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For one year period: Teno Administration NMI spends nearly to extend PR contract dent Lynn Knight was hired to do promotional work for three months beginning Sept. 24 for · $4,500. $1-M for legal help The contract which expires today, Dec. 24th, has been re By Jojo Dass providing legal services to the citizens. newed for the another three Variety News Staff CNMI Civil Service Commission Wiseman, the same records months, officials said. GOVERNMENThasspentnearly (CSC), pending approval by Bud showed, is also involv~d in about According to the documents, $1 million this year for lawyers' get and Finance Special Assistant six other pending litigation re SAG' s job involves, among oth services in resolving various liti Michael Sablan of a CSC request lated to NMHC and two projects ers, preparing press releases and gation and legal questions, includ for an in-house lawyer. - the Koblerville expansion and related work -- tasks allegedly ing those involving housing for David A. Wiseman ranked the sale of some 52 housing units · Lynn Knight duplicating the governor's pub citizens of Freely Associated third, getting $125,000 or $165 at the Sugar King subdivision in lic information office. States, to submerged ancestral an hour excluding expenses, to Garapan. By Jojo Dass Knight is among a handful of lands and telecommunications. represent the commonwealth in a - U.S.-based lawyer Thomas K. Variety News Staff Tenorio's documented consult Highest paid, according to U .S District Court case involving Crowe got $100,000 in retainer's GOVERNORPedroP. Tenorio ants. records from the Division of Pro the U.S. Department of Housing fee to provide legal services for contracted the services of a lo The others are Mike Sablan, curement and Supply, is a Massa Urban Planning, the Northern the government's telecommuni cal public relations firm to boost special ad v"iser for fioance man chusetts-based law firm, Marianas Housing Corp. cations program this year. He is his administration's image, agement, whose contract was Macmeekin and Woodward, (NMHC) and some 20 FAS citi getting anotQer $100,000 next records obtained through a Free again extended up to March which got $312,000forrepresent zens. year. dom of Information request 2000 at $48,000. ing CNMI in an ongoing U.S. The case stemmed from a suit A Virginia-based law firm, the showed. Education consultant Daniel mainland litigation on local claims recently filed in connection with DiMuro, Ginsberg & Lieberman The documents, prepared by H. Nielsen, husband of Finance to ancestral submerged lands. the implementation of a federal got $50,000 to argue a$ I-million the Department of Procurement Secretary Lucy DLG. Nielsen, A local law firm, Eason & law prohibiting extension of fed lawsuit filed against CNMI in the and Supply (DPS) revealed that also got a new contract at Halsell was paid $253,000 for eral housing benefits to non-U.S. Continued on page 33 Sunset Advertising Group Presi- Continued on page 33 . . . Tobacco firms to do some .· Gov't agencies · 'se~king Y2K evidence gathering in NMI reimbursement By Ferdie de la Torre The applicants (firms), Variety News Staff through counsel Robert J. By Haldee V. Eugenio SOME U.S. tobacco companies O'Connor, said the testimony Variety News Staff facing a $700-million lawsuit and documents that they are AT LEAST three government in the Republic of the Marshall seeking to obtain from Deloitte agencies and programs are seek Islands (RMI) want to gather and Woseley are for use in the ing reimbursement for Year 2000 evidence from a private account "American Tobacco" lawsuit (Y2K) compliance of computers ing firm on Saipan to prepare pending in RMI. and embedded systems not funded for their defense at trial. In court papers filed Wednes under the U.S. Department of According to court papers, day in U.S. District Court for the Interior's Y2K budget. Brown and Williamson To NMI, O'Connor said the appli Bob Webb, the governor's spe baccoCorp., Philip Morris Inc., cants have secured from the RMI cial assistant for telecommunica and R.J. Reynold Tobacco Co., High Court an order authorizing tions and chairman of the CNMI sought federal court's order per them to get evidence in the U.S. Y2K Task Force, said the Emer mitting them to take the testi "Applicants do not ask this gency Management Office mony of and obtain documents Court (federal) to ado.pt elabo (EMO), the NMI Retirement Fund from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu rate special procedures for tak and the Commonwealth Ports (Deloitte) and its employee ing testimony 'and obtaining Authority (CPA) have a total of Christopher W oseley. Continued on page 33 $82,000 in reimbursement re quests from the government. "We have other agencies trying to request reimbursement for what IG audit finds Marshalls :: they spent on making their sys tems Y2K compliant; we 're try misused $17M US funds qti ing to help them," said Webb. The NMIRF, for example, was By Giff Johnson The scathing U.S. review of ·' able to make its systems Y2K For the Variety the Majuro-based bank's lend compliant way ahead of sched MAJURO-The Marshall Is ing policies said that political ule, spending about $38,000. lands Development Bank vio influence from and directives The U.S. Interior Department lated the Compact of Free As of the Marshall Islands Cabinet recently appropriated $1.3 mil sociation, U.S. federal and in the late 1980s through the lion for the CNMI to help fund its Marshall Islands laws, and its mid- l 990s caused the bank to Y2K program, but with certain own policies in the use of$17.5 issue numerous loans that could limitations. million in U.S. funds, said a not be collected. The audit is The rnillenn;um bug or Y2K just-released audit by the U.S. one of a series that the U.S. is bug threatens systems run by old Interior Department's Inspec conducting on Marshall Islands One-year-old Ricardo Diaz cries while sitting on the lap of Santa Claus. computer programs which will tor General's office. Confmued on page 42 The entire Christian world celebrates Christmas this weekend. AP Continued on page 42 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 24, 1999 . For current' ear .
sinks in Philippines 0.8M spent on vehicles !' oed that they saw the ferry Commander Franklin Llanto, listing on its left side with no said the ferry's departure was By Jojo Dass $201,600forthe leaseofabout 14 yesterday. be paid at $147,000, while the The Department of Public Attorney General's Office will Safety requested for 11 vehicles lights minutes before it disap delayed three hours after in~ Variety News Staff vehicles for the different depart The Department of Public ments and ageI1cies. Safety is purchasing a 24-vehicle have six worth $44, l 00. aside from the 24 ones itis buy peared into the water. Crew specters found it carried 80 THE GOVERNMENT may be spending some $.8 mil Other vehicle companies tapped package from Triple J Motors The finance department's Rev ing from Triple J. The 11 ve members said they were hesi passengers more than its al lion in vehicle lease and pur are Trans Micronesia Motors, amounting to $187,000, the enue and Taxation will get two hicles will be paid at $130,000. tant to get closer to -the ferry lowed maximum capacity of chases for the current fiscal Triple J Motors and Joeten Mo records also showed. government vehicles to be paid at The Office of the Governor 614. for fear of being smashed into year, records from the Divi tors Company. The Office of the Governor's $14,400. also has about five vehicles to be Gonzales confirmed the de it by large waves, Regoya said. sion of Procurement and Sup According to DPS records, re Special Assistant for Administra Offices which have yet to have paid at $42,900. Reports from Bantayan in lay but declined to comment ply showed. quests for some $327,900 in ve tion wiJI receive three leased cars their requests for vehicles ap The records were obtained dicated strong winds and fog on whether the ship had been The Micro! Corporation got hicle lease expenses has been ap to be paid at $25,500. proved include the Department of through request made by virtue in the area, 300 miles south overloaded, insisting the ferry the chunk of the transactions al proved while about $259,416 The Department of Labor and Public Works, which is asking 10 of the Freedom of Information east of Manila. carried less than its maximum ready closed, receiving some more has remained pending as of Immigration will receive five, to vehicles at $70,600. Act. Regoya told the Coast Guard capacity when it left. the ferry's third mate - "We will never sail if we are Warlito Sobreo, who was overloaded," Gonzales said. Japan departures seen to among the survivors - said a Mercado said at least three big wave swamped the ferry, Philippine navy ships were peak around January 1st helping in the search and res· knocking out the ship's lights. By Haidee V. Eugenio holiday season compared to last Sobreo said the crew dis cue. Variety News Staff year. tributed life vests and imme Ferries are the main form of PEAK OVERSEAS departures JTB package tours also have diately launched life rafts, transportation among the Phil among Japanese tourists have more departures than last year •• sy'OOAf oass >.•. · > · •• WiIB~6 resfgrfd$1.F~11~~~ loading them first with chil ippines' more than 7,000 is changed towards the end of 1999 on Jan. 3 (106 percent), Jan. 4 dren. lands, but overcrowding and and the beginning of year 2000 (148 percent), and Jan. 5 (137
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Regoya said the John Dex accidents are common. compared to previous years due percent). ~'" - "'""' U! ...., ··············•tiw~··:~v;~rt1~r~•pr9m9-i .:P.r SPUW!Ck'o/~S si,gii.~ fY ter suspended rescue and In the world's worst peace to the Mi11ennium celebration "It appears that many, unable \9 prQmQt~ !ti¢ N&itli~m········:•.· . ····· J~t 9'fflpii;Js ll11d ~Pel1£$U reps• sought shelternear a small isle time. shipping disaster, the and Japan government's new to take time off at the year-end/ ~!!#ij~:il~pi; %'S?#P!i~tp }. .·• rese9tativt?, ~nin~ Q.lcam9to.... holiday policy called "Happy New Year period because of off Panay island west of Cebu Dona Paz ferry collided with Monday." coping with the Y2K problem, a tanker on Dec. 20, 1987, because of big waves. Bookings with the Japan are taking their holidays early in ~~;i:WJ~if{i killing 4,341. :-i!ril ..... Rescuers bring to shore passengers of the 111-fated MV Trans Asia South Korea following the ship's sinking A Nepalese· student, Gurung Travel Bureau (JTB ), which also the New Year," said JTB. off Bantayan Island, off Cebu city in central Philippines Thursday. At least 591 of the 606 passengers and Sundip, said 12 ofhis class In October 1988, 250 people operates in the CNMI, indicate JTB also said this growth in •1tt~1;;~;~l~il·•········:t :,•.•::·······&-~Ji;)d~~ials.saiqMVA 52 crewmen were rescued but dozens of people were still missing. AP mates at the Cebu Doctors were killed in the sinking of the that the peak dates for depar the number of departures during tig~~1r~c11gV{i¥1i~~{~Pf1'1(\i1t / •·.••··· mayJike~ise opt ·to renew a College boarded the ferry, and Dona Marilyn. In September last tures are on Dec. 30, 1999, fol the first few weeks of Year 2000 :Jfijs; d9c:pffiffil:S~R. ~P?'r'~L> · ·· ~60,paoco11trlltit\Vitll J.ALwhich CEBU, Philippines (AP) - operator Antonio Regoya of of central Cebu island, said there was no word about them. year, the Princess of the Orient lowed by Dec. 29, and then Jan. is also attributed to the ~G6rdf(rom @e Piyis,i/:inbf .•·· was paid the amountfromMarch <. · ·.·.· · · ·•·•· .. ···.,,• < •· ··•··•· ·.·· ·· ·, ....• toSeptemberthisyearforainno A ferry carrying more than 600 the Roble Shipping Lines in Defense Secretary Orlando The group, eight women and sankwith505peopleaboard,leav 3, 2000. government's plan to increase ~~rrtefi~i1.$#pi:,.JY(.b1'S} passengers and crew members fopev,,:- · ~th&sia;iii,.; v.ideo depicting ; Cebu City, which was in con Mercado. four men, were planning to ing at least 150 people dead or "It is most unusual for Jan. 3 the number of holidays that fall ~tP'Y~.q41af@{M';J\.is t1cl Jvt\Manag~ .. an i11-flight sank before dawn yesterday Jonji Gonzales, a spokesman on Mondays, known within Ja ingitstonll'~t'1'ith Pents\! Int;; :•·ingr>ir¢¢tor PercyJ6hnTenorio, celebrity·golflessonin a CNMI tact with the cargo vessel. The vacation in the island resort of missing. All three ships were to become the third most popu for Trans-Asia Shipping i lar date," said JTB, adding that pan as "Happy Monday" initia thjsye:ar for ti $2ff million ad~ (iov;Pe{!ro Po Tenorio 's son, in a golf course.. Estimates placed the in the central Philippines, kill body of a woman also was re Boracay, north of Iloilo. owned by the Cebu-based ing at least one person. covered. Lines, which owns the ferry, last year, the top three departure tive. This will be the first time ye~i~i?i{ f:m1I>;ti!¥l,. pii. t<:lff ?t letter to DPS. number of people who have seen The local Coast Guard chief, Sulpicio Lines. i A passing cargo ship, MV The MV Asia South Korea said it carried 606 passengers, dates were the 30th, the 29th Japan government is implement the $l;9\ miUi9q I WASHINGTON (AP)-Clinton 1999 to Jan. 3, 2000, as a result the period from Jan. 8 to 10 a ···mascot,has)been a'''sUc:cessC ...... · •··c:i:in.·..·.·~.·.· ...· ... 5t····· pn.•... th.:.:·:.i.ll pre.·.•..•.. Inl.·..· .. ·.• se. •.·.· .·. •.··.·.. a.· tely ayailable goyerpment d.ata I administration officials need look of a lower projection for overall long weekend, and more condu <;'.~~ S~pl4i.¢l!l,)?B~II 1{ ...... AB;ordj111i t{) ~orgs, .. Qe11tsu Oil revenues generated from the I no further than their own foreign Japanese overseas travelers this cive for overseas travel. lieipgme(v,,ij¥~tsu5pt::~!JIJdr will :ictfuillrl:>e lr ' 4· FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 24, 1999 For current' ear I sinks in Philippines ---.-0.SM spent on vehicles ! oed that they saw the ferry Commander Franklin Llanto, The Department of Public listing on its left side with no said the ferry's departure was By Jojo Dass $201,600 for the lease ofabout 14 yesterday. be paid at $147,000, while the vehicles for the different depart The Department of Public Attorney General's Office will Safety requested for 11 ·vehicles lights minutes before it disap delayed three hours after in~ Variety News Staff THE GOVERNMENT may ments and ager1cies. Safety is purchasing a 24-vehicle have six worth $44,100. aside from the 24 ones it is buy p;ared into the water. Crew spec tors found it carried 80 package from Triple J Motors The finance department's Rev ing from Triple J. The 11 ve passengers more than its al be spending some $.8 mil Other vehicle companies tapped members said they were hesi are Trans Micronesia Motors, amounting to $187,000, the enue and Taxation will get two hicles will be paid at $130,000. lowed maximum capacity of lion in vehicle lease and pur tant to get closer to ·the ferry chases for the current fiscal Triple J Motors and Joeten Mo records also showed. government vehicles to be paid at The Office of the Governor 614. for fear of being smashed into year, records from the Divi tors Company. The Office of the Governor's $14,400. also has about five vehicles to be Gonzales confirmed the de it by large waves, Regoya said. sion of Procurement and Sup According to DPS records, re Special Assistant for Administra Offices which have yet to have paid at $42,900. Reports from Bantayan in lay but declined to comment ply showed. quests for some $327,900 in ve tion will receive three leased cars their requests for vehicles ap The records were obtained dicated strong winds and fog on whether the ship had been The Micro! Corporation got hicle lease expenses has been ap to be paid at $25,500. proved include the Department of through request made by virtue in the area, 300 miles south overloaded, insisting the ferry the chunk of the transactions al proved while about $259,416 The Department of Labor and Public Works, which is asking I 0 of the Freedom of Infonnation east of Manila. carried less than its maximum ready closed, receiving some more has remained pending as of Immigration will receive five, to vehicles at $70,600. Act. Regoya told the Coast Guard capacity when it left. the ferry's third mate - "We will never sail ifwe are Warlito Sobreo, who was overloaded," Gonzales said. Japan departures seen to among the survivors - said a Mercado said at least three big wave swamped the ferry, Philippine navy ships were peak around January 1st helping in the search and res knocking out the ship's lights. · By Haidee V. Eugenio holiday season compared to last Sobreo said the crew dis cue. Variety News Staff year. tributed life vests and imme Ferries are the main form of PEAK OVERSEAS departures JTB package tours also have diately launched life rafts, transportation among the Phil among Japanese tourists have more departures than last year > ~itll ~e rM{df tji¢ ~~,] ni1ij~~; loading them first with chil ippines' more than 7,000 is changed towards the end of 1999 on Jan. 3 ( 106 percent), Jan. 4 •·•·•···• gojrgfaajyertisi~g ~ngprotiigf dren. lands, but overcrowding and and the beginning of year 2000 (148 percent), and Jan. 5 (137 •.•.••.••• /tio.nal@S~ in.Japan(//.<( •.. \ Regoya said the John Dex accidents are common. compared to previous years due percent). •·••.•• .• • .. 'The contract .was signed by ter suspended rescue and In the world's worst peace to the Millennium celebration "It appears that many, unable l~a!pff'if~~ !IJ'lgli pe11~11 rep and Japan government's new to take time off at the year-end/ >•··· resentlitive)ShiniqQ~tlloto, . sought shelter near a small isle time shipping disaster, the 1111, . Ilellts? 'I'okyo Acc9unt holiday policy called "Happy New Year period because of §ptajp#q•• )pt ) "1?· off Panay island west of Cebu Dona Paz ferry collided with t~pr~) ~!'?fu!M Monday." coping with the Y2K problem, ~*~PW9f i ········. ~µqiii:\¢Ji + ··· ..... i~~ ~al)~~~we11t .• 1?I~isi9nIO because of big waves. a tanker on Dec. 20, 1987, Bookings with the Japan are taking their holidays early in •• •·•· holds. tjffice atS\iLukeis Tov.er A Nepalese· student, Gurun~ killing 4,34 I. Rescuers bring to shore passengers of the ill-fated MV Trans Asia South Korea following the ship's sinking Travel Bureau (1TB), which also the New Year," said JTB. < 8-l•inTokyo, .. ·••· ••••·······••••·• •••····· off Bantayan Island, off Cebu city in central Philippines Thursday. At least 591 of the 606 passengers and Sundip, said 12 of his class In October 1988, 250 people operates in the CNMI, indicate JTB also said this growth in !i!la1&i1~ \ <·· ... Nfeaptime,qffic~sfaid·M-YA 52 crewmen were rescued but dozens of people were still missing. AP mates at the Cebu Doctors were killed in the sinking of the that the peak dates for depar the number of departures during tipµ~tJl~fµp with th¢ HtpanAir:. .· ·· mayJikewise opfto renew a College boarded the ferry, and Dona Marilyn. In September last tures are on Dec. 30, 1999, fol the first few weeks of Year 2000 1 0 0 0 • $60,000c611trat:,t:withJ~which CEBU, Philippines (AP) - operator Antonio Regoya of of central Cebu island, said there was no word about them. year, the Princess of the Orient lowed by Dec. 29, and then Jan. is also attributed to the ·...•.. ..• ·.·.i···ne···Re·.·.·.·.·.•.. ·.···.•.. s··.•.· .. ·co·.·.•.• .. •.. d.·.·.·.·•.r·• ...•.•• ..· ...U;> A•.cu.•.•·.~··.···.•.•.•.. •.•fin ...··.·.rom·.·· .. ·.•·.... en.. ··.. ·.