0 VNIVERSITY OF HAWAII UBRAR'( arianas %riety~,? Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 \:,~ · ,_,, ' <:,, 3-yr limit bill clears House By Aldwin R. Fajardo they are allowed to seek re-em­ Variety News Staff ployment. A BILL that would require non­ But the Senate-approved ver­ resic.Jent workers, who have stayed sion c.Joes not say how long should in the Northern Marianas for three the workers stay out of the CNMI years to exit the islands for at least before they are allowed re-entry. six months before they can return House Speaker Diego T. for employment is now closer to Benavente earlier sai<l there has becoming law. to be a time frame as to how long This, after the House of Repre­ nonresident workers will not be sentatives yesterday passed an permitted to enter the Common- Gubernatorial teams do campaigning in preparation for Saturday's amended version of legislation . wealth again after they have election. Shown in this composite photo are (from top left, clockwise) that would set a three-year stay reached the three-year stay limit. a billboard for the Ada-Camacho tandem; Sens. Tom Ada and Lou limit for foreign labor. Benavente earlier expressed Leon Guerrero; Sen. Angel Santos and Joe Terlaje and Gov. Carl House action on Senate Bill I 1- Juan P. Tenorio intentions to press that foreign Gutierrez and Lt. Gov. Madeleine Z. Borda/lo. Photo by Eduardo C. Siguenza 71 was being awaited since the workers be obliged to stay out of Senate last month already passed it originated, fora vote on whether the Northern Marianas for a one­ Primary set for Saturday on final reading the measure in­ to accept or reject the House's year period. troduced by Sen. Juan P. Tenorio revisions. After rough sailing during HAGATNA - Political cam­ Lt. Gov. Madelin Bordallo, Ada (R-Saipan). The bill requires nonresident yesterday's session, the House paign heats up as the three gu­ with Sen. Lou Leon Guerrero, But since an amendment was workers to exit the Common­ leadership agreed on giving work­ bernatorial aspirants gear up for and Santos with Jose Terlaje. made by the House, the bill would wealth after three consecutive ers at least six months before they tonight's final debate preluding Tonight's debate will be have to return to the Senate where years of stay in the islands before Continued on page-23 the Democratic Party's primary broadcast live on KUAM chan­ election on Saturday. nel 8, Isla 61, and Newstalk K- The primary will c.Jecidc who 57. among Gov. Carl Gutierrez, Sen. The ticket that will win in the Gov't niay float bonds to raise Tom Ada and Sen. Angel Santos primary will run against the Re­ will be the party's standard publican candidates, former lllatching funds for CIP grants bearer for the general elections Guam Gov Joseph Ada and run­ By Jojo Dass Lemieux, is being considerec.J in 'They are looking at various Nov. 5. n 111g mate Sen. Francisco Variety News Staff the face of the economic crisis the ways that this government can"'. Gutierrez is running with his continuecf on--page 23 THE TENORIO administration Commonwealth is experiencing produce the matching funds in is looking at floating bonds to and the nearly-empty government the immediate," said Lemieux. match the Covenant funds for coffers. "There is a number of ways Guam senator: Better local capital improvement Lemieux said the economic re­ that can be done. I'm sure that projects (CIP), a ranking offi­ vitalization task force that Gov. the task force has a lot of good cial disclosed yesterday. Pedro P. Tenorio has created ic.Jeas. One of them (that) has interisland air service 'D1is option, according to Pub­ shortly after assuming office, is been talked about... is the issu­ By Jacob Leon Guerrero the beginning. lic Works Deputy Secretary and discussing the feasibility of the ance of bonds. This government Variety News Staff Bill 531, which will estab­ CIP task force member S tephcn bond plan. Continued on page 23 HAGATNA - Sen. Mark lish economic incentives to en­ Charfauros undcrscored the hance and improve Guam's need for the region to have local commuter air service, was better commuter air service signed into law by Gov. Carl industry operating between Gutierez early last month. Guam and the CNMI. Charfauros thanked CNMI Charfauros said the recent Senate President Paul A. enactment of .a related bill Manglona for initiating the which he authored was only Continued on-·page 23 DPH warns of flu-like illness gripping Saipan By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff AFIT:R a number of children and adults were rushed to the Com­ monwealth Health Center <luc to fever, body ache, runny nose and cough, the Department of Public Health has advised that a flu-like syndrome is on its peak these days. The DPI