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Tenorio: pealPL7-45 By Rafael H. Arroyo the chief executive pointed out. ment but also to extend the dead- that you want to reenact it, then Variety News Staff Public Law 7-45, which was line to Sept. 30, 2000. reintroduce and approve it again. GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio enacted in 1992, extended the The extension did not sit well But the point is, why have the is asking the Legislature to con length of time within which cer with then acting Gov. Jesus C. statute in the book when it is not sider a complete repeal of Public tain critical service agencies may Borja who subsequently vetoed effective," the governor stressed. Law 7-45, the law that prevents be able to hire non-US citizens, the measure. Asked if he sees a continued .certain government agencies from up to Sept. 30, 1995. The administration came back need for non-resident workers in hiring non-US citizen employees. Such a law specifically gave saying that the Legislature should government, Tenorio said: "I This was learned in a letter the such agencies as PSS, CHC, OPA, just repeal the whole thing in- never denied that we did not need governor sent legislative leaders the Commonwealth Utilities· stead ofjust moving the deadline. them." the other day announcing he has Corp. and the Department of Pub "From the very beginning, But according to the governor, signed a new law strengthening lic Works an exception to the gen that's my position. I have told the even if the statute is repealed, he the Office of the Public Auditor. eral prohibition on non-US gov Legislature repeal it and stop just will continue to encourage hiring Although the letter focused on ernment hiring but only up to the suspending it. What they have through manpower agencies, es- the need of the OPA to keep most September deadline. been doing is merely extending pecially for such critical agencies of its non-resident staff, Tenorio Froilan C. Tenorio Several months ago, the Legis the deadline. That's a stupid way like CHC and PSS. in an interview yesterday, said he emor told the Variety. lature passed House Bill 9-400 of enacting laws," said Tenorio. "If I had my way, if I were the wants some other agencies to be "With that statute in the books, seeking to maintain the restric "If you don't like the law, you one recruiting the teachers for PSS, able to continue hiring non-US we can't hire foreign doctors like tion as a rule of thumb for govern- repeal it and when the time comes Continued on page 8 citizens, notably the Public School Canadian, Filipinos or from any System and the Commonwealth other countries. So what I am tell Health Center. ing our lawmakers is that let's "Actually, the main reason why repeal it and when the time comes we want this law repealed is be that we don't need to do it any cause we need more doctors for more, then we pass a law that we CHC and more auditors for the can't hire any more non-US citi Public Auditor's Office," the gov- zens to work for ovemment," Changes to CNMI adoption law vetoed By Rafael H. Arroyo . too difficult, I think we will Variety News Staff actually weaken our families," A BILL seeking to provide for said the governor in his veto a more stringent CNMI adop message to the presiding offic ~ /i : • . tion law has been disapproved ers of Legislature. by Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio. "Adoption is an important ~~':?!:~;',~;' Senate Bill 9-145, authored part of both Chamorro and by Sen. Juan S. Demapan was Carolinian cultures. It must be vetoed after the chief executive regulated, of course, but it found some of its provisions should not be restricted too se Miss CNMI-Universe 1994 Elizabeth Tomokane arranges flowers and candles on the grave of a departed impractical and unnecessary. verely," added the chiefexecu relative at the Chalan Kanoa cemetery yesterday. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of faithful flocked to In tum, the chief executive tive. cemeteries during All Saints Day to remember their dead. recommended that the Legisla Senate Bill 9-14.5 would have ture consider an alternative bill imposed a five-year residency in consultation with the judi requirement for both the adopted child and the adopter. Islanders remember dead cial branch. "All in all this legislation goes It also seeks to put in a provi By Mar-Vic C. Munar in the morning. occasion like they do during too far. By making adoptions Continued on page 8 Variety News Staff A bigger crowd arrived in the Christmas. SCENT of flowers wafted on the afternoon to catch up with the 4 The Laniyo family gathered air while candle lights flickered p.m. Mass. around the tombs of the patriarch in what is normally a gloomy cem Filipina Marivic de Leon and Continued on page 8 Grand jury indicts etery in Chalan Kanoa as people her relatives said prayers before remembered their dead on All the tomb of their mother. Miyazawa Souls' Day yesterday. It was a solemn observance she for 'ice' Along with the solemn spirit was not exactly accustomed to. Weather By Rick Alberto came the perennial hazards that She comes from a place where Variety News Staff accompany the occasion: traffic All Souls' Day is observed the A GRAND jury has slapped Akira jams and parking problem. same way people celebrate feasts. Outlook Miyazawa with four new charges "These problems do not really "In Manila cemeteries, people arising from a shooting incident matter because we can't escape celebrate this occasion with danc , . last Oct. 18 that led to the discov them during this occasion," said ing, singing, loud music and all ery of some 200 grams of one observer who wanted to be thosecommercialstuff," DeLeon methemaphetamine, or ice. identified only as Tom. "Theim obseryed, "while here, you really In an indictment filed Tuesday portant thing is that ~e show our have to show respect for the dead. by the US government, the Japa dead loved ones that' we have not So we do as Saipanese do.''. nese national was charged with: forgotten them." All Soul's pay is also an event Becoming • Possession of ice with intent Tom, like everyone else who for family reunions, said Rose mostly cloudy with to distribute; didn't want to jostle for parking Laniyo. scattere shower • Using or carrying firearm in space, visited his dead relative at She said family members saved Akira Miyazawa Continu~d on page 8 the Chalan Kanoa cemetery early and spent a great deal for the
PAC NEW~.PAPER STACKS 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-NOVEMBER 2, 1995 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS ..mD ~ US-Sokor talks preparation underway SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - that South Korea double its troops, Washington and Seoul New law strengthens OPA Gen. John Shalikashvili, chair share of the cost of keeping U.S. have agreed to review the ac man of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of troops in its territory, raising its cord. By Rafael H. Arroyo vetoed by then Governor Larry I. Iection and expenditure of all pub generated funds appropriated by Auditor shall promulgate its own Guerrero. lic funds are detected and pre CNMI law, not to be less than $1 procurement regulations but sub Staff, arrived in Seoul Wednes contribution to dlrs 600 million Similar talks also are under Variety News Staff GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio After that, there was an attempt vented. million and deposit the monies in stantially similar to CNMI Pro day to prepare for annual talks a year by 2000. way in Japan following the rape has signed into law a bill to by the Seventh Legislature to over Saying he has no problem with a special account for the use of curement Regulations and shall on the U.S.-South Korea mili About 37,000 U.S. troops are of a schoolgirl, allegedly by strengthen the Public Auditor's ride Guerrero's veto triggering a the new mode of funding the of the OPA. administer its own procurement tary alliance. currently stationed in South Ko three U.S. servicemen. The chief American delegate rea under a mutual defense South Korea and the United Office by giving it more indepen momentary legal tussle on fice, Tenorio said his Office of Aside from effectively amending function. for the 27th annual U.S.-Ko treaty, and most of the won cost States also will discuss whether dence and authority. whether the measure had become Management and Budget is ready the Commonwealth Auditing Act The new statute also empowers rean Security Consultative of keeping them is borne by to hold next year's "Team Senate Bill 9-6, S.D. l, authored law in 199 I. to make the necessary one per of I 983 with regards to budgeting the public auditor to appoint and Meeting, Defense Secretary South Korea. Spirit" joint military exercises. by Sen. Paul A. Manglona and In his transmittal letter to the Leg cent funding available beginning procedures, the new law also gives remove employees as he or she William Perry, is to arrive Other issues will include a The springtime exercises have known as the Public Auditor islature announcing the enactment the second quarter of fiscal year autonomy for the office on per deems necessary to perform the Thursday from Japan for the South Korean demand to amend been canceled for the past two Amendments Act of 1994, be of the new Public Auditor law, 1996. sonnel and procurement matters. duties of his office. Thursday-Friday session. a 1966 agreement defining the years to encourage North came Public law 9-68 to also give Tenorio aired support for Public "Although I normally do not ap Proponents of the measure have All personnel employed by or Shalikashvili met his South legal status of the U.S. troops Korea's cooperation in freez the Public Auditor's Office a guar Auditor Leo L. LaMotte and the prove of earmarking in any form, noticed that the Public Auditor contracted for by the OPA shall Korean counterpart, Gen. Kim here. South Korea believes the ing its nuclear program, sus~ anteed annual budget of$ I mil excellent job his office is doing. I am willing to make an exception may not be completely indepen be exempt from the application of lion or one percent of all locally The Public Auditor's Office is a in this case, because the OPA is a dent of political influence if it the Commonwealth Ci vii Service Dong-jin, and paid a courtesy agreement gives unfair privi pected of developing weapons. generated funds appropriated by constitutionally created office constitutional office performing would have to rely on other gov Act. call on Defense Minister Lee leges to American soldiers ac The North has strongly ob the CNMI government, which mandated to audit the receipt, an important and necessary f unc ernment entities like the Person The office shall also set its own I Yang-ho on Wednesday. cused of committing crimes. jected to the exercises, calling ever is higher. possession and disbursement of tion," said Tenorio. nel Office and the Procurement & compensation, wage and salary A major topic of the Seoul After a series of highly pub them an invasion rehearsal. talks is Washington's demand licized crimes involving U.S. South Korea and the United Manglona, during the Seventh public funds by the three branches P.L. 9-68 provides that the De Supply Office for its manpower scales as well as administer a pro CNMI Legislature, also authored of government and its instrumen partment of Finance shall with and procurement needs. gram of staff housing for its em _, States have said they are purely .. defensive . a bill with the same provisions as talities. hold one percent of all locally Under the new law, the Public ployees. TRUCK? that of S.B. 9-6. Part of its function under Com I",~, Such a measure was passed by the monwealth law is to ensure that I Ii Typhoon Angela Legislature but was subsequently fraud, abuse and waste in the col- Water leakage rate more than nearing Phils. • POWER STEERING • AIR CONDITIONING MANILA, Philippines (AP) CDC's estimate, says expert • REAR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES • FUEL INJECTED ENGINE Airport car rental • DELUXE CLOTH INTERIOR • 36-MONTHISO.OOO MILE - Typhoon Angela gained By Mar-Vic C. Munar For 536,950, the consultant (um delivers 24-hour service. • TINTED GLASS LIMITED WARRANTY strength Wednesday as it Van'ety News Staff wa~ contracted to advise thecorpom "After surveying for leak.age for •A~VFM CASSETIE PL.AYER • 72-MONTH/100,000 MILE roared closer to the Philip • REAR-STEP BUMPER CORROSION LIMITED concessions awarded THE WSSES incurred by the Com tion on leak detection techniques. the first two days of the contract, it • DOOR· TO·DOOR CARPETING WARRANTY pines, still reeling .from a FOUR car rental companies were The car rental concession will monwealth Utilities Corp. from wa The survey's pilot area was was determined that it wouid be in the @ tropical storm that left more awarded concession space at the be for a three-year period, which ter leakages is more than what its is Koblerville village, where Wicklund best interest for the CUC that it begin than 160 people dead over the thought. discovered I 27 households with wa an in-house (leak detection) program," ISUZU Saipan International Airport car begins November I, 1995 and weekend. rental building by the Common ends October 31, 1998. Leak detection consultant Scott ter leakage problem. Wicklund said. Weathermen said Angela's wealth Ports Authority (CPA) In comparison, when the car Wicklund said leakage rate in Saipan Leaks were detected through so He noted that most customers whci sustained winds had strength Board of Directors, a news re rental concessions were bidded