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• I , aI _By Jojo Dass whether the drngs were legally Variety News Staff obtained," according to an offi­ LABOR and Immigration opera­ cial requesting anonymity. tives yesterday stumbled on what A female Chinese national, is believed to be ''highly-regu­ identified as a certain Ding Di, lated drugs" inside what appears was found working as a staffnurse to be a four-bed clinic during an at the clinic and was taken into unannounced inspection at two government custody after it was Lower Base factories owned by learned that she does not have a the island's biggest garment local license to practice here. manufacturer, Tan Holdings Corp. 'Handcuffed' Acting Labor and Immigration Witnesses said "many" work­ Secretary Mark Zach ares, who led ers were "handcuffed" while sev­ the raiding team said the drugs eral others were found to have no havs! been turned over to the Cus­ Alien Registration Cards as gov­ toms Service .. for further investi­ ernment agents combed the gation." company's premises for several Asked if the Department is sus­ hours starting at about l :00 in the pecting any connection between afternoon. the clinic and earlier reports of Variety repeatedly tried but Chinese-operated abortion clin­ failed to reach Joaquin S. Torres, ics on Saipan, Zachares said, "I formerCNMI labor director, who don't know, I can't say, I'm not a now is a top executive of the firm. doctor." TrnTes reportedly ordered Tan Mike Malone, Special Assis­ Holdings employees not to allow tant to Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio, for media into the premises during his part, said officials from the the inspection. A member of the An Immigration agent (center, with bag) takes Chinese nurse Ding Di (left) into custody as other Labor and Drug Enforcement Agency Immigration operatives approach them during yesterday's inspection at Tan Holding's garment far;tories in inspection team told the Variety (DEA) have been called in to iden- Lower Base. Ding was found to have no license to practice on Saipan. Photo by Jojo Dass some of them were .. not given much of a quick access to what tify the drugs, described as "highly heard as saying during the factory they came to see." regulated medicines." visit. A press release issued by the Factory may face fine for "They (drugs' names) were "It is hard to say if they belong company however trumpeted the written in Chinese (characters). to the workers," he added. firm's openness, saying it received 'un-landscaped' premises They appear to be some high- DEA, for its part, has called an By Rick Alberto powered drugs," Malone was expert from Guam "to confirm Continued on page 54 Variety News Staff THE GARMENT factory of Winners Corp. in San Antonio faces the · prospect of a $10,000 fine for each day of noncompliance with a Sta~an reminds garment factory permit condition: landscaping. The Coastal Resources Management gave Winners Corp. 30 days to comply with the condition. 'raiders': Recognize workers' rights "Failure to comply may result in fines ofup to $10,000 per day for By Mar-Vic C. Munar "We commend Governor noncompliance," said the CRM notice issued Wednesday. Variety News Staff Tenorio for taking the initiative to Records showed that Winners submitted to the CRM on Nov. 14, INSULAR Affairs Director explore and solve these prob- 1996, its landscaping plan for review and approval. Allen Stayman yesterday gave lems," Stayman said. · It was not known if the landscaping plan was implemented. Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio a little Stayman, however, told the On April 4 last year, during an on-site inspection, former Com­ pat on the back for his Variety that his office has received merce Secretary Pedro Q. Dela Cruz, then a CRM board member, administration's· ongoing ef­ information that "deportable" noted that the yard of the Winners factory was "bare, with the forts to correct any irregulari­ workers aiTested during the raids exception of some short, malnourished banana trees." ties at Saipan 's garment facto­ were not given due process. Tne CRM requires that all garments factory projects be land­ ries, although the Interior offi­ He said he .was informed that scaped. cial is not exactly optimistic "workers are brought in without A landscaping plan must be done by a CNMI-registered landscap- and is afraid government agents the opportunity to be represented Contmued on page 50 may not be doing it right. Continued on page 50 Allen Stayman

....,,., .. ·. ··- -··· ··---· --- .... _., __ . - --·-' -·· ---· ____ _._, ____ --··" WEATHER 'Less restrictive Zoning law to be enacted this year':; By Zaldy Dandan will create a special committee to signs improperly posted, and Variety News Staff speed up the enactment of a new this is a nuisance to private / ; Ou1look THE NEW chairofthe Saipan zoning law. houses beside motels," he said. . and Northern Islands legisla­ "What we want is a palatable "Imagine ge!!ing a knock on .. , i. your door in the middle of the ·11 i , tive delegation yesterday said application of zoning, r,.i Hofschneider said. "We don't night from couples asking to l ! ii : ·• this year will saw the enact­ want one that is too restrictive." be checked in." :·:1 !!1 : ; ment of a new zoning law for r1 iij '·· Saipan. He added that zoning, if en­ The local laws on street nam- ! I Rep. Heinz S. Hofschneider acted, should first apply to com­ ing and on stray dogs will like- /j 1· (R-Prec. 3), who succeeded mercial-use areas. wise be enforced this year. , , I ' · Senate Vice President Thomas Private lands should be re­ Hofschneider said. '. i I r, P. Villagomez (R) as delega­ spected, he said. "We will also look at ways to il Mostly cloudy with J. ' tion chair, said zoning is "on i"'.. "There is, for example, a big help the mayors of Saipan and H isolated showers ' top of the list," adding that he Heinz S. Hofschneider problem now with commercial c-ontinued on page 50 l:j ------• ~n, •• - .... ,~-·,,,-~.,-.. ._ _-,.,~-,·-•' • '"~ ! ':

PAC NEVvSPAPER STACKS 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY - MARCH 13 1998 FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS~3 China to sigXn UN Japan Central Bank OIA mulls release Focus covenant on rights Demise of garment sector BEIJING (AP)_ China plans to sign a major United Nations treaty Governor to quit to raise prices of imports on civil and political lights, Foreign Minister Qian Qichcn said of Tom Gray report Atnnewsconference late Wednes­ maker hm1ged himself as prosecu­ By Aldwin R. Fajardo Timrsday. By YURI KAGEY AMA day, M:1L'-mhitn called tl1e ant:st re­ tors prcpm-cd a wan.mt for his ,urest. By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff The government earlier had said it was considering signing the TOKYO (AP) _ 1l1e head of the In a press statement, the com­ past the local Customs people have g11c:t1able, promising tocoope1:ue fully "I feel outr.1ged that Ll1e invcstign­ Variety News Staff [Last of two parts] Intem;itional Covemmt on Ci\'il and Political Rights, but had indicated Bank of Jap,m will 1esign tl1is month pany said it is considering filing a not been cooperative with either witl1 the investigation. tion has now reached the linchpin of INSULAR Affairs Director Allen GARMENT' manufacturing accounts for the largest percentage ofindusny it believed the accord could conflict with domestic laws. over a widening b1ibe1y ,;crn1dal tliat civil defamation lawsuit against this office or the US Customs But pressurcs)mm lawmakers, the the limmcial indusuy," 1-1.t~himoto Stayman said yesterday the De­ employment, at 21 percent, in the Northern Mariana Islands. TI1e treaty is intended to provide broad. basic gum-antces of civil has n;achcd the ce110~1l bank, J apa­ the Variety and that "it will de­ Service, there is little data avail­ nese media rcponed ·n1ursday. media and the public for his resigna­ was quoted ,l~ saying Wednesday partment of the Interior is await­ able and that is why we found it After tourism, the garment sector, which registers a consistent increase in liberties mid legally supp01t the Universal Declaration of Human tion has built up steadily since the BOJ cide whether to do so this month." the declared export value since 1990, is the second biggest revenue­ BOJ Gov. Yasuo MaL~ushita told by Kyodo News agency. "We must ing approval from federal law en­ necessary to hire a ..:onsultant to Rights. official was taken into custody. "We are very angry to have generating industty in the Commonwealth. Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto put all our efforts into getting to tl1e forcement officials to release "all track down these allegations," China signed another key accord, the International Covenant on 111e arrest comes at a bad ti me for bottom of this." some• anonymous source' accus­ The industry has been serving as the backbone of the CNNIT'seconomic by telephone that he wou Id resign to or part" of the investigation re­ Stayman said. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, last October but the legislature the centtal bank. A law giving it more News that the biibery investiga­ ing us of this wrongdoing," Jin structure since tourism's dramatic decline middle oflast year. take responsibility for the scandal, the port prepared by private investi­ The Interior department hired has yet to ratify it. independence from the Finance Min­ Apparel said. "We have never il­ ThedeclinewasaresultoftheslumpinmajorAsianeconomiesincluciing quasi-public NHK-TV said. tion hadreachedJapan 'scentral bank gator Tom Gray. Gray to gather evidence of al­ China's constitution guarantees freedom of speech, assembly and istt-y istotakeeffectApril l ,andcritics legally transshipped any garments that of Japan's and Korea's, where majority of visitors come from. A spokesman for the central bank sent a shock wave through financial Stayman said the Gray report leged textile trade fraud, religious relirrion and other civil liberties, but in reality those rights are severely have already said the anest raises and we would never do so." As it has always been in other countries, tourism is a fragile industry that had no immediate commenL markets, janing investors' already "is under review by federal law persecution and forced abortions. cu~led by laws and.regulations, some of them unpubHshed .. doubts about the bank's ability to shaky confidence in the financial Stayman said Interior officials can easily be impacted by weather or environmental downturns in the The move comes a day afterTokyo enforcement officials." At least 30 percent of the garment TI1e ruling communists have argued that the rights of its 1.2 billion handle the added autonomy. system. had heard of transshipment ac­ visitors' home countries. 1be gannent sector offsets this weakness of the prosecutors arrested Yasuyuki Meanwhile, Jin Apparel, Inc., manufacturers on Saipan alleg­ people to economic security supersede other liberties and has that each "I don't have information about The yen tumbled against the dol­ tivities by some of Saipan 's gar­ are tourism industty. Yoshizawa, 42, chief of the central one of the eight companies in­ nation defines human rights differently. everything bank employees do out­ lar and the Nikkei Stock Average ment manufacturers, but did not edly engaged in transshipping. 1be garment sector is the only manufacturing industty in the CNMI. The bank's Capital Markets Division, on cluded in the list of alleged gar­ Under Chinese Iaw, police may detain suspects for lengtl1y periods Wednesday. side," Matsushita said Wednesday. dropped 1.33 percent on Wednes­ have enough data other than "few A highly reliablesourceearliertold declared export value of garments produced in the Northern Marianas ment transshippers, denied "un­ without charge and may send detai1;1ees to Iabor camps forup to three Yoshizawa is suspected of accept­ "But I don't think that means I don't day. tell tale clues." the Variety that the eight companies increased from $162.5 million in 1990 to$555 million in 1996. yeru, without iiial. ing more than 4.3 million yen ($ know what's going on within the InearlyThursday trading, the dol­ equivocally and angrily" that the "Since the CNMI is not subject an: tnmshipping finished garment 1be industty posted an increase of$100 million between 1994 and 1995 The punishment has been increasingly applied in recent years to 33,860) in the Form oflavish dinners Bank of Japan." lar rose above 129 yen, following a company is involved in the illegal to the jurisdiction of the US Cus­ products from the Philippines, Ko­ andof$135 million between 1995 and 1996.Andthough the sector does not political dissidents. who are often relentlessly harassed by police once and other ente1tainment from two The arrest was the first ever of a surge to a seven-week high in New transshipment. toms Service, and since in the rea, China and Hong Kong. pay the business gross revenue tax [five percentonrevenues over$750, CXXl], it pays a ''user fee" of 3.5 percent of exports for the use of the customs released. private banks, the Industrial Bank of Japanese central bank official. Since York trading overnight. The Nikkei exemption. China still prohibits Roman Catholics from recognizing the Vatican's Japan Ltd. and Sanwa Bank Ltd. lateJanuary, prosecutors have arrested fell slightly. autl1ority and government campaigns are underway to tighten control In return, he allegedly gave the four officials from the Ministty of Prosecutors accuse Yoshizawaof Federal takeover · ButNorthem Marianas' only production industty has apparently failed to over Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and Islamic study group.,. Both banks inside information about the Finance on suspicion of taking bribes accepting bribes on as many a~ 90 from companies they were supposed awe the United States government as garment sector leaders alleged that religions are seen by Beijing as inspiring anti-Chinese separatists in central bank's market operations and occas1 to be regulating. recentattacksrntheindusttyhasbeenperpetuatedfortheeventuallaborand Tibet and the Muslim region of Xinjiang. other favorable trealrnent, the Tokyo ons from the two banks _ 3. 18 prosecutor's office said. Last month, a governing party law- million yen ($ 25 ,(X)()) from the immigration federal takeover. Indusoia1BankofJapanonabout60 Lawyer Robert O'Connor, in a television interview, has said that forced occasions and 1.12 million yen (dlrs abortion and other similar abuses thrown against garment companies have ...... 1114 been perpetuated by advocates of the federal takeover . ~ 8,800) from Sanwa on 30occasions - ,111111..... _._.._~--~---...... O'Connor singled out Office of Insular Affair [OIA] Director Allen _ between May 1993 and June 1997 . TIRES AS LOW AS .--- ., Yoshizawa also allegedly leaked Stayman to be behind "all these." He alleged that Stayman employed a ....__ ...,.._ ..• JIIIIIII" ___ ...... , privateinvestigatortolookintothereportedlabor-relatedabusesinCNMJ.'s ...... ft ...... the BankofJapan 'squarterlysurvey gannent sector and "paid the prober $100,(X)() for a month's work." - -...... -- ~ ... ------.. of business sentiment, which is TRIPLE J .,. close! y watched by financial institu­ The Department of Labor and Immigration [DOLI] is conducting ...... ''unannounced inspection" on garment factories and workers' staffhouses. tions as an indicator of oentral bank monetruy policy, Kyodo reported. This kicked off with the "raid" made at Marianas Fashion Inc., where 200 employees were found working without Alien Registration Cards (ARCs}. 95* R,~ SanwaBankapologizedinastate­ ~~~~ I i :! j : (• & I :fN'1~ j j j : I i I;) {J ment issued Wednesday, saying it Anothergarmentfactory,AdvanceTextileslnc.,wasrandomlyin~pected 0 .,i\I "deeply regrets the trouble that has Wednesday where DOU operatives reportedly discovered electrical wir­ ~ g Our Tire and R!m Prices '.. ~..L. r.---+- been caused." ings that are out of compliance and several workers without valid docu­ 0 .:.\\'1 ·<·,··· ·:i r,--J>.,\\/ ,.l~\l~/~l FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5 ~-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- MARCH 13, 1998 JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Ii ~ Letters to the Editor ii :I ) Shenanigan boosts / What religious persecution? i UNEMPLQYIHENT AT A 24-YEAR LOW AARP's member rolls Dear Edi tor: in Saipar,. is packed with workers from the vari­ ThisChineseChristian Church was ous factories for Sunday worship at I read with great interest a front started by a Korean Pa,tor in 1991. 10:00 am. MEMBERSHIP in the nation's largest lobbying organization - page sto1y that appeared in the Friday The Church wa, handed over to an­ On Sunday afternoons, there are the American Association of Retired Persons - has been "drop­ Newspaper (March 9, ;998) regru·d­ other Korean, Pastor Lee and I in small group fellowships and evange­ ATTORNEY WHITE HOU5E ping like a stone" for several years now, one of their top officials ing 'religious persecution' suffered Februaiy 1992. listic outreaches to all the do1111itories Factory inspections should NEE:PED 0 .. confided to us. AIDE CLINTON by the garment workers in the Com­ Since then my family and I came to reach the unbelievers. FOR WHITE Ho15E: NEED5 CUNTOIV PARTNER The AARP has been desperate to keep this quiet. It has been so from Singapore as missionaries pri­ Sunday evening service at 7: 15 is be continuous, unrelenting INTeRN ASSOCIATE monwealth. LI\WYER .SEE~ desperate to reverse the trend that at one point officials secretly marily to reach out to the contr'Jct again packed with workers. /'IEEPS I run writing this to give my testi­ THIS week saw a number of actions taken by government to LAWV'ER monkeyed with a membership formula to give the organization,' mony as a Missionary/Pastor work­ workers from China. Monday night there is a pr.tyer correct perennial problems pertaining to the CNMI labor and 0 LEGAL literally, an overnight boost of more than 2 million members - ing runong the thousands of Chinese We are thankful to God for this meeting at every dormitory of the immigration situation. HELP without receiving a single new membership application. workers for the last six. years. This is great oppo1tunity to be able to share various factories which is organized F.QB. To· understand· what a shock the declining membership num­ the Gospel of Jesus Christ freely on by the workers themselves. ParticuL1rly noticeable are the series of .. raids" or inspections CLINTON NEEDS the Truth, nothing but the Truth. of garment factories undertaken by Labor and Immigration AC1¥UAINTANCE bers - which translates to declining clout on Capitol Hill - is It is claimed that some manage­ this island. TuesdaythroughFridayeverynight LAWYER to AARP long-timers, consider the boast that current Executive operatives. NEEDS ments of the Saipan factories do not In a spiritual sense, we even call there are discipleship training and Director Horace Deets made over breakfast a decade ago. For this, the government should be congratulated. LEGAL allow their workers to go to church. thisplacc:'TheBackDoortoChina". special topical studies. Saturday night The renewel vigor on the part of the-CNMI to undertake C0i'J5UtrATION W/HTE HOUSE Then chief of staff, Deets was briefing an incoming ex.ecutive This may be true that some non­ In the past six years, we have experi­ is the only night without a meeting in fNTERN director on the organization. According to handwritten notes, rd'orms should be recognized. This is definitely a step in the SfEk5 SECRETARY Christian managers do not like their enced tremendous growth in terms of which the pastors and all the mem­ REQUIRES Deets said that the AARP was confidently expecting to have 41 right direction as far as reforming the system is concerned. It 0 9 ATTORNEY workers going to church, however, thenumbersofChineseworkerswho bers take a rest and prepare for Sun­ LEGAL million members "by (the) 1990s." day worship. has taken a new government with a fresh vision of the future to WA5HfN6T'oN ASSISTANCE this in no way stops the worker from confess their faith in the Lorcl Jesus force the cleansirn! of this most controversial sector of the o.c. These days, AARP insiders know, they'll be happy if they can actually going to church. Let me Christ Every year the1e are at lea~t two just stay even with a little over 30 million members by the year CNMI economy-tl1e garment industry. ATTORNEY briefly describe our Chinese Church Every Sunday morning the church Continued on page 53 Although some may view this series of raids as part of ··win­ NEEDEO 2000. The situation has become so disconcerting internally that dow-dressing efforts" meant to allow CNMI leaders to look US top officials have felt forced to make a virtue out of its handicap. Senators in t!1c eye during the upcoming March 31 hearing, the When Deets reports to the board of directors about the num­ Teno Administration should be given the benefit of the doubt. bers, he is neither downcast nor apologetic. He cheerily tells Overall reform proceeding well them everything is going along swimmingly, because his "strat­ Regardless or whether this is meant to assuage the Feds from difficulty determining to whom and meet with members. egy', of "break-even growth" or "modest growth" is going just as Dear Editor: tak"ing drastic. adverse action against the Co~monwealth, it is to direct requests for different He has also included the Legis­ nec,

The Around the Islands section covers community stories, The Around the Islands section covers community stories, local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a story you would like to share, or an event that needs to story you would like to share, or an event that needs to be covered, contac! Laila at 234-6341 be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341 .I SAES to host Japan Tinian students visit Saipan for career field trip I. tential consequences of tl1e federal The students who did not go to OVER 30studenrs from Tinian High TI-!S student Richan.l Hofschneidcr llip said, "I had always wanted to be student exchange today lakeoverofll1eCNMl'slmmigration Micro Beach went to a series of talks School 11:ccntly rravcJcd ro Saipan for also remarked, "Ir w,l, neat to see ;1 lawyer. now I w;mt to be judge!" TODAY, sixth grade students dents from one of the several mid Minimum wage laws. at the Depru'llTtent of Public Safety a cmeer education field !lip, mid had what the compute,~ do llmt people Anoll1crfascinatingseminarw:L~ a from San Antonio Elementary schools Mr. Yasuo Miyazawahas Co111c,,rcssmanJose Hocoghosted a where Lt. Nicholas Leon Guenero fun le;U11i11g al,out scvc1al m,ljorfields. used to do by hand, when ll1ey draw pn.:&ntaion by Robert Goldberg.Asst. School are hosting a group of founded in Japan. I. Attomey General for tl1e US Dept. of sumptuous luncheon buffet for the along with Detectives Joe H. Aldan, According to Civics teacher Jim a builuing, the image turns on alJ. high school students from MostSaipanresidentsareaware Lloor ;md Immigration. students.u1d their teachers at Halina 's Joseph Pangelinan and James L. Vinar, the !lip featured multi-disci­ sides". Yokohama, Japan, according to a of the quite successful and now Goldberg explained tl1e signifi­ Kitchen where the students relaxed Ayuyu discussed witl1 them tl1e prob­ plinaiy experiences for the teenager, '1l1ey c:m p1int out blueprints I 0 press release. traditional, cultural exchange pro­ crnice of the upcoming 902 talks with rn1d ate before continuing with their lems related to the increase in some from social snidies, math and ~cience feet long. It would take hour, to draw The students are meeting for gram between the seniors of busy schedule. Continued on . page 53 courses at THS. it," he said. the federal government and the po- the first time in an experiment in Miyazawa Gakuen and the stu­ "John Sutfin and Randy Angie Sill's Healll1, Chemisuy mid international friendship. Both dents of Marianas High School. Cu,pre ken· s mall1 ,md science stu­ Psychology snidents visited the Com­ schools have been preparing for The proposal to initiate an ad­ dents went to Architectural a11d Suuc­ monwealth Health Center. Their tour their exchange program for about ditional cultural exchange pro­ n11~1l Engineering films of Efrnin arranged by Kath Dumas, Chief two months. gram on Saipan was made after Camachowherethcytalkedwithhim Medical Technologist, included vis­ The day will begin with an as­ Miyazawa and members of his mid his staff," said Vinar. its to ll1e medical laooratories, the sembly in which the two schools staff made a series of visits to San "After lunch. this group proceeded phannacy and llie physical ll1erapy exchanged greetings and gifts. Af­ Antonio School. 