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I 'economic miracle' By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff Think-tanks note islands' growth su,passes even the US' other countries that are also improv

ing their economic and trade competitiveness, and from Washington D.C.

VISITING policy analysts from conservative "think-tanks"yesterday said the CNMI is "an economic miracle" with a growth rate that surpasses even that of the mainland United States.

To sustain its economic success, however, the CNMI should retain control over its own immigration, taxation and minimum wage rates, they said.

Economist and Asia-Pacific Policy Center (APPC) executive director Franklin L. Lavin said the CNMI "should be applauded" for "protecting" its control over its own minimum wage rate, immigration and taxation.

Lavin, a proponent of losing Republican Party presidential aspirant Steve Forbes's flat tax proposal, said

the CNMI enjoys "enormous economic success" because of its low wages and low taxes.

He said by moving into a flat tax program, the CNMI "will remain a beacon in the region."

(Forbes wanted a radical overhaul ofthetaxcodeandsomeform'ofaflat tax rate of 17 percent for everyone. He said the proposal would "stimui ate economic investment .and growth."

But according to one political commentator, the flat tax is "a bankrupt economic theory dressed up with a new set offeathers ... certain to vastly enhance the wealth and powerof[the rich] .... ")

Lavin said the CNMI should follow an export-led growth, which he said is the "most successful" model

Senate asks US t~- ignore Tenorio on delegate issue

By Mar-Vic C. Munar . · ,,. Variety News Staff ··

THE SENATE wants the US Congress to "ignore" the governor and pass the CNMI delegate bill.

These proposals by the Senate were contained a resolution approved last week.

The Senate joint resolution, which requires a corresponding action by the the House of Representatives, .endorses the passage of the bill which would assign the CNMI a nonvoting representation to the US House of Representatives.

Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio opposes the bill.

The resolution urges US Congress "to ignore statement by Gov. Fro ii an C. Tenorio that are contrary to the expressed wishes of the majority of the people."

Tenorio wants the CNMI delegate bill to be withdraw'n from Congress "the present position of the. CNMI is most advanta-

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geous to the people." Having a CNMI delegate to

US House of Representatives, Tenorio has said, would only be useless since the CNMI is "already enjoying direct communication with the federal government."

The resolution "expresses profound disappointment with .

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"as proven" by the examples of the East Asian economies.

National Defense Council Foundation president Milton R. Copulas said he believes that the CNMI still plays a "pivotal tole" in the region, and that a strong CNMI is an asset to

the United States. For James L. Gattuso, vice presi

dent for policy development of the Citizens for a Sound Economy, the CNMI' s economy is a "threatened miracle."

He said the threat is coming from

Some federal officials, Gattuso said, want to impose "one-size-fitsall" regulations on the CNMI where conditions are "vastly different" com-


THEY LOVE IT HERE. Three of the visiting policy analysts from the mainland during yesterday's media conference (from I tor): National Defense Council Foundation president Milton R. Copulos, Asia Pacific Policy Center executive director Franklin L. Lavin, Citizens for a Sound Economy vice president James'L. Gattuso.

Courts now- open on vveekends By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

THE COURT is now open on weekends and holidays to accommodate cases involving warrantless arrests and serious charges.

The new policy started last Aug 3 based on a notice issued July 31 by Superior Court Associate Judge Timothy Bellas.

"We realize that this new procedure puts an additional burden on the criminal justice system, but constitutional law mandates these changes," Bellas said.

The new policy, Bellas said, is aimed at making the CNMI courts comply to the Gerstein doctrine-a 1975 Supreme Court decision which

allowed warrantless arrests to reconcile "the rights of an individual (under Fourth Amendment) and the realities of law enforcements."

Under what the Supreme Court called a "practical compromise," persons arrested on the spot must be "promptly brought" before a neutral magistrate to determine if there are reasons to believe the person committed a crime.

A related doctrine issued by the high court in 1991 ruled that a person arrested without warrant be released within4Shoursifno"probablecause" is established from the time of arrest.

Chief Public Defender Dan De Rienzo said despite the time frame

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SIN AP ALO III subdivision will be opened for homestead applications before the year ends, Senate Vice President Paul A. Manglona said Wednesday.

lie said 130 lots will be distributed to homesteaders "in the next month or so, or at the latest, before th~ end of th~ year."

Manglona said Division of Public Lands (DPL) consultant for programs and development Vicente N. Santos made the as-

surance during the recently-held During the hearing, which ~ Rota Legislative Delegation's was described by those who at- ll public hearing on the island's resi- tended it as "standing-rocim-dential andagricultural homes'tead only," Rota nomestead appli-program. cants took tum in criticizing

DP.L, Manglona said, also what they said as DPL's agreed to open the Dugi area for "uncooperativeness"and"slow-an additional 200 lots. ness"inopeninghomesteadsub-

He said the Rota mayor's office divisions.

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NetaDYaiiU Ineets Arafat By DAN PERRY

TEL A VIV, Israel (AP) - Talking peace after his landmark meeting with Yasser Arafat, Benjamin Netanyahu predicted they will fa,hion a fmal Israeli-Palestinian settlement

The goal is • 'maximal freedom for the Palestinians and maximal security for Israel," Netanyahu told reporters Wednesday in Tel Aviv, mapping out his vision for a future Palestinian entity that would be not quite the state the PLO seeks - but possibly more indeixndent than some of his hardline voters would want

Nctanyahu's meeting Wednesday with Ar.fat - the first between a rightwing Israeli prime minister and the Palestinian leader- helped ease IsraeliPalestinian tension growing since his May election victory over peace architect Shimon Peres.

But many in Netanyahu's Likud Party are livid over his handshake with a man they still consider a terrorist-and they promised the premier an wipleasant' reception at a party convention Thw-sday.

Benjamin Netanyahu

gizing to his party's supporters for advising them to vote for Netanyahu in May.

OutsideNetanyahu' soffice Wednesday, right-wing demonstrators waved signs saying 'Thou shalt not betray."

Thursday they felt deceived by Netanyahu, whom they had supported in the election.

Pinchas Wallerstein, chaimian of the Settlers Council, said Netanyahu has not lived up to promises to speedily expand the 144settlcmentsintheWest Bank and Gaza. He said settlers would now take matters into their own hands and built privately.

Pictures of 'Toe Handshake" were splashed across fr0nt pages of Israeli and Palestinian newspapers Thursday. The Y ediot Ahronot daily ran it with a Netanyahu quote saying, "One of the most difficult moments of my life."

In the photogmphs, Netanyahu looked grim as he reached across a table - reported! y there to prevent an embarrassing Arafat hug - to grasp Arafat's hand.

Even as the two leaders spoke, aides bickered about the height of the podiums for the news conference, with the Palestinians saying Netanyahu' s was taller and irLsisting it be changed.

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bitterly criticized the late premier Yitzhak Rabin - who was assassinated last year by a Jewish extremist - for his landmark peace accord with Arafat in 1993. NetJnyahu's campaign ads featured footage of Arafat leading Peres -

Rabin's successor· by the hand, suggesting Peres wm; being manipulated.

Rabin ·s wiJow, Leah, who h:t, blamed Nctw1yahu in thepu.,t forc1"C<Jting d1edivisivc politicalclimatethat led to the assassination, wa, bitter Thursday.

"He (Rabin) wa, scorned, cursed andcondemncd forsucha long time. In the end, they murdered him and now they stand and shake hands," she said on Israel anny radio.

In Wednesday's sunm1it, the two sides agreed to a series of lower-level talks during which key out<;tanding issues would be discussed.

Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai was to meet Sunchiy with Arafat, to be followed Monday by a session of the liaison committee that oversees in1plementations of the Palestinian autonomy agreemenLs.

Among the issues on the agenda is Israel's desire to change the tenm of iLs promised pullout from the West Bank town of Hebron to protect Jewish settlers there, and the Palestinians' demand that Israel ease the six-month closure of their tenitories. "lt'sagravemistake,"veteranLikud

Party lawmaker Uzi Landau said. Cabinet ministers Benny Begin and Ariel Sharon vocally opposed the move. And nationalist Moledet Party leader RehavamZeevi said he felt like apolo-

Jewish settler activist Benny Elon heckled Netanyahu during his joint news conference with Arafat, shouting, "What are you doing, Mr. Prime 11inister?"

Leaders of Jewish settlements said

Christopher struggles to bring France on board against Iraq

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By BARRY SCHWEID LONDON (AP) - Trying to bolster international support for strong action against Saddam Hussein, Secretary of State Warren Christopher says the United States needs the allies' help in patrolling an expanded "no-fly" zone over southern Iraq.

France is Christopher's key target on a trip initially designed to commernoratealandmarkpost-WorldWar II speech offering U.S. friendship to a defeatedGennanyandtocomparenotes on elections due to be held in Bosnia in nine days.

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began patrolling the newly enlarged exclusion zone, which now bars Iraqi aircraft from an area extending from the Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian borders totheoutskirtsofBaghdad_orroughly half the country. Planes from the U.S., British and French coalition also patrol a U.S.-imposed air-exclusion zone in northern Iraq to protect Kurds there.

But France is refusing to send its aircraft beyond the old demarcation line in the south, driving home the French government' sviewthatSaddam had not violated the northern no-fly zone over the pa,t weekend when he sem some 40,000 troops and tanks into Irbil, a protected Kurdish city in the north.

Citing support from Britain, Germany and some other nations, Christopher said the United States wanted to ensure that Saddam's capacity to threaten his neighbors had been curtailed and that "our piloL, can conduct the broader no-fly zone with a mini-

mum of risks to themselves." To achieve these goals, "the coop

eration of the French through all this is highly desirable," Christopher said Wednesday on his flight from Washington. "We hope they will be willing to cooperate fully."

Saddam has vowed to respond to two days of U.S. cruise missile strikes during which 44 of the weapons were fired at Iraqi air-defense sites. He ha, ordered his troops to shoot down foreign aircraft and to violate the no-fly zone. On Wednesday, Iraqi radar tracked a U.S.jet fighter, according to the Pentagon, which said tht F-16 pilot fired a missile at the radar. It went silent.

While there is no single condition Saddam must meet to end tl1e U.S. attacks, Christopher said ··we expect him to get out of there and let the Kurds pursue their existence, their lives and pattern of living in the future."

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!Malaysia seeks united ! islamic stand vs US

KUALA LU!\IPUR, Malaysia (AP)-Malaysia s;i1J Thursday it wants the 45-nation Organization ofislamic Conference to make a joint stand against U.S. attacks on Iraq.

In contrast to its solid support for the 1991 Gulf War, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia deeply regretted U.S. missile attacks this week on Iraq.

"We will try," Mahathir said when asked by reporters whether Malaysia would propose a common OIC stand against the attacks.

He didn't say when or how Malaysia would ask for action by the group, which represents the world's Muslim nations.

President Clinton launched tbe cruise missile barrages in retaliation for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's attacks on rebellious Iraqi Kurds, who are under the protection of the United States and its ullies.

Mahathlr criticized the attacks on the Kurds, but said, "We are unhappy because tbe U.S. has acted without referring to the (U.N.) Security Council or other parties."

Also Thursday, about 40 people from 20 groups protested outside the gates of the U.S. Embassy, carrying banners and signs saying "Americans Are Imbeciles" and "Clinton Is a: Diseased Dog."

The demonstrators left a letter addressed to Clinton saying they "strongly condemned the U.S.'s beastly and bloody shelling of Iraq which has resulted in the loss of innocent lives."

It asked Washington to stop the attacks, apologize publicly to Iraqis and pay compensation for injuries and damage.

Embassy spokesman Thomas Carmichael said diplomat, had promised to forward the statement to the State Department in Washington.

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Gonorrhea rate ·declining By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE RA TES of gonorrhea in the CNMI appear to be decreasing after its cases reached a peak in 1990, according to a study of the Department of Public Health Services.

In the DPHS 1995 progress report, Public Health Medical Director Dr. Jon B. Bruss, however, stressed that this probably not be a rf'11 decline, but may represent an under reporting of gonorrhea cases.

Bruss said the public health division suspects that people may be acquiring ili\:gally sold antibiotics at drug stores and non-licensed clinics.

"This raises the concern of improper self-medication of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases)," said the medical director in his

report. He cited that the 1995 rate for

gonorrhea of7 l cases per I 00,000 population in the Commonwealth is lower than the US rate of 172 cases of the same ratio.

On the other hand, Bruss said the 1995 CNMI rate for latent syphilis of 35 cases per 100,000 population is slightly higher than the US rate of 27.

He pointed out that there is no accurate data concerning rates of STDs in non-resident alien workers on Saipan.

The reported cases of STDs are almost exclusively in the Chamorro and Carolinian populations, Bruss said in the report.

Given these facts, he said, there is a reasonable basis to believe that workers are being treated by non-licensed practitioners.

The medical director explained

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I marijuana possession . I A 17-year-old boy was arrested i for allegedly in possession of

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be marijuana in San Jose i Wednesday afternoon.

Public Safety Information 1 Officer P02 Arnold K. Seman

said a police officer on routine patrol spotted the boy at the track and field area near Ada Gym in San Jose.

The officer confronted the boy and later found the possible marijuana in his possession, Seman said.

In other police reports, a 50-year-old employee at the Commonwealth Health Center was arrested shortly after he allege di y choked a fellow employee.

Seman said the incident happened at CHC' s maintenance area where the two employees had a quarrel Wednesday afternoon.

In Chalan Kanoa, a 38-yearold man sought police's assistance after his car he left for a

few minutes near Mary Mini Mart was stolen Wednesday night.

The missing vehicle is a white 1990 Toyota Corolla four-door sedan with license plate ABB-404.

In Chalan Laulau, a 17-footer boat trailer belonging to Roland Johnson was allegedly stolen last March 8-9 from the Micronesian boat shop along Middle Road.

Meanwhile, Seman reminded all owners of vehicles with temporary license plates that the regular plates are ready to be picked up at the Bureau of Motor Vehicle.

The owners are required to surrender the temporary plates issued and the vehicles' registration, Seman said.

"All motorists who are still using off-island plates are being advised that on Sept. 15 enforcement will commence. Please proceed to the BMV office and obtain CNMI license plates," he said. (FDT)

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that there is no accurate data regarding STDs here due to underreporting.

He said although gonorrhea and syphilis are reported primarily in the indigenous population, this may not represent the true incidence of these diseases.

An indirect indicator of STD, Bruss pointed out, is the incidence of Pel vi Int1ammatory Disease (PID).

PIDiscausedprimari.lyby gonorrhea and chlamydia. The rates are extremely high among certain ethnic groups, he explained.

Bruss said the 1992 WHO Consultant Report on prostitution, homosexuality, and intravenous

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drug use in the CNMI, concluded with an urgent advisory for the institution of preventive measure to halt the spread of HIV and other STDs.

A survey of teenage risk behavior in 1994, he said, also showed that teenagers are engaging in unprotected sexual activities at very young ages.

"The requirements of a well managed STDs program should address the areas of prevention, case identification, treatment, and contact follow-up," said the health official.

Although the Division of Public Health has a federally funded program to deal with STDs and

HIV, Bruss said neither the funding nor the personnel are sufficient to meet the needs.

Bruss said among the DPHS' goals and objectives is to improve the methods of identification and tracking of all STD cases, with emphasis on gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia. .

He emphasized that all licensed medical providers must he complied with regulations to report ull communicable diseases, especially STDs.

The medical director underscored the need to reduce the rate of gonorrhea to I .4 per 1,000 population by December 1996 to 1.25 per 1,000 population by year 2000.

Other goals and objectives include the following:

•Reduce the rate ofprirnary and secondary syphilis rates to I 0 cases per I 00,000 population.

•Reduce the rate of congenital syphilis to0.5 cases per 1,000 live births by the year 2000.

•Increase to 75% the c,1ntact screening rate.

•Offer screening to all mothers presenting to CHC, Rota Health Center, and Tinian Health Center for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, and when necessary provide appropriate treatment. follow-up, and contact investigation.

AGO i:mpressed with Eurotex im.provem.ent of facilities


IN JUST over a month, Eurotex has corrected "virtually all of (its San Vicente factory's) deficiencies" for which it was initially threatened with a government closure order, it was learned yesterday.

Assistant Attorney General Michael Ambrose, in a Sept. 4 letter to Eurotex' s Felix Hofschneider, said theAttomeyGeneral'sOffice(AGO) "has been impressed with Eurotex's immediate response to the problems existing at its facility, including Eurotex's cooperation with the gov-

emment agencies involved and willingness to expend whatever resources were necessary to correct the violations."

The Department of Public Safety's Fire Di vision, Ambrose said, has reported that Eurotex is "about 90 percent" complete in correcting deficiencies. the Division has cited after its inspection.

The Department of Public Health has also informed AGO that Eurotex is "almost in complete compliance" with CNMI health and sanitation requiremenK

AGO has yet to receive any recent reports from the Labor and Immigration Department, but Ambrose said he has not heard any complaints from Labor that Eurotex has been uncooperative or is behind tl1e scheuule in correcting llily remaining violations.

Ambrose said all reports indicate that Eurotcx has been likewise coop-

erative with the Department of Public Works' Building Safety officer.

"Eurotex' s swift action and cooperative spirit over the last momh," Ambrose said, "has given the goverrunentgreat assurance that the few remainingproblemsatthcSan Vicente facility will be rectified in the future."

In an unllilnounced inspection last July of Eurotex' s gannent factory in San Vicente, government inspectors citednun1erm1~health, safety, building and labor violations.

Because of the high number of Eurotex's violations, the government can justify the closure of its factory, the Variety was told.

Eurotex was given a I 0-day '·grace period,'' which was later extended, to comply with regulations.

The garment factory was previously labelled as having "swcabhop" conditions by some U.S. lawmakers.

'Tractor' services' st()pp._etl"· •1 '\

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THE Northern Marianas College Acriculturc and Life Sciences Prog(dl11, fon11crly known ,ts LmJ Gmnl rumow1c<Xl it will ~top proviJing tiactor services.

It said the discontinuance of the services takes effect immediate! y.

"In order to comply with federal law governing the use of equipment purchased with federal fund,, the Northern Marianas College Lmd Grant will no longer provide trai::tor services," its announcement stated.

"By not subsidizing tractor .<crviccs. it is expected that private industry will step in :mJ provide these services:· t11e Agrirnlturc :md Lile Sciences Progr.un said.

It said, however, t11at tl1c stop to Ult' dispensing of tractor services does not apply to government agencies and to frnmers who "have a current memorandum of w1derstanding on file with NMC Lmd Grant Rcse;ui.:h for existing research projecLs."

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SHOWING THEM HOW-- Japanese Barcelona _Games. Silver medaJisr Yukio !ketani wows selected elementary students at the Frank M. Palacios ballf1e/d during the shooting of his b10-f1/m yesterday.

The private sector was encouraged to provide tractor services to ti II the void left by the stoppage of the services.

· this new policy or interested trnctor service providers may call the a:;sociatedirectorforextensionat234-9023, extension 1707. -Rick Alberto photo by Priscilla Castro

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Going without saying ONE FUNNY thing happened this week.

C,oming for his first day in office from a weeklong personal trip to Japan, Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio when asked by reporters said he will be signing into law the bill seeking to lowerCUC's reconnection fees from the current $150 by 67% to $50.

According to the chief executive, although he previously warned of a veto, he will approve the reduced reconnection fee if only to redeem himself of Jais intention to veto another measure that would exempt the utilities corporation from paying taxes on it purchase of liquid fuel.

So thrilled by the new revelation from the governor, members of the island's media corps set off to report the imminent reduction in the fee. But just as they prepared the news story, word came out that Lt. Gov. Jesus C. Borja while acting governor already vetoed the subject bill Saturday, a full three days earlier.

Yes, some members of the Fourth Estate were fortunate to have gotten wind of the true story. But there were those who missed the clarifying information so the next day, conflicting reports on the reconnection fee bill were out for the public's consumption and confusion.

It was apparent that Gov. Tenorio was not informed fast enough, understandbly because he has just gotten back on island.

Either the governor at that time has yet to be fully briefed of the things that happened while he was away or his advisers may have not been aware of the Borja action.

So before his advisers and consultants knew it, the governor had already come out publicly with something that he has no more control of, the end result being another bureaucratic snafu, reminiscent of the controversy on the signing and the supposed veto of the wage bill months back involving Senate Vice President and then acting governor Paul A. Manglona ..

Why and how this latest snafu happened? Nobody knows for sure and so speculation again comes into the picture.

Does this reflect the lack of communication between the two top executive officials, or was it just plain and simply a case of who infonns whom first?

Does this in any way confirm that a communication gap exists between the two leaders borne out of the candidacy issue? Or is this at least indicative of some friction?

Maybe there is no real basis to confirm any of these theories but the point is, people will continue to ask what's the real score.

One other thing. In as much as the lowering of the reconnection fee may bea popular move during a political season, could it be that Gov. Tenorio elected to state his support for a lesser consumer burden so as to portray his likely primary opponent as the killjoy?

Again, nobody knows for sure the proper explanation on what

really happened. But one thing is sure, though. Such a communication flip-flop

could have been prevented if only impo11ant information like gubernatorial action on any piece of legislc1tion is immediately disseminated.

Let there be no secrets when it comes to significant matters such as new public laws - or failed legislative attempts. These things, after all, will affect the lives and the livelihood of the people.

They deserve to be informed promptly of things happening within their government. That should go without saying.

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Tourism's exclusionary policy The bi11h of the tourist industry here in the

sixties sta11ed out small and well meaning as well for both investor and the indigenous people. Indeed, we were going for the ride ready and willing to learn something new in terms of earning a living or partaking in an economic venture that revolves around the aesthetic beauty of these islands.

The indigenous people were land rich but cash poor. Initially, the share of the indigenous people in these investments were covered by the primary investoruntil they are paid for through deductions. Every body was happy in a partnership that promises to be a thriving economic venture. It was the fad of the future in terms ofraking-in mega-bucks.

This form of pa11nership was mandated by stat. ute (foreign investment) which was a carry-over law of the former Trust Territory Government days. It was rescinded right before the CNMI attained self-government status to hasten revenue generation to cushion the anticipated revenue loss when the TTG relocates to its permanent seat in Pohnpei State in the FSM.

The repeal of the foreign investment law opened the floodgates for larger investments, including the gradual buy-out of original indigenous investors by companies who hailed from the Land of the Rising Sun. Today, there emerges quiet but strong indigenous discontentment in an industry that has excluded them on a gradual basis.

In the last two years. the administration has appealed to Japanese businesses here to leave some room for indigenous participation in an industry of more than halfa billion dollars. !tis an appeal of inclusion which cannot be taken lightly given that for all the progress that we have seen here over the last thi11y years, the indigenous people have gradually been bumped-out almost completely.

It brings into focus an ever important question: "Development for who?" I have revisited this question time and again in hopes that investors from industrialized countries in the Pacific Rim would come to grips with the need to institute an inclmionary policy in economic ventures with the indigenous people. And there's a lot of merit to seriously consider and review this issue today.

It should be understood that any development that doesn't take its immediate community into consideration stands at odds with the very people it needs to work with down the stretch. It creates suspicion rather than confidence between investor and community. Once this form of relationship is wedged, a sense of alienation takes its permanent seat and so out the window goes the confidence building that both sides need to nurture by virtue of

their living together in the same area. Understandably, the Japanese come from a monolithic

culture where their focus sticks to only those things that are Japanese. We're not trying to disrupt this cultural behavior, but somehow our friends must learn to assimilate into the local community for they have decided to make a lasting difference in the economic well-being of the Northern Marianas Community. Otherwise, that great sense of humility and decorum could just as well manifest itself to mean economic arrogance. I am sure such isn't the case and I hate to see the day when it simply translates to just that-arrogance.

Without a doubt, the indigenous people have bent over backwards to accommodate the needs of the tourism industry. It is an industry that has grown into more than half-a-billion dollar investment in the local economy. We are equally wary that it is the only industry being subsidized by the government in promoting the islands abroad at the expense of other industries here. This form of subsidy must soon come to an end and must be patterned after the Hawaii visitor industry run on a private basis.

If anything, the indigenous people will take the blows of progress with quietude and humility. Each blow is taken in stock to weigh the economic injustices that we had ·to endure in the name of progress. It is rather unfortunate that progress has excluded the indigenous people. In fact, it has only helped the stockholders rather than the permanent guardians of these pearly isles.

