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Teno's address expected 'Political coercion' to focus on the economy the depleting government cof­ fers which resulted from the suit filed vs mayor sudden change in spending behavior of both tourists and By Ferdie de la Torre Jeanette H. Borja, Ramon SN. residents. Variety News Staff Borja, Herbert B. Hocog, Peter The present economic predica­ THE SUPERIOR Court has is­ Taitano, Patrick A. Tudela, Edwin ment of the CNMI may also be sued a temporary restraining or­ M. Cabrera, Mary Ann A. described through empty hotel der stopping Tinian Mayor Fran­ Mendiola, and Isabel M. San rooms, shopping centers and cisco M. Borja from terminating Nicolas. restaurants 18 employees because of their The petitioners, through coun­ This caused a mass displace­ political affiliation. sel John M. Chambers, said more ment of businesses in the is­ "This order is granted due to than 20 employees of the Tinian Pedro P. Tenorio lands which exceeded 1,700 in the irreparable injury to the peti­ Mayor's Office were coerced by number last year. Existing es­ tioners by depriving them of their Borja to either support his fa­ By Aldwin R. Fajardo tablishments plunged by 47 livelihood through political coer­ vored candidates or risk being Variety News Staff percent or a difference of 1,754 cion," said the TRO signed Tues­ Francisco M. Borja terminated from their position. GIVEN what appears to be the last year, while new invest­ day by Judge Juan T. Lizama:- These employees, according to most depressing economic con­ ments pale in comparison with Lizama ordered Borja to ap­ Chambers, were handed termina­ di ti on that hit the Northern the previous year's figure pear in court this Wednesday to The 18 employees of Tinian tion letters last March 31 and told Marianas in 20 years, Gov. posted from 922 to 877. argue the petitioners' claim. Mayor'sOfficehavesoughtTRO, their position would be terminated Pedro P. Tenorio might have The Department of Com- , Loren Sutton, legal counsel for preliminary and permanent in­ on June I. .J had a hard time preparing his merce reported that overall in- ~­ Mayor Borja, in a telephone in­ Chambers said these employ­ junction against Borja for alleg­ e piece for today's State of the_ vestments dropped by 39 per- ~ terview said it was premature to ees held ungraded positions which edly terminating them illegally. r Commonwealth Address. cent to 2,854 last year, regis- fJ · make any comment at this time The petitioners were Dolores · fall into the category of people iJ In an interview yesterday, the tering a deficit of at least 1,799 :1 because he just received the court protected by the CNMI statute. 1 SN Antiller, Teresa P. Koyoshi, 1 governor could only speak of compared with the previous f: While arguments have been documents. Gilbert Basa, Steven S. Mendiola, 13 how the CNMI had been badly -year's tally. f1 Sutton, however, assured that Peter B. Manglona, Tito M. made that ungraded positions at affected by the Asian economic The records were based only ij the mayor will comply with the Manglona, Velma M. Manglona, the Mayor's Office are not ac­ crisis, clearly outlined ih the on the official number of busi- corded the protection of the stat- TRO issued by Judge Lizama until Carmen San Nicolas, Donovan dwindling visitor arrivals and Continued on page 23 the matter is resolved. SN. Borja, Edward SN. Borja, Continued on page 23 Mandatory health insurance for workers OK with HANMI By Haldee V. Eugenio ers to enroll their employees in Variety News Staff health insurance. "GOOD HEALTH is wealth." The HANMI president, how­ With these words, the Hotel ever, said the organization - Association of the Northern through its legal counsel - is Mariana Islands (HANMI) ex­ looking at certain percentage pressed suppo1t f011he bill which ratio as to how much the em­ seeks mandatory health insur­ ployer and the employee should ance coverage for all workers in be paying for premium and this the CNMI. will be included in HANMI's Ron Sablan, HANMI presi­ comments on Senate Bill I 1- dent, said a number of hotels 34. provide health insurance cover­ Authored by Sen. Juan P. age to their employees but there Tenorio, the bill allows workers are still some businesses who to acquire pre-paid health care are yet to see the importance of plans amid the spiraling costs of insurance coverage. comprehensive medical care. "The intent of the bill is good. It is also considered to make Both employes and employees private sector jobs more attrac­ have certain responsibility for tive to resident workers, and good health ... We agree with thus lessen the business the bill," said Sablan. community's deper:idence on FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS. Sixth grade students from Dandan Elementary School graduated yesterday from He also urged other hotel own- the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program spearheaded by the Department of Public Safety. Continued on page 23 Photo by Marla C. Alonso Pay cut for executor sought By Ferdie de la Torre month for periods after Dec. 31, Senate approves amended CIP bill Variety News Staff 1998. By Zaldy Dandan Tinian 's airport, as well as Rota's projects. LARRY Hillblom's Charitable The court, however, authorized Variety News Staff health center, roads and airport But Senate Vice President Trust asked the Superior Court any party to file a motion after THE SENATE, in its first ses­ runway. . . Thomas P. Villagomez (R­ yesterday to reduce the $150,000 April 30 to modify the monthly sion since March, yesterday The administration-drafted CIP Saipan), Sens. Juan P. Tenorio monthly compensation for compensation, said Lawlor in confirmed eight nominees to bill,H.B.11-408,waspassedonly (R-Saipan) and David M. Cing Hillblom 's estate executor Bank Donnici's motion. government boards and passed after lengthy, at times heated, dis­ (D-Tinian) expressed concern of Saipan to $50,000. The Trust believes that, through 20 bills, including legislation cussion on an arnendment offered that the amendment may again Paul A. Lawlor, counsel for May 31, 1999, the Hillblom rep­ that would appropriate $13.8 by Rota senators who wanted the result in a veto. Trust Chairman Peter J. Donnici, resentatives have been paid at least million worth of capital infra­ local legislative delegation and A similar provision passed said the court in its April 7 order $4,897,800 for their services structure projects for the im­ the mayor to have expenditure by the Senate in the first CIP continued the executor's compen­ which exceeds 1.35% of the gross provement and expansion of authority over the island's Continued on page 23 . sation at a rate of $150,000 per Continued on page 23

PAC NEWSPAPER STACKS. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS~3 India shells hit schools Tinian senators urge Rota: By KATHY GANNON products of Pakistan's imagina­ ' I 1lon't pursue casino plan' ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) tion. - Pakistan's Kashmir govern­ Meanwhile the two countiies By Zaldy Dandan "We still need to improve the But Rota Mayor Benjamin T. ment ordered all schools along are forging ahead with peace talks, Variety News Staff airport, our roads, sewers and the Manglona said Tuesday that the THE CHAIR ofTinian's legisla­ rest of the island's infrastructure establishment of a casino on Rota the shell-ravaged border closed although neither side seems ready , I on Wednesday after a second to set dates for these negotiations. . ' tivedelegation and a former mayor so the casino could get more visi­ is only one of several options be­ school was hit in as many days by While Pakistan says it is wait­ I of the island yesterday said they tors," he said. ing considered to improve the Indian shells. Three children were ing for India to decide when Paki­ will urge the leaders of Rota not "If Tinian' s infrastructure is island's economy. killed, said police. stan Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz to pursue any plan that would lead already in place, then maybe Rota He said there is still no negotia­ On Tuesday IO high school stu­ should travel to India, New Delhi to establishment of a casino there. could consider having a casino of tion taking place between his of­ dents were killed when Indian said it is waiting for Pakistan to Sens. Joaquin G. Adriano (R) their own. But right now, if we all fice and interested investors. artillery shells pounded border vil­ decide the dates. and Herman M. Manglona (R), in help Tinian 's casino then the rest The mayor, like Sen. Edward lages in the Neelum Valley. The conundrum over setting separate interviews, said Tinian 's of the CNMI, including Rota, will U. Maratita (R), said it is the On Wednesday a primary dates is indicative of the diffi­ hotel casino should be given the receive a percentage of the rev­ people of Rota who will have to school in Nar, some 260 kilome­ culty Pakistan and India-com­ chance to "grow" first. enues," Manglona said. decide whether to legalize casino Manglona, a former two-term Sen. David M. Cing (D-Tinian), gambling there. ters ( 150 miles) south of batants in three previous wars - Joaquin G. Adriano Herman M. Manglona Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pa­ haveincommunicatingwitheach mayor, said he will introduce a in an earlier interview, said he Maratita, whochairsRota's leg­ ! kistan-ruled Kashmir, was struck other. local resolution urging the people "I'm aware that Rota needs both Tinian and Rota," Manglona will appeal to the leaders of Rota islative delegation, denied Tues­ by several shells, according to Meanwhile Pakistan continues f and leaders of Rota to reconsider sources of revenues especially said. to allow Tinian 's casino to take day that any of the island's elected poIi ce in the area. to press hard for international me­ any plan that would lead to the nowthattheeconomyisnotgood, He added that Tinian's casino off in the next four years before officials are pushing for the es­ Two teachers also were in ju red. diation, something India flatly op­ I creation of a casino industry on but if they push for a casino now is still having "difficulties." putting up a casino on Rota. tablishment of a casino. After the second attack the gov­ poses. ' the island. it would only be disastrous for ernment of Pakistan-ruled Kash­ So far the international com­ mir ordered all schools cl osf-d ac­ munity has limited itself to urging cusing the Indiari soldiers of' 'war the two new nuclear countries to crimes. show restraint. Marine sanctuary · 'Even in an open war, such an Also on Wednesday in Paki­ act is a war crime under the Unite stan hardline Jamaat-e-Islami re­ eyed. for Managaha Nations Charter," said Sahabzada ligious group protested outside lshaq Zafar, acting prime minis­ the Indian High Commission in By Jojo Dass tion. But I really don't care," he ter of Pakistan-ruled Kashmir. Hindu fundamentalists shout anti-Pakistan slogans near the Pakistani embassy in New Delhi Wednesday. the federal capital of Islamabad. Variety News Staff said, noting that certain tour­ The Indian army and Islamic infiltrators have been fighting in occupied Kashmir for the past week. AP · 'We condemn this act of India They waved posters saying REPRESENTATIVE Heinz ism-related businesses operat­ and seek help from the United ''stop killing Kashmiri people''. Hofschneideris preparing a leg­ ing in Maiiagaha are "contribut­ Nations to stop this killing of Nar, where the school was hit, kistan denies the charge. separate ground offensives against Dozens of police stood guard islation declaring a certain area ing to the destruction of the young children and resolve this is hundreds of kilometers (miles) Fighting has been fierce be­ Pakistan's military outposts on outside the Indian High Commis~ around the famed Maiiagaha Is­ area's pristine coral beds." issue." from the site of India's military tween Indian and Pakistan sol­ the mountain tops in the conflict sion, while protesters denounced land a first-ever marine sanctu­ "Tourists come here because crackdown on Muslim militants, diers who have been facing off zone. Indian troops saying they were ary. of our pristine waters. We who have captured Indian terri­ against each other along the dis­ The intention was to take Paki­ killing civilians. In an interview yesterday, should be protecting it," tory in the Kargil district of In­ puted Kashmir border for 52 years. stani territory, said Pakistan army ''After failing to suppress the Hofschneider said he "expects Hofschneider stressed. dian-held Kashmir. While they routinely fire at each spokesman Brig. Rashid freedom movement in occupied opposition" from tourism busi­ Hofschneider has tapped sev­ India accuses Pakistan of send­ other, the level of fighting has Quereshi. territory, the Indians have started ness groups which might call eral government agencies, in­ ing the militants across the bor­ intensified dramatically in recent He said the attacks were re­ targeting villages on this side of his bill anti-business, "but I re­ cluding the CNMI Division of der, many of whom they say are days, says the Pakistan Army. pulsed, but India suffered heavy the border and killing innocent ally don't care." Fish and Wildlife (DFW) and Afghan mercenaries and Pakistani On Tuesday Pakistan's army causalities. India denies the people,'' Alifuddin Turabi, a "I really wanted to embark on the Coastal Resource Manage­ soldiers disguised as militants. Pa- said Indian soldiers launched three ground attacks calling the reports Jamaat-e-Islami leader. this project. Wereallydon'thave ment (CRM) and the Divisions TOKYO (AP)-Japan plans to a sanctuary-. I expect opposi- Continued on page 22 waive 400 billion yen ($3.3 bil­ lion) in official development as­ sistance loans to some of the Russian, EU envoy Two Koreas may soon world's most impoverished coun­ tries, a national newspaper re­ resume official talks ported Wednesday. to meet Milosevic A Foreign Ministry official con­ The Finish president said the By SANG-HUN CHOE of aid and North Korea refused to Annual forum of Marianas mulled firmed that Japan was consider­ mission would not be a negotiat­ SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - give the South a timetable for CNMI-illegal immigration, ing offering such debt relief up to ing trip. "We have come now to North and South Korea are close family reunions. 41 of the Third World's most in­ the point where the clarity has to health care. tourism, Compact­ to an agreement to resume offi­ South Korea is offering 200,000 Impact." debted countries. be sought from the Yugoslav cial talks on easing their Cold tons of chemical fertilizer to help Benavente said though Guam But the official, who spoke on side," he said. War animosity, government offi­ build up North Korea's crumbling and· CNMI legislators have al­ condition of anonymity, said the In the Yugoslav capital, Goran cials said Wednesday. farm sector and stave off famine, ways met and cooperated in the sum of the debts to be forgiven Matic, a government minister South and North Korean offi­ officials said on condition of ano­ past, the creation of an APIL-like was still undecided. who is close to Milosevic, ac­ cials are putting the finishing nymity. forum will make suc;h meetings a The debt relief will be a major cused NATO of trying to under­ touches on the deal in Beijing, In return, North Korea has dis­ regular event. topic at the Group of Eight meet­ mine peace negotiations. said Shin Eun-sang, spokesman played new willingness to con­ ''We want to extend our recent ing in Germany later this month, Every time a breakthrough for Seoul's Unification Ministry. sider reuniting families separated cooperation which only recently the official said. seems near, he said, there is "an "Their talks are in their final by the 1945 division of the Ko­ resulted in our sending a joint The debts would effectively be Slobodan Milosevic intensification of the bombing stages," Shin said, without giving rean Peninsula into the commu­ testimony to Congress," the canceled by extending new grants that turns these diplomatic ef­ further details. nist North and capitalist South. speaker said. that the countries would then use By CANDICE HUGHES forts useless," Matic said. But the national Y onhap news The border between the two He added, however, that the to pay off the old loans. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia(AP) NATO, for its part, gave no Paul A. Manglona Diego T. Benavente agency, quoting unidentified Koreas is sealed and no direct creation of a joint CNMI-Guam Japan, the biggest provider of -Senior Russian and European sign of a letup in the air bom­ sources, said both sides have communications are possible (APIL). forum has nothing to do with any Official Development Aid loans, Union envoys head for Belgrade bardment which started March By Zaldy Dandan agreed to resume the government­ without approval from both gov­ Variety News Staff Benavente, in an interview yes­ proposal to reunify the Marianas will also ask other donor nations on Wednesday to hear whether 24, striking Serb military targets to-governmen! talks on June 21 in ernments. THE LEGISLATURE'S presid­ terday, said he has drafted a joint islands. to kick in more money to help PresidentS!obodan Milosevic ac­ across Kosovo and hitting power China's capital. South Korea hopes the Beijing ing officers have asked the lead­ resolution expressing "the need The leadership of the CNMI and impoverished nations get rid still cepts a Western peace plan for lines, fuel depots, and TV relays It would be the first official talks will lead to expanded nego­ ership of the Guam Legislature to to establish a working association Guam Legislatures recently sub­ more debt, the Asahi newspaper Kosovo amid Serb accusations in and around Belgrade. talks between the two rival gov­ tiations on broader issues, such as consider the creation of an annual between" the CNMI and Guam mitted a joint written testimony to said. that NATO is trying to torpedo Also targeted late Tuesday and ernments in more than a year. replacing the longstanding armi­ forum where issues affecting the Legislatures. the US House Subcommittee on At the end of March, the bal­ the talks by intensifying early Wednesday were special Shin said they would be conducted stice with a peace treaty. entire Marianas could be dis­ "We have asked [ the leadership Immigration and Claims, urging ance of Japan's ODA loans to the airstrikes. police headquarters on Mount at the vice ministerial level. The Koreas are still technically cussed. of the Guam Legislature] to re­ for the exemption of Guam from 41 countries totaled 990 billion Finnish President Martti Tara, in southwestern Serbia; a Topics on the agenda will in­ at war, having signed no peace In a letter to Guam Legislature view the draft resolution and federal immigration law. yen ($8.2 billion), including 590 Ahtisaari, who represents the Eu­ radio relay in Ruma, northwest clude negotiations on food and treaty at the end of the 1950-53 Speaker Antonio R. Unpingco maybe adopt a similar one.just to The legislators, in their six-page billion yen ($4.9 billion) to four ropean Union, and Russian ex­ of Belgrade; the military airport fertilizer for the starving North Korean War. (R), Senate President Paul A. show mutual support for this testimony, expressed strong sup­ countries - Myanmar, Kenya, Premier Viktor Chemomyrdin in Batajnica, northwest of and the reunions of families long So far, North Korea has insisted Manglona (R-Rota) and House idea," the speaker said. port for Congressman Robert A. Vietnam and Ghana - that the will present Milosevic with the Belgrade; and army barracks near separated by the division of the that it will accept such political Speaker Diego T. Benavente (R­ "We feel that this is an impor­ Underwood's (D-Guam) bill, Asahi said may not be included in terms of the plan proposed by the Kursumlija, about 200 kilome­ Korean peninsula, officials said. dialogue only when the United Prec. 2, Saipan) said the forum tant step to take, especially be­ H.R. 945, which seeks to restrict the relief because of their failure G-8 group of major industrial­ ters (I 20 miles) southeast of the Carlos Ketebengang of the CNMl's Marine monitoring te.am gathers Similar talks broke down in States pulls its 37,000 troops out coral data near Managaha last week as part of a base/me study of can be similar to the Association cause there. a lot of issues that the granting of political asylum to to make progress in economic and ized nations plus Russia. April last year in Beijing when of the South. The Seoul govern­ the island's water and coral. DEQ Photo of Pacific- fslarids ·te~isfatures _ concern bot~. Guam and the aliens on Guam. political reforms. Continued on page 22 both sides disagreed on the amount ment rejects such a condition. , , ·.,.· ,• 4- MARIANAS VARIE1Y NEWS AND VIEWS-IBURSDAY-JUNE 3, 1999 TIIURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5 US Ninth Circuit issues ruling:. Munson stays in class suit

