UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII LIBRARY a ria n a s cV a rie ty , M icronesia’s Leading Newspaper Since 1972 Vol. 21 No: 82 ' - ' Saipan, MP-96950 — &1992 Marianas Variety Friday ■ July 1 0 , 1 9 9 2 Serving CNMI for 20 Years M an agah a issue heats up Guerrero CRM says wants ail construction construction in compliance works stopped with permit Representative Pedro R. Guerrero has denounced the con­ All the construction activities on tinuing construction of permanent Managaha Island are in compli­ ance with the permit and condi­ structures on Managaha Island tions which has resulted in the destruc­ issued by the Coastal Resources tion of its natural environment, Management (CRM) Office. including traditional medicinal A t the same time, the expansion herbs. and improvement projects being “W e must stop any further con­ undertaken by Tasi Tours, which struction on the island for profit,” holds the concession for the island, he said following an inspection will preserve the cultural and natu­ tour o f the island on Wednesday. ral features of Managaha while “Any other construction, like providing for the safety and com­ fort of visitors, including local palapala, for the enjoyment of the people. people and tourists, may be con­ This, in brief was the reaction sidered.” made yesterday by officials of Tasi Tasi Tours, which has a con­ Tours, Marianas Public LandCorp. cession arrangement with the and CR M to statements earliermade Marianas Public Land Corp., is by Representative Pedro R. currently expanding restaurant Guerrero. and other facilities on the island, Managaha Island, with a total with Kam Corp. as contractor, area of about 5.3 hectares, attracts based on a permit granted by the about 110,000 yearly, or more than 25 percent of total visitors to the Coastal Resources Management Commonwealth. The island isnoted CRM) Office. for its clear water, white sand, good “W e ’re here to see possible divingspots and the natural vegeta­ violations of the CRM permit,” tion. Guerrero said in an interview fol­ The island is owned by the gov­ lowing the inspection. ernment through the Marianas For instance, he said the CRM Public Land Corp. (MPLC) which, permit required that sand and ag­ in turn, has entered into a conces­ gregates that might be needed for rp i T - ^ sion agreement with the private the project be taken from Saipan. sector (Tasi Tours at present) for the operation of tourist-oriented Instead, Guerrero found a site on ... facilities. * the island where about 24 inches Officials Of Tasi Tours, MPLC Representative Pedro R. Guerrero (top photo) points to clearing on Managaha Island as Vice Speaker Diego of topsand were removed and and C R M met with the Variety might have been used for the Benavente (left) and Coastal Resources Management and Division of Environmental Quality officials look on during an inspection trip to the island on Wednesday.. Above, Guerrero and party walk down the dock after the yesterday to present their side on continued on page 9 inspection. continued on page 11 MVB reports 16% rise Senate m ulls new w ay to pass budget By Rafael H. Arroyo closed the details of a still un­ the immediate future between the in arrivals signed memorandum he prepared House and Senate conferees re­ 1991 1992 W ith discussions on the fate of which would announce the col­ garding appropriations contained Tot. to date 307,857 356,454 the 1992 budget meeting an lapse of talks between the Senate in the budget bill. abrupt, unreconcilable end, the and House conferees and thè ul­ Talks between the members October possibility looms that appropria­ timate “taking over” by the gov­ collapsed after both sides stood tions for the executive branch of ernor of the job to appropriate ground on their arguments on November government would be made funding for each individual whether the full-time employees December through an executive order. agency’s operations. for the municipal council of Tinian This is one o f the scenarios “The end o f fiscal year 1992 is could be transferred to the Tinian January envisioned by Senate President getting near. If by that time, the Mayor’s Office. Joseph S. Inos, who yesterday Legislature still has not passed Fiscal year 1992 is curreptly on February indicated his intention to dissolve the budget, we would have to its ninth month and government March the Senate half of the conference initiate a scheme where the safety agencies and departments have committee which was earlier and welfare of the people of the been operating under a continu­ Inos April formed to discuss House B ill 8- Commonwealth is ensured,” said ing resolution, that is basing on possible measures to be taken to 119, the appropriations