- ar1anas• B. to ba11 RP workers By Zaldy Dandan ridiculous demands," he said. Variety News Staff The Philippine government, A BILL that would ban Filipino according to Torres, cannot even contract workers from the CNMI provide enough jobs for its own was prefiled yesterday in the people. House of Representatives. ''Why do they want to make it House B ii I I 0-323, however, more difficult for their own would exempt from the ban Fili people?" pino workers who are already le~ The CNMI, he said, is already gaily employed in the CNMI prior offering Filipino workers "what to the signing of the bill into law. they want." Rep. Stanley T. Torres (Ind. Workers, Torres added, are Saipan) is the main sponsor of the readily available from other coun bill which was co-signed by Vice tries. Speaker Jesus T. Attao (R Stanley T. Torres Meanwhile, House Minority i Saipan), Rep. Ana S. Teregeyo Leader Dino M. Jones (D-Saipan) ,' .,,, i (R-Saipan), Rep. Crispin I.D.L. CNMI require employers to pro said that CNMI government offi ,, ,l Guerrero (R-Saipan), Rep. David vide free food and lodging to Fili cials should hot meet with Fili I M. Apatang (R-Saipan) and Rep. pino workers. pino officials on the free food and Melvin 0. Faisao (R-Saipan). In a press statement, Torres said lodging issue. Torres, in an interview, said that such a requirement is "too "If they want to ban workers yesterday that he filed the bill in much," and would only "hurt" coming to the CNMI so be it," reaction to the Philippine Filipino workers. Jones yesterday said in a letter to government's "insisting" that the "No other country makes such Continued on page 38 TRUSTIN THE CNMI ECONOMY. Bernard Villanueva checks the brand newgas.oline pumps at the soon-to-be opened Shell Station at Middle Road. New business ·Fe.deral grand jµcy iµdjct~ .Woinan; establishments like this reflects confidence the economy is picking up. Photo by E. cabatbat man for ~promoting prostitµ.ti~~ . .Court sets ·:hearing for By Rick Alberto •'. ' pro~tttµtion/. : ·• ·.·.·. ,, . : . . .ec;Iiffaxed amess"age ~rough ,'aljusive' b:aby~s,itter· · · · . Variety News Staff .· . ' . The indictITJent allegei:l thatthe the facBiti~s of;:IT&E frmn 'A MAN and a womari, ac-. two defendants "caused and Saipan to China to·''promote By Mar-Vic C. Munar The video camera was secretly cused of maintaining aprosti- aided" employees of the BigPresi- and facilitate" the illegal busi- · Variety News Staff set up by the child's parents on tutionfront, both pleaded not dent Night C)ub in Garapan to ness. THE SUPERIOR Court is set to Dec. 30, 1996. guilty yesterday at the federal engage in prostitution in viola- The club also allegedly hear on Jan. 28 the complaint The video showed Sacpa leav district court to three charges tion of local and federal laws. availed of the services ofBank against a Filipina maid accused of ing the baby in the crib "unat related to the illegal business. Bai, according to the indict- of Guam· to "promote, man- maltreating her 16-month old tended." Accordingtotl!e indictment ment, maintained rooms within age, estaplish and carry. on an ward . The complaint said that "the . bya'gran.··.dj.'ury. ,Mr}in.Feng .·.the·clubwherein ~mpl~y~es.al-. unlawflllac~ivity.'' .••... Myrna C. Sacpa was arrested at only attention administered to the . B · 40 d M Y" Lb f dl . ed in "sexual con· · ·· Stien was ,irtclfoted for con- the airp011 on Jan. 14 while on her ·.. a1,· 7 ... ~ an, ...· s .... ·m. ..•. ng ·... deugcet',·'·.··t1Yo,er·.·"·agtaee&.,.·: .. - •·.. ···.'·.· .. ·.··.· ·· .. , ·...····•<.~. , ·.. · ,... , .,, .. ,.,.,.,.,.,, ..... ,.,,.,, .. ":i!' .·::·, h.. , child consisted of acts of physical '"·...... s·h,.. en, · :36.. ; · co.nspt · .... '"re·d· ·. ·.. · 1·ast..· N. o"v·.,. : .· ·· •.:· · s.. p' .rrat., _ y_•... s. 1,n.. "."""'.· ... ·.·.1 .. t.. _w._· .... as ... ·.. , .. ·.s.,11 .. ·.e. ..·.w.·, . o,.·.· . way out of the island. and mental abuse with the result • 23 ~d J art 2Ctq u~e :a fa<:ility. . ltdaimed th~ clll b kept, repoi'ds . . : a~l~g~ql)' pf9yi~~~{~::}1i~l. The child. neglect and abuse that the child's physical and men (Bank .. of Guam \and .fr&E of payments receiv~d by the:club •··: investigatohvh0,:l1adposedas' complai-nt filed by the toddler's tal health has been harmed." Ove~~a.s,':Ins})'in ih~rstate . and bydi~ employees allegedt'y, · •aJap~ese tourist, ir'.'f~n:i.~Je parents was based on a one-hour- The film showed that on "nine and for~ign cqm111.~tc.e''.(;i.n.. providing sex:for a Jee; . · <',. . \Vh9 woµld eng~g;)ri se~uar 45-minute video film which re occasions" Sacpa threw the child .)~v~ry~i~.~. a~? permi~ti~g . On Sept'. p,l_~~r~~ar~~aj:~J,l~g~ . . . . . "· ·c~titlnµ@o.npag~_38\ vealed Sacpa's maltreatment of from a height of four feet into her the child. Continued on page 38 IOPA: Pierce violated ethics, procurement laws! 1 . --·--~ · By Zaldy Dandan with the Office of the Public Au- But, he added, the issue is "kind ,.. · · . Variety News Staff di tor (OPA) for allegedly hiring of moot." 1 THE GOVERNOR'S special his stepdaughter as an {ldminis- Any "wrongdo.ing" has ah:eady assistantfordrug and substance trative assistant fo1· his office. · been "addressed," Broadhurst abuse is being accused by the The stepdaughter, however, is said. Office of the Public Auditor of no longer working for Pierce. Pierce, he added, should even having violated CNM.I ethics Both Pierce and the governor's be praised for asking OPA if the and procurement regulations legal counsel Douglas Muir de- hiring of his stepdaughter was when he awarded a government clined to make a comment. permitted by law. contract to MBG Management For his part, the governor's "His doubts were confirmed so Services, Inc. which hired his Public Information Officer Mark she was terminated. (Hence) the sister as a project subcontrac- Broadhu1'st yesterday admitted problem was solved." tor. there were "questions about the The investigation reports from Richard Pierce, the Variety way in which the contract was OPA remain classified, but a was told, is also "in trouble" handled." Continued on a e 3ll Richard Pierce
• FRIDAY,JANUARY 17, 1997-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRiDAY-JANUARY 17, 1997 Clinton to honor Dole with Medal of Freedom Pullout begins Lujan also wants Atalig out i, By NASSER SHIYOUKHI last well into the night, with each Kinney team seeks new panel for appeals HEBRON, West Bank (AP) - of the 120 legislators given a ":'·.. Kinney is the mother of Jun included making material mis tion, further alleged that Atalig . Israeli soldiers Thursday lowered chance to speak . ior Larry Hill broom, an alleged representations to the Court con may have sentiments against il :\l1,,,J .. ,£ the Star of David flag and loaded Approval is guaranteed be dozens of trucks with boxes and cause of the support of the dovish heir of the late millionaire Larry cerning the estate assets, pre legitimate children. Lee Hillblom who died in a paring false inventories, and Lujan cited an earlier deci . ~~' ~ equipment - the beginning of the opposition parties for the peace end of their 30-year rule over this agreements. As many as one-third plane crash last year. fraudulently taking property for sion written by Atalig which West Bank city. of the legislators in Netanyahu' s Kinney's lawyers sought his own use," the motion said. "completely ignores the rights In heavy rain and fog, army nationalist-religious coalition Atalig' s disqualification, citing The lawyers are worried that given to pretermitted heirs in an bulldozr.rs dismantled cement were expected to abstain or vote a complaint filed Dec. 30 by the since Atalig would eventually estate ... " barriers at the gateoflsrael' s main no. Attorney General's Office be called upon to dec.ide on pro "It is possible that the justice military headquarters on a hill The preparations for the Israeli which charged him with "fraud, bate proceedings, he "is in a has illegitimate children of his misrepresentation and con position to influence decision own,"Lujan wrote above the city. Soldiers folded redeployment began at dawn David Lujan Pedro M. Ata/ig large olive drab tents and piled Thursday,just hours after Israel's spiracy during a probate pro in this case which could pro As for Villagomez, the law furniture, antennas and water Cabinet approved the agreement ceeding before Superior Court vide favorable precedent in the yers seek his disqualification Benjamin Netanyahu Bill Clinton tanks into the trucks. on Hebron and a three-stage pull By Mar-Vic C. Munar Associate Judge Alex Castro." case against him." . because his brother, Jesus G. of the Bank of Saipan, which is The base will become head back from West Bank rural areas Arafat. Variety News Staff "His role in the conspiracy Lujan, in a separate declara- Villagomez serves as a director defending the estate against the WASHINGTON (AP)- U.S. ute to a person who has de quarters of Palestinian leader in a tumultuous 12-hour session. "The prime minister commit ATTORNEYS for Kaelani paternal suits. President Bill Clinton plans voted a lifetime to public Yasser Arafat's security forces. Netanyahu was relentlessly heck ted himself to give away sections Kinney are seeking an overhaul "If Justice Atalig and the to award the Presidential service." Thehandoverof80percentofthe led by hardliners who accused of the Jewish homeland. He gets of the Supreme Court panel that Castro: Bank,.has not met conditions Chief Justice knew that Medal of Freedom to Bob Dole was not available for handles petitions and appeals Villagomez' s brother is a direc city of 130,000 Palestinians and him of giving away parts of the zero from Arafat," said Begin. By Mar:VicC. Munar . Castro, in his Aug. 20 order, Dole, his Republican oppo comment. A message left for related to the Hillblom estate. tor of the bank, yet participated 500 Jews to Arafat's control is Jewish homeland. In contrast to the Israeli gov Variety News Staff stated that the bank may only nent in last year's election. his spokesman, Clarkson Associate Justices Ramon G. in a decision which grants the expected to proceed once Israel's Science Minister Benny Begin, ernment, the Palestinian Cabinet THE SUPREME Court earlier be fully reinstated to its posi The medal is the United Hine, was not immediately Villagomez and Pedro M. Atalig bank powers at the expense of parliament approves the pullout son of the late Israeli Prime Min and the PLO Executive Commit ordered the reinstatement of the : tion as soon as the five condi States' highest civilian returned Wednesday. have conflicts of interests, ac their claimants, any reasonable agreement. ister Menachem Begin, resigned tee authorized the agreement with Bank of Saipan as -executor of tions are complied with. award. Clinton defeated Dole, 73, cording to Kinney's lawyers. man is justified in believing that The parliament debate was to in protest after his colleagues a comfortable majority late the $450-million estate of the · Castro said the bank has A White House official, in November. He has spo Chief Justice Marty Taylor,· an impartial decision has not begin at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) voted 11-7 in favor of the agree Wednesday. The vote count was late Larry Lee Hillblom. complied only with two of the speaking on condition of ken warmly of Dole's hero they said; should also step out been made," Kinney's lawyers Thursday and was expected to ment between Netanyahu and Continued on page 38 But an order issued yesterday five conditions: One was the anonymity, said Clinton ism during World War II and of the panel for allowing the said. by the Superior Court ignores release of information con plans to award the-medal to of his 30 years of service in two to continue participating in The lawyers noted that the the high court's _ruling. cerning the bank's board of Dole on Friday, during an the Senate. the case despite his "knowledge series of decisions earlier is Israel :qi.inister ·quits over accord Associate Judge Castro said directors and ownership. event on World War II. Clinton awarded a Medal of the disabilities." sued by the Supreme Court re the bank has failed to meet The other is the payment White House spokes of Freedom to de.parting In the same motion filed in lated to the Hillblom estate were JERUSALEM (AP) -Cabinet min sorry for the decision and that espe vote in favor. some of the conditions set by of $127,995.62 tocthe estate woman Mary Ellen Glynn Defense Secretary William ister Benny Begin resigned Wednes cially at this time the forces should be the Supreme Court Wednesday, all in favor of the bank. (See In hours of sharp exchanges with the Superior Court for its rein as surcharges "representing declined to say whether Dole Perry on Tuesday and to rallying to stand united before the big lawyers David Lujan, Joe Hill related story). day to protest the Israeli-Palestinian Netanyahuduringthemeeting,Begin . statement. ·· the measurable loss to the would be offered the medal, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin accord signed earlier in the day. challenges facing the State oflsrael," accused the premier ofmisleading the and Barry Israel also called for Atalig' s legal problems and · Castro mentioned for ex of the' estate." It also ordered the estate resulting from the in but added: "That sounds like shortly before Bernadin' s Cabinet Secretary Danny Naveh, Bazaksaid Begin, the son of the government by selectively presenting the recall of all previous orders Villagomez' s relationship to a party ample Joseph Waechter' s con bank to allow William I. Webster terest free loan to- CHC and an excellent way to pay trib- death in the fall. who announced the resignation, said late Prime Minister Menachem Be the facts of the agreement He la issued by the high court related involved in the case have placed their tinued presence in the bank's to continue serving _his duty as the unauthorized loan to Prime Minister BenjarninNetanyahu gin, is ardently opposed ofthelsrael mented theaccord as an abandonment to Hillblom case. impartiality at stake, the lawyers said. board of directors. administrator of the estate. UMDA." would try to dissuade