N Ecirreuil 2 helicopter built by since the Taliban anived in Kabul, FOR.THOSE WITH A TASTE FOR.. QUALITY. INFORMATION. the French company Aerospatiale many of them minorities. may have hit power lines. During their brief occupation of Jebul Siraj, Massood' s headquarters The five bodies were found scat­ about 95 kilometers (60 miles) from RESPECTFU tered among debris from the helicop­ Kabul, the Taliban burned dozens of ter over a wide area of countryside. homes, imprisoned men and publicly The Department of Transport said executed others for allegedly support­ in a statement that the helicopter had ing their rival. taken off from nearby Bolton to fly to After the Taliban were pushed out of Jebul Siraj, residents of the village ls/FELIX R OGIS London's Heathrow airport. said they were targeted because they Police said the five people, who were Tajiks. JTPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR were not immediately named, are Meanwhile, Babaar accused thought to have been returning to Massoodofscuttlingrecentattemptsat SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Smoking xc: PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER London after attending a soccer match a cease fire with his demand for a Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health. at Bolton featuring the London team demilitarized Kabul, "something that has never been done, even during the ltl Philio Morn~ Prcxlucls Inc 1996 Chelsea, who were beaten 2-1 by four years that he was there." 15mg "tar", 1.1 mg nicotine av. per cigarette by FrC method. Bolton Wanderers. -- '~i I•, THURSDJ\ Y, OCTOBER 24, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17 16-MARIAN J\S VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- OCTOBER 24, 1996 Tamil rebels attack police post Japanese tourist found dead COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) · machine guns at the police sta­ ers, to cross from rebel territory rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi tors have ensured a steady supply By TRINA KLEIST a.m. local time Tuesday near the office. reported an increase in assaults, demand improved rights and liv­ Tamil Tiger rebels overran a po­ tion, killing and wounding the into the government-held town of on Sept. 29 after an eight-day of food to them with the help of SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS Fogotico River on the edge of San The woman apparently crossed rapes and murders since the ing conditions for the region's lice post in north-central Sri Lanka officers, then torched the station Thandikulam, 220 kilometers. battle which killed nearly 1,000 international relief agencies. CASAS,Mexico (AP)-A woman Cristobal, a picturesque colonial into Mexico from Guatemala on Zapatista rebels rose up in this impoverished Indian peasants. At early Tuesday, killing 13 police­ before returning to the jungle, the (130 miles) north of Colombo. combatants. The rebels are fighting for a ider.tified as a Japanese tourist city popular with tourists, the state Oct. 2, Mendez said. region three years ago, tourists least 145 people were killed in 10 days of fighting, but a cease-fire men and three paramilitary officials said. More than 3,000 people The government has prepared separate homeland for minority was found shot to death near a attorney general's office said. It was unknown if she was trav­ have reported few such problems. has held since the guns were si­ guards, military officials said. The government claimed in a crossed into Thandikulam on schools to serve as refugee camps. Tamils, claiming they are dis­ ri veron the outskirts of this south­ Authorities said sne had been shot eling alone. The Zapatista National Libera­ Four policemen and two para­ statement that the army and of­ Tuesday after the restrictions were Relief workers· say about criminated against by the major­ ern Mexican city. once in the head. Although local residents have tion Army rose up Jan. 1, 1994 to lenced. military guards were also injured ficers from a nearby police post lifted, officials said. Soldiers and 200,000 Tamil civilians who fled ity Sinhalese, who control the Enrique Mendez of the Chiapas Authorities refused to publicly in the attack at Palliyagodella, attacked the rebels as they re­ rebels face each other across bun­ the fighting are living under trees government and the military. state prosecutor's office identi­ speculate on a motive. about 180 kilometers ( 112 miles) treated, inflicting "heavy casu­ ker lines at Thandikulam, along roads in the northern More than 46,000 people have fied the .woman as Miho Furuya, Officials from the Japanese northeast of Colombo, said the alties." Many of those who entered jungles. Government administra- been killed in the 13-year war. 24, of Okinawa. · Embassy in Mexico City Embassy officials, who asked not to be Also Tuesday, the military abol­ government territory Tuesday are She was identified by her pass­ officials were expected to arrive named. ished rules allowing only 1,200 refugees who fled heavy fighting port, found among her belong­ here Wednesday to investigate, The rebels fired rockets and people, most of them Tamil trad- when the military captured the Bomb blast injures ings, authorities said. said chief investigator Orlando 6 people in Kashmir Her body was found about 9 Bravo of the state prosecutor's NEW DELHI, India (AP) - A blasts killed seven members of a us expert-hired to identify bomb went off Wednesday near governing party activist's fam­ a high-security housing complex ily. Police blamed the explosions corpse in official's garden for lawmakers in Kashmir's capi­ on Muslim separatists who are MEXICO -CITY (AP) · A pects the bones.may belong to tal, injuring at least six people, a fighting for Kashmir's indepen­ well-known American foren­ federal Congressman Manuel local news agency reported. dence. sic expert has been called iri to Munoz Rocha, who vanished The bomb, apparently kept in Elections to Kashmir were help identify human bones shortly after the 1994 assassi- · a car, exploded near the main held early thi~ month, ending found on the ranch of the jailed nation of Jose Francisco Ruiz gate of the housing complex in seven years of federal govern­ brother of former President Massieu, secretary-general of Si;inagar, United News of India ment rule. The state chief execu­ Carlos Salinas de Gortari, the the ruling Institutional Revo­ news agency reported quoting tive, Farooq Abdullah, has given . defense said Tuesday. , lutionary Party. unnamed officials. · militants one month to surrender Attorney Eduardo Luengo Prosecutors claim Raul Sali­ · The injured includeq two their anns, or face a military Creel has said he suspects the nas used Munoz Rocha to set women and it was not immedi­ response. The guenillas opposed. \)ones may have been planted up the murder. Carlos Salianas 1 ately clear if any lawmaker was the elections and claim indepe·n- to implicate his client, Raul de Gortari is not charged with hurt. UNI said several witnesses dence is the only solution to the Salinas de Gortari, who is ac­ any crime. claimed that many people were problemsofKashmiris. More cused of masterminding a po­ An unemployed drifter was killed in the blast, but details than 14,500 people have been . litical assassination and finan­ convicted of Ruiz Massieu's Oscar, 3, left, and his brother Samir, 5, center, and their friend Jairo Esquivel, 8, gather political banners to were not immediately available. killed since 1989 when the in­ cial misdealings. slaying and sentenced to 40 years use the sticks for firewood, Thursday, in Managua. Thousands of supporters ofpresidential candidate Daniel On. Monday, two powerful surgency broke. Ortega gathered in the field Wednesday night for his closing campaign rally. Nicaraguans elected a new Luengo told .reporters that · in prison. Eleven other alleged president in elections Sunday. AP Photo he has contracted with the C.A. accomplices are on trial. Pound Human Identification Earlier this month police act­ German defense minister Laboratory at the University ing on a tip dug into the grounds of Florida, Gaines ville, to help of the ranch named El Encanto - arrives for Indian visit ·identify the remains. The Enchantment - and found 'fl,te yieW \ NEW DELHI, India (AP)- Ger­ ister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, The laboratory is run by Wil­ part of a battered skull, pieces of man Defense Minister Volker could lay the groundwork for co­ liam R. Maples, who has been liver and kidneys, some tissue 1997 Mitsubishi& Relatives of a victim of the tragedy at the Mateo Flores Stadium wait outside the Guatemala City morgue tor Ruehe arrived in New Delhi operation on manufacturing sub­ involved in helping to identify and muscle. the body to be released Thursday. At least 78 people were killed during a stampede Wednesday night before Wednesday forthreedaysoftalks marines. The Indian navy's most the remains of Nazi killer Josef But last Friday, the Mexico a World Cup qualifying match at the stadium in Guatemala City Wednesday night. AP Photo have arrived! .. · on global security. recent acquisition of four subma­ Mengele, Spanish explorer City coroner's office said it could Ruehe, the first German defense rines was from Germany. Francisco Pizarro and Russian not identify the body from the minister to visit India, led a 17- Gen. Igor Rodionov, Russia's Czar Nicolas II. remains and officials said they member delegation that included defense minister, is also visiting The federal attorney might have to resort to DNA military leaders and defense de­ India this week. general's office has said it sus- tests. Death & funeral Announcement partment analysts. And U.S. Assistant Secretary Though a Germany Embassy of State