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Marpi cable car project hits snag

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

PLANS to build a cable car service from Suicide Cliff to Banzai Cliff in Marpi hit a snag as the· Board of Public Land (BPL) moved to have it deferred after finding inconsistencies in the draft lease agreement.

Conditional FAS m.igration asked

In an interview, Public Lands Director Bertha Leon Guerrero said Saipan Leisure Corp. (SLC), which was requesting the lease, had earlier agreed to likewise construct a shopping mall and a coffee shop.

However, Guerrero said a copy of the supposed final agreement that SLC has handed over

Bertha Leon Guerrero

to BPL showed it is doing away with the planned supplementary establishments.

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By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

FACED with a dwindling economy and depleting resources, the CNMI government should start pressing for the conditional migration of Freely Associated States !FAS] citizens to the Northern Marianas, a Saipan legislator said yesterday.

Rep. Manuel A. Tenorio [RPct. I J stressed that there is an immediate need to alleviate the burden of the local government, citing the adverse impacts of the Asian economic turmoil to the

Gov. PedmP. Tenorio, PSS Commissioner Rita H. !nos and Saipan Mayor Jose C. Sablan get a feel of the newly-arrived chairs for the students of Marianas High Sc/Joo/. Photo by Haidee v. Eugenio

By Maxine Hillary Variety News Staff

HAGATNA-Guarn Sen. Mark Charfauros, chairman of the legislative subcommittee on public safety, has decided to subpoena Department Chief Gil Reyes to answer questions about his department's questionable move to set up its own training institute

for fire-fighters. Reyes began conducting intro

ductory classes for 41 recruits at a facility in Tiyan, as Chafauros' panel is looking into the legality of such setup.

Reyes was called on to attend the oversight hearing scheduled fo1: August 17.

Charfauros earlier warned

Reyes that he would take action against him if he went ahead with the plan, reminding him that under Guam law, fire fighters and other public safety personnel arc to be trained at Guam Community College.

According to Charfauros' chief of staff, Rufo Lujan, the senator

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Commonwealth's largest revenue-generating industry--tourism.

"When the United States government allowed the migration of FAS citizens to our islands through the Compact, they were given the assurance that the local government will have to subsidize their educational and medical needs," Tenorio said.

And he pointed out that the responsibilities delegated to the CNMI, Guam and Hawaii by the Compact have significantly affected the local governments' expendinires since they would have to take into consideration the social, medical and educational needs of FAS citizens.

"If they come here for employ-

Manuel A. Tenorio

ment and they are able to land a job, we don't have any problems with that. But if they come here to work and they don't, then, obvi-

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Shortfall casts. doubts NMI to meet revenue projections


REVENUE collections in June suffered a $1.8 million shortfall, casting doubts whether the CNMI will meet the projected revenues for the next fiscal year or not, it was learned yesterday.

A progress report submitted by the Department of Finance to the Office of the Governor indicated that actual revenues generated as of end-June slide to $170.557 million from the projected $172.422 million.

But the report stressed that June has been historically the lowest collection month, as it raises hopes that actual collections in July will increase.

During the October 1997-Man:h 1998 period, or the first halfof 1he fiscal year, the finance departmem collected some $121.2 million in total revenues. The figure is $10 million higher than the government's $111.2 million estimated revenues for the same period.

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NMHC may sell 45 houses By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

NORTHERN Marianas Housing Corporation Director Marylou Ada said 45 housing units in Lower Miha may likely be sold for residential or commcrc1al development.

Ada, however, emphasized !hat there is no definite decision yet on

what to do with the housl?s because the NMHC board is still waiting for the Annex 2 housing to expire as a Section 8 program.

'The board is still studying what is the best possible alternative to dispose of Annex I and 2 which have 45 houses," said AJa in an interview.


Move on to save Talafof o Bay By Sara Grant Variety News Staff

TALOFOFO Bay, Guam -Considered before to be one of the best surfing beaches on island, surfside here has lost its waves due to erosion caused by typhoon Paka.

Island officials are cuITently trying to come-up with strategies to save the adjacent road

from breaking away and possibly bring back the black-sand beach.

Last years' storm tore out the mud bar that createJ the waves in the scenic bay. It also washedout the long beach and killed the tall coconut trees that bordered the bay.

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s to 8-year low TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. dollar rose to an eight-year high against the yen Tuesday as Tokyo stock prices finished shaq,ly lower on concerns the government could have trouble ;inning passage of key banking reform bills.

At mid-afternoon, the U.S. dollar bought 146.99 yen. up 0.34 yen from late Monday and also above its New York rate of 146.15 yen overnight.

''This sets the direction for a move toward 150.00 yen," said Koichi Kubo, assistant general manager of foreign exchange at Dai-khi Kangyo Bacls. C

Fe= of intervention to support the yen encouraged a mild round of do!-

. Jar selling Tuesday morning, but the U.S. currency climbed in the afternoon above the previous eight-year high of 146.73 yen set on June 16.

