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.. UNlVERSlrt 0~ HAWAII LIBRARY arianas %riet.rr;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 C&) ews By Ferdie de la Torre The defendant later allegedly without court permission. He Variety News Staff slapped his wife on the face, the was required to surrender travel POLICE arrested Tinian Gam­ prosecutor added. documents and ordered to stay ing Commission executive di­ Palmer refused to say any­ away from the victim. rector Paul T. Palmer for alleg­ thing about the case. The judge also asked Palmer edly beating his wife at their Associate Judge Edward to obtain his own lawyer as he is residence in Dandan Sunday Manibusan initially set a $5,000 purportedly not qualified to re­ night. cash bail fo~ Palmer's tempo­ ceive a court-appointed coun­ Palmer was charged yester­ rary release. sel considering his sufficient day with assault and battery be­ The defendant asked the court salary. fore the Superior Court. to modify the bail as the amount Arraignment was set for this According to Assistant Atty. was too excessive, prompting Monday. Gen. Colin Thompson, police Manibusan to free him on a Palmer recently hugged investigation showed that the $5,000 unsecured bond. headlines after being subpoe­ victim, Maritess A. Palmer, was "Unsecured bond" means a naed by a Senate investiga­ sleeping when the defendant ar­ defendant will pay the bail only tion on the operations of the rived at their house. if he or she violates the court Tinian Casino Gaming Com­ Palmer poured beer at the vic­ order. mission. tim and then threw the beer can Manibusan, however, barred He has yet to appear before at her, Thompson .said. Palmer covers face as he is escorted by marshal after court hearing. Palmer from leaving CNMl the legislative inquiry. Eli Cabrera sued the suit in the Superior Court against Cabrera to recover $133,732.82 plus interest he allegedly unlawfully obtained from her. Vaughan, through counsel Bruce L Mailman, accused Cabrera of inducing her to con­ vey land to him to avoid poten­ tial tax consequences of her leasing out her private land. Eliceo D. Cabrera Plaintiff said the defendant retained an unauthorized "com- · By.Ferdie de la Torre mission" from the rents on the· Variety News Staff land and also wrongfully kept ' A WOMAN yesterday sued the proceeds of the tax rebates Special Assistant for Manage­ paid on the same land deal. ment and Budget Eliceo D. Vaughan, of Northern Cabrera for alleged fraud and Marianas descent, is the aunt deceit involving a land 'trans­ of defendant's wife, Victoria action. A. Cabrera. Victoria A. Vaughan filed Continued on pa{je·3·5 Governor Froilan C. Tenorio chats with MHS Student Activities Coordinator Doreen Manglona and MHS student Carmen Sablan after the Political Forum held at the Susupe campus last Friday. Photo by Lalla c. Younis .. , __ ,_:,. By Jojo Dass Farallon de Medinilla Island after Young panel to visit February Variety News Staff it was established that the endan­ THE U.S. Navy has temporarily gered Micronesian Megapodes stopped its bomb runs at the have taken sanctuary in the area. ''The bombings have been sus­ By Zaldy Dandan pended. They (Navy) are not do­ Variety News Staff ing it right now but we need to be UNITED States Congressman sure that it is a permanent stop," Don Young (R-Alaska), who said Lands and Natural Resources chairs the U.S. House commit­ Secretary Maggie Wonenberg. tee that has jurisdiction over the "Our goal is to stop the bomb­ CNMI, will continue to support ings for good." Resident Rep.Juan N. Babauta's Wonenberg said the suspension efforts in securing a non-voting was precipitated by a report from delegate seat in Congress. a joint DLNR-U.S. Navy team Young, in a "Dear Juan" let­ to the island late last ter to Babauta, acknowledged which went Don Young Juan N. Babauta year. that the CNMI is at a "disadvan­ The report confirmed the pres­ tage" in Congress, particularly forts for the enactment of legisla­ At the same time, the con­ ence of the bird species on the when legislative proposals in­ tion which will provide (the gressman reaffirmed his intent island. volving the Northern Marianas CNMI) with a delegate to the to visit the CNMI, together with "I hope that they (Navy) will are being debated. (U.S.) House ofRepresentatives," members of the U.S. House Re- Continued on page 36 "I continue to back your ef- Young said. Continued on page 36 PAC NEWSPAPER STACKS l, • '~1·J.'. ~~\'. "\ -i- ···"'.''·,~ '· .-.,~.,·,11 ;r:. ~-.