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Ma11glona pleads By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

FORMER Sen. Herman M. Manglona has pleaded guilty to charges he accepted bribes and tried to influence a federal grand juror to push for a vote against his indictment.

Manglona 's guilty plea was entered last Sept. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the NMI, but Judge Alex R. Munson unsealed the agreement only yesterday.

Manglona resigned as senator the following day. He is out on $ I 00,000 propert)'. bond.

Munson set the ·sentencing for

the 53-year-old Manglona on Dec. 21.

The federal government, through Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Seely, has charged the former senator with bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds and endeavoring to conuptly influence a grand juror.

In a separate indictment, Manglona was charged with one count of mail fraud and six counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.

At the Sept. 13 sealed hearing, Manglona, who was with Guambased counsel Peter Perez,

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pleaded guilty to charges in the information. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment and a. fine of not more than $500,000.

Under the agreement, the federal government will move to dismiss the indictment.

According to the information, the defendant in I 996 while mayor of Tinian accepted several payments totalling $14,500 from Sablan Constmction Company, Ltd. (SCCL) "with the intent to be influenced and rewarded in connection with a series of business transactions of the Tinian Mayor's

Officers and members of the Rotary Club of Saipan headed by its President Alex A. Sablan (3rd from right) pose beside the newly-installed Rotary Club sign at the American Memorial Park children's playground yesterday. Photo by Marian Maraya

Gov·'t settl~s Filipino nurses' bias suit By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE CNM[ government has settled a I 997 discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court by 13 Filipino nurses formerly employedattheCommonwealth · Health Center, according to court documents.

The court papers said defendants Commonwealth and former Department of Public Health Services Secretary Dr. IsamuJ. Abrahain have tendered

HONOLULU (Pacncws)-The U.S. Coast Guard in Honolulu has confirmed that six persons from Chuuk State in the Federates States of Micronesia -who were lost at sea for IO days have been found.

The four men and two women left Nama Island aboard an 18-

a settlement proposal to the nurses. Following these ttlement agree

ment, U.S. District Court for the NMI Judge Alex R. Munson issued an order Monday dismissing the case with prejudice.

The terms of the settlement agreement have been sealed.

Court records showed that the employment of 13 plaintiffs led by Mae C. Mal var ended or was terminated by the government or CHC on July I, 1995.

The nurses, through counsel G.

foot skiff on Sunday, September 5. When they did not arrive on time at their destination, Weno, about forty miles away, the Coast Guard was called in to conduct a search.

For eight days, ships and planes from Hawaii, Guam and Japan combed over 30,000 square nau-

Anthony Long, then sued the government and Abraham for alleged discriminatory practices.

According to the complaint, while employed at CHC, each plaintiff was qualifiedfor a professional nurse Ill classification.

At the time, Long said CHC had employed non-Filipinos classified as professional nurses III who did not possess the minimum qualifications for the clas-

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· tic al miles of the northern Pacific looking for the skiff and its passengers.

Lale last week, the search was called off, shortly .after which the missing boat landed at Weno, the passengers' intended destination.

Officials report the six persons aboard are in fair health.

Office. The information also stated that

from May to Aug. 25 this year,

Manglona "endeavored to influence and intimidate a grand juror to reveal matters of the grand jury, to vote for a.no bill of any proposed indictment of the defendant, and to attempt to persuade other grand jurors to vote for a no bill of any proposed indictment against hi.m."

On the other hand, the indictment stated that beginning November of 1995 through December of 1996, the defendant entered into a series of secret and unauthorized business arrangementsand transactions withSCCL

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Taiwan earthquake kills at least 1,500; scores missing TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -Taiwan's strongest quake in decades jolted the island early Tuesday, killing at least 1,500 people, wrecking a 12-story hotel in Taipei and destroying hundreds of homes islandwi.de, the government said. Nearly 3,000 people were injured.

The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 and was centered 90 miles south-southwest of Taipei, the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center said. It also

issued warnings of possible tsunamis, or huge waves that someti mes follow earthquakes.

The temblor was about the same strength as the devastating one that struck Turkey on Aug. 17, killing more than 15,000 people.

Most of the victims were found in Taichung and nearby Nantou, located near the epicenter. Several roads were buckled and trnffic was dismpted, isolating many remote towns.

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A Taiwanese man is rushed to an ambulance after being dug out from a collapsed 12-story apartment building Tuesday in Taiwan. A quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 resulted in over 1,500 dead and thousands more injured. AP

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2-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- SEPTEMBER 22. 1999

China offers Taiwan help

Jiang Zemin

BEIJI;-.;G (AP) - Chinese presidentfomg Zemin extended condolences and offered aid to \'ictims of the powerful earthquake that struck Taiwan Tuesdav.

The quake ··hurt the hearts of people on the mainland as the Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are as closely linked as flesh and blood."" the state-run Xinhua News agency said in a paraphrase of President Jiang Zemin · s remarks.

··we at; willing to offer any possible assistance to alleviate the quake-caused losses:· Jiang said. China· s Red Cross

announced it would provide dlrs I 0.000 in disaster aid and 50.000 vuan ($6.050) worth of relief ~upplies to earthquake victims.

The semi-official Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits also sent a message of sympathy to its counterpart in Taipei. the Straits Exchange Foundation.

The two organizations are in charge of negotiations in the absence of formal ties between the Taiwan and the mainland.

Beijing blocked a move toward talks between heads of the two groups in anger over Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui 's assertion in July that Taiwan is a separate state. Beijing views Taiwan as a province that must be recovered eventually, by force if necessary.

The two sides have been ruled separately since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.

The powerful 7.6 magnitude quake, which killed at least 1,500 people, was also felt in southeastern China, across the Taiwan Strait, but there were no reports of damage or injuries on the Chinese mainland, Xinhua reported.

JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCtMtNT J.C. Tt>norio Enterprises, Inc., a leilder in the Saipan community is committed to pro\·iding: excellence in customer and £>mployee satisfaction. we are currently seeking qualified candidales for the following opportunities.

Full Time Administrative Assistant Part Time Night Supervisor

• Minimum high school graduate • 1-2 yrs. experience preferred • Must be reliable-flexible • Customer service oriented • Highly motivated~good work ethics

Excellent benefits and competitive salaries. If interested, please apply in person at the J.C. Tenorio Enterprises, Inc. Human Resources office located on the 2nd fir. of Joeten Shopping Center, Susupe

No phone calls please Closing Dall': Fridar. Seprnnbl'I' 2./

l\larianas Pacific Distributors Inc. (MARPAC), is looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual to work in the following position:

WAREHOUSE RECEMNG CLERK

Potential Candidates should possess the following qualifications: Good oral and written communication skills Must be literate in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel Minor Accounting experience preferred Team Player Able to work under pressure

MARPAC offers competitive salaries commensurate with qualifications and experience. Please submit your resume to the MARPAC offices, located in Gualo Rai. NO TELEPHONE CALLS AND NO APPLICATION REQUESTS.

As condition of employment, MARPAC requires proof of identity and eligibility to work in the CNMI, drug testing, police and court clearance.

MARPAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (center) speaks to reporters after he inspected a 12-story hotel w.hich collapsed after the earthquake that jolted Taiwan before dawn Tuesday. At least 1,500 people were killed. AP

Perry to discuss N. Korea with Seoul SEOlTL, South Korea (AP)Former Defense Secretary William Perry will discuss No11h Korea policy with South Korean leaders this week following the lifting of U.S. sanctions on the communist No11h, officials said Tuesday.

Perry, President Clinton's policy coordinator on North Korea, will aITi ve here Wednesday and meet with President Kim Dae-jung, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soonyoung and Unification Minister Lim Dong-won.

Clinton lifted a half-century of restrictions on trade, travel and banking against North Korea last Friday after North Korea agreed not to .test-fire long-range missiles as long as dialogue continues on improving ties.

Perry's visit to Seou,l comes

as North Korea and the United States prepared to open a series of high-profile talks.

North Korea will dispatch Deputy Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju to Washington in late October to discuss improving ties with the United States and easing tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula, South Korean officials said.

Kang, a close confidant to North Korean leader Kim Jong II, will be the first top North Korean gov- . ernment official to visit Washington. Kang was North Korea's dialogue partner for Perry when the American visited Pyongyang in May.

U.S. envoy Charles Kartman and No1th Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kirn Gye Gwan planned to meet before Kang's trip to Washington.

Kartman and Kim forged an

States may lose money over underage smoking

WASHil\'GTON (APJ - Federal officials on Monday threatened to yank $37 million in drug treatmentdollarsfromstates that haven't sufficiently curtailed underage smoking.

The government has notified seven states and. the District of Columbia, that because they failed to. meet target rates for reducing sales of tobacco products to minors, the law requires 40 percent cuts in 1999 block grants for substance abuse and treatment programs.

States found in noncompliance may request an appeal hearing. Upon losing an appeal, states can choose to pay the penalty from this year's budget or have the funds shaved from the budget forfiscal 2000, which begins Oct. I. ...• '

White House drug control director Barry McCaffrey criti-

cized the law as too harsh because he said it may force some drug treatment centers to close and "some heroin addicts might be forced back on the streets to rerurn to a criminal life."

"We agree that the carrot-andstick approach of the law can serve a purpose of pushing compliance, but we must r.ot throw the baby out with the bathwater by increasing drug addiction and crime," said Mccaffrey.

The law requires states to pass laws banning tobacco sales to anyone under age 18 and aggressively enforce those laws through random, unannounced inspections and other measures.

"Congress passed a law and it is our job to enforce that law," said Mark Weber, . spokesman for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

agreement in Berlin earlier this ~onth, in which North Korea agreed not to fire long-range ~issiles for the duration of dialogue.

After conducting a yearlong policy review on North Korea for the Clinton administration, Pe1Ty recommended quick pursuit of an accommodation with the North Koreans if Pyongyang agreed to forgo long-range missile and nuclear weapons development.

North Korea rattled nerves in Asia and Washington after firing a missile over Japan last year. The United States had feared the Koreans were on the verge of testing another missile, this one capable of striking Alaska or Hawaii.

After his two-day trip to Seoul, Perry was to leave Thursday for a seminar in Tokyo.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- V c tcran te lcv i si on game show host Bob Barker underwent successful surgery Monday to unclog an artery in his neck, doctors said.

Barker, 75, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital last Thursday after he complained of feeling fatigued, and tests Friday showed that his left carotid artery was 85 percent blocked. If left untreated, doctors said, such a blockage could lead to a stroke.

"Mr. Barker's surgery went very well, and he is now recuperating in bed," said Dr. Anthony Caputy, who performed the operation.

Doctors for "The Price is Right" game show host have recommended that Barker wait an additional three weeks before returning to work.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3

Sablan signs 3 new laws By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

ACTING Gov. Jesus R. Sablan yesterday signed three pieces of legislation into law, including a bill establishing Public sc"hool System Comm"issioner Rita H. Inos's expenditure authority over some $30 million in capital improvement project funds for 18 projects.

Sablan also approved a bill pertaining to the Board of Professional Licensing and House Bill 11-412, which mandates the Department of Public

Safety's fire division to regulate the sale of fireworks.

In enacting House Bill 11-328, Sablan said the measure is ··indeed necessary to safeguard the lives, health and property" of CNMI residents.

Public Law 11-99, which was introduced by House Floor Leader Ana S. Teregeyo (RSaipan), establishes a six-year term for Board members, among other provisions.

The PSS CIP amendment, for its part, is a result of recommendations by Gov. Pedro P.

Tenorio, who has recently signed into law the original bill on the matter.

Tenorio said it was necessary to clarify in amendments to Public Law l 1-89 expenditure authority over the CIP funds.

Public Law 11-IOO also appropriates $1.8 mi Ilion for the Sinapalu Elementary School completion, and another $500,000 for the Tatachog library.

Under the new law, I nos will have expenditure authority over the funds in coordination

Poll workers for the Youth Congress elections rush tabulation work at the Multi-purpose Center in Susupe Monday. The turnout for the Youth Congress elections, the second since the body was established, was low.

Photo by Marian Marava

Labor chief: Moratorium law has halted frivolous labor complaints

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

THE MORATORIUM on the hiring of guest workers has reduced problems arising from frivolous complaints filed by those wishing to remain in the Northern Marianas despite the expiration of their old contracts, said Labor Director Gil San Nicolas.

In an interview, San Nicolas on the other hand said unpaid wages comprise the bulk of complaints currently pending at the Department of Labor and Immigration (DOU).

·There are less people filing complaints because of the moratorium (law) which allows them to transfer (to other employers once their contract expires)," said San Nicolas.

A provision of the hiring moratorium law allows for ··consensual transfer" where an employer allows a guest

worker to be employed by a new employer, provided the worker wants it.

A nonresident worker and the employer, by law, are allowed 45 days upon expiration of the employment contract to execute a "consensual transfer."

"What I found out by going through the records .. is that a lot (of the complainants) has legitimate complaint like unpaid wages. At the same time, there used to be a lot that we found with no issue of unpaid wages involved, the complaint was just a matter of filing one in order to be transferred.

"But like I said, the moratorium law is taking care of these frivolous complaints. Less complaints are coming in basically because of that," said San Nicolas.

The hiring moratorium law took effect last year as part of the local government's efforts

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to get its house in order in light of pressure from W.ashington D.C., which has been calling for the application of federal labor and immigration laws in the CNMI.

The moratorium law was meant to put a cap on the number of guest workers already in the Northern Marianas.

But the federal government is not appeased.

The Office oflnsular Affairs, in last week's hearing before Congressman Don Young's (RAlaska) House Resources Committee, said the CNMI government "reneged on its own moratorium on alien workers" with Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio "liberally" exercising his executive discretion for granting exemptions; the Legislature admitting 2,50 more garment workers; and DOLi itself allowing tourists from the Philippines to gain work permits.

Jesus R. Sablan

with Tenorio 's CIP coordinator. Contracting officer will be Pub I ic Works Secretary Juan Cepeda.

Public Law 11-98, for its part, provides additional amendments to the Fire Safety Code.

Under this law, DPS' fire division is empowered to issue permits to businessmen planning to engage in the sale of fireworks.

The law was introduced by Rep. David M. Apatang (RSaipan).

NMI waters might go up a bit due to quake, says EMO·

By Haidee V. Eug~nio Variety News Staff

SMALL sea level changes may be experienced in the CNMI as a resultofthe 7.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Taiwan yesterday morning, the Emergency Management Office said.

Tsunami warning and watch, however, was cancelled a few hours after the earthquake as no destructive Pacific-wide tsunami threat was seen.

in an interview, EMO acting officer-in char1ie Ramon Chong said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii cancelled the tsunami warning and watch at 6:15 am yesterday. · The earthquake struck at 4:30 am.

"People need not worry. The tsunami alert was cancelled but the water level here may go up a little bit and we may not notice it,"saidChong, adding that EMO received a total of three tsunami bulletins.

Tsunami is a very large ocean wave caused by an underwater ea1thquake or volcanic eruption.

Last week, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 in the Richter Scale also shook Saipan and Tinian but a tsunami alert was not issued as EMO said there was no destructive threat.

The tremor look place at 8: 17 am on Wednesday and lasted for about one minute and 30 seconds.

Jones bill wants ballot count at precinct level

Dino M. Jones

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

HOUSE Minority Leader Dino M. Jones (D-Saipan) is set to prefile a bi II seeking to amend the Board of Election's rules and regulations to have ballot counting done at the precincts.

Jones said a precinct-level count will minimize time spent in tallying votes cast.

He said representatives from each of the politic al parties involved, including independent candidates, will be sent to the precincts to ensure clean election.

··ram moving to have all ballots counted at each precinct center rather than b:iving it done at one centralized place," said Jones.

Jones said Saipan has become used

to having a centralized tallying system, which stemmed from the earlier days when there were a just few hundred voters at every village.

··This (centralized tally) is the old way of counting which began when the population was very small. In each village, there was only about I 00 to 200 qualified voters," said Jones.

..But now, we are talking about thousands of voters per precincts and not village:· he added.

Jones stressed that doing the vote count at the precinct level, as is the process in most other countries, will speed up the tallying process and thereby result to an early proclamation of winners.

It usually takes a day to finally proclaim winners under a centralized vote count.

""This will minimize time for counting. And there will be no cheaters since every polling place will have representation from the candidates," said Jones.

He said he is introducing his new bill in the next House session, expected to be scheduled next week.

A precinct level vote count is seen to stretch BOE's staff and resources as it will have to field employees to the island's four precincts.

4-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 --- ------·--

No misconduct, says audit

OPA clears EMO technician By Zaldy Dandan Variety Associate Editor

THE OFFICE of the Public Auditor finds no evidence that Marvin P. Leon Gue!Tero, a former Emergency Management Office technician, conducted private business while on official duty.

In a report issued yesterday, OPA said the technician's service contract with the CNMI government after his resignation was not in violation of commonwealth laws.

Public Auditor Leo L. LaMotte said his office received information in Feb. 1997 about Leon Gue!Tero 's private business that was allegedly in conflict with his duty as EMO employee.

Leon Gueffero was reported to be spending most of his time work-

THE FEDERAL Communica0

.tions CoQ1mission (FCC) l1as recently liberalized access to the satellite services of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), ending Coms;it Corporation's (Comsat) monopoly over access to INTELSAT services.