I, however, saic.J there is nothing to wcmy about since this flu-like syndrome is not a serious illness and lasts only for three lo four days. Dr. Jon Bruss, medical director of public health, yesterday said there really is no "outbreak" since the flu-like illness lasts only for Continued on pag·e 23 Oleai Elementary School students show the healthy food that OES encourages them to eat under the school's new policy that forbids kids to eat junkfood on campus. Photo by Louie c. Alonso IBURSDA Y, SEPTEMBER 3 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 In Northern Islands Australia, Japan Governor signs new law to I deregulat~ private schools 800 wild goats shot attention on the public school i system," Tenorio said. r HouseBill l l-198, which now in tuna dispute p dead, then left to rot becomes Public Law 11-32, I/ grants private schools and teach­ CANBERRA, Australia (AP)­ Japan's last agreed allocation mentsentJapan a diplomatic note I' By Ferdie de la Torre ers to act independently, as well Australia accusedJ apan of breach­ was 6,065 metric tons. to say that it believed its experi­ Department of Lands and Natu­ with the absence of electricity on Variety News Staff ral Resources Information Officer that island, DFW has no choice as gives the Board of Education ing international law Tuesday as But a program, which ended mental fishing program was in 1: it ;tepped up its campaign fornew Monday, involved Japan catch­ violation of international Jaw. HUNDREDS of wild goats on Marianne Concepcion admitted but to leave the dead animals the opportunity to focus its at­ tentionandresourceson thePub­ talks to resolve a long-running ing an extra 1,400 metric tons of But the government's bid to Sagriguan were simply aban­ that DFW officers indeed eradi­ there. tuna row. Southern Bluefin Tuna over its begin formal dispute resolution doned on the island after Division cated goats and abandoned them "There's no way that we could lie School System. Australia, New Zealand and J a­ previous quota. Japan said the processes - which Japan is not I of Fish and Wildlife officers shot because of transportation prob­ have kept them (goats) in good The law stated that teacher pan are parties to the Convention additional catch was experimen­ compelled to agree to - falls the animals during an eradication lem. shape to transport back to certification standards can be I operation, the Variety learned accomplished without having to for the Conservation of Southern tal and would help assess tuna short of the option Australia pre­ I Concepcion, however, clarified Saipan. There is no regular ferry Bluefin Tuna, which provides that stocks. viously floated of talcing its case yesterday. that only 800 goats were killed on boat comes to that island. There's charter private educational in­ Philippines President Joseph Estrada (right) gestures at visiting Sultan fishing only be conducted with Federal Resources Minister to the International Court of Jus- ,I Initial reports had it that said Sagriguan as part of the eradica­ no power there and we couldn't By Aldwin R. Fajardo stitutions and teachers. Hassanal Bolk/ah of Brunei during the latter's courtesy ca/I at Malacanang the consent of all parties. Warwick Parer said the govern- about 3,000 goats were shot dead tion program and no operation freeze the animals," she said. Variety News Staff But it also guarantees the cre­ Contmued on page 22 GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio Palace in Manila Tuesday. AP \' in separate incidents on Sagriguan was made on Aguijan or other For the CNMI to charter a ation of a minimum core cur­ i yesterday signed into law a leg­ while hundreds of such animals parts of the Northern Islands. ship for Sagriguan and bring riculum and length of school islation which seeks to deregu­ were killed on Aguijan by DFW Concepcion explained that the goats on Saipan is very year standard for non-public officers. DFW conducted a three-month costly, Concepcion said. late private learning institutions, schools. as part of government ·efforts to By BARRY SCHWEID possible on his meeting with U.S. well, and we arefriends,"Yeltsin said bread, a traditional East European The DFW officers, however, goat eradication operation be­ "We didn't kill or shoot them The move was also made to MOSCOW (AP)-The politically President Bill Ointon, greeting the earlier at a Moscow school. symbol of welcome. left the dead animals on that is­ cause the animals were wiping out for fun. We're just saving the improve the quality ofeducation minimize the burden of the BOE, wounded presidents of the United American leader inside the Kremlin With Russia reeling from a politi­ Clinton pushed at the bread with lands for the lizards to feed on, out vegetation on the island.