Tourism, despite the glamour that it is, has its own downside too. It becomes a nuisance in the sense that it involves warm bodies trec1ding the islands on any given day by the thousands. It uses public facilities without paying a penny for its upgrade and maintenance, drives up the costofgouds and services as is the case in the Garapan hotel area. For the industry to survive, it needs more hotels, water, power and sewerage system while some of the local residents have yet to receive water services on a 24-hourbasis. Meanwhile, residential development needs water too and while developers drill their own water source, this has never been shared with the immediate community.

Water is a finite resource and so naturally this would have to be measured against future expansion in the tourism industry. What I tind most worrisome is the constant number of tourists who would be here dc1ily-6,000 tD 11,000--all of whom need to take a shower after frolicking at the beach. Each person needs, on an average, about 70 gallons of water per day. At 11,000 constant tourists per day, we would need an additional 770,(X){J gallons to meet their requirements. That translates to some 281,050,000 gallon of water a year.

Eventually, both investor and residential development would be clamoring or clashing for its share of that finite resource we don't have plenty of-water! Imagine what the situation would be like during·a long drought season. I need not feed your imagination any further.

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God's little angel RHONA Mahilum woke up on the night of May 26th with her hair and back on fire.

A cat had jumped on a table beside her wooden bed, knocking -over a lighted kerosene lamp and spilling the highly-flammable liquid and its tongues of flame on her bed.

In a matter of few seconds, the fire had spread out and would soon claim the entire hut.

Instead of running out of the doomed house, however, Rhona rushed into the other room where her brother and three sisters slept. She lifted each of them in her arms and carried them out, one by one. She had to drag her older sister who was, by then, shocked by fear.

With her dress still smoldering, Rhona made a final rush to their hut and grabbed whatever clothes she could find. "Forus to have something to wear," she explained later.

Then, with a pail at hand, she scooped water from a nearby well and tried to put out the fire-which she eventually did, and thus saved at least the hut's kitchen.

All this time, the flames were all over her back, and pain was supreme and unremitting. Rhona had to dash to a nearby sugarcane field and roll on the wet ground to save herself.

It was there that she lost consciousness. Rhona Mahilum, a.3' 5" -tall 8-year-old who has been working in the

sugarfields since she was four, lay on the ground, apparently dead from the third-degree bums her thin, frail body had sustained.

Or so her father thought. (Together with his wife and their two other children, he had just arrived from a nearby town to sell soft drinks, the earnings from which makes up a part of theirPl,000 [$38.46] monthly income.)

But Rhona's mother would not believe that God, after giving her child the will and the strength to save her siblings, would allow Rhona to just die. She took Rhona in her arms and walked. She walked for hours until the ch,ild stirred.

God's little angel was still alive. For two days, Rhona stayed in a private hospital where she gradually

got better. But her bums needed further medication and more intensive care, both of which her parents could not possibly afford.

They had to bring her back to their hut where, because of her incomplete treatment, Rhona continuously suffered from infections.

"We don't have the money and I still need to earn a living," her mother would later tell the Philippines Free Press. "Rhona was not the only one sick among my children."

Fortunately, in a small provincial town, the tale of such an incredible, almost unheard of, heroism spreads as fast as a fire in a hut.

Soon the town government heard Rhona's story and decided to pay for the child's hospital bills. A reporter of Today also learned about Rhona and her condition.

It took the reporter another month before filing the story, but when it came out together with a picture of Rhona, Today's publisher and editor-in-chief followed it up with an editorial that so moved the mayor of Manila he gave Rhona a check for Pl million (some $38,000 plus).

Says Today's Aug. 24th editorial, "Last week Rhona Mahilum raised her arms, with a check for Pl million in one hand, and broke out in a small smile. Finally ... Rhona, working student (four days cutting sugar cane since the age of 4, three days attending school, but all the time helping in the housework), had received the accolade of the City of Our Affections on the fitting occasion of the centennial of national heroism. A brass band had played for her.

"Looking at her, standing on a chair with her arms.raised, a hardboiled TV cameraman said, 'P-ng ina, 'yan ang Olympic champion.' A definite gold, the only one who went the distance in a ring of fire in a fight to the limit of any human being's tolerance for pain."

Manila's mayor brought Rhona her mother and two sisters to the city hospital. For the next six or eight months, Rhona will be confined in the hospital for a series of reconstructive surgeries, skin grafting and possible hair transplant.

Rhona has to undergo four or five operations. Because of the pain from her injuries, she has to stoop whenever she stands. 'The scar tissues on her back and neck have clumped together," says the Free Press, "contracting her skin and forcing her body into a ball. The contracture limits the movement of her left arm; her left ear is a small shriveled piece of red meat."

Like her two sisters, Rhona is malnourished and far too small for an 8-ycar old. To prepare her for the operations, doctors are giving her all the nourishment her body badly needs.

Last Sept. 2nd, Rhona had the first of a series of skin grafting. She stil I has a long way to go before finally getting cured, but no one doubt:: that she would, eventually.

Asked what made her do what she did, Rhona said, "I love them, that is why I helped them."

But going in and out of a burning hut? ··1 had my guardian :rngel with me," she said. Even atheists would believe her.


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Jones bill: A Dear Editor: Finally! A bill whose time has

come. I am referring to Mr. Jones Bill to synchronize school hours in an effort to eliminate certain problems such as the daily traffic jam and to shorten

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g ood idea has come the unsupervised hours of many of CNMI's latchkey children.

I think we should all stand behind Mr. Jones efforts to have this bill passed.

Just imagine: Fewer cars on the road when you drive to work,

kids coming home at about the same time you come home, and more relaxed morning at home allowing for more family interactions.

Joe Asanuma

In fairness to the good men of DOLI Dear Editor: I would like to respond to the article

which proclaimed that bribery was employed by businesses to expedite documentation, provided by the Department of Labor and Immigration, which is required for the hiring of foreign national employees.

For the last two years I have worked closely with the Department of Labor and Immigration in the hiring of foreign nationals for a local Corporation.

I have always r&eived businesslike, professional treatment in my dealings with this Government Agency.

No one from Labor and Immigrationhaseverrequestedamonetarysum from me to expedite the documents needed.

No one from Labor and Immigration has ever asked fora free$3.00beer

at the bar I represent lnapointoffact, on those occassions

when "Red Tape" was slowing down the process, a simple phone call, inquiring as to what the challenge was, followed by a quick explanation as to the deficiencies, and the "problem" was rectified-and not a single dollar bill ever changed hands.

Because of the wr.akness of human nature it is possible that one or two individuals within this Government Agency have abused their positions, however for the media to paint all of the dedicated, helpful, courteous employees at Labor and Inunigration as criminals is in itself criminal.

I realize that bad news sells more papers than good news, but the young men and women who have been maligned through this article have been

done an injustice and I would call upon those business people who, like myself, have had ongoing dealings with Labor and Immigration to follow my lead and defend the slanderous allegations leveled against the employees of Labor & Immigration.

David Koch

(The concern raised by Mr. Koch is well-taken However, it must be ,wted that nowhere in the subject article did the Variety ''proclaim" there is bribery at DOU. Allegations were made and with no intention to malign everyone at DOU, the Variety merely reported the existence of an inquiry into the matter, as confinned by Asst. AG Danny Aguilar and aclawwledged by AG Sebastian Aloot. -Ed.)

Assess impact fees on all developers Dear Editor: The Variety editorial of August 30,

1996, "Let's not lose developers" seems to imply thatdevelopers are, or should be, entitled to 15-year extensions of their public land leases as a matter of course. It notes, for example, developer resentment at legislator's leveraging efforts in regard to lease terms as though the resentment were justified.

But it is not In fact, the CNMI Constitution states in Articles XI, Section 5 (a) that it is fundamental policy that leasehold interests in public lands not exceed twenty-five years. That provisionhasbeenapartoftheCNMI Constitution ever since the Constitution went into effect nearly twenty years ago.

It is true that the same section of the Constitution makes provision for a fifteen-year extension-upon a threequarters vote ofapproval of the House and Senate. And it is true that, generally speaking, such extensions have been granted more often than not. Nevertheless, that does not make it a guaranteed right of the developer.

It is also true that such fifteen-year

lease extensions have generally involved the making of "concession," contributions, or donations by developers in order to obtain legislative approval of the extensions. There is nothing wrong in wanting to re-negotiate a lease if its terms are changed.

The problem lies in the fact that there are no criteria to guide the process of renegotiating. There are no clearly established policies, no approved guidelines for determining the nature or the level of contribution, donation, concession required for a lease extension. Nor is there any apparent relationship between the contribution, donation, concession made by a developer in the process of obtaining the original twenty-five year lease and that expected of the developer in granting a fifteen-year extension.

This situation leaves the developer at the mercy of the legislature, and leaves the legislature open to bribery and corruption.

The solution lies in reviving the idea of' 'impact fees"-the concept that development DOES incur costs, and that developers should help defmy

those costs. Development brings an increase in population-whethera temporruy one while the development is beir,g built, or a permanent one when thedevelopmentbecomesoperational. Development's increase in population creates increased demand on health care facilities, on public safety services, on educational institutions. Development brings an increase in demand on the infrastructure-increased wear and tear on the roads, increased consumption of water and power.

The conceptof impact fees includes use of standard, fair, equitable, formula to determine the fee each developer should pay before the development is approved.

Of course, impact fees should be charged all developers, not only those who seek public land leases. But if such a system were in place, the question ofhow much a developer would have to pay to obtain a lease-would be matter oflaw, rather than the greed of the legislature, the depth of the developers pocket.

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Perez was recently granted a work pennit by the Labor and Immigration Department.

Torres said his evidence is a transcript of a National Labor Relations Board proceeding in which Perez "admit, working for the union during his 90-day stay beginning March 1996."

Asked for a comment, Local 5 officer El wood K. Mott Jr. yesterday said he signed Perez's affidavit of support forthedurationofthe Filipino's stay as a tourist on Saipan.

In the transcript, Perez was a,ked "Did you receive any compensation from Local 5 for any those activities during that period?"

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Perez replied, 'There is an affidavit of support to sustain my daily needs and to pay my rent, .... "

Asked further ifLocal 5 is paying for his rooming, food and daily substance, Perez said yes.

Torres said "based on this evidence, Mr. Perez lied to Immigration and Labor officials and that he violated our nonresident work regulations."

Perez, in an interview la,t month, denied that he is getting paid while here in theCNML

''I'm not getting anything. I'm here to get married to my girltiiend, but because of this controversy we had to postpone the marriage," he said.

I NMHC to hold its I first housing expo I By Rick Alberto i Variety News Staff ! FORTY-ONE exhibitors, ranging from consuuction and insurance finns i to hardware and carpet stores, have signed up for the first CNMI Housing · Expo, organizers said yesterday.

These exhibitor firms have confirmed their participation, said Diana Crisostomo, managcrof mortgage credit divL,ion, and loan specialist Mel Sablan, both of the No1them Marianas Housing Corp.

The exhibitors got a glimpse of the expo venue, the Saipan MultiplliJX)Se Center, yesterday to familiarize themselves with the exhibition setup.

Expected to come to the expo, which runs from Sept. 13 to 15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., are people planning or are looking for.vard to someday build their dream houses.

"They will get infomiation on how ;o get a loan, the cost of building a house ... everything that c.Ieals with building a hou;;e from A to Z," Sablan told the Variety.

The NMHC itselfofters seven kinds of housing loan like the Veterans Administration loan and the Guam Savings loan.

Since the I %Os when it wa, first known~ a, the Mariana Island\ Distri<.:t Housing Authority and later as the Mariana IslandsHousing Authority, the NMHC has loaned out over $20 million.

Sablan said they had been wiu1ting to set up a housing expo for years. A team from the NMHC went to Guam earlier to observe its own

housing fair. Guam had been holding om: tor the past scvcrnl year:;. "If it (expo) goes well tJ1is year, we'll make ium annual affair," Sablan

said. Gov. Fmilan C. Tenorio and Lt. Gov. Jesus Borjaru1d the legislators haw

been invited to the expo opening. Borja is likely to come since he sp.:arhcadcd the setting up of the

Mananas Public Land Tru,t Fund, Crisostomo said.

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Nomoto liled a hankntptcy petition before the.: Dist1i'1 Coun yesterday in bchalfoftJ1c I limit,u Kw·aokc Club in C,;u;1pan Village, claiming the establi,hmcnt had total liabilities of S-19,-1%.60 a.s al!ai1N it.1 total assets or only S22JXXl.

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cr1y eight c111rl11yccs whose unpaid salw·ics ,md wa!!CS amoum ro a total or $6,589 and L'.Lx;s and otl1erdehts to tl1e govcmmcnt. including hccr tax, totaling SI 5.862J6.

Non priority claimscc1111e li11111crcditors such ,1' Joy Emcrpriscs, Bank 11f Hawaii. ,md Saipan Sunzen Co. These claims total $27 ,0-15.2-1.

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Over 16 lib] hankn1ptcy pctiticlll'o l,Lst yc;u·, while none lilcd in I 9lJ-l. Rick Alberto


Leonard joins AG's Office By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

A SUPERIOR Court law clerk has joined an "under.staffed" Criminal Division of the Attorney General's Office.

Lawyer Frieda Leonard started on Tuesday her new job as a government prosecutor handling traffic cases.

Traffic cases used to be the "specialty" of Assistant Atty. Gen. Virginia Sablan who is now assigned to criminal cases.

The 30-year-old Leonard was born in New Jersey and raised in New York. She accepted her job as a law clerk in the Commonwealth in November 1994.

"It's a great place to gain trial experience and benefit the people," Leonard said referring to her new work.

Division's six prosecutorsDeputy Atty. Gen. Loren Sutton, and Assistant Atty. Generals James Norcross, Alan Lane, Virginia Sablan, Nicole Forelli, and Yvonne Lee.

The division before had nine prosecutors, but Christine Zachares and BruceBerlineresignedwhileGabriel Acosta did not renew his contract. Two civilian employees also stepped· out from the division.

The "exodus" of prosecutors and employees happened in six months during Sutton's teim as chief of the division.

This reporter went to AGO yester-

day afternoon to interview Sutton. A civilian employee, however, said Sutton would talk to thisreporteronly today.

Norcross said the division needs at least two more prosecutors to handle drug and general cases.

Before Alan B. Gordon, a fonner prosecutor, left theclivisiononJuly 5, 1995, he complained that they were oveiwhelmingly overloaded with cases.

In order for the division to become more effective and able to prosecute more cases, Gordon said the division should have at least 12 prosecutors.

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SPF eyes economic restructuring By Giff Johnson For the Variety

MAJURO-Forum leaders decided Wednesday (Sept 4) to lift the suspension of France ·s Post-Forum Dialogue Panner stat us effective inunediately. Sir Julius Chan told reporters late Wednesday that the ban on France had served it, purpose, and had been an important part of the campaign against nuclear testing. which had ultimately resulted in France' scuttingthenumber of test, by two and later signing the South Pacific nuclear free zone treaty.

Sir Julius said that a dialogue session

v.ith France will be held a, soon as a convenient time can be arranged. 'The Forum resolution (against Frech tests) served its pw-pose," he said. ''France is part of the region and we need some kind of harmonization with France."

On other matters, Sir Julius reported that the Forum leaders:

•focused a great deal of discussion on needed economic refonns, including in the Marshall Islands.

•focused a great deal of discussion on needed economic reform,, including support for economic development strategies through both regional and

subregional cooperation •agreed that finance ministers will

look at appropriate steps to maintain momenmrn on tariff refonns.

•supported domestic policies to develop the private sector, including reducing public sector costs.

•areaskingaiddonors to ensure their assistance supports key reform objectives set out by Forum nations.

A statement issued by the Forum leaders said that ''the establishment of clearly defined goals would generate a renewed spirit of commitment to Pacific solidarity."

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THE DEPARTMENT of Public Health Services woold offer its~ sources, including the Cornmoric . wealth Health Center staff, in future reseaxdl and training health seivices to other territories in the Pad.fie Ba-sin.

DPHS Secretary Dr. l,;runu J. Abrahamreiterated the department's plans to assist territories with regards tohealthcareservicesduringameeting of tbe Pacific Island Health OfficersAssociation(PIHOA)onSept 16-20 in Pohnpei.

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i ence is the CHC' s potential as a

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tension, breast and cervical cancers, as well. as other prevalent and pre• veotable chronic diseases," the secretary said.

He said the department's Mental Health Division is expanding and if has enough staff in the future could offer training possibilities to other jurisdictions.

Abraham stressed that CHC has the only facility .outside of Hawaii thathasamarnmographyandsoonto install a CAT-Scan.

TheCHC facility has been approved by federal healthagencies,he said.

The DPHS top official added that Saipan has an out~tanding two-year Nursing Program at the Northern Marianas College:

Abraham had first brought up !he DPHS' plans to Guam Senator Lou Leon Guerrero last July.

Islands to boost law enforcement MAJURO (PNS) · Forum Island countries have agreed to give high priority to enhance co-opera1ion in law enforcement.

The leader's commitment to work together in regional law enforcement is contained in the 27th South Pacific Forum communique which was released in Majuro today.

The leaders concern over continuing threats by criminal activities will support more effective

use of existing liaison and coordination networks to crack down the problem.

""!"hey re-iterated their commitment to the principles contained in the Honiara Declaration on Law Enforcement Co-operation.

The leaders also agreed for an early meeting of the Regional Security Committee to examine ways to take forward the Honiara Declaration objectives effectively .... Pucnews

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Oleai kids experience D.AR.E. By Rick Alberto

Variety News Staff SIXTII GRADERS from the Oleai Elementary School recently underwent the Drug Abuse Resistance F.ducation (DARE) program, an ex

. perience described by the school's sixx:iat education teacher as a "lifetime investment."

'The experience that the sixth graders encountered in seventeen weeks wasalifetimeinvestmentthatbrought about intrinsic transformation of their

lives," Myrna Torres Gutierrez said She added that even the teachers

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Gutierrez credited police officers Arnold Seman and Sandy Hambrose for bringing "quality time, credibility,and unwavering commitment into the program."

She said the duo from the Department of Public Safety were mainly

VELMA Ann M. Pulacios. was among the 494 graduates at Hawaii Pacific University's 34th Commencement Exer-cises last August21.

She had the privilege to represent the graduate students . at this year's commencement as Valedictory speaker. The honor was given to her owing to her outstanding academic achievement. Velma maintained a 4.0 during her graduate school years and was on the Dean's List in all ger semesters.

Her performance also allowed her to be recognized in "Who's Who Among Students in Colleges and Universi-

responsible for laW1ching the crusade against illegal drugs in the schools in theCNMI.

By profession they are policemen, but in the classroom they were "respectable mentors of the highest caliber," Gutierrez described Seman and Hambrose. 'They communicated to the youth the kind of society they envision that would breed forth respectable and responsible citiz.ens."

She said that the two officers touched the lives of the pupils.

''Mostofthestudentsfeltexcitedas they came to know the true colors of these men in uniform. They (officers) were full ofhumor, ... they did not intimidate students with requirements ... ," she said. ''What fascinated me most is the officers' ability to deal with cultural diversity."

Gutierrezobseived that she had not seen the sixth graders "so engrossed and motivated in the activities that the DARE program had initiated them into."

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White House nixes Palmyra plan By Giff Johnson For the Variety

l\ 1AJURO-T11e White House issued a statement strongly opposing a LS. compmy's plans for using Palm! ra Atoll for nuclear wa.ste storage in response to concern expressed by a Hawaii scntor.

In a letter to Senator Daniel Akaka (DHawaii),twoofPresidentOinton's chief advisors said. "this administration cannot support the proposed acti, ity (at Palmyra)."

Anthony Lake, the president's national security advisor, and John H. Gibbons, Clinton's science and technology advisor, wrote in the August

12 letterthat the White House strongly opposes proposed legislation that would exempt the Palmyra nuclear waste plan from U.S. environmental laws and review.

Officials meeting earlier this week at the South Pacific Forum meeting in Majwu said that they wanted to ~ognize the Clinton administration for its strong stand that supported the Pacific sentiment against nuclear waste disposal in the region.

Sir Julius Chan, the prime minister from Papua New Guinea and the spokesman for the 16 heads of government meeting in Majuro, said on Wednesday (Sept. 4) that the Forum

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A U.S. consortiwn of companies has been attempting to buy Palmyra andhasproposedusingittostorehigh level spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants in Russia and the U.S. They are lobbying U.S. Congressional leaders to exempt their plan from stingcnt U.S. environmental controls. Fom1er Secretary of State J amesa. Baker, III, wasrecentlyhired as a lobbyist for the Palmyra project

The idea of a coordinated international approach to the management of spent nuclear fuel is worth considering. the White House officials said in their letter to Akaka.

However, the Lake and Gibbons said that this private American proposal to lease uranium fuel to the

world's nuclear utilities, then take it back and ship it for interim storage on Palmyra "raise a numberof troubling drawbacks" that outweigh the possible benefits.

The legislation proposed by this American consortium would make a U.S. tenitory-Palmyra, an atoll next to Kiribati in the South Paci.fie-a dumping site for the world's spent nuclear fuel, an action that the White House strongly opposes, Lake and Gibbons said.

In addition, because it is proposed that Palmyra is to be an "interim storage site", this raises the prospect of what to do next with the high level nuclear wastepossibly leaving the world's nuclear waste to be managed by the United States in perpetuity, the White House said.

The White House advisors said that the waste proposal contains a number of new concept~ regarding nuclear waste handling and storage which "require substantially more scientific and technical information before they could be responsibly reviewed, much less approved." TI1e proposed legislation.however, would waive key provisions of the U.S. National Environmental Protection Act and Nuclear Regulatory Commissionregulationsallowingthestorage_ plan to move ahead without any review.

"We believe it would be a serious breach fo the public trust for the federal govemment to exempt one specific and highly controversial proposal from established nuclear and environmental review procedures," Lake and Gibbons said.

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W ASHINGTON,DC-NLPCPresident Peter Flaherty yesterday said he was encouraged by the efforts of elected officials to build strong and accountable govenment institutions in the commonwealth of Northern Mariana Island, but expressed concern about usurpation oflocal authority by Wa,hington.

Flaherty visited the CNMI during the week of August 18. He was accompanied by Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center and syndicated columnist Don Feder of the Boston Herald.

"I think it is very important that the CNMI be allowed to control its own labor and immigration policies. It is clear that special interest groups like the AFL-CIO want to use the federal bureauacracy to coerce the CNM I into policies its citizens oppose."

"It is true that the CNMI is part of the United States, but that should not

in the CNMI' s affairs. As a former Governor, President Clinton has voiced concern about unwanted mandates on jurisdictions outside Washington. The Administration should pr&,tice what it preaches."

Flaherty addressed some other issues, "I was happily surprised that the CNMI Constitution includes a provision for a Code of Ethics. Of cow,c, the existence of such a Code guaran- I tees nothing, but it is important for I settingthetonethatthegovernment is I committed to ethics."

"Most people on the mainland are not familiar with the CNMT. I am going to spread the word in Washington that there is a little piece of America in the Pacific, full of patriotic and industrious people enjoying a level of economicgrowthonlydreamedabout stateside."

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MAJURO-The future of the Pacific is the focus of South Pacific Forum leaders discussions in Majwu this week. Next week, however, the future of the Marshalls Island will take front seat as the government prepares to introduce to Nitijela (parliament) early next week after it reconvenes starting Monday morning, accordingtoFinanceMinister Ruben Zackhras.

The Finance Minister said that the cutbacks in the public service must take place. If the proposed cuts take place, they will be the first layoffs in a long-talked about plan to downsize and reform a government payroll that has grown in recent years to $23 million annually for a population of about 56,000.

Thegovemmenteithermakesthese proposed cuts to reduce its expenditures or it will have to set a date for locking its doors and shutting down the operations of the government, he said. ,

Already,allthecookswhoworkin the government's food services program for island schools have been given their 30 day termination notices, and more employees will be receiving their"pinkslips" in the near future.

AsianDevelopmentBankofficials will be arriving next week to continue

discussions on a proposed loan of about $10 million that will be used to ease the pain of the layoffs. it will provide severance pay packages for up to three years to workers who are being let go, as well as retraining and related programs.

Zackhras indicated that the loan has been approved in principle by ADB manangement, and that an agreement for it could be signed following the discussions next week. It must still be approved by the ADB board, he said.

The lorut could be available as early as January.

No salary cuts for government are planned in the new budget, he said.