Franklin Kramer was statement said Ruhe would focus scheduled to arrive Wednesday Firestorms destroy homes on broad strategic issues during for talks on strategy and security throughout South California f}~r,.nette his visit, local news reports said issues with Indian defense offi­ his talks with India's defense min- cials. By LYNN ELSER Another firefighter broke his neck ~ · rJYt,elen_dr~? CARLSBAD, California (AP) - in a traffic accident while rushing to a Fleets of helicopters and airplanes blaze, and a civilian in Carlsbad suf­ Parliament passes law for roared through Southern California fered bums over 45 percent of his I ii;,t,q,:,.g~lis.ttR canyons, dropping water on erratic, body. 5,~ state to reacquire companies wind-blown wildfires that have Thousands of people fled their homes, schools and businesses in COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - after the government found that burned 95 houses and injured six BORN ON JUNE 24, 1969 WAS CALLED four counties Monday as flames ex­ Parliament passed a legislation seven companies had been firefighters. TO HER ETERNAL REST BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST Helter-skelter Sllilla Ana wind, ploded, propelled through the can­ Tuesday giving the state powers stripped of their assets by the new ON WEDNESDAY, OCT.16, 1996ATTHEAGE OF27. turned dry brush and oil-rich euca­ yons by winds tliat gusted as high as to reacquire government-owned owners and abandoned. lyptus trees into blowtorches, spread­ 71 mph (l l4 kmph). companies which were sold to Each re-acquisition must be SHE IS PREDECEASED Brother-in-Law & Spouses: mg flames across 35,CXX) acres. By Carlsbad was the site of the worst BY IBE FOLLOWING FAMILY MEMBERS: private businessmen. approved by Parliament within Julian B. Reyes & Rita Terlaje, Juan & Jesusa Tuesday afternoon, the major fires fire, a fast-moving blaze that burned rive the Future T ·· day Stepfather: Robert Lee (Phil) Quidachay, Jose Arriola & Betrise Babauta The Rehabilitation of Public En­ four months. Father-ir.-Law: were less than half contained and at least 60 houses and l Oother struc­ Jose Fausto Arriola (Saipan) Pedro Arriola and Sandra Skibang terprises law allows President The bill requires the state to Stepfather-in-Law: Pedro Reyes Evangelista (Saipan) tures over 8,592 acres in the 65,700- Stepbrother & Sisler-in-Law: Chandrika Kumaratunga's gov­ compensate the owners, but al­ some flared up again as the devil wind Francis Q. Arriola, Estella Evangelista shifted and gusted up to 41 mph (66 resident suburb on northern San Di­ High Performance Family Sedan SHE IS SURVIVED ernment came to take over these lows it to determine the amount Stepsister-in-law: Dolores E. Aldan Mosga of Rota kmph). ego County's seashore. BY THE FOLLOWING FAMILY MEMBERS: companies of they were being run depending on how much the com~ Six firefighters working a flare-up In the celebrity seashore enclave of European rear styling Mother: Milagros Melendrez She is addilionally survived by numerous Uncles, inefficiently. pany was sold for, and its assets. 1.5 or 1.8* liter engine in the Malibu fire were hurt, and three Malibu in Los Angeles County, Stepmother: Tarcela P. Lee Aunts, Cousins, Nephews, & Nieces in the Philippines, These include situations where The law has been criticised by Power steering Power windows & locks* Mother-in-Law: Rosa Q. Arriola flames charred 13,650 acres and de­ CNMI, Guam, Rola, Trnian, US mainland. the main purpose of the enterprise businessmen, who fear it will scare of them were airlifted to a hospital Stepmother-in-Law: Regina B. Evangelista stroyed five houses and a mobile Dual airbags AM/FM radio/cassette is no longer being accomplished, away foreign investors. But the burn unit after their truck stalled and Husband: Daniel Borja Evangelisla Rosary is being said night~ at 8:00 p.m. al CHC Chapel. home, and more thllil I ,(XX) people or if the employees are not being government has promised to use flames roared over them in Corral Sons & Stepdaughters: The body will be taken out of CHG on Oct. 24, 1996 at were evacuated during the height of *Mirage LS only Evange~nn (15) paid. it sparingly. Canyon. 8:00 a.m. and will be placed at the residence of David "'This is life threatening. These are the fire Monday. Danielle (13) and Virgie Santos at Koblerville turnkey House #505 The law applies to 43 compa­ It has also said it would con­ very serioll§ bums," Glendale fire A fire that hop-scotched through Ana Regina (10) for viewing. nies which were privatized be­ tinue to sell off state-owned com­ Jon Jon (7) fore Mrs. Kumaratunga came to Marshal Dave Starr said. One of the the exclusive Lemon Heights section Justin Jude (4) panies as part of its pravatization of Orange County on Monday de­ Mass of Christian 6urial will be celebrated at 3:00 p.m. power in 1994. It was introduced program. firemen had bums over 60 percent of Daniel Jr. (3) at St. Jude Catholic Church, and Burial will follow his body and airway damage, another stroyed and damaged 29 homes. Kristian Brandon ( 1 year 5 months) immediately at the Chalan Kanoa Cemetery. The blazes started Monday as the Sisters-in-Law & Spouses: had serious bum, on his arms and Ana Maria &Tony Omar, Adelina & Mike Ibanez ([he hands and a third was in faircondition seasonal Santa wind whistled Virgie & David Santos, Rose Arriola & Fred Dela Cruz Jamily PLS. KEEP CNMI LITTER FREEi with superticial bums that may re­ from the high desert down through Beach Road, Chalan Kanoa, 234-3332 quire surgery. Southern California's canyons. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-19 Tokyo firm files for liquidation PHNOM PENH, Cambodia national Route 5 at the tourist into the forest while the cap­ released. released in the morning." TOKYO (AP)· Nichiei Finance unrecoverable, ahd the rest is of tutions are weighted down with It now has about lOO'employ­ Union, formerly the nation's (AP) - Khmer Rouge guerril­ site of Oudong, Catry was tors apparently communicated "We could not understand The captives were freed ,: Co., the latest victim of Japan's questionable quality. bad debts totaling at least$ 370 ees. The exchange said Tues­ largest credit union, went under las who kidnapped three quoted as saying. by radio with their command­ what was being said," he Monday and returned to sinking real estate values, filed Meanwhile, the collateral billion,.much of it in failed real day that it will delist shares of last year with 960 billion yen($ Frenchmen over the weekend "We were very frightened ers. He speculated that their added. "But we were told later Phnom Penh, where the for liquidation Tuesday, com­ Nichiei holds for the loans is estate loans. Nichiei Finance effective Jan. 8.57 billion) in bad loans. demanded a $ 1 million ran­ because they tied us up, threat­ superiors ordered the hostages that night that we would be Frenchmen wOTk. pany officials said. mostly land that has lost much Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Asahi 23. Earlier this year, a govern­ som for their release, but then ened us, and made us lie on Nichiei Finance's total of of its value. Bank and Bank of Yokohama - In June, Shinkyoto Shimpan ment-backed agency started freed them with no ransom, the ground," said Catry, add­ nearly 1 trillion yen (dlrs 8.93 The previous postwar record Nichiei's three leading credi­ finance company filed for bank­ working to collect on bad loans one of them said. ing that it was unclear whether PM to broadcasters: Censor selves billion) in red ink makes this debt was owed by Muramoto tors - have been easing, and ruptcy, with 350 billion yen($ left behind by seven bankrupt In an interview published the captors were members of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia The broadcasters must not only Malaysia's other two TV net­ the largest single corporate liq­ Construction Co., which sank sometimes canceling, Nichiei's 3.13 billion) in debt. Kizu Credit housing lenders. Tuesday in the English-lan­ the main hard-line group of tAP) - Prime Minister Mahat]:Iir censor their programs but also works are owned by the govern­ uidation in Japan since the end in November 1993 carrying 590 interest payments since 1993. guage Cambodia Daily, Pierre guerrillas or a break-away fac­ Mohamad said Tuesday that Ma­ select shows that entertain and ment. Newspapers and magazines of World War II, said Teikoku billion yen ($ 5.27 billion) in In September 1994, with the Yves Catry said he was taken tion that is seeking peace with laysia will not ease its censorship develop the society, Mahathirwas are required to renew their Infor­ Databank, a private research debt, Teikoku Databank said. support of its parent company hostage Sunday with two other the government. laws, and appealed instead to quoted as saying by the national mation Ministry licenses annu­ company. Nichiei officials told a news Nichiei Co. and the three main Frenchmen - Ken Merlet and "The guerrillas demanded broa<;lcasters to censor themselves. Bernama news agency. ally, which ensures that they fol­ In the filing with the conference that after the col­ banks, Nichiei Finance elimi­ Thierry Liabastre - and five a $ 1 million ransom and sent Noting that Malaysia will have Until then, the government will low the government's strict guide­ Yokohama District Court, just lapse of Japan's "bubble nated half of its work force as Cambodians as they were one Cambodian hostage back hundreds of radio and television continue to use laws, technology lines on reporting. south of Tokyo, Nichiei Finance economy" of the late 1980s, part of a plan to·cut costs. riding their motorcycles about to the capital with their de­ channels in the future, Mahathir and people's good sense to censor The last time any newspaper lawyers said the medium-size. rampant stock and real estate But despite the belt-tighten­ 30 kilometers (19 miles) north mand," he was quoted as say­ said they had a national responsi­ undesirable material, Mahathir got into trouble was in 1988, when lender has 170.89 billion yen($ speculation fueled by easy ing, non-performing loans in­ of the capital. ing. "They told him to return bility to keep out material branded was quoted as saying. three daiJie·s were banned for al­ 1.52 billion) in de'bt it probably credit, the company accumu­ creased more than expected as About 40 Khmer Rouge the next day with the money." undesirable by the government - Bernama did not elaborate. legedly spreading racial tension. won't be able to repay. lated loans that stopped per­ the real estate market downturn guerrillas captured the group Catry said the seven re­ sex, Western values and discus­ However, Mahathir's opposi­ They were later allowed to re­ In addition, Nichiei also said forming as real estate prices stretched into the medium term, after they took a side road off maining hostages were taken sion about race and religion. tion to liberal Western values is open. it has guaranteed a total of plunged. Nichiei officials said. well known. His government also But like many countries in the 820.65 billion yen ($ 7 .33 bil­ Bankruptcies have been on the The Yokohama-basedNichiei ·e.. ··...... · . • . . . II . . . • .