his colleague Palestinian autonomy accords which of basic principles of the ruling Likud "(N)o further orders be en ''The court should appoint an inde The Superior Court has Another condition set by Earlier, the Supreme Court, early Thursday morning. The resig Netanyahu has now, in effect, em Party founded by his father. tered until a properly instituted pendent judge to determine whether prohibitted Waechter "from us Castro was the retention of the acting on the bank's petition, nation would on! y go inlo effect in 48 braced. Begin - an acid-tongued, spartan panel is in place," they said. either of them, and/or the Chief Jus ing his position as a director of law firm ordered that the bank be al hours. Netanyahu' s spokesman 'The prime minister committed doctor of geology - thus cements his "Petition Kinney's counsel tice should also be disqualified be the bank to influence the deci White, Pierce, Mailman and lowed to defend the estate in Shai Bazak said the prime minister himself to give away sections of the position as a leading spokesman for filed this motion reluctantly but cause of prior knowledge of the dis sions regarding administration Nutting as counsel to Webster. the heirship proceedings. spoke with Begin already following Jewish homeland. He get' szero from Likud' s extreme right. But he also necessarily," the motion said. ah ilities." the meeting, but would discuss the Arafat," Begin said on Israel army deepens an image as an inflexible issue with him again on Thursday. radiobeforethe 12-hourmeetingthat ideologue which has kept him back 'The Prime Minister said he was · ended after midnight with an 11-7 politically. i i. RP singling out NMI on 1: .Man .ch,arged for 'extb:ttion' . .. ~ . food policy- Governor A MAN was indicted Wednesday merce by extortion. through work at the night spot require that employers should provide by a grand jury for allegedly en It said that by obtaining and and the right of the Hollywood food allowance to Filipino workers, gaging in extortion against an trying to obtain the property of Night Spot to conduct its busi JANUARY CLEARANCE SAL "then I'll respect that," Tenorio said. employeeoftheHollywoodNight Zhaoling Zhang and the Holly ness without unlawful inter He added that he would just tell Spot on Saipan. wood Night Spot through the use ference. CNMI employers to get workers form According to the indictment, of force, violence and fear, Du It was not known what kind of other countries. Bo Du, on or between Sept. 12 violated title 18, section 1951, of work Zhang engaged in in Holly "(But) I'm not going to tell the Phil and Nov. 20 last year, allegedly the United States Code. wood Night Spot. ippine government notto (require) food unlawfully obstructed and delayed Specifically, the indictment The charge sheet did not also ~0-5 %OFF~ allowance." give details on Du's alleged ex commerce and the movement of said, Du violated the rights of The Variety on Monday reported articles and commodities in com- Zhang to obtain a Ii velihood tortion act.-Rick Alberto that the Philippine government may ALL CLOTHING ban the deployment of Filipinos to the Commonwealth in light of the CNMI' s "reluctance" to grant free board and lodging to Filipino con Froilan C. Tenorio tract workers. The Philippine government is also By Zaldy Dandan considering the escrow bond system in Variety News Staff which employers would be required to GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio said pay as much as $20,000 for every WednesdaythatthePhilippinegovem worker recruited. ment, by insisting that the Common A team of CNMI delegates is set to wealth give Filipino workers food al negotiate with Philippine government Sale Ends lowance, is "singling out" the CNMI. officials on the free board and lodging He said no other country where there issue in a week-long discussions slated Jan. 31 are Filipino workers has "that kind of to begin on Jan. 19, Variety sources statute." said. at ''Nevermindthatwe'rebeingsingled However, Tenorio said Wednes ~(/ LIMITED . out by the Philippine government," the day that there is "nobody is going," governor in an interview on Tinian to Manila before he has consulted . - ,, · STOCKS ONLY said. with "appropriate" administration of .. . NO DOWNPAYMENT •: ·• ::;"v· ' "My point is that until we are re ficials. ON SELECTED ITEMS 20°/0•30°/o off f." quired by our law to do it, I would not Granting free food and lodging f require employers to provide food al allowances to Filipino oversea~ con Tel. 322-3012 Fax.: 322-3046 .- ·.:.; ·~·;:.·.~--: lowance, although they' re free to do so tract workers is mandated by the Ill:'~~ 1995 Philippine Migrant Workers' THE WAY TO DO IT -A Japanese tourist listens to her instructor regarding the correct way to manuever the • Easy Lay away Plan· Free 1- .. •N· :-:·~. ·· .I if they wish." ~ board before winsurfing on her own at Micro Beach yesterday. (Photo by Erel A. Cabatbat) Transportation Service I 1 • i .i);:·· ·"'j ~ ACCEPTED If the Philippine government would Act.
.11 ..,·i . /:f.~ .. . '',r.·. ~j-; ' FRIDAY, JANUARY I 7, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY T-_!EW~ AND VIEW~-~ JACK ANDERSON and MICHAEL BINSTEIN WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND ~ I.I: I I l:l~S iO il·II: l:l)liOlf Dick Pierce responds to criticism A modest proposal for cinching our belts Dear Editor, problem than of the solution. than this. WASHINGTON-President Clinton has promised to work hard SUCH a nice letter from Mr. Mark Granted you have a right to I do my work because I have a for a balanced budget during his second term. But his efforts arc Benton. your opinion, but you 're dead stake here. This is the home of my doomed to fail unless the bureaucracy follows him by eliminat Anyway, as long as you 're go wrong all over the place. family and of my children. You ing wasteful practices. ing to be personal about it, my Drug testing is neither illegal or better believe it's self-serving. I personal opinion of you is that Bureaucrats love paper and there is no organization around unconstitutional. Are you aware am tired of seeing people miser Public hearing won't hurt you are a pathtic pinhead with no that private companies like Con able with the powerlessness of that is more "'in triplicate" than the armed services. Over the courage. If you'd give us a call tinental Airlines and Duty Free drug and alcohol addiction. I am THE LEADERSHIP of the Legislature may have done every years, the branches of the U.S. military have helped pile up here at the office to discuss the Shoppers and travel companies tired of the crime and of the fami America's $5 trillion national debt with costly requirements body a favor when it canceled a scheduled joint session yester issues. I'd drop the part about currently drug test both their po lies in crisis because of not know that bury common sense six feet ·under. day to approve the application of Kan Pacific for a 15 year your lack of courage. tential and existing employees? ing what to do. My job is to show extension of its public land lease in Marpi. Sometimes, in fact, it's hard to tell whether what they're I'm assuming, Mr. Editor, with Did you know that government the way, and believe me, I know asking for is on the level or just someone's idea of a joke. Take Leaders of both the House and Senate will be making another ,1 a little research, that Mark Benton agencies like the Ports Authority that way. Qood, sensible move if they decide to conduct "another" public 4 the ··refund questionnaire" that we received in the mail. is not a real name. and CUC and the post offices test You think that we can cut off Jii.:aring on the application, as avidly pushed by Rep. Stanley T. l~ It was accompanied by an indignant note from a woman who [ Your anger at me, the current their people? the supply and we 're "home free" Torres. ! tried to get a soft drink out of a vending_ machine on an Army Administration, the police offic As far as my work being self with this drug thing? Don't be The delay may prnve to be worth it. The public should indeed .I' base. The machine swallowed her change, she wrote, and gave ers, custom officials (?), a person serving like all the other Froilan ridiculous. be !!ivcn another crack at how they feel about the lease, if only forth no soda. So she followed the instructions on the machine with a drug record, addicts in re Tenorio employees and my cushy This really is the pinhead part. I to 1;1akc sun: all 'i"s arc dotted and all 't's are crossed in the new and applied for a refund. habilitation, the AG and other at government job to line my pock suppose that you think the answer extended aQreemctlt. Instead of her change, she got a three-page questionnaire torneys kinda sums it up. ets, do you really think that I en to the illegal alien worker thing is Not that -the tvlarpi hoti.:I operator is not deserving of an containing 20 questions that were to be answered before she Now about my professional joy implementing a policy that to put them in jail and then deport extended term but because it is a responsible thing for the could get her money back. There was an affidavit-like "state opinion about the pinhead part, may be difficult for people to deal them, right? The answer is to : Legislature to go cautious eYay time a land lease is on the table ment" to sign at the end, attesting that "the answers given are Mark, you 're more a part of the with? Mark, there are easier jobs Continued on page 38 to be dealt with. true to the best of my knowledge." Land increasingly becoming a scarce and precious commodity After demanding the refund applicant's name and exact place 011 Saipan. it is imaginabk for lawmakers to rush decisions on of work, the questionnaire got to down to cases: Angry witness to alleged worker abuse any land mancr. It is imperatiYe that such decisions be weighed ··Do you consider yourself (a) a regular vending machine Dear Editor, . ployees invited me to their living that you selected Kagman because aaain and again to ensure the maximization of benefits for the 'JR'! rrlalliana~ patron, (b) an infrequent vending machine user or (c) a first time TIIlS is an open letterto the president quarters in the evening. What I saw you can hide your dirty and ill prac c~llective o~vners of public lant.l-thc indigenous people of the by: John DelRosario user? and owner of Philam Enterprises was beyond my imagination. tices because it is still undeveloped. Northern Marianas. "How did you insert coins? (a) drop, (b) snap, (c) spin, or (d) USA. I couldn't believe that a human Tough luck. We still have people Kan Pacific has been a good corporate citizen of Saipan and other (please describe). Wearemorelikelythannotstra.ng being can treat another human being who care for what's going on in their has unt.loubtedly been a major player in the tourism industry. It ··Did the coin make a falling sound? (a) behind slot, (b) into ers. Anyway, I am writing to you to with the amount of abuse, neglect and community and fortheirnation. I will has played an active role in dc\'elopi ng that part of the island On territorial acquisition by the US mechanism, (c) into coin box, (d) into coin return, or (e) other express my disappointment and an demotion that confronted my very not allow you to continue tarnishing where its hotel and golf course is siiuated. Kan Pacific has to be gerover yourtreatment of yoursecu eyes that evening. I saw about ten of our image as good citizens of our vital reasons: l ). It is an excess baggage and mainland (please describe). For the sake ofdiscussion, Section Three (3) of Article rity workers who reside in a Kagman the approximately (30) people, all beautiful and friendly Common commended for that. taxpayers need not be required to advance the career of ··Following insertion of coins did you (a) tap on the coin slot, IV of the US Constitution says that " ... [T]he United II overcrowded barracks. Ifyou don't Bangladeshis, sitting down on the wealth. But its current lease at Marpi is not without controversy. mediocre bureaucrats in the federal govenunent. 2). Insular (b) tap the machine below the coin slot, (c) kick or shake the States may acquire tenitmy by conquest or by treaty, and know, I am your neighbor directly floor of the kitchen, eating with their I don't need your con~ibution to There have been £rumblim.!s from concanct.l citizens in the areas have instituted self-government rendering the role of machine, (d) none of the above, or (e) other (please describe)." may govern it through the exercise of the power of west of you. Let me get to the point hands and fingers. our economy at tl1e expense of sla past about how rhe ~onetary-returns from the public land lease Congress confem:.:1"'. this office completely useless. Some of these bureaucrats Assuming total recall by the thirsty victim, the questionnaire here. They told me that the rest were very. If you refuse to compete cleanly has rather been on the low side. so much so that it has been TI;ere are a numberofissucs that come into mind as we have developed tunnel visions about self-preservation and asked if the machine was full, partially full or "'other." Were One Saturday afternoon, I was out unable to eat because thcr-e w-c only in our free enterprises system, pack dubbed as the "best deal" any developc1· could haYe gottrn. consider what this provision says in terms ofourrelation more often than not, it's their career that matters even if it there any signs of machine abuse? Did anyone else manage to witli my family clea11ing around our JO plates and had to take turns. There your bags and get the hell outofheret ! Of course, Kan Pacific is the Commonwealth's very first ship with the federal government. First, what is the basis means meddling in the local affairs of local governments. use the machine successfully? yard. While we we1e at the bottom was no drinking water, no table for I don't need you. If you or your \'Cnture in the public land lease for development undertaking. of our relationship as per this provision of the US OJAshouldknowbynowthatAmericanDemocracythrives Surely the questionnaire was a joke, a parody of bureaucratic po1tion adjacent to your bai-racks, I them to sit ,md eat nor w,L, their any country where you cm11e from is At that time, when the origin;:, 25 year lease was negotiated in Constitution? Definitely, wewereneverconquered,thus out here in the island~ and it is a waste of mainland taxpaycl:i officiousness. Not so. Its dead-serious author, an Army lieu wa approached by five of your lighting device in the kitchen. doing it, then keep your tn1sh tliere. 