10 a beach front field trip at Micro deprutment. ter the fo1malities were observed, The Miyazawa group was im­ Beach to discus topics related to wa­ TI-!S student Regina Palacios was the students reported to Ms. pressed by the school's inclusive tcrqu,Jity. fees and water pollution," particulruy interested "to sec how Yamazaki 's and Mr. Williams' academic practices, the teachers' he said. they can check ciie blood type of classrooms, where they will visit enthusiastic response to the idea of TI-!S student Jannie Floncs was blood before they give it to some­ and share their arts and crafts, organizinganexchangeprogramand rnnzazed that engineering equipment one'' .. games, songs and more gifts. lhe schools site itself. c,m handle such a high volume of · Also, in physical therapy, we They will have lunch at the San Antonio students, staff and work. learned that we are supposed to sleep school cafeteria. Finally, they will adminislrntors hope today's activity· "Computerized communication on our back and not on our stomach to From left,. Commonwealth Musuem of History and Art Board of Governors members Ray Tebuteb, Elizabeth plant a free to commemorate the will lead to the establishment of an­ Rechebe1, Guerrero, Matias Taisacan and Carmen Sanchez display gold jewelry from the Spanish can send huge document, between keep our spine su'aight," she said. day's activities. other successful cultural exchange galleon, the Concepcion, at a Board meeting yesterday. Photo by Laila c. Younis computers even from over;;cas," said Vinar's Civics class visited the The Japanese youths are stu- program here on Saipan. Flores. Commonwealci1Fami\yCourtwhere "It will printout any sizedocumenl they had a question and answer scs- · of engineering bluprint,. Being an sion with Associate Judge Virginia engineer is interesting because every Sablan Onerlleim. Fun day. Students and teachers from Tinian High School gather for a group photo in front of the Tinian CUC power outage The N orthem Mari.arias Beauty Pageant day the job is different," she said. Student Grace Cing after the field Express after their field trip to Saipan. r------~ THRCOMMONWEALTH Utilities Corporation annouces electrical upgrades for customers in the Capital Hill area Association is actively seeking for sponsorship New rules for NMC grad test from the Legislative Building, Esco's bakery to the Denny of 1998 Miss CNMI Universe Beauty Pageant ALL THOSE planning to take the Graduate Record Exam or area (Balecha residence & entrance to Castro's residence). GRE on April 4 should be informed that there have been The electricity will be turned off this tomorrow, March I 4 candidates and also for contributors to the changes in testing procedures .. Northern Marianas College ,•. from 9:30 a.m. to I :30 P-ID, GRE Testing Coordinator, Romana Wong says the changes This is to continue stringing new. primary conductors for pageant. Please contact Advertising are significant. the upgrade of Feeder 4. The new system. will provide better The Educational Testing Service, which controls the test, electric services, especially during storm weather. Committee Chair Ray Yumul at 233-7827. has made arrnagements for it to now be offered in computer j'''·. Electrici'ty will be restored by 1:30 p.m. or as soon as form, not on paper as has traditionally been the case. This crews have safely completed the project. 1 ONALD'S" 5th Year Anniversary DEAL change also involves a different cost, from $96 to $ 120. i' "Those applicants who already mailed in their money for '·,_.~----- the test will be receiving a refund and will now be expected to fully pay the higher cost of the computer-based exam," CCAC to collect Wong said. For more information, contact her at NMC at 234-3690, ~ ext. 1341. 'Ana 27' entri THE COMMONWEAL TH will be made by a juror based I on the slide submissions. Council for Arts and Culture GTC Elem. PTA meeting t(: has recently received a call The artwork selected will be DVD? LO? VIDEO CD? ~.··· for entries from the Holter included in the "ANA 27" ex­ PARENTS, Tc:achcrs, Stu­ The meeting wi II begin at Museum of Art for the "ANA hibit and be eligible for nu­ dents and other interested per­ 6:30 p.m. at the GTC Elemen­ 27," a national juried art ex­ merous $1,000 and $500 CD-GRAPHICS? WE HAVE IT ALL! sons arc informed thal there tary School Cal'ctcria. hibit. awards to be presented in vari­ will be a meeting of' th" The major subject matter for The "ANA 27" is open to all ous categories. f\\Jt\$ Gregorio T. 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FIHDAY;M.'\RCH 13; 1998 •MARIANAS-VARIETY NBWS AND VIEWS•ll Mufi.a Accident victini sues auto property shop over 'loose' tire screws Babauta addresses Yale forum WASHINGTON Rep. Juan N. left front ti1e severed from the lxx.ly of lcgc if it chooses." lionship with the United States." By Ferdie de la Torre to Micro! to mount and balance all it, Babauta told Yale Law School stu­ dispute settled Variety News Staff four tires. · tl1c vehicle, while being d1iven by "What is critically imporrant is the "We wanted to raise our st;m­ dent~ that the CNMI-US relationship A VICTIM of a vehicu!m· accident Casi!, shortly after Micro! had re­ question of what economic opportu­ dard of living and wcr counted on By Ferdie de la Torre Micro!, a firm engages in repairing is "'permanent and temporarily divi-· has sued an auto repair shop for leased the truck to her. nities are being created for the people the Covenant,joining the US and Variety News Staff ,md servicing motor vehicles, per­ allegedly failing to tighten tire sc1ews Microl possessed the duty to pcr­ sive issues shouldn't change that" of the Northern Marianas under the gaining US citizenship to accom­ A LA WSlflTagainstthe CNMIgovemmentanda hotel developer filed by formedthcworkonthecomplainant 's of her pick-up 011ck. fo1m servicing and 1epair work on Babauta addressed the students last control ofimmigration and minimum plish that." an estare over a land dispute has been resolved by the parties involved, court vehicle ,md tl1en released the truck to Katherine Casi!, through counsel motor vehicles in a workman ,mu March 2 to explain the Covenant and wage. We must create jobs for our Babauta noted, however, that documents showed. CL~il. G. Anthony Long. asked tl;e Supe1ior In performing the work, the com­ safe manner, said tl1c plaintiff. other aspect~ of the unique political Dxuments submitted in the Superior Court indicated tl1at a settlement people-good paying jobs; and we one critical attribute of citizen­ Court to order Micro! Corp. to pay plaint said, Micro! breached its duty "'11,c negligent acL, and action of and historical relationship between was signed to resolve the case filed by Vicente S. Muna estate, through must gain control of our borders ship, participation in the national damages in an an1ount to be deter­ of crue to Casil because the company Microl caused Ca,il tosufferdan1agc theNorthcmMariana~and the United administrator Lan}' T. Lacy. and end unrestricted immigra­ government is still denied to the mined at tJial for negligence. failed to tighten the screws on the left to her vehicle and h,L, caused ru;c.l States. It was found that the heirs of Muna have no right, title or interest to the tion." people of the Northern Marianas. Micro! denied t11t allegations. ti1e of the ~chicle after balancing the continues to cause Casil to suffer Babauta' s p1esentation was part of "We are the only members of the subject lots 579 and 589 located in Chalan Kanoa DistricL Babauta looks at controversies The complaint stated tliat on June ti1es. bodily hmm anc.l injury," the com­ a month-long forum being held by vis-a-vis the CNMl-US relation­ American political family who Lacy sued the CNMI government and Inter Pacific Resorts Corp. doing 9, 1997 Casi! took her pick-up auck The complaint said as a result the plaint alleged. Yale to mark the I OOthanniversaryof ship under the Covenant. "What are not represented in Congress. business as Pacific Islands Club (Interpacific Resorts )claiming that the heirs the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Juan N. Babauta Robert A. Undetwood we should not lose sight of is that That's not right. And we plan to of Muna own the lots. Spanish-Amerian War and made the CNMI has a permenents rel a- change thaL" Interpacific had entered a lease agreement with the government on the Man gets 9 years for kidnap, assault Puerto Rico and Guam parts of the "And the people approved that re­ build our infrastructure. But much of lands for its hotel project lationship and chose to become apart battery, and thefL withMingSuandGiAiPingmauled, United States. it is attributable to the security and During the investigation the parties have located various records of the By Ferdie de la Torre of America and US citizens, by an Variety News Staff Acting Public Defender Harvey kidnapped, tied, locked up,mdrobbcd Congressman Robert A. stability offered investors as a result Government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (GTIPf) and overwhelming 78-8% majority." SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge M. Palefsky, counsel for Chen, re­ aChinesewomanin,mapartmcnt in Underwood (D-Guam), who joined of the Northern Marianas being part LASERDISCS KARAOKE CNMI government which establish that the heirs of Muna do not have any Also on hand with Babuta was 1imotl1y Bellas has rescntenced a quested the court for a resentencing Garapan. Babauta on the panel, focused on the of the United States and being ruled right, title or interest in the properties. Edward Pangelinan, the lead Cov­ man to nine years imprisonment for following an agreement entered into The two other defendants Ming role of Guam's Delegate in Con­ by US law." Itwasgathered,however,thattheMunaswereawareofthelandexchange enant negotiator for the Northern '1nBARGA.IN SALE~ kidnapping and beating a woman in by the government and the defen­ Su and Gi Ai Ping were also con­ gress. Babauta also acknowledged that ~ ~ agreement dated July 31, 1954 prior to the date that said negotiation and Marianas in the 197Cis. · November 1996. dant victed after they signed a pica Babauta explained to students the certain special featuresofthecovenant conveyances between the heirs and the GTIPI were executed. In his last remarks, Babauta de­ In granting the defendant's request, The government and Chen signed agreement with the government. unprecedented nature of the Cov­ had become controversial in their ~e heirs loo~ advantage ofthe landexchangeinordertosell the property scribed to the law.students both the Bellasalsoallowed Li Kai Chen tobe a confidential agreement. the te1msof They are currently serving a jail enant relationship. application. whichtheyrecervedfromtlleGTIPiontwoseparateoccasions,documents benefits of the CNMI relationship eligible for parole. which requite the defendant to dis­ term. "It is based an consent of the gov­ He described local control of alleged. with the U.S. and problems which After a jury aial, Bellas sentenced miss the appeal he filed in the Su­ erned," he said. inunigraton and minimum wage as Under the settlement, the complaint shall be dismissed and each party have arisen between the two govern­ Chen Iast May to 26 years in jail for p1eme Cornt. "Unlike Guam or Puerto Rico "unique, given tous because we were shnll shoulder their respective costs and attorneys' fees. Apatang tells ments. so much different than the rest of the charges of kidnapping. assault and Cour,'>'loals: product measured in million to a GIP how we have used these special pow­ ship was negotiated by the represen­ Featuring: My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion (Titanic) CNMI GOVERNOR'S in the billions_ Some of that growth is ers. And it'sclearfrom the Covenant tatives of the people of the Northern Candle In The Wind 97 - Elton John Marianas. the result of direct fedral aid to help that Congress can revoke this privi- DEVELOPMENTAL How Do I Live - Leann Rimes (Conair) Sale price from $29_95 and up DISABILITIES Guam_ rounds up island junk Get a copy Now limited time only Also Available assorted Video CD Karaoke~at 3 pcs. for $50.00 the Typhoon Paka clean-up of debris economy, they also threaten our wa­ COUNCIL and junk cars is being done at govern­ ter lens, and are a major health haz­ Come and Visit our store for w·ide selections. ment expense, enforoemer it will also ard," said Gov. Carl Gutierrez. Financing & Layaway Available in celebration of bestepped-uptoensurethatindividu­ The Governor anticipates that the alsdonotcontinuetothrowtheirjunk project, which started in early Febru­ only at: in abandoned lots. ary, will be completed in approxi­ "Itisimportantthatwecleanupthe· David Apatang mately six to eight months. DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES island once and for all. Not only are Crews are working 7-days a week By Mar-Vic C. Munar the piles of metallic junk an eye-sore around the island, with one crew Variety News Staff and a blow to our tourism based permanently stationed in Dededo. AWARENESS MONTH REPRESENTATIVE David Apatang has asked the Board of Education to prioritize the con­ Carl Gutierrez March 1- 31, 1998 structi~n of a new elementary AGANA, GUAM - Over 3,500 school m Dandan, which is part of junk cars and tons of metallic debris .. eON All ADMIRAL the Public School System's 60 have been collected as an island-wide classroom project. post-Paka metallic waste project gets · APPUANCES Apatang, chairn1,m of the House into full swing. committee on public works, said tl1e a The project is a coordinated effort earance only publicelcmentuy school in San between thevariousGovGuam agen­ Vicente is cunently accommodating cies, at the direction of the Governor, Jencraft Vinyl Mini-Blinds T I student, not only from Dandan. bLrt to collect all of the metallic debris left Servistar Water Heater Servistar-MTD Garden Tractor !!! • 1" plastic slats. also tl1osc frorn Kal'rn,m ,Ulll otl1cr oruncovered by SuperTyphoonPaka, 40 GAL. -$269.99 • Wand Tilt Contra ncighbo1inl' villal'c;. 12.5HP. 38" CUT -$1599.99 tl1e Governor's Office said in a news I 30GAL. - Temporary • Heavy-duty head rails. "Then;,; a n~w lm111cstcad in rclca-;e. 14.5HP. 42" CUT -$1799.99 sold-out Kagrn;m, so we should cxix:ct mrne • Easily shortened to any Coordinated by George rlores from length student, from tl1is,uca." · said Apat,uig, the Governor's Office, tl1e project i • Easily installed inside or E LE who represents tl1at pnxinct. involves the Deprutment of Public PSS pl;u1s to build a 15-classroorn Works, the Guam Environmental outside window frame school in D,md,u1 to i:,L,c the ovcr­ • Hardware included . Protection Agency, the Guam Wa­ crowdingat S,m Vicente Elc1ncnt,u1 terworks Authority, the Guam Tele­ 29"W X 64"L- $9.00 School, one of the most p.Jpulatcd t' phone Authority and tl1e Chamorro Amoco Ultimate Gold schlXlls on Saip,m. ( 1: Land Trust. Motor Oil 36"W X 64"L -$12.59 FI Apat,u1g said he had lx:cn in­ The film DRC is conn-acted with T Sae 30 $1.69 43"W X 64"L-$16. formed tl1at BOE w,L, pl,umin>! to GovGuarn to haul, sto1e, bale and 79 scrap the D:uxlw1 pro j:ct bccaus: the shred metallic wa,te, and then trJ11s­ 10w-30 $1.75 48"W X 64"L-$17.99 Recognize the potential f: Hutty Dcprut111entof Public Works, which po1t it off-island. Black Smoker $299.99 Sal pan's Super Lowest Servistar• Windshield is undertaking tl1e $] million cl,L-s­ Backboard Combination Washer Solvent 60"W X 64"L -$21.59 Theprojectisbeingcloselycoordi­ 30,000 BTU $207. 75 and abilities room project, is 11mning shrnt of nated with all 19 Mayor's Offices. Starting al $288.89 1 Gal. $1.55 money. Individuals who have metallic ty­ 35,000 BTU $299.25 There were c,u-licr rqxi1ts that the phoon debris such as tin, old appli­ of persons with project would lx~ scaled down from ances, cars or other metallic waste on 60 to 40. BOE oflicials. howcwr. Servistar-MTD 2-IN-1 SIDE their property can contact their DISCHARGE PUSH MOWER c.lcnicd tl1is yesterday. (sec 1clatcd mayor's office, and request for the sERVJlif.liii® developmental disabilities story) junk to be"removcd. 3.5HP. 20"CUT -$189.99 YCO ·Good Neighbor. Good Mvice. DD 'Il1e contract of Dcmap:ur Con­ Commercial companies are urged 3.5HP. 22"CUT -$239.99 For inform~tior~s.o.n Aw~reness Month activities, please call the CNMI Governor's Develo mental suuction hac.l bccn c:mt-ekd witlwut CORPORATE OFFICE IS NOW LOCATED ON D1sab1hhes Council office at (670) 322-301~ (TDD/Voice) , (670) 322-3015 (Voice) p totakeadvantageofthisprogram,md 4.0HP. 20"CUT -$269.99 THE 2ND FLOOR, GARAPAN YUMUL BLDG. I accomplishing ,mything. altlmud1 deposit metallic debris at the Cabras 5.0HP. 22"CUT -$299.99 (670) 322-4168 (FAX)·• E-Mall: [email protected] $1.4millionhad 1c1xi1tcdly lx:e11 uS::d site, a, it is free of charge. PHONE: 233-3112 • 233-3113 /FAX: 233-3111 P.O. Box 2565 CK • Saipan, MP 96950 up. The Governor sa1:ssed that while ... FRIDAY.,MARCH .J3,, ~\l98 .• MARIANAS, VARIETY. NEWS,AND.YIEW~-13 tie-up sought DPH notes rise in Hepa B cases DOLi-OS By Aldwin R. Fajardo Last year, the public health uc­ Iike condoms bee au sc the disease sharing among intravenous drug deaths. * OSHA will train DOLi in­ that Variety News Sta If partmet11 reported 7 4 cases of can be transmitted through sexual users, and less frequently, among Young children rarely develop By Jojo Dass Ron Biggers. Safety Enforce­ Strashcim and Connie Hunt, *OOLiwillcorntlinatewithOSHA THE PUBLIC health department acute or chronic hepatitis B. intercourse. medical workers exposed lo blood acute clinical dise:L,e tl1ough 25 per­ I.' ' ment Offic~er of DOLi 's Safety OS HA ·s Region IX Administra­ spectors on applicable codes and Variety News Staff on safety and he:1Ith trainings being has noted an increasing number The World Health Organiza­ But the department said the products. Other moues of trans­ cent of children infected under tl1c A TIE- l IP bet ween the Depart­ and Health Office. in an i111cr­ tor and Director. respectively, "re­ procedures; OSHA will notify DOLi of conducted on the islm1d. of hepatitis B cases in the North­ tion said hepatitis B-caused Ii ver spread of the disease can be bet­ mission include child-to-child and age of seven become cm1ie1:-;. ment of Labor and Immigration vicw. said he met with OSHA sulted in ·good faith' agreement." * impending inspections; ··complfauicewiththisagreemen~" ern Mariana Islands. cancer is now one oftbe principal ter prevented through abstinence mother-to-chi Id. Hepatitis B vaccine ha, been in­ :1r1d Che' Occup:llillll:il Safety :ind offici,1/s lace last monch follDw­ The two parties agreed that : * DOU will be invited to attend wrote Bigge1:-;, .. will help establish a Elsy Ramon, communicable causes of cancer deaths in many and faithfulness, as t~e vulner­ l k:dth Ad111iniscr:Hion is now bc­ in!! Tenorio\ Jan. directive. '' Joint inspections by OSHA The disease take years before it cluded in all national immunization any OSHA trainings abroad; ·working relationship' with OSHA." diseases program managerofthe parts of the Pacific Basin. ability of acquiring hepatitis B develops cirrhosis of the liver or in!.! J!T~lll!.!Cd on orders of Gov. lk said. in a report submiucd and DOLi operatives will be programs within the Pacific Region. ''The workers in the CNMI," he l'c,drn P. ·1·e11orio. it was learned also late last month to Tenorio, scheduled "when it is helpful to * DOLi will provide OSHA department said her division has And while local health experts becomes higher among people liver cancer. Present statistics with the exception of six countJics added, "will benefit by having two yesterday. that discussions held with Frank both organizations:"' with names of employers and cor­ recorded several cases of acute admit incidence of the disease on engaged in risky activities. showed that more than two billion including Ausu·alia, Caml:xxlia. Ja­ responding firms it may recom­ organizations working together to and chronic hepatitis B. the island is high, they maintain Health officials said the dis­ people alive today have been in­ pm1, Laos, Mongolia and Vietnam. mend for inspection; ensu1e a safe ,md hcaltl1ful work­ Ramon, in an interview, said that there are still ways to prevent ease can also be transmitted fected with the hepatitis B virus, At le,l,t 75 countries have already * DOLI will alsoprovideOSI-IA place." hepatitis B like HIV infection, it the spread of hepatitis B, espe­ through the use of unsterilized rendering 350 mil lion people introduced hepatitis fl v accinc within with a list of employees' living quar­ Su11Sheim led a nine-man team of remains incurable. cially through intensified cam­ needles or other medical equip­ chronically infected CatTiers. their national immunization pro­ ters that need ··follow-up inspection"' OSHA inspectrn:-; on tl1e ishmd last "You have it all your life. Or it paign. ment. Every year, there are over four grams, though less th,m half ofthcSl: to ensure that compliance is being month. can even lead you to your death,"' The public health department Most infections occur in adults million acute clinical cases of m·ecountries witl1 a hepatitis B c.u,icr maintained; In ,m interview.he said OSHA will she said. encourages the use of "baffiers" through sexual activity, needle hepatitis 13 and about a million rate of eight percent or over. * OOLI will give technical w;sis­ be cooperating with tl1e local govem­ t:u1ce in the fo1,; of help in locating ment in establishing a machine1y tl1at t:u-getted business establishmems, will cnsu1e tlrntemploye1:-; me suictly uw1slatingforeign languages mid pro­ complying with federal health ,md viding office space to OSHA; :md safety standmds. RP invites CNMI to HOLYWEEK another trade fair YOUR ONE,STOP ELECTRONIC SHOP,FOR QUALITY CHOIC,ES! SPECIAL By Aldwin R. FaJardo QUALITY AUDIO/VIDEO AND HOME ELECTRONICS SALES & SERVICE Variety News Staff Ir------~ SAMSUNG SV-A51P DA 4-Head VCR w/Remote Control , Free I AFIER a successful tour around the Philippines' economic zone in I Voltage System (110-220V) • Quick Start Mechanism· I Morgen Bldg., San Jose Village Beach Road • Tri-Lingual On-Screen Programming Tel.# 234-20681235-TVCR (8827) Fax: 234-2069 Southem Luzon last month, CNMI businessmen may take another look at I I Mahogany AC Grade Exterior the country's diverse line of products and have their own produce featured . . --·- - through a gifts and houseware trade fair next month. ~:z,'::: -. : • IM,_;_ : ,::-::;.~o1 1 ~~r.-····, Plywood, Interior Mahogany Plywood • Sale ' ~]i - --===---- ~ t;. ~ < Philippine Vice Consul Ronell Santos said invitations and infonnation 1 1 ;\:__ . . : .ur.~r.~~ ~ ::. ~~ :~. materials have already been distributed to Northern Marianas investors who 0 4'x8 4'x8 :$259° ~ ' : may want to diversify to other trade sectors like wholesale and retail of gifts ~-­ and housewares. ACCEPTED $14.95 ~------~ LAY-AWAY PLAN 1/4" Santos said CNMI businessmen will be invited to attend the 27th Gifts Ir------~ TOSHIBA M-450L DA 4-Head VCR with Remote Control • Auto I 1/2" $23.69 and Houseware Market Week in Manila next month, which is a showcase Voltage System (110-220V) • Cable Ready• Automatic Head Cleaner I AVAILABLE $21.30 of several products. I 11 1/2" , Digital Tracking ·-"- I 11 Saipanbusinessmencanalsohavetheirproductsshowcasedintheannual · I 5/8 $30.10 . ' ' r------~------~ Manila trade fair which have linked buyers and exhibitors since 1983. Its I JVC XL-MV55 $26.50 • • , ln"•• ;7r...;;,.. I 5/8 1995 Octoberedition first achieved$ IOOmillioninterrnsoftotal negotiated 1 Sale I Video CD Player, 3-CD Triple Tray Changer • T-Picture On­ ·-. , .. -- ' ...... '-., ~ ' I 11 sales. · ~ I Screen Display, Digital Key Control· 110-220V w/Cordless 3/4" $37.54 :$279oo - , ~-··· ..., 3/4 $33.15 In 1996, Market Week sales set a record-breaking $1 I 1.22 million in ii I I Microphone • NTSC/PAL Compatibility negotiated sales from 3,348 buyers. The number of foreign buyers has I always surpassed the two thousand mark since the early 1990s. ~------~ European buyers have consistently been the largest number, followed by ·~ r------: Sale those from the Asian Region and the United States. There has also been a ., steady increase of buyers from the Pacific Region and North and South 1$59900 America I The I 9970ctobereditionreceiveda total of$1 l 8.856millionncgotiated sales. The Manila FAME has always relied on actual buyer figures, according to a statement from the RP's Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions [CITEM]. CITEM has implemented 41 trade promotional activities in 1996 where some 2,239 local manufacturers had been linked up with 20,683 buyers, Discount generating total sales of $591.49 million. f Yoshiharu Tanaka, presidentofToyo PropettyCo., Lid. in Tokyo,Japan \ said he has been a regular visitor of CITEM trade fairs during the last three i years "and every yem·, I see a lot of improvement." I 'Tvc seen several trade fai1:-; in Asia, but this fair is indeed n.:m,u-kable. SAMSUNG It's like Europe.mi fair or Fnmkfu1t fair, should I say," ,m info11nation I CT-5073 20" i g mateiial from CITEM said, quoting Virginia 13jorgum, owner of Elegrn1t I Color TV Imports from California. / I Color TV with Remole Control , 1. Auto-Voltage (110-220V) A/V r----~-~-~------~~~-~-~~ CNMlbusinessmen who may i,vant to p.uticipate in theCITEM trade fair AQVOB 8,000 B.TU. Air Conditio~er : will have to submit applications with accompanying brochures or cata­ I Input· Cable Ready : GE logues or product photos. Product lines to be displayed must initially be approved by CITEM based on brochures or product photos that will be I Sale : ~~~~i~~~~h.e~~~:1~~ess Filter 1 '!P~·~'. : submitted. I 95 $279 1 Sale i -<; 1 *Application forms and acceptance procedures brochures are available I I Hot Water Pipes & ar the Philippine Consulate in Nauru Bldg. in S1tmpe. 1$47900 :====o' --=-:::, - •• ~------~-~ 1 ------·r::u;;;;;;;; ;;;;;rr;;;:;::;·· r -·-· -·- Fittings PVC Electrical ~ Olopai wants blinking Ir------SANSUI I ~------~ I 5V2002 20" I r------~I ~ I TBT14 14.4 Cu. Refrigerator/Freezer Conduit Pipes Color TV w/Remote Control • I GE lights along highways I Auto-Voltage (1101220Vl PAU I I I NTSC System • Full On-Screen I I w/Automatic Defrost· Top Mounted Freezer I By Ferdie de la Torre Display, Sleep Timer .... /~ -· See our new shipment of Kiln-dried Clear Grade Mahogany Lumber Olopai requested acting Depart­ I I 1 Ut ~ ..::i I Variety News Staff ment of Public Works Secretary I I Sale ' !t-.1 "". I CONGRESSMAN Max Olopai John B. Cepeda to work on such Sale t. ~.