.-!"'I"!""!"~------~~~~---
UNIVERSITY OF H/i,WAII LIBRARY . arianas %riet.r;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspl\per Since 1972 ~ e\\'S·
•' I ·2·6' N. 1·09·· ... -:, . , ._ " .:., · '· ' ',' -·' '._ . ·.. · · -, " · · ·- · · .. · · , , - · .. · ·- ... -... ·, , , - ,.. ,,-,,: 11,,, ', ,, -,. -·"· ·, .. ~,.· --~..•. .,,. ,,., ..... _ 'o· o-· .. · .._., ...1 ·-.· .. · .... ·. · .·., .. ·.,·- ,·.·· · .. _.... , . 1 ' .....1 · ·. '"' s·1 · MP.96950'····, ' \':\; •• V ... • •• ( • • • •• ~ , .. • • - - ~ • • • • ~ /. - • , ., •• • • , • •• a pan '1 ·~J. ·\~ '.·©1'99(~arl~nas~·va:rl~ty ·.·:-... :_,:··:·>.,..-\: ,·''. ··.: .·._:'.°)·:-:· :: ·W.~d.-~~,~~Y. -~ _AugU,st :1-.1, _:~-~-9.9 ..-\ _-: -_.,:.:- :··.. ·.:.-.- r.:.~,vlngCNMJ.fof26':'{~r.t;&. ,,:'f.rl~l. • , ., , , • . • _ 1 ~· ,, .. ~ .... - , ~ 't' . ~ - ~. • , • ,· • • . ,, ,1. . • , • _ , •, , , .•.•, , ~ , , , ,.., .,,A, "·'• •• _. r• ,ii ~· ... \rt,>1,_,,,;.i•.• «-:- ... f,1'(:;, ,•f;'.~•f• ~ ersse By Ferdie de la Torre Inc., Cutter· and Buck Inc., and eight hours a day for$3 an hour as 'virtual prisoners' in disease ing apparel for US retailers. Variety News Staff Gymboree Corp. became the first well under the US minimum ridden ba1rncks." The settlement codifies detailed FOUR major US clothing retail retailers to settle claims against wage-and were forced to "do Under the settlements, and strict employment standards ers yesterday agreed to a $1.25 them in the lawsuit, according to nate" another four hours to make Buchanan said, US retailers have forSaipan-based contractors with million settlement for the federal a press release prepared by Eliza it a 12-hour day. The workers at agreed in their future contracts to whom the settling companies do class action filed in Los Angeles beth Buchanan of Fenton Com the onset had to pay recruitment require independent monitoring business, such as Global Manu contesting .. sweatshop condi munications. fees of up to $7,000. of their Saipan contractors. ·- facturing, Inc., Diorva Saipan, tions" in Saipan 's garment facto Buchanan in a statement also The lawsuit alleged that the The monitoring, she said, is a Ltd., Concorde Garment Manu ries. disclosed that a related case filed companies, along with 14 other further step in working towards facturing Corp., Jin Apparel, Inc., Under the settlement. a $ i .25 for unfair business practices in US apparel retailers benefitted compliance in Saipan wjth US among others. million fund will be set up to San FranciscoSuperiorCourtwill from sweatshops set up by for labor laws and binding interna "These include the payment of finance an independent monitor also be settled. eign manufacturers on Saipan. tional treaties established to pro overtime, providing safe food and ing program, as well as for partial According to the lawsuit, young "These are mostly young tect human rights. drinking water and exercis;ng damages to the garment workers, Asian women were lured toSaipan women forced to live and work It was also agreed, Buchanan basic civil rights," she said. public education, and costs and by contractors with a promise of under very tough conditions," said pointed out, that the use ofunlaw The settling retailers attorneys' fees. well-paying jobs in the US. · William Lerach, lawyer for the ful recmitment fees shall be pro Nordstrom, J. Crew, Cutter and Nordstrom Inc., J. Crew Group The women allegedly worked plaintiffs. "The workers were kept hibited in Saipan factories mak- Continued on page 23 ...--lliiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;;;;;;;;iiiiiiiiiii.;;;J--:::---:-:-:-:-_=----=--·-·:::...::::--:::::: ....:::::-:.- ..= .. -= .. -·=·-=····=-·-=-=--- =---~~~,:;i Fishing vessel sinks off Tinian harbor, spills oil ity Executive Director Carlos H. Salas disclosed that both local and federal emergency response teams have been asked to assist in the prompt cleanup of oil spill which resulted from the inci pent. Although no immediate as sessment of the volume of oil spill was immediately available, Salas said there are evidences pointing to the extent of the dis Carlos H. Salas charge which has reportedly spread to an area of about I 00 by By Aldwin R. Fajardo 75 feet. Variety News Staff Salas added, however, that EM ERG ENCY teams have been barriers have been promptly put akrted to respond to any poten in place to prevent possible tial environmental and naviga spread of the oil discharge be tional risks posed by a govern yoml the affected arecf:-->'feams ment repossessed fishing vess1:I !'rom the US Coast Guard, the that sank off San Jose harbor in Emergency Management Office, Tinian 1:arly morning yesterday. CPA and the Department of Pub- Commonweal th Ports Author- Fresh from summer vacation, students of Garapan Elementary School arrive on campus for the first day of Continued on page 23 classes for public schools last Monday. Private schools are set to open next week. Photo by Louie c. Alonso House tangles wi.tb. Nielsen GovGuarn prepares for over official travel requests possible mass layoffs By Eric F. Say By Jojo Dass to be called on the matter. Variety News Staff Variety News Staff He also tasked House Ways HAGATNA--The Administration is now preparing for mass lay LEADERS of the Hous-: ofRep and Means Chair Karl T. Reyes offs of Government of Guam employees in the event that the resentati ves yesterday ex (R-Saipan) to initiate a meeting Legislature fails to pass a stop-gap spending measure before the end pressed indignation over the with Nielsen and try to address of the month. way Finance Secretary Lucy the problem. Rebecca Quintanilla, acting director of the Depa1tment of Ad DLG. Nielsen has been reject The 30-minute discussion ministration (DOA), yesterday said in a media conference that the ing legislators' travel requests, stemmed from then acting Gov. layoffs will affect almost 4,800 GovGuam employees. saying thcircxpenditure author Jesus R. Sablan 's recent sign The layoffs would last for a month as the new fiscal year starts on ity should not be sacri riced over ing or Senate Bill 11-357 into Oct. I. her task to ensure that public law. "The only line agency operation that will continue would be funds arc accounted for. The· 1aw defines the extent those that involve health and safety issues," Quintanilla said. Several officials of the House Lucy OLG. Nielsen the term "public purpose" cov She said the Departments of Education, Corrections and Public took turns during a session in ers government travels. House Health and Social Services will face massive layoffs. airing out their disappointment House Speaker Diego T. leaders said Nielsen may have There will be no funding for all administrative personnel of every over the Department of Benavente (R-Saipan), calling the stretched her interpretation too line agency, and all public assistance in every form will be stopped, Finance's denial of their fund floor into order, said Gov. Pedro far. Quintanilla said. requests for "official travel." P. Tenorio's attention may have Continued on page 23 Continued on page 23 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1999- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND YIEWS-3 2-MARiANAS vARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- .AUGUST 'i 1'. 1999 ·. · Mishap kills 13 farm. workers La Mode told: Vacate factory By Rene P. Acosta President Patrick Tong, DPW's the first edifice to have been closed provide a contract and timetable suit to a fine of not less than $10 FIVE POINTS, California (AP) gers were injured. Authorities Variety News Staff Building Safety Official Donald by DPW after failing to meet the for the installation of its fire sprin but not more $500 a day, aside - A van loaded with Mexican did not identify them. THE GOVERNMENT has or W. Anderson has restrained the government's set safety standards kler system. from the filing of possible crimi farm workers driven by an unli The MexicaJt government dered officials and workers of a garment firm from further occu for buildings. In an August 2 meeting, Public nal charges. ' I censed driver slammed into a truck agency Notimex said the Mexi garment firm to vacate their fac pying any portion of the "unsafe" In his letter to Tong, Anderson Works officials have asked La Based on Aquino's report, the· on a remote road in the early can consulate in Fresno confirmed tory after finding the building not building without securing a cer listed three areas of concerns and Mode to address these concerns roof purlins of La Mode's build morning darkness, killing 13 that the 13 dead farmworkers were structurally sound, raising seri tificate of occupancy from Public violations which the management by August 4, but Anderson said as ing are inadequate. people and renewing worries Mexicans. No one was available l ous concern about their safety. Works. of the company have apparently of August 9, these were not miti He also found out that the beam about the safety of laborers who at the consulate Monday after I The "order to vacate the build Anderson issued the order based failed to comply with. gated. on the second floor and the four often cram into vehicles to get to noon for further comment. ing" with simultaneous effectiv on the results of a preliminary These are the "certification Anderson said the order to va inches masonry walls are also in work in the fields. The driverdidn 't have a license I ity was issued last Monday by the report submitted to him by Johnny on the structural integrity of the cate the building will stay until a sufficient. The 1983 Dodge Ram van and his driving privileges had been i Department of Public Works to M. Aquino, a licensed structural building;" the absence of aDEQ complete structural analysis has He recommended that the build smashed like an accordion on revoked because of several viola the management of La Mode Inc., been conducted and a "structural ing undergo complete structural impact Monday. Most of the I 0 tions, CHP Officer Eric Erickson I engineer in the CNMI, whose firm permit for the installation of its • I which operaies the La Mode gar had checked on the safety status septic tank and· leaching field retrofitting" is completed. check and ev2)uation by taking men and five women in the van said. The driver, from Fresno, had ment factory. of the building. with a timetable for their He warned the company that a into consideration lateral loads were sitting without seat belts been cited for not wearing a r j In his letter to La Mode's Vice La Mode's factory is said to be completion; and its failure to violation of the order would re- such as wind and earthquake. on two carpeted benches in seatbelt, not having a license, and stalled on each side. California was once a1Tested for drunken Highway Patrol Officer Brian driving. I Yokley said. Erickson said there was no con To attract Japan retirees It's illegal in California to viction for the DUI, but it wasn't House frets over freeze Jriring waivers have anyone ride without proper clear why. ! NMI needs better By Jojo Dass that the exemptions were uncalled seats and seat belts, but certi The truck driver, who wasn't Variety News Staff for. fied farm vehicles are excluded injured, had a clean driving record. I THE OFFICE of the Governor "If any of the individual mem from the law. This van received He was rurning his ri'g around Calfomia Highway Patrol officers investigate an accident in Five Points, Calif. where 13 farm laborers were killed Monday when their overloaded van slammed into a tractor-trailer. AP health facilities has approved 15 requests for ex bers are aware of a certain in its last annual certification in on the two-lane road after parking ! J. I emptions from the Hiring Mora stance where there was a local I 997, but had not been certified on the shoulder to sleep, Erickson By Aldwin R. Fajardo the tractor-trailer," Erickson said. marks were 15 to 24 meters (50 this tiny town in Fresno County. torium Law in nine days, and person qualified and available since, the highway patrol said. said. The rig's two trailers were Variety News Staff "Their brakes locked up." to 80 feet) long, Erickson said. The laborers had just gotten off some members of the'House of for the job and the exemption The van's driver was among empty. EFFORTS to encourage elder The van was going at least 88 The accident happened shortly work sorting tomatoes in the Representatives are not happy was granted then that is illegal. It those killed. Two other passen- The van "couldn't avoid hitting Japanese nationals to retire in the kph (55 mph), and the skid after 5 a.m., just southeast of fields, Erickson said. about it. (becomes) necessary to review Northern Marianas under the pro In a session yesterday, House the exemptions. visions of a public law signed in officials, including Floor Leader "Anymemberwhohasdoubts Febmary may prove futile unless Ana S. Teregeyo (R-Saipan) and or questions about the speci fie the CNMI government undertakes Public Utilities, Transportation exemption. then we can raise that come try "FUSION-CUISINE" efforts to improve the islands' and Communications Chair out with the governor," said health care facilities and delivery at the New David M. Apatang (R-Saipan), Diego T. Benavente Benavente. systems. said there may be a need to fur The Office of the Governor Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio has ac ther look into the approvals. pened." granted the exemption requests knowledged the economic merits House Speaker Diego Benavente said ··some members from June 24 to July 27. RESTAURANT of developing a retirement haven T. Pedro P. Tenorio Benavente (R-Saipan), for his (of the House)" have "specific con It has approved similarrequest for elder Japanese thus the sign part, said the exemptions would cerns on some of those exemp to a number of firms in the past. & ing into law of Senate Bill 11-82, Tenorio said PL I 1-60 would not have been necessary had Pub tions," expressing doubts whether House records showed that which amends the Common mean a new investment incentive lic Law 11-6 been observed. there indeed was no available resi companies granted moratorium wealth Entry and Deportation Act concept for the CNMI, as it came BAR "The law says no company may dent workers for the positions. exemptions include Tandem of 1983. during a time when there is a dire be granted nonresident worker "Basically. they are saying that Skydive Saipan. Inc .. a tourism The new law, P.L. 11-60 per need to diversify the local eco permit. That means no company those exemptions should not have related firm; FAS Moving and mits foreign retirees who have nomic base due to the financial may be allowed a nonresident been granted because there is a Storage; Conwood Products. Inc.: invested $150,000 or more in the upheavals in Asia. ~~; worker ... if there is a local person local person available for the job," Saipan Health Clinic; Pacific c~.111:;,, ... CNMI, as well as satisfy certain The legislation was passed as available for the job," said he said. Drilling Limited; Use Us Rental: other personal conditions to ap part of government's efforts to Benavente. Benavente said the House may Hotel Riviera and Doo Young ply for a Foreign Retiree Investor attract more of Japan's senior citi '"If the law was followed. these raise questions to the Gov. Pedro P. Corp .. Certificate. 