··.•.·.. .•••.t.· .•...s········th·· ..·•.·.a1.: ..·e•.·.' .. ...· s·····n·. .·.. •.••.·1·.·.·.sh··."···.·•.·••...·.. ·,·.. ·. .s·.··.··1~.·.•..o·.• .. •.•.ned .•.•.•... ·.·o· .. •.·.··•.f• .. •... ••. · · .. •••PefrfJTifhorid · • ••;....: ·· · ··• · • • • •• · . . waspaidtheamountfromMarch A ferry carrying more than 600 the Roble Shipping Lines in Defense Secretary Orlando ~rocllieiriettt@4§µpply(DPS( ·· ····· ·····.······. ········ · ···· ··· ···········.·•·.·· ···· ···· · The group, eight women and sank with 505 people aboard, leav 3, 2000. government's plan to increase •fo S~ptein¥rthisyear forairing passengers and crew members Cebu City, which was in con CIJthu.siaim,:JJd•~i_·Mllllag~ an in-flight \(ideo depicting. a Mercado. four men, were planning to ing at least 150 people dead or "It is most unusual for Jan. 3 the number of holidays that fall •showeclili~r tlieMVAisrenew~ sank before dawn yesterday tact with the cargo vessel. The Jonji Gonzales, a spokesman to become the third most popu on Mondays, known within Ja {iig itsporitract'\VithbentsuJiic. .. ing I)i.iet;tor Peqy John Tenorio, celebritygolflesson in a CNMI vacation in the island resort of missing. All three ships were in the central Philippines, kill body of a woman also was re for Trans-Asia Shipping lar date," said JTB, adding that pan as "Happy Monday" initia ff1is yei.ir fqf a.$2;] t'Jlillioha,d-< •··Gov.Pedro P,Teriorio's son., in a golfcourse. Estimates placed the Boracay, north of Iloilo. owned by the Cebu-based ing at least one person. covered. Lines, which owns the ferry, last year, the top three departure tive. This will be the first time y~11isirig i::;up.pal~ ?11 (op of l~r to DPS. .. number of people who have seen The local Coast Guard chief, Sulpicio Lines. . the video at some 7.2 million A passing cargo ship, MV The MV Asia South Korea said it carried 606 passengers, dates were the 30th, the 29th Japan government is implement J!}7 fJ;9 million al;yaqyj~- •· . '.'A.long with the improving fqr fiscaly~J999for ·• Japanese ~onomy, MVA .. be~ passengers. in dolllestic and in- John Dexter, rescued 200 left central C.ebu City for Iloilo many heading home for the and the 31st. ing this travel initiative. ~µcl~d. Japan remains to be the Moreover, JTB said the holi th~)~e liyves.tliatthe Saipan~aca1I1paigri ·. temati011al JAL flighK people, but there was no im City late Wednesday and sank holidays. Mercado said the purpose. ·.·.· ·...... Some blame terror CNMI's prime tourism market. day to mark "attaining the age . Tfieifyiy~; still a. AS SOME of the Variety's own nificantdamage to the CNMI. The to be included on your staff's garment industry articles have reflected over a num Variety has reported the many "Thanksgiving" lisc. We believe, ber of years, an intensive public reform efforts initiated by the however, that those who follow LET ME see if I got this right: a federal takeover. relations effort was and still is Saipan garment industry: More to the flow of government revenue When David North gave public Not one person running for of being waged against the CNMI. the point, the problems drawing through your articles will find information about the Saipan vis fice-Republican, Democrat or Give peace a chance I tis unfortunate that some state the attention of Washington and some reason to appreciate our in its of pro-gannent U.S. Republi Reform-criticized the garmenl side media, several years ago re the media were never much con dustry and its contributions to the can congressmen and their staff industry for its· influence on local DECEMBER 25. It is a day when everyone wishes everybody ferred to the CNMI as "islands of cerned with the garment industry CNMI through tough economic to their U.S. Democratic oppo politics. Not one. Most accepted slaves," and that various media abus(; of personnel and human times. well. A time when feuding friends and family cross paths for nents, qur CNMI leaders howled! every contribution from the gar have depicted the CNMI as the rights, bu ton the complaints about One lawmaker even said he was ment industry given directly or in the biggest barbecue of the year, the most joyous of all get "land of sweatshops and imported "unfair" competition, as ampli RICHARD A. PIERCE going to conduct a witch hunt for directly through their respective togethers. A when former enemies set aside grudges. slaves." Saying things like that fied by Congressman Miller and Executive Director "local" conn·ections. Now we see parties. No questions were asked. In the face of the never-ending difficulties, the people of the doesn't make them true though, the U.S. labor unions. Saipan Garment people directly or indirectly rep Frankly. I don 'tunderstand why CNMI have reason to remain optimistic-they see the end of even if some official can be quoted "Sweatshops" to a lot of U.S. Manufacturers Association resenting garment U.S. Rep. Tom our speaker is so indignant. Ev a trying century and the dawn of a new millennium. in connection with them. media personnel apparently de Delay actually interfering with eryone knows the garment indus The promise of a better life beckons. The path ahead, how Do our garment factories actu fines nearly any factory operation The Variety replies: the CNMI House's selection of try took control of our politics ally keep slaves? The Variety has these days, making this a fairly ever. is no doubt difficult. its speaker and the only one who while the 9th, I 0th and I I th Leg never reported any such thing, meaningless statement, although Finally, someone from the in Problems continue to confront us. We see meager tourist seems to be howling is our present islatures stood by cheering and but it is always quick to reprint the Department of Labor which dustry who doesn't want to be on paying for lobbyists. Why arrivals and less revenues. Government continues to be bugged speaker! any such assertions from any quar inspects our factories actually has the list that includes siopao, What is more harmful to the shouldn't it select the next by a burgeoning deficit, and ever-rising expenditures. ter, howeverold, even ifthey know a well-established definition. siomai and pampers. CNMI-disseminating pub! ic in speaker? Businesses no longer see the kind of profits they saw in the from their own personal experi DOL has described nearly two Mr. Pierce, in any case, was formation or interfering in local Next month when the 12th boom of the early 90s. Everyone continues to feel the pinch ence that they aren't true. thirds of the Los Angeles garment apparently referring to the "un politics at the House of Represen opens, let's check out the brought about by the regional economic turmoil. People who The fact of the matter is that most industry as sweatshop riddled. proven allegations" and "propa tative level? Legislature's parking lot for new used to benefit from the fruits of a booming economy now find of the hysterical coverage has died A recent communication we ganda" published or aired by na The garment industry is safe cars. Perhaps we 'II learn that it's tional media outfits-which in themselves jobless and helpless. away as more parties have learned received from a stateside attor with any of our elected represen not only some voters who expect about the reality of the CNMI and ney, not involved in any of our cludes his favorite U.S. newspa With most of us frustrated with the way life in the Marianas tatives as speaker. We are not to get paid for their votes. but Zaldy Dandan the Office of Insular Affairs shut current litigation said this, "We per, the Washington Times going to see the minimum wage some of our elected representa is becoming, we tend to blame each other for the problems we down its "blame the CNMI bu know the Saipan garment indus whose journalism standards are raised or a tax raise for the gar tives, too! are faced with. reau." A number of the allegations try isn't perfect, but the fact is that so exacting they tend to exasper ment industry during the 12th The rat race intensifies. More conflicts arise and divisions that led to the "slavery" statements you are making a more concen ate their own reporters. No, Mr. Legislature. Heinz Hofschneider KENNETH L. GOVENDO • Variations in the first place were proven false, trated effort to address labor stan Pierce, we simply cannot just ig among people get wider. is not going to lead the charge for Dandan, Saipan Much of the hostility can be reflected in the way our leaders and refonns that were already well dards issues than any producers' nore and not report these news have engaged temselves in their own conflicts, political or underway by the time those state organization in the world. You'll articles and broadcasts that could ments were made have undermined be interested to know, by the way, affect the lives of the people of otherwise. There is so much bickering in government and this Blood, water and the any basis for their continued recy that several people at the San Fran these islands, who are our read has taken focus away from the real problems of the people Of men and women cling in the media. cisco conference told me that they ers. Incidentally, our not report next House speaker including the continuing decline in the standard of living for Gannent firms are by far the thought Saipan may be the ing them would not make them go the average Chamolinian. biggest sector of employment in cleanest place in the world right away. THIS is.regarding the Variety's I cannot say who Mr. Mendiola I DON'T like to shop, even during this holiday short messages to other people. A woman can visit an Life is becoming harder and harder, and if our leaders· focus the CNMI, but they never gener now, from a·labor standards per The garment industry is mak Dec. 15 report that Speaker Di will support for speaker. but I season. Not only because I've to pay with my own old friend for two weeks, come home, call the same ated the gross complaints referred spective. I wouldn't testify to that ing significant contributions to ego T. Benavente might send the know he knows what is best for continue to be politics instead of livelihood programs for the money. but because the experience bores me. Don't friend that night and talk for three hours. to in the media compared to say, in a court of law, but this is the the CNMI government coffers House sergeant-at-anus and the Rota. people, the quality of life would continue to deteriorate and the get me wrong. I also dislike shoplifting; spending Handwriti'iig. Men chicken-scratch. Women use the security guard business. I re reaction of people who are actu through these tough economic police force to look for Rep. Alejo Nevertheless, I can say ·that the pursuit of prosperity would become more daunting. time in jail may be less dull, but it could be too much scented, colored stationery and they dot their i's with ally don't see why the Variety ally doing the monitoring." times? The same government that M. Mendiola, who had been ab way Rep. Heinz Hofschneider The more elected leaders continue to put their strength and of an excitement, particularly if another prison riot circles and hearts. It is a royal pain to read a note from would want to keep alive the worst Unlike recent letters to the edi allows the industry to ship duty sent during the previous sessions. treated then Northern Marianas attention to their fight for turf and power, the more Tan Maria occurs. a woman. Even when she is dumping you, she'll put unproven allegations and propa tor writers who were treated so free garment products to the U.S. College President Agnes At the risk of having someone send this column to a smiley face at the end of the note. Why can't we realize that Mr. and Tan Pedro's needs inevitably get cast aside. The more ganda-nearly all directed toward badly, the Saipan Gannent Manu valued at $1 billion by Washing Gloria Steinem and the NOW, I should admit that I Admitting mistakes. Women will sometimes ad Mendiola may have valid reasons Manglona McPhetres may affect leaders look after their own vested interests, the more they our industry-that have done s_ig- facturers Association isn't asking ton, D.C.?--eds. think it's a man thing, this attitude I have vis a vis mit a mistake. Men-well, not even Custer admitted for his absence, like availability this issue. overlook concerns about health care and education, federal shopping. I base this observation on the several he was wrong. of transportation, health or family Nothing came out of the over relations and the level of social services. The people's longing informal interviews I've had with women, some of Mustaches. Some men look good in it. A woman matters? sight hearings, just heartaches for Confused over oversight hearing Why pick on Mr. Mendiola and Mrs. McPhetres who built and for better government continues and what better time to knock whom swear that shopping could even be therapeu with a mustache is a man. House Minority Leader Dino guided the college to prosperity. on our leaders' hearts and senses than now. tic. But that's probably because they're using their WILL someone kindly explain to the authorities and members that capital improvement projects *** Jones? Mrs. McPhetres is related to As Christmas dawns upon us, we yearn for the silencing of husband's American Express. Speaking of a woman who is a man, there was this me the result of the oversight in of the Senate? If that is the are matched through local rev It would just embolden them to Reps. Alejo Manglona Mendiola In any case, I've seen how a woman would go to a anxious husband from Bountiful, Utah who filed a vestigation on Mrs. Agnes case, then it's sad to know enues? If this is the case, are Rota political cannons, for our leaders to set aside their differences rebel. and Oscar Manglona Babauta. boutique in a mall, try on an entire inventory of, say, missing-person report only to learn from the police McPhetres conducted by Rep. that people like myself are the and Tinian generating enough and promote peace and goodwill. .• Anyway, capital improvement Blood is thicker than water. shoes, ponder, ask for the price, ponder again and that the "wife" was a man, and that "she" was in jail Heinz Hofschneider? I am so con only ones who are vulnerable funds to match all those projects Even for just this single day, let us all reflect on how we can projects (CIPs) should not be wear every single pair again-a process she will for using 33 credit cards fraudulently obtained. fused. to the eyes of justice. that they want to place on their · improve ourselves for qthers. instead of trying to out-smart rushed and not considered over JESUS M. TAISACAN repeat in all the shoe stores within a 4-mile radius. At In a July 1995 report, the Washington Post said the I had been following this Otherwise, Mrs. McPhetres is islands? Or, are we here on Saipan night. Rota and outperform one another. the end of the day, she might end up buying a pair. husband would not believe the police until he was case and was looking forward entitled to an apology from Mr. subsidizing them? If so, don't you Let us all reach out for one another's hand in friendship, In contra.st, I usually try a pair or two of, say, Nike shown, uh, damaging evidence. It turned out that the for her prosecution only to Hofschneider and the public think the lawmakers are breaking regardless of political affiliation. It is time for enemies to running shoes, pay for the one I chose and leave. I use, husband never saw his "wife" naked during their3 1/ learn that she has been receiv should get a report on the matter. the law? Helloooooo? become friends and for friends and family to become closer. more or less, the same "method" when buying shirts, 2-year marriage. ''I feel pretty stupid," the stupid ing all sorts of awards. ls there After all, public funds have been Only if we let peace reign in our hearts this Christmas can we pants and groceries. Which, of course, appalls the man told the Ogden Standard Examiner. a ;over-up because of her af spent and wasted. EDWARDO K. PETER JR. see hope for a more peaceful, more united and stronger NMI women in our family. They describe my "shopping Ever helpful, the Post came up with the following filiation and or relations with On another matter, is it not true Garapan, Saipan community, for the new millennium. habits"with terms used by Imperial China when speak tips on how to tell whether your wife is a man: ing about Europeans, who were called "barbarians." 10. The toilet seat is always up. Happy holidays. I've been doing some research regarding this is 9. She tapes ''Baywatch." sue, which led to my discovery of the following other 8. She can recite the infield fly rule. But what's A Christmas message "differences" between men and women as compiled really suspicious is that when she doubles to left she AS THE birth of our Lord and our Lord's first coming to earth, it basic guide on how to be real by the New York Times News Service: always adjusts her cup. Savior Jesus Christ draws near. I benefit us in many ways. forgiving Christian. It teach us Laundry. Women do it every other day. Men, 7. After sex, she immediately falls asleep. strongly feel to share this Christ His teachings help us strengthen the "beatitudes" that come from a every eight years. Men expect to meet beautiful 6. She doesn't bitch when you give her a drill press mas message to the world. our faith in him so we can build a Latin word meaning "'to be happy" women at the laundromat. This is a myth. for her birthday. It does not matter where we very strong character that will help or "to be blessed." Plants. A woman asks a man to water her plants 5. You realize you've never had control of the came from or what we, struggling us be happy and approach perfec Regarding the so-called "'Sec while she is on vacation. The man waters the plants remote. Christians, profess to believe tion. Are we not called the most ond Coming to Earth." I firn1ly everyday. The woman comes home to an apartment 4. She blows her nose in the shower. about the very purpose of Christ's blessed generation of sons and believe that people should not be Rafael H. Arroyo Editor full of dead plants. No one knows why this happens. Zaldy Dandan Associate Editor 3. She feels sorry for President Clinton. binh and public ministry. What daughters of God as we truly in afraid about it. All Jesus Christ Cheerleaders. Female cheerleaders are sexy, cute, hlll-P.-O.-B-ox_2_3_1.