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By Zaldy Dandan DeLay's visit will come on the CNMI, as recommended ography, De Lay consistently Variety News Staff the heels of two delegations by the Clinton administration. voted to reduce federal spend THE THIRD highest ranking of congressional staffers re A staunch conservative, ing, and this has earned him leader of the· U.S. House of Rep~ cently here to look into the Delay represents the 22nd Dis the "Taxpayers' Friend" resentatives is scheduled to arrive Commonwealth's immigra trict of Texas, which includes award from the National Tax j on Saipan before the end of De tion and minimum wage poli Brazoria, Fort Bend, and Har payers Union. cember, it was learned. cies. ris Counties. For his conservative voting U.S. House Majority WhipTom It was· DeLay and U.S. As party whip, he is respon record, he has received I 00 per DeLay (R-Texas), one of the key House Majority Leader Dick sible. for mustering the votes cent ratings from The New Ameri U.S. congressional leaders -op Armey (R-Texas) who reas needed to insure final passage of can and the Christian Voice maga posed to any "federal takeover" sured Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio legislation certified as urgent by zines. He has also received the legislation, will be visiting the that the Republican-controlled the Republican leadership. Watchdog of the Treasury's CNMI, buttheOfficeoftheGov Congress will block the ex DeLay also serves on the pow "Golden Bulldog Award" and emor yesterday said his arrival tension of federal immigration erful U.S. House Appropria the coalition of Peace Through date will not be made public. and minimu~ wage laws to Tom Delay tions Committee, which pro Strength's "National Security duces all spending legislation. Leadership" award. Torres: Judiciary 'did business' According to his official bi- Continued on page 56 Gov't checks 'bounce,' but with firm. owned by Taylor kin 'no problem,' says NMIRF is "profiting" from the By Gerr R. cayabyab, Jr. for two-month pay periods. judiciary's '!uncontrolled and The checks were returned un irresponsible" spending, which Variety News Staff THE NORTHERN Mariana Is paid by the Guam Savings and amounted to more than $40,000. Loan Association, he said. The Enclosed with Torres 's letter lands Retirement ·Fun<;l yester day said it will not take any problem was, however, rem is a letter of support from the edied when finance department relative during the time Taylor's action against the Department of Finance despite the latter's informed Manglona that the nomination to the Supreme recent issuance of "bouncing checks had been cleared as of Court was still being consid checks" amounting to $4.5 mil Dec. 5. ered by the Senate. lion. The incident seems to con · Torres claimed that a look at Marty W.K. Taylor According to NMIRF Admin firm speculation the CNMI gov Stanley T. Torres the letter of support and all the istration Edward H. Manglona, ernment is having cash flow subsequent purchases-the re By Zaldy Dandan owned by a relative of Supreme the Fund received and depos problems. ceipts for which were attached Vtiriety News Staff Court Chief Justice Marty W.K. ited last Nov. 25 four checks "The. DOF is an important to Torres's letter-will show REPRESENTATIVE Stanley Taylor. issued by the CNMI Treasury government department. Suing Ute "meaning" of conflict of in T. Torres (lnd.-Saipan) is ac The outgoing congressman, in Office in the total amount of that department means suing the teresL cusing the judiciary of making a letter to Legislature's presiding $4,483,443.75, representing CNMI governmen1. But CNMI He added that the judiciary "extensive and unnecessary officers, alleged that Taylor's rela government's retirement, health gov·ernment is our sponsor," purchases" from a company tive-through his wife Celina- Continued on page 74 and life insurance contributions Continued on page 74 !G~~ri;;~-rr~;--Typh~~~p~;;;-··-d~~t~ction I cl. . :·l~ AGANA, Guam (AP)-A 12- ofGuam'sCivilDefenseAgency. ; 1 hour shredding by Typhoon Sustained wind reached 150 ; : Pal "~~~ ----~---· -· ... -- - . -- .. . 2-MARIANA.S VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19. 1997 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 So. Korea elects president Aloot may file appeal today eligible voter.;, or about 6 million ;md shock as their nation tumbled sloweconomicgrowthand raise ll.lXes By Zaldy Dandan The CNMI's only two-term people, told pollsters only a day ago flDm iL~ rank as the world's l I th and interest rates - measures that Variety News Staff governor, Tenorio sought and that they still had not made up their hu·gesteconomic gianttotl1ehumbled could cost up to a million jobs. AN APPEAL to reverse the Su won the Republican Party's minds. recipient of the world's largest eco The effect :~ready is being fell perior Court ruling on governor 11ubernatorial nomination last "I don't like U11Y of the cru1didates, nomic bailout. Hundreds of companies, small and elect Pedro P. Tenorio's eligibil year and went on to defeat but I will vote fora candidate who can Restoring the economy will be the big, have fallen. Unemployment is incumbent Gov. Froilan C. ( ity is expected to be filed today at save the economy, .. Kim Y oung-hee, newpresident'schiefjob-ataskaJJ rising. Prices are soruing. Chlistmas i· the Supreme Court even as law Tenorio and Lt. Gov. Jesus C. a 48-yeru'-old housewife, said before of the candidates acknowledged while carols that used• to ring throughout ·' Borja last Nov. I. I' yer Sebastian Aloot goes on a entering a polling station in BundU11g, offering few details on how they downtown Seoul at this time of year month-long off island trip. The govemor-elect's camp has ·a Seoul suburb. would do it. were all but missing. "People are Alootis counsel for former con maintained that the constitutional Several people waiting in line for But the winner's course of.action wonied and confused. gressman Manasses Borja, the amendment limiting the gover their turn to vote nodded their agree- . has already largely been set by the They always talk about the member of the Democratic Party nor to two terms was rati ficc.l c.lur ment. International Monetruy Fund. In re economy and what's going to happen leadership who filed the court Manasses Borja Sebastian Afoot Pedro P. Tenorio ing the Republican Tcnorio's in In the past month, South Korea's turn for iL~ record din; 57 billion loan, in the future,'' said Yang Hae-yoo, a challenge. · cumbency and thcrcfon: c.locs not 44 million people watched in dismay South Korea agreed this month to 23-yeru~old college student. His leave of absence, which counsel for the case, Timothy ments may still be required. decided they want (Tenorio apply to him. The first box of South Korean presidential ballots is opened for counting Superior Court Assoc i ale J us Thursday at a ballot counting station in Seoul. South Korean opposition began yesterday, was described Skinner, might handle the appeal, 'But whatever they're up to and Sablan) to be their new hopeful Kim Dae-Jung and majority party candidate Lee Hoi-chang are as "odd" by one of the lawyers of but Skinner's office yesterday we're ready," Villagomez said leaders." lice Edward Manibusan in his in a neck and neck race for the presidency. AP Tenorio and lieutenant governor declined to make any comments. yesterday. More than a month after the Dec. l ruling agrees. World's largest undersea He said the constitutional .f R. "We have I 00 percent confi general elections, the Board By REID G. MILLER votes from either of the front-runners elect Jesus Sablan. Dr. Jose T. Villagomez, the "It's very strange to file an ap ehairofTenorio 's transition team, dence on our lawyers' ability to ~f Elections has finally certi amendment can not apply ret SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ~ to tip the balance. win this case," he said. fied the results, roactively. Seeking economic salvation, South Pollsclosedat6p.m. (09CX)GM!J, peal and then leave," lawyer Rob also expressed "surprise" over highway tunnel in Japan The case, he added, is now KoreanschoscanewpresidentThun; 12 hours after they opened, but the ert O'Connor said. Aloot's leave of absence, calling "If you 're going to stru·t a fight it "strange strategy." · "not Manasses Borja against day from among seven candidates winner was not expected to be known TOKYO (AP) -· Japan paigning for clean air in Kobayashi said. who offered promises ofde] ivemnce, until Friday morning, possibly later. you ha¥e to be there for it," he He said that though appeals are Tenorio and Sablan, but Turn on all headlights opened the world's longest Kawasaki city, said, "We fear The Aqualine added. usually done through briefs sub Manasses Borja against the but few plans. Three houn; before the poll clos underse'a highway tunnel that with increased traffic, the expressway's tunnel has a O'Connor said Aloot's co- mitted by the counsels, oral argu- more than 5,000 voters who Tumoutappearedheavyinayoung ing, election officials said 62.3 per Thursday, cutting 80 kilo atmospheric pollution will be 90-meter (295-foot)-high against drunk driving nation that takes its democracy seri cent of tl1e 33 million eligible voters meters (50 miles) fror_n the getting worse.'.' tower rising from about its ously and turns its presidential elec had cast their ballots, suggesting a big journey between cities on The undersea portion is the midpoint to nnt exhaust By Ferdie de la Torre to the DPS awareness pro tions into national holidays. turnout. opposite sides of Tokyo Bay. world's longest undersea gases, he said. Tenorio asks Clinton: Declare Variety News Staff gram," Sablan said. Analysts predicted one of the clos At the same time in the last presi Provincial governors on highway tunnel used specifi Video cameras inside the THE DEPARTMENT of Pub Nerita said more police of est races in South Korea's history in dential election in 1992,57.5 percent the two sides said the new cally for motor vehicles, said tunnel will monitor traffic lic Safety yesterday encour ficers will be fielded to imple what boiled down to a two-way con had voted. Experts had predicted a 1.48 trillion yen ($ 12 bil Hitoshi Kobayashi, spokes around the clock to avoid Rota as a 'major diaster' area aged motorists to participate ment sobriety checkpoints and test between veteran opposition leader turnout this year of about 75 percent, lion) "Aqualine" express man of Japan Highway Public congestion on the four-Jane in today's "Lights On For Life highway criminal interdiction Kim Dae-jungand the majority party's but it appeared that figure would be way, which -includes a 9.5- Corp. highway, Kobayashi added. nesses, public facilities and infra tomers." Day" national program as part throughout the month. Lee Hoi-chU11g. exceeded. kilometer (5.9-mile) stretch There are longer undersea The expressway covers a structure. "The airport suffered (ap of the Drugged and Drunk The Customs K-9 dogs will Playing the spoiler was Rhee In-je, All three major cU11didates spent under the bay, would boost railway tunnels, but .undersea total length of 15.12 kilome Preliminary assessments, he proximately) $45,000 in dam Driving Prevention Month also be utilized to sniff sus a former provincial governor who the last few days of the campaign commerce. highway tunnels had been kept ters· (9.4 miles), including a added, revealed severe damage to ages, while seaport damage is events in the CNMI. pected drugs inside vehicles, split away from the majority party ayingtowooundecided voter.;, whose Sentaro Ohba, representa shorter by problems dealing 4.4-kiiometer (2.7-mile) the island's secondary roads, pub estimated to be at least Capt. Delbert Sablan and Nori ta said. after he lost its nomination to Lee. He ballots were seen as crucial to victory. lic structures; schools, office $96,000," Tenorio said. Meanwhile, the second an tive of a civil group cam- with exhaust gas inside, Continued on page 11 Maj. Claudio Norita asked was in position to take away enough Aoout20percentofthe 33 million buildings arid the electrical power Meanwhile, the Federal motorists to drive their ve nual Designated Drivers (DD) distribution systems. Emergency Management hicles with headlights on even program will start today until Citing Rota Mayor Joseph S. Agency (FEMA)and the Emer during daytime in memory of Dec.21st. Inos's report on Wednesday, gency Man:igement Office those who had been killed or DD will resume on Dec. 24th Tenorio said 23 homes and 11 (EMO) have unveiled the fed injured by drunk and drugged until 28th and will start again businesses were destroyed while eral aid programs for individu drivers. on Dec. 31st to Jan. 2nd. Froi/an C. Tenorio many others suffered major dam als and businesses whose prop Sablan notes this year there So far nine persons have vol C ::> ::> age. erties suffered damages from are 62 crash incidents and one unteered to be designated driv By Zaldy Dandan Eighty percent of the roads were supertyphoon Keith. fatality involving alcohol as ers. DPS needs more volun Variety News Staff washed out and all crops were The aid program includes di comparedtolastyearwith 160 teers. I GOVERNOR Froilan C. destroyed, Tenorio quoted the saster loU11s from the U.S. Small crash incidents and eight Anyone who is under the in u ' Tenorio is requesting President mayor's report as saying. Business Administration. deaths. fluence of alcohol and wants ~ tJfl?;:, u:;! !"?, F:'i /;Y :C:1 !''~' RED EARTH Clinton to make another decla He said no deaths were reported Prior to Paka's fury last Dec. L:~i (It." . U:I.·.·--. rw ·,;'" ..::1.! I.,:,·.; r.;,Jtf, ~".'.. '!.· Vi."',~ This year. 269 persons were to be dropped home or to other 1 BUY ONE• GET ONE FREE ration of disaster for the CNMI but there were six storm related 16-17, the CNMI was hard hit so far arrested for driving un places shall call 234-6505, tts ~ijJ ~iPi: tG~ tf! FINAL L~'/ '"" by supertyphoons Joan on Oct. as a result of the extensive dam injuries. der the influence of alcohol police said. 2 days more to go and to get a chance to have the Esprit Privilege Card ages caused by supertyphoon In addition, "NearlyallofRota's 7-8, and Keith on Nov. 2-3. while 360 DUI arrests were The month-long Drunk and Paka on Rota. classrooms were flooded. Power As requested by the governor recorded in 1996, said Sablan. Drugged Driving Prevention Tenorio, in a letter yesterday to the island has been disrupted following Keith, President "The figures have been go events will be concluded with to the President, said Rota expe and it is expected to take two Clinton declared the CNMI a ing down. We're having lesser an islanc.l-wide motorcaue on ESPRIT tienced damages to homes, busi- weeks to restore power to all cus- disaster area last Dec. 8. and lesser drunk drivers due Dec. 31st. With EPC you can enjoy a 15°/o discount on all I I I PRIVILEGE full price merchandise at any Esprit store on (,') CARD Guam & Saipan. Accumulate US $300 net value of receipts By Ferdie de la Torre Rupinta punched Ykota several Variety News Slaff times on the face mid kicked him. u between today and December 20, 1997. Fill out an A 21-yem·-old m,m was seriously sending the victim to the floor. EPC application form obtainable from any Esprit injured after he rcpo11eJly ftb'l.11-Cd to 1l1e victim's head ltmded on the NAME: a fight withamaleco-employecatthc floor, police said. ,-U store. Return the receipts and completed SaiptmGnmd Hotel in Susupe'llmrs Mctmwhile, two men were :m1osted 1.D. NO.: application day night. for allegedly assaulting tlir-ce per ·n1e victim identified :L, Fnmcisco sons, including two women, at form to any Esprit store. Aquino Ykota suffered a laceration to Koblerville Housing Tuesday night EXPIRATION DATE: the head. He wm; last rcpo11ed in coma An-estcd were Patiick Roosabelt, -I .,__ at the Commonwealtl1 Health Center . 25, mid Frank Ambros, 20, both of . New·Arrival of Dcpmtment of Public Safety Infor Koble1villc. mation Officer Maj. J. J. Castro said Investigation showed tl1at the sus 14 Days Layaway Plan Available with $75.00 minimum purchase & KIDS CLOTHINGS the suspect, Edumtlo Rupinta, 35, of pects threw rocks, hitting two women 50% Down Payment. No refund or exchange -All Sales are Final Chltlan K,moa, w,L, m11ostcd for tL~ who were inside a house. A man went outside to stop the Win a Round Trip Ticket for 2 to Tokyo or Osaka, Japan, plus many great prizes! 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EDITO 'i'E.'f.1\-IIN(r RINE{ volved in the agriculture program With her positive attitude and at Marianas High School, I would willingness to help out, she also like topublicily thank DLNR Sec serves as an excellent role model retary Maggie DLG. Wonenberg that they can strive to be like .. professionalism Who are to blame for and her staff for providing us with In a time when so much of the topsoil for our agriculture garden news about our government offi By Jerome J. Shestack tion - as well as indepen sion; it seems right to give NMI's financial woes? plots. cials seems to be negative, it is President, American dence. Independence is part something back - indeed, it Not only did Secretary refreshing have met someone like Bar Association of the lawyer's calling. Much is an ethical obligation. And Wonenb~rg find time in her busy Secretary Wonenberg who PEOPLE often ask me as the of the rea·son so many lawyers if we are a profession com THERE has gor to be some mismanagement involved with the . \>,J\-1\TE HOUSE schedule to personally visit the geniury.ely cares about doing an nati"onal representative of the face malpractice suits is that mitted lo justice, then we current finan~ial condition of the CNMI Government. There just 6;\fT CERTIFICATES agriculture facilities 9n campus, exceptional job for the people of legal profession what is the do not have the wisdom and should want to participate in have to be some people who have caused it. she also made certain that our the CNMI. mission· of the American Bar fortitude to say "no" to a cli making justice accessible. Fi Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio in a news conference last week admitted request for help was addressed Association. My answer is ent when "no" should be said. nally, pro bono service almost that the CNMI government's financial posture is not that ro~y and immediately. THOMAS PRITCHARD simple. We seek to enhance Third is a meaningful legal always turns out to be a matter that it may run out of money soon. Secretary Wonenberg's ability Agriculture Instructor, the professionalism of all law education - not as a chore to· of great satisfaction in a pro He was quick to point out though that there were a number of to take charge and get things done Marianas High School yers. meet some point requirement fession that has its share of factors that have led to this problem. mostly attributed to the To some, this may seem a but as a cornmitment to growth pain and tedium. Legislature. rhetorical statement. But I can and replenishment. These six elements are the First. Gov. Tenorio blamed the Legislature for enacting the new assure you that the ABA to Fourth is civility. We need foundation of our professional Fcreign Investment Law which hes-aid made it difficult for new day is very serious about ad to resist the Rambo-type tac values. I have asked every investments to come in. vancing professionalism. tics in whiCh civility is entity in the ABA to focus on He noted that he actually vetoed Public Law I 0-44 but that the Why so serious now? For mocked and ruckus is routine. these values. The response, to Legislature overrode him on this. one, our profession's stand But civility is more than sur date, has been extraordinarily He also cited the bill lo increase tax rebate rates, a measure that Orange or strawberry? ing with the public is not stel face politeness; it is an ap encouraging. the governor said will cost government $6 million to $8 million. lar. More importantly, we have proach that seeks to reconcile But we need the assistance Other reasons arc the budget increases being pushed for PSS as ...... 1 Yariations BORING. This describes most of the juice, whether it is or reason to be concerned as the conflict, to diminish rancor of the state and local bar asso well as the retroactive pay raises for government employees-all ~0:5::S:'!