'It's Great food that will salisly your tastebuds Continued on page 22 (exemptions) would not have hap- Tenorio should it be established Continued on page 22 at reasonable pnces and good portions. Bring your fritnds your sure to enjoy. Chef .House OKs PSS ·cIP measure DHARMEN MAKAWANA Where East meets West, \ ., ...... ' .·. .. ' . . ~ .. ' . ' ~ ·,. .: .. ·.' ~ ' . . .. ',· ,. ' . •·, Clinton gives insular areas more voice By Jojo Dass of Public Works as the "contract taste our magical specialty Variety News Staff Since the insular jurisdictions Variety News Staff ing officer" for the project identi HAGATNA -The New Inter lack the federal representation that called SOUTHEAST THE HOUSE of Representatives fied. agency Group on Insular Areas a state has. Clinton said the fed A new section was also incor ASIAN STEAMBOAT yesterday passed an urgent mea (!GIA) created by President eral government has a special re sure amending provisions of the porated to include at least three Clinton is expected to increase sponsibility to consider insular 1999 Public School System Capi Rota projects totaling $2.3 mil insular representation in Wash issues. tal Improvement Projects Act as lion into the list. OPEN 7 days a week ington and improve coordination With the continued develop the Office of the Governor had The bill was introduced by Rep. between insular governments and ment of the insular areas and the 5:00 pm - l 0:00 pm urged. Heinz Hofschneider and was federal agencies. extension of most federal pro House Bill 11-455 amends the passed with minor deliberation The Clinton memo. obtained grams to them. Clinton added thaL Enjoy Chef special chasers expenditure authority section of on first and final reading. by the Variety, stressed that is there is a need to improve the and free appetizers. the law to give that power to the House Speaker Diego T. sues involving insular areas some coordination of federal programs PSS commissioner in coordina Benavente called the session spe times vary from those relating to and policies as they relate to terri tion with the CIP administrator. cifically to address the governor's Join our Happy Hour, the states and frequently cut across torial jurisdictions. It also tasked the Department Continued on page 21 Bill Clinton agency lines. Continued on page 21 5 - 7 pm nightly US, S. Korea set to begin 'l, I SO°lo off joint military exercises :I Guam may lose Navy contracts ij Beer and well drinks Variety News Staff rated that it would not renew Guam SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ticipating, a joint statement said. .····.·••ijy k,1cl\vl11 ~; ;t;~)iiftj'~#q,6rtrnriway. ten Rota .. We have design work HAGATNA - Guam may lose Shipyard's lease because Lhe com Amid rising concern that North "The (U.S.-South Korea) '.I ;h1~~.; .· ·····.... ~ith Enjoy · .• llari~tf«1~f~ff expecting now ongoing to.do the sealing of ship repair contracts from the US pany had not li1·cd up Lo expecta Korea may test-fire a ballistic Combined Forces Command's > .·. tlif go~ .i~p19rity }O cornplyte th~ design by theendof the existing runway so bigger Navy because of the uncenainty tion in 1rnns of pro1iding nl(ln: missile, the United States and preparedness is an effective de ~ORI
. . OPINION . By WIiiiam L. Flo9g, MO · Pediatrics, Sa/pan Health Center · Moynihan sees
i t what others don't •.' I.' e I School and Sports Checkups By Thomas Oliphant WASHINGTON-Among other big things, Daniel Patrick I WROTE this article last year. It portant to identify any special the same person we spoke to the Moynihan' s illustrious career in public service demonstrates feels like a good time to print it problems an athlete may have. day before! the power of analytical thinking in politics. again. Every year we read of high school Some health problems, like The New York senator has contributed so many gems ahead of Regular and complete medical or college athletes suddenly col acne, are unique to this age group. No to the 5-year his time in nearly four decades on the stage-from his research examinationsareanimportantpart lapsing on the field with some Other concerns, like depression, on the condition of ghetto families to his perception of Richard of good health care. unidentified heart or other prob alcohol or drug abuse, are also stay limit proposal Nixon's great opportunity as freshly elected president to be the Most infants get frequent check lem. Sports exams are an oppor more common in adolescence. American Disraeli to his reflections on the blindness of the late ups during their first year of life. tunity to identify these kinds of Smoking, dieting, sexuality, body CONTRARY to what its proponents say, the legislative initiative that Cold War CIA to the reality of Soviet weakness - that one Pediatricians rely on these .. wel\ problems before they lead to di image. All of these are important would impose a five-year stay limit on alien workers does not address ASK hesitates to pick one. baby checks" to identify prob saster. issues to every teenager. • l But as the chairman-for-life of the Bowtie Caucus rose last These school age problems of concerns raised in Washington, D.C. regarding the CNMI's labor and ABOUT . "i, lems before they become serious . For many students, though, immigration policies. OUR week to lead the opposition to an irresponsible tax cut, it was By the time children get to these brief sports exams are their children and adolescents are ev It would not prevent the criminally inclined employer to physically hard not to think of a classically Moynihan cut-like-a-diamond school they are not babies any only regular contact with a doc ery bit as important as the baby abuse his alien workers and make illegal salary deductions. Neither CONCfRr paragraph. To wit: longer. And by the time :hey tor. And for non-athletes, there shots we give at well baby exami would it correct substandard working and housing conditions, nor TICKET "The Republicans' dominant idea, at least for the moment, reach high school they have be may be no contact at all. This is nations. School age exams need improve the CNMI's image in the nation's capital. seems to be that the social controls of modern government have gun the change from childhood to not enough. to be scheduled with plenty of Rather. Senate Legislative Initiative 11-5 would only further disrupt LOANS become tyrannical or, at the very least, exorbitantly expensive. young adulthood. "Well baby During the early school years, time to identify these kinds of the operations of the local private sector, scare away new investors, This oppression-so the strategic analysis goes-is made pos visits" no longer seem appropri some children develop problems concerns, and to guide the sru shut down small businesses and demoralize the alien workforce. sible by taxation, such that cutting taxes becomes an objective ate. with learning or behavior. Con dents and their families to helpful There is a three-year stay limit law already in place (which, for the in its own right, business cycles notwithstanding.'' Yet older children and teenag ditions such as Attention Deficit resources. same reasons we are opposed to S.L.I. 11-5, should be repealed before That would command respect, and journalistic envy, as con ers still need continued regular Disorder (ADD) or hyperactivity Don't wait until the last minute it takes effect.) Moreover, the administration and the Legislature have temporary commentary under any circumstances. checkups for many reasons. become evident. Other children and try to squeeze in an appoint repeatedly assured the federal government that they will continue to But now consider that Moynihan wrote that for The New York First, it is required by many may have problems with speech ment the day before the sport be pursue, that they are pursuing, labor and immigration reforms. Times nearly 20 years ago, in the early summer of 1980, before schools. Here in the CNMI an or hearing or vision. gins or school starts. Still, proponents of S.L.I. 11-5 say it would finally resolve the Ronald Reagan had even been elected. It was merely one obser examination is needed for each All of these problems can be We call these checkups "health unease expressed in Washington, D.C. over the policy that allows alien vation in a string of them that over time have come to define the new school level - elementary helped medically. Ifignored,they maintenance exams." As physi workers to stay in the Northern Marianas indefinitely without the terms of national debate. It is no accident that people who have school, junior high, senior high can interfere with school success. cians, our goal is to keep you option of gaining, at the very least, CNMI residency status. no knowledge of Moynihan's astonishing track record see tax and college. Immunizations may Teenagers have different po healthy, not just to fix some ill However, instead of ronfronting this issue, S.L.I. 11-5 actually cuts well down on their list of priorities, more as danger than as need to be updated even more tential problems. Their bodies ness. A truly successful doctor proposes to avoid it at the expense of making the business community worthwhile cipportuni ty. often. and their emotions are changing should have a waiting room more miserable than it is now. Supporters of S.L.I. 11-5 should be At the time, mu.ch of the political class was wasting time in Sports teams also require an so rapidly that few adults, espe crowded with healthy people, not reminded that, unlike on Guam or the mainland US, we are not talking parlor games over whether people like then-Representative Jack annual examination before par cially parents, can keep up. There with sick people. about a small number of alien workers that would have to be replaced, Kemp were correct in their "new" theory that government ticipation. These ·exams are im- are days we are not even sure it is I'd like that. at immense cost, every four or five years. Indeed, there will be no revenues would be larger with lower tax rates. CNMI private sector, as it now exists, without alien workers. Which is A liberator says thank you But Moynihan saw a deeper purpose, though not in Kemp's why without any assurance from Washington, D.C. of a massive advocacy per se. Moynihan saw Kemp's party moving away federal bailout, any reform effort has to acknowledge the extent of the from opposition to particular initiatives of government on their CNMI economy's dependency on alien workers. We could, to be sure, HAFA ADA! to my fellow Chamorros. My wife know if they should give us a hug, shake our alleged demerits, battles they had been losing consistently over continue to wring our hands over this sad state of affairs and bicker and and I had the pleasure of participating in the hand , or bow to us. issues from medical care for the elderly to providing federal aid point fingers at the government officials who, over the years, have recent celebration of the Liberation of Guam, Really, they didn't have to do or say anything, to poverty-impacted school districts; he saw the Republicans By Colin McIntyre Vojislav Seselj. The head of the Church, Patri allowed companies to import alien workers until they now outnumber together with six of our Quad-City friends; five because the expression of joy was written on embracing a new strategy of attacking government .itself and BELGRADE (Reuters) Analysts said the last two par arch