By Ferdie de la Torre writ of mandamus. Munson refused to recuse him­ Article III US Districtjudgeforthe Variety News Staff Lawyer Timothy H. Skinner, on selfexplaining,arnongotherthings, Ninth Circuit TIIE US Court of Appeals for the behalfof23 gannentworkers,sued that he and his wife don't have on­ The Ninth Circuit in its April 22 Ninth Circuit has denied a peti­ the garment firms for alleged vio­ going social contact and business order invited the real parties in tion to remove US District Court lations ofFair Labor Standards Act relationship with theformerSGMA interest (garment firms) as well as for the NMI Judge Alex R. and the Minimum Wage and Hour president. the US District Court to file a re­ Munson from sitting over a class Act, among other things. Skinner, through California law­ sponse to the petition. action against 22 gannent facto­ Skinner then sought the disquali­ yer Pamela M. Parker, filed the With the Ninth Circuit's denial OBLIVION ries. fication of Munson from hearing writ of mandamus with the Ninth of such petition, Munson is going "Petitioners have not demon­ the case because of the judge's Circuit seeking Munson' sdisquali­ to hear more motions expected to strated that this case warrants the alleged social and business rela­ fication on the basis of his long­ be filed by the defe~dants in the WHILE attending Monday's Memorial Day ceremony in Susupe, I was intervention of this court by means tionship with James C. Lin, who standingand ongoing business and case. contemplating on as to who, aside from Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio, should of the extraordinary remedy of just resigned as president of the personal relationship with Lin. i'interview. Government offices were closed at the time because it was mandamus," said the Ninth Circuit Saipan Garment Manufacturers Parker suggested that the case Japan, US· a holiday. But I badly needed two more stories to write for the paper. judges in rejecting the request for Alex R. Munson Association (SGMA). should be reassigned instead to an As I watched Tenorio and First Lady Sophia laid the executive wreath to hold joint. at the Memorial Park monument, I spotted our good friend, Department . . . ' •, of Community and Cultural Affairs Secretary Thomas A. Tebuteb. DPS to seize guns with expired license exercises ·'Yes! The State Veterans Cemetery project." I told myself. I remem­ By Jacob Leon Guerrero bered that it was on the same occasion when I also interviewed Tebuteb By Rene P. Acosta enforcing its regulations. expired licenses. his office is doing or has Variety News Staff about the project a couple of years ago. The last time I got hold of the Variety News Staff Although he doesn't agree with LaMotte cited in his report an done to address the concern. HAGAlNA-The U.S.AirForce secretary regarding the proposed cemetery was during the 28th Chief THERE's no need to worry OPA's figure ofunrenewed fire­ audit in 1993 which showed that In his report, LaMotte will be conducting a joint training Aghurubw anniversary celebration on Managaha Island in Sept. I 998. about those loose firearms, ac­ anns, Ingram said the police can about 40 percent of the total 430 pointed out that DPS "lacks exercise this month with units from *** *** *** cording to the Department of just initiate action by taking away identification cards issued have procedure to verify the trans­ theJapaneseAirSelfDefenseForce After exchanging pleasantries, I asked Thom if he could grant me Public Safety. those guns from their owners. "We already expired but were not fer of firearms and ammuni­ (JASDF). interview on any update. The secretary smiled and said he would not The department vowed yes­ can confiscate them," he said. renewed. tion by firearm dealers." Operation Cope North is set to rather comment on that. Thom instead politely referred us to Jesus C. terday to confiscate guns w~ich In a recent report submitted "As a result a number of fire­ He also said that the depart­ take place on June 21 and will run Muna, director for DCCA 's Veterans Affairs Office. I could under­ ,; are unlicensed and those whose to the House oversight hearing, arms in the communities of the ment "lacked adequate poli­ till June 24. 1bis will be the first stand Thom's sudden "shyness" to speak a..bout the long-planned :, ! licenses have expired. Public Auditor Leo LaMotte CNMI are unlicensed and unac­ cies and procedures to ensure time ever that a Cope North exer­ cemetery so I approached Mr. Muna who had just delivered the closing This was DPS Commissioner noted that'DPS has been lax in counted for and more than that firearm identifications cise will be conducted on Guam. remarks for the event. I was quite surprised upon learning from Muna Charles Ingram's response to its issuance of licenses to gun $39,000 in licensing fees have cards are issued only to eli­ 1bis operation will also be the first that YAO requested for a new parcel of land for the project from the the report made by the Office of owners. not been collected," OPA said. gible persons and that all time since World War II that Japa­ Division of Public Lands. "What? A new site?" I asked the director the Public Auditor regarding the Aside from this, the auditor Ingram said the figures in that records supporting the issu­ nese military air units will be train- again. Muna stated that DPL had already granted one hectare and 8,000 Office 2000 may be for· you (Part 2) alleged proliferation of loose said that Ingram's office has report are already too old. ance are completely and ac- · ing outside of their airspace. · square meters of land located across the road going to Banzaii Cliff. firearms due to DPS' laxity in failed to monitor firearms with He, however,did not say what curately maintained." Air force units along with their *** *** *** OITTLOOK 2000-the primo personal productiv­ as a standard part of all Office 2000 packages. It JASDF counterparts will be train­ I started writing about the project since 1994 when Joe Palacios was ity program in the package - in my opinion, has makes designing all kinds of brochures newslet­ ing together in the skies surround­ the director for V AO. Back then, DCCA had anticipated that the actual been jazzed up. Many of you use it, as I do, for email ters or anything requiring page "design" capabili­ Guam legislature set to ing Guam and the Common Wealth construction would start in Jan. 1995 and to finish by 1996. Harold F. and keeping up with what's going on in meetings, ties. '\' of the Northern Mariana Islands. Graber, director for US Department of Veterans Affairs State Cem­ birthdays, bill tracking, etc. It's like a super Day­ Microsoft has added a new "package" of soft­ I More information is expected to ' etery Grants Service, then informed V AO of the availability of $1.5 Timer on your computer. ware to the Office series, and I feel these programs hear school voucher bill be released later this week from the million assistance. The US DV A committed the amount pending proof Office 2000's version of Access will now allow will be a big help to those of you operating a small By Joseph E. Duenas teachers at private schools-there Air Force as to the exact types and of availability of land to erect the structure. The then Marianas Public you to adjust the "rules" that can sort your incoming business or planning on doing so. Variety News Staff are a lot of good teachers there, but numbers of aircraft expected to take Land Corporation designated 8,100 square meters of land, subject to a'ld outgoing email in a more efficient manner. The small business tools module of Office 2000 HAGAlNA-TheLegislature's certification is not necessarily re­ place. expansion to I 0,000 square meters located at the Tanapag/Lower Base Long-time readers remember that I formerly rec­ allows these small businesses to use the various committee on education will be quired at some of these schools According to Capt. David area adjacent to the existing Tanapag Cemetery. The site was perfect ommended Eudora Pro by Qualcomm as the best e­ parts of Office 2000 efficient!y. An example would holding a public hearing at 4 p.m. anyway." Honchul of the 5th Air Force at as the cemetery would be clearly visible from the road and shall be mail program around because of various bells and be keeping up with customers' information and today to solicit the community's The committee will also be hear­ YokodaAir Base, U.S. andJ ASDF, made accessible for tourists and community groups. whistles. For about a year or so I have been using contacts would utilize Outlook's contacts data­ opinion on the controversial school ing testimony on the appointments F-15 Eagle fighters will be partici­ Outlook 97 ad was more-or-less satisfied with it. base. Excel can import data from other programs II voucher bill. of Russell H. Boone, Joleen Rares, *** *** *** I pating this June. DCCA 's VAO, however, later abandoned the idea to build the One glitch I hated and loved on Eudora Pro was such as Intuit, Peachtree, etc. Word can be used to I, Bill No. 89, introduced by Sen. and Danilo V. A. Tinsay as mem­ Andersen Air Force base will be cemetery in Tanapag because the area was later found to have full of the ability to sort mail AFTER it was initially generate letters and envelopes using data stored in Eddie Calvo, would establish a bers of the Guam Education Tele­ the primary base of operations for hazardous materials. In 1995, DPL awarded 20,000 square meters of received. If you built more sorting "rules" to reflect Access and Excel and then Publisher can make up Guam parental school choice pro­ communi ca ti on Corporation Cope North when the operation land area in Marpi as the new designated site. But YAO requested for changes in email patterns (for example you kept fliers or advertising ideas for these customers. gram, or voucher system for low­ Board. swings into full gear. an additional 15,000 square meters of land citing that the site can getting spam or other unwanted mail from a certain Reconfigured views of customer data can be income families. accommodate only a capacity of 300 burials and crypt interments. The address) those changes would not work until the utilized, including top salespersons, all contacts, The bill would allow for the original plans is to accommodate an additional 800 burial sites for both program was restarted. and profitability by product and so on. Department of Education to gives current and future veterans and possibly their families too. The US Now, under Outlook 2000 it's easy to create new Several Interactive tools are a part of the small financial vouchers to attend pri­ DVA later found that the project was too ambitious and expensive that rules and then "re-sort" your mal based on any new business tools, including a business plan wizard vate schools. will cost between $4 million to $5 million. If V AO would get the parameters. This is a godsend to those of us who get and a marketing wizard. However, DOE plans to submit additional land, SSFM Engineers, Inc. has to make some adjustments literally hundreds of emails a day and have to Wizards are a big part of Office 2000. If a user written testimony protesting the bill. of the design. prioritize them. doesn't know how to do something, chances are "[The department] opposes this SAIPAN'S BUSINESS *** *** *** Front Page 2000 comes as a part of the "Pre­ there's a wizard that will either do it for them, or bill," said DOE spokesperson Tony The original design conceptually reflects the culture of the indig­ mium" Office 2000 upgrade and I feel this program perform the needed task. Diaz. INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS enous people in the Commonwealth. The cemetery will be surrounded really needsitsown review to do it justice. Let's just Oh yeah.... One more thing .... Office 97 users ·l "We believe that the idea of giv­ with flowers and trees to be planted along the fence to decorate the say the Microsoft engineers looked at all the things know what an obnoxious thing the "help thingy" ing parents of economically chal­ "Business Insurance couldn't be easier." cemetery confines. Such design observes every safety standards, both that were "wrong" with Front page 98 and then can be. He's very hard to get rid of. Office 2000' s j lenged students a choice - the local and federal, with space provided for disabled persons. The jacked the program up and ran a new one under it. help genie is more servile and goes away easily intent is good, but it comes at a The most comprehensive BUSINESS OWNER'S POLICY expensive chapel and administration buildings will be located on the TI1e "new one" is much easier to use and under­ with a single click. I detrimental cost to the department. includes the following coverage: north side of the burial grounds. The space outline contained in the stand, allowing better control of such things as .As I said, there are three flavors of Office 2000. i We believe that this is not the time t,1 Fire t,1 Robbery proposed cemetery is distributed in rows to accommodate as many as Plain vanilla or "small business" contains Word, t graphics placement, table and frame construction '/ to be throwing funds away from 800 graves with a projected use of up to 100 years time. "It will be a and a host of new backgrounds and graphics are Excel, Outlook, Publisher and small business tools. the Department of Education, es­ t,1 Typhoon t,1 Transit Coverage landmark . .like a tourist destination," a DCCA official once described standard. It will also be sold as a stand-alone prod­ You can upgrade your present Office package I pecially not in these time of finan­ t,1 Earthquake t,1 Employee Dishonesty the project. · uct if you don't want to purchase the Office 2000 (any version or any part of a package such as cial constraint." t,1 Liability ti Business Interruption Word) for $209. Buying it outright costs $499. Another concern raised by the *** *** *** suite. ti Burglary ti Workers' Compensation According to Muna, the original design is simply too expensive so However, I recommend buying it as a part of the The Professional package adds PowerPoint for a ' department is the lack of certifica­ they have to scale it down to cost only $1.5 million. With that Office 2000 package if your web pages will be $309 upgrade fee and $599 outright. tion in many private schools. Cur­ reduction, there will be no need for local funding. The director's move utilizing a lot of infom1ation from Access databases Premium version upgrade is $399 and includes rently, according to Diaz, all public Call me to find out more about our Business Owner's to scale down the design is practical considering the current economic or Excel spreadsheets. all above and adds Front page 2000 and Photo Draw I school teachers must be certified policy and-our complete line of insurance for your crisis hitting CNMI. Due to lack of money, let us try to do with what PhotoDraw 2000 is also included as a part of the 2000. Outright buy is $799. i. before entering the classroom, but home or business. we only got and be content with it. There's no doubt that this proposed Premium package and it offers a plethora of tools to This new software will run on any Pentium75 or I many private school teachers are not cemetery will be a fitting tribute to our CNMI veterans. But as long as help any user work with photos and graphics that better class machine and must have Windows95 or . I required to receive certification. we could not put our efforts together and demand for more and more, will be used on web pages or within business NT operating system. You 'II need at least 16 Megs "What does thatsayforthequal­ this project will remain in limbo. And we believe that our leaders will correspondence. ofram to start it and 4 Megs for each program open ity of education? Are the private not allow to bury the concept of putting up a decent cemetery for those Microsoft Publisher2000 is an improved version at the same time. schools going to step up and certify who made supreme sacrifice to protect freedom and democracy. of their popular page layout program and it comes Continued on page 22 their teachers?" Diaz questioned. "Not to say that there aren't good •. I

I THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7 6-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- JUNE 3, 1999 Courtesy checkpoints hits highest arrivals on auto insurance By Rene P. Acosta beginning this month after it By Haidee V. Eugenio for the first five months of the of 1999. cent increase to 11,004 in May theircountryforvacation, butJAL Variety News Staff was given a three-months test Variety News Staff year as it commands more than 50 _ JAL reported 17,907 arrivals in compared to the same period last stood pat on its original plan of OFFICIALS of the Department period but police officials were JAPAN Airlines yesterday dis­ percent of the total Japanese ar­ May, marking a 25 percent in­ year, while Osaka arrivals rose by increasing the seating capacities of Public Safety said yesterday giving it some more time in or­ closed its highest arrival record rival into the CNMI since the start crease from last year during the 22 percent to 5,865. of all its flights to Saipan. that they will conduct a cour­ der for vehicle owners to meet same period. JAL chartered flights brought The airline company has up­ tesy checkpoints in preparation with the new requirements This brings to 86,175 the year­ in 1,038 Japan passengers last graded its Boeing 767 planes to for the full implementation of which imposed a relatively to-date JAL arrivals. month. DC-IO which has a seating capac­ the law on the mandatory auto heftier penalty than an ordinary Kaishun Nishigaya, JAL­ Prior to May, JAL's arrivals ity of 260 passengers. insurance. traffic violations. Saipan district sales manager, only ranged from 16,072 to 17,523 JAL also reactivated its flight Although there had been no Sablan said the insurance law yesterday said the 25 percent ar­ since January this year. services between Saipan and date set yet for the checkpoints, was already being effected on rival increase as well as the one­ Nishigaya also said JAL is get­ Nagoya following Continental Capt. Delbert Sablan, who is cases of vehicle crashes or acci­ month 17,907 Japanese visitors ting the lion share of the Japanese Micronesia's decision to aban­ the police' commander for pa­ dents wherein investigators in May are the highest records so arrivals into the CNMI, and has don the air traffic route because of trol and traffic said the activity have been asking for the copy far since January. become one of the reasons behind weaker demands. JAL' s re-entry will occur this month. of.the insurance as well as for He cited the Special Saipan the improving general arrival in the air traffic route gave the The courtesy checkpoints will the registration of the car. campaign in Japan and the im­ recordsfromJapan. He cited JAL 's carrier a virtually exclusive privi­ paved the way for the complete Meanhwile, public safety of­ proving economy as the main rea­ more vigorous promotional efforts lege over the freeway. implementation of the insurance ficials also announced that the sons behind this year's highest and expanded seating capacities as However, latest records from law which officials are plan­ first week of June has been de­ arrival records so far. the main reasons behind this re­ the Marianas Visitors Authority ning to put into effect just weeks clared as the safety week for , I "We increased our arrivals by markable improvement. (MV A) still shows a two percent from now. highway transportation which 25 percent versus the same month "We aim for more than 50 per­ decline in total arrivals from Ja­ The new law was supposed to is being observed intemation- Kindergarten students from Garapan Elementary School attended yesterday's graduation exercises at the have been completely effected last year and this is the highest cent market share this 1999 and we pan as of end-April. MV A said Multi-Purpose Hall in Susupe. _ Photo by Marla c. Alonso Contlnued on page 22 increase so far this year. This is already reached that since Janu­ the slight increase can be attrib­ our contribution to the CNMI," ary," the JAL official added. uted to losses from the Nagoya, Nishigaya said. For instance, of the 99,693 total Sendai and Hiroshima areas. Arrivals by JAL went up by 19 Japanese arrivals into the CNMI Despite a negative growth in Saipan to host APNLCC, percent each month in January, for the first quarter of the year, Japanese arrivals, MVA recorded February and April, and by 21 JAL brought in 51,351 tourists or a remarkable six percent increase percent in March compared to the 51.6 percent of the said market. in general arrivals into the CNMI Mukai is guest speaker figures of last year during each The weakening of the Japanese in April after almost 20 months of • A huge cut of Prime Rib same month. yen translated to less number of negative growth due to the Asian By Haldee V. Eugenio dents and local residents here. racial discrimination in the de­ Tokyo arrival posted a 17 per- Japanese who travelled outside economic crisis. Variety News Staff The astronaut's itinerary also livery of health services. • Baked Potato • Corn on the Cob and JUST AS there are many na­ includes a tour of the Common­ "Our theme for this year, tionalities found in various U.S. wealth Health Center. 