~"c'-.. • \IQ jury trial proceedings in the ange or strawberry." legal profession is propell~d and to reduce the antagonisms ciations to help us advance legislative actions. Zaldy Dandan · superior court. Thus, jurors *************** by societal changes anc;I the and aggressiveness of an and enhance these values as And of course, the casino revenues from Tinian that have yet to must patiently listen to testi In another trial, a lawyer future seems uncertain. Our adversarial society for a more mainstays of our profession. materialize. monies of witnesses after wit tried to convince the jury that profession is more commer civilized condition. As Justice Take one justice issues: The On the other hand. House Speaker Diego Benavente counters that nesses and lawyers asking the the defendant was guilty of cial and crass, our values seem Anthony Kennedy recently put independence of the judiciary. the financial mess government is in. may be largely the fault of the Not the season to be merry minutest details of various aggravated assault and battery fragile and often suspect. We it, "civility is respect for the All of us need to stand up and governor and his spending habits. incidents. Often the questions using a baseball bat. The law could use a moment to reflect. dignity and worth of a fellow protect members of the judi Which one should the people believe7 IF KIDNAPPING were a dollar earning ven entities have set up a rescue fund to parry thrown by cross-examiners are yer presented several wit Let us start by recalling what human being." It is an end in ciary when they are singled The public needs to know what really went wrong. ture, the Philippine peso would not be in such further speculative attacks on the peso. what one might think irrel nesses to prove that. the base exactly we do profess as law itself out for vicious partisan ;ittack Whatever happened to rile "higher"" tax rates implemented under a terrible shape. BusinessWorld reports that members of the evant or even stupid. ball bat was indeed used in the yers. Fifth is a commitment to im by those who hold no respect the new tax reform law that were supposed to produce surpluses7 Next to exporting maids and bar girls, ab banking association have also agreed to keep *************** attack. The lawyer, however, Didn't we become lawyers prove the justice system and for the necessity of an inde How could this happen'1 ducting Chinese-Filipinos for ransom has been their buying and selling rates to clients to 2 During a recent jury trial, a noticed that whenever he cen to be a part of a learned and advance the rule of law. To pendent judiciary. Could this fiasco be real Iv attributed to the Legislature's actions. the country's leading industry since 1992, but percent over the last volatility band level. lawyer threw several questions tered his questions on the bat, nobel profession? The best day, judges is at risk. Today, Or,"take another need: Ac or inaction, like its failure io pass a current yea( budget,? Or is the even its multi-million annual earnings have This level is meant to keep the peso deprecia . to a witness revolving around one of the female jurors smiled definition I know is that the access to justice is too often cess to justice for the poor. culprit the inter-branch bickering rhar has perennially blurred the not prevented the ongoing savaging- of the tion or appreciation within 4 percent of the a confiscated evidence, a sarcastically. The lawyer was lawyer is an "expert in the iaw denied. There seems to be a Can there be any doubt that focus of officials in solving problems of their constituents? peso. On Tuesday, the peso was last seen previous day's trading average. bottle of fruit juice. The law really bothered. To his sur pursuing a learned art in ser war against the poor but as lawyers need to help to ensure The gravity of the financial situation the CNMI faces could not gasping at the 40.217 to a dollar rate, and BusinessWorld says that the 4 percent vola yer focused on the juice bottle, prise, the jury handed a ver vice to clients and in the spirit someone wryly observed, adequate funding for the Le be better stressed than with current reports purporting that Finance economists say that against the backdrop of tility band is broken into tiers of 2 percent, I as~ing where it was found, its dict finding the defendant of public service; and engag without lawyers, the poor are gal Services Corporation and, recently i;·sued to the Retirement Fund four checks worth more $4 the raging Asian currency crisis, no relief is in percent and another l percent with a trading brand, the store where it was guilty. After a few days, the. ing in these pursuits as part of too weak to fight back. thereby, the local legal ser million representing retirement. health and other insurance contri sight. freeze occurring each time it is touched. bought, among other things. lawyer spotted the female ju a common calling to promote The justice system is our vices _offices funded by LSC. butions and that they bounced. Elsewhere in the region, stock indexes are Meanwhile, manufacturers have announced His interrogation took almost ror in court and asked her why justice and the public good." trust and our ministry. We bear These are the kinds of is This is really a bothering incident. something that should not be plummeting, and the contagion has now spread that they have no choice but to eventually an hour. When the defense she smiled a lot when he argued Let me amplify this in more the brunt of p·ublic dissatis sues we need to work on col allowed to happen. to Australia and New zc·aland. Reuters on increase by 4 percent the prices of the basic lawyer took his turn to cross and cross-examined the witnesses. specific terms. Here are the faction with the justice lectively. Although the checks have eventually been cleared, the incident Wednesday says many analysts are predicting com modi ties. The big oil firms, fortheir part, examine the witness, the judge The juror answered, "Lanya, be elements of professionalism system's flaws and deficien I recognize that pursuing can place doubts on financial capability of government, which in outbreaks of social unrest with economies in are asking the government for subsidies to interrupted, telling the other cause from the very start you al - that I believe define our call cies. It is the obligation of professionalism is no sport for turn can affect investor confidence in the Commonwealth. recession and workers groaning under the help them import oil, the price of which has, lawyer, "Go ahead ... and ask ready convinced me it was the ing. every lawyer to make a limp the short-winded. It requires This incident may actually have an effect on the "credit rating" weight of the economic downturn. Worse, of course, increased sharply with the peso's the witness what's the flavor weapon used!" (FDT) First is fidelity to ethics and ing legal structure stride up constancy, commitment and of the Commonwealth specifically in terms of its dealings with the adds the Reuters report, violence was pre depreciation. "We're bleeding," says an im integrity. Ethical rules should right. all the resources available private sector. This is sad considering the fact that certain CNMI dicted in countries already under political peccably dressed oil executive in a TV inter not be a confinement, but a The final element of legal within the organized bar. government agencies do not exactly have a clean record with its stress and facing big unemployment. view. "This uncertainty has to end." meaningful commitment- in professionalism is pro bono Let' s hope that by being vendors and suppliers. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, everyone who With prime lending rates ranging from 26 EDITORIAL. • • the spirit of enlarging and en service. There are many rea true to our professional val But perhaps the most ser·ious concern is that about people slowly is not a millionaire or, which amounts to the percent to 34 percent, new investments and Continued from page 4 hancing one's adherence to the sons for such service, apart ues, we can help renew public losing confidence in the capability of their government to respond same thing, a ranking government official, projects continue to be shelved even as the integrity of the profession. from the common decency of confidence in our profession. to their needs, to effectively carry out the delivery of vital services. wants lo, literally, throw out the bum respon labor unions step up their campaign for a Doing so negates an urgent solution. Second is service to clients helping those in need. Much At the very least, we can en It is hoped that problems like this are not compounded by the sible for the resulting high rrices. Even the wage hike. Increasingly desperate poor folks It could be recalled that when asked by members of the media with competence and dedica- has been given to our profes- sure our own sel f-respcct. Finance Department's "'strict policy"' of withholding what it calls middle class is cutting down on its Christmas are now, not surprisingly, more tempted to in early October about the financial condition of government, sensitive information. Regardless of whether such problems put expenses, reports ABS-CBN, which recently accept abuse-prone jobs overseas. the governor had the impression that his Administration may the Administration and other leaders in a bad light, they ,hould be aired a feature segment on how some families The only ones who could possibly profit have been on the verge of zeroing out the deficit. brought to the attention of the public and not just swept under the have switched to floral arrangements in lieu from the situation are the exporters-cheaper It appears he was wrong, and it is crucial that he learn of it rug. of Christmas trees. exports usually lead to more demand. But soonest. SANTA? Continued on page 5 Interviewed on TV to explain what the hell they, too, know that the current crisis might Lastly, it is crucial that all concerned officials work together is going on, the Philippine central bank gov trigger inflation and wipe out whatever gains to solve the probl.em rather than continue to bicker and point ernor took the time-tested route of saving they might have. "'Everybody can say that fingers at each other. one's own hide by blaming speculators for the there's a silver Ii n i ng up ahead but the stormy Bickering and politicking, time and again, have after all peso's free fall. "'People," he· told reporters clouds will be here longer," says the incom proven to be counter-productive and pointless. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7 6-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19, 1997 Sem_an halts H,),!Ar.J NMC President McPhetres: REGENCY prisoner furloughs , S A I P '°' N Discover Micronesia's best at Giovanni's PSS needs 'one' master plan By Ferdie de la Torre A Gourmet Champagne Sunday Brunch. Variety News Staff ACTING Department of Pub the Public School System to By: Laila C. Younis lic Safety Commissioner Featuring a sumptuos feast of lmprove instructional delivery Feast Variety News Staff Vicente T. Seman has stopped Roast Pig, Prime Rib, Lobster and ABOUT 80 percent of students at the schools, so we can lessen an alleged illegal practice by other Seafood items. Watch in awe as enrolling at Northern __ the need for students to take Awaits Teppanyaki Chefs cook live in front of Marianas College from Public remedial courses," said the DPS' Division of Correc schools end up ';,taking reme Mcphetres. tions of allowing inmates to you a variety of grilled foods. Enjoy an dial courses", according to "Right now, there arc three go on furlough. You omelet made to your exact desires. Northern Marianas College '1naster plans' PSS has and Seman in a memorandum is Sample fresh sushi made before your President Agnes McPhetrcs. maybe that is one of the rea sued Wednesday ordered all Every eyes and enjoy a variety of appetizers The "startling·· numbers of sons why people are heading DOC supervisors and officers only us can offer. And don't forget to in different directions," she students in remedial level, to strictly follow rules and Vicente T. Semi!ln Sunday - save room for our many wonderful McPhetres says, ties in with said. regulations concerning pris desserts. Enjoy all of this while sipping the Public School System hav "Principals and school fac onerlea~e and employment. a weapon resulted in serious uity in Public schools are not Champagne and listening to ing one "master plan". Se_man said leave shall no't psychological injury to the at pushing for a unified plan be- Bruno Dela Pozza on the piano. "There should be a plan for be given to any prisoner con victim. GiovANNiS All this for only $26.00 for adult and sidered to pose a threat of dan No prisoner in the DOC cus gers to the community. tody, according to Seman, may $13.00 for children under 12 years old_ "Any prisoner incarcerated be absent from the facility and for a crime which involved an without specific and written Giovanni's and Kili Terrace Sunday Brunch attempt to or actually caused permission from t!ie DOC di is open from 10:30 a.m_ until 2:00 p.m serious bodily injury, serious rector. psychological injury, sexual "The written permission Club at the Hyatt Cards Welcome. contact or sexual intercourse, shall list all restrictions and or which involved a danger conditions of the leave. Ab ous weapon, shall not be eli sence without permission will gible for work release, educa be considered as an escape," Panel members of "Goal 2000 Plan,• including NMC President Agnes M.Phetres (center), listen to tional leave, or furlough un presentations during a meeting yesterday. Photo by Lalla c_ Yo1D11s he stressed. der any conditions," the act The actin'g commissioner lo receive better services and "We are recommending cause there are three plans ing commissioner pointed out. said all prisoners assigned to being laid out," s)le said. be focused, so we can lower ti melines to the panel and after - Assistant Atty. Gen. Robert review, we can decide when we work on public service projects "If PSS has a more compre the numbers of students tak Steinborn recently exposed the would like to see some parts of will be closely supervised by an hensive and more cohesive ing remedial courses," she DOC's unlawful practice of the plan translate into action," he armed guard and remain in visual master plan, it would be best said. letting prisoners to go on home "It would be easier to follow, be said. contact with the escorting guard for the school system," she furlough (leave) particularly more readable and people will not Matson also noted that the panel at all times_ I added. - pertaining to convicted rapist McPhetres explained that be moving in different directions," can hire "an independent evalua No prisoner who has at Immigration Captain Isidro T. the three plans, the "PSS 7- she added. tor to review existing programs tempted escape or has previ Cabrera. TIRED OF CREDIT HASSLES? year CIP Plan, PSS 5-year CIP McPhetres attended a "Goals and activities at PSS". ously escaped shall be as Cabrera was sentenced last 11' No Repair Bills Plan and the Goals 2000 Plan", 2000 Plan" rh.~eting yesterday "We can then find out what has signed to work on public ser September to six years in jail II' No Security Deposit can be "integrated into one plan". with several key panel members. been accomplished and what has vice projects, Seman said. 11' No Credit Check "If PSS can concentrate on one The panel is in the process of not in regards to the plan," he for two counts of rape, two "Officers and supervisors do II' No Long-Term Obllgatlons plan then the school system can "setting the plan's timelines" and said. counts of criminal oral copu not have the discretion to cir lation, and one count of mis We want your business!· have one specific direction," now has the power to "create a Mcphetres also said the cumvent these regulations in l::JIN. said McPhetres. response from PSS in regards to panel "will make il a goal to conduct in pub] ic office. any manner, .. Seman added. "Students will then be able the plan", according to PSS Fed introduce the plan to the in The Attorney General's Of .- 11 .J,1_ r,, - MiddleRoad,GualoRai 234 7368' 11e1U-ai--vwn next to Subway - • eral Programs Coordinator Will coming administration". fice discovered that Cabrera ~-- -· - : iam Matson. - "It is an excellent plan and the was granted furlough last Oct. "We can help PSS use this plan, community was very involved in 26 and 29. and they can acknowledge it, but the formulation of it. We will AGO gathered that one of r ,,r,, ' " ' . '' ' , . -. •'• ' 1l rf1 it is not requir.ed that they follow ensure that the new administra the reasons for the home fur it," he said. tion looks al it," she said. lough was Cabrera's reward y·. , ~ C- '--~ - ...,.,.- ,..,._ . ~ ',- I ~- -- '-..,~ . ,. for performing 80 hours of 'Ilie :ffouse of'Efegant 'Fasfiwn ancf 'Fine Couture community work service in 9PA ,,_! Beaches in colifoTID. alert typhoon cleanup. ·=~ ~ Co~p;~t < .. : r)stm,~, V ', Steinborn in the TIIEDIVISION ofEnvironmen Hotel government's motion lo tal Quality(DEQ) analyzed wa •Beach front of Hafa Adai .:-/~-- Component Systems Rack Stereo clarify Cabrera's sentence, ter samples collected from Hotel said subsection of the DOC's Saipan 's recreational beaches •Garapan Fishing Dock rules and regulations provides Systems and storm water drainages this •Garapan Beach that ''for the protection of the week as part of the regularly •Garapan Beach Drainage public:, leave and work release scheduled sampling and found •Sugar Dock that those from the. following •CK. Dist#2 Drainage are not to be granted, under locations contained excessive •CK Dist#4 Lally Beach any conditions, to prisoners concentration of fecal coliform •Beach front or Hopwood posing a threat of danger to bacteria: School the community." •Beach front of Hotel Nikko •San.Antonio Beach Last0ct4, the AGO learned •Beach front of San Roque •Beach front of PIC that the DOC released on leave School •San Antonio Lift Station three convicted murderers and •Beach front of Plumeria Ho High concentrations of Fecal six other prisoners facing jail te) Coliform may be the result of term for charges of rape, drug •Beach front of Aqua Hotel high surf conditions or ';,,', possession, sexul abuse, mul Vrralicci Collection is staffed with highly skilled · •BeachfrontofTanapagMeet• stormwater runoff due to rain f) tiple burglaries, among oth seamstresses/custom tailors. We specialize in ladies' ing Hall stortn. ers. gowns, evening dresses, party dresses, school uniforms, •Beach at Central Repair Shop Fecal coliform bacteria are not Seman said examples of of and uniforms for hotels, clubs, banks, and other offices. •Sea Plane Ramp usually disease causing but can fenses considered to pose a TIRED OF CREDIT HASSLES? indicate the presence of hunian Lastly, we do men's formal suits, polo shirt, and pants. •DPW Channel Bridge threat of danger include al 1 r.( Na Repair Bills and animal waste in the water. Excellent quality is guaranteed! •Smiling Q)ve Marina crimes of homicide, rape, IPi No Security Deposit •Micro Beach · In order to adequately address sexual abuse or a child, sod IPi No Credit Check public health concerns, DEQ · •Beach front of Hyatt Hotel omy, aggravated assault and IPJ' No Long-Term Obligations Location: •Beach front of Dai lchi Hotel maintains its p6licy of oovising of battery, assault with a danger Ground Floor of HOT 98-Radio •Beach front of Samoa Hous- thep.1blicnouofishorswimwithin Middle Road, Garapan, Saipan ing 300feetoflheselocatiooswilhin48 ous weapon, armed robbery, Telephone No_ 233-1296 or any other offense involving Fax No. 233-1208 •Drainage south of Dai Ichi hows of thisni:>lire. . E-mail: abueme.vir@saipan_com FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, '(99?:-MARIANAS VARIETY N~WS AND VIEWS-9 8-1\IARIANAS VARIETY fil.:WS AND Vlb:WS-FRIDAY--OECEMBER 19. l Fresh X-Mas Tree lJLEAflANOE SALE Bl LOWEST PRICE & FRESHEST X-MAS TREE SA.LE ON ISLAND!!! 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By Rick Alberto would have a negative impact I 00-foot distance between beyond the standard mean high "The intent to thwart crime Variety News Slaff on the crabs and other inver each light post is acceptable, water mark of the beach. through installation of a THE Coastal Resources Man tebrates. which are :;ensitivc and so are the I 00 wattage per Tenorio also said the poles, crime-prevention approach, ouse non-commital' agement has allowed light to light. light bulb and the kind of bulb made of aluminum and manu lighting-of the pathway, is part poles to be erected along the Fish and Wildlife acting Di used, which is a high-pressure factured by Holophane, meet of the overall master plan," motional work" for the CNM! Beach Road Pathway, after it rector Richard Seman, how sodium. the I 75 mph wind load with a Tenorio said in her applica i. in Japan. has been made sure that the ever, said yesterday that his Tenorio said in a memoran 1.3 gust factor, which is tion to the CRM for approval "We know very little about ,,L project would not have any agency's environmental con dum to CRM Director Joaquin equivalent to 227 mph wind. of the pathway lighting. r the actual J&S con tract and adverse impact on several cerns had been addressed by M. Aguon that the light -pat Tenorio said the project not The $800,000 pathway, al ;.. what is it suppose to do for marine species. the project, which is being tern "is appropriately designed only meets the environmental though only65 percent completed, l promotions up to $3.5 mil The CRM put one condition undertaken by the Office of to cast I ight directly on the requirements but also ad was inaugurated last month. I lion," said Benavente. for the project: that the light the Governor's Special Assis pathway." This, in effect, dresses the safety aspect of It is planned to extend from "We have also considered if poles should be p]aced on the tant for Planning. would_ not diffuse the light the pathway's overall plan. Kilili Beach up to South Garapan. the promotion efforts under inland or eastern side of the Seman met the other day th is contract is worth t_hat '// I pathway. with Special Assistant for price, and if I&S is the best ;;"" Earl icr there had been con Planning Evelyn Tenorio who agency to do promotions for / cerns from the CNMl Divi gave him more information on No 'fixed pie' in banking sector Diego T. Benavente the CNMI," he said. Froilan C. Tenorio· Anicia Q. Tomokane Antonio S. Guerrero sion of Fish and Wildlife that the lighting project. Benavente pointed out that By Aldwin R. Fajardo than lead them," explains the stresses. excessi\'c light in the area Seman. for example, said the MVB Board Committee mem we will be able to continue if tragedy. Your signature on the to be okay and we rather see Variety News Staff CNMI's banking czar in an inter Camacho explains that banks By Lalla C. Younis bers who "review the promo the contract is not. signed," I&S contract is a matter of the new administration come WITH LESS than a hundred thou view with the Variety. have the tendency to create money Variety News Slaff tional efforts of MVB" had said Benavente. economic survival for the in and take over. And they sand population, it woulc.l not be At present, Saipan hosts I 0 "so the pie is just getting larger." THE HOUSE Leadership "will ·REMINGTON CLUB - . informed the House Leader In a recent Jette, to the Gov Commonwealth", they both can decide whether to continue very difficult to think that Saipan banks which include the First He says banks put up branches not commit" to the Marianas ship that the "promotional ernor, MVB Managing Direc wrote. with I&S or not," he said. has been flooded with banks - Hawaiian Bank, Hongkong and in the Marianas not only because Visitors Bureau $3.5 million . AMERICAN'. STYLE. .. . , BAR. ideas under the I&S contract tor Anicia Q. Tomokanc and Benavente assured, how The House is scheduled for .. . more than what its people actu Shanghai Bank, Bank of Saipan, of the CNMI market but also of contract with l&S Corpora were previously rejected". MVB Board Chair Antonio S. ever, that the Leadership has a session today to discuss the Avail our happy hour half the price from ally need. Bank of Guam, Bank of Hawaii, the different business opportuni tion, according to .House "We have concerns ab~ut the Guerrero advised the Gover been advised that they "wil 1 "transition and inauguration But there arc not too many banks Citytrust, Guam Savings and ties they may transact with neigh Speaker Diego T. Benavente. 5:00-7:00 p.m. daily. promotional needs of the nor to sign the contract or be able to do what is neces legislation", according to for a small place, says Banking Loans, First Savings and Loans, boring islands in the Pacific. "We have decided not to get Come one, Come all and let's enjoy the CNMI's tqurism industry, but "watch our tourism market die sary to continue when the new Benavente. Director Oscar C. Camacho, of Union Bank, and the Citizens And what with the help banks ,, involved. The .MVB Board. we have been assured that this in front of our eyes". administration comes in". The Senate will also try to alluring performance of the the Department of Commerce. Security Bank from Guam. extend to the CNMI's tourism i and the Governor was looking is not a serious· situation and "Please let us avoid such a "We feel that we are going hold a session today. BICi 81:ATS BAND. Banks, Canrncho says, are very Hongkong and Shanghai industry-the Commonwealth's· for the Legislature to commit conservative institutions with a Bank's new building and the Citi highest revenue-earrier - by itself in regards to the I&S Every night (except Tuesdays) very conservative perception, es zens Security Bank are yet to open. making transactions easier for the contract," said Benavente in Infront of Dai-Ichi Hotel pecially when it comes to invest He says some of the banks tourists who may use their credit an interview yesterday. Tel # 234-5449 ments or where to put their money. which are coming to the No11hem cards and their Automated Teller "We were asked to do that "They tend to follow clients, Marianas already have clients in Machines (ATM) cards in many ';. because if the $3 .5 million is the area, whether within or out stations on the island. not available, our commitment side the Micronesia. ··Banks- make life easier (for will force us to appropriate Banks do not go out looking for tourists). Visitors can easily make funds necessary to fulfill the high-risk mark;ts, according to money transfer or their family contract,'' he said. I l'-a.,-h.i. i \ 1: i ~ .. \ i', ·; ; J ; : ' ; . . .. : s·i·\· a1'. \ Camacho, insisting that the more fronJ their country can send in "Right now, we cannot com i·· mit at this time, and because , ""'" .. >' ..... ·. • ,:.• -.:@, .tie s11... .., ..' .. ,, .. banks one place has, the better the money though their ATM cards ee .,; . _e competition will be. and eventually benefitting CNMI of our financial status, we Tel: 235-7268/234-5419 NIKE• REEBOK• FILA• CONVERSE s ADIDAS• L.A. GEAR• ETONIC He says banks really know because they spend more,'' he should not get involved. We where to go and where topul their will let the Governor decide 235-7269(Dandan Branch) says. ' money and there can be no out Earlier, Robert L. Gardiner, whether ornot he will sign the • Fax: 234-6020 side forces, except for the current branch manager of the First Ha contract,'' he added. 