JJNIV1:KS1l'I' OF HAWAll UBRJUl arianas %rietYr;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ~ ews Boria.. slams Gov.· Tenorio's status overtures: oto public' By Zaldy Dandan that happening. dependent Northern Marianas. make it clear to Congress that his "But we're adults, and we Variety News Staff Most of the local residents "It's his personal opinion, and "request" for an independent or a should sit down, negotiate and try ONLY the people of the CNMI would prefer that the CNMI re­ it should stay that way-it is not freely associated state status is his to arrive at a compromise." can ask the United States to grant main in political union with the the opinion of a majority of the (Tenorio) opinion alone. In a media conference Wednes­ independence to the Northern Unites States, Borja said, react­ people," Borja, who is running Borja, at the same, reiterated day, Tenorio said if the Clinton Marianas, and Lt. Gov. Jesus C. ing to Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio's against Tenorio, said. that CNMI should pursue nego­ administration continues to insist Borja yesterday said he can't see statement Wednesday on an in- The governor, he added, shou Id tiations with the Clinton adminis­ on the federalization of the tration through the Covenant Sec­ CNMI's immigration and mini­ tion 902 talks. mum wage policies, he would ask "We should state our position Congress to grant independence in a reasonable and cogent man­ or a "freely associated state" sta­ ner," he said. tus to the Northern Marianas. Tenorio' s "attitude," Borja said, He said the CNMI will survive "is, 'If you make me angry I'll being independent, but not with­ take the marbles and go home.' Continued on page 54 Survivors' recount fiery last moments of KA 801 By JU-YEON KIM it went down in a heavy rain­ , AGANA, Guam (AP) - A Ko­ storm on approach to the air­ rean Air jetliner shook viole!1tly port. By mid-afternoon, 99bod­ before crashing into the rocky ies had been recovered. terrain of tropical Guam, some There was no way to recon­ survivors said Thursday. Oth­ cile the survivors' conflicting ! ers reported no signs of distress reports. National Transporta­ until the plane came to its vio­ tion Safety Board investigators lent end. Thursday were examining the Twenty-nine people survived thick, tropical underbrush for Independent candidate for governor Jesus C. Borja (left) surfs the Net during a media conference yesterday the crash early Wednesday of clues to what caused the Boeing in Tanapag. Borja and his runningmate, Benigno M. Sablan (right), unveiled a website for the Borja-Sablan Flight 801 on this U.S.-gov­ 747 to crash. The voice and ; tandem as a way of informing the public about their credentials and platform. Photo by za1dy oandan emed Pacific island. The plane flight-data recorders have been was carrying 254 passengers, sent to Washington for analy- .H:.:· :·:1· :l·b· ·••1· . .· ·.· . '. ·. ·· .···· ·.·•· .· t• · ·t·· , : •... ···•·· ::':t;:}r:<:~:,(f·;·?·:· including 13 Americans, when Continued on page 54 ·.· 1 .. oms·es a:·een ers:>: $282M DHLI settlement By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff By Zaldy Dandan LARRY Hillblom's estate executorhas entered into settle­ a Variety News Staff ment seeking'the.sate of ti-ie 1ate businessman'sD!fLJmeirla: ·, LIEUTENANT Governor Jesus tional, Ltd. stock to_DHLI for $282 million. :-r•Y'r_.~,. ·.> ; ::. ',' :·\ _:: · C. Borja yesterday said the legis­ ·. Estate executor Bank of Saipan disclosed that such.amount· .f lators' concern on the growing executed. by the Arbitral Tribunal as a consent>award in,the: : ~ number of children born to non­ ::l estatfs favor was inte11ded to settle the dispute :with DH:U;f .· · residents in the CNMI is valid, . ·.. · Since theArl?itralTribunal}s orderwhictr tookeffec;Hasptj!y,, i but added that the bill that would 1), the executor anq its ·coii.nsel. have,\vqrked,wiJp ·oijl};.t~:t limit the stay of the 30,000 alien p~irify apd refi11e. the spe.dfic terms, fOf, the fransf~r:~f,tfl~iSt'*l( , workers is not the remedy. ·~nd r,ec~ipt6:f\thf~~8~ inip,iq~;fac~i?t~tllg}o:13p,s,t~f~t!§ijff.6f) "I don't think it's the right step," . 1nstn1ct1ons a11d .11ct1v1ty;~p.ort:file~;;ye~~t:d~y •!rr,tJ?itS~.