Pavle, is due to meet opposi local residents. But if we do so, we should also ask who elected these of us were part of the liberating forces. every face. avoiding the burden of arguing specifics, by trying to starve it Faced with political and economic ties were likely to be better repre tion leaders on Monday in a largely same officials, and returned them to office every election year. Now if It is difficult for us to express what thoughts When we shared our rations with them, their through tax cuts. isolation, a shattered economy and sented in the new governments at symbolic act aimed at underlin we have had enough of recrimination we could finally try to figure out and emotions we have, after experience the happiness increased even more. To this very day And he was already warning by 1980 that the Republicans growing calls for his resignation, the expense of the Socialists, ing that they are working together how to prevent future labor and immigration scams without disman warmth, hospitality and kindness we received I can still close my eyes and visualize that meet were likely to prevail in the short term if they succeeded in Yugoslav President Slobodan thought to .include a number of to bring about a change of gov tling the entire private sector. from the grateful people of Guam. ing, as if it were only yesterday. attacking government on behalf of working taxpayers as pseudo Milosevic appears to be digging potential waverers. ernment. Any reform effort, in other words, should result in the improvement We can say we will always remember, with My love for Guam was cemented at that mo populi.sts, leaving the Democrats as statist, status quo defend in and shoring up his power base. The opposition Serbian Re The Church is sponsoring what of the CNMI economy, not in its mutilation, which would be the case pleasure and gratitude, the week we spent as ment, and has never left. ers. Responding to the latest crisis newal Movement (SPO) of Vuk organisers hope will be a major once S.L.I. 11-5 is ratified. · honored guest on your beautiful Pacific island. Other sadness that came to mind was the de Ronald Reagan proved Moynihan correct within days of as much as he has to similar though Draskovic, who served in the cur rally in Belgrade on August 19. But S.LL 11-5, its supporters claim, would merely allow the local Being selected as one of the grand marshal for struction of Agana, Sumay and other villages of suming office, though the senator had to endure much ridicule Jess serious ones during his iron rent government before he was By bringing it under the Church's people of the CNMI to make a decision on what is perhaps considered the 55th Annual Liberation Day Parade and as Guam; something that had to be done. but did not before Reagan spoke of disciplining the child of government by fisted l 0-ycarrule. Milosevic has sacked earlier this year, was in umbrella, the organisers, a group the single most important issue confronting the Northern Marianas and guest speaker at the Memorial Wall of Names make us feel good about it. cutting its allowance. gone on the attack against his vited to take part again. of independent economists, have its future. If this is what the proponents of S.L.I. 11-5 want then why was an honor I never expected, but one I shall Another thing I would like to comment on But there was much more to come: opponents while preparing to It declined, however, opting in managed to get feuding opposi nqt just call for a non-binding referendum? Or ask the local Census cherish forever. Thank you. · were the activists who marched in the Liberation It was Moynihan who pounced on the gimmickry and dishon bring more trusted hard-liners into stead to join the rest of the oppo tion leaders back on the same Bureau to conduct a survey? As the parade passed in review, and while Day Parade demanding the return of their ances esty of budget director David Stockman (whom he had mentored his government. sition and the Church in pushing platform. To know what the voters think of alien workers we should also speaking at the Wall of Names my mind con tral lands. at Harvard a decade earlier) to show that hemorrhaging deficits Addressing a conference ofemi for a transitional government of The Alliance and Draskovic's amend the Constitution to conform to it? stantly flashed back to July 21, 1944, and of the Rest assured that it is not just the Chamorro had been deliberately engineered. gre Serbs on Friday, Milosevic experts to prepare new elections. SPO are together in supporting a We repeat. To address labor and immigration problems, the govern death and destruction that was taking at that land owners who feel that this was an outright It was Moynihan who first and most cogently saw through all dismissed calls for his resigna "Hard-liners came back into the transitional government but still ment should do better in enforcing the relevant laws. Stricter require time, and my heart filled with sadness. injustice, but we liberators support your rights the schemes to "balance" the budget in formulaic ways that tion from the opj)osition, the Or government in every previous cri divided over the removal of ments and heavier penalties should also be considered. Likewise, 1he We had return to free our fellow Americans entirely. dodged specific choices-from amendments to the Constitu thodox Church and independent sis - Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia - Milosevic. The Alliance says it CNMI leadership should continue to nag the federal government about from 31 long months of harsh and brutal treat When we landed tc free you from a tyrant tion, the main effect of which would be to make recessions f;ir trade unions as a continuation of there is no reason why it should must be a first step, while the SPO its own responsibility to enforce applicable federal laws. ment, and even death at the hands of our enemy. enemy. we expected to free you totally, and that worse, to "automatic" spending cuts that politics and good NATO "aggression" aided by be different this time," a leading says it should be gradual. More important, the CNMI government shou Id finally realize that its During the battle we suffered 8,423 casual all your rights and possessions would be given sense would never allow to take effect. corrupt local politicians. adviser to the SPO told Reuters. ..Milosevic should go, but we business is governing. not business. Unless there are violations of law, ties; but these figures would have been much back; but we failed in doing it; so God bless you And it was Moynihan who more than a decade ago first caused He said NATO, "with the help On the day Milosevic attacked would like a peaceful and orderly the government should allow the business community to continue to do higher if it had not been for the brave and heroic and keep up your fight until you win. a stir by noting that operating surpluses in the Social Security of various corrupt politicians and the opposition, Serbia's interior transition, for him to just fade what it knows best, which is to be in business. young Chamorros who after being freed from In closing I would like to say how lucky the ! trust funds were being in effect embezzled to mask and fund political parties, is trying to un minister warned he might use away like Kurt Waldheim," an people of Guam are to have a governor and first force against opposition-led ral SPO adviser told Reuters, refer To pass S.L.I. 11-5 is to kill business. enemy concentration camps, came forward to lead ' deficits in the rest of government. Today, his once-subversive dermine our stability from within our troops as guides and scouts. lady who so genuinely love and respect their i analysis is the basis of (at last) sound policy that the latest tax and to realise in this manner the lies that have been held almost ring to the former Austrian presi \' We shall forever be indebted for what they did to people, which was most evident during the pa cut scheme would severely undermine. aims it failed to do with 22,000 daily across the country if they dent who saw out his term in help us. rade. All this, by the way, was prelude to Moynihan's signal accom tonnes of bombs fired on our coun- threatened to destabilise the state. international isolation after lying I also thought of people we met as they come Gov. Carl T.C Gutierrez is definitely a gover plishment as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in try." And the Radicals launched a about his war service with Hitler's : ;) down the hills from the concentration camps, rheir nor of the people and for the people. For this President Clinton's first term. It was Moynihan who guided the The attack, while predictable, veiled attack against the Ortho army. clothing was mostly ragged, tom and very dirty; Guam must be extremely proud. 1993 budget plan to passage, which in tandem with a first indicated the veteran leader has dox Church, saying it should not Analysts said they did not be and without exception they were tired and hungry. God bless Guam and my fellow Chamorros. installment he supported under President Bush in 1980, made a no intention ofsoftening his stance collaborate with '"American ser lieve the August 19 rally would But the thing that I shall never forget is how . ,· balanced budget possible and created the crucial fiscal environ and seeking some sort of recon vants in Serbia" or support rallies reach "critical mass," coming as 1 thankful they were to be free. ment for the current prosperity. ciliation with his critics. of any political party. it does while students and many Rafael H. Arroyo These poor souls wanted to show us their appre DARELL DOSS His typically reasoned and civil opposition last week came up Meanwhile he is preparing to At least one senior cleric, the other citizens are on holiday. Zaldy Dandan Associate Editor reshuffle both the federal and spirirual leader of Kosovo Serbs The real test for the president ------ciation, but die.In 't know exactly how, they didn't Davenport. Iowa one vote short in an absurdly political atmosphere on the Senate could come with the onset of cold P.O. Box 231, Saipan MP 96950-0231 Member ol floor, but the Republican victory reeked of Pyrrhus's. Serbian governments, to be made Bishop Artemije, has already at Tel. (670) '34- · OPINION .. ·· EiylNllllam L/Fl09d, MD \A '.fl()()d' of Pediatrics; Saipan Health Center Moynihan sees medical info what others don't School and Sports Checkups By Thomas Ollphant WASHING TON-Among other big things, Daniel Patrick I WROTE this article last year. It portant to identify any special the same person we spoke to the Moynihan 's illustrious career in public service demonstrates feels like a good time to print it problems an athlete may have. day before! the power of analytical thinking in politics. again. Every year we read of high school Some health problems, like The New York senator has contributed so many gems ahead of Regular and complete medical or college athletes suddenly col acne, are unique to this age group. No to the 5-year his time in nearly four decades on the stage-from his research examinations are an important part lapsing on the field with some Other concerns, like depression, on the condition of ghetto families to his perception of Richard of good health care. unidentified heart or other prob alcohol or drug abuse, are also stay limit proposal Nixon's great opportunity as freshly elected president to be the Most infants get frequent check lem. Sports exams are an oppor more common in adolescence. American Disraeli to his reflections on the blindness of the late ups during their first year of life. tunity to identify these kinds of Smoking, dieting, sexuality, body CONTRARY t0 what its proponents say, the legislative initiative that Cold War CIA to the reality of Soviet weakness - that one Pediatricians rely on these "well problems before they lead to di image. All of these are important would impose a five-year stay limit on alien workers does not address ASK hesitates to pick one. baby checks" to identify prob saster. issues to every teenager. concerns raised in Washington, D.C. regarding the CNMI's labor and ABOUT But as the chairman-for-life of the Bowtie Caucus rose last lems before they become serious. For many students, though, These school age problems of immigration policies. OUR week to lead the opposition to an irresponsible tax cut, it was By the time children get to these brief sports exams are their children and adolescents are ev It would not prevent the criminally inclined employer to physically hard not to think of a classically Moynihan cut-like-a-diamond school they are not babies any only regular contact with a doc ery bit as important as the baby abuse his alien workers and make illegal salary deductions. Neither CONCERT paragraph. To wit: longer. And by the time they tor. And for non-athletes, there shots we give at well baby exami would it correct substandard working and housing conditions, nor TICKET "The Republicans' dominant idea, at least for the moment, reach high school they have be may be no contact at all. This is nations. School age exams need improve the CNMI's image in the nation's capital. seems to be that the social controls of modern government have gun the change from childhood to not enough. to be scheduled with plenty of Rather, Senate Legislative Initiative 