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For the first 11 months of the By Braven Smillie MANILA, Philippines (AP) - tually may have to raise prices to TOKYO (AP) - A TV network Japan TV show blamed for-spasms: convulsions can be triggered by the ganies. ucts and construction materials which weigh heavily on the con year, the inflation rate averaged 5 Prices of certain basic commodi avoid incun'ing losses. canceled broadcasts of a popular ac Kyoichi Sato, a spokesman for the other than cement, the Department sumerprice index, are not expected percent. sony that the kids got sick watching weekly show is based on character, ties in the Philippines are expected "lfthe peso stays·at the 40-peso tion-packed cartoon show Wednes Post and Telecommunications Min of Trade and Industry study said. to increase significantly because So far, manufacturers of basic their favorite cartoon_" in a game produced by Nintendo Co. to rise by as much as 26 percent as · to-the-dollar level, prices (of basic day and a rental chain yanked video istry, which oversees TY and ;adio Those products rely heavily on they do not have high impon con goods covered by the study have ''Pokemon" has been broadcast on Severn) years ago, a handful of a result of the peso's decline, ac goods) will have to goup," he said. versions from its sl1elves because of broadcasting, said officials are still imponed components and thus are tent, the study said. refrained from raising their prices 3TfV stationsnationwidesinceApril teen-agers suffered seizures while cording to a government study re The peso averaged 40.024 pesos brilliantly flashing scenes blamed for investigating the case, but it could most affected by the peso's dete The government expects infla in proportion to the peso's fall be and has the highest ratings in the playingvideoganiessold by Nintendo leased Thursday. per dollar on Wednesday, a record causing convulsions, spasms or nau lead to new programming guide riorating value. tion will remain at an average of cause of slow demand. Tokyo area for its 6:30p.m. slot. The Co. The company now attaches a Tiie commodities likely to be hard low. sea in hundreds of children. lines. est hit by the peso depreciation are Prices of other basic goods, such around 6 percent for the whole of But Trade Undersecretary Melito Nearly 600chiklren were rushed to hospitals Tuesday night after watch ing the program "Pokemon_" By Wednesday evening, the number of afflicted children climbed to more than 700 afterothers watched video taped versions of the show. The case had many wondering: Is Japanese animation just too intense for children? 11111rf ''Kidsdon'twatchthisprogramthe :f way most people watch TV," said Toshio Okada, a writer specializing in animation and comic books. 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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND YIEWS-23 22-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19, 1997 L t t~ 33 Nations ink anti-bribe deal Thai parties talk m.ergers ' PARIS(AP)-TI1eUnitedStates force behind the agreement reached does not apply to foreign political and are subject to criminal sanc bribes arc not a criminal of ·:' by members of the Orgm1ization for parties or piivate individuals. tions -ornon-criminal sanctions if fense, take precedence over the Yongchaiyudh, which formed still in free fall and the stock stages. mid 33 other coun!Jies signed n By DON PATHAN All are looking at weather "It's not easy," Pitak said. (\ convention Wednesday aimed at Economic Cooperation and Devel But it does make bribcryofforeign laws of the country in question pro convention. But he added that he the core of the last six-party market at its lowest levels in a . BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) ing the first election held un "It will be a lengthy discus eradicating bribery in international opmentand five additional counuies. public officials an exu·aditable of vide only for that. expected Germany to change its government. decade, recovery remains a I - The I a test government has de~ a new constitution passed sion, but in the final analysis, business. But even some of those signing the fense. Bribing political party mem laws within a year or two. this year. The constitution ~ Chuan is not obliged to call long way off. been in offic~ only a month, the two sides must agree on a U.S. Secretary of State accord admit to its shortcomings, The agreement takes effect by bers is illegal only if those mem French Finance Minister Do tries to eliminate corruption elections until 2000, but the Thai elections are generally but Thai political parties arc· team that is acceptable to the Madeleine Albright, speaking at while praising ii as a first effrnt to end the end of I 998. Signatory coun bers transfer funds to public offi minique Strauss-Kahn told re and vote buying, and also unstable nature of Thailand's preceded by party-jumping, already wheeling and dealing general public." the signing ceremony in Paris, the widespread practice of kickbacks tries must first get it ratified by cials. prnters that France would el imi seeks to weed out tiny parties politics and the pressures of with factions switching alle 10 survive the next elections, Chart Pattana's maneuver to win contracts. their national parliaments. Peter Clark, of the U.S. Justice nate from its tax codes the tax that have led to a succession the economic meltdown that giance to ensure a chance of called the accord "a victrny for which are likely to be held in ing to wrest control of the The accord makes bribery acdmi Under the convention, those Department fraud section, said na deductibility of bribes, which of weak coalition govern destroyed Chavalit make long winning Cabinet seats and ac good government, fair competi the throes of economic crisis. Chavalit-led government was nal offense in some cases, but n6t all, who bribe public officials in for tional Jaws, like those in Ger he said can amount to 5-10 per ments, four since 1995. term survival a risky bet. cess to the richest prize of Thai tion and open trade." Existing parties are talking blamed partly for its down Washington has been a cl.Jiving depending upon national laws, and eign countries are acting illegally many and Italy where corporate cent of a contract's value. about mergers and one of · The latest is an eight-party Chuan has predicted that the politics - ministry budgets. affair Jed by Chuan Leekpai, Thai economy, the first to fall Pasuk Phongpaichit, a uni fall. Thai land's wealthiest tycoons Led by an ailing politician - who has failed in previous whose Democrat Party has 123 in the financial and market versity professor and one of the best-kn.own critics of of the old school, Chatichai forays into politics- is think seats in the 393-member Par crisis rocking Asia, could bot Yeltsin back Thailan'd's money politics, Choonhavan, deposed by a ing about creating a new party liament, two less than the New tom _out next year. But with characterized by graft and military coup in 1991 on alle al together. Aspiration Party of Chavalit the local currency, the baht, vote-buying, has said that re gations of corruption, the to work soon cent merger moves are part of party looks set for a succes By Sergei Shargorodsky new thinking by party lead sion struggle that favors his MOSCOW (AP)-Desp_ite a bad ers. nephew, Korn Dabbaransi. cold, Boris Yeltsin talked on the "Leaders of major parties, "Right now is a good time phone Wednesday with German particularly those in the oppo for us to take a look at our ChancellorHelmutKohl,andaides sition, are afraid that their selves and see what went said the Russian president could members will defect at the wrong the last time we were in return to his Kremlin office in a few next general election," Pasuk the government," Pitak said. days. said. "This must be done before Yeltsin and Kohl discussed Party leaders acknowledge Chart Pattana could fully "plans for high-level contacts" in the public wants to see politi merge with other party." 1998 as well as a joint project to cians who are competent in Though the trend is toward build a new transport aircraft, the Holiday economic affairs. Every party fewer groupings, telecoms ty An-70, the president's office said. leader, even those most asso coon Thaksin Shinawatra is The president has been working ciated with the traditional way talking about forming a new several hours a day at the Barv ikha Clothing of doing things, is talking party that could play kingmaker government health clinic outside about bringing in new blood. between camps based around New Moscow, which he entered a week Two of the three largest par Aspiration and the Democrats. ago with m1 acute viral respiratory "It won't be hard for him to Fri.,SaUSonda~ ties, New Aspiration and Chart infection. Doctors have said he 201oof f Pattana, are talking about do," Pasuk said. "He has the would need up to 12 days to re I , Dec. 19. 20. & 21 only merging. If they do - and no money." cover. big faction bolts in protest - But despite his business acu ~;._,:.:,;;.. "Thank-God, now he is better they would become the single men, Thaksin, a one-time police ,,. bnd he is working," Yeltsin's wife largest bloc in Parliament. officer, has been mediocre in poli Naina said We~nesday, according Asuccessful merger could put tics. He drove one party, Palang to the Interfax news agency. intense opposition. pressure on Dharma, into oblivion when in "'However, we say he -should Chuan to bring down his govern vited to take over in exchange for (work) Jess, because he never com ment and force new elections the financial backing. pletes the treatment." new, bigger party has a better His biggest mistake was to "Nobody is immune from the chance of winning. promise something few politi virus. He needs to recover. It's a Pitak Intrawityanunt, deputy cians would dare - to unsnarl pity that it happened, but I think leader of Chart Pattana, told Bangkok's notorious traffic jams cve1ything will be all right, he will The Associated Press that the in six months. No one was sur soon be in shape and discharged," NEW ARRIVALS! talks are only in the initial ·prised when he failed. Mrs. Yeltsinwas quoted as telling school children near Moscow. Yeltsin spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembsky also sounded opti mistic at a Kremlin briefing. YAMAHA Virago "TI1e doctors said the president MOTORCYCLE would be back within IO to 12 days, and he is going to be back The very best in banking services and strength is now within that time," he said, denying open for you on Saipan. 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''Th~ night life in Siem Reap organized elections in 1993. on which the Nokor Phnom hotel the casino already received ap vehicles in the nation and among tem. (in addition to XE Apparancc less remote entry syslfm and dual power mi,mrs. The 4spcd auto Angkor, with their stone carvings right now is zero. It will really put Hun Sen's troops and forces is due to open on Macch 28. It was proval last month from Hun Sen the best-selling models for most Frontier XE Regular Cab Package) items such as tilt steer outside power mirrors. matic is optionally available on and detailed bas reliefs. have Siem Reap on the world map of loyal to Ranariddh continue to not immediately clear exactly how and his new co-prime minister, major auto manufacturers. The value-oriented Frontier XE ing, cmise control, tachometer, Frontier SE King Cab the SE King Cab 4x2. drawn tens of thousands of tour tourists," Liao said, adding that battle each other. Fighting flared close the hotel would be lo the Ung Huot. Nissan is no exception, with Regular Cab is offered in 2-wheel variable intermittent wiprs, pas Nissan's popular SE model adds Among the numerous available ists each year to northwestern the government would like to see between the two factions Wednes temples, the most famous of which Liao said the project would tar compact pickup sales accounting and 4-wheel drive configurations, senger visor vanity mirror, 12- an extra level of sporty equip accessories offered with every Cambodia. his project started as soon as pos day, with stray artillery shells fall is Angkor Wat. get visitors froin Macau, Hong for around 20 percent of annual each with a long list of ;dditional volt DC power outlet and low ment and apparance items in ad 1998 Frontier are: a 3-disc CD But since a bloody coup scared sible. ing into Thailand. Although the project has not Kong, China and Thailand with retail sales. equipment. fuel warning light. dition to the features offered on autochanger, carpeted Frontier off visitors to the architectural About 44,800 people visited Liao said the casino will be been formally approved by the package deals. The arrival of the new 1998 The XE 4x2 receives 15-inch Frontier King Cab the Standard and XE models. The logo floormats, vinyl nosemask. treasures in the Siem Reap re Angkor in 1995. In 1996, the num Nissan Frontier is expected to not alloy wheels and 215/70Rl5 TI1e popular King Cab (Nissan SE model is only offe1·ed in the fog lights, under-rail bcu liner, gion, a Singaporean busines~man ber jumped to 65,500. The num only boost sales to current Nissan tires, while the 4x4 adds part created the original extended cab King Cab body configuration. tailgate net, rubber bed mat, con on Wednesday announced plans ber of visitors dropped sharply truck owners, but to also attract lime 4-wheel drive, manual-lock compact truck in 1977) is offered All SE models feature a flip-up venience net, sliding rear win to build a casino nearby to en with fighting that began with the new buyers wanting a reliable ing front hubs, 15-inch sted in XE trim in both 2-wheel and 4- 26-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19 1997 ~ I I • " 0 , ,. • - ' ~ ~ .. - • • ' • ' - • " • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-27 1 South Korea's presidential According to business group: election expected to be ·clos~ Suicide per day By SANG-HUN CHOE Private pqlls indicated the Six million people - or 20 SEOUL, South 'Korea (AP) - election 'WOUid be. the closest percent of the 33 million eli:, in South Korea With a mix of anger, confusion South Korea ·has ever known, giblevoters- told pollstersthe.y and uncertainty, South Koreans with opposition leader Kim wou.ld head for the polls unde SEOUL, South Korea (AP) $57 billion bailout, but the voted Thursday for a new presi Dae-jung leading by a paper cided, and theirfinaljudgments - In a Confucian society that loan's stiff terms are expected Island Fiesta Bldg. 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The federation said 13,500 Yoo Young-hoon, a senior small businesses declared researcher at the small busi A bankruptcy in· the first JO ness federation, predicted the months of this year, compared suicide rate would rise once with 11,000 for all oflast year. IMF-required austerity mea It predicted a record 15,000 sures are implemented. bankruptcies by year's end. "The life of small business The International Monetary owners has always been harsh, Fund came to South Korea's but the IMF will make their aid earlier this month with a life miserable," he said. Bigamy banned for converted Muslims Supporters of South Korean presidential candidate Lee Hoi-chang wave signs during a political rally COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) the other minorities. Wednesday, the eve of the election. South Koreans cast their ballots for president Thursday. 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July coup, and Ranariddh went into Wednesday, killing two people and Jackal's confession.. untrue L stray artillery shells falling into Thai Villagers at Samrong - the Government troops wereinasimi exile. wounding two others. The guerrilla~, . l land as pressure moWJted on forces government's staging area 25 miles Iarpositionandmakingsimilarclaims In the capital, Phnom Penh, Hun who are allied with Ranariddh's By Christopher Burns loyal to ousted co-premier Prince from the front - said thousands of Sen responded to reporters' ques PARIS (AP) - A former four months ago, but failed to dis forces, used rocket-propcJJed gre Norodom Ranariddh. soldiers anived by truck and helicop tions about the fighting by saying, "I friend of the man known as lodge the resistance fighters. Now, nades. At the Thai border post of Chong ter a few days ago. ·'Carlos the Jackal" disap however, with the rainy season don'tknowwhereO'Smachis.Allof "Thai officials said the fighting was Chom Pass, artillery and mortar On the approaches to the resistance pointed prosecutors Wednes ended they may be able to make you ask too much about O'Smach." about a mile from their border. Thai roWJds fell on Thai soil for a third stronghold of O'Smach, morale day, testifying that her book's better use of their armored ve Hen Hun, 37, one of six wounded land is currently shelterif!g about straight day, prompting Thai troops among government soldiers seemed recounting of the defendant's hicles. government soldiers in Samrong 53,00) Cambodian refugees. to fire warning shots at the Cambo good and officers said they were op Hospital, said living conditions at the confession to three killings There were no official casu Thai officials estimate about 300 dian gWJOers. timistic they could capture the resis alty estimates 'rrom Wednesday's front were unclean and there was not was fiction. of Ranariddh' s supporters are de The fighting resumed early in the tance base in the next day or. two. fighting, but witnesses said at least enough food. · fending O'Smach. · On the murdertr)al 's fourth day, the closest the prosecu tion could get Ilich Ramirez Olivier Maudret, 1a·wyer of Carlos Sanchez to the 1975 killings the Jackal, answers media ques The Sweetest )"' were his fingerprints on drink tions after the trial. AP J ing glasses at the site of the wrote that Ramirez told her: Gift~ I crime. "The situation was I or them, The 48-year-old Ramirez and I didn't think they would only from benefited from the testimony let me live." of Nydia Tobon, whose book I But on Wednesday, Ms. ~ "Carlos, Terrorist or Guer Tobon said her book, written / Retailers of: j' rilla?" recounted a phone call in 1978, "doesn't correspond J • Fine from Ramirez admitting to the to the truth. A friend helped Courtroom sketch of Venezuelan-born 1/ich Ramirez Sanchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal, standing between crime hours after the deaths. Con! ectionery two gendarmes on the second day ofhis trial at the Paris court of Justice Monday. At right is judge Yves Corneloup. me write it." . I In the book, Ms. Tobon I and , Carlos goes on trial for the slayings of two French investigators and a Lebanese national. 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Rice of Seattle ,md Jerry Abnunson M,mdela and others that the pmty By Paul Harris botl1 cities and counties." estimates 400,000 to 600,000 1l1e Joint Center - rnn by The of Louisville, Ky., and county lead MAFIKENG, South Africa (AP) leadership was losing touch with the Gore urged the group to return lo brownfields dot the Ame1icm1 land U.S. Confe1ence qf Mayors ru1d 111e ers Edna Bell of Michigan's Wayne people who put them in power in ~ Only a Jew dmcn h,mds went up tl1e White House next year to repo1t scape. While they may or may not be National Association ofCounties County Randy Johnson of Wednesday when Winnie South Africa's first all-race election on success stories. contaminated, tlley often scrue away is funded by tllc Energy, Commerce Minnesota's Hennepin County and Madikizeb-Mrn1dela sought the gov in 1994. A key issue for tl1e group is im potential developers who feru· huge ,md Agriculture departmenl~ and the Chris Hrut of Florida's Hillsoorough Mbeki, 55, wa, the only candidate l proving handling of brownficlds, cleanup costs. Environmental Protection Agency. County. erning p,uty's No. 2 job. ,u,d she I to succeed Mandela a, ANC p1esi ; ------~ bowed out g1~1cefully by hugging the ,t winner. dent on tl1e second day of the paity' s Hey MOM! ... Protect 1.our kids from Further exposure to 1l1e reversal bv Pn~sidcnt Nelson 50th national confe1ence. Madikizcla-Mandcla wm1ted to toxic ana hazardous cleaning products? M,mdela's ex-wife, who had hoped Al Gore challenge national chai1m,U1 Jacob to overcome her isolatioP by tl1e t. SVIITCII TO !HE NEW.. Zuma for the deputy p1esidency of .- Q ~ Afiic,m National ConQre,s leader By Paul Shepard C --~/ ~.·,,d..JI.. /S ._ • the paity. Shut out of the pre-confer WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice ~T'~ ~:;>' ship, gave new prnty pre~,ident lh1bo . ,.';__-: Mbeki the top official,; he sought to ence nomination process, she bied to President Al Gore joined mayors and guide tl1c ANC through the 1999 engineer a nomination fmm the con county leaders Wednesday to pro Enviro-Safe All Purpose · election. vention floor and force a vote by tl1e moteanew group formed to facilitate j Mbeki told cl1cc1ing delegates he 3,064 delegates. orderly growth ,md development of CLEANER & DEGREASER had he,u-cl their message. But em·lier Wednesday, the ANC meb·opolitrm regions. · 'n1e revolution has not been com made it more difficult to be nomi Gore called The Joint Center for nated fmm the floor - 1equiiing Susutinable Communities, the newly AVAILABLE AT JOETEN STORES pleted," he said. "We still need 10 c1eated group of mayors and county on:rm1ize ourscl ves to ensure tliat we nominations to be seconded by 25 percentofthedelegatesrntherthan 10 leaders dedicated to solving regional acl1ieve tl10;;e things~ for which our . . development problems, a history movement was established. The percent p1eviously. When only a few dozen people raised their hands for making event. snu!'.!1.k cominues ... 'This mmi:s the first time in histo1y I-Ii~ words ec hO$5 . 991 ea •.. i ...... (A ny Fl avor) ',,"-c $1 •69·' ,ea.,, it" _ l !.. - 'I ~· I /-", - - . ,, . , ,.,r-' "'- \ \ \ I i / ' ...:s'.4 oz./51 ctsJ __ \ Pork S~are Ribs : I RBO Foam Cups Fam Pack / \ M/K Corned Beef Hash ~'2 for 3.00~ I " I _,' / ':' \ i 15 oz. / ' $1.3 9/lb ' .. ' MfKKY CmliSfMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR \ ' $1.69/ea...... '" ·" ,'',~./', /', \S:7/8" /50 cts. / ' Pork Shoulder Steak I'-..• ',/·, Hefty Foam B/IN TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY. SATURDAY I ' ,~2.69/ea.;~ 1 ' SUNDAY MONDAY Plates J---.. , . 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Justice Department urged a DE'.\VER (Al') - Jurors de With Christmas carols play federal judge Wednesday to liberated a second dav in Tcrrv ing from speakers and poin hold Microsoft Corp. in con Nichols' trial Wccli~csdav :i"s settias decorating the room, tempt of an earlier order in an Oklahoma City bombing ·sur- . the group stood at large. round antitrust lawsuit involving If you think StayWell is vivors and t·hcir rcL;tivcs tables. taping brightly colored Windows computer software, wrapped Barbie do! ls. tov paper around dolls, trucks, and accused the company of iust your average health plan, trucks and teddy bears fo.r blocks, stuffed animals, coats, cynically trying to evade the homeless childre;1. mittens and muffs. "We 're will of the court. The jury spent the day be trying to focus on somebody "Microsoft's' naked attempt hind closed doors at the U.S. else's needs instead of just to defeat the purpose of the courthouse, asking for a list wallowing in our stuff right court order and to further its of the nearly 200~ witnesses, now," said Marsha Kight, litigation strategy is an affront which U.S. District Judge Ri whose daughter, Frankie to the court's authority," the chard Matsch said he ;,ould Merri II, was among the 168 government asserted in papers provide in chronological or people who died in the April filed in U.S. District Court der. Jurors also asked one 19, 1995, bombing. here. question. which Matsch re Nichols, 42, who faces the "Microsoft has cynically fused to reveal. death penalty if convicted of acted as if the preliminary in Two blocks away, about murder and conspiracy, spent junction permits it to perpetu three dozen bombing survi the day inside the courthouse, ate the very ... (condition) the vors and relatives gathered in visiting for a while with his Marsha _Kight, left, qof1Stanc~ Favorite and Darlene Welch wrap Christmas presents for needy children as court·enjoined," it added. a large basement room at the mother, Joyce Nichols Wilt, th_ey wait for a ve_rd1ct m the tnal ofOklahoma City bombing suspect Terty Nichols in Denver on Wednesday. The Justice court filing is Holy Ghost Catholic Church, and his sister, Suzanne Kight and Favonte both lost daughters and Welch lost her niece in the bombing. AP the latest volley in an antitrust wrapping thousands of do McDonnell. lawsuit accusing the nated toys for homeless chil The seven-woman, five-man afternoon after emotional Tigar portrayed Nichols as a speech by placing his hands Redmond, Wash.