~.m,.:' ·.~ has asked the government agen­ blinking lights project with the I 0 I :$779oo t. illi(~s.c. ' I •••. S.ALE ON CASH BASIS ONLY••• cies to put up hanging yellow Dcpaitmcnt of Public Safety and I $289° I I .... -. I blinking lights along main high­ Commonwealth Utilities Corp. ' " P.O. Box 331 Saipan, MP 96950 ways and schools to uccreasc the "I am thinking of the impor- • Sales: (670) 234-6609/0415 • Fax (670) 234-8720 ~------~ ~------~------~----~-J risk of accidents. C6-nffnued 6ri page-54 FRIDAY ,MARCH '13 , I99S- 0 MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS 15. Cabrera slapped with same Mitchell to get doctor for Advance Textile could Babauta's insanity defense rape charge in Federal court By Ferdie de ta Torre By Rick Alberto Aguon left plaintiff alone with cused Cabrera of violation of Variety News Staff face $75,000 in fines Variety News Stal( Cabrera," the complaint said. her civil rights under the Vio­ LA ~ER Ted Mitchell is planning A FORMER Immigration su­ The complaint noted that the lence against Women Act of to hire a professor from the Univer­ By Jojo Dass tum on the switch and rub it in a pervisor with the r;nk of cap­ CNMI Attorney General had 1994 and of state law. sity of Pennsylvania to testify for murder suspect Oscar Reyes Variety News Staff certain way, they could get elec­ tain was charged with rape and filed criminal charges at the Aguon was blamed for plac­ Babauta's "defense of insanity." THE NA VY Hill garment facrory trocuted," he explained. other sexual charges at the fed­ superior court against Cabrera ing the plaintiff alone with Mitchell said Dr. Robert L. Sad off, which was inspected by labor and Biggers also noted that tem­ eral court yesterday. The same for two counts of rape, two Cabrera who, the complaint a forensic psychialrist, appears to be immigration agents on Wednes­ perature at the worksite is "some­ charges had previously earned counts of criminal oral copu­ said, "had a history of sexual where at 88 degrees" which he qualified to present expert testimony day could face up to-$75,000 in him guilty convictions and lation, two counts of miscon­ misconduct." said could cause some workers to to prove Babauta 's defense of insan­ fines for alleged failure to comply prison terms at the superior duct in public office, and five "But for the negligence and experience headaches. ity at the time of the alleged crime. with federal regulations on the in­ court I ast year. counts of assault and battery. omissions of Officer Aguon, stallation of electrical wirings. "We like to see the workers Sadoff, however, is not free to come Isidro T. Cabrera, accord­ Judge Timothy H. Bellas, Captain Cabrera would have to Saipan to examine Babauta until Ron Biggers, Safety Enforce­ work in a temperature of 72 de­ ing to the complaint filed by however, found him guilty for not had the opportunity to the summer break, said Mitchell in ment Officer of the Department of grees generally when it gets over Zhang,GuiJuanthroughlaw­ two counts of rape, two counts forcibly rape plaintiff and the Babauta's request for continuance of 80 degrees in the workplace cer­ Labor and Immigration's Safety yer Joe Hill, allegedly raped of oral copulation, and one rape and injuries to plaintiff the trial. Ted Mitchell and Health Office, also said that '.~in wo.rkers could get headaches, her twice while he was on duty count of misconduct in public would not have the occasion The lawyer said the doctor still has inspectors will be back at Advance he said. at the Division of Immigra­ office. to occur," the complaint to conduct a field investigation of person cannot have criminal intent" Textiles Inc., to measure the den­ Rob Goldberg, Assistant At­ tion Services airport detention For the rape counts, he was· siated. Chamorro culture in ordertoevaluate On the other hand, Mitchell under­ sity of fibers in he air at the work­ Rob Goldberg, torney General said no arrests area on Nov. 20. sentenced to 15 years' impris­ The complaint said Aguon thedefendant'sbehaviorbecausethere scored the need to set a new trial date place. were made during the inspection. Also named defendant in the onment with IO years sus­ and Cabrera "are jointly and are no current anthropological stud­ in September citing that he is bur­ "We have ordered some instru­ violations were found during the He said though that there was complaint were Immigration pended; for the criminal oral severally liable for the result­ ies of the local culture. dened with a litigation calendar in ment that will measure it (density) unannounced inspection at the "a very large number" of workers Officer Tricia Aguon and the copulation counts, he was sen­ ing injuries to plaintiff and MitchellsaidBabauta'sfamilywill other civil cases. for us," he said. factory. · . found without Alien Registration CNMI governme';it. tenced also to 15 years' im­ are liable as joint tort feasors." need some time to marshal the neces­ Babauta 's uial wassetfqr Ap1il 20. Most of the workers, during the "The most serious was electri­ Card. Zhang said Aguon was as­ prisonment, with IO years sus­ In the case of the CNMI, the sary financial resources to cover Babauta waschruged with murder inspection, were found not wear­ cal (concems)," Biggers said. signed to guard and watch over pended. plaintiff said, the government Sadoffs fee and expenses. in the first degree for the gunslaying of his cousin, Jose Boki Babauta, in ing face mask to protect them from "Their wirings were running her during her detention by For the misconduct charge, is liable for Cabrera's and He pointed out that the CNMI law as Matuis on Feb. I, I 997. airbome fibers. through unapproved channel, it DIS. he was sentenced to on.e-year Aguon 's "tortious acts and states that "no person judged by com­ Bond.firm. petent medical authority to be insane If convicted, Babauta faces a maxi­ Biggers explained that wearing will have to be rewired, there As a matter of policy and imprisonment. omissions" under the theory AT RANDOM. Immigration agents check an official master/isl of legal can be convicted of any crime be­ mum penalty of life imprisonment the mask is optional for employ­ were some areas where conduc­ practice, DIS assigns female In the complaint, Zhang ac- workers at a Navy Hill garment factory during an "unannounced of respondant superior. cause of the presumption that such and a minimum of l O years in jail. inspection" Wednesday. No one was arrested. ees. tors were on some sharp edges toldtopa.y guards to watch over and pro­ Photo by Jojo Dass Meanwhile, he said at least 12 and the workers, when they go to tect female detainees. abandoned According to Zhang, Aguon allegedly left her to the cus­ workers. tody of Cabrera. "Plaintiff was raped twice By Jojo Dass by Cabrera, once each time Variety News Staff 'JHEDEP ARTMENT ofL1borand WEEKEND SPECIALS Immigration has directed an insur­ ance firm to immediately release EAFOOD · GROCERIES . funds covering three months' sala­ ries of some 31 Chinese workers CKO Srimp \QF ...... 1 Lb...... 3. 1 5 /lb #1 OCorn Whole Kearn el ...... 4. 5 Olean abandoned by their employer upon #10 Fruit Cocktail ...... 5. 7 5tcan their anival on the island. Tilapia ...... 600 gm/800gm ...... 1 . 05 /lb Linn Asper, OOLI's Administra­ By Rick Alberto Orange Juice 6oz ...... O. 45tcan tive Hearing Office head, in his rul­ Var;ety News Staff Dungress Crab 1.5#2# ...... 4. 9 9 /lb A MAN in,Jicted by the US HMF Purified Water ...... 15 litre/1box ...... 30°/ooff ing, also required Premier Insurance Seafood Mixed ...... 1Lb ...... 2. 9 5 tbg Company to purchase repatriation government for two counts of tickets for the 31 workers' 13 other distribution of crystal meth­ Hakkagai Orange ...... 4. 80 /lb companions who were known amphetamine, or ice, was ac­ Fay Fuji Apple ...... 56's/80's ...... 0. 7 5 /lb quitted by a 12-man jury yes­ BEEF,. · · · · to have entered the Common­ Danjon Pean ...... 100's ...... 0. 7 5 /lb wealth, but who failed to show up terday. Ground BeefBulk ...... 10/1 Lb ...... 1 B. 9 5/pkg during a transfer employment hear­ Antonio B. Matagolai, had Blood Orange ...... 72's ...... 0. 99 /lb ing last Feb 26. been indicted for allegedly Beef Back Rib ...... 10 L...... B. 50/lb The matter stemmed from com­ knowingly distributing within Plum Red/Black ...... :...... 1 . 7 5 /lb plaint, recently filed by the workers 1,000 feet from the Saipan in connection with their abandon­ Community School $300 Seed Ies Watermelon ...... O. 7 9 /lb worth of ice on Nov. 12, 1996. Pork Hock Sliced ...... 0. 69 /lb ment by JNJ International, a Korean Papayas Hawaii ...... 1 .39 /lb construction firm who allegedy re­ Matagolai had also allegedly Pork Loin Bnls Twin Pack ...... 2. 49 /lb quu-ed the workers to pay $5,CXXl distributed $400 worth of ice Nectarine ...... 1 . 9 9 /lb each for placement to Saipan. on Jan. 16 last year. The jury's not guilty verdict Avocado ...... 1 . 99 /lb DOU has fined JNJ Interna­ meant thar lhc evidence pre­ ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS 300L OFF tional a total of $1.2 million in sented by the US government (12000BTU and 24000BTU) ]0 Chicken Thigh ...... 5 Lb ...... 4. 25 /lb Broccoli ...... Q. 89 /lb unpaid wages and liquidated dam­ ages. did nol establish the Ckn Drumstick ...... 5 Lb ...... 4. 5 0 /lb Broccoli Crown ...... /lb defendant's guilt beyond rea­ 1 . 09 Howevcr,facedwithrcmotepos­ 5 FROZEN OTHERS Chinese Cabbage ...... 0. 5 9 /lb si?ilities that the award money sonable doubt. ~!~Z~ Gas) 20°/o Off will actually be claimed, DOLi ··we presented a good case. Sliced Cheese 1WS ...... 1 . 39/pkg Green Cabbage ...... 0. 49 /lb opted to allow the workers secure but we have to abide by the jury's verdict," Assistant US REFRIGERATORS Clam Chowder ...... 3 Lb ...... 1 0. 95/pkg Green Onion ...... 0. 95/pkg temporary employment and have 20o/o·25o/o OFF their-insured salaries released. Atty. Frederick Kerley said Chicken Nugget 0.5oz ...... 2.5 Lb ...... 4. 95tpkg Cello Lettuce ...... 0. 59 /lb Thus far, five of the Chinese when asked to comment on the verdict. wAsHERs & DRYERS 20o/o OFF workers have secured new em­ Jumbo Carrot ...... 0. 43 /lb ployers while 26 were given until Under the jury system, he said, the jury's verdict con­ s (Matt/Box) $279.00 YellowOnio ...... 0.39 /lb May 6 to do so. Asper, in thesamedirective,also trols. • Cash & carry only The 12-man jury's verdict • Effective 3/13-17 . King Beds (Matt/Box} $400.00 Tomato ...... 6x6 ...... 0. 39 /lb mled that the same insurance firm was unanimous, as it should • Dealer financing available at slightly higher price be placed on notice to deliver repa­ Frame extra be whether it is guilty cir not ' triation tickets for any of the work- guilty. Enterprises Saipan Inc. ~ ers who fail to find new employers { by then. i Savings Throughout P.O. BQX 2725, SAIPAN, MP 96950TEL.: 234-7243 • FAX: 234-3304 r-su10,,:~;;;;;;71 J DOLi records showed that then: * LIMITED TO ll were rniginally 81 Chinese workers LET US KEEP the Store STOCK ON HAND . . . ' . I I recruited by JNJ Intemational. * DELIVERY *Above Special are good from March 13 to March 1988 or while · Purchase Amount $100! or above CNMI LITTER Extended Store Holiday Hours EXTRA I I Asper, in his mling, said tl1e re­ Mon-Sat 9:00AM-9:00PM supplies last. Kwek's Ent. is not responsible for any"typo­ I One case Free I maining 37 "eitl1cr did not enter the FREE. Tel. 234-7313 Sunday 10:00AM-7:00PM graphical error" or any misprint by newspaper. I Pork Spareribs 2nd Danish 10# I Commonwealth or have been 11:pa­ ~------~-----~ uiatc

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SPAM (Leg or Less) He has banned most foreign where he was to speak at an MANILA, Philippines (AP) _ the April 1-4 Asia-Europe ends in June, and he is cam­ travel by government officials economic forum, after critics President Fidel Ramos said Meeting. paigning hard on behalf of this year to reduce a projected urged him to stay at home to $1.79 Wednesday he will forgo a trip to Ramos was set to make a ruling party candidate Rep. budget deficit. He also has deal with economic hardships London to auend a meeting of state visit to the United States Jose de Venecia, who trails in com-e under attack by opposi­ caused by Asia's financial cri­ Asian and European leaders be­ after the London trip. Asked the pol ls. sis. whether the trip lo Washing­ Ramos is the Philippines' tion politicians for his fre­ cause of pressing domestic du­ He defends his trips by say­ ton was also canceled, he told most traveled presi,dent, hav­ quent high-profile trips. ties. ing they have brought invest­ fti-.···:::~: :; .:{.~;(. :. Spareribs Cal rose Rice\ Ramos said he has asked reporters to "just wait" for a ing journeyed to more than 40 In January, he canceled a ment and secured assurances Senate President Neptali future announcement. countries in 34 foreign trips. scheduled trip to Switzerland, t.Yi ;.,: ; ~- .7 20 lbs box 50 lb bag t from foreign leaders for proper Gonzales to represent him in Ramos' single six-year term . . ' I 95 l ~if'" ; treatment of overseas Filipino . . workers. $17 .gs $14. ~fk~t, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RPiGov't, Cot11m1-1nist The Coastal Resources Management Program (CRMP) will rebels agree ort rights Formel,' speaker Sugar 4.4lbs Carnation CRISCO be holding two (2) public hearings regarding Coastal Permit MANILA, Philippines (AP)_ The govemment·and<.:omm.unist Laurel dies at 85 Folgers Coffee Application No. SMS-98-X-33 submitted by the Division of rebel peace negotiators have comple~ an agreementon human Master Evaporated~ OIL Fish & Wildlife, Department of Lands and Natural rights after agreeing on a provision conc:eI11ing co111pe~¥tion for E 39oz (Red) Resources for the construction of one (1) each boat launching victims of abuses under the late dictator Ferdinand Mar<:0s, Presi- MANILA, Philippines (AP) Milk reg. (1 GAL) _ Former Philippines House A-1 Tuna • $1.&9 ramp at the Public Works Beach and Civic Center Beach, dent Fidel Ramos said Wednesd~y. . .··. ·•· L i ...... 12.oz. and two (2) launching ramps in Tanapag Village. The The Comprehensive Agreement on Humanlijghts andJnteirtatiqrutl Speaker Jose Laurel Jr., a one­ time supporter of Ferdinand $9.95 project also includes the widening of the Smiling Cove Humanitarian Law covers a wide spectrum ofhuman dgh~ £f}~ceI11S arid $6.99 Marina launching ramp. is the first major sµbstantive agreement ieached between the gC>Vemment Marcos who later helped lead .89¢ 89¢ . and the rebel National Democratic Front; Rrun~s said ... · i i < · opposition again~t the late dic­ The public hearings are scheduled for the following dates: Ramos urged the two p!IDCls Jo '·~ouble tlleir efforts to ehd this tator, has died of complica­ prolonged fratricidal conflict ... to bring about alasting pea . \ Cattlefish · •.v.· · ocoa :.- .. JI'~ Please contact Coastal Resources Management at 234-6623/ . The younger Laurel ob­ ~ -- 1 gal Marcos was driven into exilein HawaH by a 1986 ''people power" .·~; Krispies 7320 or 3907 if you have any questions or require further revolL He died in Honolulu three years later.. · . · tained a Jaw degree from the {6oz) .c information regarding this project. During the talks, the NDF insisted on "recognition and sati$fac· University of the Philippines · ··: · 15 oz 1!1$3.99 851oad tion" of the claims of the plaintiffs in the human rights case, partly in 1936 and later taught at because many of them were mistreated for belonging to the front or various law schools. He was a $1 ~69 $2.49 Isl JOHN F. FUREY 14 Marxist groups under the front's .umbrella. member of the House of Rep­ $3.39 '~ 13.95 Acting Director The rebel group, however, said itis "not placing itself in the queue to resentatives from 1941 Lo Coastal Resources Management receive any material benefit.' 1972, serving three terms as Huggies House speaker and also as Franco-Amer Campbell Home Garden minority leader. Argo Candle Spaghetti Chicken Supreme He was responsible for re­ Cornstarch Flour {Jar) cruiting Marcos into the w/ Meatballs Noodle Soup 1-2-3-4-5 Nacionalista Party, which then (5 lbs) drafted Marcos as its presi­ 14.75 oz 10.5 oz 69¢ $1.39 '?HOTTEST dential candidate in I 965. 29 $9.95 Marcos won the election, was $1 .79¢ $1.99 each 'DANCER ON re-elected in 1969 and im­ • posed martial law and one­ ountyPaper man rule in 1972. t Charmin '::. US X-Large Eggs Towels SAIPAN Laurel and one of his five ..} <;;;;;3ff/:_, (36 rol~ .... brothers, Salvador Laurel. a 5 former senator and vice presi­ ffi< ·•-. .. ·. .. . ·. i. ..·.· . . .· .. · . . On behalf of mvself and the Women's Health Conference Planning Committee, I wish to ex_press The nationwide campaign is being carried out atthe schools this our deepest gratitude to all of you who_participate~ in the Saturday, March 7, 1998 gath_erm~ at week, and the campaign is targetting children from ages 9 months to Dai-lchi Hotel. Over 300 people from Sa1pan, Rota, Tm1an and the FS_M took part m th1s,h1ston_cal $2~9~ /!~ event. It was through the partnership of the Departmen_t of Public HeaH~, Wo1:1en s AffalfS, 15 years ofage. . · The immunisation programme funded by the World Heal th Office of the Governor CNMl Food and Nutrition Counol, and the sacnfmal assistance of the fa Organisationas part of Pacific campaign to achieve target of volunteers and donors,' that we were able to successfully serve our community with information, a wide the Health ForAllBy The Year2(XX). . FRESH KING SALMON or resources and assessment. YELLOW AN TUNA At this turning point, 1 challenge each and every member ?f ~ur community t~ respond t? ~he many health messages disseminated at this c_onference and mv1te your cooperat10~ 111 pract1c111g Women groups: Vanuatu a healthier lifestvle. Let us make this day different than any 111 the past. The exotement of the day has left us {vith enthusiasm and positi~e emotions, but _we must re?lember that healthy 'a dictatorship for men' living is a life time process. To enhance this proc~ss, we will be planning numerous health Inastatement VANW!Pexprcssed promoting activities such as; walkathons, health fairs, and 111format1on forums. PORTVILA(Pacnews)-Vanuatu Women in Politics (VANWIP), tl1e concern that tliere will be no woman representation the new 52-member In closing, let us remember, that it is the physical, emotional and spiritual health of each individual political rumoft11e Vrumatu National parliament. u.s residing in the Commonwealth that will make our cornmumty strong and prosperous. Council of Women, says tl1e country U.S TOMATOES has become "a dictatorship for tl1e It blamed the women in general for SWEET-RIPE JUICY WATERMELON GREEN NAPA men''. the failure to have a woman 1cp1csen­ any size CIIBBIIGE Sincerely, The 5tatement comes after provi­ tative saying they had not voted for sional results from last Friday's gen­ women candidates. ls/Sophia P. Tenorio .· e._r.:_.. •._l!f_a_is_·._:.-~· ·~_.·_@_i_l_~'.:_,.. >.w_r_;;_._1:_·..~_,f: d~t,I,~,; I p.iGPc-. ernl elections show that none of tl1e VANWlP fielded four candidates ~~J?i~ ~~~~ g12t~~: {'.i

22-MAR!ANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- MARCH 13. 1998 Japan to lend Pakistan $.25B to sign the Comprehensive set up a bilateral comi_n1tte_e to banking sector adjustment TOKYO (AP)_ Pakistan for­ Pakistan's banking program. Test Ban Treaty and the discuss the Afghan s1tuat1on, Khan arrived in Tokyo Sun­ program, which includes pay­ Nuclear Non-proliferation and Pakistan agreed to ~~rk eign Minister Gohar Ayub ment for imports and devel­ Khan left for home Wednes­ day and met with his Japanese Treaty as Japan has "special for the proposal. the official lll·IJ VISA 11 l'!I ][ ·S[.l 1~. counterpart, Keizo Obuchi, on opment programs in such day after a four-day visit in fields as education and medi- feelings" on nuclear weapons, added. . . . We accept this 5 majorcredit cards which Japan pledged to lend Tuesday. said a Foreign Ministry offi- He said officials of th_e two In the rneetinu. Obuchi cine. cial, speaking on condition of countries plan further d1s~us- 32.02 billion yen($ 250 mil­ Obuchi also urged Pakistan lion) to help finance pledged the loan fo; Pakistan's anonymity. sions, including a detailed · In the closing days of World agenda. . . War II, Japan was hit by the After the meet111g, Obuch1 • WEACCEPr"RXIO SliWPS world's first two atom-bomb and Khan signed an agreement 2MWIFAC1VRERS attacks, which killed about to promote and protectJapanese COIJP(WS 210,000 people. investment in Pak!stan. • WE IIESEJM'JHE RJGffT Khan reiterated that .Paki- A statement said the conclu- TO I.UT QUANTITIES • SALE PRICESARE GOOD stan is ready to sign the trea- sionofthisagree1;1e~1tisexpect~d WHILE SVPPUES t.ASr ties but would not do unless to promote Japan s investment m • WE RESEIM: THE RIGHI" India does, the official said. Pakistan and to further tighten the TO CXJRREGT l'RJNrED He said Obuchi proposed to two countries' economic ties. ERRORS IN THIS WEEKS AD Hundreds eva.cu.ated after bomb thr~at ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP)~ Huhdfeds of people, many of them United Nations employees, were evacu.ated from a high-rise building in the Pakistani capitalWednfsday after an anonymous bomb threat. . . .. · ...· . ·... The caller said a timed explosive had been planted inside the 20-story building, located in the heart ofTslamabad, said Naeem Mohammed, an official withtheU.N. Development Program. . .·. .. ..·· ·.. .·...... · U.N. staff and others who workinthe building waited outside for more than two hours whi.le a ~olllb dispos~lunit searched the premises. The teamJmind npievidence of.a Pakistani Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan, left, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Keizo Obuchi · bomb, he said: ·•· ...... ····.·· .. ·· ...... ·... ··· ii< . ·.. ·•· ... •.··· · as they exchange signed documents of the Pakistan-Japan investment protection agreement in Tokyo Pakistan has b.een rattled bya sti.-ingof pqmb ~ttaf~s in the Tuesday. Khan is on a four-day visit to Japan. AP past two mqnthsthathaveleft39 pe?ple .. d~~g ~~dmore than· JOO \\'OUride.d, ··. ·. . . . > .< , i •) The Islamabadgov;rnment. has .blame#Jhe·bla~ts, includ- NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION ing one in the Punjab capital Lahore a.d~y earlier that killed l O people, on India...... · EQUAL HOUSING The two hostile neighbors have fought three wars since AMENDED REQUEST ~OR PROPOSALS OPPORTUNITY they gained .independence from .Britain 50 years i!gO .. They routinely l!Ccuse. each other of sponsoring violence. · . . The Board of Directors of the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC), represented by Mr. Juan S. Pakistan also has been wracked byfeligious violence;.and Tenorio, Chairman, and the Department of Public Works are soliciting sealed proposals for the Installation some police officials said.Islamic extremists could be·be- · of Lighting of the Baseball Field in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Proposals hind the bombings. in duplicate, will be accepted at the NMHC Central Ottice in Garapan, Saipan until 2:00 p.m., local time, March 25, 1998, at which time and place all proposals will be opened and read aloud. Any proposals received after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances. A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the proposal. This security may be Certified Check, Cashier's Check, or Bid Bond, made payable to the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation.

The proposer is required to submit with the proposal: 1) a copy of a current CNMl-issued business license; 2) updated financial statement; 3) listing of existing and past projects including completion dates; 4) certification of tax compliance from the Department of Revenue and Taxation; 5) written confirmation from a reputable bonding firm as to the company's capability to obtain bond insurance and performance and payment bond; 6) copy of Builder's Risk and Workmen's Compensation coverage; 7) listing of manpower with copies of CNM I-issued work permits; and 8) listing of equipments. Plans and Specifications of the project are available from the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works, Saipan, on or after February 25, 1998. A non-refundable payment of $150.00 is required for each set; payment made payable to the NMHC.

Atlenlion is called \o Section 3 o1 \he Housing and Community Development Act 011968 which requires the provision ol training and employment, and the awarding of contract for work on the project, to low income project area residents and business concerns. NMHC also notifies proposers that it will affirmatively ensure that, in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority and women's business enterprises will be accorded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this RFP.

Attention is further called to the Labor Standards Provision for Wage Rate Determination of the Commonwealth, Classification and Salary Structure Plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Contract Document, must be paid on this project.