1977, the prospect of a development boom unfolding on Saipan this specific mode of acquisition is moot. money to fund a useless government entity. tenant, told us it was designed to ·give maintenance people Bangladeshi workers. llmttl1ey sometimes drink the salty I was waitingforyou to show up at was never in anyone's mint.l nor was the notion that economics 1l1e Covenant Agreement wa, a negotiated document Now, who do we answer to when govenunent effectively precise information. They asked me if I can help them tap water because there was no otlier your employee bmrncks because I in the I 990s would render the original terms as financially setting forth the political relationship between the NM! demonstrates inefficiency, graft and corruption in govern Over four decades of reporting in Washington leads us to because you brought them here and choice. I was sick mid angry with w,mted to confront you personally, modest. and the US. We can argue that the Covenant is, therefore, mental institutions? OIA or the local voters who elect our predict that further, well-intended cost-cutting measures by the they don't have a job to do nor do they what I saw. The animals in there wa, Then there was also the allegation that some of the pro\'isions a treaty given that it has all the trappings of a bilaternl pub lie officials? 0 IA' s Allen Stayman has done nothing but but we don't seem to be at the tight Republican Congress and President Clinton may be gently have drinking water. That they don't in the original lease ·;:H!reement have not been religiously com negotiations. Yes this argument is seemingly fluid in that browbeat the NMI in the interest of self-preservation rather no other choice. I was sick and angiy place at the right time (maybe the de toothed and bound up by the rope-knowing Lilliputians of the have food because they don't have with what I saw. good lord is just doing this on pur plied with by the dev;loper, what exactly, is yet to be ascer ~ties are approved only by the US Scn;tc. TI1e Cov than contributing to the refinement of our democrntic insti permanent" bureaucracy. So gradually and imperceptibly will money because there's no work. llie miimals in tl1c zoo we being pose). tained. cmmt wa, apprnved by both charnbersoftl1e US Congress. tutions. Enough is enough and no one at Interior has any they tighten.the bonds that reformers may never appreciate the As a good citizen of ourCommon tJeated better tlum tl1e111. TI1ey took l:.L,tly, I have all the confidence With the lease on its 19th year and going on its last six year.s. Although the US Congress c,m literally legislate authority to pre-empt the basic tenets contained in the extent to which they arc in the bureaucratic behemoth's grip. wcaltl1,-I stopped what I was doing me muund ;md showed me their sleep that the Depa11ment of labor will do it is but proper that the lease he given a lot of thought by CNl\ll wwtJ1ing it wishes mid make it applicable to the NMI Covenant Agreement about our inalienable rights to self~ In private business, a standard of competence is imposed by ,md had my wifcprepw-cd somcd1ink ing ,u-ea. '11iey arc eight rooms all its pwt in enforcing laws mid 1-cgula lawmakers. This despite the fuct that there has already hccn a su~h ,1ct1on must always defer to tJ1c Co\'cn,u1t Agree govc:mment. the market. Ir a business branch is wasteful loses money or its fortl1cm. I tookoutsomefro7.c11 stuff toQethcr·. Some of the rooms have a tions applicable in your rnse nor ,my ment. I knowtl1at m,uiy al lcged legal c,tgk., wish ti 1 think Induction ofSCC Ojfzcers public hearing ,m it cnndLicted hy a rre\·ious legislature. This profits decline, a bell goes off at headquarters and that branch is and my wife prepared some drink sir;gle homemade bed of 2x4 ply uthcrwi:..e or tJ1at tl1c US Congress is at libc11y to impose It is gcxxl tidings tJiat tl1is weekend tlie Saipa.nChamberof inotliersituation. IhopetJ1at by vinue despite the fact that legislative apprn1·al for the cxtc11siu11 eithn pruned or cut off. Whether a branch manager is t.loing a for them. I took out some frozen wood. applicability of the tenitrnial clause. No sir, it (US Cunm~crcc will tnduct iL, new set ofofficers. It is even more of this letter, you explain to your request is ::ilready Jong overdue. And yes, notwithstanding the good or a bad job will be proved definitively by the profit-and stuff and gave them to take back I wonder if you've ever imag cohorts, botli on and off island, that Conercss) must honor the spirit ,uid letter of the Cov comfrn1ing to kll( >W tliat it will again be chaired by Mr. David fact that Kan Pacific has already upped its rental offer up to for their food. ine how would you feel if you are this prnctice M USTand SHALL stop. enant Agreement it approw
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,. I · @ PIONEER'' . '··: l=in:inr.inn . . Lav-Awav FRIDAY.JANUARY 17, 1997-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-JANUARY 17, 1997 Construction firm's case dropped Guam to repopulate @~(lfil]~wm what was supposed to be cun sion issued Tuesday, dis By Mar-Vic C. Munar pany had been sued for con in 1994. ning move, turned the tables missed counterclaims sought Variety News Staff structing a defective commer The company, TAC Inter Rota with rare bird Fire Corals against the plaintiffs by filing by TAC against Lee Co. A CONSTRUCTION com- cial and residential building national Constructors Inc., in TI-ITS week's life form is Millepora a countersuit. Castro, in dismissing TAC' s By Jojo Dass "Ilic extent to which tlie Brown Tree on Rota and tlien transfer them back to or fire corals. Fire corals are impor TAC tried to collect dam claim, said the construction Variety News Staff Snake ha, pla1,,>ued (iuani h,L, apparently Guani when mature enough. tant reef builders, but they ru·e not ages from plaintiffs, Andy J. company did not have the le ,·I GUAM autliorities are now coordinat reached a magnitued where the island's But Sablan doubted the plan' seffec ing witli tl1e Department of Lmds and bird species a~ slowly being eradicated trne corals. Millcpora species arc Lee and Kwun Lee Co. Inc. gal standing to file the case r tivity saying Guani must first "annihi because the latter continued under the Act it had invoked. } Natural Reources in its bid to save a by die reptile which fo..'ds on iL,. late" tlie snake's population before the members of the Cla,s I-I ydrozoa, to rent out spaces in the project TAC claimed Lee Co. violated bird species endangered by the Brown "lliere were, according to official birds can be trdllsferred. while Scleractinans or hard corals despite its knowledge that the the Act when "it continued to rent Tree Snake. estimates, more tlian 5,000 Guam Rail "They /Guam authoritiesJ must first aremembersoftheCJassAnthozoa. building is in danger of col out space in the project and allow In an interview, DLNR Secretary birds before tlie snake's infestation set try to effectively decimate the snake's Millepora means ''thousands lapsing. members of the public to visit the Benigno Sablan said he is scheduled to in a tew years ago. population," stressed Sablan. pores" after the multitudes of tiny Lee Co., according to TAC premises knowing thatthe project I meet with counterpm1 Guam officials 111is figure, still according to the "Otherwise, they would just be pores seen all over their surfaces. to iron out specifics of a plan meant violated the Consumer Protec is unsafe. \ samcestimates.h,tsdr,L~ticallydropped shipping in 'live feeds,'" he said. The two most common fire corals in revitalize tlieGuani Rail bird's popula tion Act. "Lee Co. is engaged in unfair to a few hundreds as a consequence of Against tlie snake, the Gumn Rail the CNMI are Millepora platyph yIla I tion. what is described ,L, the ··explosion" of Moreover, TAC claimed that competition and unfair and un offers little resistance proving to be an and Millepora dichotoma. I "I am supposed to meet with Mike tlie Brown Tree Snake on Gmmi. easy prey for the reptile which ha, the by continuing to rent out lawful business practices," TAC Fire corals reproduce sexually Kuhlmann, the agrirnlture secretiuy on According to tlie plw1, autliorities are ability to swiftly move between tree said. through fertilization of sperm and spaces in the three-story l tliis," said Sabl,m. supposed to"repopulate"tl1e Bird Rails br,mches at night. project, the construction firm The Court said TAC' s reliance r eggs. Sexes arc separate, that is each "is aggrieved because its repu on the Consumer Protection Act individual colony is either male or tation as a builder will be to assert claim in its contractual dis DLNR girds for 'Sariguan' feral cleansing . female. harmed." pute "is misplaced." Like h,u·d corals, tire corals live ,Ls colonies and take on a wide a tire coral may cause a painful But TAC failed to sway the "TAC does not allege, nor do the By Jojo Dass added. fencing where DLNR staffers erect v,u-iety of growth forms. 1l1ese in sting, they are important because Superior Court to its side. facts support a finding that it is a Variety News Staff Goats ,md pigs on Sariguari, Sablan enc Josed fences on a designated area they help by building the reef which Superior Court Presiding consumer under the terms of Con THE DEPARTMENT of Lmds ,md said, is "killing" tlie isl,md's vegetation and haul away all animals caught in clude branching colonies, encrnst O/o Judge Alex Castro, in a deci- sumer Protection Act,'' the courtsaid. Natural Resources are now set to move while eroding top soil fonnation. tl1crc before putting similar fences cov ing growths, ~d vertical plates. protects our islands from erosion AdditionaJJy, they haveacalce1eous and natural destructions such as L,u . in toSarigumi where tl1ous,mds of wild ""llley /,mimalsj are destroying tlie ering tl1e next perimeter. l skeleton,char-acteristicofbeingher namis or tidal waves. i goat mid pigs will be hauled away in ,m vegetation at a rate so fa,t it may take Sablan said, tlie DLNR may have to Saipan son in honor roll apparent bid to.rid tlie island of tliese not much time before we see Sariguan use guns against ''mature ,md wilder matypic (reef building). Beca;se of Tips for treating a Fire Coral r ,mimals which supposedly tlireatens unihabitable ,md unfit for ,my vegeta boars and goat,." this, millepora species may be mis Sting tl1e place's ecological system. · tion due to rmtssive soil loss." he ex He explained that the hauled animals taken for a Scleractirnm coral or I) Never rub or scratch the af OF of Cheshire Academy DLNR Secretary Benigno Sabhm plained. will be delegated to Mayor Jesus deleon hard coral. fected area. It will only spread the said his office has beg,m nightly rounds inimtion. Cheshire, CT - Jung Min for achieving an A average. 11le plan to ''cleanse" Sariguan dates Guerrero. The most notable characteristic in difterent communities in Saip,m in back to a, early as la~t year when tlie 2) Rinse initated area with fresh JAN. 1 7, 18, 19 Kirn, an eleventh grade stu He is the son of Kang Hee "We will be bringing the animals of fire corals is their ability to cause fomiing residents about tl1e cmi1paign DLNR established the tlireat posed by dent at Cheshire Academy Kim of Saipan, over here in Saipan, and I think that a painful sting and nasty rash. 1liis water as soon as possible they apply and what necessitates it. these animals on the islcmd's ecological being tl1e case, it falls under tlie Saipan in Cheshire, Connecticut, Founded in. 1794, Cheshire is due to stinging cells called nema one of the following: "We are now conducting ,m infor system. Mayor's jurisdiction," Sablan said. USA, was recently named to Academy in a college prepara tocysl~ or cnidae. They are used to a) vinegar mation nmipaign on tl1c matter," said Sablan said tl1e DLNR has made He said the animals may be sold to tory, coeducational, day and capture food, protect against preda b) 95% alcohol the school's honor roll for Sablan. proper coordination witl1 otlier con interested pmties·"who might want to boarding school emolling stu tors and to attach themselves to c) meat tenderizer the second marking period. ··we are set to move in. We're just cerned agencies, including tl1e Saipan have tliem with in their backyard." He earned First Honors, the dents in grades K-2, 6-12 with an substrntc. d) if none of the above is avail P.O. Box 689 • Tel. No. 235-7270 • Fax: 235-2885 .~· .::: .~ completing final preparations and wait Mayor's Office, for the operation. 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By Giff Johnson off in the government's reduction because the government has al were eliminate !st Floor or Katupak Bldg., Susupe across KSAI Radio Station (235-5897) .