This is expected to pave the way for cheaper telecommunication rates.

Theinfom1ation was disclosed by the Governor's Special As-

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ing at his privately owned radio shop while on duty as a full-time government employee.

In 1995, EMO hired Leon Gue1Tero, a Guam resident, to repair and maintain the Smartnet Communication System under a

sistant for Telecommunications, Bobb :Webb yesterday, .

Comsat, an American national Signatory toINTELSATservices, prior to this year, had monopolized access to INTELSAT.' s,se_rvices and as.such, allentities or territories of the United States who desire access to INTELSAT' s ser c.

vices had to negotiate first with the said company.

"This ispotentially important," said Webb,"Because the end of Comsat's monopoly over access could make available a lower cost

service contract, LaMotte said. He added that Leon Guerrero

was Motorola's lead technician when the system was being installed for the CNMI government.

EMO renewed Leon Guen-ero 's contract in Jan. 1997 for another two years.

LaMotte said during Leon Gue!Terro' s employment, he was the only licensed technician on Saipan authorized to maintain and repair the Smartnet Communication System.

LaMotte said the radio network system is vital tothegovemment's operations, especially for emergency response uni~s, which include those of the Department of Public Safety and the Commonwealth Health Center.

Leon Guen-eroresigned in Sept.

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source oftelecommunicatibns for the CNMI.''

Last week, FCC.announced it has increased competition for overseas long distance services that would allow direct access to µsers ofINTELSAT satellite services from the United States.

This action, according to FCC, promotes competition in international satellite communications and strengthens.the competitiveness of U.S. ca11iers and service providers in the global communi-

1997. Without a backup technician, EMO signed him up as an independent contractor. ,

In its report, OPA said contracting Leon Guerrero'sse1vices "is the most practical alternative because [he] is the only licensed technician on island who is authorized to maintain the system."

Still, the OPA report said EMO should have contingency plans for hiring and training qualified technicians in case of emergency and communication breakdown.

At the same time, the report said the Department of Finance should issue a memorandum to the Division of Procurement and Supply requiring that sole source contracts should not become effective before processing is com-

•. Furthermore, Commissioricbrdere<l reductions in vs. 1ong a.1stance access charges that have greatly reduced consumer long distance tele-phone calling ~ates. ·

The Commission pointed out that the adoption of this liberalization policy will promote direct access and will benefit U.S. INTELSATcustomers,whowill gain a cost savings of between 10 and 7 I percent off Comsat tariff rates.

Maratita asks hoinesteaders on Rota to be 'more patient' By Jojo Dass

Variety News Staff SENATOR Edward U. Maratita (R-Rota) has asked the island's homesteaders who have yet to be installed water and power lines to be more patient, explaining that government cuITently "do not have the capability to do all those things at one time."

At the same time, Maratita said lots are being issued to homestead applicants in areas where government has yet to put up water and power infrastrncturc because it was the homesteaders themselves who have insisted on getting land.

"Alotofourcitizenssay, 'Give us land, we don't care about the infrastmcture as long as you give us land first.'

"And then when we start giving out land, they start screaming and

Edward U. Maratita

say, 'Where'sthewater?Where's the power?' In the first place, we have told them that at this time the government is kind of hard to give it. Sometimes the government do not have the capability to do all those things at one ti me," said Maratita.

"I hope the homestead applicants will be patient because we are working on it. We are trying to do our best to get all these water and power in."

Mru·atita said "everybody should take the blame" for having a situation where homesteaders have land but still have to wait until the Commonwealth UtilitiesCrnp. (CUC) steps in to install power and water I ines.

Maratita said government is "working closely" with CUC for the needed infrastructure.

"I asked that they be patient because we are working to get those infrastructure in," he said.

The Division of Public Lands (DPL), it will be noted, has had to hold pending homestead projects, particularly in Maipi as the area is some distance away from the nearest water and power lines.

pleted. OPA also recommends that

EMO should advertise outside Saipan before resorting to solesource contracts for qua Ii fied technicians.

"EMO would be better able to manage the government's emergency operations and control its expenses .by having a fulltime ... lead technician," the OPA report said.

EMO acting Director Gregorio A. DL Guen-ero, in his letter to OPA, agreed that EMO should have back up technicians.

He said .EMO also considered training its current technicians, which, however, requires additional funding.

OP A said EMO needs "a more definite plan of action."

SLD okays spending bill

By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff

THE SAIPAN and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation has passed a bill appropriating some $289,320 in fees collected from cockfight, bato, and bingo to supplement the budget shortfall for personnel and operational costs of the Saipan Mayor's Office.

Last week, the Legislative Delegation also provided a provision on the breakdown of the total funds.

Some $180,573 will be appropriated for expenditures for the Office of the Mayor of Saipan consistent with the Delegations' provisions for such expenditures.

The remaining balance of $ I 08,747 will be allotted for personnel expenditure.

Forty thousand dollars will be set aside for personnel costs for the Office of the Mayor up to the period ending September 30, I 999.

The remaining $68,747, according to the House, will be reserved for the purchase of parts, equipment rental fees, and purchase of equipment for the Office of the Mayor of Saipan.

The delegation added that this will follow provided the funds shall be available without fiscal year limitation.

DEQ seeks public part in wetlands' completion By Marian A. Maraya

Variety News Staff THE DIVISION of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is set to fill the nearly-concluded wetland project at the American Memorial Park with plants and vegetation in the next two weeks, to complete the division's concept of the proper wetland scenario, said DEQ in-

f01mation officer Michael Wright yesterday.

Aiming_to culminate the project ·as one community-effort. the division is encouraging local residents, to take part in the planting activities scheduled to occur in the next few days.

According to Wright, the contractors are nearly done with the

site digging. 'They will be finishing the digging

this week. Next week, we begin planting and we 're looking for help from local residents ... anyone who's interested ... have them give us a call," said W1ight.

On Monday, a group of school children have pledged their interest to help DEQ plant mangroves

and wetland vegetation on the said site, Wright said.

Some members of the Hyatt Regency staff have also expressed their willingness to take purt in the activity, Wright added.

"All week long, we 're going to be doing planting, transporting plants to the site ... it should be pretty rcwmding," Wright said.


If takeover pushes through

'No recovery for tourism.' By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

THE TOURISM industry on which the local economy highly depends on for revenues may not even recover once CNMI loses immigration control, and if the U.S. minimum wage applies here, warned the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands (HANMI) as it testified before the U.S. Congressional Oversight Hearing.

Aside from massive closure of tourism-related businesses like hotels, a federal takeover also tends to damage the CNMI's investment climate and therefore result in the crippling of the local economy.

In a strongly-worded testimony, HANMI pointed out that while the U.S. Congress' intention is to clean up the sensationalized labor and immigration problems of the past, a takeover is not an end-all solution.

HANMI president Ron Sablan said a severe Asian economic recession as currently being experienced by the CNMI is the worst

possible time to raise wages and force the replacement of the 61 percent of the tourism industry's work force that are from other countries.

"We cannot predict when the Asian economic crisis will end, nor when visitors will return. But we do know this: If the CNMI loses its immigration control and we lose our ability to staff our businesses, there will be no recovery of this industry for the foreseeable future," said Sablan in HANMI's nine-page testimony.

Sablan, together with various CNMI government officials led by Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio and representatives from the Saipan Chamber of Commerce was in Washington DC to testify before an oversight hearing by the U.S. House' Committee on Resources.

HANMI said hotels have already cut 15 percent of their personnel. By increasing the minimum wage, business owners will be forced to make tough choices, including more layoffs, increase prices, decrease working hours, or throw in the towel.

Lynn Knight

Saipan Chamber ofCommerce vice president Lynn Knight, meanwhile, said more testimonies from the private sector will be submitted to the U.S.Congress as the record is still open in the next couple of weeks.

In the Chamber's testimony which was published earlier, Knight urged the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Resources to scrap federal takeover legislation permanently.

from only two sources-the U.S. mainland and Micronesia -would spell socio-economic disasters to the CNMI. said the group.

HANMI added that the recruitment of hotel workers from US is not a viable option due to the great distance and recruiting costs, as wel I as the high turnover rate of U.S. employees that have left families to come to the CNMI.

On the other hand, recruiting from Micronesia would lower down the quality of tourism services as workers who come from the region often have very little or no work experience at all.

Once U.S, laws applies, the CNMI need to immediately recruit nearly 27,000 employees from Micronesia's small adult population.

"We can say with certainty that a regional economic and social

crisis would occur," said HANMI. The group also insisted that the

CNMI tourism business shows a clean, well-run industry with a reputation for fair treatment of employees.

In his closing remark,. Sablan reiterated the Tenorio administration's goal of bringing up the level of education and training that is available to its own people.

'"Rather than an outright takeover, we must approach this properly to build a supportive working relationship between the federal and local agencies-one without hidden agendas," said Sablan.

The Marianas Visitors Authority (MV A) also voiced out the same concerns, saying a federal takeover would hasten the exit of skilled non-resident workers who make up for the bulk of work force needed uy tourism industry.

Rotary Club dedicates children's playground

HANMI also said the CNMI cannot live with U.S. Immigration and minimum wage just like Guam. The hotel group said the CNMI economy is vastly different from Guam with a population four times higher than the CNMI and a major hub of transportation, shipping and communications for the region.

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THE ROTARY Club of Saipan yesterday re-dedicated a children's playground at the American Memorial Park and unveiled its famous Four-Way Test sign, etched with the club's creed at the site.

The playground, a pet project of the Rotary Club, was erected last year to provide a venue for CNMI children and parents to get together and thus, foster family relationships, Saipan Rotary Club DirectorofVocational Services Ed Salas said yesterday.

.. We dedicate this wonderful playground with the intent of providing the children a facility to have fun with their pru·ents and to build their rapport." said Salas.

American Memorial Park Site Manager Chuck Sayon said the club put out the Rotary sign to acknowb..lgc the Rotarians' vital contributions to the CNMI community.

Rotary members yesterday assured the Rotary Club's contributions do not stop there.

Shortly after the $1,650-sign was installed, Salas said the organization is also set expand the pl;y area.

'"We're thinking about adding more swings and we already discussed that as part of this year's line up of project.~," Salas said.

Salas revealed that the over-all cost of the playground which amounted between $10,000-$15.000 is nothing compared to seeing the happy expression on the children's faces,enjoyingtheirtime spent at the recreational site.

Meanwhile, Rotary Club of Saipan President Alex A. Sablm1 said that the sign was put up at the park as a preli111ina1y activity for

the upcoming Vocational month in October.

Salas during yesterday's club meeting looked back on history and shared with his fellow Rotarians the formation of the 4-way test.

With the exception of wages, HANMI said virtually every cost of operating a hotel is more expensive on Saipan than on Guam due to the much smaller economic of scale, shipping costs and infrastructure requirements.

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Bravo SAIP AN'S legislators, by a vote of 9 to 2 with 1 abstention, passed recently a local bill repealing the Viewer's Tax.

Those who voted in favor: Vice Speaker Jesus T. Attao, House Floor Leader Ana S. Teregeyo, Reps. Oscar M. Babauta, Frank G. Cepeda, Melvin 0. Faisao, Max L. Olopai, Herman T. Palacios, Manuel A. Tenorio and the delegation chair, Heinz S. Hofschneider.

Reps .. Rosiky F. Camacho and Karl T. Reyes voted no. The author of the Viewer's Tax, David M. Apatang, abstained.

The local bill repealing this abysmally unpopular tax now heads to CNMI Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio, who is expected to sign it into law.

There are two lessons here: I) Saipan legislators can, if they want to, listen to the legitimate concerns of the people who elected them; and, 2) citizens who actively push for issues they consider important are no less important to the community.

The apparent success of the repeal effort should signal a more active political participation from other citizens with other valid concerns, particularly those that touch on some of the problems confronting the CNMI today-the state of public education, a government too big for its own good, relations with Washington, D.C., current labor and immigration policies, the economic slump.

Politics is not just about voting in elections. It is also, to paraphrase a wise man, too serious a matter to be left to politici~ns.

Oh brother THE PHILIPPINE Consulate on Saipan has vowed to look into the working papers of the Filipino ··exotic dancers" on the island after ··some members of the Filipino community" reportedly expressed "disgust over the [print] advertisements of...night clubs."

These ·'members of the Filipino community" are particularly "offended'" by a large banner outside a night club that proclaims "New Dancers Just Arrived from the Philippines." They claim that the "shameless advertisements" have "degraded the entire Filipino community in the CNMI."

Now in the CNMI, which hosts some 20,000 Filipino nationals, the term "Filipino Community" usually refers to U.S. citizens of Filipino descent. On Saipan, they are those who elbow their way to the forefront of activities commemorating events and holidays of. a nation where they are now considered aliens-the Philippines. Moreover, whenever Philippine government dignitaries visit the island, these "representatives of the Filipino community" will find it necessary to be part of the reception committee. They are, in addition, still laboring under the impression that they speak foror shou Id speak for-the Filipino contract workers in the commonwealth.

They don't, and they shouldn't. Which is why we find it disturbing that the Philippine Consulate,

the primary duty of which is to look after the interests of Filipino citizens in the CNMI, is apparently more concerned with the

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Dialing, and begging, for dollars WASHINGTON - An associate of ours who once harbored political ambitions interned for a well-known senator and came away thoroughly exasperated: "He spent 50 percent of his time begging for money."

Even those who agree with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky ., that money is an appropriate way to determine whether or not the constituency is buying the message, must be appalled that their elected senators and representatives are able to spend so little time doing what they were sent here to do. ·

According to statistics compiled during the 1998 election cycle, candidates running for office can expect to spend $100,000 of their own money and about $5 million on direct· mailings or advertisements if they expect to win. Since all of this money must be raised in $1,000 increments from individuals or $5,000 checks from Political Action Committees, this translates into an enormous chunk of time spent schmoozing for change or dialing for dollars - unless, of course, they are playing the big bucks game, in which they ask contributors to send unlimited "soft money" to the party. This money is then ostensibly used by the party for general purposes, but few doubt that it will somehow manage to find its way back to the state of the candidate who was responsible for the largess.

Here is what some well-respected politicians said after spending the bulk of their working lives in the service of the country:

Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine:

"As Senate Majority Leader, one of my responsibilities has been to schedule the op-· erations of the Senate. And I can say to you that there's hardly a day in the past six years when I've been Majority Leader when one or more senators hasn't called and asked me not to have a vote at a certain time .... One of the most common reasons is that they are either holding or attending a fund-raising event that evening, either in Washington or outside Washington. If I put all the requests together, the Senate would never vote. I once had my staff keep a list of such requests on one day ... and had I honored all of the requests, there could not have been a vote that day. It covered the period from nine a.m. until mid-

night." Former House Minority Leader Robert

Michel, R-Ill.: "I have a great concern over what cam

paigns are costing these days, You know, I ran my first campaign (in 1956) for $15,000. And then by the time I got to my toughest campaign in 1982, it was $600,000 .... When I look around the country and see some of these multimillion-dollar races, I just have to be concerned about that. The time that you spend raising money, and the number of fund-raising events I was obliged to attend or at least stop by- gosh, you'd have five or six a night. It just wears you out doing that. Now they've _started the breakfast routing. You can make more at a breakfast because you don't have to pay as much for the stuff you serve them."

Former Rep. Vin Weber, R-Minn.: "I do think that the amount of time people .

have to put into raising money is a serious problem in the country .... There's no way you can prove its impact on the quality of the Congress' work .... But when the members making decisions can't devote serious quality time to serious decisions, it has to (result in) a lower quality of work."

Former Rep. Leslie Byrne, D, Va.: "You are constantly drawn by the siren song

of trying to raise money for your race. And I think it's particularly true of the House, where you have to run every two years. This last race I raised $1.2 million and it was constantly, 'I should be making phone calls.' I needed to constantly raise money - a very real distraction from the real business of legislating."

Former Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, R-Mich.: "With the increasing cost of campaigns, a

member spends far more time and effort and thought to raising money. And usually the effort is directed not so much at the individuals in his congressional district, but at the PACs, the special interests ....

The money rarely comes in unless someone begs for it, ancfthat someone is usually the candidate. Rep. Jim Bacchus, D-Fla., explains: "'And the candidate himself has to make the calls - because if the candidate doeSI1 't make the calls, then they are offended because they think you don't care about them, even though you have always, always, always voted for them."

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WASHING TON (AP) - Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, the man in charge of protecting the Republican majority in the House, summed up the legislative strategy in a few sentences in a recent speech.

"We'lUoin the issues" with the Democrats, he said, emphasizing a Republican tax cut bill and a measure to protect the Social Security surplus. · After that, "It all crystalizes next year when we get a presidential ·candidate.Then everything focuses on him." Davis added, "We try not to do any damage until then."

As Davis' comments suggest, the one-time revolutionaries in Congress are largely playing political defense this autumn, hoping to avoid antagonizing the country long enough for presidential front-runner George W. Bush to take command of the GOP team next spring.

Many of the measures bubbling to the surface in the final weeks of this year's session read like points on the Democratic agenda: legislation granting patients the right to sue their managed care insurance companies; fresh gun control provisions; an increase in the minimum wage.

"We even passed a campaign finance bill," House Speaker Dennis Hastert noted wryly last week. He and the other members of the GOP leadership voted against the bill, but it was sent to the Senate nonetheless.