· , . does not allow discussions on race region with similar censor laws, lion) in debts of borrowers who rise recently in Japan due to a Finance, set up in 1972, listed for fear it could ignite unrest in Malaysiaalso has been concerned may not be able to make good. five-year economic slowdown its shares on the Tokyo Stock ··· We Design .. this nation of 19 million people, overthe Internet and satellite tele­ About 100 billion yen($ 892.86 and falling land prices. Exchange's second section in o....··Pr1nt · half of them Malays. About 30 vision, which are hard to censor. million) of that is completely The nation's financial ins ti- 1991. . •. ' .·. .• . . ' " . , . .• . . . : percent are Chinese and 7 percent Next month, a Malaysian com­ Indians. pany will launch a 28-interna­ "Information not required can tional channel service called Astro • Brochures • Calendars • Books • Menu be rejected by the people them­ TV, providing Malaysians for the selves if they are aware of the first time with an alternative to Covers • Posters • Corporate Logo • good and bad effects," Mahathir the staid domestic fare. Still, the said. "Censorship can be done by company will have to abide by Letterheads • Business Cards and more ... themselves." local rules on no sex or discus­ s Mahathir was speaking at the sions about race. opening of an operations center In another speech Monday, of TV3, Malaysia's only private Mahathir defended curbs on the television station, which is gener­ . media, saying they were neces­ ally pro-government. sary to protect a fragile nation. ~ Younis Art Studio, Inc. "If all our TV stations are re­ "Getting carried away by free­ ~ P.O. Box 231 Saipan MP 96950 Located In Garapan sponsible and moderate, no one dom will destroy us more than it Tel. 234-6341 · 7578 • 9797 • fax: 234-9271 will lose out - the stations, the would affect more mature coun­ government or the society and the tries," he said at the annual Ma­ country," he said. laysian Press Institute dinner. . HALLOWEEN ------Publisher of: PARTY tMarianas 'Variety~ AT THE Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 REMINGTON CLUB FEATURING

'A Blc; l'; ' Shoppers shove each other while a sales c!erk lifts, up (u'?ky b~gs. during the opening sales of the BEA.TS Takashimaya Times Square department store in Tokyo s ShinJuku d!stnct. Morf!J than 10,000 pe?ple made a long line for the grand opening of the 15-f/oor shopping mall, declaring war against already existing several s tne J major department stores in the area. AP Photo . THURSDAY-­ Japan asked to help develop Tumen OCT0BER31 BEUING (AP)· Five Northeast Program. next September on the Russian We've been a medium for the Since the UNDP-backed project side of the zone, in Vladivostok, 9PM publ\c exchange ot ideas 1or Asian nations seeking to develop many years. We take that ah economically backward cor­ began in 1993, the Tumen area has said Long Yongtu, a Chinese as­ , ••• an e •Atl II• so responsibit~y seriously. Our goal ner of the region have asked Ja­ attracted $ 527 million in foreign sistant foreign trade minister and is lo bfing you Iha people and events NO COVER CHARGE! that touch your life-- pan to join their endeavor, offi­ investment-about half in Russia's committee chairman. MUST BE 21 YRS. OR OLDER TO BE ADMITTED. objectively. W~hout you, we'd be cials said Tuesday. Primorsky Territory, Holcombe Long told reporters that the com­ speechless. MILLER GEAR RAFFLE EVERY HOUR During a two-day meeting in said at a news conference; mittee also will be busy trying to STARTING AT 9PM Beijing, representatives from Only 7 percent of the money • $ bring in more money from inter­ SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY THE China, Russia, Mongolia, North 35 million - has gone to North . national groups and foreign gov­ MILLER MONSTER SQUAD. Korea and South Korea fonnally Korea's Rajin-Sonbong zone. ernments as well as private sector invited Japan to join a commit­ Ian Davies, investment adviser investment. tee overseeing a development for the Twnen zone, attributed The UNDP already has put$ 4 t zone where the Chinese, Rus­ the relatively low sum to the million in seed. money into the [. \.'. ; ,· ' sian and North Korean borders North's slow start in writing rules Tumen project and will spend i. } ' to attract investment. another$ 3 million over the next fii . / meet. a Japan was the only Northeast He expects interest to mount three years, Long said. ON SPECIAL Asian state not on the committee quickly and noted that a business The Tumen zone is named for $1.75 ALL ~... of. the .Tumen River Economic forum held in Rajin-Sonbong last the river that marks the Chinese NIGHT LONG! '"'. Development AJ:ea, and the month drew pledges for $ 280 and North Korean frontier and nation's businessmen are keen to million in investments. then,foritslast 15 kilometers(lO invest, said Arthur Holcombe of The Tumen committee plans to miles) to the Sea of Japan, the With a ~ickle if! his hand, ~mperor Akihito haNests rice plants in the the {!oiled Nations Development hold another investment forum North Korean-Russian border. Keep Siapan (jreen and elean paddy field inside m Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Rice growing is one of the ceremonial works of the Chrysanthemum Throne. AP Photo 20-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- OCTOBER 24, 1996 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-21

DEADLINE: 12:00 noo!1 the day prior to publlcaHon

- ·~@v[arianas G"J.!arietr~ NOTE: If some reason your advertisement is incorrect. call us immediately to Cambodia: Curb logging to make the necessary corrections. The Marianas Variety News and TM F r Views is responsible only for one incorrect insertion. We reseNe the right erally ignored . Neiss wrote. ent forestry policy based on recom­ Wednesday's editions ofthe Cambo­ to edrt. refuse. reJect or cancel any ad at any time. I By ROBIN McDOWELL dia Daily as saying that the govern­ c·1assif.ied Ads· Sec.ti·on I HNOM PENH, C,ambodia (AP) - Hubert Neiss, directorof the IMF' s Camlxxlia secured a three-year, $ mem;lations made by the World Bank ment must make a concerted effort to Cambodia risks losing$ 60 million in central Asia department, said in a 120 million structural facility loan in and the United Nations and adopt a new forestry code and environmental control exploitation of what remains 01 MASON-Salary:$2.90 per hour 02 SALES PERSON-Salary:$3.05-4.25 04 SALES ASSOCIATES (REPRESEN­ 01 TAILOR, SHOP-Salary:$3.05 per lettertoAgricultureMinisterTaoSeng 1994. In May, the IMF suspended a$ Employment Wanted TATIVE)-Salary:$800.00 per month hour · subsidized Joans unless the govern­ of the country's forest Contact: RENATO G. AZUCENAS dba per hour ment cwbs Jogging of the country's Huor that unless measures are put in 20. million installment, ·expressing draft law. Myra's Trading Const., & Manpower 01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER. Contact: PANTRAC TRADING COR­ 01 MECHANICA~ ENGINEER-Sal­ Threeloggingcompanieshavebeen rapidly diminishing forests, the Inter­ place by the end of October, the gov­ concern about the government's lack King Norodom Sihanouk said Services Tel. 234-1058(10/ BUILDING-Salary:$3.05·4.25 per hour PORATION dba Swatch Store Tel. 234- ary:$800.00-900.00 per month invi(Cd to attend ,a Cabinet meeting national Monetary Fund has warned. ernment could be denied Enhanced of transparency, especially in log­ Monday that "our snuggle against 24)Th226190. 05 COOK-Salary:$3.05-4.25 per hour 0550(10/31 )Th226296 Contact: VICENTE C. BARCINAS dba The threat was the latest challenge Structural Adjustment Facility funds. ging. deforestation ... hasnoiproduced, until Thursday to submit prop:isals for .~cliitW Contact: YANO ENTERPRISES, INC. RM Enterprises Tel. 233-2054(10/ 01 MERCHANDISE DELIVERER-Sal­ 31 )Th226291 totheCambodiangovemrnenttopro­ The funds are special subsidized Thegovemmenthasmaderepeated this day, a satisfactory outcome," and monitoring logging. 01 PHOTOGRAPHER-Salary:$3.05 per dba Kinpachi Restaurant 1 &2 Conve­ ''We need all the assistance we can Job-Vaca.ncy ·· hour nience Kinpachi & Dollar-Shop Tel. 234- ary:$3.14 per hour tect its threatened forests, which have IMFloansoffereddevelopingnations. assurances since that it was revising blamed "appalling flooding" on con­ Neiss wrote that they could be sus­ and strengthening its p:ilicy. · tinuing plunder of forests. get," Sun Chantha! said. "Ifthe ES AF ·Announcement . Contact: RENATO G. AZUCENAS dba 6900(10/31 )Th226272 Contact: LSG LUFTHANSA SERVICE 01 AUTOMOBILE DRIVER-Sal­ been]oggedheavily by Kluner Rouge Sunshine Photo Shop Tel. 234-1058(10! 