11-5 would only further disrupt LOANS become tyrannical or, at the very least, exorbitantly expensive. young adulthood. ··well baby During the early school years, time to identify these kinds of the operations of the local private sector, scare away new investors, This oppression-so the strategic analysis goes-is made pos visits" no longer seem appropri some children develop problems concerns, and to guide the stu shut down small businesses and demoralize the alien workforce. sible by taxation, such that cutting taxes becomes an objective ate. with learning or behavior. Con dents and their families to helpful There is a three-year stay limit law already in place (which, for the in its own right, business cycles notwithstanding." Yet older children and teenag ditions such as Attention Deficit resources. same reasons we are opposed to S.L.I. 11-5, should be repealed before That would command respect, and journalistic envy, as con ers still need continued regular Disorder (ADD) or hyperactivity Don't wait until the last minute it takes effect.) Moreover, the administration and the Legislature have temporary commentary under any circumstances. checkups for many reasons. become evident. Other children and try to squeeze in an appoint repeatedly assured the federal government that they will continue to But now consider that Moynihan wrote that for The New York First, it is required by many may have problems with speech ment the day before the sport be pursue, that they are pursuing, labor and immigration reforms. Times nearly 20 years ago, in the early summer of 1980, before schools. Here in the CNMI an or hearing or vision. gins or school starts. Still, proponents of S.L.I. 11-5 say it would finally resolve the Ronald Reagan had even been elected. It was merely one obser examination is needed for each All of these problems can be We call these checkups '"health unease expressed in Washington, D.C. over the policy that allows alien vation in a string of them that over time have come to define the new school level - elementary helped medically. lfignored, they maintenance exams." As physi workers to stay in the Northern Marianas indefinitely without the terms of national debate. It is no accident that people who have school, junior high, senior high can interfere with school success. cians, our goal is to keep you option of gaining, at the very least, CNMI residency status. no knowledge of Moynihan' s astonishing track record see tax and college. Immunizations may Teenagers have different po healthy, not just to fix some ill However, instead of confronting this issue, S.L.I. 11-5 actually cuts well down on their list of priorities, more as danger than as need to be updated even more tential problems. Their bodies ness. A truly successful doctor proposes to avoid it at the expense of making the business community ~ Letter to the Editor worthwhile opportunity. often. and their emotions are changing should have a waiting room more miserable than it is now. Supporters of S.L.I. 11-5 should be II At the time, mu.ch of the political class was wasting time in Sports teams also require an so rapidly that few adults, espe crowded with healthy people, not reminded that, unlike on Guam or the mainland US, we are not talking parlor games over whether people like then-Representative Jack annual examination before par cially parents, can keep up. There with sick people. about a small number of alien workers that would have to be replaced, Kemp were correct in their "new" theory that government ticipation. These ·exams are im- are days we are not even sure it is I'd like that. at immense cost, every four or five years. Indeed, there will be no revenues would be larger with lower tax rates. CNMI private sector, as it now exists, without alien workers. Which is A liberator says thank you But Moynihan saw a deeper purpose, though not in Kemp's why without any assurance from Washington, D.C. of a massive advocacy per se. Moynihan saw Kemp's party moving away federal bailout, :my reform effort has to acknowledge the extent of the from opposition to particular initiatives of government on their CNMI economy's dependency on alien workers. We could, to be sure, HAFA ADA! to my fellow Chamorros. My wife know if they should give us a hug, shake our alleged demerits, battles they had been losing consistently over continue to wring our hands over this sad state of affairs and bicker and and I had the pleasure of participating in the hand , or bow to us. issues from medical care for the elderly to providing federal aid point fingers at the government officials who, over the years, have recent celebration of the Liberation of Guam, Really, they didn't have to do or say anything, to poverty-impacted school districts; he saw the Republicans By Colin McIntyre Vojislav Seselj. The head of the Church, Patri allowed companies to import alien workers until they now outnumber together with six of our Quad-City friends; five because the expression of joy was written on embracing a new strategy of attacking government itself and BELGRADE (Reuters) Analysts said the last two par arch Pav le, is due to meet opposi local residents. But if we do so, we should also ask who elected these of us were part of the liberating forces. every face. avoiding the burden of arguing specifics, by trying to starve it Faced with political and economic ties were likely to be better repre tion leaders on Monday in a largely same officials, and returned them to office every election year. Now if It is difficult for us to express what thoughts When we shared our rations with them, their through tax cuts. isolation, a shattered economy and sented in the new governments at symbolic act aimed at underlin we have had enough of recrimination we could finally try to figure out and emotions we have, after experience the happiness increased even more. To this very day And he was already warning by 1980 that the Republicans growing calls for his resignation, the expense of the Socialists, ing that they are working together how to prevent future labor and immigration scams without disman warmth, hospitality and kindness we received I can still close my eyes and visualize that meet were likely to prevail in the short term if they succeeded in Yugoslav President Slobodan thought to include a number of to bring about a change of gov tling the entire private sector. from the grateful people of Guam. ing, as if it were only yesterday. attacking government on behalf of working taxpayers as pseudo Milosevic appears to be digging potential waverers. ernment. Any reform effort, in other words, should result in the improvement We can say we will always remember, with My love for Guam was cemented at that mo popu!ists, leaving the Democrats as statist, status quo defend in and shoring up his power base. The opposition Serbian Re The Church is sponsoring what of the CNMl economy, not in its mutilation, which would be the case pleasure and gratitude, the week we spent as ment, and has never left. ers. Responding to the latest crisis newal Movement (SPO) of Vuk organisers hope will be a major once S.L.I. 11-5 is ratified. · honored guest on your beautiful Pacific island. Other sadness that came to mind was the de Ronald Reagan proved Moynihan correct within days of as much as he has to similar though Draskovic, who served in the cur rally in Belgrade on August 19. But S.L.I. 11-5. its supporters claim, would merely allow the local Being selected as one of the grand marshal for struction of Agana, Sumay and other villages of suming office, though the senator had to endure much ridicule less serious ones during his iron rent government before he was By bringing it under the Church's people of the CNMI to make a decision on what is perhaps considered the 55th Annual Liberation Day Parade and as Guam; something that had to be done, but did not before Reagan spoke of disciplining the child of government by fisted 10-yearrule, Milosevic has sacked earlier this year, was in umbrella, the organisers, a group the single most important issue confronting the Northern Marianas and guest speaker at the Memorial Wall of Names make us feel good about it. cutting its allowance. gone on the attack against his vited to take pmi again. of independent economists, have its future. If this is what the proponents of S.L.I. 11-5 want then why was an honor I never expected, but one I shall Another thing I would like to comment on But there was much more to come: opponents while preparing to It declined, however, opting in managed to get feuding opposi nqt just call for a non-binding referendum? Or ask the local Census cherish forever. Thank you. were the activists who marched in the Liberation It was Moynihan who pounced on the gimmickry and dishon bring more trusted hard-liners into stead to join the rest of the oppo tion leaders back on the same Bureau tO conduct a survey? As the parade passed in review, and while Day Parade demanding the return of their ances esty of budget director David Stockman (whom he had mentored his government. sition and the Church in pushing platform. To know what the voters think of alien workers we should also speaking at the Wall of Names my mind con tral lands. at Harvard a decade earlier) to show that hemorrhaging deficits Addressing a conference of emi for a transitional government of The Alliance and Draskovic's amend the Constitution to conform to it? stantly flashed back to July 21, 1944, and of the Rest assured that it is not just the Chamorro had been deliberately engineered. gre Serbs on Friday, Milosevic experts to prepare new elections. SPO are together in supporting a We repeat. To address labor and immigration problems, the govern death and destruction that was taking at that land owners who feel that this was an outright It was Moynihan who first and most cogently saw through all dismissed calls for his resigna ··Hard-liners came back into the transitional government but still ment should do better in enforcing the relevant laws. Stricter require time, and my heart filled with sadness. injustice, but we liberators support your rights the schemes to "balance" the budget in formulaic ways that tion from the op'position, the Or government in every previous cri divided over the removal of ments and heavier penalties should also be considered. Likewise, the We had return to free our fellow Americans entirely. dodged specific choices-from amendments to the Constitu thodox Church and independent sis - Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia - Milosevic. The Alliance says it CNMI leadership should continue to nag the federal government about from 31 long months of harsh and brutal treat When we landed to free you from a tyrant tion, the main effect of which would be to make recessions far trade unions as a continuation of there is no reason why it should must be a first step, while the SPO its own responsibility to enforce applicable federal laws. ment, and even death at the hands of our enemy. enemy. we expected to free you totally, and that worse, to "automatic" spending cuts that politics and good NATO ··aggression" aided by be different this time," a leading says it should be gradual. More important, the CNMI government should finally realize that its During the battle we suffered 8,423 casual all your rights and possessions would be given sense would never allow to take effect. corrupt local politicians. adviser to the SPO told Reuters. "'Milosevic should go, but we business is governing, not business. Unless there arc violations of law, ties; but these figures would have been much back; but we failed in doing it; so God bless you And it was Moynihan who more than a decade ago first caused He said NATO, ··with the help On the day Milosevic attacked would like a peaceful and orderly the govern~ent should allow the business community to continue to do higher if it had not been for the brave and heroic and keep up your fight until you win. a stir by noting that operating surpluses in the Social Security of various corrupt politicians and the opposition, Serbia's interior transition, for him to just fade what it knows best, which is to be in business. young Chamon-os who after being freed from In closing I would like to say how lucky the trust funds were being in effect embezzled to mask and fund political pmties, is trying to un minister warned he might use away like Kurt Waldheim," an To pass S.L.I. 11-5 is to kill business. enemy concentration camps. came forward to lead people of Guam are to have a governor and first deficits in the rest of government. Today, his once-subversive dermine our stability from within force against opposition-led ral SPO adviser told Reuters, refer our troops as guides and scouts. lady who so genuinely love and respect their analysis is the basis of (at last) sound policy that the latest tax and to realise in this manner the lies that have been held almost ring to the former Austrian presi We shall forever be indebted for what they did to people, which was most evident during the pa cut scheme would severely undermine. aims it failed to do with 22,000 daily across the country if they dent who saw out his term in help us. rade. All this, by the way, was prelude to Moynihan 's signal accom tonnes of bombs fired on our coun threatened to destabilise the state. international isolation after lying I also thought of people we met as they come Gov. Carl T.C Gutierrez is definitely a gover plishment as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in try." And the Radicals launched a about his war service with Hitler's ~arianas %riet~~ down the hills from the concentration camps. their nor of the people and for the people. For this President Clinton's first term. It was Moynihan who guided the The attack, while predictable, veiled attack against the Ortho army. · · : · Serving the Commonwealth. for 26 years . ' . clothing was mostly ragged, tom and very dirty; Guam must be extremely proud. 