-based soft dren. The gray, stone church panel, which is not being se closing arguments from both committed family man, who on Nichols' shoulders and ware company of using its has been a haven for them questered, was given the case sides. didn't know about the bomb calling his client "his brother." dominance in Windows soft '1/unk o/- tlw pla«. lkd '1~o/-lk~ since Timothy McVeigh 's trial against Nichols on Tuesday Defense attorney Michael ing in advance. He ended his Prosecutors evoked images of ware to gain business in the covers you 1 OOo/o at lkd refunds your the men, women and children Internet browser market. who died in the blast, remind selected hospitals in the money when you Last week, U.S. District Philippines, Hawaii and Department of Labor and Immigration ing jurors that "terrorists have Judge Thomas Penfield Jack stay healthy. families as well." son issued a preliminary in the US West Coast.* DIVISION OF LABOR Nichols faces I I counts, in junction ordering Microsoft to cluding conspiracy to use a quit requiring computer mak weapon of mass destruction ers to distribute the Internet and eight murder counts, one Explorer browser program as for each of the federal agents a condition of installing the who died in the blast. popular Windows operating PUBLIC NOTICE Unlike in McVeigh's trial, · system software on their PCs. Matsch instructed the jury also Microsoft appealed the order The f?ll_o~ing persons with pending labor and/or Agency Case are hereby notified to report to to consider lesser offenses, Monday. the D1~1s1on. of Labor, Enforcement Section, located on the 2nd floor of Afetna Building, San such as second-degree murder Jackson's ruling stemmed and manslaughter. McVeigh's Antorno, Sa1pan on or before the prescribed date and time indicated (December 29, 1997 from from a Justice Department jurors, who reached their ver lawsuit contending Microsoft 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.). dict after 23 1/2 hours of talks violated a 1995 court order over four days, didn't have aimed at preventing anti-com Labor/Agency Case No.: those options. petitive practices. The govern McVeigh, 29, was convicted ment sought a dlrs I million-a CAC No. 97-084-09 in-June and sentenced to die. dayfine if the company refused to LC No. 97-291 obey a contempt finding. -·-- ··--- ___ __..;;;:;,;,,,_~- ·--'--=~r FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-39 38-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19 1997 FBI to brief Congress on memo I "" ·r,,' By James Rowley pointment of an independent and independent counsel was voked threats by House Re era! Eric Holder. WASHINGTON (AP) - counsel. not needed to investigate fund publicans to hold them in con Besides Burton and himself, The FBI agreed Wednesday to The 22-page memo was raising telephone calls by tempt of Congress. the bureau also wi 11 brief Rep. Henry Waxman of California, 'r. ~~-ii" 'I'' ' ;r· ..... ,, II brief the House's chief cam .subpoenaed by the House President Clinton and Vice Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., paign-finance investigator panel investigating campaign President Al Gore. said Wednesday he was more the committee's senior Demo .: ~"· ·~) ~t~' ~'fJ .... ,tr;Zi about Director Louis Freeh 's fund raising after Attorney Refusals by Freeh and Reno interested in learning contents crat, and the minority coun memo reconimending ap- General Janet Reno decided to turn over the memo had pro- of the memo than in getting a sel, Bennett said. ~ . .·:.:· ~.. !l;t 'fl' l .• ~-~ii copy of it but insisted he would He said Burton is willing to II seek to enforce the subpoena discuss with the FBI and the if he is not satisfied with the Justice Department what, if information he gets from the any, public comments he "YOUR FRIENDLY MARKET .. ALWAYS FIND SAVINGS .. SERVICE .. QUALITY & VARIETY" briefing. would make after the session. The agreement appeared to Justice Department spokes defuse the standoff between man Bert Brandenburg said he the House Government Re hoped the briefing would ''dis GARAPAN • TEL: 233-4989 form and Oversight Commit pel the notion" that the FBl's tee and the Justice Department investigation was hampered · over the memo .. But its an by Reno's decision. nouncement by Burton During his tcstimonv to prompted disagreement from Burton's-committee last \;eek. the Justice Department about Freeh sought lo assure skepti the deal 's exact terms. cal Republicans that "no area PORK Both sides said the deal al of this investigation is closed," ICHIBAN including the calls by Clinton CHOP lows the FBI not to discuss (CASE) portions of the memo that pro and Gore. "The FBI is not be (BAG) vide details about the Justice ing impeded in any way in $6.~ Department's criminal inves conducting this investiga $18.M · tigation of political fund mis tion," he said. ing. Reno and Frech both told But the FBI took issue with Burton's panel they had a Burton's statement that it had good working relationship agreed to read portions of the despite their disagreements BEEF·· memo during the briefing. over the independent counsel GROUND FLANK BEEF BEEF FBI spokesman Bill Carter decision. .BEEF SHORTRIBS Attorney General Janet Reno huddles with FBI Director Louis F(eeh during_a break in a ~earii:ig on campaign said the bureau agreed only Public dissemination of STEAK STEW fund raising before the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill Tuesday. The to provide a briefing. Freeh's views angered the ~ (10 LBS. TUBE) (BAG) (BAG) (BAG). two were to testify separately before the committee. AP "They are not going to hold White House. President it up and read it to them ver Clinton pointedly passed up a t' $15.95 . $21.95 $21.9§ 15.~ batim," Carter said. "It is go chance Tuesday to voice con COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION ing to be a briefing" fidence in Freeh's perfor But Richard Bennett, the mance. ··But on this confi panel's chief counsel, said dence business." he said, "I "clearly there is going to be think there's been too much reading of the memo, as well back and forth on that, and I ARMOUR BEACH The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is soliciting bids from construction contractors for the construction of the 34.5/13.8 kV as summarizing of the memo.·· don't want to get into it." CHICKEN BEST FOOD Power Plant :~bstatio~ and the 34.5/13.8 kV Waterloo Substation. The project is expected to be started January 15, 1998 and completed "Some of it is going lo be Clinton said Freeh'sdissenl VIENNA coco by July 15, 1998. One half of the project shall be energized by May 31, 1998. · CLIFF read to us, some of it is going from Reno's· independent '' NOODLE SAUSAGE TUNA MAYONNAISE This project consists of the following: to be summarized, some of it counsel decision "has no ef SARDINE Power Plant Substation - removal of the existing materials and equipment at the construction site, procurement and installation of (32 OZ.) f 79(1: (5 OZ.) equipment and materials for building foundations, grounding grid, conduit systems, a switchgear building, 35 kV and 15 kV high voltage will be redacted," Bennett fect on whatever opinion I 89¢ cable systems, lighting systems, reroute and terminate the existing 35 kV underground high voltage cables and all miscellaneous said. "That is based on my have of him." 69¢ $1 ..9.§. ,, ;/ equipment. fhis project also consists of moving power transformers and metal~lad switcligear to the project site and installing on negotiations with the FBI and Freeh, meantime, raised the 59¢ foundation and in switchgear building, respectively. · the Justice Department." possibility that he might not serve Waterloo Substation - removal of the existing materials at the construction site, backfill of existing site with materials from designated Bennett said he negotiated out his full I 0-year term, which );::.:\ sife, procurement and installation of equipment and materials for building foundations, grounding grid, conduit systems, a switchgear building, 35 kV and 15 kV high voltage cable systems, lighting systems, reroute and terminate the existing 35 kV underground high the agreement with Larry ends August 2003. The director vr:tage cables and all miscellaneous equipment. The existin.9 switchgear building will be modified fo accommodate new cables, lights Parkinson, the FBI's general said he expects the birth of his HORMEL KELLOG~~)>"' and metaklad switchgear. This project also consists of movmg power translormers and mefaklad switchgears to the project site and counsel, and Craig lscoe, an HORMEL installing on foundation and in switchgear buildings, respectively. sixth child in the next few weeks KELLOGG$ aide to Deputy Attorney Gen- might affect his decision. CHILI SUGAR COCOA Migitation Wetland Area - remove soil and materials as required to make a wetland area. Relocate as much soil as needed for backfill CORNED 'CORNPOPS to the Waterloo Substation. The rest of the material shall be removed to as site selected by the Contractor. NO BEAN (2 KG.) KRISPIES BEEF (10.9 OZ.) The power transformers, metal~lad switchgear, and existing 35 kV underground high voltage cables are owner furnished. All other $1.59 $1.2.9 (15 OZ.) materials shall be Contractor supplied. $1.~ $2.99 The high voltage cable termination personnel shall be certified to terminate the type of high voltagP cable installed. Certification must be $3.39 provided with bid documents. /· .. A pre-bid conference will be held on December 12, 1997 at 0900. All prospective bidders are encouraged to attend, due to the complexity of the job. The bid documents, contract documents, specifications and drawings will be available at the Procurement & Supply Office between the .. GARDEN hours of 0730 and 1630, Monday through Friday. A non-refundable payment of $500.00 is required for each bid package and includes a LADY full size set of drawings. MJUD DBINlTW Sealed bids shall be identified on the outside of the envelope by the invitation to bid number CUC-ITB-97-0041. Bids in duplicate will be 5GAL LIBERTY DER., MOINlTE accepted at the Office of the Actin~ Chief, Procurement & Supply. CUC at Lower Base, Saipan until 1300, local time on January 5, 1998 VEGETABLE MOORE at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. SALAD OIL VINEGAR SARDINES OIL (1GAL.) BEEF STEW A bid guarantee of 15 percent of the total bid price must accompany the bids. The security may be in cash, certified check, cashier's f (1 GAL.) (15 OZ.) check, or other form acceptable to lhe CNMI Government made payable to the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation. $18.~ .9.§. (15 OZ.) The bidder is required fo submit wilh his proposal a copy of his CNMf Business Permit in compliance with the Contractor's Registration $5 . $2.2.9 $1.~ and Licensing Laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. $1.~ This project is funded by a grant from the Department of Interior (DOI) Office of Insular Affairs at 60% of the cost and 40% matching fund from the CNMI Government. The award of this project is contingent upon receipt of the necessary funding and/or required approval to enter into legally binding arrangements to complete the entire project. Attention is called to the Labor Standard Provisions for Wage Rate Determination of the CNMI Classification and Salary Structure Plans and that payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Specifications must be paid on this project. PANTENE FOAM Offerers shall provide a principle of the company stating that the company has in the past, and is currently, in compliance with all (SHAMPOO& ZEE TISSUE GAIN PLATE applicable CNMI and lederal labor laws. Should the company be unable to provide such certilication, the company must provide a written -.;; explanation as to why, including a description ol any violations of such labor laws and any remedial action taken. Failure of the company CONDITIONER) (12 ROLL) (85 LOAD) (50 CT.) to provide the certilication oi explanation is grounds to reject the entire proposal. All responses to this bid should take into account any and all taxes that will be charged to the successful bidder in fulfilling the contract $3.45 $4.g_Q $14.i§ $2.-2.9 including excise taxes. ' CUC reserves the right to reject any and all bids for any reason and to waive any defect in said proposals, or any of them, if in its sole opinion lo do so would be in the best interest of CUC. All proposals shall be come the property of CUC. For inlormation, contact Technical Seivices Manager, Mr. Michael W. Randall, P.E., at 322-4033, Ext. 55. TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ Executive Director o:.... ~,;;.;,"11...::.:,..;..,;·;r.,;.-oi'l'.f"T•J't;;;r~~ ,.,... ** ---"' -•r_,,-r,-• ~ . . 0 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND vmws-41 . . i: -, . ', ~ ·.~ -..,_ ...;" ·· .. ~· ·.. 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Failure to appear at the Division on or before the date and time specified e 9 8 • e e e 9 8 e D D • 9 0 e • Ly'ana • • above shall be ground for dismissal of the above cases ad appropriate • • Elycia B. • • • • action and/or sanction shall be taken against the above individuals, • • Muna • g~'f • • • an.d including the referrals of their matters to the Immigration Office for their • • actions. • 0 congratula • • • • tions to your • • • • parents Dated this 4th day of December, 1997. • • • • on the occasion • • Pairere #1 Toyota· • • ofyour • • • • • Edgardo • Christening ls/Patrick A. Deleon Guerrero • • Dec. 20, 1997 • • SAN JOSE • 234-5911 · Acting Director of Labor • Ca billion • From your friends • From the Variety Staff • • • at the Variety An Inchcape Motors Company Fax 234-6514 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • -- . _-_: -· ----,~--' ·~ : :t 44-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19, 191J7 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-45 USwarms toward Jordan expels Iranian president Iraqi diplomats AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - who left, a Jordanian official By Barry Schweld that sense, it is positive," Foley said. nianpeople"closertopeace, secu Seven Iraqi diplomats left said, speaking on condition WASIIlNGTON (AP) - Ex The Clinton administralion has rity and tranquillity." . Wednesday for Baghdad after of anonymity. He declined to panding a guarde.d U.S. overture to said its attempted isolation ofIran is President Clinton recipro:ate ' . Iran media rail against US ties By Anwar Faruqi here Sunday that he wanted to start a Iranian nalion." TEHRAN,Iran(AP)-lran'shard dialogue with the "great American The Fnglish-language Kayhan In • line newspapers broke two days of people." ternational, meanwhile, said silence Wednesday over their It wa U97-267 · :'CS and U97-268 i U97-239 '. 8£ i U97-010 U97-014 _j ' the Far-sighted Dragon" Uij~jti., I A play for children by Eleanor and Ray Harder to be performed: Thursday, Dec.18, 2:30-3:30 p.m.--Joeten-Kiyu Library 1992 4-RUNNER WHEN December 20, 1997 {Saturday) 1990 JEEP 8495 WHERE Bank of Guam (Garapan) to American Memorial Park, Amphitheater Friday, Dec. 19, 8:30-9:30 a.m.--Diamond Hotel 1991 CHEVY 15 PAX VAN TIME 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Christmas Lighted EVENTS Christmas Caroling and Float Contest Saturday, Dec. 20, 7:30-8:30 p.m.--Joeten-Kiyu Library Microl Corporation SPONSOR Marianas Visitors Bureau Monday, Dec. 22, 8:30-9:30 a.m.--Joeten-Kiyu Library An Inchcape Motors Company at the corner of Beach Road and Chalan Mnsr. Guerrero in San Jose. 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' - ...,...._....:!~--:;-::--- FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-47 46-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19, 1997 Sharon poses a threat .Jerusalem police Netanyahu, Albright meeting By Dan Perry .tory for hawkish I~fmstrncturc Min to install cameras TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Ptime ister Ariel Sharon, who made veiled Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left threats in Tuesday's Cabinet session to Netanyahu's power JERUSALEM (AP)-Police plan to Wall will beringedbyboothswithX Wednesday for a meeting with Sec to topple Netanyahu. Sy Hilary Appelman W'est Bank under Israeli inslall 200videocameras in Jerusalem's ray machines and equipment that can retary of State Madeleine Albright, Netanyahu was shocked by JERUSALEM. (AP) control, excluding one Old City in an attemptto prevent attacks detectexplosives, the YediotAhrnnot but brought no concrete proposals for Sharon's tough remarks and said, -Eighteemnonthsago, third of the 144 Jewish by Palestinians on Israelis. newspaper said. a promised West Bank troop pullout according to the Maaii vdaily: "Don't he was fighting for a settlements, Sharon is Police spokeswoman Linda The Old City; with its Islamic, Netanyalm 's moderate foreign wag your finger at me." place in the Israeli gov holding outfortwo-thirds Menuhin said the cameras were part Jewish and Christian shrines, is one minister, David Levy, is boycotting After Wednesday's three-hourses ernment. Now Ariel of the land and all the of a new security plan following the of the tensest areas in the Israeli the nip to protest the lack of move sion, Levy said he would not go to Sharon isshapingpolicy settlements. fatal shooting of a Jewish seminal)' Palestinian conflict. It is part of east ment on the peace accords. Paris as planned because the and threatening to topple As aresulfof Sharon's student last month. Police suspect the Jemsalem, the sector in which the Meanwhile, Netanyahu 's tightist Netanyahu-Albright meeting"won 't Benjamin Netanyahu if opposition, Netanyahu assailants, who were never caught, Palestinians hope to establish a future coalitionalliesmeth1eateningtotopple have all the neceSSal)' details. There he d~sn't get his way. left ernpty-handedJora were Palestinian militants. capital. his government over bis willingness fore,' the result~ may not be gcxxl." The man known as meeting. Thursday in Police also plan to tighten security Israel capturedeastJemsalem from to cede even some land, which vio Sharon was pleased, saying that he ''thebulldozer''hastaken . Paris with Secretary of near the Western Wall, Judaism's Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war and lates their ideology that the West believed "the ptime minister was on on the prime minister State Madeleine holiest shrine in the Old City. The later annexed it into its capital. Bank is a Jewish bitthright the verge of crossing a dangerous overthemostfundamen Ariel Sharon Benjamin Netanyahu Albright. And the Palestinians, with U.S. line, but then stopped." tal question facing Is "He is an extremely backing, are demanding a speedy and The Cabinet debate pits a Sharon rael: how much land to tum over to into Netanyahu's inner circle that capable guy," political analyst generousexpansionoftheirautonomy proposal against one pitched by De the Palestinians. steers negotiations with the Palestin- Efraim Inbar said ofSharon's in the West Bank. fense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai. InastormyCabinetsessionTues ians. restored politital clout. "Par Israel has promised three troop Mordechai's final status map re day evening, Sharon - upset that Last week, Sharon took Defense ticularly when it.comes to secu pullbacks by mid-1998. But its offer po1tedly leaves 52 percent of the Netanyahu was endorsing a plan he Minister Yitzhak Mordechai on a rity, he.is amasterofdetail and fora first phase in March was rejected West Bank under Israeli control, ex felt was tao generous - made a helicopter tour of the West Bank to · · · his analysis is, very corivinc- as too· skimpy' and the second is cluding fmm Ismeli-ruled areas one veiled threat to bring down the gov show him what he thinks are Israel's ing." · ·.·· •. . . . · · . · delayed by the Cabinet's insistence third of the 144 Jewish senlements. ernment.· security needs. A champion of the Sharon is also pragmatic. on deciding first what land Israel Under Sharon's plan, some 63 per Sharonfellfrompoliticalgraccin rightwing,Sharoninsists thatisrael After the previous Labor-led must 1etain in a final peace settle cent of the West Bank and all the 1983, when he was forced out as must keep as much West Bank government signed a. peace ment settlements would remain under Is Women members of the Islamic Resistance Ha mas movement burn an American and Israeli flag Tuesday defense minister for failing to pre land as possible and refuse to aban agreeinentwith the Palestinians, After Wednesday's debate-the raeli control. during an election rally for the women's student council of the Islamic University in Gaza City. AP vent the massacre of Palestinian don Jewish settlements. Sharon was one of the firstLikud third in four days - the Cabinet refugees in Beirut by Israeli-backed The inner circle - Sharon, Party leaders to giudgirigly ac issued a statement saying that Lebanese militias. Netanyahu, Mordechai and For cept it and then go about what Netanyahu and Albright would dis When Netanyahu took office in eign Minister David Levy - is he considered damage control. cuss those ultimate Israeli demands 1996,hefirsttriedtoshutSharonout supposed to draw up a map of Earlier this month, Sharon-in in Paris on Thursday, apparently in ofhis government-then gave in to Israel's security interests in the a striking departure from his hanl general terms and without maps. pressure and created the powerrul West Bank, land it will never give line past and the government's "He (Netanyahu) stressed to the Infrastructure Ministry for the burly to the Palestinians in a final peace official lli1e - said· Israel must ministers that we consider Jewish ex-general. settlement. "soberly" accept the establishment settlements to be of national impor Several months ago, Sharon, at But while the other ministers of a Palestinian state and take the A Palestinian woman walking through the market is overjoyed at the tance," the statement said. "We will 69 the oldest and most experienced reportedly support a plan that necessary steps toprotect Israel's sight of a Santa Claus ringing his bell in Bethlehem Wednesday. Eight safeguard all the settlements, the sur days remain before Christmas as the biblical town gears up for the Cabinet minister, muscled his way would leave 52 percent of the security. season's festivities. AP rounding areas and the roads leading to them." The Americans have been press ing Netanyahu to quickly come up with a detailed proposal for a signifi cant pullback- reportedly from at least 12percentofthe WestBank and Albright had initially expected a concrete proposal Thursday. Israeli media, however, said Albright gave Netanyahu a rcptieve until mid-Janual)' to allow him to get his l 998 state budget passed - a prerequisite for staying in power. An opposition Labor Party law maker claimed Wednesday that Netanyahu has already made a secret promise to Albright to hand over 12 percent of the West Bank in the up on your coming withdrawal, and that the recent Cabinet meetings werc held for show. on your Palestini,m Cabinet minister H,m,m Ashrawi said the Israeli indecision '· ~{ indicated Nctm1yahu w,1, not sc1ious ahout peace. "ll1e peace process is being sub jected to internal, domestic Israeli 1xilitics .. ign01ing the fact that tl1ere is a Palestinian counterpmt," she said. Netanyahu came to power 18 • anniversary months ago, promising to p1eserve anniversary the peace prOC'Css while ending ter rrnism and negotiating tougher tl1an FROM THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF his Labor Party predecessors. 