-S-aip_a_n_M_P-96~9-50_-0_2_31------;-:M~em~b-er-of___ _ 2. You can never open the ketchup bottle after she matter is how we give utmost corporate the purpose of Christ's asks us to do is to be more peaceful. fresh. Male cheerleaders are scary. Tel. (6701234~41/75781979719272 The Associated Press (APJ closes it. value to his teachings about peace, birth and his teachings into our forgiving and charitable no matter MEMBER SINCE 11M Sex. Women prefer 30 to 45 minutes of foreplay. Fax: (670) 234-9271 I. When you say: "I just can't decide whether the forgiveness and charity and how daily life? what the consequences may be. © 1999, Marianas Variety NATIONAL Men prefer 30 to 45 seconds. Men consider driving valances should be the same shade as the curtains or NEWSPAPER In the book of Matthew, chap we live with it. When we tend to PAT MAURICIO All Rights Reserved 0 ASSOCIATION back to her place as part of foreplay. a sort of teal-which would you choose?" She an meditate more and more about ter 5 verses 1-12, we will find the Telephone. Men use the phone to communicate swers: "Sure honey." San Antonio, Saipan 8-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY - DECEMBER 24, 1999 MICRONESIA Manglona issues restitution ruling FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, I 999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-9 ; No conflict for ·ola in poll suit I By Ferdie de la Torre dered to pay restitution. persons, houses, and belongings Court in CNMI vs Mitchell 1995 !' Variety News Staff The government, through the against crime shall be recognized case, addressed a similar issue in By Ferdie de la Torre the Senate concerning the ing that the Board is a govern SUPERIOR Court Associate Attorney General's Office, sub at sentencing. Restitution to the an assault and battery criminal Variety News Staff Board of Elections that would ment entity of the CNMI. Judge John A. Manglona yester mitted the following amounts to crime victim shall be a condition prosecution. THE SUPERIOR Court yester create a conflict between Lizama in his order said the day ruled that a statute does not be paid: $102.18 for lost wages of probation and parole except The high tribunal's analysis, the day junked the argument of As Arriola's clients and further, language of the ABA Model require a defendant to make a and overtime and $438.81 for upon a showing of compelling judge pointed out, indicates that sistant Attorney General Rob there has been no showing that Rules of Professional Conduct restitution to a third party. other medical expenses. interest." · the right to restitution under the ert Goldberg that Saipan lawyer either of the parties in this sets forth the factors to be con than a victim of crime. . Luo's employer paid the medi Manglona said the plain mean law applies only to victims of Joseph A. Arriola should be dis case are members of the Sen sidered when determining Manglona resolved the issue on cal expenses incurred as a result ing of the statute clearly indicates crime. qualified for conflict of interest ate," Lizama said. whether there is a conflict of restitution in connection with a of Luo 's injuries. that a crime victim has a constitu Manglona said the Supreme traffic case against Stewart Saburo Saburo, through counsel Assis tional right to restitution from a Court, however, acknowledged in the lawsuit against the Board Thus, Arriola is not represent interest involved in an attorney's that happert~d during Christmas tant Public I)efender Robert T. defendant. that a statute enacted in 1983 that of Elections. ing a client in direct conflict representation of a particular Day of 1998. Torres, objecied to the restitution Manglona said the question then pre-dates Article.I Section II, ex Associate Judge Juan T. with another client, said the client. Lizama said although the record judge, adding that there has been Applying the language to this Manglona ordered that Saburo Judge John A. Manglona to Luo's employer, contending turns to whether the term "crime tends restitution orders to any in no showing of an apparent con cas·e, Lizama pointed out, shall not be compelled to make that the defendant was not re,. victim" encompasses both direct jured person caused by the acts of establishes that Arriola has an attorney-client relationship with flict between the lawyer's re Joseph A. Arriola Arriola does not have a conflict restitution to the victim's em with a companion near the Chalan quired under NMI Constitution to and indirect victims of crime. a defendant. Juan T. Lizama the Senate, it however, does not spective clients. of interest in representing ployerfor medical expenses paid. Lau Lau area in the early morn make restitution to a third party. · Citing the legislative history on show that his representation of Taisacan, a write-in candidate, Taisacan in the matter. In Saburo's case, the judge ing hours on Christmas Day of Torres asserted that thl': Consti such statute for guidance, adverse to the Senate. Rota representative race during Clinic:Medicines challenged the Board's final re Noting that the Senate rema'ins pointed out, defendant was ad 1998. tution limits restitution only to Manglona said, in sum the com plaintiff Juanita M. Taisacan "There has been no showing the November polls. against the Board is directly sults for the Board of Education silent, the judge said, the court judged guilty of offenses under The court found Saburo guilty those amounts actually paid by mittee on personal rights and natu · came in before of pending legislation before Gold berg, on behalf of the Board of Elections, said a re cannot disqualify Arriola at this Title 9, which sets forth the penal for driving under the influence of the victim. ral resources substantial changes I. ·ban took effect · (, time for any potential future con ties for vehicle code violations. alcohol or drugs and the Open Because the victim's employer to the original delegate proposals cent court decision ruled that f::. flicts that may arise from his Title 9, Manglona said. has no Container Act. He was sentenced paid the medical expenses, Torres and the Second Constitutional Arriola' s representation of the By Haldee V. Eugenio Study: Parents, teachers satisfied Senate creates an actual con representing private clients similar provision authorizing res to 90 days imprisonment, all sus contended, Saburo is not required Convention's further amendme~ts Variety News Staff flict in his representation of against other entities of the gov titution to third parties. pended, for a period of one year to make restitution to the em suggest that the statute requires THE OWNER of one of the two private clients against the gov ernment. Court records showed that while and was also ordered to pay a ployer. restitution only to direct victims with education NMI provides kids Garapan-based acupuncture clin .. The solution to the problems Saburo was driving his Izuzu pick fine. Article I, Section Il of the NMI for the costs that they have in ernment. ics raided and closed down early By Marian A. Maraya tary and high school) in the Public As a group, special education Goldberg in the motion to dis and conflicts that may arise from up on Middle Road he struck Gui Defendant was placed on pro Constitution states: "The right of curred and paid as a result of crime. last week disclosed yesterday the Variety News Staff School System (PSS). teachers also•found their sup qualify Arriola argued that in this practice lies with the Com Hua Luo who crossed the road bation· for one year and was or- the people to be secure in their Manglona said the Supreme violations stemmed from selling ARECENTLY completed study The survey also involved the ports to be most effective. the Taisacan case, plaintiff is monwealth Senate, Arriola's antibiotics and Chinese herbal commissioned by the CNMI participation of regular and special Secondary teachers were least suing the government consider- employer," Lizama said. medicines, but most of them were Governor's Developmental Dis education teachers (elem. and high satisfied with their supports. brought in before the passage of abilities Council (GDDC) re school) who are also under PSS. The study, however, showed Public Law 11-40 late last year. veals that both parents and teach Across all measures, parents of that less than 5Opercent of teach '}Vl.erry Xia Fugang, owner and acu ers are satisfied with education elementary children expressed ers engage in collaborative ac e puncturist of the Chinese Acu activities being provided for stu high levels of satisfaction with tivities in a regular basis. puncture Clinic, also admitted it dents in the CNMI. the school climate, school pro The collaborative activities violated the law by performing Such was the conclusion grams, and their partnerships with being described include student non-acupuncture related services, reached by Barbra LeRoy who teachers and administrators, the planning, materials develop B,it.e Japan. including minor surgeries. did a study for the Development study showed. ment, Co-teaching, student The businessman said all the Disabilities Institute, Wayne Uni Further, teachers rated supports evaluation, behavior manage antibiotics and some of the herbal versity in Michigan, and who con as effective and rated themselves ment, curriculum accom. , in CHRISTMAS DINNER BUFFET medicine entered the CNMI last l ducted a local parent and educator as component in all collaborative structional formats, and partner year, before the passage of the I, survey on the perception of inclu and promising practices. ship development. DATE 0ECEMBER24 said law, otherwise known as the sive education in the CNMI. In general, all teachers found sup Only in terms of percentage of Pure Food, Drug, Cosmetic and The study was designed to port providers - Principal, Special teachers who were engaged in TIME 18:30 PM - 22:00 PM Device Act. gather information and data from Education (SE) administrator, SE collaborative activities were the He pointed out that while the parents of children with disabili building staff, paraprofessional, par ratings relatively low, survey re- PRICE ADULT $25 CHILD $10 clinic did not try to smuggle the ,. ties attending school (elemen- ents - to be effective. Contmued on page 37 prohibited medicine, some of I 1.: PLEASE MAKE YOUR BOOK.ING NOW! them were able to pass through inspections at the airport. He said he last brought in herbal medicine 2apanese :J7ooa & Teppan 'Yaki 1{g,st - A.01 ... from China on Nov. I 0. Despiteaknowledgeofthe pro hibitions early this year, Fugang said he continued to sell antibiot ""'' \ SUSHI , \ ics and herbal medicine because ~:..·· ~ of the patients' demand. "I feel sorry for my patients c.~ ·T:E'lvt{P'll'R.'..4 . ~ c.~ now that they closed my clinic. 0 But I cooperate with the govern l,;.. '\.. ~ ~ gu· ·Kl.YAK·;1 ment, with DPH," Fu gang said in !,..~]·····1 } . ;,,\}>l. .) .• -"r - <..:'.'l},., ) , .. I ....i' , Tl . .)·l' > ,,. ~ · an interview. He added that since the opening of the clinic in 1991, FLYING BREEDER'S patients visited his clinics some IPEINS PIEINS 20,000 times. The CNMI Medical Profession Licensing Board is reportedly not renewing the said clinic's license to operate as an acupuncture firm. The license expires on Feb. 2000. Operatives from the Depart ment of Public Health, Customs Division, Department of Public AUTO VOIJ/MUm SYSTEM SOUP Safety and Depaitment of Labor SONY TV 21" AUTO VOLT HITACHI and Immigration raided and closed PORTABLE CD/GAS/RECEIVER down the said clinic on Dec. I 4. .LAND AM/FM Authorities said the closure of sponsored by the two clinics were due to al ~ SaipatU §ranc0 %teG leged repeated selling of prohib I PACIFi~~ ited prescription and over-the Iij i :J countermedicine, including birth P.O. Box 500091 Visit- the GTE Pacifica table to receive your free gift for each new sign up of Digital Cellular, Internet or WorldPass Extra Saving control pills, antibiotics, anti-ag Saipan, MP 96950 programs. Also receive a free gift with the purchase of WorldPass Prepaid Phonecards, Always a Great Value. ing tablets and vi,amin syrup de spite early warnings. The estab Tel: 322-6031 ~POI lishments are the first ones to be P,OneerAuthorized dealer of Pioneer Audio.Video Equlpmenl In Salpan 322-6032 closed down since the passage of Fax: 322-9408 By PILOT TRADING CORPORATION the law. Tel. 234-9145 ti' ------=~-~~------' ,1 l' I I 4 't I ' , , • • , , •, • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1999-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11. !I COMMUNITY ii I 'I NMC puts Hinalom 'funadan HSBC donates to CDAC Marianas collection for sale By Marian A. Maraya community's support partnered "But we are limited to take in vealed. "Again our efforts would not Variety News Staff with Health Secretary Joseph kids from birth until three years ··rn March next year, we are be successful without help from NORTHERN Marianas College hopes, fictional stories, or Japanese and American: FOR 18 years now, the Kevin Villagomez's valuable old only," he said. going to do another open house DPH, the secretary of Health is releasing for sale to the pub simply for entertainment. •Original Chamorrita - Hago Children's Development Assis assistance, are the main ele The center is able to assist where we will make available and the whole community and lic a collection of specially ar "The most extraordinary is the I Ininan I Langit tance Center (CDAC) has been ments which keep the center close to 1,500 kids (average) in different services so people institutions like HSBC,'' said •Original Chamorrita - I Tano ranged and produced musical first arrangement: Hago I Ininan known to provide efficient child afloat. an annual basis, Taitano re- would be aware of them. Taitano. collection of Marianas Rhap I Langit. From careful analysis Marni · referral services in the CNMI ·'This year, we've boosted up sody called Hinalom Tunadan of this Chamorrita, it appears •Original Charnorrita - Gi and all these efforts would not child referrals. In the coming Marianas. that the pre-Spanish Todu I Lugat have been possible had it not year, we plan to maintain this •Spanish Influence - 0 Petlas The collection contains "mu Chamorros were ·using Jazz been for the untiring support of standing and strive for more sical influences" of several na intervals (fourth intervals) I Pacifiko the Department of Public Health public awareness," he said. •German Influence - Papa I tions who came and colonized centuries ago. It is commonly (DPH) and the local commu "We are concentrating on the Northern Mariana Islands. believed that Jazz did not Kandit nity, said CDAC Administrator newborns at the hospital. As a However, the most significant come into existence until •Japanese Influence Jack Taitano yesterday. matter of fact, we have tripled aspect of the collection is that it sometime in the 1800s!" Machimo Akarimo CDAC received a $500-check the number of referrals we've traces its history and origin to Maestro Bruno Dalla Pozza, •American Influence - Triste from the Hongkong Shanghai had compared the past year's. ancient Chamorros who "had a a vintage classi.cal pianist, ar Yu Banking Corporation (HSBC) But these referrals do not mean distinctive musical style called ranged and produced the • Marianas Rhapsody - Gi Talo yesterday for the center's op everyone is eligible, they have Chamorrita." Marianas .Rhapsody collec Gi Halom Taxi/Palasyon Riko erational costs. to be screened and tested first. "Only recently it .has .been tion, Hinalom Tunadan •We Anka (Carolinian) - This is the third consecutive Other kids turn out to be nor discovered that these ancient Marianas. Patgon Neni year that CDAC has been re mal," Taitano added. Chamorros used J aza intervals His vast musical interest led •Nobia - Lahi cipient to HSBC's holiday sea The administrator expressed (fourth intervals) -in these Bruno on a search for the roots •Basta Taotao son donation, according to further pride in having a ca short melodies, which are sung of Chamorro music. He has •Gi Todu I Lugat - Gi Talo Gi Taitano. pable team aboard to run the in the form of dialogue, gen since put the songs into musi Halom Tasi This year, CDAC intends to center. erally between men and cal notation to be preserved The Marianas Rhapsody: use the money specifically to "We have special education women," NMC said in a press for posterity. Hinalom Tunadan Marianas in acquire assistive devices for the teachers, a physical occupa release. The collection includes the CD is available for sale at the children at the center, expressed tional therapist, speech thera "These energetic melodies following originals NMC Bookstore, Saipan cam Taitano. pist, cardiologist and other spe were used to convey messages (Chamorrita) and musical in pus for $18. All proceeds go to "We will be using this to buy cialists like dieticians, nurses, of some type: Jove, dreams, fluences qy Spanish, German, NMC. things like car seats for infants etc. which we were promised to and toddlers, nebulizers, and be readily available to us when Rev&Taxto etc.," he said. necessary, according to the Sec distribute The Saipan Unity Lions Club retary," said Taitano. headed by Christine Pangelinan "Through the DPH and the W-2CMforms have also recently shared with Public School System's Special the center toys for the children education program, we work THE Division of Revenue and. in light of the Christmas season, hard in assessing the strengths Anna Concepcion, who recently released her latest CD, "Christmas Wishes," presents a check for $330 to Taxation informs all employers said Taitano. and weaknesses of children who the Filipino Christian Church of Guam. From left: Emilio Uy, Lorna Freitas, FCCG treasurer, Anna of the CNMI that the 1999 W- He reiterated that the reach our care. Concepcion, and Lt. Gov. Borda/lo. 2CM Forms and Instructions distribution will commence on Thursday, December 30 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Rev&Tax office location in the cJlfeny '8.irisfmas an6 a cKapp!J eltew S'ear Joeten DanDan Commercial Center. _ All businesses and employers are kindly asked, to please pick up the forms during regular busi SEAFOOD DINNER EGGNOG LUNCH ness hours beginning on De STEAK & LOBSTER BUFFET NIGHT BUFFET cember 30. at Costa Restaurant AT COSTA Please be reminded that the from 6:30pm- RESTAURANT 9:30pm from 6:30PM-9:30PM from 11:00AM to 2:00PM OF deadline for filing of the 1999 Adult: $22.00 CAB Steak & Lobster Adult $18. 00 / Kids: W-2CM form is Monday, Janu priced by ounces and Child: $11.00 $10.00 ary 31, 2000 at 4:30 p.m. includes: AQUA RESORT CLUB Salad Bar with your CHRISTMAS GALA CHRISTMAS DINNER choice of Dressings DINNER BUFFET GAB SIT-DOWN at Costa Restaurant Saipan and Tempting from 6:30PM - 9:30PM SNISWCD meet Desserts DINNER at Raraina Adult: $22.00 / Kids: THE Saipan and Northern ls A great place to be ... $11.00 lands Soil and Water Conserva Restaurant Get the perfect Tel: (670) 322-1234 • Fax: (670) 322-1220 Adult: $55.00 / tion District informs the gen TRADITIONAL E-mail: [email protected] Kids: $30.00 CHRISTMAS DINNER eral public that there will be a at Raraina (Fine Dining) gab gift this Christmas district meeting on January 4, SIT-DOWN DINNER . 2000 at 2 p.m. at the Natural from 6:30PM - 9:30PM Adult $55.00 / Kids: Resources Conservation Service OUR SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY DINING PLEASURE $30.00 1ake 25% off all other cellular office in Garapan and Saipan I. Interagency Watershed meeting OPEN DAILY from 7:00a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and paging units in stock on January 12, 2000 at 9:30 a.m. "BREAKFAST BUFFET DAILY from 7AM-10:30AM 31 1 at the Department of Public "LIGHT & EASY LUNCH BUFFET FROM 11AM-2PM" SOUTH OF THE NEW YEARS EVE HANG-OVER and 25% off all accessories. Works. EXCEPT SUNDAYS BORDER GALA DINNER BRUNCH For more information contact (MEXICAN STYLE) at Raraina Restaurant at the Costa and our office at 233-3415/0650. DINNER BUFFET Adult: $65.00 / Raraina Restaurant from 6:30pm to Kids: $35.00 from 11:00 a.m. to 9:30pm From 6:00PM - 2:00 p.m. Motorola StarTRC 3000U .DPS checkpoint Adult: $22.00 10:00PM ADULT: $22.00 Child: $11.00 CHILD: $11.00 THE Department of Public 29 NEW YEARS EVE Safety will be conducting DUI 28 GALA DINNER AT STEAK & LOBSTER NIGHT sobriety checkpoints this com STEAK & LOBSTER ITALIAN NIGHT CHAMORRO FIESTA THE POOLSIDE CHAMPAGNE DINNER BUFFET Adult: $70.00 / from 6:30PM-9:30PM ing weekend. ,. SUNDAY BRUNCH NIGHT DINNER BUFFET from 6:30 p.m. to Kids: $35.00 CAB Steak & Lobster The purpose of the checkpoint from 11:00AM - from 6:30PM-9:30PM from 6:30pm - 9:30 pm 9:30 p.m. from 6:30PM - priced by ounces and is to deter and detect violators 2:00PM CAB Steak & Lobster The Choice is Clear. priced by ounces and ADULT: $22.00 ADULT: $22.00 1:00AM includes: of the CNMI traffic laws, DPS Adult: $20.00 Salad Bar with your Motorola U3620 includes; CHILD: $11.00 CHILD: $11.00 For more information, cell 235-PAGE said in a notice. Child: $10.00 ·.1·-~-::,t:1;z;·'.i'-'.... ,,.