1993 budget plan to passage, which in tandem with a first indicated the veteran leader has dox Church, saying it should not Analysts said they did not be ; . Published Monday to Friday By Younis Ar1Studio;lnc, · · and without exception they were tired and hungry. God bless Guam and my fellow Chamorros. no intention of softening his stance collaborate with '"American ser lieve the August 19 rally would .. . ~ .' ' . installment he supported under President Bush in 1980, made a reach "critical mass," corning as PtlbliSti s. But the thing that I shall never forget is how :· i balanced budget possible and created the crucial fiscal environ and seeking some sort of recon vants in Serbia" or support rallies A.tied and Paz Younis thankful they we1·e to be free. I ment for the current prosperity. ciliation with his critics. of any political party. it does while students and many Rafael H. Arroyo Editor These poor souls wanted to show us their appre DARELL DOSS His typically reasoned and civil opposition last week came up Meanwhile he is preparing to At least one senior cleric, the other citizens are on holiday. Zaldy Dandan Associate Editor ciation, but didn't know exactly how, they didn't Davenport. Iowa one vote short in an absurdly political atmosphere on the Senate reshuffle both the federal and spiritual leader of Kosovo Serbs The real test for the president could come with the onset of cold P O Box 231, Saipan MP 96950-0231 Member of floor, but the Republican victory reeked of Pyrrhus's. Serbian governments, to be made Bishop Artemije, has already at Tel. (670) /34-6341/75781979719272 ___ T~e Assoc1at~~-Pres~(AP) up of three hard-line parties - his tended some rallies, organised by weather, when shortages of heat wot:lltllH SINCE 1'8~ After all we've learned, much of it from Moynihan, it is hard Fax: (670) 234-9271 the opposition umbrella group Al ing fuel and othernecessities could ri:\n~JATIONAL LETTERS to the ed1/or mus/ carry the WI/ name of tile writer and signalure. with a /elep/Jone number (in case of faxed or mailed letters) to imagine we are anywhere near making the same colossal Socialists, the Yugoslav Left of NEWSPAPER © 1998, Marianas Variety U\iJ for verification. Letters addressed to other publicat1ons or to thlfd parties and those endorsing particular po/l/1cal candidates are his wife Mirjana Markovic and liance for Change, and called for combine to focus popular atten ,~ di{ ASSOCIATION mistake again after a $4 trillion run-up in the national debt that All Ai his Reserved discouraged. All letters are sub1ec1 lo editing. The Variety reserves the nght to re1ect any letters. Name withheld and unsigned fellers the ultra-nationalist Radicals of Milosevic to go. tion on their plight, they said. will not see print. the senator also foresaw. (Boston Globe) .... WEDNESDAY, AUGUST I l, 1999-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-9 8-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- AUGlJ,-""S_._T_._l~l,,__,l..e...99"--'9=------·------Money woes hit GCC Guam senator calls for San Vicente school starts By Jay Pascua Despite the reduction, re quests for training from usual its beautification project Variety News Staff HAGA TN A - Government of Gov Guam agencies and few law gas price fixing probe By Louie C. Alonso She said having a clean and continuing efforts to improve Guam agencies owe thousands enforcement and fire academies Variety News Staff beautiful campus will encour its facilities as commended re of dollars to the Guam Commu coupled with the thousands of "Because of the continuous Variety News Staff THE ADMINISTRATION of age the students to come to cently by the Western Asso nity College (GCC). dollars in receivables has put HAGATNA-Senaror Frank complaints that my office has San Vicente Elementary school. ciation of Scho.ols and Col In this time of budget con the college in a position to ask B. Aguon (D-Yona) has asked received on these gas price in- . School will be starting its cam Having a good environment, leges where it reaffirmed its straints and crisis the c~llege is for more money. the Attorney General's (AG) creases, I am requesting the pus beautification project as a she added, is also very condu six-year accreditation rate. wailing for approximately $700 GCC said it needs $940,182 Office to investigate recent in AG's Office of Consumer Pro kick-off event school year cive to learning. The school is banking on thousand. for the upcoming fiscal year. creases in gasoline prices and tection to review and conduct The school administration the strong support of its PTA During yesterday's budget ..This is due to the fact that possible price-fixing by gas an investigation into this mat I 999-2000. i According to Vice Principal pointed out that parents with for its projects and activities submittal to the Legislature's last year GCC's revenue gener service stations. ter," Aguon said. . I more than one children en and is now looking forward to Committee on Education, GCC ating activiries funded approxi According to Aguon, his of Should an investigation be Janet Villagomez, the school rolled in SVES shall bring support from the local com officials revealed the amount is mately $935,995 of the FY 1999 fice has received numerous conducted, Aguon said the is asking each of its students bougainvillea plants accord munity as it launches its first an accumulation dating back operating costs." Diaz said. complaints regarding the no probe should concentrate on to bring bougainvillea plants for the new school project. ing to the number of their kids. project for the opening of several years. With $700 thousand currently ticeable incre.ase in the price of the timing and justification Villagomez said the beauti "We are strictly requiring school year I 999-2000. It was at this budget hearing out of the reach of the college gas by numerous gas service of price increases by the of fication project is part of the one plant per student," Villagomez said SVES will the committee was told GCC and a decline in revenues, the stations on island. fending gas service stations. Frank B. Aguon Villagomez said. be also tapping PTA 's sup provided sub-contractual train committee chair, Sen. Lawrence "These simultaneous price "Our people understand the school's effort to provide a better learning environment The beautification project of port in the planting of the bou ing to GovGuam agencies and Kasperbauer (R-Dededo), told adjustments by all of the gas Although the nature of busi general need to increase for the students. the school is part of SVES gainvillea around the campus. has yet to be paid. college officials, "sounds like service stations present an ap ness is to ensure the successful prices in an effort to address Atanacio Diaz. board chair, your very kind vendors." pearance thatthe increases may operation of the business, increasing operational costs, said rhe college's budget requesr GCC President John T. Cruz be a concerted effort on the part Aguon said the recent price in but many have felt that such Manila cop on for FY 2000, "'reflects a net re said, ··finding who's respon of these businesses and in fact creases have brought into ques gas price increases appear to DOLI included Rota residents calling for stricter duction from its FY I 999 bud sible (for payments) is a very may not reflect individual op tion the need for the price in be quite excessive over such trial jn Guam get of $162,995 in personnel complicated and intricate erational pricing needs," Aguon . crease during a shor_t span of ashortperiodoftime," Aguon · in Vuitton suit By Eric F. Say costs and $63,358 in non-per game ... we 're not kind ven said. just a few weeks. said. By Ferdie de la Torre measures to protect NMI wildlife Variety News Staff sonnel costs ... dors." Variety News Staff HAGA TN A - A Manila police A WOMAN who was accused of government along with the About 70 percent of the By Rene P. Acosta man facingdrugsmugglingcharges stealing has included the Depart Variety News Staff implementation of stricter mea people asked believed that the fJT ;/j ~if" 11] ,;;_ [,f,W, ~a is taking his chances before a fed 11 )._ UOG·told to trim its budget ment of Labor and Immigration ROT A residents believe sures. hunting of the Totot should be eral jury. in her lawsuit against Louis government's conservation The survey, meanwhile, also prohibited, while 88 percent $26.6 million for FY I 999. the cost per student at the univer Henry R. Arquiza was arrested '* q~a{ Ji ? },r 1j 'f' -t f... [% ;_{al~Vj ~ ~ By Jay Pascua Vuitton, Saipan, Inc. and one of laws are not being fully ob revealed that only quite a lesser knows that the bird is depen UOG president, Dr. Jose T. sity with the Department of at the Guam International Airport ~ -~,j.t. 'fit k I~ 'd'J 1t KJ,ljtt>tf_:1; fu } 1t; Variety News Staff its managers. served. They want more strin numberofthe respondent knows dent on the forest. HAGA TNA - The Chair of the Nededog said, "It is not a Mercedes Education's cost. last May 25 when Customs and Leonora C. Angello, through gent measures to protect the that the Mariana Fruit Dove or In another questionnaire, re tY,,~d~ l\,}t-11H~ Legislature's Education Commit Benz budget, but neither is it an old According to Nededog the ap Quarantine officers allegedly found -tr ~J}.,Jt,'7: {r~~ counsel John M. Chambers, filed forest and wildlife, a survey what is locally known as "Totot" spondents comprising a portion IS t.·..•.·.;_··.:.·.oo ...•r .. ·.•.·.ec.·.·.•.•.·..· .. • .. · .. •• ..•.• .. Q.•..•. ili ..•·.··.·.•.. ·.. t.·•. t.·.·.·.. 0 ••.4.·.·········t···.···s·.f.·.•..+ .•.·.r.·.· .. ·.·.n.·.•.. d.•..i ..•.· ..o.···········.~ ..·• .. ··.t.•• .. •••l.~•··n····.·l• .. ~.··.b·.. s.··.·..·.x·.·.• ..••.l.•.l .•. MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Officials appointed by President prevented," said Jesus Remulla, from a ridge and collapsed on the Reacting to charges of poor con MANILA (Reuters) - Philip stitutional ban on foreigners own ·• ,11~~.•t-j .•.•.•JtBtJJfilbstt•• •.•••..••..••.. e..•.•.•.· .. ~u.•. s..•.• .. d.. •.t..·.;.~ ..· .•..•...•. Government investigators recom Joseph Estrada to investigate the who headed the investigating team. eastern side of the housing project, struction quality, company presi pine President Joseph Estrada ing land, he said. mended Monday that criminal tragedy said there were signs the "The developers knew about the the investigators said. dent Tirso Santillan said the design called on Monday for a sweeping Estrada also proposed limiting a,,.y,'lit,tilfJi~\l:'~ffij charges be brought against the de six-hectare (15-acre) housing ground movement and the propen They said the Housing and Land complied with the building code, overhaul of the constitution to the authority of the Supreme Court •·rn~rinm~n~xnw9qtjlirti;rs;~ •.••.. ··.·····•· ~ li?sl~x~ tffi~A~~g J#••¥\1 veloper and officials who allowed project was built in a geologically sity of the area to landslide," the Use Regulatory Board, the Depart and that the company obtained all allow foreigners a controlling to pass judgments on economic •. •.•. •.rp·.··.·"· .. p...... ·.v·····of.·····.···.nrn ....··.······s'.•.m ..•.s•••• .• h.e ....o.·.p.•· ..·.··w•.t ..se·.·u ..:d ...•... rv... · ...•...•...•. M•.••.• ..·.·.i! .....•o·.*.•• .•·.······n·······o·C,·····.f.•.a·•.•••Yc····.· ...·... o········.· ...·.FP ....•...•...· ..• ..• ...... · ...· ..o ...•... •• ..• ...·.- ..••.·.•. ··J~l¥7§~1?\flA!~(P~£J?4•.»;9~Jg .... the construction of a hillside hous unstable area but its developer, team said in a report. ment of Environment and Natural permits and licenses required by stake in public utilities and curb and business matters, saying such ..... '"' ~~J~¢1ir~t.(/.w~ ~eJndhx. ... ing project that collapsed in a land Philjas Corp., proceeded with con Remulla said the area was unfit Resources and Antipolo officials the government. intervention by courts in economic a judicial power worried inves slide niggered by monsoon rains. struction with the approval of three for a housing project because of its granted permits for the construc About 250 of the 500 houses policies. tors. At least 48 bodies have been government agencies. sloping ground and fractures in the tion of the houses despite their haz built by the company were dam Estrada said the present consti The court has been criticised in recovered and 30 people remain The developer was aware that bedrock. The area also was located ardous location. aged or destroyed, company offi tution limiting foreign invest recent years for decisions affect Bl(.11! missing in the rubble of the Cherry the ground was starting to shift, near an earthquake fault. The investigators said the offi cials said. ments in strategic sectors to 40 ing business, such as its 1997 Hills housing estate in Antipolo causing cracks in the concrete Several days of torrential rains cials who granted the construction Bureau of Immigration officials percent was framed when ruling to stop the sale of the his .