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In t:l1is context, the decision to go to Pmis witl1out a "SPECIALIZING IN FRESH FROZEN SHRIMPS" Cabinet decision was seen as a vie- 48-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19, 1997 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARL\NAS VARIETY .NEWS AND VIEWS-49 In Britain Tony Blair's 'political MPs want royals' US troops to stay in Bosnia honeymoon' ending By Barry Schweid tain peace has held for nearly two it, American contingent will depend vices Committee, and John Warner, ingness to i.mplement Dayton, and account scrutinized WASIIlNGTON (AP)-President · years, to spre;1d some holiday cheer. on rnrnngements to be worked out R-Va., second-rahking Republican we believe that it is vital that LONDON (AP) -The royal the decision. By Maureen Johnson protest, two ministerial aides Clinton is about to announce he will Some 8,000 U.S. troops are serving with the NATO allies, said the offi on the panel, said Clinton should cooperation of this sort be re household accounts - tallying "I would like to stress that I LONDON (AP)-Prime Minis resigned, and a third was fired for keep U.S. troops in Bosnia as prntof there with a\:xJut22,000others drnv-.'!1 cials, whospokconconditionofano consider establishing a reward sys warded," Foley said, referring to expenditure of about 43 million am referring to taxpayers' ter Tony Blair's political honey voting against measures. a NATO-led force past next June, from the NATO allies, Russia and nymity. tem to help bring supected warcrimi the peace accords concluded zxiunds (dlrs 70 million) of the tax money, not private funds of the moon has been shorter than most, For Labor, the single-parent when their mission is set to expir-e, other countries. Later Wednesday, two key law nals in Bosniatojustice.1l1ey said the near Dayton, Ohio, in 1995. payers' money_ should be opened queen," he added. ended by a parliamentary rebel measure was of huge signifi administration officials said Wedncs Clinton is to leave Sunday night makers wrote Cl in ton to urge several White House should no longer tap He said about 85 percent of the to scrutiny by the national auditing The committee said it also lion, a millionaire government cance - the first major test for day. and spend about 12 hours in Bosnia. steps to improve his chances of win other ,ueas of the Pentagon budget to money would be spent in Brcko office, a parliamentmy committee had considered the size and sala minister with a tax haven, and the once-socialist party which still No deadline for tl1e mission is The State Deprntment's senior re ning public ,md congressional sup finance the Bosnia mission.And tl1cy and western areas of the republic said Wednesday. ries of the royal household and scoffed-at denials that a big dona secs itself as the champion of the likely to be set this time. gional expert, Robert Gelbard, will port for an extended deployment. said NATO allies in Europe musl umlcrthc control of Bosnian Serb The all-prnty Commons Public the cost of maintaining accom tiol) to his party bought political poor, but which won power by Clinton is due to fly to the former fly there Thursday. Sens. Sb·om Thwmond, R-S.C., bear a gieater share of tl1e burden. President Biljana Pl av sic, who has Accounts Committee wants the modation in the palaces. favor. moving to the center and adopt Yugoslav republic, where an uncer- The size of the follow-on force and chairm,m of the Senate Armed Ser- 'The European,tllies mustdomrne promised to implement the settle National Audit Offa:e - which The queen spends around 43 Although his enonnous power ing th; Tories' spending curbs. -==---::-,------, in the overall effort-especially in ment. reports to Parliament - to be al million pounds a year, about remains, born of an overwhelm "I've spent 40 odd years in the providing fora morceffect.ivepolice Foley said l 5 percent would lowed to examine the royal books. half of which is understood to ing Labor Party majority in Par Tony Blair Labor Party, working at every force,"Thunnond and Wrn11crwrotc. go to the eastern region, in some A spokesman for Buckingham go on accommodation and prop liament and an opposition in tat level and never, never did I think Sen. Arlen Specter. R-Pa, a mem casestocitiesunderthe influence Palace said it would act when erty costs for her staff. ters, the cracks in his seeming clamping down on tax avoidance. I would be asked to take money ber of the Senate Appropriations de ofRadovan Karadzic and his fol the govemment decided what As part of its drive for a more invincibility are showing. Robinson, backed by Blair, away from the poorest people in fense subcommittee, voiced reserva lowers, to repair water and sew should be done. cost-effective approach, the Blair led the Labor Party to one says he has done nothing illegal. the country," said lawmaker Alice tion. "I want to see what an extension age systems. Karadzic is a war 'i But he said, Parliament already royal household has said some of the biggest election victories But newspapers accused him at Mahon, 60, the fired ministerial will do.We've been in Bosnia a good crimes suspect and led Serb rebels had sm1tiny ofthe queen's accounts royal properties would be rented in half a century of British poli the very least of hypocrisy after it aide. "It's about our values." long time already," he told reporter:; in the 1992-1995 ethnic war in . through the figmes given to the out and seven would be sold. tics - and by the scale of that was leamed he had suggested an And that, some commentators after meeting with Clinton on the Bosnia. Depm;ment of Cultu1-e, Media and 111e palace said Wednesday landslide, eight months doesn't offshore tmst, of which he is a believe, is thecoreofthedilemma Middlcfa,t. Though progress has been Sport, and that there was an annual that the royal household had seem much of a honeymoon. beneficiary, buy $16.5 million for New Labor, attempting what Despite misgivings in Congress made in carTying out the accords, independent report by an external begun to rent out commercially Lawmakers are in revolt over worth of shares in TransTec, the the Conservatives failed to do about the troops' safety. there have Clinton said at a news conference auditor. some properties outside secu welfare cuts, and Blair takes over company he founded. The trust through 18 years in power-halt been no strife-related casualties. ,md Tuesday that ··there arc a lot of In 1994. the Conservative gov rity limits, from which it was the presidency of the European bought the shares, which are now a burgeoning social security bill despite widespread skepticism, Lhc difficulties ahead.'' ernment then in office decided earning 110,000 pounds (dlrs Union next month looking like a exempt from British taxes. which now tops $132 billion and peace worked out by former Secr-e The World Bank is due to act not to grant the committee's re I 80,000) a year. bystander-excluded from a key Public support for Blair's La consumes one-third of the gov taiyofState Wm1enChristopher m1d on the loan Dec. 23. U.S. endorse quest for direct access by the Between 1994 and 1995 - af committee on the new single Eu bor Party dropped six points in ernment budget. U.S. negotiator Richmd Holbrooke is ment makes approval a virtual auditing office. ter the committee's last report - ropean currency since Britain is one month, as the latest Gallup Apmt from a couple of doz.en vet holding. certainty. Committee chairman David the number of private secretar not adopting it. poll this month indicated. Yet it eran leftists, Labor lawmakers and On Wednesday, a State Depait Agreeing that peacekeeping Davis. a Conservative former ies and officials needing resi Even worse, the press had a remains high - at 57 percent. would-be lawmakers went along en ment spokesman, Ja.mes Foley, con was is acontinuingproblem, Sec government minister, said dential accommodation was cut field day with news of a tax haven And while Blair sometimes thusiastically witl1 the shining new firmed published reports that the retary of State Madeleine Albright Wednesday he disagrees with from 5 6 to 1 I , said the report. belonging to Geoffrey Robinson, looks harried now, he's making image thatretumed them topoweron United States backs a $17 million and the NATO foreign ministers Blair's minister in charge of no concessions to his party's dis May I, winning4I9ofthe 651 seats loan by the WorldBanktotheBosnia directed military planners in Brus mayed left-wing. in the House of Commons. Serb Republic. sels, Belgium, on Thursday to "We ran as New Labor. We But cutting welfare goes to heart US soldier Lt. Scott Allen, from Colville, Washington, on patrol in the "zone of separation" near Brcko Monday. "What we are proposing now consider a smaller, more flexible govern as New Labor. Tax and of Labor, which founded the US troops, members of NA TO-led peace forces in Bosnia, patrol the area every day and check houses where is to target assistance to those force that would remain after the spend is not the way to run an welfare state in 1945. Bosnian Muslim refugees returned during the summer. AP who hav; demonstrated a will- current mission ends in June. efficient, dynamic, modern Disputes are brewing over the economy," he said Wednesday. next leaked step_:_ curbing extra Blair was addressing a meeting welfare allowances for people of Labor lawmakers a week after listed as having some form of 47 members rebelled on a vote disability, from back pain to blind Just Arrived that cut welfare benefits to single ness. Claimants have soared even parents by up to $1 7 a week. as national health improves, un A government deputy minister dcrl iti i ng what critics call SAIPAN GRAND HOTEl in the Scottish · Office quit in Britain's "culture of dependency.·· ·YAMAH.A. 14-Wheelers ON YOUR 20th Blaster 200CC Breeze 125CC From the Management and Staff of also Just Arrived , , Jog Scooter 50CC BeachNATIONAl Road, South OFFICE Garapan, SUPPLY Salpan .L., Tel.No. 234-3197 TO 99, Fax No. 235-3373 (Store), 234-3549 (Office) ,_. 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The Asian crisis cent, Peru 7 percent, and Chile BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - P1imakov promised to help, but said told a joint NA TO-Russia council "We must persist in diplomatic spite instability in global mar years - a regional average of 11 much better prepared to face fu may affect the nations' perfor and Uruguay, both 6.5 percent. Mindful of Russia's influence in Russia would not suppo1t the use of aftermeetingptivatelywithPtimakov efforts to secure Iraqi compliance, kets, the Latin American econo percent, down from 18 percent ture challenges than they were a mance next year, he said, adding The economy grew only 0.7 Baghdad, Secretary of State force if diplomatic effo1ts fail to per at an hour-long breakfast without ruling ou~ other options if mies this year posted their best last year. It had soared to 888 few years back," said ECCLA's that any slowdown would likely percent in Venezuela, 0.5 percent Madeleine Albright appealed to her · suade Saddam Hussein to allow the Al bright called fornegotiating per diplomacy fails," Albright told the performance in a quarter of a cen percent in 1993 and 335 percent executive secretary Ciert be moderate. in Haiti and 0.4 percent' in El Russian counterpart Wednesday for search of sites he has designated "pal sistence to gain U.N. Security Coun NATO-Russia Permanent Joint tury, a United Nations report said in 1994. Rosenthal. Argentina led the other econo Salvador. Unlike previous further help in pressuring Imq to aces." cil support to force Iraq to provide Council. "Foreign MinisterPrimakov Wednesday. The annuai report on the re That, he said, has "reinforced a mies .by posting growth of 8 per years, Rosenthal said no country's allow full access to U.N. weapons 'ExperienceteachesusthatSaddam inspectors unfettered access. But, like has played a vital role in this effort and The growth- averaging 5.5 per gional economies indicated, how cautious optimism about the fu- cent this year, followed by the economy contracted. inspectors. Hussein will meet our demands only President Clinton, she held out the Russia's support will remain criti- cent-will almost certainly be hurt ever, that employment remained by the financial crisis in Asia, a probl"'m, averaging 7.5 percent according to the Economic Com this year, down only slightly from mission for Latin America and 7.7 percent in 1996. the Caribbean, or ECCLA. The region's performance, de I Madeleine Albright ..-,-,.,..,...... ,,.,,-==...,..,-,-,-----.,,-,..-,-,---,,--; Con,r atulations! cal." Primakov stressed that Russia won't go beyond diplomacy. "We are against the use offorce," he said at a news confe1ence. "I think in lhisregard we have a solid majority behind this position. Athe same time, we feel Iraq must work with the special U.N. commission." A Russian-brokered agreement last month eased a three-week crisis on your touchedoffafterimqexpelledAmeri · , 1/uM~JlPJ,Ar,A.u can members of the weapons teams. , ~ ~~~~-~~ ~~ Inspectors must certify that Iraq has dismantled its weapons of mass destruction before the council will lift tough economic sanctions imposed after Iraq's 1990invasionofKuwait, which led to the Persian Gulf War. After two days of talks in Baghdad, chief inspector Richard -- 11 r Butler said this week that Iraq • will not budge on palace access. anniversary He is scheduled to brief the Secu rity Council on his findings later this week. The Iraqi government has urged the council to show "respect for Iraq's sovereignty, dignity and security," a reference to some 40- Representatives of Brazilian milk producers distribute milk free to people odd palaces, which experts sus during a protest- in Brasilia, Brazil on Wednesday. Milk producers from the pect are storehouses of informa state of Minas Gerais gave away 8,000 liters of milk to protest government- approved milk imports from Mercosur countries. AP tion on banned weapons. . . . In Iraq on Wednesday, U.N. ~isarmamentexperts kept search :~ape ..victim's. ' ing less sensitive sites for clues to dad says no .. ·. Iraqi weapons programs. Albright's appeal came during to. . abortion' . ,· . ' ,·,• ·.. the second meeting of the NA TO Congratulations! RIO DEJANEIRO,Brazil(AP) Russiacouncil, created earlier this - The father of an I I -year-old year to ease Moscow's concerns rape victim has decided she will about the expansion of the mili not have a cou1t-approved abor tary alliance toward its western tion, a doctor said Wednesday. border. In 1999, Poland, Hungary The procedure had been sched and the Czech Republic join will uled for Wednesday, but the girl's NATO, which was formed after father backed out at the urging of World War II to defend Europe a priest and a retired obstetrician, against possible Soviet aggres the Joma\ do Brasil news agency sion. said. · On your ~ "Russia should ultimately be The girl, who has not been iden come bored with NATO," tified because of her age, was Albright joked. "The truth is, the raped four months ago in partnership we envisioned when 20th Anniversary Sapucaia, a town 80 miles north we signed the NATO-Russian of Rio de Janeiro. She was 10 at Foundirig Act is very much on the time. course." On Monday, Judge Luiz Albright suggested to the 15 Olimpia Mangabeira Cardoso other NATO nations and Russia authorized the abortion -a deci Simplify. that dealing with Iraq is a test for sion that stirred debate in this handling future peril. "I trust we largely Roman Catholic country. ·~: also agree that the gravest poten "He (the girl's father) said he tial threat to our security in the didn't want his daughter to have next century may come from be the abortion anymore because he yond Europe, from the prolifera said she might be at risk," said Dr. tion of weapons of mass destruc ...,& JOETEN MOTOR CO.PANY, Carmen Athaide of Rio's q_tuun tk M~ c. Siafl of tion." Fernando Magalhaes Maternity At their breakfast, Albright also >J.Aa AUTO SALES, PARTS & SERVICE Hospital. told Primakov that Moscow . 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(AP) - Janet Jagan, the U.S. Ooodnauth Singh said in a TV nating a long political journey By Maria F. Durand KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP)-A days after escaping from a road life agents in a search helicopter. Gary Seltz of the Florida Game born widow of Guyana's be and radio broadc.ast Wednes she shared with her husband, NEWYORK(AP)-Twowomen 450-pound lion was shot with side zoo near Walt Disney World. Zookeepers then moved in and hit and Fresh Water Fish Commis loved former leader and a day. Cheddi, who died-as president badly burned in a fire jumped to their tranquilizer darts and captured The 2 1/2-year-old lion was it with three darts: sion said ofNala, named after a, longtime independence The lengthy vote count in March. Shortly after deathsearlyWed.nesdayfromanhis character in "The Lion King." fighter, widened her lead heightened tensions in this getting married in her home toric mansion on Manhattan's East Several men, using a ladder Wednesday in her bid to be South American country, town of Chicago in 1943, the Side just as firefighters were closing as a stretcher, carried the lion come · the country's first fe which held its first democratic Jagans moved to then-British in with hoses. out of the swamp to a pickup male president. elections in 1992. Guiana and began organizing "I think they jumped probably be truck, which took her back to With about 281,000, or 47 Tuesday night, more than 100 sugar workers who became the cause they were in such pain," said her cage at Jungle Land .. percent, of votes counted from opposition supporters in a de backbone of the People's Pro Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Her eyes were open and Monday's general election, pressed area of Georgetown gressive Party, the colony's Essen. blinking as she was carried out. Mrs. Jagan's People's Pro mobbed a Progressive Party offi first political party. Investigators suspected a short cir Trainers saij that is a normal gressive Party had roughly cial, accu·sing him of hiding Independence was won in cuit in Christmas lights as the cause. reflex for a sedated lion. The lion escaped into the 128,000 votes, or 58 percent. ballot boxes in his car, police 1966, but the People's Na The house had a sprinkler system, · woods Monday while her han Ex-President Desmond said. Officers searched the car but tional Congress ruled through but a water connection for it was not dlers tried to fix her cage to Hoyte 's People's National found nothing, they said. rigged elections for another 26 turned on, Von Essen said raise her above ground flooded Congress had 83,500 votes, or Monitors with the Organization years with help from the United Catalina Meyer, 60, and her uni 38 percent. Other parties split of American States said they ob States and Britain, who feared the dentified female house guest were by days of rain. The full-grown female was spotted several the remainder. served nothing that "would de Jagans' unapologetic Marxist ties already badly burn~ when they times by helicopter and on the Election officials, who pre tract from the outcome ofthe elec to Moscow. Finally in 1992, leaped from the fifth-story balcony, dicted a victor would be de toral process." Britain's Com Chcddi Jagan, his Marxism mel said Von Essen said. ground, but each time man clared before Thursday, monwealth Secretariat also lowed to fit the times, won the Fivepeopleescapeduninjuredfrom aged to elude capture. warned against drawing pre sent dozens of observers to presidency. the art-filled, 116-year-0ldtownhouse Officials described the 2 I/ mature conclusions. monitor voting in this former Mrs. Jugan has served as a leg on East 67th Street, just off Fifth 2-year-old lioness as hand ··Jt couid disturb the level of British colony. islator, cabinet minister, U.N. Avenue. The 5:30 am. blaze., which raised, declawed and very so civility we've had in the last Mrs. Jagan, 77, was poised ambassador, interim prime min started on the third floor, also badly ciable but they said the animal A_ tranquilized lioness, named Na/a, is carried out of a densely wooded area near JungleLand in could react violently if cornered two days," for either candi- to become Guyana's first fe- ister and party newspaper editor. damagedthesecondandfourthflOOIS. Kissimmee, Fla., on a ladder Wednesday. Na/a, who is dee/awed, escaped from Jungle Land on Monday or provoked. Officials at the scene said Mrs. and was caught after being shot with three tranquilizer darts. AP Meyer helped save her husband, '·so_uth African guards killed in. "heist· Alvin, described by friends as a re tired businessman in his 80s. Another MARBLE HALL, South Africa plaoedaspikedchainontheroadnear fled in pickup trucks. female houseguest and three domes (AP) -- Robber.; smashed a dump the town of Marble Hall, then drove a One guard survived long enough ticworl d ···--·,,--,-.- ·- ···; -. -~,- ~:".·--. .. " -:- ', _:. _ _. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-57 56-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19, 1997 Rescue crews search for Ukranian plane By TIM WHITMIRE pying Nazis during World War II Switzerland has been torn by sccndants have joined a dlrs 20 month in London, the United controller for Ukraine's Uni (9,626-foot) Mount Olympus, SALONICA, Greece (AP) - NEW YORK (AP) -A lawsuit instead of returning the plunder to the ongoing efforts there and in billion class-action suit against States, Britain, Luxembourg fied Flight Control Service. about 70 kilometers ( 40 miles) Search planes and helicopters filed in Brook! yn federal court its owners. The article said the the United States to track the fate the Swiss banks that currently is and Argentina said they would scanned rugged terrain around The passengers then boarded southwest of the city. accuses nine French banks of assets were instead used to re of looted Nazi gold and other pending in Brooklyn federal contribute to a new fund for the snow-blanketed Mount the Yak-42, he said. Naval vessels, meanwhile, blocking access to Jewish ac build the war-tom nation. goods that passed through that court. victims of Nazi persecution. Olympus on Thursday for a A police officer near also looked offshore for any counts under the Vichy regime, One state-owned bank named country. More than 20,000 Ho At a 41-nation conference France, however, said it pre missing Ukrainian passenger Katerini, north of Mount sign of the aircraft. then failing to account for seized in that article, Credit Lyonnais, locaust survivors and their de- on Naz-i gold held earlier this ferred to act unilaterally. jct with at least 69 people Olympus, reported hearing Ukrainian records show 72 assets after the end of World War also is named in the suit. The Le aboard, authorities said. what sounded like an explo people were on board. But II. Point article said that in 1947 a The chartered Ukraine Air sion shortly after the plane lost Greek civ.il aviation authori The suit, which was filed Jewish couple tried to recover gold lines Yak-42 lost contact with contact with the control tower, ties reported 70 people on the Wednesday by Holocaust survi they had deposited at Credit air traffic controllers at 9: 13 but the location of the sound plane: 62 passengers and eight vors Fernande Bodner and Anna Lyonnais before the war, but were p.m. (\913 GMT) Wednesday could not be pinned down. crew members. The IT AR Zajdenberg and which petitions told by French Finance Ministry while making a second attempt Weather and rough terrain Tass news agency, quoting for class-action status, seeks re officers that there would be no to land at the northern coastal complicated the hunt for the media sources, said 62 pas covery of the seized assets and reimbursement. city of Salonica. missing plane. sengers and seven crew mem unspecified additional legal re Other French banks and for A Salonica airport official, Low clouds hampered the bers were on board . lief, including compensatory and eign banks doing business in . speaking to Greek radio, said nigh\time aerial search. Also, The nationalities :of the pas puni rive damages. France named in the suit are: the pilot aborted the initial many areas, including deep sengers were not immediately It echoes another lawsuit, filed Banue Parisas; Barclay's Bank; landing, but the reason for the ravines, cannot be fully sur known, but Greek media re last year in Brooklyn federal court, Societe Generale; Banque Na action was unclear. veyed from the air. ported that more than half of against S\viss banks accused of tional de Paris; Credit Commerical The passengers left Kiev, A military alpine team be those aboard appeared to be hoarding billions of dollars ii1 ac de France; Credit Agricole; Ukraine, for Saloniq aboard gan predawn treks into the Greek. Most of the others were A plainclothes police officer closes the door of an ambulance carrying counts belonging to Holocaust Banque Francaise du Commerce a Boeing 73 7, but the plane valleys and high ridges around Ukrainian, the reports said. a fellow bomb disposal expert, who was injured in a bomb explosion at VINYL SIGNS: For indoor/outdoor with col the office of Development and Industry Minister Vasso Papandreou in survivors and victims and their Exterieur, and Banque Worms landed in Odessa because of the search area, which ex At least five ofthe passen downtown Athens last week. Another bomb threat at the offices of TVX descendants. Capital Corp. ors, style and quality, on wood, glass, metal, technical prqblems, said tended from near Salonica to gers were children, a Salonica He/las, the Greek subsidiary of a Canadian gold mining company, ··we feel that it's an appropri Six of the banks, reached do plastic cloth and walls, designed in computer Alexander Chikulai, a flight the slopes of tl.1e 2,917-meter airport official told Greek ra- turned out to be a hoax. Papandreou is the government's biggest supporter of a controversial TVX investment in Greece. AP ate time for an accounting by the mestically, had no immediate graphics, artistically dratted, composedwith French banks who would be the comment on the suit. The other a lot of talent and knowledge, is now avail dio. custodians for the records since three banks - 'Banue Parisas, Attempts to reach the Ukrai the assets and bank accounts of all Credit Commerical and Banque able at Younis Art Studio, Inc. nian charter company, Jews in France were frozen and Francaise - had no U.S. offices Aerosvit, were unsuccessful. expropriated in the period from and did not answertheirphones in VINYL BANNERS: On cloth and plastic Greek air traffic controllers 1942 to 1944," said lawyer Ken France, where it was after busi materials, from 1-5 feet wide and length from called off a scheduled four neth McCallion. "No accounting ness hours. hourwork stoppage Thursday. has taken place since the end of According to the lawsuit, 3 feet to 50 or 75 feet and more, with any The Yak-42, a three turbo- the war." Fernande I;lodner's father, a Paris color, letters size and.style and rich graph fan jet designed by the Soviet According to the suit, many furrier, had his assets seized by ics. Union, can carry as many as French Jews who suffered under authorities of the Nazi-c.ollabora From: The Department of Public Safety (December 12, 1997) 120 passengers. It entered ser the Vichy regime "have filed tionist Vichy regime and was de vice in the Aeroflot fleet in claims and sought reparations ported in 1944 to a Vichy prison Also hand painted signs and banners, artis I 980 and is currently used in from France without avail or with camp. tically designed and colored on any mate Renewal Fee for Personalized Vehicle License Plates countries including Russia, minimal success. Any reparations Ms. Bodner herself spent the rial surface of all sizes. Lithuania, Cuba, China and paid pursuant to this process have war in a Vichy home for French Beginning in 1998 the required registration fee for all Personalized vehicle licenses will be $100. This fee will Ukraine. been inadequate or nonexistent." Jewish children, then escaped In November 1993, 115 McCall ion said the suit was filed deportation by going under DIGITAL PRINT: Signs for inside markets/ be required on all new applications and on all renewals. These fees are required by Bureau of Motor Vehicles people were killed when a after an investigation on behalf of ground. After the war, she emi stores/shops in full colors with print of the Regulations which were adopted in October 1988, chartered Yak-42 crashed into the two plaintiffs. grated to New York. Now, 69, she goods/merchandise on plastic sheets/ He said he could not estimate a mountain near Ohrid in lives in Brooklyn. boards or on transparencies on special pa These Regulations require an additional fee schedule to the fee schedule set forth in 9 CMC 2104. The southwestern Macedonia. the size of the award that wi II be Anna Zajdenberg grew up in The same type aircraft sought or the exact size of the Paris, the daughter of a portraitist. per or cloth for ceiling hang for display or following additional fees will be collected pursuant to this Regulation beginning in 1998: · crashed near the eastern Chi class because no calculations can Her father, mother and younger above shelves, counters and merchandise 1. Personalized license plates: $75 + $25 (required by statute) = $100 nese city of. Nanjing in July be made until the plaintiffs gain sister all died in Auschwitz, but stands, can easily be produced by the tal 2. Sample (collector's plates): $75 + $25 (required by statute) = $1 OD 1992, killing 106. people. access to relevant bank records. she. survived the war by hiding in ented and capable sign makers at YAS Sign The deadliest crash in The lawsuit is consistent with a a Christian household and emi Greece occurred in 1969, report published earlierthis month grated to the United States in 1949. System. All motor vehicle used for commercial purposes will also be required to pay additional fees pursuant to the when 95 people died after an by the French magazine Le Point, Now 63, she lives in Manhattan. Regulations: Olympic Airways DC-4 hit a which said the French govern The women could not be Full color digital print for back light in shops 1. Taxi: $25. + the appropriate fee required by statute. mountain near Athens. ment secretly kept gold, jewels reached for comment on Wednes window or special display in the outdoor, and property looted by the occu- day. 2. Dealer: $200. + the fee required by statute. such as food items, drinks cosmetics, per 3. Trailers and Low Boys: $25. + the fee required by statute. DeLay ... fumes, jewelry and many more. 4. Trucks: S100 + the fee required by statute. Continued from page 1 5. Buses: $25. + the lee required by statute. Vinyl signs are durable, colorful and guar He has also consistently re ~-~-~-~~-~~-~-~~-----m-~--~---~------~~-- ceived high marks for his pro anteed to last for five to seven years in all ln the past, additional lees for these special caiegories were only charged for the initial application. The business stance from the U.S. weather conditions and stands heat tem Regulations make no such distinction and require these fees to be additional to the fees charged by statute. Chamber of Commerce. perature 40-180 degrees Fahrenheit. This includes renewal of registration of the vehicle licenses. The SO-year old native Texan was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives All safety inspections for motor carriers are the responsibility of the Department of Public Safety, Office of in 1984. For all signs need, please visit or call Highway Safety (Special Programs). All motors carriers must have satisfactorily passed a current safety His official biography said inspection conducted by the Office of Highway Safety (Special Programs). These inspections are conducted DeLay is active in civic and community affairs, and is on free of charge. the board of sponsors of a drug abuse treatment and rehabili Only those safety inspections conducted by the Office of Highway Safety (Special Programs) or by U.S. tation center called Odyssey Department of Transportation will be accepted by the Department of Public Safety and the Division of Motor House in Texas. · Vehicles. Previous licenses or authorizations by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to conduct safety inspections He and his wife have one at a Younis Art Studio, Inc., in Garapan. duughter, who is a recent for motor carriers are revoked. graduate of Texas A&M Uni Chrisler Fuglesang, a European Space Agency astronaut, center, Telephone Nos. 234-6341 ¥ 234-7578 ¥ versity. examines the interior of a mock Soyuz orbiter Wednesday at Space Works in Hutchinson, Kan., as Bryan McCullough, Space Works Questions concerning safety inspections for motor carriers should be directed to the Office of Highway Safety They are actively involved project leader, left, and Debbie Trainor, NASA instructional training 234,.9797 ¥ 234-9272 or Fax No. 234-9271. in the community and are manager, note necessary changes. The orbiter will be used by NASA (Special Programs). members of the Sugar Creek to train astronauts who will work on an international space station. AP Baptist Church. --,-- 1 , ' FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-59 58-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19, 1997 Military-style bombs Suharto makes first public Laos looks stable ahead Australia protects· killer shark of parliamentary election By Rohan Sullivan They once were abundant among killing great whites without autho found buried in,Beijing SYl)NEY,Au&ralia (AP)-The the rocky reefs and islands in rization and programs will be intro appearance in two w-eeks By LINDA EHRICHS Among the, candida,es are greatwhitesharkisnowvulnerable Australia's temperate and subtropi- duced to encourage -them to breed. BEIJING (AP) - Construction workers digging a trench for a era], who wore a dark civilian VIENTIANE, ~aos (AP) - With highly influential party members, to extinction, the government de cal waiers. , ''Australians must cast aside their power line unearthed a cache of 2,500 small military-style bombs suit, did not climb down from his neighboring Thailand mired in eco including Samane :Viyaketh, cunent clared Wednesday as it named the But huJl!llll activity, particularly negative perceptions of shaiks - in a district of Beijing, a newspaper reported. podium and mingle with the ca nomicand political turmoil and Cam assembly president and one of three shark a protected species. commercial fishing, has devastated sharkattackscause fewerfatalities in Security forces excavated the bombs in the city's Xuanwu pclitburomembersrunning.Tenother dets on the palace lawn. bodia in factional warfare, quiet Laos ,Feared by surfers and divers and the species ata rate of ~00 a year, and Australiathanbeestingsorlightning district, but haven't figured out where they came from, the looks like an island of stability in candidatesbelongto.theparty'spow imrnortalize.d in the movie "Jaws," therearenowonlyanestimated 10,0CO strikes," Hill said. 'These giants of Thursday edition of the Xinmin Evening News reported. Instead he presented only four Southeast Asia ahead of parliamen erful central committee. great whites grow up to 15 feet, mature fish lea our oceans, which play a vital role in The bombs - 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 6 centi with graduation medals on .the veranda of the white, stately build tary elections on Sunday. The results, which may take days second in siz.e among sea creatures FnvironmentMinisterRobertHill our marine erosystems, are 'in dan meters (2 1-2 inches) wide - appeared to be military but it The second-ever legislative vote in to arrive from more remote regions, wasn't clear when or where they were made, the newspaper ing, ,' only to whales. said there will now be penalties for ger of disappearing forever." Suharto has governed Indone this one-party communist state sym will be the nearest form of an opinion said. bolizes what has become the Laotian ,poll the govemmenthaseverallowed. It described the cache as the biggest find of military sia for more than three decades approach togovemmentoverthepast Everyone over 18, 2.5 million of the explosives in Beijing since the end of China's civil war in and, despite his age, is expected to be elected to a seventh con decade: a slow, gradual refonn that country's 4.5 million people, are eli 1949. dresn 't threaten the basic power struc gible to vote. Voting is mandatory. Farmers and construction workers still frequently find secutive five-year tenn in March. Since Dec. S, he has been recu ture. 'Theelectioncapsanimportantyear buried explosives left over from years of fighting before for Laos. 'The country was admitted perating at home, claiming to be The capital of Vientiane looks as 1949 involving Chinese warlords, Nationl!list and Commu to the AssociationofSoutheastAsian fatigued after a after a long over quiet as ever. Simple billboards line nist forces and Japanese invaders. Nations in July, a big step in opening seas trip. the main Lane Xang Avenue to an what was once one of the region's The government has denied the nounce the vote. Campaigning is lim most closed countries to the outside Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands rumors about his health and he ited to pesters in public places and world. Office of the Secretary of Public Works has made several television ap coverage in the state:ccintrolled me Unmarked by the relative pclitical INVITATION TO BID pearances. dia is of candidates on village visits. instability of some ofits neighbors He has not named a successor Yet change is there. The elections DPW98-ITB-006 Thailand has had four governments - a factor that worsened market are the most open political process Governor Froilan C. Tenorio and li Governor Jesus C. Borja, 1hrough the Department of Public Works are seen in this isolated, landlocked coun since 1995, Cambodia had a coup in rociting seJ!ed bids for the Construction of Four Bus SheHers al various locations on Sai~. Commonwealth nerves already frayed by Asia's July-Laos has not been spared the of the N'orthem Mariana Islands. Bids, in duplir.ate, will be accepted in 1he Office of the Director, Division of economic crisis. !l)'sincetheruling LaoPeople' sRevo Prcx:uremenl &SuppJy at Lower Base, Sa!)an unUI 2:00 p.m. focal time, January 23, 1998 at which lime Indonesia's rupiah has dropped lutionary Party came to power at the economic crisis ravaging Asia's far Buy two six packs of 500 m I bottles and ~ace the bids wi! publicly opened anil read aloud. Any bids received atter llie above time will not be more pcwerful economies. accepted under any circumstances. about 60 percent in value over the end ofthe Indochina conflict in I ({J5. The country's biggest trading part past year. Itis now regarded as the The National Assembly is be or any case of your favorite Coca-Cola Abond of fitteen percent [15%1 of 1he iota! bid price must act0mpany the bid. This security may be Certified ner is Thailand, and the Laotian kip Clied<, Cashier's Ched<, llid Bond or other form a~table to,the Government made payable to the CNMI world's worst performing cur ing expanded from 85 to 99, serv haskcptpace with Thailand's cur Treasurer, with a notatioo on lhe face ol the check: "Credit Account No. 4466". rency despite a $40 billion rescue ing 18 constituencies. According beverage product and get a re-useable rencyinsheddingvaluesincemid §pecifications and plans ol the project are available on or alter December 16; 1997 at the Technical Services package put together by the Interna to the constitution, the assembly Dr1isioo, De;iartment ol Public Works, Lower Base, Saipar1. Anon,efundable payment of One Hundred tional Monetary Fund. will have supreme power in pass year. 35mm Coke Camera for just Fetty Dollars. ($150.00) is required lor each set; pa)lllent to be made to the PSS Treasurer, 3rd Floor, ing budgets, making laws and A proposed hydroelectric dam llauru Building. The rupiah's biggest fall was last week amid wild rumors that Suharto overseeing the executive and ju that environmentalists say would Pre-bk! Cooferenre for 1his project will be held at 2:00 p.m. locaf time, January 8, 1!)38 al the Department of dicial branches. destroy pristine forests - but PublK: Wotrs Cooference Room, Gualo Rai, Saipan. was seriously ill, that he had S'Jffered "Nowhere in the constitution or could double the country's na $:1,2-95 a stroke or even that he was dead. The bidder is required lo subrnH wnh his pror•sal a COP.Y of his business pennns in compliance wilh 1he In his speech Suharto acknowl the election law is,i t specified that tional income - risks losing its ficensing laws of !he Coll1monweal1h of the Nonhern Mariana Islands. sole potential customer, the Thai Indonesian President Suharto, lookirg a bit tired despite a prolonged edged that times were tough and un candidates must be members of Attention is caJfed to the Labor Slandard Provisions for Wage Rate Delennination and paymenl of no! less period of rest, presides over a military graduation ceremony at the certain. the party," said Chaleun state electricity agency, due to than the ~irnum salaries and wages as set forth in !he Specifications must be paid on tti1s project. presidential palace in Jakarta Thursday. Tt;e 76-year-old Suharto 'The cLJrrent economic era is the Yiapoheu, president of the cur reduced demand for power. appeared in public for the first time in two weeks easing fears that Asia's Laos is one of the world's least Al\ bid dOCll!Ml'l\s received shall become \he sole prOl)erty ol \he Government ol \he Noohern Maiiana era that is full of changes and chal rent National Assembly's stand \stands with lhe exce\)tion ol bid bonds, certified checks or cashier's checks which will be returned to \he longest ~erving leader is ailing. AP developed countries. Most people lenges," he said. ing committee. bicklers in accordanre with the specifcations section enti\le 60 MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19 1997 The Internet in 1997: Netscape plans to exploit 'Bigger but not always better' legal battle vs Microsoft By DAVIDE. KALISH The federal judge last Thursday sic functions of PCs. NEW YORK (AP) - Struggling to ordered Microsoft to stop, at least The Justice Department on By CHRIS ALLBRITION taking advantage of lower sub Washington to look for ways in a similar bill introduced But critics doubt whether the regain Internet software supremacy, temporarily, requiring manufactur Wednesday asked the judge to find NEW YORK(AP) ll1c lntcmct scriber rates overloaded the lo make the Net safer for chil Nov. 8, a senator made a new law can be enforced, since as Netscape Communications Corp. on ers to install iL~ Internet Explorer on Microsoft in contempt of the order, enjoyed worldwide growth in company's modems and got busy dren, who have been victimized proposal to ban material a rule such Web pages are Wednesday detailed a drive to use the personal computers as a condition of saying the software maker was still I 997. with web pages popping up signals, not e-mail. AOL bought by pornographers and "harmful" to minors. stored on computers outside legal woes facing Microsoft Corp. to using its enonnously popular Win tying the hands of PC makers. everywhere and the surge in us $350million in new equipment to pedophiles using the medium. Other nations moved to Germany. ers finally reaching critical mass. handle the cmsh, but problems Some industry representatives monitor material on the Net. Concerned about its image convince computer makers and con dows operdl:ing system. Barksdale said Netscape may con The makeup of Net users also persisted. Through March, to grumbled about threats of In Germany, a new multi abroad, Malaysia set up a com sumers to switch back to its World The preliminary injunction was in sider giving away iL, browser, some changed. In spring I 996. the settle a federal class-action .regulation. For others, a fam media law, which took effect mittee to watch for ~ny inac Wide Web browser_ response to a Department of Justice thing Microsoft has done to build it~ Internet was 64 percent male in suit, AOL had to give refunds. ily-friendly medium meant in August, requires the Fed curacies in foreign reports Netscape chief executive James lawsuit that Microsoft has abused its share of the marlceL Netscape gel~ a the United States. By this fall, AOL and its business part good business. eral Youth Protection Agency about the nation carried on the Barksdale said in a phone interview monopoly on PC operating systems growing portion ofits revenues from women accounted for 47 percent ners manage Internet online The debate followed the U.S. to compile a list of World Internet. Malaysia has criti that the company is making available to control other software markets. another source: Selling software Lo of log-ons. Two Net census tak services in Britain, Germany, ·supreme Court's decision in Wide Web sites it believes can cized some reports as inaccll through hundreds of Internet sites "Netscape is in a position to capi corporations thatlinkscomputers into talize on anti-Microsoft feelings, but company-wide networks. ers _ lnte\liQuest lnformation France, Canada and Japan. June striking down a 1996 law endanger young people. rate. The committee will send software and instructions on how unless they can convince some hard "We will keep all those option, Group and Zona Research _ re Users in Austria, Switzerland banning "indecent" material The government said it had a weekly report to the prime people can replaoe their Microsoft ware maker to go with Netscape in open and available," Barksdale said. ported more than 40 million surf and Sweden also access its for minors. The court ruled more than 50 sites on the list minister's office, a newspa Internet Explorer browser with stead of (Internet Explorer), then "But just like the Presidentsays about ers in the United States alone. services, and AOL plans to that the Communications De so far, mostly concerning por per said. Netscape's Navigator software. America Online, the largest expand service to Australia in cency Act was too broad and nographic and radical right The debate over encryption, In addition, Netscape is negotiat there's no immediate benefit," said going into Iraq, that doesn't mean we're going todo anything." U.S. online service, grew to 10 1998. violated First Amendment wing material. a technology that scrambles ing with major PC makers to con Mich11el Gartenberg, a research million subscribers. including I The growth of the Net also rights of free speech for adult Under the new law, anyone e-mail and data, was another vince them to install Navigator in director at Gartner Group. AslongasNetscapecrullllesforits million outside the United States. captured the attention of the Americans. · propagating neo-Nazi material big issue this year affecting · addition to Internet Explorer.