·~ choice of Dressings Salad Bar with your r:r; I . .--. Hours: Mon-Set Sem-Bpm For more information, please choice of Dressings and Tempting DINNER Desserts. contact thP. DPS traffic office at and Tempting Efm. gg_gg** A 'LA CARTE' ~ ,;~-.£:~-?'• - - I $l . . 664-9084/5/6. Desserts. Hew actiuations only. ecu y epos required. Penalty for early cancellation. While supplies last. "$15 actiuation fee applies. 18 month contract required ••$25 actiuation fee applies 24 month contract required on Hami plan or higher. , . . ' , I ,1 ::,···1•,•,-,,,.,~.'\'.:•••rl.,.\,' :•·1:r·,~::. '.''." .. ,.'l,''.~';:~:·-~~·~·1,, ·,,· ,jlJ.1 , 12-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 24, 1999 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-13 I i I Parents urged to keep ' an eye on toy safety Americopters take over Macaw UNDER the banner of will facilitate moving re WITH the holidays fa~t approach •Read instructions carefully and .. Americopters," several heli sources between areas depend ing and a lot of new toys being follow suggested age levels. Age copter operators have teamed ing on where the best oppor purchased. an optometrist at labeling is provided for develop up to form is dubbed as the tunities are." Saipan's Seventh-day Adventist mental and safety reasons. largest commercial helicopter The network utilizes its Clinic is offering advice to parents. •Avoid giving toys with small network in the Pacific. "Caribou" cargo plane to "Safety should be the first thing parts to young children. Young Saipan will see the change, transport helicopters and sup a parent thinks about when select sters tend to put things in their as Americopters is expected port equipment anywhere in ing a toy." says Dr. David G. Hardt mouths. increasing theriskof chok to take over Macaw Helicop the world. of the Seventh-day Adventist ing. ters' operations within the Mike Cunningham, presi Clinic. •Look for the letters 'ASTM'. next several weeks. dent of Macaw Helicopters, "We recently saw a 9-year old These letters indicate the product Americopters has also been said Americopters had been Has Immediate openings on Guam and Saipan for: Chamorro boy who had his eye meets the national safety standards active in Guam, the company planning to enter the CNMI seriously injured by a lOY rocket. set by the American Society for said in a press release. Com market for "about a year." We 're thankful that he appears to Testing & Materials (ASTM). bined with Guam's Hansen He said "it looks like they're Helicopter Pilots: US Licensed, minimum 3000 hrs. PIC. Must be making full recovery. but the •Explain to your child how to use Helicopters, a member of the ready to make that move now, be people-oriented and an excellent communicator. injury ce11ainly could have been a toy. Americopters network, it and they'll be taking over prevented." •Repairorremove damaged toys. boasts a fleet of six airplanes Macaw's operations." In a press release, Hardt noted •Prevent young children from and over 50 helicopters now He said he does not know Mechanics: A&P mechanic, Must have Bell 206 & Hughes 500 that last year in the United States, using toys that are appropriate for available for the use of the what developments Macaw's there were nearly 24,000 serious expenence. older ones. companies. staff can expect once eye injuries to children 14 and un Dr. Hardt is a graduate of the "This is the largest commer Americopters takes the reins der associated with toys and sport University of California at Berkley cial helicopter fleet in the en of the operation. ing equipment. Marketing Executives: Must speak, read and write Japanese and has been living and working on tire Pacific region," said the "That decision will be made He said 90% of these in juries fluently and have marketing background. Saipan for seven years. company. by Americopters' Guam of could have been prevented. Before moving to the CNMI, he A statement issued by fice," he said. "Butonething's Dr. Hardt recommends a few was a full-time faculty member at Americopters said "Forming for sure: It's been exciting to simple guidelines for parents that Please send resumes and previous employment references to: Loma Linda University School of this large network provides the be part of this transition, which will help ensure a safe holiday sea Medicine. He is a member of the benefits of fleet flexibility. is one of the biggest events in son: CalifomiaOptometric Association "Having a coordinated pres the Pacific region's helicop Americopters •Avoid toys that shoot or include and a 17-yearmemberoftheAmeri ence in a number of locations ter industry." P. 0. Box 9099 parts that fly off. Slingshots and can Optometric Association. He water guns are dangerous, because invitesanyonewithquestionsabout Tamuning, Guam 96931 they invite children to target oth eye in juries or other eye problems ers. BB guns should never be con to contact him at his office at the idn't get your paper today? Atten: Personnel Department sidered toys. Seventh-day Adventist Clinic on On Saipan call. (670) 234-6341 • 7578 • 9797 •Inspect toys for sound construc QuarterrnasterRoad,Saipanat234- • Fax: (670) 234-9271 tion. Toys should be made of du 6323. E-mail: [email protected] Americopters is an FAA approved Air Carrier and Air Ambulance. rable materials. havenosharpedges D [email protected] In addition to eye care, the clinic or points, and should withstand also offers a full range of dental impact. services in state-of-the-art facilities. December 24 only tram 1O:OOam-8:00pm r------, i M~i ii ;J ?&-1! i•XeJ 61 1 Graco Strollers, ,,.i ·. · fi' Children's 1 Carrier Swin s, "· : Toys /.Jenny Lind"'"- f Convertible Car ~eats ., · · I .. -1· i j . -1 - ; ,. :' • 1_ Crib I ;... 1 1 . r~·· I , 1 1- , , • ' '.:'"_ ·1.,. '""'.,.' ' t i "''i[ ~ l . i to '·\ .. ·. 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PACIFIC ISLANDS • • • · • • • • · · -· · · • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24 , 1999 -MARI~NAS_ V AR!ETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15 For illegal fishing off Kosrae: Nakamura concludes Japan visit SUVA (Pacnews) - The Chairman of the South Pacific Forum (SPF), President FSM, Marshalls arrest boat Kuniwo Nakamura of Palau has just concluded a success By Giff Johnson lance adviser Cdr. Mike Cordner, ful visit to Japan with an agree For the Variety who is based in Majuro, said that ment that the second Forum MAJURO - The Marshall Is Lomor' s state-of-the-art radar and Japan Summit will be held in lands Sea Force's patrol vessel satellite navigation systems dis April 2000. "Lomor'' helped the Federated covered the Chinese Iongline ves Every year the Japanese States of Micronesia to arrest a sel and pinpointed its location in Government invites the SPF Chinese longline vessel that was side Kosrae 's 12milelimit,azone Chairman to visit Japan to dis fishing illegally in waters off that is off-limits for foreign fish-' cuss issues .of common inter Kosrae, Sea Force officials re ermen. "It had it's fishing lines in ,. est and to agree on ways nf ported in Majuro yesterday. the water when Lomor ap /. promoting better relations be This joint fisheries surveillance proached," Cordner said. After f. tween Japan and members of Kuniwo Nakamura work between the Marshall Is det!!cting the Chinese vessel fish SPF. lands and FSM heralds a new era ing illegally, Lomor alerted FSM President Nakamura had an Jaus opportunity for the SPF of Micronesian law enforcement fisheries authorities in Kosrae, audience with Hi's Majesty and Japan to revitalise old cooperation and has already who sent a patrol vessel out to . I Emperor Akihito and met with friendships and to foster new yielded tangible results, Mars halls board and arrest the longliner, Prime Minister Obuchi. partnerships that can assist us, Police Commissioner George according to Cordner. The ves The President also met with in the South Pacific Forum, to KING Lanwi said in Majuro Wednes sel is currently under arrest in the Foreign Affairs Minister, deal with the challenges of liv day. Kosrae. Kono and the Minister of Ag ing as small and vulnerable SEX Following completion of a $ I Sea Force officers may return riculture and Fisheries, states in this age of rapid glo million refit in Australia, the to Kosrae next year to provide Tamazawa. He also met par bal changes". Lomor was patrolling waters near evidence in court against the ves liamentarians and leaders from The SPF Chairman said he Kosrae in the FSM on its return sel, Cordner said, the private sector and key wants to en~ure the Summit voyage to Majuro earlier this Both the FSM and the Marshalls statutory bodies. results in higher levels of co week. agreed recently to cooperate in The main issue discussed operation between Japan and Australian maritime surveil- fisheries surveillance. But while during President Nakamura's SPF members. visit was the proposed Second Other issues discussed dur Summit between the Leaders ing President Nakamura's visit • Delivery Extra Charge · • Major Credit Cards Accepted of Japan and the South Pacific included common interests in The crew of the Marsha/ls patrol vessel "Lomor" on their return to Majuro earlier this week after helping to Forum. fisheries and trade and invest arrest a Chinese !ongliner fishing illegally in Kosrae. P~oto by Gill Johnson The first summit was held in ment and tourism. 1997 and the Forum at its last The Forum's position on is meeting in Palau had re sues such as climate change the FSM has signed off on a sur send a message to foreign fishing boat was fishing so close to Kosrae sponded positively to a sug and sea-level rise, environ veillance agreement, the Marshall fleets that illegal fishing activi - because it knew the FSM pa gestion of a second summit to ment protection, and security Islands hasn 'tyet formally signed ties will now be spotted more trol boats were in Pohnpei," be held in 2000. concerns including the trans the document, so the crew of the readily. He said that when the Cordner said. The meeting between Presi portation of nuclear materials Lomor didn't have authority to Lomor spotted the Chinese "Foreign fishermen communi dent Nakamura and Prime were also raised. WorldPa_ss Extra Savings actually board and arrest the Chi longliner fishing illegally earlier cate among each other all the Minister Obuchi concluded "In my discussions," said nese vessel which is why they this week in Kosrae waters, all time.,, with the announcement that President _Nakamura, "I called iri their Kosrae counter three of t,lle FSM's patrol boats The Marshalls and FSM patrol the Summit will be held on stressed that Japan had a real parts, Cordner said. were in port at Pohnpei, the FSM boats are part of a broader Austra April 22 next year in the interest in the Pacific Islands, Cordner said this surveillance capital island, about 200 miles lian-aid program which has pro Miyazaki Prefecture. in fisheries, trade and invest cooperation - the first of its kind away. vided boats to nearly every. coun It is expected that Prime ment and tourism, and envi in the Pacific region - should "That may be why the fishing try in the Pacific. (formerly known as GIG Discotheque) Minister Obuchi will chair the ronment, and that we should Summit which will be offi work together to ensure that cially called the Pacific ls these were pursued in ways PRESENTS lands Leaders Meeting (PALM that were beneficial to both llll 2000). sides" . Issues that are expected to The President also said that .P~' Niy)d be on the Summit agenda in it is important for partners like clude the sustainable devel Japan who are also big play every Friday opment of the Pacific Islands, ers in the global arena to ap common concerns in the glo preciate that while small and $5.00 entrance fee with bal and regional arena. and vulnerable island states can future partnerships between do much to improve their own 2 drinks of your choice Japan and the SPF. lot, they will continue to need President Nakamura will be special and differential treat consulting other SPF Leaders ment if they are to have a fair further to brief them on the chance of survivinu the .. un Jlllen' 4 JVi : ..: •....: .•.·:·······.······ ..·········rrol ...·...•.... ·.m.·.• ....•··.i··.rng ... ~p9ffilll·.: .•.. ·.·.·.: ....·... '.··.o··y ••.·• •. • •.•c ·..... 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KOROR (Palau Horizon) - does not limit the Special Pros 11 Following the dismissal of the ecutor to hiring only investiga !n'i::5. JVC 21 Enjoy your PIAy ST.\TiON GAJltE~ Colored TV case against the Special Pros tors and scriveners. ,autovolt , multisysrem ecutor, Presidential Chief of Staff He said the complaint is 00ANdup day, and may $29 1 you have Temmy Shmull disclosed that "groundless, frivolous and $329.00 many more he will "exhaust every appeal at brought in bad faith." Thus, P1Aysr4ri?N 1Qo/o QFF his disposal to redress the mis Rosenthal was given 45 days to ACCESSORIES .fROM SALE pRiCE birthday to carriage of justice." submit costs to the court if he PioNEER - Associate Justice Barrie wants to pursue an award of CAMEhoy Colo1t CAMES & PIONER DVD I VCD come. PLAYER DOLBY 00 Michelsen has dismissed the attorney's fees. DEGITAL $449. complaint lodged by Shmull ac Shmull believed that the deci AccEsse>stiEs 10% Off cusing Special Prosecutor sion of the court has not addressed CoM.pACT Disc e·. Michael Rosenthal of civil and his constitutional and statutory PlA.zeR CASE criminal violations of law con claims. Instead, he said that as the ;i,12.95 ·• cerning the hiring of Gary order reflects, the court only ad Soberay as Assistant Special dresses a claim that the Special Prosecutor. Prosecutor cannot hire attorneys. -. I·_·; . ', ' . . . . , PACIFIC ISLANDS 18-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS·-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 24 1999 . ' ! In Philippines Dope smuggling suspect American Samoa harbor to Use of contraceptives being held on $50,000 bail • • PAGO PAGO (Pacnews) - hidden in packages of Samoan close 24 hours due to Y2K ns1ng among women A man suspected of smuggling cocoa while the rest was found PAGO PAGO (Pacnews) - bug. hibited. The closure will not af marijuana in packages of Sa in Sape's trousers. The United States Coast Guard The Harbour will be closed fect recreational boating. MANILA, Philippines (AP) - belong to the "non-poor," the sur moan cocoa has landed him Prosecutors contend that the has ordered the closure of Pago from 11 pm on December 30 and Local shipping agents say the More Filipino women are using vey said. · self injail on a US$50,000 bail. defendant owned all of the Pago Harbour in American Sa will reopen at 6am on January I closure will hot effect their daily contraceptives and most of them It said three out of four women Selesitila Sape is charged marijuana that was found in the moa for 24 hours on the last day 2000, in time for the cruise liner operations as they are not ex obtain supplies from government obtain contraceptives from pub ABS/DWV PIPES with one count of marijuana customs search and he planned of the year to eliminate any po Silver Wind to dock in the terri pecting any vessels to call in hospitals and health centers, the lic sources, and government hos possession, as the result of a to sell 2" X20' $10.99/pc it. tential Y2K problems. tory with 1,000 passengers and port during the closure period. National Statistics Office said pitals, rural and urban health cen search by customs agems when However, Sape has not been The order given by Captain crew as part of its "Millennium Airport operations will con Wednesday. ters, and village health stations 4-1/4" x41/4", 130 pcs/carton 3" X20' $18.68 he arrived at Pago Pago Inter charged with intent to distrib G.J. Kanazawa, Commanding Sail". tinue as normal. Both inter is A survey this year showed that were the most important suppli national Airport on December ute. 4" X20' $27 .16 Officer of the Coast Guard Ma The Coast Guard order bans land airlines, Polynesian and contraceptive use rose to 49.3 per ers. 12, that produced nearly 3 convicted, Sape faces a jail 8" x 8" (Assorted Designs) If rine Safety Office in Honolulu, transfer operations, vessel Samoa Air, have scheduled cent among married women aged In July, President Joseph 6" X20' pounds of the illegal substance. term of 5-10 years and/or a fine is to safeguard against any prob movements within the port, ar flights to Apia and Manu 'a, at 15 to 49, up from 46.5 percent in Estrada said he will create a com Most of the marijuana was of US$5,000-US$20,000. 12" x 12" (Assorted Designs) lems vessels and dock users may rivals and departures. Refuel the time the much publicised 1998. mittee to recommend· new popu encounter because of the Y2K ling of vessels will also be pro- Y2K bug is expected to strike. More couples were using the lation policies that would be ac pill and condom, rising from 28.2 ceptable to the vocal Catholic Japan assists Vanuatu percent in 1998 to 32.4 percent in church. Tonga's CPI 1999. Estrada said the Philippines' 2.3 islands hit by earthquake . The use of traditional methods, percent annual population growth .1.ncreases such as rhythm and abstinence, rate is "becoming a problem" be PORT VILA (Pacnews) - Pentecost, Ambrym and illiWMltiTlra decreased slightly from 18.3 per cause it undermines his Japan has confirmed its assis Paama who were badly hit by NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) cent last year to 16.9 percent. administration's agricultural pro tance for the three islands af the recent disaster. The survey, which covered duction program. Tonga's Consumer Price Index »~.·······.··1·.·.·• .... 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Lenakel wharf on Tanna last ber with an inflation rate of 4.6 erally ignore opposition by the growth rate is one of the highest Japan's offer was discussed week. percent for November. influential Roman Catholic in Southeast Asia. at a meeting in Port Vila yes Meanwhile, concerns have This is a rise of one per cent church to artificial contraceptives. 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He said a report has been J;'. ue11 m = trials'.~ ~~J9fJe~I~lfitiy~qhajlges and milk powder and similar The donation will help re submitted to the National Di I.l/4iYrM'pnd; ~~Ith 1'"1i~s~r...... th~??.;~ ..f!ar!i~~~IIF{~P1•.t?·· imported food products while store lives of the people of saster Management office. root crops and vegetables prices ~~:t~t~I ~Pi/ ~~Pt~rfor••• r:tef~~~yt!~on~~c.· were lower. .· .•.· ... J\nothe.f i·~,*•·• .. mi~.s;~.x~a~e•.. •· •••.•.•.•.. ~~.·.··~lS Marginal increases were re ~I) rnqye1J9 .. •ne, .tl0ftf9l}?t '· .····110thisi~tey~.¥1~~11c#9r-11~~nst NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING corded for housing, household inc1u~ir% ~it:}?'m :I<.~p~~pno .•· . atl)' p;irty .or t11ffii!ltet \Vhp ~~.s 1~:~~1il~~f&!ti~l:iJ operations, clothing and foot foieign Affau-s, •• i;eplasirii ·. Sir • to. destabilise his .Govil'llI!lent December 24, 1999 wear, transportation, tobacco, MishaelS<>mare, · .. . irifuefuture: .. alcohol and kava groups. .•·•1:;~;i~~i~~Wfi~I~~I! ·••··••··•Jisi"'.'.Joi'ig~§'r~•.too~1iwa arid Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the CJPA Su •.. •.• jPYf~fi~ ~e)j~nd11Sfyi1?torein-. SU pervisory Council for the Improvement of the Criminal Justice System, will be hold ····.xYipp,.:it9t;Jh~.