is about 20 to 30 gallons of water per phisticated gadgetscal!edFCS Model pay water bills on flat-rate basis are ened from 140 kph (86 mph) lease from the ports agency said. out four years ago, the average minute. S-20 survey tool and Fuji HG-10 not scrupulous in using water. Tuesday to I 65 kph ( 103 mph) The four companies submitted bid was a little over $70,000. While the CUC estimated that five ground microphone that can pick up ThisiswhytheCUCissteppingup Wednesday, with gusts of up the highest bids which were The high amount of bid submit million gallons ofwateris wa~ted per leak noise more than 12 inches under its efforts to install water meters in all to 195 kph (122 mph). opened publicly on September 29 ted by seven car rental companies day, results of his company's survey thegmund households, CUC's public infonna At 10 a.m. (0200 GMT) at the CPA conference room. caught the CPA Board and man indicated that about three million gal "(T)he major source of water loss tion officer Pamela Mathis said. Wednesday, they added, it was Tropical Rent-A-Car submitted agement by surprise. lons more is unaccounted for. is leakage on the consumer side ofthe Wicklund also recommended over the Pacific Ocean, about the highest bid of $186,000 per "The high amount of bids are 'This problem begins at house meter, overflowing tanks, and lack of that a survey on the island be done 880 kilometers (50 miles) east year, foll owed by Dollar REnt-A indicative of the car rental com holds where there are overflowing waterconservation,''Wicklundstated at least once or twice a year "to of Manila, moving at 15 kph f. with $182,388. Budget REnt panies making a lot of money at tanks and lack of water conserva in his initial survey report. make sure that the leakage is kept i Car (9 mph) toward the Bicol re ,. A-Car came in third with a bid of the Saipan International Airport," tion," Wicklund said at yesterday's "Ifthe statistics that we have found to a minimum." gion and eastern coast of the $170,478.24, while Hertz Rent Board Chairman Victor B. Hocog luncheon meeting with members of thus far are an indication of the rest of By having the equipment on main island of Luzon. A-Car ranked fourth with said. "It also shows that the the Society of Professional Journal the island, there will be more water the island, Wicklund said, CUC The weather bureau warned $129,000 per year. economy continues to improve." ists. lost in leak.age than what is pumped," will be able to detennine the main residents of coastal areas in TheCUChasenteredintoa 15-day he said. leakage before digging. "Leaks $10,995 the typhoon's path to move to ~-) .. , .. "1"- j ' contract with Wicklund's company, Wicklund said water leak.age oc are not always where they sur . higher ground because big ') .. n . ""' ' "· the Utility Services Association. curs mostly in areas where the cue face," he said . . ,,, ,ii waves were expect,~d. It said ' the seas would be ~xtremely II n') dangerous for all typ~s of ves /{ HOLDING a tall silk hat, Crown Prince Naruhito leads Crown Princess sels. Masako as they meet with guests at the autumn imperial garden party Parks petition gathers in Tokyo Wednesday last week. AP Photo Tropical Storm Zack, which smashed through the central Visayas Islands Saturday and Sunday, killed at least 161 over 4,000 signatures people, disaster officials re EXTENDED SALE ported. They said more than By Rick Alberto be used for parks and recreational ers; it's our hope that our leaders get On Selected Cellular Phones Models 361,000 others lost their Van"ety News Staff areas for the people," said the move busy developing parks and preserv homes or were forced to flee TilE Citizens for Parks and Recre ment, which is headed by Thomas J. ing and protecting recreational are.is their flooded communities. ation Movement ha~ hurled a chal Camacho, who is also program of for our children and grandchildren," BIG SAVINGS !!! BIG DISCOUNT!!! The National Disaster Co lenge to the governor and the legisla ficerofthe Governor's Developmen the movement said. ordinating Council said ture leaders to be true to tl1eir cam tal Disabilities Council. The movement claimed it was a 14, l 38 houses, mostly made paign promises to preserve and pro The movement cited statistics "non-political, grassroots organiza NOKIA 232 AUDIOVOX 600 GE CELLULAR PHONE of wood or bamboo, were de \ tect public park lands, as it submined showing that "until recently, every tion." stroyed on the major islands -! - A 1,373 signatures attached to a "Save hotel facility since 1978 has been "We are serious and are prepared s399.~~ of Leyte, Cebu, Bohol, Panay, Our Parks" petition. constructed on public land." to do more than file petitions to pro s599-~~ .s299-~~ Themovernentsaidthe 1,373adults 'This does not include golf resorts tect our public land," the movement • Bright Display Negros and Palawan. About •Smallest Phone •Compact Size 34,357 more were damaged by who si1c-'1led the petition signed for situated on public land. Plainlyspeak said. Screen • Multple City •109 Memory strong winds or floods brought their 2,82 I children as well. ing, enough public land ha~ been used A copy of the lener was also fur •Any Key Answer •Compact Size Registration •Alphanumeric by the storm. The petition, circulated a, early a, for commercial purpose," the move nished to the mayors of Rota and • Alphanumeric •Dual Phone No. •Alphanumeric The storm also destroyed I September, c.µled on concerned ofti- ment said. Tinian; the Iands and natw-al resources roads and bridges and toppled . cials to save the Garapan Central Park It said it wa, ready to identify secretary; the directors of the divi -4111 -4111 ... and other designated public parks existing public parks and public lands sionsof publiclandsandofparksand -4111 power lines, leaving many provinces still without elec from cncruachments by both the pri where no open space is available for recre2tion; and the president, of the tricity Wednesday. vate and government sectors. recreation. National Recreation and Parks Asso i: "'as the most violent storm In separate Ieners sent the other day The movement also told the three ciation and the National Parks and • Buy One Get One FREE· Motorola 1 to Gov. Fmilan C. Tenorio, Speaker officials, "We challenge you to hold Conservation Association. What. Flip Phone Extended Lile Batteries · NICO since December 1993, when I I •.- Diego T. Benavente and Senate Presi fast to yourcan1paign promises about The movement has objected • 20% OFF on all cellular accesories A c"Cli~/;;,, .It 1 ~ Tropical Storm· Lola killed 273 par ' Loc,teo at Tiansoac·Gualo Ra, ne~ to Subway and Hobby Shop I ---:;J.. - • Same Day Activation fft.1 ~--. dent Ju;m S. Demapan, the move preserving a.nd protecting public ticularly to the lease contract entered ness Hours Mon Fr.oay-9 30 am·6 00 pm. Saturday-12;30 nn-5.00 pm '1 [_" -- -~ v,_s,_A : • people, said weather fore • Short or Long Term Rental Available More? L: Tel. No 235-208{), faK. No .. 234·1801______, caster Winnie Man:ienido. ment a,ked that a balance in the dis land." into between the division of public Ms. Manzenido said she ex ~I nibution of public land be maintained "As soon a, some politicians take lands and the Saipan Fitness Club, See Store for details. Sale Prices are EXTENDED UP TO NOV. 4TH or While Supplies last! pected Angela to strengthen READY. Edward Diaz, an employee of the Board of Elections, seems bciwccn commercial and public use. office, they get busy figuring out which will build a gym inside the further before it hits land. to say, We're ready for the Nov. 4 elections,• as he pqints to a stack "We want public land and water to ways to lea-;e public land to develop- Garapan Central Park. of ballot boxes at the BOE offices. RICK ALBERTO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5
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/I'VE c.otJ\I: 1o ?RoVE. To 1\-\E IProanNatibo REPUBL\CA.NS !\NO THE MEDl,I>. by John S. DelRosario, JR. THAT 1\.IE CoNSnTUTIO~ q..:,• EDUCATION~ SAYS I'M REL£VANT ! Saonao man'ayuda GI un tiempo duranten 'nai Presidenten Estados Unidos de Amerika si Abraham Lincoln, sige makritisisa pot ti konfotme uno na ~ MONTH taotaoiia gi manera 'nai ha dispone un asunton linahyan. Sige de ha aminanasa si President Lincoln gi entalo' mangachoiigiia yan halom taotao gi siuda siha. llelegiia na komo guiya presidente, ~ NOVEMBER 1-30, unratutoha' i as unto masatba. 'N ai esta o'sun si President Lincoln ha a' gang halom gi offisinaiia ya ilegiia: "Amigo, i asunto pareho yan un kahan oru ni para umachule' (.) deste un puntan tano' esta i otro pun ta gi hilo un dalalai na tolai tale ni gaige un'miyas hilo' un'piligron sadog. Famatkilo sa· gaige gi halom ayo na kaha i interesmo. Fanayuyot puede i prohimo ni para u'chinele' ennao na kaha u'felis todo hinanaoiia estake u'fato gi i otro puntan tano"'. I punto: Yangin i gobietno osino lehislatura mauleg na areglamiento ha petsisige pot para minauleg mayotmente, maulegiia ta soyu' ya umakontinua ch echo' niha ke sige ta fabrika Congratulations palabras ni gueko 'nai tatuiigo ha' na sustansiao i as unto ya lamayot patte gi taotaota para u 'fan manmirese. Muiiga ma bohao To all CNMI Educators for the job well done for the i guafen hila' kolebla yangin ni hago mismo ti un 'komprende hafa Clinton: Talks best chance for peace Schoo1Year1994-95 · i dicho asunto. Maulegiia na un 'saonao man estudia kosake hago BARRY SCHWEID cemed. about the show of disunity with Con lokue' siiia mannae' tunas, ·gasgas yan sustansiao ii.a ideo gi DAYTON, Ohio (AP) · On the eve of critical gress. masatban problemata siha. negotiations among the warring parties in Bosnia, "I want the widest possible support for peace," Diberas na sumen ti ma pot ta saiigan hafa para ta chogue yangin President Clinton said Tuesday the talks offer Clinton said. ti hita matatachoi'ig gi siyan sahyan disision. Sa' hafa? Sa' the best chance for peace since the war began Many senators have expressed similar dis mangaige hit gi hiyoiig redondun guantes (boxing ring) 'nai ti hita four years ago. "It may be the last chance we agreement with the president, but there is no rumesisibe i trumpon in kontrario. Seguruyo' na yangin hago have for a very long time," he said. comparable measure awaiting a vote in the Sen fumafana' diberas i kontrario, hame lokue' gi hiyoiig i redondun The president met at the White House with ate. guantes libiano bai' in sai'igane hao taimano para durno'mu pot leaders of his national security team before they Clinton said he did not expect the House vote para unna' lalai'igo i kontrario. I para ta kritisia una kosa sen ti headed to Dayton, where negotiations begin to have any impact on the negotiations in Day I, mapot. I para hita mismo ta chogue, otro enterisimo diffirensiao Wednesday at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. ton. "We have come to a defining moment in i na asunto. Clinton has said he would commit up to 25,000 Bosnia," Clinton said. U.S. troops to a NATO peacekeeping force if all I. Siiia ha' inkuestiotiona ya hafa hao pindeho na seso mankritisisa I Presidents Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia, warring parties in Bosnia reach a peace agree guine na pahina gi guseta? I responsablidat yan fuiigsion este na Franjo Tudjman of Croatia and Alija Izetbegovic ment. eskribienten, guaddian miyo nu i publiko 'nai dibuenamente debi of Bosnia were all en route to Dayton for the Clinton said he would continue to consult November 20, 1995 Tinian Public School System baiho satton gi prinitehen i mayotmente tat komo interes yan talks to open Wednesday. with Congress and, once a peace agreement is proteksion publiko. Ti todo as unto yan taimano ta tag a 'ho "It seems that after all those peace confer reached, would seek an "expression of support" tr infaiigonfotme. Este hu expepekta ginen todos mantataitai fino' ences we've had since 1990, the world leaders from Congress. Chamorro. Libre hao umexpressia sentimentomo gi hilo asunto have a joint position," Tudjman said. Milosevic House Speaker Newt Gingrich called the vote fuera de unna' petsonat. urged "a spirit of impartiality and objectivity." Monday night "a sad vote" and said it was a Makat na responsablidat sa' gi todo atmos band a guaha siempre "So much is riding on the success in Dayton, message telling the president, "Ycu have not ti u 'konfotme. Muna' makat sa' esta pago mampos tan a' petsonat and the whole world is watching," Clinton said convinced us this is a good policy." i asunto. Gigon ti pareho hinasota, tafa' kontrario i prohimuta. at a Washington send-off for Secretary of State Speaking to the Nixon Center for Peace and Lao dcbi ta fan eyag na todo pun to 'nai ti man a 'konfotma hit, ta Warren Christopher and U.S. mediator Richard Freedom an hour after the vote, Gingrich said, "I konsidera komo punto para mas konbetsasion pot para ta guadog Holbrooke. don't think any of us should feel gleeful or Author of a basic agreement on the division partisan or happy about this." hafa merituiia i pun ton i otro. Debi tafan eyag lokue' pinasensia of Bosnian territory and postwar power-shar Holbrookc said Monday afternoon before the sa' ni uno mafa1iago sabio osino profeta. Pot man tao tao hit na ing, Holbrooke spoke cautiously about the vote that supporters of the House resolution were guaha diffirensiao na opinion. Estague' komonfifitma na chances for peace after four years of war. "doing grave damage to the national interests." mantaotao hit. "We have a very tough job ahead of us, we are He said the negotiations would open "without Responsablidat sudadano not here to promise success