\:· I QNNERSJry O~ ~WAIi LIBRARY arianas %riety;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ~ evvs Police classify .Rota Bill to scrap death as a homicide. By Zaldy Dandan conducted on the body Variety News Staff Wednesday at the Common­ POLICE yesterday said the wealth Health Center. case of the dead man fqund at "There will be a bodily flu­ a beach on Rota will be ~o.n­ ids test to check if there's any­ sidered a homicide pending the thing in his system," Norita EICspassed release of an autopsy report. said. Department of Public Safety .. The test will show if there's acting Deputy Commissioner foul play involved," he said. By Aldwin R. Fajardo Clyde K. Norita at the same Meanwhile, he added, DPS Variety News Staff time said the body is indeed will continue investigating the THE GOVERNMENT stands to that of Rota Resort and Coun­ case. generate an additional $9 million try Club cook Jose B. Naborte, "We 're interviewing his from a legislative measure passed 49. friends, co-workers and family," yesterday by the House of Repre­ Naborte has been reported Norita said. sentatives seeking to repeal the missing since July 23. Naborte 's brother-in-law also sunset provisions in the tax laws His already decomposing works on Rota. and eliminating the Eamed In­ body was found floating ~,t Nabo,te, the Variety leruned, last come Credit. Gagani beach, which is a repo1ted for work on July 21. House Bill 11-262, known as "rocky" area. He was last seen alive in the the Fiscal Integrity Act of 1998, Norita said an autopsy was Continued on page 45 also seeks to lift the limit on the number of poker and pachinko ~~----1:.:.1-:...·i:.!..'·T:1;;,<· ,... ,.,;·..:r:··· ..-,~,:r~~.7,·'T-:C.':.~·.,--h-~.-,,.~..1-·':"i ~~--=-a._,~;.-. -1 ·.:_:~... :.Ll~:.·.::.:.: '0,1 Lucy Nielsen Karl T. Reyes slot machines on Saipan and the Northem Islands, as well as to help refill the emptied public cof­ "Likewise, the excess credit tax j~] increase their licensing fees. fers. on the EiC under the Northern }'I have dirty tainpons Finance Secretary Lucy Nie !sen HB 11-262, according to House Marianas TeJTitorial Income Tax said the additional revenues may ways and means committee chair [NMTIT], which was partially l in there'-- Concepcion~ be realized once the legislation is Rep. Karl T. Reyes, will relieve eliminated by Public Law 9-22 signed by Governor Pedro P. the emptied government coffers must be reinstated. The Common­ : ~~,1:i;:~:o;a~uerrero !ti Tenorio into law. She said sign­ by eliminating sunset provisions wealth can no longer afford to pay •1 HAGA TNA-'ll1e Attorney General's Office of Guam yesterday filed \9 ing the legislation into law would that would reduce tax collections. Continued on page 45 f drng ch,u-gcs against Philippine actress Alma Concepcion who was rJ . allegedly found in possession of ·ice' while in u-:.msit at the airpott r;l .f. Tuesday. [j DOLI·nabs 'stowa"Yays' bound for Guam·.· Concepcion came hen.! on a Continental Airlines_ 0i¥ht from Sai~an, ~J1 where she attended a local beauty page,uit for the Ftltpmo commurnty. ~:i Variety News Staff manning a Lower Base port at off the ship and attempting to Reprnts said that when Customs officers noticed Concepcion appem·- t'.1: THREE male Chinese nationals about 2:30 am Wednesday. swim to the boat pier at the north­ ing "nc1-v;us," she w,L'> ~(tccted to proc~ed to the secondmy inspection ~.·.. were nabbed by authorities while The incident involved three em end of the seaport. counter. She W,L, ,L'>ked 11 she had m1ythmg to declm-e. r allegedly trying to hide in a tug­ male Chinese nationals found hid­ At around 3:30 a.m., officer:; e Concepcion stated, "I have nothing to declm-e." An inspection of her r/ boat bound for Guam, it was gath­ ing inside a tugboat by the ship's aboard another tugboat locati:d ~ . shoulder bag 1cvealed ,u, "Italina" watch C,L,e. kl ered yesterday. crew. the Chinese national clinging to a 1 , Concepci:)11 grabbed the case, telling the officers, "I have ditty tm11pons i ! 