The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any imperfections in the said proposals, if in its sole opinion, to do so would be in the government's best interest. All proposals shall become the property of the Commonwealth Government. February 13, 1998 is/ JUAN S. TENORIO Chairman of the Board Date Northern Marianas Housing Corporation February 17, 1998 JOHN B. CEPEDA Acting Secretary of Public Works Tibetan school children cheer at a rally in downtown New Delhi February 17, 1998 Tuesday on the 39th anniversary of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. HERMAN SABLAN AP Acting Director, Procurement & Supply _,.__

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By SETH SUTEL well on the way toward emerg­ growth. NEW YORK (AP) The ing from financial crisis. ..In the good ti mes, we for­ Beef Ground leader of Thailand ga"ve an Prime Minister Chuan got many important truths and Family Pack A Thai democracy activist performs as a Burmese military man forcing Leekpai, in a speech to the a civilian to work during a protest against a gas pipeline from Myanmar unusually blunt assessment of neglected many important (Burma) being built with the help of an American company in front of the his country's economic prob­ Council on Foreign Relations tasks ... as long as we contin­ U.S. Embassy in Bangkok Tuesday. The activists condemned the lems on his first day in the on Wednesday, said Thailand ued to succeed this compla­ project, saying it has caused the human rigths violations along the United States but also held out was ··too complacent" during cency could go unpunished. pipeline route as the minorities were killed, torlured, raped, evicted and its period of rapid economic But once the cracks appeared, forced to work like slaves. AP hope that the Asian nation was we compounded the mistakes . ... Naturally, we were quickly U.S. PROBATION OFFICE and severely disciplined by the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT market," Chuan said. DISTRICTS OF GUAM AND Chu an promised to continue Pork Ears COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (CNMI) his government's close coop­ $2.291b. eration with the International Monetary Fund, saying "our relationship with the IMF is The United States Probation Office for the District of Guarn/CNMI is accepting applications with resume for the key to the revival of market following positions: confidence and economic re­ covery." PROBATION/PRETRIAL SERVICES OFFICER Thailand was the first Asian nation to succumb to a finan­ Job Opportunity#: 98-PP0-001 cial crisis last summer that Grade CL 23-CL 28 quickly spread throughout the Best Food MK Corned Beef MILO Food Paul's Milk Hash Drinks Salary Range: $23,086 to $57,052.00 plus 22.5% COLA region. Mayonnaise 1 Liter 32oz 15oz 750 grms (Salary commensurate w/applicant's experience & education) Billionaire financier George Soros, who introduced Chu an, 9 This position is located in the probation office of the district court. The incumbent conducts pretrial and/ or presentence said the Thai government "has Beef Top Round Steak . .-.'...... 2_29/lb 4 ~a 99! taken the necessary measures investigations, provides bail and/or sentencing recommendations to the court and supervises offenders and/or defendants. towards improving its finan­ Beef Shoulder Steak··-·····-·--···-··-····-···--·- 1 _99/lb Minimum Qualifications: Applicant must be a graduate of an accredited college or university of recognized standing cial situation." Beef Chuck Steak ..... ··-·······-·········--. ····--- 1.99/lb with not Jess than two years experience in personnel work for the welfare of others. "I believe we are moving in Beef for Stewing············-······-·················· 1.79/lb Maximum Entry Age: Applicant must not have reached the age of 37 at the time of appointment (Title 5, United the right direction," Chuan said. States Code, Ch. 83 & 84). Beef T-Bone Steak-·····················-·--·····-·· 2. 79/lb Location of Vacancy: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands "It is also my hope that our Beef Short Ribs Family_ Pack-··-·····-··----·· 3.89/lb friends and partners will as­ sist us during this critical pe­ Beef Shank Bone/In ·--·------·------··----··-··- 1.49/lb PROBATION/PRETRIAL OFFICER ASSISTANT riod of economic adjustment, n i'J. r:::~, (TEMPORARY) building upon the momentum ~;·ff ~~i.J Job Opportunity#: 98-POA-001 we have already started as we Pork Shoulder Steak Family Pack .. ,--·--·-- 1.89/lb Grade: CL22 Salary: $20,623 to $30,643 plus 22.5% COLA tum the corner." Pullman Ham 10#/can ----·-·······-··--·--·-- 26.40/can In the near term, however, unemployment will rise, This position is located in the probation/pretrial services office of the district court. The incumbent provides technical Chuan said. Shrimp Peeled 1 #/bag-·--·------·--·-·-···-·---- 3_39/ea support and services to probation/pretrial services officers in a wide range of areas, including supervision of persons on Immediate priorities include Safeguard Deodorant Soap 3/5oz/pk-··········-······- 2_69/pk probation and parole, preparation of presentcnce and other investigative reports, and pretrial services. Whole Cooked Octopus 1 #/pk -····-···-······ 1.19/lb further stabilization of the cur­ Crab Sea-Legs 1#/pk ·-· .. -···--·-·-----·---·-····2.29/ea Hefty Foam Plate 50 cts ·········-···--···--········-·····---··2.69/ea Minimum Qualifications: High School graduate or equivalent. rency, known as the baht, and Tilapia Fish Whole···-··········-·--·-··-··-·-·--·--· 1.49/lb Best Yet Table Napkins 120 cts. ·-··--············--·····--1-69/ea Location of Vacancy: Guam assisting the poor and unem­ Zee Napkins 360 els. ······-··--··-·-·-··-··-··--··-···--·-···-·3.69/ea ployed, he said. P1 (()) DJ t.T· [?; RBO Foam Cups 51 cts. ···-····-·-····--····-·-·---·--· 2 for $3-00 Applicants for the above positions must be U.S. Citizens or eligible to work in the United States. Political reform, including greater disclosure of govern­ Chicken Thighs Family pack -·---·-----·--···· 1 _19/lb ment and private financial dif­ Chicken Wings Family pack···-···-··--·--··-· 1 _19/lb Kikkoman Soy Sauce 1.6 liter-·-·------··-·-- 3_99/ea Other Qualification Requirements and Occupational Information will be made available upon request from the U.S. ficulties, is a crucial clement, Chicken Drumstick Family pack·····-····--· 1 _19/lb S & B Wasabe Paste 43 grm_ ·------·---- 1 _29/ea Probation Office, Rm. 1003, PNB, 238 Archbishop Flores St., Agana, Guam 9691 O; Tel: 671-472-7369/7148 he said. Chicken Whole Leg Family pack·-··-··--·-·-·· .99/lb Chuan said he expects Applicants for the above positions should submit a Standard Forni 171 (Application for Federal Employment) with a economies to recover through­ Cello Lettuce US ...... 59/lb out the region, but at different U.S. Broccoli U.S. Green cover letter and resume to: F. Michael Cruz, Chief U.S. Probation Officer at the above address. U.S. Celery Yellow Onions US ...... 49/lb times, saying the fundamen­ Cabbage Potatoes US ...... 59/lb tals are "still relatively Red Grapes (Globe) US ...... 2.69/lb Opening Date: March 9, 1998 Closing Date (for receipt of Applications): April 3, 1998 strong." .. It is my hope that East Asia's financial and economic crises do not spread to other 49~b THE COURT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER parts of the world as they will These positions are subject to a full National Crime Information Center (NCJC) background surely do if left untreated," he records check, and a mandatory electronic direct deposit of salary payment. said. 26-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY - MARCH I3, 1998 HK voters confused ------FRIDAY. MARCH 13. 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-27 over election rules Wei raps British HONG KONG (AP) _ Most served for representatives voters still do not know the chosen by various professions electoral rules two months and portional representation before Hong Kong's first leg­ system, which critics say is stance on China islative elections under Chi­ hard to understand and will nese rule. a survey has found. hurt the democrats' chances Britain's human rights policy. Chief Executive Tung Chee­ of repeating their landslide In the House of Commons, hwa dismissed claims that the victory in the last election opposition leader William rules were too complicated. under colonial rule in 1995. Hague said it was the first time The University of Hong Beijing dismantled the co­ in nine years Britain had not Kong survey released Wednes­ lonial legislature and installed supported such a human rights day showed that only 3 per­ a handpicked interim lawmak­ resolution. and he accused the cent of the nearly 540 respon­ ing body when it regained sov­ government of reneging on its dents could answer correctly ereignty over Hong Kong commitment to put human the number of seats in their from Britain last July 1. rights at the center of its "ethi­ O\\'n electoral district, while Responding to a German cal" foreign policy. only 6 percent knew the total reporter's question about Blair insisted: "Not merely number of scats to be decided whether the electoral system have we raised human rights open elections. is too comp I icated, Tung said A small group of demonstrators protested in Hong Kong on Monday against a :71ainland Chines1;1 official w_ho issues in respect of China con­ In another poll. nearly 40 Tuesday in Frankfurt that the said last week that anti-Beiji'ng activities are not welcomed in Hong Kong, a view shared by Chief Executive Wei Jingsheng Tony Blair tinually, we have also, as percent of the 527 respondents system "does sound compli­ Tung Chee-hwa. AP president of the EU, been get­ said the legislature. to be cated but not if you live with LONDON (AP)_ Chinese dis­ "None of the EU countries ting support from other Euro­ elected on May 24. would be it every day, and we under­ sident Wei Jingsheng ex­ have been able to explain what pean countries in order to credible. while 45 percent said stand what it is all about," Study finds no evidence of bird pressed disappointment has occurred in the last year in make the very issues that are it wou Id be representative. according to a transcript the Wednesday in Britain's deci­ China ... to make them recon­ at the heart of Mr. Wei's case The margin of error of both Hong Kong government re­ sion to withhold support for a sider their position of support clear to the Chinese govern­ surveys was given as 4.4 per­ leased Wednesday. flu spreading between humans U.N. human rights resolution for the resolution," he said. ment. A Chinese police officer checks papers found in a man's bag on Beijing's cent. Voters will decide one­ Tiananmen Square Wednesday. The man was later led away for He added that the election on China. The opposition Conserva­ "But we did not feel that third of the 60 legislators in will be fair, open and honest. HONG KONG (AP) There still The study was conducted by the mission of the virns, if possible, questioning. Security is tight on the square and around the adjacent Prime MinisterTony Blair's tive Party claims the govern­ this U.N. resolution was the tcrriiory-wide elections. An Tung is on a six-day trip to is insufficient evidence to indicate Hong Kong Heal th Department and remained ineffective, the statement Great Hall of the People during the on-going National People's Con­ government was "following ment has watered down right way toproceed,"he said. gress. AP ~00- member e \ectoral college Germany and France. He ar­ that the mysterious bird flu virus the U.S. Centers for Diseases Con­ said. along with a wrong-headed will decide 10 seats, while 30 that killed six people in Hong Kong trol and Prevention in Atlanta. The virus crossed over to hu­ rived in Paris Wednesday policy which has been put for­ "functional seats·· will be re- morning. last year could be transmitted be­ Researchers compared the risks mans for the first time last year, tween humans, study results re­ of contracting the disease through killing six people and sickening ward by some members" of leased Wednesday showed. contacts with live poultry, prepar­ another I 2. No new cases have the European Union, Wei said Read with yo~r child everyday. The study showed that the high­ ing poultry dishes and eating been found since the gov~mment after talks with Foreign Sec­ est risk for contracting the disease chicken a week before the patients halted live chicken imports and retary Robin Cook. comes from visiting live poultry fell ill. killed all 1.4 million chickens in Wei, who now lives in the /I Literacy is CAHEEI and CAHEEI FREEDOM.// stalls, a statement by the Hong The resu Its supported earlierfind­ the territory. The import ban was United States, was released Kong government said. ings that human-to-human trans- Ii fted last month. last year after spending almost I 8 years behind bars in China. The European Union an­ nounced Feb. 23 it would not submit a resolution at the March 16-24 annual meeting of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. P.O. BOX 1640, AS LITO, The 15-nation group cited oio "encouraging results" from SAIPAN MP 96950 0 diplomatic contacts, including Wei's ·release, and decided it would be better to present a united front through dialogue with China than with a resolu­ tion. China responded with praise for a "wise decision." The Foreign Office said Wei's meeting with Cook was "friendly" and that Wei had REBfiR G40, zo· 3- 6, •••••••• $388.00/ST recognized the United King­ dom had spoken out strongly about human rights in China. iU!IUUIID as PLYFORM. ACX 1 PLY. $ 27 .00/PC Wei, who is on a scven­ week, I Cl-country tour to draw attention to China's record on i,\~ M.R. PLYWOOD BB & US PLYWOOD fiCX human rights, spoke to a re­ )1 )' porter outside the Houses of Parliament, where Blair had .5,00 US LUMBER REGULAR TREATED defended the government's The '98 Sportage. 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Mike McCurry said today: whistleblower Frederic ''They were not aware of it on Whitehurst, who alleged the will pay the 50-year-old chem­ Broadcast reports said the Air Force One, apparently." government spread false and ist-agen L annual amounts airplane disappeared from ra­ ABC Radio reported that at derogatory information to dis­ equal to the salary and pen­ dar screens Tuesday morning least seven other planes dis­ credit him. sion he would have earned had as President Clinton traveled appeared from radar screens The government also agreed he kept working until normal to Connecticut. WNBC-TV in the New York area Tues­ Wednesday to speed the re­ FBI retirement at age 57. The said controllers never lost ra­ bureau also paid$ 258,580 in dio contact with the plane as it day morning. lease to Whitehurst of 180,000 Mark DiPalmo of the Na­ pages of FBI lab reports by Whitehurst's legal fees. flew 10 miles southeast of New The deal with Justice ends a York City's Kennedy Intema- tional Air Traffic Controller examiners whose work he Association told WNBC that lawsuit in which Whitehurst criticized. the president's plane disap­ claimed that, in retaliation for After his reinstatement from · General says peared at 8:38 a.m. from radar his whistleblowing, FBI and a year-long paid suspension · midair collission screens at the FAA regional Justice officials attempted to last month, Whitehurst re­ control center on New York's discredit him by releasing ·could have signed from the bureau to head Long Island. The plane was . a group that wi 11 critique the (jamaging and incorrect infor­ been avoided· :·;!t,i;ry flying at 21,000 feet. ,l,.•' forensic work of the FBI and mation about him, his medical ·~·,·/p~. condition, his wife, his fitness "There were no other planes other agencies. By JOHN DIAMOND for duty and intcrn'al investi­ in the vicinity. The president Shantel Rivers digs her car out of the snow Wednesday in Des Moines, Iowa as temperatures have kept snow The Associated Press ob­ WASHINGTON (AP) - A fatal gations of him. was not in any jeopardy," and ice from melting from Sunday's storm. AP tained a copy of the Justice midair collision last September The government did not ad­ DiPalmo said. involving a U.S. Air Force trans­ mit any violations of The center's long-range ra­ port probably would have been dar system has a history of Whitehurst's rights, but the$ avoided if the plane had been 300,000 settlement is the larg­ going out, Di Palmo said, with equipped with a collision warn­ planes frequently disappear­ Defense Secretary William Cohen, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Henry Shelton huddle while est ever for Privacy Act ing system standard on commer­ testifying on Capitol Hill last Friday before the Senate Appropriations Committee. AP ing from screens. • claims, which usually are cial aircraft, a senior Air Force settled for $ 5,000 or less. officer said. Justice Department spokes­ Gen. Walter Kross, head of the man Joseph Krovisky con­ U.S. Transportation Command, • L -E · 1cznna firmed the settlement had been told reporters the anti-collision reached but had no comment alert system, called TCAS, prob­ B O N on it. ably would have prevented the Whitehurst, a lab supervi­ collision last Septemberofan Air .. M A.' ·R sor who was once the FBI' s I' Force C-141 and a German , Has Arrived!!! top bomb residue expert. com­ Tupolev 154 off the coast of C H E plained for l O years mostly in Namibia. The collision killed 33 vain about lab practices. But people, including nine Americans. "My personal opinion is that if his efforts finally led in April P A R S the C-141 had TCAS on it, we to a scathing 500-page study probably would have avoided that of the lab by Justice Depart­ crash," Kross said Wednesday. ment Inspector General It was the first time a senior Air Michael Bromwich. Force officer has acknowledged Bromwich blasted the that the safety device, which alerts Everything Must Go at world-renowned lab for pilots to nearby aircraft, might fl awed sci en ti fi c work and in­ have made a difference. accurate. pro-prosecution testi­ Last month, Deputy Defense mony in major cases including · Secretary John Hamre told re­ the Oklahoma City aml World porters that Defense Secretary Trnde Center bombings. William Cohen has asked the Air Bromwich recornm~nded ma­ Force to re-examine whether it LE BON MARCHE jorrefarms and discipl inc for five should retrofit its aircraft with the agents that is still under consider­ device. ation. Neither the C- 141 nor the Ger­ man military plane was equipped you can buy great gifts as low as with the TCAS system. In a related development, be­ cause only two of the U.S. airmen involved in the collision could be identified, a set of about two dozen bones will be buried at Arlington Sienna is much more than a mini van .. SEATTLE (AP) Boeing Co. National Cemetery next month in on Wednesday delivereJ its the name of the other seven crew­ first two 767 airborne warn­ men aboard the C-141. Capts. Peter Vallejo and Jason Ramsey, It's a 7 passenger sedan. ing and control system radar whose remains were identified, planes to the Japanese gov - will be buried separately. ernment. Search-and-recovery efforts Boeing is under contract to Stop by for a test drive today! were hampered by the deep water the build four767 AW ACS planes two aircraft plunged into. And what for Japan. Two more are to be Branded Handbags Start at $19 was rec_ovcred apparently was not delivered in early 1999. enough to enable forensic scientists There are currently 66 E-3 to establish identity. 707 A WACS planes operat­ A statement issued by the Air Cosmetics Brands, Men Accessories and Cognacs are 5 0% Off. ing around the world. 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Cindrich, was on board. !~ I,, , , " ~·t·, ' ·, 38-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-MARCH 13. 1998 FRIDAY.MARCH 13, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS ANDYJEWS-39 Pinochet becomes senator-for-life US lifts Vietnam trade restrictions By EVA VERGARA were killed for political rea­ ing in the port city of By ROBERT BURNS Yanik amendment, which imposed Vietnamese have legally entered the forward ... V ALP ARA ISO, Chile (AP) sons during Pinochet's 1973- Valparaiso, near Santiago, WASHINGTON (AP)_ In another trade restrictions on communist gov­ United States since 1979. U.S. businesseshaveinvestedabout _ Lawmakers displayed pic­ 90 rule, according to official police used water cannons and step toward creating normal relations ernment., as a penalty for limiting Recently Vietnam has morereaclily $ 1.2 billion in Vietnam, she said. tures of dissidents killed un­ figures. While th';; photos of tear gas to scatter hundreds of with Vietnam, President Bill Clinton emigration. permitted Vietnamese repatriated ButSmithaccusedClintonofover­ der Gen. Augusto Pinochet's victims long have been used demonstrators protesting is arranging for the former U.S. en­ The law allowsapresidenttowaive from refugee camps elsewhere in looking the importance and ur­ regime and police used tear in anti-Pinochet demonstra­ Pinochet's new position. It emy to be allowed to take advantage the restriction ifhe determines it would Southeast Asia to settle in the United gency of gaining fuller Vietnam­ gas to disperse protesters ns tions, never before has the wasn't clear how many people of U.S. progr.ims that promote trade entice the other government to let States, he said. ese cooperation in accounting for the former army commander general been known to be so were injured. and investn1ent. more people leave. "Granting this waiver represents American servicemen still miss­ on Wednesday assumed a new close to such displ:1ys. Late Wednesday, police re­ Clinton grm1ted Vietnam a waiver The president's spokesman, Mike the best way we can encourage a ing from the Vietnam War. job: senator-for-life. The usual heavy security ported 130 people were de­ on Wednesday of the 1974Jackson- McCuny, said more than 480,000 continuation of that kind of "Once again, the president has As the 82-year-old retired detail accompanying Pinochet tained in Valparaiso.' Another progress," Mccurry told report­ put profit over principle," Smith army commander cast his first is not allowed inside the Sen­ 78 people were detained .dur­ ers. said. vote in his new job, a man ate, but several right-wing leg­ ing protests in Santiago. With the waiver, Vietnam be­ The Clinton administration is shouted, "Assassin! .. from the islators took that job, sur­ Among those injured were US House approves comes eligible to participate in negotiating a bilateral trade agree­ Senate stands. rounding him as tension grew Gladys Marin, head of the U.S. export promotion and in­ ment with Yietnam. lf completed Pinochet appeared un­ on the floor and in the stands. Communist Party. and Sola vestment support programs, in­ B;ff Clinton and approved by Congress, that moved, his arms crossed and One of of the unlikely body­ Sierra, president of an asso­ African trade bill cluding those of the Export-Im­ could lead to a presidential deci­ occasionally smiling, even as guards, Sen. Julio Lagos, ex­ ciation of relatives of victims By HARRY DUNPHY among the first African nations port Bank. This is expected to face" to Vietnamese-Americans siontogrnntmost-favored-nationtrad­ he ~aw lawmakers from the plained later that .. we feared of the Pinochet regime. Marin, WASHING TON (AP)_ Trying to benefit from the legislation help American companies oper­ who fled communist pers·ecution ing status to Vietnam to bring tariffs ruling coalition enter the Sen­ for the general's safety.·· her head bleeding, told The to wean African countries from when it finally becomes law. ating in Vietnam to compete more and those still seeking to leave. on Vietnamese goods in line with ate floor carrying the black­ "The campaign against him Associated Press that she re­ foreign aid t-o trade, the U.S. The measure establishes a U.S.­ effectively there. Virginia Foote, president of the those charged on goods of other na­ and-whi te photographs of in recent days sought to assas­ ceived a "a brutal blow'' from House Wednesday approved leg­ Africa Economic Forum, similar Clinton's action drew praise U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council, said tions. slain dissidents. Several right­ sinate his image. The next step a riot officer. islation aimed at promoting eco­ to the Asia-Pacific Economic from a group representing U.S. in an interview the move was very The U.S. trnde embargo against ist lawmakers surrounded may be trying to assassinate The protests against nomic growth and U.S invest­ Council, that would meet annu­ business interests in Vietnam and important for U.S. companies and Vietnam wa, lifted in February 1994. Pinochet in support. him ... Lagos said. Pinochet were dominated by ment in sub-Sahara nations. ally to discuss economic and trade sharp criticism from Sen. Robert as "an indication that the bilateral Normal diplomatic relations began in More than 3,000 people Outside the Congress build- criticism of the dark human­ The measure, called the Africa matters. Smith, who called it a "slap in the relationship is continuing to move July 1995. rights record of his regime. Growth and dpportunity Act, was Senate President Sergio adopted by a 233-186 vote. It will Romero delayed the start- of give 48 African countries greater ,..... the session for about 15 min­ access to the U.S. market and ...... ~ utes, insisting that senators establish a sub-Sahara free trade WORLDWIDE EXPRESS. from the governing coalition Chilean senators try to stop a fight between Sen. Jorge Soria, a leftist area. first remove the victims pic­ legislator, second from left, and Sergio Correa, right, of the Democratic There was bipartisan support tures from their desks. Union, a right-wing party, on the floor of the Chilean Senate Wednes­ for the bill, which had the strong COURIERS Socialist Sen. Ricardo day before Augusto Pinochet assumed his post as senator in Valparaiso, endorsement of President Bill Chile. AP Nunez finally announced they OHL WORLDWIDE EXPRESS IS SEEKING CUSTOMER Clinton as well as African lead­ would do so "with deep pain." to him by the constitution writ­ that election, a man in the ORIENTED COURIERS FOR P/U & DELIVERY OF TIME ers. He makes his first trip to ten by his regime, in his ca­ SENSITIVE MATERIALS. MUST POSSESS A VALID DRIVER'S Some photographs carried stands shouted loudly, "As­ Africa as president starting March LICENSE AND CLEAN DRIVING RECORD. ABILITY TO LIFT the captions "Where are pacity as former president. sassin" at him. 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Chilean cities and became es­ House Speaker Newt Gingrich llltimate Hoops • HEALTH & VISION INSURANCE One of the pictures was that As order was restored, pecially violent in Santiago said the bilJ tells African coun­ • DENTAL INSURANCE of Salvador Allende, the left­ Romero quickly swore in on Tuesday, when Pinochet tries that "if you meet the test of Ci1¢8&8• • LIFE INSURANCE ist president Pinochet toppled Pinochet and 19 senators who stepped down as commander the rule oflaw and open markets, Saturday & Sunday • DISABILITY INSURANCE in the bloody 1973 coup. One were elected in December. in chief of the army after a the United States wants to be your March 14 & 15, 1998 at 9:00AM • PAID VACATION AFTER 6 MONTHS of the protesting legislators After the ceremony, Andres quarter-century. trading partner." • INTERLINE TRAVEL BENEFITS was Allende's daughter, Zaldivar of the ruling Chris­ As he left the Senate well "We made a first step toward Gilbert Ada Gym, Susupe • TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Isabel, who called Pinochet's tian Democratic Party was before the end of the session, replacing aid with trade, with • 401K PLAN senate seat "a shame for elected to succeed Romero as and again guarded by Sen. starting Africa on the road to TWO DAYS OF HOT BASKETBALL ACTION, PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS. Chile." Senate president. Lagos, Pinochet refused to catching up with other regions of APPLICATIONS MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE SAIPAN SERVICE WIN ATRIP TO THE GATORADE ULTIMATE HOOPS ON GUAM. 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Mike McGann president power to determine eli­ March 14th, 8am at the Ada Gym. 388 South Marine Drive, Suite 100-200, gibility of specific sub-Saharan Tamuning, Guam 96911 nations to participate in broader .. ~'• ·H'}lding pictures of people w~o disappeared or where killed during the 17-year dictatorship of Gen A t Continental m.tl '1"~ ~,~ ~ Fax 671 647 0151 Pmochet menybers.of the Ch1!ean Congress demonstrate inside the Senate Wednesday a ainst th 1gus 0 U.S. economic and financial aid Micronesia ~ Commander-m-Ch1ef assum,ng a seat as senator for life. Among the ictures w g e ormer programs. Note: Saipan resident applicants will be interviewed in Saipan Fly u•/IIJ tbe wanut/J of Paradise GYM. Allende, the leftist president Pinochet toppled in the bloody 1973 coup.PAP as a photo of Salvador South Africa is expected to be I