· Winning back PC makers will browser, analysts say ii's unlikely to causing gridlock as users flooded U.S. government. In Decem On the courthouse steps, over the Internet in Germany the Net. Netscape also has expanded a cam be tough. make much headway in convinc the circuits. ber, industry groups and fam civil and cyber libertarian can be sentenced to up to five Encryption is a lifeline for paign to distribute its software to Microsoft said it would comply· ing ordinary people to switch. Early this year, new customers ily values advocates met in groups cheered the ruling. But, years in prison. online commerce. Without consumers,throughthirdpartiessuch with the judge's order, but only "The rhetoric from those guys such software, digital thieves as Internet service providers and by selling older or stripped-down is that now we have a level play can steal credit card numbers modem makers, to 130 million disks versions of its Windows operat ing field and will be real aggres during online purchases. over the next 6-to-9 months. ing system. Computer makers sive in winning back their busi But when two congressmen But despite a judge's far-reaching were seen as unlikely to buy the ness," said Eric Brown, an ana introduced a bill to make it order against Microsoft and public version of Wmdows software that lyst with Boston-based Forrester easy for users to encrypt e support for Netscape, the smaller ri works without Microsoft's browser Research. mai I, the FBI called it a threat val faces an uphill battle in regaining because it lacks many ofthe functions "But the next battleground that Lane Smith runs down Jackson St. in Alexandria, La., Wednesday. to national security and lob the edge in the browserwars,industry ofthe Wmdows95softwareMicro;oft Netscape faces is prioe competi live- Smith has taken to roaming his neighborhood dressed as Santa Claus to spread a little Christmas cheer. AP bied for "wiretap" rights to experts say. currently sells for controlling the ba- ness." ;·'· :''?'::,:, intercept electronic messages. . . i / 1 Efforts to amend the bill .,_/\;I ~~1:t:;~i failed, but the encryption de Computer info firms agree to. limit release of personal data I - --:. •·-:· ~, bate deadlocked, leaving digi By EUN-KYUNG KIM · · The Federal Trade Commission give individuals enough access to protect consumers' privacy," ply to sensitive information that tal commerce and cyber-rights WASHINGTON (AP) praised the deal in a report ad certain types of public infonna Pitofsky said. is derived from public records, groups enraged. Some legis America's largest computer data dressed to Congress. tion, including mortgage agree According to the agreement, the such as birth certificates or state lators pledged to block any 5j' companies agreed to block pub 'The information industry's ments, marriage and divorce Ji. 14 companies will not release to motor vehicle information. For future bill unfriendly to law lic access to certain types of per innovative and far-reaching, self censes and birth certificates. the general pi.iblicccrtain types of example, 20 states use Social enforcement. sonal data, including Social Se regulatory program will go a long Pitofsky said consumers need ac non-public infonn·ation, includ Security numbers on drivers li r. i For 1997, Forrester Re curity numbers, birth dates and a way to address these concerns cess to such court documents so ing Social Security numbers, birth censes, the FTC said. search of Cambridge, Massa mother's maiden name. and lessen the risk that these ser they can check for mistakes and dates, credit history and a!flother's Qualified subscribers, such as ~ chusetts, predicted $2.4 bil WE SERVICE ALL MAJOR BRANDS The agreement was signed vices will be misused," FTC correct them. maiden name. law enforcement agencies and I' 1.1:~:J!l,II TIRES lion in online sales in the Toyota , Nissan • Honda • Ford • Chevy • Hyundai • Chrysler Wednesday by 14 leading com ChainnanRobertPitofsky said in "We trust the industry will bring They also agree not to release private investigators, would still I'"":""" TIRES United States. That's still a •ullJROTAL. panies, -including Lexis-Nexis the report. "The industry should the same spirit of cooperation to unlisted telephone numbers ob have access to all data. Jeep , Mitsubishi • Isuzu • BMW • Mercedes • Mazda & more! HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES SVREFOOTEQ MILEAFTERAM.E.- pittance compared to all retail PASSENGER CAR TIRES -- S 59.9S and America's three main credit be commended for its responsive resolving these remaining issues. tained from non-public records The companies agreed to be H -- 185160R13 u $29.95" S1G-1.95 175llOR13 ~ales projected at $660 bil ·155R12 205/55R16 reporting bureaus, which repre ness and commitment." We also encourage industries do and unlisted addresses from tele -audited once a year to ensure li CARWASH MAINTENANCE SERVICE 155R13 S39.95 225/SOR~ s1ca95 lion. S49.95 . ' -~ sent 90 percent of the database The FrC expressed concern, ing business on-line to develop phone companies. their compliance with the new N 175/70R13 $59i~~~. .· Cl ' .• · But giant retailers such as i'' Brush less I I . Oil & filter change I 185/75R14 $62.95 I 1.H:NII TIRES market. however, that the deal failed to similar self-regulatory effo~· to The restrictions would not ap- standards. i,i , lubricate chassis ~ 195/75R14 $69.95 The Gap and Wal-Mart set up i) ·1 I I • Top off all nu,ds -,__:;r ,t, LIGHT TRUCK TIRES 205/75R14 $73.95 - shop to capture the digital i, I I I 'Rota1e&balance111es . 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Microsoft also spent $150 million on Apple • All Motorola Accessories !J , ln,pect front & rear 1c1pem,on I I • Resurface rolOrs/drums I • Nokia 232 Accessories H , fd, ell ca,:e1 I I • lnsp['(i hydraulic system I Corp., stunning Macintosh own • Ericsson Accessories r IGe & Cc>mbe' LJm11ed llfet·me warranty I AR-23 AR-26 AR-36 ers who saw Apple as a buffer I] (when apptcable! I , I I •on brake pads DISK OR , A_.... • Other Selected Items to Microsoft's Bill Gates. LJ , Wost cars I I • Most cars DRUM I iL.J ~ But the software giant ran 1 into antitrust trouble. In De tii N;\~.-; l ~~(t,J~~ l l $~~~~~ .\!: cember, a federal judge tem Special Holiday Hours "'-M I I \-e,·• i;r.-z.i I ''·'"··· M.,_t.'-'~_._ .... 'i I l;.;.77:) ~\..~., ..__._ • ~- PER VMEEL . ·,~~ , Cellular porarily halted Microsoft from 11 Lf.1{urn J'!.1J/1 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Labor and Immigration Division of Employment Services P.O. Box 10007 Saipan. MP 96950 Telephone: (670) 664-2085/6 Fax: (670) 664-3183 PUBLIC NOTICE From the Management and Staff of: The Department of Labor and Immigration is a cabinet-level department with live main divisions: Division of Labor, Division of Immigration, Division of Administrative Services, Division of Labor and Immigration Identification and Documentation System and Division of Employment Services. Each Division is headed by a Director who is directly subordinate to the Secretary of Labor and Immigration, and serves at the pleasure of the Governor. The Director of Employment Services Mr. Joseph B. Dela Cruz would like to remind the general public, especially RESIDENT WORKERS (Locals, U.S. JOETEN ENTERPRISES, INC. Citizens, citizens from the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands and Republic of Belau) that the division of employment services is primarily responsible for securing employment for resident workers with the private sector in the Commonwealth. This includes providing job P.O. BOX 137, SAIPAN MP 96950 • TEL. 234-6446/48 • FAX: 234-5876 referral assistance, certifying that job vacancies cannot be filled with resident labor, coordinating employment programs, providing technical assistance, and resolving disputes between employers and resident workers. For more information and assistance, please visit our office at the Department of Labor and Immigration, 2nd floor, Aletna Square, San Antonio Village or ~ li • • - ~~ ~ "SIL Yamaiichi company HO CH[ MINH ClTY, Viet nam (AP)- Substandard and files for bankruptcy illegal housing is springing up throughout Ho Chi Minh City TOKYO(AP)-YamaichiReal The company's primary to accommodate an influx of Estate Inc. filed for bankruptcy , business was managing prop more than a million migrant saying it could not survive after erties for Yamaichi Securities. y workers into the.city in recent its affiliate, Yamaichi Securities The brokerage, one of years. 0 Co., failed last month, the com Japan's 'Big Four' finally ••~'. Landlords are illegally f 1~~:\;i?}jt' pany said. failed on Nov. 24, after trying building extensions on homes, #-frzi!:rtff?f~X?t , . The real estate company, the for years to juggle bad debts .· \:~~ii~~r or renting out shacks not nor first member of the Yamaichi left from the collapse of mally suitable for human habi group, other than the broker Japan's real estate and stock ' .;~,~'.~~~~!'::~~: age itself, to go under, had markets earlier in the decade. tation, the official Vietnam ',<<.' ),:',:>:,~ oy • ',<- debts of 335 billion yen($ 2.6 Yamaichi Securities executives News reported Tuesday. billion), said a spokesman for have admitted trying to cover up A local People's Committee the company, who spoke on debts through illegal trading and official in Ho Chi Minh City Making a splash during the grand opening of a water p;~k in ;;·uthern Vietnam's Ho Chi ~inh C't condition of anonymity. accounting practices. said the city would consider Vietnamese bather tests out the park's watersled on Sunday. Economic reforms in Vietnam are he/ //· t~ establishing a housing inspec cr~ate a new consumer class willing to spend money on amusement parks and other leisure acti0tie~ in tion unit to oversee the imple Vietnam. AP Singapore mulls increase.. ·. mentation of proper building on offshore banks' limits and safety codes. ' . . . The redesigned Lexus GS sedan is shown Wednesday outside Lexus·headquarters in Torrance, Calif. The sedan won Motor Trend magazine's ~uckle Up! prestigious 1998 Import Car of the Year award, it was announced Wednesday. The Lexus GS costs $37,000. AP SINGAPORE (AP) financial services in about 70 PUBLIC NOTICE Singapore plans to increase the countries was announced in lending limit ofoffshore banks Geneva on Saturday. Pursuant to Public Law 8-41, Section 11, Governor Froilan C. Tenorio to 200 million dollars($ l 18.3 The authority also said it million), up from the current will allow the Singapore Make a Statement Make an lm11.ression and Lt. Governor Jesus C. Borja, through the Marianas Visitors Bureau, 100 million dollars ($ 59.2 branches of foreign banks to hereby give notice that a Special Board Meetina will be held on million), it was announced. transmit data to their head of Saturday, December 20, 1997, 4:00 p.m., at the MVB Conference Under an offer to the World fices and other branches for Trade Organization to liberal processing. Make a Low Monthly_ Pay_ment Room, Professional Building in San Jose. ize its financial services sec In addition, financial futures tor, the city-state will also al brokerage houses will be al low foreign parties to buy mi lowed to trade in financial fu AGENDA nority stakes of up to 49 per tures- and options quoted on ,o··. {"' i&V? IJl:.l· O", } ·N' ) •. i,l. I:··. vI'... )"' cent in domestic insurance (1998 Hyundai Accent) the Singapore International N F •• •. ... ,.. , ',,•-• -\. ·- ._ ...... ' . ·-· ·-·-· -:- •,•,' .--k., ·, ,·,. '-~ .- ' --,-,-"'" '' ··-· .. ·- . ' ., .,.·...... _.. . , .. (._ (,_ 'l: .· '. . . . ' ..•.,·:· .. , ···~--- . ·.. · . . '','•• ' .-· companies providing life and Monetary Exchange and other s .. •· . I. Preliminary Matters non-life insurance services, exchanges. * ,.,...... ,.,,.-.... ------· a. Roll Call said the Monetary Authority They will also be allowed lO of Singapore, the country's de engage in leveraged foreign b. Adoption of Agenda facto central bank. exchange trading for their cu-s The changes were among tomers, the authority said. II. Old Business suggestions mac.le by WTO The proposal also would en mem bcrs as a way to open up able non-members of the stock a. Request for Proposals for Korea and Taiwan Representatives global financial services. The exchange to become "ap (action) deadline for proposals from proved foreign brokers:· al mern ber countries was Dec. lowing them to trade directly 4 Door, Air Con, Power Steering, Dual Airbags, b. I & S contract issues 12. in foreign currency shares A landmark pact to open up qu0ted by the exchange. AM/FM Cassette, Full Carpeting, Cloth Ill. Miscellaneous/Announcements Seats, Remote Trunk Release, Full Wheel Covers, IV. Adjournment ls/ANTONIO S. GUERRERO • On approval o1 credit. Paymenls are $249.10 per month 1or 48 months with 20%. down on a selling price of $1, ,BBB. Annual perc:cnlage rate is 11 .5%. Total delerred payments of S 14.332 Chairman, MVB Board of Directors . ----~-·---- J 68-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS ANDVlEWS-FRlDAY- DECEMBER 19. 1997 • • Gov't paroles 9 pnsoners FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND YIEWS-69 DUBLIN, Ireland. (AP) - The mands in the negotiations is an torching a Protestant-owned farm. ing sentences for murdering Fox roles for specific prisoners but Irish government of Prime iv! in is amnesty for more than 500 IRA Fine Gael leader John Bruton, and escaping. loosened the parole rules overall FDA OKs diabetic foot gel tcr Bertie Ahern pbns to release prisoners, the vast majority of who has frequently cited the mur Also among the IR/\ parolees for both IR/\ and pro-British para !line IRA pris,1ncrs Friday in a whom are held in British prisons. der of his friend Fox as a key will be Thomas Maguire, 40, who military inmates. Sinn Fein dis By Lauran Neergaard istration approved Regranex by prescnptton in February. every year because of u leers. Rcgrancx patients had complete gesture ,if support for the out Lcadcrs of the north ·s pro-British in1luencc in his opposition to IRA in 1994 was acquitted of alleg missed that gesture as inadequate. WASHINGTON (AP) gel Wednesday. It is not a cure A price has not been set, said Standard ulcer care includes ulcer healing vs. 25 percent who The Irish Republic has fewer I :twcJ grnup · s ongui ng cease-fin:. Protestant majority oppose any violence, declined to comment edly helping smuggle 2,9(10 deto Diabetics with- hard-to-heal for diabetic foot ulcers. But Ortho-MeNeil Pharmaceu ti scraping away the dead tissue, used a placebo gel. But another It would he the most significant paroles. Thursday on Ahern's decision to nators from Tucson, Arizona, to than 30 IRA members n::maining foot ulcers can soon use a new when used in addition to good cals, which will market the keeping weight off the foot, study found just 36 percent heal rck:1se of priso111:rs since the Irish Most controversial amon!.! those parole Kinsella. Irclan Brothers/Sisters and Their Spouses: Francisco B. (deceased) and Ana DLG. Tudela Magdalena T. and Vicente (deceased) Salas \\'e. the fi1111ily nf'the Intl' Raimunda T. and Francisco Palacios Rufina T. and Victoriano Querubin - Florida ::i}rR11til1·trr 91/asljrt cl)? eyes Sabina T. and John (deceased) Pangelinan Juan B. and Antonia M. Tudela 1rn11!d 1!11<' /1; in,·ite u!! 11111 rc!ot1c,•, & /i'1cn,I, toiuin 11s /i1r the Rufino B. and Consolacion F. Tudela 2ND ANNIVERSARY ROSARY U("""7_ /' ' /) JJ Sr. Cecilia B. Tudela, MMB ¢ -uJananr;J ~.ana o(uur iwlu1wi /lildhcr heginning 'foc.,doy, /)er,•111/ier 16. J.'J.'J7. Brothers and Sisters In Law: January 8, 1924- December 11, 1997 Maria L. and Pacifico B~rja (Both Deceased) - Guam Sr. Antonia Q. Lizama, MMB Ni!fhlly rosu1T ll'ill he said ot 8:00 /)Ill ot the residence Estefania L. and Juan (deceased) Castro - Guam i11 Cupiloi Hill. On the final day T11e.,doy, Vicente Q. and Modesta Lizama - Guam Dt'cember 2.'J, J.'J.97. Roson· ll'iil he swcl 12:00 pm. Remedio Q. Lizama (deceased) Mass o(intention rri/1 he offered 5:00 p.111. ut Rosa Q. Lizama (deceased) Kristo lfoi !Garcqwn;. Rosary is being held nightly at 8:0_0 P:m. in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Chalan Kanoa. Last Respects may be paid on Di11ner will (ollrw i111111ec/i(l/e/y (1/ her residence in Monday. December 22. 1997 beg1nn1ng at 8:00 a.m. MASS FOR CHRISTIAN BURIAL will be offered on the same day at 4·00 Capitol Hill. p.m. at O~r Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral. Burial will follow at the Chalan Kanoa Cemetery. · On Friday, December 19. 1997, the 9th day of rosary. a mass will be offered at 6:00 p.m. NASA photo released Wednesday taken by the Hubble Space telescope Aug. 2, 1997, shows the Twin at Mount Carmel Cathedral. Please join us in prayers Jet N~bula. Uthe nebula 1s sliced acrqss the star, eac~ side of it appears much like a pair of exhausts Thanh you, Si Yu'us Ma'ase from 1et engines. The nebula 1s 2,100 light-years away m the constellation Ophiucus with neutral oxygen Dinner will follow after the 8:00 p.m. rosary. The Children in red, once-ionized nitrogen in green, and twice-ionized oxygen in blue. AP ¢:------!=! -·__ {_' FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-73 . '72-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND\TJEWS~FRIDAY-·DECEMBER 19, 1997 Man on around-globe voyage According to survey: had contact with ancient cul Savoy and a six-man crew vian coast every few years and By MONTE HA YES pre-Columbian Peru had con World was 'freer' in 1997 affects weather patterns tures in other parts of the CALLAO, Peru (AP) - Vet tact with civilizations as far set off Wednesday on the "Feathered Serpent III" under around the world. world. By DAVID BRISCOE city and regional governments. eran explorer Gene Savoy has away as Japan and the Middle "Evidence is mounting that cloudy skies from Callao, Savoy said he and his crew, WASHINGTON (AP) - The - NA TO advanced plans for set sail aboard the replica of East. Li ma's port, on the first leg of which includes five Ameri there was pre-Columbian con world became only a little freer in expansion into Eastern Europe. an ancient vessel to prove that a seven-year journey around cans and a Peruvian naviga tact throughout the Pacific 1997, and the spread of democ - The election of Mohammed basin. That's what our e'xpe the world. tor, would be studying the ef racy may have peaked, according Khatami in Iran yielded "a prom DOKO SAIPAN INC. The 73-foot-long (22-meter fects on navigation of the phe dition wants to demonstrate," to a private survey released Thurs ising sign in what has been one of long) catamaran is made en nomenon. he said. day. th_e world's most repressive NEED tirely of Peruvian mahogany "I'm sure that in ancient After Hawaii, Savoy and his The good news, said Freedom states." Iran remained on the "not anc! has two dragon heads for times travelers had problems crew head for Japan, China, House in its annual report, is that free" list, however. with El Nino," he said. Southeast Asia, India, Africa, several democracies strengthened - Economic and environmen rlJ·i r.g·.j \ : ,m······ 'r- lt {Hf'j , 1r1·· a-·'. . rE·--··i 0( .. -! rN··'. /j' :[~- y·/ prows. I j ' ' fl ( · i J ', • I i the Red Sea, Egypt and the tal problems prompted a reassess ; ,. ' } ,, ' . - '. \ i ·: :, '. . . ' l \ .• \ The firs.t port of call is Ha · Savoy, 70, has discovered safeguards for basic human rights. waii. Savoy, an American, said 43 lost cities in Peru's.remote Mediterranean. In. the sixth But major democracies, includ ment of the claim that Asian val ues require economic progress to he expected to reach the is rain forests since he first be year of the expedition, Savoy ing the United States, put eco have priority over human rights lands within 60 days. gan exploring in 1957.· He intends to cross the Atlantic no-mics ahead of human rights in (1) OFFICE MANAGER and other goals. "We've got water and food lives much of the year in Reno, to Mexico and Central failing to pressure repressive re - Bulgaria and Romania took for 60 days. After that we've Nevada, where he directs the America. gimes to reform, the report said. "There is a 'hands off' attitude "'major· strides" toward imple with knowledge in accounting, got problems," he said shortly Andean Explorers Foundation. The final year, Savoy plans in terms of committing signifi menting reformist policies. before setting off. He says that pottery and in to reach Brazil and sail up the computer, and prefer bi-lingual of English cant resource to promote demo A list of setbacks included the Savoy said he expected to scriptions on monolithic tab Amazon to Peru's northern cratic change in these closed soci persistence of Serbian ultranation and Japanese. face "a lot of rain and slow lets he discovered in 1989 in highland jungle, homeland of eties," said Freedom House Presi alism in Bosnia, Iraqi defiance of the cloud forest of northern the mysterious Chachapoyas winds because of El Nino," dent Adrian Karatnycky, refer U.N. weapons inspections, con Peru show that Peru's ad Indian kingdom, the inspira the giant warm weather sys ring to China and the oil-rtch Gulf tinued ethnic violence and poor vanced Indian civilizations tion for his voyage. Experience 3 years tem that forms off the Peru- states, which remain on the government performance in some organization's "not free" list. African states, and the assump A man walks on the snowy Champ de Mars with the Eiffel Tower in background after about five centimeters Wage $8.00-$10.00 per hour tion of Chinese control over Hong The privately funded Freedom · of snow fell on the French capital early Wednesday. AP Contact Tel. 234-3567 House divides the world into three Kong. categories, based on a complex rating scale that scores 191 coun tries and 60 related territories ac cording to their political rights and civil liberties. Just two countries-Honduras and El Salvador- were added to Nagoya Star Showclub ~upreme QC:ourt the list of the "free," bringing the Presents of tbe total to 81. Two other countries Qf:ommontnealtb of tbe ~ortvern filariana ]s[anb.s' - Liberia and Azerbaijan-were elevated to "pattly free." The report praised Honduras PUBLIC NOTICE for reduced influence of the mili tary and El Salvador for the suc The Commonwealth Bar Examinations (MBE and Essay) cess of free elections. Liberia are scheduled to be administered on February 26 and 27, 1998. scored for holding a free election '' The MBE is Thursday, February 26 and the Essay is Friday, and Azerbaijan for the return of BRrislmas wilR February 27. All interested applicants shall obtain the application deposed former PresidentAbulfaz form and necessary information from the Court Administrator Elehibey and "the emergence of a by either calling telephone nos. 234-5175/76/77 or fax no. 234- more vibrant civic life." Two countries - Sierra Leone 5183 or by writing to P.O. Box 2 I 65, Saipan, MP 96950. and Congo - were downgraded IRe BRipmunllS' from "partly free" to "not free" All applications and required fees must be submitted to the for 1997, leaving the "partly free" Court Administrator no later than January I 7, 1998. The fees category at 57 countries. Featuring: for Regular Applicants are $250.00 for essay and $40.00 for the The lowest scores went to 16 MBE. The fees for Attorney Applicants is $300.00 for the essay. countries listed as the most re pressive: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nagoya Star The boat the "Feathered Serpent Ill" is blessed with floral water before leaving from the Lima port of Callao Burma, Bunmdi, China, Cuba, on Wednesday. Explorer Gene Savoy departed on Wednesday for what he hopes to be a seven-year journey Dated this 9th day of December, 1997. Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, North Showgirls ln An to Japan aimed at proving ancient Peruvians had maritime contacts with Japan. AP Korea, Libya, Saudi Arabia, So ls/MARGARITA M. PALACIOS Law I 0-57 creating the board of ity to dispose of public lands," malia. Sudan, Syria, Exciting Court Administrator Gilman ... public lands left the responsiblity Gilman said. Turkmenistan and Vietnam. Fifty for establishing conservation ar 'Thcreforc,"hcadded, "I-IB 10- three countries were listed as not Continued frnmpag~3 eas and a mitigation bank un 475 is ncclkd to establish the Up free. Christmas provi,k open space and a hcallh clear. land Mitigation Bank because nei "While freedom mmk modest r ther the board nor DLNR docs not tul environment for CNMI resi "DLNR has the mandate to pro gains in 1997, there was growing Extravaganza l:i,·~ dents and visitors." vide for and maintain natural ar have definitive jurisdiction to es evidence that the wave of democ Gilman pointed out that Public eas and the board has the author- tablish the bank." ratization that began in the 1970s may have crested and ;nay be Ba nit of Hawaii receding," the report said. TIIE HANKOFTl-fE /}\C/FIC In human terms, the number of • di ~:~~~:c:~ people living in free states in *New show like: crcascu by a few million, but so Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation is seeking an Repossessed Vehicle for Sale to Highest Bidder to did the number living in states r) Erotic Cloud Dance be Sold AS IS and where is conditioned. COMBINATION TECHNICIAN that wercn 't free, the report said. 2) Saipan1s Baby Blue This position installs, rearranges, reconnects, and disconnects and removes station and associated equipment Roughly four out of five of the as specified in service orders. Receives troubles reports, isolates trouble using test equipment, and clears world's 5.8 billion people live in 3) Tango Trip trouble through repair or replacement procedures. Installs and splices cable following standard cable splicing countries that arc not free or only 1990 Nissan Pathfinder4-Door Wagon procedures. · partly free. That percentage hasn't 4/ And the Exciting Chipmuncks Show Human Resources Office changed much in the last five Applicant must be a High School graduate or equivalent with MTC years. Please inquire at the Bank of Hawaii schooling in basic Electricity (AC-DC theory). Demonstrated P.O. Box 306 · The report listed five signifi December 19, 20 & 21, 1997 Gara pan Branch, Puerto Rico proficiency in one or more of the following areas: Installation/ Saipan, MP 96950 cant gains for freedom during the Maintenance, Cable Maintenance, or line Maintenance. Phone: 234-6600 Show Time: 10:00 p.m. &12:00 m.n. Fax: 235-9559 year: Tel.# 322-4220 ~ Mexican elections gave op MTG is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Empoyer positio11 parties significant victo The Bank reserves the right to refuse any and all Bids. Application must be received in the Human Resource olfice on or before December 30, 1997. ries in the legislature and major 74-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19, 1997 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997-MARIANAS VARIEfY NEWS AND VIEWS-75 • People & Places .· . · . PACIFIC A Report: Duchess of York APARTMENT FOR RENT It APARTMENT FOR RENT GALLE IE Studio T)l»-$370/rronth, utiliy exckJded 1Bedroom 1Living Room 20% December looJunt CollllQB Vatican Christmas concert 1 Beefroom.$550/month, ublity included Ful~ Furnished, 24 Hours Hot Cold Waler To Shop ml Sl.'le, Show !hi.;~ Couim VATICAN CITY (AP) U.S. blues man B.B. King will be among the undergoes medical tests Furnished, in Koblerville Royal Condominium Garapan Area Gallerie Pacifica Middle Mobn Slation Locad 2:a:I Fb:r ~ Am:ri::a One~ m ltt:I Sam. ia Ga1J1M pe1fonners at the Vatican Christmas concert. ofalump, withoutsayingwhereit lump under her arm." Quiel, single or couple only Road, Across Castro LONDON (AP) - The Duchess Tel. 233-7188 Visa, MastCICmd. 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'" • • • • • •' ~._. ... _.a•••• r• • • • •·•••• o GO••••.,..._ ...... v ... ,r.-,-o·o·o "" .... , 78-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19, 1997 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND V!EWS-79 Phoenix Open boycott looms Sampras: SportsMan of Year By JOSH DUBOW · round of the 1992 Olympics and the rest of' my career· whc:11 tu SCOTISDALE, Arizona (AP)-A ting an approval from us,"' NAACP ranging from picketing to p.:issible dlrs I 00,000 to former p.:il ice officer million for ru-ea charities during the NEW YORK (AP) Pete withdrew with an injury in 1996, play and if I will play." he s,1id. "'I pmp.:ised boycottoftl1e Phoenix Open genernl counsel Dennis Hayes told disruption. Hayes said the protest Jess Torrez, who said he was fired for past yeru·. Sampras became the first tennis would like a different Olympic wasn't a happy camper· at the cml golf toum,unent app:uently will be 111c Tribune. a newspaper serving would be "nonviolent ,md peaceful." speaking out against racism in tl1e "I have gieat respect for (Tillman); player to win the U.S. Olympic tennis format. of the year. especially when I knew b:ickcd by the National Association suburlxlll Pl1ocnix. 111c PGA tou111,m1ent is set for Jan. depa.ttment. He has great passion. (But) we do so Committee's SportsM,m of the "I think it should be more of a I would have to spend my two to for the Adv:mccrnent of C'olo1ed '1l1is could be something to goad 22-25 at Scottsdale ·s Tournament Mayor Smn Campru1a has urged much for the community, espcciai!y Year on Wednesday. Now he team atmosphere, like the Davis three weeks off getting therary." 1\:opk. tJ1c govemmenl orst;itus quo to do tl1c Player, Club. It dr~1ws one of the Tillm,UJ to reconsider his phm, and for the minority community. I hope wants to become the first man to Cup," he said. "Now its a 128- Sampras, who will go 10 Aus TI1e Rt:v. Osc:u- Tillm,lll of Phoe right thing. TI1cse are serious issues," hu·gest crowds on the tour _ about Kenny Hanis of t!1e nonprofit Phoc when Rev. Tillmm1 realizes this, he win 13 Grand Slams. playerdraw like the U.S. Open. A tralia in three weeks to prcp:irc for nix. who heads tJ1eA1izona NAACP. Hayes said Monday from Bal!irnon'!. 420.CXXl l,L,tyem·when Tiger Woods ni x 11mndcrbirds, who org,mi7.e tJ1e may decide to call off the protest," "I've set my goals fornext year: recently pmposed tJ1e boycott ,L, a He said the NAACP conducted be rook par1. golf toummnent, said Till~,Ul picked Hanis said. team format would be more fun to the Australian Open, had horcd I want to break the majors record, play and people would be more to be practicing already. 13ut the protest of alleged racism witJ1in tl1e tween 50 mid I()() demonstrations Tillman h,L, been critical of what the wrong target. "I think he's going to hurt m01e win the French Open and be No. I into it." Scottsdale Police Depmtment. across tJ1e counu-y during 1997. he sees ,L~ Scott<;dale 's ''business as Hanis, who like Tillm,m is black, people thai1 help," Campana said injury is taking longer to heal than again," said Sampras, who won "I-le won't have any problems get- Tillm,m ha, spoken of activities usual" attitude.since ajur)' awm·ded said the Thunderbirds raised dlrs 2 Monday. · Sampras won eight titles this he expected. his ninth and I 0th Grand Slam year;, including his second Aus "I hope to hit this weckcnJ." titles in 1997, two. behind Roy tralian Open in January, his fourth he said. "If not, I'll start to Mercer each sc01ed 12 points. Emerson's record. Wimbledon title in July and his worry a bit. I still have :1 month Bulls ... Hawks 94, Cavaliers 83 Sampras received 400 points in fourth ATP Tour Championship to get ready for the Australian Continued from_e1:1ge_80 Another conversation piece In Atlanta, Steve Smith scored 23 voting by the media, the USOC in November. He has won 52 ca Open." cit. points m1d Atl,mta extended its win Board of Directors and the reer titles and was voted the best In I 990s. the L/SOC Stcphon M,u'liw-y. who made two ning sneak to four games, pulling for boxing buddies Friday organization 'sAthletes' Advisory men's player of the past 25 years. SportsMan honors have gone clinching fiee tluows with 12 sec away in _the fourth quaiter to beat Council. Track star Allen Johnson Sampras, also the U.S. Tennis to wrestler John Smith ( 1\J\JOJ. onds left. chipped in 14 poinL, mid 14 Clevehmd. NEW YORK (AP) - f;ighting in was second with 376 points and Association athlete of the year, track's Carl Lewis (1991). ,L,sisrs. ,md Stanley RoocrL, had I 0 TI1e Cavaliers lost for the second championship bouts on the same figure skater Todd Eldredge was finished the season ranked No. I swimmer Pablo Morales rebounds ,L, tl1c Timberwolves won time in three games after a I ().game card at New York's Madison third with 315. on the ATP Tour for a fifth con ( I 992). tracK s Michael forjust tl1e second ti me in their h,t six winning sueJ. ' Square Gm-den will always be "It ',s very flattering to be picked secutive year, tying the record set Johnson ( 1993. '95, %) and games. 11ie Hawks, coming off a four something for Junior Jones and among al I athletes that were in the by Jimmy Connors from I 974- specdskatn Dan Jansen Minnesot;.1 won it with a I 6-3nmin game West Coast trip in which they Kevin Kelley to talk to each other running," Sampras said during a 78. ( 1994). the last half of the fourth quarter as won the final three, sealed the victory about. conference call from his home in But his year ended on a sour Sampras and figure skater Phibdelphia w,L, missing its final I0 with a 15-5 run in tJ1e fourth pericxl. Neither probably remembers Tampa, Fla. "Tennis doesn 'thave note, when he injured his calf at Tara Lipinski, selected the shots. Christian Laet1nerscored 18 points what he was talking about on the the history in the Olympics like the Davis Cup final against Swe SportsWoman of the Year on Celtics 88, Raptors 83 and Blaylock had 16togoalongwitli telephone one day 10 years ago, swimming, track or gymnastics. den in November, drawing ques Tuesday. will receive their In Toronto, Walter McCarty hit a seven a,sist,. but it was almost the last conversa There are so many big tourna tions about whether he will play awards Apri I 4 in Portland. Or key 3-p.:iint shot with 59 seconds left Nets 105, Pistons 101 ments in tennis, but those guys Davis Cup again. · Pete Sampras hits a backhand in this Aug. 10, 1997 photo. Sampras egon. tion Jo11es ever had. became the first tennis player to win the U.S. Olympic Committee's and Chauncey Billups scored nine In E'.:L,t Rutherford. New Jersey, Joneswasonapayphoneacross work four years for one moment." "The Davis Ctip will be a situ SportsMan of the Year on Wednesday. Now he wants to become the The USOC will announcl.'. the p.:iints over tlie final 4: 16 to lead rookie Keith Van Hom snapped a tie the street from his home in the Sampras, who lost in the third ation I will have to deal with for first man to win 13 Grand Slams. AP Team of the Year on Thursday. Boston over Toronto. with a three-point play with J: J2 to New Yark borough of Brooklyn 111e win was the.Celtics' third in play and New Jersey bmke its I ! talking to Kelley when two men their last four gan1es and gave them a game losing streak against Detroit. approached, and one of them tlmce-game series sweep over the Kendall Gill added a clutch 3- grabbed the Golden Gloves pen Cordero restraining order lifted Hill gets title shot Raptors, who extended their home pointerafter Van Hom's basket as the dant Jones !rad won two weeks By FRANK GAUD after his wife claimed the profes the111elentedonFiidayafterthecouple losing streak to 11 games as their Nets, who squandered a 15-point earlier. MAY AGUEZ, Puerto Rico (AP) - sional baseball player had threatened resolved the "minor incident," said BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Virgil Hill, who has not fought in six NBA-worst record dmpp:d to 2-23. fourth quarter lead before coming •Toe other guy pushed me, and A judge lifted a restraining order her. Cordero's lawyer, Jose Quinones months, will fight Louis Delvalle for the WBA light heavyweight title Antoine W :ilker had 18 points ,md back, beat the Pistons for the firsttim; the chain snapped and I fell to the against former Boston Red Sox out Ana Echevania Morales sought Cruz. on Feb. 6. nine rebounds. McC:uty and Ron since Feb. 6, 1995. ground," Jones said Monday, "I fielder Wilfredo Cordero, a week court protection from her husband, Quinones said Wednesday the Delvalle, of New York, is the current WBA champion. Hill, who calls started to get up when I saw him couple planned to end their long sepa North Dakota home, lost the title last June to Dariusz Michalczewski. pull a gun. I closed my eyes and ration now that "everything is re who gave up the title. Delvalle won the belt in September. 3-on-3 ... team officials would like to in turned my head. I heard two or solved." A sight for the Hill-Del valle fight has not been se!tled on, but it is Continued from page 80 ~ontinue~ frolTlpage 80 form the general public that who three shots." 1997 . . . The incident occurred Dec. 9when likely to be in Palm Springs, Calif., according to Bismarck Mayor Bill ever vvants to donate to the Youth Somehow the shots missed Sorensen, Hill's manager. John D. Diaz BadBoyz 3 Cordem, who is playing winter ball League, Eric Atalig is going to be All-Star Basketball Team should Jones' head. 22 players tie at 2 with the Mayaguez Indians, showed "If he wins. we'd like to do one more in.North Dakota and hopl.'.i'ully the coach forthe upcoming Youth contact Elias Rangamar. The two men ran, and a little Doubles: up at his wife's house and Echevmria in Germany," Sorensen said. Hill's biggest paydays haw come in All-Stars for the MIBT Tourna For more information please farther down the street the gunman WBO featherweight champion champion Prince Naseem Hamed, of NickSaimon Northwest 6 Germany. England, trains for his upcoming bout against New Yorker and didn't open the door to let him inside, ment that will be held in Palau. contact Rangamar at the Susupe shot and killed another man. John Reyes JLuvUMan 6 Quinones Cruz said. Echev:mia ex 11ie fight will be the second between the two. Hill (43-2) won a 12- former WBC champion Kevin Kelley Friday in New York. Hamed will Nick C. Leon Guerrero Bad Boyz 6 coordinator Elias Rangarnar said. Gym ·at telephone number 234- Jonestoldpolicewhathappened, defend his title Dec. 19 at New York's Madison Square Garden. AP plained that she wa5 sleeping and round decision over Del val le in Grand Forks on April 20. 1996. despite The Youth Basketball All-Star 100! / ! 002. but he was anested nextdayforthc JessWabol 7-Up 6 being knocked down in the second round. It is the only Joss of Del vallc 's Frank Iglecias Hit&Run didn't hear the doorbell, the lawyer 5 career. fatal shooting after people in the lost it when he was stopped by John taught me that the worst thing you Ben Mesa Hit &Run 5 said. Entrance fee will $250 per team neighborhood said they had seen Johnson in the 11th round April 22, Cllll do is wake up and look in the Kirk Virgith Hit & Run 5 The following day, a judge ordered Sorensen said the Pebrnary card also will feature a bout for the Ill F Sportsbriefs ... and its a 6-man and 6-women Jones talking to the two men. 1994. minurand say, 'You JosL"' Lefty Shiro MTCMongilk 5 a restraining order, forbidding light heavyweight championship. The fights may be televised on 11130. "f got off after I passed a poly Moving up to the featherweight Joneshasn'tlostin 11 fights since. Dave Santos MGD Starters 5 Co1Jerofiumcontactingorapproach he said. team. . . graph test," said Jones, who will (126 pounds-57.2 kilos) class, Jones He became the WBO junior feath Jess Pua Sedi Kau 4 ing his wife. 1998 SSA \V omens Softball For more information piease Ray Saka MTCMongilk 4 tum 27 Friday. That night, he wi II won a I 0-round decision, but then erweight ( 122 pounds/5.5.3 kilos) League call Tonie Taitano at 234-6170. Dave Kapileo I Luv L' M,rn 4 defend the WBO junior feather was stopped in the third round by Parsons- leads at CoolWll. THE SSA officials is inform *** knockingdownpr-eviouslyun~ten Mark Toves I LuvU Man 4 ing all coaches. managers and Women's Basketball Try weight title against Kennedy Dmy I Pinckney on Oct. 22, 1994. M,u-co Antonio Barrera twice 1md John Idechiil Team Budweiser 4 COOLUM, Australia (AP) - Nl.'.w South Wales state profes playn, that the I 99~ SSA Outs Scheduled McKinney. Of his title loss, Jones said, ·Toe beating him in five rounds Nov. 22, Joe A. Lizama Turtles ·4 Island . .. sional Lucas Parsons shot a four-under-par 68 Thursday to take \\',1mc·11·, Se1fth.il! League ,,·ill u 11 women intcn:skd in par Thc:30-year-oldKelley,aforrner weight was definitely a problem, plus 1996.InthercmatchonApril 18,he Ed Cepeda MGDStmters 4 WBC featherweight champion. tJ1c other· guy did what he hw.l to do.'' outp:iinted Bam:ra. Johnny Sokau MOD Starters 4 Continued from page 80 the first-round lead in the US dlrs 185-,ClOO Cool um Classic pro ,L,rt ,cnt.11',1,·I) i11 mid bnuar:,. ti L· i p:t :.i ng. in the upco,ning will challenge unbeaten Prince As for tJ1c scconJ loss, he said he just A victory on national television RBl's: am golf tournament. Th,,-;c 11 ho wi:J he· playing in )\1 inoncsi ,lll (, a mes arc in formed JojoAttao I Luv U Mm1 19 N,L-;eem I !rn11e 80-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- DECEMBER 19, 1997 SPORTS CIIlCAGO (AP)- Michael Jord211, 6since its franchise-reconl 11-0start 18 points and Indiana handed New Dennis Rodman and the rest of the Wizards 88, Heat 74 York its sixth straight road loss. Chicago Bulls' old-timers did just In Washington, the Wizards raced It was the sixth consecutive home about eve,ything better than the kids to a 32-12 lead after one quarter and victory for the PaceIS.. New York, from Los Angeles,defeating the Lak Rod Strickland scored 21 points as meanwhile, is the midst of its longest ers 104-83 Wednesday night Washington improved its record at road.losing streak since it set a fran-. The 34-year-old Jordan, often the MCI Center to 6-0. chise record of 18 straight defeats matched against teen:ager Kobe Alonzo Mourning, whounderwent from Dec-. 3,. 1987 to Feb. 22, 1988. Bryant, scored 36 point<;. And Rod surgery in September for a tom knee Patrick Ewing led the Knicks with man, 36, with a new hair dye-job tendon, was activated from the in 23 points and 12 rebounds, but he featuring a smiley face on the back of jured list earlier in the day. He came missed two shots from in close with his head, grabbed 14 rebounds as the off the bench and had 24 points on 9- New York challenging late in the Bulls improved to 11-1 at home. for-16 shooting with nine rebounds, game. Luc Longley, who missed the pre four blocks, a flagrant foul and a Reggie Miller scored l 4pointsand vious game with a sprained ankle, technical. Mark.Jackson, Dale Davis and Chris added a career-high 23 points for the The Heat, who lostathometo Utah Mullin had IO apiece as all five Indi two-time defending NBA champi on Tuesday, dropped bock-to-back ana starters reached double figures. ons, who shot 50 percent and games for the first time this season. Timberwolves 94, 76ers 90 outhustledtheleague 'ssupposedteam They had also been 7-0in the second In Philadelphia, Tom Gugliotta of tomorrow. game when playing on consecutive scored a season-high 30 points, in Bryant scored a career-high 33 nights. cluding eight in a late run as MiM! points_ 16 in the garbage-time fourth Pacers frl, Knicb 80 sotacame back from a I0-pointdefi- quarter_ for Los Angeles, which is 7- In Indianapolis, Rik Smits scored Continued on page 78 1997 RGA Cup this Sunday By Priscilla T. Castro •April Gus Camacho and Showtim! will be at9:30 am. Variety News Staff •May Tony Rogolifoi After -the · tournament, there Tiffi Refalawasch Golfers Asso •June Ben Duenas will be potluck party and the ciation.will be having its RGA Cup •July Sonny Acres members are urge to bring their this coming Sunday, December 21 •August Jess Wabol potluck at the same time there at the Laolao West Course. •September Jess Stol will be a presentation of awards 'The Aces of the Month for Janu -October · Joe Camacho and election of officers for 1998 ary for December Im are urged to •November F.d Hores RGA to be held at the 13th attend this tournament Ace of the •December F.d Peter fishermen's pavillion i~ Month are as follow: 'There are still 8 more slots open for Garapan. Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan (23) shoots a over Los Ahgeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (BJ during the first quarter at the United Center in Chicago, · other members who are interested to · •January Jess Castro For more infonnation please Wednesday. The Bulls beat the Lakers 104-83. AP •February Joe Demapan join the tournament, on a first come contact President Tony •March Congres.5tnan first serve basis, the RGA said. Rogolifoi at 234-1001 or Jess Oscar Babauta Tee-off time will be at 10:00 am. Wabol at 2346167. 1997 SSA Men's Night . . . '. League Statistics 3-on-3 basketball tilt set · • Sportsbriefs Compiled By Margaret B. Tenorio ' . ' By Priscilla T. Castro team that will be representing For the Variety Variety News Staff Saipan at the MIBT (Marianas NMASA Members Fee Due Division"A" THERE will be a fundraising 3 on Invitational Basketball Tourna ALL SPORTS Organizations Top ten 18 times at bat Name: Team Ave. 3 basketball tournament for youths ment) to be held in Palau on March ihataremembersoftheNorth ages 19 and under set for Decem 16-19, 1998. 1. Jess Wabol PacificTrading7-Up .778 ern Marianas Amateur Sports 2 David Kapileo I Luv U Man .737 ber 27~28 at the Gilbert C. Ada Other contest during that day. Association are reminded 3. Nick C. Leon Guerrero A.K.S. Bad Boyz .727 Gymnasium in Susupe. are a 3 point shootout and a slam that 1998 membership dues 4. Frank lglecias Hit & Run .722 ) All teams can have a maximum dunk contest with the rim low are due before December 31, Wilber Ada Team Familia .722 of 4 players on a roster and one 19 ered to 9 feet. otherwise there will be an ad 5. Ron Benavente Hit & Run .684 Ray Saka MTC Mongilk year will be allowed per team. Coach for the 1997 Get Cov ditional $50.00 penalty fee at .684 The entrance fee is $25.00 per ered Surf Youth Basketball 6. John Reyes I Luv U Man .682 tached to the regular$)()() fee. 7. Ben Hocog Team Familia team which will go to the youth Continued on page 78 .667 In addition, 10% of any 8. John D. Diaz Bad Boyz .654 league or tournament is also 9.JojoAttao I Luv U Man .652 due, and that is based on 1997 I 0. Anton Iriarte Northwest .636 events. Homerun: ii Isl~d Relay race slated ii Greg C. Camacho Camacho Roots . 8 ~ Please pay both immedi Nick Guerrero Northwest 7 \: By Priscilla T. Castro !] ately. The next meeting for· Variety News Staff j JojoAttao ILuvUMan 7 NMASA will be on January Wilber Ada Race officials arc reminding all interested mnners that the 19th Team Familia 7 8, 1998. The Athlete of the Ron Benavente Hit&Run 6 Annual Island Relay is set to take place on December 27, starting ,) Year Banquet will be at Pa David Kapileo ILuvUMan 6 in front of PIC and finishing at the Last Command Post in Marpi. cific Gardenia on January 22, Bill Benavente ILuvUMan 6 The 14.2-mile long course will run through Beach Road. 1 i: 1998. Tony Dela Cruz BadBoyz 6 ; ·, Each participating team will be allowed a maximum of five l,; BcnHocog For any questions on the Team Familia 6 [' runners. Each runner has to complete a minimum of two one mile (/ Anton Iriarte Northwest 5 above please contact Bill PeterCamacho Team Familia 5 Sakovich at 234-1001. ~j'. sei;:;\or the senior division must ha~e ~two or a combina~ [: Triples: Continued on page 78 OlikongTkel Team Budweiser 3 ~.! Continuecf on page 79 Ii; ~~ ..~--.::.:.:.•::.;l-.;:,,2..~·.~M~ -',;_, --~~-,--.::~~_'.t;._:~1.;-::..•:.:.:::.2:;;i ...:;y;...... ~-0.1".iiE.itf,~;~!~,~::::~•.;;~'1~~-:::.c~ Continued on page 79 tj\larianas %rie~~ '.lc,,:c,,,·,·,;, ,:,:,,:::,-·."'! •,,·;' ;.!•:,': ~ /'. I' ·. I: 'I/ 'J'..;