The main GOP accomplishment of the year is a $792 billion tax cut that's likely to be vetoed on Wednesday by President Clinton. No override attempt is planned.

While there is a slender prospect of a compromise effort with the White House before year's end, possibly involving a prescription drug benefit for Medicare, the immediate Republican focus now has turned to spending bills.

But after pledging for months to obey the spending discipline imposed by the 1997 balanced budget agreement, Republicans admit they will break the limits that they put into place.

They've retreated to a new bottom line: They won't dip into the Social Security surplus to pay for routine government costs.

"We've had emergencies we've had to deal with. In fact, the caps are exceeded," Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott told reporters recently as he and Hastert met for hours with key lawmakers, hoping to speed spending bills to Clinton's desk.

"The most important thing is be honest, get our work done, don't raid Social Security and don't raise taxes," he added.

Several of those spending bills are likely to be vetoed, and Republicans expect they will have to yield to Clinton's demands for more money in education and other areas before Congress adjourns for the year.

Their hope is to place Clinton into a political quandary by demanding that he outline ways to fund his priorities without spending the Social Security surplus or raising taxes.

And at a private leadership meeting on Friday, Lott emphasized his determination to avoid a summit meeting with the White House in which all unresolved issues are rolled into one complex negotiation.

Instead, according to congressional sources who spoke only on condition of anonymity, he and Hastert agreed that each spending bill will be dealt with separately, with Republicans and Democrats from the House and the Senate doing the negotiating.

In the long run, this grind-it-out strategy may produce a solid foundation for success in next year's elections. Bush holds a commanding lead in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, and is ahead of b0th Vice President Al Gore and former Sen. Bill Bradley in the polls. The GOP assumption is that if they win the White House, they will hold the House and the Senate, as well.

But in the meantime, Hastert and Lott will spend plenty of time over the next few weeks doing damage control:

• Hastert announced Friday that the House would debate health care legislation early in October. A bipartisan bill backed by the White House and opposed by the GOP leaders appears ready to pass. Republicans are expected to soften the provision relating to lawsuits against health carriers and seek other changes to cushion the blow for their supporters.

They may attempt to add provisions expanding access to medical savings accounts and increasing the tax deductibility of health insurance provisions for the self-employed, according to GOP aides familiar with the deliberations.

• Similarly, Republicans in both houses are preparing for possible debate on the minimum wage by crafting a package of add-ons that can satisfy business groups who traditionally oppose such legislation. Among the options is one extending tax breaks to firms that hire hard-to-employ workers. Another would increase the tax deductibility of business meals, currently set at 50 percent.

• Hastert has been saying for months that he favors passage of modest gun control provisions, even though a bill died in the House earlier in the year. GOP officials have been working quietly on a possible compromise expected to include a ban on certain high capacity ammunition clips and to require the sale of safety devices with weapons. The main sticking point has been background checks for gun show purchases.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7

By Nelson Graves KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Rumblings of discontent within his political base have convinced Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad he must extend a nationwide tour before calling long anticipated general elections.

Mahathir, at the tail end of a four-month tour of Malaysia's 14 states, said on Saturday he would return to several states one or two more times before holding the first general elections since his multi-ethnic coalition won a landslide in 1995.

"We need not hold an election before the expiry of the five-year term," he said. ·

While parliament's term expires in mid-2000, Mahathir has been expected to capitalise on a resurgent economy and call early polls.

But the 73-year-old Mahathir has had difficulty building momentum despite the economic rebound. Even from behind bars, his former deputy Anwar Ibrahim remains a formidable obstacle and a magnet for a large section of Mahathir's Moslem Malay base.

The Chinese community, which has provided Mahathir with pivotal support since he came to power in 1981, is showing signs of disgruntlement.

Without opinion surveys it is anyone's guess how the electorate will vote. It is clear, however, that Anwat's allegation that he was poisoned by political opponents has thrust him back onto the front pages and bucked up his supporters.

Several thousand Anwar backers took to the streets twice this month in the first anti-government protests since the ex-finance minister was sentenced in April to six

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"discomfort" of these nonFilipinos.

The only reason why the Consulate should verify the working papers of Filipino bar girls is to find out if they are indeed performing the job that they signed up for at the appropriate Philippine government offices in Manila.

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years in jail for corruption. In an unprecedented move,

members of his wife's new opposition party, P ·1an Nasional, on ered memora tans of several s s ing that an independent commission be set" up to investigate Anwar's allegations that arsenic had been found in his urine.

The government has promised an investigation. But the inability of the police force last year to ascertain that it was the ex-police chief who hit Anwar, blindfolded and handcuffed, in custody has lent impetus to demands that an independent panel investigate the poisoning allegation.

Forced to respand to opposition allegations, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi denied on Saturday that Anwar was kept in a dark narrow room and given stale food.

"We are not as bad as that," Abdullah said.

A political analyst who asked not to be identified said: 'This arsenic case has set things back for Mahathir. Anwar is back on the radar screen."

In a possible blow to the government, the key prosecu-. tion witness in Anwar's sodomy trial -was accused of sexual misconduct last week.

While the charges against the Anwar family's former driver may not have a direct impact on the ongoing trial, they could undermine the credibility of the government among the electorate.

Ethnic Chinese, upset over a bank merger plan which critics say would hit Chinese interests, are showing signs of irritation.

A I 7-point declaration detailing grievances with the government has won the sup-

be asked to tell a night cluh what advertisement or banner it wishes to put up. These ··members of the Filipino community," should have really studied the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights before getting their U.S. citizenship.

Ever heard of a mainland American decrying similar advertisements on Guam that feature mainland American ··exotic dancers"?

Filipino citizens· earning a living legally in the CNMI do

port of more than I ,800 Chinese associations. The document cites concerns over "corruption, deviations in the

.. ·, ..• Jll~entation of govern·'· t policies, lack of account

ability and transparency, bias of the media" as well as "pol ice abuse of power and brutality."

While the biggest Chinese organizations backing Mahathir have not signed the declaration, the head of the Malaysia Chinese Association - a pillar of support for the prime minister - said on Saturday he would brief the cabinet this week on the issue.

Still, even opposition leaders acknowledge they are fighting an uphill battle against Mahathir's National Front coalition, which has led the government since independence in I 957.

A stockbroker noted the government had recently awarded bonuses to large numbers of civil servants. "The machinery is working very well. They will definitely win. The money is slowly getting out," he said.

A leader of the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP), supported largely by urban Chinese, acknowledged the challenge the party faces in aligning with PAS, which is committed to an Islamic state. "It is difficult," the DAP member said.

While Mahathir might want to prolong the campaign into .2000 to exhaust the opposition, an extended stretch might backfire.

"If they drag it on too long, it will give the opposition time to sort out its problems," a Chinese journalist said, predicting Mahathir would choose to go to the polls in November after the government presents a voter-friendly budget.

not degrade ··the entire Filipino community ... At least not in the way that hypocrisy and inanity do, but they are, thank God, confined to these complaining ··members of the Filipino community."

Incidentally, Filipino bar girls should not be blamed for being ogled at by the husbands of these "members of the Filipino community." who should, inst.ead of seeking the Consul ate' s assistance, grab an Avon catalogue.

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Chamber tells US Congress

14% jobless rate does not justify a 'federal takeover'

By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

CITING '"cultural factor," the Saipan Chamber of Commerce told the U.S. House Resources Committee that the CNMI's 14 percent unemployment rate is no reason to justify the federal takeoveroflocal minimum wage and immigration policies.

Lynn Knight, the Chamber's vice president. yesterday told reporters that the unemployment rate was one of the questions posed by congressmen during the hearing in Washington, D.C.

She said the lawmakers expressed dismay over the CNMI 's propensity for hiring alien work-

ers when it has an unemployment rate of 14 percent.

But, she added, "we told them that over 60 percent of the 1 ,400 unemployed U.S. citizens here are teenagers, and that they may choose not to work because it is culturally accepted for young ones who live with their parents to just stay home."

In her testimony, Knight said the Asian economic crisis has forced the CNMI government to down size.

But while this should give the private sector the opportunity to hire more local workers, Knight said the number of positions to be filled up is "so great."

COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY

NOTICE OF CPA. BOA.RD MEETING Pursuant 10 Public Law 8-41, Section 11, Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. S::ibhn. through the Commonwealth Ports Authority Board of Directors, hereby give nmicc that 1h, regular meeting of the CPA Board ofD.irectors will be held on Friday, September 24, 1999 at I 0:00 a.m. al the CPA Conference Room, Saipan Seaport Office on Saipan.

The following items are on the agenda. for the above-referenced meeting: I. PRELIMINARY MAITERS

I. Call 10 Order .1. Adoption of Agenda 2. Roll Call 4. Adoption of Minutes (81.11199)

11. CORRESPONDENCES (information only) Ill. COMMIITEE REPORTS

I. Financial Affairs 3. Seapon Facilities - Adopt. of Fin. Statement

2. Airport Facilities 4. Personnel A ffai:·s IV. D.1:CUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT

I. Pro Jee! Status Report V. OLD BUS!"-ESS

I. Adoption. Second ( 1999) Amendment 10 Termina!Tariff Regulations re- seaport parking fee (re dfectivc date)

2. Proposed Corrections 10 Terminal Tariff (re implementation dates) 3. ATCTTurno1cr-Con1rac1 of FAA and CPA

VI. NEW BUSl'.'/ESS I. Election of Officers 2. Airline Incentive Program-New Cmicr/New Market

VII. MISCELLA1''EOUS MAITERS VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT IX. (Excru1i1e Session) LEGAL COUNSEL'S REPORT X. ADJOURNMENT

All imeri:stcd pl'rsons :m: wl'lcomc- to aucnd and to submit written or or.ii testimony on 1he above agcnJJ items.

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Sept. 16, 1999

* IMifrrMUWWUJM!!fr• -- REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

The Norlhern Marianas College is soliciting competitive sealed proposals from qualified indivit.luals or firms for the following:

RFP No. 00-021 General Maintenance Services (NMC Tinian) (Janitorial /Gardening/Yard Cleaning/Trash Collection at NMC Tinian)

Interested imlivicluals of finns may pick up the specifications/ scope of work at NMC Procurement Office, Building L. As Terlaje Campus, Saipan, during working hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) or at the NMC Tinian Administra1or's Office in Tinian.

Proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked: RFP 00-021 General Maintenance Services (NMC Tinianl to Procure ment Office, Building "L" no later than 4:00 P.M., Monday, Septem ber 27, l 999.

The Northern Marinas 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 proposal shall become the property of NMC. For additional information. please call NMC Procurement at 234-6 I 28 extension 2300, 2301, 2302 or the Administrator's Office in Tinian at 433-0657 or 433- 0658

Isl Ignacio B. Villaluz Procurement Officer

''Even if we are to hire all 5,000 of the government's staff, plus the 1,400 unemployed, it would not equal the 25,000 jobs that are now held by aliens," said Knight.

Earlier the Office of Insular Affairs urged the CNMI government to reconsider its plan to allow the hiring of more alien workers in light of a recent government report indicating an increase in the unemployment rate among locals, from 14 percent in 1995 to 16 percent as of December 1998. _

OIA Director Danny Aranza previously said the CNMI has the highest local jobless rate among other U.S. insular areas.

Statistics in 1995 pegged the

CNMl's labor force at 37,393. Of this, the total number of positions filled isat34,723. It is estimated that about 30,000 positions in the private sector are occupied by nonresident workers.

BOG opens Taiwan relief fund BANK OF Guam yesterday started a relief fundraising effort for the victims of yesterday's deadly earthquake that hit Taiwan.

A special Bank of Guam Taipei Earthquake ReliefFund Account was opened yesterday on behalf of the victims.

Cash or check donations are accepted at any one of 14 conveniently located oranch offices in Guam, or at any branch in the CNMI, the bank said.

Checks are to be made payable to Taipei ReliefFund, and receipts will

be issued to all Relief Fund donors. All donations made by the resi

dents of Guam and the CNMI will be remitted to Taipei as they continue to bring relief to the victims of the earthquake, which measured at 7.6 on the Richter Scale.

" Bank of Guam urges all of the residents of Guam and the CNMI to help the victims of this devastating earthquake," the ba.'lk said.

For more information and/or inquiries, please call Lolita R. San Nicolas, vicepresident/salesandpublic relations at 472-5265/66.

IT&E offers free Taiwan calls IT&E yesterday announced it has offered to help local residents contact their loved ones in Taiwan in the wake of yesterday's fatal earthquake.

IT &E, in a news release, said it is offering free three-minute long distance calls to those wishing to contacttheirfamilymembersanywhere in Taiwan.

The free calls can be made at IT&E's long distance calling booths on the first floor of the Sablan building in San Jose beginning yesterday until Sunday, September 26.

IT&E's office hours are weekdays from ·s a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekends from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

COMMONWEAlTII OF T!IE NORTIIERN MARIANA ISLANDS

COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTIIOIUTY

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS September 22, 1999

Pur.suanl lo Public Law 8-41. Section 11. Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Covernor Jesus R. Sablan, through the llcnnl of Dir,·ctors of tlie Commo1meal1h Development Au thorny (CDA ), arc soliciting proposals from qualified fin,mcial institutions authorized lo do business in the Commonwcahh to provide imerim financing m the fo1111 of a loan or loans 10 fund capital improvement projects in the Commonwealth. CD0- is an autonomous agency that has the statutory authority under Commonwealth Law to issue bonds ,md borrow money. from time 10 time, to fund capital improvement projecls in the Commonwealth.

CDA is requesting proposals from qualified FDIC financial institutions who have experience and financial capability to provide such imerim financing. Your fim1 is invited 10 submit a proposHI 10 .... erve a."i interim financier. Proposab :.;!mil be subminecl lo:

Commonwealth Development Authority P.O. Box 2149

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no later than October 07, 1999 at 4:00 p.111. Copies of the RFP package may be obtained from CDA at Wakin"s Building in Gualo Rai. Inquiries may be direc1ed to Ms. Marylou S. Ada, Executive Director, at telephone nos. 234-7145/46/6245/ 6293. The Commonwealth Development authority reserves the right to rejec1 any proposal determined not 10 be in tl1c best interests of the Commonwealth Govemmem.

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JTB mulls 10 chartered flights from Japan

By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

THEJAPANTravel Bureau (JTB) Group has announced a total of 10 direct chartered flights from Osaka to Saipan from December to January, which will be bringing in approximately 2,000 additional tourists to the CNMI.

Ikuo Katayama, general manager of Pacific Micronesia Tours, Inc. which isa memberoftheJTB Group, yesterday said the direct chartered flights from the Kansai International Airport are a fitting response to the problem of limited number-of seats available for Saipan-bound Japanese tourists originating from the Osaka area.

"We are focusing on Saipan because now there is problem on limited seats. This si for customers' convenience because they prefer direct flights," said Katayama, citing Continental Micronesia's move to terminate its direct flights next month.

The chartered flights - which will be using All Nipp_onAirways - are scheduled on Dec. 25, '.?6, 28,29, and 31, to Jan. l,3,4,6and 7 of next year.

Koki Narita, executive advisor of Tasi Tours & Transportation, Inc., said JTB will work hard to fill up the 2,000-plus available seats.

"We have competitive prices, from 82,000 yen to 157,000 yen. They are cheaper by some 22 percent compared to the normal package . . . And we must sell all seats," said Katayama.

Starting next month, only Japan Airlines and Northwest Airlines will be having dirett flights from Japan to Saipan.

Both Katayama and Nari ta also said JTB chose Saipan due mainly to its Y2K-preparedness. brushing aside fears of any airtransportation systems malfunction once the Year 200 strikes.

"Passengers need not worry on Y2K problems when the travel on Dec. 31 because all systems and equipment have already been tested and there were no problems," said Katayama.adding that the f1i!!hts will be using Boeing 767. - - -

Perry Tenorio. managing director of the Marianas Visitors Authority (MAVJ said JTB"s chartered flights will be a big boost to the local tourism industry.

"Aside from regular direct flights beginning in October from Northwest and JAL, we also have these chartered flights . . . We want this to· succeed," said Tenorio.

Six Saipan hotels have participated in the JTB's Year 2000 Millennium Flight. These are the Dai-Ichi Beach Hotel, Diamond Hotel, Hafa Adai Beach Hotel. PIC. Aqua Resot1 and Nikko.

JAL also announced earlier a total of 25 chartered flights from October to March next year.

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CPA: Meters to cut costs By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff

WITlilN the next two to three months, the Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) expects to complete the feasibility srudy being undertaken by the Airport Facilities Committee on the proposed automated parking meters for the Saipan International Airport.

Airport Facilities Committee Head Roman T. Tudela said that

once the ports authority proves the meters feasible, CPA will then be purchasing the necessary equipment.

Prior to the purchase, CPA will be requesting for price quotations from different companies for the meters, according to Tudela.

The parking meter scheme, according to Tudela, is projected to reduce CPA' s costs for its parking fee collecting operations at the

Saipan Airport. "In the long run, this will serve to

benefit the ports authority," said Tudela.

CPA is thinking about installing an automated parking meter system to relieve its staff of the need to man the entrance and exit booths at airport, especially during odd hours.

So far, the ports authority has managed to schedule shifts from different CPA departments to man

Cabrera sues over land lease By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

FORMER Finance Secretary Antonio R. Cabrera has sued two persons over a land lease dispute.