. ·.·.·,' ~ ... 1 • .._ ' •, . • 11 o. ,.,, •. • • •· f 1 • \ • ''• • • , • I I• ,·' '•'". "' '' • • ' I FRIDAY,MARCH 13, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-41·' 40'.MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- MARCH 13 , 1998 ' .. Ten Turkish police Saudis deny King Clinton lauds Chief acquitted of 'torture' MANISA. Turkey(AP)_Acourt Eightwereundertheageofl8atthe By TERENCE HUNT United States has veto power. on Wednesday acquitted lOpolire time of their arrest WASHING TON (AP) Presi­ surgery Russia had strongly objected Fahd had officersaccusedofbeatingandsexu- Eleven of them were later con- dent Bill Clinton said Wednes­ to U.S. military action against allyab\Jsing teenagerswho hadput victedofbelongingtoanoutlawed By Tarek Al-lssawi the king wa, to undergo hospital tesb day the LJ.N. agreement for un­ Iraq and interceded diplomati­ up leftist political posters in this leftist group .and semenced to be- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates after suffering from a gall bladder ob~tructed weapons inspections cally on Baghdad's behalf. small town. tween nine monlhs to 121/2years (AP)-ASaudiroyai€ourt official infection; today's statement wa, the in Iraq had worked well in its The White House said that this AlthoughthepoJiceofficeiswere inprison.AhighercoortinJanuary denied reports that King Fahd had first official comment on his condi­ first tests and was "clearly not a originally charged with IDrturing overturiled their conviction and or~ sell our." is not the time for structural surgery for a gall bladder infection, tion since then. changes in the commission. IS students aged 15 to2l, apros- . dered aretrialt6take into account the official Saudi Press Agency re­ On Tuesday, State Department Clinton warmly congratulated ecutor last month reduced the theird:ilirfthattheyweiesexually Secretary-General Kofi Annan Annan's deputy, U.N. As­ ported Wednesday. spokesman James foley said fahd sistant Secretary-General John chaigestornaltreatrnent]becourt abused,beatenorsubjectedtoelec- The unidentified official called had undergone surgery mid wished for the accord and said he was ruled that there was no evidence to tric shocks. Ruggie, said the meeting with Fahd's condition "reassuring" and him well - a comment that drew encouraged by the initial results. support either torture Turkey .isfrequently criticized. Clinton was very fruitful. or maltreat- ... criticism from a Saudi official. He said, however, "I think we mentclaims. . . forhurrianrightsabtises,inclucling said he did not require surgery, the "There's not an inch. of light agency said. 'Toe issue of King Fahd's heitlth is have to remain vigilant. The \ast ''Yoti have children; tqc>!" Pelin widespread ~ by police dur: between them" on Iraq, Officials at King Faisal Specialist purely a Saudi matter an\•: < • ·'·····•·•··>: doctorwho':V~~~ftlieAe~P911-tjo/9flzrliir. ·· beento~ bym.ilitacypolic.e .. medical team, except to say it did not expected to leave the hospital shortly. But Clinton defended the ac­ fire,·· the secretary-general said. House Wednesday. The president said he was encouraged by how the secretary general's inspection deal is working in Baghdad. AP cord without reservation. "The Annan's Feb. 23 agreement warned that Clinton probably agreement, on its own terms is with Iraq stopped Clinton's would veto money both for the clearly not a sellout," he said. Western UN envoys, Iraq at odds over Hajj funding countdown 0n threatened United Nations and the Interna­ "The agreement, on its own UNITED NATIONS (AP) The Iraq wants the money transferred fer the money directly to the pilgrims Another concern was whether the under the proposal. airstrikes:-While averting blood­ tional Monetary Fund if the terms, preserves the integrity West wants to make sure that money from the U. N. escrow account to the through the Red Crescent society _ Iraqis even had enough funds to start SlM!edH.Hasan,Iraq'sdeputy U.N. shed, the accord drew sharp funds are tied to antiabortion of the (U.N. special commis­ set aside for Iraqi pilgrims to Mecca Iraqi central bank. the Muslim equivalent of the Red distributing the money immediately, Ambassador, said the U.N.'s Iraq criticism in Congress that Iraqi restrictions. sion) inspections. doesn't make its way into Iraqi gov­ But the United States and United Cross. pending the wiring of the funds to its program office in Baghdad has been President Saddam Hussein had En route from New York, Clinton took note of the pro­ ernment coffers, western diplomats Kingdom say such a move is techni­ "We want to get on and deal with banks. given assurance the money will get to won important concessions from Annan had told reporters he ap­ vision that adds diplomats to said Wednesday. cally prohibited by U.N. economic this as calmly and with the respect this "Does Iraq have 44 million U.S. the pilgrims. the United Nations that would preciated Clinton's efforts on the inspection process. But he A Security Council resolution last sanctions on Iraq, and will be difficult issue deserves," said the diplomat dollars in its vaults ready to distribute "In our proposal, we gave them strengthen his hand. the dues but said the president said that if the agreement is month to double Iraq's "oil for food" to implement before Saudi Arabia who spoke on condition of anonym­ to people, and is it willing to do so?" the assurance that...the money will Meeting with Clinton, Annan "has to come out a bit more fulfilled, "then we would be exemption from sanctions to over$ 5 seals its borders in preparation for the ity. 'Wedo not wish to politicize this said the Western diplomat be given to the pilgrim~,$ 2,000 also won new support for the aggressively and work with able to do what the United billionincludedanallowancefor$44 Hajj around March 20. issue." Muslim law are requires at least each," Hasan said. "And we will United States to pay the United Congress in getting the money." States has always wanted, million to help 22,CXX) Iraqi Muslims A Western diplomat negotiating. He and other diplomats were also oneattemptataHajjinalifetime. The provide them with a list of people Nations dlrs I .5 billion in back By the time he left the White which is to complete the in­ make the annual "Hajj" to the holy with Iraq at the United Nations said wary of Hajj monies being diverted 22,CXXJ Iraqis expected to take part who receive it and with the re­ dues. House, Annan changed his tune. spection process." city Mecca, in .Saudi Arabia. that an alternative would be to trans- for other punx>ses. this year would receive$ 2,CXXJeach ceipts.·· Prompted by Clinton, Annan "I feel much better," he said. "I 2995 Clinton said ''it would be un­ 1QS-9 BPW 3251 6995 explained how the United States see that they are really deter­ thinkable" not to consult with 1S91 cu:cr-. CENTURY ABA-217 5995 technically could lose its voting mined." allies before attacking Iraq, if it 1983 SUPRA AAA-533 3995 rights in the General Assembly Annan later met on Capitol 19SS CA~\,Y AAG-969 2695 . ,.. violates with the U.N. agree­ 199 i CPESSID{ AAY-813 8995 ,/ ! by the end of the year unless it Hill with Sen. Jesse Helms of ment. Yet, he said the United 199C CAl,IR'/ AAW-172 5995 . ·.·'.4v' pays the arrears. North Carolina, the Republican States believes it has authority Announcement: 1990 CM,1,RY AAK-520 2695 .'.. · ·.· . "If the United States expects chairman of the Foreign Rela­ 1SSJ CM.',,Y AAR-337 2695 i under U.N. resolutions to use 1C\C CM.IRY AAW-531 3595 · - to continue to exercise a leader­ tions Committee and frequent force. C~.il.P.Y AAZ-841 3595 1 •·.. ·· I ship role in a way that benefits U.N. critic, and Sen. Joseph Annan said some kind of con­ New International Christian School in Saipan '.::;.~:.zirr~ "It is Better to Build Boys and ABV-011 2695 -~ our own people in the 21st cen­ Biden of Delaware, the senior sultation would be required. C:."s\'?i~· ABB-721 3995 ~~.,- '. Girls than to Mend Men and 2,/".1,',~':' ).,._t: AAW-849 fjS'.:, tury, we have got to pay our Democrat on Helm's panel. "And I, myself, am on record Women." C;i/,RY \'6XLE AB0-562 13695 U.N. dues and fulfill our re­ On Iraq, Clinton raised objec­ as saying that next time around 1992 Ct,MR1LE AAW-196 5595 sponsibilities," the president tions to Moscow's proposal to mo TERCEL 2 DP.. ABG-680 10295 I'm not sure diplomacy will be 1S91 TERCEL 4DR. AAV-504 4995 said later at an East Room cer­ install a· Russian as deputy given a second chance," Annan Eucon International School of Saipan 1991 241J sx AAS-669 7995 emony with Annan. leader of the U. N. Special Com­ said. "I have also said, were 1992 W/TRA AAU-734 1795 A senior administration offi­ mission on Inspections. Annan 199c STANZ4 AAZ-325 5500 Iraq not to comply, the mood in is Now Enrolling for the 1998 School Year 1992 ~ONDh C:VIC AAV-369 7995 cial said Clinton promised "his said he forwarded the measure the council will be quite differ­ 1992 ELAr/TRt. AAY-003 1995 maximum efforts" to get the without recommendation to the ent and it will be much easier to 1990 SUBARU LOYALE AAM-328 19S5 funds. But the White House 199'. SUBARU WAGON AAT-834 349j Security Council, where the get a consensus for use of force." n92 r.'AZDA PPOTEGE AAX-186 3695 1Q91 ,'.'4ZO/l 323 ABJ.682 3695 • All American Teachers • Low Tuition TRUCKS U98-012 i S,, ABL-713 ~I US judge rules Iran· 1nust pay U98-023 I~:,: AAZ-261 • K-3 through 12th Grade • Central Location on Middle Road U97-239 ABC-282 . :=-·: r U98-035 AAX-544 0 U9&-032 to family of terrorist victim. All Classes in One Location Gualo Rai U9e-041 I .. ,, AAY-469 U98-028 ~ \c, .. : ABJ..725 By SLOBOOAN LEKIC that we will continue to increase the dent ofIran there have been signs of 0 R9&-002 ABU--041 • Top Quality Education Dedicated Christian Teachers U98-022 '"' ABV-612 WASHINGTON (AP) A fed­ price to be paid for acts ofterrorism," a possible thaw and the reestablish­ U98-016 ·,", -,:1;, '. s;s ABU-872 eral judgesaidWednesdayIran.must declared Rep. Jim Saxton of New ment ofcultural andotherties. Presi­ SPORTS UTILITY pay $ 247 5 million in damages IO Jersey who heads the.House Task dent Clinton greeted Mohammad • New Facilities • Bible Based Curriculum U97-032 1993·--· FOR~ ,X 0 lDP[F ABA-395 the family of an American woman U97-253 i°': h:8/ITERO AB0-111 1,i 2:15 Force on Terrorism. '"This decision Khatami's election as a "hope­ U98-013 19c; Rl.'J.t ABF-948 17915 killed in a suicide bombing in Gaza c~y shows that we will ... hit them ful sign" but demanded that • Strong emphasis on the basics U98-024 "i9S6 RI;'/.; ACA-271 15935 .,.• in 1995. 'Toe court is seeking to hard in the wallet as well." Tehran renounce terrorism and U97-199 1990 4RUl//:ER AAL-790 deter further terrorist actions," said Iran vehemently denies it has any endorse the fsraeli-Arab peace U98-007 199' 4-RUII/ER AAW-075 10995···10995 .. · District Court Judge Royce • Excellent Student Teacher Ratio. No more than 20 students per teacher U97-034 19g1 lrRUNtJER AAV-815 10995 connections to terrorist groups or at­ process. C9B-003 1991 4-RUNIIER AAX-125 10995 .•. I.ambertlt tacks. Although Lamberth said Jra­ · The ruling would award the U97·222 1992 4-RUNNER AAX-453 10995 " Wednesday's ruling is the first nianzepresentative.~ had been invited money to the family of Alisa LIMITED SPACE U9B-031 1992 4-RUNNER AAW-734 13995 decision under a new law allowing to t.estify at court hearings on March Flatow, a 20-year-old student U97-319 1995 4-RUNNER HIDE 19995 Americans io sue nations sponsor­ U98-D15 1995 ~-RUNI\ER ABC-374 19995 3-4,aspokesmanfortheJranianmis­ from West Orange, New Jersey, APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE C97-007 1990 JEF.P AAM-037 7995 ing terrorism for damages caused slon to the United Nations· in New on aleaveofal:6encefromBrandeis · -011 1990 JEEP CHEROKEE AAR-996 ?995 by such attacks. While the victim's York said Wednesday he was not University to study at a religious U97-305 '.99~ CHEVY 15 PAX 'i/.11 TEM-2047 6995 family is unlikely tocollect that sum U98-039 1~9, PP,EVIA. VAIi AAT-247 9995 aware of the court case in Washing­ seminary in Jerusalem when she · anytime soon, therulingcouldcom­ ton. was killed. She was traveling in . plicate tentative efforts to· improve The two countries have been bitter a bus in the Gaza Strip on April For more information call: 234-3203 or 287-8541 relations between the United States foes since the 1979 ouster of Shah 9, 1995, when her bus was at­ ~;; Microl Corporation andlflln. Reza.Pahlavi and the taking of U.S. Or stop by our office on the second floor of KimCo Enterprise opposite of ~ An Inchcape Motors Company tacked. Seven Israeli soldiers ·~errorists and the countries hostages. But following the election also died in the incidentforwhich at the corner or Beach Road and Chalan Mnsr. Guerrero In San Jose. which sponsor them sh.ould know last year of~ moderate cleric as pxesi- Subway on Middle Road. Call us at 234-5911 or Fax us at 234-6514 Islamic Jihad took responsibil- FRIDAY.MARCH 13, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-43 42-MARlANAS Y ARlETY NEWS AND Y'!!lE~W~S~-£F~R!_l;ID~A~Y(.:-JM1_iA~R~CJHi.J_;l3!_,.Jll99~8~------32 Palestinians hurt in clashes US hits Israel over shooting · · d' Tl · as carried returnino from Israel tned to By lmad Musa the West Bank in four months. two who were 111 serious con 1- 1e young_ n1.1n w, ' . b "'i· f , .t. ·irs By BARRY SCHWEID of lethal force, which resulted make the ··hard decisions" to · · · · · A I 1· b d 1· · vay by friends The motonst ypass a me o W,ll mg c, . HEBRO:\, West Bank (AP) - Israeli troops itl not gear fll'ed t1011. n srae I or erpo iceman ,l\.. d.,. d f : . uestionino ls- The army said soldiers opened WASHING TON (AP) The in three deaths," a department resume their negotiations and Fnra~cd l'akstinians hurled rnbbcr bulkts and chased stone was slightly injured in the stone ~~.is_ et,11·111: ...od1 q . "' . fire after the van struck and in- Clinton administration -criti­ official said. "We urge the to create an atmosphere !'rec - I ·· l l I 1· tii1·0,,,,,1·s· to b1·,,,·1k up p1·ot··s.·ts 111 throwing, the army said. ucli po 1cc s.11 - . . . .. P· l __ of violence. ,t,)ncs an, tm: 10111 ,s at srac 1 - - • - - I I · d !11 D111··1 n101·e tl1,·111 I (l (JOO JUie d oneoftl 1e.sold1e1'' ,. A· 'I es· cized Israel for the killing of government to conduct a full f II C l.)! 011 \ 11 Israe 1I sett er w 10se wm - , • The State Department wants st1ldicrs in tlmx ,,·p:u·atc c I as I1cs '111 d aroun d tl 1c towns o ' ' · · 1- .. 1'd t 10· ops be three Palestinian workers and investigalion and to develop - d )>,- ,·111,·ili ,·111tl 011 tl1·· 011t- .shicldwasshatteredbvrocksncar people joined a funeral proces- t1111an pas.senge_ s_.1 , d- Israel to relinquish about 12 in the West Bank \\'cdncsday. :1 111 ' 1111 • J I f ti 1 spc urged the government to fully procedures that would prevent ' ,_. 1· o / · · ·' I R,·1r11,·1ll,·1l1 l·1·1····' !11·.s 11istol at a Pal- sion tlwt sJl'1ked throu<>h the nar- gan s 1ootmg a te1 1e v,11 · d:iy :il'tcr trnnps killed 1'1rcc Pal- s"-1rts o u1--1 t 1c v1cums 10111e .u · · ' "' ~ f - · investigate and take steps to this kind of tragic incident to 15 percent of the West Bank ,. ·,. ·11.- -L'''. '· · es·t·111·1,·111 s·tor1e-tl11·ower several row hilly streets to the sound of uptopreventacar romcutt111gm ,·s1i11ia11 ,·ons1ructio11 1•.-or,-;crs at 1 1 • - prevent a recurrence. from recurring.'' now in a series of steps tied to a w:idl,lock. At-lc:ist 32 Palestinians were yards away. hitting him in the left Koranic verses. Among the front of it. . Palestinian security promises. · ciu·'· ,_, i".'-'· mourners were old men leaning Three Palestinians were k11lcd The three workers were slain Israeli soldiers are posted at In the 1vc1rst day of violence in injured in the clashes. 111 u 111 _ ·- - d Tl With no sign that either side on canes anO//'l'l/Nf'IY J,'{)f/ ML C/T/1.LVS Lebanon; peace talks between Thereform, the three highest ranked firms' price proposals will be opened and recorded by Procurement & Supply. The Arafat denounced the roadblock time to time to avoid being iden­ "The Secretary general has .\.\'/) \"II/( JY-\1.S I !l:F/.\'U) m· n,r ;\'ORT/ /J:'/1.V .\f.-\1/1.-\N.-\S CU\1,\/0,V\\'/:'Mn I CONYJT/'/JlU!N AN!) S'/i\TUCSRCG,\Rl)/.l;'SS Israel and Sytia and Israel and firm with the lowest price proposal will be awarded the projecl. incident as a "big crime ... He also tified and targeted by snipers. Cars no five-point plan on Lebanon," r JF \! ;1°. R.-\C F . .IF.\. RL/.l(;IU.\'. 1'0/./TIC..\/ ..·\l·Fl/,/.-\T/0\' OR /JU.11:F. M1\R/7M . .17i\7'1 !S. I l,\NIJIC1\I' OR /'/AU, OF ORI( ;IN. were on standby to take any Lebanon. The Evaluation of proposals will be based on the following factors: denied claims th~tt he was consid­ Eckhard told the AP. Annan 's Mideast tour, origi­ POSITION TITLE: TRADES TEC/JNlClANS ering an Israeli offer to meet with wounded to the hospital. 1. The firm's capability to perform the work within the time limitations (30 maximum points); (Power Pla11t Mechanic) Annan will meet with Mid­ nally scheduled for last month, 2. Qualification of Principal and proposed staff (20 maximum points); Pri;1c Minister Benjamin Israeli soldiers crouched behind east leaders in Jordan, Egypt, was postponed while Annan ad­ (Power Pla11/ Operator) cement blocks in the streets. At 3. Recent experience with projects of similar size and scope (20 maximum points); (Power Pla111 \Vmer Treatment Tech11icia11) Nctanyahu. Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian dressed the Iraq arms inspec­ 4. The firm's methodology or project approach {20 maximum points); The Israeli leader called Arafat one point, a young Israeli officer [)l Tl ES & UESPOXSI Bl LIT/ ES: Highly skilled and specialized type of work which include the installation, Authority and Israel in a nine­ tion crisis. 5. Proposed energy saving features and innovative technology to be included in the design (1 Omaximum points). mainll:narn:c. rtpair. o\.'crhaul and opl'ration of government owned main generating units and crncr~eney to express his condolences Tues­ gave the command to charge, and day ttip starting March 17. After his Mith gas and diesel type wit hint he C'.\~11. (INTERESTED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO OBTAIN day. dozens of helmeted soldiers be­ Eckhard said Annan would is expected to continue visits to Discussions may be concluded with responsible offerors who submit proposals delermined to be reasonably susceptible A CO?Y OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION OUTLINING THE COMPLETE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS The shootings occu1Ted Tues­ gan chasing the stone throwers concentrate on humanitarian capitals of the five permanent of being selected for award for the purpose of clarification and to ensure full understanding of, and responsiveness to solicitation requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion POSIT!ON) day evening at an army road­ who ran into side alleys. Several programs in the region. members of the Security Coun­ soldiers carried ladders to go af­ and revision of proposals and such revisions may be permitted after submission and prior to award for the purpose or LOCI TIO.\': P"wer Generation, Saipan/Rola block near the village of The TV report said Annan's cil, to reinforce commitment to obtaining the best and final offers. In conducting discussions, there shall be no disclosure of any information derived from Tarkoumiah west of Hebron. A ter Palestinians on rooftops, but five-point plan was likely to be the arrangement he secured with proposals submitted by compeling offerors. QU.-11./ FICI TIO.VS REQUIREMENTS: T,•c/111im/, BA, BS dewee p/usffre (5) years of working as ;pecinlist van carrying Palestinian workers were deterTed by a hail of stones. accepted by both Israel and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. wirh li1tfr .mpcrri.1io11. E.rpcri<•nce 11111st be din·ct{r applicable ru technical positio11 and duties. Basic math, English Lebanon, as well by Syria, the Annan met with French lead­ The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation Reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any defects in the ,kill,, and technical fl'ritillg required. main power broker in Lebanon. ers in Paris last month, and is said proposals, if in its sole opinion, to do so would be in its best inlerest. All proposals shall become property of the But U.N. diplomats have meeting U.S. President Bill Commonwealth Utilities Corporation. ST-1RTl.\'(j S.·ILIR!:· $15,860.10- $17.-182.77 pl'r annum plus 25% hazardous premium been skepticalof any deal on Clinton in Washington on Th,s announcemenl clcses on March 16. 1998 ..l\oplications 2re available al the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, Lower Base, Lebanon not linked to an Wednesday. He will likely visit TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ Sa1D2r,. !hs CUC Rota or Tir:an office. Copy cf diplor:ia and.'or official lranscript and recent police clearance must be atlached. agreement on the Golan London, Moscow and Beijing Executive Director Heights, the strategic plateau in late March and early April. QCommo ntueult!J Wtili ti ell '1I:orpo rntio n .1·1:.\l'I FS RLI ;A/ii !l.l:SS .-\NI) ,\'ATIONM. AS 0/:l'l!-:t:D /Jr '/'/ff NOIU'IIU/N A/.-\RIAN,\S COMMON\VEAI.TH CONSTITUTION AND STATUES Of' AC ii:', 1/.-1( '/:' . .'ii:'.\'. Ii/.'/./( ;JON. f'(}I.IT/C.-\1. Al'l'll.1.-\ 110.V (II/ /iU.I ,\/.-\//If \/ . .'iJ:-1 I1.-\.Vl!IC..\I' ()// / 'J..\ t 'I'()/-' ()/ii( ii.\. /il:(iA//IJ/.1:SS 0/- M;L, !<.-\CL Sl'X. RU.l!i/ON. 1'01./TICM. MF/1./AT/ON 0// REI.IE!·: MAI/ITAL STATUS, HAND/CAI' OR u-: ru s. l'I.-\C/:' OF ()f//(i/N. JERUSALEM (AP) _ In uphold­ said Wednesday. POSITION TITLE: Cf\llL ENGINEER POSl110N Tl1LE: INTERNAL AUDITOR ing a bm1 on the sale of pork, a judge "For a dernoc1~1tic counl!y at the DU11ES: Primarily responsible }i1r the overall internal audit ofthe Commonwealth Utilities Corporation. 111ied the prohibition Im~ nothing lodo end ofthe20tl1cenlury lo1ule on what DUTIES & RESPONSIBILIT/ES: l'af1mm a with- mric1y of c11gi11ari11g ,rnrk s11d1 "-" designing. pla11ni11;:. Responsible for rei•iewing tire reliability and integrity offinancial and operatilrg information and the with religious coercion because even people crni mid c,mnot cal is intoler­ specification writing, t'.:,;fimati11;:, co11structio1111uu1agt'mcflt of water projcc/s, writinJ.: ofJt•tkral grunt applitatio11.\·, means used to identify, meamre, and report tlzat informalirm. Rei•iews the operations or programs to admi11istraliu11 arul monitorirtK of wirier t·apita/ impr01'£'me11t projects for tht• C'ommollwl'alth Utilith•s c·orporation. non-observ:mt Jews find the meat re­ able," Shmerling said. (INTERESTED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION OUTLINING ascertain whether results are consistent with established objectives and goals and whetlzer the operations pulsive. Jewish religious law stJictly fo1bids THE COMPLETE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION). or programs are being carried out as planned. "Over the course of histmy, pork the consumption of pork as pigs rne LOCATJON: CUC, Saipan h.L~ become a symbol of national rc­ considered unclean animals. In LOCATION: Water Dfrisiou, Saipan pugmmce fortheJewish people,"' said Ashkclon, most of the consumers of Mfl1//MUM QUAUFICA110NS: BS degree in Accounting or equivalent. At least five (5) years Judge Yitzhak pork producL, rne 1ecent im111igr,u1L, QUAUFlCATJONS REQUIREMENTS: /JS de1;ree in Engineering plus l'iii//t(8J ymrs experience in mgi11ceri11g experience in external or internal auditing; at least three (3J years experience in electronic spreadsheet Yitzhak or the Ashkelon Disuicl from the frnmcr Soviet Union, said re/a/ell work, utility e.l11t'riencc preferred, and word processing software. Colllt. Shmerl ing. STARTING SALARY: $40,000.00 pl'rannum STARTING SALARY: $32,250.00 · $36,750.00 per annum. Salary will be determined upon The mling will make 25 butcher He said he will appeal the ruling experience and qualifications. shops i,1 the city liable for ctiminal which enforces a 1956 by-law pro­ A Palestinian passes Israeli soldiers aiming their rifles, equipped with This announcemenl closes on March 16, 1998. Applicalions are available at lhe Commonwealth Utilities Corporalion, Lower Base, action if they continue to sell the meat, hi biting the sale of pork in This announcement doses on March 27, 1998. rubber bullet attachments, at Palestinian stone-throwers during clashes Saipan, the CUC Rota or Tinian office. Copy of diploma and/or official lranscripl and recenl police clearance musl be attached. defcnsc lawyer Alexm1derShmerling Ashkelon. Applications arc available at the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, Lower Base, Saipan, the CUC Rola or in the West Bank town of Hebron Wednesday. At least 32 Palestinians were wounded in the clashes. AP Tinian office. Copy or diploma and/or orticial transcript and recent police clearance must be attached. 