but only our best any assurance of success." Yangin guaha konsiderasion asunton publiko gi me'nan efforts," he said on his arrival at Wright "If Dayton does not succeed, the country will lehislatura, todo i tiernpo mafafaisen i publiko para u'saonao Patterson. slip back to war," said Holbrooke, who was in muna' halom testimoiiio 'nai siiia u 'guaha inekuiigog sentimenton Clinton sought to allay strong reservations in Dayton briefly on Monday as the talk site was i taotao gi komunida. Responsablidatmo komo sudadano muna' Congress about using American troops to en being set up. halom testimoiiio hafa sentimentomo nu ennao na asunto. Yangin force any peace settlement in Bosnia. Christopher will meet with the three Balkan estake para umakonsidera uttimo tinaitai ennao na lehislasion 'nai NATO is the only organization with the leaders Wednesday in Dayton and outline U.S. para un 'togtugagag, atrasao. Debi tafan listo gi todo asunto ni strength and track record to enforce the peace, objectives. Holbrooke will then take over para u'afekta hit todos. Direchomo umexpressia hafa he said, and the United States is the leader of and present a draft peace treaty and Ameri sentimentomo. NATO. can proposals on a half-dozen critical is Gi preparasion testimoiiio, atetuye finenina taimano 'nai siiia "There is no substitute for American leader sues. They include the separation of war ship," Clinton said. "The United States must antao presentasionrno. Maseha hafa posisionmo, debi asegurao ring factions and a delineation of the terri participate." tory to be controlled by two ethnic entities na guaha fakto na infotrnasion 'nai siiia lokue' i komite ha usa gi He emphasized that American trqops would - one Bosnian Serb and the other under preparasion rekomendasioniia para konsiderasion· gi pisun not be deployed unless there is a peace agree combined Muslim-Croat control. lehislatura. Debi ta aksepta na maseha diffirensiao opinion, ment. "It is going to be very, very hard to get November 22, 1995 Salpan Public School System obligasionta umekui'igog i pun to ni ma hatsa korno pun to para mas To build support for his policy, Clinton will peace agreements in Dayton," Holbrooke inatuiigo gi merito sih~. Tana' para churnanda i prohimo gi et meet'on Wednesday with Democratic and Re said. mismo ora pot ti umafagcha' posisionta. publican leaders of Congress. At the State Department, spokesman Mufiga na para estake rnonhayan mafatinas disision na para On a roll call of 315-103 the House passed a Nicholas Burns suggested that Milosevic unsige bumuruka na )ache osino chatchogue. Ti siiia nonbinding resolution late Monday declaring deserves credit for the release of 324 un'konbenseyo' na maulegiia hinason un'taotao ke hinason unos "there should not be a presumption" that en Bosnian Muslim prisoners who were ex Daniel 0. Quitugua William S. Torres kuantos na ulo. Fa' kusturnbre purnattisipao gi todo kinalamten forcement of a peace agreement "will involve changed Tuesday for 135 Bosnian Serb pris /s/ Chairman, Board of Education /s/ Commissioner of Education asunton kornunida yan publiko. Estague' na koyentura 'nai siiia deployment of United States armed forces on oners. guaha mas ina'tufigo' yan inakonfotma gi disision asunton publiko. the ground in the territory of the Republic of The Bosnian Muslims, all civilian males, were Bosnia." Exsisia d'itechomo korno an tao na sudadano gi ch echo' Iinahyan. taken into custcxly by Bosnian Serl>s several weeks The resolution doesn't require the president to ·Ennao solu 'nai siiia sueno todo kinalamtenta gi pinetsigen para agoafterbeingforcedfromtheirhomesinBanjaLuka. do anything, but White House officials are con- Thousands of Olhers are still unaccounted for. minauleg uno yan todos. Si Yuus Maase yan Ghilisow! . 6-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSpAY-NOVEMBER 2, 1995 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER i.' 1995 :MARIANAS.VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7 Hillblom estate proceedings Kosack appointment questioned CPA opens self to new audit The Office of Public Auditor (Oct. 25). Board members during the CPA are in order," Hocog said, Recently, two audits, one of By Ferdie de la Torre Kosack said the first issue in harbor doubts about the judge's accounting firm for day- to-day ad (OPA) .will soon be auditing According to a news release, past year. adding that if there are mis the credit card expenses and Variety News Staff volves determining the appropriate impartiality." vice on employee-related tax is all transactions made by the the management audit will in "This audit will be per takes made during the past the other on questionable ex THE APPOlNTMENT of Rexford test to be applied by a Special Mas In making this determination, sues and quarterly tax submissions. Commonwealth Ports Author clude all transactions con formed to make sure all ex year, he wants them corrected penses of the previous man C. Kosack as Special Master as ter when addressing the recusal is Kosack said the judge must remem Kosack said he has not used the ity (CPA) during Fiscal Year ducted by the CPA staff and penses and activities of the immediately. agement were released to the signed to oversee the estate of the sue. ber that "there is as much obliga firm to advise him on his tax plan 1995, acording to Board media and the general public, late multimillionaire Larry L. He explained that there is a split tion for a judge not to recuse when ning. Chairman Victor B. Hocog. which drew criticism from of authority as to whether a Special there is no occasion for him to do so Lastly, Kosack said the only work Hillblom has been questioned. The CPA' s Board voted to ~111111 uf ~nt@l!.nm!Jigi5 tci
~ i!t;ii~it!~!!!q(:!,;:;:9a:;:t~1:::;~;ness ~ilf...... "Having the staff in one place ~l~li~t~~~f a LIVE ARE EXERCISE on the is * 1. D TUDELA, Marian Deleon Guerrero (INCUMBENT) * landofFarallondeMendenillaonNove. would provide for a more effi 4-10, 1995 from 12:00am. to 11:59 cientofficeoperation," said Carlos * 2. D MUNA, Jack Camacho * p.m A. Shoda, CPA Executive Direc The general location of the exercise tor. "Ourtenants·will also benefit ! 3. D MARA TITA, William Quichocho (BILL) ! will be the Farallon de Mendenilla as well. Furthermore, leasing of Military Training Area (R-7201) from fice spaces currently occupied by surface to 5,000 Feet Mean Sea Level the CPA office staff would gener 4. IGITOL, David Lian (DAVE) (INCUMBENT) ! ~ ! (MSL) on a ten (I 0) nautical maile ate additional .revenue to the radius on all quadrants. Due to the 5. SANCHEZ, Jose Deleon Guerrero (JOE-BERNIE) CPA." * o· * danger imposed by this· exercise, the To meet the federal and local general public, especially tour opera requirements regarding the dis * 6. CRUZ, Bernardo Ramos (NEGRO) * * D * tors, fishermen and commercial pilots abled, the proposed office will are advised to stay away from this area ~so include an elevator and des * * during the date indicated. ·************ ********************************* ignated parking stalls. 8-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- NOVEMBER 2, 1995 . of the US Marshal and is being held cocked 9 mm. pistol concealed in a allegedly yielded 200 grams of ice. Udagawa and Keiicbi Komiya, are THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-9 Grandjury. without bail pending his arraigrunent towel held by one of the Japanese. According to the first charge filed also charged before the Superior today. Camacho allegedly later saw by the US against Miyazawa, the Court with illegal possession of Continued from page 1 Before his indictment, Miyazawa Miynzawa throw something into the accused "has recently been distrib handgun and ammunition, and with relation to drug traflkking; was the subject of a complaint also by blue Jaguar after which he shut and uting methamphetamine here in illegal possession of ice and illegal '.-' .i • Distribution of ice; and the US government which charged locked its door. Saipan." possession with intent to delive~. ~·'.'J • Forfeiture of conveyance. him before the District Court last Oct. A subsequent search of the vehicle Miyazawa's companions, lsamu respectively. · The grand jury charged that on Oct 23 for possession of 200 grams of ice 18 Miyazawa ''knowingly and inten with intent to distribute. Astotheconcemaboutaloopholein protection" provisions of the US and tionally" possessed with intent to dis District Judge AJex R. Munson de Changes... CNMI immigration law, Tenorio said CNMI Constitutions. nied Miyazawa bail during a hearing he fails to see a problem Accordingtothegovemor,statesare tribute about 200 grams of ice in viola Continued from page 1 tion of the US Code. on the same day. This is because there exists a provi allowed to set a residency RXjUllffllCl1t Also on the same day Miyazawa Four days later Munson again re sion that would not allow adoption of sion in the current law that provides for for adoption because the stare has a allegedly "knowingly used and car jected Miyazawa's court-appointed any person that is 10 years of age or prosecution of per.;ons who try to use legitimate interest in making sure that ried" a 9 mm-cal. Smith and Wesson counsel's motion for bail. over. adoption tooommir immigration fraud. adoptive parents are true residents. Tenorio pointed out that in any event, "However, this state interest must be handgun "during and in relation to a AJso the other day, the Superior Cwrent law sets no maximwn age if non-US citizens adopt children here, balanced against the right ofequal pro drug trafficking crime." Cowt found a basis for the filing of the limit for any person being put up for thechildrendonotgaincitizenship,nor tection under the laws, for residents and V B Mi yazawaalso alleged! y distributed charges of illegal possession of hand adoption. The bill was approved by the Legis any additional rights. AJso, he stressed non-residents alike.Nostatehas yetset about ti ve grams of ice on Sept 17 in gun and ammunition, of ice, and pos lature on the observation that Com that non-resident workers adopting a residency requirement beyond two theCNMI. session of ice with intent to deliver monwealth laws pertaining to adop childrenarerequiredtohaveanincome yearsandalongerrequirementisprol> According to the indictment, against Miyazawa. Mi yazawa was arrested last Oct. 18, tion are currently being abused. level of$20,
--- -- ., .. ..,_:__: ___ - - :- ··----:·----- whetherthey' renurses,doctorsortea:h :~.--:~.<:.... '·--- --~-:...., -- _. ·.: ... ·- - -:-...: - --=- -~- - .. ·.--··: .-..---·------• ------~------·.:;-·.------·-··~:-:. ... --.---~·-··'-_.~_-: --- . :....· - ers. I want somebody else to worry ------·----·--·------··--·----·-·--·"·--··---····---··------·--·------···--··----· -··-·-····--····--··-- ·-- .------·· ... _ ...... about that," said Tenorio. BORN: OCTOBER 18, 1953 CHALAN KANOA, SAIPAN
Islanders. • • EDUCATION: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Bachelor of Science in Engineering, 1975. Continued from page 1 Attended two years of graduate school in Business Administration - University of Virginia (Charlottesville), and maniarch and had snacks after the University of Guam and Seattle University. mass. Laniyosaid. "Wedon'trnindspend ing for this occasion since this comes Class of 1972 - Marianas High School (Valedictorian). only once a year." The not-so-rich offset the "high cost MILITARY SERVICE: U.S. Navy Civilian Employee - Guam, 1982. of dying" by being contented with prayers, candles and modest crowns. OCCUPATION: Licensed professional engineer in Washington State, Guam and the Northern Marianas. "It's not the decorations that count," said an observer who didn't want to be FAMILY: Wife, Rita Barcinas Demapan; four children, Carmen Carla, Beth, Jerome and Paul. identified. "Remembering the dead is in the heart." For some entrepreneurs, however, RELIGION: Roman Catholic. All Soul's Day, also meant good busi ness. POLITICAL CAREER: Senator and Senate President 1992-94; Senator and Senate President, 1994 - present. The elaborateness of grave decora tions in most parts of the Chalan Kanoa Elected to the 1st NMI Constitutional Convention, 1976. cemetery could tell that the flower - -- - shops made instant windfalls. - ····--·- .. - . - " . . ··-·----· ·----- ·- ···'-··--··-·· •---··-·••·-·••·~-~·-•··---·------•-•·--··•• ·-·-·--··-· -·• --•••-•••-·-•-••-u•o---~-•••-•n••- ,,,.,tt,n,••·•• ••• •• -·• _, •--- •'·•-·- .. ••••"•''~•-·------••n·••• ••••••• H "'"·'''· -• • NMC Auxiliary Services -Vice Chairman Crowns in all shapes, colors, sizes // ~~:~L~s~;:;es// • Business Incubator Program -Vice Chairman and fancy arrangements adorned the PARENTS: Micaela ATALIG SABLAN DEMAPAN (Decease) and Gregorio DELEON GUERRERO DEMAPAN • Rotary Club of Saipan -Past President graves of the rich. FAMILY BACKGROUND: • Cri.me Stoppers Program -Treasurer 'This occasion is really one of the Carmen DELEON GUERRERO SABLAN BARCJNAS and Domingo BLANCO BARCINAS (Decease.) Wife: Virginia Barto Reyes • Saipan Youth Football League -President peak seasons for the flower business," said Rita Cruz, owner of The Fm.t Children: Karl, Rheta, Reinhold and Sean • American Memorial Par~ Dev. Comm. -Vice GRANDPARENTS: Ana DUENAS DELEON GUERRERO DEMAPAN (Decease) and Ramon BORJA DEMAPAN (Decease). Parents: William·S. Reyes (Billen) Chairman florist Shop. It was the peak ofoompetitionamong (Deceased) • Amigos Golf Club -Tournament Chairman Consolacion HOCOG ATALIG SABLAN (Decease) and Benigno OLUPUMAR SABLAN (Decease). • Club 500 Association -Treasurer the local floral shops, each offering its Inez DLG Tudela Reyes (Deceased) own promotion to lurecustomers.Prices Step-Mother: Maria M. Sablan Reyes (Deceased) • Diocese of Chalan Kanoa Finance Committee offlowerarrangementsrangefrom$25 Concepcion MUNA DELEON GUERRERO SABLAN and Jose REYES SABLAN "PITU" (Decea_se). to$200. EDUCATION: PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: "Wemaynothavethewidestselec Antonia TAITANO BLANCO BARCINAS and Antonio GOGUE BARCINAS (Decease). • 1984 to present: General Manager, • College of Guam, Graduate Program (1969) tion of flowers like other shops but we Comptroller, Sablan Construction Co., Ltd. • B.A. in Business Education, College of Guam have the best arranged crowns in vari (1966) ous colors, though in. traditional de. r: ;· . '': ·:· CURRENT CIVIC ACTIVITIES: • Graduate of Mt. Carmel High School (1960) signs," Cruz said "Ibo volwne of our ·,'.·,:.· (_ .. {_-_,.-.~.••· •• ~j' /: ,· ;\ . -. t~~~ \(.;. ••. I I.;._:_;~: :_,\',;!, • NMC Board of Regeants -Chairman sale during All Souls' Day is also the same as Christmas, V alcntinc' s and Mother's Day." Si yu'us ma'ase * Ghilisou * Thank You 4lllii(j