The dollar gained momentum to rise as high as 147.13 yen at one point before retreating slightly. It was the dollar's highest intraday level since Aug. 20. 1990. when the currency moved as high as 147.81 yen.

The ven was also under selling _pressureafterJapan'sEconomicPlan":.

ningAgencyonTuesdaydowngraded its assessment of the economy in its August report, saying the economy is "sluggish."

Among major negative factors undermining the yen Tuesday was continued declines in Japanese stock prices.

The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 219.43 points, or 1.40 percent, closing at 15,406.99 points. On Monday, the average posted its sixth straight decline, dropping 202.75 points, or 1.28 percent

Concerns among investors that weaker banks may be forced to close helped drive down shares of troubled Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd., whose stocks tumbled to 38 yen per share at the day's close, down 5 yen from Monday's close.

Share prices below I 00 yen are traditionally seen as a warning sign of a company's imminent demise. Sumitomo Trust and Banking Corp. announced in June that it was considering a merger with the debt-plagued bank.

Other bank shares also slid as investors fretted special inspections of banks ending next month by Japan's

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financial authorities will reveal most to be in worse shape than the banks have admitted.

With banks one of the biggest components of the Tokyo stock market "the cool situation will continue," said Tsuyoshi

Nomaguchi, a strategist at DaiwQ. Securities Ltd.

The broader Tokyo Stock Price Index of all issues listed on the first section fell 20.21 points, or 1.67 percent, to 1,186.88. It had fallen 18.21 points, or 1.49 per-

cent, the day before. The yield on the benchmark No.

182 JO-year Japanese government bond rose to U 95 percent from Monday's close of 1.170 percent, driving its price down to 111.81 yen from 112.00 yen.

Obuchi stays focus on reform

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi speaks before the Upper House plenary session in the Diet (Parliament) in Tokyo Tuesday. Accused that his Cabinet is incompetent, Obuchi signals his readi-ness to compromise with opposition on key reform bills. AP

By CHESTER DAWSON TOKYO (AP) - Vowing to act quickly to stabilize Japan's shaky financial system, Japanese Prime Minister Keiw Obuchi signaled his readiness Tuesday to compromise with apposition parties to pa~s key banking refonn bills.

The willingness to deal comes

aftertherulingLiberalDemocraticParty suffereaahumiliaring loss in elections last month that strengthened the opposition's hand in the upper house of Japan's bicameral Parliament.

That put Obuchi, who has staked his nascent administration on a pledge to resmcitate a stagnant economy, in the uncomfortable position of having to

courtpoliticalenemiestowinpassage oflegislation

"We will work toward getting the understandingofandCOO]X:rationfrom opposition parties to ensure swift passage of this legislation by listening to what they have to say about the bills," Obuchi said, speaking in response to questions from opposition lawmakers in the upper house.

But this may be easier said than done.

Opposition parties have reseived some of their harshest criticism for the government's so-called Total Plan to clean up the bad loan-burdened financial sector. They have portrayed itas a taxpayer-tinancedbailoutofineptbank executives.

Whiletherulingparty'smajorityin the lower house may be enough to override any upper house decision flatly rejecting the bills, it would be a cwnbersome and controversial move which many analysts see as unlikely.

What'smore,theDemocraticParty of Japan, the largest opposition party, agrees something needs to be done to deal with the bad loan problem. The party's own policy proposals share many elements of the government plan.

Forexample, both callfortheestablishmentof a kind of "bridge bank" to fill the breech left by troubled private lenders.

Theyalsosupportrefonnmeasures making it easier to sell off real estate used as collateral fornon-perfonning loans.

Estrada approves human rights accord with Communist rebels

By OLIVER TEVES MANILA, Philippines (AP)~ Philippine President Joseph Estrada has approved a human rights accord with communist rebels, paving the way for the resumption of peace talks, officials said Tuesday.

Howard Dee, the chief government peace negotiator, said fatradaapproved the human rights accord last Friday "for immediate implementation without reservations or precondition."

The talks have stalled since the two negotiating panels signed the human rights agreement in March. Estrada's predecessor, Fidel Ramos, failed to approve the accord before he stepped down on June 30.

The rebels have said they were unwilling to continue the talks unless the humanrightsagreementreceivedpresidential approval.

Dee said the approval "will certainly goa long way in building and nurturing a climate of peace in the Philippines."

"It is the hope of the peace panel that ... we can now move forward in the peace process," said Senator Franklin Drilon, one of the government peace negotiators.

Dee said talks with the Marxist underground umbrella, the National Democratic Fron~ are expected to resume in the first week of September.

Joseph Estrada

He said he also expects the rebels to announce a cease-fire, as they had promised once the agreement was approved by the president

Lawyer Rene Sarmiento, another member of the government panel, said the agreement contains provisions that will "humanize and lessen the severity of the armed conflict" particularly on children, women and the elderly.