44-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- MARCH 13. 1998 ______: FRIDAY, MARCI-I 13, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-45 Serbia to hold Kosovo talks up to 80 dead, it was unclear dCrosst eatened By GEORGE JAHN Wednesday to '"open and pub­ PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) lic"' talks with three senior which, if any, ethnic Alba­ GENEVA(AP)-'ll1clntemational making the tlm:aL, lo slop. mcnt to make sure all p,utics in Serbia, apparently bowing Serbian ministers on Thurs­ nians would heed the call. Red Cross said Wednesday it has Police in Serbia, the domin,u1t pan­ Kosovounderstand the Red Cross· to international pressure, is day. No agenda was mentioned The militant Kosovo Libera­ pulled iL, foreign staffers out of the ncr in tl1c two-republic Yugoslav impartial humanitarian role. calling for talks with ethnic and ethnic Albanians have not tion Army, which the police Scrbim1 province of Kosovo tempo­ federation, staged two offensives The spokesman also said ethnic Alba;ians in its troubled been calling for negotiations. say they "liquidated" last nuily because they had received against ethnic Alb,mim1separntisL~ in Albanians had asked the Red Kosovo province. With hatreds running high week, issued a statement vow­ n,peated th,eaL,. Kosovo h,t week after six Serb Cross to conduct au;opsics on Serbia issued what it called after pol ice ass,iults on sus­ ing to fight on for Kosovo's "We m-estill active,"however, with police we1e ki lied. 1l1e sweeps ki lied those killed in the Serb offensives. a public invitation late pected separatist guerrillas left independence and calling on local Red Cross employees continu­ at lemt 74 ethnic Albm1iim. "We declined," Gordon-Bates ing to work in Kosovo, said Kim 1l1e Red Cross h,L, been seeking said. "'We do not have the means, we do not have the know-how, to COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Gordon-Bates, a spokesm:m at the access to the areas where the Geneva hcadqumtcrs of the Interna­ killings took place. Up to now, perform forensic studies." OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS tional Committee or the Red Cross. Serbian authorities have sealed Ethnic Albanian leaders in Gon.lon-Bates said Red Cross rep­ off villages in the troubled prov­ Kosovo had asked international REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS resentatives were consulting with ince. experts to examine the bodies, DPW98-RFP-01 l • ... Yugoslav authorities in Belgrade and Gordon-Bates said he didn't alleging Serbs were trying to bury MARCH 6, 1998 hoped that within a shon time word know who was making the threats, the corpses quickly to conceal Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Department of will have filtered down to whoever is but said the ICRC had issued a state- evidence of possible atrocities. Public Works (DPW) and in conjunction with the Rota Mayor's Office, are soliciting sealed proposals for the Architectural/Engineering Design of the Public Library on the island of Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sealed proposals must be marked "DPW98-RFP-011" One (1) original and five (5) copies of proposals must be submitted to the Office of the Director, Division of Procurement & Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than 4:00 p.m. local time, Thursday, April 9, 1998. · Albania's State Defense Secretary Perikli Tela, left, with NA TO Secre­ The Scope of Work is available on or after Tuesday, March 10, 1998, at the DPW Technical tary General Javier Solana, talking to the press, at the Alliance's headquarters Wednesday after the Albanian Minister addressed the Services Division, Lower Base, Saipan. Any questions/concerns must be submitted in writing ambassadors from the 16 NA TO nations to seek help ensuring the to Mr. Andrew W. Smith, P.E., Director of Technical Services Division no later than close of violence in Kosovo does not spill over into his country. AP business Monday, March 30, 1998. Proposals must include the following: all Albanians to join the battle. up the fresh grave, opened the l. Updated Standard Forms 254 and 255; More moderate leaders also wooden coffins and wrapped 2. Design Approach and Methodology; said that independence for the bodies in white shrouds, turn­ 3. Project Schedule province, where Albanians ing heads to Mecca as is Mus­ Ethnic Albanian women comfort a child while mourning over the grave Proposals will be evaluated by an Evaluation Committee and a selection will be made based outnumber Serbs nine to one, lim custom. One coffin con­ of their relatives in the village of Donji Prekaz Wednesday. Ethnic on the following criteria: would be better than restora­ tained the charred torso of a Albanians on Wedne:;day began unearthing for reburial the bodies of those killed in last week's bloody police crackdown. AP l. Qualifications ofprincipal(s) and proposed staff(30%); tion of the autonomy Serbian child left with no recogniz­ 2. Experience on similar projects (30%); authorities stripped away in able head. 3. Time frame for the design work (20%); 1989. Foreign leaders feared the 4. Completeness of the proposal (20%) Serbia, one of two republics worst: a new Balkan war. All responses to this RFP should include any and all taxes that will be charged to the proposer left in the Yugoslav federa­ Asked if the United States was awarded a contract for the project, including excise truces. tion, has ruled with a heavy considering a military mission police and army presence ever to the region, U.S. President This project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department oflnterior, Office oflnsular Affairs si nee. Bi II Cl in ton said, "No options at 60% of the cost, with 40% matching funds provided by the CNMI Government. In a sign that its moves should be ruled in or out." The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any imperfections against those suspec'ted of The U.S. State Department Ethnic Albanians praying over the graves of their compatriots in the village of Donji Prekaz, some 40 km (25 in any proposal in the interest of the government. All proposals shall become the property of separatist leanings was con­ issued a tough condemnation miles) west of Pristina. Incensed at Serb authorities for burying their loved ones in a mass grave overnight, the CNMI Government. tinuing, police said Wednes­ of Serbian police actions, criti­ ethnic Albanians Wednesday began unearthing for reburial, the bodies of those killed in last week's bloody police crackdown. AP cizing the burial of last week's ls/JUAN B. CEPEDA HERMAN S. SABLAN day that they had detained two Acting Secretary of Public Worhs Acting Dir., Procurement & Supply Albanians in northern Kosovo dead before autopsies could after discovering a large weap­ be conducted and accusing ons cache in their home, in­ police of the "ethnic cleans­ Albanians try to cluding 29 automatic rifles, ing" of Kosovo Al bani ans. 1 ],'-·,;~fli;ff DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS two rocket launchers, eight NA TO Secretary-General cJi~f·---~-_.i~.T ~;;;:,:~, ...... ::.J~. {;:>, mortars and 80 hand grenades. Javier Solana was l1eading to rebury their dead INVITATION FOR BIDS Serbia insists that it cannot neighboring Albania Thurs­ ANNOUNCES renounce Kosovo, the cradle day, but said talk of sending By DUSAN STOJANOVIC DPW98-IFB-013 of the Serbs' medieval empire troops in was premature. PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP)_ Ethnic Albaniaru moved Wednesday to and home of most Serbian cul­ A senior British official, unearth and rebury the bodies of kin killed by Serbian police in clashes last W&~lf.llJIJI) MA f'IJM~• February 27, 1998 tural monuments. Tony Lloyd, was in Albania, (\ week in Kosovo province and buried in a mass grave. _Governor Pedro P. Tenorio a.nd Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Department of Public Works are solicit- Outside powers do not sup­ in neighboring Macedonia _ Late Tuesday, ethnic Albanian officials said Serbians had removed 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM 1ng ?ea/ed bids for construct,on of the Garapan Drainage Improvements, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern port independence either, which fears a spillover of vio­ dozens of unclaimed corpses and buried them in wooden coffms in a grave Every Saturday & Mariana ls/ands. knowing that border changes lence into its own sizable Al­ near wi· etlmic Albanian cemetery in Prekaz near Srbim l11e ethnic Albanians had refused to claim the 49 bodies, insisting that Sealed b(ds, in triplicate, will be ac_cepted in the Office of the Director, Division of Procurement & Supply, Lower have traditionally sparked war banian minority, and then in Sunday Base, ~a,pan unt,12:00 p.m. local trme, Monday, March 30, 1998 at which time and place the bids will be publicly in the volatile Balkans. Serbia's capital, Belgrntk, on international fo,ensics cxpert5 examine them to determine the cause of * ALL BEERS: S 2.75 ..... 4:00 PM TO 8:00 PM death. TI1cy said Sc,bs were trying to cover up atrocities with the quick openeo and read aloud. Any bids received after the above time wrll not be accepted under any circumstances. On Wednesday, villagers in Wednesday in talks airneJ at *COCKTAILS:$ 5.00 .... .4:00 PM TO 8:00 PM Prekaz, about 25 miles (40 ki­ calming tensions. bu1ial. ft wasn't elem· exactly how many of the corpses the Serbs bmied. Abid bond 01 i,1tteen percent (15%) of the total bid price must accompany 1he bid. This security may be certified o o • • o • a • e • o • o o ' • check, cashiers check. or bid bond made payable to the CNMI Treasurer, with a notation on the face of the check: lometers) west of Kosovo's "Those who have interest in 1l1e Albm1ians pledged Wednesday morning to carry out reburials oo•o o••o "Credit Account No. 4466." capital of Pristina, carefully according to their Muslim trndition later in tl1e day, w1d were heading to tl1e 0 O C!I 0 Kosovo, in the region, must •• •• •e •• Specifications and plans of the project are available on_ or atter Tuesday, March 10, 1998 ai the Technical Services reburied 50 ethnic Albanians, act together and must act with burial site. •• •• D1v1s1on, D_epartment of Public Works, Lower Base, Sa1pan. Anon-refundable payment of one hundred fifty dollars including more than a dozen sense of responsibility," said 111e J;1temational Red Cross wa, trying to gain access to the areas where • • (S15D.OO) 1s required lor each set; payment to be made to the CNMI Treasurer. women and children, who died Lloyd. ''The next days are the killings took place. Up to now, Serbian authorities have sealed off • • Pre-bid Conference fo.r this project will b.e held al 10:00 a.m. local time, Monday, March 23, 1998 at the Conference in last week's police assault critical and those of us out­ villages in the tmubled province where Serb police last week killed at least • • Room, DPW Marn Office, Gualo Rar Sarpan. on the settlement. side Kosovo should not lose 74etlmic Albm1i:ms. 0 0 Reacting to stiff inremational pn:ssun:, Serbia for the firnt time Tuesday • • The bidder is required to submit with his proposal a copy of his business permit compliance with the licensing laws The bodies had been buried our nerve." • • of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. in a common grave by Serbian Ile called on all ethnic /d­ offenxl to talk with etlmic Albm1ians in the province of Kosovo, where last • • police Tuesday night, reject­ banian leaders "to join with week's deadly police crackdown threatens to kindle a regional war. • • Attention is cal(ed to the Labor Standard Provisions fo.r Wa.9e Rate Determination and payment of not less than the Ethnic Albanim1s, who outnumber Serbs 9 to I in Kosovo, did noi • • m,nrmum salaries and wages as set forth 1n the Spec,frcatrons must be paid on this project. ing relatives' plea for foreign us in rejecting all use or vio­ • • autopsies to determine how lence for political ends." immeuiatcly respond to the offer, which was announced Tuesday night by • • All bid documents.received shall.become the sole property of the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands with their loved ones died killed Late Wednesday, Serbian Yugoslavia's ofticial Tm1jug news agency. th.e exception. of b1.d bonds,.cert1f1ed checks or cashier's checks which will be returned to the bidders in accordance in battle, as the Serbs-:,ay, or U.S. envoy Robe11 Gelbanl conveyed Washington's revulsion at tl1e wrth the specrfrcatrons section entitled Instructions to Bidders, subsection 5 "Bid Guarantee". police upped the official death massacred, as the Albanians toll from last week's two Serbs' use of "biutal, dispropo1tionatc mid ove1whclming force'.' and The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in a bid proposal in the say. demanded that intemational fo1ensics experts be allowed to examine the interest of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. sweeps on alleged armed About 150 mourners who rebels from 52 to 67, includ­ bodies of Albaniims killed by Sert police. This project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Interior, Office of Insular Affairs at 60% of the cost got past police roadblocks dug ing six Serbian policemen. Tu11110il in Kosovo has revived fears of a new Balkan conflict with 40% matching funds provided by the CNMI Government. ' Many ethnic Albanim,s wm1t to secede from Serbia, the dominant 1-epu blic in the Yugoslav federation. On MonJay, tlie UnitcJ States and five .... - . CONTINUOUS SHOWS FROM 4:00 PM TO . /s/ JUAN 8. CEPEDA Isl HERMANS. SABLAN Europem1 powc1~ imposed a ban on sales of mms and other equipment to Acting Secretary of Public Works · . CLOSINGA,T 2:00AM ' ', . Aeling Director, Procurement & Supply _l(EEP ~AIPAN ClfAN &BEAUf If UL Yugoslavia. FRIDA y, MARCH· 13, 1998- 0 MARtANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-47' 46-MARIAN'As VARiEtY NEWS AND VJE\VS-FRIDA Y- MA'.R'CH' 13' ,· 1998- gola legalizes Russia to curb Iran deals vodka and caviar. No mention was made of cal weapons caches. LUANDA, Angola (AP) _ Council of Ministers, said The legalization followed southwest African nation af­ peace process was in danger. Hesitating a moment, he added stresses over the planned expan­ Chemomyrdin, however, raised Under the 1994 pact, UNIT A_ a the Russian parliament's failure Angola formally legalized the deputy Interior Minister UNITA'S declaration last ter it gained independence with a chuckle: "Not bad." sion of the U.S.-led NATO mili­ Portuguese acronym for the Na­ to ratify the I 993 START II treaty to one-time rebel movement Higinio Carneiro. It com­ week that it was keeping its from Portugal in 1975. An Gore ,. Gore said trade had increw,ed more tary alliance eastward toward uim U.S. and Russiaii ai-senals of UNIT A on Wednesday. tak­ pletes the political rebirth of side of the 1994 deal, and had estimated 500,000 people tionatUnion for the Total Indepen­ than 50 percent since the commis­ Russia or Russia's efforts to soften ing the delayed 1994 peace 1he former guerrilla move­ fully demobilized its rebel died in the continent's long­ dence of Angola _ agreed to hand sion was established five years U.S. actions against Iraq during a long-mngc nucleai· weapons. accord one s!ep closer to ful­ ment that already has 70 mem­ army and agreed to move its est civil war before the gov­ back to the government the entire ago and the United States is the series of crises over Iraq's ob­ "Itneeds to be done," he said. -~nie fillment by the new April l bers of parliament in Luanda southern headq4,arters to ernment and UNIT A signed 50 percent of the country it seized largest investor in Russia. struction of U.N. monitoring of government should do mme work on deadline. and has been registered as a Luanda by March 3 I. the 1994 peace accord in during the war. "Optimism prevails," he said. suspected chemical and biologi- that." The action was taken by the political party since 1992. Civil war broke out in this Lusaka. Among the sensitive areas U.N. mediator Behrooz still held by UNITA are the Sandry last week announced central highland towns of COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION the new A pri I I deadline for Andulo and Bailundo, 180 DEPARTMENT Of PUBLIC WORKS full compliance with the ac­ miles (290 kilometers) south REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS cord, after the previous March of Luanda, where former rebel 5 limit had passed amid warn­ leader Jonas Savimbi and the INVITATION FOR BIDS CUC RFP 98-0012 ings from both sides that the UNITA leadership live. February 27, 1998 DPW98-IFB-012 The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is requesting proposals from qualified firms for the supply of fuel for its :1 power plants on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. CUC is requesting two options: {1) supply for a period of two (2) years; {2) supply February 27, 1998 for a period of five (5) years. Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Department of Public The Specifications may be picked up at the CUC Procurement & Supply Office in Lower Base, between 7:30 a.m. to 11 :30 Works, are soliciting sealed bids for repair and renovation of the Lieutenant Governor's Residence, p.m. and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, e,cept for Government observed holidays. Capitol Hill, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Otferors shall provide a certification signed by a principle of the company stating that the company has in the past, and is Sealed bids, in triplicate, will be accepted in the Office of the Director, Division of Procurement and currently, in compliance with all applicable CNMI ar.d federal labor laws. Should the company be unable to provide such Supply, Lower Base, Saipan until 2:00 p.m. local time, Monday, March 23, 1998 at which time and certification, the company must provide a written esp/anation as to why, including a description of any violations of such labor place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above date and laws and any remedial action taken. FAILURE OF THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE SUCH CERTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION IS GROUNDS TO REJECT THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL. time will not be accepted under any circumstances. Specifications and plans are available at no cost, on or after Tuesday, March 11, 1998 at the Technical Proposals will be evaluated and selections be made based on CIF Cost (60 points), and Reliability of Supply (40 points). Vice President Al Gore and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin Services Division, Department of Public Works, Lower Base, Saipan. shake hands prior to the 10th meeting of the U.S.-Russia Commission Payment terms shall be NET SIXTY DAYS FROM INVOICE DATE. Fuel to be supplied must be warranted to meet at the State Deparlment in Washington Tuesday. The meeting was to A Bid Bond of fifteen percent (15%) of the total bid price must accompany any bid. This security may specifications. discuss U.S.-Russia space cooperation and other programs, including be certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond made payable to the CNMI Treasurer, with a notation halting the spread of missile and nuclear weapons technology. AP on the face of the check: "Credit Account No. 44660". • Si> (6) sets of the proposals and copies of the firm's CNMI Business License must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked CUC RFP 98-0012 to CUC Procurement & Supply, Lower Base, P.O. Box 1220, Saipan, MP 96950, no later than By BARRY SCHWEID drink projects valued at about$ 900 The bidder is required to submit with his proposal a copy of his business permits in compliance with Monday, March 30, 1998 at 3:00 p.m .. local time. Late submissions will not be considered. WASHINGTON (AP)_ With a pat million, to safely reduce nuclear and the licensing laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. on the back from Vice President Al chemical weapons stockpiles in· All bid documents received shall become the sole property of the Government of the Northern Mariana Discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible of Russia and to reduce the danger being selected for award for the purpose of c/arif1cat1on and to ensure full understanding of, and responsiveness to solicitation Gore, Russian Pdme Minister Viktor Islands. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision S. Chemomyrdin made new prom­ of exposure to lead in Russia. a bid proposal in the interest of the Government of proposals and such revisions may be permitted after submission and prior to award for the purpose of obtaining the best ises to keep a lid on the export of "Rejoice, rejoice," and linal oilers. tn conducting discussions, there shall be no disclosure at any information derived from proposals submitted weapons technology to Iran. Chemomyrdin exulted at the news Isl JOHN B. CEPEDA by cor,petin~ olle, ors. Privately, Clinton administration conference. Acting Secretary of Public Works Naming only ultranationalist CUC reserves the right to reject any or all proposals lor any reason and to waive any defects in said proposals, if in its sole officials were as pleased with the op1n1on to do so would be in the best interest of CUC. All proposals shall become the property of CUC. pledgeasGorewaspublicly. "Weare political leader Vladimir /s/ HERMAN S. SABLAN making tremendous progress, and I Zhirinovsky, the prime minister Acting Director, Procurement & Supply am grateful," Gore said Wednesday said "not everybody likes our TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ work," but he pledged to continue Executive Director at the end of a two-day meeting of the science and economics commission along a path of cooperation with the he and Chemomyrdin chair. United States. "Russia has no interest in seeing "We cannot afford to slow down," these dangerous systems spread to he said. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN INVITATION FOR BIDS Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen casts his vote in the any of its neighbors," the vice presi­ Russian companies and scientists Danish general election Wednesday at a school in Frederiksberg, have been assisting Iran in its missile MARIANAS ISLAND COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION central Copenhagen. AP dent said. CUC-IFB98-0016 ''U.S.m1dRussianexpertswillworl< programs. Secretary of State CNMI PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM together to further the Russian inter­ Madeleine Albright, saying the cen­ Request for Proposal The Office of the Executive Director, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, is soliciting sealed bids for the construction of Social Democrats poised to est and to address the concerns we tral government possibly was un­ RFP98-004 SINAPALU/CHUGAI WATERLINE PROJECT, Rota. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The sealed bids have expressed." aware, sent senior diplomat Frank shall be identified on the outside of the envelope by the Invitation for Bids No. CUC-IFB98-0016. Bids in duplicate will The commission itself churned out Wisner to Moscow four times in the The CNMI Public School System is soliciting competitive sealed proposab ,rom firms interest<~d in be accepted at the Procurement and Supply Office, CUC, at Lower Base, Saipan until 3:00 p.m., on March 27, 1998, at retain power in Denmark conducting desk audit on positions at the Central Office, the Tinian 1\dministrative Services Office, a now-familiar stack of documents past year to try to curb the prolifera­ and the Rota Administrative Services Office. Proposal requirements are available at the Procurement which time and place will be publicly opened and read aloud. By JAN M. OLSEN Surrounded by repo1ter.; at pmfo1- mid statements designed to improve tion. & Supply Office situated on the 3rd floor of the Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan. All proposals must COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ment, opposition leader Uffr "What we need to do is to seek be sealed in an envelope and facemarked "RFP98-004 Proposal" and is due no later than 2:00 p.m., U.S.-Russianrelationsandtoenhance March 30, 1998, and submitted to the Procurement & Supply Office, situated on the 3rd floor of the A bid guarante.e of 15 percent of the total bid price must accompany the bids. The security may be in cash, certified _ Boosted by a sound economy and Ellemann-Jensen was gJinning but tangible changes in our controls," check, cashiers check, or other form acceptable to the CNMI government made payable to the Commonwealth Utilities Prime Minister Poul Nyrup investment opprntunities for Ameri­ Nauru Building, Susupe, Sa.ipan, MP 96950. Proposals will be evaluated bJ.sed on the following crite­ cautious. "It's eithe1· to o;ie side Zir the Chernomyrdin acknowledged ria: Corporation. Rasmussen's 1eputation for good other .... There's nothin'.!elsc toe.Io but can firms. Wednesday. management, the Social Dcmocmt, wait and sec." ~ The breakdown of communism 1. Firm's Experience 20% Theofficials' jointappearancewas The bioder ·1s requ1r_ed to.submit vi1th h·1s proposal a copy of his CNMI Business permit in compliance with the Contractor's were poised to win re-election Prime Minister Poul Nyrup has spawned new fortunes for both 2. Personnel Experience 15% 3. Firm's proposal approach 20% Reg1strat1on ano Licensing Laws ol \he Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Wednesday_ but not by much. Rasmussen rcpo11cdly w,L, holcll up RussianandAmedcanentrepreneurs. good-humored. Chemomyn:Jin, remarking on de­ 4. Progress Schedule/Timeline 20% With 100 percent of the vote in his office. Some of the agreements are aimed 5. Cost 25% This project is funded in part by a grant from the Oflice of Insular Affairs (OIA). Department ot Interior and with matching counted from continental Denmark, The election is "a thri lier," sait.1 at promoting opportunities for Rus­ velopment in trade with the United funds from the CNMI Government. The award of this project is contingent upon receipt of approval from OIA. the ruling coalition of Social Demo­ Conservative Paity lawmaker Pia sians to buy and sell property, toea,;e States since communism was cast A pre-proposal conference will be held on March 12, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. at the Procurement & Supply crat.