In addition to cuts for government work force that will take effect on October I st, the government will be revisingtaxlegislationthatwaspassed in the last session. Although taxes on beer, soft drinks and other commodities was increased dramatically in the last session, actual tax revenues obtained by the government in the past six months have been far below-wome estimates put it a 40 percent less than previous collections-what the government was collecting with the old legislation.

Zackhras indicated that some amendments to the tax law will be forthcoming with the new budget for fiscal year 1997.

Gov't closes textile plants MANILA,Philippines(AP)-In part of an ongoing campaign, the government has closed three textile dyeing plants for failing to meet anti-pollution laws.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said the companies were shut down Tuesday after being given six months to install water treatment plants.

The three companies, located in Manila's suburbofMalabon, were first ordered to shut down in J anuary. The order was lifted in March after officials from the three companies promised to complete antipollution facilities.

The Malahan River is dotted with many fish ponds that supply markets in Malahan and nearby towns .

The closure is part of the government's intensified effort to clean the environment.

Last week, the government shut down a battery recycling plant that an environmental group accused of \mporting used toxic lead acid batteries.

Concern over pollution has heightened since March, when a concrete plug in a drainage tunnel at a copper mine failed, sending millions of tons of liquefied mining waste into two river systems southeast of Manila.

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US Small Business seeks payment of$1,000 debt THE United States government yesterday filed a civil suit before the District Court seeking therecoveryof$1,060.22 a couple from Rota a!Jegedly owe the US Small Business Administration.

The complaint stated that Frederick and Josepha Hocog received a loan amounting to $2,300 with a 4 percent per annum interest way back in March 1988.

The couple, the complaint al-

leged, had defaulted in the payment under the terms of the loan by not paying on due dates.

Payments were to be in monthly installments of $40.

The couple had made several payments, reducing their debt to $1,060.22.

"Due demand has been made upon the defendants for the principal amount of $1,060.22 plus interest(but) said defendants have failed, neglected and refused, and

continue to fail, neglect and refuse to reimburse plaintiff for said indebtedness," the complaint said.

The US asked the court to order the couple to pay the outstanding principal balance and the accrued interest up to Aug. 30 in the amount of $217.9? and the interest thereafter until paid in full.

The USSBA has in the past filed several claim suits against reneging small borrowers.

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Fewer _Japanese gangs enter RP MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Tight guarding at Philippine airports has cut the number of suspected Japanese gangsters entering the country by half, immigration officials said Thursday.

Danilo Perez, traffic control service chief of the Bureau of Immigration, said 20 suspected Japanese gangsters, or yakuza, entered the country on average each month during the first five months this year, but the number dropped to about 10 between June and August.

He said yakuza travel to the Philippines "to check on

their business interests and for rest and recreation."

Police suspect that some of the many karaoke bars and other new nightclubs that have sprouted since the 1980s around Manila and other key cities are owned by Japanese gangsters but are being run by Filipinos, including the Filipino wives of the gangsters.

Such bars are believed to be fronts for prostitution, illegal drugs and weapons trafficking.

"When they're not checking on their interests, they can be found playing golf because it is so cheap here compared

to Japan," Perez said. Immigration inspectors

have been instructed to look for the body tattoos and missing little fingers that are often the mark ofyakuza members.

The Philippines refused entry to at least 140 suspected Japanese gangsters in the first four months of this year.

The suspected gangsters were among 880 foreigners who were turned away as part of increased efforts to prevent international terrorists, drug traffickers, pedophiles and criminal fugitives from entering the country.

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12M for FSM tourism PALIKIR, Pohnpci - Vice President Jacob Nena has signed a new lawthatappropriates$12 million from FSM General Fund for Fiscal Year beginning October J, 1996, and ending September 30, 1997 for infra-

structwe and tourism development. The Ninth Congress also divided

the $12 million among the four states as follows: $5 million for 01uuk, $4 million for Pohnpei, $2 million for Yap, and $1 million for Kosrae.

The $5 million for Chuuk, $2 million for Y ap,and$ l millionforKosrae is for funding the infrastructure developments ne.eds of the three States and the allottee is the President of the FSM.

such as water power, roads, docks and airports; only the funds appropriated for the State of Pohnpei include specified amount for tourism development ne.eds.

1l1e aJJottee shall be responsible for ensuring that the funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary,

are used solely for the purpose specified in the act, and that no obligations are incurred in excess of the sum appropriated.

The authority of the allotte.es to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of September 30, 1997. /Filipino sailors jump ship I

I '\ SUYA(PNS)-FiveFilipinosail- taken his own life by jumping

1 ors have abandoned their Tai- overboard.

1 wanese fishing vessel in Suva - According to a report handed claiming human rights abuse and to the police, Puddy Pelasco,just ill-treatment by the ship's cap- couldnottaketheinhumantreat-

The $4 million for Pohnpei' s, $3 .5 million is for funding the infrastructure and tourism development needs for which the FSM President is the allottee.

The remaining $500,000 for tourism development, $250,000 was earmarked for Pohnpei's Visitor's Bureau operation and promotional programs, and $250,000 is for the infrastructure development and beautification programs.

Ex-PNG ntinister nabbed for drugs

tain and officers. ment anymore. Theyclaimedtheywereforced The incident was said to have

to work long and hard with put happened while the ship was fish-rest, physically abused and ing within Fiji's 200-mile eco-harshly treated, the Daily Post nomic zone. J

reports. As a result of their report, po-They said that as a result of lice have seized the fishing boat,

such torment and disregard for which means it could not sail human decency, one of their until investigations countrymen is belie:ved to have pleted.

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Pohnpei Visitor's Bureau is the allottee for these amounts.

Section 5, of the law stated that aJJ funds shall be used solely for capital infrastructure development projects

CANBERRA (PNS) - A former Papua New Guinea provincial government minister recruited 4 PNG fishermen to help him smuggle cannabis into Australia through Torres Strait, a court in Cairns, far North Queensland was told Wednesday.

Clement Eric Hesaboda, a former Western Province finance minister was arrested on a boatin Torres Strait

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The prosecutor, Clive Porritt, told the Cairns court that the 4 fishermen claimed they've been recruited by Hasebodaandhadusedabananaboat ownedbyoneoft11emtohelpsmuggle the drugs.

Porritt said Hesaboda and the fishermen had left Daru Island, PNG on August 28.

That night they rriet an Australian, Alan William Gibson, on a fishing boat about midway between the tip of Cape York and the PNG mainland and exchanged the cannabis for 1,500 US dollars in 50 dollar notes.

According to Porritt, the owner of the boat, Ebu Papua, said Hesaboda had given him 396 dollars to share with the crew.

But early in August 29, four officers from the Australian Federal Police, Australian Customs and Queensland Police boarded and searched the boal

Hesaboda was charged with being knowingly concerned with the importation of cannabis and supplying a dangerous drug while the fishermen face importation charges.

Allwereremandedincustodyuntil October 9. Gibson has already been bailed on separate charges.

· Readmission of France irks: .Greenpeace MAJURO (PNS) - Greenpeace Pacific is disappointed that forum leaders do not wait a year before readmitting Fr..u1ce ,L, a post-forum dialoguc partner.

Greenpeace Pacific spokcsix;r.;on Bunny McDiannid says Fr.mce · s reentry w,L, never in doubt but it's disappointing that tJu:y did not wait a year before allowing Frrn1ce back.

Bunny says such a delay would have demonstrated the Forum's seriousness about France's indi fference to the region's opposition to nuclear testing.

She says while France's nuclear testing has ended in the Pacific, the problems are not over. The issue of clean-up and compensation has still to be resolved.

The organization also welcomes the fact that the Forum's position on climate change remains unchanged.

However, tJ1e spokesperson says it's disappointing that the issue was not given greater prominence and that Australia's disagreement with tl1c nc~xl lt>r legal) y binding rn111-

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(as culled by Philippine Consulate)

Filipinos in Iraq safe, says DFA THE Department of Foreign Affairs la,t Wednesday said there was no cause for alarm on the safety of a few Filipinos in Iraq following a US cruise missile attack.

AmbassadorOscarValenzuela,DFAspokesman,saidthereareonlynineknown Filipino contract workers in Baghdad a, no one had gone back there after the Gulf War.

ll1ere are 25 Philippine Emba~sy personnel and their families. he said. "We should not be alarmed. Theemba,sy know what to do, where to hide, what

are tl1e safe areas and the escape route,," Valenzuela said in a rndio interview. He, however, said Manila had attempted to contact the Philippine Emb,L,sy in

Bahdad but communication lines were down. Philippine Daily Inquirer

OCW s can invest in local stocks PRESIDENT Ramos has approved a pmgrarn to get Filipino nvcrs~1s workers to invest in the local stock exchange, government regulators said la.,t Wednesday.

Mr. Ramo, in a handwritten noted dated August 28. instructed tl1c Sccuritic., and Excku1ge Commission to dJaw up guidelines that would make it e:.L,ier for the four million Filipinos working overseas to invest in tl1e bourse, tl1e SEC said.

·n1e SEC is to submitareporton therecommcndationson the President yesterday. The approval came in response to a proposal made by businessman Alberto

Pedrosa who said that an "overseas Filipinos investors program (OFIP)" would broaden the base of the Philippine Stock Exchange and bring in new sources of funds.

Remittances from overseas Filipino workers are one of the coutry's biggest sources of foreign exchange and are credited witl1 boosting the growth of the country· s national product The Philippine Star

Clinton to attendAPEC meeting UNITED States President Bill Clinton will definitely join other heads of state fort.he 4th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Me.eting scheduled in November whether lie wins or loses in the November 5 US presidential elections.

This wa, the assurance made by newly-designated US Ambassador to the Philippine., Thoma.~ C. Hubbard who presented his credentials and letterof credence from President Clinton to President Ramos at Malacanang's Music Room.

Hubbard said he was instructed by Clinton to work closely with the Philippine government to a~sure that iL~ hosting of the APEC summit will be a great success.

He also extended the American govcmmcnt' s congratulation on the signing last Monday of a peace agreement betwe.en the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Aw>J/aBul/efin

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Parishioners find bomb inside church COTABATO, Philippines (AP) - Parishioners attending an early morning Mass found a bomb Thursday inside a Roman Catholic church, as authorities tightened security before local elections next week in the southern Philippines.

Police chief Joel Goltiao said the home-made explosive and timing device were discovered among the pews of the church in Cotabato City in Maguindanao province and removed safely.

There were no immediate suspects but a note with the bomb appeared to be an attempt by Christians to place the blame on Muslims, he said.

Goltiao said the attempt may have been connected to two bombing incidents in Cotabato last week. There were no casualties in the two earlier cases.

Militant Christians opposed to a recent peace treaty with Muslim rebels have been blamed for some recent explosions in the south.

Next week's local elections in four Muslim-dominated provinces will be the first polls since the gov-

ernment and rebel Moro National Liberation Front signed an agreement in Manila on Monday ending a quarter-century of fighting which killed more than J 20,000 people and devastated the south's economy.

The pact gives greater autonomy to Muslim areas in exchange for the MNLF' s withdrawal of its demand for a separate nation.

While most Filipinos support the peace agreement, some Christians fear it gives the rebels too much power. Christians in Cotabato, about 880 kilometers (550 miles) south of Manila, are among those opposed to the accord.

The MNLF is the country's largest Muslim rebel group. The government still faces rebellions from two smaller Muslim groups and from Communist rebels.

Presidential Executive Secretary Ruben Torres said Wednesday he expects to be contacted next week by leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, one of the smaller groups, on the possibility of starting separate peace talks with them.

Torres said Gadhzali Jaafar, vice chairman of the MILF, met with him last week and asked for a copy of the MNLF peace agreement.

Jaafar said his group would stop fighting if it finds the agreement agreeable, Torres said. Otherwise. separate negotiations with them will have to begin.

The govern~ent is also attempting to resume talks with the Communist rebels in an attempt to end one of Asia's last active Marxist insurgencies.

Rene Sarmiento, a government negotiator, said "back room" talks have begun in preparation for another round of formal talks with the Communists.

He said the Communists have sent word they a.re willing to resume formal negotiations any rime between Sept. 15 and 25. but only if they are held in The Hague. Netherlands.

The government wants to meet at a later date in Hong Kong. Sarmiento declined to provide any other details .

Snake sends Mindanao city into 2-hr. darkness

IlJGAN,Philippims(AP)-AsouthernPhilippinecity nervous over threats of violence against a new Muslim peace agreement was plunged into darkness for two hours by an intruder, officials said Wednesday.

The culprit: a 1.8-meter (six-foot) boa constrictor that wrapped itself around a high-voltage wire, causing a short circuit.

"We thought this was the w01k of saboteurs," said an official of the National Power Corp. of Monday's

power failure, which coincided with the signing of a peace accon:l between the government and Muslim rebels.

'Therewasaloud,deafeningexplosion, followed by what looked like a fireworks display lasting for four minutes," he said.

Many areas in southern Mindanao island, the traditional homeland of Muslims in the country, are now dominated by Christians. Some Christian militant groups believe the peace pact gives the rebels too much power and

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Iligan, about 780 kilometers ( 485 miles) south of Manila, is among the are..1s opposed to the pact.

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12M for FSM tourism PALIKIR, Pohnpei - Vice President Jacob Nena has signed a new lawthatappropriates$ l 2millionfrom FSM General Fund for Fiscal Year beginning October I, 1996, and ending September 30, 1997 for infra-

structure and tourism development. The Ninth Congress also divided

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are used solely for the purpose specified in the act, and that no obligations are incurred in excess of the sum appropriated.

The authority of the allottees to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of September 30, 1997.

I Filipino sailors jump ship II SUVA(PNS)-FiveFilipinosail- taken his own life by jumping ors have abandoned their Tai- overboard. i wanese fishing vessel in Suva - According to a report handed ', claiming human rights abuse and to the police, Puddy Pelasco,just ! ill-treatment by the ship's cap- could not take the inhuman treat-

The $4 million for Polmpei' s, $3.5 million is for funding the infrastructure and tourism development needs for which the FSM President is the allottee.

The remaining $500,000 for tourism development, $250,000 was earmarked for Pohnpei's Visitor's Bureau operation and promotional programs, and $250,000 is for the infrastructure development and beautification programs.

Ex-PNG Ininister nabbed for drugs

' tain and officers. ment anymore. Theyclaimedtheywereforced The incident was said to have

to work Jong and hard with9ut happenedwhiletheshipwasfish-rest, physically abused and ing within Fiji's 200-mile eco-harshly treated, the Daily Post nomic zone. reports. As a result of their report, po-

They said that as a result of lice have seized the fishing boat, such torment and disregard for which means it could not sail human decency, one of their until investigations are com-countrymen is believed to have pleted.

Pohnpei Visitor's Bureau is the allottee for these amounts.

Section 5, of the law stated that all funds shall be used solely for capital infrastructure development projects

CANBERRA (PNS) - A fonner Papua New Guinea provincial government minister recruited 4 PNG fishennen to help him smuggle cannabis into Australia through Torres Strait, a court in Cairns, far North Queensland was told Wednesday.

Clement Eric Hesaboda, a fonner Western Province finance minister was arrested on a boat in Torres Strait

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The prosecutor, Clive Porritt, told the Cairns court that the 4 fishennen claimed they've been recruited by Hasebodaandhadusedabananaboat ownedbyoneofthemtohelpsmuggle the drugs.

Ponitt said Hesaboda and the fishennen had left Daru Island, PNG on August 28.

That night they rriet an Australian, Alan William Gibson, on a fishing boat about midway between the tip of Cape York and the PNG mainland and exchanged the cannabis for 1,500 US dollars in 50 dollar notes.

According to Ponitt, the owner of the boat, Ebu Papua, said Hesalxxla had given him 396 dollars to share with the crew.

But early in August 29, four officers from the Australian Federal Police, Australian Customs and Queensland Police boarded and searched the boat.

Hesaboda was charged with being knowingly concerned with the importationofcannabisandsupplyinga dangerous drug while the fishennen face importation charges.

All wereremandedincustodyuntil October 9. Gibson has already been bailed un separate charges.

Readmission of France irks·· Greenpeace

MAJURO (PNS) -Greenpeace Pacific is disappointed that forum leaders do nut wait a year befrne reachnitting fomce a.~ a post-forum dialogue partner.

Greenpeace Pacific spokcspc10Dll Bunny McDiannid says France's reentry was never in doubt but it's disappointing that they did not wait a year before allowing fomcc back.

Bunny says such a delay would have demonstrated the Forum's seriousness about France's indifference to the region's opposition to nuclear testing.

She says while France's nuclear testing has ended in the Pacific, the problems are not over. The issue of dean-up and compensation has still to be resolved.

The organization also welcomes the fact that the Forum's position on climate change remains un<.:hanged.

However, the spokesperson says it's disappointing that the issue was not gi vcn greater prominenc·c and that Australia· s disagrccmcm with the need ti,r le nail v binJin" com-

'=' - " mit.mcnts to reduce greenhouse g,L>;<'S wa., not challenged.

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Filipinos in Iraq safe, says DFA THE Department of Foreign Affairs last Wednesday said there was no cause for alarm on the safety of a few Filipinos in Iraq following a US cruise missile attack.

Ambassador Oscar Valenzuela, DF A spokesman. said there are on! y nine known Filipino contract workers in Baghdad a, no one had gone back there after the Gulf War.

There are 25 Philippine Emba,sy personnel and their fmnilics, he said. "We should not be alarmed. Theemba%y know what to do, where to hide, what

are the safe areas and the escape routes," Valenzuela said in a radio interview. He, however, said Manila had attempted to contact the Philippine Embassy in

B.tl1dad but communication lines were down. Philippine Daily Inquirer

OCW s can invest in local stocks PRESIDENT Ramos has approved a progmm to get Filipino over,c:L, workm to invest in the local stock exchange, government regulators said h,t Wednesday.

Mr. Ramos in a handwritten noteJ dated August 28, insm1ctcd the Securities and Exd1,u1ge Commission to draw up guiddines thm would make it ea,ier for the four million Filipinos working oversea, to invest in the bourse, tl1e SEC said.

'llleSEC is to submitareporton the recommendations on the President yesterday. ·n,e approval came in response to a proposal made by businessman Alberto

Pech·osa who said that an "overseas Filipinos investors program (OFIP)" would broaden the base of the Philippine Stock Exchange and bring in new sources of funds.

Remittances from overseas Filipino workers are one of the cuutry 's biggest sources of foreign exchange and are credited with boosting the growth of th<! country's national producL The Philippine Star

Clinton to attend APEC meeting UNITED States President Bill Clinton will definitely join other head, of state for the 4th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting scheduled in November whether he wins or loses in the November 5 US presidential elections.

This was the assurance made by newly-designated US Ambassador to the PhilippinesThomasC.Hubbardwhopresentedhiscredentialsandletterofcredence from President Clinton to President Ramos at Malacanang's Music Room.

Hubbard said he was instructed by Clinton to work closely with the Philippine government to a,sure that its hosting of the APEC summit will be a great success.

He also extended the American government's congratulation on the signing last Monday of a peace agreement between the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). ManllaBlilelin

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Parishioners find bomb inside church COT ABATO, Philippines (AP) - Parishioners attending an early morning Mass found a bomb Thursday inside a Roman Catholic church, as authorities tightened security before local elections next week in the southern Philippines.

Police chief Joel Goltiao said the home-made explosive and timing device were discovered among the pews of the church in Cotabato City in Maguindanao province and removed safely.

There were no immediate suspects but a note with the bomb appeared to be an attempt by Christians to place the blame on Muslims, he said.

Goltiao said the attempt may have been connected to two bombing incidents in Cotabato last week. There were no casualties in the two earlier cases.

Militant Christians opposed to a recent peace treaty with Muslim rebels have been blamed for some recent explosions in the south.

Next week's local elections in four Muslim-dominated provinces will be the first polls since the gov-

emment and rebel Moro National Liberation Front signed an agreement in Manila on Monday ending a quarter-century of fighting which killed more than 120,000 people and devastated the south's economy.

The pact gives greater autonomy to Muslim areas in exchange for the MNLF' s withdrawal of its demand for a separate nation.

While most Filipinos support the peace agreement, some Christians fear it gives the rebels too much power. Christians in Cotabato, about 880 kilometers (550 miles) south of Manila, are among those opposed to the accord.

The MNLF is the country's largest Muslim rebel group. The government still faces rebellions from twosmallerMuslimgroupsandfrom Communist rebels.

Presidential Executive Secretary Ruben Torres said Wednesday he expects to be contacted next week by leaders of the Moro Islamic Lib· eration Front. one of the smaller groups, on the possibility of starting separate peace talks with them.

Torres said Gadhzali Jaafar, vice chairman of the MJLF. met with him last week and asked for a copy of the MNLF peace agreement.

Jaafar said his group would stop fighting if it finds the agreement agreeable, Torres said. Otherwise. separate negotiations with them will have to begin.

The government is also attempt· ing to resume talks with the Communist rebels in an attempt to end one of Asia's last active Marxi,t insurgen<.:ies.

Rene Sarmiento. a govern mcnt negotiator. said "back room"' talks have begun in preparation for another round of formal talks with the Communists.

He said the Communists have sent word they are willing to resume formal negotiations any time between Sept. 15 and 25. but only if they are held in The Hague. Netherlands.

The government wants to meet at a l.rter date in HOili! Kon£. Sarmiento declined to provide a;y other details.

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ILlGAN,Philippines(AP)-AsouthemPhilippinecitynervousoverthreats of violence against a new Muslim peace agreement was plunged into darkness for two hours by an intruder, officials said Wednesday.

The culprit: a 1.8-meter (six-foot) boa constrictor that wrapped itself around a high-voltage wire, causing a short circuit

"We thought this was the work of saboteurs," said an official of the National Power Corp. of Monday's

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power failure, which coincided with the signing of a peace accord between the government and Muslim rebels.

'There was a loud, deafening explosion, followed by what looked like a fireworks disp!ay lasting for four min· utes," he said.

Many areas in southern Mindanao island, the traditional homeland of Muslims in the country, are now dominated by Christians. Some Christian militant groups believe the peace pact gives the rebels too much power and

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pared to the mainland's. He said such regulations don't

make sense even when applied in the mainland. Increasing the CNMI's minimum wage rate, for example, is "economic suicide."

Gattuso said they will work to prevent wage increases in theCNMI.

He did not elaborate. "1l1e mainland would benefit im

mensely from lower taxes and wages and less regulations. TI1e CNMI has the success to prove it," he said.

Asked if they think that CNMI's

an increase in labor abuse incidences counterparts in Asia and the Pa-and a dependence on alien labor, cific." Copulas said "many problems exist The group met on Tuesday with in life that can't be dealt with easily." Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio and other

But he added that he was "encour- administration officials, and yester-aged" by local officials "who are day with a group of legislators led by vigorous in going after those who Senate President Jesus R. Sablan. break the law." Established in 1993, APPC"aims

Gattuso said the response to such at an engaged and creative U.S. role problems should not involve a intheregionencompassingcommer-"closed economy." cial, political and security issues."

The visitors arrived Tuesday and One of APCC's "outreach' activi-are scheduled to be on Tinian today. ties involves holding periodic brief-

The visit, which ends tomorrow, ing for members of Congress on re-is organized by APPC, a conserva- gional issues and on longer-term tive "think-tank" that "seeks closer trends in U.S.-Asian relations.

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Since courts in the CNMI were closed on SaUJrdays and Sundays, De Rienw said, the suspect would have to wait until Monday before a socalled "Gerstein hearing" could be held.

De Rienw, an advocate of civil rights, said that several times he blew the whistle on the flaw of this system.

He tried to challenge it but was always outdone by a Superior Court decision in 1990 which, he said, institutionalized the "let's-wait-till-Monday" policy.

De Rienzo was referring to the case of Ramon Aguon who was denied a special bail hearing despite his being arrested on a holiday when the court was not in session.

The day following Aguon's arrest was also holiday, thus he had to wait . for yet another before he was finally brought to court for a bail hearing.

"The court reasoned out that because courts in the CNMI are not open on weekends 'we can wait till Monday,'" De Rienzo said. "For years,

this decision has been observed in the CNMI."

In the US mainland, De Rienzo, the courts don't face this weekend problem since there are Justices of Peace assigned to accomodate hearings on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

'The court has probably realized that someone might have sued if nothing was done about it," De Rienzo said. 'The government stood to lose money."

