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Officials remain wary of Fisheries meet a Alamagan volcano risks August 26, after local techni­ cians and foreign volcanologists warned the volcano located in the island north of Saipan faces 'first' for Pacific possible eruption. John Tekai Camacho, a geo­ By Giff Johnson fact, she said. major rim fishing coi,mtries, in­ physical technician from the For the Variety But, she added, the convention duding the United States, Japan, Emergency Management Office MAJURO - A major interna­ now being negotiated is prece­ S. Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia - said over the weekend that the tional fisheries meeting in Hono­ dent setting in other ways. is attempting to bring together 30-day emergency status, from lulu is expected to make signifi­ "This is the first attempt to many disparate interests into a August 26 up to September 26, cant progress toward completing implement the United Nations' management regime that would is now in effect until further negotiations on the first conser­ Law of the Sea regarding man­ be overseen by an international Pedro P. Tenorio notice. vation and management conven­ agement of highly migratory fish commission funded by each mem­ tion for the Pacific region, ac­ on the high seas," she said. ber nation. He said Alamagan has not in­ By Rene P. Acosta curred any changes in its abnor­ cording to a Marshall Islands fish­ The fact that Asian and Ameri­ The Honolulu meeting is the eries official. can governments and their fisher­ fifth High Level Multilateral Con­ Variety News Staff mal activity since that was first GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio noted several months ago. "We 're still on target for com­ men are willing to negotiate man­ ference on the Conservation and has extended the state of emer­ pleting the convention by June agement over fishing on the high Management of Highly Migra­ Camacho said EMO is en­ gency that he declared more than countering adifficulty rightnow 2000," said Rhea Moss, Marshalls seas is a significant step in and of tory Fish Stocks in the Western a month ago for Alamagan after undersecretary for Asia and Pa­ itself, demonstrating that, while and Central Pacific since 1997. in its monitoring of the volcano officials reported no changes in cific Affairs who specializes in views often differ from nation to The Honolulu talks, Moss said, since the earthquake monitor­ the condition of the volcano on fisheries. nation, virtually everyone accepts will attempt to reach agreement ing device which they had in­ the island. stalled is encountering problems "Ours (the Pacific) is the only the need for conservation and on a number of issues key to com­ The chief executive prolonged in sending signals. region in the world taking a pro­ management to preserve the lu­ pleting the convention, including: the emergency status fora month active stand in managing its fish­ crative, $2 billion a year tuna in­ • the "allocation" or allowable According to Camacho, the more on the recommendation of eries resources," Moss said. dustry in the Pacific. catch system to be used to con­ EMO as of Thursday last week, emergency management offi­ The Pacific is trying to prevent The proposed Pacific conven­ serve resources, which could in­ is still not receiving any signal cials. from the equipment, but added, over-fishing that has destroyed tion - which is being negotiated volve total tonnage quotas, limi­ Tenorio had issued the alert they are now working to fix it many fisheries worldwide, rather among the 16 Forum Fisheries tation on fishing vessels or fish- for the period of July 26 up to than react to a problem after the Agency island nations and the Continued on page 23 Continued on page 23 Manglona ordered to appear in• US court By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff JAMES King Manglona, a member of Sen. Herman M. Manglona 's staff, is expected to appear today in federal court on charges that he tried to in­ fluence a grand jury and pre­ empt a bribery indictment against the lawmaker. The US District Court for the NMI set the preliminary examination for the 32-year­ old James Manglona at IO a. m. The preliminary examination was intended to determine if there is sufficient evidence to Dandan Elementary School's Students of the Month gather at the school cafeteria to receive their citation. Photo by Louie C. Alonso wainnt the filing of charges against the defendant. Federal Bureau of Investi­ Gov't health insurance hike may be sooner than expected gation agents arrested James Manglona last week on allega­ By Haldee V. Eugenio posal is set to expire on Septem­ ments. It will take effect this 90 days after its adoption in the tions he tried .to lobby one of Variety News Staff ber 15, or 30 days after it was year," said Camacho, as he urged Commonwealth Register be­ the grand jurors to push for a SOME 4,400 employees en­ submitted to the Commonwealth the public to voice out their con­ cause of the second submission vote not to indict the senator. rolled in the government-run Registry. cerns on the premium rate hike where public comments are al­ A federal grand jury was health insurance program may The Fund, which administers before September 15. ready incorporated into the pro­ formed to evaluate accusations yet feel the pinch of a 50 percent the CNMI Group Health and Life Under the proposal, members posal. that Sen.Herman M. Manglona increase in premium rates much Insurance Plans (GHLIP), earlier will have to pay 50 percent more In this case, the hike may take (R-Tinian), then Tinian mayor, earlier than expected. said the hike will likely to take in premium than what they are effect sometime in November. accepted bribes from s·aipan ' This as Retirement Fund act­ effect early next year. cu1Tently paying bi-weekly. The Fund's Boar

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• • • " • • - •1 •• ~ ... ' l ·''I _._...... ,•,,.;l ,':·:,;, ',: '·;·· 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 WORLD Anarchy reigns in East Timor According to Customs Mobs attack Belo honte Cargo traffic increasing By Haidee V. Eugenio received by Saipan garment centralized inspection process hardware materials, meanwhile, the second quarter of the year DILi, Indonesia (AP) - Pro­ residence along the waterfront, their safe haven. Ramos-Horta, is East Timor's Variety News Staff firms from mainland buyers due "We thought the increase continue to go down. dropped by as much as 30 to 40 Jakarta militias attacked the home though they did not take part in The Roman Catholic bishop, spiritual leader. He has sought THE NUMBER of cargoes be­ to the class action lawsuit would only be in June but in Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio earlier percent. of Nobel Peace Prize winner the shooting. The source said the who shared the 1996 Nobel reconciliation in the tormented ing shipped into the CNMI con­ against these firms. July and August, the incoming said the government has been When Customs centralized its Bishop Qon Monday. setting it military loaded the refugees onto Peace Prize with East Timorese region. tinues to sharply go up in July While the main reason behind cargoes have been far more than informed that garment manu­ seaport operations in June, the on fire after shooting into the resi­ trucks and hauled them away from human rights activist Jose and August, this time almost the sharp increase in shipments 900 and it may continue to go facturing companies on Saipan time it takes to inspect one set dential compound i~ East Timor. reaching 1,000 containers each is yet to be ascertained, Cus­ up," said Mafnas. In Jakarta. an aide to jailed in­ received lesser orders from of cargoes has been reduced to- month, Customs Services re­ toms said the improved system The Customs chief also said dependence leader Jose Alexandre mainland buyers immediately 15 minutes at the least. Con­ vealed during the weekend. ··xanana .. Gusmao said Belo was of cargo inspections at the sea­ the increase in cargoes con­ after the bi Ilion-dollar lawsuits signees used to wait for one to From a monthly average of unhurt. port may have affected the out­ signed to garment firms has no were filed in two federal courts three days at the most before 700 containers from January to come of the monthly cargo re­ direct relation to the orders they in Los Angeles and Saipan, and their containers could be in­ A building occupied by the In­ May, Customs reported the first port. are receiving as the materials another in a San Francisco state spected. ternational Committee of the Red sharp increase in June with ap­ Customs Director Joe Mafnas, have been ordered long before court. Moreover, Customs used to Cross, next door to Belo's com­ DARWIN. Australia (AP) - ''Lb.ave known hef ~f§911.illy proximately 900 cargoes con­ in an interview, said CNMI may their arrival here. The governor could not give inspect one container at a time pound. also came under attack. Hundreds of East Timorese inc foraJ()ng time and ~.!.~~ty1;:fy signed mostly to garment firms have been receiving some 900 Of the total monthly ship­ specific figure or percentage of but that changed due to the cen­ At the time of the shooting, the ciepende11ce·· $Upportersre;pott- ri?~)/~he woman.is fhi; ~ifT of and retailers. cargoes a month even last year ments, 55 to 60 percent are con­ the reported drop in apparel or­ tralization, as it can now in­ bishop's residence grounds-were This, despite the reported 30 but some of them were not be­ signed to garment companies. dl;!rs from mainland buyers but spect six to seven containers filled with several thousand refu­ h;tr~itt:~k~::tiri •. ·· ·· ...•···.an~:~;:[~~fblt~I~·· to 40 percent decline in orders ing accounted for due to a de- Shipment of construction and reports indicate that orders for simultaneously. gees from the chaos gripping the ··uningroildsotifdf pi!i,TirnCJI"eSe . <·~~Tlier Monda)' PY1.l#rg~~~~\ provincial capital, Dili, where Carlos Belo ·.. 1'is.tance.il.e;ader·s·. in A. u...... s .. tra.ll .. a.· ··. •.L.• ..31} .. •.·~.~.• .. Jirn?%~•·i,l)q~nqiS119;•• militias opposed to the landslide \~~•· · 'd ···.M pn d.fX: .· • · i · L .i · ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.1..... e·.·.·.•.. ·.• a· •.. ·•. ·•·•. ""'.••.•" "·.• ·r· •. •• ... ••.·w• •••.. ·.·n .. ·. o·•. · ·• .. w·... ·.as·.·.·.· .• ·•·.. ··.a·.· ...... · '"""wu-·· ...• •..•. "' •. ·.·... "·...••..,· .. "'.·.·.•.. ·.. •.o~.··.·.•.· .. ·.a·. ·•• ·.····."· ""•. ·.••..• •.~·.. ··.m·.·.·.· ..·.·.·.~.·.·.·.· ••. •.•. vote last week for independence aiming downward, rather than at ···< .. •'.fh(h@11dpus flllim• C~~ •• .. ·• @Str/l\.\Qn intj-ie$<>U.!\1¢l:Ilt\µ$lr~s .Ex-DOLi -staff . have gone on a rampage of shoot­ people. 1 ing and burning. The source added: ''The mili­ 'J in misconduct ~:::.lr.•. s.·~.:.ba·····~. r.·.•. :.•.·•.... ·.·rul········t······o···f; .•.r ..i .•.ce•i ..•.1 ...•. ~.••. • ·i·•·r• ii~!~1~ffi~ilili~···· "The militias came and started tias are inside the bishop's house ·.·ont11e; f'.l~ $he Pi+s~dApp- ...... &li'.etfu\ soiirce&fhis Btaimli········ case· charged firing into the grounds," said once negotiating with him. What they dred.. ·. s. of clecap...·.I.tat. e.d .. bddl.... e.·.. s.;".r. ·.·•. { irt Difrw' ...... htiliJrrt A . . saidJoao. · ...... · ··········· Jfurilb~d source, who is well acquainted are negotiating. I have no idea." with the latest developments in According to the source, Indo­ the• .. Natj<>n~t S??nciI.J9r By Ferdie de la Torre the capital's chaos. He said it ap­ nesian military forces accompa­ Timore54Jlesi~fllllce,, . \ ...... · ·.· ...... · .. ·...... Variety News Staff peared the militia may have been nied the militias to the bishop's '"The~·M"ere1ying0ll tllesi~ • fri,p~yJ,y PIX1iJa!@rj:~ m1litj~~•·••·•··•·i THE ATTORNEY General's ·oftile.• w~1·.·~·he~~ha .••• •.•.. ~~{::(13081"1 ha~~1;:p aries of Charity. founded by people from all walks of life 11 g?Ql'l w.~~H!!l.~111i~;;, they nave ..... · ·· s~~gxi1;i~.~r wHx q11 ~!1~risttie tion by converting the property Mother Teresa, held hourly brought flowers to the tomb. l port for BOE in holding "an im­ austerity measures taken by the 1 to her own use." portant event for the CNMI.". local government so we can con­ itl~idrd•.~{)!A/4<~·•·8RPW ....·rpu~.e~ .... •ii·~~~ftlterrtapvr~f11ti9.nforsuch prayers Sunday on the second Sister Nirmala. Mother Teresa's ii: ~~i~units, .. ·i·...• · .••..••.•••.• ·..•..•.• µPfts(ollqwingJJ:wtefffiillation The prosecutor said Aldan The Board of Elections recently tinue to provide the most essen­ >~.##pµ~ anniversary of her death, while successor as head of the order, th[dt\ · ofpll,bMc holi~igg.a~~i§t{lnq •for while working for DOLI re­ disclosed that budget for the up­ tial public service," the governor thousands of admirers made a pil­ said, "Let us keep alive the light r ·11.riit~ :11~ve\~e11 /providt\d ·•. \O .· ..• rth9~e Ul1itsin ceived $1,400 be paid specifi­ coming poll is less than what it said. l\nllrx.11e2; grimage to her tomb to lay wreaths that mother has lit in the heart for I H~!p!e ho~es and own benefit or purpose. "So if the Board of Elections $90,000. "Defendant did knowingly The order also organized a Mass the poor in our home, neighbor­ ii crowde~in ~choo1: .• •··.··•···• ·.•······ ·· .·•·· •···.· op~B .}t up.t9 sale .to·some ,.· need additional funding, we will Also, the Board will not be given !11~ r• · forge. utter a writing. to wit: in the chapel inside Mother hood and wherever we meetthem." ' ~g~ ~.l-Y,l ~¢< L-i.~tle League · · home9\Yflers. • < ··• try to find something to accom­ additional full time employees as Teresa's former home and a feed­ She said the nuns were "work­ I !\~5-9qjaJigry..,Yf~IS ajsogiven·•.a · . previous h~iusing.c1drnin- with the intent to defraud an­ modate (the needed resources) for previously provided for BOE dur­ Th.e ing program at centers for the ing for" a declaration by the Ro­ i: •. gw(f?[~i?ttiSr·•·i .··· .•• ·.•• istl'~t~gn•·•·•~ag.esti!J!!!ted·· the other and without authoritv poor throughout the city where man Catholic Church that Mother this midterm elections," he added. ing previous elections. marked the initials of Wei on~ . •••··• "fll~· £9ffi?f~~··directof sajcl···· .. •property to worth·. $1.0 .miUion she had lived for six decades. Teresa was a saint. "Although we ·. ·····N~~q~,sP.t§~idedapll'.lcefor tp~~.2Illi1Ho9•.••bas~d on·.ap- receipt to create the appearance Kanagawa Prefectural Pol(ce Chief Takeo Miya ma (right) discusses a reporter's question with his colleagues i.C that Wei had received a sum of Mother Teresa, born in the are eagerly waiting for the decla­ du_rmg a new~ conference m Yokohama, south west of Tokyo Sunday on a dismissed police officer's scandal. ~i?'\HAW;q pr,pgi:amfor ''kids pr~ise,4 value.· . . former Yugoslavia, died Sept. 6, ration, it is not likely to be done ' ' US currency." Williams said. Miyama admitted that the 42-year-old officer stole compromising photo negatives from a raid on a gangster's I 1997 at the age of 87. before the year 2000." ~ma ~ it ~.;···.·'.. it)••I ' -~lK.J~· ",.1

·....:·'- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER.?, 1999 ~MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5 4-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 On the Hillblom case Bill will ban businesses 'Iinian airport expansion Calif. AG questions why backed by foreign gov'ts By Jojo Dass The proposed measure further­ project said in progress Variety News Staff more, seeks to nullify any such business license issued by the probe on fees was halted TIIEHOUSEofRepresentatives THE COMMONWEAL TH near the parking lot. Department of Commerce once has passed a proposed measure Ports Authority's (CPA) Com­ The committee also disclosed the bill is signed into law by Gov. ,. By Ferdie de la Torre Special Master Pedro M. Atalig's million in fees of the estate's per­ seeking to prohibit any govern­ mittee on Airport Facilities re­ that there is additional work that Variety News Staff investigation was done "after a sonal representatives, their attor­ ment and non-commonwealth Pedro P. Tenorio. cently reported that the con­ will require the board's approval According to HB 11-309, any THE CALIFORNIA Attorney certainamountofmoney''waspaid neys and other professionals. public corporation from con­ struction of the West Tinian In­ for supplemental funding. licensee found to have made false General has questioned the termi­ by one of the executor's law firms Special Master Atalig was go­ ducting business in the Northern terim Terminal Expansion This includes the construction ing to also examine allegations of representation '"in order to cause nation of a hearing which was to some of the distributees over the Marianas for profit. '· Project is now in progress. of the new car rental booths, the business license to be issued in intended to look into the reason­ objections ofHillblom 's Charitable misconduct against certain of the Introduced by Rep. David M. According to the Committee's relocation of the snack bar and the circumvention of this subsection, ableness of approximately $43 Trust, which is holding a majority executor's attorneys, said CAG Apatang (R-Saipan), House Bill status report, work is now on­ constrnction of a covered walk­ shall be subject tocivilliability in million in fees of Larry Hillblom 's interest in the estate. referring to Morrison and Foerster 11-309 is intended for mainland going on the additional arrival way from the terminal to the park­ the amount of not less than estate executor Bank of Saipan, The California Court has exer­ (MoFo) law firms. China-based gannent factories area and air conditioning. ing lot. its attorneys and otherprofession­ cised exclusive jurisdiction over "There is a significant amount operating satellite factories in the $100,000 or more than $500,000. The contractor has reportedly CPA was granted federal als. the internal affairs of the Trust, of money at stake for the chari­ commonwealth. It would impose OfficialssaidHB 11-309ispart completed the construction of the funding for the Phase IV of the CAG stated that it is inconceiv­ and of the Hillblom Foundation, table beneficiaries, based solely as much as $500,000 fines on of reform measures aimed at put­ structural building for the arrival Runway Extension project, Roman T. Tudela able that all inquiry into expenses which is successor in interest to on Mr. Schratz's (legal auditor) violators. ting the commonwealth's house terminal extension and is now Tudela said. of the executor and professional the Trust. draftreportquashing$7.5 million The bill specifically seeks to back in order. working on the plumbing, electri­ counters and the relocation of Recently, CPA personnel con­ It will be noted that the Office service providers to the estate CAG said that there was to be of Morrison and Foerster's fees amend I CMCSection2453toadd cal and architectural aspects of the car rental concession counters. ducted field inspection and of Insular Affairs has repeatedly would be terminated. an evidentiary hearing, estimated alone," said CAG in support to ·a new subsection on the matter. the project. Momentarily, the contractor is boundary location wherein they voiced concerns about gannent CAG, through counsel Jay H. to last two weeks into the reason­ Trust Chairman Peter Donnici's The new subsection reads: "No Airport Facilities Committee now working on finishing the identified and marked CPA prop­ factories from China operating in Sorensen, said the termination of ableness of approximately $43 petition for writ of mandamus. license shall be issued to any chairRomanT. Tudela in the same restrooms at the arrival area. erty. the commonwealth to exploit the government entity, agency ,orin­ report said that once completed, The temporary relocation of the CPA also identified the bound­ Northern Marianas' quota free strumentali ty and non-CNMI they will begin work at the depar­ car rental will stand until the draw­ aries for the mitigation area as import privilege to the United public corporations or any per­ ture area, where minor changes ings are complete for the new car well as the additional area for Bill to limit employers' respom1iBiliJiLt States mainland. son, corporation or business spon­ j will be made to the ticketing rental building to be constructed the new runway. (MRAM) sored directly or indirectly by a Once enacted into law, the bill 7 . 