1 According to a report submit­ 13y 3: 15 a.m., two of"the three buoy. he was pulled aboard and : in there." ! j ted to Ed Sablan, the Department suspected stowaways were appre­ arrested. Sill' \\';1s instrnctcd to rl'le;1se the case which contained :Ls;srnted d111g of Labor and Immigration's hended by officers of the CNMI J\11 three were transponcd tll par:1phl'rnalia including a neL·dk whid1 appeared to be burnt on one end; (DOU) director for immigration Department of Public Safety the DOLi detention facility where and t\\ll straws L'ach containin~! a crystalli11e-likc subst,mcc. A field test affairs, probe rs received a call for (!JPS) officers, while the third they were booked and detained. Continued on page 45 . : assistance from a ports authority tried to elude arrest by jumping Continued on page 45 Tenorio submits revised budget, bigger by $1.7M original $240millionappropria­ tions by approximately $1.7 million. The governor signed the pro­ posed revised budget for Fiscal Year 1999 before he left to at­ tend the opening ceremonies of the Micronesian Games in Koror, Palau. Tenorio would not say I whether the additional$ l .7 mil­ lion increase in the proposed budget will be solely generated il from the recently enacted in­ Pedro P. Tenorio crease in user fees. "The increase will oe gener­ By Aldwin R. Fajardo ated from different revenues that Variety News Staff we expect to cqllect. That in­ GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio clude user fees," he said. has revised the proposed Fiscal He disclosed that most of the year 1. 999 budget, increasing the . Contrnuedon page 45 Fans of the South Korean Little League team to the Far East Tournament cheer loud in support of their young players in yesterday's game against Japan at the San Vicente Bal/field. Japan won. Photo by Sonnie Sablan PAC NEiNSPAPEA STACKS FRIDAY, JULY 31 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARlETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-JULY 31. 1998 Hong Kong gangsters· Guam voterS.gain CNMI House moves to arrested for murder Obuchi is new secure rebate trust fund ment of tax rebates. "But the HONG KONG (AP) - Chinese at seven gold shops and smuggling By Aldwin R. Fajardo police have arres!.i.."ll 13 more mem­ explosives into Hong Kong, the news Variety News Staff amount of money that we leave control over taxes THE CNMI government has there every year would be less bers of a cross-bcrder gang for alleg­ agency said .. started taking aggressive steps because we'll be using what is edly kidnapping two Hong Kong busi­ Police have seii.ed about 40 mil­ By Brandon N. Ashcraft matters such a, this." deposited there based on the nessmen for more l11an 1.6 billion lion yuan ($4.8 million) in ca'il1; 11 For the Variety Ada also felt that there wa, a pos­ to ensure that tax rebates and PM refunds are released on time percentages that's called for in Hong Kong dollars ($205 vehicles, 50 properties worth 40mil­ Japanese HAGA TNA-ll1e govc:mmcnt of sibility that in the nem·future. a sena­ through a legislation that would the bill." million)ransom, murder and mmed lion yuan ($4.8 million), guns and By JOJI SAKURAI Gu,m1 C,Ul no longer~raise taxes or tor may decide to produce a bill to explosives, Xinhua reported It said restrict the use of rebate money UnderSection-1 ofthebill,at robbery, reports said 111ursday. TOKYO(AP)-Rulingpmtycan­ borrnw money wi~1out voters' con­ repeal the issue. TI1e arrest~ brought the total under the gang laundered the ransom money for other purposes. least 50 percent, instead of the didate Keiw Obuchi won the lower senr. Unpingco,forhispmtsaid, 'Think­ arrest to 32. Eighteen others, includ­ by buying mainland properties. The House of Representatives previous 90 percent, of all house of Parliament's vote for prime "As of 5:30 p.111. yesterday ing about it. it was a cop-out, ;m e;L,y ing the 43-year-old Hong Kong gang The members include 18 from yesterday passed HB 11-254 amounts paid to the government ministerl11u1-sday, all butgum-antee-. (Wednesday). the Government shall way out, for senators and elected boss Cheung Chi-keung, alias ''Big Hong Kong and 14 from mainland which seeks to change the per­ with respect to taxes shall not inghe would take tl1e helm ofJapan's not misc taxes. c;mnot raise taxes, officials to relinquish the power that Spender," were arrested last week. 01ina, it said. They will be fried on centage of certain taxes paid be placed into the General Fund. government as it strngglcs to pull the cannot impose new fees when: fees they have, a, given to them by the Another member already is in jail for the mainland, where they could face It seeks to require the finance counlI)' out of its deepest recession in uo 1101 exist," Sen. Mm·k Forbes said people." into the special rebate trust ac­ theft, China's official Xinhua news the death penalty, it said. count, and clarifies the purposes department to deposit the decades. following the Legislature's move to "It'sourdecision and we m;maged agency reported. Xinhua said that in I995, gang by which such funds may be amount to a federally-insured In adecisive victory, Obuchi srnu"ed ovenide Gov.