01 SILKSCREEN PRINTER-Sal­ SAIPAN, INC. Tel. 234-8258(10/ ary:$3.05 per hour $ Cambodia's logging policy has · does not go through, the other donors rebels, the military and private con­ pended at month's end if Cambodia The pledges helped win a fresh 24)Th226191 ary:$4.50 per hour. Plus $100/mo. hous· 31 )Th226297 10 SECURITY GUAFlDS-Salary:$3.05 come uqder repeated attack by envi­ will notice. This could affect 01 GARDENER-Salary:$3.05-3.75 per tractors. Measures to control the cut­ fails to implement a strict monitoring 500 million of foreign aid at an inter­ take ing allowance per hour hour and control system or to adopt a re­ national donors meeting in July. ronmental groups, who charge that other aid programs as well, causing a 01 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER-Sal­ Contact: ISLAND APPAREL, INC. dba 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$6.00-7.00 Contact: GTS SECURITY, INC. Tel. 234- ting offresh timber-which often ends 08 WAITRESSES/WAITERS-Sal­ vised forestry p:ilicy strategy. In the letter, the IMF called fOf the illegalloggingcontinuesdespitealog­ domino effect" ary:$3.50 per hour Island Apparel {10/31)Th226273 per hour 8804(10/31 )Th226284 up in neighboring Thailand -are gen- ary:$3.05-3.75 per hour ------ging cutting and exp:irt ban put in Cambodia relies on international Contact: G.C.G. & COMPANY INC. Tel. Contact: KWEK'S ENTERPRISES A decision to deny Cambodia ac­ implementation of procedures pro­ 01 BARTENDER-Salary:$3.05-3.75 per 288-7166(10/24)Th226192 01 CASHIER-Salary:$3.75 per hour SAIPAN, INC. Tel. 234-7343(10/ 01 PHARMACIST-Salary:$800.00 per cess to the funds could lead to "an posed by the agriculture and finance · plarelastyear.TheBritain-bascdgroup aid for 50 percent of its national bud­ hour Contact: BLANCO VENDE LTD. dba 31 )Th226300 month Employment mini.stries to con1rol timber exp:irts Global Witness has accused top gov­ get The kingdom has aggressively 01 SUPERVISOR, AUDIT CLERK-Sal, erosion of confidence of the interna­ 10 CONSTRUCTION LABOUR-Sal­ Kiosk Shop Tel. 322-3313(10/ ------Contact: PARAS ENT. SAi PAN INC. Tel. emmentofficialsof profiting from the lobbied for outside assistance to bol­ ary:$4.50-6.50 per hour tional community, which in ttim would and the hiring of an independent audi­ ary:$2.90 per hour 31 )Th226275 02 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ 234-8804(10/31 )Th226285 01 AUDITOR-Salal)":$3.50-4.25 per have serious consequences for tor to monitor the export of timber. trade. ster the fledgling democracy that re­ Contact: BICOL EXPRESSS ENTER­ ary:$3.05 per hour hour Cambodia's economic program," It also urged that the Cabinet reori- Sun Chanthol,' secretary ofstate for suJ~ from U.N.-sponsoredelections PRISES Tel. 322-6063(10/24)Th226193 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$700.00 per Contact: GLOBAL ENTERPRISES, 02 AUTOMOBILE DRIVER-Sal­ 02 ENTERTAINER-Salary:$1 ,000.00- the finance ministry, was quoted in in 1993. i month INC. dba Diamond Jee & Water Tel. 234- ary:$3.05 per hour ., 1,350.00 per month ,I 01 MANAGER, GENERAL-Sal­ Contact: ASIAN SOURCES INCORP. 5922(10/31 )Th226294 03 MASON, CEMENT-Salary:$3.05 per 'l 01 SUPERVISOR, HOUSEKEEPING­ seve-n years. ary:$700.00-1,000.00 per month Tel. 288-6732(10/31 )Th226276 hour 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour Salary:$4.00-6.50 per hour Contact: ANGEL ENTERPRISES, INC. 10AUTO MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05 per 02 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 SALESWOMAN-Salary:$3.05 per $20 .... He added that Haitai would ~ 01 INTERNALAUDITOR-Satary:$5.00- hour . -'"WE BUY U/ED CAR/! Tel. 233-4378(10/24)Th226194 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ hour 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC­ j !Ji 7.00 per hour · Continued fri:>in page 1 agree to take a promissory note 1·-1 ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 20 CARPENTERS-Salary:$2.90 per Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: BAULA INTERNATIONAL f 01 CHIEF ACCOUNTANT-Sal- from Department of Public 04 WAITER/WAITRESS, RESTAU­ Contact: JIN YONG AMERICANA, INC. hour 02 PAINTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour CORPORATION Tel. 235-5959(11/ , ary:$5.00-8.00 per hour WE'LL PAY CASH CNMI government use some of :\_, RANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour Tel. 235-2811(10/31)Th226277 20 MASONS-Salary:$2.90 per hour 02 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­ 7)Th226403 Works, backed by the full faith 01 SUPERVISOR, CASHIER-Sal­ Contact: DAE HOON ENTERPRISES, Contact: BAULA INTERNATIONAL Salary:$3.05 per hour the Covenant funds it is receiving and credit of the Commonwealth, ary:$3.25-4.25 per hour \A INC. dba Riviera Restaurant Tel. 235- 02 BEAUTICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour CORPORATION Tel. 233-5959(10/ 02 PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPER 10 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal- ' 01 CHIEF ENGINEER-Salary:$8.00· Call: Art Moore at 234-3332 or to upgrade its correction facili­ and would charge the CNMI a 'I 9821 (1 0/24) Th226195 Contact ROSVIECAR CORPORATION 31 )Th226293 (GARDENER)-Salary:$3.05 per hour ary:$3.05 per hour . 1· h 12.00 per hour ties. rate of 7.5 percent interest per ·,: dba Rose Beauty & Barber Shop Tel. 03 FARMER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 03 OFFICER CLERK-Salary:$3.05 per Ben Lizama at 234-7133 ,·-i 01 CAPTAIN WAITRESS-Salary:$3.25- :,1 05 CARPENTERS-Salary:$2.90-3.25 234-7858( 10/31 )Th226278 01 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary:$3.05 per 05 GROUNDS KEEPER-Salary:$3.05 hour ~orja in his letter noted that a annum. ·, 4. 10 per hour per hour hour per hour 10 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Sal- I new jail is going to be very c:xpen­ ' 01 SUPERVISOR, BAR-Salary:$3.30- "We have not gone beyond pre­ 03 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05-3.50 03 MASON-Salary:$2.90-3.15 per hour Contact: DAE HOON CORPORATION 03 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ ary:$3.05 per hour · sive, saying such facilities usu­ 4.00 per hour Contact: MICHAEL H. NAPUTI dba Help G~ii;--c- liminary negotiations with Haitai, per hour 01 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.90-3.15 per dba Riviera Restaurant Tel. 235- ary:$3.05 per hour , .~ 01 STEWARD-Salary:$3.05-3.75 per ally cost much more than other 05 TOUR COUNSELOR-Salary:$3.05- hour 9821 (10/31 )Th226292 Contact: GTS ENTERPRISES, INC. Supply Service Tel. 235-3773(11/ and they may not be the eventual 1 hour 3.50 per hour 02 ELECTRJCIAN-Salary:$2.90-3.05 dba GTS Construction Tel. 234- 7)Th226398 1 buildings of the same size due to contractors. It may be that there 02 MAINTENANCE WORKER-Sal­ TRIPLE J 05 ELECTRJCIANS-Salary:$2.90-3.25 per hour 01 GRAPHIC DESIGNER-Sal- 8804(10/31 )Th226283 the needed "security features." are other contractors who are ca­ ary:$3.30-4.00 per hour 01 TOUR GUIDE-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per ) n per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$2.90-3.15 per ary:$750.00-900.00 per month 01 SUPERVISOR, MAINTENANCE­ "It appears that a new correc­ pable of financing and interested 10 MASONS-Salary:$2.90-3.25 per hour Contact: HANS W. MICKELSON dba 05 WAITRESS, NIGHT CLUB-Sal­ hour Salary:$3.50-4.50 per hour hour 01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:$3.00-4.50 Megavision International Tel. 235- ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: DARL CORPORATION dba \ tion facility is going to cost us at in doing so," said Borja. 01 HOUSEKEEPING CLEANER Contact: INTER-CONTINENTAL DE­ per hour 8288(10/31 )Th226290 Contact: PACIFIC ZHI DA COMPANY Dae Kun Tour Tel. 288-1818(11/ I AJob · least $16 million. If we want to (HALL)-Salary:$3.05-3.75 per hour ANN'OUNCE.MENT But given today's interest ra.tes, VELOPMENT CORP. Tel. 233-3361 (10/ 01 CONSTRUCTION LABORER-Sal­ LTD. (10/17)Th226075 7)Th226404 Contact: AQUA RESORT CLUB ThatPays . build one that is large enough to though, Borja said he . doubts 24)Th226196 ary:$2.90-3.15 per hour 02 TOUR COUNSELOR-Sal------, CO. LTD. dba Aqua Resort meet our projected expansion SAIPAN Contact: PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION, ary:$700.00-900.00 per month 01 ADMINJSTRATIVEASSJSTANT-Sal­ 01 DUCT INSTALLER-Salary:$3.85- · PACIFIC ISLAND whether there will be a better fi­ Club Tel. 322-1234(10/24)Th62500 4.50 per hour needs for the next 15-20 years, it nancing package than the Haitai 01 SHIPPING COORDINATOR-Sal­ INC. Tel. 322-9561(10/31)Th228279 Contact: GI SANG CORPORATION dba ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Ill Sil SEING AVIATION, INC, ary:$2.90-3.05 per hour Mijiro Tour Tel. 233-0818(10/ 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$2.90-3.25 Contact: CHONG'S CORPORATION wi:11 cost us more than $20 mii- 01 WAREHOUSEMAN-Salary:$2.75· will be conducting a proposal. Contact: JIN APPAREL, INC. Tel. 234- 01 STOREKEEPER-Salary:$3.50-4.00 31 )Th226289 per hour dba Chang's Corporation Tel. 234- 3.15 per hour Mawf~ !fon," said Borja.' . Responding to Borja' s letter, 3252{10/24)Th226197 per hour Contact: VICENTE C. BARCINAS dba 6560(11 i7)Th226399 At Rr.it Hawaiian, ~ prOYide empk:rjees v.ith an 01 DRAFTSMAN•Salary:$1,300.00· :JfLf~H!ll~I~P.;~NJ':t But on the other hand, the act­ Contact: MARIAM. SABLAN dba Mom's 12 WAITER/WAITRESS, RESTAU­ RM Enterprises (10117)Th226076 e1Mron1001t that encourages Orli)Olng growth Speaker Benavente on Tuesday 1,350.00 per month and job satisfaction. M3ke the mostof yoor per­ .