0 :t.· .·.• er.·.··· ·a···. 'txro·~·········.···.··.··.>.m• ·e···· · ·.. · · ·· ·· ro::l •.Ma····· ...... ··· · · •·•··.a· ..·•.·.··.· ··· ...... •. . 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Villagomez raise the responsibility to guest work:- essary trm~~P't:}he he:.Jth pr2vW1~Fi!lfVT'>( (FEMA) for a project to relocate strict" the land as open space in health insurance choices that ·all nonresident.employ-···. monwealH\.Jiealth••·Center .· ....• e.rll.. 1:()• !J.~resp.onsi~Ie>f?ji the Department of Land perpetuity. 1 The grant will come from ment contracts shaHprovide rnedi.ca1.· ref.•...e .. rr.al.b.. ?.a.•.r .• d.•..•. '..,. i.tfu·r· -.·•· .. ••. ' rnedicalty.~!llle~ssaijf()~f•.•.• Management's One-Stop building By Eric F. Say . group health insurance year are off the Hagama oceanfront prop­ FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant that the employer isrespon-.·• theI aclgfd .. <·· .. >•··· <.• ...• < <.·•··.·•• i rneticsurgeriisfor:their'\VQtJ.;:.,··• Variety News Staff PacifiCare, Staywell, Health Program, which was made avail­ sible.. and .1iab1e.for.the in.sJir~ .· i Jfile piJJta§ pe~Affifyp:t;df?<· .· erst' .\ i i :.•. //.••. i ;<• erty where it currently stands. HAGATNA-GovemorCarl T. Shield and Multicover. ance.or paymentof .J)'.ledip~r·· Wt: :fl'e>tiSt f)p»uniftye. pP[Lafr · · •..... ''Ratll~rf.ne !lai1('':Ve,ffr' "Our aim is to help Guam elimi­ able after the December 1997 C. Gutierrez has said that the fis­ GMHP will only provide a den­ Supertyphoon Paka disaster. expenses only if it is."rt:llSOI!-.. ·•· f?prflld J!}l-nit;rati?!l;·•·•• )·····t }• .. 1ff~\t=II1p!pyetss.P,()~!.•.f.,.1,ejba·····tml<;.Oe/nn··•..lts.r .•. bt.• hora··•••t~ .• u.•ar ... .·.· ...... 9~Ff ~pp}e; " '"' people who work at One-Stop and "'Reasonaqlellndrt1editcally •. R.el(; !iim~.P>J\ .t?\*sfo~(8:; ····.··tm~p~d ij~]~ Asmm?#~~~jfI and, therefore, very vulnerable," \ will be four insurance companies lion annually. necessary' expenses ~re those·· s.aig~n-I ~()~y<1ft1ii+tj1~•1:,r*i?t •·•.·.• Ji.Mn~~<1 gr~ctiJibn¢tJ() p¢ said William Carwile, director of the important land records that for the benefit program year. Gutierrez has approved an ad­ tre3:yne11ts.an4, prescriptions laturr ·ir~c:oinizes. tl:i~t·•itJs .. < m~1~1il¥11~ ~~$~~i;~y?·.·· ...... FEMA's Pacific Area Office. are kept in the building," Carwile The administration said the ditional $1.4 million as an in­ The compensates added. Government of Guam negotiat­ crease to its current contribution ·1 ing-team, tried to achieve signifi­ to provide assistance and offset Guam ports ;I cant savings of $4.9 million in the cost of add-ons for mandated/ I total premiums. non-mandated new benefits. ¥2Kready- 1 The companies that will pro­ The open Gov Guam enrollment 11'. vide benefits for the FY 2000 will continue until Sept. 30, 1999. By Eric F. Say Variety News Staff ' HAGA TNA - The Port Author­ \' ity of Guam (PAG) is already Y2K I Guam senator proposes 'win-win' Retirement Fund alternative I compliant unlike the Guam Mass ' Transit Autho1ity (GMTA), it was Variety News Staff Retirement Fund for a three-year ment portfolio and the rapid reduc­ to the Retirement Fund over 20 learned. HAGA TN A-Senator Simon A. period ending Sept. 30, 200 I with tion of the unfunded liability. years at an annual cost of about $5 But GMTA General Manager Sanchez II (R-Tamuning) yester­ the general fund repaying the Re­ If this is done. S,mchez said the million per year. Tony Martinez, in a memo to the day proposed what he describes as tirement Fund with interest. general fund's payments to the ""Bill 300 doesn't penalize the Y2K Council, said their computers a "'win-win" solution for the Gov­ "My proposal asks the Retire­ Retirement Fund would be reduced Retirement Fund for retiring its were ab le to accept the Jan. I , 2000 ernmentof Guam Retirement Fund ment Fund to assume the costs for by about $IO million annually. unfunded liability quickly. That is date during a recent test. that would address part of the gen­ supplemental annuity benefits and Supplemental retiree benefits and the problem with the Howev;r, he added, GMTA's eral fund's declining revenues cost of living allowance for fiscal COLAs totaling $29 million per administration's proposal to extend software has not been certified Y2K while still allowing the Retirement years 1999 through 200 I. year (that would also be saved by the payment of the unfunded liabil­ compliant because the installer is Fund to strengthen its financial po­ "This will free upabout$82 mil­ the general fond for FY 2000 and ity from 15 years to 30 years," not authorized to do. sition. lion during the three-year period 2001 under the provisions of Bill Sanchez said. Likewise. Mele & Associates, Bill 300, authored by Sanchez that can be used to fund essential 300) would result in a total savings "Instead, under Bill 300, we still which has been contracted as con­ Simon A. Sanchez II and co-sponsored by Sens. Mark public services. of $39 million per year. could have our entire unfunded sultants by the Y2K Council, has Forbes (R-Sinajana) and Alberto "The Retirement Fund has al­ vantage of an expected reduction This $39 million in savings would liability eliminated in 15 years, free­ indicated that GMTA is not yet ready advanced $14 million for in the current employer contribu­ be reduced by about $5 million, ing up $52 million a year at that Y2K compliant, Martinez said. C. Lamorena V (R-Dededo), con­ tion rate paid by GovGuam," the which is the annual cost of repay­ point. PAG, for its part, said its enter­ tinues the payment of supplemen­ FY99 supplemental and COLA senator added. prise-wide information system tal annuity benefits to eligible retir­ benefits for retirees. Another $34 ment by the general fund to the "We would then only have five The current GovGuam contribu­ (EJS) is Y2K compliant. ees and survivors, and carries million would be saved by the Gen­ Retirement Fund for deferring the years left on our repayment of the tion rate to the Fund is 18.60 per­ Acting PAG General Manager through the payment of lump sum eral Fund for each of FY 2000 and general fund contributions in fiscal general fund deferment proposed Francisco P. Camacho added that cost of living allowances (COLA) FY2001," Sanchez said. cent. years 1999-2001. in Bill 300, at a cost of only $5 the agency's cranes will also not be to all retirees and survivors. 'This approach allows the Re­ According to Sanchez, Retire­ Thus, the total net savings of the million annually. affected by the Y2K bug. Under the bill, the payments tirement Fund to provide short­ ment Fund Board Chairman Gerty general fund would be $14 million ''And our resulting government Meanwhile, the Y2K Council, would be made by the Retirement term assistance to the General Fund Pe1ez has informed him that the in FY 99, $34 million in FY2000 employee contribution rate of 17.4 1 which meets weekly, will hearcom­ ·.i' Fund on behalfofthe general fund until our economy rebounds and board is entertaining the reduction and $34.million in FY 2001. percent would still be lower than pliance reports from the Guam Lt. Gov. Madeleine Z. Borda/lo takes time out at Harry S. Truman Elementary on Guam to visit with teacher Ulriga Perez-Gill's pre-school ~tudents and would be treated as vested, we streamline government. of that rate by about 2 percent due Sanchez said the general fund our present rate of 18.6 percent," Telephone Authority and the Guam during their lunch break. Photo by Eduardo C. Siguenza limited-term benefits paid by the "This approach also takes ad- to the strong growth of its invest- could re,pay the entire $82 million the senator added. Memorial Hospital. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7

OPINION ' From stock euphoria to a crash By Robert Kuttner YOU KNOW the stock market is in for a major downdraft when people start writing books with titles like• 'Dow 36,000.'' The Atlantic Monthly, Confessions of an XIO junkie ordinarily a prudent journal, has given upwards of 10,000 words and its Septembe,r cover to promote the giddy new book by James Glassman and ( Conclusion ) installedXIOsystem. Using a Mac and bread). Or, using a Hawkeye if Kevin Hassett, which contends that the Dow should be at36,000rightnow. IT'S ALSO very important that or Windows software with an in­ someone walks up to the front door Not to be outdone, the current issue of Wired magazine insists that the each device has its own address. terface each module can be set to it can tum on a light and set up a new high-tech economy justifies a Dow of around 50,000. And a new book If you accidentally put your liv­ come on or off at predetermined wireless chime in your home. by Charles W. Kadlec sees the Dow will be going to I 00,000. A million, ing room light and coffee pot on time, etc. But the real power of the The company's web page at Faceless anyone? thesamecodenumber...youcould home automation system is the www.x 1O.com not only has a com­ POLICE Commissioner Charles W. Ingram Jr. had a press conference last David Dodd, co-author of the classic text on securities analysis, once have either cold coffee or a melted ability to create "macros." plete product listing (including Friday where he said media has already "tried, sentenced and convicted" observed that the four most dangerous words in the English language are pot. The package contains an inter­ closeout bargains as low s $8 for "This time it's different." But it isn't. him in connection with an alleged "reckless driving" involving him a week Or, like me, I put a module in face that connects to your many switches), but many helpful The economic fundamentals can support stock price growth in excess of ago. my· garage to open my garage computer's serial port and a wall ideas how to use XlO products. economic growth foronly so long. Well before the e-commerce economy, door using an XlO handy remote plug. That device has a battery Other companies sell X l O control The police chief must be feeling sore. stock touts and crackpot theorists have been promoting manias and bubbles key chain button. That was very backup and allows the computer to devices under various names and a that were too good to be true. · great until I added a new Hawkeye download and store XI O macros web search will turn up a lot of **** Glassman and Hassett base on their argument of the large divergence and other commands. Users may them. Senate Vice President Thomas P. Villagomez is disappointed over what between the returns on bonds and stocks. In a heroic leap, they assert that II motion detector and device called then tum off their computer or use One final thought about the XIO he said is slow action being taken by the House of Representatives on his stocks are just as safe as bonds, because if you wait long enough their value "Socket Rocket" in a closet. proposed measure seeking to limit the stay of nonresident workers to five eventually recovers from downturns. Therefore to equalize the ·return on That device screws into the over­ system. It can be areal boon for the years. stocks with the return on bonds, the Dow should be at 36,000. head closet light socket. I used the elderlyoranyonewhohasamobil­ "The House is delaying the process. The delay is unfair," said Villagomez. There are two big flaws in this analysis. For one thing, risk-averse motion detector to tum the light off ity problem. It can control almost investors take lower returns on bonds because they can get their money out. and on when I entered the closet. any powered device in anyone's **** Contrary to Glassman and Hassett, a stock is not a bond. _ Unfortunately, I inadvertently home from various kinds of inex­ Travel time from office to work and vice-versa has gradually been A certificate of deposit or Treasury bond yields about a 6 percent assigned the closet module the same...._ --- pensive remote controls. There's increasing with simultaneous Public Works road projects happening along guaranteed return (around 4 percent after inflation.) Stocks, by contrast, are address as the garage door. Yep, .,­ even a button on the Powerhouse Beach Road and Middle Road - two main thoroughfares connecting paying a current dividend yield averaging only 1.5 percent - but a total every time anyone walked onto the and DVD Anywhere remote con­ motorists to the island's southern part. · return of more than 20 percent because of the raging bull market. closet the garage door opened. trols that, once pushed, will in­ There is an ongoing expansion project on Middle Road down at the busy People keep buying stocks only because they expect capital appreciation All it took was changing the ga­ stantly tum on all XlO controlled San Jose intersection, while a sewer line work is still in progress along to.provide high returns. The long-term total return on stocks (dividends rage module address to fix that lights in a home. This one function Beach Road. plus capital gains) has been consistently around 7 percent for two centuries. embarrassment. provides a lot of peace of mind for Traffic is turning bad especially during weekend rush hours. The return on stocks. can temporarily exceed that average for a time, but not Another thing to remember is folks who hear things go bump in JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER forever. that since the system works over it for other things and the interface the night and might want to frighten The first phase of the decade-long stock run-up was justified by power lines other XIO equipped will control the XI Onetwork. someone away or provide a safe **** disinflation. As inflation came down, a given yield could support a higher home connected to the same neigh­ By creating something called environment to explore a home. A funny thing happened while reporters were interviewing Gov. Pedro WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND share price. More run-up was justified by rising growth and profits. But borhood transformer could send "virtual wiring" users can create You can also tum offall the lights P. Tenorio on Capitol Hill last Thursday. today more and more of the inflated Dow is pure bubble. codes to your X 10 modules if they macros with a specific "address" at once ... really handy if your XI 0 After answering a number of questions hurled at him left and right, the Alas, an economy d1at grows at 4 percent a year cannot indefinitely are set to the same "House" code. driveway sensor turns on your re­ governor finally paused and stared at the reporters, complaining about the sustain 20 percent annual growth in share prices. that can set in motion almost any It's a simple matter to fix: If your mote driveway camera and you see manner he was being asked about a range of subject matters almost all A key personage who has noticed this problem is one Alan Greenspan. sequence of events. May the best medium win someone coming you don't wantto at once. In a major address last week, Greenspan declared that in addition to home is set on "A" and the neigh­ An example would be to set a tracking rising prices in goods and services, the Federal Reserve would bor is also on "A" just change to macro that would tum "on" at a talk to. One button and no one is **** begin worrying about precarious rates of increase in "asset values" - in "B" or any other letter up to "P". specific time. That Macro can tum home (grin.) The House has finally passed a proposed measure seeking to establish a WASHINGTON - Campaign 2000 may be Senate. other words, stocks.. XJO also sells a computer-con­ on your bedroom lights slowly; XlO products of all kinds get a solid "l O" on the Hughes Buymeter. Commonwealth Free Trade Zone Authority that will open up a 20-ha lot more about medium battles than money They talk now of an even bigger sweep in So even ifinvestors are irrational, stocks will not keep rising at20percent trolled automation package for tum on a radio tum on the coffee about 50 bucks that will allow us­ They are handy and most of all­ by the airport to investors who will be given a host of tax privileges bu twill battles, and those battling media are TV and 2000. "We Democrats must be the party of per year- because the Fed will not let them. That policy shift, in tum, is very pot and a toaster (these appliances nonetheless be required to pay workers the federal rate. likely to bring about a stock market correction, since it will change ers to do all kinds of things with an have been preloaded with coffee fun. the Internet. what's next," Andrew says, enthusing tharhe Senate President Paul A. Manglona said the Senate will expeditiously act investors' expectations. Sources tell us that Texas Gov. G.W. Bush, hopes to win "everything from dog-catcher to on House Bill 11-389, which has gone through a series of revisions at the Takingsomeairoutoftheinflatedstockmarketnow,ratherthanpicking the Republican presidential front-runner, tried House Committees on Commerce and Trade, and Ways and Means. president" through mechanics, message and up after a crash later, is sensible policy. But it would be a shame if But some quarters are not happy with the bill's provision exempting free the Internet as a campaign tool and discarded the Internet, by: 1. providing candidates with Greenspan used a blunt instrument- interest rates -which would temper the trade zone investors from the hiring moratorium law. it in disgust. Vice President Al Gore, the "the right tools" of information and support to stock market by chilling the real economy. ··we are bending too low on this," said one official. Democratic front-runner, who is derisively enable them to win; 2. developing a simple The Fed has two finer instruments to use on the financial economy. First, the Fed can tighten margin requirements, to discourage borrowing to buy BANGKOK(Reuters)-Oncea piece of theatre, but it is. not an in the IO years since APEC was dubbed the "Father of the Internet," has an­ and clear message to voters; and 3. using the year, the Asia Pacific's most pow­ unimportant meeting," said Nicola first launched. **** other view. Derision aside, he sees the Internet stocks. Currently, investors can borrow up to 50 percent. Internet the way John F. Kennedy used televi­ According to an analysis by economist Jane D' Arista of the Financial erful men, and the occasional Bullard, deputy director of Focus First established as a loose fo­ A recent opinion piece by Bob Greene, who works for the Chicago not only as the medium of the future, but as sion to communicate effectively. woman, line up in ethnic costumes, on the Global South, a left-leaning rum to promote open markets and Tribune, is giving scary thoughts. Markets Center, the ratio of margin debt to Gross Domestic Product has the cost-efficient tool capable of overcoming Gephardt is so confident the Democrats will quadrupled in a decade. D 'Arista reports that the financial market's share linkarmsordoaMexicanwavefor regional policy think-tank critical globalisation, APEC has been a According to Greene, we are fast becoming a nation of packers, pecking Bush's money machine. win the White House and at least the House of total borrowing has also soared from one-quarter of all borrowing a the world's media. of the free market ethos of the catalyst to removing trade barriers our fingers on numbers - phones, mailboxes, etceteras. "One of the great axioms of contemporary decade ago to more than a half today. The performance, the photo op grouping. on goods as diverse as semi-con­ '"If someone had commanded men and women to do this, they would next year that he eschewed seeking the Demo­ politics is that 'All politics is local' - the cratic presidential nomination again. He ex­ Another instrument in Greenspan's tool kit is the power to require highlight of the annual summit of . "Different things can be said in ductors and steel, agricultural prod­ have resisted; if the government had ordered it, there would be revolution ,, banks to set aside additional funds when they lend to brokerage houses the Asia Pacific Economic Coop­ different forums and there's some­ ucts, paper and wood. great Tip O'Neill line," says Joe Andrew, the pects to be House speaker then in a revitalized n in the streets. 