( 16-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-JANUARY 17 FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1997-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17 NEW ZEALAND Police oust squatters BEEFTIP HANA BAY 151 PROOF BBUNI 750ml from Manila district STEAK OR ROAST ••• MANILA, Philippines (AP) - a clash that erupted after the Demolition crews burned down team began removing shacks that a high wooden barricade and were not listed in the demolition s anti-riot policemen fired teargas order. Wednesday to oust hundreds of The squatters, some of whom squatters anned with stones, have been living in the area for slingshots and gasoline bombs more than two decades, claim the from Manila's Chinatown. property was abandoned by its U.S. SOlOCLEAR Several policemen and squat Chinese-Filipino owners. HAM lEG PlASTIC ters were injured in the two-hour However, they learned recently BONE-IN lVACJ demolition in Manila's Binondo that a Taiwanese conglomerate 11·20 LBS. for the CUPS district. had bought it. 10 DZ. X18 CT. The ovenvhelmed squatters An estimated 3 million people gave up after the crews managed - about one-third of the capital's WEEKEND to enter the half-hectare (one population - are living illegally s1--1u acre) colony. on public or private land in met Police were implementing a ropolitan Manila. lB. MEAT DEPARTMENT court order to remove approxi The government plans to re U.S. WHOLE FRYERS e mately 200 squatter families move more than 66,()(X) squatter 30LBS.CAS,.._E __ CS. NEW ZEALAND ..,23.59 from the privately owned land families living in dangerous ' NORTHERN for construction of condomini shantytowns in the capital region, 1/2SHEll NEW ZWAIID BEEF ~ PAPER ums. About 400 other squatter officials say. Philippine comfort women picket the Japanese Embassy at the financial district of Makati to urge the Japanese Diet (Parliament) j CHUCKSTEJ-,1(~-,a, 1.45 Ul. families not covered by the court About 44,()(X) squatter fami to pass a proposed law that would compensate them for being forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers in World War II. i OYSTERS NAPKINS order continue to live in the AP Photo U.S. TRAY/PACK ~ 250C1 lies were evicted last year, many CHICKH WINGS wJ 1.1 !lJ Ul. colony. during preparations for the 18- On Tuesday, the demolition nation Asia-Pacific Economic U.S. PORK CHOP @ "li ~11.t~o.. [BONE·INJ @ ~.!lJJ LR. F:!11. team was forced to retreat after Cooperation summit which the I 5 ~ l:/ ~) w Philippine activists picket ,1 s - 11.I . .. at least 22 people were injured in Philippines hosted in November. lB. FROZEN SEAFOOD Qr,~ rn. CLEANING SUPPLIES prinie ntinister of Canada I U.S. FRDZIN TILAPIA-$ l£i9 LB. 'J U.S. IMrTlll'ION . DOWNY UCTRA FREE GAIN ULTRA By JIM GOMEZ alists" and staged a die-in Thursday Pacific Economic Cooperation fo ·,' U.S. FRDZIN NILIRSH-$ &:J 5 Ul. s_om_•E_R __ $ [i\J ffi. BETTER DRIVERS MANILA, Philippines (AP) - in front of a hotel where Canadian rum, which the Philippines led last CRAB MEAT Ille_ 5 POWDER About 40 left-wing activists op Prime Minister Jean Chretien and a year and Canada chairs this year. f BUCKLE UP 1 FlAKES PRODUCE DEPT. TIDE ULTRA 2 POWDER ~ l1Ji ITT\= DETERGENT l posed to free trade yelled "'imperi- trade mission were staying. They marched near the hotel en .I 2lBS. DETERGEKT220L tl)J &'.,~~ 85L0ADS The union and student activists trance with placards marked U.S. GREEN BEU ~ also criticized a massive spill of "People of Canada, Junk APEC," PEPPER,---~~ l}5 LB. TIDE ULTRA 2 POWDER '""' mining waste last year at a Philip DETERGEKT 1.5 KG,-~') and staged a die-in when a police U.S. CELERY STEAK- ui. pine copper mine owned by Placer officer tried to stop them. Several s ~!C SPRINGFIELD Dome, a Canadian company. policemen and a number of Cana U.S.BROWN UQUIO BLEACH ~ "We are here not only to protest dian security officers stood by. POTATOES---- 1 GAL UMON SCENl-t:.J the Canadian capitalists' hunting Manny Sarmiento of the militant U.S. LARGE Ii' "ii ~" llii expedition in the Philippines but May First Movement labor group U.S. CHINESE TOMATOH---<:i;)) ~.®ii.!l Lil. PESTICIDE SPRINCRELD also to join Canadian workers said an influx of Canadian invest .i D-CON MOUSE TRAP CANNED against Chretien's free trade and ment would displace thousands of CABBAGE U.S.FRESHORANGES- fw5t Ul. TWIN PACK--- globalization policies," labor leader DOGFOOD small Philippine companies and 22 OZ. ANY FLAVOR Crispin Beltran said during the 30- their workers. BEVERAGE D-CON MOUSE r<- •1 .r:i ur1 rninute protest. l11e protest caught the attention PRUFE21.50L--~ li,i'.t~ rn. Chretien was in the Philippines of several members of the Cana r::1T~~nru1EE:&01_i i~® !El'.\. on a three-day state visit with his dian trade mission being driven in GROCERIES country's biggest trade mission and out of the hotel at the hemt of COKE, SPRITE, FANTA. BUMBLE BEE -,·., "' ·w -, ever. the Makati financial district. ~:,·, '-.J; %~~ "cl ~!~l~AND POWERADE $ tiJ,~fill GS. PINKSALMON14.750L "~- 0,. .:..-.: \.!.ii c::.!) ~'./',I. Canadian businessmen traveling Chretien was in a meeting in the with Chretien closed 52 business hotel during the protest, a Canadian PACIFIC BLOSSOM .. , BUD FAMILY CAN (" ·:"l "" GI CAlROSE RICE, 50 LBS._,~:· .. _,, deals with Philippine companies Embassy information officer said. U.S.MIDIUM 12/1201.CANS ___,) ,,,i:1c:.' ,,:, QUAKER OATS worth more than 5(Xl million Cana On Wednesday, Chretien stepped EGGS BUIICE llECETABlE Oil QUICK AN €Xl+IDIT dian dollars (U.S. dlrs 370million) into a touchy constitutional issue MILLER LITE CANS 35 lBS. _____ on Wednesday. 12/12 oz. CIUIS ('., , Vj c, , OATMUl Of. Tlf€ WORK<;" when he commented before a busi $9.25PK.----~ UiL1,&~2.: i;:3. 18 DI. All but one of Canada's l O pro ness forum that he was disappointed JIF PEANUT BUTTER Of. CNMI vincial premiers, a teJTitorial leader that President Fidel Ramos is un PAPER PRODUCTS fr:MY OR CRUNCHY $ "TI,(w ~ Ell. 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Ruling party apologizes, but shuns disputed law's rewrite By SANG-HUN CHOE talion. majority party from meeting for SE01JL, South Korea (AP) - Lee's concession failed to placate nemly a wei:k, once b,m"ing the ART South Korea's ruling paI1y apolo union leaders. speaker in his office. EITETSU gized 1l1ursday for railroading a ··[t is not even worth consider Within hours, workers were walk disputed labor bill through Parlia ation al all. We ,ue prep,ued for a ing off their jobs in some of the ment. but stopped short of promis prolonged stmggle ,md we rn-e con nation's key export industries, ,md ing to rewrite it - a key demand of fident that public opinion is on our the strikes later snowballed into the striking workers. side," said Kwon Young-gil, head largest labor protest in Soutl, Korea's The apology marked a step back of an i11egal labor confederation history. from President Kim Young-sam 's spearheading the suikes. The government estimates the hardlinc stand and followed vio ··As the head of state, President su·ikes, now in their 22nd day, have lent clashes between police and Kim must think about saving the cost mi already ailing economy about Pork spare •.&i @ /'f0 fP.'J some 40.000workers and students i:conomy, not his face." $ 2.9 billion in lost production and ·1 e: r:. l1·: ~n I"'.J;, ;.,• up·I d t1P~w, "'u U};l~ t·lJ;,,.,~,,__,; ,,;:, in Seoul on Wednesday. 11,e new law makes it easier for export earnings .. i B~ef Spare -~.'. &l@i l .."".~;' is very. regrettable that the employers to lay off workers, adjust But despite the losses ru1d mas Ribs. ~LI 1J u~3-i1ill. . 2ot11 Cs c::"l'i,·n,·~--- .. .,, I ··1t 'j ''""~?-"'.. revision of the law was not smooth work hours ,md hire substitutes for sive, almost daily demonstrations '.j Beef Feet Skin-on ...... 99/lb I: ... for which I am very sony,"' Lee strikers, while delaying forup to five by workers in Seoul mid other major j i Port Feet ...... 7911b IA~ 1-Iong-koo. chairman of the ruling yeru-s key labor benefits, including cities, the strikes have not been as New Korea Pany. told a news con thi: right to fonn trade unions. widespread rniddevastatingas union Beef Shank ...... $1.89/lb I Pork Heart ...... 1.1911b ,-11~>;,«~ i C,:.:-:::,1fJ.BiP· . 'J ference. It was rammed through Pw·Iia leadm predicted. Ground Beef ...... $1.89/lb l Pork Shoulder ti_:;~~v.,,l~t!"'.3'. '.' But Lee rn led out the possi bi l ment on Dec. 26 in a seve;-minute, Many unions mid individual union ! ::;~+,~~ u:;'9 ity of rewriting the law ··fornow." secret, pre-dawn session attended members have ignored the suike He said only that the law could be only by ruling pa.ity members. They calls, while others have limited their t Steak Bone-in .... $2.1911b =t~-= ( _,)jJ changed later if ,md when problems took the action after opposition bw protests to work slowdowns or only \,,~ - (,1 ·--- C;;":J' _"'5•/ rn·ise in the course of its implemen- makers hadphysicallyrestmined the partial walkout~. I US soldier found guilty of murder I\ SEOUL, South Korea (AP)-A Ki-sun, 44, in her boarding room whetherMunnichwillappeal. Un- U.S. soldier was found guilty of near a U.S. military base north of derSouthKoreanlaw,prosecutors Beef Round \ murder ,md sentenced to 15 years Seoul. are also allowed to appeal thedeci- ., Roast , in jail Thursday for the Septem- Munnich,22,admittedkillinglee, sion. ,, 1 ' ber killing of a South Korean U.S. authorities mid South Korerni Some 37,(XIJ U.S. soldiers are I Beef Sirloin Tip Steak $1.99/lb §ft.41,') prostitute. police have said. Police said stationed here under a mutual de- ,._\_,~_,..----, ""•h' 'The accused deserves to be Munnich got m,gry after Lee re- fense treaty. A female protester chains herself to a gate (partially shown at right) as she staged a Beef Round Cut for \~{~ harshly punished for his crime, fused to have sex with him because Althoughviolentcrimesinvolv- protest along with other workers in downtown Seoul, demanding the withdrawal of a but the court has taken into con- he had no money to pay for it. The ing U.S. soldiers are rare, they new labor law, Thursday. The worker chained her body not be arrest by police. Her Chop Steak ...... $2.19tlb r1~.f1i:c,jjj \ sideration that he acted out of soldier then strrnigled Lee with his often trigger rniti-American senti- placard and headband read: "The ouster of President Kim Young-sam". AP Photo momentary angerwhileemotion- hands and stabbed her in the neck ments, with activists charging that Beef Briskets ..... $1.89tlb 'f:·,n·f·tfr~t:f!.iV."t:,~.·0_:·: Squid 1#bx ...... 1#/box ... 1.49tea ally unstable from being in a new several times with a knife, they said. the agreement gives unfair advrni- '\:'-cft N~ l~ 1 LOWER 1 environment," Judge Chun Bong- Munnich is currently in U.S.cus- tage to Americans. Lamb Leg ~ ~t 1! Jumbo Mackerel ...... 99/lb jin said in handing down the sen- to . SALE EFFECTIVE: . 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JANUARY 17. 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-25 HK immigration boss 'ousted' By MARCUS ELIASON Leung took early retirement for tegrity of any systems for which The alleged personal impropri later and didn't report the sale to HONG KONG (AP) · Casting undisclosed personal reasons, the the Immigration Department is eties uncovered by Hong Kong's the Hong Kong government, nor new light on an affair that has government was finally forced to responsible has been compro Independent Commission Against did he repay the loan until 1996 been shaking up Hong Kong for reverse itself last week and con mised." Co11Uption were contained in a despite monthly reminders. six months. the government said firm that Leung was told to step Asked outright whether Leung letter read out by Lam, which he Leung has denied passing in Wednesday it ousted its immigra down or face disciplinary action. spied for China, Lam said he "did said would have been sent to formation to China and says he tion boss because of his private The prolonged official silence not come inio contact with" any Leung had he refused to step was never told why he was being business dealings in China and had led to a welter of rumors, such evidence. He added that he down. forced out. Initially he also said elsewhere. some of which were published couldn't say whether Gov. Chris The powerful graft-busters' in he retired for personal reasons, The disclosure came in legisla here and in Britain, suggesting, Patten or his deputy, Anson Chan, vestigation did not yield evidence citing the murder of his daughter tive committee hearings set up among other things, that Leung had other information he was not to wan-ant a prosecution, the let in 1993. But in testimony to the following claims that the govern passed sensitive data on British privy to. ter said, but its findings "cast grave committee last week, he revealed ment was stonewalling over the passport holders to China. In Hong Kong radio quoted Leung doubtsonyourpers.onality, integ that he had in fact been ordered to abmpt and mysterious resigna, testimony to the panel, Civil Ser as saying he was glad the pro rity and judgment as a senior gov quit. tion July 5 of Immigration Direc vice Secretary Lam Woon-kwong ceedings cleared him of the spy ernment officer." Coming against the backdrop tor Laurence Leung. said there was "no evidence to ing rumor. He said he wou Id make The letter outlined Leung 's of China 'simminent takeover, the After insisting throughout that suggest that the security and in- a more detailed statement later. business partnership with a legis affair highlights the democratic lator who serves on China-ap standards that have taken root in a pointed organizations managing society long ruled by British co Hong's Kong's July 1 change of lonial decree. sovereignty, and his I 00,000 China has promised to preserve Hong Kong dollar(U.S. $12,820) these freedoms, and the right to. investment in an abortive adver go on holding hearings such as tising venture in China. the one Wednesday, independent The letter said both should have and open to the public, will be a been reported to Hong Kong se major test of that guarantee. curity authorities, who might have It also shows the high degree frowned on such dealings. of personal probity Hong Kong Furthermore, the letter said, Leung demands of its civil service, and b01TOwed 1.76 million Hong Kong the fear that corruption in dollars (U.S. $225,640) from the China's bureaucracy will infect government to buy a house in Hong Kong after the July l Canada in 1989, sold it two years handover. 