S.B. 8-124 Gets Senate Nod Article 12 Bill Is Only a Signature Away from Becoming Law
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UNIVERSii y ÜF HAWAII LIBRARY M icronesia’s Leading Newspaper Since 1972 S.B. 8-124 gets Senate nod Article 12 bill is only a signature away from becoming law THE SENATE yesterday ac chamber yesterday. It now goes witness the passage of the bill. “Thisbill, which improved with versely affected by the uncertain cepted the amendments put in by straight to the governor’s desk for Noted Article 12 attorney the House amendments, will b e . ties of the Constitutional provi the House of Representatives on signature. Theodore Mitchell had repeatedly good for the future of the C N M I. sion. Should there be the controversial Senate bill that All senators but for Sen. Joseph stated opposition to the measure A lot of questions on Article 12 problems,each one will have their seeks to correct perceived prob S. Inos and excused absentee, Sen. in that he feels it is unconstitu could be resolved such that inves day in court,” said Sen. Paul A. lems with Article 12 of the CNM I Jesus R. Sablan were there to de tional and that it encroaches on tors will now be encouraged to Manglona, author of the bill. Constitution. cide on the fate of the much-bal- the role of the Supreme Court. come in without fear. This will Another senator, David M. Senate Bill 8-124, in an lyhooed bill. The governor has lately sup means a good future for our chil Cing, had praises for the bill say*· amended version, was unani Members of the group called ported the bill, indicating a possi dren,” said Sen. Juan S. Torres. ing its passage has gone beyortij mously passed through a vote of Saipan Mobilized on Article bility he would sign it when it gets “Now people can welcome in the issue of pojhtics. 7-0 during a session of the upper Twelve (SM A R T) were there to to his table. vestors in, especially those ad continued on page 26 ♦ I B t l i Republican Lieutenant Governor Benjamin T. Manglona ponders some pointers being Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor Jesus C. Borja also uses lull during the forum given him by runningmate Governor Larry I. Guerrero during a break in last Wednesday's to consult with his supporters. forum for lieutenant governor candidates. Firm violated procurement, says AG A C IV IL 1 awsuit filed 1 ast August David G. Banes, counsel for the Castro and the plaintiffs were funds, irrespective of source, negotiating, bidding, performing against the Office of the Attorney plaintiff, Pacific Data and the AG outside the scope of Castro’s em which do not comply with the or administering any alleged General for alleged non-payment entered into agreements concern ployment, a wrongful act render procurement regulations are agreements with full knowledge of computer rentals and services ing the lease of computers and ing any agreements or contracts against public policy, and ille that they were in violation of pro has taken an interesting twist. their maintenance for both the void and unenforceable. gal,” read the counterclaim. curement laws. The A G ’s Office turned around AG’s Capitol Hill and Civic Cen “Any alleged agreements re In addition, it claimed the plain “Therefore, defendants are en- and filed a counterclaim for all its ter, Susupe offices beginning Sep quiring the expenditure of public tiff did not act in good faith in continued on page 26 earlier payments saying the com tember 23, 1988 and February 15, puter rental agreement with Pa 1989. cific Data Systems, Ltd. was void But after the goods were deliv ab initio , meaning it was invalid ered and the services were dili from the start. gently performed, plaintiff said The reason - because such an the AG failed to make any pay By Rafael H. Arroyo Forgery, which entails the act. pa^ an additional S440.as res agreement is said to have violated ments of monthly fees agreed of intentionally defrauding some titution for the government. government procurement regula upon under the lease. FORMER Community and one, is a violation of· 6 CM C § The court order would also tions. The complaint further stated Cultural Affairs Director Jesus 1701, carries a maximum penalty prevent him from being em Pacific Data sued the AG’s that despite repeated demands for B. Pangelinan was sentenced of five years imprisonment, ployed in government again. Office before the US District payment, the payments still did to three years incarceration at Pangelinan was given a two Pangelinan was arrested last Court last September for breach not come. the Department of Corrections year suspended sentence as.part December 17 on the charge of contract after the latter alleg But according to a counterclaim after he earlier pleaded guilty of a plea agreement he entered that he allegedly encashed two edly refused