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Saipan Scam' TINIAN - the Senate Yester­ Governmental Investigations Senators Were Unanimous in by Eric F -/i I] UNIVERSITY Of J:IAWAII LIB~'( I arianas %riet_y;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 bM ews By Zaldy Dandan House Resources chair blocks plan to cut Covenant funding agreement on [these] funds and Variety Associate Editor The chair of the US House Inte­ that both sides need to stick with , THE CHAIR of the US House rior Appropriations Subcommittee, it," Babauta said. Resources Committee has success­ Ralph Regula (R-Ohio), and his He added that Young's state­ fully blocked effo11s in the US. Democratic counterpart, Norm ment on Compact-Impact aid, House of Representatives to give Dicks of Washington State, agreed which the CNMI is also entitled to, almost half of the CNMI's federal with Young. was "ve1y important." grants to Guam. 'n1e provision that would give ''We need to hear more ta! k about During yesterday's debate on Guam $5 million was then removed [this issue] on the floor of the US the US House lloorover the appro­ from the bill. House. Hawaii, the Northern priations bill for the US Interior TI1e US Senate, however, has Marianas and Guam are all im­ Department, Congressman Don already approved its version of the pacted by [FAS] immigrants, and Young (R-Alaska) objected to a same bill, which has a provision the federal government promised provision in the bill that would that would hand $5.42 million of that there would be more money to have reduced the islands' federal the CNMI's CIP funds to the Vir­ cover this impact," Babauta said. grants for capital infrastiucture gin Islands. "I am very glad that [Young] is projects(ClPs)from$1 l millionto Don Young The CNMI would not get the Juan N. Babauta . focusing on the Compact-Impact $6 million, according to the amount until fiscal year 2003. issue as well as remaining a sup­ CNMI's representative to Wash­ Micronesian States (Kosrae, Yap, A Senate-House conference out payment schedule. porterofthe .. .fundingdeal between ington, D.C., Juan N. Babauta (R). Chuukand Pohnpei), the Marsh alls committee now has to decide what But Babauta recently updated the federal government and the The bill proposes that the CNMI and Palau. version Congress would pass and both Regula and Young on the CNMI," he said. would still get the difference of $5 Young said he agreed that this submit to the White House, which actions Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio and In a letter yesterday to Young, million in 2003. so-called "Compact-Impact" favors the reduction of the CNMl's the Legislature have taken to· re­ Babauta expressed appreciation, on For this year,' however, the money is needed, but added that CIP funding. duce the backlog. behalf of the CNMI, for the amount would have been used to another source of funding should Suppo11ers of defening the grant­ "Congressman Young really Alaskan's efforts in keeping the. reimburse Guam for the cost of be found. ing of the CNMI's federal grants went to bat for the CNMI [yester­ N011hern Marianas's CIP funding hosting immigrants from the Freely Moreover, Young said, chang­ said the islands have over $80 mil­ day]," Babauta told the Variety. intact. Associated States (FAS), which is ing an existing authorization is not lion in unexpended CIP funds and "He argued on the basis that "You were right there when the composed of the Federation of allowed in appropriation measures. can supposedly afford a stretched Congress and the CNMI have an Continued on page 49 /1 (, Demapan new chief justice US unions unite to \, 11 By Haidee V. Eugenio after the Senate Committee on !ems. They deserve confoma­ l Variety News Staff Executive Appointments and tion," said Cing. end 'Saipan scam' TINIAN - The Senate yester­ Governmental Investigations Senators were unanimous in By Eric F. Say .:,, day confirmed the nomination of (EAGI) conducted a public hear­ the vote for Demapan 's confir­ Variety News Staff ,~.. _ Miguel S. Demapan as the new ing on the nominees. mation, along with the other THE "TAKE Pride in America Coalition/' a group that supports chief justice of the CNMI Su­ Even during the morning pub- seven out of the nine original American products made by American workers, has targeted. the preme Court along with seven 1ic hearing, EAGI committee appointees. CNMI' s gannent industry in a massive lobbying effort that includes other recent nominees or Gov. chairman Sen. David M. Cing (D­ "I feel so great. (I'm) very virtually every laborunion, business, senior citizen organization and Pedro P. Tenorio. Tinian) already expressed his con­ happy that the Senate finally consumer advocacy group in all the 50 states. Held at the newly-built Tinian gratulations to the eight appoin­ acted on my nomination and But when the coalition asked Guam's delegate to the US House of Courthouse Chambers, the con­ tees of the governor. finally