~'.:.T.fl_AUUNG\C,Q~U-'--F.l.SJ;;L 01 CARPET LAYER-Salary:$3.05 per Store Tel. 234-1558(10/31)Th226280 RANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 CONSl"RUCTION LABORER-Sal­ ing governor said the Korean firm directed the House Ways and 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­ lilnal and professional asse~ -say 'ye;" to a OCTOBER 27th hour Contact: HONG SIK BAIK dba BJ Gar­ 02 WAll"RESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour ary:$3.50-4.50 per hour Salary:$2.90-3.05 per hour career \Mth Rr.it H.waiian Bilnk. thru NOVEMBER 10th (Haitai), is offering to build Means Committee and the Ju­ Contact: MECHILLE CORPORATION 01 SALES MANAGER (TOUR)-Sal­ den Restaurant Tel. 235-5219(10/ Contact: PRY AMERICA INTERNA­ 01 CRUSHER OPERATOR-Sal­ 02 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$2.90-3.30 NO FEE REQUIRED the facility at .a cost of $21 diciary and Governmental Op­ dba Tongyang Carpet & BIF Furnitures ary:$9.BO per hour 31 )Th226288 TIONAL !NV. COMPANY, LTD. dba ary:$4.50 per hour Iii Loan Collector, Saii,an per hour trainees Tel. 234-1361(10/24)Th226198 Contact: GRACE TOUR SERVICE, INC. Hong Du Restaurant Tel. 233-2123(10/ Contact: HAWAIIAN ROCK PROD­ Currently seeking an experienced C.O~ector Successful million--$2 million down pay­ erations committee to jointly 01 AUTO BODY REPAIRER-Sal­ Tel. 235-2200(10/31)Th226281 01 MECHANICAL ENGINEER-Sal­ 17)Th226077 UCTS CORPORATION Tel. 322- for our new dealer center in Saipan. will be placed in ment and the remaind~r over ary:$3.00-3.20 per hour work on the matter. 02 INSTRUCTOR SPORTS-Sal-· ary:$3.05-4.00 per hour 0407{11/7)Th226397 Responsibilities include phone and in-per­ HIRING POOL 02 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.90-3.05 per ary:$3.05-5.00 per hour 01 EMBROIDERY MACHINE OPERA­ Contact: PACIFIC HOME APPLIANCES 01 DRAFTSMAN-Salary:$700.00- son oolleruon.s, skip tming, payment Interested applicants may call Wilbert hour Contact: JY CORPORATION dba JY TOR-Salary:$2.90 per hour CORPORATION Tel. 234-9380{10/ 850.00 per month 01 COOK-Salar;:$3.05 per hour acceptance and repos.5eSSion.s. Rospel from at 288-7304 wealth treasury. 01 CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-Sal­ M-F Reef Rider Tel. 235-5391 (10/ Contact: JUNG ANG CORPORATION 31)Th226287 01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:$1,000.00- 01 WAITRESS/RESTAURANT-Sal­ ''Whetherthemoneyhas been com­ ary:$1 ,625.00-1,675.00 per month Experience in inside/out.side oollection.s Repeal 24)Th226199 Tel. 235-2200(10/31)Th226282 1,500.00 per month ary:$3.40 per hour • • • 01 QUARRY SUPERINTENDENT-Sal­ and repo5SeSSion.s required. Excellent mitted or not, it has to be returned. If 01 COOK, RESTAURANT-Sal- Contact: ENGINEERING MANAGE· Contact: MARIANAS SEASIDE DEV. Continued from page 1 ary:$1,965.00 per month verb'.tl communication ,kills and flexible lAND FOR LEASE _ 02 HOUSEKEEPER-Salary:$3.05 per 01 BAKER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour ary:$1,000.00-1,800.00 per month MENT & PL'ANNING SERVICES COR­ CORP. dba Bras Restaurant Tel. 234- 55 yearn Prime property, highway frontage the money has already been appropri­ 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC­ schedule a must. Driver, licen.1e and dean hour 01 COOK-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: MY WAY CORPORATION dba PORATJ ON Tel. 234-9213(10/ 9127(11/7)Th226401 Good Jocalion for commercial building Act as "beneficiaries" of collec­ ated, the refund money should be Salary:$3.00 per hour driving reCOid require'.!. Contact: ERNEST J. STRANGE dba Contact: NJNO'S, INC. Tel. 233- Pahl Gack Jung Restaurant Tel. 288- 31 )Th226304 3,000 sq. m. $3,000 per month or Contact: CONSTRUCTION & MATE­ tions from application fees are the taken from anew source," Aguilar Chanpac, Inc. Tel. 235-9182(10/ 9298(10/31 )Th62893 0880(10/31 )Th226286 01 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Excellent CumpensaJifm and beneftJs $100 per sq. m. one time pay. RIAL SUPPLY, INC. dba CMS Tel. 234- ones most likely to be affected by said. 24)Th226200 Contact: FAR EASTERN GENERAL package! In As Penlido, between Beach Road and As Uto 6136( 10/24)Th62551 05 MAINTENANCE WORKER-Sal­ MERCHANDISE INC. dba Diamond 02 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ If interested, please contact Jon at Contact: 256 4468 the refund. Meanwhile, Aguilar said the .I' 01 TOUR MANAGER (OVERALL)-Sal­ ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour j 01 RENT A CAR AGENT-Salary:$3.05 ary:$3.05-3.25 per hour Chinese Restaurant Tel. 234-8188{11/ 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$1,300.00 ary:$1,000.00-1,200.00 per month 01 ELECTRJCIAN-Salary:$3-05-3.50 671-475-7850 or fax resume to 671- The Act provides that least 60 five new garment factories which 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per 7)Th226396 per hour 02 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per per hour 475-7868. LAND 'FOR LEASE percent of the collections shall be had already invested money on per month 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ hour ------Contact: O'CONNOR, DOTTS & hour 01 CASHIER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per 55YEARS, GOOD LOCATION ary:$3.05 per hour 01 STEELMAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 TRADING MANAGER-Sal- used to fund the vocation courses equipment, and buildings may still BANES Tel. 234·5B84(10/24)Th62553 04 WAITRESS (RESTAURANT & HO· hour FOR APARTMENT, BARRACKS, WAREHOUSE. 01 MAINTENANCE WORKER (GEN.)­ Contact: SAIPAN ICE & WATER CO., ary:$1,260.00 per month at the Northern Marianas Col­ go on with their business by hiring TEL)-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05-4.00 500 SQ. M.@$500/MO. Salary:$3.05 per hour INC. Tel. 233-9298(10/31)Th62894 Contact: S.P.E. (SAIPAN) INC. Tel. 234- $6,000 DEPOSIT 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.30 per 02 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$700.00- per hour lege. locals or US citizens. 03 COMMERCIAL CLEANER, HOUSE­ 9329(11/7)Th226395 LOCATED AT AS PERDtoO hour 1,000.00 per month 01 HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR· The labor department deposits 'They don't need to hire nonresi­ KEEPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 GREENSKEEPER, HEAD-Sai­ BETWEEN AS LITO, BEACH ROAD 01 COMPUTER OPERATOR-Sal­ 02 TOUR GUIDE-Salary:$3.05 per hour Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour CONTACT: 256•4468 01 SEWER-Salary:$3.05 per hour ary:$6.00 per hour 01 SILK SCREEN PROCESSOR-Sal­ all collections with the Common- dent workers," Aguilar said. ary:$3.15 per hour 06 SALES CLERK-Salary:$3.05 per 02 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per ® Contact: LYDIA GAPAS dba Apex Ent. 01 GOLF CART MECHANIC-Sal­ ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: BASIC CONSTRUCTION hour hour Yes you can. Tel. 322-7700{10/24)Th226204 ary:$5.00 per hour Contact: LUZVIMINDA S. INDALECIO SUPPLY CORPORATION Tel. 234- 02 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 COOK HELPER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 01 GREENSKEEPER SUPERINTEN­ dba Jacie's Manpower Agency Tel. 288- Wea,e proud iD tean Eqw! OpPO(luniry Errplayer M!F. FOR RENT oR LEASE the Pacific after the conference. 8779(10/24)Th62557 02 PURCHASING ASSISTANT-Sal­ per hour 05 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ DENT-Salary:$2,400.00 per month 3687(11 i7)Th226394 LOWER BASE BUILDING (ACROSS "This has been going on for ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour More ... ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SAIPAN LAULAU DEVELOP­ 03 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ Contact: MARI SAi, INC. dba Saipan 01 WAITER, RESTAURANT-Sal­ FROM CUC) APPROXIMATE 5000 SQ. Continued from page 1 almost a year now," Nielsen said · 01 HOUSEKEEPER-Salary:$3.05 per MENT, INC. dba Laolao Bay Golf Ra­ ... ary:$3.10 per hour Gold Beach Hotel Tel. 235-5501(11/ ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour f FT. CAN DIVIDE SPACE IF NECESSARY. in a brief interview at the hour so rt ( 1 0/31 )Th62896 1988 Buick 4-Door Sedan 02 WAREHOUSE MAN-Salary:$3.15- 7)Th226393 02 BARTENDER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per ·:C 0 Borja said "minor problems" airport .. "We hope to get all the Contact: JOSE A. SAN NICOLAS dba CALL: 235-6633 (8•5P.M.J 3.30 per hour hour with accommodations have been Jo & Tes Enterprise Tel. 256-2218(10/ 01 PURCHASING SUPERVISOR-Sal­ Automatic A/C, Cassette, Tinted governments together here, and Contact: TRANSAMERICA CORPORA­ 02 VIDEO OPERATOR-Salary:$3.05- 01 WAITRESS, RESTAURANT-Sal­ r 24 )Th226203 ary:$3.05-3.25 per hour taken care of. TION Tel. 234-7833(10/24)Th62554 4.00 per hour ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour APARTMENT FOR RENT get the agreement of everybody." 03 BUILDING/MAINTENANCE RE­ Power Steering, White, Runs Great "Even the business people are Contact: YONG SANG PACIFIC COR­ 01 ADMINJSTRATIVEASSJSTANT-Sal­ UNDPprovides membercoun­ 02 CLERK, SALES-Salary:$3.05 per PAIRER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour A s 1 Bedroom· Furnished 01 STEELMAN-Salary:$3.30 per hour PORATION Tel. 234-3328(11/ ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour $3,200.00-0BO cooperative. They donated a lot hour 01 GENERAL MAINTENANCE a Utility included $350.00/month tries technical assistance specially 01 ALUM. STEEL FABRICATOR-Sal­ 7)Th226392 02 MASON-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour to make this event a success," Contact: JUAN T. HOCOG dba J and R . HELPER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour 02 GOLF COURSE STARTER-Sal­ l For quiet single or couple only. with matters that deal with "job ary:$3.05 per hour Hocog Enterprises Tel. 256-7673{10/ Contact: PELLEY ENTERPRISES, INC. Borja said. 