Meanwhile, Bellas wrote in his notice, that "the burden of this Gerstein process will be minimized if it is reserved for persons who have been arrested, without ut a warrant and for very serious crimes."

The new policy provides the following:

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DuringiL,8thassemblylastwcek, the council approved a resolution urging the Public School System and the Board of Education to make such program a component of the existing course of study.

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Recently, a student of Marinas high School was caught with mm·ijuana.

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Mobile Health Care Office in the CNMI.

'The mobile health professionals benefit our community not only by providing emergency services, but also providing injury and illness prevention, pub! ic education, immunization, and other public health services (for) children," Camacho said. ·

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The three resolutions were introduced by GTC Elementary School PTA. (MCM)

Band eyes non-profit Inusic acadeIDy for island's youth

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

"TELL a friend to tell a friend to tell a Mend to tell a friend ..... "

Tell what? Habitues of the Pacific Island

Club know. Now let me tell you about it

about the Sam Joyner Band, the group that keeps the PIC crowd reggae-ing and gyrating on Friday nights.

"When I sing. I am actually talking to people. We portray and project on stage what people feel. We want our audience to have fun. They work every day, they have stress in life. They are tired. They deserve to have fun," says the group's vocalist, Sam Joyner-who else.

With Joyner in the band is TBol in the percussion. and the "Artist Formerly Known as Pete Peterson'' in the d111ms. (While "The Ar1ist Formerly Known as Prince" has probably lost a name altogether, the former Pete Peterson is now called "The Artist Simply Known By the Symbol of Peace.") The group was formed in December last year.

And another imponant thing has to be told. The Sam Joyner Band is putting up a nonprofit music school for the island's youths, with the band members themselves as the teachers.

The school which would be called the CNMI Youth Center for Music and Performing Arts, will open next week. The center will be temporarily housed atJenMarz building in Dan Dan.

"It's a nonprofit organization. We wi II be asking for contributions and donations. The center will offer voice training, and lessons in piano and other musical instruments. It will also be a center for I istening to music and appreciating it, which is also pan of our program."

Admission is free. Joyner, who is connected with

the CNMI Arts Council, teaches music at Oleai Elementary School and Hopwood Junior High under the council's Arts in Education program.

Reggae band members T-bol (from left), Pete Peterson, the "Artist Known by the Symbol of Peace," and Sam Joyner.

The music center project is co- reggae-my type of music-and ordinated with the Islands of my theory is that i: has something Beauty Program, an anti-drug to do with history. When I first community project initiated by saw the Carolinian people, I residents of San Antonio. The thought they were African-Ameri-musiccourse will be incorporated cans because their hair is kinky in the Island of Beauty Program like my people and the color of whose crusade, Joyner says, is their skin is like mine. consistent with his own: "Reggae music is a product of

"As we move toward the 21st Africa. But some are not con-century, there's a movement to- vinccd by that; they say it origi-ward drug-free, smoke-free and nated in Brazil. But the bottom line alcohol-free environment," says is that the black people in the Joyner. Caribbean came from Africa.

The Public School System has Some of the earlier artifacts found invited him to work fort he agency, here in the Mariana Islands came but Joyne;· declined, thinking that from Africa. I think a lot of people ''I'll be more beneficial if I Jo it on this island have African blood on my own." somewhere down the line which I

Joyner has been in music busi- think accounts for why they like ness for 26 years, playing key- reggae music," Joyner theorizes. boards, and doing vocals for fa- "We like Saipan," he adds. mo.us international groups. "And we love island girls."

He performed a few years ago For sure. at the Hobbit House, a popular "Island Girls" is the title of their bar in Manila, and did a musical first album, which contains a cut tour in Osaka, Japan before de- of the same title. ciding to come to and settle on Which is another thing to be Saipan in 1989. told.

When Joyner first came to The Sam Joyner Band is releas-Saipan , he had a good feel of the ing for the international market island. He guessed he would blend their first album in Decernber. in. He did. The album has IO original reggae

Thanks to the "color of my cuts. skin," and the islanders' prefer- So, like what Joyner always ence for reggae music, says the says at the end of each perfor-African-American artist from mance, "don't forgettotell a friend Gari, Indiana. to tell a friend to tell a friend to tell

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UN Council renews Iraq sanctions By ROBERT H. REID Yevgeni Primakov said Moscow

UNITEDNATIONS(AP)-Rus- would veto the British draft in its sia claimed U.S. attacks in Iraq current form. violated international law as the In a statement issued here, the U.N. Security Council sought Russian Mission to the United Wednesday to forge a common Nations criticized the United response to the crisis which be- States for the attacks in Iraq and gan with Saddam Hussein's for extending the ''no fly" zones moves against rival Kurds. over northern and southern Iraq

The IS-member council con- without consulting the council. vened Wednesday afternoon fora ''Such actions, setting a dan-second day to consider a British gerous precedent, contradict in-proposal condemning Saddam's ternational law and are unaccept-

from Kurdish areas but also condemn "the use of force in Iraq which have created a dangerous new element of instability in the region."

That would appear unacceptable to the United States and would doubtJessdrnw a U.S. veto.

China offered its own amend-ments which would include an expression of concern over"military attacks against targets in Iraq" and reaffirm the sovereignty and

independence of "Iraq and all states in the area."

During Tuesday's session, U.S. deputy Ambassador Edward Gnehm told the council there were "widespread reports of mass executions, detentions, looting and house-to-house senrches by the (Iraqi)secret police" in areasovernrn by Iraqi forces.

Gnehm said Saddam had violated Security Council Resolution 688 of April S, 1991, ap-

proved after his government cracked down on dissident Kurds following his defeat in the Gulf War. · "The resolution condemns Iraqi

··repression" of civilians, particularly in the Kurdish areas. But it does not specifically authorize the use of force nor es tab I ish any protected areas in Iraq. Those were set up by the United States. Britain and France outside of the coun-cil.

government for its incursion into able," the statement said. protected areas of northern Iraq During the closed-door council and demanding an immediate meeting, diplomatic sources said withdrawal of troops from the re- the Russians submitted amend-gion. ments to the British draft which

But the resolution made no would express grave concern mention of the U.S. missile at- "about the use of force in Iraq and

\ Japan reacts quickly but nervously I over tough US stance against Iraq

tacks in southern Iraq. Russia, the involvement of external fac-China and France - all permanent tors," presumably the United council members - oppose par- States. tions of the British resolution. The Russian amendments call

Russian Foreign Minister on Iraq to withdraw its forces

China condemns US BEIJING (AP)- China on Tiiursdav condemned the U.S. missile att;cks on Iraq as a violation of international law. Expressing "deep regret" and "strong displeasure" about the attacks, Foreign Ministry spokesman Shen Guofang added that "the all too frequent use of force against a sovereign state has not only seriously violated the relevant norms of international law and worsened the situation and tensions in that region but also will give rise

to grave consequences." China wants respect for Iraq's sovereignty and tenitorial integrity, a halt to military actions and a resolution of the dispute on the basis of United Nations Security Council resolutions, the Chinese government spokesman said. The Security Council on Wednesday failed to agree on a common response to the crisis.

Russiaalsohasclaimedthe U.S. cruise missile strikes violated international law.

TOKYO (AP) - Though Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro· Hashimoto was quick to express support for President Clinton's tough stance on Iraq, public and media reaction toward the U.S. attacks was mixed Wednesday.

News of a second attack on Iraqi targets had government officials growing increasingly reserved as well.

"We are hoping for the resolution of this situation at the soonest possible time," said Kazo Watanabe, the deputy chief secretary of Japan's Cabi-net.

At a press conference, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto called the grouping of tens of thousands of Iraqi troops in a

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Only nine Japanese, include ing five businessmen, were in Iraq as of Wednesday morning, according to a report reaching the Foreign Ministry. There were no reports that -any had been harmed.

But as television reported on government directives for the few Japanese nationals still in Iraq to get out, commentators wondered aloud whether the U.S. action was really needed.

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About half a dozen peace demonstrators rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo Wednesday morning.

They read a statement "strenuously protesting America's repeated lawless acts of war," to an embassy employee, said Tatsuo Shigeyama, a member of the informal protest group Diversified Action. The statement was addressed to President Clinton.

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Critics: Netanyahu abandoned ideology in ineeting Arafat

By DIANNA CAHN JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has the support of Israel's allies, Arab neighbors and his dovish predecessor for meeting Y asser Arafat W ednesday.

But for many in his own hardline camp, recognizing the man they long reviled as a terrorist was virtual treason.

"It's a grave mistake," veteran Likud Party lawmaker Uzi Landau said of the meeting. Outside Netanyahu' s office, right-wing demonstrators waved signs saying "Thou shalt not betray." And Netanyahu can expect more criticism at a meeting of th~ Likud' s central committee on Thursday.

In Netanyahu's Cabinet, several ministers opposed the move.

"This meeting contradicts the government guidelines," insisted the most vocal, Science Minister Benny Begin. "We are in a collapse with no remedy in sight."

Like many critics, Begin apparently feared dropping the boycott of Arafat might herald

gradual erosion in the hardline ideology of N etanyahu' s Likud, which strongly opposes the Palestinian state Arafat hopes will be the culmination of the peace process.

The premier himself indeed looked grim as he reached across a table - "':hose presence was reportedly calculated to prevent an embarrassing Arafat hug -and grasped the Palestinian leader's hand Wednesday.

As opposition leacte·r, Netanyahu had bitterly criticized the late premier Yitzhak Rabin for his landmark peace accord with Arafat in 1993. His campaign ads featured footage of Arafat leading Shimon Peres -who succeeded Rabin after his assassination last year - by the hand, suggesting Peres was being manipulated.

Later Wednesday, Netanyahu took pains to explain that the summit did not constitute a deception of his voters. He recalled his campaign promises - viewed at the time by many as a ploy to attract centrist voters that he would continue the peacemaking.

The meeting was particularly hard to stomach for Netanyahu's supporters in the Jewish settler movement who think the peace process with the Palestinians endangers their homes and Israel's hold on West Bank land many consider a biblical birthright.

"Mr. Prime Minister, what are you doing?" shouted settler leader Benny Elon., interrupting Netanyahu during the news conference with Arafat.

Rehavam Zeevi, head of the nationalist Moledet Party, said he felt like apologizing to his party's voters for advising them to vote for Netanyahu in the separate ballot for prime minister.

In Hebron, settlers warned Netanyahu not to withdraw his troops from the city as promised in the Israel-PLO accords. Netanyahu has said he will honor the previous agreements, but wants changes to better protect the 450 settlers who live there among 94,000 Arabs.

Netanyahu did receive rare praise from Peres, who termed the summit an "enormous mcral victory" for his policies.

Iran Inissile sites Illore likely to target Arabs than Israelis

By EDITH M. LEDERER LONDON (AP) - Iranian missile sites along the Gulf are far more likely to be targeting nations on the Arabian peninsula than Israel, Jane's Intelligence Review says.

In a report in its October issue, the magazine sai<;I the missile sites can be used for Iran's existing anti-ship and Scud missiles as well as the longer-range Nodong-1 missile, which Tehran is trying to purchase from North Korea.

The best missile site to target Israel would be along the IranIraq border near Bakhtaran, but the best location to threaten the Arabian peninsula is Qeshm Island, which controls the Strait of Hormuz, according to the report made available Wednesday.

An analysis of Russian satellite imagery of Qeshm Island showed several military installations including one near Ra'se Khargu, which controls the narrowest point of the strait and is a classic naval choke point, Jane's said.

"By launching a Scud-C from this location, Iran could threaten the cap_itals of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. No other place in Iran can threaten three capitals simultaneously," it said.

The most prominent feature on Qcshm is an anti-ship missile site along its cast coast, and the pattern of roads and bunkers indicates that Chinese C-802 missiles are located there, the magazine said.

The satellite photos also show two areas under construction between the port and the C-802

missile site where Scud missiles could be launched, it said.

When these missile sites on Qeshm are combined with missile sites on two other islands, Sirri and Abu Musa, "Iran has the ability to close the strait to commercial shipping and even saturate the defenses of a small naval flotilla," Jane's said.

Qeshm also protects Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, which dominate the approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, the only way in and out of the Gulf. Iran took control of the two Tunbs from the U.A.E. in the early 1970s and seized control of Abu Musa from the emirate in 1994.

But Qeshm's "most important role is forcing the neighboring nations to hesitate when confronted by Iranian actions," Jane's said.

Gen. Binford Peay, commander in chief of the U.S. Central Command, told Jane's Defense Weekly in May that the United States had evidence that Iran was building tunnels near its southern coast capable of housing long-range ballistic missiles like the Nodong-1.

Peay said the eventual result would be that Iran could have missiles capable of targeting Europe. Central Europe is about 1,500 miles (2,400 kms) from the n~arest part of Iran.

Iran's Scud-Cs now come with conventional explosive warheads but have the potential to carry nuclear or chemical warheads and have a range of 310 miles (500 kms).

"Although their accuracy is limited, a conve

ntionally armed Scud-C could

have an impact on many of the important targets in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman," Jane's said.

Author Harold Hough, an American military writer, said the capitals of the three countries are vulnerable along with many oil fields and military bases.

Bases in Oman and Qatar used by the United States to store military equipment could also be reached, he said.

If Iran deploys the Nodong missile on Qeshm, Jane's said other targets would be threatened, including the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, the eastern city of Dhahran and several Saudi oil fields.

Bahrain and the Omani island of Masirah could also be targeted, it said.

The most important military target would be Saudi Arabia's strategic force of Chinese-made intermediate-range CSS-2 ballistic missiles at As Sulayyu, which lies just inside the Nodong-1 's maximum range of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), it said.

Jane's said Iran's anti-ship missiles can be neutralized with electronic counter-measures, by commando operations or air strikes, but the United States has been slow to develop and deploy anti-missile defenses with its allies in the region.

"By the time a theater missile defense system is in place in the Gulf region, Iran's rapidly improving missile program will allow it to counter an anti-missile system enough to once again make the threat of an Iranian missile attack serious," it said.

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It said 37 people were seriously affected, and that some were so weak they could not stand or sit up. The victims were eventually taken to a hospital on Aug. 27, and medical experts believe that while none will die, some will have great difficulty recovering fully, it said.

The problem was linked to hexane, a chemical used as a cleaning agent in the factory in Shenzhen since last November, the newspaper said. It said tests found that hexane levels in the factory's air

were several timesoverprescribed limits.

Officials have ordered the factory closed until the problem is rectified, it said. It said it was the second poisoning involving hexane in Guangdong, the booming province where Shenzhen is located.

Meanwhile, China's health ministry has issued an urgent order demanding tighter controls over the production and sale of "baijiu," a popular, fiery liquor, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

The order follows the reported

deaths of 35 people and the poisoning of 192 others who drank fake liquor tainted with industrial alcohol in Yunnan, southwest China, in June.

Xinhua said it was the worst case of methanol poisoning from fake baijiu since the Communists took power in 1949. Authorities are treating it as a criminal case, it said.

The Ministry of Health's "urgent notice" called for inspections ofliquorproducers and punishment for those manufacturing and selling fakes or substandard products, it said.

Chinese leader: Communist party will not turn away from Marxism BEUING (AP) - China's Communist Party will never tum away from Marxism and become a socialist democratic political group, a senior Chinese leader said Wednesday.

Qiao Shi, head of the national legislature ani.l No. 3 in the official party hierarchy, said the party was forged in revolution and the struggle for economic development.

"Practice proved that this road is correct and has gained support from the Chinese people," the official Xinhua News Agency paraphrased

Qiao as saying. Qiao gave the lesson on party

history in an interview with Rainer Nahrendorf, editor-in-chief of the Geiman daily Handelsblatt.

Chinese leaders have watched withalarmasrulingparties in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have tried to transform themselves into Western European-style social democrats.

Qiao said that the Communist Party maintains friendly relations with some socialist and socialist democratic parties, but, in Xinhua 's words, "China's history and real-

ity determined that the (Chinese Communist Party) will never becomeasocialistdemocraticparty."

Qiao also told Nahrendorf that China has made progress in building a legal system over the past decade. He added, however, that rule-by-law will t.ake a long time to develop.

"The neglect of law, and even overriding laws with administrative power, are relatively serious in some localities and departments," Xinhua quoted Qiao as saying. "And in some cases, some laws are not carried out well."

Taiwanese foreign minister makes an unannounced trip to Indonesia TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) · Just weeks after Taiwanese Premier Lien Chan made a secretive trip to Ukraine, Taiwan's foreign minister was reported to be visiting Indonesia unannounced Wednesday.

China, which claims Taiwan as a breakaway province, usually reacts angrily to visits by high Taiwanese officials to countries that have diplomatic ties with Beijing, like Indonesia and Ukraine.

Chang is on a private, oneday visit to Indonesia, and will

make no public appearances during his stay, said an Indonesian Foreign Ministry official who asked to remain anonymous.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said he did not know if Chang was in Indonesia, and denied they would meet.

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry would not comment on Chang's whereabouts, but Taiwanese media reported he left Taiwan on Tuesday afternoon without prior announcement.

Chang is expected to return in time for the opening session of

the national legislature on Friday.

Premier Lien Chan dropped out of sight after a transit stop in New York Aug. 18th, surfacing in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. China canceled a high level delegation to Ukraine in retaliation, and accused Lien of using the trip to further a covert campaign for Taiwan independence.

Taiwanese companies are major investors in Indonesia and Taiwanese President Lee Tenghui made a private visit there in early 1994.

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Russia: Swedish envoy a spy MOSCOW (AP) - Russia ex- with film of 23 classified docu-pelled a high-ranking Swedish ments hidden inside the reports diplomat for espionage earlier said. this yearaftercatching one of his ''The whole operation, which couriers in St. Petersburg, Rus- took place in St. Petersburg mili-sian media reported Wednesday. tary museum and was filmed by

The reports said the Swedish (Federal Security Service) courier and his Russian contact agents," the Moscow daily were detained by counterintelli- Nezavisimaya Gaze ta said gence agents on February 23. Wednesday.

They were arrested after the "As soon as the goods changed Swedish man paid the Russian hands, the agents moved in. Both dlrs 2,000 for a matryoshka doll spies were caught by surprise

and didn't try to resist arrest or escape," it added.

The Interfax news agency said Boris Kostenko, a spokesman for the Federal Security Service, the KGB 's main successor agency, had confirmed the incident.

Kostenko said Russia later forced Sweden to recall a diplomat who was in charge of espionage operations in Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union.

He refused to identify the dip-

lomat. Both Interfax and

Nezavisimaya Gazeta identified the Swedish man accused of be-ing a courier as Hans Peter Nordstrem, 32. They said he was in Russia on a business visa.

According to the newspaper, Nordstrem said that a friend asked him to pickup the doll and he had no idea what was really going on.

It said he was deported with-

out charges, because of "traditionally friendly relations between Russian and Sweden."

Neither report said what happened to the Russian contact.

The incident came almost a year after Sweden accused a RussiaA trade representative of military espionage. Complaining strenously that Moscow was still spying on Sweden despite the end of the Cold War, Sweden expelled the Russian.

Communist leader attacks Chechnya peace proposal By CANDICE HUGHES

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's CommunistP;uty leader lashed ... out Wednesday at the' Chechnya peace deal, accus~ ing the government of suffering a "political and moral defeat" in its war with the separatists.

Gennady Zyuganov told a news conference the government had handed Chechnya over to the rebels. He warned that the deal may set off "an eruption in the entire North Caucasus."

The Communist leader said Russian policy led to "a political and moral defeat in the Chechen war and the virtual hand over of territory under the control of bandit formations which are now much stronger and enjoy support

abroad." He said the pact, which defers

. a decision on Chechnya's independence for five years, threatens Russia's territorial integrity and claimed security chief Alexander Lebed had no right to sign it.

The peace deal appears in danger of becoming bogged down in Moscow politics, where potential successors are already jockeying for position around an ailing President Boris Yeltsin.

"The war in Chechnya will not be over until the secret, invisible struggle over Chechnya in the corridors of Russian power is settled,"Valery Vyzhutovich, a senior correspondent for the newspaper Izvestia wrote Wednesday in the Moscow Times.

"For the moment, the main

goal of the struggle seems not the establishment of peace, but the political elimination of Lebed," he said.·

Lebed and Zyuganov were both contenders in this summers' presidential election. Zyuganov came in second and Lebed was third. He endorsed Yeltsin in the runoff with Zyuganov in exchange for the security post.

Yeltsin put Lebed in charge of ending the 21-month war on Aug. 10, four days after separatist fighters overran the Chechen capital, Grozny, in a costly and humiliating defeat for Russian forces.

A truce is now in place in Chechnya and Russian troops are pulling out.

Lebed's agreement with the separatists has won the endorsement of Prime Minister Viktor

Chemomyrdin, another of the security chief's political rivals.

Chemomyrdin said Tuesday that the president backs the accord. But Yeltsin has maintained a deep public silence on the pact, casting doubts about its future and his support for Lebed.

"I see no reason to make a fuss about it," Lebed said Tuesday. "Silence is a sign of consent."

But the air of Kremlin intrigue deepened Wednesday when Yeltsin, who is on vacation, issued a flowery public message to the interior ministry on his 50th birthday.

Kremlin watchers were likely to read deeply between the lines of the birthday message in light of last month's clash between Lebed and Interior Ministry Anatoly Kulikov.

Lebed blamed Kulikov for botching the Chechen war and demanded that Yeltsin fire him. Yeltsin, clearly unwilling to buckle under to such a brash demand, refused .

The latest deal, the broadest accord yet in the war, may offer the best hope for peace and Lebed on Tuesday dismissed accusations he'd given in to the rebels.

The war began in December 1994 when Yeltsin sent troops into Chechnya to end the mostly . Muslim republic's self-declared independence. Lebed said Tuesday around 80,000 people have died in the war, a figure far higher than the 30,000 formerly cited. Most of the victims were civilians.

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Traffic jams worsen in Phnom Penh By ROBIN McDOWELL

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP)- Spitting exhaust and raising dust, thousands of motorbikes swarm the capital's main thoroughfare among honking cars and three-wheeled pedicabs.

Trying to bring order to Manivong Boulevard, police in baby-blue uniforms and white gloves frantically swing their arms to guide the traffic flow.

But the frequency of traffic jams - and accidents accompanying them - are soaring, a symbol of a country racing full speed from decades of communist rule to a free-market system with little real plan of getting there.

Most of Phnom Penh's streets were last repaired in the 1960s. Ne·gotiating the craters, rocks, mud traps and mounds of garbage is best done by small, easyto-weave 50cc to 90cc motorbikes.

Filling the holes and laying

asphalt is too expensive for Cambodia's aid-dependent government, but a swelling number of individuals can now afford a used "moto," average price 500,000 to 1.5 million riels ($ 200 to$ 600).

Some fear the increasingly busy streets foreshadow sleepy Phnom Penh becoming a new Bangkok, the traffic-choked capital of neighboring Thailand, where the traffic jams have a worldwide reputation.

But experts say Cambodia still has a long way to go, and some basic repairs would solve a lot of the ills. The city has just 12 traffic lights, a legacy of French colonial that ended in I 953. Many do not work.

"The problem has not yet reached serious proportions, as in Bangkok, where the government has little alternative but to widen existing roads or to build new ones," said Kong Sovan.

Sovan, the Traffic Police

Department's officer in charge of legal affairs, says better infrastructure, improved driver training and stricter law enforcement would keep the streets safe and avoid bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Well-paved Manivong Boulevard, for example, is crowded largely because the secondary roads are so pot-holed and prone to flooding that everyone avoids them, he said.

The municipality hopes assistance from the European Union and the Asian Development Bank to construct a bypass around the city will divert traffic from the capital, he said.

Sip Boun Moueng, deputy chief of the transportation department's vehicle control bureau, says that traffic in Phnom Penh has increased 40 percent to 50 percent since the beginning of 1995.

Though the number of registered cars and pickups has actu-

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ally dropped this year, the numbers are deceiving. Moueng said that more and more vehicles are actually staying in Cambodia, rather than being exported next door to Vietnam as in previous years.

As traffic grows, so does the number of accidents, especially fatalities.

In the first six months of 1996, 49 people were reported killed and 427 injured. That compares with 73 people killed and 567 were hurt in all of 1995.

Poor safety is a factor- almost no one on a motorcycle wears a helmet. And for those hurt in accidents, help is slow to arrive - if ever.