•/i~hiI.irpine ing public hearings on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota for matters concerning the Com •.. ·. !ri #~ta~111eii(~ishllgAnI·.·············· ) monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islandsf (CNMI) criminal justice system. The niq Qu~.v~e?•.• sai~ ..•• 9/:fada; ~ i•· ted 1.:iy ~~ ¥¥piem!Jer. commis.s ~earings will give the community an opportunity to offer comments and sugges foimer lllOVie actor, Sh()IJJq ill- .. ·. sion top~sic.li:ntJo~eplJ Estrada tions on_ the types of education, prevention, treatment, and interdiction programs SUNDAYS! stead· use his poIJ!1liµ-iW llrll()f!g ' .. dp~ i prott.!$tJrorn .I e ft ~wing w the masses ''to ftllf'tll his mat1r.• ... .gro11ps,}Yhi¢hd~r9ribedthe pro~ needed m the CNMI. Information will be solicited, documented, and analyzed for promises about l,!fll.dka~ing. . pos¢d chan;e.sas a "sell-out." the CNMifs Three-Year Comprehensive State-wide Plans for federal grants under crony ism, crimeanclcorruption.'' Critics;inclqding •. the leaders the Edward Byrne Memorial Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, Juvenile "He• should build if business of the influential Roman Cathoc environm~ntmorecondudveto Hc>Church;fear that amending Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program, and STOP Violence Against Women foreign investment, such as a the constitution, which was en- Formula Grant Program from the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of better communications system, acted a year after the ouster of Justice (DOJ). better traffic system, cleaner air dictator Ferdinand Marcos in and better infrastructure," 1986, could endanger its demo- The schedule of the Public Hearings is as follows: the Staff and Management of Hakubotan would like to wish the Quevedo said. cratic pripciples, SuY. One people of the Commonwealth ·-•,. foollon9 9ub A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year ~11 Island Date Time Location ' Tmian January 6, 2000 TBA TBA All questions concerning the Public Hearings shall be directed to Mr. Harry C. Blanco, Criminal Justice Planning Agency, at 664-4550 - 4557. &uy one Regular foo-tlong and get ano-ther foo-tlong of equal or lesser value /sf EDWARD MANIBUSAN /s/ HARRYC. BLANCO lor qq een-ts only, President Joseph Estrada troops the line during a parade on the 64th Chairman, Supervisory Council Executive Director, CJPA AVAILABLf AT PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS ON GUAM & SAIPAN. anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Tuesday. AP '20-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 24 1999 PHIL1PPINE!S j .. $50B in fake dollars seized FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-21 MANILA, Philippines (AP) - ficial Lucas Managuelod said. Managuelod said. Police also a pistol. looked almost genuine. U.S. Em Bush tests new ad strategy More than $50 billion worth of Arrested in the raid was seized negative films of the coun Managuelod quoted U.S. ex bassy officials were unavailable A US TIN, T~xas (AP)-Repub ally appropriate for use in any fake U.S. dollars and treasury Jacobo Colegio, the suspected terfeit notes, 25 bottles of ink and perts as saying the fake notes for comment. notes were seized in a raid in the leader of a ring of counterfeit lican presidential front-runner state. southern Philippines, police said ers distributing fake dollars in Gov. George W. Bush is testing a The first "crash ad," filmed Wednesday. Mindanao. new advertising strategy in New Monday at a Manchester, N.H., Police and U.S. Secret Ser Authorities recovered counter Hampshire that will try to air tele high school, showed Bush talking vice agents raided the home feit$ I 00 and $50 bills worth about vision commercials the same day about leadership and his tax-cut of a s'i'ispected counterfeiter $193,000, U.S. treasury certifi they are produced, his campaign plan. The goal was to get the 30- late Monday in Malaybalay, cates valued at about $49.23 bil says. second ad on the air around Mon on the southern island of lion and Japanese "liberty bonds" I The concept, called "crash aos," day evening newscasts, ·but it Mindanao, national police of- worth about $320.6 million, is being tested in the state that didn't air until Tuesday, I holds the nation's first primary on McKinnon said. Feb. I, and where the Texas gov Each ad will have a shelf-life of l ernor has slipped to second place two to three days, and will run r behind Arizona Sen.John McCain around ·newscasts using prepaid in the most recent polls. time slots, he said Wednesday. Mark McKinnon, creator of the "It's long been a philosophy of LOWEST PRICES EVER ad campaign, said it was designed mine that voters want real docu • Braces to show Bush was aggressively mentary-looking information," . ,,, , Teeth Whitening ,q campaigning in the state "voter to McKinnon said. "I think when • Teeth Cleaning voter, the New Hampshire way." most people see political ads these , Fillings "We wanted to figure out a way days they think someone is going , Denture Repair to communicate the immediacy of to lie to them. The more immedi , Extractions the campaign, that the governor ate and authentic it is the more • and other Dental needs was on the ground working hard credible and believable it is." , Stateside Dentist and earning every vote" he said. The ads, which show Bush McKinnon said he knows ofno Ii "warts and all," wiJl be filmed at Call 235-3720 campaign that has sought to get events in New Hampshire and Filipino soldiers of the Women's Auxiliary Co_rps ~~ the Armed Forces of the Philippines march during the AFP's 64th founding anniversary at the Manila m1lrtary camp Tuesday. REUTERS same-day ads on the air. Bush rushed to air the same day or also is running more traditional shortly thereafter, with the next television commercials that are ad scheduled to run on or around UN asks for RP general's promotion filmed in advance and are gener- Jan. 4, McKinnon said. MANILA, Philippines (AP) - week that Maj. Gen. Jaime delos Santos' would-be deputy is also a The United Nations has requested Santos, superintendent ofthe Phil- major general from Australia, cre Smile Saipan Dental Clinic the Philippine government to pro- ippine Military Academy, will be ating a possible "uncomfortable" McCain urges library Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. George W. Bush (right) greets Amy Wiggin of Manchester, mote a two-star general one rank appointed head of the U.N. forces situation in which the commander N.H., during a campaign stop at the Manchester West High School, Monday. AP . offering lowest prices ever higherpriortohisappointme_ntas in charge of security for East has the same rank as his second- limits for the internet commander of the U.N. forces in Tim or. in-command. East Timor, Philippine Defense Mercado, however, said aPhil- Mercado said he will recom mate judge and guide for what Secretary Orlando Mercado said ippine law limits the number of mend the temporary promotion they have access to." Tuesday. three-star generals in active ser- of delos Santos to three-star rank McCain called Ritter's argu "We have said as far as we vice to just six. The six Filipino to Philippine President Joseph ment "absurd." see it, it is possible on the· lieutenant generals now include Estrada. "In fact, most parents are not basis that it be a temporary the chiefs of the army, navy and Delos Santos, however, may able to supervise their children promotion," Mercado told re- air force. "revert" back to two-star rank af outside the home and rely on the ANALOG sound judgment of others," the porters. He said the United Nations ter his stint in East Timar, STARTAC 3000 WITH VIBRA Local newspapers reported last made the request since delos Mercado added. Arizona senator said. ROAPr'HNG The library will buy equip REGULAR PRICE $245 .-'\N)) ~ ,v ~ ~ ~ /' ~ ,v ~ ~ ~ ;".../"'._r,, ~ ..../'_r-~ ment to make the computers STARTING AT ONLY €."..:\U.i~ d.. t:,. COl .. 0~(?iU .....l"'.r,, 1 J 1 harder to see except to the au r:~vA.;JJ~i.St,E;l ,}-1 OU~i )\] (;·:,; • thorized users, Ritter said. John McCain While the Spartanburg County Library uses a filtering system f TOlf r:~ca1~lfr!!,,r};1lS f GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP)~ that blocks some objectionable Republican presidential candi material, Greenville's does not. date John McCain says the lack The library is caught in a CARS i- PLATE NO. COLOR RETAll PRICE J ~ of limits on access to the legal dilemma, Trustee Internet at the Greenville Pub Vanessa Hartman said. The .J E E P lic Library is an example of current policy was adopted gs, DR Si0 CHEROKEE ABJ-668 Silver 15,250 $10,995 why computers in schools and because trustees feared a libraries should block sexually lawsuit for free-speech vio FORD r r explicit sites. lations if they restricted 953 DR A:ORJ WINOSTAR ABZ-332 Blue S16,145 $12,195 0 The nine public computers in Internet access. said ,, 3DP, AFORD WINOSTAR ABZ-34Z Green S16,145 $12,195 the reference room at the library ~ I .. ~ Hartman. a lawyer. However. H ilRAESCORT ABZ-282 Red S9,530 $6,295 ,u·e routinely used by adults, in the library also fears a l:iw '° 4DR AESCORT ABZ-272 Red S9,54D $6,295 ·· ~ All G~1tars 50% Off f cluding a convicted sex offender, suit if parents think are chil ,,4 ORA ESCORT ABZ-262 Red $9,405 $6,295 to view sexually explicit mate dren emotionally damaged "' DR AESCORT ABZ-252 Red $9,405 $6,295 rial. There is nothing to stop chil by exposure to sexually ex 964DRA ESCORT ABZ-232 Purple S9,465 $6,295 ----CF~der Amps. 35% OFF j dren from seeing what's on the plicit material, she said. DIGITAL f screens or using the computers HONDA McCain has proposed a law NOKIA 5120 themselves. 96 3DR STD C,1:J11,rc,:;:; ABC-960 Silver $10,100 $7,295 that would require schools and REGULAR PRICE $269 j _ Fender (Frontman) Amps. 45% OFF f 'Tm very disturbed that a pub libraries to buy technology to 96 3DR ACIVC DX H:TCHBIU ABC-950 STARTING AT ONLY Black S10,705 $7,695 lic library receiving public funds block access to sexually explicit 96 2DR STD CiVIC OX CQl}E ABC-970 Red S10,705 $8,495 Drum Accessories is providing children with un sites. f ':-\._ .... limited, unfettered access to por "Every school and library TOYOTA 96 2DR STD TER EL ABV-292 Silver $8,650 All Strings OFF , ~ OFF nographic material on the should be required to buy filters 9e 2DR~TD TERCEL ABV-322 SB,475 j 30o/o 30°/o-50°/o j Internet," McCain said Wednes - they are only $25 - to keep out day. ~ID2STD4WO PIC!-UPTRUC S13,530 materials that are not suitable He learned about the situation for children the same way in during a visit to the area on Tues which the library board filters 964 DR A CB Drum Set 50o/o OFF SENTRA $6,895 f day. printed materials forthe library," It is not the library staff's re McCain said. E.tciuJi1·t' au1hari:.fd (IJit'nt of~.~ Ctllritar 96 4DR AMIRAGE Blue $6,195 sponsibility to monitor the ac Officials of the American Civil Tel: (670)233-8888 Fox: (670) 235·8808 j Zildjian Cymbals 50% OFF tivities of children, librarian Liberties Union, who oppose Next to Subway In Guolo Roi Car Sales Phillip Ritter said. using filters, say libraries could OWEST PRICES/i.~Ji£Z/ 288-0042 "The parent is the one respon use state obscenity laws to pros ON ISLAND ~. ·-1 234-8336 sible for the child," he said. "The ecute people who misuse the •• rV !' "',l!'..f':.f"' ,l V!' * Activation of new number or extension of expired contract required. 12 month contract. Some restrictions "',l parent is the one who is the ulti- computers . · apply, while supplies lost, Sole ends December 31, 1999 NATION·. 22-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 24, 1999 FRIDA y' DECEMBER 24, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-23 Bradley seeks Iowa s11rprise Gore pitches preschool plan SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - when the Democratic presiden wrapped up hundreds of the the words of one consultant. Democratic consultant who isn't AMES,Iowa(AP)-VicePresi "I think it's important to have a Bill Bradley plans an intense Janu tial caucuses and primaries get members of Congress and party Bradley thinks he can overcome aligned with a candidate, said dent Al Gore offered new details bold plan, and I don't think you ary of campaigning in Iowa in under way at the end of next officials who will be convention those hurdles. But first, Iowa. those practicing politicians are all for his $50 billion preschool pro can nibble around the edges," hopes of springing a surprise on month. "super-delegates." The former New Jersey senator familiar with the ebb and flow of posal Wednesday while dismiss Gore said. '·I think it's the No. I Vice President Al Gore and giv Even ifhe gets that quick burst, And if Bradley should get on a is scheduled to spend some 20 campaigns and, lacking a com ing rival Bill Bradley as content one investment priority." ing himself a boost for New he '11 face major challenges in his roll in the early primaries, Gore days in Iowa in January - com pelling reason, aren't likely to to "nibble around the edges" on Gore rejected any suggestion Hampshire and beyond. fight to wrest the nomination from has solid support for California's pared with just six in New Hamp switch. education, farming and other is that he was resorting to attack By all accounts. including his front-runner Gore. For example, 367-delegate primary the first shire - in an indication of the "He has got to really be able to sues. politics. "When I point out these· own, Bradley needs a fast start the vice president has already week in March - a '"fire wall" in importance he is putting on a good demonstrate he's a better candi Setting the stage for a one-man shortcomings, I think that's what showing in the Jan. 24 caucuses. date than Gore," said Carrick. "debate" on farm policy at Iowa democracy ought to be all about," "We have to do better than ex "Otherwise the super-delegates State University,Goreargued that he said. pected in both Iowa and New are just going to fasten their seat Bradley had fought key farm pro In addition. Gore was seek Hampshire," the candidate said. belts and hang in therewith Gore." posals for years in the Senate, ing contrast with Bradley on The caucus system in Iowa After Iowa and New Hamp converting only when he decided farm issues. Liberal farm groups gives party regulars control, and shire cinJan. 24andFeb. l, there's to run for ptesi dent. had invited both Democratic Gore has a clear edge there. Poll a pause. The rivals will pick and Bradley retorted quickly on·the candidates to the Wednesday ing has shown him with a 20- choose their targets before March farm issue, an important one in night debate. Bradley declined, point lead, and he has a better 7, when voters in 15 states and this agriculture-dependent state and Gore set the one-sided de organization. American Samoa pick 1,315 del 0 that holds the first nominating bate to make the argument that Bradley has hovered within egates. By March 14, voters in 30 caucuses on Jan. 24. As the Bradley isn't solid on farm is competitive range, however, and states will have spoken. Clinton administration's No. 2 sues. his commitment of January rime "There's no question that I have man, he said, Gore must shoulder "I know farmers are paying shows the importance he is put to dominate in that period in order some of the blame for the current attention," Gore said. "Many of ting on making a good showing. to be the candidate," Bradley said. stagnant farm economy. them are feeling desperate." "I think it's tough for him to beat Dominating won't be easy. "After seven years, the vice He criticized Bradley's oppo Gore, but he can come close," said The richest prize is California, president has offered nothing sition to federal subsidies for etha Michael Gronstal, a Council Bluffs with 367 delegates at stake. Polls more than negative attacks and nol, and he said the former sena Democrat who is undecided. show Gore with a solid - if some distortions," Bradley said. "They tor had a poor record on other "I think he can win," said Nate what reduced - lead. He has made have not put forward a compre Vice President Al Gore speaks with ABC news anchor Jack Ford (left) while taping a segment for "Good Morning America:· Wednesday at Jefferson Traditional School in Des Moines, Iowa. AP farm issues. Parker, a Sioux City activist as he dozens of trips to the state and has hensive approach to farm policy, mulled his choice. "I've been go the backing of Gov. Gray Davis. nor have they articulated a vision ing around town to meetings and "Gore has all the unions, he has for rural America." restaurants and his name keeps the minority community, he's in Bradley declined an invitation popping up." pretty good shape here," said to debate Gore on farm issues Getting close in Iowa could be Carrick. "There is a fire wall here." Wednesday, but Gore was going ...,,., ~4~ crucial for building momentum New York's 243 delegates are ahead anyway. ANY SIZE, ANY SHAPE ...... ·,_ , ,, .. heading into New Hampshire, also at stake that day, but that's Gore went to an elementary "YOU,NEVER where topping expectations won't considered Bradley's backyard school to talk about his plan, to be be easy. Polls there have been show and anything less than a convinc phased in over IO years, to make DOLlJDOOQ HAVE TOCiiAN&E. ing Bradley even9r slightly ahead. ing win would be considered a preschool programs available to On the Republican side, Ari setback. all 4-year-olds. States would get THE WATER IN zona Sen. John McCain also is grants of roughly $2,700 per stu c=ic:10~000 hoping to pull a bit of a surprise in dent for guaranteeing preschool POOL Iowa in his effort to overtake front ·······~1il lii1III programs would be available. Q.Q~CJ·OQO runner George W. Bush. 11 ij§I It is part of a $115 billion plan SEE US TODAY! Unlike Bradley, McCain isn't ?~,!:cll!lg.1gii¢~•·fqr ~~.:~ll~dpr~§!4ents@4 on education Gore has proposed For estimation contact: 235-1257 campaigning in the state, focus that would also give $5,000 raises LANDMARK ing instead on New Hampshire to most teachers in poor and rural and later states. But he did take areas, mandate testing of new part in a mid-December debate in teachers and seek to establish more Des Moines and is appealing to ·•a charter schools. hardy band" of supporters to come IRiBG9ff .5~[)er~i}H ~faql~)''.l? The money would come from p~r9ent .• ,(;f{N;'lJsA>T<81?Y:- out for him on caucus night. the nation's budget surplus, Gore For the Democrats, Bradley Gtillupfrif'.ilyP7pelt)Pe.9~~~ said. · needs to score early because he's 58-3~ ..ill tarly,l\fgy~ml1er.7······· .. ··• "'If kids get off to a great start starting off well behind. And he's GoI'C! 64 .perce11t, .~wB!~x .3 l before they ever get to kindergar perc7nt ABC0 \V~Jhlngtonpo?t competing under rules written by in early December. (Was 5()-33 ten, the chances for them to suc a party establishment overwhelm in rnid-October.) ceed in life, to have good jobs, to ingly backing Gore. Gore 54 percep.t, Bradley 32 lead fulfilling lives is greatly en The Democratic primary season percent, NBC-Wall StreetJour hanced," he said. II Safa ~ Jleait/u; II~ :JJ//i#li is all about collecting the 2,169 nal in December. (Was 53-32 in In an interview. he said that delegates that will be needed to get September.) Bradley "continues to be fasci the party's nomination at next IOWA nated" with school vouchers. summer's convention. Of the more which Gore said would drain ~.c...... ,- u~ c#~. CRYSTAL GEYSER Gor-: 54 percent, Bradley 32 Lets say you decide to stay l1ome for tile new -~,. NATURAL than 4.300 dckgates. nearly 800 money from public schools. 