confirmed today," Representatives, Robert Underwood (D), to endorse legislation firmation was over only hours "W.e haven't seen any prob- Continued on page 50 aimed against the CNMI's garment industry, he said he will not support interference in Northern Marianas affairs. Underwood's press secretary, Cathy Gault, said the congressman feels that meddling in the CNMI is not wmTanted. "The congressman feels that the information being published by Continued on page 49 r::::=~--~·-···---~·=·=-:i 1 Drastic changes to Tinian ~ I i casino initiative proposed By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff TINIAN--Tinian leaders have started working on plans to dras­ tically amend the island's exist­ ing gaming initiative in an ap­ parent bid to create an investor­ friendly economy, it was learned during yesterday's session of the Senate. Among others, the proposed amendments would bring down to $50,000-from $500,000- the annual casino license fee for NEW CHIEF JUSTICE. Sen. David M. Ging (right), chairman of the Senate Committee on Executive Appointments and Governmental Investigations congratulates newly-confirmed chief justice of the the first five years, and on the CNMI Supreme Court Miguel S. Demapan. Photo by Haldee v. Eugenio Continued on page 50 Francisco Borja .· 2:MARIAl'/AS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- JULY 16, 1999 . FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1999 -MARIANAS VA:RIETY NEWS AND'VIEWS-3 China threatens Taiwan BEIJING (AP) - Vowing 10 In a sharply worded commen­ need be to uphold China's claim and Taiwan are separate, equal this week declared the "one Sabla11 gets 21 years defend every inch of Chinese-ter­ tary run in newspapers nation­ to the island. countries. The tone also under­ China" policy a hindrance to Tai­ ritory. China's military on Thurs­ wide, the military's newspaper, The commentary echoed warn­ scored the military's strengthened wan. By Ferdie de la Torre some positive change as now the day threatened to use force against the Liberation Army Daily, said ings delivered Wednesday and hand over policy-making since "Every warrior in the entire Variety News Staff government is building a new Taiwan if President Lee Teng-hui the anned forces stood ready to carried in newspapers Thursday NA TO bombed the Chinese Em­ army is furiously indignant over 1 live in a nightmare,' says rebellious inmate WILLIAM Concepcion Sablan. prison facility. declares the island's ind;pen­ enforce a long-standing govern­ by Defense Minister Chi Hao ti an. bassy in Yugoslavia two months Lee Teng-hui's evil plot to sepa­ After serving the sentence, the the US Marshal has expressed the leauer of a group or rcbc 11 ious crime of violence. The court should not only pun­ dence. ment policy to attack Taiwan if Chi, a career political commissar ago. rate the motherland," the Libera­ judge said, Sablan shall be placed inmates responsible for the March The defendant and counsel concern over Sablan 's behavior, ish him, but also gave him a chance in the military, said the People's Separated amid civil war 50 tion Army Daily said in the front­ in probation. citin>! that the defendant once 9 hostage stanuol'f in Susupc jail, Bruce Berl inc signed a pica agree­ to spend time with his family in Liberation Army would "smash Munson pointeu out that the years ago, Beijing and Taipei have page commentary. was sentenceu yesterday in fcd­ ment with the US government threatened one of the marshals his later part of life, said Bertine any attempts to separate the coun­ for years claimed to be part of sentence is appropriate in the case "In the struggle between up­ el'al court to 21 years' imprison­ represented by Assistant US Atty. who took him on the plane. as he recommended an 18-year try." given the offenses carry a mini­ "one China" -a concept that has holding unification and opposing ment. David T. Wood. Sablan pleaded Berline said Sablan had a great jail term. The rhetoric is the most aggres­ kept Beijing from declaring war separatism, we ... will not tolerate mum penalty of life sentence and cause which was to COITect the US District Court Judge Alex guilty to all charges. Before the sentence was an­ sive used by China's leaders since without parole. to retake the island. Although Lee separatist conspiracies nor sit idly R. Munson ordereu Sablan to Although under the agreement living conditions in Susupe jail, nounced, Sablan asked the court Lee provoked Chinese outrage maintains he still supports even­ by to let even one inch of territory spend 252 months in jail for The judge said the sentence will the US government would rec­ but the means he chose to try and to give him a lenient sentence. Saturday by suggesting that China tual reunification, his government Continued on page 50 charges of hostage taking, felon send a strong message to the com­ ommenda23-yearjail term, Wood solve that was wrong.
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