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.10 per hour 01 MANAGER. CLUB-Salary:$6.00 per ar;:$3.05-3.50 per hour Call: Jane at 235-6688 creation and sustainable liveli­ 31 )Th226270 Tel. 233-9298(10/31)Th62897 R e Most of the delegates wi II check Contact: TAC INTERNATIONAL hour 01 WELDER, ARC-Salary:$3.05-3.50 In Koblerville 288-2222 hood." 01 ASSISTANT MANAGER-Sal­ per hour in at the Diamond Hotel, where CONST. INC. Tel. 234-7833(10/ 01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ Nielsen said the UNDP repre­ 01 ASSISTANT MANAGER-Sal­ ary:$5.00 per hour 04 SWIMMING POOL MAINTENANCE­ 24)Th62574 ary:$5.80 per hour ary:$3.05 per hour IMMEDIATE OPENING . the three-day conference is to be 01 DINNER COOK-Salary:$4.00 per Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour FOR REN1, . sentatives will meet with Gov. Contact: MAGUSA INC./ROMEO Contact: RONG-YAN ENT. INC. dba held. 02 BARTENDER-Salary:$3.05-5.00 per hour 02 TAILOR-Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour Froilan C. Tenorio on Friday. RAMOS dba Romeson's Tel. 235- Ming Ming Store Tel. 235-2019(10/ hour 01 HEAD, WAITER/WAITRESS-Sal­ 02 GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE GARAPANSQUAREKIOSK Borja said among the areas of 1448(10/31 )Th226271 31)Th226301 02 CASHIER-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per ary:$4.50 per hour LABORER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour PLEASE CALL: concern to be discussed at the 20 WAITER/WAITRESS, CLUB-Sal­ Contact: KAN PACIFIC SAIPAN, LTD. ACCOUNTING CLERK hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$700.00- MAC HOMES (SAIPAN) CO., LTD. conference include agricultural 01 MANAGER-Salary:$1,800.00- ary:$3.50 per hour Tel. 322-4692(11/7)Th62968 Saipan ... 01 PHOTO JOURNALIST-Salary: 900.00 per month 2,200.00 per month · Contact: PALACE CORPORATION Tel. TEL. 234-9100 and health matters, $3.05-6.00 per hour Contact: HIBERNIA, INC. Tel. 234- Please send your resume to Continued from page 1 234-3328(11 /7)Th226391 01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER Meanwhile, Finn Reske­ Contact: NIIZEKJ INTERNATIONAL 01 GRAPHIC ARTIST-Salary: $3.05- 0550(10/31)Th226295 (BUILDING)-Salary:$3.05 per hour LONG & BROWN ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ·.------SAIPAN CO., LTD. dba GIG Disco­ 6.00 per hour Nielsen, UNDP' s deputy resident Last week, the Legislature and Employment 03 FARMER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: KWUN KEE COMPANY OF theque Tel. 234-5050{10/24)Th82565 Contact: YOUNIS ART STUDIO, INC. 2nd Floor, Lim's Building representative from Papua New Contact: GREEN STAR COMPANY, SAIPAN dba V.I.P. Gift Shop Tel. 234· the Governor's Office hastened dba MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS & ''NO'' • • • • • •• LTD. dba Green Star Farm Tel. 288· 1587(11/7)Th226402 Oleai, Saipan MP 96950 Guinea, said he hopes to see the • • • • • • NEWS Tel. 234-6341/9797 (10/29) to pass and sign the special legis­ 2808(11n)Th226405 ...~ Th62859 (670) 235-48.02 final approval of the UNDP' s lation that gives PSS a piece-meal ....~.-~ . ~--~·-~ .TO DRUGS proposed subregional program for budget of $42.5 million. ., ' THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-23 22-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- OCTOBER 24, 1996 EEK & MEEK® by Howie Schneider CROSSWORD PUZZLER · ''115 1-X)T OJERT Braves are human after all ATLANTA(AP)-TheAtlantaBraves wasn't enough on this night off the bat," said McMichael, whose Fielder followed with a double to deep 'Til... IT'S 0J6RT " ACROSS suddenly fans the past three years, bobbled a (2 wds.) are human, after all. The hitters, who produced 48 runs in grounder in the fourth that led to an gave up three hits and three runs with­ center, McMichael trotted off the -YOGI E:Efi!RJ", Answer to Previous Puzzle 1 Eternities 46 Early morn Bllilts were popped up. Grounders the past five games, were due for an off unearned run. Andruw Jones and Luis out getting an out 'That's not some­ moWJd to a chorus of boos. 48 Opened the 5 Wife of Osiris were bobbled. And worst ofall, Atlanta night David Cone, a former National Polonia were both thrown out trying to thi.rig I want to do. I want to keep the· "I've been out there a number of 9 Couple sleeping bag 12 Abound 50 TV's Winfrey maybestartingtorealizetheNew York Leaguer who was used to facing many steal second team close and give the team a chance times all year," McMichael said. "I've 13 Attract 53 Witnesses Yankees' bullpen really is what it's of the Atlanta hitters, pitched brilliantly ''We see how big errors can be," to win.'' just had two bad outings too close to 54 Brewer's vat 14 Sea bird cracked up to be_ exceptional. 15 Invent 55 Movie co. for six innings:He left after escaping a Marquis Grissom said. ''We see how It was McMichael who gave up a each other. Th.is is not the time to give 17 Sodium 57 Igloo dweller "When you get to this part of the bases-loaded jam with only one run big the fundamentals can be in these game-winning homer to St Louis' up." 61 Three (II.) symbol year, nothing is easy," said Tom scoring, getting Fred McGriff and Javy games. Everything is so highlighted." Brian Jordan in Game 4 of the NL Glavine downplayed McMichael's 18 Trouble 62 Fargo's St. 19 For fear that 64 "How sweet Glavine, who added another brilliant Lopez to pop up when the Braves were But it was the middle relief that championship series. The Braves had recent troubles. 21 Ernest --1" performance for the Braves' starting poised for a big inning. should be most troubling to Atlanta not lost since that night- until Tuesday. "Greg McMichael has been as solid Borgnine role 65 Hockey great 23 Broke (law) 66 Lights out! pitchers Tuesday night, only to see it ''We got the pitches," Atlanta man­ heading into a Grune 4 that suddenly Onceagain,McMichael found him­ a pitcheron this ballclub as anybody," 27 Daphne­ 67 ·- But the fall short as the Yankees took Grune 3 ager Bobby Cox said. ''Wejustpopped becomes crucial to both teams. . selfright in themiddleofit Thechange­ Glavinesaid "Henevergetsanycredit by Jim Davis Brave" Garfield@ Maurier of the World Series 5-2. them up." GregMcMichael,thebridgebetween up specialist faced a grand total ofthree around here for the job he does. He's 28 Eyes amorously DOWN "We didn't realistically expect to Atlantaalsodidn'tdothe''littlethings" thestell'arrotationanddominiltihgcloser, batters and didn't 'exactly fool anyone. done an outstanding job getting us 29 After Mon. 10-3 © 1996 sweeptheseguys,"headded. "You've it did sc well in a 4-0 victory in Game 2. Mark Wohlers, looked all too hittable DerekJetersingledtoleadoff.Bemie through the eighth inning to get us to 1 And so on United Feature Syndicate 31 Dog's foot just got to put the loss behind you and Mr. October, Mark Lemke, hit into once again when he was calleg_on with Williams, who had snapped anO-for-7 Marie Wohlers. Unfortunately forGreg 34 As tarps (Latin abbr.) 35 Court matter 2 "-the 8 Used the pool Asian holiday get ready to play the next one.'' a: double play in the first and popped up the Braves trailing on! y 2~ l _inthe~ighth. slilmp.with an RBI single_in the first, and.our bullpen in general, every time 37 Author ramparts .. ." 9 Rip to shreds 22 -hoc Glavine allowed only four hi~ .and a sacrifice bunt attempt in the sixth. Jeff ''If was a close game and I come m ~nt homer deep into the rignt-field one of them has a bad game, it's big 3 Born (Fr.) (2 wds.) 23 Election Day a Umberto.- one earned run in seven innings, but it Blauser, a frequent target.of Atlanta on a fat change-up. When Cecil news and headlines." 39 Armstrong ID 4 Tinier 1 O Court order task there and give up a couple ofruris right seats 40 Energy unit 5 I.e., in full 11 Exclusively 24 - Stravinsky The Yankees have shown that if 16 Plagues 25 Chemical 42 Depot (abbr.) 6 Grad.-to-be ,,,i their starters can keep the game close 44 Discover 7 f, Fleming 20 Southeast suffix . 26 Owing. for six innings, theBraves are beatable. 30 Reverb; .,{0#r.~c~ver Jofies' homers innings. Then he'll tum the ball over to 38 Raincoat Wlll,AMSTED, Ctiracacf (AP) - Every time Andruw Jones hits a home by Charles M. Schulz 41 "Rockford John Wettleland, who had 43 saves PEANUTS® Files" star run, it lights the sky over Curacao. during theregularseasonand picked up 43 Part of O & A . ThelittleCaribbeanisland wentwildSWJday night when its favorite son hit another one in Game 3. 45 Symbol for two homers to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 12-1 victory over the New York . . GUESS WHAT I LEARNED thallium 47 Mother Yankees in Grune t of the World Series. IN SCHOOL TODA'< .. 49 Emits (fumes) 'This town is crazy .... He's really a national hero," said Geovanne 1996 Palau · · 50 Director . Viceisza, the local businessman who scouted Jones for the Braves. Preminger He said people in Curacao keep firewmks at home for special occasions Women's Leagu.e· 51 Kitten sound 52 "Mad About , and each time Jones connects, they set them off. • . · Team St~ndings . You" actress . ... ''E:veryoneis buying T-shirts, lighting up fireworks with each homer," he . 56 Oklahoma said.Sin~the 19-year-oldJonesjoinedthemajorleaguesinAugust, the local city . liitl~ league has been inundatedwith 8- and 9-year-olds seeking to enlist. Compiled by Patrick Tellei 58 Simpson For the Variety judge . People are gathering each night at homes arid clubs and sports bars to watch · . 