'Transcultural Nursing in the • spicy cole slaw • A glass of red wine territories in the Pacific, so is Johnny S. Aldan, APNLC Next Millennium', tells us about CPA invites three Japanese cruise the difficulties and challenges president, yesterday disclosed the role of culture in our profes­ ; _! faced by nurses and other health that the annual conference' main sions as nurses," said Aldan. ,,,.,, liners to pay Saipan a port call professionl;(ls as they deliver goal is to bring together nurses The APNLC consists of 10 medical services to the cultur­ in the Pacific to discuss and American jurisdictions in the By Aldwin R. Fajardo could consider Saipan as a pos­ ally-mixed community. solve pressing issues that relate Pacific, including the Ameri­ Variety News Staff sible home port as a base to oper­ Culture, as it relates to the to their profession. can Samoa, Chuuk, CNMI, Thursday Evenings WITH the recent completion of ate cruise business in the Pacific," delivery of health care services, Aldan, who is also the Oper­ Guam, Hawaii, Kosrae, the $43 million Saipan harbor, Masuda said. will be the central theme for ating Room unit manager at the Pohnpei, Belau, Marshall and NMI Council for the Humanities the Commonwealth Ports Author­ Kaori Nagasawa, NYK Line's this year's American Pacific CHC said the conference is Yap. '9 ity has invited three major cruise chief coordinator for Micronesia, Nursing Leaders Council Con­ aimed at improving the nursing During every conference, Request for Proposals on Diabetes and Culture 'l O"'$. . ,,t& liners in Japan to visit the island meanwhile said NYK Cruise ference (APNLCC) which will care in the American Pacific. each of the jurisdictions will be The NMI Council for the Humanities seeks proposals for projects to in­ as part of efforts to lure more would be calling port at Saipan be held again in Saipan 10 years "The most pressing concern having four representatives, for crease public awareness and understanding of diabetes and its relationship ta the indigenous cultures of the CNMI. Priority is given to projects that ore de­ tourists into the Northern harbor in February next year. The after its first hosting of the event. now in the Pacific is that nurses a total of 40 official delegates. signed to engage the general public in c;liscussion and dialogue with humani­ Marianas, it was learned. company has been calling at Dr. Chiaki Mukai, the world's deal with so many different cul­ The five-day conference will ties scholars. health care providers, cultural experts and community leaders. CPA executive director Carlos Saipan every year since two years first Japanese female astronaut, tures. We try to incorporate be held at Diamond Hotel start­ Projects should consider the history of diabetes in the CNMI. its specific rela· t tionship to both past and present cultural practices. and the social ond eco­ H. Salas wrote Japan Cruise Line, ago. will be the guest speaker at the culture into the delivery of care. ing at 9 am. nomic impact of diabetes on the family ond the community. Formats might Inc., Mitsui O.S.K. Passenger CPA wants the Northern conference which will be held "It is difficult and challeng­ Aldan said Mukai may make include: · Line, Ltd., and NYK Line, raising Carlos H. Salas Marianas to be included in the from June 14 to 18. ing for us but we try to cope up a pitch on her experience as a • symposiums, conferences, public forums, panel discussions the possibility of the cruise ves­ di verse list of cruise itineraries. Mukai is a cardiovascular sur­ with the situation," Aldan said female doctor and astronaut in a • spot radio and television presentolions sels calling the port of Saipan. letter. He said, however, that con­ Executives of three cruise liners geon herself and holds a doctor­ during a meeting with CHC profession dominated by males, • dramatic performances • oral history collection and publication But of the three, Japan Cruise siderations may be made in the in Japan - the Japan Liner, the ate in physiology. One of her nurses yesterday to prepare for and how it relates to being a • exhibits Line is not likely to deploy its future. Mitsue Liner and the NYK Liner primary goals in visiting Saipan the conference. doctor and meeting as many na­ , demonstration projects cruise vessels on Saipan in the - recently visited Saipan for the from June 13 to 16 is to commu­ Aldan said other controver­ tionalities as possible. , reading and discussion groups At the same time, Mitsui's K. publications for moss consumption next few months. Masuda said there will not be a US Public Health workshop. nicate with the nurses in the sial issues that may be brought Next year's APNLC will be • video documentaries Capt. A. Mori, marine depart­ drastic change or growth in the Salas said the ports authority Pacific, as well as to meet stu- up in the conference include held in Palau. P.O. Box 87 CK, Saipan, MP 96950 Eligible oppliconts include non profit organizations; civic. church and ment director of the cruise liner, near future but gradual expansion would be working closely with Tel.: (670) 234-3203 • Fax: (670) .?35-3203 community groups; public and private schools and colleges: government agen­ explained the shipping company's depending on the how the the Marianas Visitors Authority E-mail: [email protected] cies; and hoc groups and individuals. Applicants should submit draft proposal two vessels are regularly char­ (MVA) to include the CNMI in DPS: ·only qualified drivers ·can get license by March 31. 1999 for projects that begin in Moy 1999; by June 30. 1999 for economy would fare and the mar­ . . . projects that begin August 1999: by September 30. 1999 for projects that begin tered by some of the important ket demand. the list of destinations cruise ships We are now taking enrollment for in November 1999. clients in certain period of a year. .. We wish we could increase can visit. By Rene P. Acosta were the only ones given li­ raised by Public Auditor Leo Grants may range from $2,000 to $10,000 for regular grant applications. SUMMER CLASSES Planning grants (up to $1,500) ore available for preparation of a regular grant ··1 regret to say it would be more opportunity to visit Saipan Salas believes that a number of Variety News Staff censes. LaMotte and all the other prob­ For the school year 1999 application. Mini grants (under $2,000) are also available. Mini grants and plan­ almost impossible to deploy our byourpassengerships. However, cruise ships in Asia pass by the THE Bureau of Motor Vehicle The Office of the Public Au­ lems dealing with the licensing ning grants may be submitted at any time but at least 30 days prior to the vessels in Port of Saipan as cruise we should say that it will be our Marianas and that the CNMI has office has long been faced by First session begins from June 7 - June 30 project start dote. which is tasked with issuance ditor, in its report to the House Second Session begins from July 5 - July 28 For applications and inquiries coll 235-4785 or write to: NM! Council for liners," Mori told Salas in his pending issue or future task if we Continued on page 22 of driver's licenses has taken committee on judicial and gov­ Tudela who had decided to take the Humanities. AAA 3394. Box 10001. Saipon MP 96950 or visit our office in some stringent measures to en­ ernmental operations during its up pertinent measures upon as­ From 8:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. King·s Plaza. Dondon. . . . oversight hearing on public suming her post. The NMI Council for the Humanities is a non profit. private organization sure that licenses are issued Courses offered: funded in port by lhe Nofionol Endowment for the Humanities. Tinian Hotel seeks default judgment vs Rasa only to qualified ones, a rank­ safety, scored the laxity of the Commissioner Charles English, Math, Music, Arts and Children's Program Web page:

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12- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- JUNE 3, 1999 THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-13 New Fiji PM bats for RP, Japan sign better gov't image SUV A(Pacnews)-Newlyelected the lack of resources as the public Vanuatu puts up inquiry $493M in loans Prime Minister of Fiji, Mahendra service suffered from cutbacks in Chaudhry, says there is an urgent terms of human resources, staff­ MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Import Bank. Philippine finance need to improve the image of the ing levels and other much-needed into recent disasters Philippine and Japanese officials officials declined to identify the public service. resources. signed Tuesday an agreement pro­ banks involved in the syndicate. Chaudhry made the call during He said his Government intends PORT VILA (Pacnews) - sea since May 7. Roosen on maritime matters. viding two Philippine state-run The loans will mature in I Oyears a welcoming ceremony by the to examine the needs of every Vanuatu Prime Minister Donald The I I-metre vessel left Port Roosen was recently appointed power companies with a combined and are split into fixed-rate and ministries and departments which ministry and department to en­ Kalpokas announced on Tuesday Vila for a nearby island but has as head of the Maritime Author­ 60 billion yen ($493 million) in floating rate portions. fall under him. sure public servants that are (June 1) the Government had es­ not been seen since. ity. loans. The first portion will carry an These are the Public Service charged with the delivery of pub­ tablished a Commission of In­ A statement by the Vanuatu The Government statement said The loans are part of a dlrs 1.4 interest rate of 1.6 percent over the Commission, Ministry of Infor­ lic services to the people of Fiji quiry into the recent Van air crash Government said the Commission a summary of the Commission's billion financial aid package set JO-year Japanese yen swap rate. mation, Public Enterprise, Fi­ are adequately equipped. and the disappearance of the in­ of Inquiry would examine the ad­ report would be made public. aside for the Philippines under The floating-rate portion will have nance and the Sugar Industry. Chaudhry also assured public ter-island vessel the MV Latua. equacy of the searches conducted The Prime Minister said the Japan's New Miyazawa Initiative, a rate equivalent to the prevailing He challenged the staff to rise servants there would not be any Kalpokas said the Commission and report on any changes or im­ Government again offered its part of Japan's response to the Asian six-month Yen London Interbank to the occasion and prove they redundancies from the reforms of Inquiry had been asked to re­ provements that should be made to sympathy to relatives who had financial crisis. Offered Rate plus 1.6 percent. can be just as efficient and effec­ undertaken by his Government. port back to the Government by avoid similar tragedies in future. Jost loved ones in the Vanair crash The fund is intended to support Philippine andJapaneseofficials tive as the private sector. He assured them the Govern­ no laterthanJuly 30on the causes The Prime Minister said the and the disappearance of the MV investmentprojects of corporations declined to say when the loans According to Prime Minister ment would handle these reforms and circumstances surrounding Commission would be chaired by Latua. which can help the region recover would be disbursed. Chaudhry, over the years the in the public service in a humani­ the two incidents. Professor Don Patterson from the Prime Minister Kalpokas urged more quickly from the crisis. The government believes the causes of inefficiencies have been tarian way. Seven people are still missing University of the South Pacific relatives not to take legal action Philippine Finance Secretary Philippine economy is mending after the twin-engine Vanairplane Law School, located in the capi­ against the Government until the Edgardo Espiritu said the loans will well after growth was decimated Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo Siazon Jr. (left) and U.S. Ambassador to Manila Thomas with 12 people on board crashed tal, Port Vila. Commission had completed its Hubbard shake hands as they exchange documents at a ceremony Tuesday in Manila, formally enforcing help improve the country's power last year by Asia's financial crisis the signed U.S. military accord, the Visiting Forces Agreement or VFA. AP in Vanuatu waters on May 8. Five Professor Patterson would be work, adding that the Jaw would supply, which he described as a and by a sharp drop in agricultural PUBLIC NOTICE passengers swam to safety. assisted in his inquiry by two as­ require the Commission be im­ "vital input" for expanding eco­ output caused by bad weather. The MV Latua with 28 passen­ sessors, Ken Macgowan on air mediately terminated if court ac­ nomic growth. Mainly due to so:ong agriculture Are your searching for a job? gers and crew has been missing at navigation matters and John tion is taken. The loans will "remove a key production, the country's gross constraint to sustainable long-term national productrose 2 percent year­ US unfazed by threat Have you heard that when Resident Worker(s) (applicants) applies growth," Espiritu said in a speech on-year in the first quarterofl 999, for vacant job(s), they were told that the vacant positions are for the renewals of contract workers ·only"? after the signing. sharply higher than the The agreement involves a 48 bil­ government's projection of I per­ on its soldiers in RP Have you heard that when Resident Workers (Applicants) applied lion yen ($394 million) loan for cent for available jobs in private sectors in which they ore qualified, they power generation concern National The government predicts that MANILA (Reuters) - The between Manila and Washington Critics have said the VFA would were told that there were no jobs available when actually there were? Power Corp. and a 12 billion yen GNP growth will average between United States said a communist which was ratified last week. lead to the return of U.S. forces in ($99 million) Joan for PNOC En­ 5.2 percent and 5.8 percent from rebel threat of punishment for U.S. The accord clears the way for the large numbers to the Philippines The low mandates that all resident workers should be given prefer­ ergy Development Corp., the geo­ this year to 2004. ence to available jobs reported by employers as vacant here in the soldiers would not deter it from resumption of military exercises and promote prostitution. CNML Before an employer hires an alien worker, they must first en­ thermal subsidiary of state-owned Crucial to reaching these targets carrying out joint military exer­ which have been suspended for the Philippine Foreign Secretary deavor to try and seek for qualified resident worker(s). Philippine National Oil Co. is providing adequate, uninter­ cises with Philippine troops. past four years. Domingo Siazon was not worried The loans will be provided by a rupted power for manufacturing "(That) is an issue for the Philip­ A spokesman for the commu­ by the guenillas' threats, saying All interested resident workers (applicants) are urged to report to the syndicate of 25 banks and will be companies that produce the pine government to address," US. nist-led National Democratic Front, the United States knew how to take Department of Labor and Immigration, Division of Employment Ser­ the first under the Miyazawa Initia­ country's export goods, the gov­ Ambassador Thomas Hubbard which has pulled out of peace talks care of its people. vices, and register as an available and qualified resident applicant tive guaranteed by Japan's Export- ernment said. "Iamsurethewholeworldknows for job(s) in which you ore qualified to fill. Personnel of this division will said, referring to warnings by com­ with the government in protest at assist you with your needs munist guerrillas that they would the VFA, said on Monday that that the U.S. militarypersonnelcan ailing carrier. An official for Land punish U.S. soldiers who commit­ rebels would arrest any soldier vio­ also take care of themselves, espe­ Should anyone have any question(s), please feel free to contact 664- RP ... Bank said whatever decision is ted crimes while on exercises in the lating local Jaws. cially when it relates to terrorist Continued from page 11 2080/3/ 4/5/ 6, or 664-2078, and ask for Placement Officer; Mariana ----- reached by the board will still have Philippines. The spokesman, in an interview activities," S iazon said. Ila!, and/or. Joan Sovea. Job Placement Assistant; to help you with 'They have that investment" in to be cleared with the Office of the "We certainly plan to move ahead from the Netherlands aired on local Washington shut down its last your concern. Ethnic tensions have depleted Cook Islands · PAL, Estrada said of the three agen­ President. with activities under this newly television, did not specify what military base in its former colony Hafa Adai. gov't sells its · ·· cies. "They have to protect their Estrada has pledged to keep PAL signed agreement I feel certain punishments would be imposed. in 1992. Red Cross supplies in Solomons investment." open if Tan fails to raise the new that we 'II find a way to carry out In 1989, a rebel hit-squad shot Officials said the first U.S.-Phil­ Alfred A Pangelinan .shares iri .. . Ultimately, however, it will still equity, and has ordered his Cabinet these activities in safety," Hubbard and killed an American colonel it ippines military exercises under the Director. Division of Employment Services HONIARA (Pacnews) - sated. •shipping firm be Estrada who will decide whether to find other investors willing to told reporters, referring to the Vis­ said was helping Manila in its new accord will be held in Febru­ The Solomon Islands Red The Malaitans have sent government agencies will aid the take over the carrier. iting Forces Agreement (VFA) counter-insurgency operations. ary. :, ; ' Cross says it's running out of their claim for more than emergency supplies because $US600,000 to the RARATONGA (Pacnews)­ PUBLIC NOTICE of the number of Malaitans Guadalcanal provincial Gov­ The Cook Islands Government This is to inform the general public that the CNMI Office of Vocational Rehabili­ displaced by the ethnic ten­ ernment, and they've asked no longer owns shares in the INTRODUCING THE ALL NEW tation (OVR) will be having its State Plan Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2000 for sion on Guadalcanal. the national Government to national shipping company, / ·;---~ the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota on the following dates: Last week Guadalcanal liase with the provincial Gov­ Cook Islands National Ship­ militants burned three vil­ ernment about their claim. ping and Chartering Limited. .· / Date: Meeting Site: Time: ~,:...,.;..;;::...,,./!iJZ-~~-- .. ·•. IL' lages containing people from They've given-the authori­ A statement from Invest­ . .., ~, --· June 8, 1999 Tinian 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Malaita Province despite a ties 21 days to respond. One ment Corporation, the com­ Tinian Elementary School Cafeteria reconciliation ceremony, report says the Malaitans have pany that looks after the Gov­ ernment shares, said the other which was held at the week­ threatened that failure to re­ . , June 10, 1999 Rota 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. end. spond to that claim could re­ shareholder in the company, 1(/f((/{f{//j}/{f(///f//{J c._-_:_;;/ - Rota Health Center Conference Room Solomon Islands Red Cross sult in them resorting to any Triad Maritime, had decided General Secretary Agnes action they see fit. to take-up its contract option June 11, 1999 Saipan 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Ottice of Vocational Rehabilitation Akwai says the burning of Yesterday, the Solomon Is­ to buy out the Government Navy Hill, House #N2 those viii ages has caused a lands Government accepted shares. new influx of displaced demands by the people of Triad Maritime will pay State Plan Attachments will be available for pick up on June 4. 