1 Russian envoy: Sorry I ,for Japanese oil spill 1 By KOZO MIZOGUCHI I Maneahante para hamyo TOKYO (AP) · The Russian ambassador apologized Wednesday for the massive oil spill spoiling beaches on Japan's western coast, as high waves and wind snarled the cleanup. In his first visit to areas hit by oil spilled from a Russian tanker Jan. 2, Alexander Panov told local officials that his country is responsible Villagers in Mikuni relay buckets filled with collected crude oil spi//ed from a sunken Russian tanker in the Sea of Japan, in their for the accident, said Naoki Kitabayashi, spokesman for Fukui Prefecture. Leadership for the People cleanup effort after parts of the slick landed on amile-long stretch ofrhe coast near Mikuni, a quiet town of 24,000 on Japan's western shoreline, 200 miles west of Tokyo. Maritime authorities warned that strong winds could widen the area affected by the slick which An estimated 3,700 kilometers (962,000 gallons) of oil have threatens wildlife and fisheries in the area. AP Photo already spilled off the 13, 157-ton Nakhoclka, which sank about 150 kilometers (90 miles) off the western coast. Slicks have now affected the coasts of six prefectures, threatening Governor Froilan C. Tenorio a 800-kilometer (500-mile) stretch of the western coastline and damaging the local fishing and tourism industries. In a meeting with Fukui Gov. Yukio Kurita, Panov said he was listens to your concerns TAILORING & DRESS SHOP sorry for the "economic and psychological damage" caused by the spill, local officials said. Cleanup operations at shores by fishermen and volunteers were at the Governor's meeting in the villages cancelled Wednesday because of stormy weather, said coast guard WILL HAVE AN INf ENT~HY ~~tE* ON FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY, , spokesman Shinji Sato. Waves up to four meters ( 13 feet) high were January 17-19, 1997 from 9:00A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. whipping at the coast, he said. Housewives cleaned oil-stained buckets and skimmers used to scoop sludge while they waited for the weather to clear. Join the Governor for Fabric Includes, Sato said rough seas also forced cleanup crews to delay the Challis/Rayon • 40°/o off (good for dresses) pumping of the oil trapped in the bow section of the tanker, which Bridal Satin · 50°/o off (formal wears} split off from the sunken main section and drifted aground last week. The operation was originally scheduled for Wednesday, lasting 'l\ conversation with the people'' Po~yester • 30°/o off (for pants) for· three to four days. Cotton • 30°/o off Kitabayashi quoted Panov as saying that the Russian government Lace Fabric · 20% off is earmarking$ 300,000 for the cleanup effort, in addition to$ 500 million in tanker insurance. 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OLYMPIA, Washington comed by the Republican-con they have no intention'of killing the The boy, ages 6 through 10, were assaulted Aug. 9 after being lured, (AP) - Gary Locke was inaugu trolled Legislature. His wife, 74 hostages they are holding in the, Terada is tempon.uily in charge of small groups of hostages, saying the Domingo Palermo, bring a proposal one at a time, into a cabin at Camp Keowa in upstate Narrowsburg, rated as the·United States' first Mona, and their parents were al Japanese ambassador's house - but Japan's diplomatic mission in Peru, captives they still hold are the men to free the jailed rebels. according to the lawsuit filed Monday. Chinese-American governor, his side as he took the oath of they warned the government to be since the Japanese ambassador to they believe responsible for Peru's On Sunday, Palermo proposed tl1e ·Tm totally outraged that the Boy Scout camp did not watch my 6- taking power just a few blocks office. ready for a long standoff. Peru is among the hostages. political and economic problems. commission, and the radio transmis year-old," Denise Palmer told a news conference Tuesday. "He cannot from where his grandfather Locke is the first Asian ''Wehaveallthetimeintheworld,'' Japan's prime minister, Ryutaro They also said they had no inten sion Wednesday was the rebels' re sleep. He screams a lot for me. He doesn't want to stay without me." worked as an immigrant American to win the top office amanwhoidentifiedhimselfasguer Hashimoto, welcomed the news that tion of killing hostages. sponse. Plaintiffs' lawyer Michael Feldman said 20other boys watched whill! houseboy at the turn of the cen in any state outside of Hawaii. rilla commanderNestorCerpasaid in the rebels had agreed to formal talks. "We have not talked at any time Palermo had said the two 13-year-old campers attacked the boys. Adults only intetvened tury. Washington has a small, but a radio transmission. "It's definite! y a step forward," he about executions," the man identified commission's agenda should in when one boy was seen "running crying from the cabin with blood Although I may be standing growing Asian ·population, Cerpa spoke via two-way radio said, according to the Kyodo News as Cerpasaid. He denied early reports clude "all themes identified in pre streaming down his legs," he said. less than a mile from where our about 4 percent of the approxi from the diplomatic residence in a agency. "Butwecan'tmakeanysnap that the rebels threatened to kill For vious contacts." It wasn't clear Thomasine McCauley, whose 8- and 10-year-old sons allegedly family started its life in mately 5 million residents. transmission Wednesdayrecorded by judgments about what's ahead." eign Minister Francisco Tudela, one whether that extended to possible were assaulted, and Ms. Palmer said they didn't learn of the attack America, we've certainly come He broke little new ground Associated Press Television. About 20 heavily armed rebels of the hostages. freedom for jailed guerrillas. until their children told them after returning home as scheduled. a long, long way," Locke said in his inaugural address, and ·In the transmission, the rebels seized the ambassador's residence The rebels also said that unless the The government suggested that Mary Riley said she was told her son was injured during "horseplay" Wednesday. Republicans promised to work agreed to a government offer for a Dec. 17, taking hostage more than government is willing to leave the the commission include representa Alberto Fujimori with a broom. Only after she arrived at a hospital did she team he'd The event was a sentimental closely with him. They even commission to negotiate an end to the 500 people attending a gala party. release of their comrades open for tives of both sides, as well as the Red Gary Locke been sodomized, she said. homecoming for the 46-year presented him with a surprise crisis, withonecondition-thatevery0 • They have released most of the hos discussion, Cross and the Roman Catholic wanted Guatemala to join the talks, The Times Herald Record of Middletown reported in September old Yale-educated lawyer and gift, a large baby cradle. The thing be on the table. · tages, but still hold 74 - including "no way out is possible." Church. The rebels said they also but former hostage Alejandro that two 13-year-olds were arrested in the case. The boys were not about 100 relatives. He told of Lockes expect their first child Governor leaves "Everything" includes the rebels' Peruvian officials, Japanese execu Talks between the govemmentand wanted representatives from Guate Toledo has said the rebels want a. identified because of their age and the disposition of their cases was his ancestors facing down an in late March. wallet, resorts key demand: that about 300 of their tives and Fujimori 's younger brother. the rebels collapsed when the rebels mala and an unspecified European Guatemala-style amnesty to al I not clear. · angry anti-Chinese mob with "In very rapid succession, I to panhandling Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Move In theradiotransmission, the rebels demanded that the government ne country to join. low them to participate in public ! The Boy Scouts' New York spokesman, Gary Laermer, declined to the help of some white settlers will be blessed with two titles ment comrades be released from Pe said they would no longer release gotiator, Education Minister The guenillasdidnotsay why they life. I comment. in Olympia in 1886 and his pa that carry immense responsi By CARL HILLIARD ruvian prisons. President Alberto ) He said 6,000 children attend programs at Camp ~eowa each ternal grandfather, Suey Gim bility and immense honor: gov DENVER (AP) - You're flying Fujimori has flatly rejected that de i summer, 800to 1,000 at a time, for activities including arts and crafts, Locke, working for a pioneer ernor and dad. That (parent to Los Angeles. You accidentally mand.· sports, swimming, boating, and environmental sciences, all led by family in exchange for English hood) is the thing my folks re leave your wallet behind. What The government's initial response I to Wednesday 'srebelannouncement I, screened counselo.rs. . I lessons. ally want. Forget this governor do you do? The moderate-to-liberal husinP.s.~I" didn't waver from that position. De -n.·_lf. _?. • d"J·.-_ If you're Gov. Roy Romer.you 1 .· r ·IY-,._·•·- '. , ..Ut .t .·-uc-· -- . _-1·n- - -g. .. '("_·-;--- shake hands - and smile. fense Minister Gen. Tom;is·Castillo Penniless and on his way to said he welcomed a solution . but discuss the Democratic National only within the bounds established Committee chairmanship with earlier by Fu jim01i. The government President Clinton last weekend, did not immediately say whether it would accept the rebels' condition Romer did what any resourceful @11'-=-'-- politician would do: mingle with for the talks. his constituents and hit them up Fu jimo1i met Wednesday night in tl1e government palace withTerosuke for money. Terada, Japan's ambassador to EARLY BIRD "I said to one, 'Hello, how you Mexico, to decide how to proceed, doin', scoot over, let's visit."' his press office said. Romer identified the passenger as a "really nice young man," Bruce Brannon of Thornton, and Russian.jet_-·. "VALENTINES asked for a $ 50 loan. Brannon gave him$ 45. -craslles, two · The Democratic governor said . crewmeinbers.·. he needed more money and de THE1997TO OT cided to try it again. This time, he feared dead ·· · SPECIAL" "got a fellow, second from the ...... rear seat, a really great guy, Wil liam Agster from Littleton." MOSCOW (AP) - A MiG-31 fighter jet belonging to Russian 4 Runner Romer told him the hard-1.uck story of leaving his wallet in his Air Defense ·Troops has crashed ! DOZ RED ROSES, wrrapped in Regular executive car and Agst.:r said, in northern Russia and its crew of floraphane with .Bab31'.i Breath Y $72 "Man. I got$ 60 for you." two was bclicvcc.l Jead, officials Valentine Ribbon He arrived in Los Angeles, said Thursday. where he had to make a speech Th.: two-scat aircraft belong before heading on to Washing ing to the 458th regiment of the ton. Problem: He had no identifi Air Defense Troops slammed into ct1tion to claim the ticket he re a forest near the village of 1./Z DOZ RED ROSES served. Oktyabrsky, some 300 kilome So he pulled a copy of The ters ( 185 miles) south of Denver Post from his briefcase, Arkhangelsk, said a Russian Dt: which had front-page pictures fcnse Ministry's spokesman. showing him addressing the Leg The spokesman, who re BUD VASE arrangement islature. fused to be identified, said it Regular "See that? That's me. There, was unclear whether the crew with 3 red roses $27 and there, there. My name's had managed to bail out. Res Romer." cue teams spotted the plane They lookcdhimovercarefully and continued to search the and gave him the ticket. swampy area for the missing Fruit BasJzet, Wine Baslzet .,,..-- Romer depended on the kind pilots, he said. ness of strangers once more: He But the Russian Ministry and other arrangement5 / / ' available at needed to make some calls on the for Emergency Situations said -order now until !light, and had a ··really good both crewmen had died in the ( seatmate" from North Carolina crash. January 25 who loaned him a phone credit Defense Ministry refused to I card. comment on the possible \ -deposit required He's making arrangements to causes of the crash. Pairere #1 MiG-31 isalargeall-weatherplane TO OTA pay back the benefactors. \ withorder that canies long-range weapons and is capable of flying more than two times the speed of sound at high & Microl Corporation at the corner of Beach Road and Chalan Mnsr. Guerrero in San Jose. Call us at 234-5911 or Fax us at 234-6514. 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It has been in service with ~ An Inchcape Motors Company the Soviet and Russian air forces since the early 1980s. l 28-MARIAN,AS VARl]TY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-JANUARY 17, · 1997 . · FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1997-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-29 I With Hebron accord as a 'road map' Mexico pays $13.5-B US loan Clinton eyes more peacemaking By MARTIN CRUTSINGER who have lost their jobs all over The total U.S. suppo1t was pai1 of improvements, Mexico still faced WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi the country when their plants a $ 50 billion international rescue widespread poverty that was trig way that restricts Israeli troops to ing "wi II demand every effort to By BARRY SCHWEID Israel's ambassador here, dent Clinton, announcing tbe fi closed and moved to Mexico." package the administration as gering growing social unrest. the Jewish settlements. stop those who would choose con WASHINGTON (AP) - The Eliahu ben-Elissar, said the United nal repayment of a$ 13.5 billion said Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a Demo sembled in early 1995 after a "The Mexican economic cri In Jerusalem Wednesday, frontation over cooperation." Hebron agreement gives Pre~i States recognized with the Hebron loan to Mexico, said the repay crat from Ohio. bungled devaluation of the peso sis continues to deepen. The level Israel's Cabinet voted 11-7 to He intends to invite Arafat and dent Clinton a foreign policy tri agreement "that.Israel has a pre ment proved the success of the Kaptur led the House opposi threatened to send Mexico into of despair and growing political approve the agreement. The deci Netanyahu to Washington, as well umph to take into his second term rogative and the privilege to de controversial rescue effort his ad tion in 1994 to the North Ameri default. violence has reached previously sion came came after a tumultu as King Hussein of Jordan and and a road map for fu11her land termine its security needs in all ministration undertook in 1995. can Free Trade Agreement that While Mexico was able to meet unexperienced proportions," said ous 12-hour