UNIVERSI Ti OF HAWAII UBRP.Rr 0 Micronesia’s Leading Newspaper Since 1972 Vol. 21 No. 191 Saipan, MP 96950 ©1992 Marianas Variety M onday ■ Decem ber 14, 1 9 9 2 Serving CNMI for 20 Years 25' C astro releases 5 m inors By Gaynor Dumat-ol facility, can I close my eyes to habilitation while in custody. those facts?” the judge said shortly The judge pointed out that as ALL FIVE minors detained at the before ordering the release of the early as November 1990, a con­ dilapidated juvenile detention juveniles. sultant of tl\e US Department of facility in Kagman will be re­ Castro cited Article 1, Section Justice found out that the juvenile leased to their parents this after­ 4 (j) of the Northern Marianas detention facility in Kagman was noon. Constitution which says that the filthiest the consultant saw Judge Alex Castro ordered the persons who are under 18 years among 500 detention facilities, release of the minors Friday fol­ old should be protected in crimi­ mostly in the mainland. lowing a visit to the detention nal judicial proceedings and in Castro asked why the executive center the day before to confirm conditions of imprisonment. branch of government failed to claims that thé facility was filthy, 'the release of the young de­ correct the problems in the de­ badly needed repairs and had in­ tainees was sought by Public tention building. adequate professional staff to Defenders Dan DeRienzo and The hose used to occasionally provide counseling to youngsters V.K. Sawhney who told the court provide water to the facility, convicted of, or charged with, that the condition of the facility Castro said, made him feel that various crimes. had dehumanized the minors. the detention center for the The facility, Castro said, is so It was the first case on juveniles ’ youngsters was a zoo. dirty that he thinks pig pens are constitutional rights as detainees “The facility’s condition is cleaner. which the Superior Court en­ unsanitary, the structure needs Castrofoundoutduringthevisit countered, so Castro referred to a major renovation,” the judge said. that the plumbing fixtures in the similar case filed with the US Because the facility lacked toilets and the sinks were not Supreme Court. professional staff to help in the working, the faucets had no wa­ He said the US Supreme Court rehabilitation of minors, Castro ter, the ceiling had visible leaks ruled that incarcerated juveniles said the place was not a juvenile where rains seep in and grime and have the constitutional right to correctional facility but a “dirty graffiti were all over. privacy and dignity and are en­ warehouse.” Dan DeRienZo “After a personal visit to the titled to professional care and re­ continued on page 7 Alex Castro House discovers Red Cross plans to maintain double listing emergency supplies in Saipan THE AMERICAN Red Cross is erations particulary during mas­ cooperative to the Red Cross. planning to stock emergency sive devastation is because the Also Saturday, Hyatt general supplies in the Northern Marianas Northern Marianas, for example, managerCliffordGrauers handed of em ployees andother Pacific areas for quicker is thousands of miles away from a 51,000 donation to newly-in­ By Rafael H. Arroyo Jesus T. Attao, committee response to typhoons and other national headquarters. stalled chairperson Heidi Dennis chairman. Reyes heads the disasters, Donald W. Jones, gen­ “Someday we would not have of the Saipan chapter of. the Red THE PROPOSED budget for committee in an acting capacity. eral manager fordisaster services, to ship a person (Red Cross worker Cross. fiscal year 1993 contains ‘This will increase the total said Saturday. to do relief work) from the “With the effects of-recent ty­ double listing of employees amount of appropriations for Jones, who visited Saipan with mainland,” Jones said. phoons and the fragile economic which results in additional al­ personnel and for full time em­ three other officials of the Pacific Jones and the three other visit­ situation in our islands, and location of fuhds. ployees (FTEs). Imagine the region and the national head­ ing Red Cross officials— Neil Christmas being the season of Because of this, Represen­ effect of, say, ten employees quarters, said the pre-positioning Allgood, national chairman for goodwill, it seems an appropriate tative Pedro P. Reyes said given twice their annual salaries. of supplies is included in a Pacific disaster services at NHQ, Martha time for us to think of the less Friday the Committee on Ways This is very crucial especially Islands plan which is being fi­ G. Yund, regional executive of­ fortunate and to assist in their and Means would not be able since we havemeager resources nalized. ficer for the Pacific and Herbert time of iv-cd,” Grauers said in a written statement released by to introduce the appropriations to talk about,” said Reyes. Under