1999. people, which is straining Guadalcanal province as legiti­ $NZ 145,000 for the Govern­ <8> HYUnCRI their resources. mate. Prime Minister ment shares in the shipping Thefarn11YSedan PREPARE TO WANT ONE Residents of Saipan may obtain a copy of the State Plan Attachments at the "We had ten families who Bartholomew Ulufa'alu said his company. Starting at only Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in Navy Hill, House #N-2. had been made displaced, and Government was dealing with Chief Executive of Invest­ the number seems to be go­ the demand through a three­ ment Corporation, Brian Ma­ with the Residents from Tinian and Rota may obtain a copy from their respective Mayor·s ing up every day. We've just point plan. son, said the shares were not just Office or Health Centers. about run out of relief sup­ He said first the Government advertised like other asset S15,995 plies that we had been in di­ has to reconcile the people of sales. compact price. In compliance.with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individuals who Now with a completely redesigned saster containers because Guadalcanal and neighbouring He said under the engine and transmission! wish to attend this meeting, but requires accessible format such as large print of many families had their Malaita provinces who have shareholding contract, Triad sign language interpreter must call 664-6537 or 664-6538 (voice); or 322-6449 houses burnt down and been involved in the recent ethic Maritime, which is owned by Air Conditioning • Automatic Transmission , Power Mirrors • Power Windows (TDD-Tele-Device for the Deaij Power Locks , &·Speaker AM/FM Stereo • CD Player , Dual Air Bags , Power Steering they've lost a lot of the basic row on Guadalcanal. George Ellis, has the first right Front Wheel Disc Brakes , Remote Fuel and Trunk Release is/MARGARITA C. TORRES items." Akwai said. Then, work out the demands of purchase. Acting Director Meanwhile, Malaitans for compensation following the The Cook Islands Govern­ whose properties have been reported killings of 25 ment has long been criticised Free lunch at , · With any qualified test drive! destroyed by Guadalcanal Guadalcanal people by for having shares in businesses militants want to be compen- Malaitains. which compete with the pri­ j "On approved credit. S , 'J wi\in~ prke \('SS 25% down payment ($4,000) cash or trndl' equity. Financed at 12.5% APR for 48 payments of 5318. B3 per month. Finance charge of 53,308.84. License and registration fees nrit. included. ILiteracy is ADVANCEMENT. vate sector. 15 95 12- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- JUNE 3, 1999 THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-13 New Fiji PM bats for RP, Japan· sign better gov't image SUV A (Pacnews)- Newly elected the lack of resources as the public Vanuatu puts up inquiry $493Minloans Prime Minister of Fiji, Mahendra service suffered from cutbacks in Chaudhry, says there is an urgent terms of human resources, staff­ MANILA, Philippines (AP) -· Import Bank. Philippine finance need to improve the image of the ing levels and other much-needed into recent disasters Philippine and Japanese officials officials declined to identify the public service. resources. signed Tuesday an agreement pro­ banks involved in the syndicate. Chaudhry made the call during He said his Government intends PORT VILA (Pacnews) - sea since May 7. Roosen on maritime matters. viding two Philippine state-run The loans will mature in 10 years a welcoming ceremony by the to examine the needs of every Vanuatu Prime Minister Donald The I I -metre vessel left Port Roosen was recently appointed power companies with a combined and are split into fixed-rate and ministries and departments which ministry and department to en­ Kalpokas announced on Tuesday Vila for a nearby island but has as head of the Maritime Author­ 60 billion yen ($493 million) in floating rate portions. fall under him. sure public servants that are (June I) the Government had es­ not been seen since. ity. loans. The first portion will carry an These are the Public Service charged with the delivery of pub­ tablished a Commission of In­ A statement by the Vanuatu The Government statement said The loans are part of a dlrs 1.4 interest rate of 1.6 percent over the Commission, Ministry of Infor­ lic services to the people of Fiji quiry into the recent Vanair crash Government said the Commission a summary of the Commission's billion financial aid package set 10-year Japanese yen swap rate. mation, Public Enterprise, Fi­ are adequately equipped. and the disappearance of the in­ of Inquiry would examine the ad­ report would be made public. aside for the Philippines under The floating-rate portion will have nance and the Sugar Industry. Chaudhry also assured public ter-island vessel the MV Latua. equacy of the searches conducted The Prime Minister said the Japan's New Miyazawa Initiative, a rate equivalent to the prevailing He challenged the staff to rise servants there would not be any Kalpokas said the Commission and report on any changes or im­ Government again offered its partofJapan'sresponsetotheAsian six-month Yen London Interbank to the occasion and prove they redundancies from the reforms of Inquiry had been asked to re­ provements that should be made to sympathy to relatives who had financial crisis. Offered Rate plus 1.6 percent. can be just as efficient and effec­ undertaken by his Government. port back to the Government by avoid similar tragedies in future. lost loved ones in the V anair crash The fund is intended to support PhilippineandJapaneseofficials tive as the private sector. He assured them the Govern­ no laterthanJuly 30 on the causes The Prime Minister said the and the disappearance of the MV investment projects of corporations declined to say when the loans According to Prime Minister ment would handle these reforms and circumstances surrounding Commission would be chaired by Latua. which can help the region recover would be disbursed. Chaudhry, over the years the in the public service in a humani­ the two incidents. Professor Don Patterson from the Prime Minister Kalpokas urged more quickly from the crisis. The government believes the causes of inefficiencies have been tarian way. Seven people are still missing University of the South Pacific relatives not to take legal action Philippine Finance Secretary Philippine economy is mending after the twin-engine V anair plane Law School, located in the capi­ against the Government until the Edgardo Espiritu said the loans will well after growth was decimated Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo Siazon Jr. (left) and U.S. Ambassador to Manila Thomas with 12 people on board crashed tal, Port Vila. Commission had completed its Hubbard shake hands as they exchange documents at a ceremony Tuesday in Manila, formally enforcing help improve the country's power last year by Asia's financial crisis the signed U.S. military accord, the Visiting Forces Agreement or VFA. AP in Vanuatu waters on May 8. Five Professor Patterson would be work, adding that the law would supply, which he described as a and by a sharp drop in agricultural PUBLIC NOTICE passengers swam to safety. assisted in his inquiry by two as­ require the Commission be im­ "vital input" for expanding eco­ output caused by bad weather. The MV Latu a with 28 passen­ sessors, Ken Macgowan on air mediately terminated if court ac­ nomic growth. Mainly due to sn:ong agriculture Are your searching for a job? gers and crew has been missing at navigation matters and John tion is taken. The loans will "remove a key production, the country's gross constraint to sustainable long-term national product rose 2 percent year­ US unfazed by threat Have you heard that when Resident Worker(s) (applicants) applies for vacant job(s). they were told that the vacant positions are for the growth," Espiritu said in a speech on-year in the first quarter of 1999, renewals of contract workers ·only"? after the signing. sharply higher than the The agreement involves a 48 bil­ government's projection of I per­ on its soldiers in RP Have you heard that when Resident Workers (Applicants) applied lion yen ($394 million) loan for cent. for available jobs in private sectors in which they are qualified. they power generation concern National The government predicts that MANILA (Reuters) - The between Manila and Washington Critics have said the VF A would were told that there were no jobs available when actually there were? Power Corp. and a 12 billion yen GNP growth will average between United States said a communist which was ratified last week lead to the return of U.S. forces in ($99 million) loan for PNOC En­ 5.2 percent and 5.8 percent from The law mandates that all resident workers should be given prefer­ rebel threat of punishment for U.S. The accord clears the way for the large numbers to the Philippines ence to ovailable jobs reported by employers as vacant here in the ergy Development Corp., the geo­ this year to 2004. soldiers would not deter it froni resumption of military exercises and promote prostitution. CNMI. Before an employer hires an alien worker. they must first en­ thermal subsidiary of state-owned Crucial to reaching these targets carrying out joint military exer­ which have been suspended for the Philippine Foreign Secretary deavor to try and seek for qualified resident worker(s). Philippine National Oil Co. is providing adequate, uninter­ cises with Philippine troops. past four years. Domingo Siazon was not worried The loans will be provided by a rupted power for manufacturing "(That) is an issue for the Philip­ A spokesman for the commu­ by the guerrillas' threats, saying All interested resident workers (applicants) are urged to report to the syndicate of 25 banks and will be companies that produce the pine government to address," U.S. nist-led National Democratic Front. the United States k.-new how to take Department of Labor and Immigration. Division of Employment Ser­ the firstunderthe Miyazawalnitia­ country's export goods, the gov­ Ambassador Thomas Hubbard which has pulled out of peace talks care of its people. vices. and register as an available and qualified resident applicant tive guaranteed by Japan's Export- ernment said. for job(s) in which you are qualified to fill. Personnel of this division will said, referring to warnings by com­ with the government in protest at "Iamsurethewholeworldlmows assist you with your needs munist guerrillas that they would the VFA, said on Monday that that the U.S. military persotme l can ailing carrier. An official for Land punish U.S. soldiers who commit­ rebels would arrest any soldier vio­ also take care of themselves, espe­ Should anyone have any question(s), please feel free to contact 664· RP ... Bank said whatever decision is ted crimes while on exercises in the lating local laws. cially when it relates to terrorist 2080/3/4/5/6. or 664-2078. and ask for Placement Officer; Mariana Continued from page 11 reached by the board will still have Philippines. The spokesman, in an interview activities," Siazon said. llal. and/or. Joan Savea, Job Placement Assistant; to help you with "They have that investment" in to be cleared with the Office of the "We certainly plan to move ahead from the Netherlands aired on local Washington shut down its last your concern. Ethnic tensions have depleted Cookisla11ds · PAL, Estrada said of the three agen­ President. with activities under this newly television, did not specify what military base in its former colony Hofa Adai. gov't sells its cies. "They have to protect their Estrada has pledged to keep PAL signed agreement I feel certain punishments would be imposed. in 1992. Red Cross supplies in Solomons investment." open if Tan fails to raise the new that we '11 find a way to carry out In 1989, a rebel hit-squad shot Officials said the first U.S.-Phil­ Alfred A. Pangelinan sharesiri. · . ·· · Ultimately, however, it will still equity, and has ordered his Cabinet these activities in safety," Hubbard and killed an American colonel it ippines military exercises under the Director. Division of Employment Services HONIARA (Pacnews) - sated. shippi11g firm . be Estrada who will decide whether to find other investors willing to told reporters, referring to the Vis­ said was helping Manila in its new accord will be held in Febru­ The Solomon Islands Red The Malaitans have sent ...... government agencies will aid the take over the carrier. iting Forces Agreement (VFA) counter-insurgency operations. ary. Cross says it's running out of their claim for more than emergency supplies because $US600,000 to the RARATONG A (Pacnews)­ PUBLIC NOTICE of the number of Malaitans Guadalcanal provincial Gov­ The Cook Islands Government This is to inform the general public that the CNMI Office of Vocational Rehabili­ displaced by the ethnic ten­ ernment, and they've asked no longer owns shares in the INTRODUCING THE ALL NEW tation (OVR) will be having its State Plan Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2000 for sion on Guadalcanal. the national Government to national shipping company, the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota on the following dates: Last week Guadalcanal liase with the provincial Gov­ Cook Islands National Ship­ Date: Meeting Site: Time: militants burned three vil­ ernment about their claim. ping and Chartering Limited. l. •. lages containing people from They've given· the authori­ A statement from Invest­ June 8, 1999 Tinian 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Malaita Province despite a ties 21 days to respond. One ment Corporation, the com­ Tinian Elementary School Cafeteria reconciliation ceremony, report says the Malaitans have pany that looks after the Gov­ which was held at the week­ threatened that failure to re­ ernment shares, said the other June 10, 1999 Rota 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. end. spond to that claim could re­ shareholder in the company, Rota Health Center Conference Room Solomon Islands Red Cross sult in them resorting to any Triad Maritime, had decided General Secretary Agnes action they see fit. to take-up its contract option June 11, 1999 Saipan 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Office ol Vocational Rehabilitation Akwai says the burning of Yesterday, the Solomon Is­ to buy out the Government Navy Hill, House #N2 those villages has caused a lands Government accepted shares. new influx of displaced demands by the people of Triad Maritime will pay State Plan Attachments will be available for oick uo on June 4 1999. people, which is straining Guadalcanal province as legiti­ $NZl45,000 for the Govern­ <8) HYUnDRI their resources. mate. Prime Minister ment shares in the shipping ThefatffltYsedan PREPARE TO WANT ONE Residents of Saipan may obtain a copy ol the State Plan Attachments at the "We had ten families who Bartholomew Ulufa' alu said his company. Starting at only Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in Navy Hill, House #N-2. had been made displaced, and Government was dealing with Chief Executive of Invest­ the number seems to be go­ the demand through a three­ ment Corporation, Brian Ma­ with the Residents from Tinian and Rota may obtain a copy from their respective Mayor's ing up every day. We've just point plan. son, said the shares were not [. Office or Health Centers. just $319 ~~nth* about run out of relief sup­ He said first the Government advertised like other asset ,,ii S15,995 plies that we had been in di­ has to reconcile the people of sales. compact price. In compliance.with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individuals who Now with a completely redesigned saster containers because Guadalcanal and neighbouring He said under the engine and transmission! wish to attend this meeting, but requires accessible format such as large print of many families had their Malaita provinces who have shareholding contract, Triad sign language interpreter must call 664-6537 or 664-6538 (voice); or 322-6449 houses burnt down and been involved in the recent ethic Maritime, which is owned by Air Conditioning , Automatic Transmission • Power Mirrors • Power Windows (TDD-Tele-Device for the Dean Power Locks • 6-Speaker AM/FM Stereo• CD Player• Dual Air Bags • Power Steering they've lost a lot of the basic row on Guadalcanal. George Ellis, has the first right Front Wheel Disc Brakes • Remote Fuel and Trunk Release is/MARGARITA C. TORRES items." Akwai said. Then, work out the demands of purchase. Acting Director Meanwhile, Malaitans for compensation following the The Cook Islands Govern­ whose properties have been reported killings of 25 ment has long been criticised Free lunch at • With any qualified test drive! destroyed by Guadalcanal Guadalcanal people by for having 'shares in businesses n !~J~~!D ~R~P2J.~~ On Beach Road in Garapan 234-7133 militants want to be compen- Malaitains. which compete with the pri­ "' j ,. , . . · .. ,5n-· down paym('nt (S4 000) cash or tradi;, equity. Financed at 12.5% APR for48 payments of 5318.83 per month. Finance charge of 53,308.84. License and registration fees not included. Literacy is ADVANCEMENT. I vate sector. aon approved credit. I 15,.,.'b ',!', 1ms p11rc 1c~~ i. .., , 14- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-JUNE 3, 1999 THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15 Cathay pilots ~ out Japa11 auto sales ballot. pilots accounted for about 40 per­ TOKYO (AP) - In a further no signs of a recovery in automo­ cent to 119,993 boosted by strong falling demand for the Cube, a sumers held back oripurchases of Cathay, which broke off nine cent of the wage bill in 1998. A 22 sign of stagnant domestic demand, bile sales yet. demand for the newly released small sports utility vehicle, which the Step Wgn and the Odyssey weeks of talks with the union last percent cut in senior pilots' pay Japan's automobile sales plunged Sales of passenger cars tumbled compact Vitz model. was popular last May shortly af­ ahead of model changes. week and issued its ultimatum, would bring annual savings of 10.1 percent in May compared 6.9 percent to 196,191, as stan­ Toyota's sales were up for the ter its release. Sales at Mitsubishi Motors responded by saying it would not HK$500 to HK$600 million, ana­ withayearagoforthe26thstraight dard-size vehicle sales fell 4.1 second straight month. Japan's No. 2 automaker also Corp. declined 9.6 percent to extend the June 11 deadline and lysts said. month of decline. percent to 43,912 and those of Nissan Motor Co. 's sales cited weaker-than-expected sales 18,442, while sales at Mazda the present pay offer is the best But analysts said Cathay could Sales of new cars, trucks and small-size vehicles declined 7.7 tumbled 25.8 percent to 45,551 ofthenewTino,atall wagon model, Motor Corp. fell 1.3 percent to the company can afford. have a brutal fight on its hands to buses totaled 264,404 in May percent to 152,279. and Honda Motor Co. 's plunged and the fully-remodeled Cefiro se­ 20,283. "I don't think the company at get the savings and the pilots' against 294,211 the same month a Truck sales sank 18.5 percent 30 percent to 23,376. dan unveiled last December. Sales of imported cars edged the moment is inany position to hefty pay cheques did not come year ago, the Japan Automobile 67,354, but bus sales rose 9.6 Nissan attributed its slump to Honda said its sales fell as con- down 0.2 percent to 19,298. change the deadline. I think it is by chance. Dealers' Association said Tues­ percent to 859. time for our staff (pilots) to think "What has frustrated the day. Only Toyota Motor Corp., about it," Cathay spokeswoman company's efforts here is thatthe Makoto Tajima, a spokesman Japan's leading carmaker, posted Quince Chong said. pilots' union is better organised for the association, said there are a rise, with sales gaining 3.6 per- Cathay's fortunes have been and better funded, and has better battered by almost two years of advisers," investment house economic crisis in Hong Kong Salomon Smith Barney said in a and around Asia. It suffered a recent report on Cathay. Taiwan bullet train HK$542 million (US$70 million) Cathay sent letters last week to loss in 1998, its first in 35 years, about 600 senior pilots, half its after a net profit of HK$ I .69 bil­ aircrews, ordering pay cuts rang­ project faces snags lion in 1997. ing from seven to 22 percent. The dispute with the powerful The alternative was voluntary By Lawrence Chung everything possible- within terms pilots' union has blown up just as redundancy or dismissal. TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's of the July 1998 agreement - to signs ofimprovement were on the Large numbers of pilots be­ government held out hope on assist Taiwan High Speed, includ­ A passenger (right) asks an airline clerk at Cathay Airways' Central Airport Express station Monday following horizon. Analysts said the dispute gan calling in sick, citing stress Tuesday that a US$13 billion bul­ ing helping arrange T$280billion the cancellation of a quarter of Cathay's total daily flight schedule. AP could cost HK$20 million from the dispute, and Cathay let train project could be built, but in syndicated loans, land acquisi­ (US$2.6 million) a day and some has been forced to cancel some declined to say when the troubled tion and other necessary work. By Stephen Weeks The pilots' union said it would will be called," a statement by the said another annual loss could 30 flights a day, a quarter of its private-sector project might fi­ Taiwan High Speed chairman HONG KONG (Reuters) -Pi­ call a strike vote if any pilot was Aircrew Officers Association now be on the cards. daily flights, since Friday. nally get rolling. Nita Ing complained on Sunday lots at Hong Kong's Cathay Pa­ sacked after Cathay's June 11 (AOA) said after pilots met for Cathay has focused cost cutting When Cathay broke off talks, "Everybody has confidence in work could not start because the cific Airways threatened to strike deadline for senior aircrew to take three hours. on senior pilots' jumbo-sized sala­ it said the proposed cuts would the project," said the director of government had yet to complete on Tuesday, and the airline was a pay cut, voluntary redundancy AOA secretary general John ries, which the airline says aver­ save the airline HK$ I.5 billion the state bureau overseeing the necessary site work, which con­ forced to cancel a quarter of its or be sacked. Findlay said an overwhelming age US$260,000 a year and are over IO years while the union's project, Liao Ching-lung. tracts say must be finished by flights for a fourth day as a labor "Should management dismiss majority of more than 850 pilots among the highest in the world .. counter proposal would cost. Liao said Taiwan High Speed June 30. dispute over proposed aircrew pay any pilot who does not agree to voted, in person or by proxy, in Salaries made up about 29 per­ HK$ I billion over the same pe­ Rail Corp, granted priority bid­ Transport minister Lin Feng­ cuts hardened. their ultimatum, a strike ballot favour of the threat to call a strike cent of Cathay's total costs and riod. ding rights in July 1998 with a cheng said he would instruct all proposal to import Europe's Euro­ relevant departments to complete No telling if · Train system, had deposited T$15 the works by June 15. Group says smoking cost billion (US$457 million) in guar­ Under its BOT agreement with Japan economy antee funds and surely felt pres­ the state, Taiwan High Speed must Tokyo office workers head for their homes late Tuesday afternoon. The number of unemployed people in will pick up . sure to start work. raise more than T$120 billion of Japan rose to a new all-time high in April, while the jobless rate among men hit a record 5.0 percent. AP Singapore $394M in 1997 In recent weeks, however, High the T$430 billion budget, as capi­ SINGAPORE (AP)-Smoking were placed on the top of I 00 TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Speed Rail has acknowledged it tal funds, and borrow the balance cost the Singapore economy 670 Comfort Cab taxis. Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaru faced problems raising funds for from banks. million Singapore dollars ($394 The Ministry of Health says Hayami told parliament on Tues­ the build-operate-transfer project Taiwan High Speed initially Koreans begin to spend again million) in 1997, according to a that smoking can lead to strokes, day the economy had stopped and had not made a final decision planned to put the train into op­ SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Local carmakers also-reported billion from $7.6 billion. study by a government-appointed in which blood vessels rupture in worsening but the BOJ could not between Euro-Train and Japan's eration in 2003, but that date is - After more than a year of a sharp increase in sales last The nation's combined trade committee trying to stamp out the brain. say whether it would tum up­ Shinkansen bullet-train technol­ now seen as optimistic. The BOT recessionary belt-tightening, month. surplus for the first five months ogy. cigarette use in this island city­ The Committee on Smoking ward. deal allows the consortium to run South Koreans are buying cars, South Korea's three major of this year was $9 .3 billion, state. Control, formed by the govern­ "I think we can say the real Taiwan High Speed reportedly the train for 35 years before hand­ clothes and household goods carmakers - Hyundai, Daewoo compared to $16.2 billion for has even considered turning to The committee of economists, ment three years ago, said it would economy has stopped declining," ing it over to the state. again, and that has some econo­ and Kia - sold a combined the same period last year. rival bidder Chunghwa High statisticians and doctors came up use the findings on smoking costs Hayami said, citing such indica­ Progress of the planned 345- mists concerned. 95, I 00 vehicles to domestic South Korea recorded a trade Speed Ra,il Alliance for funding km (215 mile) railway running with their estimate, reported Tues­ to get more funding for anti-to­ tors as housing investment as he "Private consumption is ris­ buyers in May, compared with surplus of $39 billion last year, help, though this could oblige it to the length of Tai wan' s day in The Straits Times, by esti­ bacco campaigns and push answered questions in an Upper ing too early. It decrease the only 52,000 during the same thanks to sharply decreasing switch to Shinkansen. industrialised western flank has mating the costs of death, medi­ through new laws. House finance committee. trade surplus, which is crucial month last year. imports and a weak South Liao said Taiwan had not set been closely watched by Euro­ cal treatment, government subsi­ One would ban tobacco sales Hayami said conditions in the to economic recovery," Lee Ji­ Meanwhile, the carmakers to­ Korean won that made its ex­ deadlines for when Taiwan High pean and Japanese rail suppli­ dies and Jost productivity for near schools, urge arts groups to financial sector had clearly im­ soon, an economics professor gether exported I 58,400 ve­ ports cheap in international Speed must start and complete ers. 200,000 workers believed to have stop accepting donations from proved. at Seoul National University, hicles last month, only slightly markets. the line, saying work on Taiwan's died from smoking-related ill­ tobacco companies, and remove "But as for the real economy, Euro-Train is led by said Tuesday. up from 158,JOOvehicles in the Also Tuesday, the central first and largest BOT project was nesses. the restrictions on sale of nicotine we cannot yet say with confi­ Germany's Siemens AG, maker Lee's comment came after same month last year. Bank of Korea said the nation's up to the contractor. of Europe's Inter City Express, The Committee on Smoking patches. dence that it will pick up from the government and automakers Last month, exports reached usable foreign reserves reached "Unlike with government-con­ Control released its findings in Singapore's government wants here on," he said. and GEC Alsthom, maker of reported a decreasing trade sur­ $11.6 billion. slightly up from $58.7 billion as of late May. tracted projects, the high-speed the midst of a Ministry of Health to create the first nonsmoking Hayami also said recent firm­ France's TGV bu !let train. GEC plus, rising imports and sharply $11.3 billion in May last year, They had dropped to £6 bil­ rail is a private project. We must Alsthom links Britain's GEC Pie campaign that uses gory pictures society, and there are very few ness in Tokyo share prices was a improved domestic car sales. while imports increased to $9.5 lion in late 1997. allow the private sector the right to explain what smoking does to places on the ;sland where it is reflection of expectations that and France's Alcatel Alsthom. South Korea's monthly trade to choose when to start and com­ the human body. legal to light up a cigarette. But Japanese firms will speed up their Shinkansen is operated by Ja­ surplus totaled $2.1 billion in plete it," Liao said. The animated advertisements, after 28 years of increasingly re­ restructuring efforts following pan Railways and built to JR speci­ May, compared to dlrs 3.7 bil­ Liao said the state would do showing a ruptured blood vessel strictive laws, and antismoking poor corporate results forthe busi­ fications by subcontractors. lion in the same month last year, oozing in a brain, have been shown campaigns, about 18 percent of ness year that ended on March 31. the Ministry of Commerce, In­ on Singapore's government tele­ the population of 3.7 million still The central bank governor also dustry and Energy said in a pre­ vision and are soon to appear in smokes. Many of them are young reiterated that Japan's system of liminary report. movie theaters, with the commer­ people, including teen-agers. full deposit protection, scheduled The nation's imports re­ cial showing of the new "Star "Students often go to the near­ to end in March 200 I, should not mained at the same level during Wars" movie on June 3. est shop to buy cigarettes during be extended beyond that date. the first three months of this On Monday, billboards with recess," said Alex Chan, head of "It is not appropriate to lightly year, compared to the same pe­ animated blood pulsating out of a the Committee on Smoking Con­ consider an extension," Hayami riod last year, but increased torn blood vessel in a sliced brain, trol. said, citing the danger of moral slightly in April and sharply in hazard. May. But Hayami said it was neces­ The ministry attributed the To prevent HIV/AIDS, sary to consider a new safety net May increase to rising private Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (center) listens to ruling Liberal to replace full deposit protection consumption in farm and ma­ Think of the ABC's -Abstain, Democratic Party lawmaker Kosuke Hori (right), while Finance Minis­ after March 2001, adding that the rine products, home appliances, ter Kiichi Miyazawa scans through documents before the lower house so-called "purchase and assump­ clothes and cars amid signs of South Korean models pose for photographers beside a new Kia Motors car "Carens" at the Yeido park in Seoul, Wednesday. The new voting for a package of three bills that would allow wiretapping in tion (P&A)" method widely used Two Taiwanese soldiers fire shots from a gun at targets in the sea improving economic condi­ during a drill on the military stronghold of Quemoy last week. The drill car is priced at U.S.$10,000 and 30,000 units are expected to be Be Faithful and use Condom. investigations into organized crime at the National Diet in Tokyo tions. Tuesday. AP in the United States was one pos­ seeks to practice repelling invading Chinese troops. AP exported. AP sibility. ------·

TIIURSDA Y, JUNE 3, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17 16- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-JUNE 3, 1999 China warns Australia, Japan in tuna row US against Malay~ia gov't says efforts to spur said in Wellington. place," Vaile told reporters rnissile sales By ALAN THORNHILL Forestry Minister Mark Vaile Foreign Affairs Minister Don economy not aimed at ballot box shortly after Japan's decision CANBERRA, Australia (AP) said Australia will continue to McKinnon said this effectively was announced. to Taiwan - Australia and New Zealand exclude Japanese tuna boats amounted to a 25 percent in­ KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Front coalition to clinch a two­ The Japanese decision, once are planning to retaliate against from both its tuna fishing zone crease on Japan's quota. BEIJING (AP)-China warned (AP) - The government has thirds majority in the 192- again, is to conduct what it calls Japan for its unilateral decision and its ports. A spokesman for Upton said Tuesday that the proposed sale of been working hard to revive the member Parliament in the an experimental fishing pro­ to again take more southern It is already doing that as a legal options being considered 240 air-to-ground missiles to Tai­ ailing economy to improve life wake of a surging stock mar­ bluefin tuna than it is allowed protest against Japan's actions gram that will allow Japanese wan coulddamage China-U.S. ties for Malaysians and not to boost ket and other economic indi­ tuna boats to take more fish than included taking a case to the under agreed quota arrange­ in taking more than 14,000met­ International Tribunal for the and would threaten China's secu­ its chances in the coming gen­ cators that suggest that ments. ric tons of tuna above its previ­ they are entitled to under agreed rity. eral elections, the deputy prime Malaysia's struggle with re­ quotas. Law of the Sea or ultimately to Foreign Minister Alexander ous agreed quota. the International Court of Jus­ The Pentagon has recom­ minister said Tuesday. cession will soon be over. "We just believe that this is Vaile said both Australia and Downer will call in Japan's am­ tice. mended the sale, worth aboutdlrs "The recovery taking place is Abdullah denied the govern­ an unacceptable, and bordering New Zealand, the third partner bassador, Masaji Takahashi, on New Zealand said a ban on 23 million. The proposed sale, the outcome of government ef­ ment engineered the rally in on a provocative act, in terms of in the fishing agreement, accept Tuesday evening to protest. port access for Japanese south­ which has not been given final forts to revive a battered the stock market, which has the discussions that have taken that there is a need for more economy," Deputy Prime Min­ risen to new highs since last Agriculture, Fisheries an.d Alexander Downer ern bluefin tuna boats, with the approval, also includes spare parts research on the sustainability of ister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi year. exception of boats chartered to and related equipment for the the fishery. was quoted as saying by the na­ "We cannot manipulate the New Zealand companies, re­ Hellfire missiles. But he said it should be un­ "The Australian government 1\i,. tional news agency Bernama. market. The recovery is be­ is very concerned that a country mained in place. .~, "We express our strong dissat­ dertaken jointly, not by one na­ :.... ~. "We do this not because of the cause of improved sentiment Australia and New Zealand isfaction and firm opposition to tion alone. with which we have such strong general election, we do it because and renewed interest by foreign and close relations would act in both banned the 65-boat Japa­ this," said Chinese Foreign Min­ Australia is also considering istry spokesman Zhu Bangzao. we want to accelerate recovery." investors," Abdullah said. what other action it might take this way," he added. nese fleet from its ports and He said the United States should Although Prime Minister Malaysia's economy con­ against Japan under interna­ New Zealand is also consider­ waters a year ago over the issue. stop the sale "so as to avoid new Mahathir Mohamad has until tracted 6. 7 percent in 1998 and tional law. ing legal action over Japan's de­ The total annual quota for damages toChina-U.S. relations." next April to call for elections, by 1.5 percent in the first quarter "All these options will be con­ cision to conduct more 'experi­ each of the three member coun­ Taiwan was a close ally of the most political observers expect of this year. sidered," Downer said. mental" fishing for southern blue­ tries of the Commission for the United States for much of the him to do so over the next few Economists have predicted "Australia cannot turn a blind fin tuna, Acting Foreign Affairs Conservation of Southern Blue­ Cold War, and Washington, by months. Malaysia's recession will prob­ eye to Japan's behavior. and Trade Minister Simon Upton fin Tuna is 11,750 tons. law, must help the island main­ Malaysian Chinese family looks at the models during a home owner­ They also widely expect ably end after five straight quar­ ship exhibition Friday in Kuala Lumpur. Government announced that Mahathir's ruling National ters of economic contraction. tain a strong defense. Its likely $1 billion will be used to rejuvenate Malaysia's economy. AP foe is China, which regards the island as a renegade province to be retaken by force if necessary. Zhu said U.S. arms sales to Taiwan constitute "encroachment upon China's sovereignty and ter­ ritorial integrity and interference DEATH & FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT in China's internal matters, and this poses a threat to China's se­ Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother, ... curity." Japan, China to discuss chemical ESP6RANZA PANGEI,JNAN weapons cleanup "'. TOKYO (AP) - Japan and GllEVARI' GASUO China will discuss this week ways better,known as to cleanup chemical weapons left "Esperansbn Juan Kan'' by the Japanese Imperial Army in ;,,, :·: ,... .· China during World War II, an official said Tuesday. (j}called lp}iout,q~~rLord to,h~r eternal. rest on ,, May~ , ' })€1.hfJe c?fEighty-Three. Officials from both sides will Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (left) shakes hand with Lieutenant hold talks Thursday in Beijing to General John B. Hall Jr., the commander of U.S. Forces Japan, on his arrival at the Yokota U.S. military base in Yokota, western Tokyo, explore strategies for the weap­ Wednesday. Ishihara, who made the return of Yokota base a central ons disposal, said Foreign Minis­ issue in his election campaign, made the inspection tour to the facility try spokesman Norio Saito. Husband: Juan ccib Chlldrei;t.:\~r;gdridG. Castro, Vicente G. Castro, and the surrounding areas. AP The two countries agreed last Parents: JQsEl RospriqJJ1 ... ,.. JA''•· ,. ·· ·ry!arfgMargarita c. Borja month after six years of talks to Martapcmg~llrjgnl(;;JibarCJ ..• son-in-law::' ..·•'.· ... ···.•··· Noberk~ ~qi)ler sign an accord which will commit ,...... •.: .~riCJ ,~s:iqQ(;1jilJCl~ lgibarCadoptiye) ~r~th$r'S & Sister: JEl~U§lgibara, Julian Norita & Japan to supplying the funds, fa­ Parents-in:Jc:nv; ;Juon:Dereastroir c ., .... ·.. ·· ... ,, ,, ;M.ersir~,§9.riq< cilities and personnel for the ,..... ,;rt'•'•t'•:··oBi&Fi3itci1sS0··· . · Brot!)et · - w &,$isfer~ln~law: ·· · cleanup. Benbal Borja & Mpria M. /gibara Saito said the agreement is not expected to be formally sealed for about another month as the word­ DATE OF BIRTH: :\OVEMBER 13, 1994-DIED: wlAY 27, 1999 ing is still being worked out. No Susana T. Castro (Cynthie( timetable has been set for the pry. Diana, Berthi,.IUoF lcia'. Evelyn, John. Vincent. & Danita t), SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER: Herman & Maria S. Castre> ( ' J}r,df,,), ., · • Janet, Rudy, Melissa & Dywane t). Father: John Sanchez cleanup. Mother: Christina P. Mcrano China reportedly claims that Marcelino Castro (Darlene, O e;\!no. Jr..,.. , .. ,,. ·. COS,.[~ (Ken, Ron, Rebecca & Sean). Brother & Sister: Johnnv Jae Sanchez people living near weapons left Vicenta C. Myer & Gary Wofubolt · .~Y,~.9.(f:)~ .. !!1.*~ff?,l)ii~na C:~CJvier (Tina. Noberto, Christina, Brigida Sa~chez Rosalyn, Rayna/do, Joseph,ZehaiC '&'Rlckyt); Doi .·· ··· tro (Cdrl,,Michelle, Carla, & Shaun), She is addi1io11ully sw,i\'C/i hy Cousins. Aunties, by Japan are suffering from leak­ Uncles & Grandparents: age of toxic material such as mus­ Magdalena C. &Jffid F. ~dmachcf no, Russell, Ryan .· .•.. . y), Juan' Jr, & Ellen E. Castro (John Barbara Pangelinan tard gas and arsenic. Jason; Jennifer Ellteen, Jpy Michael{ lee Ann), Antonio8i'.> , elllq,S. Castro (Jot)n Anthony, Esperlyn Nila Rabine Historians say Japanese forces & James Ivan), Marlett. & Pedro .la (Rebecca, Ao9.~llne, Joqnne, Vera, Paulette, & Nicole), Lydia S. Sanchez left behind hundreds of millions Francisco F. Borja (E:tiaanor. Neil, Fran ()esta & Matthe\!1{~1[~ose Castiq (Jose Jr., & Jordon Juan) An tonic S. Santos (>,Godparents: Elma Pangelinan of shells and dozens of tons of Sister & Brother:, ..· Maria PangSlin a and P~rdP6nge/inan • Antonio P. Reyes gas. China says Japan used poi­ Sister-in-law: Julia Noritd son gas 2,900 times during World Viewing and burial service War II, killing thousands of Chi­ Additionally survived by sixty seven great gran'~:cbildt;n and four great great granchildren. will be on Friday, nese soldiers and civilians. June 4, 1999 at the Nightly rosary is being said:~~~ Antonio Church at 8:00 p.m. Mt, Cannel Cathedral, Her remains will leave the Commonwealth H~lfh Center at 8:00 am on Monday, June 7, 1999. Last Chalan Kanoa at 2:00 p.m. respect may be made at San Antonio Ch~\8~ b!iween 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. Funeral Mass will be Burial will follow at the celebrated at 3:00 pm. lnterm~?trrvlc~,Will fol,IC>wlmm~.piately at Chalan Kanoa Cemetery. Mt. Cannel Cemetery , Dinner will be served beside i ,Si,Yu'us Maase Mt. Cannel Cathedral. Sony Corp. :s entertainment pet robot A/BO strikes an aimicable pose in front of curious onlookers at Sony ~howroom ,n Tokyo Tuesday. T_he Ja1,?anese electro.nics giant said the sale of 3,000 robot dogs through ;(:.il'\~Jl,J Farpili9>: internet was completed m 20 minutes m Japan despite the steep 250,000 yen ($2,072) per unit. AP ,. ... , •...... ~ . ~ 18-MARIANAS VARIETYNEWSANDVIEWS-TiiURSDAY-JUNE 3, 1999 THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-19 Bush to 'test the -waters' Gore eyes June 16 launch AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - sion, which ended on Monday, By Alan Elsner hind those of President Bill Trumpeting tax cuts and teacher gave voters a glimpse of what WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Clinton, have been falling along pay raises from a just-completed he could do as president. The U.S. Vice President Al Gore, with those of the president's as session of the Texas Legisla­ state legislature passed a bud­ trying to pump up his lackluster the NATO offensive against t1,1re, Gov. George W. Bush said get that included nearly $2 bil­ presidential bid, will formally Yugoslavia over Kosovo has on Tuesday he would begin trav­ lion in tax cu ts and a teacher announce his White House can- failed to score early success. elling the country in his still pay raise of $3,000 annually. didacy on June 16 in Carthage, Clinton recently told the New unofficial campaign for the 2000 "We met the basic funding Tennessee, campaign aides said York Times Gore should lighten Republican presidential nomi­ needs, we substantially in­ on Tuesday. up on the campaign trail, lose nation. creased funding for our No. I Gore, 51, revealed the timing,~ Th9R!