~:~-··· 1 ••,:1:,:'/'"7':-;r,~,,'/·,-t' 1 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- OCTOBER 28, 1997 US-Seoul war games Jones to DOLi: Control.TWAs By ,Jojo Dass fer Permits saying workers have employees be it TWA or TE de­ to the employee within the effec­ Variety News Staff found these to be a convenient spite objection by employers for tivity of the work contract. REPRESENTATIVEDinoJones tool to prolong their stay on the good reasons," said Jones in his * Abandonment of the work­ By HAAFIY l)IJNPHY children will be withoJ.!t enough to yesterday urged Labor and Immi­ island and discredit the firm they letter. ers. gration Secretary Thomas 0. - "We need to continue protect­ wASHINGTON (AP)- Despite eatby2020. · - . are working for through labor He suggested that such issu­ dramatic gainsin. some areas of ~ rep::>1t w~ issued to coin­ Sablan to stop the "uncontrolled" complaints. ances be made only on the follow­ ing investors and continue attract­ food production, .food shortages cide with athree..fulymeeting start­ issuances of permits allowing Jones claimed that nonresident ing grounds: ing dependable and long-term in­ andfaminescouldseriouslyworsen ing Monday in Washington of a nonresident workers to seek new workers resort to filing requests * There is a threat to the vestors. overthenext25 years in jX)Orcoun­ WorldBank,affiliatedgroupoflead­ employers, so as not to hurt the forTWAs orTPs "upon learning employee's health or safety.This "For this very reason, I re­ tries with rapidly growing popula­ ing agricultural scientists and re­ business sector. · .or suspecting that the employ­ howevermustfirst be documented quest that you seriously recon­ tions, a new report says. searcher.;;, In a two-page letter sent to ment will not be renewed," or if by the Department of Public sider the ongoing uncontrolled The repo1t by the International The group's chairman,-Tsrnail Sablan, Jones said several em­ they "have found a better-paying Safety, the Commo_nwealth granting of TW As and Transfer Food Policy Research It}stitute · Serageldin,a WorldBankvic:epresi­ ployers have expressed opposi­ job." · Health Center, or a licensed clinic. (Permits). Let us not wait until warns that El Nino weather dismr­ dent,said, 'Toeagriculturalresearch tion to the granting of Temporary "The Labor Division tends to * The refusal of an employer to it's too late to remedy the situ­ bances, civil strife, low grains tocks community needs to give· small Work Authorizations and Trans- be supportive to the request of continue providing employment Dino Jones ation," said Jones. and declining foreign aid could · fanners in low-income developing cause greater_ fluctuations in the counrriesthetechnologiestbeyneed supplies of wheat, rice, com imd to produce more food, earn more Sablan notes 'banner year' in deportation of illegal aliens other cereals. income and generate more jobs." Most dieis in developing coun­ Among these technologies, he By Jojo Dass And with only two more ing to government records. Chinese nationals - 120 of the reau of Investigation on Oct.29. tries isexpected to grow from the said ,are seed thatcahresistdrou_wt, Variety News Staff months left, Sablan said he is The figure increased to 75 a 21.5 deportees. Also, Sablan said arrange­ present94million tons to228 mil­ infectious insects and frost. THE NUMBER of deported confident the figure could reach year after and then went down The Chinese deportees were ments are now being made for lion tons. "In thenext25 years; there will be overstaying and illegally em­ the 300 mark by yearend. to 45 in 1995. mostly arrested in Gara pan's another training involving 22 Tiie report says .the number of · 3 billioomo,re ~le on the planet, ployed foreign workers has "I am v.ery glad that we have The bulk of those deported tourist-be! t area. DOU staff in Hawaii. · malnourished children willjump 95 ~ntoftheminthedeveloping overshot last year's figures, a surpassed the number of last from 1993 to 1995 was com­ In a related development, The training, to be conducted by t4~- percent to 40 million in Af.c countries," Serageldin said '.'Ifwe beaming Labor and Immigra­ year's deportations," said posed of Filipinos. Sablan said 13 staff from the by representatives of the U.S. ricasoulh of the Sahara desert. So · don't intensify production at the South Korean tanks rofl across the Han River on a floating pontoon bridge during the U.S. and South Korea tion Secretary Thomas 0. Sablan. This however changed last Department of Labor and Im­ labor department, will focus on rrianychildren are malnourished in small-fanner level :., the effects on joint military exercise Foal Eagle 97 at the Yoju county, south of Seoul, Monday. 33,000 South Korean and Sablan said. "We have two more months year when Chinese ,nationals migration will join a two-day methods of investigations. US troops are participating in the annual exercise for two weeks to show their force as tensions between Some 215. foreigners have to go and I'm expecting more comprised 152 of the 209 training on interview techniques 'Tm planning to send DOLI South Asia that even with a pro­ the environment will oo devastating South and North continue.

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