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'{l'liir-- ::. -qe s !>. ·····Tfah< n9 lllj I"! ee .• c.:an book alleging that white soldiers who led an Army investigation ,, massacred 1,200 black comrades into the claim. vertes;.•but none• of the.•jnd\~ -_·.· ... -.. _a.p~'.A-ffr.if~i)#pafttnill}?t~f~ : iS~{Yl".•·Ulltil}hte!nd.of the on a Mississippi army base in An Anny report to be released -v1clu~ls. 11ai#e4 ~~4.##~#.#~ .,pa11rnqp ~S/Prfma11eJltr~P:\? •·••· {ollo~ingiear.• ••••· :> 1943 is "a work of fiction," says Thursday says it is intended "to put to rest any concern that these alleged events were even remotely . , ~,;;it~~ . : .,..ldt~~~~.-.~-.. possible. All of the nearly 4,000 men who were assigned to the 364th Infantry in 1943 have been 1 Wann JNishes and a sincere theink you to all of you traced to their separation from military service." __., for your suport and blessings throughout: t:he years. However. NAACP President Kweisi ·Mfume asked Attorney ' Happy Holidays and have a General Janet Reno on Monday to investigate the Army·s find ings that there were no such kill -,I., ings at Mississippi's Camp Yan Dom. as claimed by a book titled l ··The Slaughter: An Amaican Atrocitv" b}· Carmi! Ca,e. Case. a forr11<.:1· presidcm of a The Ameir~carn Cancer S(Q)c~etty savings and loan association in Missi:sippi. could not be reached NMI Presence Unit (Core Group) for comment Wednesday. His book drew considerable attention in the blackcommunitywhen it appeared in 1998andwasdiscussedonBlack Entertainment Television. ·--~ "We aren't saying the Almy is wrong. but we don't have the person Garmen Gaskins Francis H. Diaz nel here to confirm what they found."" NAACP spokesman John C. White Josephine Sablan Ermelinda King ~\\ said Wech1esday. ··we are saying we need a third party to offer an objective Christie Kapileo ·Jack Hardy look at the matter." Greetings from the Management & Staff of J Susan Zehr Susan Schwartz ''IftheJustice Department signs off on the Anny report. we will be (;;\ a!~~Yu~u~l~.~!?.~!:T~~~n satisfied," White said. '-.!}Salpan, commonwealth ot the Northern Marianas William E. Leftwich m, deputy CORPORATE OFFICE YCO SEfM9rM HARDWARE ~\.l /./ assistant secretary of defense for .J. ~f;;JTirr LIBERTY YCO CONSTRUCTION ~r equal opportunity, who has led the ~-Tel: (670) 233-3112/3113 Gsmpare T~. (670) 233-9!20 / 2J3.9l61 R~STA~~A-NT ~ Fax: (670) 233-3111 YCO 7iial7/..._ HARDWARE DEPARTMENT STORE Tel. (670) 233-3115 Saipan .J Anny investigation for more than a Tel: (670) 234- 7305 _.· . Chalan Piao: T~. 1170} 234-ml / l!llil Tel. (670) 234-9805 /7425 year, brandei the book "a work of Fax: (670) 234-8688 , 1 FBI: !70) 23;-1175 fiction and a marketing grab" and said he is confident the Army re port will withstand scrutiny. --. ·- • 30-MARIANAS VARIETY· NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 24 . 1999 ASIA "''.: i may deploy in East·Timor ·,.,1 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) The handover, which had been . ·, YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - miles northeast of Yangon, showed Pan Aung, the railways Burma. News perceived as nega ber of fatal train accidents in the - The United Nations intends to foreseen during all of January and Two passenger trains collided out rammed at high speed into the minister, inspecting Bago train tive, such as natural disasters and past. field its own peacekeeping force February, will be condensed into side Myanmar's capital, knock overnight express bound from the station the day after the crash and accidents, is usually suppressed. In December 1994, more than for East Timor in February, one one month and move from east t0 ing carriages off the rails and in capital to the northern city of "giving instructions." It did not Myanmar railways, largely re-. 100 people were killed when a district at a time, a senior U.N. west with volatile land border to juring more than 30 people, offi Mandalay, the official said. The mention the accident. liant on aging rolling stock [JJn passenger train traveling from ex - official said on Wednesday. fudonesian-ruled West Timor left cials and witnesses said today. government spokesman said the The military regime severely ning on rails laid duririg the Brit treme northern Kachin State to Hedi Annabi, an assistant sec.re- for last, Annabi said. The Friday accident went unre express was waiting for·a signal restricts the free flow of informa ish colonial era, which ended over Mandalay plunged into a ravine tary-general for peacekeeping, told The United Nations is in charge ported in Myanmar's tightly con to change when it was rammed tion in Myanmar, also known as 50 years ago, has suffered a num- after brakes faik:d. the 15-member Security Council of guiding East Timor, a former trolled media and the cause and from behind, causing several car~ and reporters that more than 8,000 Portuguese colony, to indepen- details are 11nclear. A government to derail. soldiers would be put under U.N. dence over the next two to three official, speaking on condition of Local people saw ambulances command "between the begin- years following a ballot on August anonymity, said 10 people were ferryi.ng in jured passengers to the ning and end of February." 30inwhich80percentofthevoters only slightly injured. nearby Thingankyun General Christian Dior He said he expected few diffi- rejected autonomy within Indone- But a railways official, also Hospital, where doctors said seven COUTURE culties because of the military sia. The civilian and military mis- speaking on condition ofanonym people were hospitalized after the structure established by the Aus- sion is expected to cost $700 mil- ity, said that 33 people were hurt, crash. tralian-led I i ,000 member inter- lion in 2000. none fatally. Other witness re A train passenger estimated that national force, known as Interfet, Some 450,000people among the ports said that five or more pas around five people had died, while Established 1946 in Paris, Christian Dior is a leading luxury fashion house. that went to East Timar in Sep- territory's population of 800,000 sengers died, but they could not a fireman who helped in the res Christian Dior Saipan, Limited opened its doors in the Saipan DFS Galleria on May 1998. tember to quell violence by armed were registered to vote in the poll be confirmed. cue operation put the figure higher. gangs opposed to independence and the United Nations has the task The railways official said the They did not wish to give their for the territory. of discovering where they are. The accident happened Friday after names, fearing problems with au We are seeking to fill the following position: Many of the Interfet troops will gangs, supported by Indonesia's noon atToegyaung Galay, ?miles thorities. don blue helmets and be und~r army, conducted a killing, looting, northeast of downtown Yangon. On Tuesday, the official New U .N. command, Annabi said. The burning and forced evacuation op- A local train from Bago, 40 Light of Myanmar newspaper force is expected to be led by eration after the vote. SALES SUPERVISOR Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao, East Timorese independence leader, inspects a group of East Timorese Philippine Maj.-Gen. Jaime de las Since the Jakarta's new govern- as he commands a rehearsal of the honor guard to welcome the Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio Santos. ment of President Abdurrahman Tuesday. AP The primary purpose of this positions is to optimize sales of Wahid was sworn in on October merchandise through supervising sales associates. 20, the Security Council has Additionally, to assist management with the various operations downplayed its criticism of Indo of the retail store environment. nesia and its military. Wahid is scheduled to visit East Timar on January 17 at the invita We invite you to submit your resume/apply in person to: tion of the United Nations. Several council members said perpetrators of the violence in East Christian Dior Saipan, Limited Timar had to be held accountable DFS Galleria, Garapan butnonefollowed suggestions from Fax#: (671) 647-5811 U.N. investigators on Wednesday to set up a U.N. war crimes tribu nal. Others said fudonesia still had We offer an attractive compensation package and company paid health insurance. not moved fastenough in account All resumes/ applications 'Nill be handled in the strictest of confidence. ing for East Timorese forcibly to flee within two weeks in Septem NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE to the ber. Annabi said some 120,000 refu CHRISTIAN DIOR IS AN EQUAL 0PPORTl/N!TY EMPLOYER gees who fled or were driven to West Timar had returned, Some Mayors aid groups estimate 100,000 re main. He said those still in East Timor included people opposed to PUBLIC NOTICE a,nd Peop(e independence or those intimidated by the gangs or those who feared The following Travelers Checks have been stolen they had no place to live if they from a Japanese Tourist. of tlie CNMI returned. "There has been no increase in the rate of return" of the refugees The bottom signature is original. __ _ recently, Annabi said. But Netherlands' ambassador Peter van Walsum said the refu gee problem could not be reduced ·to logistics. "Precisely because the Indone sian government has adopted such a positive attitude, the council should remind it that it continues to be responsible for the safe re turn of refugees." "While we speak in positive terms of developments in East Tim or, there are thousandsofrefu gees stuck in camps in West Timor," he said. "Intentional disinformation 305 comes close to intimidation and Check·Nlo.'s .PJ04 - 344 - intimidation comes close to force. 306 tfte AMIM We are dealing with an unresolved 307 .from political problem," Van Walsum 308 said." 309 Canada's ambassador Robert Fowler agreed and chastised the 310 United Nations for not being able 3"11 to organiz.: a pearekeeping force 312 sooner that would be paid for by Japan's Crown Princess Masako waves to well-wishers from the all U.N. members, rather than by balcony of Imperial Palace in Tokyo, celebrating the 66th birthday of 313 troop contributing countries. Emperor Akihito Thursday. It was her first public appearance afternek 314 came out that she might be pregnant. Ai-' .~ . ' .. . 32-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 24, 1999 . . ' •• ' ' ' ' ' ·' \ -, , ' •, • ' ' r • ,, ' " ' • ' • • • 1 ' ·1 , ·, • · ',' r ,, ·~ ",, • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1999 -MARIAN.AS .VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-33 Exact Venezuelan :..G)(ffl!llf~"ieiJ<'. The Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC) is offering for sale a three (3) bedroom concrete house, "AS IS" without any expressed or implied warranty, together with the land located in Koblerville, Saipan. death toll unclear The property is described as: CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - may declare such areas "memorial Lot No. 005 I 496, containing an area of 745 square meters, With many victims still buried un grounds" where the dead would more or less, on which the dwelling is situated. der huge piles of mud, boulders rest in peace. The sale will be conducted on Monday, January 10, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. and trees, authorities say the exact Relief teams using search dogs al NMHC's Central Office in Garapan. A minimum bid price should not death toll in Venezuela's flooding continued to look for trapped sur be less than $78,000.00. The purchase price shall be made in cash, and mudslides may never be vivors Wednesday, but officials certified, cashier's check or partially financed by or through NMHC, de known. said they doubted they would find pending on the successful bidder's repayment ability. Minimum down Estimates of the number left dead many. Unlike earthquakes that of payment shall be twenty five percent (25%) of the highest bid amount. by the worst natural disaster in ten leave air pockets where victims Maximum financing term for the balance shall be ten (1 O) years. All payments must be received within 72 hours after the bid. Venezuela this century now range can survive for days, mudslides from 5,000 to 30,000. Initially au usually smother their victims to Interested individual(s) may contac!Thomas C. Duenas, Manager, Mort thorities said the number was in the death immediately. gage Credit Division, at 234-6866/7689 on or before Monday, January hundreds, but that was before they Some critics say Venezuela 10, 2000. had time to reach by helicopter vastly underestimated the number A Singaporean shop assistant retrieves a packet of portable cooking gas cassettes for a customer at the· some of the worst-hit areas along of dead in the first few days after NMHC reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to cancel or ex Daimaru shopping center Wednesday in Singapore. The store is offering special deals on items such as Venemela's northern Caribbean the Dec. 15 disaster, and that may tend the date, time and place for sale of such property. Any prospective corned beef, sardines, water and beer for those worried about supply problems caused by the Y2K bug. AP buyer must be a person authorized by the Constitution and laws of !he coast that were cut off from land have hurt the country's ability to Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands to hold title to real es traffic. attract international aid since the tate in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Efforts to recover bodies were world didn't immediately under set back Wednesday when two res A rescue worker supports a woman stand the magnitude of the disas "NMHC is an EQUAL EMPLOYMENT AND FAIR HOUSING PUBLIC AGENCY" Y2K could hobble cue helicopters crashed, killing at and carries her bird cage after be ter. least four people. Officials tempo ing evacuated to Maiquetia, Ven- In the devastated neighborhood ezuela Monday. AP rarily suspended flights in the area of Blandin in Caracas, for in after the accidents, fearing that pi borhoodontheCaribbeancoast,an stance, officials initially said one COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY Asia manufacturers lots were becoming exhausted from avalanche of mud and debris tore a person was killed. However, As e days of intense relief efforts. swath 1 1/2 miles long and up to sociated Press reporters and pho So far, officials have recovered five football fields wide, TOKYO (AP)-Leading manu nate supply or distribution chan "I'm worried," Sato said. "Fix tographers who were in the area 1,500 bodies. Venezuelan authori steamrolling everything in its path. hours after a mudslide struck saw REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS facturers in Asia express confidence nels. Companies with more than ing a Y2K problem isn't an in ties have asked the United States Extracting victims from the huge residents carry the corpses of at For The Preparation of the FY 1999 Traffic and Earnings Report. they are prepared for the Year2000 500 employees are doing some vestment that a business sees as for 10,000 body bags. pile would be extreme] y difficult. least seven people down the streets computerproblem. Butwhenasked what better, with 45 percent having returning a profit anyti!'Jle soon." In the affluent Los Corales neigh- President Hugo Chavez says he within a couple of hours. The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) is soliciting sealed proposals from The Government for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana ls about their suppliers, they are far alternate suppliers, according to the Dennis Grabow, an investment qualified firms or individuals to prepare its FY 1999 Traffic and Earnings iands (''Government"), through the Secretary of the Department of less certain. Massachusetts-based technology banker with Millennium Invest Report in accordance with subsections 6.06 and 6.07 of the Airline Use Agree Local lawyer Brien Sers Nicho is also assisting the Attorney Commerce, is soliciting competitive proposals from qualified indi Corporations ·otherwise amply research group International Data ment Corp. in Chicago believes ment (AUA). The purpose of the report is to provide the signatory airlines General's Office in reviewing the viduals and firms with economic and statistical analysis experience to prepared could be crippled by Y2K Corporation. supply-chain disruptions are likely las got $25,000 or $175 an hour with an annual rate base detcrminalion as measured by the aeronautical and NMI ... non-aeronautical costs related to Commonwealth airport system. This rate base assist in developing a questionnaire for a wage and hours survey to be disruptions of their suppliers. It's The research group forecasts - and capable of setting off reces representing government in a case Covenant Implementation Act. Continued from page 1 involving an unspecified report The amount altogether totaled in compared to the aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenues in order to conducted by the CNMI Division of Central Statistics in the Northern an unsettling scenario for such tech $22.8 billion in losses to businesses sions in some nations. Suppliers in asses the sufficiency thereof to cover the costs. From the analyses and related Circuit Court of Newport. The from the Office of the Public Audi some $890,000. Mariam Islands and then to prepare a report that will analyze the in nology-dependent nations as Ja . worldwide from Y2K-related fail industries like aviation or comput report, airline user fees and charges can be judged for the adequacy or used as tor docketed as number 97-00-34. Officials said the amount being formation gathered to determine the possibilities and impact of a raise pan, South Korea, Taiwan, ures and predicts a ripple effect for ers can't be replaced easily - and CNMI had to retain a Virginia a basis for future rate adjustment. A review of past reports can be made at the in the local minimum wage. Singapore - and the United States. every doijar lost by one company, stocking up is unrealistic for indus counsel as the court only allows A San Francisco law firm, Gor spent on lawyers, who mostly are Comptroller's office. For big industries like auto and business parmers will suffer 70 tries that require thousands of parts, lawyers admitted in the Virginia don & Rees was paid $25,000 to from the U.S. mainland, brings to The scope of work for the project may be obtained at the Division of consumer electronics makers, fall cents in losses. he said in a telephone interview. bar. The $50,000 does not cover assist in the filing of a suit before fore the need for the CNMI to The CPA reserves the righl to reject any or all proposals for any reason, if in its sole opinion to do so would be in its best interest. Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan. ing just one part short could shut Reflecting a global trend, larger The danger could hit practically payments beyond Sept. 30 this the U.S. Supreme Court involv further develop its own pool of down entire assembly lines. Espe Japanese corporations are better anywhere. year. ing the CNMI. The same law firm attorneys. All proposals must be signed. One ( l) original and five (5) copies for Interested proposers should submit proposals no later than 4:30 p.m., Decem cially susceptible are companies prepared than smaller ones for A power failure could stymie a ber 3 l, l 999. Late proposals will not be entertained. each proposal must be submitted to the Division of Procurement and exceptionally well" since he be to the documents, is now working Supply in a scaled envelope marked RFP00-0021 and addressed to with "just-in-time manufacturing" Y2K, the legacy of a program supplier, even if it had fixed its gan work forthe program in 1996. as ''special consultant'" for the Send information to: Mr. Carlos H. Salas the Office of the Director, Division of Procurement and Supply, Lower systems, a technique pioneered by ming flaw in which years were computers. Or a ship transporting the Japanese - and widely used by expressed with just two digits, parts could be disabled by Y2K Teno. • • The government used to have a same office. Executive Director Base, Saipan, MP 96950. The opening will be on January 7, 2000 at Commonwealth Ports Authority I 0:30 a.m. at the Division of Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Detroit - in which parts are ob meaning 2000 could be misread troubles and prevented from mak Continued from page 1 full-time staff doing Nielsen's job, In vouching for him, Finance but at a higher cost of $37.000 a Secretary Lucy DLG. Nielsen said P.O. Box 501055 Saipan. THIS DEADLINE IS BElNG EXTENDED FROM 12/2'1/ tained only as needed to keep in as 1900, causing crashes and ing a delivery. Saipan, MP 96950 99 10:30 A.M. TO 1/07/00 10:30 A.M. Any proposals received after ventories low and profit margins scrambled data in computers and And -some suppliers are in na $18,000. year. Nielsen, for the past years, !nos has the specialized skills the deadline will not be accepted. high. the microchips prevalent in so tions like Indonesia and China, Nielsen has been supervising was being paid around $26,000 obtained from years' work with ls/ROMAN S. PALACIOS Mindful ofY2K 's potential for many assembly lines. where the millennium bug is ex the government's five-yearCNMI each. R&T. Contracting Officer/Board Chairman Selection shall be made in accordance with CNMI Procurement Regu disruption, many big manufactur At the end of October, only 75 pected to cause at least moderate State Plan on Children and Fami Nielsen is president of the Re Inos was paid $99,000 for his lations. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the following: ers have broken the mold for this percent of small- and medium though unpredictable disruptions. lies and has been coordinating search Evaluation and Grants Ser last contract which ended in Sep one-time event, stockpiling any sized companies in Japan had "There are potential problems at with the Division of Youth Ser vice (REGS) and is "special as tember. A. Technical Proposal where from a few days to a few .,completed Y2K repairs -far lower the supply chain that we cannot vice (DYS). sistant for educational issues." He was renewed at $60,000 I a. 40% Experience in similar or weeks' supplies prior to Dec. 31. than the near] y 100 percent for possibly control," said Peng Nai Tenorio has vouched for him. Former Revenue & Taxation from October to September next related proejcts But many smaller manufactur banks and 92 percent for compa _chueh, spokesman for Gigabyte saying Nielsen has '"performed director Rufin S. !nos, according year. h. 2'iSf Demonstrated understanding (~R TWA I LIATWA AffL) ers have not. nies in general, government stud Technology, a major Taiwanese of rc4uircmcnts c. 20% Technical expertise of principals and That means any Y2K problems ies show. maker of motherboards. the main rctte smoking am! the "addictive .. have been Jirectly involved in proposed staff upstream in the supply chain might Kazuo Sato, a Tokyo city offi circuit board on computers. Tobacco ... nature of cigarettes. auditing the RMI government J\:c':c,J J.Jl,ffi~ "Ji'rillUi'.[VJI,efl'Jl"l.T, fHYn not be felt for weeks - but could cial who counsels small and me Peng, whose company's clients Theplainriffsoughtto1ecovercom expenditures. ,,~ ,t;rt T1i11 r'J't,, d. 15% Approach to the project. Continued from page 1 then cause assembly lines from dium-sized companies on Y2K, include Compaq and Fujitsu, says pensation for iL~ claimed financial Faced with the potential for such jlj.\Jq According to study 1Llniteb states District cCourt IN THE SUl'E/(10/, COURT OF THE Mysterians and materialists COMMONWEALTH or THE NORTIIE!m DISTRICT OF MARIANA ISLANDS cannot account for, or explain con is, they will say the Brain. Oddly "Oh, there is a brain all right. TED MCAVOY, IN RE THE ESTATE OF Plaintiff, sciousness. It's as if we have built enough, this position is known as It's just that the l'EDRCJ RFYl'S LIZAM.~, vs. the Identity Thesis, a species of brain is made out of meat!" Decrnsed. OVER the past decade investiga Now why should consciousness this vast and beautiful mansion, Kids in poverty HOt\GKOf\G ENTERTAINMENT (OVER "So... whatdoes the thinking?" Pmbalc Action Nu. 99-0702(0) tors from a numberof disciplines, be such a puzzle? We all know known as knowledge, but have Reductionism or Physicalism ( or SEAS) INVESTMEl','T, INC. LD., doing busi such as neuroscience, psychol when we are conscious, what we neglected to leave any space for Materialism). Whatever you say " ... The brain does the think- NOTICE Of HEARING AND ness as TI}HAN DYNASTY HOTEL & CA NOTICE TO CREDITORS ogy and philosophy have been perceive and what we feel. Our the builders, that is, ourselves. about the mind can in principle be ing. The meat." SINO: MICHAEL KWN, Chairman: K.F. attempting to solve what is prob~ sense of who and what we are is OOP's! reduced to statements about the "Thinking meat! You 're ask NOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVEN thal l'eti LIEW. General Manager. OM LUI, Hotel Man tionl'r, the Commonwealth I-lcnlth C1.:ntcr, ager, S.Y. CHEUNG: Assistant Financial Con ably the most difficult and intrac intimately connected to our con The puzzle of consciousness is brain. Mind is brain and there are ing me to believe in grow poorer has flied n Petition in the Superior Court of troller. ar.d: ANTHONY KWAN: in their indi table problem in all of science. scious awareness. Well the rea traditionally known as the Mind/ no two ways about itl thinking meat!" the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariann ' ,dual capacities and official capacities Man Body problem. Today, I believe Now consider the following. "Yes, thinking meat! Con WASHINGTON (AP) - Chil IsLrnds praying thnt nn administri'ltor be ap as David Chalmers calls this The son for the "puzzle" is that our the number of family members. number of children receiving cash agers and Directors of the Tinian Dynasty Ho if you ask someone what the Mind Suppose that wrinkled walnut scious meat! Loving pointed to administer the estate of PEDRO Puzzle of Conscious Experience. present day scientific theories dren in poverty continue to grow The study released today said assistance and food stamps falling REYES LIZAMA, deceased. The altorney of tel & Casino, (i.e., the brain) was as big as a meat. Dreaming meat. The poorer even as the economy surges increases in employment and faster than the total number of poor record is Celeste E Andersen, Assistant At Defendants. factory and you were able to stroll meat is the whole torney General, Deparlment of Public Health, and overall poverty declines, re wages, along with the expansion of children, the researchers concluded. 1'.0. Do, 500109 CK, Saipan, Ml' 96950. through its incredibly complex deal! Are you getting the pic searchers say in a report analyz the Earned Income Tax Credit for Wendell Primus, a second au The hearing on the Petition is set for Janu To: K.F. LIEW, TOM LIU, and ANTHONY maze of corridors. Billions of ture?" ing Census data. low-income working families, re thor, said more families have left ary 4, 2000 at the Commonwealth Superior KWAN Court, Susupc, Saipan at 1:30 p.m. in Court· nerve cells connected by trillions The number of poor children duced thenumberof poorchildren. government assistance programs room 220A. Any person who has ;my objec YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and re of synapses, a light show of elec It seems that we humans, in has declined significantly since Using Census data that calcu and have joined the ranks of the tion lo thl' petition mily file his or her objec quired to file with the Clerk of this Coun· and trical flashes, an overwhelming sofar as we wonder about the tion with the Supcrim Cuurt at any timl' be 1993, but fewer families are us lates income by including gov working poor, losing many of their fore the hearing, or may appear at the time serve upon invasion ofchaos and pattern that world, have a desire to compre ing government aid programs, ernment aid programs and tax benefits in the process. set for hearing to pwsent such objection ur PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY (name and ad bogglesthe... mind? Butwhatyou hend the deep structures of ex interest in the above-captioned maltcr. leaving less money for children, credits, the research group re Often their new incomes do not Notice is hereby given by lhc undersigned dress) will not see are thoughts, and feel perience in terms of one grand according to the Center on Bud ported that there were 10.2 mil make up for the lost benefits, he lo the creditors of, and all persons having THE LAW OFFICE OF JOHN M. CHAM ings, the qualia of experience. unified and interrelated system. get and Policy Priorities, a liberal lion children in poverty in 1998. said. claims against the Estate of PEDRO REYES BERS LIZAMA, that within sixty (60) days after the clo JOHN M. CHAMBERS Think of an image, say, of a build Yet the Great Chain of Being research group. The census, which did not in "Some of those families don't publication of this notice, they must liletheir ing, or a sea, or a person, and seems to be broken. And the "It is troubling that those chil clude those aid programs in its know they 're eligible and for some c!Jims with the Clerk of Court of the Supe MSV Building II, Garapan nowhere in that fantastic factory more we know, the more the dren who remain poor have figures, reported earlier this year of the workingpoorit's very hard rior Court of the Commonwealth of the Post Office Box 502566 Northern Mari.inn Islands, nnd any cl,1ims Saipan, MP 96950 links seem to separate. We are will you find that image hiding. It slipped somewhat deeper in pov that there were 13.5 million poor to get assistance," Primus said. not so presented shall be barred. Tel. (670) 233-6901 1st Prize: . ... , . . . left with a maze of disciplines, Dated: November 19, 1999 2 RoundJrip rickets to Bali on·c;ontinental isn't there. Mental items just don't erty," said Kathryn Porter, co children. From 1995 to 1998, the number Fax: (670) 233-6903 Airlines and 3-night sray at Bali Hyatt exist in the same space as physi an "epistemological pluralism" author of the report. "While the Using their broader measure of of children receiving food stamps ls/Deputy Clerk of Court 2-night stay at Hyatt Regency Commonwcc1lth Superior Court 2nd Prize: Saipan's Presidenffal Suite cal happenings. of incompatible disciplines robust economy is helping many poverty, the researchers found that fell 27 percent and the number an answer to the complaint which is herewith Round Trip ticket to Hong Kong on Asiana airlines The philosopher John Searle forming a shaky mosaic of families, others are being affected between 1995 and 1998, the num getting cash assistance dropped served upon you, withn twenty (20) days after and 3-night stay at Hyatt Regener Hong Kong 7th Prize: 3-niglil stay at Grand Hyatt notes that· conscious experience knowledge characterized by adversely by the contraction in ber of children in poverty declined 36 percent, the study said. smice of this summons upon you, exclusively 3rd Prize: Fukuoka, Japan is a "first-person" subjective irre border conflicts. At these bor some parts of the safety net." by 1.2 million, or IO percent. The study also found that while of the day of service. If you fail to do so, judg Round Trip ticket ro Korea on Asiana Airlines and· IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Ot IHE mem hy default will be taken against you for 8th Prize: ducible feature of physical real ders, where the really big ques The poverty threshold differs But the remaining poor chil child poverty has fallen since COMMONWEALTH OFTf-lE NlJi! !HERN 3-nighr Sta)' ar Grand Hyatt Seoul the relief demanded in the complaint. 3-night sray al Hyatt Regency Cheju, Korea ity. For example, you may "re tions are, religion conflicts with by household, depending mainly dren have grown poorer. 1993, the rate of that decline has MARIANA ISLANDS 4th Prize: · 9th Prize: Round Trip licker to }<1pan on Japan Airlines and duce" the color red to certain· science, and the mystic wars on the size of the family. In 1998, The average incomes of poor chil slowed since 1995. Between 1993 IN RE THE ESTATE OF 3-night stay a.t Hyatt Regency Pusan, Korea GALO L. PEREZ 3-night stay ar Hrart Regency Osaka wavelengths of electromagnetic with the materialists. A plethora the poverty level was about dren in 1998 fell $1,604 below the and 1995, the number of poor JOSE BARCINAS SABLAN, Prize: Dl'C('ascd. Clerk 5th · · 10th Prize: radiation, and you can talk about of New Age writers, offer ban- $16,700 for a family of four. A poverty line - $133 more than in children fell at a rate of 1.2 mil Probate Action No. 99-729[) 2 Round Trip tickers to Guam on Continental Airlines 3-night stay at Hyatt Regency Manila, Philippines . quets of sugar plums for those December 15. 1999 and 3-nighr star at Hyatt Regency Guam · And more ... the neural processes that occur child's poverty threshold and rela 1995 and the highest poverty figure lion a year, but the annual rate hungry for cognitive coherence. NOTICE OF HEARING AND Dme when you see red, such as the tive income is a portion of a since 1979, the study said. was a third that between 1995 and NOTICE TO CREDITORS photons which strike your But the repast is only an illusion family's income and depends on This disparity is caused by the 1998. _]:. H.. YA,l. T retina, electric signals traveling masking the real need to fill the NOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVEN that Peti By:/s/Deputy Clerk • ~ f V : 1. : ~ tioner, thL'· Com momvcalth Hc.ilth Cent('r, S 'A I P A N~ up your optic nerve, and so on. explanatory gaps in our under h,1:i filed., Petition in the Superior Court of But that doesn't account for the standing. We still await the theCommonwl1illlh of the Northern M,1ri,1na IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE Hyatt Regency Saipan Presents Islands praying that an administrator be ap COMMONWEALTH OF THE redness itself, the subjective ex Einstein of the mind, and some $10 EACH pointed lo ,1dminislL'r lhL' est.ik ol Jose NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ... perience you have when you insight into the illusive mystery Bt1rcinas Sabliln, dcce.:isl'd. The .11toml'y of HYATI INTERNATIONAL BOOKLETS OF 6 f0RJUS1 S50.00 TIN/AN CASINO GAMING see redo, which is part of your known as the Puzzle of Con rernrd is Cdl'slc E. Arnkrst.·n. As~i~l.rnt At CONTROL COMMISSION CHARITY EVENT: The Hyatt Regency Saipan, in accordance: torney Gener,11, Depi.1rl nu:nt of Public l-h.\1llh, Plaintiff, private mental life, distinct from scious Experience. l'.0. Bo:-; 300-109 CK, Sc1ip,1n, .vlP 96950. with Hyatt International Hotels, is raising $2 million vs. Tht.• he.1rins on the Pdition is set for Janu lo build the Children's Village for orphaned, all the neurophysiological cor PAUL A. PALMER, ary 4, 2000 al the Commonwl.!.ilth Superior Delendanl. "Children of the World underprivileged and sick children of the world. relates. Puzzles c(·lurl, Susupc. S,1ipan ill I:Jll p.m. in Court· Civil Action No. 99--0718(1) Every child deserves·a chance, as the children According to the philosopher I . Mary and Mark had a room 220A. Any person who h,1s an:,• objcc· 11 of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. tion 10 the retition m;iy file his or her objl'C SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION Charity Sweepstakes With every purchase of a sweepstakes ticket, Colin McGinn, the quintessen chicken farm. Mark said, "if we tion with the Superior Court nl ;1nr time be you will help a chi!d reach their potential. tial mysterian, our "brain,,. or should sell 75 chickens, our fore the hearing, or may appeilr at tlw time FROM: The Superior Court ol the Common T1cl..ets m.iy be pu1ch,1~d ~\ all Hya11 R'$tJur.ints. Help build the Children's Village v,,ith a purchase "minds" are simply not stock offeed will last just twenty set for hearing tu pn·scnt such objection or wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands DJ\ Comer .ma hon: Ol.,sk. Also :ivail:ib\e inlerL'Sl in the abovc-G1ption('d m.illl'r. .-it tl1e CH[ \'oluntN'rs C~1ft Shop of a ticket today. equipped to fathom what links days longer. But if we buy I 00 Notice is hl'rcby gi~·cn by th(' undersigned TO: The above-named Defendant mind to brain. There is a con extra chickens, as you want, we to tht.: crCditol's of, ,md .1!1 p<.'rsons h,wing cl,1ims il8,1insl lhL' Est.ill.' of JoSL' Barcinas You are hereby summoned lo appear wilhin nection, but we will never know will run out of feed 15 days S.1blan, th.it within sixty (60) d,1vs after thL' lwenty (20) days after final publication of this it. sooner." "Well," Mary asked, publication of this notic~, tht>y m(1st file tlwir Summons and camplelion of posling, and de cl;iims v,:ith the Clerk of Courl of lhe Supe f011d in !he above-captioned action in /heabo,e In his words, "To understand "how many chickens do we have rior Court of thL' Commonwe.illh (lf the entnled Court, and answer the Complain! of the general theory of conscious anyway?" Can you find the Nnrth('rn i\-fari.ina lsl.:mds, und ,my d,1ims Plaintiff, Tinlan Casino Gaming Control Com mission. You shall serve a copy of your an ness we would need to under answer? not so presmled shall bl! b,1 rf<.'d. UatL>d: Dl'cembl'r 2, 1999 swer, upon the Plaintiff's attorney: The Law stand how the specific forms of 2. While riding on a carousel, Offices of Robert C. Naraja, PC, P.O. Box 1960, ls/Deputy Clerk of Court Saipan, MP 96950. II you fail to do so, judg· consciousness arise from par Iris said that one third of the menl by default will be rendered againsl you WORKERS UNITED. Nissan Motor Co. workers holding a protest banner that reads "Nissan should stop Commonwealth Superior Court ticular sorts of brain property. number of kids riding ahead of according to the reliefs demanded in the Com a personnel cut or rationali.zation" shout slogans during their protest rally in front of the Japan's leading plaint which has been flled with !he Clerk ol But that would require us to be me, added to three quarters of automaker's Murayama plant in suburban Tokyo, yesterday. About 3,000 protesters rallied against Chief said Court. able to form concepts of types those riding behind me gives Operating Officer Carlos Ghosn's restructuring plan to slash 35,000 employees and closing of five assembly plants nationwide, including the Murayama plant. AP ls/JOVITA C. FLORES of experience that we cannot in the correct number of kids on Clerk of Court fact conceive. That is, it would the carousel. How many were IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE require a conceptual impossi there? COMMONWEAL TH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS bility." 