\:,,~.q~~11,.le&~~dary stiffness Bush, speaking to a packed priority - the public schools of of his announcement in an'lri/ aii1ffiave fun. ,;·,:.,,:~---~ press conference, stopped short Texas - and we returned money terview to be published on Gore, who was furious at of formally entering the presi­ to the folks who earned it, the Wednesday in the Memphis Clinton's statement, shook up dential race, but said he would taxpayers of our state. The clear Commercial Appeal, the aides his campaign team last month, be "'testing, the waters" when he results of this session will be said. appointing former California hits the road on June l 2 for better schools and lower His sole rival for the Demo- Representative Tony Coelho as Iowa and New Hampshire. taxes, "he said. rl_ craticParty'spresidentialnomi- his campaign manager to im- 'Tm here (in Austin) for an­ "This is a session that we all .' · nationisformerNew Jersey Sen. pose discipline and focus to his other IO days or 11 days, and can be proud of, both Republi­ Bill Bradley. Gore leads Brad- effort. then I'm going to start travel­ can and Democrat. The results ley by a wide margin in public Since then, Gore has begun ling around. And I want to look will make Texas a better place opinion polls and in fund rais- highlighting his family. In ev- people in the eye and shake their for years to come," he said. ing. ery speech, he now trumpets the hands and let them know what's The key, Bush said, was a However, Democrats have fact that he has been married for in my heart and hear what they bipartisanship that he thinks he been increasingly anxious about 29 years, has three daughters have to say as well," he said. can bring to a Washington now Gore's candidacy because he and a son and is expecting his Bush said the legislative ses- badly divided by party politics. has trailed Texas Gov. George first grandchild next month. W. Bush, the leading Republi- Gore made the same point on can contender, in polls all year. Tuesday at a rally at which he Vice President Al Gore addresses a fund-raiser for his 2000 election campaign at the New Jersey Performing His personal approval ratings, received the endorsement of first Arts Center in Newark, N.J., Tuesday. AP which have always lagged be- lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Texas Gov. George W. Bush tours the Region 20 Educational Center in San Antonio Tuesday. Bash said who herself is considering run­ organisations government Gore's sole rival for the education was still one of his top priorities as governor of the state. AP ning for a New Yark Senate seat. money to help solve social prob­ Democratic Party's presidential Presidential aspirants "He (Gore) is an exceptional lems. nomination is former New Jer­ "Democrats and Republicans and hopefully what's best for before throwing his hat in the father and husband, a tireless ad­ Gore, whose father Albert sey Sen. Bill Bradley, whom he worked together for what was best America," Bush said. ring. vocate for children and families' Gore Sr. preceded him as a leads in the polls and in fund for our state," he said. "I believe Current polls show Bush, the "I just need to get out and. asked about pay hike and he is my choice, and I hope United States Senator from Ten­ raising. an administration can change the your choice, for the next presi­ nessee, grew up mostly in Wash­ However, Gore has trailed 52-year-old son of former Presi­ start moving around some and By Thomas Ferraro tone - and that's what I intend to dent of the United States," Mrs ington, D.C., but spent most of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, dent George Bush, to be the make sure the sentiment that WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eleven White House contend­ try to convince people that I'm his summers on the family farm the leading Republican con­ front-runner among GOP can­ I'm told is out there is out there, ers were formally asked on Tuesday if they backed a proposal Clinton said. going to do." near Carthage. The elder Gore tender, in polls all year. didates. In March, he put to­ and the best way for me to do is to double what may be their future salary, to $400,000 per year. By stressing his marital fidel­ died last year. Gore's parents owned a farm "One of the amazing things I've gether a presidential exploratory to go look," he said. Two of them - former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander, and ity, Gore has been drawing a Gore himself bought a farm in the Carthage area and he spent learned is that you can listen to committee which has already "I understand these polls and publishing magnate Steve Forbes, both Republicans - replied line between himself and the somebody else without sacrific­ raised more than $11 million in expectations are out of sight. the same day. scandals of the Clinton years. near the town several years ago most of his school vacations ing principle, that you can stand there, although he mainly grew ca1Upaign funds. (But)asmydaughtersaid: 'Hey, "I should not help set the salary I will receive as president," The vice president has also and launched each of his cam­ on principle and yet find common paigns, during 16 years in the Bu.t Bush said he needs the Dad, you 're not as cool as they Alexander wrote in a return fax to the Congressional Account­ started speaking about his reli­ up in Washington. ground for what's best for Texas personal assurances of voters think you are,"' Bush joked. ability Project, declining to say if he favoured the proposed gious beliefs and last week pro­ House of Representatives and Gore himself bought a farm the Senate, in the town square. raise now before Congress. posed giving religious near the town several years ago. Forbes's press secretary, Ju Jeanna Glover Weiss, offered a Assault gun bill passes Calif. Senate direct response, writing in an e-mail to the project, "Steve Forbes ... is opposed." SACRAMENTO, Calif. to build on state legislation on my watch," Davis told The inquiry to the 11 presidential candidates was made in REQUEST (Reuters) - California's passed after a California reporters in April. "There late-morning letters faxed by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, state Senate on Tuesday ap­ schoolyard shooting in 1989 is no justification whatso­ Gary Ruskin of the Nader-founded Congressional Accountabil­ proved a tough gun control which banned specific models ever for them on the streets ity Project, and other opponents of the presidential pay-raise measure that officials say is of military-style semiauto­ of a civilised society," he proposal that is now before Congress. FOR PROPOSALS an important step toward cre­ matic weapons, but left "copy­ said. Prior to Tuesday, Republican Elizabeth Dole was the only ating "the toughest assault cat" weapons sold with Some Republicans in the presidential hopeful to publicly oppose the measure. She did so Pursuant to the terms of Title II of the U.S. Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the Adult weapon ban in the nation." slightly altered designs and state Senate used Tuesday's last Thursday, two weeks after the proposal was approved· by a Basic Education Program of Northern Marianas College hereby issues a request for lo,do ,Ji,ao ,.ok11mtiitfe itJlooJ The Senate, in a 22-to-13 names still legal. House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee. debate to repeat their oppo­ proposals to provide adult education and/or family literacy services to the people of the vote, passed the bill authored Nader and fellow opponents of the measure wrote: "We Pera ta' s bi II seeks to ban sition to the bill, which crit­ CNMI by local, non-profit community-based organizations for the fiscal year July I, by Democratic Sen. Don weapons based on basic char­ oppose a pay raise for the president." . ,GltJs ,of ·1957 ics say will be hard to en­ 1999 to June 30, 2000. There is approximately $197,000 available for th~ above Perata, who said it could help acteristics and firepower force because similar weap­ "To the overwhelming majority of Americans, $200,000 per mentioned services. prevent tragedies like the rather than just model names. ons have been in circula­ year, plus enormous living expense benefits, pension, staff and Man maja-jama i atension todo i classmate 1954, Chalan April 20 massacre of 13 The measure also would ban tion for so long. lucrative future prospects is already a great deal of money," Preference will be given to providers with demonstrated ability to provide such services. Kanoa Elementary School tinatiji nu i classmate Saipan people at Columbine High the manufacture and sale of Opponents also say the they wrote. "We have no lack of exceptionally bright and talented people Types of services envisioned: Intermediate School gi 1957 na matai i "Nanan" I kiriduta School in Littleton, Colo­ large-capacity ammunition wording of the bill is so rado, by two teenage gun­ magazines. ... who would be happy to serve as president for $200,000," they na classmate-ta Candido I. Castro as "Esperansa I. Castro" broad that many hunting and men. A similar bill passed both sport guns would become said. '1 Conventional adult education class preparation for the gi mayo dia 29. Matutucha i lisayuna gi Gima Yuus San "One of the weapons used the state Senate and the state illegal. The measure, which would take effect with the next presi­ General Educational Development (GED) test series; Antonio gi oran-las Ocho (8pm) gi pupuenge. i entero-na in the Columbine High Assembly last year, but was "It may make people feel dent, has a long way to go before becoming the law. It must pass -.J A life skills oriented alternative high school program; sempre uma anununcia despues. i gineftao miyo yan i School ... would have been vetoed by outgoing Republi­ really good and safe but I both the full House and the Senate and then be signed by -.J English as a second language instruction; and illegal under SB23, under my President Bill Clinton. finaton miyo ma sen agradesi yangin taya chinatsagan miyo. can Gov. Pete Wilson, who can guarantee you it will -.J Adult and early childhood literacy programs with a joint bill," Perata said, referring to a declared it was a "maze which In addition to Nader and Ruskin, other signers of the letter of Agan si congressman Frank Cepeda 664-2377, si Herman never work," said Republi­ parent-child/teacher-student component. TEC-D09 assault pistol. would entrap the unwary" and can Sen. Maurice opposition included: Russell Verney, chairman of the Reform Santos 664-2377 pat si Luis S. Camacho 322-2393 para "It is now legal under cur­ Party; Paul Weyrich, president of the Free Congress Founda­ lead to endless litigation. Johannesen. "So why don't For more information, interested parties should contact: enfotmasion. rent California law because Perata says he is confident we just concentrate on pun­ tion; John Berthoud, president of the National Taxpayers Union; Steve Dasbach, national director of the Libertarian Party, and Sen magof-ha loque i classmate-ta yan kiriduta as Candido it is a copycat and it was the bill will once again pass ishments for those who use Mrs. Fe Y. Calixterio manufactured to evade the Starlene Rankin, a coordinating member of the Green Party. I. Castro para u resibe directamente i enagan miyo guine­ the Democratic-controlled as­ them illegally rather than Director, Adult Basic Education Program law." sembly, and Wilson's succes­ In addition to Alexander and Forbes, the letters were sent to na numero 234-5169 trying to disarm those that Northern Marianas College Political observers expect sor, Democratic Gov. Gray own them legally." the two Democratic presidential contenders, Vice President Al P.O. Box 1250 the bill to be passed by the Davis, has pledged to sign the Perata's bill would re­ Gore and former Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey, along with Si Yuus Maase. state Assembly and sent to bill, which he has called "the quire owners to submit to a seven other Republican White House aspirants: conservative Saipan, MP 96950 activist Gary Bauer; conservative commentator Patrick the desk of Democratic Gov. toughest assault weapon ban background check, register Phone: (670) 234-3690 ext. 1723 ',,, ~) Buchanan; Texas Gov. George W. Bush; Representative John Gray Davis, who has vowed in the nation." their weapons and convert Fax: (670) 235-4940 E-mail: [email protected] Encuenta/ginen/para l_..... r · ----. 1.. Lr Kasich of Ohio; Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Bob Smith to sign it. "I am determined that these magazines to hold a maxi­ i classmate-ta: Luis S. Camacho(Mang) of New Hampshire, and former Vice President Dan Quayle. The Perata bill is designed weapons will become illegal mum of only 10 rounds. Formal proposals must be submitted by 4:30 pm, July 16, 1999. ii, It , I , I 20- MARIANAS VARJETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- JUNE 3, 1999 • I ~ • I Cuba claims US war damage~ ' THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-21 behalf. dissidents," said Wayne Smith, By Andrew Cawthorne from U.S. backing for the so­ said the action also was· a fitting u Jneet a former U.S. diplomat to Ha­ called Escambray rebels in the response to the 1996 Helms-Bur­ The document said 1.hat was HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba vana. "This is an effort to deflect 1960s and the failed Bay of Pigs aw that lays a legal frame­ "substantially less" than the An Israeli research institute re­ The Israel Institute for Economic not say whether the priority desig­ launched a political and legal salvo attention from that." invasion in 196 l, to subversion for U.S. citizens to pursue amount per person fixed by U.S. ported that during Netanyahu's and Social Research said that be­ nations would be canceled. at its archenemy the United States Any claim for losses result­ attempts from the U.S. naval base la ms for compensation over District Judge James Lawrence three-year term, 129 settlements fore Netanyahu took office, only Barak himself.has remained si­ on Tuesday with a $181. i·illion ing from the embargo would of Guantanamo and the alleged property in Cuba expropriated King in the pilots' case, adding: were raised to priority economic 45 settlements enjoyed priority sta­ lent while politicians and analysts compensationclaimfordea. sand fail in international courts but planting of disease germs in Cuba, after Castro's revolution. "If we had established the same status, giving their residents perks, tus. speculate about his peace priori­ injuries in what it called a - ear claims resulting from the Bay \ the document said. Cuba said it was demanding base of calculation as Judge including tax breaks, loans and During the campaign, Barak said ties. Some believe he will begin by American "dirty war" against of Pigs invasion could be a dif­ President Fidel Castro's govern­ The document also claimed the $30 million in direct compensa­ King, our claim would rise to government subsidies for busi­ preferential treatment for settlers following up secret contacts with Cuban people had been harmed tion for each ofthe3,478 people $217 .523 billion." ferent story, Smith added. nesses. would be halted, but Beilin would Syria, started underNetanyahu. ment. "This is vintage Castro," said The massive claim, filed on be­ by a forced over-spending on mili­ it said were killed by U.S. ag­ U.S. analysts·said criticism of Ninoska Perez, spokeswoman half of 3,478 Cubans said to have tary defences to cope with the oression and $15 million each Cuba over the recent trial of "' for the Miami-based Cuban been killed and 2,099 injured by constant threat from their north­ for the 2,099 injured. It also four dissidents may have trig­ American National Foundation, U.S. "aggression," appeared to be ern neighbour. demanded $10 million each for gered the claim. "I think they were stung by a key anti-Castro exile group. Havana's response to an accu~ ~ And it detailed a history of "ter­ the people killed, and $5 mil­ world reaction to imprisonment "They are just running for cover, \ation of hostile actions impos¥ rorism" allegedly supported by lion each for the injured, to re­ Ehud Barak Benjamin Netanyahu against the communist-ruled is­ the United States, from the 1976 pay Cuban society for the costs of the Havana Four and some as usual trying to create a big­ land by the United States in recent blowing up of a Cuban plane, ""si has had to assume on their other steps they've taken against ger scandal." By MARK LAVIE architects of the original interim years. killing all 73 on board, to the 1997 JERUSALEM (AP)-Starting agreement between Israel and the The Cuban Communist Party's bombing campaign at Havana the process of transferring power, Palestinians, said the new govern­ daily newspaper, Granrna, pub­ hotels that killed an Italian tour­ outgoing Prime Minister Ben­ ment would not allow what he lished the legal demand, which it ist. Kennedy casket was secretly jamin Netanyahu on Tuesday held called "provocations"by settlers in said was presented to a Havana The United States long has de­ first talks with a smiling Ehud the West Bank. court on Monday by various pro­ nied any involvement in the hotel Barak, the moderate opposition He said permits given by the government organisations repre­ explosions and the airliner bomb­ dum.ped into sea-- docutnents leader who trounced him in May Netanyahu govenunentforsettlers senting the people of Cuba, in­ ing over the Caribbean, for which 17 elections. to take over West Bank hilltops Delaware border. Several documents showed cluding a children's group. a Cuban exile was convicted by a By Joanne Kenen Coming face to face after a bit­ would be revoked ifitemerged that The details are sure to give as­ government officials thought that Cuba's claim was lodged at Venezuelan court. W ASIDNGTON (Reuters) - ter election campaign, both men the permits were given after the sassination conspiracy buffs new price was too high, but the offi­ Havana's Popular Provincial Tri­ "All the hostile and aggressive The bronze coffin that transported looked uncomfortable as they sat fact. VINYL SIGNS: For indoor/outdoor with col­ cials had a tough time trying to bunal, but it was not clear what actions carried out by the U.S. the body of President John fodder. across a breakfast table in a private Beilin said the Barak govern­ figure out what price was suit­ ors, style and quality, on wood, glass, metal, jurisdiction, if any, the Castro gov­ government against Cuba, from Kennedy was secretly airdropped The bronze casket provided by room at the King David Hotel. ment does not plan to cut off fund­ able. plastic cloth and walls, designed in computer ernment might seek beyond the the triumph ?f the Revolution until into the Atlantic Ocean more than a Dallas funeral home brought During a brief photo opportu­ ing to the settlements or ban all One document which was not gr@hics, artistically drafted, composedwith island to press its claim for a sum now, have caused enormous ma­ two years after his assassination Kennedy from Parkland Hospital nity, they gamely tried to make · construction. signed described how the funeral equivalent to 18 times its total terial and human losses to the to prevent it becoming an object in Dallas to Washington after the small talk, then spoke privately for It rnighr-be only a year until a a lot of talent and knowledge, is now avail­ Nov. 22, 1963, slaying. When the home director indicated he wanted foreign debt. people," the document said. of morbid curiosity, according to more than an hour. permanent arrangement is negoti­ able at Younis Art Studio, Inc. to put the casket on display in his In the United States, Cuban Castro's revolution, the Cuban documents released on Tuesday. Kennedy family chose to bury Barak has until July 9 to form a ated, Beilin said, so measures funeral parlour.Various officials exile groups and analysts said the document said, was "one of the The U.S. National Archives re­ him instead in a wooden casket, coalition, but problems he needs to against the settlements "are not rel­ involved in the correspondence, VINYL BANNERS: On cloth and plastic move seemed to be part political most humiliating political defeats leased documents describing the the bronze one was put into gov­ address have already been piling evant." Beilin predicted that some who where not all fully identi­ retaliation for U.S. measures and in the existence of the United casket, recounting a bizarre bill­ ernment storage until 1966. up. settlements would end up inside materials, from 1-5 feet wide and length from fied, were disturbed at what they part diversionary tactic to over­ States as a big, imperialist power." ing dispute over its cost, and trac­ The casket was described in Palestinians demand a halt to Israel, but others would be under 3 feet to 50 or 75 feet and more, with any shadow foreign criticism of No reason was given for the ing the debate by the Kennedy one government document as "ex­ thought would be an improper expansion of Israeli settlements in Palestinian rule. color, letters size and.style and rich graph­ family and the government about tremely handsome, expensive, all­ exhibit. Havana's recent crackdown on timing of the legal demand. the West Bank and have said that Beilin, who hopes to become ics. internal opponents. But it probably was a response what to do with the silk-lined cof­ bronze, silk-lined." Another said A 1965 memo quoted the fu­ without such a freeze, they would foreign minister, helped shape The eight-page document wove to recent legal measures in the fin. it was reddish brown in colour neral director as claiming to have find it difficult to resume peace policy in the Labor government of together law, history, politics and United States against Cuba such The papers gave a detailed ac­ with a curved lid and long fluted been offered $100,000 for the talks with Israel. the late Yitzhak Rabin, but it is not Also hand painted signs and banners, artis­ extracts of declassified CIA pa­ as a ruling that families of three count of how the casket - seen in handles running along the side. casket and the car which carried it Barak has pledged to jumpstart clear how much influence he will tically designed and colored on any mate­ countless newsreels as it carried The Dallas funeral home, iden­ from the hospital to the presiden­ pers to detail a litany of direct and M~mi-based pilots shot down by the negotations, but also wants to have on Barak. rial surface of all sizes. indirect "attacks" since the 1959 a Qiban warplane in 1996 are the slain president's body to tified as Oneal in some documents tial airplane. The memo also al­ bring pro-settlement parties into The Palestinians say all the settle­ revolution that brought Castro to entilred to compensation. Washington - was weighted down and O'Neal in others, billed the luded to the fear that someone his coalition. ments are illegal. They charge that power. Local legislator and well­ with bags of sand and parachuted government $3,995 for the coffin wanted to "hold on to the casket Yossi Beilin, a legislator in ongoing expansion endangers the DIGITAL PRINT: Signs for inside markets/ The alleged ''dirty war" ranged known columnist Lazaro Barredo into the sea off the Maryland- and related services. and have it run around the country Barak's Labor Party and one of the peace process. stores/shops in full colors with print of the and make money on it." On Feb. 17, 1966, a National goods/merchandise on plastic sheets/ Archive official named Lewis boards or on transparencies on special pa­ Robeson and a colleague prepared Saudi's King Fahd per or cloth for ceiling hang for display or the casket for its deep-water dis­ above shelves, counters and merchandise DEATH &FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT posal. stands, can easily be produced by the tal­ In a memo Robeson described in stable condition how he removed the stuffed pad­ ented and capable sign makers at YAS Sign 9n, $oi,w/Jf.:hno,:y [!