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r-·. ------· -----·-··------~- .... -- ·-··· ...... -·· NMI prods JAL to fill routes abandoned by Continental By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff THECNMI Aviation Task Force · is encouraging Japan Airlines to reactivate its flight se1vice be- . tween Saipan and Nagoya, fol­ lowing Continental Micronesia's decision to aban­ don the said route .. Task Force chairman J.M. Gue1Tero has proposed discus­ sions with JAL regional man­ ager Haruo Ushiba, and other airline executives to discuss the · J.M. Guerrero possibility of reactivating the Nagoya-Saipan flights. He added that if there is no "We would like to invite you way JAL executives can come . to visit our islands so you can to the Commonwealth, the : meet with the members of the CNMI is ready to send a group i Task Force and Gov. Pedro P. of representatives from Saipan Some me_m_bers of _the R1::taluw_aas~h comn:unity mill around a traditional canoe on which navigators from i Tenorio [and] discuss more in to Nagoya do discuss the pro- '. the Carohman Affalfs Office sailed m traveling to Managaha Island for Chief Aghurubw Day last Saturday. 1 posal. Photo by Louie C. Alonso detail with you as to how we can ! help justify the restarting of "I am kind of aware of the / JAL'sNagoya-Saipanroute,"he earlierexperience of Japan-Asia i said in a letter. Continued on page 23 ; ·------· .------·--·--·------·------··- Hiraga files $39M NeW deal secured on FAS eligibility for Pell Grants which would retain Pell Grants defa1nation suit and other federal education pro, By Zaldy Dandan Ltd., Hiraga earlier sued Sekisui Sekisui knew or should have grams for Freely Associated Variety News Staff for $23 million over the Osaka­ known that the US attorney pros­ States citizens until 2004, the BUSINESSMAN Shigenori based company's alleged failure ecuting the bribery case against · expiration year of the Compacts Hiraga is again suing Sekisui to honor a verbal agreement in­ Hiraga considered him more of a of Free Association. House, Ltd., this time for alleged volving a multi-million hotelcon­ victim, and that it was a federal "We've been able to draft a defamation. dominium project. official who had extorted money compromise measure that gives Hiraga, in a civil lawsuit filed But a jury last July decided in from the businessman. us five years to solve the prob­ in the Superior Court, is asking favor of Sekisui. Last month the Yet Sekisui failed to mention lem permanently," Underwood for $39 million in damages for the Superior Court denied Hiraga's this fact in its memorandum, ac­ said Thursday. humiliation, emotional distress, motion for a new trial. cording to the complaint. Under the compromise deal, mental anguish and public ridi­ In the new complaint filed Fri­ The memorandum named sev­ "if continued participation is cule he suffered because of day by Hiraga's attorney, Rich­ eral CNMI officials-including Robert A. Underwood agreed to in the renegotiations Sekisui's allegedly malicious ard W. Pierce, the businessman then governor Froilan C. of the compacts, then eligible Jacob Leon Guerrero memorandum and other statement alleged that on March 12 of last Tenorio-as the alleged recipi­ compact citizens will be eligfole to the media that depicted him as year, Sekisui filed a memoran­ ents of the supposed bribe mon­ Variety News Staff in U.S. public law."· HAGATNA - Guam Del. a convicted felon who bribes dum with the court in the then ies. "This is a very positive devel­ Robert A. Underwood has se­ CNMI officials. ongoing civil case to embarrass, Tenorio, as well as the other opment because we have been cured a Senate conference com­ Hiraga is also asking the court humiliate and harm the reputa­ officials, vehemently denied the able to fend off the narrow inter~ promise on theproposedHigher for a jury trial. tion of Hiraga. allegation. pretation which led to the amend- Education Act Amendments, The president of CDC Saipan, The complaint alleged that Continuedon page_2_3 Continued on page 23 Tenorio signs new law Births top CHC hospitalization record t9 assist big ~evelopers 190 deliveries in August By Aldwin R. Fajardo By Haldee V. Eugenio Asthma comprised the second fection (five), and chest pains Variety News Staff Variety News Staff hospitalization record with 12 GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio (five). DELIVERIES topped the patients admitted, and 11 pneu­ . Maggie T. Sablan, manager over .the weekend signed into Commonwealth Health monia patients hospitalized in of the DPH' Planning and Sta­ law a legislation that would re­ Center's record of hospitaliza­ August. tistics Division said the top rea­ lax policies on issuance of occu­ tion in August with 190 women Cellulitis of the leg and urinary sons for hospitalization do not pancy permit to large develop­ admitted to give birth, even as tract infection cases came in next, dramatically change for a one­ ment projects in an effort to only around65 percent of them each with eight patients hospital­ month period, although their maintain an investor-friendly gave live birth, records from ized for the one-month period. ranking oftentimes fluctuate. environment in the Northern the Department of Public During the month of July, the "Delivery remains the num­ Mariana Islands. Health's Planning and Statis­ top hospitalization cases at the ber one reason why patients are The move was also part of admitted here," she told the Pedro P. Tenorio tics Division show. hospital were birth deliveries government attempts to help al­ The figure is slightly lower ( 193), congestive heart failure Variety. leviate the problems faced by on the lookout for. new finan­ Filipinos comprise the bulk ciers to supplement its contin­ than July's delivery figure of (nine), cellulitis of the leg (eight), cash-strapped Tinian Dynasty cholelithiasis or gall bladder in- Continued on page 23 Contlnued on page 23 193. Pfle6 Hotel and Casino which has been f\)E;.WSfftPSt:.. 5 T/JcL> ----. _ MONDAY.SEPTEMBER 21, 1998-MARIANASVARIETYNEWSANDVIEWS-3 UN, Thailand ask Gualll carrier to fly By ~ldwm R. Fa1ardo Sky Cab Incorporated is plan- Tinian Dyna.~ty Hotel and Ca.~ino terminal. airline officials, as well as a meet­ Vanety News Staff ning to initially provide air trans- management, as well as the Rota ··in the interim, we are looking to ing to discuss the details on the Hun·Sen: Lift ban AN AI~LINE c_ompany based_ in portation services non-scheduled Resort and Country Club to pro- lease only counter space at e;ch current availability of check-in Guam 1s proposing to operate m- basis between Guam and the North- vide on-demand air taxi services. terminal. We will employ two to counter space at each airport. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia was convened. ter-island flight s~rvices, a d~vel- em Mariana Islands, and eventu- In a letter to Ports Authority ex- three people on each island to (AP) -The United Nations on The opposition had earlier "'Perhaps, a site visit might be opment s_een to virtually er~d1cate ally set up scheduled flights. ecutive director Carlos H. Salas, handle our operations,'' Shih said. helpful for planning purposes," the Sunday said itwas''seriously con­ threatened to boycott the new par­ air traffic_ backlog around the The airline company, based in Sky Cab president Peter Shih said cerned" about the Cambodian liament in protest against alleged Salas said CPA has been in com­ CPA chief said. Mananas. It was learned over the Tamuning, Guam, also expressed wasproposingacounterspacelease government's ban on international fraud by Hun Sen's party in win­ munication with Sky Cab, adding The proposed inter-island opera­ weekend. intentions to work closely with the agreement in each of the airport travel by opposition lawmakers, ning the July 26 parliamentary that the carrier was already pro­ tions will be done in three pha,es calling the move unconstitutional. elections. vided with a copy of airport rules during the next 60 to 90 days, ac­ The statement by the U.N. Spe­ "Government officials have and regulations which outline the cording to Shih. He said Sky Cab is cial Representative of the Secre­ made it clear this decision has Mayor's Office, DPS tap inmates CPA requirements on operations, currently finalizing its Guam op­ tary General for Human Rights in been taken at the highest levels insurance requirements and aero­ erations. nautical fees. Cambodia, Thomas Hammarberg, and will not immediately be re­ "'[We} should be ready to begin in building temporary bus stops He was proposing a site visit for followed a warning by Thailand versed," the U.N. representative Contmueironpage22 that efforts to end the country's said, adding that freedom of move­ i, with this joint project of the De­ political crisis could be derailed if ment is a fundamental liberty rec­ partment of Public Safety and the New law prohibits 'bias' in the ban is not lifted. Hun Sen ognized under international and municipality. Cambodian leader Hun Sen or­ Cambodian Jaw. · Rosario said if construction is delivery of housing program dered a travel ban on 53 newly­ violence through massive street Thailand's Deputy Foreign completed, these wooden-made bus By Haldee v_ Eugenio HouseBill I l-136,nowknown elected parliamentarians and more rallies calling for his ouster, said Minister, Sukhumbhand stop units will be donated to the Variety News Staff asPublicLaw 11-38,ensuresthat than a dozen military and police the ban was necessary to prevent Paribatra, also expressed concern Public School System: · TIIE CNMigovernment now has the enforcement of any com­ officials loyal to the opposition potential suspects in the grenade that pledges of freedom of move­ PSS, Rosario said, decides which the authority to enforce its own plaints received by the federal after a grenade attack on his attack from fleeing the country. ment have not been followed part these bus stop structures will rules to prohibit discriminatory government under the Federal Phnom Penh residence on Sept. 7. Legal experts said the real in­ through, according to a copy of a be installed on the island. acts involving housing practices. Fair Housing Act will now be No one was injured in the blast. tent appeared to be to keep parlia­ letter from the Thai official to Because of the economic situa­ ThisafterGov.PedroP. Tenorio enforced by the CNMI through Hun Sen, who had accused op~ mentarians-elect in Cambodia National Assembly president tion, he said the Mayor's Office signed into law the Common­ the Northern Marianas Housing position politicians of provoking until the new National Assembly Continued on page 21 asked the DOC to let the