the same plan, the local Hoover IH, regional committee bill on Dec. 18 as promised “We want to think it’s just an chapters in the Pacific will also be member, met with Governor Hyatt. Donations to UNICEF and the earlier. honest mistake and not done encouraged to recruit volunteers Lorenzo Guerrero and'the NMI The double entries were dis­ intentionally to cushion the which will be given training by mayors and discussed the plan for Hyatt Corp. Hurricane Relief covered last week by Rep. continued on page 7 national headquarters. the Pacific. Fund have been made by other The purpose of training local The visiting Red’ Cross offi­ Hyatt International Hotels, the volunteers to cope with relief op­ cials said the government has been statement said. (GLD) A ssau lt victim in com a A YOUNG man was in comatose aged to escape with minor injuries. condition early Friday due to inju­ The companion suffered bruises in ries sustained when attacked by four the left upper arm and laceration in young men with a baseball bat in one knee. Koblerville. One of the four had been identi­ Assistant Police Chief Ray B. fied and was facing arrest. Camacho identified the victim as In another police report, a minor Johanes Jeferson, 19. was apprehended for five offenses. Jeferson was found lying face He was booked for an assault and down and bloodied shortly before 11 battery complaint, consuming liquor, pjn. Thursday on the basketball court violating the curfew for juveniles, near the police sub-station. resisting arrest and criminal mischief. He was initially found to have a A car and a bus was also repotted skull fracture by attending doctors at Friday to have collided near the VISITING American Red Cross officials during press conference Saturday (from left): Herbert Hoover III, regional the Commotonealth Health Center. Chalan Kanoa Beach Club but no committee member for the Pacific region; Donald VJ. Jones, general manager for disaster services; Martha G. A companion of Jeferson man­ one was hurt. YUnd, regional executive directer for the Pacific; and Neil Allgood, national chairman, disaster services. PaC- S~bCUs 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- DECEMBER 14,1992 MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 Irdki victims Guerrero orders probe of Pagan; Quake leaves 147 Helicopters blást m ay apply for HUD loans mayor’s men denounce Gabaldon 3 Somali vehicles AN INDIVIDUAL owner or renter, who was displaced from GOVERNOR Lorenzo I. lowing the eruption of the volcano identities; Gabaldon, in an earlier letter to dead in Indonesia his or her principal residence Guerrero has directed Frank on the island. * Whether it is sale to allowthe Ruben, accused the mayor’s men By Ghafur Fadyl in the northern part of Flores were no tents in a' pouring tropical in first encounter as a result of Hurricane Inikiis Chong, acting disaster control Guerrero’s directive to Chong return of the island’s original of stealing 14 goats from eligible to apply for a no down destroyed by the temblor. Total rainstorm. By William C. Mann wilhout the threat of gcKingshot officer, to look into reports that was prompted by a letter from residents; Gabaldon’s alcoholic rehabilita­ payment mortgageloan insured JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - villages in coastal areas were Hendrik Fernandez, the gover­ or robbed,” he said. some people were staying on Pa­ David T. Aldan, former resident * The extent of Gabaldon’s tion center on the island. by the US Department of The death toll from a powerful wiped out by tidal waves triggered gan Island while the original of Pagan. “Mr. Aldan’s key point activities on the island; and nor of the eastern Indonesia M OtiAbiSlIlf Somalia It was a popular show with Housing dnd Urban Develop­ “The only center he (Gabaldon) earthquake in eastern Indonesia by the quake, he said. residents were still not being al­ is: if we don’t allow CNMI resi­ * Who should give permission province, visited the disaster area (AP) - US combat helicoptcis Somalis. ment (HUD)under Section 203 has there is a slave center,” the has reached 147 with at least 88 The seismic waves were as high lowed to go back. dents, generally, to return to Pagan for commercial, scientific and and offered 15 million rupiahs destroyed thiee armed Somali Chants of "Viva! Viva!"rang (h) of the National,Housing three men said in their letter. people injured, a rescue official This was learned yesterday as to live and cultivate crops and recreational visits to Pagan. as 25 meters (80 feet) and swept (57,300) plus food and medicine vehicles that attacked the air­ out as die Marines passed A Act. die department said. They said the only people in the said Sunday. three original Pagan residents raise animals, why would we al­ In a separate letter hand-carried as far as 300 meters (1000 feet) for the victims.