''' .. '. ,,, \.):: ''''I'. UNIVERSITY OF t!AWAII LIBRARY arianas %riet.r;;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 · ~ ews {_[1¢I)_(>.tj9:i:f.lblitics,b:'>1ding iltr~~f~~,~9q9Ji~jljj£7p); Carlos murder ;,od'vERNOR. · Froifan;;·d ::t~Ji~rio isclainiing_th~tei~t::\: . ~i9npoliti~s· may't>eholding up>,· •.. case dismissed .. tile schoolvo.ucher legislatio9. · :> But Tenorio,. in -a media re-: . .lease from Washington, D.C.; said he is hoping that "at least' By Ferdie de la Torre Investigators in court docu­ ·after the Nov.1 elections we'll Variety News Staff ments theorized that Eutropia may -see our school voucher mea­ THE SUPERIOR Court has have been killed inside theirapart­ sure passed." . dropped for lack of evidence the ment noting, among other things, ''Maybe that's when we can murder case against Meriando what appeared to be traces of hu­ also expect them to pass a bud- held on the legislation, and a Artemio G. Carlos who was ac~ man blood in the residence and ger giv.ing the Public School · committeereportfinalized,but cused of killing his wife last Au­ evidence indicating attempts to System its money,'.' he said. the bill ha·syet to be plissed.·. gust. clean up the blood throughout the Tenorio visited Thursdlly a . "Oneofthethingsweleamed Special Judge David Wiseman house: Catholic school in. Wa.sh1ng~ · from the hearings isth~Un the on Friday dismissed without Police also confiscated a ton D;C., which is l?eing helped· CNMI,. unlike . Washington,• prejudice the complaint consist­ butcher's knife concealed under by U.S. Republicans in ·con- school choic~ isn't-very cori.: ing of one count of second degree the floormat of a car belonging to the couple, according to docu­ gtess through as~hool vou_cher. troversial(J~nori~ ~~~t .' '.· '.·. murder against Carlos. Meriando Artemio G. Carlos ;progr~m.: . Headded/'Ourparentshav.tf Following Wiseman's order, ments submitted by the Attorney } ' ,1be:goye~oi/accordirig, to .. had it :With-lack;of control arid, the Department of Public Safety without prejudice" means the gov~ General's Office. hismedia~)~a~.~scimetwith . poor overatrperfon:n,!!rt& and ·. released Carlos from jail to the emment can still reoperi the case Unconfirmed information had .··c1fotBolickandthestaffofthe · : they_ notfoed;·100,.·that .the. Division of Immigration because against him. it that the couple had an argument libertarianlnstitutefor'Justice,.. .amount. of ffi.(,)lley seiu to ·~e the defendant is a "deportable Eutropia Carlos, 32, an em­ the night before Eutropia's life­ whichhasworkedwithTenorio. · present system doesn't seem alien." ployee at Dai-Ichi Hotel, was less body was found. on the·legal issues invoived in to help.'' . •,. ' .· ' . ' Assistant Atty. Gen. Ross M. found floating at the beach near Buchholz, chief of AGO's a school voucher program for The school vouc;her legisli!,- Buchholz in an interview said the Civic Center in Susupe last Criminal Division, filed on Fri­ the CNMI. · · .. .· . tion ~ing con$ideredJ,y the Carlos, however, is not "off the August 1. She reportedly had a day a motion to dismiss without gaping wound in the throat. Continued on page 31 Public heari11gs:h~ve .been · Contln~e~:?n ~98-~~: hook" yet because "dismissed By Jojo Dass still yet to receive any payment." Variety News Staff This, said Aldan, includes the AT LEAST two quarrying firms $12,000 annual operating fee. have been ordered closed by the Aldan said the management of Division of Public Lands over the two firms have made an ap­ their alleged failure to pay operat­ peal to BPL. ing fees for the past five years. "We told them to negotiate with Tomas B. Aldan, Board of Pub­ our legal counsel to see whether lic Lands Chair, identified the we can make an agreement and firms as Hofschneider Inc. which present it to the (Advisory) is operating on Tinian, and Saipan­ Board," he said. based Solid Builders Corp. In a related development mean­ "We closed the two quarries. while, Aldan said the manage­ The gates have been padlocked to ment of Black Micro Inc., a quar­ prevent them (operators) from rying firm operating in Marpi, hauling away the corals," said has pledged to conduct testing Aldan. that will conclusively determine <;Joncerned o.nlookers check o.ut the driver of one of two. vehicles that figured in an accident along Middle Road "They have been operating for whether its detonation of explo- m Gua/o Ra, Saturday morning. The man, shown lymg on the pavement, seemed not seriously hurt but five years and government has Continued on page 31 CO/lapsed as he Stepped OUt Of hiS Vehic/e. Photo by Ferdie de la Torre Stayman: NMI garment sector abusing trade privileges By Zaldy Dandan tion and minimum wage laws to quotas by Asian garment manu­ Variety News Staff the Northern Marianas after a I 0- facturers. INSULAR Affairs Director Allen year transition period. It claimed that Asian garment P. Stayman has hailed the intro­ Stayman, in