10-MARIANAS VAR1ETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-NOVEMBER 2, 1995 The Philippines THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 RP gov't sees billions in Palau, US meet on Road System losses due to tax loopholes REPRESENTATIVES from nership Agreement entered be held in Palau in January pleased at the progress of this velopment of our big island of the Republic of Palau met last into earlier in the year, ACOE 1996. vital project which will help B abeldaob and improve the stan For thtt Variety Lucio T An, face tax evasion made by San Miguel Corp. week in Honolulu, Hawaii presented a Baseline Cost es Nakamura said that he was to "ensure the economic de- dard of living for our citizens." THE GOVERNMENT will lose charges for not paying the right Rep. ,Dante Liban, in a sepa with representatives of the timate for the Project pursu Pl 1.6 billion in foregone beer ad valorem and income taxes. rate bill, also asked for the im U.S. Government to discuss ant to the original design taxes from 1995 to 1998 be Two bills have been filed in position of specific taxes, say the Road System which the specifications in the Compact cause of the loopholes in the ad the lower House for the shift to ing it is "simple and could pro United States is obligated to of Free Association and related valorem tax system, Depart specific taxes. vide a stable source of revenues build in Babeldaob under the subsidiary agreements. ment of Finance data showed. 'Rep. Arnulfo Fuentebella for the government. Compact of Free Association. The Baseline Construction Cost ,r The leakage from ad valorem said, "The· ad valorem system is Liban also proposed that the IJ The meeting was conducted Estimate for the Project was ap taxes for cigarets was not avail a failure as a system of excise specific tax rates be indexed on in the spirit of partnership al proximately one hundred and able but is expected to be taxation." inflation, apparently to prevent ready established between the forty-nine million dollars. () () equally substantial. He added that specific taxa the current practice of Tan's Republic and the United States It was agreed that this amount To capture these tax leakages, tion will eliminate the existing companies of keeping their prQ.-. with regard to the Compact can now be used to construct a 24- the Finance department is seek "undue tax advantage" which duction costs down. These costs Road System project. foot wide road with an asphaltic 'l, 'I, ing a shift to specific taxation results in massive losses for are used as basis in computing Palau Kuniwo Nakamura Jed concrete surface. which is simpler and not vul government in terms of fore the ad valorem tax. the Palau delegation which in Some of the items agreed to at nerable to the use of marketing gone revenues. Tan's Asia Brewery has op cluded the Minister of Re the meeti'ng were as follows: Cong. Pete P. Reyes thought the residents of Pree. 4 should know how their representatives voted on critical bills affecting them. companies. He did not name names, but posed the proposed shift, say sources and Development, the •The ACOE will immedi A. PL 9-22 (Tax Reform Law which increased your tax, reduced your rebate and just about made life absolutely miserable for r:very 1\ The ad valorem is paid only finance department data showed ing in its position paper that ad Minister of State, and the Na ately establish an office in the I~ one of us. by the beer and cigaret makers. that the beer products of Asia · valorem is a good system since tional Planner. ROP for the purpose of Project ~------, Their marketing companies, Brewery Inc., also owned by any increase in manufacturer's Also in attendance at the coordination; Rep. Pele P. Reyes Rep. fl,i11aro A. Santos however, are exempt. Fortune Tan, pay much less taxes than price will mean an increase in meeting were Senator Hersey •The ACOE will award a NO YES Tobacco Corp. and its owner, · the directly competing products government collections. Kyota and Delegate Alan Seid. contract for centerline road The United States delega alignment staking ("Staking") 8. HB 9-92, HD3 (CIP Funding for Pree. 4.) to House Journal-2nd Day, 1st Reg. Session., Feb. 17, 1995, (Votes is to approve the following funding): tion included Lt. Col. Ralph by a target date of November 5. $1.95 Million Road paving from PSS to San Roque and Construction of fDl m,}. ';;;,i~ ;;< 8 TIP r:7 r;:, r A\ 1;v WK!,JlF. F.r Graves, District Engineer for 30, 1995; 1. $4 Million to Kagman School l, "1! •1 '1.~ 1 '-· 0l 11.D ru l \, J-0. v 11'.!l \J u JD Report: DSWD 'selli:rig' babies Tanapag Bridge Concrete Retaining Wall the Army Corps of Engineers •The ACOE will immedi- 2. $528 Thousand for the Youth Center 6. $153,100 Tanapag Elem. School Accreditation Deficiency & Classrooms For the Variety records showed that there was reflected in any transaction. ("ACOE") and Project Man . ately initiate activities to sup 3. $162 Thousand for CHC 7. $500 Thousand for all water tanks on all public schools PRECINCT IV CANDIDATE 4. $16 Million for Sanitary Landfill THE Department of Social a corresponding fixed amount Further, there was no any gov ager Representative, Tom port contract awards related · 8. $150 Thousand for Kagman Recreational Facility plus for more schools welfare and development ,e; FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of money involved, which ernment receipt issued. Bussanich of the Department to environmental compliance (DSWD) is practically 'sell DSWD claims is "donation." Earlier, Sen. .Gloria of Interior and Program Man and other necessary studies Rep. Pele P. Reyes Rep. Al11aro A.. Santos ing' babies to foreigners, Child adoption by a relative Macapagal Arroyo, expressed ager representative, Charge and surveys; YES MO documents gathered by the married to an alien or a rela alarm over the practice of d' Affaires Richard Watkins, •The ROP will be involved tabloid People's Tonight C. PL 9-59 (Critical Tax Credit which will benefit the general public and more important avoid double payment by business & ordinary tive who had acquired foreign "giving" Filipino children fo~ and staff from ACOE. in major administrative deci showed. taxpayers)~------citizenship has been fixed by a fee of$200 to $500 for adop Both sides agreed on the sions, particularly on the se It is believed that more than the DSWD at $200 each child. tion. need to construct the best pos lection and hiring of contrac Rep. Pele P. Reves Rep. Al'Jaro l\. Sar.~os /.:-:-t·.~ . .,_.;:~ I 0,000 babies have already For foreigners who want to The child traffickers, were ' " 1"\)1 sible road which would meet tors; and YfS MOT AP.OUMD 10 1/ffTE .... ,. been 'sold' to foreigners, but adopt Filipino children, the said to be found inside and the needs of the Palauan •The next meeting to dis there are no available records DSWD charged $500 per outside of the DSWD, had re people. cuss further details of the COMPARE PERFORMANCES to back this up. child. portedly taken advantage of In accordance with a Part- Babeldaob Compact Road will Records covering 14 years According to the DSWD the absence of a Jaw on inter show 5,359 babies had been primer, foreigners who intend country adoption. J sent abroad for what DSWD to adopt a Filipino child are Macapagal-Arroyo also ques claims as "adoption." made to pay $50 as applica tioned the DSWD's acceptance + • "The figure (5,359) may not tion fee and an additional $150 tl of donations from foreign child '.'i:} be accurate as the figures if a foreigner is .married to a placement agencies. l given were raw, without the Filipino citizen. The Family Code of the Philip corresponding name the child There were also reports that pines prohibits adoption by an and the country of destina aside from fixed "donations", alien except for a former Filipino tion," documents reveal. DS WD had also charged addi citizen who seeks the legitimate But in each adoption, tional amount which was not child of his or her spouse. VO TE F 0 R ' I Special unit vs illegal recruiters 1., For the Variety organized syndicates" come tims. + THE National Bureau of In from the lower-income brack These illegal recruitment cases vestigation (NBi) has created I ets. were handled by NBI-National i I , a special unit to combat the The NBI has handled hun Capital Region (NBI-NCR) and l proliferation of illegal recruit f dreds of illegal recruitment joint teams of the NBI and Inter \' Kon respetu yan sen humitde in gagagao i ers. cases, some of which have national Police (Interpol). I i NBI Director Mariano M. prospered and others dis Mison created the NBI Anti ayudon miyu para in bota i lahen i chelun I Mison also confirmed that missed because of lack of in Illegal Recruitment Division ) most of the victims of well- terest on the part of the vie- mami as "Tomas BenaventeAldan", kandidaton (AIRD), with Atty. Efren Meneses ~ Jr. as chief. The AIRD will be Kongresu para i Precinct No. 4. backed up by a composite of ele Cop ~hot t~ice in /.·~ FAISAO,i In asigura hamyo na si "Tom" kapas, heaq ments from other divisions of the bureau. survives m1raculouslyc ·•· fafacho'cho' yan gaisensia manayuda para u A big number of cases of illegal For the Variety . lnspectorRomeoCartelandSPOl recruitment are still pending in MelTin Odoshi protehi i direcho yan interes taotao Marianas. A MANII.A police sergeant was Sa1vador2.ataofthe WPDCTraffic our courts nationwide, involving scriou.sly injured when a holdup Bureau, who happened ti;, p¢ at: Si Yu'us Ma'ase', ghilisow, pot i boton billions of pesos extorted from mansholhirntwiceintheheadwith the scooe of the aime, fflOt it
By GEOFF SPENCER boiling mud pools and a spec as past royal tours have been Smith a prominent Maori activist potential violence in the future ROTORUA, New Zealand tacular geyser. marred by protests. who wants indigenous sover unless the plight of modern day (AP) - Maori activists, angry at The monarch, who is also New In 1986 the queen was hit by eignty. Maori people, who make up Luis Palacios how their people have been treated Zealand's head of state, will visit eggs and several Maori men bared British colonization dates back about 12 percent of the 3 .3 since British colonizefs came a Maori arts and cultural center their tattooed buttocks at her as a tothesigningofthe 1S40Waitangi million population, is im more than 150 years ago, have which had been occupied by pro traditional insult. Treaty between British officials proved. threatened to protest during a visit testers in a dispute with the gov In 1990 a Maori woman threw on behalf of Queen Victoria and They sufferthecountry'shigh by Queen Elizabeth II. ernment earlier this year. a wet T-shirt at the monarch dur Maori tribes who were promised est unemployment rates and its j The queen arrived from Lon Representatives of several ing an outdoor ceremony to com that their rights would be pro lowest incomes as well as poor . I don in New Zealand Wednesday Maori groups told a news confer memorate a treaty between the tected. health and education standards. i., ,,: for a IO-day tour. ence, held at a ornate marae or British crown and Maori tribes However, the terms ofthe treaty Despite the comments by dis Her first official engagement traditional meeting house, that last century. were soon forgotten when land gruntled activists, the queen will will be Thursday at Rotorua, a they plan to demonstrate at the "If the queen has any honor at hungry settlers came and racial be making a major symbolic ges Dear Voters: resort town renown for its geo site. all she should honor obligations wars broke out. ture of reconciliation to some thennal steaming hot springs, Police said security will be tight made by her ancestors," said Mike Social commentators warn of Maori tribes. I wish to take this opportunity to introduce my candidacy for the House of Representatives for Precinct #I under the Democratic Party banner. For your information, I am Luis Palacios Crisostomo (Junior), the youngest son of Maria Tudela Palacios Crisostomo and Luis Cepeda Crisostomo of San Roque. I am a resident of Dandan homestead and a proud parent of three beautiful children, Monica, Luis and Dwight and married to the former Maria Kesewaol Sablan. the daughter of Jose Camacho Sablan and Antonia Kesewaol Sablan of Gualo VOTE REPUBLICAN Rai. Politics is new to me and I seek your indulgence as I address my plans and objectives in my effort to better improve the services for Precinct #I consisting of the villages of San Antonio, Chalan Piao. Fina Sisu, Dandan, Kannat Tabla and part of Kagman homestead.