inmates wealth Fair Housing Act which is Corporation. · help the maintenance staff in pro­ substantially equivalent to the .The corporate director of i?Iane·crash . viding community service to the NMHC is mandated to have the Bangladesh flood victims . . Federal Fair Housing Act whicli survivors. · people. has been vested in the US Depart­ authority and responsibility for The materials used, Rosario ment of Housing and Urban De­ administeringthisActwhichwas to get more US food aid .raped, tortured, added, come from the old munici­ Kimo Rosario, Mayor's Office special advisor for legislative andpublic velopment Continued on page 22 By Nlzam Ahmed More than two months of pal building in Chalan Kanoa and The former Miss Virginia Nicole Johnson is crowned Miss America says report . relations, inspects Friday afternoon some of the bus stop units con­ 1999 by former Miss America Kate Shindle at the Miss America DHAKA (Reuters) - The flooding, triggered by heavy structed by maintenance staff and DOC inmates. Photo by Ferdie de fa Torre the woods which were utilized Pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., Saturday. AP United States is likely to offer a rains and fed by water from BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - during the Liberation month cel­ Driver liable for negligence further 300,QOO tonnes of food upstream inindia,has inundated Survivors of an aircraft which By Ferdie de la Torre the construction of temporary bus ebration. By Zaldy Dandan damages on a later date. aid to Bangladesh, where wide­ three-quarters of the poverty crashed in Myanmar last month Variety News Staff stop units. Probably IO units will be build Variety News Slaff According to the victims' com­ were tortured and brutally raped SOME inmates from the Division Kimo M. Rosario, Mayor's Of­ spread hunger looms after devc ridden South Asian country. out of the available materials, he said, SUPERIOR Court Aswciate Judge plaint, in the afternoon of Sept 15, Miss Virginia wins by ethnic minority villagers in a fo Corrections' jail have been fice special advisor for legislative astating floods that killed nearly More than two million tonnes stressing that the structures are tem­ Juan T. Li"Z2lll3. has found a man 1995,Mrs. Matsunagaandherdaugh­ l ,200pepple, a U.S. official said of rice has been destroyed in the region where hatred of the cen­ tapped to assist the maintenance and public relations, said on Friday poraryuntil such timePSShasmoney liable for negligent driving that led to tersMary and LauraArm werealxiard on Saturday. fields and about 25 million tral, military-run government runs staff of the Saipan municipality in that school children will benefit to build their permanent bus stops. · an "avoidable" accident on wet road their new Toyota Tercel, which was Miss America title "We have sent a message to people have been made home­ high, a Bangkok Post report said two years ago. stopped in traffic across the street Sunday. By JOHN CURRAN outgoing Miss America Kate Washington for an additional less or marooned. The driver's victims, Elsie 0. from Kevin's Video, behind a line of A Myanmar government state­ ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey Shindle. 300,000 tonnes of foodgrains People's food stocks have Veterans cemetery project on hold Matsunaga,. her husband and two card waiting for a truck to tum left for Bangladesh flood victims," also been washed away, and ment, received in Bangkok. de­ daughters, have asked the court for onto Black Micro! Road (AP) - Miss Virginia Nicole ··My goodness, this doesn't By Ferdie de la Torre waiting for DPL's action, the de­ Johnson. a 24-year-old diabetic seem real. I can't believe it," a said Thomas H. Fox, assistant fanners face a shortage of seed scribed damages of over $400,00'.) for their Mrs. Matsunaga was driving. the article as based on ··pure Variety News Staff partment is trying to scale back on who wears an insulin pump on her breathless Johnson said at a news administrator of the United when they are finally able to car repair and medical bills, and for Ataround3: 15p.m,Chang,aboard speculation:· contradictory and THE LONG-planned multimil­ the project and at the same time hip. was= crowned Miss America conference held immediately af­ States Agency for International replant, agriculture officials the "pain, suffering, discomfort,emo­ his car, sped over the hill by the confused. lion State Veterans Cemetery hoping for additional funding 1999 on Saturday. Johnson. a ter her victory. Development (USAID). said. tional distress and lack of capacity to intersectiontotheNonhemMarianas "We hope there will be a posi­ Fox, currently v1s1t111g The domestic airliner. a Fokker Project is on hold, according to from local resources. enjoy life and their daily activities" College. graduate of the University of Miss North Carolina Kelli Department of Community and "We 're looking at scaling down. South Florida who recently com­ Bradshaw was first runner-up and tive response," he told report­ Bangladesh, said the request for Friendship F-27. crashed in rug­ caused by Chang Hyun Joan's reck­ He failed to stop in time and col­ ged terrain Aug. 24. with the gov­ Cultural Affairs secretary Tho­ But in terms of the figures I don't less driving. lided with the rear of the Matsunagas' pleted work on a master's degree Miss Florida Lissette Gonzalez ers. the increased food aid was made ernment reporting four days later mas Tebuteb. know ... that would have come Herhusband, Casiano, is also claim­ Tercel, which knocked into the ve­ in journalism. sang ··That"s Life·· was second runner-up. Rounding The U.S. government earlier to the U.S. government follow­ that all persons aboard were "'We may have to reexamine from the engineers," he said, re­ ing damages for his "'loss of associa­ hicle in front of it for her talent offering. out the top five were Miss Mis­ committed 400,000 tonnes of ing an appeal by Bangladesh. 36 food aid for Bangladesh, be­ The U.N. World Food killed. All were My:mmarnation­ (the project) so it's a wait and sec ferring to redesigning the project tion" with his wife, "resulting from The Matsunagas', who are repre­ She plans to spotlight diabetes souri Deborah McDonald and sented by lawyer Richard W. Pierce, coming the biggest donor so far. als. situation really," said Tebuteb in to reduce its costs. her incapacity caused by" Chang's awareness during the 20,000- Miss Kentucky Chera-Lyn Cook. Continued on page 21 an interview during Saturday's The US Department of Veter- conduct said the coUision was an avoidable mile-a-month (32.000-kilometer­ Johnson. of Roanoke. Virginia. Chief Aghurubw 28th anniver­ Contmued on page 5 Thomas Tebuteb Lizama will decide on the issue of · Continued on page 22 a-month) national speaking tour works as a writer and wants to be sary celebration on Managaha Is­ she will make as Miss America. a national news anchor and na­ land. She gasped when her name was tional diabetes spokeswoman. Tebuteb said DCCA is still announced and looked up at the Johnson contracted diabetes waiting for the Division of Public Tinian Dynasy opens helicopter pad ceiling he fore she accqitcd a cr\'s­ when she was 19 as the result of a Lands to grant the request for an TINIAN Dynasty Hotel and Ca­ l~: i sct:nkr ancJ \\'~1\ cTn\\'ncd by additional land in Marpi, which is Continued on page 2i sino on Friday opened a new heli­ the site of the proposed cemetery. pad on Tmian. DPL had provided 20,000 JetRanger helicopter of Macaw 1Lewir1sky to model ·blue square meters ofland area in Marpi made its maiden landing on the for the project in 1995. The helipad at 3:04 p.m. suit in Milan fashion show DCCA's Veterans Affairs Office 'This is an important event, be­ ROME (Reuters) - Monica 800 million lire (S470.000J for (V AO), however, in 1997 re­ ..,...:r_-,~-:,·~,-., ,.. ,,, .. ' cause direct helicopters service is ' the one appearance and has quested for another 15,000 square Lewinsky has agreed to make a considered a necessity for VIPs in meters of land because the site catwalk appearance in Italian agreed to give half of that to this indusuy ," said Michael Kwan, can accommodate only a capacity stylist Galtinoni 's October fash­ cancer research, Ciacci said. president of Hong Kong Overseas of 300 burials and crypt inter­ ion show in Milan, the design Lewinsky's affair with Presi­ Entertainment, the operator of house said Friday. dent Clinton has rocked the U.S. ments. Tinian Dynasty. The CNMI Veterans Cemetery "She is already available ... presidency after details of their The flight from Saipan to the Committee has been planning to and we are in contact with her relationship were made public, Dynasty took less than eight min­ accommodate an additional 800 lawyers," Gattinoni 's chief including revelations that tests utes. burial sites for both current and spokesman in Rome, Giovanni of a blue dress saved by The Dynasty's helicopter pad is future veterans and possibly their Ciacci, told Reuters. Lewinsky had found semen the largest in the entire Common­ He said the former White matching Clinton's DNA. families. wealth. It has lighting for night House intern had agreed to model In Washington, Lewinsky's Earlier, V AO said the SSFM operations and a wind direction in­ spokeswoman, Judy Smith, had a blue two-piece suit from Engineers, Inc. is ready to make dicator for the pilot to use during Gattinoni 's nc w "Roma Outsize" no comment about her appear­ some adjustments of the takeoffs and landings. The pad is line at his Oct. 6 show in Milan. ing in the fashion show, but Having e;ome in late, !vf ohsina investigates the prospects of getting lunch as she finds hundreds of people cemetery's design if the additional With the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino at the background, Macaw Helicopters and Tinian Dynasty already m the queue m Dhaka, Bangladesh Friday. Floods over the past two months have claimed the lives located adjacent to the Dynasty's officials gather at the new helicopter landing pad. From left are Ed Stephens, Jr., Michael Kwan and Tom Lewinsky will be paid some continued ifri page21 land is provided. Liu. · of at least 900, and displaced more.than 35 million. . AP . : . . . · . Tebuteb said while DCCA is Continued on page 22 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5 OSITA fines security finn SAN FRANCISCO -The Oc~ for repeat, willful, and failure-to­ and healthful working conditions. cupational Safety and Health Ad­ OSHA tested positive for fecal no reasonable effort to correct it. abate violations following inspec­ Housing conditions for Mayon coliform bacteria, the release said. ministration (OSHA) has issued OSHA issues a failure to abate tions of three separate labor bar­ workers were intolerable," said Mayon Enterprises, owned by JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER citations against a Saipan secu­ violation when an employer fails racks operated by Mayon in San Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Nelia Madimeduh, provides se­ WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND l'M EM\'>ARRI\SSEP rity firm for numerous violations to take necessary coi:rective action Antonio and San Roque. The ci­ Herman. "U.S. labor laws will be curity services to various compa­ after being cited. TO BE AN AMERICAN ... No ... B\:CA\JSE of federal safety and health stan­ tations include proposed penal­ enforced whereverthey apply, and dards.