to pay the firm for its filed by Sutton last October 13th, to a forgery charge involving a with government prosecutors government per diem checks services rendered and goods de the alleged agreements entered per diem check issued by gov through his counsel Juan T. issued to Norita and another livered since December 1, 1990. into by Pacific Data with then ernment and payable to a Lizama. DCCA employee. His arrest Damages asked by Pacific Data Attorney General Alex Castro DCCA employe'e. As part of his sentence, came after two months of in is at least $120,171.81. were void ab initio, illegal or in During a sentencing hearing Pangelinan was also ordered to vestigation by authorities. A counterclaim and an answer valid and unenforceable for fail held at the Superior Court pay restitution to.Ned Q. Norita According to the complaint, from Assistant Attorney General ure to comply with CNMI pro Wednesday, Associate Judge in the amount of $1,192.50, the Pangelinan took a government Loren Sutton refuted the firm ’s curement regulations. Marty Taylor gave Pangelinan cash value of the check he alleg check worth $1,192 payable allegations. It further argued that any al a five year prison term, two edly forged. to Norita on August'21, J992. According to a six-page com leged agreements entailing any years of which were suspended. Likewise, he is being made to continued on page 53 plaint filed last September 7th by procurement action between F&C j C. NE\M3$=2aRE|2. ' i - ^ .-»'V.· -■ r - . , . ........................................ 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIPAY-OCTOBER 29,1993 Chinese satellite debris now headed for Pacific ocean By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL the Atlantic. The satellite was circling Earth sphere. “If any of it goes through, it ment loose to be returned to Earth The 24-hour estimate was that at an altitude of 108 miles on will be coming in very fast, at thou on parachutes. When Chinese WASHINGTON (AP) - A two- the satellite would plunge into the Wednesday, just above the invis sands of miles per hour. It will look ground controllers tried to radio ton chunk of metal from an out-of- Pacific between Hawaii and Cen ible line where friction of the thick like a comet coming in low on the commands for that operation to control Chinese satellite will fall tral America at 1:32 p.m. EDT. ening atmosphere would cause the horizon, bright and burning.” the satellite, amalfunctioncaused out of the sky Thursday, probably “It could skip 1,000 miles when craft to plunge toward earth. Its Sources said the satellite did not them to lose control and the into the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. it hits the atmosphere,” said Scott orbit had descended 15 miles from carry any nuclear fuel for power as spacecraft was doomed to crash Space Command, which tracks Johnson, a spokesman for the space the previous day. some long-distance space probes to Earth. space debris, said Wednesday. command. Putting on the brakes at 17,000 do. According to Chinese officials, The satellite was launched at a The falling debris will create a The other part of the satellite, mph will cause the metal to redden the satellite was to conduct scien 57 degree angle, measured frorn with heat and some of it probably tific surveys and weightlessness spectacular light show visible, most smaller and lighter, will not re the equator) into an orbit that would likely, only to ships at sea. will bum away, causing light streaks experiments. enter Earth’s atmosphere until mid- take it over most of the populated Until the last few hours before November. in the sky. It was launched Oct. 8 from the world. It was the 15jh supposedly re-entry, trackers can offer only The Space Command, head Maj. Robert Morris of the Space Jiuquan launch center in the Gobi retrievable satellite launched by the educated guesses. quartered in Colorado, tracks7,200 Command said it is impossible to desert aboard a Chinese Long Until Wednesday, they had pre manmade objects with 26 optical predict the size of the chunk ex March 2C rocket. After 10 days, growing Chinese space program dicted the satellite would fall into and radar sensors worldwide. pected to make it through the atmo the satellite was to kick its expcri- and the first not recovered. M uslim delegation leader says talks going sm oothly By GHAFUR FADYL separtist insurgency in the south like silting on a powder keg. Ev “In principle, the five papers The agreement was never fully ern Philippines. erything is still in a state of in have been accepted by the M N LF implemented. Then President JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The Philippine government stability.” as a frame of reference,” Wirjono Ferdinand Marcos established q Peace talks between a Muslim in delegation led by Manuel T.