59 60 secs. Jones play. Slinda:ynigbt's petformancesent them dancing into the streets, or . 60 Simple sugar speeding through townleimirig on their car horns. :' . . . ' ·.·. Division Win Loss 63 Pacino ID Curacao, a 38-mile-long (61-kilometer-long) island just off the coast of Power Raiders 3 0 Venezuela,hasapopu1ationofaboutl50,000,aboutthreetimesafullYankee Oreo's 3 1 STELLA WILDER Stadium. . Sakau 2 2 Atlanta signed him as a 16-year-old on July 1, i993, for a$ 46,000 bonus, Hot Pepper 2 2 the first day he was eligible to enter pro ball. · Strikers 1 3 ,"It's fabulous beyond anyone's expectations that in one year a kid could YOUR BIRTHDAY ltidS~~ do as much as this," Viceisza said. Jones started the season with the Class A Mixers 0 4 r:Jl!E(f£ !]1] fl!{g Dwham Bulls, moved up to Double-A Greenville in June, to Triple-A ~? . RichmondinJulyandjoin~theAtlantalineupAug.15. · Results of Sunday October 20, 1996 WI-IE:RE IN THE v.ORLO 00 TI-IESE Hismotherandfatherweren'tinCuracaoonSWJdaynight-hismotherwas Game I Oreos 14 Ho! Pepper03 ANIMALS LIVE.< MATO-I EACi-1 ANIMAL visitinginVenezuelaandhisfatherwasinHaitionbusiness-butViceiszawill Game II Sinkers 06 Mixers 04 your daily guide. centrating on your current duties. By Stella Wilder 70 ITS N4TURAL /-ICVVIE. meetthem in Atlanta on Tuesday for Grune 3. Game Power Aaiders1 O Sakau OS FRIDAY, OCT. 25 TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Ill SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - You may be turning into a perfec­ KOALA Acting on the advice friends, including Henry Jones, Andruw's father, Born today, you seem to be qui­ Viceisi.a wentto scout Jones when he was a 15-year-old playing senior league et and re~erved, but in the right Someone you've known well for a tionist. Today, listen to people who Sunday, October 27, 1996 Games situation and whenever you are Jong time will bring a surprise to suggest alternate methods. ball. . Game I 11 :30 Strikers vs Oreos GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - . ''YOU could spot this guy immediately;" Viceisi.a said. "He bad this kind called on to use your talents you your doorstep before the day is Game II 1:00 Power Raiders vs Kol Pepper vi­ over. You must prepare yourself. You will come face to face with · ofbody,attitude,actionandbaseballinstinctsthatascoutlookl;for. Youcould can be outgoing, energetic and i Game Ill 2:30 Sakau vs Mixers brant. Even though it is true that SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 2.2-Dec. that jealous streak today, but you i1 see immediately that he was so111ething special." . you are far more. interested in l;he 21) - This can be a good day for should try to control your emo­ · · Jones quit school, but promiseµhis parents to go backifhedidn'trnakeit Game IV 4:00 Power Raiders vs Sinkers inner truth than m the superficial, you and a partner, but you both tions rather than give them free as a professional, Viceisi.a said.t . . . _. · . · you will of course let it all hang out may have to work closely together rein at this time. "He's been playing' basebair since he was 6 years old,'? said Cedric to overcome an unexpected obsta­ CANCER (June 21-July 22) - ?~-~! Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Tom Gia vine hurls a pitch in game 2 of when necessary, and you have Try to think about what you want the world series. The Braves won 4-0. AP photo Kirinvongo; a family friend and baseball writer fur La ·Prensa what it takes to outdo almost any­ cle during the morning. i Kan. • • one with a show of emotional fire­ CAPRICORN GER i Vikings ... Saipan (1-3) while the Clippers Your life will proceed according you seek. Today you should be a you believe that variety is the _i: Continued from page 24 Continued from page 24 the final minutes in the fourth quarter. etched on the SYFL record books by to a schedule of alternating good doer, not a talker. spice of life, then why are you go­ Eventually, defense decided the renuning an intercepted pass fora 70 (3-1) go against JTG Enterprises and bad luck, but you will know AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ing over the same old ground whitewashing win for the week. The seconds of the game enabled the (0-4) in the remaining pairings again and again? outcome of the game. Palacios, yard touchdown. how to make the best of the good - Your patience may begin to eighthrankedteamdrubbedJoker's,4- tonight. wear thin today because someone VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - ~ _,;$.I W estem Hurricanes to notch their together with Jun Ray and Dexter Withthescorepeggedat25-20,the and minimize the bad at almost 0 to hike it, win tolal to 30.5-37.5. you've taken under your wing will This will be a good day to concen­ ~ PANDA first win of the season by beating the Palacios, three of the top defensive Vikings had an opportunity to win the Aside from the overall team every turn. It seems, therefore, Joker's remained stuck at fifth with that you are one of those lucky_ in­ refuse to get the message and to trate on your image. Are you really Central midgets, 25-20. backs of the league, combined for a game but Cedric Palacios did his supremacy, team and individual mend his or her ways. what you seem to be, and if not, 33.5-34.5. dividuals for whom everythmg PE~IN -:c:.._·c.-t<,~,e....,..q e 1996 Uni1ed Feature Syndicate, Inc. 10/24 Thescorewasclosethroughoutthe three interceptions in the game, a game winning heroics. high marks are also at stake in turns out right' PISCES (Peb. 19-March 20) what can you do to change that O'Doul's also had a good run last Also horn on this date are: F. - This will be a good time to cling perception? ·v:::>ll:::>t::NlNV-Nln8N3d 'VNIH:::>-VONVd 'VISV·l:l381l nightbyscoringthreewinsoffShirley's game with several outstanding plays tonight's games. .Murray Abraham and Kevin to someone who knows what you LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. ZZ) - CoffeeShop. O'Doul'snowtotesa32- made by both teams . The Clippers currently hold the need. Do not turn away from this You may be too demanding for 'V:)ll:l::!V-'v'llll:J08 'VllVl:llSnV-'v'lVO>t :sN\f Kline, actors; Bill Wyman, musi­ 36 slate while Shirley's fell to 29-39. Garrett Sleight scored the first end popped up a bunt, but put himself in record in the high scratch game, cian. person. your own good today. Settle down ARIES (March 21-April 19) - and grant someone else a wish or Despite a losing.run, V &J submitted zone score of the game in the first Yankees ... further trouble with a walk to Chipper high handicap game and in the To see what is in store for you All Seats Continued from page 24 tomorrow, find your birthday and You can avoid sinking into one of two before catering to yourself. .··· and All Snacks $ j the best scores in the high scratch and quarter for the Hurricanes. Sleight Jones that loaded the bases. high handicap series with 861, your deeper, darker moods today handicap games by knocking 696 and read the corresponding para­ Cool T-Shirt giveaway made a 47 yard run to set the tone for The Braves scored in their eighth on With Rivera and Lloyd warming 1,047 and 2,937 pinfalls. graph. Let your birthday star be simply by looking forward and con- D:ipyrigbt 1996. Uoit.ed Fc.,;ture Syudicate, loc. 815 pins. JTG Enterprises topped the up, Torre went to the moWJd to talk to high scratch series with 2,049 pins the exciting game between the two a triple by Marquis Grissom and a Jaridon holds the remaining Cone. Torre stuck with his starter, and mark-the high scratch series­ In 1502 B.C., Halshepsul became whileCMPGcappedtheweekwiththe winless teams. single by Marie Lemke, hoth hits off The 1970s TV sitcom "Sanford and Hanson Kapileo likewise· scored Rivera. his patience paid off. with 2,382 pins. Son" starred comic actor Redd Foxx, the first female pharaoh lo rule Egypt, best !ally in the high handicap series although she was immortalized by "****! with 2,336 pins. · for the Hurricanes in the second quar­ ATIANTA: off Rivera. Cone retired McGriff on a popup to In the individual high marks, CLOSERS whose real name was, in fact, Sanford. shortstop Jeter in shallow center field, The word "quarantine" comes from artists as wearing the traditional HYSTERICAL!" O' Doul's Danny Robles swept all ter. Kapileo reached the end zone of Cone retired nine in a row early in Luz Mendiola, Mina Benavente, and thought he'd escaped the inning the !lalian word "quarante," meaning The parents of President Dwight D. king's costume and having a beard. categories in the men's side by burning with rushing runs of 7 and 3 yards. the game, then faced his toughest spot Rita Palacios and Darlene Castro the lanes with 225,238,591 and 630 pins. with the close 3-2 pitch to Klesko. But 40. During the 14th century, Venice Eisenhower, a brilliant military leader Mollnt Everest gets taller every AndresPuaand VinceRabauliman in the sixth with the Yankees ahead 2- own the best scores in the high required all foreign ships to stay in and flve-slar general, were confirmed MICHAEL KEATON • ANDIE MACOO\IIELL In the women's side, Jenny Palacios AL umpire Tim Welke called it a ball, year. It has grown a full foot in the earned the fight for the Vikings in the 0. Gia vine, who led all pitchers this scratch game, high handicap the harbor 40 days before docking to pacifists past loo years. scoredatwinkillbytoppinghighscratch leavingConewithhishandssp=dout guard against the Bubonic Plague and high handicap categories. The same quarter by combining in setting season with a .289average- not includ­ game, high scratch and high handi­ As a snail crawls, it produces a multiplicity. ing a bases-loaded triple in Game 7 of wondering how it wasn't a strike, Earth Tip: Cloth diapers are better JTG standout knocked 223 and 248 a SYFL record 89 yard touchdown