Under the agreemen~ children are not to be used in the armed conflict and the government will not be allowed to use "unnecessary bombardments" of suspected rebel positions, impose food blockades and force the evacuation of communities.

Sarmiento said the two sides also

agreed not to use land mines, possibly making the Philippines the first country to implement an international agreement to ban land mines.

A key feature of the accord is the support by both the government and the rebels for the indemnification of 9,539 Filipinos who won a class action suit for human rights violations against the estate of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

The government and the victims of abuseunderMarcosareclaimingabout $540 million in Marcos Swiss bank dep:,sits, which have been transferred to an escrow account in a Philippine bank.

The Marcos family has indicated it was willing to settle the claims out of court, but there have been no negotiations so far.

Sarmiento said Estrada's approval of the accord is a signal for the courts handling Marcos wealth cases to speed up their proceedings.

Dee said a joint monitoring body will be established to oversee the implementation of the agreement and address past and future human rights violations.

He also said both sides will identify the "repressive" decrees and laws that will be recommended for repeal by Congress.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3

To lay groundwork for 902 talks •

Sablm1 leaves for D.C. By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

WlTI-1 over a month left before the formal negotiations start, LL Gov. Jesus R Sablan flies on Thursday to Washington DC in efforts to finalize with the federal representatives the agenda that will be discussed during the Covenant Section 902 talks next month.

Sablan said he will meet with US government's special representative to the 902 negotiations, Edward Cohen, during his ttip to Washington, although he added that he will also look at the medical referral office in Honolulu.

"It is a follow up. Fmalizing the agendafortheSeptember I6negotiations is also included in my itinerary," he told reporters yesterday.

Federal representatives led by Edward B. Cohen have agreed to resurneCovenant902discussionsSeptember 16, with hopes to establish better relations between the Commonwealth and the United States.

Sablan said the ultimate goal of this

To avoid layoffs

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talk will be to move toward a better relations with the federal government. "Each one of us will make a list that will be included in the agenda," he said.

He added that both panels are expected to identify common items that will be included in the agenda, although each negotiating team has already prepared a list of issues that may be brought up during the talks.

"Each one of use will make a list that will be included in the agenda,

Dynasty lays down options· for workers


EMBA TILED Tinian .Dynasty Hotel and Casino has taken aggressive steps to prevent a possible mass retrenchment by coming up with an eight-point proposal aimed at cutting down costs and expenditures.

Dynasty officials met with employee-representatives last night where the management laid the options on the table. The meeting was attended and presided by Hong Kong Entertainment general manager Kui Fah !Jew.

The management has proposed to cut working time by 50 percent which will require per-hour employees to work for only about 20 hours a week, or four hours a day.

Liew, during the meeting, said this measure is expected to save at least 35 percent of the $1. 7 million monthly payroll paid by the Tmian Dynasty which represents close to $600,000.

"So payroll is still over $ I million," he said.

The management also offered voluntary leave without pay and a 10 percent reduction in individual monthly salary for employees who are paid on a monthly basis.

Reduction in the salary base of monthly employees, according to company officials, will result to a 24percentdecrease in total monthly payroll.

Department heads like managers, assistant managers and supervisors also have the choice to take "alternate leave" which means managers may take a two-month leave and when they return, the assistant managers will have to also file a two-month vacation.

The Tinian Dynasty is also looking at the possibilities of demoting assistant managers and supeivisors or moving them from one department to another as part of the pro-


or what will be the most sensible issues or items that we need to discuss," he stressed.

In his July 31 letter to Sablan, proposed that both CNMI and US panels draft a statement of objectives which will identify goals for each of the three areas identified-immigration, minimum wage and transshipment

He is anticipating that issues with regards to amending the Covenant to take away the Commonwealth's authority onminimum wage and immi-

gration granted under Section 503[ a] of the Covenant and on customs under headnote 3[ a] will likewise be brought up du1ing the talks.

The CNMI 902 negotiating panel has suggested the inclusion of the issue on submerged lands to the discussion but Cohen said it would not be productive or prudent, citing the law suit filed by the Commonwealth for the US District Court to resolve ownership and control of the 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone.

At the same time, Cohen agreed to

tackleenforcementoffederal laws in the CNMiby the federal govenunent orthrough jointeffortwith theCNML TheUSandCNMinegotiatingteams will meet on Saipan beginning September 16 until September 18.

Cohen mentioned that the issue of non-voting delegate status lies solely on the discretion of the US House of Representatives. "Because the President already is on record supporting representation for all Americans, I am not sure what more remains to be discussed."

2 post-elementary schools on top of PSS's CIP priority list

By Haldee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

1HEPUBLICSchool System's submitted list of capital improvement projectsgivesprioritytotheconstructions of two post-elementary schools in Saipan.