Cabrera named in the lawsuit as defendants Young Sun Bae and Choi Jong Ye.

Cabrera, through counsel Joseph A. Arriola, asked the Superior Court to order the defendants to pay him$ I 0,000 in outstanding balance.

The ex-Finance secretary as the landlord alsosought$26,400 under the HoldoverTenancy Act

Cabrera sought court's order entering a default on the lease agreement and terminating such agreement.

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The defendant assignee, Bae has failed topayCabrera the stipulated and agreed upon lease amounts specified in the notice sent to him.

Bae has refused to pay lease amounts, the complaint said.

In June 1997 Cabrera gave a first notice of default of the lease amounts to Bae. Five months later, the plaintiff hand delivered a second formal notice of default to Bae.

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the entrance and exit booths without having to hire additional personnel.

The implementation of parking fees staned early July of this year.

According to Tudela's update summary report on the status of CPA 's Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) for the CNMI airportsCNMI, theimpositionof parking fees is expected to generate an additional $180,000 per year.

The imposition of parking fees is one of CPA 's revenue-generating strategies to address its deficit.

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100 days to Y2K: Are we ready? By Eric F. Say Variety News Staff

TODAY marks the beginning of the I 00-day countdown until the year 2000 or. as it is known in information technology lingo, "'Y2K."'

The branch nrnnagerofthe U.S. Small Business Administration, Kenneth Q. Lujan, said the nation's banks utility companies and big businesses are now mostly prepared for the computer glitch that could happen on New Year's Day, 2000-the so-called Y2K bug.

But John Koskinen, chairman of President Clinton's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, recently said small businesses, which make up the backbone of our nation's economy, are not well prepared

for Y2K. The National Federation of In

dependent Business said only one in four small business owners consider Y2K a serious problem.

Statistics also show th:1t at least 30 percent of small businesses have done nothing about the Y2K problem.

Lujan said some mistakenly believe that only companies with large mainframe computer systems will experience serious problems.

All companies large and small should check both their hardware and software for Y2K compliance, he said.

Lujan said computers are not the only problem areas.

Any technology using date information has a potential Y2K

problem, Lujan said. Poblems can also come from

some of the simplest but most relied upon office equipment: fax machines. copiers, climate-control units, security systems, communications equipment and even time-lock safes.

Al though this may sound alarming and even potentially damaging to any business, there is still time to become Y2K compliant.

Lujan recommends the following steps small businesses can take to prepare for the new millennium:

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Testing. Those tests can be simple or complex depending on the particular application.

Contingency planning. Have a backup plan that could be quickly put into place should critical systems to your business encounter Y2K problems.

Lujan said the best way to prepare for Y2K is to consider it as a natural disaster. .

"If you have I 00 days to prepare for a typhoon or earthquake what steps would you takethat's the question business owners should be seriously asking themselves today," Lujan said.

For information on ways to prepare for Y2K, check the U.S. Small Business Administration's web site at www.sba.gov/y2k.

You can also call their tollfree phone number, (800) Y2K.-7557.

Japan Airlines is Y2K ready Variety News Staff

JAPAN Airlines (JAL) is assu. · ing its customers that all its jets and ground facilities are Y2Kcompliant.

JAL recently joined two other Japanese airlines in a unique joint flight operation to demonstrate that Japanese airline and aviation computer systems will not be affected by the Y2K computer problem.

The three aircraft involved in the demonstration took off in sequence from Tokyo's Haneda Airport and underwent Y2K tests . while in the air, JAL said in a statement.

The three-airplane demonstration was the biggest Y2K test flight held in the world to-date.

The three flights ca11"ied more than 290 observers including Japan's Min isterofTransport, J iro Kawasaki, other top ministry officials, politici,ms, airline executives, special industry representatives and news media.

Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Air Systems (JAS) provided an aircraft and crew for the special demonstration, which was held to show that aircraft computer systems, air traffic control systems, air-ground communications and other navigational aids and systems, would func-

tion normally at the ti me of date change between 1999 and 2000 at mid1tight on Dec. 31, 1999.

The aircraft clocks were rolled forward to match the millennium date change.

Additionally,on the JAL flight, the Y2K "roll-over" was simulated by setting the aircraft flight display system in the passenger cabin to illustrate a flight from Tokyo to London and back to Tokyo while the important date change took place.

On board the 563-seatJ AL 7 47-400used on domestic trunk routes was Japan Transport Minister Kawasaki, who traveled with JAL president Isao Kaneko. ANA provided a 166-seat Airbus 320 for the demonstration flight while J AS operated a 292-seat Airbus 300-600. · Onboard the ANA flight was the airline's president, Kichizaburo Nomura, while JAS president, Hiromi Funabiki , flew on the Airbus 300-600.

The three airlines have been co-operating on Y2K compliance activities in Japan and the idea for the demonstration flight arose from discussions between the airI ines and with the Ministry of Transport's Civil Aviation Bureau, the regulatory body for civil aviation in Japan.

Gov't employee charged for taking BPW property

By Eileen 0. Tabaranza

For the Variety KOROR (Palau Horizon) -The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has filed criminal charges against an employee of the Bureau. of Public Works (BPW) for allegedly cheating the republic by stealing and for the unlawful use, removal or possession of government prop-ertics.

In a Criminal Case against Smith Siabang, the OSP based on the investigation made by. Bradley Kumangai, investigatorofOSP, found that the defendant did conspire to commit crimes against the republic.

Siabangwascharged with four counts of grand larceny, two counts of unlawful use of a government vehi9le, conspiracy, possession or removal of government property and misconduct in office.

According to the investigator, a certain Isaac Mitsuru, also an employee of BPW/Capital Improvement Projects Design and Engineering, had been asked twice by Sial)ang to take the construction materials to the defendant's. house in Ngerias using a govern~entVehicle as-

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PACIFIC REGION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 -MARl.'\!i_l\_S__y AR!_I~TYNy'NS_t\Nl)_VJEWS-11

Islands seek end to colonialism

Prime Minister of Fiji Mahendra Pal Chaudhry addresses the 54th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Monday. AP

TAHITI (Pacnews)-Delegates from 25 countries in the Pacific region attending the 8th Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) Conferenc,e were yesterday welcomed with a moving traditional ceremony of song and dance, and expressions of so]_idarity between the people of Te Ao Maobi (French Polynesia) and the Pacific.

Hundredsoflocal pro-independence supporters led by Oscar Temarn, leader the main pro-independence political party in French Polynesia, Tav ini Huiraatira no Te Ao Maohi welcomed the delegates.

Temarn called for their support in reinstating Te Ao Maohi on the United Nations list of countries to be de-colonised immediately.

Opening the gathering, Temarn said the NFIP Movement had come a long way since the first conference in Suva, Fiji in 1975.

Despite the permanent halt of French nuclear testing in 1996, regional and NFIP opposition to

the nuclear era and colonialism has not diminished.

"The Maohi people along with the Tavini Huiraatira No Te Ao Maohi, the party for which I have been elected president since its creation in 1977, have a continuing commitment to make France fully recognise its responsibility following thirty years of nuclear testing and 150 years of colonialism. There have been grave effects on our environment, our health, our society and economy. France is indebted and must be held accountable, politically, morally and financially - not just for ten years, but for 150 years," Temaru said.

Temaru expressed confidence in the future of French occupied Polynesia as an independent sovereign state. He cited many .economic sectors that are ger.erating positive trends that will surpass French subsidies in coming years. He said despite US$1.2 billion dollars a year in French assistance development has been

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Ministers who met in Fiji last weekendorsed theidea of more consultation. between air traffic service providers and mernber countries of the forum.

The 111inisters. also agreed to establish a working group to look at.the concept of an Unifie.d Uppe( Space management which·

. wiff have•repres"entatives ... from F'orum Statesithe lJ.nited States, New Caledonia,. fl;irline users, air traffic seryi~e providers .and the Fomm Secretariat..

•·· However>lhe ministers noted withsatisfactibnthe benefits of having unified Airspace mimagement in. terms of air traffic, efficiency aI1µ safety. /Samoa .has .been selected·. as

the chair of the Working Group lo finalise a draftol'thc: proposed unified ail-space management concept before an arrangement can be decided on at a later dtlle.

The drafting of a Fornm Island Countries single Aviation multilateral agreement win be done under the auspices of the Forum Secretariat.

Theagreementshouldbecompleted by year 2000 to allow member countries to fully consider implications of the agiee0

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thwarted because of what he claims" the government's political short-sightedness."

"Our economic growth, although positive, is only performing at half its capacity. Political intimidation by pro-colonial conservatives who fear the results of a referendum on the question of independence, have hindered the Maohi people from expressing freely and spontaneously, in favour of independence and sovereignty." Temaru said.

Temaru said his people needed to understand that independence does not mean separation with

dosed borders, but liberation and taking control of all sectors of their development in partnership, and co-operation with all sovereign states.

Pacific Concerns Resource Centre Director Lopeti Senituli said the conference; the first in French Polynesia is unique because it has drawn together the widest range of progressive forces in the Pacific.

"It brings together the church and the ecumenical movement; the rumies of liberation; feminists and women's rights activists; in summary the pilgrims for justice and

liberation." he .said. East Timordclegatc. Ceu Britcs

urocd the NFIP Movement to work to;therto bring peace to the people of East Timar. · ·

"Let us call on the international · community and your respective governments to respect the decision of the East Timorese people who voted for independence 011 30 August.

We ask you tosuppo11 the UN in the transition period for the building ofournew nation." Britessaid.

The theme of the conference is ·'For Justice! For Truth! aml for lndepcndence! Stand up."

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Fiji murder trial ends with life sentences

Kiribati's.Tito sees no threats front China satellite station

SUVA (Pacnews)-The Fiji High Court has finally sentenced to life imprisonment the two suspects accused of killing Ms Reena Bibi in the controversial murder trial after weeks of witnesses and evidence.

Judge. Justice Sarvadanand yesterday found the two suspects, Daniel Azad Wal Ii and Nanise Wati guilty of murdering Bibi in her Milverton Road flat on October 1996 by slashing her throat with a kitchen knife.

Her body was found six days later.

In delivering his sentence, Justice Sada! stated ··Reena Bibi's murder was a grue-

some killing in her own home."

"The mandatory sentence is life imprisonment and both accused arc convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment."

Both Walli and Wati appeared stunned by the decision and were taken out of court through a back entrance. away from the waiting press and public.

Ms Bibi's mother, Vitalinr, Radinisiwa 48 said ··J am happy with the verdict, I thank God for he has answered my prayers." she said.

She also thanked the police and all involved in bringing her daughters case to court to find her killers.

TARA WA (Pacncws)-Thc President of Kiribati. Tcburoro Tito has denied claims that Tarawa could be become a potential tar,rct for enemies of China because ~f the Chinese Space Tracking Telemetry station in Temawaiku.

President Tito told Pacnews in SL1va today the Government of Kiribati has not found any evidence that China has breached their agreement on the satellite tracking station.

"The station was brought to Kiribati after about a yea7- long hard negotiations with the Chinese government. We agreed finally to have the station set up after examining every minute details of what the station is going to do and how Kiribati will benefit from the operation. We also made

. · REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. · _. . · . _' DPW99•RFP•031

· . September 30, 1999 · .

Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Department of Public Works (DPW) are soliciting sealed proposals from qualified engineering firms for the Design of Nang Ocha Road Paving and Improvements, San Vicente, on the island of Saipan, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

A Scope of Work will be available for pick-up on or after Thursday, September 16, 1999 at the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works, , Lower Base, Saipan.

A Pre-proposal Conference will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 23, 1999 at the DPW Conference Room,. Main Office, Gualo Rai, Saipan. All questions regarding this design project must be submitted in writing no later than 4:30 p.m., Friday, September 24, 1999. Questions shall be directed to Mr. Andrew W. Smith,P.E., Director of Technical Services Division, at fax (670) 322-354 7 or fax (670) 235-6436.

An original and three (3) copies al proposals must be submitted to the Ofiice of the Director, Division of Procurement & Supply, P.O. Box 10008, Saipan, MP 96950 no later than 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 30, 1999. All submittals must be in a sealed envelope marked "DPW99-RFP-031"

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sure that the station was not going to be used for any other purpose, except that it will be used to support the orbit of rockets from China," President Tito said.

He said Kiribati continues to enjoy the benefits from the station, eaming$AU250, 000 a year.

"We have the final control of the satellite station. Although it. belongs to ·china, its status in Kiribati depends on how we see that the other side performing its part of the agreement. Up until now we have not seen any evidence that the agreement with the Chinese has been breached. But we have rumours. Rumours are rumours created by people who just want to scare people for their own interests."

"I am not at all convinced that the tracking station should be of any major concern. I think it is of benefit to us right now because we receive some, revenue from the use of our arf a and airspace. This is a descent sum of$AU250, 000 and goes up every year from

nothing. In fact this area was earmarked for a prison but we allowed the Chinese to build the satellite tracking station there because of the financial benefits."

President Tito said like any other sovereign state, if China is found to be carrying out activities other than what they are supposed to do then Kiribati w.ill take. appropriate action.

"If anything ever happens that we feel there is a breach of the agreement, then we will comment like any sovereign nation. Butuptil now there's no evidenc~ to prove that the Chinese are using the satellite telemetry station to spy on its enemies.'" President Tito said.

The Chinese Embassy in Tarawa said the station is used as a launch support for communication satellites and launch vehicles in China, entirely for peaceful purposes. and will not be used for military purposes.

It said the station simply monitors rockets launched from mainland China.

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Solomons peace effort up at meeting HONIARA (Pacnews)-Countries involved in the proposed regional peace monitoring mission on Guadalcanal will meet in the capital, Honiara on Thursday, Sept. 23, to finalise dewils of the six month mission.

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Protest marks martial law years MANILA, Philippines (AP) -Thousands of democracy activists marked the day dictator Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law 27- years ago with nationwide protests ·against what they say are new threats to democracy, organizers said Monday.

"We have one clear message, we wi II never allow another dictatorship," said the Rev. Joe Dizon, a spokesman for a committee organizing the protests. "We want to sound the alarm that the Estrada administration is a creeping dictatorship and he's a tyrant in the making."

Government officials said they allowed the protests to proceed Tuesday near Manila's Malacanang presidential palace and in other key cities, and said the country will never slide back to martial rule under President Joseph Estrada.

At least 25,000 people were there to rally in a downtown Manila square and join a threekilometer (LS-mil~) march to the presidential palace that culminated in a noisy protest, Dizon said. Protests were also planned in more than 30 other cities and towns.

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Philippine politicians shout slogans during a rally against the planned revision of the Philippine constitution in suburban Manila Tuesday. The protest also marks the day the late dictator Ferdiand Marcos imposed Martial Law 27 years ago. AP

on Sept. 21, 1972, barely a year before the end of his second term as president, ushering in his dictatorship. He padlocked the legislature and jailed thou 0

sands of political opponents and left-wing activists.

A "people power" revolt ousted Marcos in February 1986, driving him into exile in Hawaii, where he died three years later. The uprising became the harbinger of change for authoritarian regimes worldwide.

Dizon said Estrada's plan to open the Philippine constitution to changes, government attempts to stifle press freedom and the return of Marcos's associates and relatives to political and economic power are

dangerous signs that could lead to more strongman rule even . without the formal declaration of martial law.

"This will never happen again," Estrada's executive secretary, Ronalda Zamora, said Monday. Estrada, who is visiting Latin American countries, was be around for Tuesday's protests. ............

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)- Philippine President Josc p h Estrada on Monday signed two agreements with his Argentine colleague Carlos Menem, on the third day of his state visit to this Latin American country.

Estrada also received Argentina's highest decoration, the "Order of the Liberator General San Martin" at a ceremony in Buenos Aires's Government House.

A spokesman for the Argentine Foreign Ministry said that "there were two agreements· signed. The first one is on the suppression of visa requirements for diplomatic and gov-

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Japan LDP election is on TOKYO (AP)-Riding a wave of popularity and facing no serious opposition. Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was heavily favored to win re-election Tuesday as head of Japan's ruling party.

The win would assure Obuchi, who took office last July, a fresh term as prime minister because of the Liberal Democratic Party's dominant role in Parliament.

Party officials early Tuesday began counting votes mailed in from 1.43 million members, about 50 percent of the party's

rank-and-file. By noon (0300 GMT), Obuchi had more than three times as many votes as his nearest opponent, and most Japanese media were already declaring him the victor.

··1 am very happy that I have received such strong support," Obuchi told reporters.

Lawmakers were to vote in the afternoon, with the final results expected at about 5 p.m. (0800 GMT). Every I 0,000 votes of LDP members count as one legislator vote.

Because of Obuchi's lead going into the balloting. the

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vote generated little public inter-est despite its importance to the national political scene. Voter turnout from the rankand-file was its lowest ever at 49 percent. party officials said.

Media surveys show Obuchi, who controls the LDP's largest faction of legislators, with the support of about 70 percent of the party's 371 lawmakers.

The other candidates, former party Secretary-General Koichi Kato and former Construction Minister Taku Yamasaki, were expected to split the remaining 30 percent.

Shigenori Okazaki, political analyst with Warburg Dillon Read in Tokyo, said the vote from the rank-and-file is critical in assessing the supP,ort Obuchi 's policies have with the general public.