· nies throughout Saipan. A repeat violation is issued when, WE JuST SPENT ties of$ 155,500. that includes the Marianas." Mayon employees, primarily OSHA cited Mayon Enterprises upon a subsequent OSHA inspec­ Unused security supplies $4-0 MILLION "Every worker deserves safe Issued September 2, the cita­ workers from the Philippines were . tion, a substantially similar viola­ oN A ?ENTHoU5E tions pertain to uncorrected ur allegedly crowded into buildings tion is found. raise questions FoRUM LETTER. repeated hazards identified in that were rat-infested fire haz­ An employer who receives cita­ Sablan says more money for OSHA inspections this past sum­ ards, with filthy toilet aJJd shower tions from OSHA has 15 working mer which were also cited fol­ WASHINGTON-There's nothing like a big explosion to get Washing­ facilities and unsafe water. They days to request an informal confer­ road improvement needed lowing OSHA inspections con­ walked, cooked, bathed and slept ence or to file a notice of contest. ton bureaucrats focused on a problem. But afterthe dust settles. so too does ducted last year. the desire to follow up on a good idea. By Ferdie de la Torre amid piles of uncollected garbage, According to a news release OSHA found. Marianas Variety is now on\ine! In April of 1995, the tragic bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Variety News Staff from OSHA, the willful and re­ "This case is particularly frus­ Visit us al: Building in Oklahoma City sent shock waves throughout the government. SAIPAN Mayor Jose C. Sablan peat violations include failure to trating," continued Strasheim, www.marianasvariety.com But it didn't take long for the government to get its act together. said the municipality needs ad­ made possible by maintain clear emergency exits; "because the employer made no Congress responded the way it tends to in s;ch situatio;is: by throwing ditional money for the repair failure to correct electrocution effort to correct obviously haz­ money at the problem. Security budgets were increased, so that agencies and construction of more sec­ hazards; and overcrowding. ardous conditions despite ongo­ could beef up their defenses against possible copycat attacks. Within ondary roads on the island. · OSHA investigators found as ing OSHA efforts to educate em­ weeks. everyone started feeling a little safer. Sablan said the municipality ~ many as four employees sleeping ployers in the area, meetings with ~ Not so fast. will ask for more budget be­ in a space less than ten feet square, this employer on several occa­ ~ Gathering dust in a warehouse at the Washington Navy Yard - a few cause new roads will be built KUENTOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. the release said. sions to discuss remedies, and sho11 miles~away from the federal agencies that are allegedly in such dire due to the opening of another 'The ONLY choice for Internet The single failure-to-abate vio" need of protection - is nearly $2 million worth of security equipment left homestead in Kagman. previous OSHA citations." SERVICE" lation is for lack of safe water, A willful violation is issued only www.guam.net over from that spending spree. The loot includes X-ray machines, magne­ Sablan added that constant re­ certified by a local health author­ tometers. cameras and security monitors. pair for secondary roads is also in cases when an employer knew ity, for washing, drinking, cook­ that a condition constituted a vio­ At least that's what inspectors from the General Services Administration Info-Tech corner ·' needed especially during this rainy season. Jose C. Sablan ing and laundry. Water at the bar­ lation or was aware that a hazard­ found when they took a closer look at what happened to the $397 million racks which was analyzed by \ SAVE POWER \ spent on security in the wake of the tragic bombing. The government was Net kept on chugging over Starr report "During rainy season, the wa­ ous condition existed and made only too happy to spend the extra dough and process the paperwork. ters would war,'h dowi, the cor­ als that we put on ~nil! roads Unfortunately, officials were too busy to actually install the equipment. Instead, it appeared as a - whole - lITML document, By DAVIDT. HUGHES so we have to make a constant In some ways, it's a miracle that the problem was even discovered. hyperlinks and all. Usershad to ponderously go to the For the Variety repair," said the mayor in an According to the GSA 's records, the equipment had already been installed. index and click on hyperlinks to go frompage-to-page. WHEW! It's been one heck of a week for the Internet interview Wednesday. It wasn't until the equipment was discovered sitting in the warehouse that With one fell swoop, a single Act of Congress showed This w·as, at best, a boneheaded idea thought up by investigators realized something was amiss. Sablan had stated that the mu­ thatthelntemet-as a whole-canassimilate huge numbers someone whoprobably had no idea how the Internet Investigators visited 52 Washington-area buildings they deemed "higher should work in special cases likethis. nicipality of Saipan could not of persons looking fer the SAME information atonce­ function well with only $2.4mil­ level" security concerns and found that 32 of them either didn't have the Imagine going to a gas station and buying a cup of and barely even hiccup. Iion budget allocated by the. equipment that GSA records said they did or had equipment that wasn't gasoline and then havingto go back and forth -one cup That one act also added an ultimate credibility to this CNMI central government. working. medium and heralded the first time our government at a time to fill your tank. Fearing the worst, officials at the GSA's Public Building Service then For 1998, the mayor asked officially sanctioned the publication of apublic record Not only wouldit take a long time, your very presence asked th; inspectors to expand their audit to include the rest of the country. $4.8 million, but it was never that would have probably been banned in Boston ofitwas at the pump keeps someone else fromgetting gas. The results were the same: In 33 of 69 cases, the GSA records simply didn't That's essentially what putting the Starr Reportonline passed so he resubmitted a re­ awork of fiction or a textbook. quest for FY 1999. Because of reflect the facts. Yes, Congress also officially became an online smut page-by-page waslike. Investigators found several serious problems with the GSA 's inventory Yes, it's more-handy- to be able to leisurely read the the Asian crisis, the municipal­ peddler. . ity is getting only $2.4 million. records. For example, the inventory listed some excess camera equipment I'll be one of the first to admit that I feared last week's . report directlyonline a page at a time, but not very but failed to mention the 25 X-ray machines -worth nearly $1 million - To get additional revenues, release of theStarr Report to Congress on the Internet efficient The public at large wouldhave been better that the government paid for but never installed. Thirty-two magnetom­ sel',led by putting up several compressed files (one for Sablan said the municipal gov­ would cause massive cascading problems as more and ernment is looking at some ways eters were also bought, for $120,000, and then left to gather dust. more users oied to go to an initially few sites to seethe PC,one for Mac, one for UNIX) and downloading that Officials who spoke with our associate Ashley Baker offered two to raise money such as the plans information about the president's alleged dalliances. as a self-cxtractingpackage. · explanations for the foul-ups: One was that much of the inventory, which They cou Id read it in theirown browseroffiine, search to issue identification cards, the I was wrong. The Internet as a whole didn't seem to dog tag and the Managaha tax. was supposed to be used at the Pentagon, either was "not sophisticated slow down one bit; manyof the local JSPs I spoke with it for keywords,ma.~sage the data however they wished enough" or was incompatible with equipment already in place. and not hold up the next person wantingto get the With regards to road project, said their networks were not experiencing anyproblems. Sablan said the municipality will The second excuse is a bit more embarrassing. Since the government, Email went through, other web sites worked well, and information from the "pump." throueh GSA. leases much of its office space from commercial landlords, I have obtained a compressed - or "zipjX '' ., '• '• ' ' f P • ' ' ' ' \ , ~ f f • • • .~ . •', - •. 11. ,1, • .. ll tl t. .'. Q I ·'·' .•' .·' ,' '.•' ,.• -. • ••, ',.•., ' •• ' •. • •. · • ." ~ .. ~.·-·· .•' _.• .,• _,• ... .'•~, ·-~ •• ;< :• •: :• ~- :•. • ."•. • • • • • •. ". • ' . '.,~1.',. 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6-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS MONDAY- SEPTEMBER 21. 