Anthony Pellegrino, Board of· Education's chairperson for CIP Committee, yesterday said the erection of a new junior high school and a new high school in Saipan will ease "overcrowding" of students at the lone Marianas High School and the Hopwood Junior High School.

'TheBoardandtheCommissioner feel that having a new high school in Saipan will eliminate congestion in the Marianas High School. That also goes with the construction of a new juniorhigh,"Pellegrinotold the Vari-

Gui:1111's EPA. seeks public· input on water

By Sara Grant Variety News Staff

TIYAN-TheGuamEnvironrnenta!ProtectionAgency(GEPA)isasking for input from the community on three watersheds that have been selected as high priority for restoration.

llis after the fedenil government designated new funds fa~ protecting the nation's waters.

Island residents have been asked to read the draft of the Unified WatershedAssessmen~ whichcanbepicked up at the GEP A's main office on 15-6101 Mariner Avenue, Tiyan,


ety. The BOE member remarked that

Saipan have so many elementary schools yet lacks higher education facilities.

"We have so many elementary schools but these kids, when they grow older, we shove them all in one junior high school and high school. They are overly overcrowded," he said.

The combined student population of MI-IS and Hopwood Junior High School is more than 12,800.

Pellegrino also said the other priority projects are the completion of the long-awaited MI-IS gym by May next year, and the maintenance of toilet and shower facilities in all schools.

"We want to upgrade all toilet and

shower facilities since many schools don't have these. We want to make them clean and safe for children to use," he said.

He added that a lot of students who are engaged in physical education subjects don't have showers to use after their activities.

The CNMI CIP Task Force has actually named PSS and Northern Marianas College projects in Saipan, Rota and Tinian as the number three priority projects in its list, with an estimated $40 million appropriation.

The school projects are next only to a $14 million to $16 million prison facility that can accommodate 200 inmates, and the Puerto Rico dump closure and opening up of Marpi landfill.

Pak.a reef clean-up reaps 14 tons of trash

By Sara Grant Variety News Staff

HAGATNA, Guam - Vo!W1teer divers have recovered over 28,(XX) pounds of trash in the completion of the typhoon Paka reef relief projecl

The cleanup was a coordinated effort by Micronesian Divers Association fMDA) and the Bureau of PlanningGuamCoastal Management Program. Fundsfortheprogramcame from a federal grant from the Department of Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration totaling $150,00.

According to Public Information

Officer for the Bureau of Planning, Dave Duenas, the underwater o~ration started in May and wa, completed on July 14.

Twenty-one different areas were cleaned where divers found fencing, bleachers. sheet metal. housel10kl items. scaffolding and other items.

Special projects coordinator for MDA, Virginia Jones, said the company has ~n doing these project~ for 10 years.

··we usually do a least one every year but we realized after Paka we would have to do a series of clean-


Guam's Seabees deployed to Kenya to help recovery efforts By Maxine HIiiary Variety News Slaff

HAGATNA-31 members of the Guam-based Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Three or "Seabees," as they are known left yesterday for Nairobi, Kenya to assist in recovery and clean-up effortsafterthebornbingofthe United States Embassy late last week.

According toCmndr. Phil Smith who will be going in this contingent, there are 89 members of Guam'sSeabeeBatalliongoing. If need be, more will follow. 'The initial 31 will access if the additional corpsmen are necessary.

Smith says that Seabees go through the same basic training that other military units do, but they

have additional trainingrelative to the duties they perform on top of that "We have people who train as steel workers,plumbers,heavyequipment operato.rs,engineering,construction mechartics ... everyone knows basic construction."

Scheduled to remain in Nairobi for a month, the 31 will be involveded in avarietyoftasksattheembassy. Says Smith, "Anything from structural repairs todemolition to helping withthe surrounding structures."

As in the embassy bombing in Beirut, the group will assist in clem:ingawayrubble, althoughSmithsays he doesn't believe there will be anyone alive underneath.

The Seabees got their start in April of 1942. They were instrumental in

the construction ofbases in the Southern Pacific including Camp CovingtononGuamandseveralbases in the Philippines.

Morerecentdeploymentsincluded Desert Storm and Super Typhoon Paka. Seabees enlist for five years -while other militiuy personnel enlist forfour. Smithsaysoneofthegreatestadvantages theSeabees bring with them is their ability to move fast

"We are a Naval mobile construe-. tion battalion. We bring everything we'll need with us."

Theunitwillbetalcing2,(XX)lbs.of tools, food, medicine and equipment with it to Kenya.

Smith says that since they will be going via commercial airliner, they won't be hauling all of their heavy

equipment but that these items are available in Nairobi.

'There are two women in the initial group of 31. Among them is HMC Dianne l..ohner, 42 who will pro\'ide medical and emotional a'iSistance to the rest of the battalion.

"I'm going to make swe that the other 30 people going are taken care of- that they stay well and healthy. This is my first operation with the Seabees and I'm pretty excited." A ten yearveteran, Lohnerhas seived at navalhospitalsandclinicsinBangor, WA, Itsugi, Japan and San Diego, CA.