"If he gets anything below 60 percent, there is likely to be more instability in Obuchi 'sadministration," Okazaki said.

All three candidates ran on basically the same platform, and Obuchi 's rivals conceded that they didn't expect to win.

The three support efforts to expand new.businesses to revive the lagging economy and to maintain close defense ties with the United States. Both Kato and Yamasaki are believed to be running mainly to boost their chances of becoming prime minister after Obuchi.

"I am satisfied that I have fully spoken on what I wanted to say," Kato said on nationally televised news.

When Obuchi became prime minister last year, replacing Ryu taro Hashimoto after a di-

sastrous national par! iamentary election, many saw him as a stopgap leader who would be run out of office within months.

But he has silenced the naysayers by implementing emergency measures that appear to have Ii fted Japan out of its worst recession in .50 years. This month, the government announced that the economy had grown for two straight quarters this year.

Obuchi has said that he will try to pass an additional economic-stimulus budget, including public spending, as soon as he is re-elected.

His success with the economy is a major factor in his surprisingly high popularity. He has won approval ratings of 50 percent or higher in recent media polls.

Three candidates for the leadership of Democratic Party of Japan (from left) Yukio Hatoyama, Naoto Kan, and Takahiro Yokdmichi participate in a debate at the Natioanl Press Club in Tokyo Monday. The main opposition party will elect their new leader on Saturday. AP

Ministers unnerved by runaway reptiles TOKYO, Sept 20 (Reuters) -Japanese government ministers took time out from a busy schedu lc of debates over the economy and financial markets to tackle another slippery issue - 1·eptib; on the loose in the slrc:ets of Japan.

snakes and even the occasional alligator have been spotted on Japanese streets and chased down by pol ice as a J apancsc trend lo buy rcpt ilcs gathers pace.

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tern," farm m1111ster Shoichi Nakagawa told a cabinet meeting on Friday after a snapping turtle was found in a Tokyo neighbourhood earlier in the week.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka agreed with Nakagawa, instructing the government to form a cross-ministerial team to tackle the issue of the roaming cold-blooded creatures.

The number reptiles kept as pets in Japan has been creeping higher, partly due to cramped apartments where conventional four-footed animals such as dogs and cats are often forbidden in leases because of their mess and noise.

But an official at the prime minster's office said under current laws not much can be done about reptiles on the loose.

Under a law protecting animals, it is a crime to throw away pets, but this does not seem to apply to reptiles. "It's basically for mammals and birds," he said.


Yen rise seen as political tlireat TOKYO, (Reuters) - "Laid low by the high yen."

It's hardly the political epitaph Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi has in mind.

But unless a reluctant Bank of Japan eases its hyper-loose credit further and Washington joins Tokyo in an effort to stem the yen's rise, that could end up being Obuchi 's fate.

"Mr Nice Guy's (Obuchi) rise in the public opinion polls is almost entirely based on the state of the economy and the Nikkei (share average)." said John Neuffer, political analyst at Mitsui Marine Research Institute.

"If the strong yen does in fact stay around for a long time, it presents a serious threat to his political future."

Many pundits now expect just such a deal with Washington and the BOJ will be done, ~ith the first step being taken on Tuesday at a meeting of the central bank's Policy Board.

Comments by Obuchi and other ruling politicians have fanned those expectations by revealing their fears that a yen surge could scuttle the nascent economic recovery and send share prices - and their popularity - tumbling.

"Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami met the other day and they are studying various steps, including quantitative (credit) easing," Obuchi said in a televised debate with his LDP rivals on Sunday evening.

"We need to create a situation where the world would cooperate," he added, a reference to Tokyo's campaign to persuade Washington to join in dollar-buying currency intervention.

Yen headaches aside, Obuchi would seem to be sitting pretty.

The genial premier, who has defied forecasts that he would be a caretaker leader when he took over last" year, is almost certainly poised for a resounding victory over hi~ two rival candidates in an election for ruling party president on Tuesday.

That will give him a two-yc:1r term as ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LOP) chief and set the stage for a cabinet reshuffle to expand ,he ruling bloc by bringing in a third party.

The LDP's majority in the lower chamber also means Obuchi can remain prime minister, barring any major slipups, at least until the next election for the lower chamber.

But with that· election mandated by October 2000 and expected by many to come earlier, Obuchi - who took over promising to restore growth to the nation's stagnant ecoi10my - is loath to see a rampant yen damage his own and his party's rntings.

"The last thing they (ruling politicians) want to see going into an election is anything that

would destroy sentiment," said Ron Bevacqua, an economist with Commerz Securities in Tokyo.

Hence, analysts say, the campaign to persuade Washington to help rein in the yen and the political pressure on the BOJ to loosen credit despite the central bank's belief the move won't help a real economy already awash with liquidity.

Expectations of such a deal to dampen the yen's rise brought the Japanese currency down to just shy of I 08 to the dollar on Monday, a far cry from the 103 level seen last week after hopes Japan's economy was truly on the mend sent the yen soaring.

Tokyo share prices also firmed on Monday as investors shook off for the moment the strong yen-induced fears of last week.

Speculation has also emerged that Obuchi will celebrate his reannointment as LDP chief by

Japan's Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi delivers a speech in the Liberal Democratic Party (LOP) lawmakers meeting in Tokyo on Monday the eve of LOP presidential election. ' AP

unveiling soon a stimulative fiscal package lo complement the expected monetary easing.

Obuchi has said an extra budget for year to March 2000 is n~eded to keep growth on track, but has not revealed the size.

Experts differ on how much impact a credit easing would have on the economy but agree that authorities, having raised market expecations, must now deliver or watch the yen surge again.

Unfortunately for Obuchi, a "successful" deal could also end up causing the yen to strengthen down the road, one reason critics say policy-makers would have done better to keep quiet and leave financial markets to themselves.

"Ironically, a stimulative monetary and fiscal policy increases expectations for the economy and so also has an impact on driving the yen higher,"Bevacqua said.

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WHEREAS, the Personnel Office found. that some employees were not converted pursuant Public Law 7-31 when it was implemented; and

WHEREAS; the Personnel OffJCe repo.rted ina letter sent from Luis S. Camacho, Director of Personnel. dated AlJJJUSt 7, 1997 and addressed to Senate Vice President Paul A. Manglona, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Salary AdJuslmen~ !hat a total of 1.319 civil service, 39 contract. and 389 inactive employees were affected in the Executive Branch by Public Law 7-31; and

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US warns Pakistan against coup attempts NEW YORK, (Reuters) - The United States, concerned about political ferment in Pakistan, has warned political and military actors there it would "strongly oppose" any attempt to overthrow the government, U.S. officials said on Monday.

··we hope there will be no return to the days of interrupted · democracy in Pakistan,' one senior official told Reuters in an interview.

··we would strongly oppose any attempt to change the government through extraconstitutional means," the official added.

The Clinton administration, acting discreetly through diplomatic channels, has also reminded the Islamabad government that peaceful demonstrations and free speech should be permitted in a democratic system.

"It is a strong message for both sides. The government should allow legitimate expression and freedom of the press," the senior official added,

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been under attack at home for his decision to withdraw Pakistani-backed militants from Kargil in the disputed region of Kashmir.

The incursion earlier this year across the Line of Control separating Pakistani-and Indianclaimed territory sparked fierce fighting and raised fears of a full-scale war between two countries with nuclear capabilities.

Sharif agreed to withdraw the

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Pakistani-backed forces during a meeting last July 4 with President Bill Clinton at the White House. The prime minister's critics have described this turnabout as a humiliation.

In addition, Pakistan's economy remains in dire shape and there is increasing unhappiness with some measures used to stifle political

. opposition, including detentions. Opposition forces two weeks ago

called a two-day strike to protest the government's heavy-handed response in arresting what witnesses said were more than 1,000 people ahead of an oppositionbacked rally.

Although there is no sign of any imminent coup against Sharif, U.S. officials say the Pakistani press and talk in elite circles is full of dissatisfaction with the prime minister.

"There is enough speculation out there, both publicly and in the corridors" that the administration felt it necessary to issue

its warnings, a U.S. official said. From the U.S. perspective, one

of the more troubling commentaries came from Imran Khan, one of Pakistan's former cricket luminaries, who is now involved in politics

He told the Washington Post last week that "all the opposition in Pakistan has combined on a one-point agenda to get rid of him (Sharif)."

"Our current prime minister has a fascist mind-set and members of parliament cannot go againsttherulingparty. We think that every day he stays in power, the country is sinking into more anarchy. The economy has never been worse," Khan added. ·

U.S. concerns about the stability of Pakistan's government are not just theoretical. No elected Pakistan leader has completed his full term. Sharif, who took office in February 1997, is about half-way through his term.

The prime minister had planned to travel to New York this week for the opening of the annual U .N. General Assembly. But he cancelled the trip, apparently so he can deal with political and economic problems at home, U.S. officials said.

Sharif may also have wanted to ~kip the General Assembly this year because of pressure he likely would have come under for not signing the Comprehensive TestBan Treaty. He pledged at last year's U.N. session to do so by September 1999 but has not done so and now seems to be balking.

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -President Kim Dae-jung appealed Monday for more foreign investment in South Korea, promising that his government will continue to push for corporate restructuring and further market-opening.

"Restructuring, ~specially at chaebol ( conglomerates), is the key to the future of the South Korean economy," Kim told a meeting of more than 300 foreign businessmen. "The government will continue to push for more corporate restructuring and marketopening."

The businessmen from the United States, Japan and 13 other countries were attending a two-day forum organized by Hong Kongbased Credit Lyonnais Securities to explore investment opportunities in South Korea.

Kim said the South Korean economy, measured by gross domestic product, is expected to grow about 6 percent this year after shrinking 5.8 percent last year. Unemployment will drop to 1.24

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Helped by active corporate restructuring and market opening, the South Korean economy will continue to grow next year, expanding 5 to 6 percen.t, and the number of unemployed also will drop to 1 million, or 4.6 percent, Kim said.

Speaking at the same forum, Finance and Economy Minister Kang Bong-kyun said South Korea's inflation will remain below 2 percent this year, while the nation's foreign exchange reserves will rise to $70 billion by year's end, up from $65.28 billion on Sept. 15.

South Korea's foreign currency reserves dropped to an all-time low of $7 billion just before the country called in the International Monetary Fund to bail out its sinking economy in late 1997.

Kang said corporate restructuring has shown big progress as the average debt-to-equity ratios of the country's five leading conglomerates - Hyundai, Samsung, Daewoo, LG and SK - fell to 302 percent at the end of June this year, from 470 percent at the end of 1997.

Except for the ailing Daewoo group, the debt-to-equity ratios of the other four major conglomerates are expected to reach their goal of 200 percent by the end of this year, he said.

Corporate reforms and restructuring were a key condition of the IMF rescue package.

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Troops swoop down on Dili DILi, East Timor, (Reuters) -Just over I 000 troops from an international force to restore order in East Timar had landed by late on Monday, Indonesia's military said.

"So far I, 190 troops have arrived and the arrivals will continue for 36 hours," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Willem Rarnpangitei told reporters.

Two naval ships anchoring off the East Timar capital were to dock early on Tuesday, starting a second day of deployment. Some 40 soldiers from the International Force for East Timor (Interfet) were guarding the port, Rampangilei said.

"At the initial stage there will be 2,500 troops who are coming today and also until tomo1Tow night, and of course there will be more troops coming in," he said.

East Timorese refugees cheer_ a_nd o!PPlau~Australian soldiers arriving at the port in the provincial capital of Di/i, East Tim or Tuesday. Multi-national peacekeepers have been amvmg m the violence wracked former Portuguese colony. AP

Rampangilei declined to give details of further deployment, saying he was not even sure the force's Australian commander. Major-General Peter Cosgrove, was sure of all the details yet.

Portugal: Jakarta must give up E. Timar soon · UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) - The president of Portugal on Monday called on Indonesia to accelerate the handover of East Timar to the United Nations and setup a quick timetable for the withdrawal of its army from the territory.

As a U.N.-approved force, led by Australia, fanned out through East Timor,PresidentJorge Sampaia told the U.N. General Assembly it was important to salvage what remained of the ransacked territory, a former Portuguese colony.

"Much of what happened is irreparable and cannot be forgotten," he said in reference to rampaging militia that killed, looted and burned much of the half island to protest an overwhelming August 30 vote in favour of independence."! say it with great bittemess,"Sampaio said. "Nevertheless the arrival of the multinational force in East Timar opens a horizon of hope. We must now take care of the living and attempt to save whatever can be saved."

In addition to urgent humanitarian aid, he said Indonesia needed to "accelerate the transfer of effective authority to the United Nations."

Under May 5 U.N.-brokered agreements between his government and Jakarta, the territory legally remains under Indonesian control until its parliament ~tifies the August 30 vote, expected in late October or November.

Sampaia Sflid it was equally as important for a timetable to be set for the withdrawal of Indonesian armed forces from East Timar, now that the international force had arrived.

"That is the only way to restore peace and stability in the region and to launch the foundations of a healthy relationship between the future State of Timor and Indonesia ... ," he said.

Indonesia's anny invaded East Timer in I 975 after Portugal abandoned the impoverished teITito1y amid its own anti-fascist revolution. Jakmta's annexation of East Timar has never been recognised by the international community.

In January, the new Jakarta government of B.J. Habibie said it was willing to let the te1Titory go if voters wanted it, thereby prompting units of the Timar-based military to create local militia in an effort to intimate the population. When.this failed, the militia, aided by army units, conducted a scorched earth policy in East Timar in early September.

Sampaia called on nations to finance an "enormous reconstruction" effo11, saying Portugal would be generous but would not send troops unti I a later stage.

The world should "in brief, come to the rescue of a population traumatized by an orgy of violence to which it fell victims,'' the _president said.

"On behalfofthe Portuguese people, I would like here to bow before the memory of all the Timorese who paid with their lives for the dignity of their people,"Sampaio added.

Portugal as well as the United Nations has been criticised for signing the May 5 agreement, which left security in the hands of the Indonesians. Both have said there was little choice, arguing Jakarta would not have agreed to the ballot otherwise and that no country was wilting to invade without Indonesian approval.

UN rights body to hold session on Timor GENEVA, (Reuters) - The U.N. 's main human rights body will hold an emergency special session this week to discuss the violence in East Timor, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday.

The 53-member state body narrowly agreed to meet on Thursday and Friday for the fourth such session in the more than 50-year history of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.

"It has been agreed that there will be a special session," U.N.

human rights spokesman Jose Diaz told Reuters.

The forum would be expected to condemn killings and forced deportations by pro-Jakarta militias and examine allegations of collusion by Indonesian troops, according to diplomats.

Western countries are expected to lobby the Commission to go further by calling for an inquiry to be set up which could lead to an international tribunal to bring war criminals

to justice. The decision to hold the Geneva

talks was taken hours after a heavily armed multinational force arrived in the shattered territory and began disarming pro-Jakarta militias responsible for weeks of savagery in the wake of the August 30 referendum vote for independence from Indonesia.

Portugal, a former colonial power which withdrew from East Timorin.1975, requested the special U.N. session.

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Clinton vows post-Floyd aid TARBORO, N.C. (AP)-After seeing entire communities submerg-ed in water, President Clinton promised Monday that "the American family'' would do all it can .to help the victims of floods caused by Hutricane Floyd.· "We're going to be with you every step of the way," he said.

Clinton toured this devastated community in eastern North Carolina by helicopter, his eyes taking in miles of brown water that seemed to swallow everything in its path: factories. small airplanes, cars and u·ees, six houses on a culde-sac showing only inches of roof.

"The damage was unbelievable. I was surprised by it," Clinton told reporters just before leaving town. "We just have to stay with it and do our best to help them."

Clinton announced separate federal disaster aid for North Carolina last week. Monday, he said the Labor Department will use $12 million to hire temporary workers to help with hurricane cleanup, and emergency food stamps will be available to help families in need. He urged flood victims not to be shy about seeking help.

"The people who need it ought to take it," Clinton said. "There is nothing to be ashamed of."

Mainly, the president tried to comfort the people who fled their homes as Hurricane Floyd raked North Carolina and eight other states: South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, New

After an inspection of flood damage wrought by Hurricane Floyd, President Clinton speaks to the people of Tarboro, N. C., one of the hardest hit areas of the state Monday. After seeing entire communities submerged in water, Clinton promised that "the American family'' would do all it can to help the victims of floods caused by Hurricane Floyd. AP

Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

"Every once in a while something happens that proves to you, no matter how hard you worlc, you are never completely in control," Clinton said. "When things like this happen to some of us, we know they could happen to all of us. We know we have a responsibility as members of the American family to help you get back on your feet again, and we intend to

do it." · He stopped by a shelter run by

the Red Cross and Salvation Army, lingering to listen to people pour out stories of lost possessions and worries about their future. Clinton said he was impressed by the upbeat spirits many people displayed; he noted one minister was wearing a T-shirt reading, "Too Blessed to be Stressed."

Wearing khakis and cowboy

boots, Clinton walked onto Main Street in downtown Tarboro with two small business owners whose shops were flooded. They pointed down two submerged streets, describing damage that Clinton couldn't wade in to see for himself.

North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt said he implored Clinton to "tell the nation about this" - about the tens of thousands of people who have lost homes, the factories and jobs that have been flooded away.

"I'm asking that everybody in America help eastern North C_an~lina. We need a lot more money than everything that is headed our · way," he said.