1998 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-7 Solemn Managaha gathering Sablan: i\.can't get $11M By Louie C. Alonso held at the grave site of Chief from Community and Cult,ural . Variety News Staff Aghurubw, ; tril)al chief who Affairs Secretary Thomas A. By Ferdie de la Torre Sablan said Tenorio asked him to some important programs . very difficult to reduce the budgel, Tebuteb, Carolinian Affairs Ex­ Variety News Staff OVER a hundred people sailed to founded the firstvillageon Saipan • look at the government's budget re­ "I hope that the reduction will not for other agencies like hospitals and ecutive Assistant Frank Managaha Saturday to take part in 1815. LT. GOVERNOR Jesus R. Sablan quest for review on Fiiday .., be substantive. I think we can Jive schools in order to bring up $10 mil­ in the commemoration of the Chief Aghurubw was from the Rabauliman and Rep. Timmo . said the government could not de- Sablan said although he has not witl1 a modest reduction," said the Lt lion toMYA. -Olopai. Chief Aghurubw Day, which isle of Satawa!. He navigated to 1iver on the Marianas Visitors looked into the details of the depait­ governor, adding that MY A has to '~They (MVA officials and staff) Herman R. Guerrero, vice presi­ highlighted the observance of the the island then known as Seipel to Authority's request for$ I 0.7 million ments and agencies' budget, he in­ manage what the agency could get"at have to manage what they have and I Cultural Heritage Monrh. save his people from famine dent of the Chief Aghurnbw Foun­ budget for Fiscal Year 1999. stmcted his staff to review the sub­ least for this yeai·." hope that they be efficient and pro­ Some staff ;;,embers of the brought about by a storm that dation, delivered the welcome Sablan in an inte1view however, stantive parts to avoid overlooking Sablan pointed out that it will be ductive," he added. Carolii1ian Affairs Office sailed wrecked their village. remark. aired hopes MV A can work with the from Saipan to Managaha on a Lt. Gov. Jesus Sablan deliv­ After the ceremony, the visi­ $7-million budget, "which is already traditional Refaluwaasch canoe. ered a brief remark after the mass tors enjoyed food and refresh­ in the book," throughout the fiscal The late morning ceremony was that was followed by a speech ments. year. "Ifwe have supplemental revenues Overpass in front of MHS is then we can consider re-budgening again the agency," Sablan told the Jesus R. Sablan Variety during Saturday's Chief planned, but funds needed Aghurubw anniversary celebration. wa, not include~ in the proposal. MY A had submitted to the Under the government's summary By Haidee V. Eugenio ing for this. With all these Governor's Office a $10.7 million ofapprop1iations for FY '99, which is Variety News Staff economic crisis and austerity budgetforFY 1999tomakeCNMI's expected to be signed by Gov. Pechu ALTHOUGH it's still in the measures, this may take long tourism industry competitive. Tenorio this week, MV A would get conceptual stage, the con­ before we see the ectual con­ MV A originally requested for $7 only $2.2 million in personnel ex­ struction of an overpass struction," he told the .Vari­ million budget because the "Visit the penses and $4.8 million in opera­ in front of the Marianas High ety. Mmianas '99" promotion campaib'll tions. School in Susupe is something He also said that the private that the communi_ty can look sector is also hurt by the cur­ forward to. rency crisis, making it hard to MHS principal James A. have alternative source of NMHC eyes program for Denight said that the dreamed funding for the overpass. overpass will make it safer and "Maybe we should wait for ti moderate income families easier for a large number of still how many years but the students to cross the four-lane concept is alreay there," ;;;,~) By Ferdie de la Torre James A Oenight Variety News Staff roads infront of the school Denight said. TIIB NORTIIERN Marianas Housing Coqx:,ration has been negotiating nlong beach road. MHS has a "The four wide lanes call If r~alized, the MHS' over­ -l~,...::.. with two banks to implement a new housing program in the CNMI, student population of around for this overpass but we really pass project will be the first of The monument of Chief Aghurubw stands proudly on Managaha Island according to acting NMHC coqx:,rate director Diana P. Crisostomo. 1,775 for this school year. need a lot of government fund- its kind in the CNMI. where Carolinians gathered Saturday to pay him tribute. Crisostomo in an interview said NMHC is trying to work with First Photos by Louie C. Alonso Hawaiian Bank and Bank of Hawaii to implement the rural housing guarantee program in Llie Commonwealth. I Such prngram, Crisostomo explained, has already been successfully Resident Rep. Babauta implemented in Hawaii, Guam and US mainland. The acting corporate director said that while rural development ~----- set to visit MHS today usually finances housing for the low and very low income families, the _new program covers those moderate income families. Carolinian priest Fr. Sid Ogumoro (from left), Rep. Max Timmo Olopai and Carolinian Affairs Executive By Louie C. Alonso Assistant Frank Rabauliman recite a prayer before lunch last Saturday at the Managaha Island. ·under the program, the rural development will guarantee the Variety News Staff loans borrowed by the families from private lending institutions; . JUAN Babauta, the CNMI's repre­ said Crisostomo . sentative to Washington D.C. is set to "The present program only helps very low and low income Make it a habit, read Marianas Variety everyday visit the Mmi:inas families. But this program is going to get moderate income fami­ High School today to sr,cak before lies," she pointed out. 50 seniors for rnientation about the Earlier, Crisostomo disclosed that NMHC has been working with private lending institutions for the leveraging of the Marianas Public Lands Trust's $10-million home Joan program. More families in the CNMI are expected to build their own houses if NMHC's deal with some banks on Saipan is finalized for CE SALE the home Joan program.

Juan Babauta 1998 CIVIC 2DR or 4DR United States Service Academy ·LIVINGROOM. SEJS., starting at Schohuahip. 0 ·n1cschol:uahipifavailablctoquali­ I 0'1Vhy Rent To a.wi?J ficd graduates of MHS who ,u-c Credit Check interested in the milit;uy. @:~o 0 After finishing the one ycrn· pro­ ~NO Repair Buts $13,995° gram, the student could select m1 ~:No Lon~-fJm,Obligations institution to fi.11tl1cr theireducation,tl ~ NO Security Deposit goals where they would commit t11cir choice ofmi Ii t;uy br.u1ch they w.u1t to ~~~~--~~~ go to. LL,t ye,u-, no student qualified for 1998 CR-V t11c progrm11. MHS hopes to be able to send one tJ1is yc,u-. starting at StudentActiviticssaid tJ1cy already have om: !'armer student who is pn:s­ i ently underthc service. MI IS g1~rdu­ ' atc Jerome !.).:Icon Guem:ro w,L, the 0 first MHS student who made it to t11c $}8,995° scholmahip program two yeaia ago. However, according to Student I '!'Jo HONDA CR\' Activities, students h,L, to undergo a series of examinations for the schol­ :uahip. Students must have a certain grade (gJHONDA point avcr~1ge to qualify for tJ1c ex­ amination. 'Ilic program 1cquir-cs applicm1t, to p,L,s physical battery test~ mid must hold a US citizenship. nearest you. ------~-__rM':'."O~Ni::r_D~AY__:_,___:. S~E:1::P:.!_T~EM~B_!="'.E~R_±2__r_,l ,~1'!.'!__998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-9 8-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY-SEPTEMBER 21, 1998 Cop: Man beats brothers, Man accused of kidnapping Cable car lease . . .. . woman ov~r manJuana a m.inor eyes pl~a bargain headed to BPL By Zaldy ~ndan Variety News Staff By Zaldy Dandan 10 days. of the Star Five Nite Club and By Jojo Dass l11e firm have been w,mting gov­ A 1HlRTY-six-year old man allegedly beat up, chased with a sword, and Variety News Staff In addition, Atalig was placed held his girlfriend's arms "and Variety News Staff ernment to sign the letL,e agreement aimed his rifle at his two brothers and a young woman because he believed A SAN JOSE resident facing kid­ on a one-year probation and will shook her until she fell to the THE DIVISION of Public Lmd a, it will have to p1-csent this to the !hat they stole his marijuana, accoroing to a JXllice detective. naping and false arrest charges pay restitution to Canton Restau­ ground," AGO said. (DPL) is set to submit, for its Board Kore,mgovemmentbefore the needed Citing the account of the victims, Officer Andrew S. Taimano of the involving a minor has entered into rant in an amount to be deter­ For their part, Hidetsio Satoshi consideration, a drnft lease agree­ money, which is deposited in Km-ca, Criminal Investigation Bureau told the Superior Court Friday that the sword _a plea agreement in re tum for a mined by the Probation Office. and Kerai Baulechong, both 25, ment between a Korean fom eyeing can be 1-clea<;ed. waslaterfoundinAlfredoE.Reyes'spickupatthetimeofhisarrestlastSept suspended jail sentence. In June oflastyear, Atalig dam­ entered a plea of guilty to the a cable car service from Suicide Cliff Hofschneider admitted that such 7, during which he was allegedly running after his two brothers. Thomas A. Aldan pleadeµ aged the property of the restau­ lesser offense of assault and- bat­ to Banzai Cliff in Mn11i. pre-condition to the project's imple­ fullowingFriday 'spreliminary hearing,AssociateJudgeJohnA.Manglona guilty to false arrest, a lesser of­ rant and struck, beat and harmed tery charge, in retum for the dis­ In an interview, Henry mentation has placed DPLatan "awk­ ordered Reyes' s release to a third party custodian, and set his arraignment on fense. The Attorney General's one of the restaurant's female missal of the assault with a dan­ Hofschneider, DPL deputy director, wm"d position." Sept. 28. Office (AGO) has agreed to dis­ employees. gerous weapon charge. said officals of the Saipan Leisure He said the division's officials me Based on the victims' accoont, JX)lice said that in the morning of Sept. 7, miss the kidnapping charge In other court news, three men They were sentenced to60days Corp. are "pretty sure they wm1t to go "keeping their fingers crossed" the Reyes went to Eurotex where his brother Richard, 24, was working, and told against him. facing assault and battery charges in jail, all suspended except for 14 ahead" with the cable car project. compm1y'sofficial will push through him to "time ouL" Aldan was sentenced to 30days in two separate cases ha.ve agreed days, with nine days credit for 'They me sure they want to con­ with the project. Alfredo then brought his brother to their ranch in Papago, police said. imprisonment, all suspended, but to change their not guilty plea in time served. struct the cable car," said Hofschneiderassured measui-cs rne WhiledrivingtoPapago,AlfredowasallegedlypunchingRichard, whom he is placed on probation for a retum for a suspended sentence. They arc placed on a one-year Hofschneider. now being put into place to assuie that FUN UNDER THE SUN. Even the hot weather cannot stop these kids from playing at the beach in Managaha. he accused of stealing his marijuana plants. year.and will pe1form60hoursof Tinian's Lucas A. Manglona, probation and will pay restitution Hofschneider led talks with repre­ Saiprn1 Leisure will sumd pat on the Pllolo by Louie C. A Ions a Arriving at their ranch, Alfredo told Richard to stay in his vehicle. community work service or pay a 21, pleaded guilty to the charge of for all the medical expenses of sentatives of the forn after the Born-ct agreement's provisions. PolicesaidA!fredothengotoutofthevehicleandwemtohisotherbrother, fine of $300. criminal mischief, and was sen­ their victims, Stephen of Public Land (BPL) defen-cd ap­ He said the division is currently Antonio, 29. · Aldan was charged by AGO in tenced to a 60-day jail te1m, all Whichop and Kennouski- proval of the first draft agreement. being assisted by the Attorney Alfredo allegedly beat up Antonio, as well as a young woman who was May of last year for allegedly suspended except for seven days. Suzuki. · The first dmft was rejected after a General'sOffice(AGO)toaddmore Hotels target local market at the ranch. kidnapping a juvenile under the AGO, in return, dismissed the During an incident involv­ provision on tl1e construction of a teeth into the lease a1,.rn:ement' s pro­ bilities of 1unning aground due to the tourist anivals and consequent The victims would later tell the JXJ!ice thatAlfredo repeated! y punched and age of 13. assault and battery charge against ing the two suspects last June, shopping mall and coffee shop wa, visions. cum~nt economic crisis. room occupancy rates. kicked tl1em. Aldan then detained the juve­ Wichop suffered three stab deleted by Saipan Leisur-c, which had The cable car project, said him. "Locals :u-e a good mm"ket espe­ Hotel occupancy in the CNMI When Alfredo finally left the ranch, his three alleged victims boarded a car nile by force, according to AGO. wounds, which resulted in a supposedly agreed on the matter dur­ Hofschneider, is "a good tourist at­ But he was ordered to pay a fine cially at this point. ll1is is tJ1e time plunged to an unprecedented 54 with their children and off, police said. Meanwhile, Superior Court As­ ing initial talks. traction." took of $200 and to pay restitution to punctured artery, while Suzuki when we realize that we 1-cal ly need percent while a1Tivals made a 32- sociate Judge Timothy H. Bellas On their way to San Vicente, the three noticed that Alfredo was aboard his the Star Five Nite Club. was struck in the face with a The fi1111, following deferment of "When theeconomy picksupagain, community support," Sablan said. percent decline in July. vehicle and was following them, allegedly waving a sword. has found Daniel A. Atalig guilty. Further, Manglona is placed on rock. thedraftagreement'sapproval,even­ we 'II have something to offer the Sablan said transforming ho­ Sablan has earlier expressed When the victims' car had to stop at an intersection, Alfredo allegedly got of criminal mischief and assault probation for a year, and will seek The incident happened tually agreed to push through with the tourist aside from the beaches," he tels into "bmTacks" is a "n; no." fears that some hotels may actu­ down his vehicle, took out a rifle and JX)inted at the victims, who panicked and battery. counseling at the Commonwealth across Caesar's Sauna on supplemental establishments pro­ said. "I don't think any hotel is that ally be forced to fold up if the and drove away. . Bellas sentenced the 42-year Health Center (CHC). Beach Road, and police said vided it be constructed in two phase The Board's membersareexpected behind even in the present situ­ Asian recession. which has been Police later arrested Alfredo while he was running after his brothers, who old Navy Hill resident to a 60-day In October of last year, alcohol was involved in the or in the fifth year of the cable car's to convene a meeting to tackle the ation," he added. causing the drops, continues to­ pulled into a motel. jail term, all suspended except for Manglona damaged the property -so-called "riot." operation. matter among other issues, this week. Sablan stressed that the eco­ wards next year. nomic downturn brought about !\icing such a predicament, by last year's serie; of cur­ Sablan has said almost every ho­ DEQ: US official convinced rency devaluation in several tel on Saipan has reduced room Asian countries is "a tempo­ rntcs in a futile attempt to attract HANMI will agree to bill if stay limit can be justified dump is US military's mess Ronald Sablan rary situation ... mon: occupants. '"We should not m:1kc c.lr:1s­ Sablan explained the move By Jojo Dass limit, but if for any reason they "We can not afford the six munity ,md leaders of the Legislature By Jojo Dass By Jojo Dass tic moves." he maintained. is not paying of as airlines Variety News Staff can justify it then we will ask that months," he said. held a closed-door meeting last week Variety News Staff Variety News Staff Hotels on the island. Sablan scr\'icine the Commonwealth THE HOTEL Association of the there will be no time frame as to Sablan said HAN MI "will pre­ to thresh out differences on the con­ THERE is now "a little bit more A RANKING official of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers saiJ. "have definitely been hurt­ has not r~sponJt:d with a simiLu· Northern Mariana Islands how long a worker has to stay ferthe original version" where no troversial bill. emphasis" on adjusting hotel room (USACOE) is "convinced" the abandoned militaiy dumpsite in ing"' Jue to consistent drops on tour packa~t:. (I-IANMI) will accept the origi­ out."said Sablan, in an interview. clause was included on the length However, the two parties did not Upper Tanapag belongs to the federal government, Ike Cabrera, rate structures for the local mar­ nal wrsion of the bill limiting the "As far as 1-IANMI is con­ of time a nonresident workersho~ld m1ive at a common ground as the director of the Division of Environmental Quality, said yesterday. ket in the face of dwindling tour­ COMPUTER SERVICE AND SALES stay of nonresident workers to cerned," he added, "(a) three-year be out. Legislature appemed bent on imple­ In an interview, Cabrera however said he is writing Lt. Col. Wally ist arrivals and declining occu­ pancy. according to Ronald Special Amptro11 .. :100o/o Pure· Customer, ,.:._·,, three years before they may be limit is something that we can This would me,m allowing a non­ menting the bill supposedly to ad­ Z. Walters, USACOE Honolulu district commander, a letter to , .: ... . . Satisfaction! ·- hired back "'if the Legislature can work with." resident worker back soon ,L, re-em­ dress labor and immigration con­ determine whether the site will finally be included into the US Sablan. president of the Hotel 17" monitor .• ,-;;c.·;« Association of the Northern {,)ff¢ ··11 Ooesn·t Ge! Any Better Than This" justify" that such measure is re­ What's bothering the hotel in­ ployment is gained. cerns. defense department's list of Fotmerly Used Defense Site. Mariana Islands (HANMI). $399.,t~,:"-''-- ally needed. HANMI President dustry, according to Sablan, is the The Saipm1 Chamber of Com­ ll1e Chamber has been stress­ Cabrera and Walters went to the site last week where an aircraft At the same time. Sc1blan. in an Ronald Sablan said. amendment putting a six-month merce,accordingtoiL,president,Josc ing that a three-year limit would wreckage was found, along with other junk military equipment. period to which a nonresident interview. said most hotel owners "It depends on the real intent C. Ayuyu, is expected to come up add a new burden on businesses The USACOEofficial, according to Cabrera, requested the on-site worker won't be allowed re-en­ sti 11 shun the prospects or con­ and purpose of the law. We arc withitspositiononSenatcBill I l-71. which me now struggling to stay visit. _.,l~ MIGAPvte "'- verting parts or their establish­ not encouraging the three year Jose C. Ayuyu try. Membcrsofthelocalbusinesscom- afloat amid the economic crisis. "He (Walters) wanted to see the area where it shows it does have ments into housing focilitic's for BEACH ROAU CHALAN l.:.C)LAO (Next lo Triple J Mu:ors and CNMI ha•,eiJ Confmuea on page 23 nonn:sident workers lkspitc possi- Phone 2'.\5-6111. 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::1:· * '.,'. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-11 10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY-SEPTEMBER 21, 1998 The Around the Islands section covers community stories, local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a story-you would like to share, or an event that needs lo , be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341 S honors top teacher same time, it is good for us to By Louie C. Alonso By Louie C. Alonso played humility among his stu­ country in Pohnpei to teach in the began to accomplish and learn the Dean's List. reveal the truth of where we Variety News Staff Variety News Staff dents. College of Micronesia. something, that is my biggest suc­ "I am the happiest man in the LAMENTING the diminish­ :u-c right now," !nos contin­ IT TAKES a lot of patience and "I was so surprised when I was William confessed that every cess." added Williams. world whenever I see my past stu­ ing use of the indigenous lan­ ued. dedication to master the art of awarded with Teacherofthe Year. year. his students have diffemet Williams also disclosed that he dents excelled in their education gu~1ge especially among the ··we found out that among teaching. San Antonio Elemen­ Personally, I believe that there attitudes and behavior. often sneaked into Hopwood Jun­ after gradeschool." continuedWil­ youth, Education Commis­ the students who have parents tary School has found a gem in are lots of teachers out there who "To open the children in the ior High School and the Mm·ianas liams. sioner Rita H. !nos urged con­ with indigenous speaking the person of its sixth grade teacher deserved the recognition more world of learning is what chal­ High School just to check if any of Williams is planning to teach at cerned agencies to help pro­ abilities, th~e children claimed Gideon Williams. than I do:· said Williams. lenges me the most. When aehild his former students are included in SAES for the rest of his life. that indigenous language is not mote programs that would pre­ Williams was recently named Williams are mixing the mod­ their la1~guage of-ori;ntation serve the Chamorro and Caro­ as the 1998 Teacher of the Year em techniques of teaching to keep at home.- They are pointing linian languages. by the SAES faculty and staff. the interest of his students. !nos issued theis call during that English is their language Khorram warns diabetes The formal recognition however. "To be effective, I don't bored of instruction.," Inos said. the Language Symposium will be held before the Thanks­ the kids. I am trying and experi­ !nos urge R~ACl-f TJ-1~ WQ RLD TURO~ friendly elections. They tion survey of the school. among those who were already first will receive gifts from the EVERY talked about their platforms STUCO's primary job is to able t~ fill up half of the card. Council, not to mention the health TUESDAY and what they cou Id do and write up their stand in terms Mozhdeh Bruss, FNC advisor. benefits that their exercise will NIGHT ~lo') estern International Travel, Inc. willin!.! to commit for the Ml-IS of students survey. said the card is used to record a Continuea on page 22 studc1{ts, .. said Doreen Tudela, Other STUCO officers in­ 7PM - till game MHS Student Activities Head. c Jude Lilane R. Bermudes i SERVICES OFFERIED: CUSTOM fRAMING I I FRAMED ART I I POSTERS (secretary), Rogclyn Cambe ends •International and domestic Tudela added that STUCO (treasurer), Norris Kwon (par­ NORTHWEST airline reservations and ticketing. officers role is to ensure that [1.1.!.1 ·Hotel and car rental reservations. all class officers and different liamentarian). For senior of­ ·Package tours. ornanizations or social clubs ficers, the winners include 0 in~ the campus abide by the Francis Mendiola (president), r- at the following STRI KE·A~DEAL • Visa requirements inquiries. C/1 ·Flight informations and policies. They wi 11 also ask Leilani Bermudes (vice presi­ locations: reconfirmations. these people who will sponsor dent), Lynn Ordonez (secre­ "'O tary) an rJ) ~ CLUB ing the present school year. A vc ina was elected as sopho­ Cl le.."' "The reason for that is these more president and Nathan ~ officers arc looked upon by Benson, freshman officer. u

