Armed robbery at Lower Base DOLi clears O'Roarty, By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff TWO MEN sleeping in a car parked at the Lower Base beach side area were robbed and as­ Buchholz of liability saulted early Sunday moming by four uniden.tified baseball bat­ wielding men, according to De­ By Ferdie de la Torre Zachares said investigation 0 'Roarty on several occasions partment of Public Safety spokes­ Variety News Staff showed that the housemaid did without an approved contract from person Rose T. Ada. THE DEPARTMENT of Labor have the authority to seek an em­ DOLL Ada said the victims Nelson P. and Immigration has cleared gov­ ployer. "It's a relatively minor viola­ Javier, 43, and Rolando D. ernment lawyers Ross Buchholz However, Zachares explained, tion with a fine (at a maximum of Pestano, 33, lost $200 in cash, a andWilliamO'Roartyfromcrimi­ it appears that the housemaid was $500) involved. I am happy that diver's watch and a gold wedding nal liability in connection with working for Buchholz and Continued on page 23 ring to the robbers. DOLI's investigation of them for "They were sleeping in the car illegally hiring an alien worker waiting fortheirfriends, who were for domestic helper. PSS to impose hiring freeze fishing, when four men came to DOU Secretary Mark D. By Louie C. Alonso their car and woke them up," Ada Zachares yesterday said that based Variety News Staff said, citing the victims' account. on the department's findings there DUE TO· the limited budget it received for fiscal year 1999, the Public School System has now implemented a freeze-hiring policy in The men asked Javier and will beno criminal case to be filed Pestano for cigarettes and money, against Buchholz and O'Roarty. Ross Buchholz all non-teaching personnel in public schools. PSS Commissioner Rita H. Inos yesterday said PSS has to live with she added. "There was a finding made that Ada said one of the suspects there was a Labor law violation Buchholz was ousted as head its current obligation to provide good education despite th~ meager then got into the car and grabbed for illegal employment of maid. of the Attorney General's Office funding received from the· government recently. Javier's wallet, which was in his Criminal Division because of the ·"Weare just maximizing what we have. We cannot hire anybody It's an administrative finding. It's pants' rear pocket. probe. O'Roarty on the other hand, now because we don't have enough budget for personnel," Inos said. a relatively minor violation," said They were then told to get out resigned as legal counsel for the PSS received a $41,609,200 budget.for FY '99 compared to the $44 Zachares refen'ing to the outcome of car, Ada said. Department of Public Safety. Continued on page 23 of the investigation. Continued on page 2-a _· ."' ,,·· Japan banking bailout good news for t·ourisrn Variety News Staff begin spending more. From our HAGATNA-There seems to perspective, the parliament's be a little. light at the end of the action is what has been needed tunnel for Guam's ailing Japa­ for Japan to finally acknowl­ nese tourism market. edge that they have a problem Last Friday, the Japanese Par- and do something substantial to 1iament completed passage of a· cure the problem." legislation that com mi ts $51 T Guzman said Guam's tour­ billion worth of taxpayer funds ism industry, along with the rest to rescue Japan's wobbling of the region, is hopeful that this banking system in an attempt to new development will translate get money flowing through a into more tourist arrivals a.nd crippled economy. increased visitor spending. The Japanese banking bail­ "The latest move by the Japa­ out, said Clifford Guzman, di­ nese government is also ex­ rector of the Bureau of Planning pected to affect foreign invest­ and special assistant to the gov­ ment," Guzman added. ernor; is expected to restore con­ "Although I think this will sumer confidence in Japan. take a little while longer be­ "And anytime consumer con­ cause most of the companies Students of Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School play around before the culminating event of World fidence. increases, consumers Continued on page 21 Food Day Celebration last Friday. Photo by Maria Luisa c. Alonso G uarn-CNMI tourism f i~-~p~z'~;~~~=7;7~7-7f",-,~,,,c~-~,,,,,~'\\C\~··.