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On Guam: Palau May Create Flag Carrier with Air Macau by Malou L YNIVERSITY OF HAWAII LIBRARY UNIVEF---. _; JRAR't':. arianas %riety;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 '&1 ews 30-50 water wells to be shut down By Marian A. Maraya . Another explanation Mathis Variety News Staff gave was that wells that have been OUT OF the cuITent 135 active pu~ped so fast and hard for so water wells in Saipan, the Com­ many years lose fresh water at a monwealth Utilities Corporation faster span. (CUC) is planning to shut down 'The well just sort or dries up 30 to 50 of the existing ones be­ from fresh rainwater and all that's cause of their inability to produce left is salt water,'' Mathis said. truly fresh water, a CUC official There arc about 30 wells that disclosed. need to be turned off because of Based on laboratory results, CUC their high salt or chlorine level, detected some 30 to 50 wells on according to Mathis. island that arc not producing the "It developed to such level from same quality of water it used to. incorrect drilling or CUC spokesperson Pamela overpumping," stated Mathis. Mathis explained that the water Moreover. 20 more wells may inside these wells have turned have to be lllrned off because of salty, thus, they are no longer fit the drought, Mathis revealed. for consumption. "The effects of El Nino and the Mathis enumerated several rea­ supposed to be wet but turned out sons why the wells have devel­ to be dry season has made water oped such state. so salty that they do not meet the For one, she said it could be that World Health Organization's the well was drilled very deep, (WHO) standards for salt level, more than the required feet down. and neither do they meet the En­ When rains come, the water vironmental Protection Agency's goes into the ground and floats on (EPA) salt level standards. top of the salt water. Wells dug ··For all these reasons, we must too deep touch some of that salt turn off these water wells. And water, thus when the well is we are embarking on a plan to pumped, what comes out is salt turn off about 4 water wells every water. quarter." stated Mathis. NMI, Guam to press feds on $21M reimbursement By Jojo Dass They remember. People holding candlelights pray for world peace during a memorial service at Peace · Variety News Staff Memorial Park in Hiroshima to mark the 54th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. {AP) CNMI AND Guam authorities will coordinate efforts to pressure Washington. D.C. into releasing some $21 million in reimburse­ Cing: ment for the amount spent in accommodating the over 500 Chinese nationals caught earlier this year trying to sneak into Guam. In an interview yesterday, House Labor and Immigration Chair Gov't should sell surplus equipment Herman T. Palacios (R-Saipan) said the move will be taken after it was learned that the federal government has not .. touched base" J By Jojo Dass improves within the Asian re­ on the reimbursement issue. I Variety News Staff gion," said Cing, in his July 30 The commonwealth is asking $2 million. f TI NIAN Sen. David M. Cing (D) letter to Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio. Palacios lamented that the "promise" made by the Immigration '! is proposing that the government Cing recommends that govern­ and Naturalization Service now seems to be an empty one as it has j disposes surplus equipment, in­ ment sells the surplus equipment been months since the last batch of illegal Chinese nationals were j cluding abandoned structures and through official procedure. flown back to China from a holding facility on Tinian. j vehicles, as part or efforts to gen­ "We would gain financially "That (immediate reimbursement) was what they promised erate to funds. ·from it than just watch it rust (CNMI Labor and Immigration Secretary Mark) Zachares. The "As our commonwealth away," he said. secretary of labor and immigration was authorized and was told struggles through this difficult Saying "one man's junk is an­ that we would have a full reimbursement," explained Palacios economic times, I have examined other man's treasure," Cing said when reminded that he has earlier said it was just a matter of several ways on how our govern­ government can, for instance, sell "processing" the documents for the reimbursement to be released. ment can stay afloat until such the old metal building behind the "They (INS) did not say that they are not going to pay for it. They Sen. David M. Ging time that the economic condition Contim.iea on page 34 Continued on page 34 1; Anti-tobacco campaign may affect tourism i\ By Marian A. Maraya growth of one of CNMI's leading somehow affect the state of af­ buy tobacco