''· arianas %riety;;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ~ ews US, Marshalls get set to renegotiate Compact Heads Inay roll due to jailbreak ,.. i I' By Jojo Dass mained mum on whether Ingram Variety News Staff himself should be asked to step HEADS may roll over Sunday down, considering this had been night's jailbreak at the Division the fourth jailbreak under his term. of Corrections. "There is a lack of security. In an interview with reporters There is no question about that. yesterday, a stem-looking Gov. There is negligence on the part of Allen P. Stayman Phillip Muller Pedro P. Tenorio said Public the staff of the DOC. Unfortu­ Safety Commissioner Charles W. nately it happened. We don't tol­ Ingram Jr. "should take necessary erate those kind of things. Those By Giff Johnson Cold War, the Marshall Islands action" to ensure that .no escape officers ... should make sure that For the Variety is unlikely to have the leverage incidents happen again, even if it MAJURO - The opening to gain a package as "generous" they are doing what they are sup­ means terminating people directly posed to do. round of talks on the Compact of as the nearly $1 billion pro­ responsible for the Sunday blun­ Pedro P. Tenorio "Something has to be done. The Free Association between the vided in the current 15-year deal. der, to set an example. officers should be more cautious. United States and the Marshall Marshall Islands leaders, "The commissioner and director adding that "the sooner" the re­ The instructions have been there · Islands is scheduled to start next however, see the Kwajalein of Corrections should take neces­ port comes, "the better." from the beginning. They don't Thursday on the island of Kauai missile range and the continu­ sary action," ~tressed the governor. Tenorio, on Tuesday, casti­ have to be told everyday that they in Hawaii. ing health and environmental "I don't know whether they will gated Corrections officers on duty should do it. If they don't do their Both Marshalls and U.S. gov­ fallout from 67 American (terminate)," he added. "But if at the time of the incident saying job, then forget it," said Tenorio. ernment officials described the nuclear tests at Bikini and they "don't have to be reminded October 21 start-up of talks as a Enewetak as needs that will that is the penalty," then so be it. Ingram has said the jailbreak on what they are supposed to do" preliminary meeting to focus compel Washington to continue Tenorio said an investigation was caused by "deviations from report is "forthcoming." which is to ensure that all prison­ procedures." mostly on setting an agenda for the flow of funds to this central "(DPS) is still working on it. I ers "are always accounted for." Police were able to re-capture future rounds of negotiations, Pacific nation. am waiting for it," said Tenorio, The governor, however, re- the three escapees Tuesday. and outlining issues that need to October 21 marks the 13th be addressed by negotiators from anniversary of the 15-year eco­ both sides. nomic provisions of the Com­ Negotiators will attempt to pact. hammer out a new economic Only economic provisions are arrangement for an island group set to expire in 2001; U.S. de­ that was a former U.S. nuclear fense rights in the Marshall Is­ test site. lands continue until mutually Marshalls also hosts a missile terminated. testing range that has taken cen­ The main goal of next week's ter stage in the current U.S. push meeting is for the Marshall Is­ for a national and theater missile lands delegation, headed by For­ defense system. eign Minister Phillip Muller, and But U.S. officials have bluntly U.S. chief negotiator Allen P. indicated that with the end of the Continued on page 43 MVA sees 'remarkable' 13008% arrivals growth By Haldee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff VISITOR arrivals into the CNMI posted a remarkable 13.08 percent increase during the last month of fiscal year 1999, it was . ::, .. ; ' learned. ·<;, ·~ '·>ii The double digit growth could be attributed to the continuous A police officer walks away from where Public Works technical staff are working to fix the traffic lights at the economic recovery experienced by its two prime markets, Japan Beach Road-Micro/ intersection yesterday. The broken system momentarily caused traffic congestion in the and South Korea, the Marianas Visitors Authority (MVA) dis­ area. Photo by Louie c. Alonso closed yesterday. While this has been the best monthly arrival growth since the onset of the Asian economic crisis, the actual number of visitors is ri ll still lower than figures of the previous months. !' /j The overall Fi 1999 arrival figure of 491,602 is still far behind ii from FY 1998 's total 526,298 visitors. fj MVA 's conservative target for the just-ended fiscal year was l1 520,000 visitors. I For the month of September, MV