3. Jason was given a job with Clinton not seeking reimbursement In re the estate ol: To illustrate the point of just the following conditions: JUAN T. CONCEPCION, tirelypremature" because there still how strange it is that "the He would get $8.00 each day WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi had this legal defense fund. People lleceased. Apartment - 15 Units Probate Action No. 99-0745D squishy gray matter in our for 30 days. But if on any day dent Clinton says he might be en have helped pay for my legal fees." was an independent counsel, and Store - 3 Units head ... can be the basis of a rich he did not show up for work, he titled to govemmentreimbursement The president's lawyer David said it was hoped the le gal defense NOTICE OF HEARING AND Down payment - $30,000.00 All proceed~ to benefit t-i!H Childien's Village for orphaned, undctpri..,.ileged and sick children of the world, and the CH.C Volunteers' ~~c_iation. NOTICE TO CREDITORS mental life," McGinn quotes would loose $ I 0.00. Then, at for his legal expenses, but "his in Kendall, has called the report "en- fund "will be sufficient." Monthly- $2,750.00 from a science fiction story by the end of 30 days, Jason earned stinct" is not to seek it. 1. The Pelltioner William A. Concepcion, seeking localion:Kobferville Call:288,9430 (Evening) 287·9130 to be appointed as Administrator of !he Esta le Terry Bisson. An alien explorer no money at all, and he didn't Clinton addressed a report last of Juan T. Concepcion, deceased, has been is reporting to his commander: owe anything either. How many weekend in The Washington Post set for hearing oo 11th day of January, 200D, at the oour al 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 220A ol days did Jason not show up for that he and Hillary Rodham Clinton ANNOUNCEMENT lhe Commonwealth Superior Court, in Saipan, APARTMENT FOR RENT "The.y 're made out of meat." work? were strongly considering request- CNMI. 2. Any pe,son ll11o has any obJection to this 1-BEDROOM-$300.00 . · . DRAWING JANUARY 1, 2000 ·.· " ... That's ridiculous ... You 're ing taxpayerreimbursementof sev TO: ALL MEMBERS OFTIIE SAIPAN AGRICUIJ1JRAL FAIR COMMITI'EE Petition may file his or her objection with the . \ .· 0 FULLY FURNISHED asking me to believe Answers To Last Week's eral million dollars in legal costs. Convnonwealth Court al any time be!ore the hearing, or may appear at lhe time set /or KOBLERVILLE in sentient meat...Spare me. Puzzles "I may be entitled to it. But my TIIERE WILL BE AGENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING hearing lo present such objection or interest in instinct is not to do it. But I've Iha abov8':aptKJned matter. . 288-9430 (evening) · Okay, maybe they 1. There were three boys and 3. No/ice is hereby given b the undersgned to are only part meat...A meat three girls. Each received one never really had a discussion about WHEN: DECEMBER 28, 1999 the creditors of, and all persons having claims it,"hesaidinaninterviewonCNN's agains1 the Estate ol Juan T. Concepcion or Don't be a Litter Bug ... head with an of the two-for-a-dollar buns and WHERE: DLNR (Division of Land & Natural Resources) against the deceased !hat within sixty (60) electron plasma brain inside." two thre.,-for-a-dollar buns. 'Larry King Live" that was taped Conference Room days alter the publicatKJn o/ L'lis notice, thll'f Wednesday for broadcast Thurs mus! file their claims with the Clerk ol Court o/ l(eep Saipan Beautiful! "But I told you, we probed 2. The names of the four girls Lower Base the Commonwealth Trial Court aoo any claims them. They are meat are Ann Jones, May Robinson. day. CNN made available a tran 001 so presooted shalt be barred. TIME: 9:00A.M Dated th~ 14/h day of llec€rrber, 1999. all the way through." Jane Smith, and Kate Brown. script of the interview. "No brain?" 3. Twenty-two pieces. "I've been very fortunate, I've IMPORTMT MATI'ERS TO BE DISCUSSED. ALL MEMBERS ENCOURAGED TO ATIEND. is/JOVITA C. FLORES Clerko!Court 40-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 24, 1999 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24 , 1999 °MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-41 DEADLINE: 12:00 noon the day prior to pubUcation EEK 6 MEEK® by Howie Schneider · NOTE: If some reason yb~r a~ve~~~~t is lncor:rect. cal! us lmmedk:rtely to make 1he necessary correctio~. lhe Monona~ Vanety .---:::::::=;=::::::::-----, I/CROSSWORD PUZZLER/I News and Views is responsble only for one incorrect lnserti~n. We WHAT /S l'l-lAT reserve the right to edit. refuse. reject or cancel any ad at any time. H!J:i: B:X1< lion are or will likely become 30 percent of the government strike-out: {14) Paul Roberto (12) Caleb Dulei (10) John Camacho (9j John IG . .. uncollectible, a fact which since airline's stock, it didn't have a Sablan, John Manibusan, Tony Satur (8)Joe Sablan NFL suspends Orlando Brown Rodman booked in Continued from page 1 July 1996 has prevented the bank representative on the AMI board. from issuing new commercial Tibon, in a 1991 memo, ob Receiver Keyshawn Johnson Brown was hit by a flag dnink driving probe spending of U.S. funds in prepa loans from Compact funds and jected to a loan for an office Jaguars ... and centre Kevin Mawae of the weighted with BBs - thrown ration for renegotiation of eco from meeting its legally mandated building project that involved by referee Jeff Triplette-dur Continued from page 44 Jets are AFC reserves and join COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - nomic provisions of the Compact purpose to ''promote the develop relatives of former President punter Tom Tupa. Centre Tom ing Sunday's game with Jack Dennis Rodman, who has had a of Free Association. ment and expansion of the Amata Kabua and totaled $4.9 Frank Wycheck. N alen and defensive tackle Trevor sonville. Brown stormed back stonny few months since his NBA · The audit reported was released economy of the Marshall Islands." million, an amount represent The Colts own the top offence Pryce of Denver will start for the on the field and knocked down careerendedabruptly, was booked by President Imata Kabua on the audit said. ing almost 30 percent of the in the NFC behind Manning, who AFC and Detron Smith was named Triplette with a two-handed Wednesday for investigation of MIDB issued commercial total capital of the bank. But Wednesday. has thrown for 3,696 yards and 26 as a special teamer. shove to the chest. drunken driving, police said. For 17 of 21 loans checked in loans to local businesses and the Cabinet directed that the loan touchdowns. James, a rookie, Buffalo Bills guard Ruben Brown blamed his violent Rodman, who was driving a the audit. "11 loans were issued government entities without be issued, the audit reported. leads all conference rushers with Brown and fullback Sam Gash, actions on the fact that his fa Bentley, was stopped for a traffic based on direct or indirect di ·'adequate assurances that the Seven years after the loan was 1,400 yards and Harrison leads Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony ther, Claude, lost his sight to violation, a passenger not wear rection from government offi purposes of the loans were in con made, no payments had been the NFL with 1,474 yards. Gonzalez, Miami Dolphins glaucoma in 1993. Brown has ing a seat belt, police Sgt. Bob cials, three loans were issued to formance with official economic made to the bank. The Ravens' contingent is led comerback Sam Madison and been in the hospital since Sun Ciszek said. businesses owned by relatives development plans and that the Both Capelle and Tibon told by starting linebackers Peter New England Patriots safety Law day night, with impaired vision "Also, the security in the area of senior-level government of loans could be and would be re the auditors that the Marshall Boulware on the outside and Ray yer Milloy complete the starting and bleeding in a chamber of had reported he was possibly in ficials, and three loans were is paid," the audit said. "These de Islands "Cabinet had direct con Lewis on the inside. Tackle lineup. his right eye. toxicated as he was leaving a res Dennis Rodman sued to businesses owned by ficiencies occurred because the trol over the bank's operations Jonathan Ogden also was named Other players named to the l11e injury would have kept rnurant and bar." police Sgt. Don elected officials:· the audit said. bank issued loans ... bascd on po until August 1993, when the as a starter. while free safety Rod squad were running back Corey Cleveland Browns offensive tackle Orlando Brown talks with the 13rown out of Cleveland's sea Holford said. his own safety. Marshall Islands Development litical considerations and without bank's enabling legislation was Woodson and defensive end Dillon and kick returner Tremain media at the Cleveland Clinic Tuesday, where he is being treated for son finale against Indianapolis The 38-year-old former NBA Rodman, waived by the Los impaired vision. On Monday, it was revealed that Brown might have Bank (MIDB) officials told U.S. adequate financial analyses of the amended to remove the Cabinet's Michael McCrary were reserves. Mack of Cincinnati, comerback on Sunday. The Browns have a rebounding champion was booked Angeles Lakers last April after projects' financial viability." direct authority over the bank." permanent damage in the eye that was accidentally hit by referee Jeff auditing staff that "the bank is The Oakland Raiders joined James Hasty and guard Will Triplette's weighted penalty flag. AP bye week on the last weekend and bail was set at $2,500, said spending a rocky seven weeks sued some Joans based on politi The audit reviewed 21 of 48 Even after 1993 legislation re Tennessee with four selections. Shields of Kansas City, kicker of the season. Holford, who added that Rodman with the team, was arrested Nov. cal direction and influence" and loans funded by Compact funds duced the Cabinet's control over Rich Gannon was the third quar Olindo Mare and linebacker Zach BEREA, Ohio (AP) - The game for contact with an official. Still, that weekend counts flunked the field sobriety test con 5 in Miami Beach, Fla., after he that such loans "may not have (initially totaling$ J 8.5 million). MIDB operations, "the bank was terback named to the squad and Thomas of Miami, and linebacker NFL pushed back at Orlando Commissioner Paul Tagliabue toward the suspension and ducted by a special driving-un and his wife, Cannen Electra, al been made under nonnal circum "Of the 2 l loans reviewed, one subject to some political influ was joined as a reserve by re Chad Brown and defensive line Brown on Wednesday, sus will meet with the 6-foot-7, 350- Brown will not get a paycheck, der-the-influence team. legedly had a loud fight in their ence," Capelle and Tibon told stances." loan was current, 18 loans were ceiver Tim Brown. Interior line man Cortez Kennedy of Seattle. pending the Cleveland tackle pound tackle in New York after NFL spokesman Greg Aiello Rodman was expected to re hotel room. Both initially were Inspector General Earl E. delinquent an average of 46.3 auditors. man Darrell Russell and The Pittsburgh Steelers failed for shoving a referee who acci the Pro Bowl in February. Addi said. Brown signed a six-year, main in jail for up to six hours, charged with simple battery. a Devaney, in a letter to MIDB months, and two loans (which The audit said that "we noted, comerback Charles Woodson will to have a player named to the dentally hit him in the eye with tional penalties will be discussed $27 million contract with Cleve Holford said Wednesday night. misdemeanor, but those charges boarachairman Donald Cape lie had been delinquent) were ex for example, that five of the six start for the AFC. squad for the first time since the a weighted penalty flag. at that hearing. land in February. Based on his It was the third time within the later were dropped. accompanying the audit, said changed for common stock of bank directors were government A pair of disappointing teams, AFC-NFC version of the game The indefinite suspension "We continue to hope Orlando 1999 salary, Brown will lose past four months that Rodman Rodman, who led the NBA in that the audit was requested by the borrowing organization." officials." the New York Jets (6-8) and Den began in 1971. was announced hours after Brown makes a full recovery from $49,411. has been arrested, although rebounding seven years, played The Inspector General made a U.S. Ambassador to the Marshall This stock, exchanged for two ver Broncos (5-9), each had three The San Diego Chargers and Brown learned he must stay in hisinjury,"Tagliabuesaid. "How Brown's agent, Tom Condon, charges we.re either dropped or on league championship teams series of recommendations, in Islands Joan Plaisted. loans to Air Marshall Islands to players selected. Cleveland also were shut out. the hospital because of new ever, as everyone has acknowl did not say if his client will never filed in the previous cases. twice with the Detroit Pistons and 'The board feels that most of taling $3.5 million, was described cluding the need to revise bank bleeding in his right eye. He edged, the injury to the player appeal. Rodman was arrested Aug. 21 three times with the Chicago the non-compliance would have by MIDB managing director policies to require that loans be was to have been released was completely inadvertent and ,;I would prefer we wait until in nearby Newport Beach after a Bulls. been avoided if the Bank had been Amon Tibon as "worthless." He issued according to goals and ob Gov't. . . ~ontinued from page 1 Wednesday before this setback. did not justify his action against after the hearing before making disturbance at a restaurant and He was released by the Lakers given more autonomy and inde added that the Cabinet directed jectives of Marshall Islands na Brown also faces a possible the referee. a comment,·• said Condon, who bar. But the Orange County dis after showing up late for several MIDB to make these loans (in pendence from the start," Cape lie tional economic development interpret the Year 2000 as 1900, which has the same last two digits. fine and could be suspended for "It was an unfortunate accident on Tuesday hinted about a pos trict attorney's office decided not practices and missing others. Rod 1991 and 1992)toAMifor"oper said in a reply to the audit's criti plans, and to reduce the presence As a result, any program with a date such as billing, payroll, inven part of the 2000 season. He is the but we cannot condone under any sible lawsuit against the league to charge him with misdemeanor man indicatei he would like to cism of bank loans. ating funds." The audit noted that of government officials on the tory, and bank accounts, among others, could crash or give misleading first player in league history to circumstances physical contact if Browns' injury was career public drunkenness because evi continue playing in the NBA, but Loans amounting to $13.7 mil- while MIDB now owned about MIDB board. answers starting January 1, 2000. be suspended for more than one against·our game officials." . · · threatening. dence did not show Rodman was nootherteamsapparently wanted so drunk that he could not care for to sign him. 44-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 24, 1999 SPORTS In M~n's slowpitch softball Toles Gone wins ovel.' Sofang TOLES Gone got out of the cel more with the score 'tied at 4 in the bottom of the sixth due to inning 17-7 shut-out over the Camacho turned the outcome lar by defeating Sofang with a after three innings for the fo~ time limitation, but could man Laly 4 in the third game of the around as Tom Diaz blasted the 7-0forfeitµre as the two winless fei ture. age only six for their fourth loss night. game bagger, a two-run shot i,') teams clashed Wednesday dur In the second game, PeleHu in 10 games and improved Laly 4 kept the game close in right for an 1-1-10 victory, their ing the Saipan Softball Men's expl~ded for 19 runs in the top Peleliu to 5:.6. the first four innings trailing by eight win in 11 outings. and ·s1owpitch League. of the sixth to clinch victory Poland Masaharu went 3 for 3 just three runs, 7-4, before the handed Padang their eight loss It was Toles Gone 's first taste over the Warriors, 28-20. with six RBl's to lead Peleliu. Powef Factors then scored 10 of in 10 games. of victory in eight games, drop · The Warriors led 14-9 after Francis George and Isma'el the next 13 runs for the shut Diaz Jed the winners with two ping Sofang to 0-10. five complete innings, but two Aguon each went 4 to 4. in a out. homeruns and five RBl's and Sofang had three innings to costly errors pumped up Peleliu losing effort. .: Team Padang were just one Jay Morishita led Padang going field the required 10 players enroute to a 28-14 lead after 5 1/ Tkel Olikong Everette and out away from upsetting the. 3 for 4 with two inside-the-park playing with just nine, but were 2 innings of play. Clark Ngiraidong each homered powerful Bad Boyz squad, but homerun with five RBl's. as not able to come up with one The Warriors had one last shot to lead Power Factor to a sixth an error by right fielder Ben well. . Jaguars domin~te AFG Pro Bowl selections NEWYORK(Reuters)-The back Edgerrin James and wide Jacksonville Jaguars, whose 13- rece~ver Marvin' Harrison in 1 mark is the National Football Honolulu as starters for the Feb League's best, dominated the ruary 6 game. AFC picks for the 2000 Pro The players are selected in Bowl on Wednesday. balloting by fans, players and SevenJaguars, including NFL coaches, with each counting one receptions leader Jimmy Smith, third of the total. were among the players named Five Jaguars were named as to the AFC Pro Bowl team. starters - Smith, tackle Tony The second-highest total in Boselli, defensive end Tony the conference went to the Bal Brackens, linebacker Kevin timore Ravens, who are just 7-7 Hardy and safety Carnell Lake. but had five playersselected. Quarterback Mark Brunell and TheTennesseeTitans(l 1-3), tackle Leon Searcy are reserves. in second place behind Jack Rookie linebacker Jevon -· sonville in the AFC Central, Kearse and veteran Bruce will send four players to the Matthews ·of the Titans were game, while East champion In named as starters for the AFC dianapolis Colts (12-2) will have squad, joining running back their celebrated trio of quarter Eddie George and tight end Judge Edward Manibusan prepares to hit the ball while a Telesource CNMI Inc. official looks on at the 16th back Peyton Manning, running Continued on page 42 hole of Lao Lao Golf Resort during Wednesday's goodwill golf tournament sponsored by Telesource. Photo by Ferdie de la Torre Yankees trade lrabu to Expos MONTREAL (Reuters) - Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu, who never reached the lofty expectations the Yankees had for him, was traded by New York to the Expos on Wednes day for minor league pitcher Jake Westbrook and two play ers to be named. Irabu, 30, was I J- 7 with a 4.84 ERA in 32 games for the World Series champion Yan kees last season. In his only postseason appear ance in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, Irabu was racked for eight runs and 13 hits over 4 213 innings by the Boston Red Sox. New York originally ac quired Irabu 's negotiating rights from the San Diego Pa dres on April 22, 1997 after he stated his desire to play for the Dandan Ele,:ne:1tary School stu_dents (front) hold a set of softball equipment donated by the Saipan Softball Association Wednesday. Also in photo Yankees. are DES Principal Frances Ta1manao (3rd from left) and SSA President Robert A. Guerrero (2nd from left). -· ------·------, SAIPAN GUAM P 0. Box 231 Soipan. lvlP 96950 960 South Morine Drive. Suite l~ F"' • Tel (6 70) 234-6341 • 7578 • 9797 Tomuning Plaza. GU 9691)-l' · ~i;t~ • Fox: (670) 234-927 l • Tel. 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