An experienced emergency medical technician, she has dealt with. what she refers to as "bad traumas," but this is her first mass casualty

situation. She says she thinks she will deal

with it as a professional. "I'll just focus on themissionand the.people I'm trying to help."

Lohnerexpecrs to be treating her fellow coq,srnen for lacerations, splinters, dehydration and other minor injuries. "I've got plenty of bandages, antibiotics and sutures," she reassures.

Known as an Independent Duty Corpsman or IDC, Lolmer will have to make medical decisions and provide the same medical care a physician would.

Aa:ording to PIO, u. Nicholas Balice, she's well trained. Says Balice,

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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

The boys of Bohemian Grove ONE of the nation's most exclusive, strange and secretive old boys' clubs has just finished its annual romp in the majestic redwoods of Northern California, and we have a report from the inside.

At the end of each July, some of the country's richest and most influential men gather in the Bohemian Grove, a redwood enclave on the Russian River about 65 miles north of San Francisco.

This year's attendees included U.S. Navy Secretary John Dalton; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.: Rep_ Chris Cox, R-Ca!if.; former Secretaries of Defense William Perry, Caspar Weinberger and Donald Rumsfeld; former Secretaries of State James Baker, George Shultz and Henry Kissinger; former FBI chief Bill Webster; former Hong Kong Gov. Christopher Patten; and many captains of industry like David Rockefeller.

The Bohemian Club is restricted to 2,300 male-only members; the waiting list for membership is more than 3,000 names and 30 years long. (Members have included the last six Republican presidents, as well as so many corporate and financial leaders that it's become the biggest annual gathering of the Fortune 500 CEOs_)

They come to the annual bacchanal at the Grove's 2, 700-acre enclave to relax and cavort. Each member is allowed to bring one guest. and there is some jostling for selection of the 127 campsites, which have their own social pecking order - from the lowly, transient Bromley Camp to the most exclusive Mamlalay Camp, whose campers include the ex-presidents and cabinet members.

The activities are supposed to be secret for these 2,000-pllls men who come for two weeks of drinking, dirty jokes, skeet shoot, ribald entertainment and upscale "Lakeside Talks" from their famous colleagues. Though the club was founded more than a century ago by journalists (including Mark Twain), each member agrees to "not reproduce or publish scripts, pictures, music, or accounts of the Grove." according to a membership booklet.

So journalists like Tony Snow and David Gergen. who attended this year's revels. have sworn not to offer an outsider a peek at the cavorting.

They can't tell about this year's I 19th annual "Cremation of Care·· pagan ritual, which is described in the booklet "For Private Distribution to Members and Their Guests":

"Decoded in its various components, the Cremation of Care incorporates druidical ceremonies, elements of medieval Christian liturgy, sequences directly inspired by the Book of Common Prayer, traces of Shakespearean drama and the 17-century masque, and late I 9th-century American lodge rites."

They can't tel I about the ta! k Francis Ford Coppola gave comparing the demonacics of Rome and America. or Rumsfeld on the ballistic missik threat. or Sen. McCain on the failure of the campaign finance anJ tobacco bills. or Rep. Cox on the Capitol sl1ootings_

They can't tell about Clint Eastwood's cameo appearance in the annual ··Low Jinks·· show, or who - if anyone - may have appeared in blackface in the "Early American Minstral (sic) Show." And they can't tell who dressed in drag, as Kissinger has done in the past, to play the female parts.

But word leaked out to our associate Dale Yan Atta about the goings-on.

While Bohemians have allowed small numbers of Jews, AfricanAmericans. Asians. Hispimics, gays and even Democrats to join over the years. the club maintains that .idmitting women would disrupt one of the sacred traditions of Bohemianism: the right to urinate in public.

Some of America's most-respected and best-known figures routinely relieve themselves on the nearest bush or tree in this sylvan setting. The practice is incessant partly because drinking is a round-the-clock activity for some members. Only one group of prized redwoods near the Dining Circle is off-limits, where a posted sign says: "GENTLEMEN PLEASE! NO PEE PEE HERE!"

The Bohemians' second reason fornot allowing women into the fold is far less defensible. The Bohemians claim that by excluding women from the annual get-together they are not excluding them from conducting business.

Although it is true that shop talk is frowned upon, under the rigid motto "Weaving spiders come not here," there's no question that ties arc forged and campaigns funded within weeks after the wealthy and politicians share their well-soused camaraderie at the Grove.

It was here that a Lakeside Talk by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower first positioned him among the powe1ful as a presidential candidate and won him pledges of support. The Grove was also the backdrop for Richard Nixon's political comeback in 1967, with a well-received Lakeside Talk. After he became president, Nixon wired the club to opine: "Anyone can be president of the United States, but few have any hope of becoming president of the Bohemian Club."