measure Inos. May the last fiscal year budget ap­ avert what could be a “disas­ that drew discord between the He said he was considering the proved by the Legislature. trous” situation for government June two houses of the Legislature. dissolution of the Senate confer­ Inos and House Speaker Tho­ wherein some agencies reached In an interview at his Senate ence committee because there mas P. VillagomeZ has for the the limits imposed by the pre- Story on page 3 office in Capitol Hill, Inos dis­ seemed to be no compromise in past few days been discussing contlnued on page 35 FRIDAY, JULY 10,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-JULY 10,1992 rid Affairs > , V isitor arrivals JOHN D EER E in crease by 16% 970 TRACTORS A m nesty International report Visitor arrivals to the Northern Guam) registered increases. Marianas during the first eight Taiwanese visitors increased by MID-PAC ¡>АНГ'>-'*М1 s-ч in и i ■ months of fiscal year 1992 in­ 202 percent, from 2,357 to 7,119; creased by 16 percent to 356,454, Hong Kong, up by 88 percent to i . !<ПЦз,'П»!:Т7П i H undreds killed in Sri L anka, Indonesia from 307,857 a year ago, the 3,301 from 1,760; Korea, up 37 LONDON (AP) - Hundreds of onstration had been reported, extrajudicially executed by gov- the report said. In India, the report said, political Marianas Visitors Bureau (M VB ) percent from 13,499 to 18433; people were illegally executed in missing and it urged Thai authori­ emmentforces in Aceh, EastTimor The increase in the use of the detainees and criminal suspects reported yesterday. andUS.upl 1 percent from53,522 Sri Lanka and Indonesia and ties “to hold full, impartial inves­ and North Sumatra. About 100 death penalty continued in China: were routinely tortured, sometimes Japanese tourist during the to 59,330. thousands of political opponents tigations into the killings and to people were killed in one incident Amnesty International said it to death. But security forces are October-June period totaled Arrivals from Australia and were imprisoned in Burma and bring those responsible to jus­ in'EastTireior when troops opened documented more than 1,050 ex­ guaranteed immunity from pros­ 255,745 up 14 percent from from other areas decreased, with China in 1991, Amnesty Interna­ tice.” fire on a peaceful demonstration at ecutions and 1,650 death sentences ecution, both legally and infor­ 223,359 last fiscal year. those from Australia decreasing Those arriving by plane also by 24 percent from 2,747 to 2,089; tional reported Thursday. In its annual report, Amnesty a cemetery, it said. in 1991 but believes the real figure mally, it said. appear on an uptrend as 349,840 while arrivals from all other areas In a number of countries of the International said hundreds of Scores of people were believed is significantly higher. Torture of criminal and political visitors flew into the C N M I from registering a minimal 2 percent Asia-Pacific region, the interna­ people were executed in Sri Lanka to have been illegally executed in More than 1,500 possible pris­ suspects in Pakistan was also wide­ October last year to June 1992, drop from 10,614 to 10,437. tional human rights organiZation last year without legal, due pro­ the Philippines and doZens report­ oners of conscience were held in spread and at least 30 prisoners compared to the year-ago total of Total arrivals to the island of said, government officials who cess, and several hundred disap­ edly disappeared in police or m ili­ Burma at the end of 1991, the re­ were alleged to have died as a 301,351, a 16 percent increase. Saipanfrom October 1991 toJune have committed torture, political peared. It said opposition groups tary custody, the report said. port said, “a fraction of the thou­ result, the report said. Sea arrivals, however, grew by 1992 rose to 344,046 from the killings and other grave human were also responsible for human In China, it said, hundreds of sands of political prisoners believed In South Korea, hundreds of a meager 2 percent to 6,614 for year-ago period figure of299,259, 970 in stock RUn with the Best Run with John Deere rights violations enjoy immunity rights abuses. thousands of people were held to be held there.” people were arrested for political the fiscal year to date from 6,506 a 15 percent climb. from prosecution. The Sri Lankan government re­ withoutchargeunder various fonms The human rights organiZation activities, including allegedly realiZed last year. For Rota, the total arrivals for In Thailand, security forces fused to repeal a law granting of administrative detention, some noted that in April, the country’s praising North Korea, supporting Notable months for tourist sea the same period was pegged at.