products. And we that the people can work to­ Variety News Staff industry: tourism. fairs, between the tobacco control have to be careful in the way that gctherto at least set aside places WHILE the Department of Pub­ DPl-1 realizes that in the CNMI, program and commercial estab­ we deal with business owners and in restaurants, where non­ lic Health (DPl·I) is intent on tobacco products are one of the lishments, DPH revealed. shoppers," said a DPH official. smoking areas can be put up. controlling the proliferation of most sought after items in duty "We have to be cautious on the But so far, the "negative side" And people can still enjoy their tobacco in the commonwealth, free shops and souvenir stores. way that we should go about this. to this, according to DPH, is sur­ meals without being affected especially its illegal sale and The conception of the new Tourism is a money making ven­ passed by the many other benefits by smokers," DPH said. availability to minors, DPH also CNMI Tobacco Comprehensive ture for the CNMI. A lot of tour­ this will do for the community. The tobacco control program fears that this may affect the State Plan for 1999 to 2000 may ists come here to the CNMI and "The positive part about this is Continued on page 34 FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- AUGUST 6 1999 Boy Scout ban on gays lifted Tourism sites to get 'face lift' By Jojo Dass that while tourist sites in other can not compete with ... like shop­ the Marianas Visitors Author­ next CIP project so that we can TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The anti-discrimination laws - the James Dale, an assistant scout­ day, called the unanimous deci­ he said. Variety News Staff places across the Pacific have ping centers ... and other tourism ity (MV A) in the second-round enhance the facilities in the CNMI for tourists to enjoy," said Boy Scouts of America plan to first time a state high court has master who was kicked out of the sion "the best birthday present I The ruling contrasted with a )•, THE CHAIR of the House Com­ improved with the establishment amenities which are not avail­ of priority-setting for Capital ask the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidated the ban. Boy Scouts nine years ago when could have asked for." March 1998 decision by the Cali­ I ,/ mittee on Commerce on Tourism of theme parks and malls, for in­ able in the CNMI. A classic Improvement Projects (CIPs). Babauta·. uphold its ban on homosexuals, The court said Wednesday that leaders found out he is gay. He Davidson, however, called it a fornia Supreme Court in the Boy l yesterday disclosed government stance, CNMI's has remained al­ example is a theme park that is The list, he said, includes "not "(Take) ourneighboring island claiming constitutional rights of the private organization is subject sued seeking reinstatement. "a sad day when the state dictates Scouts' favor. That ruling, also is eyeing giving CNMI's tourism most unchanged. virtually being enjoyed by trav­ only parks but the upgrading of of Guam, we can see the Tumon to parents what role models they unanimous, said the organization facilities an extensive facelift, en­ the sites and the facilities that area, that is one of the major tour­ free association and speech in­ to state laws because it is a ·'place 'The Supreme Court of New 1. This, he explained, has appar­ elers abroad,· especially those cludes a right to exclude gays. of public accommodation" and so Jersey is wonderful," Dale said. must provide for their children." was not a business and was there­ l abling it to be at par with neigh­ ently been contributing to the con­ coming in with families," said our tourists normally enjoy." ism site. It has improved." he "We 'II argue the First Amend­ cannot deny any person "advan­ "This is exactly what scouting "To us, the silver lining is it fore free to exclude gays, as well boring Guam and other Asian des­ tinuous decline in the number of Babauta. "I have written to the Special added. ment." attorney George Davidson tages, facilities and privileges" has taught me: to believe in the gives Boy Scouts the first oppor­ as atheists and agnostics. tinations. tourists coming to the CNMI. Babauta said he has requested Assistant for Finance and Bud­ Part of the efforts to boost tour­ said after New Jersey's Supreme on account of of sexual orienta­ system and that goodness will tunity to go the U.S. Supreme The U.S. Supreme Court re­ Rep. Oscar M. Babauta (R­ "(There are) other tourism-re­ Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio to con­ get, Mike Sablan to consider ism are plans to ··revitalize" Court ruled the ban on homo­ tion.
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