/' ding and the plastic dropcloth and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) System. bored about 42 half-inch - Saudi King Fahd, who was (centimetre) holes in the metal hospitalized this week after suf­ Full color digital print for back light in shops fering a dizzy spell, is recover­ ·t: WILLIAM G,ERARD TORREst·-. casket. It was unlocked and three window or special display in the outdoor, 80-pound (36 kg) bags of sand ing, a member of the consulta­ -' "BILL" ·{· tive council said Tuesday. such as food items, drinks cosmetics, per­ BORN: APRIL 9, 1977 DIED: MAY 31, 1999 were placed inside. It was then resealed. "We went to visit the king fumes, jewelry and many more. Early the next morning, four and we found he was doing fine and is in stable condition," said The love and blessing of his memory will live in the hearts of his: Defence Department personnel Vinyl signs are durable, colorful and guar­ Parents: Elizabeth Torres-Untalan and Pedro T. Untalan Abdul-Aziz Daghestani, part of took the coffin and flew to an anteed to last for five to seven years in all Grandmothers: Rose Sablan Torres and Antonia Untalan isolated part of the ocean off the a council delegation that visited Fahd in the hospital Monday Brothers & Sistes: Champ, Pia, Peter, John and Meagan mid-Atlantic coast. weather conditions and stands heat tern- 1 "As instructed, the casket was evening. perature 40-180 degrees Fahrenheit. 1 William is also survived by numerous uncles, aunts, cousins, relatives and disposed of at sea in a quiet, The consultative council, or King Fahd friends. sure and dignified manner by an Majlis al-Shura, is the closest air drop into approximately thing Saudi Arabia has to a par­ Fahd, who is in his 70s, suf­ 1,500 fathoms (9,000 feet) liament. fered a stroke in 1995 that dam­ Rosary is said nightly at his parents' residence on Capital Hill. Fahd, a diabetic, underwent a For all signs need, please visit or call (2,700 metres) of water," said aged his short-term memory and Last respects may be paid during the Mass of Christian Burial CAT scan Monday and his blood John Steadman, a Pentagon aide. his ability to concentrate. sugar level went up, a hospital J which will be offered at Kristo Rai Church, Garapan on Friday, Special care was taken to Two months later, he tempo­ source said Tuesday on condi­ rarily handed over power to his 1 June 4, 1999 at 9:30 a.m. Interment services will immediately make sure that it would sink I' tion of anonymity. He was found . without a trace after being half-brother, Crown Prince i. follow at Chalan Kanoa Cemetery. to be fine, said the source at the i dropped by parachute from 500 Abdullah, who has been in King Faisal Specialist Hospital charge of the day-to-day run­ Pi7umk ;!loll!, C/1,,I/ 0aJt9ludo·.A'a/Ji, ,

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ingrunwithasweetbaselinejumper Joey Santos, Eddie Pelkey and Continued from page 1 Guam wins .. which was followed by two quick Lagutang all had seven aplece. Teno's ... Clinton anti-violence drive on Continued from page 26 buckets from the inside by Jesse Kirikaua was the top scorer for ness licenses issued by the De- United States governments have But Clinton's remarks on Tues­ Pinaula. But it was Jine Ho Han Cook Islands. He put in seven in ·partment of Commerc\!, This does heavily impacted investor confi­ doesn't make it right," Clinton the tobacco and alcohol industries has treated Hollywood- the source By Randall Mikkelsen day represented some of his least fully on defense and alternated who prompted the major eye-open­ the first half and six in the second not include underground establish­ dence in the CNMI. said at a White House event to by focusing on impact of advertis­ of millions of dollars in campaign for 13 points before fouling out WASHINGTON (Reuters) - restrained criticism of the enter­ their offensive attacks with a ers during that spurt. ments which operate without proper The governor recognized the announce the latest steps in his ing on children. 1n this case the donations for Democrats - more with 11:26 left to play. Rex Nga President Bill Clinton stepped up tainment industry. "They, and 1he healthy balance of three-point He converted on a free throw and documents. existence of this dilemma when he effort to combat youth violence study will look at advertising of gingerly. shooting, fastbreaks and penetrat­ then drained three consecutive Valoa added nine points and '"This is the worst financial situ­ addressed an economic conference his anti-violence campaign rest of us cannot kid ourselves. following the school killings at movies, music and video-games. Thestudyisexpectedtotake 12 ing drives. Meanwhile, the Cook three-point shots to give Guam the swingman Hosea Daniel Hosea, ation we ever have to face in the last month. Tenorio-disclosed that against Hollywood on Tuesday. Our children are being fed a de­ Littleton, Colorado in April. White House spokesman Joe to 18 months, Lockhart said. This Island players it turned out, were early 15-point command. Cook Is­ along with player/coach historyoftheCommonwealth. The a significant number of potential ordering a study on advertising of pendable daily dose of violence - violent entertainment to children The study, to be conducted by Lockhart said the study could pro­ could slow the track of any enter­ ppor shooters who also had trouble lands never got close after that. Strickland Upu, had eight points. economy is bad and almost every­ foreign and American investors and it sells," Clinton said. and urging stricter enforcement the Justice Department and the vide a basis fornew laws or regu­ tainment-related government holding on to the ball. Guam players took turns provid­ Hosea, lean and lithe, compared thing is down. A big number of may be putting their plans on hold With a tone of disgust in his of rating codes. Federal Trade Commission, takes lations, and left open the possibil­ measures, especially when viewed Peters scored 20ofhis 25 points ing the scoring threats, with to most of his teammates, pro­ businesses have closed down. It is until differences between the CNMI voice, the president read a list of "I kn;w this stuff sells, but that a tactic from battles waged against ity of using subpoenas to make against the rapid progress of gun­ in the first half, which saw Guam Fernandez, Han and Pinaula doing vided some bright moments for the worst even prior to the North­ and the US on current issues are graphically violent advertising companies reveal information control proposals, and could keep bust loose immediately to go up particularly well in the first half. Cook Islands in the second half, ern Marianas' becoming a US com-· untangled. messages for video games, with Eventhough it is not the best form about their advertising. the issue out of the headlines 22-7 in the first nine minutes of Han finished the night with 13 scoring all of his four buckets in monwealth," Tenorio said. Many potential investors are sales pitches including "kill your of measurement, it really tells us While seizing aggressively on through the 2000presidential elec­ play. points, hitting four ofGuam' seight that stanza. The CNMI chief executive is awaiting to learn the eventual out­ SY '98-'99 ... friends guilt free," and "get in what is happening in the class­ the public shock over the Littleton tion. Similar legislation pending Seconds after out-jumping treys. Fernandez played strong and Now 2-0 in preliminary play, even more concerned on the ripple­ come of several issues that need to Continued from page 10 touch with your gun-toting, cold­ room," the commissioner said. killings to push stronger gun-con­ in Congress would require a study Kirikaura for the opening tip, Pe­ fast throughout and finished with Guam rested yesterday but is set effect of the apparently persisting be resolved between the CNMI and foremost is always there. We The major development in trol measures in Congress, Clinton in 12 months. blooded murdering side." ters triggered Guam's initial scor- 10. Joey Cepeda added nine while to tackle Fiji at 8 tonight. economic turmoil which has al­ and the. federal government. were able also to take a look at the school year 1998-1999. lnos ready hurt workers who have been '"These issues, together with the quality of education," lnos said in added, is the local community's sanctuary. It is the first-ever in has been reached on the length of Pree. 2, Saipan) said yesterday. the scholarship trust account of displaced by the recent spate of economic recession in Asia, create an interview. participation, which it has able to Marine ... protecting the reefs. Weare doing time that fishing will be banned in Senate... Among the bills passed yester­ their senatorial district. Also in­ retrenchment in the private sector uncertainty among the investment The recent visit of the Western extend its helping hand to the a lot of underwater work. We are the sanctuary. and the government's decision to community. Uncertainty is the Continued from page 3 Continued from page 1 day: troduced by Manglona. Association of Schools and Col­ education agency so as not to going to evaluate the entire area He said he is "almost halfway" •S.B. 11-63,asamendedbythe • S.B. 11-131, to authorize Cus­ curtail overtime, as well as reduc­ single factor that investors dislike leges in the Commonwealth, Inos disrupt the classes. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) so that we have a baseline data for close to introducing the bill. tion in manpower hours. above everything else," he pointed bill was line-item vetoed by Gov. House, which would allow legis­ toms officer to conduct a body said, helped PSS to look at what is "We have tremendous suc­ to assess the proposed site for the monitoring and enforcement pur­ The Mafiagaha Island is where "1be major concerns include the out. Pedro P. Tenorio last April. lators to be reimbursed for com­ search on any individual suspected really happening in the learning cesses eventhough it is hard in­ sanctuary. poses," said Hofschneider. a Carolinian chieftain, named possible increase in unemployment But not everything is gloomy. Sen. Edward U. Maratita (R­ munity expenses that have a "pub­ to be in possession of a controlled of the students and the effectivity ternally for the education fam­ He said a team of government Setting up a reef sanctuary, he Aghurubw, was laid to rest hun­ which will eventually create all Tenorio and other local officials Rota), however, said the Depart­ lic purpose." Introduced by Sen­ substance. Introduced by Cing. of the teaching methods .used in ily. I would like for the teachers divers-the CNMI Marine Moni­ added, will revitalize the area and dreds of years ago. The Carolin­ kinds of problems. This is what we remain optimistic the Common­ ment of Public Works (DPW) ate Floor Leader Pete P. Reyes All these bills will now go to public schools. not to worry about the future toring Team - are now setting bring back certain marine spe­ ians settled along a shoreline now face - higher unemployment. wealth will soon witness a turn­ lacks personnel and may again (R-Saipan). the House of Representatives. "We are able to address how but that's just a matter of course the boundaries and documenting cies, including the sea cucumber, named Garapan, which is just Food stamp recipients will also in­ around of the economy, at least "sit on" Rota's CIPs. • H.B. 11-357, to allow the The only bill on the calendar the students are doing in their of designation of where we are reef health. that have dwindled due to various across the island. crease when a lot of people are out before the tum of the century. But if the expenditure authority . Northern Marianas College to in­ that was not passed was H.B. 11- learning by a statewide measure­ which help us to be stronger," "It's a comprehensive evalua­ tourism-related activities. A rnonumentofChief Aghurubw of job," he explained. "We can only hope and pray that belongs to Rota's leadership, vest the federal grants and dona­ 197, which was referred to com­ ment of achievement. she said. tion of the proposed area for a reef Hofschneider said no decision can be found on the island. As if the adverse effects of the it will improve so we could at least Maratita said they could ensure tions it receives. Introduced by mittee. Asian financial upheavals are not see our economy flourishing again that there will be no delay in the Rep. Heinz S. Hofschneider (R­ Introduced by Rep. Melvin L.O. Fleming, Commissioner of Edu­ day. essary. bad enough for the local economy, with more visitors corning here. construction of the projects. Prec. 3, Saipan). Faisao (R-Prec. 3, Saipan), the cation Rita Hocog lnos, and PTA In Bonn, Germany, "We have accepted all the G-8 CNMI faces a double whammy We are hoping to see some inves­ GES ... Russian ... Sen. Ricardo S. Atalig (R-Rota) • H.B. 11-406, to reappropriate . bill would require US citizens, President Howard 1. Macaranas. Chemomyrdin and Ahtisaari met principles - of course with alter­ with the ongoing dispute between tors infusing fresh capital here,"he Continued from page 10 Continued from page 2 noted that for four years Rota was $90,000 for'the construction and CNMI permanent residents and "Good is not our goal, we strive Tuesday with U.S. Deputy Secre­ ations regarding the departure of the Commonwealth and the US added. not able to spend its money for design of Oleai 's water line re­ Freely Associated States' (FAS) asm, your support, and that car­ for excellence." This is the mis­ capital, according to the Serbian tary of State Strobe Talbott to as­ the army and police troops from governments on issues surround­ The governor's address will be CIPs because the island's leaders placement. lntroduced by House citizens to secure an identifica­ ries over to them. They recognize sion that GES lives by. media. sess prospects for a political settle­ Kosovo and the presence of an ing immigration and minimum received by a joint session of the· did not have expenditure authority. Vice Speaker Jesus T. Attao (R­ tion card from the mayor's office the value you place on their edu­ With this year's batch of gradu­ On Tuesday, alliance jets acci­ ment. international peace mission," the wage. Legislature, along with the annual · He said it was only when Gov. Prec. 3, Saipan). on the island where they reside. cation, and they themselves begin ates, Babauta assures that he sees dental! y fired across the border in to independent Beta news agency Tenorio even acknowledged that report of Washington Representa­ Talbott said the success of the Pedro P. Tenorio's administra­ All these bills now head to the The bill said the mayor's office to value it," says Babauta. potential achievers among the Albania, hitting government bun­ envoys' mission depends "on hard quoted Pavkovic as saying. issues which need to be resolved tiveJuan N. Babauta on the State of tion was sworn in last year that governor. could charge a fee of not more Among the guest speakers to kids. kers, injuring a refugee and nar­ ln Washington, Defense Secre­ by the Commonwealth and the the Washington Office. decisions" by Belgrade. "Obvi­ Rota projects finally "took off." Also passed by the Senate: than $15 for each ID card. Those grace the event were Board of "Definitely, these kids will go rowly missing a group of foreign ously the two gentlemen have ex­ tary William Cohen reiterated Tues­ Villagomez countered that if • S.B. 11-90, to give preference below 18 and above 59 years of Education Chairperson, Esther S. places," Babauta concludes. journalists. ceedingly hard work in front of day that NATO must be "at the DPW will again "sit down" on to local bidders on government age could pay no more than $7. his job back with a pay raise, the The aircraft, some of them A-10 them," he said. core" of any peacekeeping force Rota's CIPs, the entire Senate projects. Two earlier versions of · The ID car would be renewed 'Political... lawyer stated. part of this event, a police strike ground attack jets, were aiming for While Yugoslavia has said it ac­ that enters Kosovo. should ask the governor's assis­ this bill were vetoed by the gover­ every three years. Co.ntinued from page 1 Chambers pointed out that the force will be conducting inspec­ Serb positions just inside Kosovo U.S. Secretary of State Courtesy. • • cepts the "principles" of the G-8 tance. nor, who supports its intent. The The Senate at the same time First Amendment of the US Con­ tions this week. when they unleashed their bombs Continued from page 7 plan, it remains unclear whether Madeleine Albright, after meeting "We need to work together," he new version was drafted in con­ confirmed the nominations of ute, the lawyer pointed out that s ti tu ti on protects political asso­ He said the CNMI is so far, on a line of Albanian military bun­ Belgrade will sign off on two key with Italian Foreign Minister said. "But we have to make sure sultation with his legal counsel. • MarianDLG. Tudela and Tho­ pursuant to the law "government ciation as well as political expres­ ally. the only US territory which is kers by mistake. Western demands: an armed mili­ Lamberto Dini, said the United that [this CIP bill is signed into Introduced by Senator Tenorio. mas I. Saures-Retirement employee" means any person sion. Major Clyde Norita, said as observing the occassion. ln the first hint at an overall death tary force with NATO at its core to States and Italy are "solidly behind law) and that we don't have to • S.B. 11-126, to empower the Fund's board of trustees; employed by a branch agency, During a wedding party last toll among Yugoslav forces, Third police the peace agreement and these objectives and we will not wait for another month to pass governor to request the US lnte­ • Dolores S. Taman, Edward A. department, commission, board, March, Chambers said Borja Salas said CPA has the capabil­ Army commander Col. Gen. supervise the return of850,000eth­ settle for less." another bill if there's a veto again." rior Department to transfer the Villagomez and Juan M. Santos­ authority or public corporation of called petitioner Ramon SN Borja ity to compete in this area since Nebojsa Pavkovic reportedly said CPA ... nic Albanian refugees to Kosovo, The Yugoslav army announced At this point, the Rota senators administration of the American Coastal Resources Management the CNMI, whether in the civil over and started telling him to CNMI was previously a home to Continued from page 6 that his army, partly deployed in and the complete withdrawal of Tuesday that its air force deputy withdrew their amendment and Memorial Park to the CNMI gov­ (CRM) appeals board of direc­ service system or otherwise. support Cing and to follow his Club Med, while Saipan has also Kosovo with 180,000 men, had Serb security troops from the prov­ chief of staff, Gen. Ljubisa instead proposed to transfer some ernment. Introduced by tors; The complaint alleged among recommendations. the potentials to be included in the witnessedanumberofvisitingJapa­ suffered less than I ,800deaths. His mce. Velickovic, was killed while in­ funds from one Rota project to Villagomez. •Rosario M. Elameto-Com­ other things, that petitioner Steven Ramon explained he couldn't destination list if the Common­ nese students who travel by sea. remarks were carried in a report by On Tuesday, Pavkovic said specting units in "the first line of another, which was approved in a •S.B.11-127,toexemptTinian monwealth Utilities Corp. 