~r,i~r; ..: Borja said, referring to House Bill Court. · y · · · • .. ~~~~~1} I 0-136, which is currently being Continued on page 54 AOL description of NMI irks Tenorio IT has gone on-line. angry letter to Stephen M. Caes, First, there was the Washing­ President and CEO of AOL after ton Post bashing the CNMI. Then spotting a description of the CNMI the Readers Digest. on the service's "International I: 'I I Now it's America Online. Channel." ,1 Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio was "Because of AOL's willingness ii i·l outraged with an AOL article in •I to post site information that pre­ I,,, which the CNMI was described sents a distorted picture about the to have "the highest rate of per­ Northern Mariana Islands, I be­ sonal violence of any country in lieve that your company has the world, triple that of the US." harmed the reputation and char­ Describing the article as "slan­ acter of these islands and our Froilan C. Tenorio derous," Tenorio has fired off an Continued on page 54 '' •II• I -r I. 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY· AUGUST 8, 1997 FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-3 Legislator feared among dead ;. "l' Sorrow- blru1kets Guam in Guam early Wednesday. Only sightseeing. All but three in the f, By SANG-HUN CHOE for democracy." ·! KWANGJU,SouthKorea(AP) This week, it lost a leader who 29 survived. group were killed. For its audacious fight against steered that fight. Shin Ki-ha, a Shin, 56, and his wife, Kim Besides the group, five other military dictatorship in the 1980s, legislator fro~1 Kwangju, was Jung-suk, 50, were traveling with Kwangju residents died in the Nimitz Hill resident: this southern provincial city has among 254 people on board a 22 supporters to the U.S.-gov­ crash. earned the nickname "holy l:md Korean Airjumbo jet that crashed erned Pacific island for "This city has lost too much - a real, courageous leader," said 'Jetjust missed us'· ChoJang-hyon, 22, ,1 college stu­ By Lalla C. Younis People clapped when rescuers dent, who was volunteering at the Variety News Staff pulled out a 6-year-old sUivivor opposition legislator's office to GUAM-Nimitz Hillreeksof gas from under 5 tons of debris. help arrange his funeral. fumes. The muddy trail leading to "It was a miracle. She was ask­ The city of I million people the crash site is littered with de­ ing for her mom right away, and was filled with praise for Shin - bris. Dump trucks keep coming we had found her. lt was so emo'.­ even from pol itirnl rivals. and going, leaving trails of dust tional, I hope I get a chance to see '"I always thought that he behind them. ' them at the Naval Hospital," said would someday be a great leader. Shin Ki-ha As afternoon drew near yester­ Search and Rescue Medivac Lt. We all should miss him," said day, thousands of volunteers, mili­ Troy Anderson. · Shin Sang-woo, a government coup in December 1979. tens of tary personnel and government Freak Out party legislator. thousands of Kwangju citizens officials have been manning the ''I freaked out. When 1first saw Thursday, Shin "s office near rose up against the government. rescue operations for the past two · the news on T. V., I thought it was the city center was crowded with Chun sent tanks and paratroop.:rs days. by the road and I wanted to see the 70 supporters. Many exprcss.:d to ruthlessly crush the protests. Every one has his and her own crash. So right after work, I came disbelief th,11 their leauer hau died. By official count. 200 peopk story to tell. up here with my son," Talafofo They embraced to comfort each were killed and more than 1.800 Military Personnel resident Fely Alcantra said. other. others ·njurcd in the bloodiest up­ "I had just finished working on "We live right on the hill above ··He was this city's political dar­ rising in modem South Korean a project late Tuesday evening so the crash site, so the plane had just ling"' said Choi 11-shik, looking histo~·y. Critics put the casualty Rescue personnel stand among the charred wreckage of Korean Air Flight 801 on Nimitz Hill in Guam they told me I can sleep in a little missed us. We had about 15phone up ~,;t a large photograph of th~ figures much higher. Wednesday. Seventeen hours after the crash, rescuers said they had found 29 survivors out of the 254 late. Next thing I knew I was out calls from people worrying about lawmaker on the wal I. Shin won a parliamentary seat passengers. AP here in the middle of a plane us," said Nimitz Hill resident Next to it was a large sign in 1985 and has since bt:en tlected crash," said Steve Ball, military Linda Guerrero who also has fam­ indicating the late legislator's ul­ four times. All of the 22 people spokesperson. ily members here on Saipan. timate goal to become president: who traveled with the Shin couple Victim.'s kin com.es to crash Thecrashsitewasmuddy,slip­ "I volunteered to help out at the "Shin Ki-ha, the leaderofthe next were party members or their rela­ pery and dark as hell.