Clinton said there was a "huge, huge problem" in housing because many people who lost their homes did not have flood insurance because they were not in a flood plain. He said the government would try to set up trailers on their property for temporary housing while they rebuild.

Clinton was accompanied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency head, James Lee Witt, who said floods from Floyd are the worst he has seen in more than six years on the job.

Witt said FEMA is setting up temporary water stations in North Carolina, . to provide showers, bathrooms and clean water, as well as offices where hurricane victims can apply for a variety of federal aid.

In Tarboro, the Tar River is falling slowly after cresting at 24 feet above flood stage.

A separate Agriculture Department program will provide fami loans at less than 4 percent interest to help rebuild flooded farms and replace lost livestock. Those programs will cover hurricane victims in any state, the White House said.

The federal government will help fund unemployment paymentsforupto26weeks forworkers whose jobs are on hold because of storm damage, Witt said.

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HAMIL TON, Bermuda(AP)Police warned people in low-lying areas to evacuate their homes Monday and islanders rushed to stock up on emergency supplies against Hurricane Gert, the biggest storm to threaten Bermuda in a decade.

Hundreds of tourists fled the island and an already struggling tourist industry began counting the cost.

The government issued a hurricane warning Monday as forecasters warned of high, battering waves and a storm surge of up to 3 feet.

"It's a threat to Bermuda .... It's a strong storm," said Pub! ic Safety Minister Paula Cox.

The last time Bermuda suffered major damage from a hurricane was in I 987, when Hurricane Emily hit the island, moved offshore, then struck again.

At 5 p.m. EDT, Gert was 280 miles south-southeast of Bermuda and moving to the north-northwest at about 9 mph. Top sustained wind blew at 120 mph, with some weakening expected in the next 24 hours.

Winds began picking up Monday afternoon and the Emergency Measures Organization told islanders to expect winds up to 85 mph when the hurricane is projected to pass within 90 miles southeast of the island at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Monday afternoon, police officers visited at-risk homes and warned residents to evacuate to higher ground on the low-lying British island, 600 miles east of North Carolina in the Atlantic Ocean.

All over the island of 62,000, people checked storm shutters and taped up windows or cov-

erect them. Shop owners reported a run on emergency supplies. "Batteries are going like crazy, water's the same and so are canned foods," said supermarket owner Bill Moniz.

The international airport was to close Tuesday, but many flights were canceled Monday. The airport said that five charter flights carrying 1,000 relatives of sailors in the U.S. Sixth Fleet, which was to call into Bermuda on Monday, had been canceled. The fleet instead was steaming direct to its home port of Norfolk. Virginia.

Cruise ships diverted to other ports in the Caribbean and Canada.

Earlier in the week, Gert had top winds of up to 145 mph. making the system the fourth Category 4 storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.

Tropical storm Harvey heads for Florida's West Coast MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Harvey strengthened Monday as it ht:aded for Florida's west coast, threatening to swamp low-lying areas with 5 to IO inches of rain.

Forecasters expected the storm to roll ashore Tuesday afternoon, . but exactly where was unclear. Evacuations were urged in some areas.

"The center is fairly broad, so it doesn 'tdo anyone any good just by saying it's going to come in north of Tampa or south of Tampa," said National Hurricane Center meteorologist Todd Kimberlain.

At 2 p.m. EDT, Harvey was centered about 190 miles west-southwest of St. Petersburg and was moving toward the east-northeast

at 7 mph. Its maximum sustained winds

were near 60 mph, with higher gusts. A storm is called a hurricane after its sustained winds hit 7 4 mph.

Along the East Coast, a new flood watch was issued for parts of already flooded eastern North Carolina, where 2 inches or more ofrain were possible as a cold front col-

lided with moisture from Harvey. About l 00 miles southwest of

Tampa, the cruise ship Tropicale was adrift Monday with 1,700 passengers and crew after a fire disabled its engines. Seas were near 6 feet in the area.

A tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch were posted for Florida's Gulf Coast from Bonita

Beach, near Fort Myers, north to the mouth of the Suwannee River, a distilllce of about 225 miles.

Forecasters said Harvey could produce storm.surge flooding of as much as 8 feet above normal.

Residents were urged to evacuate mobile homes, recreation vehicles, coastal and low-lying areas around Tampa Bay.

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NATION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-19

Bradley, Gore even in NY poll ALBANY,N.Y.(AP)-Former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley's quest to become the Democratic presidential nominee continues to surge in New York, with a new poll showing him deadlocked with Vice President Al Gore in this crucial Democratic state.

A Marist Institute for Public Opinion suivey that came out over the weekend showed the two men have 42 percent of registered Democrats saying they would support their candidates' presidential bid. A March poll had the vice president with a 17 point lead.

"Clearly, New York presents a good place for Bradley's message," Mari st pollster Lee Miringoff said.

This is the second poll this week'-· to show Bradley closing in on Gore with six months left before the Democratic primary.

A Quinnipiac College Polling Institute survey released Wednesday had the race as a statistical dead heat with Gore favored by 42 percent of Democrats questioned to 40 percent for the former senator from New Jersey., Gore led Bradley, 47 percent to 3 8 percent, in a Quinnipiac poll released in early August.

Miringoff suggested that New York Democrats may be going through "Clinton fatigue" after two terms of President Clinton and the backlash is hurting Gore. "The Hillary Clinton Senate race

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also contributes to that and Al Gore takes a hit," he said, referring to her possible bid for New York's Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Daniel

Buchanan downplays Nazi thre~t WASHINGTON (AP) - Pat Buchanan, pondering a move to the Reform Party as a presidential candidate, has again raised controversy by maintaining that Nazi Germany presented "no physical threat to the United States of America" after 1940.

Developer Donald Trump, also pondering a bid for the Reform nomination, criticized Buchanan Sundayforstatementsinhisbook about the United States and the war.

"Buchanan denigrates the memory of those Americans who gave their lives in the Second World War in the effort to stop Hitler," Trump said in the statement. "I am proud of the role that the United States played in defeating the Third Reich."

Buchanan was asked on the CBS Show "Face The Nation" Sunday about statements in his new foreign policy book, "A Republic Not An Empire," about Hitler's intentions in World War II and his ability to directly threaten the United States with attack.

Buchanan said in the book that the United States was not under a direct threat from Nazi Germany following the Battle of Britain in 1940.

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"After the (British) Royal Air Force won the Battle of Britain, the German invasion threat was history," Buchanan wrote.

Buchanan said one of the primary reasons for the Allied entry into the war - a French and British promise to save Poland from Nazi destruction - was not realistic.

"I don't know how the West could have saved Poland when it was wedged between Stalin and Hitler," Buchanan said in an interview today. "No Allied guarantee could have saved Poland and none did.

"By 1939, it was virtually impossible to save Poland but the democracies of Western Europe andtheJewishpopulationofWest-

em Europe might have. been saved." ·

Buchanan said the United States was right to fight World War II after Germany declared war.

"Of course, we shouki have fought because Germany declared war, "Buchanan said, adding that the guarantee of Polish safety given by France and Great Britain helped lead to the destruction of much of Western Europe and to the Jews ofWestem Europe.

Buchanan noted that he wrote in t:)le book: "Had Britain and France not given the war guarantee to Poland, there might have been no Dunkirk, no Vichy, no destruction of the Jewish populations ofNmway, Denmark, Holland, Luxembourg, France or even Italy."

Buchanan said that people need to read the book for themselves.

"I implore people, please read the book and do not rely on misrepresentations and falsehoods about it," Buchanan said.

"Mr. Trump's views reflect an almost paralyzing ignoran~e of the history of World War II," Buchanan said. "Hitler declared war on the United States, we did not declare war on him."

Workers from the Department of Transportation pile 1 ~.poo sandbags to prot~ct a sewage pumping station Monday in Conway, S.C. Due to Hurricane Floyd, the nsmg i:vaccamaw River ,s expected to crest at a record level of 15-17 feet within the next eight days. Flood stage 1s seven feet. AP

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Patrick Moynihan. Bradley's basketball career as

a New York Knicks player and service as a New Jersey senator also work in his favor, Miringoff

said, though Gore has backing of much of the Democratic establishment.

The Marist survey suggests Bradley would do better against Republican front-runner George W. Bush than Gore would. Bradley was preferred by 49 percent of the voters, while Bush was the choice of 38 percent.

Gore was in a statistical dead heat with Bush, with the Texas governor preferred by 46 percent and the vice president by 44 percent.

Marist questioners surveyed 303 registered Democrats and 208 registered Republicans by telephoneSept.14-15. The margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Forbes wants the Ten Comm,;:indments posted WESTDESMOINES,Iowa(AP) - Publisher Steve Forbes said Monday that the Ten Commandments should be posted in schools because they are "the foundation of our civilization."

Forbes compared posting the commandments to the role played by religion in Muslim countries where religion permeates every phase of society.

"If you went to, say, a country that has the Muslim religion and you go to a school you might expect to see the Koran there, you wouldn't be surprised," said Forbes. "It's part of their culture. It's the same thing here."

Forbes argued that posting the Ten Commandments serves an educational purpose as well.

"In schools, you should have an understanding of from whence we came and it starts with the Ten Commandments," said Forbes.

He said that religion has been a central theme of American political life since its inception. "Our founders understood this," he said, noting the Declaration of Independence having several references to God.

Forbes traveled to a suburban high school for a high-tech link with youngsters. Using the Internet and the state's fiber-optic communications network, Forbes was hooked to youngsters in more than 70 schools in ,m event billed as a boost for school technology.

During the questioning, Forbes wasaskedabouthisviewsonschool prayer, which he endorsed and went a step further by supporting the posting of the Ten Commandment in schools.

That's a big goal of social.conservatives who are important in Republican politics, while critics say it improperly intermingles government and religion.

Forbes dismissed that argument. "It's the basis of western civili

zation," said Forbes. "The Ten Commandments gave us Judaism from which flowed Christianity from which flowed the rise of Europe from which we had our origins. It's the foundation of civilization."

One student suggested that the

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movewouldfavoraparticularform of religion and asked whether Forbes would include allowing other religious materials like the Koran in schools.

Forbes argued that missed the point.

"The Koran is not the basis of this civilization, the Ten Commandments are," said Forbes. "Understanding them as the basis of our civilization going back several millenium is basic to understanding how we got to where we are today."

Forbes argued that the religious tenets are such a central part of the nation's character, they should be included as a central part of its educational system.

"'It's not like the declaration or the constitution. but it is from whence all this began," said Forbes. ··I su ppoI1 having voluntary prayer, noncoercive. And I support posting the Ten Commandments since those commandments are the foundation of our civilization."

When Forbes sought the GOP presidential nomination in the last election cycle, he campaigned almost exclusively on his call for a flat tax.

In this cycle he has pushed the flat tax, but also campaigned hard for backing from social conservatives who have been suspicious. He's won some backing, though there's competition for that slice of the party.

Though Monday's event was aimed at underscoring school technology, Forbes wove a sharply conservative message throughout his message.

20-MARlAN AS V ARlETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 22, 1999

McCain reform pla11 hit CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Conservative lobbyists criticized Sen. John McCain's latest campaign finance refonn plan Monday. but a supporters suggested their attacks could end up boosting the Acizona Republican· s presidential campaign.

Americans for Tax Reform, Christian Coalition. National Rifle . Association and others denounced the bill co-written by McCain and Sen. Russell Feingold. D-Wis. as an attack on free speech.

The bill would ban "soft money" -unlimited donations that corpora-

tions, labor unions and some individuals give to political parties. It also would limittheabilityofunions to use compulsory fees from nonmembers to further political efforts.

Carol Tobias, political director for the National Right to Life Committee, accused the sponsors ofoffering a watered-down version of their ear lier bill with hopes of making it more restrictive later.

'The 'McCain Lite' version of the bill introduced this week is simply a vehicle for amendments that contain the speech-suppres-

sive provisions of the previous iterations of McCain-Feingold." she said.

She said the soft money ban would end up preventing groups like hers from discussing issues.

"If the Republican Party can't talk about its positions on various issues, or the Democratic Party can't, why should any group be able to?" she said. "We finnly believe that if the ban on soft money is passed, we 're next"

The sponsors dropped a provision that would have banned "issue advocacy" advertisements by out-

Mary Verrett (center}, sister of James Byrd Jr., talks to reporters as members of the Byrd family stand behind her outside the Brazos County Courthouse Monday in Bryan, Texas. Lawrence Russell Brewer, the second of three white men charged with capital murder for the dragging death of James Byrd Jr., was convicted of capital murder Monday. . AP

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side groups within 60 days of an election. Any organization running such ads during that time would be required to disclose who paid for the ads.

The conservative groups said they expect the adyertising ban to reappear as an amendment to the bill.

"The original McCain-Feingold bill was so bad, it was like the Three Stooges scrambling to get through the door at the same time," said Roger Stenson, director of Citizens for Life - New Hampshire's National Right to Life affiliate. 'The remake by Senator McCain is merely an attempt to get one stooge through at a time."

McCain's supporters noted that National Right to Life Committee defended Bush when he appeared to waver on his anti-abortion views and was silent when Elizabeth Dole tripped up over · theabortionissue. McCain'sdrive to stem the influence of campaign money is viewed as a threat by special interest groups, including organizations like NRLC and the NRA which are traditionally al-

lied with the GOP. A group of campaign finance

refonn supporters also showed up wearing stickers that said "79 percent", in reference to a recent poll showing 79 percent of New Hampshire voters want reforril. An hour later, McCain supporters had their own news conference to defend the bill.

"These Washington lobbyists come to New Hampshire to discreditcampaign financerefonnand to protect their own six and sevendigitsalaries," said Peter Spaulding, a memberof the governor's executive council. 'These Washington special interest groups can spend unlimited amounts of money anonymously ... they call it their right. I call it spreading rumors and lies."

Spaulding said the conservative groups attempt to tarnish McCain could end up helping him by serving as an example of the special interests McCain stands up to. He joked that he'd be willing to pay to bring the group back.

"I think with their perfonnance today, they are one of the best argumems we have for campaign finance refonn," he said. 'The bus tickets are ready any time."

Spaulding said McCain's message has resonated with New Hampshire Republicans.

"In the past, campaign finance refonn has been sort of an academic issue. What Senator McCain has been able to do is explain how the current system prevents any type of change from any side," he said. ''Whether you 're interested in health care, education or military refonn, special interests control the agenda."

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·1ty in drag death BRYAN, Texas (AP)- A white supremacist on Monday became the second man convicted in the gruesome slaying of a black man who was chained by his ankles to a pickup truck and dragged to his death.

Lawrence Russell Brewer, 32, could get the death penalty for murdering James Byrd Jr. in the town of Jasper last year.

Brewer stood with his attorneys to hear the verdict, delivered just four hours after deliberations began. He had no visible reaction.

The judge had admonished spectators to have no show of emotion in the courtroom. There was none.

The jury of 11 whites and one Hispanicretumedtothecourtroom to immediately begin hearing testimony on whether Brewer should be sentenced to death or life in prison.

The judge indicated he did not expect to complete the punishment phase today, meaning Brewer would not learn until Tuesday ifhe will join John Willi~m King, 24, who has been on death row since his February conviction in Byrd's slaying.

A third man, Shawn Allen Berry," also 24, faces trial late next month.

Prosecutors said they believe the three men killed Byrd to promote their fledgling white supremacist organization - the Confederate Knights of America - and initiate

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Berry into the group. Brewer, sometimes sobbing, tes

tified last week that he was on an old Jasper County logging road with King and Berry in the early morning hours of June 7, 1998, when Byrd was chained by his ankles to the bumper of Berry's pickup truck, then dragged for three miles.

"Clearly there is a pattern of deceit," Jasper County District Attorney Guy James Gray said in his closing statement before the case went to the jury. "He crafted his story to try to imply James Byrd was dead before they started drags ging him.

"Hejustadmittedenoughtocomply with the facts ... and just staying

· just short of the death penalty." Brewer'sattorney,DougBarlow,

told jurors not to "be guided by

L.A. mayor disgusted over police scandal

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LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) -Mayor Richard Riordan, confronted with a police conuption scandal, said Monday that he was "disgusted" by cops gone bad and vowed "get to the bottom" of criminal acts by officers.

Standing before reporters at City Hall with Los Angeles police chief Bernard Parks and pol ice commission head Jerry Chaleff, Riordan implored the city not to judge it~ police department by the actions of rogue officers.

"Fellow Angelenos, you have my word that we are doing everything possible to get to the bottom of this," Riordan said. "Do not let a few evil officers ruin the reputation of the entire police force."

In their first joint news conference since the scandal broke last week, Riordan, Parks and Chaleff urged patience while

they probed charges of misconduct at the LAPD's Rampart Division by Officer Rafael Perez.

Perez, who has pleaded guilty to stealing cocaine from an LAPD evidence locker and is cooperating with authorities, has told detectives that he and his partner, Nino Durden, shot Honduran imrnigrantJavier Francisco Ovando while he was handcuffed, then framed him fora crime he did not commit.

Ovando, a member of the notorious 18th Street Gang who was left unable to walk, se1ved three years of a 23-year prison term before a judge freed him Thursday at the request of prosecutors.

Perez has also said he saw Rampart officers shoot and kill an unarmed man during a raid on a ganghide-outand then plant guns on him and another suspect to justify the assault.