\ Radicals and their political al­ aside, said Russia used to export only Office situated on the 3rd l1oor of the Nauru Building. All prospective proposers are required to The project consists, in general, of installing 4.0 miles underground 6-inch and 4-inch diameter waterlines with Christma~-Mocller. excise taxes on joint energy and soft- submit their questions in writing pertaining to the proposal requirements and must be submitted 1wo appurtenant valves, fittings, hydrants, service laterals, and meters. lies wa, projected to win 88 seuts in Turnout was projected at 87 per­ days prior to the pre-proposal conference. i\11 questions must he submitted directly to Charlie Kenly the 179-seat parliament, the Inte1ior cent. at the Human Resources Office siluJ.ted on the 3rd Jloor of the Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan anrJ maybe contacted at telephone number 664-3761. A non-refundable payment of $200.00 is_ required for each set of Plans, Specifications, and Proposal Forms, available Minisuy said. That number was two Most polls projected the race would 'US· scientist not ·a spy~ on or_ after March 6, 1998 at the Water D1v1s1on Office, CUC, Saipan. A pre-bid conference for this project is scheduled fewer than the 90 seats the coalition be close even though the economy All prospective proposers are required Lo submit their responsibility determination documents in previously had for the majority. flourisheddudngNyrnpR:L,musscn ·s compliance to PSSPR3-30I. Responsibility Jetermination documents must be submitted in separate at 1LOO a.m, on March 13, 1998, at the CUC Conference Room, Rota. A project site visit is scheduled following the MOSCOW (AP) Russia's For­ Samolis said there was no evi­ envelope and f'acemarked "RFPlJS-004 Responsibility Determination" Rc>sponsibility determination pre-bfd meeting. The center-right opposition bloc, five-year te1m. Tiie counuy' s 1wo ei1:,>n Intelligence Service fonnally dence that the scientists had cooper­ documents are due al the date, time, and pla:.:e or the proposal dateline. comprised mostly by the Conserva­ main political coalitions agree on most declared on Wednesday that U.S. ated with Soviet intelligence, whicll tive and Liberal parties, wa, a single All documents received shall be the S()lc property of the CN~!I Public School System. Discussions Attention is called to the Labor Standard Provisions for Wage Rate Determination of the CNMI Classification and Salary issues, but Ellemann-Jenscn is per­ scientist Robert Oppenheimer, a key used infon11ationobtained in the West seat back at 87. maybe conducted with responsible ollerors who submit a proposal determined to be reasonably Structure Plans and tha_t payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the specifications haps more chaiismatic. to advance Moscow's own nuclear susceptible of being selected for award for the purpose of clarilkation ar,d to ensure a ful\ under­ must be paid on this proJect. designer of die first atomic bomb, TI1e remaining four seats are held "ldon'tknowhowtoputitbut lJffc weapons progrmn. standing of, and responsiveness to the solicitation requirements. Ollerors shall be accorded fair and by the Faeroe Islands and Greenland, never provided m1y infrnmation to equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals and such (Ellemann-Jensen) is better, I think." From 1943 to 1945, OppenheimCI' CUC reserves the right to reject any or all bids and waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the where resulL~ we1e expected em·ly die Soviet Union. revisfons maybe permitted after submission and prior to award for the purpose of obtaining the best said voter Sm·a Kreff. "Tiic Libe1~tls headed the Los Alamos laboratory in and final o!'lers. In conducting discussions, there be no disclosure or any information derived from government. Thursday. In thecum~ntgovemment, and Spokcswommi Tatyana Samolis New Mexico, where the United States. proposals submitted by competing offerors. The Public School System reserves the right to award a diose fourseat~are spli1evenly among Conservatives seem more serious.·' was commenting on Russi,u, media single or multtple award or to reicct any or all proposal if to do will be Lo its best interest. designed and built the first atomic All inquiries should be directed to Ernesto L. Villarin at telephone number (670) 322-9383. the two main blocs. TI1eeconomy is strong, unemploy­ reports that Oppenheimer has pro­ bomb. Bohr, who fled Europe to Neai·lyfourhoursafterpollscloscd, ment is among the lowest in Europe. vided the fo1mer Soviet Union with Isl TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ /s/ MARGARET C. DEL\ CR!IZ Is/ LOtJ!SE C:ONCEl'C/\JN neither side was claiming victory or and the government even rccon.kc.1 a infmmation on U.S. nuclear weap­ escape the Nazis, advised U.S. scien­ Executive Director Acting Commissioner of fa.lucatiun l'rornrcmcnt & Supply Office acknowledging defeat. small budget surplus last ye,u·. ons production. tist~ at Los Alamos. 1: "48--MARJA'NAS"VARIETY NEWS'AND vmws 0PRIDAY:Ml{RCH 13;1'998 FR:ID,I\ 'Y',MARCH 13 ','1998 cMAR1ANAS VARIETY'NEWS"AND vrnw?-49 Duma to prosecute officials ·UN diplom.at iri. Baghdad to '.\IOSCOW tAP) - Russia's tor Viktor llyukhin, said Prime a vote of 242-3 Wednesday, But government officials mented the budget cuts with­ set up inspection groups opposition-controlleJ State Minister Vik tor and a vote on a final draft of have dismissed Ilyukhin's ini­ out parliamentary approval, as ByWAIEL FALEH Jayantha Dhanapala is a key step in Television after his an-ival. Duma \VeJnesdav ga\·e initial Chernomyrdin, his top deputy the resolution was expected tiative as meaningless. had been the practice in previ­ BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _Ase­ carrying out the agreement between Also Wednesday, nine U.N. approval to a ;1;11-binding Anatoly Chuba is and unnamed next week. Last spring, the government ous years. nior U.N. official arrived the United Nations and Iraq that re­ weapons inspection teams vis­ resolution calling for a crimi­ other officials were respon­ Opposition leaders recently asked the Duma to approve a On Wednesday, Ilyukhin Wednesday in Baghdad to as­ solved a four-month standoff over ited 11 sites, Iraq's monitoring nal prnbe i 1110 top government sible for cutting last year's have stepped up criticism of 20 percent cut in spending in said the cuts caused 65.8 tril­ semble a group of diplomats that inspecting the palaces. committee told the official Iraqi official, for failing to fulfill budget without parliamentary the government, threatening to the 1997 budget, warning that lion rubles ($ l l billion) in will escort U.N. teams on in­ ''It is my first visit to Iraq ... (and) I _ News Agency. INA said heli­ last ye,1r·s budget. approval. bring a no-confidence vote in revenues in the approved draft economic harm. spections of Iraqi presidential have come to prepare the ground for copters were used to reach one The resolLllion. introduced The lower house of parlia­ the coming weeks. had been inflated. The Duma The 1998 budget, approved palaces. the inspection of the eight presiden­ of the sites, but did not say where by senior Communist legisla- ment approved the measure.by rejected the plan, however, last week by the Duma, gives 'The visit by Sri Lankan diplomat tial sites," he told state-run Iraqi any of them were. and weeks of compromise ne­ the government carte blanchc to gotiations got nowhere. cut spending in the event rev­ INVITATION FOR BIDS The government, seeking to enues fall short, requiring only REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS control the deficit, imple- that parliament be informed. CUC RFP 98-0011 COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION March 13, 1998 CUC-IFB98-0015 Yeltsin mulls body to The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is requesting proposals from qualified firms for the supply of lubricants, The Office al the Executive Director. Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, is soliciting sealed bids for the construction of lubricating oils, greases, etc., for its power plants on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. CUC is requesting two op lions: ( I J supply TATACHOG/SONGSONG and TENETOIPONIA POINT WATERLINE PROJECT, Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern for a period of two (2) years; (2) supply for a period of five (SJ years. Mariana Islands. The sealed bids shall be identified on the outside of the envelope by the Invitation for Bids No. CUC­ tackle nuke subs, arms IFB98-0015. Bids in duplicate will be accepted at the Procurement and Supply Office, CUC, at Lower Base, Saipan until 2:00 p.m., on March 27, 1998, at which time and place will be publicly opened and read aloud. ity" after being discharged from The Specifications may be picked up at the CUC Procurement & Supply Office in Lower Base, bclllwn 7:.10 a.111. to the anned forces, the Interfax 11 :30 a.m. and 12:30 p.rn. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for Government observed holidays. Abid guarantee of 15 percent of the total bid price must accompany the bids. The security may be in cash, certified check, news agency reported. cashier's check, or other lorm acceptable to the Economic Development Administration and the CNMI government made At present, the Russian mili­ Offerors shall provide a certification signed by a principle of the company stating that the company has in lhe past, and is payable to the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation with a notation on the face of the check: "Account Na. FW97-RC01 tary and the Atomic Energy (EDA).' currently, in compliance with all applicable CNMI and federal labor Jaws. Should the company be unable to provide such Ministry are responsible for pro­ Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams helps two schoolgirls from the certification, the company must provide a written explanation as to why, including a description of any violations of such cessing scrapped nuclear sub­ Meanscoil Feirste Irish School in West Belfast during a tree planting The bidder is required to submit with his proposal a copy of his CNMI Business permit in compliance wilh the Contractor's ceremony Wednesday. Adams and a Sinn Fein delegation will meet labor laws and any remedial action taken. FAILURE OF THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE SUCH CERTIFICATION OR Registration and Licensing Laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. marines, while a government Britain's Prime Minster Tony Blair for talks on the Northern Ireland EXPLANATION IS GROUNDS TO REJECT THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL. Committee for Chemical and situation. AP This project is tunded in part by a grant tram the Economic Development Administration (EDA), U.S. Department of Commerce Biological Disarmament is. to and with matching tunds tram the OHice o! Insular A!lairs (OIA), Department at Interior and the CNMI Government. The work out ways to dispose of Proposals will be evaluated and selections be made based on CIF Cost (60 points) <1nd Reliability of Supply (40 points). award o! this project is contingent upon receipt o! approval trom both EDA and OJA. chemical arms held by Russia. Mediator moves to Six (6) sets of the proposals and copies of the finm's CNMI Business License must be submitted in a seakd envelope The project consists, in general, of installing 4.5 miles underground 10-inch and 8-inch waterlines with appurtenant Russia signed the 1993 Paris valves, fittings, hydrants, service laterals, and meters. Convention on Chemical Weap­ marked CUC RFP 98-0011 to CUC Procurement & Supply, Lower Base, P.O. Box 1220. Saipan, MP 96950, no later than Boris Yeltsin ons, which calls for Moscow to Tuesday, April 14, 1998 at 3:00 p.m., local time. Late submissions will not be considered. Anon-refundable payment of $300.00 is required for each set of Plans, Specifications, and Proposal Forms, available on destroy its huge Soviet-era ar­ avert German strike or after March 6, 1998 at the Water Division Office, CUC, Saipan. Apre-bid conference for this project is scheduled at BySERGEISHARGORODSKY senal by 2005. Parliament rati­ BREMEN, Germany (AP) _ to! d the daily Stu ttgarter Discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals detem1ined to be reasonably susceptible 10:00 a.r1., on March 13, 1998, at the CUC Conference Room, Rota. Aproject site visit is scheduled following the pre-bid (AP) President MOSCOW fied it last year. Unions representing 3.2 mil­ Nachrichten. of being selected for award for the purpose of clarification and to ensure full. understanding of, and responsiveness to meeting. Boris Yeltsin favorssettingup a But work has been slow and lion German public sector He urged employers to send solicitation requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion separate, civilian institution to a "signal for more justice" on Attention is called to the Labor Standard Provisions for Wage Rate Determination of the CNMI Classification and Salary plagued by funding sh01tages. workers began arbitration and revision of proposals and such revisions may be penmitted after submission and prior to award for the purpose of get rid of scrapped nuclear sub­ Many lawmakers -say Russia talks with the government this count. Structure Plans and the U.S. Davis Bacon Wage Rates. The higher of the federal and local wage rates shall be paid on this obtaining the best and final offers. In conducting discussions, there shall be no disclosure of any information derived proiect. marines and Russia's chemical cannot afford the huge costs of Wednesday after contract ne­ The OeTV public sect9r from proposals submitted by competing offerors. weapons stockpile, the dismantling its chemical arse­ gotiations collapsed last union and the DAG white-col­ CUC reserves the right to reject any or all bids and waive any impertection in the bid proposal in the interest o! the country's defense minister said nal. week. lar union are demanding a 4.5 government. Wednesday. Russian officials say they The mediator, former percent rise in pay and ben­ CUC reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and lo waive any defects in said proposals, if in its sole Yeltsin "has fully approved Bremen mayor Hans efits as well as more job secu­ opinion to do so would be in the best interest of CUC. All proposals shall become the property of CUC. ,; - All inquiries should be directed to Ernesto L. Villarin at telephone number (670) 322-9383. expect foreign money to cover the decision" to create such a about $ 1- billion of the esti­ Koschnick, said he was opti­ rity for federal, state and lo­ Is! Til'!,OTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ body, thus relieving Russia's mated dlrs 6 billion cost of de­ mistic he could broker an ac­ cal government workers. The TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ Executive Director Defense Ministry of "inappro­ stroying some 40,000 metric cord that would avert a threat­ unions rejected a government Executive Director priate tons (44,000 short tons) of ened strike by the public em­ offer of a 1.4 percent increase, functions," Defense Minis­ chemical weapons. ployees. Koschnick success­ including I percent more pay. ter Igor Sergeyev said. Meanwhile, environmental­ fu Ily mediatedbetween the Koschnick indicated the The issue was discussed at a ists are concerned about two sides in 1996. unions would have to scale Kremlin meeting between the Russia's fast-growing fleet of Most contentious is a union back their demands, saying NORTHERN MARIANAS two Tuesday. Sergeyev has said decommissioned submarines. demand for equal status for the pay increase "cannot be his cash-strapped ministry, According to official infor­ workers in former communist very high" because of tight HOUSING CORPORATION charged with implementing mation released in November, East Germany, who are paid public budgets. But he held EQUAL HOUSING Russia's complex military re­ only 16 of the 156 mothballed only 85 percent of their west­ out hope of compromise on OPPORTUNITY The Cornrnonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is soliciting proposals from fir!Tls capable of providing Janitorial Services form, has neither the money nor ern compatriots, Koschnick job security. SOLICITATION FOR LEGAL SERVICES for its offices. submarines have been properly the personnel to deal with old dismantled. The rest are rusting The Board of Directors of the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation nuclear submarines and destroy away in Arctic and.Far Eastern The Scope of Work may be picked up at the CUC Procurement & Supply Ottice in Lower Base, between 7:30 a.m. to 11 :30 chemical weapons. harbors, posing a threat to the (NMHC), represented by the undersigned, is seeking services from quali­ a.m. and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for Government observed holidays. Meanwhile, stocks of both are environment. fied firms or individuals licensed in the Commonwealth to serve as legal piling up and deteriorating, cre­ OHcrors s~all r,rovided a cer1ilicate signed by a principle of the company stating that the company has in the past, and is Most are likely to stay there 1 ating a situation that many Rus­ for decades. Cash-strapped Rus­ counsel for the NMHC, such services as providing advice and assistance cur'.c,n\ly 1n c~mp 1ance with a':, appl.cab',e CNMI and iederal labor laws. Should the company be unable to provide such sian and Western experts re­ cerc11,c2\1on. \he comoany m·Jst provide a wnt\en explana1.,on as to why, including a description of any violations of such sia is capable of dismantling pertaining to legal matters with respect to its operations. Terms and con­ gard as grave. TI1e establish­ labor ',aws and any remedial action taken. only five or six vessels a year, PARIS (AP)_ A former presi­ in the failure of the wholesale food ment of a separate institution to ditions shall be set forth in a contract to be executed upon selection of the FAILURE OF THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE THE CERTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION IS GROUNDS TO REJECT THE while the number of decommis­ dcntofCredit Lyonnais,Francc 's comp,my Marland, Le Mondc said. ENTIRE PROPOSAL. address these pressing matters sioned submarines rapidly in­ Haberer and the judge could not legal counsel. could help, but it could also embattled state-owned bank, is creases. to be placed under formal inves­ immediately be reached for com­ create additional red tape and Proposals will be evaluated and selected made based on Cost- 50 points, Experience -30 points, Approach to Project Many of the mothballed subma­ tigation for '"complicity in bank­ ment. · 20 pomts eat up funds. rinesarein poorcondition andhave ruptcy" over financing a failed The Credit Lyonnais subsidiary Qualified individuals or firms must submit a letter of interest, together Sergeyev said the matter not had proper maintenance for a company, the daily Le Monde Altus Fimu1ce, with Haberer as its with a proposed fee schedole and background qualifications of counsel or Six (6) sets of the proposals and copies of bL:siness licenses must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked CUC RFP would be entrusted to "officers decade. Some hulls are rusted reported Wednesday. p1csident, pumped 750mil Iion tnmcs 98-0013, to CUC Procurement & Supply, P.O. Box 1220, Lower Base, Saipan, MP 96950, no later than 3:00 p.m., local who would adapt to civilian life through and half-submerged; oth­ ($ 125 million) into Mm·l,md even as associates, to Ms. Marylou S. Ada, Corporate Director, P.O. Box 514, t,rne, Wednesday, March 25, 1998. Late submissions will be not considered. "Ilic legal action, one step sho11 of without changing their special- ers may leak if they are moved. being -charged, would be taken the comp.u1y w,is slluggling with Saipan, MP 96950, or delivery of documents to NMHC's Central Office against Jean- Yves Haberer later heavy losses, the paper said. Discussions may be conduct:d with responsible offerors who submit proposals determined Jo be reasonably susceptible Altus, which until then had a 22 located in Garapan. Deadline for submission of documents is Friday, March . . - Wednesday, the respected daily re­ of being selected for award 10; the purpose ol clar1f1cat1on and to ensure full underslanding of, and responsiveness to po11cd without naming its sources. percent share in Marland, then 20, 1998 at 10:00 A.M. sol1c1tat1_on requirements. Otterors shall be. accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion bought the company from its ailing and re_v1s1on ol proposals and such rev1s1ons may be permitted after submission and prior to award for the purpose or Russia's cred~t rating dips Losses at Credit Lyonnais, esti­ mated between 120 billion francs($ chief, Francois Marland, for 160 obtaining the best and final offers. In conducting d1scuss1ons, there shall be no disclosure of any information derived from million francs ($ 26 million), the MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's 20 billion) to 2(X) billion fr,mcs ($ 33 NMHC reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any proposals submitted by competing otterors. cidcd to cut the foreign-cum:ncy paper said. credit rating was cut deeper into billion) haw sprn'kcd probes of the ceiling to Ba3 from Ba2. "Altus and the taxpayer lost more imperfection in same in the interest of the Corporation. speculative ten-itory by a down­ b,u1k's iisky invcstrncnL~ in a 1w1ge CUC reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and to waive any defects in said proposals, if in its sole It also noted that Russia re­ than2 billion francs($ 330million) opinion to do so would be 1n the best interest al CUC. All bids shall become the property of CUC. grade Wednesday by Moody's In­ of comp,u1ics. mains vulnerable to the increased Investigative Judge Laurent Nion in this affair," Le Monde said. /s/ JUAN S. TENORIO vestors Services. international investor volatility Altus investments ranged from Moody's, citing Russia's weak­ suspected l lal:x:n:r, president or the Chairman of the Board which will continue to character­ lnu1k from 1988-1993, of"complic­ golf courses and an airline torct.1il­ TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ ening fiscal and debt position, de- ize global capital markets. ing and plc.1sure boats. Executive Director i1y in b,u1kn1ptcy by 1Uinous 111crn1s" i I ' 50 MARIA:NAS VARJE'T'Y NEWS AND VIEWS•FRIDA Y.: MARCH 13 ·., 1998 ' . FRIDAY, MAR ti-I 13; T998' -Mfl:RIAN AS VARIETY N'EWS AND Yl~S~°Sl Marines in accident to be punished Intern lawyer: Clinton testilllony is '-welcollle' The tragedy stiJTed strong anti­ By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER the aircraft was found to have been from the Marine Air Station at of the Alpine valley where tlie acci­ By JOHN SOLOMON Since then, prosecutors :md the Ginsburg said Ms. Lewinsky,24,a news media following. WASIDNGTON (AP) 1l1e U.S. only 300 feet (90 meters) above the Chen-y Point, North Carolina. They dent happ;:ned say it looked like the American feelings in Italy, e:;pe­ WASHINGTON (AP) Monica White House have tJied to avc11 a fo1rncr White House volunteer, is Ginsburgsaidherunpaid legal bills Maiines involved in the-cable cm· ground, when it should have been an: also the tm·get of a civilian inves­ pilot was hot-dogging. cially when Avi~mo w:1, less th:m Lewinsky's lawyer, saying her legal showdown over the issue, but offi­ sometimes depressed by her plight. already exceed six r1gu1cs. "I wuuld accident at an ltalim1 ski res011 tl1at flying at l .CXXl feet (300 meters). tigation by ltali:m authrnities. Undersecretary of Defense frnthcoming at the oulset with ltalim1 bills probably exceed $ I (JO,CXXJ, cials have said tl1osc talks have made feeling u·appcd most times in her guess abcut S l(X),O(X) to S 2(XJ.