+s!l::mf:i~!~i! t City, east of Manila, following last houses, a few days before the land caused large amounts of water to permits and the developer were saidtheyplacedtwocompanyoffi globalisation was a mere idea. toric Manila Hotel to Malaysians week's landslide. slide caused much of the develop enter underground crevices in the criminally liable. cials on an immigration watch list To make the Philippines com on the grounds it is a national More than 1,000 soldiers and menttocollapse Tuesday, trapping bedrock and caused the ground to Officials of Philjas Corp., a Fili at the request of former Cherry petitive in a global market, its 12- treasure. volunteers worked around the clock many people as they attempted to shift, he said. pino-Japanese joint venture, have Hills homeowners to prevent them year-old constitution should be Joseph Estrada He said he would ask Congress to search for the victims and clear flee their homes. After the bedrock swelled with apologized for the tragedy but de from leaving the country without amended to allow foreigners an to form a special assembly to act debris. '"Webelievethiscouldhavebeen rainwater, a huge mass ofrocks fell scribed it as "an act of God." permission. increased stake in, if not full own "Others are willing to limit their on his proposals which, if ap ership of, public utilities, he said ownership to 40 percent but in proved, can be ratified in a na at a dinner with media and busi these cases, do we have the mas tional vote in 200 I. nessmen. sive capital we need to make up After the economic revisions .~Jeil'lJiiBiilfitllr!-ta___ r "We must recognise that some our own 60 percent?" are completed, Estrada said he foreign corporations will not in He said: "It is only foreign capi would propose calling another vest in any enterprise they cannot tal that can fill up our investment convention to revise the whole fully own. They will simply go gap." constitution itself, to include po elsewhere," Estrada said. Also needing review is the con- litical amendments. ._E1!51!~it ilf,:i~f&iltl!i<t•flt11J~··· .~-~;!. ·China m_oves to fight deflation fjtel.rreststtirian.. tees. jfihaatv .• eshn?srte··· n~tel.nrmc· 1··.o.ins: e-. •. usea·.by.banij0 •• to set··•theif+erid,·. . ••ijspiritµ·.·.·~.<),~g\]1§ tl!'~if····?fily·· x:·•ll\8~~gz#••·•1tt1-!II§)r;\~t.·.·.fJ.WP~.• ~dl·l./ •..·.. •..•.· •. • .•. •...•· .• · ..• ...... ·· •··.. rt.·..· ...•..h.a ..· ..• ..•.· .. te.•.·· ..e.· ..·.· .. ·.•es ..·•.·.· ..·.' ...·~ ..• ..•·.· .. s.P.· .. •..··.h .. ·.·n·.·.• ..•!im.:o• .. ·.·.··.··m···....•..•.•. '.•.".• •.' •.·.•.•.· .•• ..·,.• ..·.• •..·.• .. ·• ..'.· .• o..•..•.·.. ··········w·······.········e·'· ..• ... :..· •..•.. t .• :••••..••..•• •...•..••. :.·.t.·.. ·.·.•.. •.p ..•..•...•..•...... · .. •...· ... ··..·:·.··s······.······p··················"···· ..•.·.· ...•. ·.. r..•...•..•.. ,.·..• .. •.. ·.. •... ·..•.·.•.•.• .. BEIJING (AP)-:-China plans to 3.2 percent in the first half of this July, while production of air con to eight months. ' ~j~a~;;:,; ::~etli'~ij~:i~. >i. r.1.1.·.~.··. l.r./.1f.··.~'1.~n···.•~.re ...•.....•.•. ·.~.•..· .. se.6.·.it.·.n·······.\.:.···.r.·.t.·. te. s.Jr., ..•. •.".. ·.·.····•.r.r.j.a.J;i. e.·.•·.l·p······· h .••...·.r.··.l ..·~.:.···· f.f.tf·<·bd· ;. !.t.·······.r .•..,.n.c·····.e. s.y.! ..•. I.r .•· ... ·.\ ...... ••....•... · ·······.,); 13:pi¥¢Yer:'pesq .. yl¢!if~lj~y~·········· Ana·1 ysts .bel" 1eve . t h.e move. ·Th ·.· e . 1.asttlme · . . t h' e b e· 11 W<:t. . . 'h' .. er . . !1.11 diP~Y~ . 1 cCCI' ·a01'.V!-J . . ..~µ~~f~~I?P,S . .. . . <. ·nf>O'q'e~i!r, . .. th. 1~ .Mf¢!)'If • ...... b} P.p... . . n·.·.·.•...·•·.• .. ·o.·.·•. ·.•. ·.·.w·· ..··•.·.·.· •.• •. ••• ·••. ••. ·•. ·f.·•..• a.. ••.•.• ·.·.1..• l·.. ·... e·.··.· .. ••. n·.·.· .• ··.·.·.·:•.s··.·· .. ·o.· ..•. ·•• .•.• •••. 1·.· .• o·..•·.·.·w.·.·.· .• ••·.·•••. ·.••. ·.·t.• ·..h· ... ·.·•. ·.·.··a.·.·.· •.· •. t.·••· •• ••. · ·.· .•·• •.. ·1.. ·.• n·•. · ... ·... ,.·•. ·v.·•• ••·•·•. ·e·.·.·s.·· .. ··-······.· .. ··... • •. ·•·.. •.··... •.··••.·•. •.·. step up work on long-awaited anti year. ditioners rose 21. I percent as de !Jeralds. a period·········· pf .higb~cin- yield. rQ~~>.;Y!ll> sn•PrCc- ::u, Jhllt!ih!'!PfaJJ$•ht•tlle,p~s(,) ov~rY X·m~l.irl$Jllliye(Sally.•acc¢p~~d;Jµ< \ tbci h~~e shifted mori:ftirids·•s· monopoly regulations this year to So the government is changing mand soared amid a heat wave. terestrates "-,oaroajorse~back 1998 h ... ·t f t h d 13475 th r ihw bef{d th& deed Plia· 'neCentrhl Bfilik fij\9r~p!l¥J11y~ll~11f?i~i?U curb cut-throat price competition its strategy. It has issued strict • that is contributing to deflation, penalties for companies found fix the state-run China Daily reported ing prices at below-market levels Monday. and is resuming work on an anti The government is planning trust law that it began drafting in new pricing rules to curb the power the late 1980s, the newspaper re of price-fixing industry cartels and ported. push the country closer to a free Meanwhile, the State Statistics market pricing system, the report BureaureportedthatChina'svalue said, citing an unnamed official added indusnial production rose The 2nd Annual from China's State Development 9.3 percent in July from a year Planning Commission. earlier, upfrom9.l percentgrowth A year ago, China began orga in June. nizing such cartels to set price Industrial output in the first seven floors for products, hoping to com months of the year rose 9 .4 percent bat destructive price wars result year-on-year, the bureau reported. With a minimum $12 Cash ing from rampant oversupply-a The value-added, or incremental problem affecting more than 80 value, of industrial production ex percent of Chinese commodities, cludes the cost of raw materials Purchase, you could get a according to the government. used in the manufacturing pro The cartels have failed to slow cess. It is China's benchmark China's deflationary spiral, which measure of industrial production. chance to win your very has accelerated since it began in The report said output ofrefrig October 1997. Retail prices fell erators jumped 49 .1 percent in own Fitness Package a .Just complete your entry Featured Artists: Special Guest Musicians: • Maliu Band • Kevin Atalig form with every fi II up then • CM Serenaders • Kelvin Duenas drop it off at any Shell • T.P.U. • Roman Tudela • Fuu Raal From Guam: Station and you just might , Island Family Band LfB~&llil ;w ~~~!fil • Meskla Featuring J.J. Concepcion be a winnerll @shell SEE OFFICIAL RULES FOR DETAILS. SHELLCARD NOT ELIGIBLE. OFFER GOOD WIIlI.E ENTRY FORMS LAST. An unidentified survivor looks at his family's photo album he recovered from the rubble of his collapsed home as search and recovery opera PROMOTION ENDS OCTOBER 8th, 1999. tions continue on Monday following a landslide at a subdivision in Antipolo east of Manila seven days ago. Forty eight residents were II (iDNil PAC ) recovered from the rubble so far. AP . ·- ..•.. - ~- ' --. ··-· . ==.,::. - ,~ .. ~--'-·-'-~, ...... --,- ·-·· WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1999 - MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17 16-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- AUGUST 11, 1999 .. • . . dti) f!f!'I·•· ... ···d····r .· B...... usinessi ···· .· .. ·· ···· i ) • ·•· .•·· .· i ····· ....· ...... · ·· · • .It...... · ...... TO · ...... · ...... r te ·· Japan flag, anthem bill OK'd TOKYO (AP) -Japan gave of them have long been de facto na tionalflagfrom 1870untiltheend government decided earlier this The anthem is more controver ficial status Monday to the rising tional symbols: Both are widely of World War II, but was banned year to seek legal recognition for sial than the flag because the sun flag and an ode to the em used at sporting events, school by U.S. occupation authorities. the flag and anthem after the "kimi" expresses reverence for Malaysia: Economy has recovered peror, ending years of debate over ceremonies and on other official The Kimigayo has never been le suicide of a high school princi the emperor, in whose name Ja whethersymbols linked to Japan's occasions. gally designated as the national pal set off a national debate over pan became a war machine. Now, have picked up and the banks wartime aggression should be rec But many in Japan contend that anthem. the symbols. the government says, the song is a KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Stock Exchange composite index down and this is not peculiar to have lots of funds· to lend to trad ognized under law. they are reminders of a dark pe While the new law gives offi The principal killed himself prayer for peace and prosperity (AP)-Malaysia 's economy has is a normal consequence of share Malaysiaastheindexinothercoun ers, Mahathir said. The upper house of Parliament riod in the country's history - cial recognition to the flag and after failing to resolve a dispute that refers to a different kind of recovered and the government has trading, he told the national news tries has also dropped," he said. When financial crisis hit Asia approved the bill in a 166-71 vote. the years early in this century anthem, it stipulates no punish between teachers on whether to emperor - one defined by the the data to prove it, Prime Minis agency Bemama in a pre-election Analysts said the sharp drop in in 1997, a number of countries The law goes into effect Friday. when Japan's war machine sought ment for failing to show respect fly the flag and sing the anthem postwar Constitution written dur ter Mahathir Mohamad said Mon visit to the southwestern state of local share prices was due to liqui accepted International Monetary The flag-a red disc on a white to build an empire in Asia. for the symbols. at the school's graduation cer ing the U.S. military occupation day. Malacca. dation by foreign funds ahead of Fund bailouts, but Mahathir re field - and the "Kimigayo" an- The rising sun was Japan's na- Prime Minister KeizoObuchi 's emony. that followed World War II. The drop in the Kuala Lumpur "Only the composite index is Sept. I, when they can repatriate fused. their portfolio funds without pen .!e or univcrsit1· ll'ith a SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Daewoo and the Seoul govern-· ing collateral only for domestic Bachelor's Degree in Business Administralion. Accounting. Computer Science or rcl,;ted field'. · South Korea's Finance Minister ment complaining that they were creditors. STARTING SALARY: $26,131.39 - $36,442,72 per annum. Kang Bong-kyun has assured U.S. being unfairly treated in the pro The Finance Ministry declined Treasury Secretary Lawrence cess of the Korean group's re to say whether foreign creditors Applications an: available at thi: Cornmonwcallil Utilities Corrorntion. Saipan, 11,e CUC Rota nr Tinian nrtkc. Summers that foreign creditors of structuring. will be granted equal rights to the Copy of diploma amJ/or official Iran.script and rcccn: police t:!carancc must be attachl.'d. Daewoo, South Korea's sec collateral, saying the issue will be FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCU:VIENTS WILL RESULT lN the ailing Daewoo group will be AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION. given ·•equal treatment," govern ond-largest conglomerate, nar handled according to international ment officials said Monday. rowly escaped bankruptcy when regulations. "All creditors will be treated domestic creditors, mostly un Daewoo' s domestic affiliates Korean War ended in 1953. will have invested more than $ manufacturing there is almost 80 Day one of the talks, taking place under a media blackout and IT IS Till:' l'OUO' OF Till:' COMMON\Vl:M.T/1 UT/I.IT/I'.\' COR/'01/AT/ON (CUC) T/11\T TIIE CUC Ml:"li/T 1//R/NC, Sl'.17"1'..H Pacific Century Group, said it, SI /1\/.l. lili t\l'l'I.ll:D :\NI) t\D,\IINISTE/1/:'/.l ,\CCOJl[)/NG TO TIil:' Pl/lNCll'l.l:" 01' !:Ql!A/. Ol'PO/ff/lNl'/1' FOIi Al.I. CIT/7.FNS 750 million in plants in Malaysia, percent overcapacity. expected to last until Monday, ended with no progress amid haggling ,\ND N1\T/ONM.S Dl'F!Nf'f) 1/Y Tl II' NOi/Ti 1/:'liN ,\/Mll,\NA.\" CO.\IMON\V/0\/.Tl I CON.\T/Tl/TION AND Sii\TUTES 1/U,:\II/Jl.l,SS the Philippines, Vietnam and The new headquarters will work Cyberworks Ventures investment OF ,IG/:'. /1,\CE. Sl:'X. l/!:l.lGION. l'OUTICAI. MF/I.IA TION OR l!E/./1:T ,\/;\//lli\l, SJi\TUS. ll:\Nf)/Ct\l' 0/i !'I.:\ CE OF ORJC;/N. arm is in talks about taking stakes over what issues to discuss, officials said. Thailand, will use the headquar alongside governments to pro China, chairing the session, urged the two sides not to inflame Job Vacancy No. 99-024 Opening Date: 08/05/99 ters as a planning and communi mote regional integration in the of IO percent to 50 percent in the Closing Date: 08/19/99 various companies. tensions as officials of both Koreas, barely on speaking terms since cations center. automobile sector, Kania said, a naval clash in June in the Yellow Sea, faced each other across long All are in the I 0-member Asso particularly toward a standard Cyberworks is close to reaching TRADES HELPER (LINEMAN) agreement with IO companies, Li tables inside a Geneva conference centre. - ciation of Southeast Asian Na ized import duty system targeted Ambassador Qian Yongnian of China, which itself has success DUTIES: Responsibilities include preparin~ and cleaning tools for 1he Power Dislribution division: reccivin~ and said, without naming names. following instructions for the use of tools and equipment: assisting in repairing and maintaining the power lines, power tions, which the U.S.