11111 : .. ,, ·, ·, arianas %riety~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ~ S Finance secretary confirms: Teno will ask judiciary· to.l()we~ budget ·reque~t . ,, . ' Gov't .paid $12M budget so we have to work with the judiciary to·(coine up) with a more reas·onable budget re- quest," he said. · The administration, he added, in OT for FY '97 is trying to accommodate the various budget re_quests "as much By Jojo Dass Customs and the Department of figure could mean these employ­ as possible," but revenue esti­ Variety News Staff Lands and Natural Resources' ees, or a sizeable portion ofthe·m, mates are being dragged down THE PREVIOUS administration (DLNR) Quarantine Office. were earning$ I million a month f?y the slumping economy; spent $12 million in overtime ex­ Nielsen did not rule out the pos­ in overtime work. At the same time, the gover­ penses for fiscal year 1997, Fi­ sibility that a sizeable part of Nielsen said former governor nor. said his staff is now looking nance Secretary Lucy DLG. the amount could have been spent Froilan C. Tenorio "probably into the Public School System's Nielsen yesterday confirmed. responding to several emergency knew about" the expenses. Pedro P. Tenorio (PSS) ,$50 million budget re~ In an interview, Nielsen said situations last year which required She however, declined to com­ By Zaldy Dandan quest. half of the $12 million was used critical enforcement personnel to ment whether Tenorio had actu­ Variety News Staff . His administration lias until by the Department of Public go on overtime. ally allowed it. GOVERNOR Pedro P, Teno_rio . May I tosubmitaproposed bud­ Safety (DPS) to pay for overtime She noted there were at least The finance department is cur­ yesterday said he may have to get bill to the Legislature. work performed by police offic­ three strong weather disturbances rently pulling files together to es­ ask the judiciary to scale down "Education i.s very important," tablish a trend on the Tenorio ers and other employees. that hit the islands not to mention its $9.8 million budget request he noted, but added that it is administration's overtime ex­ "The one that really glared at us reported losses of life at sea. for fiscal year 1999. · :'inappropriate" for him to pro- penses. is DPS," she said. Not reasonable "We've to submit a balanced Contmued on page 20 Other agencies noted to have 13ut still. Nielsen. said the Meantime, sources said DPS spent huge sums in overtime are amount "looks like it's really not ended up spending $6 million the Department of Labor and reasonable ... because some of its personnel Immigration ·s (DOLi) Division "It is absurd," she said. "unnecessarily" worked overtime :: Haas & Haynie gets 2nd;"! of Immigration, the Department With government having an to supplement their salaries. of Finance's (DOF) Division of estimated 4,000 employees, the Contmuea on page 20 1 : extension to build resort By Rick Alberto i-:~ Variety News Staff ·l· !•. CPA may have to stop proposed •(: I THE COASTAL Resources Management granted yesterday the 1 lJ, $75-million Obyan Beach Golf Course and Resort project a , ., second extension for it to start construction, or until November 20. airport sewer expansion project d The extension was in response to a request by its developer, Haas By Aldwi.n R. Fajardo outside the ports property. & l-laynie Corp., owing to the .. con1plexities of implementing'' a , J Variety News Staff Efrain F. Camacho, project f:1 habitatconservationplan,orHCP,asrequiredbysection lOofthe i) THE PORTS Authority is look­ engineer, said the CPA is ca­ t,'.] Endangered Species Act. :.:l ing at the possibilities of stop­ pable of paying "and is willing fJ The US-based Haas & Haynie has applied for a section l Opermit fj ping the airport sewer expan­ to pay" for the portion within sion project due to insufficient the Ports Authority's property. f ~~~t:at!::,up~:\'; ~~dt:i~~~ ~~r;~~~'.lfter the project was granted r1 complementary funding from 1 "Even if CPA has the money, 1] "The CRM understands the complexities of implementing an t..'_i. the CNMI government, it was it is not allowed to pay for the ~:J HCP ... and that Obyan Beach Resort Associates (resort owner) is r I disclosed yesterday. entire project. The Ports Au­ f•.:.j' continually working to resolve the issue," CRM acting Director . i The project may be put on thority cannot pay for the 1_ Peter J. Barias said in granting the extension. hold unless the CPA gets a cor­ sewerline outside CPA," i:1 Earlier last Jan. 13, tl1c CRM extended the project commence- responding budget from the lo­ Camacho told Variety. (! mcnt until May 20 for the same reason. cal government. since federal He added that negotiations i ! The Obyan project involves the phase-by-phase construction of regulations prohibit the Ports are already underway to to en­ I i three hotels, two 18-hole golf courses, and 300 golf villas. Authority from using its funds Efrain F. Camacho Continued on page 23 Conti11ued·on pa-ge 20 Remains of US soldiers arrive on Guam en route to Hawaii HAGAT'.':A - The remains ur the conrlict in Southeast Asia ar­ probable United States service rived here at around 8:30 p.111. members who were killed during Monday night. r;:·:'.