1 and investment bankers. 1979, then Fed chainnan Paul Volcker eration (APEC) forum, is routinely thing to be said for that. There's It is not a negotiating body and Democrat's new party chairman. "What has In "'But it has happened voluntarily. Person-to-person contact. .. is being Congress dedicated to the party's basic goals: imposed such a temporary reserve requirement of 3 percent. lambasted as an elaborate joke, a more chance of real dialogue when its need for consensus in all areas replaced by the Woodpecker Effect," wrote Green. happened is that because of the Internet, there Social Security protection, improved Medi­ If Greenspan can prevent stock euphoria from turning into crash waste of money or just an irrel­ there is an open agenda. I'm all for has slowed or watered down agree­ There is also one growing addiction that seems to be contributing its are people all over this country that form care and health gains generally, better public without needlessly sandbagging the real productive economy, he is a evance to the lives of the region's that," she added. ments. But the sheer size of the share to human nature's degeneration - cyberchat. relationships with people thousands of miles education, moving people off welfare, and : true genius. In the meantime, as the 70th anniversary of the Great Crash teeming poor. APEC is an easy target, and in economies taking part in the forum Info-Tech Corner's David T. Hughes recently ran a piece about a George away but do not know the people who live on safeguarding the environment. There is no approaches and weird millennial prophesies abound, keep your hands on But the gathering does serve a recentyearshasattractedhugenum­ has still given an extra push to Mason University student, Jason S. Bauer who, in an essay he wrote, either side of them. They have formed an mention in any of these Democratic equations f: your wallets. real purpose. bers of demonstrators pushing a problems that might otherwise be lamented that the latest craze about ICQ and America Online 's Instant (Boston Globe) entire community on the Internet who ... have of such issues as tax cuts, illegal fund-raising In its own peculiar fashion, it variety of causes. left unresolved. Messenger "is causing severe and often irreversible damage to interper- something in common with each other. 'Lo­ or immorality in high places. But the Repub­ offers a unique opportunity for the This year's APEC party on Sep­ Grouping the United States, Ja­ leaders and officials of rich and tember 12-13, and its associated pan, Russia, Canada and China as Contmued on page 7 cal' doesn't mean geography any more. Poli­ licans are sure to take care of those omissions. Continued from page 6- Brewed • • • poor countries to meet on equal media circus, will this year cost well as all the other big economies tics still are all local but local about attitudes But agendas aside - neither Bush nor Gore tenns and tackle problems avoided hosts New Zealand $23 million; around the Pacific, APEC's mem­ and aspirations, common denominators that sonal relationships." is perceived as radical or far from the center by other forums. involve 4,000 delegates, 1,500 bers account for 46 percent of glo­ are based on communication through the Not discounting benefits derived from these advances, Bauer never­ - the real questions for 2000 wi II be is it TV, media, 1,800 police; and inevita­ bal trade and a combined gross theless said the Internet "has forged a brave new world of faceless, Substance behind the smocks. Internet - or through the telephone or inter­ the Internet or both. Of course, it will be both. Behind the elaborate ritual of hand­ bly inconvenience the people of domestic product of over $16 tril­ anonymous avatars inhabiting topical chat rooms, fanning risk- and active TV." but which will dominate? ' shaking, gift-giving and golf, usu­ Auckland as the leaders' caval­ lion. ll consequence-free 'relationships' with imaginary friends from all cor­ Andrew is a Yale-trained lawyer, former ally in long smock-like shirts, the cades snake through the city. Trillions in trade ride on deci­ Sources in the Bush campaign tell us that they t ners of the world." Indiana Democratic chairman and spy-novel made a strong effort to use the Internet to solicit l leaders do more than make their Pre-baked platitudes and sions. "We 're talking trillions of author, who was elected national chairman in campaign contributions, and the effort failed. annual pledge to the virtues of free promises can herald realchange. dollars in trade. So whatever it can * * * * trade. The anti-climax will almost cer­ decide is important," said an APEC March. Like Senate Minority Leader Tom Further, they concluded that the failure was not Not much luck fishing over the weekend. They have a rare opportunity to tainly be a final declaration that is secretariat spokesman. Dasch le of South Dakota and House Minority theirs but the Internet's. Variety Reporter Rene Acosta got an octopus; the other guys - discuss issues of importance to a banal collection of platitudes and APEC's core aim, agreed in Member of Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri, An­ Gore's people disagree. They believe the Bush Variety production's Paul T., Ariel, Sally, Tani and Variety artists P.O. Box 231, Saipan MP 96950-0231 some of the most disadvantaged of vague promises, prepared so long Bogar, Indonesia in 1994, is to Tel. (670) 234-6341/7578/9797/9272 The Associated Press (AP) drew is emboldened by the party's 1998 suc­ people simply do not understand. the Internet, McCoy and Gani among others - got fish and that's it. Rey (Fink na lll.UUI SINCE INII · APEC's 21-member economies in advance it appears meaningless estabish free trade and investment Fax: (670) 234-9271 ATIONAL cesses, the biggest sixth-year election vic­ and they happily conclude that he will fritter Ufong) got to his gin and guitar-playing while two "visitors," Edward © 1998, Mananas Variety NEWZPAPER and steer their senior officials to­ to most of the peoples of the region. in the Asia-Pacific region by 2010 tory for either party in 176 years. Democrats the Boy Scout and Ding took to fishing too. All Ri hts Reserved :.,_..,,, ~111, ASSOCIATION away his huge war chest on overpriced TV. wards subsequent agreements. But this pre-baked fonnula has for developed member economies The tide was high and waves were strong. gained five House seats and held even in the May the best medium win. "APEC looks like just another heralded real changes in world trade and 2020 for developing ones. We did not mind the small catch.

--~-· 8-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY0 SEPTEMBER 7 1999 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-9 Trash haulers adamant: As PSS funding plan is shelved Guam now eligible for '$10 fee will kill indust Teno prioritizes on military housing fund Variety News Staff only a five percent annual ins Sablan said that one of their By Rene P. Acosta negotiate for the proposal and HAGATNA-Guam Will be crement," Sablan said. members is dumping about 30 Variety News Staff come out with an amicable so­ included in the U.S. Army Corps The solid waste management lution." times a day. This he said ini­ needs of education THE GOVERNMENT will kill of Engineers' Housing Assis­ tially amounts to $300 a day if By Louie C. Alonso the CNMI Constitution. I guess, the trash hauling business if it chief earlier said there is no way RCA, according to him is not tance Program, known as HAP, the government will waiver on the tipping fee is going to be$ I 0. Variety News Staff the agency is receiving over 20 pushes through with the pro­ only looking at tomorrow, but Congressman Robert A. posal to impose a $IO tipping its plan of capping fees, which the plan's long term effect on "Then multiply that $300 with GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio percent," Tenorio said. Underwood (D-Guam) an­ fee when the new landfill in were initially suggested at$ I 0,. the industry. 30 (one month), that's $9,000 per yesterday disclosed local gov­ He added that 15 percent of nounced. Marpi opens in January 2001, Sablan reiterated they are not There are about 15 compa­ month, that's only for tipping fee. ernment will continue to priori­ the total CNMI revenue that "This program is a congres­ according to the Refuse Collec­ against the imposition of the nies, both small and big, that Harder is forgetting that we are tize the educational needs of goes to public education is just sionally mandated effort to help tors Association. fee, but that all parties should are engaged in hauling business, also paying our taxes. We pay CNMI students. a guarantee that does not mean communities which are recov­ Association president George work for a compromise that is but only seven of them are RCA likeanyothercompany," Sablan Tenorio' s statement were the local government will only ering from Base Realignment said. made following the shelving of give PSS 15 percent every fis­ Sablan said the proposal by viable not only for government members. and Closure (BRAC) deci­ a proposed legislative initiative cal year. Solid Waste Management but also for the industry. sions," the congressman said. authored by House Vice Speaker "We are up to provide the Robert A. Underwood Project Manager John Harder George Sablan "What we are saying is, okay "The program is designed to Jesus Attao (R-Saipan) cur­ needs of the our kids. The 15 may contain a hidden pattern of let's sit down and work on some­ provide federal assistance to HAP benefits are available in increase, which could hit a thing else in order to come up rently sitting at the House's percent total CNMI revenue al­ civil service employee and mili­ three ways: whopping 250 percent raise in reaches the amount of $35 per with the funding to maintain the Health Education and Welfare Pedro P. Tenorio location to public education ~ homeowners who have to • The federal government can two years. ton. facility. But don't look at the Committee. each fiscal year is just a mini­ sell their homes in a real estate buy the home for 75 percent of Sablan said Harder's plan to "That's a 250 percent increase association and the industry as The proposed initiative pro­ constitutional requirement mum," the governor explained. market which has been de­ the value on the day prior to the charge$ IO for every ton of gar­ in two years' time. Even the the sole source. That's what poses a Constitutional amend­ which provides the Public In a separate interview, HEW pressed as a resu It of base cl o­ realignmentorclosureannounce­ bage dumped into the new land­ minimum wage is not increased John is doing right now!" ment that will set PSS 's guaran­ School System with 15 percent Chair Heinz S. Hofschneider (R­ sures. ment or by paying off the mort­ year after year. The government teed budget allocation at 25 per­ of the total CNMI revenue each Saipan) said that once govern­ fill is going to increase by five The association president said "It took some time to make cent in total CNMI revenue. fi seal year. ment gives PSS a 25 percent gage, whichever is greater, plus dollars every six months until it sector is also even entitled to there "is still room and time to Guam eligible for this program, According to the governor, "The Public School System is total budget allocation each fis­ additional benefits including re­ but we've been working hard the CNMI government will con­ receiving more than the 15 per­ cal year, it means that CNMI imbursement of mortgage inter­ with the Army Corps of Engi­ tinue to abide with the existing cent allocation as guaranteed by must cut some of its other es­ est, taxes and hazard insurance; House passes fireworks bill sential programs. neers," Underwood added. • The government can reim­ The congressmen further dis­ "And now we're very happy burse homeowners for part of the By Jojo Dass son, firm or corporation (plan­ form Fire Code. It also empowers closed that the proposed educa­ to report that Guam is now eli­ loss from selling their homes; gible. But it's a bittersweet vic­ Variety News Staff ning) to engage in activities, op­ the Public Safety Commissioner tion initiative may not make it and THE HOUSE of Representatives erations, practices or functions as to regulate the use of "class C to November poll due to some tory because we would much • Homeowners may be reim­ has passed a proposed measure setforthinthe Uniform Fire Safety fireworks" as defined and pursu­ questionable policies in the pro­ prefer not need this kind of as­ bursed for expenses resulting granting the Department of Pub­ Code" to obtain permit from the ant to regulations promulgated posal that do not give PSS ac­ sistance." from foreclosure. lic Safety power to regulate the Department of Public Safety's under the law. countability for its expenditures. sale of firecrackers. Fire Prevention Section of the Fire The proposed amendments Introduced by Rep. David M. Division. were also co-introduced by Rep. Apatang (R-Saipan), House Bill Aside from amending section Heinz S. Hofschneider (R­ I 1-4 I 2 fills in a seeming gap in 7306 (a) of Public Law I 1-56, Saipan) who chairs the House enforcing safety measures involv­ A pa tang's proposed measure also Committee on Health, Educa­ ing fireworks. amends section 7312 of the same tion and Welfare (HEW); and ~ The bill amends section 7306 law. Vice Speaker Jesus T. Attao. ~istartec+rcr" (a) of Public Law 11-56 to read Under the proposed amend­ It was filed on May 25 this that the DPS fire division will be ment, fireworks will be prohib­ year. given authority ''to control and ited in the Commonwealth of the The Senate passed the bill on announces NEW long distance extinguish injurious or danger­ Northern Mariana Islands unless second and final reading last ous fires and remove that which is approved by Gov. Pedro P. 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IflfliltB1R1 start samng The repatriation mission involves fication of the individuals for re­ The ceremonies will consist of t1 ~ ~ ~ ro~ ~ Sc~r.~r the return of human remains of turn to their families. areviewingparty,anhonorguard, ~Itlifll)lrt~b#rt~g~~u%ma;prs~1a6tlie~b~~i~~~y 2nd Floor, Joeten Office Bldg. probable American military ser­ Andersen Air Force Base is the military customs detail, and other today! SUsupe, saipan MP 96950 vice personnel recovered from Viet­ first stop on U.S. soil for the air­ members of the military and local (670) 235-4724 nam, Laos, or Cambodia. craft carrying the remains enrou te · community who may wish to pay Comparison is based upon a 9.2 minute call placed at 7:00 p.m. ,:~r~s1··~~ilii on a Saturday. "startec+PCI amounts reflect a 2S% startec+PCI (670) 234-8418 tu The remains will be transported to Hawaii. respects. i Global Connect calling plan discount for which conditions apply. www.netpd.com back to the United States destined Members of Guam's military For details. please contact startec+PCI at 235-4724. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 COMMUNITY •: ''• '.i ;,·t,' 10-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS--TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 Club 200 raises 120,000 By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff THE NMI Chapter of the Ameri­ can Red Cross raised a total of S120.000 in the recent 11th An­ nual Club 200's Pirates of the Pacific held last Saturday night at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The much-coveted $25,000 grand prize was won by Brian Reyes from RPCF Projects. According to event organizers, a total of 904 tickets were sold for the annual fundraising night. There were 1.389 people in at­ tendance during the dinner raffle draw. The first prize winner who brings home a 1999 Honda CRV Jess and Anicia Sonoda claim the prize they won at the Red Cross is David V. Ada, while the second Club. Photos by Lalla c. Younis prize. which is the 2000 Mitsubishi Mirage. goes to Eleana J. Arrojo. the $2,500 Micro! gift certificate Enterprises (Hyatt Guam package). Other major winners include and 1999 Miss CNMI First Run­ The winners for the 19th to 29th Eric Smith ($10,000 cash), ner Up Miyuki Hill received the prizes are Bridgette/Henry Joaquin Q. Dela Cruz ($5,000 appliance package. Camacho, Pacifica Insurance, cash). Alan Elder (Bali Getaway Other winners include DFS Michael A. Camacho, Chas Package), and Connie Coward Saipan (Bali getaway package), Algaier, Marian Sablan, Greg ,Honolulu Getaway Package). Marice! P. Mojado(applianoepack­ Moore/Ona Geraghty, Elisabeth American Memorial Park's age), Marian Sablan (computer and RobertGeorge,Jay Jones, Todd system), Chong's Corporation Johnson, Chuck Friday, and Melba ~r. 8' S'Jrs. 'Louie ~anibusan Chuck Sayon bagged the li'ling Mom & Dad: Thank you for your endurable room set prize. while the (Hong Kong getaway package), Maano. Mom & Dae} .' Thank you for your understand- ing and love. DAVINA patience and love. LYNETTE Singapore getaway package was MissieWeed(Seoulgetawaypack­ Red Cross said that all prizes Miss CNMI Universe Cherlyn Cabrera poses for a photo with House ('Doll) won by Jess RA. and Anicia C. age), Misa Enterprises (Osaka get­ may be picked up at the chapter Speaker Diego T. Benavente at the Club 200 dinner. Sonoda. away package), Amando Osorio office on Airport Road after Sept. '. 25 years ago on September 07, 1974, for foodyreyaration. (eacfing his team to victory. ~[most (entertainment package), and Yano 20. Donald M. Hofschneider won Louie and 'Doff 'Mani6usan 6onlef if not a((, his team won a fot ofgames. SVES open house their 'Unconditiona[ 'Decision ofLove. 'Because of tlieir unique bond, they were deter­ 'Do((, as a dearest wife anda working Villagomez takes regional post 'They shineatheir Sacrament througfi­ mined to assist in the Littfe League 'BaseGa([ Program. mother, afways tries to catch with by dent Agnes McPhetres and Vice is set for tonight By Rene P. Acosta late 1970's colleges and uni­ out their marriage and were b(essed versities in the Pacific whose aim President Jack Sablan. time carin3 Jar the jive clti[cfren. Variety News Staff By Louie C. Alonso for this evening. The first event with five chi(dren: Lynette, 'Davina, Qls tfieir re(ationsfi-~ soCicfified in their fives, THE JUST concluded Pacific is to work together to improve During the meeting, the coun­ Prou,ffy , she wi(( a(ways ji_nd time Variety News Staff is the election of PT A officers ~nthony, Lisa, and.:Joaquin. they enriched themse(ves throut1fi the 'Forma­ Postsecondary Education Coun­ and expand postsecondary edu­ cil members discussed options THE ADMINISTRATION of for SY 1999-2000. The meeting to yr:}Jare 'Eucfiaristic Ce(ebration ci 1 (PPEC) meeting held in cational opportunities in the re­ and ways at finding additional San Vicente Elementary School will be held at the school caf­ tion of 'Marriage 'Encounter and Cursi(fos in Guam has just given Northern gion. means of financial assistance to 'Their faith ana fove for the commu­ Programs 6e it for wellings, and its Parent Teacher Associa­ eteria from 6 pm to 6:30 pm. Christianity. Marianas College Board of Re­ The council's nine members in­ promote postsecondary educa­ tion will hold an open house The second event will be the nity yromyted them to assist in tfie anniversaries, junerafs, etc... She gents Chair Ramon Villagomez clude American Samoa Commu­ tion programs in the Pacific, with tonight to discuss the critical 'Parents go back to school open Qls a (aving husband andfather working a a(ways comes uy with so ma1;:1 un­ another feather on his cap. nity Marshall Islands, Micronesia­ several grants and private foun­ aspects of children's education. house' in each classroom from esta6Cisfiment of tfie St. .:Jule Parish Villagomez, who only months FS M, Honolulu Community, dations mentioned as possible According to SYS Principal 6:30pm to 7:30 pm," the princi­ Council 'The couy(e is very instrumen­ juff time job, Louie finds time to fish and yredicta6 (e suryrises fit Jor an ago assumed the helm of the Kapiolani Community, Northern sources. Martha Haberman, all parents pal said. ta(with foodyr:}Jaration for tfie church ranch Gy yroud{y_ sharing nature's weafrfi occasion. 