-based for 2003 under the ASEAN Free fully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, said there were Pacific Century hopes to hire up poles. and transformers: and checking tools to ensure that the auequatc supplies are available: other related duties as carmaker believes will again Trade Area. "possibilities of more military conflict"in the region and urged the to 6,000 employees as it develops assigned. SUBJECT TO PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREENING. boom as a market for cars and "Integration throughout the re two Koreas to do more to ease the tensions. the Cyberport project, touted a, pickups once the regional eco gion will be a bonus for our Thai He said: "All parties should fully understand that under such LOCATION: COMMONWEALTII UTILITIES CORPORATION. Si\ll't\N nomic crisis eases. land operations, because it will Hong Kong's answer to Silicon Valley as the tenitory seeks ways circumstances, the inappropriate handling of any chance occurrence "By coordinating ouroperations allow us to export more freely," could bring about unexpected serious consequences." MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Any combination equivalent to a high school diploma with zero (0) 10 four (4) to rebuild its struggling economy. years work experience. Al'l'LICANTS WILL BE TESTEll. on a regional basis, we hope to said David Snyder, president of On Tuesday, North Korea, which rattled the region last year by offer ASEAN consumers more Ford Operations (Thailand). Li also said he has been in talks with the cable television operators launching a missile that overflew Japan, warned it would test-fire STARTING SALARY: $I3,247.54 per annum (includes hazardous premium imbcddcd). products, enhanced service, and "The higher volumes we pro another one if Washington stepped up its pressure. even more value-for-money," said duce as a result of export sales in in the region about linking up to South Korea's [!aewoo Motors Co. President Kim Tae-gou (left) Concerns over Pyongyang's new Tacpodong-2 missile, believed t\pplic;1tinns arc ;1v:ailablc at 1hc Commonwealth Utilitks Corpnra1im1. Saipan, the CUC Rota orTinian offin.:-. Jerry Kania, president of Ford's the region will mean more jobs provide broadband services. Speak shakes hands with General Motors (GM} Korea President Alan G ing at a news conference, Li also Peritton of LJ_.S. during a {?fess conference at the Daewoo headquater; to be capable of reaching parts of the United States, has grown Copy or diploma and/or nfficia! transcript ;111LI r(l\.'111 polic~ ck;irancc must hr: attached. ASEAN operations. and more foreign exchange earn FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS WILL RESULT IN did not give names of any of those m Seof.!I, Friday. They S!gned the memorandum of understanding on recently, prompting warnings from Washington, Seoul and Tokyo. Plants in Malaysia, Vietnam and ings for the country," Snyder said. strategic alliance including asset sales to the U.S. auto giant. AP AUTOMATIC D!SOUALIFICATION. companies. F WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1999 - MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-19 18-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY-AUGUST 11, 1999 According to US drug czar: Arrest highlights drug problem Clinton honors C ATLANTA, (Reuters)- Presi dignity of people everywhere." AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) - McCaffrey said drugs were cording to a report in dent Clinton put aside past dif The statement recognised The arrest on drug smuggling a problem throughout "all 34 Saturday's New York Times. ferences with Jimmy Carter on Carter's service as president, charges of the wife of a top nations of the hemisphere." Hiett, 36, has admitted mail Monday, recognising the former particularly his role in placing officer at the U.S. Embassy in The problem is "severe and. ing the packages but has said president and his wife with the human rights at the centre of his Colombia shows how perva getting worse in South she did not know what they nation's highest civilian honour. foreign policy, and in the break sive drug abuse has become in America, ours is severe and contained, 'the newspaper said. Clinton was to award Jimmy through Camp David Middle society. White House drug getting better." The packages were marked and Rosalynn Carter the Presi East peace accords. czar Barry McCaffrey said on Last week McCaffrey told a with her own name but Hiett dential Medal of Freedom award It also saluted his later efforts Monday. U.S. congressional subcom said she sent them at the re in a ceremony at the Carter Cen to promote democracy and hu Laurie Ann Hiett. wife of mittee that Colombia faced an quest of Jorge Alfonso Ayala, tre in Atlanta on Monday man rights around the world and Col. James Hiett who headed "emergency situation" caused an embassy chauffeur for the evening in recognition of their to fight hunger and disease. U.S. military operations in Co by dramatically increased co past 15 years who is now be achievements in areas includ Rosalynn Carter was lombia until last week, was caine production, a major eco ing sought by Colombian au ing human rights, foreign rela recognised for working for im accused last week of smug nomic crisis and violence from thorities, the newspaper said. tions and mental health. proved mental health care, child gling 15.8 pounds (7.2 kilos) guerrilla groups. Ayala, who is Colombian, "I think it's a wonderful immunisations and other issues. of cocaine into the United Hiett's wife was released by told investigators in June that bridge between the two admin ··It's a most gracious gesture," States. a New York court last Thurs Hiett " abused cocaine" and istrations and I think it's a kind Powell told Reuters. "This underscores the prob day on $150,000 bail. that he helped her buy it, ac of unity between the two presi "I think for all of us it ( the lem, .. McCaffrey said. '"Drug She is accused of sending cording to . a criminal com dents that is very heartwarm medal) is a very significant step abuse and its consequences are six packages of pure cocaine plaint filed on Thursday in ing," Stuart Eizenstat, who was in President Carter's and Mrs. not confined to a subsection with a street value of as much Federal Court in Brooklyn Carter's domestic policy direc Carter's receiving the sort of of the population ... as $230,0000 to addresses in which was cited by the Times. tor and was recently confirmed credit they deserve both for what McCaffrey was responding New York City through the Col. Hiett headed U.S. mili as Clinton's deputy treasury they have done since they left to questions after a lecture at embassy mail service, identi tary anti-drug operations in secretary, told Reuters after he the White House but also for the Lyndon B. Johnson School fying the contents on U.S. cus Colombia until last week, arrived with Clinton aboard Air what they have done in the of Public Affairs at the Uni President Clinton (left) applauds former President and first lady Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter after awarding White House," Powell told President Clinton listens to drug czar Barry Mccaffrey as he unveils toms forms as books, candy, a when he stepped aside volun Force One for the ceremony. them the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony at the Carter versity of Texas. new components of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. AP T-shirt, candles or coffee, ac- tarily. Several other former Carter Center in Atlanta Monday. AP Reuters. administration officials, includ ing former Press Secretary Jody Powell and former White House Nagasaki bom.b date draws protesters to Los Alamos Chief of Staff Jack Watson also . without risking the president's S !.\I.I.II IJIUII. IJIJI.IJl(l:S .\. .,\n (1ri~111:1! ;mJ ttmx (.'! copiL'" or .-.c.1h:d bids mu..;1 ht: .;uhrni11cd to the Director, Procurement ;11ul Surply at Lowt.:r Base, Saipan. At the same time, such an under rect from Asian countries. CONCl:l'CIUN. VICINII, M. \ll:Yl:lsS.11,\RRY Sll,l\lilK \\'II.I.I \\I I no Liter than~·()() run. l()l·;d lime, FriUay. Scptcrnht:r 17. 1999. al which pl:Jcc and lime the bid" will be publicly opcnt.:d. wrath. taking is not likely to happen over 'There is an urgency, and there CONTI. RICIL\RIJ I'. \l()l{(iAN. CAIi i\ is a need to allow for easy access COOK. MEI.VIN I' ,\!URSE. l'RANCIS S. SL I>,\. SINIJS .'i. night since CPA would have to do Sl'll,1. SIIWSKtJ i :\ bid :iecurity of 15';. nf the total bid amount must accompany the hid. This security may be in the form of a hid hond, certified CRUZ. ANTONIO C. .\tliNA. ,\NTONIO \I. an environmental assessment in from Asian countries. Rota, with l,\l:l.l.·\r-.;,10. W.lJRI..\ R. check or c:1shicr's ctu.:d,. O.:rtltied checks or cashicr·.s checks must be made payable to tht.: Nortl1em Marianas Housing Corpor,1· CRUZ, DENNIS MUNA.JOSE order to avoid altering historical the same length of runway, has a MllR Dt\ Y. P,\JR ICIA J. T..\l'L\NO, CO:S:Cl:PCION L 1ion with 11;1111e or the hiddc.:r on the fact.: of the check. Bid bonds must be cxe<::utcd by a CNMl-appmvcd surely. Loyalty to Yeltsin not enough CR l!Z, DOLORES C. sites or animal habitat. couple of resorts but there hasn't CRUZ. GREGORIO Q. NA KABA YASI II, KIYOSIII lAITA:>:O. Jl' ,1:,.: R. rnuz, IILIMPIIREY D. NAKASE. MINOIW T,\ITANO. ;I.IAR(;.\Rl'L·\ K. 1l1e hi ACROSS 43 Ending with part 1 Grimace 44 South of Answer to Previous Puzzle 4 Will-o'-the- Neb. 46 Prison 48-Chaney 01 COOK-Salary: S3.05 per hour plus 01 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MAINTENANCE BUILDING RE 8 So-so grade PAIR-Salary:S3.05 per hour 11 Become 50 "- Dick" S80.00 housing allowance & S 100.00 01 CLEANER, HOUSEKEEPING-Sal 53 Ventilate Employment Wanted 02 CARPENTERS-Salary:S3.05-3.15 formed foodallowance ary:S3.05 per hour (2 wds.) 55 Tipple 02 WAITRESS-Salary: S3.05 per hour 01 (DIVING) SPORTS INSTRUCTOR· per hour 13 - so forth 57 Bikini top Contact: CHUNG HUA INC. dba Chung Salary:S800.00 per month 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per 1-Accountant 14 "- No 58 Over- Hua Restaurant Tel. 234-7768(8/ 01 SECURITY GUARD-Salary:$3.05 hour Salary: $4.25 per hour Angel" simplified writing 11JW32044 per hour 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR C01!1JICI: 15 "Golden Girl" 61 Alphabet Contact: BIANCA INT'L. INC. dba Ho Salary:S3.05 per hour Arthur LAWN &GARDEN CENTER sequence Contact; PHILIPPINE GOODS CON Tel ZJS.n96 /ool /«Aaron tnm, 16 "Gone Wilh 01 (GENERAL) MANAGER-Salary: tel & Diving Tel. 235-4510(8/18)W32130 the Wincf' 63 Negative STRUCTION, INC. dba General Con S2,000.00-3,000.00 per month character prefix 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $700.00- 05 COOK-Salary:S3.05-3.20 oer hour struction Contractor Tel. 234-6485(8/ 18 Fleur-de- - 64 Barrel (abbr.} 1,000.00 per month 02 WAITER-Salary:S3.05 per hour 25)W32231 AVON PRODUCTS 20 Firearms grp. 65 Clock or Contact: SAIPAN KORESCO CORPO 03 WAITRESS-Salary:S3.05-3.20 per 22 Castor- watch 01 OVERHAULER (SEWING MA· PEANUTS® by Charles M. Schulz 23 Actress 68 Diocese RATION dba Saipan Koresco Resort hour Presently seeking Independent 69 "Bonanza" 7-13 © 1998 United Feature Syndicate , CHINE REPAIRER)-Salary:S3.05 per Hatcher Club Tel. 288-6001(8/11)W32043 Contact: EASTERN HOPE CORPORA 25 Tall tale brother PUBLIC NOTICE TION dba Keeraku & Rakuen Restau hour SALES REPRESENTATIVES HOW CAN YOU SIT TJ.\ERE BEGGING WHEt,.! 1-iOW CAN YOU SIT TJ.IERE WAITING 27 But (Sp.) 70 -whiz 4 Jetty reading All interested resident workers are 03 ARCADE ATTENDANT-Salary: rant Tel. 233-4242(8/1BJW32128 01 PRESSER MACHINE OPERATOR FOR A LITTLE PIECE, OR ATIN'{ BIT. 30 Be in deb! 5 Allen ID 12 DC VIP urged to register at the Salary:S3.0~ per hour YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WJ.\AT l'M EATING: 32 Hurried flight DOWN 6 Health resort 17 Word with $3.05 per hour Aexible hours. Earn up to 50% boot or joint Dept. of Labor & Immigration, 02 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:S875.00- 02 HAND SEWER-Salary:S3.05 per OR A CHUNK OR Wl-lATEVER? from the law 7 Tijuana Contact: JOHN B. MATSUMOTO dba 1 Mrs. money 19 Theater sign Division of Employmenf Services for hour 34 24 hours Poker Arcade Tel. 234-8000/322- 1.150.00 per month commission. Eisenhower 8 Telephoned (abbr.) the job/s being advertised in which 35 Agave plant 7733(8/11JW32048 Contact: SABLAN ENTERPRISES, 01 CUTTER MACHINE-Salary:S3.05 37 Hospital 2 Stamp of 9 Opp. of WSW 21 Aircraft you ore qualified and available. INC. Tei. 234-1558(8/18)W32133 per hour Will Train ... No experience worker approval: 10 Woman's control For further assistance, 01 INSTRUCTOR SPORTS (SCUBA Contacl: HANDSOME TEXTILE (SPN) 40 Linden ID abbr. name 24-Jima please call Alfred A. Pangelinan at 26 Prohibit DIVINGJ-Salary: S850.00-1, 100.00 per CORP. Tel. 322-1504(8/25)W32225 necessary. To inquire call or fax 41 An ocean 3 World Wide 11 Pinball Tel. 664-2078. 