A woman recently run over by a Mercedes in a hit-and-run accident lay bleeding in a pile of glass, surroundei:I by a crowd, for at least IO minutes before a French aid worker chanced by, loaded her into his Land Cruiser and took her lo a hospital.

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"There is a general negligence of the law," said Te Roeun, chief administration officer at the Traffic Police Department. "When traffic police give the sign to stop or pull over, no one listens."

Many drivers are unlicensed or have only the vaguest idea how to operate a vehicle. Training can consist of a few spins around a field; a license can be had for a nominal bribe.

Thi best safety feature, ironically, may be those pot-holed roads - nobody can go too fast.

Child rapist sent to hang NEW DELHI, India (AP} -The SupremeCourthandedoutararelyused death sentence to a man who raped and killed a 7-year-old girl, local newspapers reported Thursday.

Two justices said Wednesday that Kamta Tiwari, a television mechanic, deserved to die for the "atrocious act." They hoped the death sentence would deter others from committing such acts, newspapers reported.

The prosecution said Tiwari had kidnapped the daughter of a friend and raped her last year in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. He then slashed her with a knife and dumped the body in a well.

"The motivation of the perpetrator, the vulnerability of the victim, the enormity of the crime and its execution persuade us to hold that this is a rarest ofrare case" for handing out the death sentence, the justices said.

"lne death sentence is eminently desirable (for Tiwari) ... to give emphatic expression to society's abhorrence of such crimes," they said.

No date was set for jailors to carry out the death sentence. Under the law, Tiwari can appeal to the president of the country for pardon, but it is rarely granted.

Eleven die of arsenic

Cl 0 po1son1ng DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A batch of arsenic-tainted water has killed at least l I villagers in western Bangladesh, health officials said Thursday. About 100 other people were also poisoned when they drank the water.

"They fell sick by drinking tubewell water that bore arsenic gas," said Dr. Shah Newaz, who is part of a six doctor team investigating the deaths in Pabna district, about 140 kilometers (85 miles) west of the capital, Dhaka.

The deaths occurred over the past three days before they were linked to the contaminated water, he said.

Villagers who use the well have been warned to find other sources of water, Newaz said.

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Chinese labor activist given trial By CHARLES HUTZLER

BEIJING (AP)- A Beijing court has agreed to heara laboractivist 's laws~it questioning his imprisonment, but authorities arc scaring lawvers from taking the case. his wif~ said Thursda/

Liu Nianchun w.mts to find out why he has been sentenced to three years in a labor camp in a desolate pan of northeastern China.

Chu Hailan said she has been under heavy surveillance, presumably by police. since she went to register Liu 's suit with an administrative trial division of the city court on Monday.

Officials in the Beijing Public

Security Bureau overseeing labor camps last month blocked the suit, and Chu did not know why the court had accepted it. Court officials refused to comment Thursday. saying they were "unclear·· about the case.

Despite the procedural progress. Chu has met with several lawyers. but all turned down the case.

''As soon as people hear that the defendants are the Municipal Public Security Bureau and the municipal government. they say: · It's best that we don't take it and you don't go looking for lawyers,"' Chu said in a telephone interview.

"Some lawyers have been told 'if you take this case don't think about taking any more in the future,"' Chu said.

Others have been told taking the case will create problems for them, she said.

Still others have been told that they can do it but must cooperate with the authorities by reporting on all conversations with Liu and Chu.

"The lawyers see this and think it is a violation of professional ethics, so they won't do it," Chu said.

Chu was unwilling to speculate where the pressure was coming from, although one lawyer told

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"I'm really disappointed. I feel now there's no one in china who will dare take on this case," Chu said. 'Tm disappointed and full ofsorrow." ·

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He was picked up again last year in a seasonal sweep of activists ahead of the anniversary of the military· assault on democracy demonstrators in Beijing on June 4, 1989.

British Chinese and Gurkha soldiers from the 50 Hong Kong Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Workshop take pari in a closing ceremony parade in Hong Kong's New Territories. The military aspect of the July 1, 1997 change of sovereignty is a sensitive issue for Hong Kong residents, who tend to see the Chinese army as enforcer of the Communist system that may come to Hong Kong to escape. This workshop provided technical seNices to the British garrison.

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People's daily criticizes S. Africa on Taiwan ties BEIJING (AP) - China's most influential official newspaper likened South African support for rival Taiwan on Thursday to outsiders backing South Africa's partition into white and black homelands.

People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party's newspaper. also criticized South African President Nelson Mandela, without naming him. for saying it would be immoral for Pretoria to sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

The commentary is the latest signal that Beijing will not accept Pretoria's bid to have close relations with both the mainland and the island it regards as a rebel province.

··China's principled stand ought not to be difficult to understand for the South African leaders who struggled so long to create the new South Africa," the commentary said.

"If external forces connived with and supported ce11ain South African peoplt: in making socalled 'black homelands' and 'white homelands' to split South Africa, would you agree?" People's Daily said.

South Africa, the most influ-

ential of the 30 countries that recognize Taipei, has become the latest battle ground in a struggle for worldwide influence between China and Taiwan.

Taiwanese Vice Premier Hsu Li-teh left South Africa Tuesday after pledging strengthened trade and political ties.

China has sought to deny Taiwan political legitimacy and insists countries wishing to have diplomatic tics with Beijing must sever them with Taipei and recognize Chinese sovereignty over the island.

"Maintaining the one China principle is a precondition for establishing diplomatic ties with China- big countries, smal I countries, strong countries, weak countries - no exceptions," People's Daily said. "In the past it was so, now it is so and in the future it will be so."

The newspaper also questioned Taiwan's support for Mandela 's Africun National Congress. Taipei backed the Pretoria's white-ruled government and its system of apartheid and only switched when Mandela's struggle seemed to be succeeding, People's Daily said.

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Major backs second US attack LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister John Major has given his

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United States on air-defense targets in southern Iraq Wednesday.

"It wasn't (against) a seri~s of new targets, it was to revisit those targets which looked as though they had been inadequately destroyed before," Major told reporters in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

"The message was made. The message was then completed when it was clear that the first strike had not been as successful as one might ha:ve wished," he said.

Britain was the only permanent member of the U.N . Security Council to back the first U.S. strike with 27 cruise

missiles that killed five people Tuesday.

The attack was punishment for President Saddam Hussein's invasion on Saturday of Irbil, a city in the "nofly" zone in the Kurdish area of northern Iraq.

In the second attack early Wednesday, an additional 17 cruise missiles were fired from three U.S. Navy ships and one submarine located in the Persian Gulf.

The White House said that strike was needed to obliterate targets not destroyed in the first operation, and to ensure the safety of aircraft and crews operating in the expanded no-fly zone over

southern Iraq. The United States and its

allies agreed Tuesday to extend that "no-fly" zone northwards from the 32nd to the 33rd parallel, a line that reaches the southern suburbs of the capital, Baghdad.

Leaving Wednesday for talks with U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry, Britain's defense secretary said the second strike was merely "a continuation of the first."

"What happens is you fire the first salvo, check with ariel photography to see if it's accomplished the mission," then clecide about another attack, Michael Portillo told reporters. "You have to go on and finish the job."

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WASHINGTON (AP) - John W. Hinckley Jr., confined to a mental hospital after he shot former President Reagan in 1982, says he has "recovered his sanity" and wants to prove it with monthly unescorted visits off hospital grounds. Hinckley is asking the U.S. District Court to allow him one day per month alone with his parents.

Hinckley, 41, has been confined in a mental hospital since June 1982 when he was found innocent by reason of insanity

in the March 19 81 attack on Reagan. He said he was trying to impress actress Jodie Foster.

Hinckley's attorney, Barry Levine, said he is .not calling for his full release because of the public outcry it would create.

"Mr. Hinckley, as a matter of mental health, is in very good shape, probably in as good a shape as anyone who comes into this building," Levine told U.S. District Judge June L. Green in a hearing Wednesday. "His men-

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Green set a Nov. 20 hearing on the request.

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Farrakhan meets with Castro

Louis Farrakhan

MEXICO CITY (AP)· Visiting Cuba to view the effects of a nearly four-decade U.S. trade embargo, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said Wednesday that talks with Fidel Castro were wideranging and "wonderful."

The black activist leader met hiefly with the Cuban president shortly after arriving in Havana on Tuesday afternoon. "It was a wonderful conversation, we touched on many subjects, but the fundamental one was social relations," the Cuban government news agency Prensa Latina quoted

Fidel Castro

him as saying. The communist island is the

last stop on a trip that has taken Farrakhan to Libya, Iran and Iraq. The Cuban press initially said Farrakhan was to return to the United States on Thursday but the latest reports indicate he left Wednesday.

Farrakhan's message to America's black community is one of self-reliance, discipline, spirituality and separatism. Over the years, he has said that whites and blacks should live separately, that Jews are "bloodsuckers" who

Russian consumer prices realize first drop since '92 MOSCOW (AP) - Consumer prices fell in August, the first drop since Russia began market refonns in 1992 following the collapse of Communism.

The State Statistics Committee said Wednesday consumer prices fell 0.2 percent last month.

The drop, which had been ex, pected, resulted from a I. 7 per

cent fall in food prices in August, · the Committee said.

Prices are expected to start rising again this fall when food

prices jump, but officials predict inflation will stay arnund 1 percent a month for the rest of the yeat.

President Boris Yeltsin' s government has made reducing inflation a top economic priority.

Inflation has been falling steadilv since February and the annual· rate for 1996 is exp·ected to be about 25 percent. This is in sharp contrast to recent years, when monthly inflation rates were around 20 percent

Three attacks in latest wave of nationalist violence BASTIA, Corsica (AP)- Bombs overnight damaged an unemployment office and a bar, while gunfire raked a radio installation for France's spying agency as Corsican nationalists waged a new wa\·e of attacks. officials said Wednesday.

;\o injuries were reported in the latest violence, which came after last week's police roundups of bombing suspects and the announcement by one Corsican group that it was ending its truce, raising fears of new attacks on the French island.

The bombing of the state unemployment agency took place late Tuesday night in the town of Ile Rousse in northern Corsica, and the other blast shortly before midnight targeted a bar in the western port of Ajaccio, authorities said on customary anonymity.

In Bonifacio, on the southern tip of Corsica, several rounds of automatic gunfire struck a radio site run by the General Directorate for Foreign Surveillance

(DGSE), France's CIA, officials said.

On Monday, French prosecutors place six suspected Corsican nationalists under formal investigation for alleged "criminal association with a tcrrori st enterprise."

The six were among those rounded up in a sweep on the rocky island which turned up caches of arms and bomb-build· ing components. The suspects were flown to Paris pending the investigation.

Militant separatists are waging an increasingly bloody fight for greater autonomy from the central Paris government. Corsica, an economically depressed vacation haven off France's southeastern coast, also has been bloodied by clashes between rival nationalist groups.

One of the most prominent militant groups, the Historic Wing of the Front for the National Liberation of Corsica, late last month ended a truce it had negotiated with rival groups and the govern· ment.

have a "gutter religion," and that whites are "subhuman."

The Nation of Islam says it is guided by the Koran, but the group is not considered a true Muslim sect by others who practice Islam.

At a Wednesday news conference, Farrakhan criticized the Helms-Burton law, the Clinton administration's most recent tight-

ening of the embargo, Prensa Latina reported.

The black leader also railed against U.S. missile attacks on Iraq this week, and economic sanctions against several Arab nations, according to the Prensa Latina dispatch from Havana, monitored in Mexico City.

Farrakhan said he made the

. trip ta Cuba to see for himself the effects of the U.S. embargo - imposed in I %2 · as part of devising a pla11 to overcome it, Prensa Latina said. He was to visit education and health facilities.

"I want to ask President Clinton and ca.ndidate (Bob) Dole to reconsider theirnational strategy in this respect," he said.

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ij Interested contractors must submit one (1) original and four (4) copies of sealed proposals to the Olfice of the Director, Division i of Procurement & Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, MP 96950 no later than 4:00 p.m. local time, October 4, 1996. A selection ~ committee will convene soon after the submission deadline to review and select the best qualified contractor for the project.

· Proposal will be evaluated and a selection made based on the following criteria: i 1. Time frame for design and construction; 2.Price; 3. Innovative design concepts; 4. Warranty and Quality Control or products supplied; and I 5. Financiar, Management, and Manpower capabilities of contractor

! A copy of the Scope of Work may be obtained from the Technical Services Division, Depanment of Public Works, Lower Base, f~ Saipan, on or after September 6, 1996. 1;; ~! r; µ• ~

Questions regarding the Scope of Work or the project in general must be submitted in writing to Iha Office of the Secretary, Department of Public Works, Lower Base, Saipan, AHn: Nardy Manacop, no later than the close of bu:siness day, September 20, 1996.

f; The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any imperfection in the, proposal in the interest of ~''. the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. ~~, ,;) Reviewed By:

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Mrs. McDougal held in contempt By JAMES JEFFERSON

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP)TalcingdeadaimatPresidentOinton, Whitewater prosecutors had Susan McDougalheldincontempt Wednesday for refusing to say in front of a grand jury whether the president lied at her trial.

IfMrs. McDougal, the president's formerpartnerinthe Whitewaterreal estate venture, does not answerqu~ tionsbyMonday,shecouldbesentto jail for ustatement Mrs. McDougal read to the court, she said she didn't want to testify because she could be charged with perjury if her truthful testimony was inconsistent with that of either witnesses or conflicted with prosecutors' perreption of the truth.

Also, sheargued,sheshouldnotbe compelledtoanswertheqilestionsof Whitewaterprosecutorsinaproceedingclosedeventoherlawyers. Grand jury proceedings are routinely closed to defense attorneys.

''Some of her arguments are interesting but they're not the law," the judge said

The White House would have no comment, Sl!id Marie Fabiani, a special associate counsel to the president

Mrs. McDougal and her former husband, Jim, were partners with Ointonandhiswifeinthe Whitewater developmentprojectfrom 1978 until shortly before Clinton was elected president in 1992

TheMcDougals,alongwithfonner Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, were convicted May 28 on bank fraud and related charges.

Mrs.McDougal,41, was sentenced to two years in prison in connection with a $ 300,000 loan she received from David Hale, who once accused Clintonofpressuringhimtomakethe loan. The McDougals used$ 25,000 oftheloanasadownpaymentonland bought for the Whitewater project

In videotaped testimony played to jurors May 9, Ointon said he knew nothing about the Joan or the land deal.

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"Susan has stocxl up to them and shewillcontinuetostanduptothem," McDaniel said 'Toe independent counsel has an agenda. They don't care about Susan McDougal being in jail. They want Bill and Hillary Clinton."

Mrs. McDougal must report on Sept. 30 to begin serving her Whitewater prison sentence. 1be judge will decide whether any jail time imposed for contempt will be added to her prisori term or served at the same time.

fu an interview to be broadcast Wec,lnesdayonABC,Mrs.McDougal said she has been tempted to cooperate with Whitewater prosecutors in hopesofgettinghersentencereduced

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US-Japan insurance row continues By MARTIN CRUTSINGER

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is having major difficulty in getting Japan to live up to commitments it made to open its insurance market to foreign companies. Ambassador Walter Mondale said.

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Sakakibara told reporters he expected further discussions next week with U.S. officials over a timetable for resuming the stalled talks after he consults with his government in Tokyo.

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MENTOR, Ohio (AP) - A high school principal was charged with secretly videotaping 16cheerleaders as they undressed to get into swimsuits for a beach party at his lakefront home.

Walter Conte, 50, was implicated after the cheerleaders became suspicious of a blinking light in the room where they were changing clothes Tuesday evening. They told their parents, who called police.

Police with a search warrant found videotaping equipment behind a trap door in a bathroom wall, Chief Richard A. Amiott said. A mirror and several videotapes also were seized.

Conte, the principal of Charles Brush High School in nearby Lyndhurst, was charged with using a minor in nudity-oriented materials, a felony punishable by up to eight years in prison.

He was released on a dlrs 5,000 bond and ordered to keep women under 21 years old away from his home.

The school board planned to recommend at a special meeting Thursday night that Conte be fired, said Lyndhurst Superintendent Larry Marzalla.

A message seeking comment at Conte'shomeon Wednesday was not returned.

Students eat their class project MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (AP) - The freshmt:n enl!inccring studenL,hadtheirassignme;t,;mdat~ it too. The 45 students in an intrcxluctory engineering course at West Virginia University were asked to build small cars capable of coasting down ru1 incline.

One catch, though: 111c design had to be edible.

There were some crcati vc entries, such as a squat bell pepper with pepperoni for wheels. Another car was fashionedfrumablockofsharpcheddar cheese and had Oreo cookies to keep it rolling.

"It's patterned after a Lamborghini Diablo,"BrentCrisersaidofthechcddar car.

Some cars were more palatable than others. &!ward Mottern noted that there might be a problem with the footJong salami that was the centerpiece of his team's creation.

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10 executed in South China BEUING (AP) · A southern Chinese court has approved ten death sentences, mostly for convicted robbers, in a nationwide anti-crime crusade, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.

After the Hunan Higher People's Court affinned the death penalties recently, the ten were immediately shot, the normal method of execution, Xinhua said.

Two of the executed, Luo Caijun

and Luo Pingliang, wereconvictedof stealing 286,000 ylllll1 ($ 34,000) in drugs and goods from medicine factories, phannacies and hospitals in Hunan.

Twoothers,Su WenandLiShiwei, broke into people's holT!es in Hunan and neighboring Guangdong province and stole 18,000 yuan in cash ($ 2,IOO)andgoodsworth 100,000yuan ($12,000).

Xinhua did not provide details on

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1l1e epicenter wa~ about 35 kilometers (20 miles) northwest of Algiers, in the Meditemmean, according to the Global Physics Observatory in Stn1~bourg, France.

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ply the liberally used death penalty even more frequently as part of a four-month-old crime crackdown.

Chinese leaders ordered the campaign in part to moUify public fears that crime - in a society once prized for its safety O was growing out of

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Vice Minister of Public Security Li Jizhou said rqxirted ca-;cs of trafficking in women and children have been on the decline.

Between 1991 and 1995, 88,700 abducted women and children were rescued ,U1d 143,000 traffickers arrested, Li said, according to the media repor

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Edouard moved TWA wreckage? By LARRY NEUMEISTER

SHINNECOCK, New York (AP) - The U.S. Navy used sonar to map the ocean floor again to learn whether Hurricane Edouard had moved any of the wreckage from TWA Flight 800.

"The weather's causing a problem," Lt. Nicholas Bal ice, a Navy spokesman, said Wednesday. 'They'll have to re-evaluate that

data before they can make that determination."

A speedy salvageoftheremaining 30 percent of the Boeing 7 4 7 is considered important to a successful investigation of the midair explosion that killed 230 people just minutes after the plane took off July 17.

Sources have said investigators are trying to learn whether a

bomb beneath a seat over the plane's center fuel tank might have triggered the crackup of the plane, which scattered over the Atlantic Ocean.

Authorities have refused to rule out any of three scenarios - a bomb, a missile or a mechanical malfunction.

The Navy's work was hampered Wednesday by swells up

NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION

The Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC), formerly the Mariana Islands Housing Authority (MIHA), is soliciting sealed bid for the Rehabilitation of the Section 8 Housing Units in Rota. Bid must be in duplicate, must be marked RFP-NMHC-05/96 and mnst be submitted to the Corporate Director at the NMHC office at Garapan, Saipan, until 10:00 a.m., local time, Friday, September 30, 1996, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above deadline will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of fifteen percent ( 15 % ) of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security bond may be in the form of a Certified Check, Cashier's Check or Bid Bond made payable to the NMHC. The bidder is required to submit the follow:.ng documents with the proposal (1) a copy of his/her business permits in compliance with the Contractor's Registration-and Licensing Laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (2) current financial statement; (3) a listing of existing and past projects, including dates of completion; ( 4) a listing of manpower with copies of employee's CNMI issued work permits; and (5) a completed listing of equipments.

Plans and scope of work of the project is available at the respective NMHC offices at Garapan, Saipan or at Songsong Village, Rota. A non-refundable payment of $150.00 is required for each set of the plan and scope of work. Check should be made payable to "NMHC". The bidder is required to submit with his/her proposal, name(s) of employee(s) and their title(s) who are designated and authorized by the company to inspect the individual housing units for the purpose of submitting bid estimates. This list shall be submitted upon payment of the $150.00 for the plans and scope of work. The NMHC hereby notifies all qualified bidders that minority and business enterprises will be accorded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this request for proposal and bidders will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, and national origin in consideration for an award.

Pre-bid Conference for this project will be held at 2:00 p.m., local time, September 18, 1996, at the NMHC Office, at Garapan in Saipan. Questions concerning the plans, scope of work and Special Provisions should be submitted prior to the conference. The NMHC reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the NMHC.

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to 12 feet ( 4 meters) high that prevented divers from entering the waterer wreckage from being pulled up, Balice said.

Pamela Joyce, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said the waves were left by Edouard and the front edge of Hurricane Fran, which was expected to strike land Thursday night in South Carolina.

Joyce said seas off Shinnecock were expected to remain rough Thursday, with waves of 5 feet (1.5 meters) growing to 7 feet (2 meters) at the coast. Waves would be even higher 10 miles ( 16 kilometers) out at sea where the Navy was doing its work, she added.

Balice said the Navy had dropped its giant deep drone device into the sea Wednesday to provide video of the ocean floor but the seas were too rough to let it remain there. He said no wreckage was picked up.

'The emphasis today was in getting the ship set up," Balice said, noting that it took until early afternoon to get the Grapple salvage vessel back into place over debris field 1, a 400-square-yard (335-square meter) box where most of the plane fell.

An engineer working in the hangar in Calverton, New York said 70 percent of the plane already there still failed to provide clear answers for the cause of the

explosion. Robert Giannelli, a deputy in

spector for the New York City Pol ice Department, said one of its boats with divers was sent back out to the site Wednesday and another was expected to be sent on Thursday.

He said the Navy had asked the police several days ago to remain on the job because there were still hundreds of targets to dive toward.

Most of the remaining wreckage is small.

Meanwhile, a professor of chemistry at the University of Rhode Island said she had conducted tests that show a chemical found in some plastic explosives eroded from metal after being immersed salt in water for several weeks.

The professor, Jimmie Oxley, said she had no role in the investigation and did it only after being asked repeatedly by reporters whether salt water would erode chemical residues from explosives.

Investigators have said traces ofRDX and PETN, another component of some explosives, was found in the wreckage.

She said she put no more than 2 milligrams ofRDX on at least IO aluminum rods and stored them for three weeks in 200 milliliters of salt water.

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Overseas Operators Successful applicant will use computer based keyboard and CRT terminal to answer and handle various types of operators routed telephone calls.

Applicant must have a high school diploma or equivalent. Previous experience as an operator desirable.

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MTC is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer Application or resume must be received by the MTC Human

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Dole pushes economic plan

Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole leaps from a wall after shaking hands with supporters during a rally at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, Calif., Dole had climbed over the retaining wall to reach supporters on the other side. · AP Photo

The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) is soliciting applicants for the following positions at the Saipan International Airport:

POSITIONS: AOA CONTROLLER • TWO (2) ELECTRICIAN· ONE (1)

THE AOA CONTROLLER:

Salaly: Minimum salruy of $527.06 bi-weekly.

Minimum Requirements of Work: a) Knowledge of functions of the Operations Deparbnent and AOA. b) Knowledge of CPA rules, regulations and procedures. c) In depth knowledge of approved principles, practices, procedures and regulations governing AOA. d) Knowledge of applicable local ordinances, federal and FAA standards and regulations. e) Ability to apply acceptable practices, measures and procedures of AOA, Ability to establish and maintain a cooperative relationship with supervisors, personnel and members of tenants.

Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from high school (or G.E.D.)

THE ELECTRICIAN:

Salaly: Minimum salruy of $640.44 bi-weekly.

Minimum Requirements of Work: a) Must be capable to wot1< with low and high voltage power b) Must be able to read and follow eleclrical blue prints and diagrams c) Must be able to work with electrical controls d) Must be able to wor~ on various conditions including heights

Minimum Qualifications: Any combination equivalent to graduation from high school (or G.E.D) and BS degree or equivalent to certification as electrician from an accredited US college or trade school.

Application forms are available at the Security Office, First Floor of the Anival Building or at the Administration Office, Second Floor of the Arrival Building at the Saipan International Airport Applications must be accompanied by an original updated police clearance. The deadline for submission of application is 4:30 p.m., September 20, 1996. For more information, please call the Commonwealth Ports Authority at telephone numbers 664-3500 or 664-3501.