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PORT MORESBY Bougainvilleans in the recent Pan government's move toe x tend the term of the Bougainvillc [\H1 lllUJl!h:-. ~!~U. al\1·,1ys rL·:1dy tn :1ssis1 those in (Pacncws)-Th.: Bougainvilk Bou;ainville meeting shouted Normally, large ships pushed one The Fr,·rKil 11,·,,plc h:11 c d,1- 11,·,·d. especially i111i111,·s ofemcr- Interim go1·cmment has warned dow~ Mr Momis and claimed Transitional Government. direction by heavy winds or waves n,11c-,I 1,·11 l:!l'~c baks (lf c·lnthin,: or prnbkms if regional member, Bougainvillcans no longer have It also wants Mr Momis to naturally bob back. 11,,nh 5-1h,,~1.s:111d 1--ina \t·s.-:;~-- :\cting Scnctary or Foreign John Mom is is made the governor confidence in the regional mem­ be the governor under options Another crew member said the 1h, llh,tlld I. .-\ l'i':ii 1·s. i\ 1:ii 11111 R:ib-Nou. on or Bougainvillc as dcmm1dcd hy ber. it has placed on the floor of ship's cargo may have suddenly RL·c·,·i, ill,! th,· r,·lier dnruti,,11. behalf or th,· \'NC, gm·ernment the opposition. Miriori claims that Mr Momis par\ i amen!. shifted to one side in the heavy seas. I''.\ (; ·, Cha rg,· ,1 · :\ ff:1 i r,· s :1ml l'c r- and people L'\pre,,e'd gratitude BIG secretary. Martin Miriori. has become an indecisive leader It is be! ieved that there are But maritime officials said some 111,1 n ,· n t lkleg,1ti,111 1,1 the :111d :q1preciation to the people uf said in a st,1temcnt that the in the past 30 years of his political internal problems within the other, still undetermined, factor must [':-:LS('() hc:1c\ ,ii't'icc ill l';1ri,. l'r:11Kc and the lntenution:1\ Cou­ llougain\'illc Re\'olutionary career and has deliberately mis­ secessionist leadership with have been involved. \\r K,1ppa Y,ut:1,a:,, the gn,1ds ri,T ( 'prnp:111\'. DI IL. for tra11s­ ..\rrny a11d the BJC, will not accept led the Bougainvil\e people for fr:1Mis Ona not seeing ,eye­ Tropical storm Vicki was beating IIL'l'L' ,l,111:1t,·,I b\ 111,rnbcr, \1t' the p,1rtinic' the b:iks of clothe, 1·r,·c­ Mr Mom is as the political head or his own gains. to-cyc with the BIG. while it the northern Philippines with 45 mile !'rl'11,h pub\1,· ,,n h,·,1ring :1h,1u1 n1·-,·h:1rgc. the pnl\'incc. The opposition has vowed it appears Momis is in more per hour winds when the ship left Miriori says it is ckar th::t will not support the closer consultation with Ona. Manila at about 8 p.m. Friday for Cebu, about a day's journey to the American Samoa budget ,. ··. ---- south. PNG welcomes .new Korean envoy Rescuers carry an unidentified body of the shipwreck victim covered A storm warning prohibited ships ' ' ' with grease they picked up from the sea, off Cavite, south of Manila ofless than 500 tons from sailing but introduced in legislature PORT MORESBY Nali said despite the tough eco­ aid and investments which could Sunday. AP I,. did not apply to the 13,734-ton feny. l'.-\GO I'.-\ GO I l'acnl'ws I­ come frnm the llnitcd States in (Pacncws)-Thc Papua New nomic times facing both coun­ involve projects in forestry, ce­ By Jim Gomez A year later, 250people died in the A few hours later the ship reported The :\mc·ril';i11 S;,11wa the rmm nr grants. Capit:il lm­ Guinea government says PNG ·s tries, there is still immense poten­ ment as well as mining and other MANILA, Philippines (AP) - sinking of another ship ovmed by the it was listing 25 degrees near Fortune ( i," ann1cnt ·s h11dge1 1·, ,nhe fi s­ prn1·e111enl l'mjcct funds and trade relations with Korea will tial for both to improve on their high technology and transport ar­ Local fishermen Sunday rescued company, the Dona Marilyn. island off Batangas province, about et! year I cJcJ\j ll'hich begins (k­ other Federal assistance. greatly improve ifdiscussionsare trade and investment capaciries. eas. 11 peoplewhosurvivedmorethan A surviving crew member, 40milessouthofManilaand then lost tobn I ha, been intrnduceJ i11 As in prel'ious years. th.: Dc­ held 011 a person to person basis adding that the overall relation Korea cunently invests in the a day in chilly storm-whipped wa­ Vincente Go, said the ship began radio contact A woman shipwreck survivor stretches her hand as she is passed into the kgisbture for rc,·1c1\·. p:1rtme11t of Education tops the both at the government and pri­ was good in that the trade balance PNG Halla cement, the Kanudi ters after a Philippine passenger listing to the left and would not stabi­ The company said 338 passengers other hands upon arrival Saturday at the fishing port of Navotas, a The proposed budget totals list of spenders with a budget of vate sector levels. of about 70 million Kina (USS3 I­ power project, the Namiang tim­ ferry sank with 430 people on lize even after the crew began pump­ and 92crew were aboard the ship, No Manila suburb. A passenger ship, the Princess of the Orient with 443 people on board, sank at the height of the storm Friday night. AP Sl ·s \ SIL'! 111illi,111. is :1 slight SUSl-t.9 million. followed by Acting Prime Ministcrand Min­ million) was in PNG's favour. bers tmd the multi-million kina board, a provincial official said. ing ballast water to the right side. foreigners were reported on board. innea,c ,,,·er this :,car's budt'.L'I the l lospil:il with an annual ap­ ister of Trade and Industry. He said however, that more has storm water drainage project in The death toll rose to 37 as nf Sl ·s 179 mi \\inn. propri,1tion of SUS 14.S million Michael Nali said this when offi­ to be done in the existing trade, East Sepik. more bodies were recovered near Twcnt: nine pcrcen1 or the and the Department of Public cially welcoming the new Korean the mouth of Manila Bay, where hmlt'.el is e.xpcned tu be raised \Vm\..s with :1 proposed budget Ambassador. Doctor Yo the Princess of the Orient went Sale Prices WE'LL MATCH· YOUR CASH! ' ' ' local I: whi k the haL1nce will or SllS4 million. Hanjohng to Port Moresby. Motion of 'no confidence' down Friday night. ' . At least 305 people have been Star.ting At: vs Solomons PM defeated rescued in an ongoing search of the area, officials said. HONIARA (Pacnews)-Thc ment by the Leader of the Oppo­ sition Job Duddley Tausinga, was Rough weather continued to motion of no confidence on hamper rescue operations. A navy Solomon Islands Prime Minister debated this morning, ship was forced to tum back Sunday Bartholomew Ulufa'alu has been It was defeated after a ruling by the Speaker of Parliament, Paul Tovua before reaching the accident area be­ defeated. cause of powerful waves_ The motion, moved in parlia- following a tie in the votes, 24-24. Maritime officials puzzled, mean­ while, over why the large Princess of ~n,".... the Orient began tilting in a tropical -~ Satellite experts to -· storm and then quickly sank. l r Listen to some of our satisfied clients: The ship, with a capacity of 3,900 COLUMBUS GIVEAWAYS hold conference in Fiji passengers.had beenrocked by strong •·$12. 995 "Suffering 1rom symptoms o1 Primary Lateral Sclerosis, waves and winds but should have , Bring this full page to our clinic and a dislocated disc and minimal control and constant pain HONOLULU (Pacnews}-lntemational communications representatives been able to withstand much worse pay $2Q.® for one treatment only. in my left leg. After five sessions it's a Miracle!'". will meet in Fiji 'seapital Suva next month to discuss satellite setvice options UPTO for Pacific Island nations and territories. weather, officials said. 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I t. ,. ,. ·~ ' •. M arshalls official: . US Coast Guard seizes 'Let's forget no· confidence Chinese migrants in boat SAN DIEGO (Reuters)-After While there was adequate food Chinese but several were be! ieved and get back to business' spending 70 days at sea in a rat­ and water aboard the crowded to be from other Southeast Asian By Giff Johnson other." DeBrum said the opposition and-tlea-infested fishing boat. 172 vessel when the Coast Guard nations. an INS official said. For the Variety But deBrum did not say doesn't have the votes to make migrants - most of them Chinese boarded it Aug. 27, sanitation was Officials said that seven of the MAJURO - It's time that whether the government party the motion successful in any - havl' been taken into custody poor, a Coast Guard spokesman migrants had established credible the Marshall Islands Nitijela was prepared to end its boy­ event, and with the AG's rul­ and may be sent back to China. said, adding the boat was infested fear of prosecution and were ex­ (parliament) put the "no con­ cott and return to the Nitijela. ing that since the IO day dead­ Coast Guard and immigration of­ with lice, fleas and rats. pected to be allowed to remain in fidence .. motion behind and The AG has ruled and the line has passed the motion has ficials said on Friday.