~ e. As you well know, the population in these villages continue to grow at a rapid pace. It is therefore of great significance that a candidate running in this Precinct must have a sound plan for the future and for years to i come. The need to address issues of vital concern to you, our constituents must be disclosed and analyze as a i whole so you the PEOPLE whom we have chosen to represent have an idea of the type of individual that will t be representing your interest and the interest of our future generations. Mendiola Jr. \ I' Should I be elected. I will do my best to implement a progressive progress for all our people to enjoy now and for in the future! As a parent of three. I am more than committed to a better cause for our community. The choice and direction HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE we will undertake in this upcoming November 4, 1995 general election must be in the interest of our people and future generations.
Equally important is the aged.disadvantaged and the poor. Given the opportunity I will be your voice in Congress so a more fruitful life may be a reality for all of you whose voices have been silenced for many years.
I seek your vote of confidence this upcoming November 4 election so that together we can make things happen! ~- PRECINCT NO. l YOU have the Right to Vote, Choose #3 DEMOCRAT~ ,l~ rl ] Treasurer: Eli D. Cabrera
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' 14-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSBAY-NOVEMBER 2, 1995 I. ~~ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-1~ t-: ! Japan cult bought weapons in US, Russia i:, ..· '-: By WllUAM C. MANN the risk of such attacks has increased Sen. SamNwm,aGeorgiaDemo to our national security," Sopko told U.S. bombs would leave Japan a •• WASHlNGTON (AP) · Japanese since the end of the Cold War. crat,rankingminority member on the thepanel. Butwhatacasestudy. wasteland. 1:1 doomsday cult members shopped for "Americans have every reason to subcommittee,said, ''Thescenarioof The re(X)rt found the cult's reach Two fomiitous events saved tens nuclear, chemical and biological expect a nuclear, biological or chemi a terrorist group either obtaining or stretched around the world Accord of thousands of Japanese in the sub Torres· & Hofschneider weapoos components in the United cal attack before the decade is over," manufacturing and using a weapon ing to the investigators, cult members way attack, Sopko said ' States aoo Russia and created some said Lugar, a Republican presidential of mass destruction is no longer the con~militaryofficersandaNobel Fust, AIIlll scientists made mis of the deadliest poisons in the world, candidate. stuff of science fiction or adventw'e Prize laureate physicist in Russia; takes in preparing the deadly sarin,he congressional investigators con The lack of foresight in the Awn movies. It is a reality." bought a sheep ranch in Australia, contended, lowering its quality and cluded c.ase is fiightening, said chief investi Asahara and most of his lieuten where they apparently tried to mine killing effectiveness. All the while, the investigators gator John F. Sopko, especially con ants are in Japanese jails on murder uraniwn; bought jars for their dead]y Second, cult members could not Representatives Stanley T. Torres and Heinz S. Hofschneider said Tuesday, U.S. and Japanese in sidering the virulent anti-U.S. and and other charges, but Sopko told a (X)isons and tried to buy gas masks use the only proven distribution sys appear under the Independent Column as shown below. Mark telligence agencies largely ignored anti-Japanese govemmentriletoric of Senate panel the cult probably re and laser equipment in the United tem for sarin - a specially outfitted them first as shown in the illustration in this Ballot Specimen the threat ofthe Awn Shinri Kyo cult the cult's supreme leader, Shoko mains a threat to the United States. States, and even operated a tea plan truck used in a June 1994 attack that before selecting your four other choices. In partnership, let's until an odorless, colorless gas alleg Asahara. How serious a threat is unclear, but tation in Sri Lanka and anoo:lle shop · killed seven people in Matsumoto, edly planted by its agents wafted Sopko' steam, formed by the Sen not all of it~ more than $ I billion in Singapore. Japan. a trial run for Tokyo. build a better future for our children. Si Yuus Maase yan Ghilisow! through four Tok-yo subway trains, ate pennanent subcommittee on in bankroll has been seized or froren, In testimony suggesting science After an accidental sarin spill, the killing 12peop\eandinjuringcloseto vestigations, studied the cult for five and some of its allegedly more ex fiction,Sopkoandhiscolleague,Alan truck was destroyed to prevent dis 5,500 last March. months in the United States, Japan, treme members remain at large. Edelman, alleged that Aum Shinri covery by police who might investi Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, at Ukraine, GennanyandRussia, where '1be Awn was merely one ex Kyo planned tenur attacks in Japan gate, Sopko alleged, adding that cult a hearing on the global proliferation the Awn claims thousands of sup ample, a case study of what may be and the UnitedStates,apparentlyaim members turned police away from of weapons of mass destruction, said (X)rters. the most dominant, emerging threat ing to instigate a world war in which the compound when they arrived.
OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT Report says: COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Cyanide damaging reefs in So. Pacific NOVEMBER 4, 1995 ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 3-C SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - · rants' glass tanks in cities such corals that create the reef habi Tasmania. "What we need is a per cent coming from wild SPECIMEN Hundreds of tons of sodium as Hong Kong and Singapore, tat. coordinated effort from a num capture. It is estimated that INSTRUCTIONS: cyanide - used by divers to selling for as high as U.S. $75 Dr. Robert E. Johannes, a ber of different groups." the wholesale market value of stun fish for. the lucrative live per pound. Canadian-born, U .S.-raised The report says the goal the fish is about U.S. dlrs 1 1. Make an (X) or (v"J mark within the box before the candidate's name. reef fish restaurant trade in The chemical is not toxic to marine biologist who has been should not be the elimination billion a year. Asia - are seriously damaging humans in the dosage used for in Australia for 15 years, is of the live reef fish trade, but While Taiwan is the larg 2. If you desire to vote for a person whose name does Aot appear on the ballot, write the name of person coral reefs in the South Pa fishing, but the report - re the main authorofthe 33,000- the development of sustain est producer of cultured reef under "Write-in". Write in the person's narue in full and make an (X) or ( 0 mark within the box. cific, a scientific report says. quested by the South Pacific word study that refers to the able fisheries through regula fish, Hong Kong-based com V B Groupers and other fish Forum Fisheries Agency and problem as an "ecological tion of the industry. panies dominate in the wild taken from coral reefs are The Nature Conservancy and tragedy." Recommendations in capture fisheries. The report REPUBLICAN PARTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY zapped with cyanide, immo published in late October - "There is no real easy solu Johannes' study include ban estimates that more than 100 TE FOR ONLY ONE (1) bilizing the fish so that it can says that the dose is more than tion," Johannes said Wednes ning possession of cyanide on vessels specifically designed be delivered live to restau- enough to kill the sensitive day from his home in Hobart, boats, as Papua New Guinea to transport live reef fish are has done recently, declare a based in Hong Kong. - . ·-·- --· .. -- ... ------·-. o·MARATITA, 0 0 Juan Mametto Ulloa moratorium on all fishing for The report says that the D TENORIO, Pange live' reef fish in areas where cyanide affects more than the (MORG stocks are severely depleted - target species - smaller fish which Johannes says Indone and invertebrates are less re Si Yuus Maase sia is now trying to do - and sistant to cyanide, and many even organize taste-test pan die for each target fish cap els in Hong Kong to deter tured. T WRITE-IN T mine whether consumers can While quart-sized squirt distinguish between wild, bottles are normally used to reef-captured grouper or those administer the poison, the report grown on commercial farms. says that in some cases, fisher The report says that the live men have dumped whole 55-gal reef fish industry exports an lon drums of sodium cyanide into A E CANDIDATES FOR LECTION DISTRICT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - VOTE FOR ONLY SIX (6) estimated 25,000 metric tons shallow reefs, "transforming them a year, with an estimated 60 into aquatic graveyards." ATT AO, Jesus D DUENAS, George Cruz AGUON, Joaquin Mafnas D (JESUS M D (JACK) (INCUMBE ~RES, Estan;slao T,doi, D RIOS, Jose Santos ! (STANLEY) 'i D (INCUMBENT) fi,ttl... DELEON GUE SCHNEIDER, Heinz Crispin Igleci Sablan (INCUMBENT) - \·_:.; \_;:_,:(:_.;:::;:. "<" ! \ D (INCUMBE~T) D SABLAN, Nick Castro n behalf of my wife Rita and our chilcl~~~rIJ;,(: CASTRO, Francisco Camach D (FRANK 0 extend my profound appreciation for your supp9~ff9~·t n JULIE) my fundraising dinner held on October 22nd. I was toµcli~py> .·. fl D F AISAO, Melvin Odoshi i. the presence of friends, families, and many acquaintances.'fqtho~< t: (MEL) ii ,.; ; TORRES, Joaquin Sablan ! ; of you who could not come, I also extend my gratitude. Please know fj D (JACK) BRAD that your support will always be remembered. H PITI Seve;,..~~ f:J St•vpn dl'ilJly sins. Sevl'n v-.7iys to diL·. Juan Pangelinan Tenorio !; !~~ ,.;~'.-t:i.r~.~! ~~t~~~I~~~~~.! WRITE-IN ~M®VIE HeUSE D Showtimes: Thu 7:00 · D Fri 7:00, 9:30 Sat 3:00, 7:00, 9:30 Come and Enjoy The Improved Sound "Effective Representation" ------.... ·,•·'{·:~~-· -
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- '·":-~~ :.. ii,.. ~ ., ·• -~-~ . ·_ .1.. ':. Over rape ofgirl by US soldiers ~.-1 " US Defense chief apologizes to Japan ~··· ' - dent could rupture relations with Ja called the Okinawa rape an aberra By ROBERT BURNS Press Oub, Perry said he was speak. . old girl Sept 4, talcing her to a local lion but promised slq:,s to~ TOKYO (AP) • Defense Secretary ingforallmembetsof the U.S. anned beach and raping her. They are in pan. Japanese lhechm::elhat''suchheinoosaasam JUAN P. TENORIO William Perry issued an exttaordi- forces in expressing "my deep sor Japanese custody and are scheduled officials and Peny also announced that, in response to nit repeated." 113I)' public apology to Japan on row and anger for this temble act" to go on trial next week. President Clinton and other U.S. Okinawan protests against the intru Peny said he felt ''deep!DTOW ftr Wednesday for the recent rape of a which triggered an enonnous outcry ....__ ., sive American military presence on the little girl who was lhetragicvidim (MORGEN) 12-year-old girl on Okinawa, alleg against the U.S. military. officialshaveexpressedregretforthe their island, Washington and Tokyo and for her family, and anger at the edly by three U.S. servicemen whom The three accused Americans - rape, but Perry's remarks went fur will establish a ''special actioo com perpetrators whose actions nit only Perry all but declared guilty. twoMarinesandaNavyseaman-are ther- reflecting a deep concern of the mittee" torei:onunend new measures caused a tragedy f Less US presence in Okinawa •.. I'· ;_.