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Private Ryan's passions NEWS - what's happening NOW - if you will, is grist for the Internet's mill, and the recent release of "Saving Private Ryan" is no exception. Notice I said "the Internet" as opposed to the World Wide Web.

I'll tell you why a few paragraphs down. I fully realize you don't read this space for '*""ie

reviews, but I feel compelled to tell you that this movie is one that should not be missed by any adult. I do not define "adult" as a person over 17 years of age, but as a mature and thinking individual. By the same token, itis NOT for children in age or mindset.

What a shame this motion picture didn 'tcome out in June on the anniversary of D-Day, but I guess the Hollywood moguls felt that would have been just too trite.

During the entire four hours this movie ran I noticed very few people left - for any reason_ The ones who did leave the theatre during the picture looked shaken and were in their late middle age and elderly ... the same ages as veterans of World War II and Vietnam. Most left during the initial battle scene - not because they didn't like the picture - the detai I was just - too - real.

I have never been in a war - by the grace of God, butl felt as ifI was ON that beach in Nonnandy and I can only imagine what emotions those images evoked in those brave men who WERE there or places like it named Saipan, Iwo Jima, Battle of the Bulge, Vietnam, Cambodia, Pork Chop Hill and the deserts of Kuwait.

Discussion oft he movie and its nuances was what I went looking for on the Web, but found relatively little of it. Doing searches for"Private Ryan" on the - World Wide Web - I found lots of puff pieces talking about the motion picture itself and many hits on D-Day. I mentioned the Encyclopedia Britannica's D-Day site last week.

One source I did find for more than just movie reviews was the excellent Electric Library. A search there pulled up all kinds of magazine articles, scripts from television shows, etc. I no longer have a subscription to the service, but I was able to do the search and see what's available. The service isn't expensive; it's just that I have -so many other - subscriptions (grin).

Where I DID find discussion on the film was within the Internet Usenet groups. Using Copernic 's search capabi Ii ties for nc ws groups (other search engines will do the same - I just like Copernic) I found well over 100 hits on Private Ryan. Predictably, many were dealing with the author's "review" of the movie, but

others went into what the movie did to them and for them. ·

Several of the observations made me grind my teeth, however.

Consider this snippet of the tome from [email protected]: he felt the movie was "brainwashing." I lost porcelain at this point: "The worst thing I could imagine, other than slowly having my xxxxxxxxx cut off perhaps, would be to be drafted into the U.S.

Army in the early l 94D's. Who the xxxx wants to 'die for your country?' Even if the war actually accomplishes something significant (how many do you know of that have ... ), how are you gonna enjoy freedom when you're dead? Xxxx, seems more than too obvious to me ... There's gotta be another way to be free than xxxxxxx DYING ... the logic of dying to earn freedom for a bunch of other people you don't know and couldn't give a rut's xxx for escapes me somehow. Maybe that makes me un-patriotic and unAmerican. xxxx 'em, I was in the Navy Reserves from 1983-1989. I did my time and put up with the bullxxxx. I earned the right to call myself as "American" as anyone else."

My apologies for the X-ed crudeness. However, this individual was in the minority, thankfully. I also noticed the time of his "service" to the nation was relatively combat-free.

I may disagree with his opinion, but this person has every right - AND the ability - too promulgate it, thanks to the Internet. That's what makes this medium so great - ultimate freedom of speech.

He has this freedom thanks to the folks who died on D-Day and elsewhere in war. Too bad he can't see that ....

The Internet is the town meeting. of the world anJ there are all kinds of discussions going on within the Usenet ... on all kinds of subjects.

I'll prove my point ... think of a topic in which you have an interest. Log onto the Internet and use Copemic or any other search engine th:it will look into the Usenet groups (most do, now). VOlLA! You 'II find lots of other users with your interests.

Don't lock yourself into the World Wide Web. For once, I also recommend the AOL informa

tion on Private Ryan. This is one time their community feelings seem to surpass those of the Web ct al.

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DOE, DOT asst1re PSS grants out by October

About food allergies M~yp~ntsareconcemed when "True" allergy can cause many their child cannot eat a certain different symptoms. These usu-food. "Are they allergic?" The ally start shortly after the food is answer is usually, "No." eaten.

There are many reasons chil- Mildreactionsmayincludeskin dren may not be able to eat certain rashes such as "eczema." This is foods, not all of them because of often seen on the face in infants, allergy. but in older children is more com-

The cause may be as simple as monbehindtheelbowsandknees. a matter of taste. When children "Hives," itchy bumps which eat a food that does not pass their look like big mosquito bites, can "taste test standard," they get rid also develop. of it. Sometimes dramatically. More serious reactions involve This isn't allergy. the gut. Vomiting is sometimes

Other foods may contain spices seen, but diarrhea is more com-orpreserv atives which irritate our mon. This diarrhea may last for body. These can cause stomach weeks, and can be accompanied cramps or even headaches. by poor growth.