~ Two passengers were airlifted the United States. The others were move on to the business of government is following this lapsed, it's over. "'We want to The Coast Guard boarded the off of the ship earlier. a man who lo be given hearings by immigra­ running the nation, new Fi­ decision, dcBrum said. ··It's move ahead,·· he said. l 85-foot(56-metre) boat. the Chih had suffered head injuries and a tion officials. nance Minister Tony deBrum the constitutionally proper "Everyone in the Pacific is Yung. three week, ago in interna­ woman with appendicitis. an offi­ The migrants were held aboard said in an interview Thurs­ thing to do," he said. "It's the going through financial hard tional waters about l 00 miles off cial ~;aid. Both were now in stable the ship since it was boarded last day. basis for moving on." times. We're trying to build Baja California. bringing aboard condition. month as officials tried to work Attempts to hold a session But opposition leaders say an economy when resources more than 4.000 pounds ( I ,800 The boat. which was believed out a deal with Mexico to accept of parliament for past two that the government cannot are not as plentiful and there kg) of food and medical supplies. to have left from mainland China, them, an official source said. weeks have fai Jed for lack of simply walk away from a vote are problems with mai 1, flights The migrants. who had paid was sailing under a Belize !lag. The source said that l 8 to 20 of quorum as the government and of no confidence. and transportation." smugglers from $20.000 to officials said. It was brought into the passengers were expected to opposition remain stalemated DeBrum said that the gov­ But, he said, "the new ($80 $40.000 apiece to be brought to the naval station here on Friday. be indicted for trying to smuggle over a motion of no confi­ ernment was preparing to in­ million) government budget is the United States. were taken to Among the total of 153 male the migrants into the country. The Immigration and Naturalisation and 21 female passengers, there migrants were taken off the boat dence. troduce the national budget a good attempt at dealing with Rep. Barney Frank, 0-Mass (left) argues a point as House Judiciary But deBrum, with the this week, but with the vote of the problems." Service facilities in San Diego were 26 juvenile males and l 3 by U.S. Marshals and immigra­ Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, R-111. (right) listens Friday in Wash­ government's attorney general no confidence still the first Despite the continuing and nearby El Centro, immigra­ juvenile females, the Coast Guard tion officers wearing hazardous ington. The committee voted to release the videotape of President backing him, said the "no con­ item on the agenda, it is un­ standoff with the Speaker and tion officials said. said. The youngest passenger was material suits with masks and Clinton at the same time they release 2,800 pages of additional written fidence" move is history be­ clear how this will be accom­ the opposition over the vote 13. Most of the migrants were gloves, an INS official said. material. AP cause a IO day deadline ex­ plished without holding the ofno confidence, de Brum said pired and it's time for every­ vote first. that there is no danger of there one to shake and make up. The uncertainty and politi­ not being money to run the ''The motion failed, and the cal in-fighting brought on by government in the next quar­ entire Attorney General's of­ the no confidence move was ter; An unidentified amateur cameraman smiles and poses with contes­ fice has said so," deBrum said. not just "an internal burp," but The majority party hopes to tants for 1998 Miss International during a photo session at the Science '"We will proceed and run one that has already had far­ Museum of Ship in Tokyo Sunday. The final selection of the beauty get the budget approved W ASHINGTON(Reuters) - pageant is scheduled for Sept. 26. The beauties are, from left: Vanesa the government as if it never reaching international conse­ shortly, despite Friday being A planned trip to South Asia Romero Torres, 20, of Spain; Daniela Kosan Montcourt, 23, of Venezu­ happened. It's a small coun­ quences for the country, the last sitting day of parlia­ this fall by President Bill Clinton ela; Maria Fabiola Roig, 19, of Paraguay and Lia Victoria Borrero of try and everyone needs to go deBrum said. ment for 1998. is expected to be postponed be­ Panama. AP back and work with each ·'We've received a diplo­ If necessary there are other cause India and Pakistan have matic black eye for not at­ constitutional options open to not made sufficient progress tending meetings in Washing­ it, including extending the toward agreeing to curb their ton and Manila this week," he current session, calling for a nuclear programmes, U.S. offi­ said. "Needless to say, it's special session to gain budget cials said on Friday. caused problems. If that's not approval, or continuing for The White House has declined enough, what else do they (op­ one quarter without a new bud­ to announce a final decision on • CE position) want?" get, he said. the trip until after Clinton meets Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz •LE " -.::' ·.;· ·_: ·.·•.> .·.•.·.·.; ·.···./pg··.).· .... ·... ' ·.··.······· Sharif next week in New York C...{lf:...... ··.·' :-"{....•.•.·.····· .-:· ., ;;: '•, ,• •XLE COMMONWEALTH OFTllE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS but senior aides doubt there could be enough achieved in OFFICE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION that session to- make the trip possible, the officials told Reuters. PUBLIC NOTICE Asked if the consensus among Pursu;ult tu PubliL l .. l\\' 8-41, rhr.: Ci\'il Scn·icr Con1111ission hr.:n~by gi\'cS senior U.S. officials was to de lat notice that the Bo.ml \\'ill meet on Tuesday, September 22, 1998 ,rnd the trip, one official told Wnlnesd,\\·, September 2.,, 1998. The Bo.ml will c

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By TIM DAHLBERG "If I ever gd rcin,tatcd again, I'll LAS VEGAS (AP)-Mike Tyson probably make $3(Xl million,'· Tyson is only a psychiauisl' s nod away from said,claimim! he would use the money Sosa by one homer to help tl1c -disabled and feed his !?.~~¥~Ii~s n.:tuming to tl1e 1ing. With Jack McDowell dominating Scott Service (6-3) pitched one Nevada boxing officialsall but gave children. "And you know; l'mprob­ '.\lJLWAUKEE (AP) - Mark horner and pinch-hiner John Mab1y drove in four runs for the Reds, and Seattle once again, the Anaheim scoreless inning and Jeff Mont- Tyson his boxing license back Satur­ ably going to give it all away." McGwirew,L,0-for-4intheSt. Louis had a two-nm double to put the Cm·­ Ja,on Bere (2-2) allowed only two Angelsralliedfromathree-rundefi- gomery worked the ninth for his day. awaiting only a rcpo11 from a Kinsella said he was plea'-Cd with Cu-dinals 7--1 win overthe Milwau- dinals ahead 5-4 in tl1e fifth. Delino hits over eight innings. Mmk Clark cit to beat the Mariners 5-3 Satur- 35th save. psychiat:Jist tliat he is not likely to the commission's decision, which kce Brewe1:; on Saturday night, snik­ DeShields had a nm-scoring single (8-14) gave up six hit, and six runs in day night and move within a game White Sox 5, Red Sox 2 snap again ifhc 'sallowed to return to came after a 40-minute break dUiing ing out fourtimes ,md getting hit by a and Jord:m had an RBI single in the five innings. of the AL West lead. InChicago,MikeCameronhita the spo11 he once dominated. which tl1e boxer's lawyers imd the pilch. McGwire. who sauck out four sixtl1. Sosa, stuck on 63 homers, struck Anaheim, which had fallen two three-run homer as Chicago won Unless tl1c repo11 proves alw111ing. commissioners huddled in a hallway 1imes in a !!ame for the first time tl1is JoseJimcnez(2-0) was the winner, out three times and gmunded into a games behind first-place Texas despite getting only five hits. The Tvson 's licensing figures to oc a mere tonytorcachasolution. Tysonrestcd ~.L,on. h,; 64 homei:;. one ,tl1ead of m1d Juan Acevedo got his 12th save. double play to end the game. during a four-game losing streak, loss kept Boston's magic number fom1ality when the Nevada Athletic his head on the table at one point Cilicago·s S,m1111y Sosa. Reds 7, Cubs 2 Mets 4, Mm'lins 3 broke a 3-all tie in the sixth on Matt for clinching the AL wild carq at Commission meet, Oct. 3 to for­ during tl1e break; at another, Magic McGwire hw; left the plate witl10ut In Chicago, Sammy Sosa wa, O­ In New York, John Franco, who Wal beck's RBI single off Paul five. The Red Sox are 4 l /2 games mally decide his fate. Johnson put his mm on his shoulder making contact 311 times tl1is sea­ for-4 to remain a homer behind Mark blew a save Friday night, sbuck out Spoljaric (4-5) and took a two-run ahead of Anaheim and five games ··Jf tl1cy say he\ nrnrnal and c;m and talked to him. son: a~ NL-record 156 walks, 149 McGwire in the chase for the single­ Mike Redmond on a 3-2 pitch with lead on Troy Glaus' single. ahead of Toronto. fight again, then we have tl1c n:spon­ Toe decision came despite \esti­ sn·ikeouts and six times when he wa~ setL<;On record as Cincinnati beat Chi- the bases loaded as New York held McDowell(5-3)improvedtol l- Pedro Martinez (18-7) lost his sibility to maybe, probably, license mony from a psychologist hired by hit by a pitch. cago. off Florida. 1 against the Mariners, allowing third straight start, allowing seven three and eight hits in 6 1-3 hitsandtwoeamedrunswiththree himtofightagain,"commissionchair­ Tyson's camp that the fighter had McGwire w,L'i plunked in the 1ibs ThelossdroppedtheCubsintoatie Mark Kotsay's two-run homer in runs innings. Anaheim's bullpen got walks and nine strikeouts in seven mw1 Dr. Elia, Ghm1em said. lem11ed to control his temper. by Steve Woodrnd ( I 0-12) in the for the NL wild-card lead with the the seventh had pulled the Marlins "He's not crazy," Dr. No11on fo,t. 1ight afte1· B1ian Jordan hit his New York Mets, 4-3 winners over withinarunandchasedMasato Yoshii eight straight outs, with Troy innings. l11e commission will pick three Percival pitching the ninth for his John Snyder (l-2) won his third Roitmim told the commission. Tyson, 24th homer. Florida. (6-8). Turk Wendell worked 1 2-3 psychianists by Monday, and Tyson 41 st save. straight decision, allowing six hits who ,mived for the hearing on a Fe1mmdo Tatis hit his seventh Jon Nunnally homered twice and innings, and Franco pitched the ninth will be able to choose oneoftl1em for Seattle's Alex Rodriguez hit'his over six innings with one walk and Former champion Mike Tyson (left) gets advice from, his attorney Dale Kinsella during a hear!ng an examination expected within a motorcycle weming a leather jacket for his 38th save. on reinstatement of his boxing license before the Nevada Athletic Comm1ss1on Saturday at Cashman Field Jesus Smchez (7-9) took the loss. 40th homer and became the third three strikeouts. week or so. and jeans, apologized repeatedly to player ever to hit 40 home nms and Darren Lewis homered for Bos- in Las Vegas. AP New York's John Olerud went 3- The fonner heavyweight cham­ the commissioners and said the ban steal 40 bases in the same season, ton. pion was at times testy but for the has left him all but broke. He prom­ for-3 to raise his average to .352. He joining Jose Canseco (42 homers- Orioles 5, Yankees 3 most part connite during a six-hour ised hewasachanged manand would has an Rl3l single in the second in- 40 steals for Oakland in 1988) and In Baltimore, rookie Sidney Allen wins interim. WBC title hearing before the same commission never misbehave again. ning. Bany Bonds (42-40 for San Fran- Ponson ruined David Cone's sec- Giants 18, Dodgers 4 By ED SCHUYLER Jr. ers from a sprained ankle he suffered an overhand right that revoked his license on July 9, "I believed I was bigger than the cisco in 1996). and try at his 20th victo1y. ATLANf A (AP)-RobertAllen whenrefereeMills Lane accidentally Ballard, 224, staggered up but 1997, for biting 's sport. I realize now I'm Mike Tyson In San Francisco. Bill Mueller and Athletics 8, Rangers 4 Penson (8-8) allowed six hits in wontheinterim WBCmiddleweight pushed him out of the ring in a fight fell into the ropes and the fight was ears in a title bout the athlete. It brought me down to Jeff Kent hit grand slams a, Sw1 In Arlington, Texas, Oakland 7 1-3 scoreless innings, walking championship by stopping fo11Tier against Allen on Aug. 28. That fight stopped. 