The scandal is also being probed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department's civil rights arm.

They are also investigating allegations that Rampart officers sold drugs taken during busts and in February 1996 beat a suspect so severely that he vomited blood.

Parks said a commanding officerwho learned about the l 996 beating and "chose not to take the appropriate action" has been suspended and faces a so-called Board of Rights hearing to determine if he will keep his job.

dramatics and stretches of the imagination."

"If you think Russell was up here trying to concoct a story, don't you think he would have concocted a story that would have made him much less culpable?" Barlow asked.

But the prosecutor said Brewer

admitted enough be returned to prison but avoid a death sentence. Gray described Brewer as "kind of a nobody," as a liar and racist who couldn't hold a job when not in prison, but when behind bars "he's a big shot ... he has status in the pen."

Brewer testified that Berry )lad first slashed Byrd's throat, then chained him to the back of the truck .. He said he even urged his two companions to release Byrd.

''.Ididn 'tmean to cause his death," Brewer said. "I had no intentions of killing nobody."

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US hears Puerto Rico issues WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as the controversy continues over President Clinton's grant of clemency to Puerto Rican separatists, debate is heating up over the U.S. military's live firing range on a tiny Puerto Rican island.

Congressional hearings are planned this week on the future of the U.S. military in Vieques, where the Navy has suspended live-ammunition exercises pending recommendations from a Pentagonappointed panel. The exercises have been conducted since the 1940s.

Puerto Rico's government wants the Navy to return the training facility to civilian use.

The Navy, wanting to resume the training, announced Monday it was sending a battle group into the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf in

a '"significantly reduced state of combat readiness" because of the suspension. The ships departed Norfolk, Va., Monday for limited training in the Puerto Rico training area, the Navy said, before sailing to the Mediterranean next February.

Puerto Ricans have long objected to using the island for target practice, but the issue boiled over in April when an errant bomb killed a Puerto Rican civilian guard, David Sanes Rodriguez, 35.

Besides endangering the island's 9,400 residents, they say, the military is polluting the environment and driving away tourists.

The Pentagon says live-fire practice is essential to pilot training and cannot be conducted elsewhere.

Cumberland Fire Department personnel remove an injured passenger from an Amtrak train heading from Chicago to Washington, D.C., that rear-ended a freight train Monday in Cumberland, Md. At least 25 passengers were injured. AP

D.C. votes to legalize medical marijuana WASHING TON, (Reuters) -Residents of the nation's capital overwhelmingly voted to legalise marijuana use for medical purposes according to year-old ballot results released for the first time on Monday after months of controversy.

But at least one member of Congress vowed to work against legalisation.

Sixty-nine percent of those voting on Initiative 59 in November 1998 voted yes, according to referendum results issued by the city's Board of Elections and Ethics on Friday upon orders by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Roberts.

The results were never tallied or released until now because Congress forbid the city from spending funds to do the work. Unlike all other U.S. cities, ultimate con-

trol of the District of Columbia's fiscal and political authority resides in Congress instead of with local authorities.

Congress has 30 working days to block the initiative from taking effect. But Congress faces a conundrum.

vVhile the fiscal 2000 spending bill it passed recently for the District firmly barred implementation of any medical marijuana initiative, that bill probably will be vetoed by President Bill Clinton who opposes its spending curbs on needle-exchange programmes.

Representative Bob Barr, the Georgia Republican who authored the pending marijuana-funding curb, said on Monday he will do whatever it takes to make sure his ban sticks. He did not elaborate in a written statement.

"'The Vieques weapons range is the only place where aircraft, Navy surface ships, ground forces, and Navy and Marine Corps personnel assigned to our Atlantic Fleet can conduct integrated training with live ammunition under combat-ready conditions," Vice Adm. Robert J. Natter, deputy chiefofnaval operations for plans and policy, said Monday.

Even though they depend on the Navy base for jobs, Puerto Ricans have for years opposed the Navy's use ofVieques, a 22-mile-long island eight miles east of Puerto Rico's main island, as a bombing range.

Military officials say the accident that killed Rodriguez was a tragic mistake but note it is the only casualty in more than ·so

years of training on the island's 24,000-acre bombing range, which has prepared pilots for every armed conflict since World War II.

Meanwhile, the battle over Vieques is reverberating loudly in New York's complicated melting pot of ethnic politics and is an emerging issue in the U.S. Senate betweenfirstladyHillaryRodham Clinton and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

The clemency issue already has spun into a major issue for Mrs. Clinton, who angered many Puerto Rican leaders by opposing her husband's clemency offer to 16 separatists.

Mrs. Clinton's campaign spokesman, Howard Wolfson, said the first lady was "very con-

cerned" about the Vieques issue, but was reserving any final judgment until a Pentagon-appointed panel issues its report. The panel has completed its hearings and is working on its recommendations.

Phone calls to Giuliani's campaign office seeking comment were not returned. vVhile Puerto Ricans vote strongly Democratic, Giuliani pulled in 43 percent of the Latino vote in his 1997 re-election as mayor.

While Puerto Ricans were split on the clemency issue, community observers say they are united on Vieques. And by coming out against the U.S. Navy in Vieques, either candidate gain or solidify support among New York's 1.3 million Puerto Ricans, who make up 6 percent of the statewide vote:

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) autographs a copy of the Wellesley College alumni magazine for fellow alumna Roberta Gould. Mrs. Clinton spoke in Long Island, urging about 100 senior citizens to support her husband's proposal on Medicare. AP

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Big Five UN powers meet to discuss Iraq UNITED NA TIO NS, (Reuters) - Senior officials of the Big Five U.N. powers met on Monday to seek consensus on easing sanctions against Iraq in return for its cooperation with a new disarmament system.

Political directors of the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France met at U.N. headquarters after making some progress in narrowing their differences at talks in London last week. After a 2-1/2 hour session, they agreed to meet again on Tuesday, officials said.

British Foreign Office Minister Peter Hain told reporters: "We are much closer but there are still some difficult issues to resolve."

The problems concern the way in which a gradual easing of sanctions on trade in civilian goods would be tied to compliance on

Saddam Hussein

disarmament, and the mechanism for triggering a suspension of a U .N. trade embargo in force since 1990.

A senior U.S. official struck a tough public line, saying any adjustment to the sanctions was very difficult and "in no case prior to full compliance should

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"We do want to re-establish the consensus, but not at the cost of letting Saddam off the hook," the official said.

French diplomats said the aim was to produce an agreed set of principles on Iraq, which the Big Five foreign ministers would meet to endorse later this week if sufficient progress was made. That would form the basis for a Security Council resolution at a later date.

The Group of Seven industrialised powers and Russia used the same method to bridge wide differences on a political settlement of the Kosovo conflict earlier this year.

Coun<;il[() dbso. . . . ...• • .. · .. ·. Ec~oillga~~Jl1~ ~truckeatlier in the day by U.N. SecretaryderieralKi:>fi Alinari arid French Prime .Minlstei-. Lionel.· Jospin. Cook said. tbat~hile intervention must a1waysbe the last resort, ''\Ve have a shared responsibility to act also when confrontedwith genocide, mass dis

. placement of.people or .major breaches of international humanitarian law,

"To kno.w that such atrocities are being committed and not to act against them is to make us complicit in them. And to be passive inthe face of such events is to make itmorelikely they will berepeated," he said.

Gorbachev to bring Raisa home MUENSTER, Germany, (Reuters) - Former Soviet · leader Mikhail Gorbachev was due on Tuesday to leave his temporary home in Germany to accompany the body of his wife, Raisa, who died on Monday of leukaemia aged 67, back to Russia for burial.

Gorbachev was at his wife's side when she died in the early hours of Monday morning in a hospital in this western German town. He was due to fly out at around midday ( 1000 GMT) on a jet provided by the Russian government, an aide said.

Raisa, who brought glamour and controversy to the Kremlin when her husband ruled the Soviet Union, was due to be buried on Thursday in Moscow's exclusive Novodevichy cemetery, the Gorbachev Foundation, the couple's private think-tank, said.

An ashen-faced Gorbachev emerged late on Monday with · his only daughter, Irina, from the hotel where both had been

Then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa wave in this July 5, 1989 file photo. Mrs. Gorbachev died Monday. She was 67.

staying for two months as his wife fought a losing battle against a rare and acute form of blood cancer.

Still clearly in deep shock. Gorbachev, 68, declined to answer reporters' questions.

But people who had visited the former Kremlin chief said Gorbachev, who was at his

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wife's bedside when she passed away, had taken her death very badly. · ··what else could his reaction

be? It is very bad ... Russia's ambassador to Germany. Sergei Krylov, said after visiting Gorbachev in his hotel room.

"How else could it be when someone loses a loved one?"

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

CITIZENS SECURITY BANK (GUAM), Plaintiff, vs. L.C.S. CORPORATION, Delendant..

Civil Action No. 99-01 03D

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HERESY GIVEN that°'""'"' ;c,c, Amer .»d OrderiJI Sale issued by the Court m !his matter .in August 23, 1999, I will sell. at public auction, to the h1ghes1 old· der. on the terms and conditions set tortn ~ere1n b~k'lw to satisfy a Judgment entered Feba:a') ) _ 1999. ,r la·,orot PlaintiH, Defendarll's Mortgage leasehold mte1est 1n ard to the following real property s1!..;ateo west cl W,n:helrs and east ot Remington's inn Gaiapa~ \i 1t:ago:. Sa1oar, Commonwealth of the Nor.hem Mananc1 !s 1an-;s. as described below:

That leasehold estate created by a certain indenture al lease made by Barbara Pangelinan Merana, as Lessor, to LC.S. Corporation as Lessee, dated June 29, 1995 as Document No. 95-1643 at Commonwealth Recorder's Office, Safpan, Commonwealth ol lhe Northern Marlana Islands. demising and leasing for a term of 51 years, beginning June 29, 1999 and ending March 6, 2046, the following described premises, to wit:

LOT 002 D 66 and LOT 002 D 65, sa1pan, Commonweatth of the Northern Marlana Islands, as described below:

LOT 002 O 66, containing an area of 1,450 square feet and LOT 002 O 65, containing an area of t,500 square feet {formerly known as part of Lot 002 ll 36, which was formerly known as Lot 6, Block 16) as mor~ parUcu~rty described on Orawing/Cadastrat Plat No 002 005, theoriglnal of which was recorded 28Jan. 91 as Document No. 97-215 at Com:nonweatth ~ecorder's Office, Salpan,

1. Date Time and Place of Sale The sale, open 101r.e general pub~ (including the Delendant). will be on Friday, lleptem- 24, 1899, at 1 :00 . p.m. at lhe premises, Garapan Vil!age. Sa1oar. Nortt-:em Mariana Islands.

2. !nsoection of Prooertv The sale prope:-:y 1s ioca1ed in Garapan Village, Saipan, west ot W1nche11·s and east o! Remington's. Failure to inspect the property will not constitute a ground tar any claim. ad1ustmenl. ar 1esc1ssion by the bi(!der.

3, warranties and Covenants. The pro;:>erty hs1ed far sale in this Notice will be sold in its current cond1t1on. The sale wm beheld wtthaut any warranties or covenants whatsoever, whether express or implied. inclLJdmg but n01 l1mited to warranties or covenants whatsoever, whether express ar implied, including bu! no, lim1ted :o warranties of merchantability, and/or title for ant purpose whatsoever. all of which wananties and covenanls are hereby expressly disclaimed. Neijher the unders1gne<:1 nor lM P1a1nt1f! stiall be liable tor the qualitt of the pro~eny ris:ro for sa1e. or for any fault or defect in the description :nereot Bl1Ye1 shall not be ent,lled to rescission. damages or any other remedy on account thereoL

4. conduct or Sale a. RESERVE. The sale will be neldw1'.h reser,·e 01sc10-sure ol the reserve price on lhe prcpe~ ot1ereo w111 be at the sole discretion of the undersgned b. BIDS. Bids may be submitted m amance lor the property listed. The highest of such advar,ce bds w1!! ne the opening bid for the p1operty. Acvance bids may oe suomftted in wrrting and delivered !O Auct1Dnee1. Pacific Media/ion Cenre, Posr Office Box S(jlJ CK Sa,oan. MP 9£95,. I The bi~er assumes al_l risk of non-deJ1verr. late oeh,ery. I ar error in del1ve.')I of bids. c. DISPUTES. The undersgned may resutlm1tany prooerty listed in this Notice at Sale if a dispute arises a! 10 any bid thereon, d. DEPOSIT. tmmed1alely after ttle sale lS consum'i1atecl the suc.cessful bidder must pay to the undersigned a depas~ al ten percent (10o/o) of t.'le purchase price. Pay· ment shall be in cash or by certified check Tne balance of 90'7'c must be paid ta tr,e Plaintiff. in care of CARLSMITH BALL. Attorneys a1 law. within three (3) ~ays tram tne date ol sale. in cash or by cert1fiOO check. 11 tne bala:ice 1s noi sc paid. Plaint1H shall retain \he cepcs1t as l1qu1ct2:eo damages. and may ag.1·n of'er !he property !or sJ1e e. M:MORANDUl,I OF SALE. 11 re0cesteo D1 lee ,n. ders1gned. J success1ul b1;:ljer Tu SI sign a 1,'t:r.,crar.J.Jm ot Sale ,mmect1a1ety· ah.er the sa'eo1 '.ne pr:pe:r, ;S 51:,i2il

al auct1cn

5. Cour1 QI Aoorovat Required. Ever, prcperty sale 1S

subject to approval by the Court The ALct'Oneer ana Plaint1H make no warranties or promises w1tt1 respec110 Court approval ot the sale. in~h ,j:ng Cut :101 l1rr.1tej tc :11e t1r.ie 1n wh1::h such aporova: may be g·an:e-J N:J delay 1'1

the granting o1 Ccur1 approval s11a.1. tie grounc tor J~~ c1a1m. ad1ustment. or resc1ss1cn :J~' any s~c::esst~: 010-der. The successful b1:Jder will ~e oro11otl', ro:1:1ed i Jn::! when court approva' 1s granrea

6. Rights and duties or PlaintiN P1a1n: tt ',\,11 ~av~ mi: fallowing rights and o'u!1es: p, T::l w11Mra\•. an·, or ,lJI :ir the propemes listed in this No1•::,· oi Sale oe:ore ~.;.'e ."' before a bid !m such property 1s .1.:: epte,:J l2I io ·q~~s: an ad1ournment of 1he sale. w1tr.au: ric::ce. al a~, 1,:".::

belore any spec1f1c property 1s soc. J1a. :31 To cHer :1e property listed 1n any order the Pia nt:~ ma,· chouse t~e exercise ol either ot which v.!11 De w~h::Ju! incur~1ng an, liab1ht, whatsoever t:1e1ebr'

7. Change 91 Terms and Conditions. The undei).gnec and !he Pla1nt1t1 reser,e the •:gh! to chJ.n.~e an,,- ot the terms hereol b~· announcemer.:. writ en or o~ai maae oe-1 /.::Ire !he auction sale or at th~ comrc'encement thi:rec! a1d such change or changes. by v1:-tueo! mis ctause> sha1, [ be binding on au b1o'de1s by cons:ruct..e n.-:11ce I DATED. ttl1s 1st day ol September 19~? i's JOHN 8. JOYNER. Auct1ono;!:"' I 2nd Floor. Union Bank. O!eJ1 Cent~r TeL 235-8D61, fax: 235-8070 I ~------------

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Born today, you are likely to get a fast and early start on the career of your choice, and follow a swift path to success. Make sure that you pinpoint your specific goals early on and do not allow distractions to drive you off course too often. Because you have such varied interests, it will be virtually impossible for you to stick to one endeavor over all others at all times. You will find it necessary at times to ex.plore options that are not directly linked to your ultimate goals. It is understandable that you will dedicate some time and effort to hobbies which you take quite seriously.

Uniquely talented and wellequipped to ex.eel in highly physical endeavors, you must nevertheless guard against causing yourself injury. simply because you refuse to acknowledge when "enough is enough." Not one to shrink from danger, you may occasionally expose yourself to unnecessary risks.

Also born on this date are: Shari Belafonte, actress; Scott Baio, actor; Joan Jett, singer and musician; Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager; Catherine Ox.enberg, actress.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) -You can derive a great deal more than expected from a professional colleague today, provided you are willing to give something in return.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - You may feel a bit self-conscious today as you are forced to engage in some private endeavors in plain view of friends and acquaintances.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)- You may find yourself being challenged on many fronts today. Take care you don't answer aggression with unusual defensiveness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - You're not likely to require anything out of the ordinary today in order to accomplish something special. Others will be truly grateful.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) - A discussion about sensitive issues must not be allowed to deteriorate into an argument involving slander and name-calling.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Others will be waiting to hear what you have to say about certain controversial topics today. Take care you don't force them to agree with you!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Overlook nothing today and you will understand nearly everything that comes your way. What you do with new information is pivotal at this time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Though you may feel that you haven't a care in the world, something just beneath the surface is about to catch your attention today. Be ready.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - You may be all too willing to tell everything today. It would serve you best to keep certain things under wraps for the time being.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Concentrate on the process today, rather than the result. You'll enjoy greater long-term rewards by acknowledging the value of your lessons.