'Her cfieerfu[ness and NMC Board, has been elected Marianas, Palau Community Col­ The council members also dis­ and guardians of students are The visitation of classrooms by the council as its new vice leges, and the Universities of cussed innovative programs, being invited to the meeting to­ by parents is critical to the edu­ Ge itfiesta time or any other functions. with Jamil/es andfriends. Qls a veteran in humorous characterwi(( aFways feaf chair during the annual meeting Guam and Hawaii. positive experiences as well as night at 6 pm and the open house cation of the students; 'They standrealy to offer their kitchen syorts, fie was one cf the Gest GaseGa({_pitchers her St. .']uae 'Friends into [aughter. held last August 27 and 28. Villagomez was accompanied issues that each PPEC memebrs from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Haberman said. PPEC was established in the during the meeting by NMC Presi- are facing. "There are two events planned She added that teachers will distribute two important docu­ ments to parents tonight, such as the student/parent handbook and the grade level mastery skills. Haberman said the student/ parent handbook, besides out­ lining the school policies, is designed to link the home and the school. "Parents can use the hand­ book to send written communi­ cations to teacher all through­ Mom & Dad: Thank you for our loving family out the year. On the other hand, Mom & Dad : Thank you for your JOAQUIN the teacher will use the hand­ caring and love. LISA Mom & Dad : Thank you for your book to send home the listing of support and love. ANTHONY daily assignments a child needs to complete as homework," she explained. The second document, the grade level mastery skills book­ let, is designed for parents to get in the mastery skills the SYS child will need to know and care about by the end of the school year. "This booklet will allow par­ ents to be well-informed of what is the content of the school's The Academy of <;Jur Lady of.Guam is celebrati:7g its 50th Golden Anniversary of Academic Excel/en~e. They held a parade of past graduates last Thursday at ,ts campus m Hagatna. The first graduates, the Class of 1953, were present wearing blue and white polka dot uniforms of academic program,"Haberman yesteryears. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza said. I~--:-=..:-::.::..:=====:::....,;: .. ::::_~_,::". ..".'.'._"'.' .. "'.',.==:======------. ··- . -- . -. SOUTH '~iciFic PHILIPPINES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS ANDVIEWS-13 12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 7. 1999 PNG said among worst Catholic Church calls for Timor vote inspires RP rebels countries in corruption MANILA, Philippines (AP) - "We feel this kind of solution have said their aspiration for in­ were originally set for this month Although both sides are talk­ PORT MORESBY (Pacnews)­ showed 30 per cent of respon­ Muslim rebels said Sunday that could be an example for the prob­ dependence is non-negotiable. but were postponed afterthe MILF ing, violent clashes occur peri­ Papua New Guinea's (PNG) In­ dents are bribed regularly against an end to ethnic tension East Timor's historic vote on in· lem to be solved outside of the Already, such differences have complained that the government odically. stitute of National Affairs (INA) IO per cent a decade ago. dependence has inspired them to barrel of the gun," Murad said. stalled preliminary peace nego­ was forcing them to sign a docu­ The MILF is estimated to have HONIARA (Pacnews)-Solomon strain to the lives of ordinary peace tor the implement of the Panatina has reported PNG is among the The INA report said this is com­ continue fighting for a separate He speculated that the campaign tiations a number of times. ment stating Philippine laws ap­ about 8,000 armed guerrillas loving people. Agreement has conducted exten­ pounded by other forms of cor­ Islands Catholic Archbishop Islamic nation in the southern of violence being carried out by The formal talks, for example, ply in MILF camps in Mindanao. across Mindanao. worst countries in the world for Prime Minister Ulufa'alu in a si ~e meetings around Guadalcanal ruption which is becoming a sig­ Adrian Smith has called for an end Philippines. East Timer's anti-independence bribery and corruption. strong statement said any ethnic to inform the people about the According to INA, this is re­ nificant problem. to the ethnic tension. He said the The United Nations announced militias would eventually subside. group that wants to take the law agreement. flected in the lack of investment, The report found that issues of country is fed-up of troublemakers Saturday that the East Timorese Such violence "is always ex­ and urged them to stop the suffer­ into its own hands would face the The nine-member committee mineral exploration and poor eco­ administration such as work per­ people voted overwhelmingly to pected because of the long ing they inflict on the population. full brunt of the Jaw. chaired by Guadalcanal Premier, nomic performance. mits, price control, environment break ties with Indonesia, which struggle. It will not be solved very Archbishop Smith said finger­ He has called on militants to Ezekiel Alebua, since mid-August The INA carried out a survey and trade relations were seen to has ruled the half-island territory abruptly, it takes time to settle pointing and putting blame oneach return all vehicles and outboard has visited 12 Jocations around the which showed that PNG com­ be significantly less important for nearly a quarter-century. down," he said. other is not helping resolve the motors they allegedly stole. island. pared well with many countries than the matters of governance. "I think there is now a civilized The MILF began peace talks The appeal follows the death of · Members of the Committee that The Institute of National Af­ crisis which has claimed two more system being adopted by the in­ with Manila in 1997, a year after including developed ones 1Oyears two people in recent clashes be- · toured the island include Premier ago but has since slipped. fairs said the trend is of real con­ lives. ternational community, resolving the government signed a peace "Those who have caused so much tween villagers from Sukiki and Ale bu a, Member of Parliament for The World Bank-assisted sur­ cern because bribery is a serious through a plebiscite," said Al Haj accord with another rebel group, pain and suffering must stop now. Komuvalou on southeast South Guadalcanal, Victor Ngele, vey on Factors Contributing to barrier to investment in other Murad, vicechairmanoftheMoro the Moro National Liberation The country has already gone past Guadalcanal. Several others were MP for Central Guadalcanal, Lack of Investment in PNG countries. Islamic Liberation Front "It can Front, to end a quarter·century of wounded in the clashes. Walton Naezon and various Pro­ the date earmarked for the laying be studied as one of our options." separatist insurrection that killed Police believe the incident ap­ vincial Assembly members. down of arms and nothing has He added that such a vote might more than 120,000 people. peared to be retaliation against an A progress report on the ethnic moved." Archbishop Smith said. be a peaceful alternative for the The MILF and government ne­ earlier incident in which 10 houses tension on the implementation on Prime Minister Bartholomew MILF, which has been battling gotiators are planning to start for­ were set on fire in Sukiki. the Panatina Agreement said mem­ Ulufa'alu had set September 2 as the Philippine government for an mal talks next month. The Solomon Islands Govern­ bers of the Committee visited the official date for militants to independent Islamic state in the President Joseph Estrada has ment is awaiting a full report from Tasimboko and Aola wards on surrender their arms. southern region of Mindanao, the said he would never allow any Sukiki, where areinforcementteam north and east Central TARA w A.·-F~riliHes·.of•l·K+ripJfi ~ea;~h •.e~Ji~t~.~·~n .. kbf~#t• • As of today, no firearms have homeland of the country's Mus­ part of the country to be dismem­ has gone to control the tension. The Guadalcanal. fishing. vessels have· again raised cohg(rp PY:r tp!)j}oll7pa~tnen\ been surrendered at any of the 30 lim minority. bered. MILF leaders, however, of remittances...... ·....· ··.·.··.· , . . ; •• locations around Guadalcanal. two villages are only accessed by The Committee will submit its The families have notbeen paid ~eniittances;since)u1w. t~i~ Archbishop Smith called on those boat. evaluation report to Prime Minis­ Meanwhile, the joint-committee ter Bartholomew Ulufa'alu next year. . . . . ·· ·· · .•... ·· ..... ·.·• > ·.·•·-· still in hiding to go home and help They expected the remittances to be paidregul~rly npwt9attbe re-build, not continue to add more assigned to co-ordinate and moni- week. Government has .taken over the management finned the 7ion-payment saying they had not received the'June, the region's trade, fishery projects July andAugustallotments.from·the• Korean fishing cpmpanjf~, SUV A (Pacnews) - Regional of back-up legal services to Forum lateral trade policy issues. Dong Wong and r:>aerirn...... ·•·.···.·· .•. •.·. . ·.. ·. ·.· ... ·.· .. ··· .• · ·.. ·. ·· < / projects in fisheries and - trade Island Countries to help implement "The Korean Government has Senior Labour Officer;. Ngutu Awira s.at.d thfrn.i?understand-·• continued to provide financial ing between the Korean companies and the Kiribati Government policy received further assistance the Vessel Monitoring System assistance for various develop­ over the total number (}fl-Kiribati seamen was .another reasonfor from the Republic of Korea to­ (VMS) and other aspects ofFFA's day during a brief ceremony at legal services programme. ment projects for the region since the delay. . ·. . · ...... · .. · .·. ·· ·.. ·.····•··ii . > .•.•• ·.·•.. ··. / the South Pacific Forum Secre­ The satellite-based VMS is de­ Korea first became a Post Fo­ ATIENTI NARTISTS He said invokes sen~.~arlierby the Ministry had beep rejected tariat in Suva, Fiji. signed to track vessels whenever rum Dialogue Partner in 1996. by the .• Korean cornp~jeswhosaifl a nurnp¢r ·.····•·· ·····.i.· ·· < .. ..· •.•· < ..... Severall-Kiribati seamen are also .er.njilpyed on p~rman tori-­ Korean Government has con­ cific Forum Secretariat. The ad­ Funding for the two projects enous people of the Northern Mariana Islands. Over the centuries the indigenous people of these taineri'.hips...... tributed US$ I 50,000since 1997 viser will help provide policy ad­ was received by the Secretary islands have demonstrated countless times and in countless ways an extraordinary ability to to complete the project. vice and briefings to Forum Is­ General of the Forum Secretariat, adapt to profound changes in nearly every aspect of life-religious, economic, political and cul­ This project provides a range land Countries on a range of multi- Noel Levi. tural. And despite all the upheavals and vicissitudes of thousands of years of history the people and their culture are still here intact. We want to celebrate this quality and preserve this unique -Botingainville rebels ·Warn of bloodshed· history for future generations. Respondents should consider these requirements. PLIIUC SC!IOOI. SYSTE.\I ' . . . ' ' . INVITATION FOR BID RABAUL (Pacnews) sitional Government (BTG), ex­ the investigating team as they see it J11dei li1gh~t•w~re •.Phihppm~• Long•p1stante tdfphbrie apd tJ:iti-q The theme for these paintings. the single clement that tics them all together is: The Endur­ ance of a People and Their Culture. The paintings must be based in tl;c historv and culture IFB No. 99-008 Bougainville rebels have warned pired on Jan I this year and ap­ as a move to lift the suspended Pacific. > .... ·. · ·•· ·... ·· i ······· .. ··•• > >./ •······. ) .· } > .·••··• The CNMI Public School System is soliciting competitive sealed thew ar tom is land wou Id face more pointed John Siau as Provincial Government and al low PLDTrose 20 pesos to 920 pesos while Metro Pacific gained .12 of the' Mariana Islands and should include the fc:llowing historical pL'riods: th-e prc'-hiqnn Bid, from interested individual or firm for the Removal and Disposal bloodshed than it had in the past Administrator to take charge of the Bougainville to fall under the re­ centavos to 1.5 8 pesos: or pre-European cont:tl'l period: the Spanish period: the Gcrrnan period: the Japanc,e p~­ of Leftover food (pig slob) from the Central Kitchen Facilities and nine years, if the Papua New Guinea administrative matters of the prov­ forn1 law on Provincial and Local riod: and the American period. Respondents may consider historical evcnts. folklmc. kl'.­ School Cafeterias participating in the School Meal Progr2m for SY (PNG) Government is not serious ince. Government. ends. stories, songs. dance or any other appropriate cultural expression to emphasize the 1999-2000, on the island of Tinian. about its approach on the peace A court case disputing the sus­ .. If the Government is initiating a RP grenade blast kills 2 process. pension of that Government by move to kill the existing negotia­ . . . theme. Bid specification may be obtained at the Procurement & Supply Office Rebel spokesman Andrew Miri ki Bougainville regional MP John The paintings must be painted on a nrnterial that will withstand time and the elements. tion and consultation process by ZAMBOANGA, Philippines Indanan said police were inves­ situated on the 3rd floor of the Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan or at issued the warning from South Momis is pending in the Supreme pushing something (the reform) (AP) - A man hurled a grenade tigating whether the attacker was The paintings will he displayed at the CNMI Museum in the recessed arches undcmc'ath the Tinian PSS Administrative Services Office during normal working Bougainvillefollowingspeculation Court. down the Bougainvilleans' throats, hours. All inquiries shall be directed to the Food Services which exploded in front of a store targeting the store or those killed entrance\ covered walkway. These arches arc approximately three inches deep. six ket that the Government was planning Administator, Mr. Jess Sanchez, at telephone numbers 664-3706 Miriki said Bougainville lead­ it will be thrown back to them " in a southern Philippine town, or injured. Investigators are also tall, and five feet wide. to send a delegation this month to ers,mainlychiefs from Telei, Siwai, said Miiiki. · or 3718; or Mr. Henry Hofschneider at tel #433-0570/9277 (Tinian). killing a man and his daughter probing possible involvement of As many as six paintings may be necessary. Bougainville to investigate the situ­ Bana, Kieta, Arawa, Wakunai, He said since the peace process and injuring two others, the mili­ Muslim separatist rebels. Deadline for completion of the paintings is January I. 2000. All Bid submission shall be in duplicate in a sealed envelope ation on the ground with the view Torokina, and Tinpurtz, were frus­ started during the Burnham talks in tary said Sunday. Several grenade attacks have facemarked, "IFB99-008" addressed to Mrs. Louise Concepcion. to lift the suspension of the North trated by the Morauta New Zealand last year and the Police investigators have no occurred in passenger buses and PSS Procurement and Supply Officer, Saipan, MP 96950. Bids must Solomon Provincial Government. Government's latest approach to moments leading to the si!mino of stro:1g leads in the public buster­ at public transport terminals in Respondents should sL1hmil their best, high quality pencil or charcoal sketches. and/or paint be submi:ted no later than 2:00 p.m. September 17, 1999 at the "If there is any move by the Bougainville, mainly his decision the Lincoln Ag-reement ~d ~he minal attack Saturday in Margo· the southern Philippines this year. studies of each painting, a brief nam1tive explaining the overall composition of the paintings. the' & PNG Government to lift the sus­ Procurement Supply Office situated on the third floor of the Nauru against a proposed visit to the is­ Ceaselire, the parties to the peace sa-Tubig, an island town in The military had blamed Mus· historical and cultural basis for each, how the theme is expressed throughout the series. and a Bldg .. Susupe, Saipan. Bids will be open and read aloud. Late pension of the North Solomons hmds last month and the appoint­ process had made several under­ Zamboanga de] Sur province. Jim separatist guerrillas for most submission will not be considered under any circumstances. plan for completion including the total cost on the proposed paintings. Th<' Humanities CnunL'il Provincial Government, I must ment of a team to investigate the takings to promote negotiation and Maj. Salih Indanan, spokesman of the attacks, which are believed and the Arts Council will select the artist or artists based on these submissions. Scaled prop[)sals warn those in power, the country situation on the ground. consultation as basic devices for of the military's Southern Com­ to have been staged by the rebels The CNMI Public School System reserves the right to reject any wi II witness the worst bloodshed, .. ··Bougainvillcans were let down guiding the peace process towards mand, said the attacker fled after to extort money from bus compa­ must be submitted to the Humanities Council office located on the ground lluor of Kin;::·s Pla1.a and all bids or award 011 a single or multiple award, if it is to the he said. when Prime Minister Sir Mcken: coming up with a m;w !'<>litical in Danclan by the dose of business on September I 5. J 9lJ9. Only US citizens and p;r!llancnl interest of the Public School System. the blast, which killed Cabra nies. The former Government of Bill Morauta failed to fulfil his pro­ ,UTangemcnt for Bougainvilk. Amad, a local businessman, and Margo-sa-Tubig lies about 810 residents are eligible for this cnmpc'tition. Sckction is final and any or all submissions !llav k Skate suspended the North posed trip to Bougainville:· Miriki "And that new political :11Tangc- /s/ Rita H. !nos, Ed. D. Is/ Ms. Louise Concepcion her daughter Sierra and injured kilometers (502 miles) south of rcjectcd. This is a competitive project with a funding ran~e of up lo S2:\()()()_ , Solomon Provincial Government said. 111cnt. we strongly bclieVL.'. must Commissioner of Education Procurement & Supply Officr,r two passers-by. Manila. when the term of the interim Gov­ 1-!c said most of the leaders Jo come thrnugh a refcrendu m ... ernment, the Bougainville Tran- not approve of the appointment or Miriki said. '' . . ' . ... ---=·==::;;·=-m•$es=~.e:.;~-;;,,;:,,::..rr.e:;;-~-~~=-;;',.,.:~c;:-~:7--======····=- =-,-S.,_-.,_,C:,--=-======:;;·:;;= -______...... ,.,_,c.,,....,.- ,,.,._.