01 BEAUTICIAN-Salary:S3.05 per hour (abbr.) machine 28 Cheer month Plus S 100.00 housing allowance per (6Il) 653-1910. 29 Olive- Contact: COMMONWEALTH MARINE 01 FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER-Sal 01 TOURIST INFORMATION ASSIS month (Popeye) LEISURE CORP. dba Marine Sport & ary:$700.00-1, 100.00 per month 31 Seabird TANT-$800.00-1,00.00 per month plus Contact: ADORA R. REYES dba Dorie's Leisure Tel. 234-8434 (8/11 JW32049 Beauty Parlor Tel. 323-3679(8/ Contact: SAIPAN COMPUTER SER 33 Civil Rights food allowance $5.00 per working day VICES TEL. 234-9110(8/25)W32224 leader (inits.) 05 SPORTS INSTRUCTOR-Salary: 25)W32216 35-Mahal 01 SALESPERSON-Salary: S3.05 per SB00.00-1,000.00 per month plus food 36 Call--day hour 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR allowance S5.00 per working day 01 CASHIER-Salary:S3.05 per hour Name: SU JIANHUAN 38 Dolores- Chinese speaking preferred. 01 GAS ATIENDANT-Salary:$3.05 per Salary:S3.05 per hour Rio Contact: BIG BOY MARINE SPORTS, Contact: UNITED CONSTRUCTION o.o_u_: February 7, 1979 Contact: RONG-YAN ENT. INC. dba hour 39 Sweet potato INC. dba Big Boy II Marine Tel. 234- CORP. Tel. 234-9011 (8/25)W32234 Passport No.: 145476955 STELLA WILDER 42 Responsible Ming Ming Market Tel. 234-1858(8/ Contact: C.O.L.T. INT'L. CORPORA 3358(8/11 )W32036 Passport Expired: 45 Cribbage 11)W32050 TION Tel. 323-5278(8/25)W32218 May 14, 2003 03 PRESSER. MACHINE OPERATOR term REVOKE 47 "Diamond-" · 02 STOREKEEPER-Salary: S3.05 per Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: S900.00 per 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S3.05 per 49 Dressed to hour 03 CUTIER, MACHINE OPERATOR YOUR BIRTHDAY month the- Contact: D.S. CORPORATION dba XO hour Contact: O'CONNOR BERMAN DOTTS Salary:$3.05 per hour 51 Fanny- Market, Greenpia tv,arkel Tel. 235- Contact: YU'S ENTERPRISES (USA) & BANES Tel. 234-5684(8/11 )W79847 02 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER 52 New Haven 4458(8/11)W32040 INC. dba Chiolto Ettchina Omiyage Salary:S3.05 per hour university Yasan Tel. 233-1390(8/25)W32219 54 Babe- 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $1,300.00 25 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR WEDNESDAY, AUG.11, 1999 read the corresponding paragraph. You 'II want to be very much alone 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: S3.05-5.00 56 Burst per monlh Salary:S3.05 per hour Born today, you are hard working Let your birthday star be your at times today. per hour 04 OVERHAULER (SEWING MA 58 Non-prolit TV Contact: MICRONESIAN SALES CO. 01 BUTTONHOLE MACHINE OPERA 59 Honest - Contact: RADIOCOM SAIPAN, INC. Tel. CHINE REPAIRER)-Salary:S3.05 per and eager to please, and you will daily guide. AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.18) TOR-Salary:S3.05 per hour 60 Sole-" (SAi PAN) INC. Tel. 322-3910(81 hour "0 234-8904(8/11 )W32041 Contact: EXPRESS MANUFACTUR do anything you can to "keep at THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 - You don't want to jump the 62 Porky - 11)W79837 60 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR Doug 288-0766 ING, INC. Tel. 322-6743(8/25)W32237 it" over the years. It can be said LEO(July23-Aug.22)-You gun today, or take any major step 66 Streep ID 02 CONSTRUCTION WORKER-Sal Salary:S3.05-7.30 per hour 67-- ary:$4.50 per hour 01 FRONT DESK CLERK-Salary: $3.05 10 PRESSER, MACHINE-Salary:S3.05 that you "make it look easy" at may find yourself mixed up in prematurely, whether you are at cummings 04 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR per hour per hour work, at play, and in your closest some kind of distressing business home, at work, or on the playing Salary:S4.50-10.25 per hour Contact: S.Y KIM'S DEVELOPMENT 04 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER relationships. If at first you don't involving a past insult, or even a field. Stick to the game-plan! CORP dba Motel Garden Tel. 234- Salary:S3.05 per hour VEHICLE FOR BID by Dick agers Contact: HAWAIIAN ROCK PROD succeed, however, you are not disappearance of some kind. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) UCTS CORPORATION Tel. 322· 0320(81 \ \ )W32052 t 2 CUTTER. MACHINE-Salary:S3.05 KidSpC!JC~ 0407\B/1 B)W32129 per hour always willing to try again, but VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - - You may have to struggle with 9ACR05S: 01 PLUMBER-Salary S3.05-4.55 per 02 TIME KEEPER-Salary:S3.05 per II AS IS " that does not mean you give up You may have some trouble to another's inflexible stance today 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal hour hour A period of 01 MAINTENANCE-BUILDING RE entirely and fade away. You may day keeping youropinions to your before you are able to reach any ary:S3.05-3.50 per hour 04 (ASST.) CUTTING SUPERVISOR 12 months Contacl: PANG JIN SANG SA CORP. PAIRER-Salry: $3.05-4.60 per hour Salary:S9.50 per \1our simply go into a kind of dormancy self until you realize that you 're kind of agreement, even a very Tel 234-7951 (B/18)W799~8 01 BARTENDER-Salary $3.05-4.25 02 COOK-Salary:S3.05 per hour FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK which affords you the time you giving away certain secrets as tentative one. per hour 01 CUTTING SUPERVISOR-Sal need to rethink your efforts and well. ARIES (March 21-April 19) 02 WAITER-Salary:S3.05 per hour 01 COOK-Salary: S3 05-4 75 per hour ary;SS.00-10.00 per hour CALL BRIAN OR JULIE AT 235-7119 Contact: J.E.T. HOLDING COMPANY 03 GREENSKEEPER-Salary: $3.05- 02 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal VEHICLES ARE SOLD IN "AS IS" CONDITION come out, later, with a greater LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) - - You must always welcome 4 .00 oer hour chance for success. You are like Iy, You'll receive a warning today advice or assistance today, db2 Frances T Camacho Tel. 23,:. ary:S3.05-5.00 per hour The Bank reserves the right to refuse any & all bids 6'420(8! 18)W79951 01 AUTOMOBILE BODY REPAIRER, Preterably able to speak, read & write if you work hard, to make more from a superior regarding past whether from friend or foe. In the I.BODY & FENOER)-Salary: S3.05-5.80 English, Korean & Chinese language. money than you will ever need. behavior that was, indeed, no end, all information will be of use OJ l.1Alt,JTEl,ANCE REP/1\HER BLlJG per liour Contacl: NEO FASHION INC. Tel. 234- 0 Salary:S3 D5 per nocr 01 BEI.LBOY (BaLHOl )-Salary 9642(8/25)W32220 You may have more than one ticed. Don't be surprised when to you. Q.; \/J/,ITRESS-Sulary:S3 Oo per hour $3 05-5 05 per hour home, simply because there are you find out that you 're being TAURUS (April 20-May 20) u.; '.:.:OOK-SJIJry:S~.0~-3 25 per l1our Contcict SU'N/1SO C0,1PORATIO~J 04 TnASH COLLECTOR-Salary:S3.05 so many people you want to be watched! - You will prove once again COrllJC, J.ET HOLOII-JC:; curAPflNY dba Coral Ocean Po111t H8sort Club Tel. 3. 75 per hour 1 23~ 7000(8.'i t )'lv79838 close to! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) today that you are not the forget cb;i Sa:.:x:rn S0111!1ng Certer Te, • 23..;. Contact: J!,CINTO C. CRUZ dba Cruz G~20(8.18) 1N79950 San,tat,on Services Tel. 235-8589( 81 Effective Aug. ll:l, 1999, JESUS CORONEi. whose picture In that most tricky arena, love, -Don'tmakeexcuses today, but ting kind. Someone close to you 01 SALES (SUPERVISOR)-Salary 25)W32221 appears herein is no longer connected with UNITY TRADI( you may prove yourself a ma~terof don't ignore very real influences may have to help you leave a past $3.05-3.40 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN (CONSTRUCTION)· SERVICES INC. Any business conducted by MR. CORONEL Contacl: TRANSAMERICA (SAIPAN) long-term contentment. In your that make it impossible for you to episode behind. Salary:S3.05-4.00 per hour 01 (MASSEUR) MASSEUSE-Sal on hchalf of UNITY TRAm: SERVICES INC. will not be CORPORATION Tel. 234-1629(8/ professional Iife, you are not above do certain things. Be open and GEMINI (May 21-June 20) 01 PLUMBER (CONSTRUCTION)-Sal ary:S3.05 per l10ur honored or recognized. Government agencies, including CIIC, 11)W79850 ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: MIRAGE CORPORATION Tel. arc advise rhat UNITY TRAm: SERVIc•:s INC., is no longer the kinds of winnings that attracts honest. - A void riddles and mysteries Contacl: AJA INCORPORATION dba 233-4137(8/25)W32222 the employer of record for any purposes and should not accept others, but you go about getting SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- today,andsticktowhatyouknow. Dina's Hair Design Tel. 233-3462(8/ 01 TRANSLATOR-Salary: S6.00-8.00 any representations to the contrary. those things in a way that is truly 0ec. 21) - Someone you meet You '11 be at a distinct disadvan per hour 01 (ASSISTANT) MANAGER - REAL 18)W32141 your own, no matter what. today may not be all he or slie tage as soon as you begin to play Able to translate written Japanese and ESTATE-Salary:$4.00-6.00 per hour Any com·cms regarding this announcement ,;,hould raised 01 WAITRESS-Salary:S3.50 per hour English languages. Written Korean and Contact: NIIZEKI INT'L. SAIPAN CO. Also born on this date are: Alex seems. You may have to ask a "'games." by calling UNITY TRADE SERVIO::S INC.,at 322-7461 '8A3)l 'L 801 ·s '81:l383:)I ·s '3801:::l 'G '>il:::l'vHS · I :NMOO Contact: NOLA C. PANGELINAN dba Chinese language skills benelicial. LTD. Tel. 234-5050(8/25)W80067 Haley, author, Joe Jackson, singer number of questions before you CANCER (June 21-Juiy 22) Round Two Tel. 234-6930(8/1 B)W31873 Plus S425.00 per month (Housing Allow 'l::l\13A '6 '883 ·g '3)1\ll::l ·g 'll3H8 ·v 'HSl:ll::l\f.LS . ~ :ssOl:::l:)'v ance) 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC and musician; Eric Carmen, singer; know what's really going on. - By process of elimination, you 01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Sal- Contact: OFS SAIPAN LIMITED Tel. Salary:$3.05 per hour Jerry Falwell,religious leader, Hulk CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. should be able to arrive at an ary:S3.25 per hour . 234-6615(8/18)W79938 Contact: TRANSAMERICA DEVELOP Hogan, wrestler and actor. 19) - Travel light today, and important new conclusion regard Contact: WINCHELL'S OONUT INC. MENT CORP. Tel. 322-1611(8/ dba Winchell's Donut and Rest. Tel. 234- PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT To see what is in store for you avoid those routes which you ing home and family today. You'll 01 (SUPERVISOR) OPERATIONS-Sal 25)W32227 5566(8/18)W32138 tomorrow, find your birthday and know are most heavily traveled. change for the better. ary:S3.05-3.60 per hour This is to inform the public and mostly tftlarianas 'Vc:iriet~'t\ Plus S250.00 t10using allowance per 04 PRESSER MACHINE-Salary:$3.05 06 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S875.00- corporations in the CNMI that month per hour 'kl/tat 'klrud" 2,000.00 per month "'1/ 28-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY. AUGUST I I. 1999 SPORTS abol captures TOC By Tony Celis tor, VCR 's anc.l other electronic Variety News Staff housewares were won. THE TOURNAMENT of Cham During the tournament several pions (TOC) raisec.l an ac.lditional people nearly made hole-in-one. $15,000. for the TOC Saipan Prizes for hole-in-one included Beautification Fund's Gara pan brand new car(s) or cash. "But, Project. unf01tunatel y no one made it (bal I) According to TOC Committee in. I guess they'll try again next Chairman Ben Babauta 172 golf year," said Babauta. ers pa1ticipated in this year's event "I want to thank the sponsors, which was held at Coral Ocean volunteers and the participants," Point Resort Club and Kingfisher said Babauta. "Although many Golf Links, on Saturday and Sun of the players didn't score well, day. but, I think they really enjoyed A banquet was held Sunday the ever:it. It was a very successful evening at Grand Hotel for par tournament anc.l the turnout was ticipants. Exciting door prizes · .tremendous." helped make the evening blissful. Tournament of Champions The overall "Champion of winners by flight: Champions is Jess Wabol, "said Championship Flight Pts. Babauta. Jess Wabol 143 "They had a blast," said Babauta Rodolfo Pedernal 149 of the guest who showed up for Joe S. Camacho 150 the banquet. Tetsuhiro Machi 153 The big door prize of the night Michael Kim 155 Jess Wabol follows through with his winning form to capture the 1999 Tournament of Champions held over . was a round-trip ai1fare to Ha A-Flight the weekend. Contributed photos waii. A 27" color TV, a refrigera- Continued on page 26 Tinian Stars -blast DCCA By Tony Celis Variety News Staff WHEN SYLVIA Cruz and the Tinian Stars women's softball team board a feITy for Saipan you can be sure they 're not about to settle for a game postponement. Although the ride was rocky given the rough seas conditions Saturday mo1:ning, their ballgame against DCCA was easy sailing all the way. Tinian Stars pounded DCCA, 2 I -7 in just five innings in Garapan, as the Government Women's Softball League finally got one ballgame completed after many days of postponements. No excuses please. ··we really weren't prepared," said DCCA 's Lillian Ada. "You know we were suppose to play that morning but it was cancelle