'Tm not opposed to anything. I earth a great deal." Francisco beat Los Angeles to move stopped the Rangers' four-game two and sniking out five. In his sparring partner Abdul Ramadan in was declared a ''It's the biggest win of my ca­ don't mind seeing a psychiatrist now When commissioner Lorenzo within three games of the leaders in winning streak, overcoming Juan previous start against New York, the first round Saturday night in the no-contest reer," Ruiz said. "Hopefully it will and then," Tyson said. Fertitta asked the boxer why he al­ the NL wild-card race. Gonzalez's 300th career homer. the right-hander allowed two hits Mueller's first career slan1 capped Ben Grieve went 3-for-4 and over62-3shutoutinningsonJune Georgia Dome. IfHopkins elects to defend the title give me a chance with the big man Tyson has been in trainingrecently, ways seemed to be getting in trouble, Matt Stairs drove in two nms as the 16 for his first major league vic- The left-handed Allen hurt again,hemustfightAllenifhemoves _Holyfield." · and his handlers already have tenta­ Tyson said: 'Tm belligerent some­ a seven-rnn third inning. Kent's sev­ Ramadan with two right hands to up to super middleweight, Allen be­ Eliecer Julio took charge in the · tive plans against an unnamed oppo­ times when I'm provoked. I'm tired enth cwrer slam, his second of the Athleti cs took a 6-0 lead against the tory. AL West leader and stopped their Cone (19-7), looking to match comes champion. second half of the fight, wearing nent for a fight in late November or of people trying to take advantage of sea'ion, completed a six-nm fourth. the head and followed with a flurry. five-game losing streak. his ca.reer high in victories, 12 hits In two other fights, John Ruiz of down Cruz with body shots and early December,quitepossibly at the me, trying to bully me around and He tied his career high set last seawn Ramadan turned his back and Aaron Sele (18-11) lasted just 3 and five runs in eight irmings. Olelsea,Massachusetts,stopfe(!Jeny doing damage in close, especially MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las antagonize me. It's been pervasive with his 29th homer. grabbed hold of the ropes, and ref­ 1-3 innings, allowing four runs and Alan Mills got three outs for his eree Jim Kolb gave him a manda­ Ballard of Washington in the fourth with right uppercuts. Vegas. for so many years that I'm a bad B1iw1Johnso11m1d Doug Mirabelli round of a 12-round heavyweight Eliecer Julio, 117 1-2, won by also homered for the Giants. eight hits. Jinuny Haynes (11-8) second save. tory eight-counL His return to the ring would re­ seed." tookashutoutintothesixthbefore Tigers 8, Twins 7, 10 When action resumed, Allen match. eight points on each of two cards energize the heavyweight division, Tyson is accused of assaulting two Russ 01tiz (3-4) allowed four runs and by nine on the third as he on 11 hits in 6 1-3 innings for the allowing Gonzalez's 44th homer innings landed another barrage and once And,Jorge Eliecer Julio of Colom­ but also bring millions of dollars to men following a fender-bender in­ of the season. In Detroit, Damion Easley hit a boosted his record to 40-1 with 30 Giant,. Ismael Valdes (10-10) was again bia retained the WBO bantamweight Tyson, who remains the biggest draw volving his wife's Rolls-Royce in a Royals 7, hidlans 6 game-winning homer for the sec- Ramadan turned his back in a title on a unanimous decision over knockouts. Cruz, 117 1-2, now is in boxing despite his absence from Washington, D.C., suburb. A pre­ the loser. In Cleveland, Manny Ramirez ond time in three days, a two-run neutral comer. Allen looked at the Adonis Cruz of Nicaragua. 29-4-1 with 16 knockouts. thcring.AndTysonneedsthatmoney, liminary heming is set for Oct. 2. But Phillies 4, Expos 3 hit his 44th and 45th homers, but shot in the l 0th inning that sent referee and then threw anotherflll.l1)' "Eveiything I threw I caught him Afterthefight, Elierer Juliocalled his lawyer told the commission. because thernatteris pending, Kinsella In Philadelphia, Kevin Sefcik hit theClevelandbullpenfailedtohold Minnesota to its 10th straight loss. before Korb stepped in and stopped with," Ruiz said in an understate­ for a match against Johnny Tapia, Attorney Dale Kinsella said the said Tyson would not answer ques­ an RBI single in the eighth inning to a (5..0 lead. Easley followed Tony Clark's it at 2:46. menL the WBO and IBF junior bantam­ boxer ha, a $13 million tax lien filed tions about it. push Philadelphia past . Ramirez's homers gave him a leadoffsinglewithhis26thhomer 'Ibe fight was on theundercardof In the fourth round, Ruiz, 228, weight champion. againsthimandonlycameawaywith Tyson sounded annoyed at times Cwt Schilling ( 15-14) allowed major league-record eight in five off Rick Aguilera (3-9). Easley Evande( Holyfield's WBA-JBF drove Ballard back with a six-punch Jnawomen'sboutscheduledfor $5.2 million of the $30 million purse drning the heming and at other times five hits, struck out nine and garnes,tyingthemarkreachedtwice went 3-for-5 with two doubles, heavyweight title defense against barrage to the head, then staggered IOrounds,Christy lvlartin, 1411-2, he wa, supposed to be paid fortl1c h<,t buried his head in his hands ,L, if he walked two in his major league­ by Washington's Frank Howard in two RBIs and three runs scored. Vauclm Bean. him with a seven-punch flurry and of Orlando, Florida, stopped Chris­ Holyfield fight. were disgusted. /\tone point he said leading 15th complete game. He 1968. Minnesota's Paul Molitor was Allen, 23-2 witl1 1S knockouts, finally put him down with an eight­ tine Robinson, 144,ofSylva,North Kinsella also said tl1e boxer has lost he wa, being "humiliated." struck out the side in the ninth to The Royals scratched out the 3-for-5 with a homer and thnx becomes interim champion until punch barrage capped by two over­ Carolina, in the fifth with a barrage S50 million to$65 million because of He ente;d the meeting room, increase his strikeout total to 29.\ winning rnn in the ninth off Paul RBb. extending his hitting streak champion Bernard Hopkins recov- hand rights, two right uppercuts and of punches to the head. the ban. Tyson's advisers say his which overlooks the minor league the best in the NL. 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~8-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- SEPTEMBER 21, 1998 'l SPOBTS eld 'decisions Bean By Ed Schuyler Jr. competitor. This was his day to ATLANTA (AP) - Evander shine." Holyfield gave his hometown Shining, but not fans what-they wanted. Vaughn winning.While Bean fought Bean gave a lot of people what well, the loss was a costly one. they didn't expect. It's not known when or if he Holyfield, looking at ti mes like might get another title shot. an old fighter, knocked Bean Bean did not come out fight­ down in the I 0th round and won ing in the early rounds, but in a unanimous decision over the rounds 5, 6 and 7 his awkward scrappy challenger before style bothered Holyfield as the 41,357 in the Georgia Dome on challenger landed short, chop.­ Saturday night. ping rights to the head and sev­ While Bean was fighting only eral shots to the body. his eighth opponent with a win­ ning record, Holyfield 'showed Bean, however, lacked Holyfield 's power, and that hurt the guile that comes from long his chances. years of experience in top-flight competition. The 25-year-old Bean, who Bean was pushing Holyfield looked flabby at 231 pounds, into the ropes late in the I 0th actually came back to have the round when the champion sud­ best of the final round and denly sidestepped Bean and Holyfield appeared a weary flung him into the ropes with his champion at the bell. left arm. Bean was hung up in "He loves his job," Bean had the ropes when Holyfield landed · said, refeITing to Holyfield. a right to the side of the head that This fight, however, looked dropped him for a seven-count. to be a Jot more like work than fun for the 217-pound cham­ "He hit me when I was down," Heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (left) and Vaughn Bean mix it up in round one at the Georgia Dome pion. Bean said, although he was still in Atlanta SaturdEW, Holyfield won by decision after he decked Bean in the 10th round. AP Holyfield showed none of the on his feet when the punch fire he had in two fights against landed. "The ref didn't do his him. That's part of the boxing roundmajoritydecision. This time Holyfield found the awkward Mike Tyson, but he was cagey I know I was on his home game." job. the decision wasn't close. · Bean much tougher than most and tough enough to handle turf. He hit me right on the The disappointed Bean, who Judge Duane Ford of Nevada observers thought he would be. Bean and clever enough to score temple. The ref could have· was ranked No. I by the IBF and. scored it I I 6- I I I, while Al "I did not come in overconfi­ the big knockdown in the I 0th. stepped in." was Holyfield's mandatory cha!-. De Vito and Leroy Brown, both of dent," Holyfield said. "I hit him Holyfield's next fight is ex­ "I've got to take advantage of lenger, said: "I thought I won the New Jersey, each had it I I 7- I I I with good shots. He also hit me pected to be a mandatory WBA every opportunity I get, because fight - same song." for Holyfield. with good shots. You have to give defense against Henry he's a good fighter," said :-_: Las.t Ma.rch 2~,,B,

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