14-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 ASIA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15 Poll turnout low in India E. 'Iiinorb sin chaos NEW DELHI, India (AP) - mayor. The mayor's supporters Battles with rocks, swords and said the man died of a heart DILi, Indonesia (AP) - Tens of bombs left six party activists attack, but 1,000 Congress thousands of people crammed dead Sunday in the first phase members staged a demonstra­ aboard fen-ies and planes to flee of India's parliamentary elec­ tion demanding the mayor be East Timor on Sunday, as pro-In­ tion, a contest where key social charged with beating their col­ donesian militias besieged a U.N. issues were largely ignored and league to death. compound and set fire to homes mud-slinging between the rul­ Elsewhere in Punjab, 15 belonging to people who suppo1t ing coalition- and supporters of people were injured when men independence for the province. Sonia Gandhi took center stage. fought with swords and rifles at Casualty repoI1s were impossible Despite the deaths, the five polling stations in the to verify, though witnesses said country's election commis­ Ferozepur district. scores were killed Sunday in -the sioner said the violence so far Villages in the southern state frnmer P011uguese colony. Staff at has been less severe than during of Tamil Nadu boycotted the two hospitals said they had treated previous elections. vote, demanding basic ameni­ about a dozen patients for machete The election was "much ties and improved infrastruc­ wounds. cooler and under control," even ture, the United News of India Indonesian security forces, re­ "very boring" compared to ear­ reported. sponsible for keeping the peace in lier polls, said independent Elec­ Balloting stations also were EastTimorsinceanoverwhelming tion Commissioner Manohar deserted Sunday in Srinagar, majority voted for independence, Singh Gill. "Broadly speaking, the summer capital of insur~ appeared to do little to stop the the poll has been very peace­ gency-wracked Indian-con­ rampaging militias from taking fu I." trolled Kashmir, where Is­ control of the provincial capital, He announced a fairly low 55 lamic guerrilla groups had Dili. There is strong evidence that percent turnout for Sunday in called for a boycott of the elec­ the militias are supprnted by ele­ voting for I 45 legislators, more tions. Hundreds of armed po­ ments of the Indonesian aimy. Women line up before a booth reserved for lower caste members Sunday at Tindivanam, about 12? Kms from than a quarter of the 543 seats to licemen patrolled the streets, "There is every indication that a Madras, India. Polling took place at 19 constituencies in Tami/nadu during the first phase of Indian general and only 15 percent of the elec­ be elected to the lower house of elections on Sunday. AP massacre is taking place, staged by parliament, the Lok Sabha. torate voted. The voter turn­ (Indonesian) military forces," Ana The election, which is broken tionalist coalition has attacked back to power. party and Telegu Desam Party. out in Kashmir as a whole was Gomes, Lisbon's diplomatic en­ up into several phases, is India's Mrs. Gandhi, leader of the op­ The deaths of the six party The activists were throwing 23 percent. voy to Jakarta, told Portugal's TSF third in three years_. At least 605 position Congress Party, saying activists came despite efforts by bombs at each other outside a In Bellary in southern India, radio. "Over I 00 dead would be a million Indians are eligible to she is a political novice and unfit about a million civil servants to polling station in Cuddapah, a Mrs. Gandhi, the opposition conservative estimate." vote in the world's largest elec­ to become prime minister be­ ensure free and fair balloting district known for election vio­ leader, sought political office Indonesian officials have denied for the first time Sunday. Next After repeated attacks and intimidation by anti-independence militiamen foreign journalists load police trucks with their equipment as they are tion, which will take a month to cause she was born in Italy. conditions for the 160 million lence and fraud. backing the anti-independence mi­ guarded by Indonesian police during their evacuation from the provincial capital of Dili, East Timar Sunday. Following the United Nations' complete. Members of Mrs. Gandhi's party people eligible to vote on the In Kamlapuram, 270 miles month, she will seek another iitias. Allned forces chief Gen. announcement of an independence victory violence has escalated in the troubled former Portuguese colony. AP On Sunday, the first of five countered with comments in­ first day of the month long vote. south of Hyderabad, the state parliamentary seat in Uttar Wiranto, who like many Indone­ voting days, 140 million voters sinuating that Prime Minister Clashes between rival party capital of Andhra Pradesh, au­ Pradesh. Candidates in India sians uses one name, has sent two ment said. situation in a way that won't jeop­ journalists left the province early servers' office run by follTier Presi­ were eligible to cast ballots. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a 74-year­ workers were reported through­ thorities halted balloting after can run for two different seats more battalions - about 1,400 The U.N. Security Council, ardize the success of the vote." Sunday. More than 5,000 terrified dent Jimmy Carter's pro-democ­ Although i1early half of old bachelor, has a predilection out the country as millions of Congress party supporters and keep the one of their choice troops-to keep order in the prov­ meanwhile, began an emergency Armed pro-Indonesia forces civilians left from Dili 's seapo1t on racy foundation, according to wit­ India's population lives in pov­ for wine and women. voters lined up outside polling stabbed a Telegu Desam Party if they win both. ince. meeting late Sunday in New York sun-ounded a compound belong­ ferries for nearby islands, which nesses, erty, the issues of development, The election was called after stations. poll worker, then killed him with Mrs. Gandhi, the widow of Portugal, East Timor's follTier to consider the deteriorating situa­ ing to the U.N. Mission to East are being prepared to receive as At the airport, civilians clutch­ unemployment, illiteracy, Vajpayee's government lost a The most violence was re­ a bomb as he fled. assassinated former Prime Min­ colonial ruler, on Sunday strongly tion, discussing contingency plans Timar, or UNAMET, shooting many as 100,000 refugees. ing their dearest possessions dashed health care and cle"an water were parliamentary vote of confi­ ported from the southeastern In Amritsar, the holy city of ister Rajiv Gandhi, is a prob­ chastizedlndonesian authorities for for handling the upsurge of vio­ into the air to keep workers from While no one was injured inside across the runway, scrambling hardly raised during the cam­ dence by a single vote in April. state of Andhra Pradesh, where the Sikhs in the northern state able prime ministerial candi­ failing to curb the brutal rampage. lence. venturing out. They hold the the compound, at least four local aboard an air force cargo plane to paign leading up to Sunday's But Vajpayee has since gained four people were killed when of Punjab, a Congress party date. The spiraling violence "demon­ "The killing in East Timar must United Nations responsible for U.N. staff have been killed in the fly through skies filled with smoke vote. popularity. He is expected to police fired rifles to disperse member died after a dispute in a The next phase of voting is strates the flagrant incapacity of stop," Portuguese Ambassador the Aug. 30 referendum to end 24 Iast week and six more are missing. from burning buildings. Instead, the ruling Hindu na- lead his coalition of 22 parties activists from the Congress polling booth with the city's set for Sept. I I. Indonesian authorities to control Antonio Monteiro said before the years of Indonesian control over Food and water sho11ages loomed Some 2,000 people huddled at the situation and to restore order in meeting. "This is an opportunity East Timar. when l ,OOOcivilians taking refuge the Dili residence ofBishop Carlos East Timar," a government state- for the Security Council to help the "Certainly what we're seeing in a school next door fled into the Belo, East Timer's spiritual leader today in Dili is not chaos, it is compound after hearing gunfire and co-winner of the I 996 Nobel '!~~;ii,lti~!ll!llllliliiilli1illi:lial chaos by design," a U.N. official nearby. Peace Prize. The bishop's office .NEWDEL1-1r, .. rndiii t1f>. >i 111~5m~¢lpf~ri{ti9h; ~pisfi# hA~• i- am ihe nfochlnes may 11ave said on condition of anonymity. Exasperated police said 15,000 was set ablaze. "There is certainly some attempt people had crowded into the police 'This is the time that we badly -A.ft<;) 17. 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AP 16-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 7 1999 ASIA NATION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, I 999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17 · Region's army chiefs meet Hillary clelllency view draws flak WASHINGTON (AP)-Con­ tucky, said on ''Fox News Sun­ prisoners last week the clemency "Without some sign of remorse, I SINGAPORE (AP) - Army rial and boundary issues, such gressional Republicans contended dax." offer would be withdrawn if.they would not have extended it in the chiefs from 20 Asia-Pacific as the overlapping claims in the Sunday that Hillary Rodham "It didn't help her, and obvi­ have not acted by Friday at 5 p.m. first place," Leahy, D-Vt., said on countries launched a four-day Spratlys (Spratly Islands), Cl in ton disavowed her husband's ously they figured out they better EDT. CBS' "Face the Nation." meeting in Singapore Sunday, which requires delicate manage­ offer of clemency to Puerto Rican withdraw this clemency offer, Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., ap­ On NBC, Rep. John Conyers, amid worries that Asia's eco­ ment and restraint to prevent terrorists to get out of an election which is potentially a big prob­ pearing on NBC,characterized that 0-Mich., defended the offer. He nomic crisis threatens to under­ them from boiling over," Tan gimmick that backfired. lem for her ... in New York," as "a bizarre situation where the said none of those who would be mine the region's hard-won said. "This was an effort by the presi­ McConnell added. terrorists in prison are setting the affected were convicted of vio­ peace and stability. Six Asian powers claim all or dent, by the first lady, to manipu­ The state has 1.3 million Puerto terms and the condition of their lent crimes, a"nd they were sen­ The Asia-Pacific's boom parts of the Spratlys, mineral­ late politics in New York," Sen. Ricans. As soon as the offer was release with the White House." tenced to consecutive sentences years of the early I 990s raised rich islands in the South China Phil Gramm, R-Texas, said. "I made, Republicans accused the Appearing Sunday with only because they offered no de.:­ hopes that such stability would Sea. The area is seen as a poten­ think it blew µpin their face." presidentofplayingpoliticsin his McConnell on Fox, Democrat Joe fense at trial. continue but the economic tial military flashpoint. President Clinton offered con­ wife's behalf. Law enforcement Biden of Delaware agreed that Gutierrez, the Illinois Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton downturn has changed all that, The theme of the Singapore ditional clemency last month to . officials and even some Demo­ Clinton should not have made the who instigated the offer, decried Singapore's Defense Minister conference is "Changes con­ 16 imprisoned Puerto Rican mem­ crats opposed it, including the man offer and said it's "my instinct" that the episode "has ~en now put Tony Tan said. fronting the armies of the 2 I st bers of the FALN terrorist group. side and to avoid any political whose Senate seat Mrs. Clinton is that the offer should be withdrawn. in the quagmire of paitisan politics "While the economic crisis century," organizers said. To be freed, the inmates had to activity advocating Puerto Rican expected to seek, Sen. Daniel As a former prosecutor, Sen. and the (Senate) race for New York. seems to have bottomed out, the The U.S. Army could use the 1'enounce teITorism, which their independence. Patrick Moynihan. Patrick Leahy said he is struck by . .. I think it is time for them to sign regional security outlook re­ conference to share its experi­ advocates insist they have done. In a statement Saturday, Mrs. The White House notified the the prisoners' lack of remorse. and to get out of jail. mains uncertain," Tan said in ence in handling military bud­ The 16 were convicted on charges Clinton, a probable Senate candi­ an opening speech at the Pacific get constraints with its crisis­ of seditious conspiracy and pos­ date from New York, said: "It's Armies Chiefs Conference, or hit counterparts, Smith said. It session of weapons and explo­ been three weeks, and their si­ PACC. might also learn about areas sives. lence speaks volumes. I believe The talks, aimed at building such as army recruitment, which The Democrat who asked the offer of clemency should be ties and sharing administrative is currently "tight" in the United Clinton to make the offer, Rep. withdrawn." Aides said she told ideas among army chiefs, are States, he added. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, insisted the president of her position be­ hosted by Singapore's Chief of "There might be an army out the president acted to ameliorate fore she issued the statement. Anny Maj. Gen. Lim Chuan Poh there that's doing well with re­ judicial overkill that has put the "Even her distancing I don't and United States Army Chief cruitment," he said. "Maybe we Puerto Ricans behind bars for an think works," Gramm said on of Staff Gen. Erik K. Shinseki. can learn from it." average of 19 years each. ABC's "This Week." "Her posi­ Specific Asia-Pacific security Countries participating in­ Gutierrez said on NBC's"Meet tion is, 'You can let these crimi­ threats would likely be discussed clude Australia, Bangladesh, the Press" that IO Nobel Peace nals go if they say they won't do - but only informally - by del­ Brunei, Canada, Fiji, India, In­ Prize laureates, former President it again.' If you set that standard, egates, Col. John Smith, U.S. donesia, Japan, Malaysia, Carte rand others supported clem­ you wouldn't have anybody in Army Pacific chief of public af­ Mongolia, Nepal,New Zealand, ency. any prison." fairs, told Associated Press. the Philippines, Russia, The prisoners have not signed "They took a gamble here and Adm_. Dennis C. Blai~ commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (left), smiles with Japanese Chief "Topical issues in the region Singapore, South Korea, Sri off on the offer because of re­ got burned and decided to back Cabinet Secretary Hrromu Nonaka at the latter's office as he pays a courtesy call at Prime Minister Keizo certainly will be talked about Lanka, Thailand, Tonga and the quirements such as they must up," Gramm 's GOP colleague, Obuchi's official residence in Tokyo Thursday. AP off-line," he said, adding that United States. agree not to associate on the out- Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ken- these could include escalating Another similar conference, violence in East Timor, China­ the Pacific Armies Management Singapore leader: New gov't Taiwan tensions and trouble be­ Seminar, is being held in tween India and Pakistan. Singapore Sep. 5-10. The man­ "But those are not on the agement seminar involves se­ agenda to focus on people agenda," Smith said. nior-level army officers and In his opening remarks, Tan looks at managing armies in the SINGAPORE(AP)-Thegov­ country's people. speech when Parliament re-opens called for more multi-country next century. Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N. Y., (left) discusses the controversy over President Clinton's offer of clemency to 16 emment is at a "majar changeover Voters have repeatedly returned in October, the TV report said. security talks and professional The second conference in­ point" and wants to focus its new the PAP to power, however, and Other Singapore leaders have Puerto Rican nationalists from the FALN, as Rep. Luis Gutierrez looks on during NBC's "Meet the Press" exchanges among Asia-Pacific cludes armies from the 20 P ACC in Washington Sunday. AP 21st-century agenda on people, the party is widely credited for also recently hinted at a softer, defense forces as a way to pro­ countries, along with those from Singapore's Deputy Prime Min­ wealthy Singapore's economic suc­ people-oriented approach. tect stability. Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, ister Lee Hsien Loong said Sun­ cess. But tight political controls In a national day rally speech "In particular, recent devel­ Madagascar, the Maldives, the day. and defamation suits against oppo­ last month, Prime Minister Goh opments in South and Northeast Marshall Islands, Micronesia, The city-state's parliament will sition politicians have drawn fire. Chok Tong told hard-working Asia have the potential to desta­ Pakistan, Palau, Papua New go into recess this week and re­ "A tightly supervised press and Singaporeans to remember to bilize the region," Tan said. Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Death and Funeral Announcement open in October, giving lawmak­ civil society, plus a highly litigious have fun. "Moreover, there still exist a United Kingdom, Uzbekistan and ers and the government a chance attitude towards the opposition and "If Singapore is a dull, boring number of unresolved territo- Vanuatu. to take stock and plan a new pro­ other dissidents, have made it hard place, not only will talent not iHffi gram, Lee said. for Singaporeans to think of them­ want to come here, but even iii(i~i,;11,, R!vlrTOfl!fl.ff ffll "It's a major changeover point selves as members of a democratic Singaporeans will begin to feel forus .. , he said in remarks carried society," columnist Cherian George restless," he said. pmi11_1(i] -n1111rn~.: JT/T (Ql. .rr.a1 P1 r.. ,rr TT"ff. ffn,1f[·, 1(i) l'~l~lli~~f' i'li~&ri,~Wi"il[f 1 fi?~8Bice ;.V.9i9? sppw WPsf<• ;.. ••••.th~•· pubJipfsprayers a11•···.·····.? ... >i<•··· ··•·· .o·c:onnpr, 7:· was hp~pjfal- beginhjsrcgularJV1as~sc}ic1ple •Yillage.~ we~. under o.ne.met(\f f/ ized ga~~•••afte1·r: north west i ),of said. have been asked to set out what country'sschoolshavebeenmov­ PREDECEASED BY; Critics hav~ complained that they want to do in the "next phase" ing away from rote learning, and Wildfire threat hits Calif. resort Father: Pedro Muna Tudela Brothers: Jose M:inibusan Tudela Singapore's long-ruling People's of the government, Lee said. the government has put more BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP)­ Resources, one of the 2,700 Mother: ·Rufina Pangelinan Manibusan Tudela Ramon Manibusan Tudela 1 Sisters: Margarita Tudela Tereyarna Action Party government is au­ Singapore's new President S.R. emphasis on developing arts and Firecrews on Sunday smothered scat­ foe fighters who traveled from acmss thoritarian and detached from the tered flrue-ups left by a wildfire that the counlly to help battle the fire. Susana Manibusan Tudela Nathan will deliver a major policy entertainment. itijifBitliillf 1111,, ~ SURVIVED RY: chmred 63,000 acres in the San Ber­ It was one ofseven California wild­ Mother in-law: Elizabeth Blanco Matsunaga Sisters Victorina M. Tudela! Alfred C. Rodriguez nardino Mountains and cut deeply foes that burned m01e than 130,000 Children: Thomas T. Matsunaga & Brothers in-law: Mariana TJJose R. Lizama into Labor Day weekend business in ac1es of fo1est and dese1t land. Six George T. Matsunaga Asunta T./Hemmn M. DL Guerrero IMF to send investigative mission to assess E. Timor's needs this alpine reso1t. other significant wildfoes in Mon­ Ramon T. Matsunaga!J'ina T. Pangelinan Maria T./Juan M. Aldan WASHING TON, (Reuters) - The so-called Willow foe started t.ma, Utah and Idaho we,e contained Elizabeth T. Matsunaga/George T. Lieto Antonio T. Tereyama (t) ments" with a view to possibly tary-General Kofi Annan said Murray said he could not say journalists. Patrick T. Gibo The International Monetary Aug. 28 nem Lake Anuwhead. Some last week. Sire il" additionally survfred by 16 grandchildren, numerous providing financial assistance 78.5 percent of voters in a U.N.