[• Letter of Endorsement for Tom B. Pangelinan seen as a possible solution IS WILLING TO HONESTLY FACE ******* for the Board of Education ******* 11 By ROBERT BURNS cific region - 47,000 of them in f1 Japan. We have worked with Tom Pangelinan for many years as school administrators in the TOKYO (AP) • U.S. and Japa THE PEOPLE. nese defense officials agreed "We can solve the problems Public School System. We have known him as one who is deeply committed to Wednesday to establish a "spe through the actions of this special ll education and has, consistently placed the highest priority in looking after the best committee," Perry said Wednes ('T~. cial action committee" to con fl ',,;.' STANDS ON HIS RECORD AND interest of our students in our Commonwealth. sider ways to scale back further day. Li Tom Pangelinan possesses vast knowledge and valuable experiences which he the large American bases on "I emphasize strongly that our ti acquired throughout his twenty-eight (28) years of service in public education. We Okinawa to quell an anti-military concentration should be on fixing WILL PUBLICLY DEFEND IT. problems, not on fixing docu [j highly respect Tom for his outstanding leadership and his tremendous accomplishments outcry there. li which have contributed to the significant improvement of the quality of education in The decision was announced ments." !j our very own Public School System. by Defense Secretary William While no specific additional I We strongly endorse Tom Pangelinan for the Board of Education. We believe in his Perry after morning meetings with adjustments to the U.S. bases on Okinawa were discussed, Perry WHAT DO THE OTHER TWO HAVE TO HIDE? proven ability to stand on issues in protecting the interest of our students and teachers his Japanese counterpart, Seishiro Eta, and Foreign Minister Yohei said he and the Japanese minis in our Commonwealth. Kono. Perry said no specific new ters agreed that any changes 11 changes for the U.S. bases at should be "compatible with main PLEASE JOIN US IN SUPPORTING TOM B. PANGELINAN FOR THE BOARD OF taining 47,000 (U.S.) troops in 1 Okinawa were discussed. t ,, EDUCATION. Japan." COULD IT BE THAT THERE IS MORE THAN HALF TRUTHS Perry told reporters the "final 11 Perry planned a quick trip ij decision" 011 the special action I: committee's charter would be an Wednesday to Yokosuka, site of ABOUT PUBLIC LAND EXCHANGES AND "SWEETHEART IJ rl nounced when President Clinton a major U.S. Navy base outside p and Prime Minister Tomiichi Tokyo, to reassure the sailors "we DEALS" WITH THE C.D.A. ? IF THEY DIDN'T STEAL FROM THE ,.I Murayama ho1d a summit meet do not lump them with the few Ii ~6Princi , GTC ing here in mid-November. troops ... who have been guilty of PEOPLE, WOULDN'T THEY BE WILLING TO DEBATE? ISN'T IT :1 Perry had said Tuesday while offenses." en route to Japan from Washing Perry, who himself served ii ~~__, ton that he was eager to overcome with American forces on Okinawa TIME THEY CAME CLEAN? rl the backlash triggered by the rape after World War II, said there was ------, r Mrs. Cynthia San Nicolas in Septemberof a 12-year-old girl no room for negotiating a reduc Principal, WSR on Okinawa. Three·U.S. service tion in the overall level of U.S. men accused of the crime go on forces in Japan. trial next week. "We are not proposing, we are rs. Lou Mendiola The rape unleashed a torrent of not considering, reducing the Principal, GES, M~a public protests against the Ameri number of troops in Japan," Principal, Hopwood can military presence on Okinawa, Perry said, because they are the tropical Japanese island that the linchpin of U.S. security SENATOR ddZ-u~ ,)/w-,~,t<..- until 1972 was administered by strategy in the Asia-Pacific Mrs. Doris Tho ~on the United States and now hosts region. He said they also are 26,000 American troops. key to the U.S. security guar Principal, San Antonio Emerging from his meetings antee to Japari that in future Wednesday morning, Perry said cases of rape or. murder it m~~,t1<.~ the United States and Japan had would turn ove{ accused· f' rs. Martha Haberman Mrs. Margarit Adriano reaffirmed the importance ofcon Americans to Japanese police i': tinuing to have 100,000 Ameri Paid for by the Committee to elect JUAN S. DEMAPAN Principal, San Vicente Principal, KES more quickly. Custody was a can troops based in the Asia-Pa- hot issue in the Okinawa case. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-19 18-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSPAY- NOVEMBER 2, 1995 Business briefs from Asian countries HK Jockey Club gets 1st Chinese boss By MARCUS ELIASON plans to bring into service in predicted. cars a year and will be com e,i;ecutive. He takes over from Maj. top managerial positions. The Jockey applicants, all Chinese. racing, but was picked for his manage JAPAN CHINA HONG KONG (AP) - Another bas Gen. Guy Watkins who is retiring in Oub is soon to drop "royal" from its-· ''They were looking ideally for rial and financial expertise. \998. The contract will be missioned by 1998. About TOKYO (AP) - Sanyo Elec BEIJING (AP) - China's tion of colonialism has fallen with the March. title in line with a general trend toward someonewhoisChinese,"hesaid, but The club has 15,00J employees worth dlrs 800 million, the one-tenth of the cars will be tric Co., a major Japanese growth rate will be 10 percent INDIA announcement Wednesday that the The South China Morning Post said jettisoning colonial trappings before added that they would have looked and 18,00Jmem~.andhandlesmore company said. exported. maker of electrical machinery, this year, a senior government NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club is Chinese owners and riders were not 1997. elsewhere ifa Chinese candidate could than 70 billion Hong Kong dollars Japan· s largest interna The Siel-Honda project to plans to cut its domestic vid official told business leaders The government has approved getting its first Chinese boss. admitted to the club until the mid- Wong, 56, was born in China and not have been found. (nearly cllrs 1 billion) a year in betting tional airline said in a release make 30,000 cars with a eocassette recorder output in in an upbeat assessment of three car projects with Ameri The 111-year-old club, which con 1920s, and commented that if its Vic moved with his family to Hong Kong Watkins acknowledged that Wong revenue, making it one of the richest seen W cdnesday that the new 1,300cc engine will be ready half and move the production China's economy. can and Japanese manufactur trols all horse-racing and gambling in torian founders' 'had known aChinese in 1949, the year of the Communist does not have experience in horse institutions of its kind in the world. aircraft is the stretched ver in 1998. Honda will have 60 to Indonesia, a company The IO percent growth rate ers. Hong Kong, is one of the biggest would one day head their institution, takeover of China, newspapers said. sion of the new Boeing twin percent of the stock in the spokesman said Wednesday. of gross domestic product, the All three projects were an jet 777-200and will have from 1.08-billion rupee ($31.3 mil financial institutions in the British they would probably have closed it He rose through the ranks of Ford in He said production at nation's total output of goods nounced over the past few 480-520 seats in two classes lion) project. colony, and has traditionally had a down." the United States and now heads the Sanyo ·s Daito City, Osaka Pre and services, compares with 8 months, _pending final ap on domestic routes. Mitsubishi will produce British chief executive. But with China taking over the company's subsidiary in Taiwan. fecture, facility will be cut percent annual growth ex proval of the government. The airline has played a part I 0,000 Lancer cars under its The new chief is Lawrence Wong colony in 1997,many institutions have Watkins told Hong Kong radio that from the current 400,000 units pected over the next five years, Mahindra and Mahindra of in the design of both the 777- 6-billion rupee ($174 million) Chi-kwong, aTaiwan-based Ford auto moved to put Hong Kong Chinese in club officials picked Wong from 100 per year to 200,000 year by Chen Qingtai, vice minister India will tie up with Ford' ''·:.,· 200 and 777-300. It has al project, which is expected to the end of November 1996. of the State Economic and Motor Co., Siel Ltd. will have ready placed orders for ten begin production by 1996. The spokesman said Sanyo Trade Commission, said in an a joint venture program with ·Y ,, ). 777-200 aircraft and has op NEW DELHI, India (AP) -· is shifting production to its address to a symposium spon Honda of Japan, and Merrill Lynch trading to tions on a further ten, the com The federal government plans Indonesian subsidiary, PT sored by the Geneva-based Hindusthan Motors Ltd. will pany said. to give financial incentives to Sanyo Jaya Components In World Economic Forum. sign up with Mitsubishi Mo The Japanese carrier sees industrialists who start power donesia, which already pro China has been trying to tor Corp. of Japan, the gov the 777-300 as a replacement plants thaJ use garbage, a be halted for two days duces YCRs, VCR heads and slow its growth in order to ernment said in a statement for Boeing 74 7 short range newspaper reported Wednes electronic components. control inflation. The rate was issued Tuesday night. TOKYO (AP) - As punishment for ties and that they were done in accor by the undeiwriter of a stock before aircraft. which it currently day. illegal trading, the Tokyo branch of dance with "accepted international that stock is offered on the market. He said some of the workers 11.8 percent last year, and in Ford and Mahindra will ~ ,. operates on major domestic Studies by the government at the Daito City plant will be flation was more than 20 per each have a 50 %stake in the stock brokerage Merrill Lynch will practice." The financial daily Nihon ' routes. indicate that about 1,000 shifted to other Sanyo opera cent. 8.63 billion rupee ($250 mil be fined and prevented from trading Merrill Lynch Japan purchased Keizai reported Wednesday that Compared with the Boeing megawatts of electricity can tions. Inflation as measured by the l ion) project to make the Ford on its own behalf for two days next sharesandbondsofcompanieswhose trading at Merrill would be sus A man dries his hair after receiving a permanent at a Beijing beauty 74 7, the new aircraft will be be generated from urban retail price index will not ex Escort and Fiesta cars, the re week, reports said Wednesday. securities it was also underwriting, or pended for two days and it would salon Thursday. With their new-found wealth in a growing economy, able to reduce fuel consump waste, The Business Line more and more Chinese men are flocking to beauty parlors. It is TOKYO (AP) - Japan Air ceed 15 percent, which is the ports said. A Fmance Ministry official said handling as a go-between for sale on be fined "millions" of yen (dlrs tion by around 30 percent, the newspaper reported quoting estimated that the sales value of male cosmetics increases by over 40 lines Co. will order five government's target, Chen The plant can make 10,000 the reports were premature and that the open market tens of thousands) - a relatively company said. P .J. Kurien, the federal junior percent annually in China. (AP Photo) Boeing 777-300 aircraft it officials were still considering what Japanese rules ban such purchases light punishment. minister for non-conventional action to take against the company. energy. Merrill has acknow !edged that its •• + ______z__. ____ #,,. ---- - .... /"" --.,, ,...J"-;';;.....-\:_""_·-______;;;.;...:..:.;:;,;\ ' Kurien told a workshop in activities, earned out over six years ,.,.-·-'- · -- .-~ ,.... 9'. 1 t.~_";;;;ao:.,'i:";i;/&I Madras on Tuesday that the ·-/,-- --- until earlier this year, were a technical ,, government will give a 5.5 violation of rules in Japan but said \,. __ ' ' ' percent subsidy on loans given Japanese officials knew of the activi- by financial institutions and a 1)~Re-Eleet 20 percent investment subsidy /'... ""' ~ to the promoter. Stocks down, ...... ,..-..,. ([ \, :'- .f". THAILAND dollar higher • • BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) TOKYO (AP)-Share prices moved • -Falling import duties and ris lower in early trading on the Tokyo . ing consumer purchasing ~. Stock Exchange Wednesday, while • power are drawing foreign re thedollarwas higheragainst theJ apa ~ '°' tailers to take up an increas nese yen. • ing amount of Bangkok's new The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Aver • ... • retail space, an international age fell W7.15 points, or 1.17 per .... ~ property consultant said cent, in the first hour of trading to .. Wednesday. stand at 17,447.49. On Tuesday the Some of the international average gained 145.47 points, or0.83 • • chains increasing their pres .,._ .. ...- .. percent, closing at 17,654.64 . / ence in Thailand are Kentucky The Tokyo Stock Price Index of all / / Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, issues listed on the first section was .. Planet Hollywood, Tower / • down 9.50 points, or 0.68 percent, to Records and Marks and Spen stand at 1,401.64. The TOPIX rose cer. 12.80 points, or 0.91 percent, to To my dear people of Saipan: More than 600,000 square 1,411.14 on Tuesday. meters (720,000 square yards) Traders said stock prices were of new retail space will be moving in a narrow range as irives I fully endorse the candidacy of Juan Pangelinan Tenorio (MORGEN) for the Senate. available by the end of 1995, tors watched the foreign exchange PETER, Maria Taisakan bringing the total stock to 2.8 market for direction. million square meters (3.36 "If the yen weakens to I04 or 105 The Legislature is in need of someone who will consistently protect the interest million square yards), accord (to the dollar), then investors may pay of the people of Saipan and the Commonwealth, especially in the Senate. ing to a report released by Ri attention," said Y uichi Kohashi, an ~ I chard Ellis (Thailand), an in investment strategist at Daiwa Secu We need a person in the Senate whom we can trust to honestly represent the people dustry consultant. De rities. 