(YX) killed 20 p;:ople will face disciplin­ ··Weexp;:cttheywillreferthematter The crew of the Prowler has Massimo Brntti planned his own investigators. It drew attention to de­ welcomed the possibility that Presi­ Ji ttle or no progiess. Watergate ,1pmtment by an intense behind," he said. ,uy action. Pentagon officials said. for disciplinary action," the official been grounded since the acci­ news conference Thursday after mands from the Communist pmty to dent Bill Clinton might testify before A Ma1ine Corps investigation said, adding th:1t the final decision dent. the American briefing. close down U.S. ba,es in Italy. the U.S. gnmd ju1y investigating tlie found !ha! th: pilot of tlie EA-6B will be up to the commm1der of Ma- The Marines have said the possibility that she :md the president PmwJer W,l~ flying too Jow mid held 1ine forces in the Atlantirn:gion b:.L~d Prowler clearly w~ below its Government inspectors raided the had ,maffairandhetJied lo cover it up. the four-mm1 crew 1esponsible, said in Norfolk. Virginia, LL Gen. Peter authorized limit of 1,000 feet (300 Stayman . . Marianas Fashion, Inc. where they "We welcome the uuth, ,md we two officials familiar witl1 the in­ Pace. meters) when it hit the lift cables . foundseriousviolationsofsafetystan­ would do anything to get tl1is over,·• qui1y. Results of the study me to be A second official said it was pos­ on a clear afternoon. Continued from page 1 dards. A fire escape door at tlie fac­ lawyer William Ginsburg said made public Thursday in Italy. sible that more than one individual The cable was about 370 feet tory was reportedly found nailed shut Wednesday of 1epo11s that Clinton's The jet severed a cable on a ski lift cou Id be disciplined in the matter, but. (111 meters) off the ground atthe by legal counsel," and that "fami­ and smoke detectors disabled. They advisers and the independent in northern Italy on Feb. 3, plunging Pace will have to decide exactly what point of impact. The military map lies are abruptly tom apart by Monica Lewinsky arrested I l overstaying aliens and proseculor'sofilcehave had prelimi­ a cable car containing 20 people into disciplinary process might be fol­ given the crew did not show the immediate deportation orders." nmy talks about a possible presiden­ 200 deportable workers tl1at app;:anmce w,L, delayed until the valley below. lowed. ski lift at the resort. Stayman warned that this could tial gmnd ju1y app;:arance. Another inspection wasconducted next week, officials said. . Maj. Gen. Michael IxLong, presi­ That could include an Ankle 32 The crew's Italian lawyer sug­ trigger "fear and distrust" among the Gins burg, however, said in an in­ the following day on Advance Tex­ One of the president· s most tmsted dent of the accident investigation hearing, a preliminary action in the gested earlier that the plane's al­ workers, and tliat it might become terview tl1at he crnrnot project when tiles, Inc. on Navy Hill, where several advisers, Brnce Lindsey, is exp;:cted board and deputy commanderof the event of a court-martial. timeter might have malfunc­ difficult for the government to en­ his own client might testify, as he :md workers were found witliout valid to make a return app;:m,mce Thurs­ U.S. Mmine Corps Forces Atlantic, The Pentagon officials spoke on tioned, but subsequent tests report­ courage cooperation among tliem. independent counsel Kenneth Stan­ day in what could precipitate a major will announce the findings at the condition of anonymity. edly showed that it was worlcing. The government conducted on documents. Yesterday, it was the turn of Saipan continue to battle incou 11 overwhether showdown over executive piivilege, U.S. air base in Aviano, Italy. The aircraft had a four-man crew The Italian air force says the Monday the first in a series ofraids on she should be given full immunity in the right of a president to withhold One official said that at one point on tempornry assignment at Aviano Pmwlerwasoffcourseandresidents garment factories. magnate Willie Tan's gannent firms to be inspected. (See related strny) exchange for testimony. ce11ain impoitant infonnation relat­ "It is always useful when unsafe Me:mwhile, tl1e gnmdju1y investi­ ing to tJ1e activities of the executive conditions are conlcted," Stayman gating whether Ms. Lewinsky had a bnmch of government. said. . sexual 1elationshipwith the president In his first appe:u-JJ1ce before tlie The insular affairs director, how­ mid tl1en tJied to cover it up with grand jury last montl1, Lindsey de­ ever, is nottooupbeat on these efforts Clinton's help appeared to sp;:nd clined to answer several prosecutoi,' by tlie government. He said prob­ Wednesday reviewing evidence. questions on grounds his answers DEATH AND FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT Clinton's p;:rsonal secreuuy, might violate the president's 1ight to Protesters critical of President Clinton hold placards outside the federal courthouse in Washington fast week lems will continue as long as the site of the grand jury investigation focusing on the president. AP ~ y(ll{ eJ lift~ my s(Jll4 (!} .,i'or,9, my goJ. "(dJ)s. 25:1,2) workers continue to be intimi­ CuJTie, was scheduled to testify but executive privilege, sources said. dated by their employers. "If workers felt free to com­ THERESE ANN plain about such matters, as they usually do in the U.S., nailed down fire exits would be detected TAISACAN much more quickly," .Stayman said. "But workers who can be threat­ By KALPANA SRINIVASAN TENORIO ened with deportation if they com­ WASHINGTON (AP)_ Attorneys plain against their employers are September 10, 1980 - March 10, 1998 for online gossip columnist Matt less likely to report such things Drnduc ,ll"l!Ued tl1at a "White House than workers who have the rights :urnada" is~behim.l the dlrs 30 niillion of citizens," he added. · libel suit brought by presidential ad­ of Saipan was called by Our Lord Jesus Christ to her eternal rest on Tuesday, March 10, J 998 at the age of 17. viscrSidney Blumenthal :111d his wife. 'll1e lawyers ,t,ked the U.S. District IN HER PASSING. SHE NOW JOINS Factory. . . Cou11 in W,L,hington to lr:msfer the Her Falhcr: Jose-Arriola Tenorio Continued from page 1 m~ toOJi tomi.~ whe1eDmdge lives, saying tl1at the cost of trying it in HER PEACEFUL SPIRIT AND LOVING MEMORIES WILL LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF ing architect. \V,t,hington would be too high. 1 kr Moth~r: Crispin;.:i Taisacan Ti.=norio The plan must specify the trees, They also told Judge Paul Flied­ I kr Brothers. Sister:-.. Sisttr-in-Law. shrubs, and other plants which man that the lawsuit, which the NL'ph1...·ws .:ind Nit:'CL'S: Rev. Fr. Roger Pierre T. Tenorio would be used for landscaping. Blumentl1als filed in August, is a Tricia 1-ynn T Tenorio (Joseph Pierre "JP'·. Chriselle Marie and Gerardo Emmanuel) Underpermitcondition Y, land­ masked attempt by the Clinton ad­ Ray Anthony T./Rocc)ia ··Lynn·· R. Tenorio (Isaac E.J Anthony and Therese Racellc) scaping shall include at least 50 miniso·ation to stop Diudge 's investi­ Tina Marie T. Tenorio (Heidi Lynn) percent native vegetation forwild­ gative 1epo11ing, published online in Roy William T. TL'norio life habitat re-establishment, pref­ The Diudge Repo1t. erably fig, breadfrnit, pandanus, "He pcrfrnms an absoluteiy vital SHE WILL BE MISSED BY NUMEROUS RELJ\TJYESAND FRIENDS. and coral tree, among others. function," said Dmdge 's attomey,

HER FATHER"S SIDE OF THE FAMILY Also, at least 50 percent of non­ Manuel Klausner. "We shouldn't C,randparcnls: Linn Pangelinan Tcnorio/Magdakna Arriola TL"norio (hoth dcccasl.!d) native.trees shall be species other 111ake it easy forthc government to go Unclt:\ amJ Aunts: Trinidad A Tenorio (Saipan) Maria T./Euscbin S. Chargualaf (Saipan) than coconuts. after him." ·· I don't know how l'edm A.'lsahel S. Tenorio (Saipan) Consolacion T./Lconard Kaufrr (Saipan) one goes to begin to fight a lawsuit r\na T.'Jnal1uin L. Cliong (dcct.:a:--.t.:J) (S;1ip:..in) Lourdes A. Tl'norin (Saipan) that's being LfrivL:n by tl1e highest ~i1:u\:t'.-- !\ .. MagJ,dcn;1 DLC Tl'rwrio (Saipan/(Juam) Juan A. Tcnoriu (deccasl.'.d) olficc in the l;u1d,'' Drndgc said Lui., :\.,:N;11i,·idaJ DLC TL"nurio (both !:urnem indu,n, die, limb Jo ll1cir bu,in-:,, in C:\\ l11:· Sr:1p11rt rrwmil' loss gc11e1:1tcJ from the wh:ufogc rn1d dock Continued from page 3 FOR SALE ••RUSH•• car for sale Jown h.:c:1u~ thc1c will l:c · lc,,;cr Orn: said. S:1i11,m ,,',!]\.111 l 1c'llc'1:ll \ bn:lt',t'r {:ucs imp.1scu on shippi;1g cornpa­ Truck-1992 Ford XLT Pick-Up items ID ship out. \Ill' SEISHIN FARM I .0111·r shipping adi,it., Thi,coukl mc,u1lo,, c1·supply\, ill1- T,'11\ C1t,m:1 s.1id l'.:Ulllc'nt in­ niL'S Lkx·king off Saip:u1 h:utxx. • 1994 Chevrolet (15 passengers, 32,000 miles ...... $9,000.00 • Exlended_ Cab• Fully endosed back wifh Camp~r ·Tim: may come that inlx1unJship­ clusa·y I:\ 'Ur~ ill ll'\ c'IIUCS ·[, 1 the l \1111- Top,Windows • Body and interior in EXCELLENT 'J l1d • 1\ I c·\cTIII i, ,. ;11" ll'\J)lt:,,-,:d ou1 actual Iv a 1-:duction in the numl.:r Existing wh:u-fagc rate imposed by • 1994 Asia Bus (5 units available) 45 passengers ...... $20,000.00 condition• Uncfercoaled lo prevenl Rust 1·,-:u, thc-n: 111;1\ h: l1l\\l'r ,hipping n'. ·nt, to Saipan will he made on ·:l, or dcrn:u1ti since lesser husincsim1cn lllOll\Waltl1 \\111s ,\ufh,11il\ in tcnns CPA is at $3.25 1-x:r 1-:vcnue ton for ON ISLAND EIGIIT MONTI IS • 1995 Asia Bus (45 passengers) ...... $25,000.00 $9,000.00 or best offer in MARPI c:m h::1r the hit",h,·r shiprnclll ra\c that of inbound :md outlx1und si1ipmcrlfs. Call: 234-9419 Hazel/Kevin Fowler gener~1l cargoes mid $1.08 for u·;ms­ • 1990 Mitsubishi Rosa (25 passengers) ...... , $4,000.00 r:m 1x 1ssihl\· Ix: char!!cd 1km hy Cab1cra also said 111:ijo1ify of out­ shipmcnL,.acco1ding to Mitch A:u·on, • 1992 Asia Bus (35 passengers) ...... $12,000.00 REQUEST.FOR. PROPOSAL rargtl 1..·t1111palllL'S. lx1u11d shipment, :m: g:u1m:nt prod­ ,L,sist,mt [X)J1 111:magcr for adminis­ On,-..· th,· shipping :md fr,·igln ,·, 1sf m·ts ;md '\hould the industry die u~1tion. • 1993 Asia Bus (45 passengers) ...... _...... $15,000.00 The Northern Marianas College is soliciting competitive lx:n 1111,·s hid1,·r.1his 1\·ill 1t'll,·,·f in th,· clnwn. we will never sec those c:u·­ "If we hit the po1t temmts, or the • 1988 Chevrolet (15 passenger) ...... $3,500.00 5,000 sqm (1,000 sqm. ea. sealed proposals from qualified companies for the following: cml-p1ices :1r irnpon cornrmxlities. ~oes again.·· shippersorlheconsignees witl1 higher available for homesite) !Jur·Jcnin!! minirnum-wa!!C camc1, ' "Definitely, it !pending deat11 of Please contact: Park Dae Kyu at 234-2340 San Vicente Hill Arca. \1~~ whrnfagc, theconsumersrn-e going to Call: (Mr. Lee) 235-3207 RFP: 98-004 FOR CONSTRUCTION MANPOWER in the No71hem Mari:m:Ls~ g,urnenl sector J will have an impact be the ones to be gn:atly affected by Beeper:236-5168 Freight expenses, :Ls well m taxes on our 1evenucs. ·niat's a fact:' he that," Cabiera said when m;ked if _PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMI GOVERNMENT mid duties paid for the items, the cost said. Specifications for the above are available for all interested the1c me plans to inc1ease whaifagc of ove1head, labor :md utilities me He added that CPA benefits from rate should there be fewer cargoes proposers and may be picked up at NMC Procurement & ve1y impo11ant in identifying the fair the shipment of g:urnent products out coming in. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Property Management Office, building "L", As Terlaje RFP No.: RFP98·0042 FOR POTENTIAL NONPOINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION Campus. (NPS) PROJECTS Come & take advantage of the big discount Olopai ... in a let1er dated March 6. pedestrians I am kindly request­ OPENING DATE: APRIL 10, 1998 TIME: 2:00 PM. From 220 lbs live weight - you can save up to Proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked With the increased awareness ing that hanging, caution blinking Continue~~rnm page 12 GOVERNOR PEDRO P. TENORIO AND LT. GOVERNOR JESUS R. SABLAN. THROUGH $100.00 from the regular price. RFP98-004 to Procurement Office, building "L" no later than the value of physical fitness, the yellow I ights be installed over all THE DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, ARE SOLICITING COMPETITION 4:00 PM. Friday, April 03, 1998. lance of having hanging yellow congressman saiJ, there is an in­ pedestrians crossing sections of PROPOSALS TO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS FOR POTENTIAL NONPOINT 50 heads available blinking fights to caution drivers cre,;,e of pedestrians alongside our main highways," he said. SOURCES Of POLLUTION (NPS) PROJECTS. INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS MAY APAATMEHT FOR RENT PICK UP PROPOSAL FORMS AND SPECIFICATIONS AT THE OFFICE Of THE ACTING The Northem Marianas College reserves the right to reject of pcucstrians crossing on our the main highways. Olopai pointed out that these Studio Type $350.00-$400.00 per main highways and all schools. DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY. LOWER BASE, SAIPAN, DURING WORKING month, utilities not includcJ, yuict, Promo ends March 1998 any or all proposals for any reason and to waive any defects "These. no doubt. adds to the hanging blinking lights will al­ HOURS (7 30A.M TO 430 P.M.). especi:illy for Hopwood, San risk of pedestrians crossing our single or couple only, immediate in the proposals if determined by the College to be in its best ways caution drivers, day and Vicente Elementary and Tanapag roads getting into accidents. IS/HERMANS. SABLAN move-in, in Koblcrville interest. All proposals shall become the property of NMC. night, of the possibilitit:s of pe­ ACTING DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY For info - call Imelda, Elementary." Olopai told Cepeda Therefore, for the safety of our destrians crossing. Tel:234-1233 (Day); 288·2222 (Evening) For additional information, please call NMC Procurement at Tel/Fax 235-5948, 10:00AM-10:00PM 234-6128 extension 2300 or 2301 or 2302 by the Department of Labor and tor hircJ by the lJS Interior Dc­ VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF Immigration on Saipan factoi-ies partrm:nt. Tan ... Karidat has immediate job openings for two (2) part-time Assistant Youth THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE since Monday. But Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio. in a OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS Continued from page 1 Coordinators. Application and Position Description are available at the NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS /si IGNACIA B. VILLALUZ /s/ TEE ABRAHAM Earlier. a garment firm in media sta\c111c111, said\ he stcpped­ AMENDMENT NO. 1 Ac\,ng Procurement & Property Officer Vice-President for the inspectors "with a "tloor-widc­ Chalan Piao was found to have at u p drive "is not a knee-jerk i'cac­ Karidat office located next to the Korean Association Building in Chalan IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE Administration least 23 health and safety stan­ Kanoa. Office hours are from B:00 to 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday. OF Request for Proposals open · policy of cooperation." tion 10 negative articles in the US FRANCISCA LAtROPI. Deceased. "We welcomed labor and im­ dards violations and 11 media." Deadline for submission is 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 20, 1998. DPW98-009 migration to our factory," Tan overstaycrs while electrical in­ "I promised during my cam­ CIVIL ACTION NO. 97-1234B Road Paving and Drainange Improvements, Rota said in the statement. stallation of another one in Navy paign:· Tenorio stressed, "(That) Applicant must be a Citizen and preferably with background and March 6, 1998 U.S. NOTICE TO CREDITORS "Al the end of the day, we've Hill was ruled to be in need of an I will work to clean the image of experience in dealing with youth. not seen anything significant 01her overhaul. the Nor1hem Marianas by enforc­ This Amendment shall form a part of the contract documents. It is Notice is hereby given by \he the intent of this Amendment to issue changes andior make corrections. than minor areas needing atten­ The wave of factory inspec­ ing labor laws th,i! :ire already in undersigned Vicente M. Taitano, Pursuant lo 1CMC §9910, Governor Pedro P. Tenorio LI. Governor Jesus R. Sablan and the Board tion anc.1 \l'C 've already 111~1de ad­ tions come as media reports aboul the books." For more information, please contact Simon Kihleng at 234-9026 or administrator of the estate of Francisca The Request for Proposals, DPW98-RFP-009, dated Fchruary 13, of Public lands. through the Division of Public Lands fDPL) of lhe Department of Lands and Nafura/ justmen ls 10 rectify these mat­ possible trade fraud, religious "I think our labor laws are ad­ Priscilla Dela Cruz at 234-6981. Lairopi, deceased, to the credrnrs of, Resources. are hereby 01vrng nof1ce Iha! a meelmg o fhe Board of Public Lands will commence on 1998 is hcrchy corrected :is follows: Tuesday. March 17, 19iB al 2:00 P.M. ters," he said. persecution and illegal abortion equate," he said. "Enforcement or and all person having claims against The inspection on TransAsia activities involving the CNMI those laws is not." decedent, that within sixty days after The meeting is scheduled lo continue lrom day \o day unlil completed and as such, lhe meeting will MUSIC INSTRUMENT the first publication of this notice, 1. The Scope or work for this project will be available on or after :ie recorveneo \h~ following day_at \he same !me _and al the same place if the board calls a recess Garmelll Forte Corp. and garment sector surfaced fol low­ Yt:stcnlay's inspection was p,u·­ HOUSE FOR RENT creditors o1 the deceden\ file their Monday, March 9, 1998 at the DPW Technical Services Division, of \his mee\1ng. ihe meeting will be helJ a\ Pac1l1c Gardenia Hotel Banquet Hall Room No. 1 in FOR SALE Chalan Kanoa. ConcorJe Garment Manufactur­ ing :.111 on-island investigation ticipatcd in by Kevin Joseph -BIG BARGAIN Nice 3 Bedroom, claims with the necessary vouchers in Lower Base, Saipan. ing Inc., was the third ca1Tied out conducted by a private investiga- Villagomcz,acling J--lealthSecreuu)'. 2 Bathroom Concrete House the office of the Clerk of the Superior AGENDA Fender Telecaster Guitar Court, Common,vealth oi the Northern 2. All questions/concerns must be submitted in writing to Mr. 1. Roll Call Yamaha Keyboard with Ocean View Mariana Islands, Saipan. 2. Adoplionof Minu\es · Oclober21, 1997 Peavey Keyboard Amp. Andrew W. Smith. Director of Technical Services Division. no 3. Communicafions Yamaha Keyboard Amp. Quiet Rural Location in later than close of business on Monday. March 23, 1998. KMD Bas Amp. DATED this 6th day of February, 1998. 'ta) L_ etter from Mayor Jose C. S2blan, Saipan · Herald Broadcasting Syndicale, lnc. 16 & 24 Channel Mackie Mixer PapagoArea b) Letters from Cha:"11an David L. \91101. Saipan Municipal Council 24 Channel Snake Cable 24 hrs. water 3. The new deadline for submittal of proposals is 4:00 p.m., local • 1 Hsrcld Broadcas\ing Syndicate, Inc. JVL Control Speakers Isl VICENTE M. TAITANO i"! squarus Acnnet 8.esort, Tan Holdings Corµ~ration, Tasi Tours &Transportation. JVL Contour Speakers Unfurnished time, Monday, March 30, 1998. Inc . and Juar C. Tenor,o & /\ssociales Disco Turntable w/Mixer $1,500.00 month , :,i Nor1hem Mariana ,s_lancs Retirement Fund· P.equesl to use public land in Capito: Hill Equalizer per All other requirements of the Request for Proposals will remain as (,1 Letter from Mayor 8entam1n T l.fanglona, Rola· Agncullural Homesteads af As-Nieves Wireless & Regular Microphones Phone: 256-5394 and 8:rd Sanctuary areas Call: 288-2078 stated. (di LeMers from :ne Efeven\li 7inian Join! legislative Oelegaf1on DISPOSAL SALE i. CUC Tirnan Power Planl -Issuance of Deed :i l,larpo He1gh!s · Request lo subdivide and release for use as homesteads SAN ANTONIO, NEAR BEACH IN TIIE SUPERfOR COURT Of-THE /s/ JUAN 13. CEPEDA isl HERI\IAN S. SABLAN /el letter from the Ming Secrelary of lhe Department of Public Health. Requesl lo renovate COMMONWEAl:rH OfTHE NORTHERN the Tinian Guest House on Sa1pan _ · MARIANA ISLANDS AREA: 1004 SQM. Acting Sernt:iry of Puoli, Works Acting Director. Procurement & Supply (f) House Resolution No. 11-9 'A House Reso!ul1on lo request the Governor and the Board of We the family of the late, of Public Lands to grant CUC public domain of tots 190E 01 and TR. 22916, along wnh the In re lhe mailer or the Work Stopped aci1om:ng 5.362 square meters ofpubtic land in Lower Base Apartment Bldg. lg) Mari_aras Seaside Development Corporation· Obfeciion lo Saipan Scratchies' Requesf Estate of Sebastian P. Mun:i. 4. Report 01 lne D,reclor Deceased Cone. Structure (a) Public Law No. 10-90 · Amendment fo Public Law No. 10-57 Consolacion Civil A.clion Nu. 98-0156Il Ground Floor 5 Report of lhe Legal Counsel 2 Room Flat 7 Unit 6. Unlinis~ed Business NOTICE OF PETITION ia) Public Land Lease Requesl Ayayu FORAPPO!NT~IENTOF Built 490 Sqm. 1. FPA Ouarr1 · Perm: Stalus ADMINISTRATOR AND NOTICE TO Call: 322-6363, 235-0235 ic) CW/,1 Go·1er1men\ P·Jolic Land Reques\ CR F:D ITO RS i. Pr/,a l.\uni.:ipal ccunc,1- Reauest lo e,traCi sar,d !or Chi',dren's Park 1 Santos ;.;,•, 3·J~,',i,[;$S ' 1 :iJ P::ndc1g la1e1 Exchanoe M;:\ters better known as Nan-Chong Notice i.i hereby givcn 1ha1 Dan id T. Muna. 1. l.\ernorandum ct Agree men;. St.a1us 01 pending land exchange has filed with ihc Clerk of the Coull, a The following person with pending Labor or Agency Case arc 11 Heirs o\ Jcse S. Deleon Guerrero (Ra1) Pc1i1ion for Le11ers of Administra1ion for the il,. f/1ana A. (Juerrero P. hereby notified to report to the Division of Labor, Enforcement 1v. Jose T Seman Esrntc of Sebastian Muna, deceased. The v. Luis T. Hocog hearing on the Petilion is set for I:30 p.m. Section, located on the 2nd Floor of Afrtna Building, San would like to invite our family & friends to join us in prayers as we on May 5, 1998 in the Superior Court al Civic located in Central Garapan (b) CNMI Govern'!lent Public Land Request Antonio, Saipan within THIRTY (30) days from the date of the 1 Seventh_ 1m1an Municipal Council · Requesl for lhe designation of public lands for Center, Susupe, Saipan, Commonwealth of (across Garapan Central Park) Recreal1on CenlerslF1elds commemorate the 1st Anniversary Rosary of our beloved one. ' FULLY CONCRETE/lWO (2) BEDROOMS the Northern Mariana isl:inds. Please contact: Ma111aret Tenorio @234-3021 publication of this notice. 1i fJIIHC · Requesl lo reserve Loi No. 012 T06 for future expansion of 7inian's housing 'FULLY FURNISHEOrl4 HOURS WATER For further particulars, please refer lo the slock 'LAUNDRY MAT AVAILABLE/FREE TRASH Pe1i1ion un file herein orconlacl counsel fur 111. Nonhem Marianas College, Rola· Requesl fo revert lo Talachog, original designated Nightly rosary is being said at their residence in As Teo at 8:00pm ihc Petitioner, Kenneth L. Govendo, P.O. Box NAME LABOR/ AGENCY CASE NO. Sile COLLECTION APARTMENT FOR RENT beginning Wednesday, March 11 through Thursday, March 19, 1998. ' REA~ONABLE PRICE 2377, S:iip:in, MP 96950, Tel. (670) 234- I) Alexander F Aguilar Labor Case# 96-493 iv" Rota_ Upward Bound Program· Request to ufilize Telelo Beach site 6057. 2 Bedroom Concrete Apartment 1 Public School system · Requesl for Gran\ of Public Domains CALL TEL 322-3581 FOR MORE DETAILS! Located Upper Navy Hill 2) Irma S. Villavicencio Labor Case# 96-599 (c) Public Land Lease Requesl Credilors of ihe decedent or of his csl:ile arc hereby no1ificd thai !hey mm tile their Furnished 24 hrs. water 1. Bank ol Guam · Requesl lo relocale leased area in Garapan On the last day, Thursday, March 19, mass will be offered at San Vicente (j) Land Prob:em and Legal Mat.ers claims wilh lhc Clerk of Courl for the $600.00/month plus 1month security deposit Failure to appear at the: Division on or before the date and time i. Pedro Aguon v. l~PLC Church, 6:00PM. Dinner will be serve at their residence after the mass. Superior Court of lhc Commonwcallh of the Please call: 322-3607 or 236-1023 (e) Homestead Mailers Northern Mariana Islands wi1hin sixly (60) specified above shall be ground for dismissal of the above cases 1 Vil!aae Hcmeslead days of the lirsl puhlic:ition of lhis Nol ice, and appropriate action and/or sanction sha\1 be taken against (IJ DPL Rotal!atters Asia Marianas Thank you very much or the claim will be forem barred. them, including the referrals of this matter to the Immigration ,gncul\ural Grazing Permit· Requesl lo impose moratorium Da1e

1998 SSA Men's Night League: La Familia nips MGD Starters, 17-13 By Priscilla T- Castro scheduled. ting a 2-run homer. mns in the first inning with Gloyd in the third inning and he was pe1fcct Variety News Staff The two teams tied in the sev­ Bernard Edward was three for Martins hitting a solo homer with thn:e !cir three, while Greg rn1d Rob­ LA FAMILIA shut off the MGD enth inning with 11 a-piece. four. a back to back homcrun by Clark c,t Rqx:ki were two for three. Starters in the fifth inning with They played up to the ninth MTC Mongilk's Lita Skilang Ngiraidong. Game Five the ten-run rule in effect. inning but both teams were score­ hit a two-run homer in the fourth In the fourth inning Team Camacho Roots 14, La Familia scored a run in the less. inning. Sky Omelau was two for Budweiser scorepetfectthrce Santos being two for two. The Turtles rallied seven runs AKS Bad Boyz 15 5 MGD Starters 8 12 for three, Tony Camacho three for Game Two in the first and one run in the Camacho Roots 12 9 Pacific Trading 7-Up 7 13 three and Donald Camacho two for Taga Warriors 11, second inning. UIC La Familia 11 9 Northwest three. Sedi Kau 11 5 15 They didn't score until the GTE Turtles 10 10 Chelus Ch1is Palacios hit a two­ The game between the War­ Tanapag Braves 4 16 fourth inning when they rallied MTCMongilk 10 10 run homer in the third inning. Joe riors and Sedi Kau will be re- Chelus 2 19 IO runs with Jack Guerrero hit- Fejeran was two for two. ' . • J. Rep.. Pete.r's Lebwel SPORTSBITS-'. RGA Fundraising Calling all interested Junior Golfers defeats LA Ol'Aces THEN01themMarianasJuniorGolf Golf for Oleai school By Priscilla T. Cas.tro 14 points respectively. will open its enrollment on Saturday, THE SID K. Peter Memorial Golf Tournament is being hosted by · Variety News Staff Pacific Trading Lite defeated March 14 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Refaluwasch Golf Association on Saturday, March 28, 1998 for REPRESENTATIVE Malua the Kontrarios, 92-69 during the Pacific Gaitlenia's El Segundo Res­ the benefit of Oleai Elementary School. It will be held at the Peter's Lebwel defeated the L.A. second.game of th.e game. taurant. Marianas Country Club in Marpi. 01 'Aces, 68-66, during the · . · JuniorRofthe'Pacif:icbite is For more info1mation plea,;e call The RGA is working with Ole11i School in its effort to raise funds BANMI Basketball League th~- tbp scortfr with' a total of26 Marian Aldan-Pierce at 234-6615. for aircon units, computers and other multimedia equipment for the Wednesday night at the Gilbert points while Abong Camacho *** new classrooms that are now almost complete. C. Ada Gymnasium.· scored 23 points. . Calling NMASA members and The tournament is limited to 60 participants only and features 6 Lebwel 's leading scorer M. Pe­ · Kontrarios · leading scorer l Coaches ofMicro- categories; Championship Flight, A-Flight, B-Flight, Seniors and ter ai:nassed a total of 16 points Diaz garnered 24 points while Games teams Ladies. If there are less than 6 participants in a flight, that category with two-three pointers in the Diego Masga 16 points. THE REGULAR meeting of the will be cancelled and entrants will be placed in another flight based second half of the game, fol­ Individual Results: NMASA has been postponed for on their handicaps. lowed by Peter R. Camacho with L.A. 01' Aces(66): WayneP.- March 12th at 6 p. m. Check-in time is 6:00 a.m. and tee-off time is at 7:00- 9:30 a.m. 14 points and R. Igonoef 12 6, Shan S.-8, Ray S.-9, Freddy All coaches have been asked to Participants in the A-Flight will tee-off first at exactlv 7:00 a.m. points. P.-20, Randy P~-14, Greg 1.-2, tum in their list of prospective athletes Subsequent tee-off's will be in this order: 8-Flight, C-Fl.ight. Senior Top leading scorer for the LA Frank M.-2, Sid T.-5. for review and should be prepared to Flight, Championship Flight and the Ladies Flight. - OJ 'Aces, brothers Randy and Lebwel (68): M. Peter- I 6, T. make a brief report of their training at To ensure smooth coordination of the tournam~nt as we\ I to abide Freddy Pelisamen with 20 and Continued on page 58 this meeting. with the rules and regulation of the Marianas Country Club, Continued on page 58 Continued on page 58

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