~~~:At,,,;>,,~rr~~~~·7~1 partnership gets push r: filegal fishing charges vs 49 fl Variety News Staff ij1 HAGATNA-The Guam Hotel and Restaurant Association (GHRA) Filipinos disniissed by court fl said it is supporting a proposal for the various i;slands in the ;: By Aldwin R. Fajardo The court mled that there was Tcrvet, commanding officcrof ,J Micronesian region to band together and market the whole region · Variety News Staff not enough evidence to prove that the PSSH.I. Remeli ik Patrol ' jointly as a single tourism destination. · KOROR,Palau-Forty-nine the Filipinos were conducting ii- Bo<c1t which apprehended the i GHRA President David B. Tydingco said the Marianas Regional Filipino fishermen, who were legal fishingactivitiesoffPalauan fishermen, stated that no fish Tourism Cooperation Forum held last Oct. 7-8 in Rota was the first • arrested for illegal fishing, waters when they were mTested was found on board their ves- step in breaking ground for the regional marketing and multi- · have sailed back to the Philip- August 16, Philippine Charged' sels. destination concept. pines from here after charges Affaires Ruth Morales Prado told But the vessels, as reported "Everybody came to the table with an open mind and suggestions : filed against them were dis- Marianas Variety. by Palauan'marine operatives, were made," Tydingco said. '.'What we agreed upon is that we need '. missed on grounds of insuffi- Court records noted that an af- were all well stocked with fuel, to be able to create a regional identity. Within our own region, the i cient evidence. fidavit of probable cause by Ian Continued on page 23 Continued on page 21 ; -~--- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIET'(NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- OCTOBER 20. 1998 Ho[schneider 'to BOE: Korea peace t 'Focus on issues, not budget' By Bill Tarrant the two Koreas, China and the fuge to conceal its war prepara­ New York to discuss, among other separate peace between the United ,BY Haidee V. Eugenio the basis of money or an addi­ CNMI's quality of education has Variety News Staff He continued, "We're dumb­ SEOUL (Reuters) - Four-par1y United States begins on Wednes­ tions against the (Democratic things, reports of an undi,rground States and North Korea take prece­ tional JO percent funding. We suffered tremendous deterioration WHILE the Board of Education founded on trying to ascertain peace talks will resume in Geneva day. People's Republic of Korea)," complex in the No1th that may dence on the agenda. should be arguing on whether the over the last years, despite the bats for at least 10 percent addi­ what is really contributing to the this week to !I)' to hammer out an The exercises star1 on Saturday KCNA said in a commentmy. house a missile or nuclear Chinese-backed North Korea system in place is adequate or not, fact that the budget for the educa­ tional appropriation for the Pub­ deterioration of education in gen- :ICcord tlwt would end a half-cen­ and have provoked the usual howls Tensions have been heightened programme. fought U.S.-led United Nations or if we are delivering quality tion system tremendously went eral." ~ tur} state of w:u· on the Korean of protest from Pyongyang. by a spate of recent events, includ­ Inalandmarkagreementin 1994, forces in the 1950-53 Korean War, Iic School System from its present education. up during these times. BOE Vice Chaii"person Tho­ peninsula, the lasr of the world's "It must not go unnoticed that the ing North Korea's launch of a new Pyongyang agreed to freeze and which ended in a truce instead of a funding of 15 percent, Rep. Heinz ··we should look at fundamen­ ··what is interesting is that the mas B. Pangelinan earlier said Cold War frontiers. adventurous manoeuvres will be multi-stage missile that flew over eventually dismantle its Soviet-era peace agreement. S. Hofschneideryesterday pointed tal policies in educating our chil­ quality of education that is being that 15 percent appropriation is But in a reminder the peninsula staged three days after the third Japan into the Pacific on August nuclear programme in exchange The United States has 37,000 out that BOE should first address dren in the face of this economic implemented in the last 20 yeai; not enough to provide the best remains one of the world's most round of the 'four-way talks'," the 31. North Korea said it was only for annual deliveries of heating oil troops in South Korea, part of its the fundamental policies in im­ crisis," he said. has tremendously deteriorated proving the whole educational education and environment for dangerous spots. the United States Korean Central News Agency launching a small satellite into or- and two safe nuclear plants to be I 00,000-strong military force in The HEW chair added that the even on national level," he said. the children in the CNMl. and South Korea this week hold (KCNA) said last week. bit. ~ built by a South Korean-led con­ the region. system. their annual .. Foal Eagle" full-scale "This adds to the suspicion that The United States warned sortium.