session in which President Hosni Mubarak of for-peace deals between Israel and terms, including territorial terms." "Two years ago, helping our created a free trade area includ its obligations to international in Lori Wallach, head of the Citi Prime Minister Benjamin Egypt. The aim, White House of the Arabs. That is, ben-Elissar told The friend and neighbor in a time of ing Canada, the United States and vestors, the Mexican economy zens Trade Campaign and an Netanyahu was relentlessly at ficials said, is take stock of Mid Exulting over the accord Associated Press, "Israel will ac need was quite controversial. Mexico. was plunged into the worst reces other foe of NAFrA. tually define or delineate the ter tacked by hard-liners. east peacemaking and get together reached by Israel and Yasser Some said we should not gel in While the administration sion since the 1930s, with total She said the administration was ritorial limitations Science Minister Benny Be with Clinton's new security team, Am fat's Palestinian negotiators of its redeploy volved, that the money would claimed at the time that the agree economic output falling by 6.9 trying to put the best face on the gin, sonoflsrael 'slate prime min which will be headed by with the help of American media ment." never be repaid. They were ment would result in new jobs in percent. Mexican situation to gain sup Madeleine Albright as secretary tor Dennis B. Ross, Clinton is And. he said, "Arafat knows ister Menachem Begin, resigned wrong,"Clintonsaid Wednesday the United States by increasing Clinton said that by acting quickly, port for the upcoming battle in of state. preparing for a series of White Bill Clinton exactly what our interpretation in protest. at a White House ceremony where exports to Mexico, the United Ernesto Zedillo the United States had made sure that Congress to win approval for ne Earlier, Cabinet temporarily Secretary of State Warren House invitations to Mideast lead is." the debt was officially erased. States has actually seen its trade Mexico's problems did not spread to gotiating authority to add Chile suspended consideration of the Christopher, who is stepping ers in February to plot the next gotiations. It assures the Palestin U.S. Ambassador Martin lndyk However, critics were with Mexico go from a $ 1.7 the path of economic reform. other countries in Latin America. toNAFrA. agreement after an Israel TV re down on Friday, called the agree steps. ians control of Hebron promised said in Israel that "the amount of unswayed by Clinton's com billion surplus in 1993 to a record Mexican autho1ities said the success He termed the Mexican efforts a In addition to repaying the by dovish Labor governments as that is handed over is port that the United States did not ment "a road map for the future" He is keeping Ross and the territory ments. They argued that Mexico deficit of$ 16 billion in 1996. of its economic reform program had "remarkable tumaround,"noting that United States, Mexican authori intend to let Israel decide the ex and one that could "help create a U.S. ··peace team" on the job and well as a three-stage Israeli troop Israel's decision." And former earned the money to make the The administration has blamed allowed it to make the final repay output resumed growing in 1996, ties also made the final $ 1.5 withdrawal on the West Bank by Israeli negotiator Joel Singer said tent of its troop withdrawal from. greater degree of trust and confi offering their help after a breather repayment by running huge trade the deficits on Mexico's eco ment of$ 3.5 billion three years ahead inflation has been cut in half and the billion repayment on a $ 17.8 mid-1998. at a news conference here that the West Bank. dence between the parties." to unknot such touchy issues as surpluses with the United States nomic crisis and not NAFT A, of schedule. In Mexico City, Mexi country has regained the confidence billion loan that had been ex The report cited an unidentified He expressed confidence the Palestinian demands for a safe However, it was not immedi Israel had gained the right to de that were costing American jobs. which they said helped cushion can President Ernesto 2.edillo said, of international investors. tended by the International Mon top U.S. official in Washington. United States would continue to road linking Gaza and the West ately clear how much territory cide unilaterally where to pull "This is money we are paying the blow to the Mexican economy "Now our challenge is to consolidate But critics said even with the etary Fund. make peace between Israel and Bank and for an airport. Israel will surrender while retain back and that the first stage could The meeting resumed only after back to ourselves from workers and kept Mexican authorities on the recuperation." "This is not a time to relax," ing the right until then, at least, to be merely symbolic. Ross called the Cabinet members the Arabs "a top priority." Cl in ton said after Israel and the protect the 140,000Jewswholive Palestinian officials disputed to assure them the report did not For Clinton the agreement Palestinians struck a deal Tues in 120 settlements on the West this interpretation. They said Is reflect U.S. policy. is a sweet triumph. Professors, doctor~ in Venezuela strike Four months ago, he· sum ~!,~,~?10,S~~?ration Bank. rael was required to pull back in a Clinton said furtherpeacemak- 8 day following four months of ne- By BART JONES 111ey were to vote Thursday on dispute as a test case to hold the line moned Netanyahu and Arafat at the corner of Beach Road and Chalan Mnsr. Guerrero in San Jose. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - whcthertoabandonemergencyrooms on pay hikes in their efforts to tame Call us at 234-5911 or Fax us at 234-6514 to Washington. The two lead University professors joined striking again. inflation through International Mon ers did not settle their differ doctors on Wednesday in demand Govemmentofficialsacknowledge etaiy Fund-backed, rree-markctre ences. Critics faulted Clinton ing higher wages, creating perhaps thesalarydemandsarelegitimate,but forms imposed in April. for not applying pressure on the worst labor and social conflict of claim they can't possibly meet them. They say the reforms so far have Netanyahu, who they de PresidentRafael Caldera's three-year Attempting to do so would stoke been a success: Inflation is drop scribed as an intransigent presidency. The work stoppage inflation that last year was the highest ping, the bolivar has regained sta hard-liner. by 35,000 professors at 17 universi in Latin America at I 03 percent. bility, foreign investors are flocking The president appealed for ties left 315,000 studenl~ witl1out 'What they 're demanding is justi back. patience, and it evidently has clas.<;es. The sllike by 22,000 doctors fied and deserved, but not even the To keep the refrnms on track, paid off. has virtually shut down 300 public budget of the United States would be they say, they must hold wage in hospitals ,md 6,000 clinics. enough to meet them," said Teodoro creases to 25 percent Doctors want Saudi Arabia DoctmabandonedhospitalsDec. Petkoff, the planning minister. hikes of nearly 400 percent. 27. But after public revulsion and Besides the doctors, he noted, the "Nobody will gain anything if El.wards King chai·ges that at least a dozen patients government has 775 ,OOOotherpublic we pay salaiies like everyone wou Id had died, they called a lluce a week sectoremployeesclamoring for more like ,md then four or five months Faisal prizes · ago and :1gi-eed to treat emergency money. later, we've got inflation of the cases. Officials view the doctors' salmy devil," said Petkoff. RIY ADH,Saudi Arabia(AP)-Saudi Arabia ha.~ awarded King Faisal Inter national Prizes to Malaysia's prime minister, an Iraqi professor and five Western scientists. "Ilie750,000riyal ($200,000)prizes arc awarded annually in five catego- · rics: service to Islam, medicine, sci ence, Islamic studies mid Arabic litera ture. 11ie service to Islam prize was awarded to Malaysimi Prime Minister Mahatliir Mohai11ed for his support of the rights ofMusli mminorities in south east Asia. Tiiescience prize went totwoAmeri c,m scientists at the University of Colo rado, Carl E. Wiemmi mid Eric A. Come 11, fortheir work in physics. 'Ilic prize for medicine wa~ shared by tlircc doctors, Australi,m Colin Louis Mas ters or the University of Melbourne, German Konrad Bcyreutlier of tl1e STEAK HOUSE University of I leidelberg ,md Cum, dim1Jm11es Fr,mcis GuselJaofHarvard University Medical school, for their . ' work on degenerative disea<;es of the For Reservation, please call:· .. nervous sysk:m. The prize for Islamic studies went · ·233-7373 to San'a university professor Abdul-Kareem Zaidan Baheej Alani, an Iraqi, for his studies on BEACH ROAD women in Islam. No award DUTY FREE was given for Arabic literature be JG SABLAN SHOPPERS cause the entries received lacked sufficient merit, an official state DOWNTOWN ment said. The awards, announced MARKET Tuesday, were established in 1979 by· the King Faisal foundation, founded in memory of Saudi Arabia's third king by his sons. 30-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-JANUARY 17. 1997 FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1997-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIE'.'l.~:_Jl ~------·-1 Safety problems at US Weapons-grade plutoniuni Burma got $2.4B in 1 uranium storage site left in VietnaJD., US finds investment in 1996 RANGOON, Burma (AP)- Foreign companies invested$ 2.35 billion By H- JOSEF HEBERT North Vietnamese forces overran Not until recently, with the de A Girl Scout coordinator is needed to develop in Burma during 1996, the largest amount for any single year in the By H. JOSEF HEBERT !ems. nuclear weapons tests. Some or WASHINGTON (AP) - The Dalat in a final nighttime assault. classification of hundreds of docu the footage shows failed tests, country's history, the military government said Thursday. and coordinate programs for CNMI Girl WASHINGTON (AP)- Signifi l11e Energy Department has 250 United States inadvertently left The uranium and package marked ments, including Blankenship's The flood of foreign money is a blow Burma's democratic opposition. cant environmental or safety prob metric tons of highly enriched including one in the early 1960s behind a small quantity of weap "plutonium" were sent to the memo, did senior Energy Depart led by 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, which ha~ Scouts; attend meetings of leaders and lems plague many of the sites uranium, which has been used in in the Pacific where a rocket :.md ons-grade plutonium in the final Hanford weapons facility near ment officials learn that the pluto called on foreign businesses to not invest in the country until the army members; review and present Girl Scout plans where the United States stores nuclear weapons production, at its nuclear warhead exploded on days of the Vietnam War and Richland, Washington, were re nium never left Vietnam. relinquishes power. highly enriched uranium, the En 22 sites around the country, about the launch pad. didn't discover the mistake for corded and stored away_ but not O'Leary said discussions have Total foreign investment in Bumm has reached $ 5.35 billion since and needs, and prepare and submit to the ergy Department said Wednes three-fourths of it at the Oak Ridge So far, only a small number of years. tested. been under way with Vietnam's 1988, when the current military regime seized power. day. complex in Tennessee. the films have been reviewed. The Close to two more decades went It was not until almost four years government and the International World Banlc reports, however, have shown that much of it has not Special Assistant for Youth regular reports and The department said a review It found conditions and weak declassification and transfer of by before the Energy Department, later that the material inside the Atomic Energy Agency to have actually reached Bunna. Some investors have signed memoranda of understanding, but are reluctant to commit funds until political tensions of the facilities shows 155 condi nesses that caused concern at 13 fitms to digital tape is expected to the plutonium returned. A U.S. summaries of Girl Scout programs and which is supposed to be in charge package was tested and found to have been solved. tions or weaknesses "that could of the sites in nine states, includ take seven years and cost S 1.4 of all such materiel, learned about be not plutonium, but another ra group is to travel to Vietnam next Several Japanese finns are waiting for their government to resume activities. Duties may also include other tasks result in the exposure of workers ing problems with packaging, the million. the missing plutonium. Docu dioactive material, decayed polo month to discuss the matter fur matching grants and assistance programs to Bunna before actually as may be required by the Special Assistant or the pubic to radiation" from the condition of storage facilities and That 13 underground nuclear ments detailing its disappearance nium. ther. investing. The Japanese government has been reluctant to reinstate the government's uranium stockpile. "institutional" problems such as weapons tests in Nevada resulted were secret. "Our conclusion is that the (plu The reactor in Dalat resumed programs because of political repression in the country. for Youth. Must be energetic and a self-starter. In most cases the health or management shortcomings that in radiation releases into the at Now that the department knows tonium) was never shipped from operation with the help of the Since 1988, oil and gas, manufacturing, real estate, hotels and tourism safety threats are confined to fail to protect workers. mosphere that had not been re about it, however, it's negotiating Vietnam," Thomas Blankenship, Russians, who supplied the ura have attracted a huge chunk of the investment - $ 4.2 billion. College graduate preferred with youth or workers on site, but in a few cases Tara O'Toole, assistant secre ported previously. The releases with the Vietnamese to get the director of safeguards and secu nium. And why did it take so long Singapore was the largest foreign investor with$ 1.2 billion commit ted, followed by the United Kingdom with$ I billion and Thailand with the shortcomings also "could ad tary for environment, safety and from tests conducted between rity at the Department of Energy to learn of the still missing pluto community related experience. Please submit plutonium back. $ 995 million. versely affect the public," said health, said that in many cases 1975 and 1988 were confined to Details of the plutonium ad office in Las Vegas, Nevada, nium? The United States ranked sixth with $ 244 million, most of which an up-to-date resume to the Governor's Office the report made public Wednes corrective actions are underway, the test site and "had no measur venture that unfolded in Vietnam wrote in July 1979. 