·~:~r A brief repatriation caernony was held in their honor upon ar­ ., rival, the US Air Force disclosed ~ /i WEAT~ER ii. to the \!oriety via e-mail. Anderson Air Force Base is usu­ ally the first stop on American soil :: OuTlook for fallen servicemen whose re­ mains have been recovered dur­ ing joint operations in Southeast Asia. The remains arc then nown to the United States Army Central Identification Laboratory in Ha­ waii, where forensic experts try to establish positive identification of the remains prior to turnover to surviving family members. Repatriation flights began in Judge Miguel S. Demapan and wife, Frances, greet Guam Archbishop Anthony Apuron during re-dedication Continued on page 20 of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica Monday in Hagatna, Guam. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza ~~c~ ~··-- 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- APRIL 22. 1998 WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 727 jet crashes in Bogota Guam OKs $50M bond issue Jacob Leon Guerrero Bond proceeds will be used for Trust , a subsidiary of Bank of Most or what we have recovered mistic about GEDA 's ability to excluded from gross income for For /he Variety affordable home financing pro­ Hawaii, will then buy the mort­ obtain competitive pricing for \.-\P) _ are very smal I body parts," said a federal income tax purposes. B~b~~~~-~~.s~~~;~~bia All 53 people on board feared dead HAGATNA -The Guam Eco­ grams lo allow applicants to se­ gage backed securities and hold these bonds. The Bonds and the interest far. Pieces of other bodies, burned police officer at the scene, A Goeing 727 ch.mered by Air nomic Development Authority cure affordable home mortgages them in a trust for the bondhold­ The Freddie Mac guarantee and thereon arc also exempt from taxa­ clothing and aircraft seats were Fernando Molino. France with 53 people aboard announced that ITS Board of Di­ issued by commercial banking ers. the private mortgage insurnnce tion by any state or teJTitory of the strewn over the bushy Police found the plane's flight l'l':1shcd into :1 fog-dra1xd moun­ rectors has authorized the issu­ institutions, allowing for lower As mortgages are repaid, prin­ increases the attractiveness of the United States. tain outside rile Colombian capi­ mountainside across an are,! recorder, or black box, and car­ ance of Single Family Mortgage interest rates and up to 97% fi­ cipal and interest payments will bonds and gives confidence to This triple tax exempt status tal just after takeoff Monday. larger than a football field. ried it down the mountain in a Revenue Bonds, 1998 Series A in nancing. be made on the bonds. investors. increases the marketability of Amid the undergrowth and eu­ jeep. Officials called off rescue .• R.:srncrs said they found no sign the amount of $50.000,000. The mortgages will be pooled GEDA and GI-IC officials will calyptus trees we~·e a woman's efforts shortly after dark. I In addition Guam bonds are Guam bonds. or survivors. As the central financial arm of aml secured by the Federal Home oversee the bond pricing and sale, head, purses with cosmetics, baby · For the safety of the rescue I The jct. kased by the lhe Governrm:nt of Guam. GEDA Loan Mortgage Corporation scheduled for April 22, in New clothes, wallets, compact disks, workers, tile pol ice and the Red EcuaJon:an airline TAJ'v!E. w,1s will use the bonds on behalf of the "Freddie Mac" (FI-ILMCJ, a news York City(April 23, Saipan time). French magazines and a child~, Cross, it is necessary to suspend en route to Quito. the Ecuadorean Guam !lousing Corporation release from GEDA said. According to GEDA Adminis­ Tinian Dynasty Casino's miniatu·re football. any kind of rescue work. We ,·:1pital. ci,·i I aviaticlll spokesman (GI-IC). The Trustee Pacific Century trator Ed Untalan "he feels opti- l'vlart i11 (,onzalcz said. It slammc:d A postcard from Paris depict­ haven't found a single survivor," I) Saipan office burglarized ing the Eiffel Tower, written in into a steep htlls1,k three minutes said an army officer at the scene ( By Ferdie de la Torre alter takeoff at -1:47 p. m. (21-17 Spanish and addressed to Quito, who identified himself only as Teno to report 100-day progress in Variety News Slaff GMTJ.