and Glavine trotted home with a cap series. The only rhyme ,n the English Ian· colorless, sticky discharge so effective for the environment than disposable pins. theNLchampionship series-worked a guage for "orange" is "door .hinge·· in protecting itself from its environ­ pass. run. Palacios' 180 per game is the diapers. A typical disposable diaper In the series events, Becky Reyes leadoff walk on a 3-2 pitch. ment that it can actually travel across Henry Rabauliman kept the Vi­ Cone managed to protect the lead score to beat in the high indi­ lakes 500 years lo decompose in a bested all her rivals by racking 563 pins Grissom followed with a soft fly to If you are trying to gel over a cold. the edge of a razor without gelling cut. kings at pace with the Hunicanes by vidual average. Mendiola is sec­ landfill, as opposed to a cotton diaper in high scratch while Bobot Marcelo left field that Raines, hampered by a when he retired Lopez, the last bat­ try eating guavas instead of oranges. which will decompose in only six scoring 5 yard run in the third. ond with 173, while Lucy Salas is An average guava has six times th_e Al the time of the American Revo­ brought, down 640 pins to gain top sere hamstring, circled and trapped for ter Cone faced as Torre nnned over months. Even the disposable diapers Vince Rabauliman, slowly gain- the one-run lead to his vaunted bullpen. third with 171 pins .. vitamin C of an orange. Other superi­ lution, Philadelphia was the largest that are advertised as being honors in the high handicap event asingle.Cone gotabreakwhenLemke or sources of vitamin C are turnip colonial city and second only to biodegradable actually only break into greens, parsley, green peppers and London as the largest English-speak­ tiny pieces of plastic which will remain raw brqccoli. ing city in the world. in the landfill. 24-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- OCTOBER 24, 1996

Adam and Eve Mixed tilt JTG wins four, keeps lead cellar-dwelling Kan Pacific. CMPG By Erel A. Cabatbat IT &E is one of the hottest team Fourth-running V&J continues its 35-33, same slate with IT &E. IT &E, improved to 30.5-37.5, goo:l for ninth Vanety News Staff going through last night's matchups. skid. The team dropped three losses in however, was able to grabbed the third JTG EN1ERPRISES went perfect in Against the league leaders, IT&E's its lanes 9and IO pairing against eighth spot because of superiorpin total. IT &E in the overall standings. Kan Pacific is four outings last night to maintain a luck and winning run ran short. running Martha's Poker. · has 39, 197 pins or 175 pins better than still at 12th withasony25.5-42.5 slate. comfortable lead over its nearest rival Country House matchedJTG' s win­ V&J is now nine wins adrift froin V&J. Paras Enterprises scored the third in the Adam and Eve Mixed Tuesday ning run by scoring asimilar4-0routof second running Country House with CMPG scored a 3-1 victory against Continued on page 23 Night League at the Saipan Bowling EPC International in their lanes 5 and 6 Center. duel. With the shutout win against upset ~pitethevictories, Country House conscious IT &E, ITG no\\'. totes a 48- is still behind by four wins with a 44-24 20 win loss slate while IT &E remained slate. at third with 35-33 slate. Vikings, Hurricanes split double header By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff TIIE PEE Wee Vikings and the Midget Hurricanes finally entered the wincolumnastheCentralandWestemteamssplittheirtwogamematch­ upsinweekfiveoftheSaipan.YouthFootballLeagueattheAiqx)ItFiel& Winless after two starts, the.Central Pee Wees vented their ire on their Westem rivals to score a 20-0 victory. western, however, didn't go home empty'as its midget team got back . against the Vikings, 25-20; in the second game.. Darin Mason scored two touchdowns, one in the first and another. iii · the second quarter to lead the Vikings in the pee wee·action: Quarterbacf Amwar Quitugua also had a sterling game. Quituga scored a rushing : touchdown in the second quarter. The Hurricanes had several chances to score in the pay-off period but good defense put up by tlie Vikings preserved the' win for Central: PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK-Toots Lumactod (left) readies to attack while Vicente Sablan, a 1st In the second encounter,. an interception by defensive back Cedric Degree Black Belt, puts up a defensive stance during the Pacific Shotokan Karate-do, Saipan Dojo training Palacios in the 6 yard line off a Vikings' last ditch stand in the waning session fast Monday night at the Gilbert C. Ada Gym. The Pacific Shotokan Karate-do conducts its sessions Continued on page '23 every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 7:30-8:45 p.m. at the Ada Gym with Edward Salas, a 2nd Degree Black Belt holder, as its chief instructor. (Photo by Erel A. Cabatbat) I Women's league 1-World .Series- - . Kan Pacific aims to remain on top By Erel A. Cabatbat lanes 1 and 2 encounter. Their Variety News Staff encounter promises to be an ex­ ,Yankees win third game: KAN PACIFIC tries to keep the citing one as both teams sport AlLANTA (AP)- Now this was kees to use four starters. sixth, when the Braves loaded the lead in the Women's Thursday identical 3-1 slates. i,. what the New York Yankees were No team in baseball has overcome a bases with one out He got Fred Night League as they face J. G. Jaridon and the Jets tangle in i, supposed to do all along. 3-0 deficit in the postseason, and New McGriff on a popup, walked Ryan Sablan Enterprises in tonight's the next two lanes h0ping to im­ Get six goo:l innings from David York won 'thave to, either. After losing Klesko to force home a run that drew pairings at the Saipan Bowling prove their current record at each ti Cone. Get a home run from Bernie twice at home, the Yankees shook up Atlanta within 2-1 and retired NLCS Center. other's expense. Jaridon is two Williams. And then let the bullpen their lineup, benching slumping Tino MVP Javy Lopez on a foul popup. Kan Pacific is currently on top notches ahead ofth,e Jets but both do the rest Martinez and hobbling Wade Boggs It was Cone's biggest win since in the overall team standings with teams have a 1-3 marks. It all came together for the :y an­ and Paul O'Neill, and manager Joe missingfour months this season after 4 wins against no defeat. Oriental Hotel is slightly fa­ kees on Tuesday night, and not a Torre's moves worked. _surgery for an aneurysm in his pitch­ J. G. Sablan, on th~ other hand, vored against the winless Nite moment too soon. Their 5-2 win Danyl Strawbeny, Cecil Fielder . ingann. sports an even 2-2 record. Busters in lanes 5 and 6. Oriental over Atlanta cut the Braves' lead to and Charlie Hayes stepped in and each The Yankees showed they ex­ Budweiser and Joeten Enter­ is in joint-third over-all with a 3- 2-1, and put the drama back i.11to a made contributions that helped the JJP...Cted it to be a low-scoring game , World Series that was on the verge Yankees take a 2-1 lead after six in­ when they had Derek Jeter, the sec- .. prise aim to keep pace with the i record. I' of becoming a walkover. Re­ nings. ond batter of the game, bunt follow- :1 leader as they face each other in Contfnued on page 23 lievers Mariano Rivera, Graeme The Yankees broke it open with a ing a leadoff walk by Tim Raines. '. Lloyd and John Wetteland finished three-run eighth, highlighted by Will­ New York, second in the majors · 1 Cage tilt's final deadline set off a victory that made the Yankees iams' homer, his sixth tying the in fielding, got surprisingly good de- ii the first team ever to win six straight posL<;eaSOnrecordset by Bob Robertson fense from Fielder. / 0¥ Erel A. Cabatbat road games in the postseason. of Pittsburgh in 1971, and Fielder's Playing first base for only the I0th ! Variety News Staff' The win ended New York's six­ double off Greg McMichael. time since being acquired from De- j THE FINAL deadline for submission of team roosters for the Budweiser game losing streak in the World Williams, MVP of the AL champi­ troit on July 31, Fielder held his own Cup Basketball Tournament to be held at the CMS Basketball Court is set Seriesthatdatedto 1981 andstopped onship series, had been hitless in the with the glove. He started a·double on Thursday, October 31. a five-game winning streak by the first two games before an RBI single in ·. play in the first and handled a couple Toumnament fee is set at $900 per team inclusive of unifonns and Braves during which they had the opening inning against Tom other difficult chances, although he insurance. outscored opponents 48-2. Glavine. wasn't able to catch a foul pop near Interestedteamsshouldmaketheircheckspayabletothelntercommercial New York will try to make it 7-0 ATLANTA: Tom Glavine. the tarpaulin later in the game. Basketball Townament and should be given to the organizers not later than away from Yankee Stadium on Conestayedaheadwithnastybreak­ Ahead 2-1,Jeter hit a leadoff single 5 p.m. on October 31. . Wednesday night when Kenny ing pitches, buckling the knees of sev­ in the eighth and Williams homered. In arelatedevent, the organizers will haveameeting this coming Saturday, Rogers pitches against Atlanta's eral Braves hitters for six innings. He Fielder followed with a double and October 26, 9 am. at CMS. Denny Neagle. Rogers originally gave up four hits, the same total al­ pinch-hitter Luis Sojo had an RBI For more inquiries, call Archie de! Rosario of CMS at telephone mimber was dropped from the rotation, but lowed byGJavine in seven innings. single. restored when a rainout took away Cone's key moment came in the 234-6159. Continued on page 23 the travel da and forced the Yan- t]vlarianas %rietr~·

• ' • • • • ' •• I 'I ,l ;, .. :; . (; '',.