a press statement, companies are using Asian tex­ duction of the new "federal take­ said the Clinton administration is tiles and ill-paid Asian workers over" bill in the U.S. Senate, say­ "delighted that these senators have to sew billion dollars worth of ing it would end the CNMI gar­ responded to our recommenda­ clothes marked "Made in USA." ment manufacturers' abuse of tions, and made possible for a Stayman said the CNMI gar­ trade privileges. genuine debate on this important ment industry is "abusing the Introduced by U.S. Sens. Danit'! matter." privileges Congress provided Akaka (D-Hawaii) &nd the chair He added, "We hope that hear­ under the Covenant and which of the U.S. Senate that has juris­ ings will be announced shortly." were intended to create jobs for diction over the CNMI, Frank S. 1275, according to the press U.S. citizens in the islands, not Murkowski (R-Alaska), S. 1275 release, would end the CNMI's provide jobs for foreigners who Allen P. Stayman would extend federal immigra- circumvention of U.S. tariffs and Continued on page 31 - .a..~· , •·• , , , , - - , • , \ · ' •, , • ·•I 1 •I•• • •, · 'I. MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 ·' \ RAN acts vs i Senate subpoenas Cabrera By Zaldy Dandan "We want to find out, for example, former House speakerOscarC. Rasa, Variety News Staff how c,m the money be easily dis­ afour-yearadvance, which amounted THE SENATE committee investi­ bursed on a piece of paper faxed by to more than $700,CXXJ. 'protectionism.' gatingthe Tiniancasino gaming com­ someone who signed himself as the He added that Mayor Manglona, mission has issued a subpoena for govemor,'' he said. for his part, tried to explain why the KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ippines, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, the ministers are expected to sign a former Finance secretary Antonio R. Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio earlier commission .paid his (Manglona) docvment requiring members to no­ (AP) - Southeast Asian economic Burma, Singapore, Brunei and Indo­ Cabrern and acting Tinian municipal said that conlr'dl)' to an earlier audit, bank loan. tify each other if they wish to modify ministers plan to discourage any new nesia. Their economic ministers rue treasurer Jeannette H. B01ja, a niece the commission has spent the entire According to Tenorio, however,' 'I their commitments or obligations in trade barriers among their nations by to open a two-day meeting in Kuala of Tinian Mayor Herman M. $2.6 million it "borrowed" from the couldn't underslaJ]d what he is talk­ the free-ln1de area ina way that might · insisting on prior consultations. Lumpur on Thursday. Manglona. Office of the Governor. ing about." impair-other members' benefits. Theaimistodeterdomesticgroups The new plan would discourage The Senate committee will resume Tenorio said the next pay day may Thegovemorsaidthecommission from lobbying their governments for member countries from arbitrarily Previously, without informing oth­ its oversight hearing on Wednesday be the last for the commission's 30 or should be "overhauled." trnde preferences and to maintain the imposing import duties or non-tariff ers, member countries could impose and has "invited" Cabrera, Borja, the so officials and employees. As far a~ the CNMJ government is Association of Southeast Asian Na­ barriers that derail progress toward tariffs when imports tended to dis­ mayor, commission executive direc­ David M. Ging TenorioandaSepL ISreportofthe Antonio R. Cabrera concerned, he said, there was no loss tions' momentum toward creating a the free-trade ruea, the trade official place their products or threaten do­ tor Paul Palmer, acting commission defective. Office of the Public Auditor (OPA) tliough the Department of Finance of public funds as the commission free-trade area by the year 2003, an told the Malaysian news agency mestic industries, said the official, chair Antonio S. Borja and Public Sen. David M. Cing (D-Tinian), both stated that the commission still released the funds at the instruction of will repay the Office of the Governor ASEAN official said Sunday. Bemama. speaking on condition of anonymity. Auditor Leo LaMotte to testify. the chair of the Senate probe, yester­ has $300,CXXJ left. commission chair Jose P. Mafnas, it for the $2.6 million. ASEANgroupsMalaysia,thePhil- On the last day of their meeting, Continued on page 6 It was Cabrera who, as Finance day said Palmer will only be "in­ But irked by criticisms from Cing, was him, the governor, who signed Tenorio said loaning out money to secretary, authorized most of the vited" to Wednesday's hearing, but the governor has earlier announced the December 1996 MOU stating the commission turned out to be the commission's "highly-questionable will be served another subpoena ifhe that he will no longer release funds to that Mafuas has sole expenditure au­ better scheme.