­ how soon the IMF team might The IMF cannot make loans Gregorio T. Gibo uncles, aunties, coul"ins nieces & nephews. · Fund will send an investigative in future, the IMF spokesman organised ballot in East Timor go to East Timar, where condi­ to nations that are not members 2,700 fiiefighters we1e bmught in No flameseveneached the town of Julian T. Gibo · team to East Timor to assess its said. last Monday had chosen inde­ tions were unsettled and dan­ of the organisation but, as it from around the nation, but fire lines Big Bear Lake, but the threat led economic needs since its vote On Friday, the World Bank pendence from Indonesia, which gerous in the wake of the inde­ does in Kosovo, can provide we,en 't completed ru·ound the blaze mm1y would-vacationcn; to cancel ·r . Nightly Rosary is being said at 8:00 p.rn. at the residence of Ramon and 11na Matsunaga in Susupe. 1· "[' to become independent from ~aid it was willing to provide annexed the territory in 1976. pendence vote. technical advice. With the pos­ until lute Satu1day. their trips. ] · On Wednesday, September 8, 1999. Last respects may be paid at the residence of Ramon and lina Matsunaga from J Indonesia, IMF spokesman Bill assistance to help an indepen­ Indonesian President B.J. Weekend reports from the re­ sibility that an independent East Officials hoped to have "eve,y "It's sad because this is a totally .._,,"J' 8:30 a.rn. to 2:30 p.m. Funeral Eucharistic Celebration Mass will be at 3:00 p.rn. at Mount Carmel Cathedral and Burial will :,;<>'·' Murray said on Sunday. dent East Timar build its Habibie has said East Timorwill gion said organised anti-inde­ Timar could apply in future for sp,u-k within4D(J feet of the fin: lines" tourist-diiven town," saiu LindaGold­ :i~r1,..;r."'J·1'\· c,: [~ ·c1 · ·c/"3:/;:{t,~-,~-~~ .,, a. ,----~-- ...- .-...... NATION 18-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-19 According.to new study: OSIIA inspections falling Poll: Gore, Bradley tied ably by 19 percent of Demo­ veyed rated him unfavorably. Overall, Democratic pri­ crats, and by 32 percent by the Hurting Gore was his strong mary voters indicated they WASHINGTON (AP) - sumer_group Public Citizen. "We think that there's an next year. ber of illnesses and injuries key constituency of indepen­ support for President Clinton were restless with the present Federal inspections of Ameri­ Fewer inspections were con­ incredible dearth of inspec­ "OSHA wants to do more," fell for the fifth straight year, dents who say they plan on vot-'· throughout the impeachment political leadership. The poll can workplaces have been con­ ducted in only three previous tions," said Public Citizen re­ said Charles N. Jeffress, as­ to 6.1 million, or 7.1 per I 00 ing in the Democratic primary. scandal and questions about found 21 percent of Demo­ ducted less frequently during sistant secretary of Labor for full-time work~rs. · years: 1995 and 1996, during searcher Peter Lurie. Bradley drew a favorable rat­ allegations of his role in ag­ crats saying they wanted to the Clinton administration Clinton's first term, with Labor Secretary Alexis Occupational Safety and "The measure of OSHA's ing of 66 percent. Only 11 per­ gressive campaign fund-rais­ keep current government offi­ than at any time since the Oc­ 26,396 and 25,850 inspections Herman said that OSHA in­ Health, in a written statement success is not told through in­ cent of Democrats and none ing tactics of the 1996 Clinton­ cials, while 39 percent said it cupational Safety and Health respectively, and in 1972, the spections are more effectively responding to the Public Citi­ spection numbers or flawed of the independent voters sur- Gore campaign. was time for a change. Act was brand new, a study year after OSHA was imple­ targeted than before. zen study. research. The real measure is has found. mented, when 17,164 inspec­ "What we 're doing is going The study found that both in maki~g the workplace more The Clinton administration tions were logged. after the most egregious em­ random OSHA investigations safe and healthful," said responds that it is using its More typically during the ployers. We are going after and those triggered by con­ Jeffress. .. money to target the most egre­ past three decades inspections the bad actors," said Herman. cerns - such as a complaint However, Public Citizen, in gious offenders, and the have ranged from ab0ut "In the past, what OSHA has or a company's past history of its report, noted that work­ Bill Bradley agency's budget has been cut 40,000 to 80,000 a year, with done has been random." OSHA violations -are down. place inspections are impor­ Al Gore in recent years. a high of 89,859 hit in 1975, The more targeted inspec­ Workplace injuries, ill­ tant for reasons that may not In 1998, the Labor according to the report. tion strategy has coincided nesses and deaths have de­ show up in yearly tallies of BOSTON (AP) - Bill Brad­ sion advertisements, was in Department's Occupational The study also found a de­ with OSHA budget cuts ap­ clin.ed in recent years. The on-the-job mishaps and ley and Vice President Al Gore fourth place with 7 percent, Safety and Health Adminis­ cline in the number of serious, proved by Congress since Re­ 6,026 job-related deaths in deaths. For example, poor are running neck and neck in while commentator Patrick J. tration conducted 33,697 in­ willful or repeat violations of publicans took control after 1998 was the lowest number working conditions can cause New Hampshire in the race Buchanan and former Vice spections, according the ex­ workplace health and safety the 1994 elections. President since the Bureau of Labor Sta­ illnesses that may not affect a for the Democratic presiden­ President Dan Quayle each amination of government laws identified during Clinton has requested a $35 tistics started keeping a na­ person for years, such as can­ tial nomination, according to had 4 percent, and a former records by the liberal con- Clinton's presidency. million raise for the agency tional tally. In 1997, the num- cer and Jung di·sease. a Boston Globe/WBZ-TV poll. · Reagan aide, Gary Bauer, had The poll also found that 3 percent. many voters in the first-pri­ Talk show host Alan Keyes mary state are eager for poli ti­ was inadvertently left out of Clinton under pressure to cal change despite the eco­ the Globe-WBZ-TV poll, but VINYL SIGNS: For indoor/outdoor with col­ nomically prosperous times. according to a Franklin Pierce ors, style and quality, on wood, glass, metal, clinch China trade deal Among 400 likely Demo­ poll last week, his support is plastic cloth and walls, designed in computer WASHINGTON, (Reuters) -­ cratic primary voters, Gore led about 2 percent. graphics, artistically drafted, composed with Talks set to resume between the Bradley, the former New Jer­ "The Democratic primary a lot of talent and knowledge, is now avail­ sey senator, by 40 percent to race really appears to be a race United States and China on able at Younis Art Studio, Inc. · Beijing's bid to join the World 36 percent, the Globe reported that could go either way," said Trade Organisation have taken Sunday. That amounts to a sta­ Gerry Cherv insky, president on new urgency amid warnings tistical dead heat because it of KRC Communications Re­ VINYL BANNERS: On cloth and plastic from business groups and law­ falls within the poll's margin search, which conducted the materials, from 1-5 feet wide and length from of error of 5 percentage points. survey of 800 likely voters for makers that President Bill 3 feet to 50 or 75 feet and more, with any Clinton was running out of time On the Republican side, the Globe and WBZ-TV from to get a pact through Congress Texas Gov. George W. Bush Aug. 27 to 31. "Gore has an color, letters size and style and rich graph­ this year. held a solid lead over his GOP unfavorable rating that is ics. U.S. and Chinese trade offi­ rivals, winning the support of higher than one would expect. 44 percent of those surveyed. It is partly due to the fact that cials planned to meet later this Also hand painted signs and banners, artis­ week in Beijing and Auckland, Trailing was Elizabeth Dole, people simply want a change." New Zealand, their first face-to­ Bill Clinton former transportation secretary The primary is five months tically designed and colored on any mate­ face since NA TO' s bombing fn and Red Cross director, with 14 away. rial surface of all sizes. May of the Chinese embassy in were close to an agreement in percent, and Sen. John McCain, Gore was popular among a an Arizona senator, with 12 per­ wide range of likely Demo­ Belgrade brought negotiations. April, but Clinton backed away DIGITAL PRINT: Signs for inside markets/ to a standstill. cent. cratic primary voters, about from a deal in hope of winning stores/shops in full colors with print of the Officials hoped the talks additional concessions from the Steve Forbes, who spent mil­ 65 percent of them rating him would set the stage for a· break­ Chinese on textiles, banking and lions of dollars from his per­ favorably or very favorably. goods/merchandise on plastic sheets/ through when Clinton and Chi­ anti-dumping issues. sonal fortune to pay for telev i- But he was viewed unfavor- boards or on transparencies on special pa­ Res/dents of the Wyndham ap~rtments in Hampton, Va., walk through the complex after being allowed to nese head of state Jiang Zemin That upset some business per or cloth for ceiling hang for display or retn1:ve some personal belongings, Sunday after a tornado, spawned by Tropical Storm Dennis hit the area meet on the sidelines of the Asian leaders and free-trade support­ above shelves, counters and merchandise earlier m the day. AP Pacific Economic Cooperation ers in Congress, who accused (APEC) summit in Auckland Clinton of bowing to political ·::.; stands, can easily be produced by the tal­ Sept 12-13. pressure. They urged him not to . ·-~ ented and capable sign makers at YAS Sign American business groups make the same "mistake" at System. Dennis finally leaves N. Carolina said Clinton and his negotiat­ APEC. ing team had no time to waste CEDARISLAND,N.C.(AP)­ time, I don't think even we could reported. "I hope that the administra­ if they hoped to win Congress' Full color digital print for back light in shops Demoted to a tropical depression, take it," said his wife Sue. Both By midday in North Carolina, tion will quickly conclude a support for a trade agreement window or special display in the outdoor, Dennis turned its back Sunday on she and her husband are retired 5.45 inches of rain was reported good, sound deal," said Repre­ and usher Beijing into the 134- North Carolina after pounding the from the Coast Guard. at Arcola in WaJTen County, 5.2 sentative Phil Crane, the Illi­ such as food items, drinks cosmetics, per­ member WTO before the coast for a week and finally com­ Dennis appeared to be leav­ inches in Wilson, 4.75 inches in nois Republican who heads the fumes, jewelry and many more. launch of a new round of glo­ ing ashore to flood lowland towns ing for good. At midday, it was Henderson and 4.32 inches in powerful House Ways and bal trade negotiations in Se­ with half a foot of rain. drifting northwest toward south­ Zebulon. Means Committee trade panel. attle this December. Vinyl signs are durable, colorful and guar­ · "l think we're finally going to western Virginia amid a flurry Dennis came ashore at Cedar Experts believe the United "The time has come," U.S. get rid of it for a change," Clay of flash flood warnings and Island northeast of Morehead States and China could reach an anteed to last for five to seven years in all Chamber of Commerce senior Benton of the state emergency watches after spinning off a tor­ City late Saturday afternoon. agreement by the end of Sep­ weather conditions and stands heat tem­ vice president for international management division said Sun­ nado Saturday night in Hamp­ Ovemight,itflooded JOOto 150 tember, as long as Beijing sticks affairs, Craig Johnstone, said. perature 40-180 degrees Fahrenheit. day. ton, Va., that injured more than homes in Harlow, near New to the market-opening commit­ But U.S. negotiators insisted Residents of Cedar Island, side­ a dozen people. Virginia Gov. Bern and forced 150 Pamlico ments it made in April. But it they would not roll back their swiped by Dennis on its way up Jim Gilmore asked President County residents to spend Sat­ could take several weeks to market-access demands to ex­ the coast on Aug. 30 and clob­ Clinton to provide federal di­ urday night in shelter. The finalise the documents and pedite negotiations or rush a deal bered again Saturday when its saster assistance to people dis­ Pamlico River community of · months to convince U.S. law­ For all signs need, please visit or call through, as some analysts have eye passed directly overhead, placed by the tornado. Lowland remained cut off by makers to go along. suggested. weren't sorry to see Dennis go, A tornado and storm watch was floodwaters Sunday. The Republican-controlled "We will only work with an either, as they watched floodwa­ in effect for much of Maryland rn Hobucken, IO miles from Congress would not vote on agreement that is commercially ters recede Sunday. and Virginia on Sunday as rain Lowland, a fishing boat sat in China's WTO entry. feasible and appropriate and ac­ "This is the first time that I and wind from Dennis swept the middle of the road Sunday. -But as part of the pact, Clinton ceptable to the United States remember that a hurricane hit us across the region. Belhaven 's streets were un­ must convince lawmakers to Congress," said Deputy U.S. directly and then turned around Beach patrols along the Mary­ derwater once again Sunday. grant Beijing permanent most­ Trade Representative Richard and came back and hit us again," land and Delaware coasts warned Nearly 6 feet of water surged from favoured nation status, what the at Y~ Younis Art Studio, Inc., ~n Garapan. Fisher. "We will only accept a said Henry "Farmer" Styron. "It people to stay in shallow water nearby creeks into the commu­ United States now refers to as good deal." Telephone Nos. 234-6341 ¥ 234-7578 ¥ was a double whammy." because the surf remained rough. nity of2,400 that lies 6 feet above Normal Trade Relations or The United States and China NTR. Former Vice President and Republican presidential hopeful Dan Quayle "If this comes around for a third Sporadic poweroutages were also sea level on the Pongo River. shakes hands with Charles Morton in Derry, N.H. Sunday. Quayle is 234.. 9797 ¥ 234.. 9272 or Fax No. 234-9271. campaigning for next winter's earliest presidential primary. AP TUESDA y, SEJYTEMBER 7, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND vrnws-21 20-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 EUROPE Russia's Primakov: Israel Cabinet OKs accord SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt reason and mutual accommoda­ (AP)-PrimeMinisterEhudBarnk tion prevailed at the end." 'Spies misled Albright' of Israel and Palestinian leader Holding the signing in Egypt Yasser Arafat signed a break­ validated Mubarak's status as re­ MOSCOW, (Reuters) -­ not with his back but with his "It's fine now. I can even through land-for-security agree­ gional peacemaker. Russia's popular former prime leg, which required an artifi­ swim," he said. ment Sunday that revives a nearly She returned to Israel early Sun­ minister Yevgeny Primakov cial hip implant. Pri makov, who was year-old accord and sets the stage day from Syria and Lebanon and s.1id on Sunday he was touched Among those misinformed Russia's foreign minister un­ for final talks on the shape of Pales­ then left for Istanbul, Turkey, to receive warm wishes from was Albright, who wrote to til becoming preh1ier last Sep­ tine. where she is due to survey dam­ Madeleine Albright, but spies wish Primakov a speedy re­ tember, was often known to "I believe that it is our duty, age from the Aug. 17 earthquake. had given the U.S. secretary covery from his back operation spar gently with Albright at leaders of all parties, to pave the The new agreement reaffirmed of state wrong information and said she would like to meet diplomatic functions. way," Barak said after the signing. that Israelis and Palestinians can about his heal'th. him. He is now the favourite to "We must rise to the occasion and do business with each other, de­ Primakov, who was sacked "I answered that truly her win Russia's presidential elec­ for the sake of our mothers, fathers, spite their disagreements. The re­ as prime minister in May, warm letter touched me, I also tion in 2000 if he decides to children and grandchildren, tum vised Wye accord was also a sign underwent an operation in want to meet her, but at the run. But on Sunday he said he the vision of a lasting peace into a that the peace process begun in Switzerland in June. Russian same time she should tell the had not yet made up his mind. reality." Oslo in 1993 could survive the Yevgeny Primakov media widely reported that CIA that they have given her Madeleine Albright "Honestly. I don't exclude Arafat was also hopeful about worst crises. the operation was for a back­ But Primakov, 69, said in an the wrong information. The op­ but on my leg," he told NTV it. But I really haven't made the new accord. Syria criticized the deal through ache. interview that the problem was eration was not on my back television. any decision," he told NTV. "I assert that we extend our hand its official Tishrin newspaper Sun­ once again to Mr. Barak, a new day, saying it was "extremely far . ,partner in the peace process ... and from the basis of a real peace." . Toxic chemical British PM calls we are ready for continuing coop­ Syria wants a just and genuine control treaty for 'national ·eration to make the peace of the peace and it"rejects to be dragged brave a reality." into the game of agreements by being pushed moral' purpose On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet rati­ installment," Tishrin said. The fied the new peace agreement, vot­ editorial added that peace required GENEVA (AP) - Measures to LONDON (AP) - Prime ing21-2 infavoroftheagreement. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (center) convenes his Cabinet for a weekly meeting Sunday. Israel's "the full Israeli withdrawal from Minister Tony Blair called for control l 2 toxic chemicals known Barak will now forward the agree­ Cabinet on Sunday was to ratify the new peace agreement signed hours earlier in Egypt by Israeli Prime occupied lands." as "the dirty dozen" are at the top of a "new national moral pur­ ment later in the week to Israel's Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. AP In Israel, Moshe Kats av, a the agenda as negotiators gather pose" in an interview pub­ parllament, which will be recalled former Likud Party Cabinet min­ Monday fortalks on the first global lished Sunday, expressing from its summer recess for a spe­ U.S. Secretary of State said Hussein witnessed the signing the way to negotiations on a final ister in the Netanyahu govern­ treaty to limit or ban the substances. shock at reports that two I 2- cial session on the pact: Madeleine Albright, Egyptian in spi1it. agreement, including settling the ment told Israel Radio the new A key issue facing delegates is year-old girls had become An initial land transfer of 7 per­ President Hosni Mubarak and Jor­ After the principals signed, tangled questions of Jerusalem's accord was "much worse" than how far and fast to go toward ban­ pregnant. cent of the West Bank and a first­ danian King Abdullah II looked on Albright, Mubarak and Abdullah status and the borders ofa Pale stin­ the Wye deal. ning the chemicals, which include The stories of the English stage release of 200 Palestinian in a ballroom crowded with other added theirsignatures as witnesses, ian state. "The agreement lets Arafat dis­ pesticides and industrial chemicals girls, one of whom has already prisoners were expected to take dignitaries and journalists and deco­ to applause. Albright then em­ An ambitious deadline ofFebrn­ tance himself for the sixth time linked to cancer, birth defects and given birth, have renewed a place within a week. . rated with the flags oflsrael, Egypt, braced Barak and Arafat, and said ary has been set for drafting a gLJide­ from the obligations he has made ocher abnormalities. national debate on Britain's Criticism came quickly, how­ Jordan, the Palestinians and the "the two sides have begun to re­ Iine for those final status talks. to the government. We are still TI1e 12 persistent organic pollut­ high teen-age pregnancy rate ever, with Palestinian hard-liners, United States. build their partnership ... a partner­ They are to be completed by next waiting for Arafat to follow ants, including DDT, dioxin and - the highest in Western Eu­ Israeli conservatives and Syria re­ Jordan was the .second Arab ship that is vital to the region's September. through on commitments made to PCBs, are highly toxic chemicals rope. jecting the agreement as inadequate. country, after Egypt, to sign a peace future. Despite the potential for pit­ (former prime ministers) Ben­ that break down extremely slowly Arafat and Barak met minutes treaty with Israel. Abdullah recalled Under the agreement, Israel will falls ahead, a sense of optimism jamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, and u.re taken up in the food chain. "I think it's appalling, and it should be a matter of anxi­ after midnight in a luxury hotel in his late father King Hussein, who begin this month to relinquish in smrnunded the new agreement. and Yitzhak Rabin," he said. The five-day session, involving the· Egyptian Red Sea 1esort of had worked for a regional peace three -stages another l I percent of "There were moments of loss The Council of Jewish settlers some 400 participants from I I 0 ety and concern to anyone who Shrum el-Sheikh for the signing, after striking his separate deal with land it holds in the West Bank, of hope and despair," said in the West Bank and the Gaza countries, is the third in a planned believes in the future of the sitting before the revised Wye docu­ Israel. completing the withdrawal by Jan. Mubarak, who had sent his top Strip said the agreement ·'weak­ series of five. The United Nations country," Blair said in the in­ ments spread on an ornately carved "I hope and I pray we do not let 20. aide to Jerusalem to help bring the ens Israel and makes peace more Environment Program hopes to terview published in The Ob­ table. him down," Abdullah said. Albright The land-for-security deal opens two sides together. "However, remote." conclude a treaty next year. server, a liberal weekly. · "This is the first time they 're "You've got to make young­ actually going to start talking about sters aware of the undesirabil­ what control measures, for instance, ity of having sex at the age of Two car bombs explode in Northern Israel, killing three to deal with PCBs and aging trans­ I 2 ... parents have got to take TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) - of one of the alleged bombers was and one of two ministers who formers, what to do about dioxins responsibility for their chil­ Two car blasts in northern Is­ draped on the hood of the car. voted against the accord. ''It is and furans," said Linda Durkee of dren," said Blair, 46. raeli cities killed three people "I was near the main street and unreasonable to expect that UNEP's chemicals office. Some critics have com­ on Sunday - probably the I heard a great explosion," an eye­ Israel would tolerate terror at­ This meeting and the next, in plained that sex education in bombers themselves -and left witness to the Tiberi as blast, iden­ tacks and it's business as Bonn, Ge1many next April, "will schools is too explicit. Others a fourth person in critical condi­ tified only as Roni, told army usual." form the meat of the treaty," said have said the problem reflects tion in attacks likely aimed at radio. ''We ran to the place of the In both bombing attacks, the Clifton Curtis,directorofthe World the rising number of broken halting the newly revived peace attack and saw three bodies car used was a Fiat Uno. The Wide Fund for Nature's Global families, and comes from par­ process, police said. burned, body parts in the air. one in Tibcrias, a holiday re­ Toxic Initiative. ents' failing to control what The explosions in the cities of ... They cleared us from the area." sort, crashed at high speed in TI1e WWFhas called fora global their kids do. Tibcrias and Haifa came hours The three dead were all inside the crowded downtown nc:ar a ban on DDT which, although after a signing ceremony for the the cars, Hai fa police Commander police station. Dr. Ofer Tamir banned in34countricsand severely A similar focus on moral and first Israeli-Palestinian peace Dor Schecter told reporters, sug­ of Tiberias' Poriah Hospital restricted in 34 others. is still en­ social values proved embar­ gesting those killed were the at­ dor,;ed by the World Health Orga­ rassing for Blair's predeces­ agreement negotiated since the said a woman pedestrian was nization for use in the control of sor, Conservative John Ma­ new Israeli prime minister, Ehud tackers. He said the almost-si­ critically injured and under­ malaria-can-ying mosquitoes. jor. Just after he had called for Barak, took office. The land­ multaneous explosions in the two going surgery for burns and UNEP has "a clear and para­ a program of "back to basics" for-security pact hinges on the towns 60 miles apart indicated a shrapnel wounds. Two other mount interest in saving human - a return to traditional val­ Palestinians agfeeing to fight coordinated attack. people were reported slightly 'The circumstances, the timing lives" from malaria and ;therdis­ ues - a series of senior Con­ terror attacks. An Israeli police sapper checks the scene of a car blast in the northern hurt. Israel's Cabinet ratified the ... indeed suggest a politic,il mo­ Israelis flood Tiberius, on eascs, Klaus Toepfer, the head of servative politicians resigned Israeli town of Tiberias Sunday. AP pact by a 2 l -2 vote Sunday. But tive," Schecter said. He said po­ the coast of the Sea of Gali lee, UNEP, said ahead of this week's over extramarital affairs or peace process. latest accord, suggested that at­ session. hardline opponents to the peace lice were investigating all possi­ around the holidays. The Jew­ allegations of sleaze. bilities. Israel's Foreign Minister, tacks like these could derail ish New Year begins Friday UNEP "believes DDT is and process and even Prime Minster Blair, who has two teen-age Ehud Barak 's chief peace nego­ Militant Islamic groups, beli~v­ David Levy, told Israel radio that peace efforts. night. will be a tool against these serious sons and a I 2-year-old daugh­ tiator said attacks could derail ing the peace process to be a sell­ Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Au­ "If we don't have sufficient The explosion in Haifa was illnesses for some time as coun­ ter, said: "We need to find a out and furious that their mem­ thority knows "no act of terrnr is security here in Israel, I think in a municipal parking lot. tries build the capacity to use an the deal. new national moral purpose At both bombing scenes, po­ bers were left out of a prisoner­ acceptable or wi II be acceptable the peace process is in danger of array of alternatives." There were no other injuries for this new generation," lice quickly sealed off the areas release deal, have vowed to con­ alongside the peace process." But collapse," he said. in that blast. Other issues at stake include a "People want to live in a and demolition experts moved tinue attacks within Israel. How­ he said the government wants to Hard-line opponents to the Under the peace agreement, process for implementing a treaty, know nil the facts be fore com­ peace process called on Barak .·.·/: .: society that is without p,·eju­ in. Witnesses described scenes ever, there was no immediate Israel will begin this month to including technical and financial ~ ... dice, but is with rules, with a of carnage, with limbs tom from claim of responsibility for the menting further. to slow the new deal. relinquish in three stages an­ assistance to help countries shift /;;{ bodies and broken glass and blasts. Gilead Sher, who served as "We cannot ignore this," said other 11 percent of land it holds to environmentally safe alterna­ sense of order. Government twisted metal littering the streets. The big question was the im­ .Barnk's envoy during talks with Housing Minister Yi tzhak Levy, in the West Bank, completing tives. Criteria for adding other Rescue workers and residents of Dagestani city of Buinaksk search for survivors at the debris of the bomb can play its part, but parents In Tiberias, the burned remains pact the bombs could have on the the Palestinians leading up to the the leader of a pro-settlers party the withdrawal by Jan. 20. toxic chemicals also are envis­ destroyed five-story building, housing the families of Russian army officers, Buinaksk, Sunday. At least 17 have to play their part," he were killed and 97 were injured. AP aged. said.

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Sotheby's approximately $223,900 or Gov't ... $5.4 miJlion annually while the amount paid for benefits <::o~tinued from page 1 sold fake is for higher. Fed rate hike as the actual premium collec­ Government employees arc antiques, tion is far lower than the ac­ assured that despite the in­ tual payments for members' crease in premium rates, they says report benefits. will still be paying less than "Even if we increase the what their counterparts pay in LONDON (AP)-Sotheby's, rates, it will still be lower than privately-owned insurance the international London­ still possible what you will be paying if you firms. based auction house, has ad­ are insured by a private insur­ On certain. types of enroll­ ment, the government insur­ mitted to selling fake antiques, WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - consumers' seemingly boundless Business Economics in Philadel­ ance company," Camacho had ance only charges little ove1~ a newspaper reported Sunday. Exactly a month ahead of the Fed­ enthusiasm for spending their phia. His speech is expected to said. a The Sunday Times said Lon­ $100 per month, while private eral Reserve 's next policy meet­ growing incomes as well as their provide a roadmap of his thinking The GHLIP has some 4,314 firms. charge about $400. don antiques dealers noticed a ing, world financial markets have stock market winnings. on interest rates for the next few paying members as of March pattern of potentially phony The Fund also said Jhe pre­ suddenly convinced themselves Even though overall growth in months. this year. mium rates can be rofled back antiques coming through the U.S_ central bank will no the second quarter of the year Thursday will see Fed Gover­ Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio, in a few years after,depending Sotheby's from at least two longer deem it necessary to raise slowed to 1.8 percent from the nors Edward Gramlich and Roger an earlier interview, expressed on GHLIP's financial sound­ sources in the 1990s, and some interest rates this year. red-hot 4.3 percent seen in the Ferguson, who has recently been support for the premium hike. ness. have complained to the auc­ A benign U.S. job m.arket re­ first three months of the year, nominated by the White House to While the government pays A study presented by George tion house. port released Friday that showed many Fed officials say that num­ succeed former Fed Vice Chair for the 20 percent of the pre­ Berish of Buck Consultants in Sotheby 's said some coun­ muted job growth and low wage ber is likely to pick up again later Alice Rivlin, giving speeches on mi um rate, the employee January showed that the pre­ terfeit furniture has been auc­ inflation sparked a rally on Wall in the year. monetary policy: New York Fed shoulders the remaining 80 mi um hike will have to be in­ tioned by the house, but never Street and ended days of gloomy For now, the rate signals from president William McDonough is p·ercent. creased in order to sustain the knowingly. When auctioned brooding among investors over inside the central bank are am­ speaking in Buffalo, N.Y., the The total bi-weekly collec­ operations of GHILP. antiques have been exposed the chances of a third and final biguous at best. Senior officials same day. tion in premium is pegged at as fake, the buyers' money has rate hike before year-end. gathered last weekend at a resort To top off a speech-filled week, been returned. Not so fast, some central bank­ in the Rocky Mountains insisted the government is due to release In one instance, four "Geor­ ers and many of those watching they would not base their deci­ key producer price data for Au­ Manglona~ . . Continued from page 1 gian" chairs that sold for 1.3 their every move and utterance sion on any one set of figures, gust on Friday. The consumer million pounds ($ 2 million) American actor Harvey Keitel (left), director Jane Campion from New Zealand (center) and British actress Kate Wins/et walk around Venice, Italy with the Tinian Mayor's Office. during the 56th Venice Film Festival Saturday. The three were presenting the competition film "Holy Smoke." AP cautioned- a rate rise still remains saying they will watch every price index, also for August, is were exposed as forgeries, the a real possibility as October ap­ single piece of incoming data be­ due on Sept. 15. Sablan had already pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with newspaper said. proaches. fore making up their minds on the A Reuters poll on Friday of those bribery. Other counterfeit items sold James Manglona is reportedly detained in Guam. The federal court The reason, some Fed watchers futurecourseofU.S. interest rates. Wall Street brokerages that deal at auction included a Carlton said, is simple: The central bank "I think they're going to be on directly with the Fed showed 23 ordered a no bail for his release. House desk advertised as 18th 'Little' film a big hit in Venice Meanwhile, as of press time, it was not clear yet whether the grand wonies.about future inflation, not tenterhooks right into the meet­ out of 30 firms expect the central century that went for about jury has indicted Senator Manglona. The senator has remained mum VENICE, Italy (AP) - Italian main nameless throughout the "Holy Smoke," with "Titanic" pointment at Campion's eagerly about what happened in the past. ing," said Fred Breimyer, chief bank to leave rates unchanged in 80,000 pounds ($ 128,000), about the allegatiims. critics gave a big "thumbs up" movie, who meet once a week in star Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel awaited film, one of 18 in com­ Friday's August job market fig­ economist at State Street Bank October. Only a handful expected and a pair of candelabra stands Sunday to a little film from a a hotel to realize a mutual erotic and Pam Grier, is the tale of a petition for the Golden Lion, and ures might have come as a relief, and Trust Company, who attended a rate rise later in the year. that fetched 44,000 pounds ($ virtual! y unknown Belgian direc­ fantasy. beautiful young woman who fol­ called "A Pornographic Liaison," but they are unlikely to convince the conference. "Like most things Fed policymakers last nudged The island has been declared 70,400), The Suriday Times tor, calling it a sure contender for The audience never sees be­ lows her guru to India and of the which also screened Saturday, a policymakers that the risks of in life, no single piece of data will . up interest rates in August, the . off limits to people except for said. Officials. . the Golden Lion, the Venice Film yond the closed doorof their hotel cult "deprogrammer," played by better bet for the prize. higher inflation going forward ever give you the full picture." second time they did so in two those on scientific tours. "If people buy from repu­ Continued from page 1 Festival's top prize. room and the precise nature of the Keitel, who catches up with her. The festival wraps up on .Sept. have been erased. Markets will get new insight months. One reason Greenspan In issuing the state of emer­ table dealers and auction "A Pornographic Liaison" got fantasy remains a mystery. Italian critics professed disap- I 1. "The data shows the labour into the central bank's thinking quoted for the move was that he up. gency, Tenorio cited an earlier houses, and an object turns a solid ten minutes of applause at market isn't getting any tighter this week with a slew of public no longer felt the full extent of a Tekai said EMO installed five report from Dr. Robert Y. out to be not what it purports its premiere screening Saturday. and that inflation isn't a problem appearances by top Fed three-pronged rate cut last year earthquake devices for four islands, Koyanagi of the Hawaii Volcanic to be, the buyer will get his or The critics said it eclipsed an­ yet," said Bill Cheney, chief policymakers that should provide aimed at shielding the U.S. including Alamagan, more than two Observatory which raised the her money back," the newspa­ other early favorite, "Holy Hewitt serializing his memoirs economist at John Hancock in plenty of food for thought. economy from a global financial months ago. The other islands are alarm of possible eruption of per quoted a Sotheby's Smoke," by Australian Jane LONDON (AP) - Princess with the 41-year-old ex-army of­ became riding instructor to the Boston. "But the Fed is not wor­ Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan crisis was appropriate. Agrigan, Anatahan, and Pagan. Alamagan. spokesman as saying. Champion, director of "The Pi­ Diana's former lover James ficer, said the memoirs include princes, who are now teen-agers. ried about inflation in the past but will speak on Wednesday in Grand That might indicate that he still The government has already His report was backed up by the "This is what happened in ano," which garnered a best ac­ Hewitt has become a kiss-and­ notes from the late princess' two The Sunday Express said the about inflation in the future, and it Rapids, Mich_, even though his leans toward another rate hike to evacuated five people from United States Geological Sllrvey all these instances." tress Oscar in 1993 for Holly tell millionaire, British newspa­ sons written to Hewitt when the Hewitt memoirs also describe already thinks the labour market scheduled remarks are not ex­ bring the federal funds rate - the Alamagan since its unstable con­ which have made previous stud­ Two Sotheby's furniture spe­ Hunter. pers reported Sunday, shortly be­ boys were aged eight and five. weekend assignations at is too tight." pected to touch directly on the rate banks charge each other on dition was noted. ies on the island. cialists resigned after they failed "A Pornographic Liaison" is a fore publication of his latest sale: Hewitt will also draw in indi­ Highgrove, the country estate of Fed officials maintain that the U.S. rate outlook. overnight loans and that deter­ to spot some pieces as fakes, the modest film directed by 31-year­ memoirs compiled after retriev­ rect speech on Diana's letters, the Diana's then-husband, heir to the world's top economy still has Also on Wednesday, Lawrence mines most other bonow ing cos ts managing national commercial newspaper said. The company old Frederic Fonteyne and star­ ing dozens of her stolen love let­ reports said. throne Prince Charles. plenty of momentum even in its Meyer, one of the more conserva­ in the economy - back to the 5.5 Fisheries. . . fisheries," she said. Only a few cleared them of any wrongdo­ ring France's Nathalie Baye. ters. The 63 letters were mostly writ­ Hewitt maintains the arrange­ ninth year of an unbroken expan­ tive Fed governors, is due to ad­ percent level seen before last islands operate their own com­ ing. Continued from page 1 It centers on a couple, who re- "Cruel Hewitt," "Cad in a Cra­ ten between 1990 and 199 J when ment suited Charles because he sion, fuelled primarily by U.S. dress the National Association for year's rapid easing cycle. mercial fishing fleets. Most, at vat" and "Lowest of Low," news­ Hewitt was serving in the Gulf spent the time with his mistress, ing Hseasons''. present, make due with the for­ papers declared in near-unani­ War. Camilla Parker Bow Jes, The Sun­ • a decision making mechanism eign fishing fleet license fees and ·.