By TOM RAUM DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) -Sweeping across Midwest battlegrounds, Bob Dole pushed his economic plan as a way for Americans to keep more of what they earn and promised an aggressive trade policy to expand foreign markets for U.S. goods.

Dole belittled President Clinton's record on taxes in a series of campaign appearances and with a new TV ad that tells Americans, "You shouldn't have to apologize for wanting to keep what you earn. It's your money."

"The trouble is, the Clinton tax cut is never for you. It's always for someone else. Ours is fair, ours is across the board, ours will work," Dole told a cheering, clearly partisan audience at a question -and-answer forum on Wednesday.

Dole sidestepped a question from his audience on whether he thought Clinton's air strikes in Iraq were politically motivated.

Asserting that the news media had been trying to comer him into judging Clinton's performance, Dole said: "There '11 be time to do that. Right now, I'm standing up for America's fighting men and women in uniform." Earlier in the day, Dole had said Clinton is "doing what he should do" in Iraq.

But, in response to another question here, Dole vowed that if elected he would be a commander in chief that understands the problem of the military and would feel comfortable with them around him in the White House.

"They don't care much for military people at the White House," Dole said, as Clinton supporters shouted and jeered from several blocks away.

Dole's new 30-second ad, airing in 17 states, portrays the "Clinton record" as one of "stagnant wages, the largest tax increase in history, two incomes needed to make ends meet." The ad's description of the Dole plan: "Cut wasteful spending, balance the budget, a tax cut of$ 1,600 for the typical family."

Clinton-Gore campaign spokes-

man Joe Lockhart pointed to America's healthy economic growth, consumer confidence and increased housing starts, among other measures, in defending the administration's record.

"These facts - in contrast to Bob Dole's ad - show clearly that President Clinton's economic policies are working," he said. '"Now is no time to tum back."

The Republican presidential nominee trails Clinton by as much as 21 points in national polls.

At a question-and-answer fo. rum in Ankeny, lowa, near Des Moines, Dole promised lo propose a major trade initiative.

He suggested legislation that would allow the United States to impose trade barriers that "mirror" those erected against U.S. goods by other countries.

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Trial of Asa hara takes a new twist •

Gas attack survivor testifies By MARI YAMAGUCHI

TOKYO (AP) - The trial of cult leader Shoko Asahara, who is accused of ordering poison gas released on Tokyo's subways, took a new twist Thursday as a station worker gave the first eyewitness testimony of the attack.

After receiving a radio call that there was trouble, station worker Toshiaki Toyoda went upstairs to the platform to check things out.

"At first I thought the passengers looked ordinary, like any other day," he told the court in a soft-spoken voice.

All told, the attack of March 20 last year left 12 people dead, including two of Toyoda's coworkers, and sickened thousands more.

At the time, Shoko Asahara was worshipped by cultists as a guide to enlightenment. Thursday, he was outwardly placid as he sat handcuffed between four policemen.

Toyoda described the scene on the Kasumigaseki station platform after passengers were cleared and the train taken out

of service. "I came upstairs and saw

them by the first car of the train, cleaning," he said, referring to colleagues Kazumasu Takahashi and Tsuneo Hisuma.

As he stepped onto the platform, he was struck by the strange odor in the emptied station.

"It was something that I had never smelled before. I can't really describe it in words. I recognized it as something ominous, something evil," he said.

The three of them used newspapers to clean the source of the smell - liquid dripping from a plastic bag found in a car of the train.

But his colleagues collapsed near the large pile of newspapers they had made while soaking up the liquid.

"The last time I saw Takahashi, we were carrying him into the office on a stretcher. His eyes were open," Toyoda said, his voice shaking. "I tried talking to him, but he wouldn' ! reply."

He himself collapsed soon after, and was hospitalized for a month, he told the court.

Takahashi's widow. Shizue, said outside the courtroom that Toyoda's testimony had saddened her deeply.

"I never knew my husband was in such a condition," she said. "It was sad to hear that information in such a place."

The Aum Shinri Kyo cult claimed some 40,000 members in Japan, Russia and several other countries at its· peak.

The nerve gas sarin, developed by the Nazis in World War II, was released almost simultaneously just after 8 a.m. when five subway lines converged on the station where Toyoda worked.

If convicted of plotting the attack, Asahara, 41, could be hanged.

Since his trial began in late April, Asahara has refused to enter a plea on nearly 20 charges, including a dozen other murders as well as kidnappings and illegal drug production.

In court Thursday, he appeared bedraggled and indiffer-

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ent. He has Jet his hair and beard grow wild. Prosecutors believe Asahara,

who preached a coming armageddon that only his faithful would survive, launched the attacks in an attempt to confuse police growing suspicious of the cult's activities. ·

About 170 cultists are charged with crimes ranging from bicycle theft to murder. The cult also is bankrupt and is facing disbandment and the government is preparing to designate the sect as the target of a never-used anti-sub-

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overcome the wounds from the shock, and they continue to be reminded of the horrifying incidents.

Seven cultists are still at large, and posters bearing their pictures are everywhere.

Earlier this week, the court ordered Asahara and two top disciples to pay nearly$ 7 .5 million in damages - very high by Japanese standards - to victims of the nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways.

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NOTICE TO VENDORS

The Secretary of Department of Community & Cultural Affairs, would like to remind all vendors doing business with the Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) Food Stamp that funds budgeted for Fiscal Year 1996 will expire on September 30, 1996. This means that if your business have NAP accounts receivables, you will be required to submit all outstanding invoices to the Department of Finance, Accounts Payable Section in order to get paid before September 30, 1996. Vendors run the risk of not getting paid out of NAP's FY'96 funds by not submitting the outstanding invoices on or before September 30, 1996.

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Lebed: Peace has many enemies GROZNY, Russia (AP) -Russian national security chief Alexander Lebed returned to Chechnya Thursday for another round of talks with Russian commanders and separatist leaders.

"Peace in Chechnya has_ many enemies," he told reporters when he arrived, accord·i ng to the Interfax news agency. "There are a lot of stupid hotheads who could undermine the peace process."

Lebed also warned of the dangers of a civil war breaking out among rival Chechen factions as Russian troops pull out.

Before the war, the Chechens were sharply divided on the question of independence from Russia. But the 2 I-month conflict with Russia has left a deep residue of bitterness against Moscow and made many people militant separatists.

Le bed planned to spend two days in the region, where a peace plan he brokered has raised hopes for an end to the war.

The plan has made him something of a hero to the Chechens, who have been fighting to oust Russian troops from their homeland, but it has drawn some harsh critidsm in Moscow, where Le bed is accused of ceding defeat.

Russian news agencies said

Lebed would meet with Russian commanders in Chechnya, then travel to the village of Noviye Atagi, 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Grozny, for talks with rebel military commander Aslan Maskhadov.

Maskhadov and Lebed have signed two agreements so far. The accords call for a ceasefire, troop withdrawals and joint patrols of the battered Chechen capital, and put off a decision on Chechnya's independence for five years.

Lebed arrives a day before the Chechens were expected to mark the fifth anniversary of their unilateral declaration of independence from Moscow.

He said Chechen leaders had assured him during the peace talks that they would avoid boisterous celebrations and instead devote the day to remembering the tens of thousands who have died in the war.

The fighting started in December 1994, three years af-

i~~!i~~Sffj~~,~fllJS to -••• r~.E,pe.ct·•·•···II'~g_.-·-•soyeI'eignty JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)-Indoriesia on Wednesday criticized· the U.S. militaty strikes on Iraq, saying they violated the nation's sovereignty.

'Toe tenitorialsovereignty of Iraq should be respected,'' Foreign Minister Ali AJatas said after a Cabinet meeting presided by President Suharto.

Iraq ~aid five people were.killed and 19 injured in the missile attack Tuesday by U.S. forces, which Washington said was to retaliate for IraqUnvasion ofthe northern Kurdish city of lrbil. Up to 2,000 people are believed to havedied over the weekend in the attack on IrbiJ. .

Another senior Indonesian official asked the Indonesian government to protest the American bombing.

"Whatever the reason, the U.S. action on a sovereign territory cannot be condoned," said Theo L. Sambuaga, a member of the parliamentary foreign relations committee.

"The U.S. attack constitutes a blatant aggression because the problem of the Kurds was an internal affair of Iraq," he said.

I Diplomatic means should be the choice of every nation in the

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ter the mostly Muslim republic declared independence from Russia, when President Boris Yeltsin sent in thousands of troops for what he expected would be a swift, successful military campaign.

Instead, Russian troops became bogged down in a costly, unpopular and apparently

unwinnable war against a small but highly motivated and effective guerrilla force.

Le bed, an ex-paratroop general, was put in charge of ending the Chechen crisis in midAugust after the rebels over· ran Grozny. He recently estimated that the conflict has claimed around 80,000 lives.

· INVITATION FOR BID IFB96-009

The CNMI Public School System is soliciting for competitive sealed bidding from firms interested in leasing to PSS a building/ground floor space meeting the following specification:

1. The building/ground floor space must have a total of at least 2,400 square fl. of ground floor space for classroom.

2. The building must be wilhin the Dandan geographic location. 3. The building must have a fenced playground area wilh suitable ground

cover lo be used for outdoor recrealion purposes . 4. Waler mus! be available 24 hours a day. Building mus! eilher be

connecled lo a septic tank or a sewer system. 5. Any work whether inside or oulside of !he building must be compleled

prior lo September 09, 1996 before lhe commencemenl ollhe HeadStart operation.

6. Price quotation can be on a $ per square loot of the· interior space or bulk figure. II bulk figure is given, the available interior space must be given.

7. The lease period must be for one year. All bids must be in a sealed envelope lacemarl<ed "IFB96-009" ar.d submitted to the Procurement and Supply Office situated on the 3rd Floor of the Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan, no later than 2:00 p.m., September 23, 1996 al which time and place all bids will be read aloud. A non refundable fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00) must accompany the bid. The twenty live dollars maybe a certified check or a cashier's check or other forms acceptable by PS S Treasurer and made payable to the P S S Treasurer. The bidder is requested to submit with his bid a copy of his business permit. The PSS has the right to award or reject any or all bids if its to the best interest of the Public School System.

Inquiries to this bid maybe directed to Mr. Dino R. Tailano, Director HeadStart Program al telephone numbers 664-3751 or 664-3755.

/SNlilliam S. Torres Commissioner Of Educalion

JS/Louise Concepcion Procurement & Supply Officer

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Man dies in 'gangland shooting' TOKYO (AP) - A man was shot and killed in a karaoke lounge and his accused killer accepted a ride from the lounge owner to a nearby police station to turn himself in, police said Thursday.

The shooting, allegedly by a member of one of Japan's top crime syndicates, happened in Osaka, western Japan, just before midnight Wednesday, police said.

thrown out of the Cha-Cha lounge by three patrons after asking questions about construction company employee Tsutomu Shingaki.

He returned about 20 minutes after being ejected and found Shingaki, who he shot him point-blank in the stomach.

said. Tsuruo Kawamura, 37, and

the lounge owner then went to a nearby police station, where Kawamura was arrested.

Kawamura is a registered member of the Yamaguchi-gumi, one of Japan's top crime syndicates, the official said.

Accepting criminal sentences is part of an honor code among Japanese gangsters.

The relationship between

Shingaki and Kawamura was under investigation, said the police official, who declined to be identified.

On July 10, two men died ina shootout outside a barber shop, also in the Osaka area, after a failed attempt to assassinate a gang boss who was getting his hair cut.

Such shootings are treated as top news stories in Japan, where handguns are illegal for virtually all ordinary civilians,

and random street violence is rare. But the number of illegally-owned guns in the country is thought to be increasing.

Pol ice and crime analysts estimate that there are more than I 00,000 illegal handguns in Japan, mostly in the hands of organized criminal groups. Last year, police say there were 168 shootings nationwide, resulting in 34 deaths.

The alleged killer had been

Shingaki died three hours later at a nearby hospital.None of the six other people in the lounge were hurt, the official

FIRST ANNIVERSARY ROSARY

Japanese gunboats shoo two reporters away froin island

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VICENTE TAITANO ROS/\RIO 12rn ANNIVERSARY

HONG KONG (AP) - Two Hong Kong journalists reported Thursday that Japanese gunboats ordered them away when they sailed in a fishing boat to the disputed Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea.

The incident Wednesday showed that "the Diaoyu islands have already come under the effective control of Japan," said the Ming Pao newspaper, whose journalists were on board the Tai wan-registered vessel, the You-hsin 16.

Japan and China claim sovereignty over the Diaoyu islands, which the Japanese call Senkaku.

The islands are about 180 kilometers (110 miles) northeast of Taiwan, which also claims them.

The incident has "made China, Hong Kong and Taiwan's relations with Japan very tense," the newspaper said.

Would like to invite all our relatives and friends to join us in our Joint Anniversary Rosary for our Beloved Ones.

Holy Rosary will start on Thursday. September 5, 1996 at the residence of Joe and Keko Rosario at 7:00 P.M in Garapan.

The Final Rosary will be said at 12 noon on September 13, 1996 at the same residence. Mass of Intention will be offered at 5:00 P.M.

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';Have the Diaoyu fallen into enemy hands?" it asked.

It said the journalists sailed from the Taiwanese port of Keelung, aiming to land on the uninhabited islands and photograph a lighthouse and a war memorial built recently by Japanese right-wing groups.

But two Japanese coastal _ patrol boats approached the You-hsin 16 about three kilometers (two miles) off the largest island and ordered it out of the area, the newspaper said.

It said unidentified people on board the Japanese vessels, the PL 105 and PL 124, forbade the journalists to take photographs and refused requests for an interview.

"Do not cause trouble!" they warned over a megaphone, the paper said. It showed a photo of one of the Japanese vessels carrying a banner that said in Chinese: "The Japanese government demands that you leave Japanese territory immediately."

The journalists retreated after about 90 minutes, it said.

Earlier, aircraft flew over their boat about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the islands, Ming Pao said.

China strongly protested last

In loving memory of our beloved father

week when Japanese Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda reasserted Japan· s sovereignty claim on a during a visit to Hong Kong.

A commentary in the Communist Party's People·s Daily warned Japan "not to do anything foolish."

Sovereignty over the islands could affect fishing rights in the region, and o~ and mineral deposits may also be at stake.

The issue is also tied up in the emotional residue of Japan· s World War II occupation of Hong Kong and parts of China, and its 50-year colonial rule of Taiwan.

The latest Japanese action has led to an unusual unity of purpose among China, its arch-rival Taiwan, and some of China's fiercest critics in Hong Kong.

A "Committee for the Protection of the Diaoyu Islands" has sprung up in Hong Kong, and its spokesman is Tsang Kin-shing, a legislator who prides himself on attending every anti-China demonstration in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Standard reported Wednesday that the committee is planning a joint expedition to the islands with the opposition

New Party in Taiwan.

Ratao S. Martin ()(J e, the fam;Jy of our belove~::~~,, cordially invite all of our families, friends & relatives to join us in prayers as we commemorate the passage unto his eternal life.

Nightly rosary will begin on Thursday, September 12, 1996 at 8:00 p.m. at the residence of Cynthia I. Martin in Tanapag. On the final day Friday, September 20, 1996 the mass of intention will be at

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Japan auto imports decline TOKYO (AP)- Salesofimported cars, trucks and buses in Japan declined 2.9 percent in August from the year-earlier month to 26,542 vehicles for the first drop in near! y three years.

The drop reflected a steep decline in the sales of imports from the United States, while almost all other exporting countries saw their sales increase, the Japan Automobile Importers Association reported Thursday.

Among importers of U.S.made cars, Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.'s sales were

sharply lower. Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. also saw a setback in their sales, though General Motors Corp. 's results were far better than a year earlier.

August's overall sales included 4,771 vehicles built overseas by Japanese auto makers, down 30 percent from a year eii.rlier.

The association said the sharp drop in "reverse" imports from U.S. operations of Toyota and Honda was the biggest reason behind the drop in August imported car sales.

Honda's main import model,

Netscape boss assails Japan's Internet costs TOKYO (AP) -- Japan will fall behind the times unless the costs of getting onto the Internet go down, Netscape Communications Corp. Chairman Jim Clark said Wednesday.

Althoughinterestinthelntemet has grown recently, many Japanese complain about the costs of accessing it.

Clark's comments at a computer exhlbition in a Tokyo suburb, reported by the Kyodo News service, were confinned by a Netscape Japan official, who requested anonymity. Clark could not immediately be reached for comment.

At a keynote speech at a compµter trade show, Clark urged Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

Corp.,Japan'sleadingphonecompany, to aggressively lower rates to make it easier for people to use the Internet.

NIT said its local phone rate of l Oyen ($ 0.09) for three minutes· was comparable to U.S. rates.

But phone bills for Internet us- i ers can often become exorbitant since online providers can't be reached through local calls outside of urban areas like Tokyo and Osaka.

In the United States, many homes get more affordable phone contracts that allow unlimited local calls for a flat rate.

The·costs of maintaining an account with an Internet access provider also tend to be higher in Japan than in the United States.

In Loving Memory of our Beloved

ANTONIO SN. Ill 01Je, the family, would like to invite all our relatives and

friends to join us in prayers as we commemorate the First An

niversary of our beloved, Nightly rosary start on September 1, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Sn. Lizama {TRINI) in Chalan Kanoa District No. 1.

On the final day, Monday, September 9, 1996 at 5:00 p.m.

mass will be offered at Mt. Carmel Church in Chalan Kanoa.

Dinner will follow at Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Sn. Lizama's resi-

, ~ence in Chalan Kanoa District No, t 1;':(

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the Accord Wagon, has already run the course of its initial sales boom and Toyota has halted the shipments of the Scepter Wagon amid sluggish demand.

Meanwhile, Ford and Chrysler are suffering in the Japanese market as their main sedan models, the Taurus series and the Chrysler Neon, have faced difficulty attracting Japanese customers.

In Chrysler's case, the sales of the popular Cherokee, marketed by Honda dealers as well as Chrysler's own, have turned sluggish, overshadowed by Honda's popular recreational vehicles.

Industry officials say the slowdown in Ford's sales may be a result of the termination of its low-interest loan campaign in late July.

Furthermore, the auto importers woes also reflected the general slowdown in Japan's overall auto demand, which shrank 2.1 percent in August as an economic recovery began to sputter.

The association spokesman says, however, that sales of imports will likely resume their upward trend towards the end of the year.

~ essa9e rt(; @Appreciation We, the family of the late

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12fflS ~U~! (IJ!l) Extend our most sincere gratitude and profound appreciation to all our families, relatives and friends for the continuous physical and spiritual support during our time of mourning and sorrow. Your kind expression of sympathy and personal help extended to us on the loss of our beloved son and brother have been most comforting and touching. Thank you sincerely for sharing in our sorrow. Your presence at the nightly rosaries, funeral mass and on the final resting place is greatly appreciated and will always be remembered .

Our SPECIAL THANKS is extended to: Bishop Tomas A. Camacho, Father Isaac Ayuyu, Governor Froilan C. Tenorio, Lt. Governor Jesse C. Borja, Speaker Diego Benavente, Vice Speaker Jesus Attao, Congressman Oscar Babauta, Congressman Manny (Brown) Tenorio, Congressman David M. Apatang, Congressman Crispin DL. Guerrero, Senator Tom Villagomez and Senator Juan (Morgen) Tenorio, Congressman Mike Tenorio, especially to the Board Members and staff of the Commonwealth Airport and Ports Authority and others too numerous to mention, for their valuable help and support in so many ways.

WE WILL REMEMBER YOU IN OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS. Un Dangkulu Na Si Yu'us Ma'ase.

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We the children of the late Edward J11esa Cabrera and 1ermina l'(e0es Cabrera would like to inform relatives and friends thc1t Holij l'(osa~0 would beg111 for our be/oved parents starting September 2. thru September 10, at the residence of Norman K. and Cynthia C. Pangelinan in Chalan Piao

[0,st daij of roscrry would be 011 September 10th, )Vtass will be given crt '.:)an Anto11t0 Church crt 6.00 p.m. Dinner will be served crfter mass crt NormC111 K. c;ind C0nthiC/ C. pc;i11gelinc;i11·s resic/ence. Please join us 111 prc;iyers thc;ink ljOLAr

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.REQUEST FOR PROPOSA.LS 1: .

The Northern Marianas College is soliciting competitive seal proposals from qualified companies for the following:

RFP: 97·131 Janitorial & Ground Gardening RFP: 97-132 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Maintenance RFP: 97-133 Security Guard Service RFP: 97-134 Lawn Maintenance RFP: 97-135 Trash Collection Services

Specifications for the above services are available for all interested proposers and may be picked up at NMC Procurement & Property Management Office, building "N", As Terlaje Campus.

Proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked with the respective RFP number to Procurement Office (building "N") no later than 11:30 a.m., September 13, 1996.

The Northern Marianas College reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and to waive any defects in the proposals if determined by the College to be in its best interest. All proposals shall become the property of NMC. For additional information, please call NMC Procurement at 234-3690, extension no. 1550.

ls/Harris Lawrence NMC Comptroller

/s/John T. Flores Procurement & Property Manager

i1N·VI.TATIONtBFOR1~B111' !JrS. _·: i .~'.- _,. :·.;_,~_:~\E~ti~~Ht&J,f~~.~~'19.~i~{Ji{~~ti1t~-~fl'"~t~i~l

The CHM/ Public School System is soliciting Jor competitive sealed bidding from lirms interested in leasing lo PSS a building/ground floor space meeting the Jollowing specification:

1. The building/ground floor space must have a total of at least 2,400 square It. of ground tloor space for classroom.

2. The building must be within the Dandan geographic location. 3. The building must have a Jenced playground area with suitable ground

cover to be used tor outdoor recreation purposes. 4. Water must be available 24 hours a day. Building must either be

connected to a septic tank or a sewer system. 5. Any worlc whether inside or outside of the building must be completed

prior to September 09, 1996 before the commencement ol the HeadSlart opera lion.

6. Price quotation can be on a $ per square tool al the interior space or bulk figure. II bulk Jigure is given, the available inferior space must be given.

7. The lease period must be for one year. All bids must be in a sealed envelope Jacemarlced "IFB96·009" and submiHed to the Procurement and Supply Office situated on the 3rd Floor of the Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan, no later than 2:00 p.m., September 23, 1996 al which time and place all bids will be read aloud. A non refundable lee of twenty live dollars ($25.DD) must accompany the bid. The twenty live dollars maybe a certified check or a cashier's check or other forms acceptable by P S S Treasurer and made payable lo the P S S Treasurer. The bidder is requested to submit with his bid a copy of his business permit. The PSS has the right to award or reject any or all bids ii its to the best interest olthe Public School System.

Inquiries lo this bid maybe directed lo Mr. Dino R. Taitano, Director HeadStart Program at telephone numbers 664-3751 or 664-3755.

IS/William S. Torres Commissioner Of Education

IS/Louise Concepcion Procurement & Supply OHicer

Police question Rao on allegations of bribery NEWDELHl,India(AP)-Federal police for the first time interrogated former Prime Minister P.V. N arasirnha Rao about allegations that he bribetl lawmakers to win support for his government, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Rao denied the allegations that he ordered his Congress party to pay off four opposition lawmakers to support his minority government in a confidence vote three years ago, The Hindustan Times newspaper reported quoting W1illll11ed federal police officials.

If proved true, the case would further damage the reputation of the

former government, which was mired in scandals through much of its fiveyear tenn, but which had never touched the prime minister himself.

Independen_t confirmation of the newspaper report was not immediately possible. Police officials and Rao were not available for conunent.

On Wednesday, officials of the Central Bureau ofinvestigationasked' Rao 15 to 20 questions about his alleged involvement in the bribery scam, it said. The newspaper quoted unnamed CBI officials as saying the questioning was a fonnality and they had reached no conclusions.

The case stems from accusations

in a public interest lawsuit by a social activist that Rao was involved in paymentsof30millionrupees($ 857,CXXl) to the legislators to switch sides and support his minority government.

The lawmakers initially admitted to receiving bri~ from the Congress, but later denied the allegations when tax authorities began an independent probe. Details of that investigation have never been made public.

Rao's government survived the July, 1993 no-confidence vote by a narrow margin. His Congress Party lost power in the April-May general election.