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for his financial gain. In Nov. 1995, court documents

said, Manglona, accompanied by his brother Tito Sablan met SCCL president Jesus S. Sablan to convince the latter on behalf of the company to rent heavy equipment to the Tinian Mayor's Office.

In I 996. Manglona. on behalf of the Tinian Mayor's Office. rented SCCL's heavy equipment at inflated hourly rates.

During that period. the defendant caused SCCL to rent heavy equipment to the Tinian Mayor's Office and to bill the CNMI government at the inflated hourly rates.

Taiwan • • • Continued from page 1

Hospitals in towns and cities in central Taiwan were packed with injured people. and television stations urged doctors. nurses and others with medical training to join in the rescue work.

Television showed doctors treating victims wrapped in bandages or quilts as they were rushed to hospitals.

Four-story residential buildings in Taichung had collapsed. Water poured from ruptured mains and distraught residents squatted with their heads in their hands as rescuers helped apparently unhurt survivors from the buildings.

President Lee Teng-hui flew by helicopter to Taichung to direct rescue work while Vice President Lien Chan went to Nantou.

Many people were believed still trapped in the rubble.

In Taipei. the island nation's capital. the quake wrecked the 78-room Sungshan Hotel, collapsing the bottom stories and setting the badly damaged top listing to one side.

Fire crews turned hoses on the wreckage as smoke poured from fires raging in several destroyed rooms. Sixty people were still feared trapped in the building, with 49 people already evacuated and sent to the hospital and another 11 people evacuated uninjured.

A woman pulled from the wreckage urged rescuers to look for more injured.

'"Hurry, go rescue people. They"re in there. They're inside," said the unidentified woman, who

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Long said CHC employed plaintiffs as PN II instead of PN III because they are Filipinos.

The government and Abraham, through counsel, have denied the

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Jamey Wright ( 4-2) gave up five runs and nine hits in seven innings. Omar Daal (15-9) was tagged for eight runs and nine hits

111e then mayor authorized the CNMI government to pay SCCL the inflated hourly rates without revealing to the government that a portion of the payment would be secretly paid to him in cash, court papers said.

Manglona secretly caused SCCL to accept secret hourly rates which were less than the inflated hourly rates billed to the CNMI government. ~ The defendant also caused SCCL to secretly pay him in cash the difference between the inflated hourly rates billed to the government and the secret hourly rates.

For the purpose of executing the scheme, Manglona placed an authorized mail depository for delivery by the Postal Service to SCCL a check in the amount of

was dressed in street clothes and did not appear to be injured ... I lived on the ninth floor, but now it's the fourth floor."

Dirk Kempthorne, the governorofidaho who is visiting Taipei on an Asian trade mission, said he was sleeping in a top-floor room in the 25-story Grant Hyatt Regency in Taipei when the earthquake hit.

"We've been through quite an experience," Kempthome said by telephone from the street outside the hotel. ··J think many of us thought we might be done for."

Kempthorne said the quake began as a gentle swaying, "and then it increased in intensity until you were virtually thrown from the bed."

Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack and other members of a trade delegation were also in Taiwan and were not hurt, the governor' soffice said Monday.

Meanwhile. 50 people were reported injured when a 12-story apartment building collapsed in the Taipei suburb ofHsinchuang. An estimated I OOothers were still trapped within the building, which collapsed onto a neighboring five-story structure.

In Washington, President Clinton said he and Mrs. Clinton were '"saddened" by news of the quake.

.. We are in touch directly with the Taiwan authorities to determine what assistance from the United States may be needed," he said.

Tuesday's quake was Taiwan's worst since a 7.4-magnitude one hit the island in 1935, killing 3,276 people. Taiwan is jolted by dozens of quakes each

allegations. Among otherthings, Long said,

the government or CHC had provided Caucasians with own housing while requiring recruited Filipinos to share housing with at least one other Filipino nurse.

Each of plaintiffs' employment ceased and wasnotrenewedorrehired due to the CNMI legislature's enactment of Public Law 10-4 which Long described

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$9,527.50. The check made payable to

SCCL, representing payment of, among other things, an SCCL invoice, based on the inflated hourly rates in the amount of $8,627.50.

In relation to SCCL heavy equipment rental invoices, court papers said, Manglona accepted several other payments from SCCL with "the intent to be influenced and rewarded in connection with business transactions of the Tinian Mayor's Office.'"

Businessmen Tito Sablan and Jesus S. Sablan had already pleaded guilty to a separate bribery indictment. James K. Manglona, an aide of the former senator, had also entered a guilty plea on charges he also tried to tamper a witness.

year, but most are centered in the Paci fie Ocean east of the island and rarely cause damage.

The latest quake struck at about I :45 a.m., while most of Taiwan's 22 million people were sleeping. It knocked out electric service throughout the northern part of the island. State radio said the initial quake was followed by six aftershocks.

After the temblor, people made their way into the streets from damaged buildings, some wearing only underwear. some in nightclothes. Some appeared dazed, but others quickly recovered from the sudden awakening. A few waved from damaged buildings.

Taipei Mayor Ma Yin/-jeou announced schools and offices would be closed Tuesday. The government said financial markets would also stay shut.

In southwestern Taipei, some people brought candles into the street. Many carried umbrellas to stay out of the rain, huddling around battery-operated radios.

Rem-Wei Cheng, a visitor to Taipei from California, said he was watching television with his family when the earthquake struck. "When I first felt the quake, I thought of a Turkish friend who went back to Turkey to visit his family when the earthquake hit there .... We were all frightened and we hid under the kitchen table." No one in the family was hurt.

The U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center said the quake prompted tsunami warnings for Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Yap, Guam, and Palau.

as unconstitutional. According to court documents

signed by Long and acting Attorney General Sally Pfund, the parties agreed tq dismiss the case with each party bearing its own attorneys fees and costs.

In accepting the stipulation, Munson said the court shall retain jurisdiction of the case for purposes of enforcing the settlement agreement.

Jeff Cirillo singled against Carlton Loewer (2-6).

Rocky Coppinger ( 4-3) allowed three hits in two innings, and Bob Wickman pitched the ninth for his 34th save in 41 chances.

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trap and pass well." "Mimoko is very aggressive,

fast and skillful, said Collier. Bennett has played soccer for

four entire seasons back in New Mexico before joining. up with Mt. Carmel Elementary School.

She is used to playing midfield position, but the coaches have decided that she would be more effective up on the front line as, or with, a striker.

Mimoko, l 0, is a striker and is really excite<l about the fact that

ball and players should only wear rubber shoes or athletic shoes on them."

"These are your courts, please take proper care of them and please tum off the lights afterusing," the division said.

she gets to play in the 1999 Soccer Tournament.

The fields that will be used for the tournament are San Antonio Elementary School and GT Camacho Elementary School in San Roque.

All games start at 3:30 sharp. The third place match and the

finals will both be played at San Antonio Elementary on Saturday Oct. 2 at 9:00 a.m. and l 0:30 a.m. respective! y.

The girl's regular season games wi II be held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:30 whereas the boy's will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays.

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Faxon wins B.C. Open

Brad Faxon, of Barrington, Rhode Island, holds his trophy after winning the B.C. Open in Endicott, N. Y. Monday. Faxon beat Fred Funk, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida., by one stroke in a playoff. AP

ENDICOTT, New York (Reuters) - Brad Faxon shot a par on the second playoff hole to win the B.C. Open on Monday, beating Fred Funk and completing a comeback that included a dramatic 30-foot putt for birdie to achieve a tie at the end of regulation and force the playoff.

With about 2,000 spectators on hand, Faxon played the hole with a straightforward regulation par, hitting the fairway, green, and two-putting for par.

But Funk, who had led the tournament from the second round when he shot a course record 61, struggled on the playoff hole to make bogey.

Funk's drive struck a tree on the right side of the fairway, then

his second shot stmck another tree and skipped straight sideways across the fairway, fo1tunately stopping shmt of a pond.

His third shot buried into the lip over a front greenside bunker and he ended up making a nice eightfoot putt for bogey.

Funk said he was fmstrated with the loss.

·•[ led this tournament fora long time, and it's tmly discouraging because this was my tournament to win and I lost it," said Funk, who has finished second in his last two starts.

Faxon said he was relieved not to have had to play more than one hole on Monday. "'It was weird. We had to prepare like it was a regular tournament day, but I'm

glad we only played one hole. I was more nervous over the four-footer for par this morning than I was on the JO-footer last night,,. said Faxon.

Play was halted on Sunday night for darkness after the two were tied after the first playoff liole. The two were tied at 15 under par for 72 holes, with Faxon making a 30-foot birdie putt on the last hole of regulation to get into the playoff.

It was Faxon's sixth career win, and first top IO finish of the year. This was his fifth start since returning from a wrist injury. He fractured a bone in his left wrist when he fell off a ladder in May.

..This is a big jump, a big step for me. The wrist could have been a career-ender,"' said Faxon. ·

Ryder Cup was nearly a casualty of World War II PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AP)- Except for that footnote in history, Ponte Vedra Country Club might have been one of the most famous courses in Florida.

Located five miles (eight kilometers) down an ocean road from The Players Championship, it has what is believed to be the first island-green par-3 in America, designed by Herbe1t Strong in I 928. The other littleknown fact about Ponte Vedra is what it lost.

The Ryder Cup. The United States was com

ing off its first victory on British soil in 1937, and another formidable team was chosen. The PGA of America still has a photograph of the 10 members on that 1939 team, with nattily dressed captain Walter Hagen holding the gold chalice.

Britain had already selected eight players and a captain, former British Open champion Henry Cotton. The other two players were never selected.

England was at war in 1939, the year that almost marked the beginning of the end to what is now perhaps the greatest event in golf.

"We were all disappointed, more than anything that they were at war and didn't get to come over," said Byron Nelson, who had made his Ryder Cup

debut in 1937. "We weren't at war at that time, but we all figured we would be pretty soon. But that was a good team we had. I think we would have done well for ourselves."

For Paul Runyan. the former PGA Champion known as .. Little Poison," 1939 was to be his third Ryder Cup.

"I lost my two matches when I played in 1933, and I felt so ashamed." Runayn said ... I felt like I let the team down. I won my matches the next time and recovered some respect." Because or World War II, he: nevc:r played 011

another team. Sixty years later, the Ryder Cup

spirit is as vibrant as ever. The European team arrived

Monday in Boston on the Concorde for the 33rd matches, which they have dominated since I 985, winning five of the past seven times. The Ryder Cup, a sellout once again, will be played atTheCountryClub, which stands to earn di rs 6 million for being the host course.

For all the talk about how much money the PGA of America will gain and how much the players don't, the Ryder Cup future was bleak 60 years ago. And except for a generous fruit grower from Oregon, there might not even be a Ryder Cup this week.

Samuel Ryder, the English seed merchant who first promoted the

idea of the trans-Atlantic matches, is regarded as the founder of the Ryder Cup. Robert Hudson may have been the man who saved it.

"There was quite a bit of excitement about that in I 947," Nelson said. "Mr. Hudson w~ a super nice man. He underwrote the entire British team to come over. We won every point but one, but they really did appreciate it."

The 10 years between Ryder Cup were not without some forn1 of matches. A Ryder Cup team was chosen every yeur from 1940 to 1943 aml playeu "challenge matches" against teams put together by Gene: Sarazcn, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen.

··I played on every one of those teams when the Ryder Cup was supposed to be played," Nelson said. "We just played our own people who were not on the team to help the Red Cross or the USO or a war bond."

Those ceased after 1943, the only year the PGA Championship was not played. The other three majors didn't resume until I 946, and the Ryder Cup almost didn't resume at all.

While the interest was there, the money was not.

That's when Hudson, a member of the PGA Advisory Committee, stepped in. Not only did he pay for Britain to send a team over to Portland Golf Club, he met the players in New York,

Ryder Cup American team members Hal Sutton (left), Tiger Woods (second right}, and Jim Furyk (right) are shown a 10-pound lobster while enjoying the Oyster Bar at a restaurant in Boston Monday. AP

threw a party for them at the Waldorf Astoria and accompanied them on the four-day train ride across the country.

The only ones who didn't treat the British like kings were the Americans, who recorded an 11-l victory.

'"We had to fee I sorry for them," Nelson said, who came out of retirement to play in only his second - and last - Ryder Cup. "They hadn't been able to play golf since the war. But everyone treated them well, and they had a good time."

Regardless of the outcome, the

Ryder Cup was back. While Americans played dur

ing the early years of the war, Britain was msty and took time to get back to golf. From the time the matches resumed in 1947, the United States won every Ryder Cup but one ( 1957) until Europe gained control in 1985.

A team led by Tiger Woods and David Duval is under the gun to win back the cup. The big challenge could come form 19-year-old Sergio Garcia, the youngest player in Ryder Cup history.

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Tinian Fun Run Saturday Variety News Staff

THE NINTH Annual Tinian Fun Run is slated to be held this Saturday. September 25, the Marianas Visitors Authority and the Tinian Mayor's Office yesterday announced.

The run will start at 5 p.m. at the Taga Beach and will head up to Broadway Street, past the airport and back to Taga Beach, MV A said in a press release.

According to MV A Community Programs Coordinator Jack V. Diaz, the 1998 Tinian Fun Run saw a record number of runners participating on Tinian.

"This was the most runners (84) from any of MV A fun runs that are held in both Rota and Tinian," said Diaz.

tourists. MV A said it looks forward to

increasing the number of mnners and making these runs half marathons in the near future."

Entry forms for the fun run are now available at the MV A office in Saipan and the MV A information office in Tinian.

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Hopes are there will be more participants this year.

The entry fee for the Tinian fun run is $20 per runner which includes T-shirt, entry to the awards banquet and a chance to win fun raffle prizes from the MV A members.

Participants from the 8th annual Tinian Fun Run last year get ready to run the six-mile course. This year's Fun Run reels off Saturday. contributed Photo

MV A coordinates these types of runs to encourage both local and off-island runners to visit the islands and come back again as

The registration deadline is on Friday, September 24, 12 p.m. at

the MV A Saipan and Tinian offices.

A late registration fee of $5 will

McGwire hits 59th homer CHICAGO (AP) - Mark McGwire 's 59th homer broke up Jon Lieber's bid for a perfect game with two outs in the seventh inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals went on to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-2 Monday night.

McGwire, two homers behind Chicago's Sammy Sosa, was lfor-4 in the opener of a threegame series. Sosa was l-for-3 with a single and a walk.

Lieber(8-1 l) struck out nine of the first 17 batters and retired 20 in a row before McGwire 's homer. He then allowed two singles and two-run homers to Thomas Howard and J.D. Drew in a sixpitch span.

Mark Thompson ( 1-2) allowed just four hits in six scoreless innings to get his first victory since April 4. 1998, when he was with Colorado.

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Rockies 12, Diamondbacks 7 In Denver, Derrick Gibson hit

the first two homers of his major !~ague career, doubled and drove in six runs.

Arizona's magic number for clinching the NL West remained at six.

San Francisco, 7 1/2 games behind the Diamondbacks, played later at Los Angeles.

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Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa (left) and St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire talk at first base after Sosa singled in the fourth inning Monday in Chicago . .Sosa has 61 homers this season and McGwire had his 59th later in the game. AP

be charged on a Saturday, September 25.

For more information, on

Saipan call Ed Diaz at 664-3214 or 3210. On Tinian, call Ellen Ikehara at 433-9365.

Mt. Carmel soccer team gets ready for big battle

By Doug Mauro Bossler was on the Ethiopian For the Variety National Team before he went

MONDAY afternoon was the to John Brown University, then t, ! final day of practice for the pursued the sport further, and fj I Mount Carmel Elementary Soc- played semi-professional ball [; i cer Team prior to game day· in Europe. /1

Tuesday. Collier is a two-time national r Approximatelyfortychildren champion with his old club fj

were hauled each day from the team, Vardar. He received a foll !J " Mt. Carmel campus to Ada ride scholarship to Dayton Uni- r

~ Gymnasium's Soccer field to versitywhereheplayedsweeper [i ~ prepare for the 1999 Soccer and student coach. fJ fl League Tournament that started When asked about potential 1J

il yesterday and will be ongoing rising stars in their team, Collier f1 11 until October 2. identified two lovely young la- H

i The 8-11 year old children dies named Francine Bennett [; f trained under the watchful eyes and Momoko Halstead. tJ fi of Stephan Bossler, player/ Bossler agreed: .. Yes,!,

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1 coach of MarP~c's Budwei~er Franci~e is fast and experienced, [j Team, Inter-Sa1pan, and Bnan and M,rnoko, she can g,o far. ii Collier, a_ previous_ member of She i~ ve1y athletic , and ca_11 r,I

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Outdoor basketball courts getrenovated,resurfaced

THE OUTDOOR basketball courts in Gualo Rai, Chinatown, Garapan, Oleai, San Antonio and Koblervile have just been renovated, or will be completed soon, the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs' Sports and Recreation Division disclosed.

In a notice, the division said each of the courts have received a special outdoor "Synpave'" cushion surface, costing almost$ I 0,000 each.

It asked the public to take care of the court su1face. "Please do not put any objects on the courts such as chairs, tables,

stages, or driving vehicles, bikes, or to use roller blades or skate-boards on the courts,." DCCA said. .

Any puncture or scrape to this surface wilJ allow water or moisture to seep in and the court will deteriorate rapidly, it cautioned.

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