·ineen'~Ii¥01.1.s~z~mls[I mous condemnation. In February, Hewitt success­ day Express said .. for the commission, including dis­ the payment of approximately five The exception was The Mail on fully sued a law firm for the re­ "It is his (Hewitt's) claims of pute resolution. percent of the landed catch value Sunday, a mid-market tabloid covery of the letters that had been being close to William and Harry • use of a vessel monitoring of the fish caught in their zones. ;a.mwts!?fE;;~;.i;l~llwllt which has paid Hewitt a reputed stolen by another girlfriend. that many will find distasteful,"· system (VMS) for monitoring and Moss said, however, that for 500,000 pounds ($ 800,000) to But he might be sued by her commented the newspaper. management of foreign fishing the Marshall Islands and other ······£()NIJ0N o~Jy·•···.•••···.•··tordF;~difi21c~lAdsSi.26,[)tni~f~;hiper···.··· serialize the memoirs. Publica­ estate on copyright grounds if he Inatelevisioni:iterviewin 1995, vessels and their catches on the nations in the South Pucific, this of the royal family, has admitted to snortingcocaint.! .· and his tion may start next week. The pub! ishes the letters. Diana acknowledged the affair, said high seas. is likely to chang~. "In the long mother said Sunday she is confidenthe won't do it again. Mail on Sunday avoided the sub­ Hewitt began selling stories she had "adored" Hewitt and felt • funding the commission, and term, l 0-20 years, 1w might be Windsor, whose father, Prince MkhaeJofI<.ent, is afirstco11sln ject. about Diana in 1993 soon after let down by him. how much each member will pay. vying for total allowable catch on of Queen 'Elizabeth.U, acknowledged snorting cocaine off.agl2ssi But rivals, including ones that she broke off the affair. Diana was killed in a Paris car • agreeing to the extent of the the high seas if we 're operating magazine at.a partyin.London three m9pth~?g \ >· have previously done business They met in 1986, and Hewitt crash in August 1997. She was 36. Pacific ocean covered by the con­ our own fleets of fishing vessels," Windsor, 28th in Hne •·to.the .Blitis~ .\hrpt1e(\Vli~}pparendy vention. she said. confronted··by. Britishffporte.rs }n 1Yr>Y )"ork/ s,yh~re• hru;.been · Agreement on the convention As currently draft~J. nothing in working for a. finance company dul'ing the ~ummer. v~c?tiQnfrsm U.S. high school rescinds ban on Billabong apparel boundary was virtually completed the convention will prejudice the .. Ox:ford. He. isstudyingclassics.. Lati.11and yreek at. tht,!university, at the last negotiation except for WINNECONE, Wisconsin(AP) "Billabong" is an Australian "It's ridiculous," Szadkowski, rights of island countries within . ''lbroughtmy children up.tobe.antJ drugs,.,Pfi'}c;es~Michfel9f the northwest sector near Japan. 7 -Authorities at a Wisconsin high aborigine word for lagoon or back­ a member of the junior-class stu­ thcir200 mile exclusive economic ..• K.~p.t saiqj~ a f1~ternrnb''I.•.'Y1l•4if.ippoime.d .thathep~pe\J1llepted .... "This area is still in dispute," she school have rescinded a prohibi­ water. It was adopted by a sport­ dent council, said at the time. "I zones, she added. The proposed •inthisway, but he.has assui·ed.methathewill•not do it again, and··· said. It's also an important area management commission will tion against student clothing bear­ ing goods company that has could maybe understand if the because oversee high seas fisheries activ­ 1belieye~i1UJ·i /.i.. ii> ...... /···· ii< /•.·•·i········ ti·•<••· <<.· ing a brand name that a principal branched out into clothing. shirts said 'bill-a-bong' but not The··.Sunday •• Times qµoted••Wi.ndsor'•.a.~. ~ayirig•·~a~ '.')faj~ Y.'rfY(. Japan has a major y<.:l lowfin ity while sovereignty ovcrthe200 feared might advertise drug use. The brand became fashionable 'Billabong.' Are they going to tuna industry near its zone, so mile EEZ's will largely be re­ difficult t() avoid gettingJIJto thls.s9rtp[t~il1g)'y·. < )• ···············ii···· ...... ··.····· The directive forbade students in time for Winneconne High ban us from wearing a shirt that ''.B~t!.dori'tblame·anyone.elsefortht:incident;''.hewas.. quot~}S inclusion of this area in the con­ tained by island nations. from wearing garments in school School to begin class last week says 'potato' just because it has ~dclingo."I h!lve.npw .rejected that· side. of)jft; ~l)d.1;111 .. going 10·•• vrntion area has significant man­ bearing the Billabong label be­ with junior Adam Szadkowski the word 'pot' in it?" "It's a big step for tlw islands," •. ·corttrttit. myself to T11'/}\U9i.es.·.···· .•• i>i ·.< \>i ) .•.•. ·.• agement implications for the Japa­ i t? \ ..... < <•.. cause "bong" is a slang term for a having purchased six Billabong "It feels good that we've worked she said...... §eyeratnev:spapers saidtheincide.rit\V~sg~:tjp?Ia,rlydifhlrpin%•····· nese. marijuana pipe. shirts. this out," he said after The distant wa1cr fishing na­ ~l?n-edgc.llt.t;~ is ~eir~~p,-~cy··· Moss said, too, that the conven­ tions wanted greater management \~siwse >Yi!icisqr a.•close frietid of •. Students protested. 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Wheatley had been cut Championship on Sunday, be­ save a bogey, making a 25-foot some. a day to forget for others. the last second. we felt we could and allowed nine sacks. 00 TI1ey got cut by k;eping Ryan Leaf on the earlier in the preseason by Mi­ coming the first Canadian to win putt on I 3. In the state of South Carolina. win it." tile momentum and we never really roster instead of placing him on ami. a PGA Tour event on native soil Weir then all but clinched the fans are dealing with a double Clemson did, 100, but Chris got it back. But there's a Jot of injured reserve. "We gave him a Jong look but in 45 years. victory with a 20-foot birdie putt dose ofre:Iiity: Lou Holtz's first Campbell was wide left on a 34- footbull left to play this season." Lewis, a nine-year veteran, Wheatley has really caught our Overcoming a persistent on I 6 that took him to I 8 under, game as South Carolina's coach ynrd field goal auempl with I 0 The debuts of Iowa's Kirk was beaten out for the starting eye over the last two weeks, drizzle, Weir recorded his first at the time three shots ahead of turned into a soaked I 0-0 loss ut seconds left that would have Ferentz and Hawaii's June Jones job by second-year Samari Rolle both in practice and games. Spe­ careervict01-y, and earned the first­ Funk, his nearest contender. No. 24 North Carolina State; and forced overtime. went as expected - both lost to and then cut in what looks like a cial teams play also was a major place purse of $450,000, closing Weir, who previously had two Marshall survived Death Valley Colorado's Gary Barnett also Top 25 teams. No. 5 Nebraska difference of opinion between factor," coach Jon Gruden said. with a 7-under-par 64 and IS­ fifth-place finishes at the for a 13-10 win over Clemson in received a gut check in Denver. In beat the Hawkeyes 42-7 and No. coach Jeff Fisher and Jeff Dia­ Among the other veterans re­ under 266 total at the suburban Vancouver event, had already Tommy Bowden's debut. Saturday's biggest stunner, rival 21 Southern California routed mond, the new team president. leased Sunday were: punter Vancouver Northview Golf and enjoyed a solid season, which "'It's· disappointing, but it's a Colorado State shocked the 14th­ Hawaii 62-7, extending the Rain­ "Nowhere in this did we ever Louie Aguiar of Kansas City; Country Club course. featured four top IO finishes, start," the 62-year-old Holtz said ranked Buffaloes 41-14. bows' losing streak to 19 games, expect not to have Darryl! back," linebacker James Francis, oft­ Fred Funk, the third-round including a second-place finish after the game, plnyed in a driving "'We didn't make plays. We longest in the nation. Fisher said. "I believe he can injured offensive tackle Kevin leader who began the day I 3 un­ at the Motorola Western Open rainstorm and gusty winds caused couldn't nm the ball. Field position B-aylor's Kevin Steele had the still play a number of years, if Sargent and center Rod Payne, der, made a hard charge with four in July. He was also in the final toughest debut, though. when his not as a starter, as a premier a third-round draft pick in 1997, birdies on the buck nine, includ­ group with Tiger Woods at last Bears lost 30-29 at Boston Col­ third-down nickel back." by Cincinnati; eight-year run, ing a 30-footer on 17, but his 68 month's PGA Championship, lege after Kyle AttebeITy missed Lewis' agent, Ken ning back Bernie Parmalee by left him two strokes behind Weir. before shooting a final-round an extra point in OT. Zuckerman, said he had received Miami; kick returner Eric Funk's last hope to force a play­ 80 to finish I 0th. And then there was Auburn's calls from San Francisco, Dal­ Metcalf by Baltimore; and 38- off ended when his tee shot at the The victory gave Weir just Tommy Tuberville, who sweated las, San Diego, the New York year-old long snapper Mike par-4 I 8th landed in the rough, under$ I .3 million in earnings out his opening game until Ben Jets, Carolina and Buffalo as Morris by Minnesota, which forcing him to Jay up in front of this season, moving him into Leard 's 33-yard TD pass with 38 soon as they saw Lewis' name also cut tight end Eric Moss, the pond guarding the green. He the top 20 on the money I ist for seconds left lifted the Tigers over on the waiver wire. He said his Randy's older brother. eventually settled for a bogey. the year. I-AA Appalachian State 22-15. client would sign with the team The Jets cut special teams Carlos Franco, a two-time win­ Scott Mccarron set a course All told, 14 of this year's 20 that gave him the best chance to player Corwin Brown, a favor­ ner in his rookie year, closed with record with a I 0-under 7 I. new I-A coaches were in action be a starter. ite of coach BiJI Parcells in New a 69 and was third at 270. Opening the day tied for 47th in Saturday - five won, nine lost. "I can't be mad," Lewis said. York and New England. New Weir, a29-year-old left-hander, a group of eight at 2 under, Joining Tuberville in the 'Tm not the first guy to go Orleans cut Danan Hughes, a was the first Canadian to win on Canada's Mike Weir holds up his trophy after winning the Air Canada Championship in Surrey, British McCarron began on the back winner's circle were: Miami, through this." free agent wide receiver who tour since Richard Zokol won the Columbia Sunday. Weir became the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event on native sol1 in 45 years. AP nine, where he shot a 30, and Ohio's Ten-y Hoeppner(28-3 over Leaf, whose may not be able spent seven seasons with Kan­ Greater Milwaukee Open in 1992. then completed his round with a Northwestern; Mississippi's to play until November after sas City. Pat Fletcher is the last Canadian day. and becomes the sixth left-hander · Franco. After a birdie on 12 and 5 under on the front nine to David Cutcliffe (3-0overof Me m­ undergoing surgery on his right The Dolphins, meanwhile, put to win on native soil, doing so at "For my first win, it's really to win, joining Phil Mickelson, a bogey on 13, Weir took con­ finish in three-way tie for fourth Martina Hing is of Switzerland reacts after defeating Arantxa Sanchez­ phis); Northeast Louisiana's shoulder, could have been put wide receiver Lamar Thomas, a the 1954 Canadian Open, which special, especially to do it at home Bob Charles, Ernie Gonzalez, trol on the next hole. place at I 2-under 272 with Phil Vicario of Spain, 6-4, 7-5, in their matc/1 at the U.S. Open Sunday in Bobby Keasler (27-10 over on injured reserve, which would starter last season, on injured was held at Vancouver's Point here. It's unbelievable, I don't Sam Adams and Russ Cochran. From the first cut of rough Tataurungi and Payne Stewart. New York. AP Nicholls State); and Oregon have required him to miss the reserve. The New York Giants Grey course. know what to say." Beginning the day 11 under left of the fairway, Weir aimed McCarron' s round broke the State's Dennis Erickson (28-13 entire season. Instead, the did the same with left guard "I think it'll hit me lateron. I'm On his eagle, he said, "That was and two behind Funk, Weir his second shot at the pin of the Northview record of 62 set by over Nevada). Chargers cut Craig Whelihan, Lance Scott. meaning Luke just in shock, actually," said Weir, pretty special. It came off perfect. gained a share of the lead by par-4, 400-yard hole. His shot Joel Edwards, also on the final who started last year when Leaf Petitgout, the team's first-round who was 14 under over the final I couldn't have imagined it or going 3 under on the front nine, hopped four times on the green day, in 1997. It also marked his was benched, and will start the draft choice, will start. two rounds. "It was an unbeliev­ visualized it any better. For it to capped with a 25-foot birdie putt before rolling 12 feet to bounce career-low round, breaking his Osariai.- . . wins . · season with veterans Jim Arizona did the unusual by able day for me to have better go in, it was unbelievable." on 9. That put him into a brief in off the flag stick. The shot previous best by two strokes, Japai;i PGA · Harbaugh and Erik Kramer. keeping both its kickers, Joe breaks happen, more putts to roll He is the ninth first-time win­ three-way tie atop the drew a momentous ovation from recorded at the Bob Hope "'It feels like I got drafted Nedney and Chris Jacke. The in, it was just an unbelievable ner on the PGA Tour this season leaderboard with Funk and the large gallery following Weir. Chrysler Classic in 1997. Matchplay·· again," said Leaf, who had Cardinals hope to trade one to a monumental problems both on. learn looking for a veteran and off the field after being the placekicker. •. TO MAKO MAI, Japan (AP) Greetings from • - Mamoru Osanai overcame Cho retains WB{J title • Toru Taniguchi's late charge Mama & Papa • Comets. . • Continued from page 28 TOKYO (AP)-SmithKorca's Amcricanjudges Henry Elespum with shrup right blows. Sunday and beat him on the 33rd Cho In°joo twice knocked down had it 117- !07 and Barbara Perez "I fell I could win in the sixth hole for a 4-up victory in the 80 shot the day before. "Yesterday luck for the Liberty was Spoon fed, but Japanese challenger Keiji scored it 117-108 both for the Ko­ round because I knew my left not today," said Swoopes. "We defended and stopped them. Stopping million yen ($727,000) Japan Yamaguchi in the 12th and final rean. blows were effective," said Cho Crystal Robinson was the key." PGA Matchplay Championship round to defend his World Box­ Before 8,000 spectators at the after the fight. Robinson, who had a game-high 21 points on Saturday, had only eight Promise Cup. ing Council super flyweight title Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena Cho now has a record of 16 In an 18-holc round for third points in the decisive game, shooting 2-for- IO from the field. Sunday with a unanimous deci­ in Tokyo, Cho landed a series of victories. including seven knock­ place, American David Ishii de­ sion. shml)and accurate punches against outs, und no defeats. feated Tsukasa Watanabe on the It was the 30-ycar-old Cho's the 25-year-old Japanese and For Yamaguchi, it w:is his fifth sixth extra hole. Thorne. . . Continued from page 28 third defense of the title he l-.110ckec.l him down twice in the dcleat against 28 victories, in­ September 7, 99' Osanai, whose only previous wrested from Gc11'y Penalosa of I 2th round. cluding 11 knockouts. Fr. Ate Helen victory came in the Suntory was the loser. the Philippinernn Aug. 29, I 998. Cho orten forced No. 9 ranked Cho and Yamaguchi bmh Open last year, seemed headed Royals 6, Blue Jays 3 Victor Ce1vantes of Mexico Yamaguchi into the corner from weighcdinat52.1 kilogrnms(l l2 At Kansas City, Missouri, Jay Witasick pitched eight strong innings ·" for an easy victory as he built a scored 114- I IO for Cho. Two the early rounds :md attacked him pounds). 5-up lead halfway through the and Ray Holbert had a career-high four hits as Kansas City beat Toronto rcgu la ti on 36 holes. to avoided a sweep. But Taniguchi, also seeking Wtasick (6-1 I) gave up three runs and IO hits to win for just the third his second career title, won the time in his last 12 starts. He was lifted after giving up a lcadoffhomcr 27th and 29th holes to pull to pinch-hitter Willie Greene in the ninth. Venus escapes upset ax within three holes at one point. Chris Fussell got the final three outs for his second save. Holbert went NEW YORK (AP) - Venus and totally changed the outcome. for about an hour and a hair, ,111d Osanai then sank a 9-foot (3- 4-for-4, scored three times and stoic two bases as Kansas City broke a Williams, as wild as the weather Williams reached the l'crnandez was abk to use the metcr) birdie putt on the 3 I st five-game losing streak against the Blue Jays, who won the first two in a first-set fiasco, escaped an quarterfinals with a 2-6, 6-1. time to receive treatment from a but Taniguchi birdied the next . games of the series. upset Sunday in the U.S. Open 6-0 victory that stemmed en­ trainer. hole. Kelvim Escobar ( I 1-10) look the loss. after Mary Joe Fernandez strained tirely from a fall by Fernandez Fernandez returned with her On the par-5 I 5th, Osanai cap­ a leg muscle skidding on a slip­ whc:n she slipped on a wet spot upper right leg wrapped. but her tured the match, his first-ever pery court. chasing a shot behind the movement clearly was limited as matchplay tournament, as A rainy, blustery fringe of tropi­ baseline. she ran more slowly and played Taniguchi reached the green in cal storm Dcnnisdel.1ycd the start Fernandez served superbly and more kntativcly. She managed to five after his tee shot sliced and of play, interrupted every match went out of bounds. broke an erratic Williams three hold serve to 3-1. but lost the next "I kind of like match play," and caused the postponement of times in the first set but was nevc1· nine games. said Osanai. "I had three double­ eight others. the same after falling in the third Wi Ii iams had rc,1chcd the fourth But the worst effect of the game oft he second set and strain­ round without striking a ball when bogeys today, so the score would Notre Dame flanker Joey Getherall is hit by Michigan's Grady Brooks ing the qu,idriccps muscle in her /.14'-s M~ have been terrible in a stroke weather came fr9m a light sprinkle another opponent. Henrieta (59) as he makes a reception for a nine-yard gain in the third quarter that hit early in the second set of Nagyovu of Slovakia, pulled out Sept. 7, 99' play." right leg. Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan beat Notre Dame 26-22. AP the Williams-Fernandez match Play was suspended at that point because of a wrist injury. .· .... ··'=*

SPORTS Comets win A title HOUSTON, (Reuters) - The ing in the second half and 31 in a deciding game," said New Houston Comets completed an percent ( I7-of-55) overall. coach Richie Adubato. emotional '"three-peat" and estab­ The Comets held the Liberty "That's why you fight for home lished themselves as the first dy­ without a basket fora I 0:29 stretch court advantage. Ifwe had played nasty of the WNBA with a 59-47 bridging the halves and opened a this in Madison Square Garden victory over the New York Lib­ 38-29 lead with 11:54 to play. maybe we would have won. erty in the decisive Game 3 of the Tina Thompson, who finished "Both teams played with great Finals on Sunday. with 13 points, dealt the crushing defensive intensiy. We held them Inspired by the memory of blow as she netted seven points in to 28 percent shooting and if you former teammate Kim Penot, who a I 0-0tearthatextended the Com­ had told me that beforehand I