11"1' House of Representatives velopment has been spread A weaker yen would help Japa of the Commonwealth. I see this honesty and trust in Morgen. about equally between central neseexporters by making their prod and suburban Bangkok. The ucts more competitive abroad and To all my family, friends, associates and supporters, I ask that you join me in ensuring vacancy rate in the central increasing the value in yen of their that Saipan has complete and trusted representation in the Senate. business district is about 8 dollar-denominated earnings. percent. Meanwhile, the dollar was Precinct No. 3: Golf Course, Chalan· Kiya, San Jose, The retail sector of the real changing hands at 102.22 yen at estate market has been thriv midmorning, up 0.32 yen from Kannat Tabla, Chalan Laulau, Quarter Master, ing as many developers are late Tuesday and higher than Gualo Rai, Garapan, China Town, Lower & Upper I ' building large shopping malls 102.06 yen in New York late Ti.ies i to take advantage of a boom day. Sincerely i,·. Navy Hill, Puerto Rico, Sadog Tase & the Islands ,.. "•l I ing economy and consumers' Traderssaidthedollarwasmov inability to reach many retail i ' ing little in thin trading. The mar North of Saipan outlets because of notoriously kets in Hong Kong and several I ;·-,,::,-, !,.> ( J heavy traffic in Bangkok. European countries are closed ,', l Wednesday. . ... I \ c/~~·-·~.----, . ,:.· 1__ _ The benthmark No. 174 IO ', ( )() l!Cl&leflp year Japanese government bond Si Yn'ns Ma.'ase '..._, •. / -.,.J Thomas Pangelina. illagomez ' was selling for 113.08, down 0.08 1. Senator ( yu) IAflAI yenfromTuesday'sclose. Its yield • .. • .. • It's the Law *>se to 2.760 percent from 2.750 percent. ' ' 20-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-NOVEMBER 2, 1995 t' ;'.,,' Highlands High in California ' ' THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1995 -MARIANAS V ARIElY NEWS AND VIEWS-21 I A school, 30 countries, 24 languages [;~I t "I By ANN BANCROFT a babble of languages and what do language, said Norm Gold, manager Vietnamese. cost of living compared with Los l lr2lg NORTIUilGIIlANDS,Califor you get? for bilingual compliance for the stale Highlands High, where the school AngelesandSanFrancisco,saidMinh 1:J~ nia (AP) - The math students were Success, their teacher says. DepartrnentofEducation. mascot is the Scot, has 1,407 stu Pham, bilingual counselor at the (/t.~ laboring over fractions. "Some of these kids start with no Twenty-fourpercentofCalifomia's dents, including inunigrants from school. Two girls from Mien tribes in Laos school background at all," Gavrilov 5.3millionstudentshavelimitedpro Russia, Ukraine, Laos, Vietnam, The student body reflects seveml helped a newcomer from Vietnam. A said, then added proudly, "Still, all ficiency in English. Spanish is the Thailaoo,Romania,Japan. theMidcDe trends in inunigration, starting with Panamanian boy chatted in Spanish my students from last year who took Ianguageof78 percent ofthem, Gold East, Panama, Samoa, Moldova, an influx from Central Ammca and for your untiring support and dedication. You have been our source of with his seatmates from Mexico. the math proficiency test passed it" said Mexico, India and the Philippines. Mexico 10 years ago. Teacher Vladimir Gavrilov, a native Amid the houses ofsuburban Sac It's the variety of tongues that sets About 200 recent anivals to the Two years later, many Vietnamese strength and inspiration since day one. Let's join hands in partnership ofLatvia,answeredaR~student's ramento sits a school named High Highlands apart: Arabic, Armenian, United States are taught with the help refugees anived, followed by Mien questioninthatlanguage, thenscolde.d landsHigh, wherestudentshavecome Cantonese, Estonian, Farsi-Persian, of aides and fellow Highlands stu- · and Hmong refugees who came in a noisy Annenian boy in heavily ac from 30 eow1tries and speak 24 lan Hindi,Hmong, Hungarian.Japanese, dents to deal with the academic and the late 1980s. In the past three years, for a better tomorrow! centedEnglish: "Youshouldsitdown. guages. Korean, Lao, Pilipino-Tagalog, Pol social rigors of high school. immigrants began arriving from . Your discipline is bad." Highlands High is not unusual for ish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, The school doesn't recruit teach fonner Eastern bloc countries. Divide 23 high school students by having a large percentage of students Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Taiwan ers from foreign countries, but has "Many of these students have suf the 10 countries they come from, add who don't ~peak F.nglish as a native ese, Thai, Tongan, Ukrainian and five foreign-born aides - two Rus fered a great deal, and for most com '' sians and three from Asian countries ing here is a super-shock," said - some of whom can teach in their Jerry Soto, .chairman of the own countries but haven't met school's English as a Second Lan t,, California's qualifications yet guage Department. Gavrilov is the only inunigrant Working with such cultural dif teacher,aphysicistwhotaughtgradu ferences is "definitely a challenge ate Sllldents before he came to the for us, and it's one that's going to United States two years ago. continue in this state," said prin His students' English ranged cipal Constance Farias. EN from nearly fluent- the Armenian The school sponsors a multi boy, who has lived in this country cultural club, noon performances for five years - to almost nil, asin of native dances and music, and a the case of two girls, one from weeklong fair where students Laos, one from Mexico, whodidn't share foods, customs and histori understand the question: "Where are cal information. you from?'' On a recent.lunch hour, black, The fast-growing Sacramento area Hispanic and white students became popular with immigrants watched and joined in a demon- . because of its mild climate and lower stration of Filipino dancing. Taiwan computer group granted a $500~M loan ZONE·l ' TAIPEI, Taiwan(AP)- UMAX hsien, vicepresidentofChiaoTung EliteGroup, a Taiwanese computer Banlc which is one of the loan pro conglomerate, has been granted a viders. syndicated loan of 13.5 billion Tai The plant is a joint venture be The sign, posted outside an Albuquerque, N.M. elementary school says it all. Officials at the sign company wan dollars (U.S. $500 million) to tween UMAX-Elite and two Japa responsible for the gaffe say it will be replaced- - free of charge -- early next week. (AP Photo) finance construction of a wafer nese finns, Mitsubishi Electric plant, a bank official said Wednes Corp. and Kanematsu Corp. day. The computer finn has pledged The loan for the computerfmn is to spend 25 billion Taiwan dollars the largest of its kind in several ($926 million) on the 8-inch wafer years and comes from 22 Taiwan plant, which is expected to turnout ese banks, along with Taipei 15,000 units of 16-megabit dy branches of the Bank ofTokyo and namic random access memory BankofCalifomia, said Lin Ching- chips a month in 1996, said Lin. ....-- __ FRIENDS, FAMILIES, AND MOST EXPECIALLY VOTERS AND SUPPORTERS OF PRECINCT NO. 1, My wife, Tonie, and I wish to thank you all for contributing to the success of the fundraisin·g dinner on Friday, August 18, 1995. It was a great success, and we were very happy to see and meet each one of _ Baked Fish (ligh Ono/Guihan Onnu) you. Thank You and SI Yu'us Maase. Chicken Ke!aguin .(Kelaguin Mannok/ Kelaguenll Mahlgh) • Fried Chicken (Allitun Mannok/Affelitol Mahlgh) We would also like to extend our heartfelt BBQ Spare Ribs (Aara BBQ wMke) ~weet potatoes (Saibok Kamuti/Arungul ghamutl) SI Yu'us Maase to thoi:;e who have signed Banana in Coconut Milk (Saibok Chotda/Arunngul Wiisch) FOR my petition endorsing my Cc!ndidacy for this Red Rice (Balensiana/Balenslana lneksa) upcoming election. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Adults: $9.95, Child $6.95 PRECINCT NO. 1 Thank you and Si Yu'u Maase for your (Ages 5-12, Below 5 Free) support and your vote of confidence on Friday Evenings only: 6-9 p.m. VOTE REPUBLICAN November 4, 1995. Bring the family ON DAVID MUNDO APATANG, NO. 6 YOUR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE for the True .Local Food NOVEMBER 4, 1995 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRECINCT NO. 1 NINOS Paid for by the Committee to Elect David M. Apatang In DanDan Tel. 235-2453/4254 ''Effective Representation'' THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-23 22-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY· NOVEMBER 2, 1995 S. Africa holds peaceful election Most dangerous road to be rebuilt By PETER McFARREN world's most precipitous fault lines clear the road before another rain Bolivia is hemmed in by imposing through land-locked Bolivia will dwelling. She said last year's JOHANNESBURG, South Af. postponement in Louis Trichardt, plaining why she showed up 90 has been able to vote. ON THE YUNGAS ROAD, Bo to the tropical lowlands and the Ama makes it impassable again. When a physical barriers -5,000 meter high link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, rica (AP) - Voting began peace a town in the rural north. minutes early. "I think this is very President Nelson Mandela and seminal election,· which ended livia (AP) - DesiderioCondori drives zon River Basin. vehicle encounters another one on ( 16,000-foot-high) mountain making Bolivia an important trans fully Wednesday in South Africa's About 500 people awoke with important because we need people his African National Congress apartheid and inspired hope for a truck hauling food across the Andes The road links the Aymara and the one-lane road, the vehicle going passes, geologically unstable val portation, energy and communica Mountains on a dirt road some call QuechualndianculturesoftheAndes downhill must back up until the leys and the Amazon basin, "with tions hub, President Gonzalo second democratic election, with the dawn in the Phola Park squat to look after us." came to power in the nation's first changes in the lives of millions of A holiday was called for the all-race election in April 1994, poor blacks, was different than the most dangerous in the world. foothills with the Indian, settler and road is wide enough for both to rivers that change course from one Sanchez de Lozada says. police reporting calm overnight ter camp south of Johannesburg In his 15 years on the road, he has ranch communities of the tropics. pass. rainy season to another." One road will link Peru's Pacific and people forming long lines to to be the first at polling stations in elections at 12,000 polling sta and most of the local councils the voting Wednesday. "That was one about the gov seen dozens of deadly accidents and Condori looks forward eagerly to Bolivia, with an area of one mil "Trying to keep open a road sys ports with La Paz and northern Bo choose local leaders. three green and yellow tents set tions nationwide to choose almost also were expected to be black always wonders if the next trip will anew paved road under construction lion square kilometers (400,000 tem is admirable," he says. livia, greatly facilitating the export Logistical snafus such as im up on a soccer field. 700 local and rural councils that Jed. ernment and now it is about ser be his last that will reduce travel time between square miles), has only 2,000 kilo About $500 million is being in of Amazon nuts, wood, cattle and proper ballot papers delayed vot "I care about these elections so will replace the last vestiges of Fears of widespread voter apa vices," she said. "Weneedhouses, Crosses and small altars sur the highlands and lowlands by sev meters (1,240 miles) of paved roads. vested in the roads project. For the agricultural products. Another will ing in a few areas, while a last I thought other people would apartheid rule. It is the second thy appeared unfounded, based services, everything." rounded by withered flowers line the eral hours. And most importantly, it That makes it one of most road first time, Bolivia will have a paved run to the Chilean port of Arica. minute court challenge forced a care," Beauty Mvimbi said in ex- time the nation's black majority on the lines .observed at polling Police spokesman Ray Harrald, sides of the road in remembrance of will also reduce the risk of dying. poor countries in the region, says link with a neighboring country "When you open a road to a stations early Wednesday. speaking from the police elec the hundreds who have died crossing The current road begins in La Paz Carmen Ballivian, director of the when routes to Chile and Peru are neighboring country, you also open "I'm very excited about voting tions operation room in Pretoria, it In three months of this year alone, atanaltitudeof3,600meters(l l,900 National Road Service. completed early next year. your mind, break barriers and a In a few years, roads passing sense of isolation," said Ballivian. said all was quiet in the run up to the road claimed 50 lives. feet), rises to an Andean pass of Atkinson, the bank official, says again," ANC Secretary General 'This road is extremely danger 4,600 meters (15,200 feet) and drops Cyril Ramaphosa told a local ra the vote. Additional police and ous. The brakes heat up and lose to 700 meters (2,300 feet) during a ·lired·ot Uvinq.illa hot·house?