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. Vo1·: 23 NO .. 160 . . . · . . . o' · . b.. . ·z 9 . · I . .S · , . . ·. Saipari. MP 96950 . ·· .. ·511·¢,'~. · ©1995 Marianas Variety . . Monday • · cto er• ~, .9 .9 .. . . . Serving CNMI for 23·Years · 1/1 · · -: . . ' . . ~ . ' ' . . . Tenorio urges business establishments: port abusive officials' By Rafael H. Arroyo dents of government officials leges. badges and/or positions to obtain Variety News Staff obtaining privileges like free "But somebody has to press meals and drinks "on the house." GOVERNOR Froilan C. meals in restaurants and bars. charges, file complaints that a Referring to such practice as Tenorio is calling on the busi­ "I know this practice has certain employee sought free despicable, Tenorio said he has ness sector to help in weeding been going on and I am just lunch and free dinner. I ask asked the Attorney General to out misconduct in government sorry that it took me this long our businessmen, if from now aggressively investigate all reports office. to get to it and warn all gov­ on somebody does something of wrongdoing to stop such ac­ Specifically, Tenorio urged ernment employees that they like this, report it to us and tions. business establishments to should not be using their posi­ we'll go after these people," The governor has also directed come forward and report inci- tions to gain any kind of privi- said the governor. the Secretary of Commerce to Tenorio last Tuesday issued prepare a notice that will be dis­ a sternly-worded directive tributed to all business license Jury .finds Ishibashi warning all government em­ applicants and current business ployees that misuse of gov­ licensees upon their renewal that ernment authority could result any attempt by a public official to guilty of gun charges to termination and possible improperly use his/her badge or Froilan C. Tenorio By Ferdie de la Torre criminal prosecution. "office" should immediately be Variety News Staff Directive No. 167, ad­ tain law enforcement and li­ reported to the Attorney General's A JURY has found business­ dressed to all department and censing officials have alleg­ Investigation Unit for investiga­ man Kojo Y azawa Ishibashi activity heads, notes that cer- edly been misusing their tion. guilty of illegal possession of ,,n fireanns and ammunition. "i After a long deliberation, the Budget action prevented jurors returned the verdict Sat­ urday at 4:40 p.m. The trial started last Oct. 11. more deficits-- Governor Ishibashi was found to have illegally possessed handguns By Rafael H. Arroyo enue generating legislations. I did, I am preventing any deficit and ammunition; and a rifle and Variety News Staff "Take me to court. That's my for this government," he added. amm~nition without a valid GOVERNORFroilanC. Tenorio response. I love to go to court Tenorio last week signed House permit. is daring his critics to sue him if over this matter because I know Bill 9-472 into Public Law 9-66 Superior Court Presiding they think he overstepped his line I'm gonna win," said the gover­ but struck down several depart­ Judge Alexandro · Castro or­ item-veto authority in cutting nor. mental and agency budgets to dered the Probation Office to Kojo Yazawa Ishibashi down the fiscal year budget for ·'If anything, I think it's gonna achieve a total budget of $206.7 prepare a pre-sentence report. methamphetamine, marijuana, 1996. help us. It will show that we have million. Castro set the sentencing for firearms and ammunition. In a telephone interview with discipline as far as the budget is Previously, he submitted a $230 Dec. 18. .. .. The government reduced the the Variety, Tenorio expressed concerned. It shows we are not million budget to the Legislature The police arrested Ishibashi charges to seven counts, then confidence that what he did on overspending beyond the rev­ but had to ask for a revised ad­ four, and finally two. in April last year following a the budget was the right thing to enues that we are to generate. justed budget after Legislature did As requested by Ishibashi's raid at his property in Garapan. do in light of the Legislature's That's exact! y what people would not act on several revenue-gener­ He was originally charged counsel David Wiseman, the refusal to consider a new revised like to know - that we will not ating bills. with counts of possession of, 12' Continued on page 14_ appropriations measure or rev- incur a deficit anymore. With what In his transmittal letters to the Legislature, the governor admit­ ted that several departments, agen­ cies and programs will momen­ tarily be without a current year budget but insisted they would have to operate under continuing resolution, or under the previous fiscal year's appropriation levels. This was to go on until the Leg­ islature passes a more compre- Continued on page 14 Weather Outlook ... ,...... ,...... ---.,,, ..

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