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a n a n a s G V a r i e t y 3 Micronesia’s Leading Newspaper Since 1972 PSS, Justice m ay se ttle d isp u te PROCEEDINGS on the discrimi­ could then conduct negotiations to nation suitfiledby the Department settle the matter without litigation o f Justice agains t the Public School during the remaining 40 days o f the System (PSS) were suspended for suspension o f the proceedings. 60 days to give both parties time to The suit, filed last Aug. 7, al­ settle their dispute. leged that PSS and the Board of District Court Judge Alex Education engaged in discrimina­ Munson said the parties should be tion. given “the fullest opportunity to For example, Filipino applicants for teaching positions were alleg­ LAFIESTA San Roque, the $50 m illio n world class shopping mall built by Tropical PlaZa, the lOOpercent work towards an agreed settlement owned subsidiary of Japan Airlines, sends a bright signal to the tourism industry. Shown during the recent o f (the)dispute if settlement should edly required to pass pregnancy ribbon-cutting ceremony are (from left): Tropical PlaZa President Mitsuo Kitajima, Governor LorenZo I. appear warranted.” tests. Guerrero, Rev. Eric Forbes and Japanese Consul HiroZo Ushida. The suspension would also en­ The complaint also claimed that able Justice Department lawyers under the PSS pay scale, local teachers, received less than teach­ Darya Geetter and Jonathan Y e a r - e n d e r W atkins, to furnish PSS inform a­ ers recruited form the mainland. tion regarding specific incidents of In an interview earlier, Kosack alleged discriminatory practices in and Deputy Attorney General Eric the hiring of Filipino, Chamorro Smith said Justice Department and Carolinian teachers. wanted PSS to pay “millions of According to Munson’s order dollars” in exchange for the drop­ A turbulent year Tuesday, the disputing parties ping o f the suit. (G L D ) IN A PLACE where murder or slowdown. Infrastructure projects ing and Consulting Co., was suicide is banner story and re­ continue, at least one big private fatally shot with a .22 caliber Kapileo bellion is unknown, the year sector venture was completed, and revolver. Suspects in the case just ending could be consid­ prospects fo r the coining year are were charged in court but the to stand trial ered the most turbulent in the bright as the US surfaces out of complaint was subsequently history of the Northern the recession. w ithdraw n. for shooting Marianas since it became a Robles, Laude killings On Nov. 6 the body o f Eladio commonwealth. On Feb. 3.Crisanto M . Robles, Laude, a construction worker, of mother 1992 saw three murders, the 32, a photographer for. Saipan was found in Dandan, with THE SUPERIOR Court yester­ highest government official of Photo Lab, was abducted. His signs o f violent death. Joseph day ruled that David D. Kapileo, the C N M I threatened with im­ body was found on Feb. 5 in Anthony Bowie, Mario M. 24, should be made to stand trial peachment, and C NM I control Banzai C liff with a stab wound Reyes, a juvenile and an uni­ for the Dec. 20 shooting of his of. immigration and the mini­ and the neck slashed. dentified man in his early 20s mother Joanna Desebel, 42 and mum wage threatened with Vicente M. Aldan Jr. later’ were arrested. for illegal possession of a hand­ takeover by the federal gov­ pleaded guilty to second degree Killings are always violent, gun. Kapileo ernment. murder and was sentenced to 50 but the growing violence of Judge Alex Castro also denied room door, calling his name. He On the bright side, the C N M I years in ja il, later reduced. m urder cases in the N orthern a motion filed for the second time was drunk at that time. has weathered these adverse In August Kuniyoshi Ishii, 28, Marianas has prompted Judge by public defender Dan DeRienzo Kapileo allegedly took his .22- events, including the economic an employee o f Pacific Engineer­ continued on page 9 to release Kapileo to his brother. caliber unlicensed pistol and fired The court maintained the $1 a shot at the door. m illion bail. The v ic tim was h it on the rig h t The public defender told the tem ple and was declared dead on Guerìero cites accomplishments court that although there was “ no arrival at the Commonwealth GOVERNOR Lorenzo I. : things we said we were going to waters. question” about who fired the fatal Health Center. Guerrero “ protected his citizens do, and we ’re going to continue to * He signed a memorandum of shot, the suspect had no intention Assistant Attorney General from invasion by the federal ge the jo b done - all o f us