'The documents were classi comes from the Unocal oil company which is building a controversial gas of Youth Affairs at Afetna Square in San day. but that in some cases these im able health or safety impact on the more than 20 years ago were re The issue died there, with no fied," the Energy Depmtment said, pipeline project. · Among the shortcomings were provements would be long term public," the depmtment said. vealed for the first time Wednes attempt to learn what happened to "to protect the fact that the pluto Bmma has been ruled by military regimes since 1962. Suu Kyi 's party Antonio, Tel. No. 664-4201/2. uranium kept in decaying con and challenge the department for The report on health, environ day by Energy Secretary Hazel the real plutonium. nium was unaccounted for." won a 1990 election that the military refused to honor. tainers not sujtable for long-term years. At the news ment and safety risks in the stor O'Leary at a news conference. storage, combustible materials in conference, the department also age of highly enriched uranium O'Leary emphasized that the buildings where uranium is kept, announced: represented the first summary of plutonium left in Vietnam totaled deteriorating storage buildings, It was declassifying for public problems facing the Energy De only about 3 ounces (90 grams) backlogs in needed maintenance, release more than 6,500 films partment as it works to dispose of and in itself posed no significant • and inadequate ventilation sys showing sometimes dramatic its uranium stockpile after decades nuclear proliferation threat. But tems as well as management prob- footage of early above-·ground of nuclear weapons production. as related in newly declassified documents, the United States ex erted extraordinary efforts to re trieve it as the war neared its end INVITATION FOR BIDS in 1975. In late March 1975, two nuclear CUC IFB 97-0010 technicians from a federal weap ons laboratory in Idaho were sent 1 i!-pack January 17, 1997 to Dalat, 180 miles north of' Saigon, a city facing enemy forces The Commonwealth Ulilities Corporalion (CUC) is soliciting bids from electrical construction conlractors for the construction of the on three sides. The technicians' elecl,ical part of the Obyan Waler Transmission Line Projecl. The project is expected to slart March 1, 1997 and has a 120 day mission: dismantle the research completion time frame. reactor and retrieve 26 pounds This project consisls al the installation of all underground 13.8 kV primary and 480 volts secondary electrical conductors in 12,300 ( 11.5 kilograms) of uranium and feet of trench, al padmount transformers, of padmounl sectionalizing equipment, and of 480 volls three phase melers, panelboard_s the small amount of plutonium. and miscellaneous malerial to provide a complele electrical system from the last overhead 13.Sk Vutility pole lo !he waler well conlrol panels. They worked for several days, packing the uranium fuel and what The high vollage terminalion personnel shall be certified to terminate lhe lype of high vollage cable installed. Certificalion shall be they thought was a small steel provided with lhe bid documenls. canister of plutonium. Occasion All major equipmenl is owner furnished. The contractor will be responsible lor all trenching, providing sand backfill for lrenches, ally sniper fire hit the reactor, concrele and reinforcing sleel for equipmenl foundalions and miscellaneous malerials required to provide a complete operations which had been used for research system. as part of the Atoms for Peace program. The proposal documents, contracl documents and specificalions will be available at lhe Procuremenl & Supply Office belween lhe AVAILABLE AT THESE FINE STORES: hours of 0730 and 1630, Monday lhrough Friday. A non-refundable payment of S250.00 is required for each bid package and Finally, the two technicians and includes a hall size (11" x 17") set ol drawings. Anon-refundable payment of S150.00 is required for a full size set of drawings. the nuclear matcri al were ai rl iftcd out. hours before Viet Cong and II Sealed bids shall be idenlified on lhe oulside of !he envelope by lhe inviialion for bid number CUC-IFB-97-0010. Bids in duplicale will 5race Market Capitol Hill Market be accepted at lhe Office of the Special Advisor, Procuremenl & Supply, CUC at Lower Base, Saipan until 2:00 p.m .. local lime on February 21. 1997 al which time lhe bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at lhe CUC conference room. §eouR Market. m §mile Market Abid guaranlee of 15 percenl of the Iota Ibid price must accompany lhe bids. The security may be in cash, cerlilied check, cashier's Family Discount §t:ore II KL Market check, or other lorm acceptable to lhe CNMI Government made payable to the Commonwealth Ulililies Corporalion. The bidder is required lo submil wilh his proposal a copy his CNMI Business Permil in compliance wilh lhe Contraclor's Regislralion s B. g D •hifti> The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) hereby pro and Licensing Laws of lhe Commonweallh of the Northern Mariana Islands. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - vides notice that a public hearing shall be held on Thurs This projecl is funded by a grant form the Deparlmenl of Interior (DOI) Oflice of Insular Affairs al 73 ..3% of !he cos! and 26.7% matching fund from lhe CNMI Government. The award ol lhis project is contingenl upon receipl of lhe necessary funding and/or Indonesia Wednesday wt:lcomed .Joeten !itores day, January 30, 1997 at 7:00 p.m. at the CPA Seaport required approval to enler into legally binding arrangernenls lo complete the enlire projecl. ,1 pc,1ce agreement lx:tween lsrael and the Palestinians, hoping it Office Conference Room, located at Charlie Dock on Altenlion is called lo lhe Labor Standard Provisions !or Wage Rale Delerminalion of lhe CNMI Classificalion and Salary Slructure Plans and thal payment of not less then lhe minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Specificalions rnusl be paid on this will pave the way for setting upo\' s g • ii! 5 •·Hit& Saipan. All taxicab operators and other interested per pro1ect. an independent Palestinian state. sons are invited to attend and to provide comments on The pact. signed on Wednes Offerers shall provide a principle ol the company slating thal lhe company has in lhe past, and is currently, in compliance wilh all day ,it a closed door meeting or ·the proposed amendment to the CPA Airport Rules and applicable CNMI and lederal l~bor l~ws. Shaul~ the company_ be unable to provide such cerlilication, lhe company mus! provide a wr11ten explanal1on as to why, including a descnpt1on al any v1olal1ons of such labor laws and any remedial action laken. Failure ol negotiators on the Israel-Gaza Regulations Governing Taxicab Operators to be pub the company lo provide !he certificalion or explanation is grounds to rejecl the enlire proposal. border, allows for lsrac l's pullout from Hebron ,md parts of'the West lished in the January 15, 1997 Commonwealth Regis All responses to this bid should take into account any and all lax.es lhat will be charged to the successful bidder in fulfilling the conlract, including excise laxes. Bank. ter. Any questions or comments regarding the proposed .. We welcome the agreement ... amendment governing taxicab operators at the airport CUC reserves the right lo rejecl any and all bids for any reason and to waive anv defecl in said proposals or any ol lhem if in ils sole and we: hope this would 1x1vc the opinion lo do so would be in the besl inleresl of CUC. All proposa Is shall be come the property of CUC. ' way fort he resumption of'tal ks on should be submitted in writing to the Executive Director For further information, conlact Technical Service Manager, Mr. Michael W. Randall, PE., at 322-4033, Exl. 30. the· final stagi: ()f the establish of the CPA no later than February 18, 1997. ment or an independent Paks1i11- ian stale ... said Cihai'for l'ady I, the /s/Tllv10THY P. VILLAGOMEZ Execulive Direclor l11do11esia11 l·nreignol'i'icc spokes /s/ CARLOS S. SHODA man. Executive Director l11drn1,·sia is th,, ll'orld 's l,1rg,·st January 7, 1997 fvlusli11111atiu11 \lith mmc th:111 ')(l pcrn·nt ul its i'JI) milliP11 pcopk Date I foll11\1i11).'. Islam. ~---·------·------~----·-····--~------_j FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-33 32-MAR!A.NAS V <\RJETY.NEWS ANb VIEWS-FRIDAY-JANUARY 17 1997 CriDlinalist recants To please Asian-American contributors Mt- Micronesian Tel • 111111111,Jij Beyond the call Simpson testimony Clinton changed immigration policy ANTAMONICA,Califomia(AP) dation of a presidential commission. Qualily ,md \Ulut' anintenseeffmtto influence Clinton's into the 21.\t Ct'ntwy -A criminalistrecanted bloody glove BOSTON (AP) - President Bill thatgenerateddlrs 1.1 million,anews Subsequently, the congressional immigration policy, The Boston testimony Wednesday that had bol Clinton reversed his immigration paper repmted Thursday. effrnt to eliminate the ·'sibling prefer ' Globe said. On Feb. 19, the day Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTC) is seeking a stered O .J. Si mp son's defense claims policy at the last minute to please Clinton changed his position after ence" fell apart, and a House bill was of the dinner, Huang sent Clinton a of police evidence k'UT1p;:iing. Asian-Ame1icanswhopaid$ 12,500 the Democratic National Committee passed that retained it. Clinton signed SECTION SUPERVISOR - MTC BUSINESS SERVICE memo that said contributors to the "I didn't lie, but I was mistaken," each to attend a fund-raising dinner vice chainnan, John Huang, waged the final version into law on Sept. 30. This position is responsible and accountable for the !nstallation, ~aintenance, and r~pair o( all event were alanned that Clinton's Dennis Fung insisted during a com "It wa~ at the last minute ... (that the business telecommunications products sold by Hawa11an Tel/MTG 1n the Central Pac1f1c Region. position could block a million Asian bative face-off wit11 defense lawyer White House) did a complete turn Jailed cleric skeptical about siblings of U.S. citizens from immi This position supervises the activities of the Equipment Technicians and contracted labor resources Robe1t Baker. around and decided not to back grating to the United States. to ensure that profitability, quality, and customer satisfaction objec.ts are met. As a wimess for the defense on the bills that cut immigration," Clinton changed his position a Jm1. 8, Fung looked atapjctureofthe militant's role in letter bomb said Jessica Vaughan, assistant month after tl1e Wa,hington dinner, AA degree in electronics. 5 years work experience in PBX and key system installation _and repair. bloody glove found near the bodies of If the sheik's followers were to director of the nonpartisan Cen By LISA M. HAMM the most successful Asian-American Detailed technical knowledge ofGTE's PBX, key voice mail, Centranet, and all accounting product Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald target any newspaper, it might be Al ter for Immigration Studies. NEW YORK (AP) - A Muslim political fund raiser in U.S. history. Jines. Oral and written communications, and supervisory/leadership skills. Goldman after they were killed on Ahram, Egypt's leadingdaily ,Abdel "Whether it wa;because of Asian O.J. Simpson cleric jailed for plotting to blow up White House special counsel u:.nny June 12, 1994. It appeared to show a Sattarsaid. "It would be easier to send American constituents is hard to New York landmarks says it's un Davis denied that Clinton switched Human Resouces Office hole on the 1ing finger and Fung said likely that Islamic extremists sent a a Jetter bomb there," he said. Bill Clinton track down." glove?" the attorney asked. course because of opposition from Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. he remembered a cut in that area of string of letter bombs to the Saudi AI-Hayat'seditor,Jihadal-Khazin, Huang, who was the host of the "No," Fung said. "The white Asian-Americans. He changed his P.O. Box 306 t11e glove. He also held the glove that owned newspaper Al-Hayat, an aide told The Associated Press Wednes diooer, is now at the centerof allega area appears to be some kind of mind because of "opposition across saw the memo. At issue is a Saipan, MP 96950 had been tagged and entered into said Wednesday. "We would day that the newspaper was negotiat tions that Democrats raised money debris," he added hesitantly. the spectrum," ranging from Demo provision in an immigration bill that evidence in his hands. It had no flaw. never benefit from sending letter ing to buy equipment to detect letter illegally from foreign sources. Phone(670)234-6600 Lambert continued: "Do you crats and Republicans to the "Roman wouldhaveallowedforeign-bomsib He told jurors he did not believe bombs like this," said Ahmed Abdel bombs. The immigration bill's two GOP Fax: (670) 235-9559 now have any doubt this is the Catholic Church ... to the Microsoft lings of naturalized American citi they were the same gloves. Sattar, who said he spoke to Sheik The company, which he did not sponsors said they believe Clinton's glove you booked in evidence. Corp. as well as most of the high-tech zens to immigrate to the UnitedStates. The defense seized the testimony Omar Abdel-Rahman by telephone name, would also advise the paperon fund raising prompted the policy re MTC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer "It is the ~ame glove," Fung industry," Davis told the Globe. Clinton had opposed this "sibling and suggested it was proof of evi other measures to protect its IOOLon versal. Application or resume must be received by the MTC Human Resource office said. Tuesday. . Davis could not say whether Clinton preference" based on the recornmen- dence tampering. "Al-Hayat newspaper is a very fair don staffers. not later than January 27, 1997. Fung said he realized what he'd Baker conducted his cross-exami newspaper to the Islamists. It does not said as he left the courtroom. nation of Fung in a loud accusatory only get one point of view - it gets "While I was out in the hall, it voice Wednesday, suggesting that everybody's point of view," Abdel dawned on me that this defect is his supe1iors forced Fung to with Sattar said. Micronesian Tel white and a piece of debris is wat~, draw testimony helpful to Simpson. He said the blind Egyptian cleric 11 11 U Beyond the call The defense took another blow white and the lining of the glove m suggested that Egyptmightbebehind • Wednesday when the 2nd District is brown," he said. the bombing campaign. "He accused "I looked at both the glove Quali1_\' and Value Court of Appeal rejected an emer the Egyptian government," Abde) into the 2lsl CcnlurJ gency writ and refused to bar two and the picture an9 confirmed I Sattar said. "It's the only one who 1s had been in error," he told jurors. Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTC) is seeking a plaintiff rebuttal witnesses in going to benefit from this." Simpson's wrongful death trial. Baker arose and said sarcasti Egypt's Islamic militants, includ SENIOR ENGINEER - OUTSIDE PLANT Simpson, 49, an American foot cally, "Mr. Fung, you find your ing the sheik, want to tum the country This position is responsible for the timely MTG/REA engineering design and a~curate_ construction. dr~wings ball startumed actor, was acquitted in self in a bad spot here." into an Islamic state. of outside plant work orders in accordance with MTG Rural Electnf1cat1on Ad!111nistration (REA) obJ_ect1ves, 1995 of murdering his ex-wife and "Yes," Fung agreed. But he El Sayed Ibrahim, press officer for policies and procedures providing the highest quality OSP Network and service at the lowest possible cost on her friend. He is being sued for denied that he was under pressure the Egyptian mission to the United the islands of Tinian, Rota, Saipan and Guam. damages by the victims' relatives, to change his story. Nations, wa, unavailable for com "On Jan. 8, you didn't lie to Prepare outside plant work orders which include GTE/REA engineering design, layouts, detailed construction who believe he is the killer. ment Wednesday. drawings. pricing data sheets, material and labor specilications, cable acceptance testing requirements, Baker's questions Wednes this jury, did you?" Baker asked. In Wednesday'seditionoftheLon . permits, cutover sequences, transmission design and facility exhaust information. day were ruled argumentative, "I didn't lie, but I was mis don-based newspaper, Abdel-Sattar but Fung insisted he knew he taken," Fung said. said, "T11ere is no Islamic party that Through knowledge of OSP engineering, minimum 3 years experience in enginee_ring and/or_ construction He acknowledged his testi related field. 3 years experience with REA specs and construction practices required. Working knowledge of was wrong shortly after he tes would benefit from hittingAJ-Hayat." state-of-the-art computer programs such as CPMS, interactive computer graphics systems (ICGS), MARK tified. mony suggested there was both a Nearly a do7.en Jetter bombs were and SORCES is desired. Leadership, decision making, motivation, and innovation are required. A.S./8.S. in "Have you had an opportu piece of debris and an area sent tl1is 111011t11 to Al-J-layat's offices engineering or equivalent is desired. nity to look at other pictures of damage on the glove, but he in Washington, London, Riyadh, of those gloves?" asked said he didn't believe that now. Saudi Arabia, and the United Na Human Resources Ottice "I wasn't attempting to mis Micronesian 1elecommunications Corp. plaintiff's attorney Tom Lam tions. One blew up Monday, wound P.O. Box 306 bert, who brought Fung back represent myself, but I was mis ing two people in the London office.' Saipan, MP 96950 to the stand. taken,'' Fung said when con U.S. officials are investigating the Phone: 670-234-6600 "Y cs," Fung said. fronted withearliertestimony that possibility tl1at the bombs are linked Fax: 670-235-9559 "Do you now believe those he saw a cut on the glove when he to Abdel-Rahmm1 because some of MTG is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer pictures show « tear in the first examined it. the letters wen: sent to the: federal Application must be received in the Human Resource Office no later than January 27, 1997. p1isonatLcavcnworth, Kansas, whc1e NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS RETIREMENT FUND three of tht: cleric's suppo11ers ,ue held. · Alxlel-Ral1man was convicted in nn Micrones;anTe, PUBLIC NOTICE t~, 1995 of conspi1ing to blow up New 11 11 U Beyondthecall Pursuant to Public Law 8-41, Section II, Governor Froilan C. Tenorio and It. York landmarks, including the World na Trade Center and tl1e United Nations. Governor Jesus C. Borja, through the NMI Retirement Fund Board ofTrustees/ • Workers' Compensation Commission, are hereby giving notice that the regular He isse1vinga lifesentcnceatap1ison Quulily umi Value imo tiw 2hl Century meeting tor the NMI Retirement Fund Board of Trustees will be held on in Sp1ingfield, Missouri. Tuesday, January 21, 1997, at 6:00 p.m .. in the Fund Conference Room, i) () (~, G U :,:,., (-) G 1;;1 (1 ;:,;;.1 'C.: CJ 0 Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTC) is seeking an Saipan. ~'Ji EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN AGENDA dla,pru; 171.k This position installs, repairs and maintains Telex, data, and special service circuits, installs or removes, A. CALL TO ORDER repairs and maintains PBAX and associated equipment; includes station programming and basic customer B. ADOPTION OF AGENDA orientation ad required, installs or removes, rearranges, reconnects, and repairs electronic key systems and C. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES B~, associated equipment; includes survey and planning of installation and station programming and basic cus D. REPORT OF THE HEARING OFFICER tomer orientation as required. E. REPORT OF THE LEGAL COUNSEL F. REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR Applicant must be a High school graduate or equivalent. Technical school graduate desirable. FCC general G. REPORT OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE license or 7 years installation or maintenance experience in one or more of the following: PABX, transm1ss1on 1. Locomotive Project or related technical jobs. Four years of experience inslalling and maintaining Northern Telecom Key and H. CORRESPONDENCE FRANIE EPABX systems. Five years experience with inside wiring layout and installation. Must have knowledg~ of I. OLD BUSINESS electrical theory and application, electronics technology, computer technology, and good verbal communica 1. Retirement Fund Building - Update tion. 2. Judicial Courts Complex - Update (FRANICIA Q, TOMOKANE) 3. CGE Credit Union - Second Disbursement Human Resouces Office 4. Board By-Laws SENIOR, Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. J. NEW BUSINESS MAruANAs BAPI'ISI' SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking P.O. Box 306 1. Rota and Tinian Offices Saipan, MP 96950 2. Actuarial Review of Plan Document AcAnEMY Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Phone (670) 234-6600 K. MISCELLANEOUS Fax: (670) 235-9559 1. Financial Markets Update - January 13, 1997 From all who love Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy. L. NEXT MEETING & ·care for you ... MTG is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M. ADJOURNMENT ~ e Application or resume must be received in lhe MTC Human Resource office not later than January 27, 1997. 0~1il@0ill ' ''.' ''' '.' . . . ''''.. .. ' ...... 44-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-JANUARY 17, 1997 SPORTS Saipan Men's Slowpitch PlayoUs Favorites march to semis !3y Ray Palacios and Turtles 21, Servistar 17 Sedi Kau 13, Erel A. Cabatbat Joe Guerrero Jed the "A" Di Red Torch 6 Variety News Staff vision Pennant champs in game The Athletes Foot Sedi Kati THE TOP four teams justified 2 by blasting four homeruns, were three outs away from · their lofty billings after knock including a grand slam in the elimination but rallied to win ing their respective rivals to ar top of the seventh that· gave the their palyoff clash against MTC range a semifinal matchup in Turtles a 22- I 6 lead to force a Red Torch, J 4-13 in the final the Saipan Men's Slowpitch deciding game 3. game. League at the Susupe Sports Gloyd Martin took over in Behind by seven, 6- J3, Sedi Kau Complex. game 3 ripping out two put up a strong finishing kick an a Division A pennant winners homeruns as the Turtles ended costly miscue by MTC to gain the arrange a I -2 clash with Pepsi Servistar's upset run, 21-17. second semis berth in the B Division. Spec after knocking upset con Trailing 16-10 after5 1/2 in The Red Torch forced game 3 by scious Yeo Servis tar in the final game two, Servi star came back winning game 2, 17-12 behind game of their best of three se with Paul Camacho's three-run Clark Ngiraidong's 4 for 4 with a ries, 21-17. shot and Elmer Sablan's two triple and two homemns and Joe Spec, on the other hand, run blast to forge a 16-al l tie Johanes3 for3 with a two-run shot. needed a final game 3 after MGD with six runs in their half of the Red Torch appeared to have came back in the second game sixth. game 3 at hand but a costly error I 8-4. Pepsi ended MG D's up In the changeover, Guerrero opened the door for Sedi Kau to set bid by routing the team in ended Servi~tar's run by scor tie it and force the eighth inning. five innings, J 7-3. ing his ninth rbi of the game to Pepsi Spec 17, MGD 3 In the last pairing, Athlete's extend the lead back to six, 22- MGD out-hit Pepsi Spec I 8-5 Foot-Sedi Kau made a miracu 16. The Turtles never relin in game two enroute to a I 3-3 lous comeback from a seven run quished the lead and eventually sixth inning shutout for a mbber deficit in the third game to nip hang on to win the game and match. Spec, however, returned MTC Red Torch, 14- l 3. tie the series with one win the favor in the third and final Earlier Lite Hit&Run apiece. game by stopping MGD in five Beermen ousted Happy Market They went on the secure the innings, J7-3. II Enforcers, 2-0 in their own first "A" Division semifinal Sherman Ngiraidong and best of three series. slot with a 21- l 7 marathon in Payton Sakuma each homered and In the semifinals, which is the third and final game of the Nick Koshiro hit a two-run triple being played as of presstime best of three series powered as Spec jumped on top 7-0 after last night, the JET Turtles will by Martin's two homeruns. one inning of play. They ex tended face Pepsi Spec while The Turtles jumped on top the lead to 17-3 by out-scoring For a homer-Leeman of Red Torch team is set to hit the ball during the second game between MTG and Athlete's Foot-Sedi Kau last Hit&Run will go up against 11-16 after two innings and MGD I 0-3 in the next 2 1/2 in Wednesday night at the Susupe Sports Complex. (Photo by Erel A. Cabatbat) Sedi Kau. never trailed the rest of the way. nings for the win. • Zaldy Dandan The bind that ties THE OlJ.fSTANDING charac~ teristic of the Sicilian Defence ( J. e4 c5), says the late American , chess great Reuben Fine, is that it is f: a fighting game. 1 Both players must. seek their objectivesondifferentsides, which can lead to "deliciously compli catedandexciting variations." (For more info, see Fine's classic 'Toe Ideas Behind the Chess Open- ings.") . Rebti.~ada shines 1997 Marlboro Kart Championships While White usually comes out of the opening with more space, he must By Erel A. Cabatbat not be passive and must attack because time is on Black's side, which is Japanese drivers lead entries Variety News Staff al ways the case, says Fine, in cramped positions. Moreover, Black's pawn WHEN HE'S hot, he is really hot. · ByErelA.cabatbat ans'werthegunin theSStockDivi- structure is almostalways sounderandhenceadvantageous in the endgame. Jess Rebusada once again reaf- VarietyNewsStaff sion. Thehopefulsinclude thirteen However, there is a weapon in White's arsenal that could decisively finned his status as one of the island's JAPANESE drivers dominate the year-old Akari Iwai, who is racing i cripple Black's game-the Maroczy Bind (named after the Hungarian best pinbusters as he swept the indi- number of entries in· the· 1997 for OKC, is the youngest driver in I chess great Geza Maroczy [ 1870- I 951]) which will result ifBlack allows vidual all events in the Adam and Eve Marlboro Kart Championships set the pack. ~ White a chance to push his pawn tq c4. Mixed Bowling Tournament at the thiscomingweekendattheMarianas CharlesHeddrickofSaipanKart !! Two of the world's best players-and possible future world champs Saipan Bowling Center. Resort Seaside Circuit. Club, ontheotherhand, is the oldest r· provide us an example of how effective the bind is in the following game The EPC International stalwart At least 35 Japanese racers dis- at48. SevenentriesfromGuamare annotated by British GM Raymond Keene. rolled 237 and 248 pins in bagging the tributed in 18 racing teams have also in the 22-man draw. Game of the week. weekly honors in the high scrntch and confinned their pruticipation with Team Willy has the most number Sicilian Defense high handicap games. several more Guam based clubs of entries in the FP Stock Division V. Ivanchuk-A. Anand Rebusada likewise had the best expected to arrive to compete in the with six. 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