Pre-election violence in Bangladesh DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - !'reelection violence in Bangladesh has claimed fives lives and left more than 300 other people injured as voters Thui;daypreparedforby-electionpolls in several districts.

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A youth league activist from the ruling Awami League was the latest to die. Abdus Sattarwas stabbed to death on Wednesd:i.y during a clash with supporters of the opposition Bangladesh National Party, a police spokesman said.

The stabbing in Laxmipur district, about 95 kilometers ( 60 miles) southeast of the capital, Dhaka, is just the latest in a week of escalating violence

leading up to the voting. Annytroopsandpoliceofficershave

been deployed in the voting districts to try and curt, the violence.

One legislator from the ruling party was among the more than 300 people wounded in pre-election violence, the English-language daily New Nation reported on Thursday.

Voters will select new legislators . to fill 15 parliamentary seats left

vacantafternationwide federal elections in June.

Many of the parliamentary districts were left vacant by legislators who won more than one seat In Bangladesh, election hoiefuls can nm simultaneously in

severaldistricts,butmayholdonlyone seat

Colleges in many parts of Bangladesh have been rife with elec· . lion-related dames.

Ruling party legislator Dipankar Talukdarand30otherswercinjuredon Wednesday when they were attacked near a girls college in the southern port city of Olittagong, the English-language daily Star newspaper reported.

Talukdar told reporters that Bangladesh National Party activists were responsible for the attack. He accusedthemofdragginghimfromhis car, beating him with a rod and setting the vehicle ablaz.e.

The Governor's Water EmergenGy Task Force (WETF) is soliciting competitive sealed proposals from qualilied Jirms for design and construction ol a 3 million gallon per day (MGD) reverse osmosis desalination plant. This plant is to be constructed in the·Sadog Tasi or Lower Base area cl Saipan, Commonwealth ol the Northern Mariana Islands, in accordance with the Saipan Water Master Plan. The Contractor shall be required to perform, on a turnkey basis, the following tasks: 1. Design, engineer and erect a seawater reverse osmosis plant capable ol producing not less than 3.0 million gallons of desalinated water per day. 2. Pertorm all civil works :ncluding construction of sea water wells or intake, connection to the existing distribution system including foundations and structures and possible rehabilitation ol an existing 9 million gallon underground storage reservoir and'or construction of new storage tanks. 3. Submit, as Option No. 1, construction of a 1 MGD reverse osmosis plant capable ol expansion to 3 MGD. Subm~. as Option No. 2, construction of a 3 MGD reverse osmosis plant with financing schemes and a minimum repayment term of five (5) years. Present options to build and operate the plant, train operators and transfer operation and'or ownership ol the plant over to the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) al one, two or three years. 4. Provide and install all hardware, equipment and devices needed. Upon completion, the plant shall be fully functional. 5. The plant and all water produced by the plant must meet all Environmental Protection Agency, other U.S. and CNMI codes and standards applicable to design, construction and operation of the plant, including a chloride level ol less than 250 milligrams per liter. All codes and s/andards must be of the latest revision in effect at lime of transfer to CUC. 6. The plant shall undergo a 180 day continuous acceptance test at lull output. 7. All permits required lo erect and operate the desalination plant shall be secured by the contractor. 8. A rale analysis, which identifies the consumer's final cost per gallon of waler produced including administrative costs, shall be included as part of each proposal. Proposals will be evaluated and selections made based on experience of firm on related projects (25%), overall plan (20%), quality ol materials and membrane warrantee (20%) project schedule (20%) and price and cost to consumer (15%). Apre·proposal conference will be held in the CUC Conference Room, Lower Base, Saipan, al 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 5, 1996. All interested persons are strongly urged to attend. Ten (10) sets ol proposals must be submitted in a sea.led envelope marked CUC RFP 96·0037, to Mr. Timothy P. Villagomez, Chairman ol the Governor's Water Emergency Task Force, c/o Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, P.O. Box 1220, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than 3:00 p.m., local time, Thursday, October 3 J.9,96, The award ol this project is contingent upon receipt of the necessary funding and'or required approval to enter into legally binding arrangements to complete the entire projects. Firms must provide a bid bond equal lo 2% of the lirst year's conlract amount, and, upon award, a perlormance bond equal to 100% of the installed value ol the completed facility. All responses to this RFP should take into account and all taxes that will be charged to the successful bidder in Ju/filling the contract, including excise taxes. Attention is called to the Labor Standard Provisions Jor Wage Rate Determination of lhe CNMI Classilication and Salary Structure Plans and that payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Specifications must be paid on this project. Discussions may be conducted with responsible offerers, who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible ol being selected for award, for the purpose of clarification and to ensure full understanding ol, and responsiveness to, solicitation requirements. Otterors shall be accorded lair and equal treatment with respect to opportunity Jor discussion and revision of proposals, and such revisions may be permitted after submission and prior to award Jar the purpose cl obtaining the best and final offers. In conducting discussions, there shall be no disclosure of any inlormation derived Jrom proposals submitted by competing offerers. The Governor's Water Emergency Task Force reserves the right to reject any or all proposals Jor any reason and to waive any defect in the proposals if, in its sole opinion to do so, would be in Its best interests. All proposals shall become the property ol the Governor's Water Emergency Task Force. For further irslormation. please contact Mr. Preston L. Fisher at telephone number (670) 322·9383 or lax (670) 322·9382.

TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ Chairman, Governor's Water Emergency Task Force

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CNMI PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMI GOVERNMENT

INVITATION TO BID 1TB NO.: ITB96-0140 FOR: PROCUREMENT OF A VEHICLE W/ TRADE-IN

OPENING DATE: SEPTEMBER 13, 1996 TIME: 2:30 P.M.

INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS MAY PICK UP BID FORMS AND SPECIFICATIONS AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY,LOWER BASE, SAIPAN.

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RE·QUEST FOR PR'OPOSALS The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) is soliciting proposals for the award of one (1) Restaurant/Snack Bar Concession at the Rola

International Airport.

Proposal packages can be obtained at the Office of the Executive Di· rector, Saipan International Airport, P.O. Box 1055, Chalan Kanoa, Saipan MP 96950. The proposal packages cost $30. Checks can be made payable to the Commonwealth Ports Authority. The pre-bid con

ference will be held on August 16, 1996 at 2:00 p.m. at the CPA Confer

ence Room located on the Second Floor, Rota ARFF Building, Rota

International Airport.

Proposals will be received by the CPA until 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 13, 1996 in order to be considered for the award. All proposals will be publicly opened on September 13, 1996 at 2:00 p.m. at the Office of the Executive Director, Second Floor, Arrival Building, Saipan Interna

tional Airport.

The CPA reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals in accor

dance with Section 3.2.(7) of its Procurement Rules and Regulations.

Victor B. Hocog, Chairman CPA Board of Directors

Buckle-up SAIPAN



REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP NO. RFP96·0138 FOR: SECURITY GUARD SERVICES AND LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE SERVICES

OPENING DATE: SEPTEMBER 23, 1996 TIME; 2:00 P.M.

INTERESTED INDfVfDUALS OR FIRMS MAY PfCK UP BID FORMS AND SPECIFICATIONSATTHE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN.

is/EDWARD 8. PALACIOS


INVITATION TO BID 1TB NO.: ITB96·0142 FOR: LEASE OF VEHICLES


INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS MAY PICK UP BID FORMS AND SPECIFICATIONS AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN.

ls/EDWARD B. PALACIOS


REqi.JIST FOR PROPOSAL RFP NO. RFP96·0135 FOR: TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES INCLUDING INSTALLATIONS


INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS DR FIRMS MAY PICK UP BID FORMS AND SPECIFICATJON.S AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN.

/s/EDWARD 8. PALACIOS

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMIGOVERNMENT

INVffilftDN TO am 1TB NO. !TB96-0134 FOR: LEASE OF A VEHICLE WIOPTION TO PURCHASE


INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS MAY PICK UP BID FORMS AND SPECIFJCATIDNS AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN.


PROCUREMENTANDSUPP~ CNMIGOVERNMENT

INVITATION TO BID 1TB NO.: ITB96·0145 FOR: PURCHASE OF VEHICLES




CNMI PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMIGOVERNMENT

INVITATION TO BID 1TB NO.: ITB96-0139 FOR: LEASE OF A VEHICLE




Assess ... Continued from page 5

fees d.iscourge development, and, moreover, thatdevelopment brings in revenue. But development's revenue does not, generally speaking, offset the cost, it incurs. Besides, all developers pay something for the "privilege" of investing here. Impact fees would make that a kno1><n quantity, rather than dependent on the whim of legislators-asituationonewouldthink developers would find farm ore palat · able.

The Variety could do us all a favor if it would be more pro-active in supportingtheconccptofimpactfee.~, rather than appearing to sympathize with developers' unwarranted expectations.

Sincerely,

Ruth L. Tighe

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IN THE EVENING

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GENERATOR. ONLY 1,200 HRS. EXCELLENT

CONDITION $12,000.00 CALL: MAC HOMES (SA!PAN) CO., LTD. TEL: (670) 234-9100

"SUPER CARS" '83 BMW-535: Excellent Condition Loaded! $6,500.00 '85 CHEVY CORVETIE: Muscle Car Loaded! $11,000.00 '79 SUPER VETIE·HOP: Looks Great! Runs Fastl $8,500.00 "ECONOMY CLASS'" '91 MAZDA-PROTEGE: 4 Doors A/C, AM/FM Cassette $5,500.00

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322-7700

' FUL'..Y CONCRETE/TWO [2) BEDROOMS 'FULLV FURNISHEDl'l4 HOURS WATER 'LAUNDRY MAT AVAILABLE/FREE TRASH

COLLECTION ' R~NABLE PRICE

CALL TEL 322-3581 FOR MORE DETAILS!

WANTED: USED MINI VAN OR

STATION WAGON FOR NEW FAMILY ON ISLAND

PRICE AROUND $5,000.00 OR LESS

PLEASE CONTACT:

235-4945 LEAVE MESSAGE.

~Q:MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- SEPTEMBER 6, I 996

~tMarianas %rietr~ Clas·sif i·ed Ads . Section

Employment Wanted

Job Vacancy . Announcement

03 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS (CARPENTER)-Salary:$3.25 per hour Contact: ADPIA COMMUNICATIONS dba Pink House Tel. 235-4499(91 6)F225583

02 AUTOBODY REPAIRER-Salary:$3.DS-3.50 per hour Contact: WON'S CORPORATION dba Won's Auto Repair Shop Tel. 234-3429(9/6JF225582

03 TOUR COUNSELOR-Sal-ary:$800.00 per month Contacl: EXPO TRAVEL & TOURS, LTD. Tel. 234-D888(9/6)f225580

01 SHOP MANAGER-Salary:$1,200.00 per month Conlacl: BlG DOG CORPORATION dba Big Dog Dive Station Saipan Tel. 322-2363(9/6)F225584

01 POWER HOUSE MECHAN/C-Salary:$4.50 per hour Contacl: PACIFIC MACHINERY, INC. Tel. 288-6900(9/6)F225586

06 TEACHERS-Salary:$765.00 per month Contacl: DIOCESE OF CHALAN KANOAdba Mt. Carmel School Tel. 235-1251 (9/6)F61851

01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Salary:$2.75-3.05 per hour Contact: ANGELITA M. BUN/AG dba Alanar's Enterprises Tel. 234-0695(91 6)F225591

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: VICENTE C. BARCJNAS dba RM Enterprises Tel. 233-2054(9/ 6)F225590

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: RAYMOND FALCON dba Falcon Manpower Services Tel. 233-2054(9/6)F225589

01 AUDITOR-Salary:$1,200.00-1,600.00 per month Contact: ERNST & YOUNG (CNMI), INC. dba Ernst & Young Tel. 234-8300(9/ 6)F225588

01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: LORAINE D. MUNA dba Landmark Ent. Tel. 233-2462(9/13)F61893

02 PAINTER-Salary:$2.90-3.30 per ncur 03 DRESSMAKER-Salary:$3.05-3.30 per hour Ccn1acl YCO CORPORATION dba YCO Servistar Hardware/Liber1y Plaza/ Liberty Spor1shoppe Tel. 235-5604/05(9/ 13)F61892

03 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORSalary:S2.90-4.00 per hour 02 MASON-Salary:$2.90-3.20 per hour 02 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:$3.50-7.00 per hour Contact WESTERN EQUIPMENT, INC. :.9/13,Fo1890

01 CIVIL ENGiNEER-Salary:$3.95 per hour Contact: KAM CORPORATION Tel. 233-6964(9/13) f 225677

01 MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANSalary:S3.0S per hour Contact: PACIFIC DAIKEN CO., LTD. Tel. 234· 7 453(9/13)F225668

01 TOUR DESK CLERK-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: KTB TOUR AGENCY Tel. 235-D379(9/13)F225667

01 POWER HOUSE MECHANIC-Sa/ary:$3.50 per hour Contact: MELITON P. VILLAFUERTE dba M. V. Enterprises Tel. 235-0835(9/ 13)F225664

01 CASHIER-Salary:$3.05-3.44 per hour Contact: SAIPAN HOTEL CORPORATION dba Hafa Dai Beach Hotel Tel. 234-6495 Ext. 806/888 (9/13)F61848

02 COOK-Sa/ary:$2.90 per hour 01 CAMP MANAGER-Salary:$750.00-1,300.00 per month 01 JANJTOR-Salary:$2.90 per hour Contact: BLACK MICRO CORPORATION Tel. 234-6800(9/13)FS1847

04 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORSalary:$3.05 per hour 01 GRAPHIC ARTIST-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: WIN FUNG ENT., INC. Tel. 234-3238(9/13JF225676

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$550.00-800.00 per month Contact: C.P.Y. VENTURES (SAIPAN), LTD. Tel. 235-6341(9/13)F225675

01 MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR MARKETING-Salary:$1,700.00 per month Contact: M-S-T PACIFIC CORPORATION (9/13)F225673

01 AUTOMOBILE REPAIRER-Sa/ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: 0 & K CORPORATION dba 0 & K REPAIR SHOP Tel. 234-2995(9/ 13)F225671

01 STOCK CLERK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 GENERAL MERCHANDISE SALESPERSON-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: VIP CORPORATION dba VIP Shopping Center Tel. 235-9611 (9/ 13)F225672

01 PRODUCTIONS/OPERATIONS MANAGER-Salary:$3,000.00 per month Contact: PAN OCEANIA MARITIME SERVICES dba TNT Express Worldwide (9/13)F225669

01 MENDER-EMBROIDERY MACHINES-Salary:$550.00-600.00 per month Contact: SUCK DOO KIM dba YOO SUNG EMBROIDERY INC. Tel. 233-0409(9/13)F225680

01 GENERAL MANAGER-Salary: Depends on experience. 02 ASSISTANT MANAGER-Salary: Depends on experience. 05 CUTI/NG SUPERVISOR-Salary: Depends on experience. 05 QUALITY SUPERVISOR-Salary: Depends on experience. 09 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: Depends on experience. 12 MAINTENANCE-Salary:$2 .90 per hour 27 INSPECTOR-Salary:$2.90 per hour 29 PACKER-Salary:$2.90 per hour 56 CUTIER-Salary:$2.90 per hour 220 (SEWER) SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR-Salary:$2.90 per hour Contact: S.R. (SAIPAN) CORP. Tel. 235-8474 (9/13)F225670

10 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour 14 DANCER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: AMERICAN JOINT PARTNER CORP. LTD. dba Hana Karaoke Tel. 235-5457(9/13)F225681

01 FLOOR SUPERVISOR-Sal-ary:S3.D5-4.70 per hour 03 HOUSEKEEPING CLEANERS-Sa/ary:$3.05-4.17 per hour 01 LAUNDRY PRESSER-Salary:$3.05-4.17 per hour 02 FRONT DESK CLERK-Salary:$3.05-4.17 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05-4.20 per hour 03 RESTAURANT WAITER-Salary:$3.05-4.17 per hour Q2 RESTAURANT WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05-4.17 per hour 02 BARTENDER-Salary:S3.05-4.17 per hour 02 JANITOR-Salary:$3.05-4.17 per hour 01 GARDENER-Salary $3.05-4.50 per hour Contacl: PACIFIC MICRONESIA CORP dba Dai-lchi Hotel Sa,pan Beach Tel. 234-6412 Ext. 1505(9113)F61894

01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTSalary:$4.00-9.00 per hour Overtime x1 .5 per hour Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. NO PHONE CALLS Send resume to: DAVID A. WISEMAN dba Services Unlimited P.O. Box 2607 CK, Saipan, MP 96950

01 WAITRESS-Salary:$800.00 per month Contact: JADE GARDEN INC. dba Jade Garden Restaurant Tel. 234-3221 (9/ 20)F225752

01 ALL AROUND BEAUTJC/AN-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MARIA LOURDES L. SMITHEE dba Jannica's Enterprises Tel. 322-9101 (9/20)F225757

01 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Salary:$3.90 per hour Contact: MARIANAS NAPA INC. dba Napa Auto Parts Tel. 234-1179 (9/ 20)F225756

04 BEAUTICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MECHILLE CORPORATION dba Tong Yang Carpet, BIF Furnitures & Esquire Beauty Shop Tel. 234-3352(9/ 2D)F225755

01 INSTAUCTOR, SCUBADIVING-Salary:$1,100.00 per month Contact: COMMONWEALTH MARINE LEISURE CORP. dba Marine Sport & Leisure (9/2D)F225754

01 MECHANIC (AUTO)-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 DIVING INSTRUCTOR (SPORTS)Sa/a,y:$3.05 per hour Contact: BLUE HORIZON ENTERPRISES INC. dba MSE Diving Tel. 234-7871 (9/20)F225753

01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sa/ary:$5.00 per hour Contact: MMW RECRUITING AGENCY dba Melba A. Villaga Tel. 235-3545(9/ 20)F225751

01 BUILDING MAINTENANCE WORKER-Salary:$3.05 pee hour 01 ASSISTANT MANAGER-Salary:S600.00-BOO.OO per month Contact: MIDWEST TRADING CORPORATION Tel. 234-8379(9/ 20)F225758

01 COMPUTER OPERATOR-Salary:$3.05-9.40 per hour Contact: MICRO PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT, INC. dba. Saipan Grand Hotel (9/2D)F62000

03 WAREHOUSEMAN-Salary:$2.90 per hour Contact: MIRAGE (SAIPAN) CO., LTD. Tel. 234-3481 (9/2D)F225762

01 CUSTOMER RELATION REPRESENTATIVE-Salary:$800.00-1,500.00 per month Bilingual in Japanese language Contact: R & C TOURS SAIPAN, INC. Tel. 235-3935(9/20)F225763

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02 WAITRESS, RESTAURANT-Salary:$3.25-4.00 per hour Contact: K & S ENTERPRISES, INC. dba Ristorante Olivo Tel. 235-3935(9/ 20)F225764

01 CARPENTER-Salary:$700.00 per month 03 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:$700.00 per month Conlacl: ZHONG JIAN PAC (SAIPAN) INC. Tel. 235-8861 (9/20)F225765

Medical Teclmologist Exr,ericncc<l ceniticd Med '/ixh needed 10

work on Saipan. Must he ahlc to pcrfonn phleho1omy on a full range of patients. Individual should possess excc!lenl customer service sldlls

If intt:rcstcd, plc.'.Lo.;c fomanJ n:sumc to:

Med Tech Position

Marianas Variety

PO Box 231CK Saipan, I\IP969.50

DEADLINE: 12:00 noon the day prior to publication

NOTE: If some reason your advertisement ls Incorrect call us immediately to make the necessary correcttons. lne Marianas Variety News and Views is responsible only for one Incorrect insertion. We reserve the right to edit. refuse, reject or cancel any ad at any time.

VACANCY

OFFICE ASSISTANT Law office seeks a respon~ible worker for clerical and office

tasks and errands. Full time position available. Will train. Pay comr'nensurate with experience. CNMI residents preferred.

Apply in person to: Whtte, Pierce, Mailman&. Nutting

Attorneys-at-Law Joeten Office Building, Susupe

The candidate must be highly motivated and is willing to pursue a career in the Health industry. Previous sales experience is a

must. Preferably local. Excellent compensation on package awaits the successful candidate.

Please send resume to: VIVIAN DL GUERRERO

MUL TICOVER HEAL TH PLAN C/0 MOYLAN'S INSURANCE

P.O. BOX 658 CK, SAIPAN, MP 96950

or call 234-6442 or visit our new office in Chalan Laulau.

ASSISTANT MANAGER-IFYOU HAVE:

•A proven track record •Strong people skills •Top customer service •Effective written & oral skills •Ability to meet weekly deadline •Leadership skills

Our fast pace environment is perfect for the self motivated person Annual base pay $30,000 +bonus.Vacation & Holiday pay.

Apply at Dial Rent to Own

:P~JCCE:"I> ::E'90R, «Je,"D":EC::&: S.&.X..JE::

1 24 K.V.A. GENERATOR; ONLY 111W HRS • 150 WATI ICOM-700; SINGLE SIDE _BAND SHIP RADIO; VERY GOOD CONDITION

CALL:· 322-36·8"6 A.5.A.P.

WANTED TO BUY RESTAURANT/ COFFEE SHOP/NOODLE HOUSE

We are looking forward to buy an existing restauranVcoffee shop in Saipan. We also consider joint venture of 50% or any percentage in the operation. Anybody who wishes to sell their operation or wants to invite investment in their existing restauranVcoffee shop, please send a note with

name of the restaurant and contact number to Box 10000, PPP 314, Saipan, MP 96950.

1-JANITOR LOCAL HIRE ONLY

PLEASE CALL 234-8379 ASK FOR GLYNIS

APARTMENT FOR RENT STUDIO TYPE WITH AIRCON FURNISHED, UTILITY INCLUDED $400.00 A MONTH AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY QUIET, SINGLE OR COUPLE ONLY IN KOBLERVILLE: 288-2222

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND YlEWS-41

EEK & MEEK® by Howie Schneider l1-l£.Y F//.'ALLY FWIJD A CURE

FOR fAll..11\)G ME.MORY

~ Garfield® by Jim Davis

PEANUTS® by Charles M. Schulz

STELLA WILDER

YOUR BIRTHDAY By Stella Wilder

Born today, you are an aggressive, forward-thinking, daring and unpredictable individual with such a strong personality that you tend to take over every endeavor in which you become involved. This can be a positive trait, but there is also the chance that you may become overbearing and controlling with each and every individual with whom you come in contact. You must always concentrate on the conduct and progress of your affairs. The more you focus on the affairs of others, the more likely you will be seen as an intruder.

You have tremendous talents and the ability to succeed at almost any task, but your creative energy will lead you directly to success. Once you can combine the need to e>.."])ress yourself with vour career acti\~ties, vou'll be off :md running( -

Also born on this date are: the Marquis de Lafayette, French general and aristocrat; Billy Rose, producer, author, and songwriter; Jane Curtin, comic; Swoosie Kurtz, actress; Jo Anne Worley, comic and actress.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow. find your birthday and rP,ld tlw corresponding para-

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graph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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You will have to pick up the pace today if you expect to keep up with a friend or family member who appears to be on a roll

LIBRA !Sept. 23-0ct. 22) -You will seek something more steady and dependable than anything you have had so far, but first you will have to modify your way of thinking.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Someone may try to sweep you off your feet today, but it may be for a reason that has been kept a closely guarded secret.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Take care not to let yourself be too noncommittal.or wishywashy today, even in the interest of fairness. You will have to take sides.

CAPRICORN <Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Someone else may be interested in making the big decisions today and everything will work out as long as you remain by his or her side.

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Earth Tip: One 15· to 20-year-old tree makes enough paper for only 700 grocery bags. Yet the alternative, plastic bags, are nol degradable and are made from petroleum, which is nonrenewable. Bring your own reusable bag when you shop.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Communication will be one key to success today, but even more important, you must be willing to maintain a competitive pace at all times.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -There will be no need to run and hide from threats today. You will have what it takes to stand your ground and face sudden dangers with confidence.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Just when you thought you had a little more time for yourself, someone wili come to you with an emergency that you cannot ignore.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -The practical must win out over the impractical today. Keep your feet on the ground, and focus on the things Iha t are most likely to happen.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - You cannot fool anyone, including yourself, about your motives or methods. If you don't feel right, make repairs now.