A registered a total of 40,087 ~ visitors, compared to only 35,449 visitors during the same period last year. In July and August, there were 43,612 and 44,157 visitors, respectively. CNMI's largest market-Japan registered a 16 percent growth Continued on page 43 2-MARIANAS VARIETY N_EWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- OCTOBER 15: 1999 FRIDAY.OCTOBER 15, 1999-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 Judge delays shutdo"Wll Drugs killing 192,000 CDA chair urges CUC: of Honolulu Star-Bulletin Chinese every year BEIJING (AP) - More than drugs or side effects was more HONOLULL (AP)-A federal Attorneys for both Gannett and tions be taken to impede the con­ -evaluate power plans' 192,000 Chinese die each year than IO times the rate of death judge has blocked the scheduled the Star-Bulletin's owner said the tinued operation of the 117-year­ due to the poor quality or mis­ from infectious diseases. shutdown of the Honolulu Star­ agreement was a business decision old Star-Bulletin- including end­ By Marian A. Maraya with the downtrend in the the plant can be approached in CUC owes CDA money from use of medicines, the official The government has repeat­ Bulletin until the state's antitrust beneficial to both and violates no ing its joint operating agreement Variety News Staff economy, CUC should seriously phases. Do the 20 megawatt now, previous loans. newspaper Workers Daily re­ edly announced crackdowns lawsuit against the newspaper's federal laws. with the Adveniser. COMMONWEALTH Develop­ evaluate whether it can afford to then another 20 megawatt later... ," "CDA has a concern because ported today. on the sale of low quality owner and its only competitor is In issuing the temporary injunction The Adve11iser said Gannett ment Authority (CDA) is asking finance the project. he said. of the cost factor. Furthermore, Growing numbers of mainly drugs. decided. Wednesday. U.S. DistrictJudgeAJan would appeal the injunction. Commonwealth Utilities Corpo­ "It is nice to have. power gen­ Earlier, CDA reportedly asked CUC owes CDA about a $105 elderly people buy drugs and Many Chinese pharmacies sell ll1e state argued that newspa­ Kay said the public interest to pre­ Some Star-Bulletin newspaper ration (CUC) to re-evaluate its eration right now ... but the ques­ cue to shelve the project in­ million. We 're concerned be­ use them at home without a medicine over the counter that per giant Gannett Co. Inc. - which serve separate editorial voices in the boxes had already been removed plans for the much hyped-up 80- tion is always, can we afford it? I definitely in view of important cause they're not making pay­ doctor's guidance, causing in Western countries would be owns the morning Honolulu Ad­ community is great enough to keep and Star-Bulletin subscribers had megawatt power plant, and sug­ don't think at the moment CUC considerations the utility needs ments to CDA. And by next addiction a·nd other negative available only by prescription. vertiser - in effect paid off the the Star-Bulletin running until the been notified that their subscrip­ gested that the project be done in can afford it," said Tenorio. to look into. year, their grace period will be side-effects, the report said. Rising costs for health care have owner of the afternoon Star-Bul­ lawsuit is settled. tions would be converted to Ad­ phases.· "We don't have to jump into an Tenorio said CDA has up so they have to start making The rate of deaths attri b­ forced many Chinese to resort letin to create its own monopoly. He ordered that no further ac- vertiser subscriptions. CDAChairmanJuanS. Tenorio 80 megawatt immediately. Maybe grounds to be concerned since payments," said Tenorio. uted to the poor quality of to self-treatment. made the clarification as he stressed that CDA was never for Hostage-taking the project's cancellation. Juan S. Tenorio "We' re not trying to say that we Ingram: 'I was misquoted' outrages U.N. should postpone the award of the magnitude power plant at this By Rene P. Acosta been lumped-in with the cat­ UNITED NATIONS (AP) - contract. Whatwe'retryingtosee point in time. Variety News Staff egory of unknown and others, With three U.N. workers killed is .. .is it feasible to have the 80- "After the old power plant un­ PUBLIC Safety Commis­ of the 62 females in the this week and seven others megawatt project? Or maybe 20- derwent a facelift, with respect to sioner Charles W. Ingram Jr. sample, garment factory af­ taken hostage. the United Na­ megawatt would be sufficient? proper requirements, it has been has apologized to the Saipan filiations were eight percent." tions is expressing outrage that "Ifwe feel thata20megawattis effective in providing us with Garment Manufacturers' As­ "The statement in the news it is being targeted and de­ sufficient at the moment, then let's power," said Tenorio.