's S. Mendiola, an administrative as­ support Cing now because Joe wealth could get some exposure. Studies made for Hawaii men­ the private V.I.P. daily Wednes- changes to the G-8 plan were nee- defense" against NATO air attack. voice vote. for two years from the Mandatory (CUC) board of directors; sistant/community worker, went to Hocog was his brother-in-law. The ports authority plans to par­ tioned that the CNMI has very H.B. 11-408 was then passed Liability Insurance Act for mo­ • Francisco Q. DL Guerrero-­ a political fund-raiser for Rep. Jose Ramon later received his termi­ the fifth inning, lost their fourth ticipate in the next sea trade con­ attractive rates in comparison with reer-high 20 games, four short of unanimously and now heads back torists. Introduced by Sen. Professional Licensing Board; A. Hocog last March 27. nation letter. straight game. vention in order to mark its facili­ other destinations, although many Clemens ... the club record set by Mickey to the House of Representatives, Herman M. Ma.TJ.glona (R-Tinian). and, The following day, the com­ Chambers said the mayor Thomas went 4-for-5. He gave ties in the cruise liner market and exhibitors have apparently shown Continued from page 27 Rivers in 1980. which will act on it tomorrow, • S.B. 11-129, to allow elected • Leonardo T Ca\vo--Civil plaintsaid, Borja called Mendiola through his agents also used stir the Commonwealth's dwin­ lack of awareness where and what White Sox 6, Blue Jays 2 Chicago a 5-1 lead ·in the sixth Speaker Diego T. Benavente (R- officials to donate their salaries to Service Commission. into his office and informed him threats concerning outstanding dling tourism industry. CNMI is. 0) threw aperfecteighth, and John At Toronto, Frank Thomas had with a two-out, two-run double. that he knew the petitioner had loans reminding the employees Wetteland pitched the ninth for four hits and Mike S irotka pitched Sirotka (3-6) gave up two runs been at the fundrai ser. that if they lost their jobs, they tending schooling at the Planned The only direct costs incurred may actually expedite closure of his 17th save. .. eight strong innings as Chicago - one earned - and seven hits. Chambers said the mayor gave would not be able to pay back Al temati ve Center for Education, Pay cut... by the executor in the performance the estate by eliminating the Gun ... Texas' Ivan Rodriguez ex­ beat Toronto. Kelvim Escobar (4-3) took the Mendiola a choice-either choose his a program for student with disci­ of its duties relate to the compen­ Bank's present incentive to pro­ these loans. Continued from page 5 tended his hitting streak to a ca- The Blue Jays, held hitless until loss. Continued from page 1 candidate, or have his salary 'be zeroed plinary problems, at Oceanview sation of executor's representa­ long administration. The lawyer said ungraded posi­ out in the upcoming fiscal year. Mangilao. Middle School this upcoming value of the estate as of the date of tive Russell K. Snow, the salary At this point , Lawlor added, tions may be tenninated after hav­ Two days later, Chambers said, The students will now be at- school year. Hillblom's death. of his secretary, the rent for the there are four basic task remain­ ing been given a 90-day termina­ Mendiola received his notice of That amount, Lawlor said, office space they utilize, and their ing to be completed-- manage­ tion notice. termination. NEED or WANT the added bells does not include expenses re­ telephone, fax, etc. expenses not ment of estate's cash assets and "However, they may not be ter­ Borja 's aide informed Mendiola and whistles. If not, keep on using imbursed to Hillb\om's personal separately reimbursed by the es­ non-cash assets, resolution of re­ minated because they support or Office ... that if he changed his support to Office 97 because it's a great prod­ Fol~ furnished spacious studios or 2-bedrooms available representatives nor does it count tate. maining claims, and estate tax refuse tosupportonepolitical can­ Continued from page 4 Senator David Cing, he would get uct, too. Daily or long term lease with ne~otiable discounls the over $28 million paid to the The Trust believes that these liabilities. didate," Chambers stressed. Ifyou go with the small business For more information on Office Choice of queen or king beds; single or double beds accountants, appraisers, who costs do not presently (nor have - TVs, VCRs, refrigerators, spl~-lype NCs, linens version make sure you have at last 2000, including a comprehensive have rendered services to the they ever) exceeded $50,000 per - Dining/Kitchen area insurance coverage. 178 megs of disk space. The whole list of improvements and additions, • Tropical setting wilh ocean and sunsel view on a balcony executor. month, Lawlor pointed out. no longer have to shouider all boat will take an additional 182 check out www.microsoft.com. The Txust believes·, Lawlor said, "Reducing the executor's com­ Mandatory.. Health Secretary Joseph Kevin their medical expenses as employ­ Villagomez said once the bill is Megs. A final-final word on this set of Perfect place that offers luxurious amenities some of those professional ser­ pensation to $50,000 per month Continued from page 1 ers will be fined once they fail to If you are working in a highly products ... Microsoft sent the thing Swimming pool and barbecue area vices were duties of the personal es sen ti ally means that the Bank enacted into law, DPH is likely to provide their workers with health productive office environment and Laundry facilities with 24 hours pressurized hoVcold waler service alien labor. recoup losses from unpaid medi­ insurance, as provided for by the out to thousands more beta testers Slandby generator representatives. will neither make a profit nor in­ Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio and the need all the tools, I give ita 9 on the and that help catch more "real world Security guard and housekeeping service cal bills as a growing number of bill. In fact, Lawlor said, since rein­ cur a loss from completing the Department of Public Health have Hughes Buymeter. problems." Ample parking area patients have reportedly aban­ The governor, for his part, said statement, the Bank's sharehold­ administration of the estate," he already expressed strong support Do I recommend the average I think you 'II find Office 2000 to doned their health insurance or mandatory health insurance cov­ ers have earned a net profit (i.e. said. to SB 11-34, and have been call­ person buying or upgrading to the be a steady and reliable work com­ are not covered by the health plan. erage will benefit both employers after all direct expenses) of over Moreover, Lawlor said, elimi­ ing on other firms to have health small business version? Yes, if you panion. $1,900,000 from the estate. nating future net profit to the Bank Villagomez said workers will and the employees. 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Pangelinan al 01 DRESSMAKER-Salary:$3.05 per PAIR-Salary:$3.50 per hour EVERGREEN APARTMENT You are hereby notified that Cristin M, 33 Charged with Tel. 664-2078. Contact: RHODA S. SMITH Tel. 256· hour Navy Hill • 234-6789/322-5004 gas Amirez, of Saipan, has been appointed and 5650(6/10) Th31264 Contact: REBECCA T. SMITH dba Gen­ 35 Trousers qualified as administrator of lhe estate of 01 MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour es is Dress Shop Tel. 235-8078(6/ fabric Luise Diaz San Nicolas. Administrator's at­ 01 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MUSICIAN-Salary:$1,000.00 per 17)Th31362 36 Muppels torney of record is Reynaldo 0. Yana of P.O. creator Contact: NORTH PACIFIC ENT., INC. month 52, Susupe Vdlage, Saipan, Common­ 37 Depend Tel. 233-3990(6/3)Th31172 Contact: COMMONWEALTH MARINE 04 JAN ITOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Box PEANUTS® by Charles M. Schulz wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. All 39 He's known LEISURE CORP. dba Marine Sports & 02 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour .------, as the 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$528.67 per Leisure Tel. 234-9157(6/10)Th31257 03 GARDENERS-Salary:$3.05-3.10 per persons having claims against the deceased TH:>MA5 PAINE SAID, "Wizard of month APPLY AT: are hereby required to serve lhem duly certi­ CUTTING AND PASTING .. Menlo Park'' hour Win Guide Color ''THESE ARE THE TIMES i~AT Contact: BOBBIE'S AMUSEMENT 02 BUILDING MAINTENANCE RE­ 03 MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour Printing Co., Ltd_ fied on the said executrix or her attorney of 40 Inform (2 COMPANY INC. Tel. 235-2624(6/ record at lhe addresses specified above.and TR'f' MEN'S $0UL5 " I....\ wds.) PAIRER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: PHILIPPINE GOODS CON­ P.Pet:~~~~~~~At= - 43 Buckwheat 3)Th31170 to file them lhe ol lhe Superior Court Contact: SAIPAN INDUSTRIAL CO. STRUCTIONS, INC. dba General Con- with clerk 46 Mexican INC. Tel. 234-7415(6/10)Th31267 . struction Contractor Tel. 234-6485(61 of the Commonwealth of the Northern sandwich 01 BUILDING MAINTENANCE RE­ 17)Th31361 Mariana Islands, togelher wilh proof of such 48 Debt notes PAIR-Salary:$700.00 per month . 06 MACHINIST-Salary:$3.05-6.50 per APARTJIE:\T FOR 'RE\T ser.ice, within 60 days of tile date 91 the first (abbr.) Contact: MIKE'S CORPORATION Tel. hour 03 WAITER/WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 publicalion of this notice, or the claims will 51 Scottish cap 2nd Floor, 3 Bedrooms, 53 -degree 233-7250(613)Th31166 05 ESTIMATOR-Salary:$800.00· per hour be barred. 56 Spanish 1,900.00 per month Contact: ROYAL PALMS INTERNA· 3 Bath, with Aircon, Dated this 1st day of June, 1999. 01 STOCK CONTROL CLERK-Sal­ article 07 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER-Sal­ TIONAL, INC. Tel. 233-0767(6/ Big Living Room 58 ·-Deum" ary:$3.05 per hour ary:$800.00-1,900.00 per month 17)Th31360 ls/REYNALDO 0. YANA Contact: H & Y CORPORATION Tel. 05 NOODLE MAKER (PRESS OPERA· Call: 233-4378 Attorney for Administrator 234-6756(613)Th31167 TOR)-Salary:$3.05-6.50 per hour 02 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$4.50-5.00 06 MOTOR REWINDER-Salary:$3.05- per hour 01 (GENERAL) MAINTENANCE RE· 6.50 per hour Contact: AMBYTH SHIPPING STELLA WILDER PAIRER, BUILDING-Salary:S5.25 per 70 MASON-Salary:$3.05-6.50 per hour MICRONESIAN, INC. Tel. 322-0970(61 FOR SALE ll1dS-p-~ SOLV-E THE ~EBUS BY WRITING hour 07 MECHANICAL ENGINEER-Sal· 17)Th78917 ~· ..,.IN THE NAMES OF THE PICTURE Contact: SAIPAN STEVEDORE COM­ ary:$800.00-1,900.00 per month CLUES AND ADDING OR SUBTRACTING THE LETTERS. PANY, INC. Tel. 322-6469(613)Th78715 YOUR BIRTHDAY - 1O MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05-6.50 per 01 GRAPHIC ARTIST-Salary:$3.05 per I hour hour \ 02 BEAUTIC\AN-Salary:S3.05 per hour NIGHTCLUB &RESTAURANT I "- ... 03 MAINTENANCE WORKER BUILD· Contact: SAIPAN KORESCO CORPO­ 01 ORESSMAKER-Salary:S3.05 per ING REPARIER-Salary:$3.05-6.50 per What could RATION dba Saipan Koresco Resort Located along Beach Road in Chalan Kanoa. THURSDAY, JUNE 3 your limitations and you must be - A question of taste must not be - hour hour Club Tel. 288-6001 (6/17)Th31349 jury duty COURT Contact: CARMEN C. CABRERA dba 02 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER-Sal­ CALL: 234-5520 Born today, you have a way with willing to accept them and live allowed to develop into a major IN The Perfect Look Tel. 235-5665(6/ be Cillled? ary:SB00.00-1,900.00 per month O1 SEWER-Salary:$3.05 per hour words which is sure to serve you with them day after day. conflict between friends today. You 9E4S~ION 3)Th31151 50 STEELMAN WORKER-Sal- 01 SUPERVISOR (RETAIL)-Sal­ Serious. Inquiries Only · _ well, professionally and person­ CANCER (June 21-July 22) might have to take the lead fornow. ary:S3.05-3.50 per hour ary:$1,750.00 per month - You're likely to receive an / 02 FLORIST-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour 11 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal· Contact: Y&.B CORPORATION (KIM JIN ally, throughout your lifetime. The PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) : \ 02ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ ary:S3.50-6.50 per hour SEUP) dba Kim's Market Tel. 433- NICE HOUSES J.OR RENT mere fact that you are able to say enthusiastic "Yes!" to that impor­ - Avoid being overly sensitive ary:S3.75-5.50 per hour 06 CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTEN­ 3030(6/17)Th31350 """ Executive oouse with frve (5) bedrooms, lhree (3) bathrooms, two (2) knchens, lour (4) car garage, large living rooms and write things in certain ways tant question. You should be able today. You 'II find yourself in situ­ Contact: FRANCISCO C. CABRERA DENT-Salary:SB00.00-1.900.00 per and palio over 5,000 square feel is avai~ble /or lease at adiscounted price $2,500 NOW! $2,000.00 will win you the admiration of a to multiply your rewards consid­ ations which will require you to dba Design Florist Tel. 234-6582(6/ month 01 MANAGER-Salary:$1,750.00 per ..,. Executive house new~ buitt wilh lour (4) bedrooms, three (3) balhrooms, two (2) patios, coveied garage, secured Jenee 3)Th31153 erably. 09 ALUMINUM WINDOW AND DOOR month around !he house at adiscountoo pr'ce S1,800.00 NOW! Sl,400.00 great many people. This is likely take things less seriously than usual. i~1+¥d-1 FABRICATOR-Salary:$3.05-6.50 per Contact: S&Y CORPORATION NI ol lhe houses are bcaled in a qufte neighborhood at San V~ente. These houses a~o includes water lanks wilh pressur­ to ensure that you will enjoy LEO(July23-Aug.22)-You ARIES (March 21-April 19) 50 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­ ~ed waler pumps. II you are inlcrested lo see any ol lhese houses, please call telephone number 235-9009 and leave your hour (CHUNG SUI< HEE) dba Sunshine Va­ Salary:$3.05 per hour name and lei hone number. unique and remarkable opportu­ are detail-oriented, but it is the - Is it a budding friendship, or a 30 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­ riety Store Tel. 235-0292(6/17)Th31352 10 (IRONING) PRESSER MACHINE­ nities throughout your life. You "big picture" that is most.impor­ buddingromance?lt'sup to you to Salary:$3.05-6.50 per hour 2 Salary:S3.05 per hour 20 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05-6.50 01 (MARKETING) CONSULTANT-Sal­ HOUSE FOR RENT are highly intelligent,quite imagi­ tant atthis time. Don 'tget"bogged decide and you'd better do it quickly 10 PATTERN GRADER CUTTER-Sal· per hour ary:$2,084.00 per month Concrete, 2 Bedroom native, creative in the extreme, down" in minor details. before you 're in over your head. ary:$3.05 per hour 12 DRAFT ARCHITECTURAL-Sal­ Contact: PEDRO A. TENORIO dba Pete Furnished, Fenced, Trash & UNITED INTERNATIONAL and often quite whimsical in your VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)­ TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Contact: ary:$3.05-6.50 per hour A. Tenorio & Associates Tel. 234-8555(6/ 2 Bedroom, Concrete, CORPORATION Tel. 235-6888(6/ Lawn Care Provided approach toworkandplay. You're A close friend may have let you - Someone who plays a major 03 DISPATCHER (CONST. IND.)-Sal­ 17)Th31353 exUA~Pn~i mos., Excluded Semi-Furnished, 24 Hrs. Water 3)Th31157 ary:S3.05-6.50 per hour $500.00 per Utilities not the kind to let any sort of down recently, but that is no rea­ role today will surprise you with a #236-7368 12 CONSTRUCTION WORKER-Sal­ O1 MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour Pager Located in As Lito situation restrict you in any way. son to take any kind of revenge decision that seems to go against 03 PRESSER, HAND-Salary:3.05 per A~-1 I I I I I I ary:$3.05-6.50 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour Call: 288-8138 You insist on being true to your­ today. Rather, make forgiving every natural instinct. You 'II un­ 13 WAITER/WAITRESS (RESTAU­ hour 2 02 COOK-Salary:S3.05 per hour RANT)-Salary:$3.05-6.50 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.05 per hour HOUSE FOR RENT self no matter what. overtures. derstand in time. 01 (ASSISTANT) MANAGER-Sal­ · 1 l l I I I I I I I 07 COOK-Salary:$3.05-6.50 per hour Contact: ROCK CONSTRUCTION CO., • 1 Room, 1 Kitchen, 1 Bathroom There is a darker side to your LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) - TX,::;ctr,;"-""> ary:$825.00 per month 06 TINSMITH-Salary:S3.05-6.50 per INC. Tel. 234·6163(6117)Th31354 • 2 Rooms, Big Dining, Kitchen & Bath "38N3ltl3dX3 E>NIAtll V :t:J3MSN\f C1999UN1odF""""'"''"~'·'~

By Eddie Siguenza can Samoa again. When they fi­ Variety News Staff nally got to FSM pitcher Simion AMERICAN Samoa continue·d Martin in the third inning, the I bombing Guam soil yesterday Samoans erased a 1-0 FSM lead. I in the South Pacific Games. At one point, American Samoa 1 In another rout, the Samoans led 10-1. \ humbled a tough Federated "The boys continue to swing - ' States of Micronesia unit 18-10 the bat weIJ, but we got to play in baseball competition atPaseo better catch," said American Sa­ Stadium. American Samoa is moa Coach Sua Murphy. "De­ unbeaten at 3-0 and meets Palau fense is a big part of the game. But 3:30 pm tomorrow. we have been fortunate to be able In Tuesday's late game, host to swing the bat. There are some team Guam showed no mercy pretty tough pitchers here." in a 21-4 drubbing of Palau. Martin held his own early, strik­ And the Federated States of ing out five batters in the first two Micronesia edged the Common­ innings. He struck out the side in wealth of the Northern Mariana the second inning. But he just Islands 5-4. about ran out of arm in the fourth Guam's Bruce Santos hits the canvas in Tuesday's SPG boxing action at the Guam Sports Complex. But yesterday was all Ameri- Continued on page 26 Santos was knocked out with a left hook thrown by Samoa's Franic Par/sch. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza Little League roundup ·Silver Streak slated DFS SAIPANLimited announces T-shirts will be given to the Tanapag Braves pull off win the 6th Annual Tom Picarro Me­ firs~ 150 finishers. Registration is morial Fun Run, The Silver free. against. Garapan Pirates, 8-7 Streak, to be held on June 19, There will be several age divi­ Saturday at 6 a.m. sions and prizes will be given for THE Tanapag Braves beat the Pirates in the losing efforts. am. The teams who loss will The course is 4.2 miles Jong l st, 2nd, and 3rd placers as well Garapan Pirates, 8-7 as the Little The Braves faces the Blue-Jays play for consolation on June 12 and begins at the DFS Garapan as first placers over aIJ the men League play-off games started the runner-up pennant champ this at 9 am and the winner on this GaIIeria, south to Quartermaster and women. Saturday at the San Vicente coming Saturday at 9 am. day will advance and play on Road, and back to the Galleria. Registration froms can be BaIIfield. OL' Aces 5, Kaultz 4 the final championship game Race check in will be at 5:30 picked up at the DFS Saipan Lim- The 1999 homerun champion On the second game OL'Aces immediately after the consola­ a.m. Continued on page 26 B.J. Sablan blasted a two run beats Kaultz Glazers, score 5-4. tion game at 11 am. home in the bottom of the 5th The OL'Aces scored a run in the Senior League Division inning leading the. Tanapag bottom of the 8th inning and even­ In Senior League game, RGA qualifying tourney Braves over the third seeded pi­ tually paid back as they"edged out Rodrick Blanco pitched six rates and send them home pack­ the Glazers in one of the most strong innings as the braves THE Refaluwasch Golf Associa­ Registration starts at 7 am and ing in the single elimination dramatic baseball game. clinched the 1999 Senior tion will hold its June Qualifying is open for sixteen players on a game. · The OL'Aces and San Vicente . League Pennant Champion de- Tournament on Saturday, June 4 first come basis. Maynard Duenas homered for will play on Saturday,June5 at 11 at the LaoLao Bay Golf Resort's Late entrees will not be accom­ Continued on page 26 West Course. modated.

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