··· dio station while standing in line soldiers were deployed at po force, and a truck or bus falls off a four-hour drive. It is the main link . . . : · .. ·. . . . . ·.. ' ' . . . . at a suburban polling booth. tential flash points through precipice," Condori, 42, said during between the highlands and a third of South Africans have been con out the country. a stop at a police checkpoint at the Bolivia, a nation of7 million people. fused by a dual ballot that asks Possible causes of unrest beginningoftheLaPaz-Yungasroad. ''The road to the Yungas is prob M~e-Q~iet Power them to vote for a candidate and included efforts to sabotage The least deadly of the accidents ably the most dangerous road I have IPFAKEI u:s. I he has witnessed caused eight deaths ever traveled on," says David s~.:r~ then a party. They also complained the voting by white extrem- THOIIASPfAKU:i~o Air Condiliomng Systems : . ·and one crash killed 30 people, he Atkinson, a representative of the In ,:=~-~ that Mandela's government has . ists, protests by opponents of says. ter-American Development Bank. failed to deliver on promises of the ANC or confusion at poll His truck carries salt and food on "It is a hairy drive, but it is so jobs and houses made before last ing stations if people who a 30-hour trip from the highlands to beautiful to cross the Andes and pass . year's election and questioned failed to register or who lacked the lowlands and returns loaded with through waterfalls and see the rich L~ proper identification showed cattle. At least a dozen passengers, vegetation, but there is no margin in w~~;;~=~~-- .. .1:1 ~- why they should vote again. • Easy service and Wall Mounted Floor Mounted Political disputes forced vot up expecting to vote. mainly Indian farmers, ride on top as space or time to make a single error." . . . ~ ~ the truck travels the narrow road, The development bank, the maintenance ing to be postponed until next Free State province Premier •or 12.000 BTU . $1,090.20 majestic cliffs walling it in on one Andean Development Corporation (~~~ -- • Durable and attractive Floor 18.000 BTU $1,315.60 . year in KwaZulu-Natal province Patrick Lekota was turned side and dropping precipitously on and the Japanese and Bolivian gov • Silent operation .. · 24,000 BTU. $1,566.30 and the Cape Town metropolitan away because he forgot his the other. ernments are financing road projects • Reliable and efficient ·. Ce11ng 1 30,000 BTU .$1,897.5.0 area, along with some isolated identity book. Lekota waited Now, with the support of foreign in Bolivia, including the new road . 36.000 BTU $2,179.25 rural areas. several minutes while an aide aid, Bolivia is embarking on a major that should make the 60-year-old La 12.0CXl to 24,llXl BTU .. Mou·nt . 4s.oao BTU $2.102.so Mvimbi, a mother of two retrieved the document, then road building program it hopes will Paz-Yungas road obsolete in a few . 60,000 BTU $3, l OS.OD .. boost the economy and tourism by years. The bank labels that road the ON who works in a grocery store, was permitted to cast his bal 9,COO BTU to 60,00l BTU improving the country's transporta most dangerous in the world. moved to the squalid lot in Bloemfontein, the pro tion links with its South American During the December-March rainy NOVEMBER 4, 1 99 5 2x12.CXXJ shantytown in the Tokoza vincial capital. neighbors. season, washouts and showers of lxl8,COO & 2xl2,COO BTU l••PAe.UG~•··•QNll'$l black township in 1987 be "Everyone must abide by Every day, hundreds ofbuses, cars mud, boulders and trees interrupt 7 Ton to 40 Ton Precinct No. 1 House of Representatives 3x12,CXXJ cause she wanted her own the law," he said. and overloaded trucks carry cargo traffic. Oranges, bananas and meat 4x12.CXXJ Package Limits and passengers to and from the carried from the lowlands to La Paz David Mundo Apatang lx24,COO & 2x12.COO Andean highland city of La Paz past rot while landslides are repaired. --, snow-covered peaks and one of the Road workers risk their lives to U. S. Army Trainings: Complete Parts and Service Pit of soldiers buried Spou111:---- Antonia Pangelinan Mafnas Ft Jackson, South Carolina: Parents: Rosa Atalig Mundo Alcohol and Drug Abuse Financing Available Romaldo Dela Cruz Apatang (dee.) Code of Conduct Gregorio Palacios Castro (SF-dee.) Standards of Conduct 2,000 years ago found Military Justice Parenls·ln-Law: Victoria Reyes Pangelinan (Talu) Operations Security BEUING (AP) -Chinese archae tary campaign of the Warring Juan Rios Mafnas (dee.) Jose Aguon Concepcion (SF-in-Law) Nuclear Biological Chemical ologists have discovered a huge States period, 476 to 221 B.C. 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CARON EL is currently seeking a Marl SPORTS~0 m ~ 0 mWim Looters strike as Atlanta celebrates A11..ANTA(AP)-WhileAtlantans smarting the day after the stampede, Merchants described whooping and they'd all run in there knocking would just stand there blocking the cheered the World Series champion said Tuesday they're fed up with mobs that shouted out the names of everybody down," said Al Warren, way," Warren said Atlanta Braves in a parade, as many as being a magnet for unruly crowds stores, followed by a charge to the who sells sports memorabilia from The manager at Footlocker, who 200teen-agers stonned Underground during big celebrations. They won targeted shop. one of 40 push carts in the shopping would not give his name, said he Atlanta for orchestrated shoplifting. der how authorities will handle the "They got some chant going, like and entertainment complex. didn't know how much had been Merchants at the downtown shop huge crush ofOlympics visitors next 'Hee Yie, Hee Yie!' Then one of ''The ones that stole stuff would stolen. ping and entertairunent complex. still summer. them would holler out 'Foot Locker,' rush out, and all the rest of them Although some vendors said Monday's crowd wasn'tas unruly as r··l some in past disturbances, they ques ~-- tioned whether Unde,yound will be able to contain the masses next sum mer during an even bigger sports. SAtPAN ROTARY Cli event '1 just hope they can regulate it SUM JUNIO during the '96 Olympics. Because if ,: ,·) they can't control a parade, I don't .( BASKE"'., L LEA.6 know how in the world" manage ment can handle the Games, said merchant Marco Boykin. Police said three people were ar rested. Monday was thesecondtimeinsix months that uncontrollable crowds and shoplifters plagued Under ground. During the Freaknik col lege student street party in April, looters smashed store windows and stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. And in 1992, aftedour police officers were acquitted in the beat 01' Aces' Best. Abong "Tower of Power" Camacho, left, CNMl's tallest local player at 6W, receives his playoffs Most Valuable Player trophy from ing of Rodney King in Los Ange Rotarian Frank Diaz during closing ceremonies of the Rotary Club Youth Basketball League Friday at the Ada gym. His coach, Martin Mettao, right, les, a riot broke out at the down receives 01' Aces' sixth championship trophy. Behind Diaz is 01' Aces trainor Elias Rangamar. (Photo by Sony Daleno) town Atlanta complex. Taisacan tops 9-ball anew lnjllry '.callcels Tyson-Mathis bout BINO Taisacan won the nine-ball a bye in the second. He later defeated release from prison for rape, Tyson tournament at Remington club Tues Rico Gloton in the third round, but LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) - ''Hopefully,thisopportunitywillrise said Tuesday night he has a fractured day for the nth time. He bested Pete unfortunately was forced to oow by Mike Tyson had it all worked out up again and there will be a Buster right thumb. Rosario in the final match. Taisacan in the final game. with his fight against Buster Mathis Mathis-Mike Tyson fight" Taisacan worlced his way to the final Pangelinan finished third, and Jr. The injwy forced Saturday night's Atanewsconferenceearlierinthe be match when he defeated Jack Cruz in Kapileo fourth. Another step on the road to re fight to called off and will sideline day, Mathis said he thought Tyson the fonnerchampionfourtosix weeks. the first round, Simon Kapileo in the The winners received in-kind and claiming the heavyweight title. A was bluffing when he said his hand second round, and Sene Pangelinan in cash priz.es from tournament sponsors boutorfreetelevisiontoappeasehis "This is a really serious setback," was sore. But Tuesday night, at the Tyson said atan evening news confer the penultimate game. Arnpac, Joeten Enterprises, Bobby Jegionsoffansafterthefarceagainst announcement ofthe postponement, Rosario, on the other hand, earned Cadillacs, Seagrams, Pacific Islands ~ter McNeeley. And, not to be ence at the MGM Grand, where the he was no longer skeptical. the match with Taisacan by besting Club, Marianas Seaside Circuit, discounted, a cllrs 10 million pay fight was to have been held. ''I was ''I think this is real and I hope really anticipating this fight" Ben Agulto in the first round. Tires -to-Go, Marpac, and day. everything will be all right with this What he got instead was a busted As was Mathis, a 20-1 underdog man, .. Mathis said. He advanced to the third round after Remington Club. thumb, a postponed fight and an who stood to earn$ 800,000 in the Tysoninitiallyhurthisthumbabout uncertain future. biggest fight of his career. three weeks ago and aggravated the Youth spike league moved Four days before he was to enter "I'm very upset because this was a injury the last few days. the ring for the second time since his great opportunity for me," Mathis said. Continued on page 31 THE fourth annual youth volley LeagueorganizerTony Rogolifoi ball league which was tentatively said the opening day was moved to Seles withdraws scheduled to open tomorrow at give way to the on going two-week Oceania Basketball Confederation the Gilbert C. Ada gymnasium in basketball clinic being held at the Ada from tournament Susupe was moved to mid-No gym. Clinic* Schedule vember. The exact kickoff date will be OAKLAND, California (AP) - Monica Seles withdrew Tuesday from announced later. Date Time Group Venue DubbedastheAthletesFootYouth the Bank of the West Classic, citing Nov. 2 9:30 am. to 11:30 a.m. GCA students GCA Soccer games Volleyball League, the Division of pain from tendinitis in her left knee. 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. GCA students GCA Seles, who has experienced knee Sports and Recreation of the Depart on Thursdays pain since her return to professional ment of Community and Cultural tennis this swnmer, first at the Cana SAN VICENTE Elementary School Affairs said the league is open to all teacherTomKinslyinvites male and dian Open and then the u.s. Open, said youths aged 12 to 18 years. she developed new problems this week female soccer fans and players from As in previous leagues, players because of her lack of practice and high school level and up for once-a aged 12 to 14 will see action in the conditioning on indoor courts. week soccer games on Thursdays at junior di vision while those aged 15 to "I haven't practiced on this surface 5 p.m. at the Micro Beach field. 18 will compete in the senior divi for a long time, and that might have Interested persons ofwhateverskill sion. made it worse," she said. level are requested to beat the field on Expected to return this year are the Seles, co-ranked No. I in the world time. Tanapag Rockets, last season' scham along with Steffi Graf, said the pain first For inquiries, call Kinsly at. 235- pion in the boys' junior division and started before an exhibition match ear Garapan school 1915 in the evening. three-time champions No Fear in the lierthis yearin AtlanticCity. She pulled Adagym In the event of a good turnout of __.µl...aJl,li&..ll,j~.i,,w....__ _ _µ::i~=..uai=iU<,ljlWl<,..J,.J:lllll.&l:'.l]l senior division, the Tanapag junior outoftheBankofthe West because she Nov. 10 and 11 Instructor Chris Jones leaves for Tinian in the morning for a playersevery Thursday ,regularteams girls, and the Northern Islands didn't want the injury to continue into two-day clinic and departs Saurday midnight for Saipan and Guam. willbeorganizedtoplay competition Mayor's Office junior girls' team. 19%. games in the future, Kinsly said Continued on page 31 Continued on page 31 ~arianas %riet~~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ~ P.O. Box 231 Salpan. MP 96950 • Tel. (670) 234-6341 • 7578 • 9797 Fax: (670) 234-9271 -~~---...... -,