We see this commonly with The most serious reactions are MSG, a spice often used in Chi- those which cause shock or col-n~se cooking. This isn't allergy lapse. These are life-threatening either. and only occur in highly-allergic

True allergy to food is quite persons. For these patients even rare. a tiny bite of the offending food

Themostcommonfoodswhich can be deadly. cause allergies are milk products, Treatment of these reactions is peanuts, eggs and soy products. pretty straightforward.

Somefoodsrarely,ifever,cause First, if you know that you are allergic reactions. Corn and allergic to a food, don't eat it! chocolate (yippee!) are on this For the skin rashes, itching can list. Continued on page 24

By Haldee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

TWO FEDERAL government agencies have assured the Public School System of continuing grants for next school year which will be all readily available by October, an education official said yesterday.

William Matson, PSS acting fiscal and budget officer, said the US Department of Education and the US Department of Transportation have already processed the annual grants for special education and the lease of school buses.

"We just got in the official word in processed grants from the Department of Education for the special education project. It will be out on October !st," Matson told the Variety.

Matson added there will be around $400,000 increase in the special education grant for fiscal year 1999-2000, from the current year's $2. 7 million.

"The grant has gone up by a little less than $400,000, but we really need that for increases in personnel costs," Matson said.

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He said the yearly funding goes to personnel services of bus drivers, teachers, teacher aides, physical therapists, and operation expenses.

Matson said PSS will also be receiving on October $ I 00,000 to pay for the annual lease of school buses.

"It increases every year since 1996, but just a few thousand dollars. The coming of grant this year is actually delayed because the appropriation process is delayed," he said.

After the seven-year lease, the school buses will be owned by PSS, according to Matson.

It may also be recalled that the PSS has also received a $4 million worth of consolidated grants also from the US Department of Education. The

federal grant, which is almost IO percent of the PSS' $42 million fiscal budget for 1998, is expected to boost the agency's capabilities in implementing its projects and programs for the rest of the year.

It will be used for the acquisition of school materials like books and computers, as well as in supporting various educational programs such as the 'safe and drug-free program'.

In another development, the special education program for infants and toddlers will now be a separate grant from the annual consolidated grant. It will receive $380,000 starting next fiscal year.

"It is now a separate grant, after two years of being under the consolidated grant," said Matson.

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THEDIVISIONofFishandWildlife has put up more brown tree snake traplines on the island. according to the Department of Lands and Natural Resources.

DLNR Information Officer Marianne Concepcion said the Wildlife Snake Project staff placed the snake traplines at the Department of Public Works area and near Rudolpho's Restaurant.

Concepcion in the DLNR 's progress report said training with K-9 dogs and the brown tree snake continues at the airport and seaport Quarantine Personnel.

the-art methods and technology that have been developed in the regional drive against such type of snake.

The National Biological Service's Biological Research Division is reportedly trying to develop at least three projects expected to drastically cut the eradication campaign time span.

The multi-agency task forcecomposed of federal departments and the governments of Hawaii, Guam, a;d CNMI-has allocated :ii 1.8 million available this year for the Brown Tree Snake Control Plan. Half of the funding has been committed to research program.

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Snake herpetologist and technicians, she said, traveled to Honolulu where they attended the brown tree snake symposium.

The workshop was meant to update the staff on the state-of-

The task force believes that with modem technology authorities will have an upper hand in efforts to eradicate brown tree sankes in Guam, Hawaii and the Commonwealth.

Resident Representative Juan Babauta holds one of the 100 browry tree snakes kept in the labor~tories of the National Zoo in Washington as Assistant Secretary of the lntenor John Berry (left) and Hawau Senator Daniel Akaka (right) look on. Research Assistant Elaine Lamirande holds the snake.

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With the finding, Concepcion said, the efforts to collect seeds of such kind of tlame tree for nine years of nurserypropagationhas finally come to an end.

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"Discussion with the MHS principal in protecting the only known yellow tlame tree in the CNMI resulted in recommendation to have the agriculture instructor dig up and care for the seedlings at their nursery," said Concepcion in the DLNR's progress report

Meanwhile, the information officer said the Ailport Quarantine Section inspected and cleared a total of 12,835 p<!§sengers between July 24 to Aug. I, 1998.

The airfreight cargo, she said, cleared 606,182 lbs. and incinerated I 0,000 lbs. of foreign garbage.

Concepcion said the Quarantine

issued 36 permits amounting to $85 in revenues.

The Seaport Quarantine Section, on the other hand, inspected nine vessels,5,177,223lbs.ofocemfreight cargo, received six plant permits.

Importation of mixed produce amounts to 242,455 lbs. from the US mainland, said Concepcion, adding that beef imported from the US mainland totals 125,434 lbs. while pork imported meat amounts to 47,327 lbs.

The officers also confiscated 144 lbs. of beef noodles for alleged "lack of ingredients" arriving from Hong Kong.