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42-MARIANJ\S VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDA~Y[:-~SE~P_'.__IT~E,!'!M'lJ:B!.!;E;]':R,J:6~. ~I 9~9:Q_6 ______________________________ _

Senate ... Last month. the US House committee on natural resources endorsed the rejection of the CNMI delegate bill. This despite persistent lobbying by Washington Rep. Juan Babauta.

Tebuteb returns from world meet Continued from page 1

Gov. Tenorio for blatantly disregarding the c,pressed wishes or the people and opposing nonvoting delegate status for the Commonwealth."'

It added: "In a constitutional referendum in 1985, the people clearly ,kmomtratcd their strong desire for the US Congress to com C)

nonvoring delegate status to the C'ommon~vealth,and that commitment was reaffirmed again in a subsequent constitutional ref ercndu min 1995."

In, a ratification exercise last March. an amendment item that calle<.l for a CNMI representation to Washington won "yes'" votes. The proposal . however. was not ratified because it failed to get the number of votes needed to ratify a prbposed amendment i tern.

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""I believe that they were told to go ahca<.l and work on it, but now arc being chased out of the area," he said.

But. Manglona added, DPL has agreed to sit down with the group.

'"I hope DPL listens to their conc,,ms ... he said.

Santos, in an interview yesterd:1y. confirmed that Rota residents who attended the hearing were "very critical'" of DPL.

However, he said. "it is very unfair to say we're too slow."

DPL has ··so many things to do ... s·antos said. "Not only residential homestead. but also lan<.l exchanges which is very controversial. and land leases which are also very controversial."

He said on Saipan alone, there arc, at present. 3 .000 homestead

The Senate, in approving the resolution said "the CNMI is the only US territory that is not represented in the US House ofRcprcscntutives.

The past legislatures have expressed a desire to have the CNMI represented in the US Congress. ""but no action has been taken," the Senate said.

The lack of representation in US Congress. the Senate said, '"does not measure up to international standards of having achieved a valid measure of true self government as defined by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1541 that states citizens must have representation in their national government.

applications. ·There is a lot of work. and not

enough money to spread around." Opening up a homestead area,

Santos said. requires putting up power poles, constrncting water lines and other infrastructure.

On top of all these, there are various requirements and permits that needed the approval of the Division of Environmental Quality, the Coastal Resources Management Office and other govemment agencies, he said.

Still, DPL will accommodate al! Rota homestead applicants, Santos said.

"Rota has a lot of public lands and very few applicants."

He sai<.l for the Sinapalo III subdivision. DPL has already completed its survey, mapping and the putting up of markers.

'"That's a jungle right now and we still have to open a road, but we can issue permits for lots anytime, .. Santos said.

By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff

THE Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands' lone representative to the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Sydney, Australia retumed to the island recently without any fanfare. Though he returned empty handed, without any medal hanging on his neck, Sidro is still a winner in his own right. Competing against the world's top junior athletes in the javelin throw has made Sidro wiser, more confident and more motivated to compete and represent CNMI in forthcoming international meets.

In an interview with the Variety, Sidro said " I felt great to represent CNMI but at the same time, I was so nervous since it was my first time to compete in a big tournament."

His coach, Elias Rangamar, agrees. "It was his first major competition and I think the big crowd, the world class atmosphere got to him. He got intimidated."

Compared to his record-breaking feat in the last Track and Field Championships, his performance was way below his unoffical Micronesian Games record of 48.95 meters.

"He was breaking the national record during the practice throws. He was doing 53 to 55 meters but when the competition started, he only managed to come up with 42, 44 and 46 meters," Rangamar rec.:ounted Sidro' s initial foray into big-time sports.

The javelin event was eventually won by a representative from Bhutan. A veteran of the Atlanta Games and ranked 28th of out more than a hundred competitors in the Olympics, he threw an amazing 79 meters for the gold.

"That guy was really amazing

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In accordance to the "Open Government Act," this hereby serve as a notice to the public that the State Rehabimation Advisory Council (SRAC) will hold a General Membership Meeting, Friday, September 13, 1996, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m, at the new E.M.O. Conference Room (South End of Bldg.), CNMI Convention Center, Capitol Hill. For more information, please call 664-6537. Meeting is open to the public.

AGENDA I. Call to Order & Introduction of New Member & OVA Director II. Adoption of Agenda & SRAC's May 31, 1996 Minutes (Rota) Ill. Old Business

1. Updale of Supported Employment Conference 2. Status of OVR Policies & Procedures Manual 3. Staff Development Training Update 4. Status of Case Management Manual

. ,11 New Business t. Comm1ss1oner's Technical Assc 0 nce Circular 96-01: Clarification of Section 105 (c) (3) of the Rehabilitation Act

nf 1973, as amended 2. Correspondence:

a. Reappoinirnenl of Mr. A. Ayuyu and Mr. J. Kaiainoa b. App~inlment of Mr. Glen Perez (pending) c. Resignation Oirec1u, and appointment of new OVR Director d. Chairman & Vice Chairperson

3. Financial Status Report 4. Clarification of Transportation Services Provided by OVR 5. Chairman·s FY 1995-1996 Annual Report (Dratt Only) 6. Election of New Officers for FY 1996-1997

V. Miscellaneous 1) Trip/training Report: 1996 Rehabilitation Counselling with Deaf and Hard of HearingAdults 2) ADA Statewide Conference 3) Status of "Independent Living Center" Grant Proposal

VI. Ad1oumment

Special Needs: SRAC and OVR are committed to making their activities as a accessible as possible to persons with disabilities or special needs. If you anticipate a need for these services, please notify us atleast ten (10) days ·1n advance of the meeting. Approved by the Executive Committee, dated August 27, 1996.

ls/Thomas J. Camacho Chairman

but you also have to give credit to Sidro, he did his best despite the fact that most of his rivals just competed in the Olympics and the quality of competition was very high, there were at least 145 athletes who entered the event. Not to mention the fact that he was suffering from back spasms because of the weather, " Rangamar added.

Coach Rangamar predicts that Sidro will be a world class athlete in four years. "But in order to achieve it, he has to work hard. He needs to enter competitions in tllenextfewmonths. Theseevents will prepare him for the big ones.

As a matterof fact, the 17-year old Marianas High School Senior trains everyday. But he also has to improve iiis concentration, especially the way he handles pressure. "I have no problems qualifying for my event but when competition ( as exemplified by his international stint) I fe.el the jitters oome all over me," Sidro explains.

When asked ifhe is planning to 1ake up other discipline in track and field, Sidro replied that he is (onc¢ntrating on the javelin. "In javelin, you do not only throw the spear. It involves a Jot of training, lot of activities such as sprinting, long jumps, lifting weights and long runs."

Rangamarechoesthesamesenciment. "Javelin involves a lot of discipline, training and the right attitude to win. He needs to be more assertive, and more independent. He should be and he has a lot of time on his own to learn to conquer his fears afterall the next World Junior Track and Field Competitions, which will be in France, is two years away."

Sidro too knows this. "Although I did not perform well in Sydney, I hope to do well next

Agassi ... Contiilued from page 44

finals,Agassi will play second-seeded Michael Chang, whodefoatedSpain' s Javier Sanchez 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3on Wednesday. Theothersemifinal pairings will be completed Thursday when top-seeded Pete Sampras plays Alex Corretja and No. 4 Goran hanisevic goes against two-time champion Stefan Edberg.

The women's semifinal matchups were completed when top-seeded Steffi Graf, not surprisingly, and 15-year-old Martina Hingis, in a mild upset, won their quarterfinals. Gr.if downed pesky Judith Wiesner of Austria 7-5, 6-3 and Hingis. seeded No. 16, stopped No. 7 Jana Novotna 7-6 (7-1 ), 6-4

Mu,ter. a clay court master. puts

time. Because the next time I'll go, 1 feel more confident, more prepared and more motivated to coinpete.

Despite the hard work and the pressure, Sidra is grateful he is into sport and hopes that other teenagers will follow his example. "There isa need to rouse the interest of the young ones to get into sports. A,ide from giving the privilege to represent CNMI, sports will give them the opportu~ nity, the chance to travel and see the world."

On his relationship with his mentor, Sidro is all praises to Rangamar."Heisagoodcoach.When we were in Sydney, he talked to other coaches to get tips and the latest techniques, not only in javelin but in other events as well.'

Though Rangamar has so many gooo things to say about his protegee, he can not say the same thing about the support the government of CNMI is extending to the islands' top athletes. '"The support we are getting is veryminimal. Forexample, we were only able to send one athlete in the Sydney WorldTrackandFieldGames because it was all that we can afford Ifthegovemmentwillhelpus, wecan send more athletes in forthcoming international competitions. For our athletes to reach international levels, we have to send them to compete in the big event<; and we need the govenunent to do it"

Sidro looks fmward to the Oceana Games. "But I have to qualify first here." In the meantime, Sidro plays forward for the 01' Aces I in the Saipan Rotary Youth Summer League.

Editor's Note: We are reprinting this story after it was inadvertently cut in yesterday's lssue of the Variety. Our apologies,

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his stamp on a match with iron-fisted groundstrokes, weapons that have earned him six titles this year and the world's No. 2 ranking.

Buthemorethanmethismatchon the hard cowt in Agassi, whose upand-down year has been on the upswing since he won the Olympic gold medal in Atlanta last month.

"He was playing inside the court and I was pushed back," Muster said.

Agassi agre.ed. '"Thomas likes to dictate play. IfI

dictate the play, he's not as comfortable on the defense," said Agassi, who won the U.S. Open two years ago, then lost in tl:e final last year to Sampra,.

1l1is time, Ag,1,si dictated nearly eve1y point. most! y from the btt'ielinc. Each punished tl1e ball. trying to see who could break the other· s spirit fir,t. always probing for a weakness.

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Yana! ... Continued from page 44

Villamin will be leaving today for the Philippines fora well-deserved vacation. Topping his agenda when he gets home-to watch the titillating Thalia in her Mari Mar role.

But not to worry. Another CNMI Chess A',S()Ciation officer, theequally-

Saipan ... Continued from page 44 ----------hind I 7-12 victory over Toyota Nut & Bolts in the fourth and final game of the night. The Enforcers trailed 12-11 after six innings of play before rallying fortheirfourth win in five outings.

September 4, 1996 Games Game ]-Mike 'Northern Ex

poser' Camocho blasted twothreerun homer as the Neo Fashion Islanders evened their record at 2-2 wtih a 10-2 victoryovertheJ.C. Fadang in the first game. It was a three run ballgame after five and a half inning 5-2, but the Islanders rail ied for five runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull away.

Grnne 2-Nick Guerrero went 3 for 3 witl1 a homernn and Tom Ton-cs ripped his fifth homenmofthe season as the Bud Bad Boys won their fifth gwne in a row after losing their season opener with an I 1-7 victmy over the Bud-Liuht G-Force.

Game 3~The M.T.C. Red Torch won their fifth game in seven outings stopping the o;iy undefeated team in tl1e "B" Division athletics Foot Sedi Kau 13-3inthesixthonatenrunrule. l11e Red Torch jumped on top 13-0 before Sedi Kau finally picked up three runs in the bottom of the sixth for the I oss.

Game 4-Lloyd Martin's two-run double highlighted Pac- Asia Taisk,m!!'s six runs sixth inning rally foracon;efrombchind 15-1 Ovictrny over A.R.C. Cool Running. The win was Taiskane · s first in three outings and hauded Cool Running their thi~ setback insixgarncs. Taiskang trailed 10-9 after five innings before erupting in the top of the sixth for the come from behind.

Wheels. • • Continued from page 4~

Saipw1 Marine Toms Bud Diy and the J &A Enterprises Hossiers ttx>k tl1c hLst tickets at 5-7.

111<: WhL't?ls, he hind hlwin Bubos · b1gucl"\cst 35.2 point perg,urn:avcr.iQ,\ sewed their 1-1rst win in tl1c playotr, tnjusti f)' tl1cir lotiy r.mking. The Toyota quintet routed the Hoosiers, 113-83 while Miller Lite likewise notched iL~ first win with a 77-73 drubbing of Saipan Marine Tours/ Bud Dry.

Youth. Continued from page 44

ning and swimming by locals and tourists alike. The project will help preserve the ·tranquility and serene beauty of the park."

Aside from being a good place for rest and recreation activities, the American Memorial Park is lasting tribute to the people who sacrificed their lives for freedom.

"Anybody who would like to participate to the Trash-Aton is more than welcome," Fortune added.

competent Vic Brana will take over asTD.

Bonvayage John. Nawa 'ymagda!a ka ng pasa!ubong pag-uwi 100.

Budweis.5er cup. Abner Venus called up Wednesday to inform us thatBudweissermaysponsorthe I 996 CNMI Individual Chess Championship. It should be recalled that through Abner's efforts, we had Heineken sponsoring last year's blitz tournament held at PIC.

And now its Budweisser' s twn. This is certain] y one of the best news ever.

]' ve also talked with Glenn Orlina Jr. and Otek Gonzales, two of our more active CCA members, and I was toldthatacommitteeofthree will be formed to draw up the mechanics of the tournament

Stay tuned for further developments.

Grune of the week. Here's a game that, according to Philippine NM and Inquirer chess columnist Glenn Bordonada,contains"oneofthemost startling queen sacrifices" ever re

corded. It's even on a "higher plane," he says, "than Marshall's famous


queen offer against Lewitzky [see this column's signature chess diagrnm]."

AnnotationsarebyAustralianGM Ian Rogers.

Semi-Slav Defence GM Vassily lvanchuk-GMAlexei

Shirov Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands,

1996 1.d4d52.c4g63.Nc3Nf64.Nt3

e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 ll. exf6 Bb7 12. ~ cS 13. d5 Qb6

Over"rfze past 50 years this variatkm has become one of the most heavily analyzed in chess theory. A closeacquaimancewithPeter Wells' bookontheSemi-Slavandalargeupto-date database is probably a precondition for trying this line with success with either color.

i4. Bg2 0-0-0 15. 0-0 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb419. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7

The players have now reached a key position in the Botvinnik system Over the board Ivanchukfinds a fantastic improvement.

21. Qg7!!! Bxg7 22.fxg7 Rg823. Nxc5d4

This is better chance than either 23 ... Rxg7 or 23 ... Rc7.

24. Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb6! 26. Bxd4! Qxd4 27. Rfdl Qxb2 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Rdbl Qxg7

Now Black is clearly losing but after 29 ... Qe5 30. Rxb4+ Kc7 31. Nb5+ Kd7 32. Rb7+ White can force a highly favorable rook endgame. 1hedesperate29 ... Qxal isalsoimuf ftcient.

30. Rxb4+ Kc7 31. Ra6! Rb8 32. Rxa7+ Kxd6 33. Rxb8 Qg4 34. Rd8+ K<:6 35.Ral (1-0)

Puzzler. Joseph Gregorio, Bob Catequista, Larry Pascual and Christian Paul-they all got the correct solution to last week's puzzle: I. Qh 1 Kxg5 2. Ng2 hxg2 3. h4#

Thanks to the others who sent in their solutions, among them Ariel Urbano and Manny Domingo.

From the mail, I also received two correct solutions for the Aug. 23rd puzzle. Thank you FredRobiegoand Albert Baba! for checking out this column.

Rota's E.B. Aguada sent a puzzle

and his Labor Day greetings. Thanks man. As to the suggestion to have a daily chess puzzle-we'll look into il

For this week, try this:

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White to play and mate in five moves.

The famous American problemist Sam Loyd composed this tricky puzzle. White's bpawn, the most improbable piece to give mate, will give mate. How about that for a clue.

Solutions should be sent to "64" cl o the Marianas Variety, P.O. Box 231, Saipan MP 96950, or faxed through 234-9271.

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SPR ~~ Wushin bo\Vlers burn lanes


THE WUSHIN Corporation Bowling Team made their presence felt in the 16th week of the Friday Inter-Commercial League at the Saipan Bowling Center when they rolled a league's best 1,002 pinf alls to re-set the mark in the high scratch game.

Paced by Joe Demapan's 243, league secretary Jack Muna' s 22~.

MarioPineda's 198, Wushinbroke the old record set by L& W /Lens by 103 pins.

As if it wasn't enough, the Wushin keglers came back to establish another leagm, record in the high handicap game. Wushin burned the lanes with 1, 126 pins to topple the previous mark set by Duty Free Shoppers.

In the over-all team standings, PSTC lost three of its four games

Nikko takes last semis seat By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff

NIKKO Hotel will enter the semifinals of the Interhotel Basketball League after all.

League officials decided to forfeit Saipan Grand Hotel's won games when they declared that that oneofits keyplayersisineligi'bletoplay. Under league rules, no U-Drive Employees will be allowed to play for any team. Saipan Grand paraded prolific scorer Edwin Bubos in its six wins but was not able to present any proof regarding Bubos' employment with the hotel.

This development gave the last ticket to Nikko which improved its record to 7-3, one game ahead of fifth running Hyatt Hotel. ·

In yesterday's matches, Hyatt Hotel recorded its sixth win when it defeated Plumeria 55-49 while Aqua Resort registered the same winning margin in trouncing Diamond Hotel

58-52 to improved its slate to 3-7. Diamond fell to 4-6.

Hyatt Hotelleaned on the 1 ipoint production of Garcia to offset the double digit efforts of Plumeria' s E. Barba and E. Cueco who tallied-13 and 15 points respectively.

With nothing at stake except pride, AquaResort'sonetwopunchBarcial and Sabino led their team to score the victory over Diamond Hotel. The two combined for 29 points to cushion Diamond's Carvana who led all scorers with 23 marlcers.

The semifinals will start on September 12 with the top qualifier facing the fourth best team in a best of three series. The 2nd and third placed teams will have their own battle for the second finals seat. Winners of the semifinal pairings will go for the crown for a similar best of three series while the battle for third will be decided in a single winner take all game.

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• ~ i. ~. the 19?6 C!'™J Chess Team_ ~ ~ %%. ~ Championship Sllllday ~-s at

~ ~ ~ ~ • • ' ' •"".I"- ' . I i ~ ~ • 9 Ramb1e s Restaurant. ;_ I_. .. ~ -.~ · ~,~· Con.c.idenn.· gthatYana'strioof i 1 ~ B B ~,:, terroroverthechess~haveyet ~ 1 %%. H H ~ ,.. to f:ace Club Jama, which 1Sil

0 't " I~-~,:::.·~ -~4~1 . . n j ~JJ,, ~ '0.JJ,, ~ :V« • ~ ,JJ,. ll exactly domg well despite the ~ : ~ • ~ .§ . CNMI Chess Association mem- j '. · bers' unexplained fondness for all : [: things Jama-Y ana appears to have it all in the bag. ~ Aside from Saipan Shooting Range, which is a point and a half behind i Y ana, only Owens Enterprises and Jet Holdings (3.5 points behind) have ~ a theoretical chance to catch up. All they need to do is score shutouts and a pray that Yanaloses all its matches, 0-3. ·1 Which is, of course, something quite in the order of what is known as an

improbability. ., i Still, nothing's over in any sporting event until it's over. Miracles and 1, cataclysyms have known to occur even over the chess board. ~ Pairings for the sixth round: ! Y ana Law Office vs. Checkmate 1 Club Jama vs. J>oor Pawns I I··. :Saipan Shooting Range vs. &sence of Fortune I ; · Juan C. !enorio & Associates vs. Owens Enterprises 1 ! Jet Holdings gets the bye. . . ··.· ! I . Bon voyage. Tournament director an.cl Saipan' s chess champion John !fi

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but managed to hang on to the lead with its 44-20 win loss slate. Toshiba and Saipan Stevedore sported identical 38-26 records on the virtue of their three wins against a single loss for the week. Toshiba however took second spot with a higher pin total by amassing 46,850 as against Saipan's 46,623 pins. Previous week's second best team, Halina' s Kitchenette fell to fourth with '37-27 mark.

The Wushin keglers made the most dramatic improvement in the

battle for over-all supremacy. Boosted by their record-breaking spree, Wushinclimbedtofifthoverall with an even 32-32 slate, a three game turnaround from their last week'srecordof29-31. Wushinis followed by Duty Free Shoppers with the same win-loss slate but a lower pin total at 45,483, some 630 pins behind Wushin.

As if taking a cue from the explosive team performance ofWushin, individual scores also shot up with at least thirteen 200 or more pins

games were scored. Val Marcelo of the Toshiba team

rack the week's best single series of 623 pins with Joe Demapan trailing closely with 60I. Other bowlers credited for 200 pins or more games include ArtMacaspac, Tony Lizama, Raffy Olayres, Paul Pangelinan, Rey Ferrez, Ernie Villarin and Cesar Dumatol.

According to Muna the good scores were the results of good lane maintenance prior to the start of the bowling event.

-.League Standing Sheet . . Results for Week No. 16 to 24 08/30

. F)idaylnter-Commercial League· Saipan Bowling C.enter Pos. Tm#. Team ... > .. ·. -·· Won Lost ... Pct TotPlns Ave Gm

. . 1 . 3. PSTC BowlElrs '.: · ._ . . 44.0 .. 20.0 68.75 46766 974 1083 Ser 3020 3134 3099 3024 3089 3130 ·. 3041 3054 3061 3059 2985 308.3

2 .. 1 . Toshiba , .··.· .... ·. .. ..·. 38.0 26.0 59.38 46850 976 1095 ,3 .. 9

11 .. _ ·. S~panStevedore . 38.0 26.0 .· 59.38 : 46623 971 1053

· 4 · ·· . Hahna'sKrtchen . 37.0 27.0 ·57.81 . 45n5 953 1037 .' 5 ... 5 ··•-_: -• Wushm_· ·_·qorpo.· ·.· ration . 32.0 32.0 50.00 , 46013 958 . 1126 s· 8 : DutyFreeShoppers 32.0 32.0 50.00 45483 947 1100

· '7 · 6 . Joeten Enterprises · 31.5 32.5 49.22 45902 956 1041 · 8 2 · Marpac/Michelo~ · 30.0 34.0 ·._46,88 46426 967 1056 · 9 .10 · L&W/Len's . . · 30.0 34.0 46.88 46326 965 1089

10 12 Kang'sAuto ~upply, 27.0 . . 37.0 42;19 46272 864 1074 11 4 Microl/Toyota : . ·· .25.0 39.0 ·· 39.06 .· 46115 960 1065

. 12 7. Ma~ Seaside Racers . · 19.5 44.5 30.47 .. 42650 947 1096

Wheels, Miller Lite lead playoff contenders' field


THE MICROL/foyota Wheels and Pacific Trading/Miller Lite finished the elimination round with identical 11-1 win loss slate to install themselves as the teams to beatin the eight team semifinal round of the 1996

Miller Lite Men' sBasketballLeague. UMDA Aces comes next with a

1():.2 card, just a half game behind The Solid Builders Sunrisers placed fourth with a 9-3, Marpac Bud Light is fifth with 8-4, and in sixth is Saipan E'Tours/ AKS Sharks at an even 6-6.


Agassi wins over Muster, to face Chang in semis next

By BOB GREENE NEW YORK (AP)- It was a bruising battle with firepower from both sides.

And when they finished rocketing forehands and blasting backhands, AndreAgas.si wasstillstanding, ready to fight again in the U.S. Open semifinals.

Thomas Muster came out on the shortend,6-2, 7-5,4-6,6-2, Wednesday night

'1 am usually the one that is dominating the game, and he dominated me today," the third-seeded Muster admitted. 'That is what he does very well on this surface."

Attempting to reach the men's singles title match for the third consecutive year, thesixth-seededAgas.si produced his finest tennis of the tournament He had to.

InoneofSaturday'smen'ssemi-Continued on page 42

Youth Football League to hold Thrash-athon By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff

TO EXPRESS their gratitude for the overwhelming support they received from .the Amigos Golf Association, Duty Free shoppers and the community, the Saipan Y <?Uth Football League (SYFL) will hold a clean-up drive at the American Memorial Park on Saturday, September 6 ..

The activity, dubbed "TrashAton'.', hopes to preserve the cleanliness and quiet atmosphere of the famous Gara pan landmark will start at 10 a.m. until 12 noon.

The contributions enabled the youth league to expand and maintain four new teams. The league likewise extends their appreciation to various sponsors who donated the prizes and food that

contributed to the success of the football season.

According to SYFL public information officer Billy Y. Fortune "keeping the environment clean for everybody's use is a concept that we emphasize to the youth. The American Memorial Park is used for various activities such as bicycling, walking, run-


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