together.” understanding w ith the Depart­ of killing his own mother. Julie Van Dyne said the suspect government” when he stopped Mathis listed Guerrero’s ac- ment of Interior to study the DeRienzo said it was the con­ knew his mother was in front of an attempt by the Inspector Gen­ ; complishments this year, as fo l­ m in im u m wage, im pact o f alien sensus of the bereaved fam ily to the door seconds before the shot eral to “ snoop” through private low s: labor and evaluate tax laws. welcome the suspect back be­ was fire d . tax records. * When the Inspector General * Guerrero spoke before an cause all the family members Meanwhile; the Superior Court In a letter to the V ariety on thé . wanted to look at private tax international forum against the understood that the suspect did reduced the sentence of a man governor’s thoughts and records Guerreroîsaid he’d “ go to Japanese plutoniurh shipments. not mean to k ill Desebel. who helped bum the body of accomplisments in 1992, deputy ja il before he’d turn over private * He formed a task force to He said the shooting was “ stu- murder victim Crisanto Robles public information officer : records of CNMI people.” The study and recommend adjust­ vpid, reckless” but contended that from five years to three years in Pamela Mathis Sattler said ■ case is now* before the Ninth ments in the rrjinimum wage. there was no malice or intent on ja il. Guerrero was. able to do what no n Circuit Court of Appeals. * Although the US military the part o f the suspect to kill. Castro reduced the sentence of other governor has done before. * Guerrero was able to secure had already agreed to lease back Castro said that although there Vicente Pinaula after hearing the On infrastructure, Mathis permission from the federal gov­ its land holdings on the Tanapag was no expressed malice on the testimony of the psychologist at quoted Guerrero’as saying “If ernment to start eradicating the shores, Guerrero successfully part of David Kapileo to shoot his the Division of Corrections. you cannot see all these major m elon fly w ith the help o f Japan. renegotiated the lease, giving mother, evidence showed that The judge also said Pinaula has improvements, you must be He· also obtained a partnership local businessmen25 more years there was “ implied malice” in the shown remorse. Castro said he b lin d .” agreement allowing participation to develop the future port. shooting. likewise took into consideration “ We promised the people we , from Guam. * Guerrero established the The shooting occurred before the fact that Pinaula has a newborn were going to deliver and we are .* He blocked legislation that Commonwealth AIDS Commit­ dawn on Dec. 20. Based on the •baby and would like to have an going to keep our promises,” . would have given the federal tee to educate the public about statement of the suspect him self , income for the family soonest. Guerrero said. “These are the . government control of CNMI the deadly AIDS virus. (NL) his mother knocked on his bed- (GLD) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-DECEMBER 31,1992 A ppeals Board upholds perm it E xp e rt sets 3 con d ition s W Q rld Affairs for H afadai THE COASTAL Resources Management Appeals Board has for resettlem ent o f P agan upheld the perm it given to Hafadai Beach Hotel for its 160-room ex­ T H E D IS A S T E R C o n tro l O ffic e said Koyanagi indicated it was other people on the island, par­ government to utilize the island,” tension project, in effect dismiss­ is planning to reassess the volca­ possible for the people o f Pagan ticularly war veteran Guy Chongsaid. “ As amatter of record, US, Russia wrap up arms treaty nic activity on Pagan Island to to return i f the result o f the study Gabaldon. I did utilize the services of Mr. ing the opposition o f J.C. Tenorio Enterprises. determine whether it is safe for was favorable. Chong said he learned from Gabaldon to transport personnel By Alexander G. Higgins ment in principle to cut each side’s to fly to Sochi, aRussiancityonthe open when they began their final Russians wanted to use. the silos to “The perm it decision issued on Pagan residents to return to their Koyanagi also listed two other Felix A. Sasamoto, the former and important equipment to the warheads to between 3,000 and B lack Sea, to make plans fo r a round. protect single-warhead SS-25 Nov. 5, 1992 was probably the homes. requirem ents, as fo llo w s: disaster control officer, that island for the volcanic activity GENEVA (AP) - The United 3,500 by the year 2003, about one- summ it in early January.

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