Mayor foresees Tinian becoming 'boomtown'


11-fE MAYOR ofTinian is confident the island may soon be a boomtown.

"We have a lot of potential investors coming in," said Mayor Francisco M. Borja. "It is just a matter of sitting down with them."

'They are seeking the leadership of Tinian for their proposal to do the airport, seaport, sewer and all those things," he added.

Borja said the Tinian delegation has requested the firms to officially submit their proposals and sit down with the Board of Director of the Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA).

"So that we can look at the best proposal," he explained.

Borja said the local government is looking for investors "that can come out with a J 00-percentfinancingsince we don't have enough ... fund."

Following the recent completion of the 400-room Tinian Dynasty Hotel andCasino(fDHC),therehasbeena reported increase in the number of investors that has signified interests to put up establishments that would absorb TDHC's economic ripple effect~.

Just recently, the GTE Pacifica, a subsidiary of the Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MfC), officially opened up its Tinian

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service with the operation of a new transmission tower that will link cellular phone users across the island and to Saipan.

Officials have hailed the fum 's move saying such could serve as a stepping stone for individual investors in establishing their businesses on the island. . The officials noted that a stable communication system is vital for business growth.

Against this optimistic backdrop however are reports saying TDHC is in the process of laying off nonresident workers due to slow ec·onomic activities in the region.

The Variety,theotherday,reported that TDHC is planning to reduce its 1,200 workforce to 900.

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Police nab. 2 men for break-in, car theft

Bellas rescinds order to allow cameras in court By Zaldy Dandan

Variety News Staff POLICE have arrested two men who were seen breaking into · and entering a Chalan Kanoa house Tuesday afternoon.

Department of Public Safety (DPS) spokesperson Rose T. Ada said the 22-year old suspects, Randy M. Arriola and Eddie Ingerekii, tried to flee from the scene but were chased and caught by responding police officers.

Ada said Arriola was apprehended behind Tapo Shopping, while Ingerekki was nabbed at the nearby Mobil gas station.

Ada said the police officers also found marijuana inside the car used by the suspects, who parked it near the house they attempted to burglarize.

DPS at the same time has filed a complaint in the SuperiorCourt against a man arrested for theft and criminal mischief.

According to the complaint, Albert Patrick Kaipat allegedly

Illegal worker aske·d to leave


11IE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Immigration has ordered a Chinese man who has been working illegally on Tinian for five years to leave the Commonwealth.

DOLI Hearing Officer Herbert D. Soll said Qiu Jinhuai; who has no lawful status to remain in the Commonwealth, shall leave CNMJ by Saturday.

Soll in the administrative order stated thatJinhuai is one of a group of employees stranded in Saipan when the employer became insolvent.

Dispositions of the labor cases of all employees in the group have been resolved over the years, Soll said, adding that Jinhuai lingered without remaining in contact with DOLi.

''He (Jinhuai) went to Tinian for work (unauthorized) making it all the more difficult to find him," the hearing officer pointed out.

Soll said after five years with no contact with DOU, Jinhuai was working illegally and complained that he "would have gone home if his case had been finished."

The Division of Labor heard Jinhuai's labor case against Han Kook Corporation last Thursday. The complainant was present with DOLi translator Ming Sheu.

Han Kook was not present at the hearing.

Meanwhile, the director of Labor has detennined that the employers of over I 00 Banglade5his and Filipinos have violated the Nonresident Workers Act, the Minimum Wage and Hour Act, breached of employment contract and agreement.

Director Gi I M. San Nicolas said respondents Nelia S. Madlmeduh, Maria Nerissa Madlmeduh, Sengichi Madlmeduh and Divina S. Rosanesdoing business a~ Mayor

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stole a 1986 Nissan March 4-door sedan belonging to Sonia Laserna of San Jose.

Laserna told the police that on Sunday, around midnight, upon hearing a loud noise from outside her house, she looked out and saw the rear windshield of the car already damaged.

She said the car was being pushed out to the road by the suspect, who was later identified as Kaipat by one of Lasema's neighbors.

The witness was watching TV when the incident happened, according to the DPS complaint.

It quoted the witness as saying that the suspect "punched thewindowofthecar'sdriver's side and walked away."

A few minutes later, the suspect punched the same window, walked away, and threw a rock at the same window, finally damaging it.

He then got into the car and drove away, the witness said.


By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Timothy H. Bellas has rescinded his earlier order allowing the media to bring in 1V cameras and newspaper photographers inside courtroom' 'A."

Bellas, in a supplemental order issued Monday, said there has been "some confusion" on the implementation of the general order he issued last Aug. 3 which, he added, "was specifically intended to apply to proceedings ... held in courtroom 'A' only and not to the entire Superior Court"

In addition, "it has been brought to the court's attention that there is a rule ... that prohibits such coverage.''

While the cowt can suspend its own rules, Bellas said, "it is in the best interests of all concerned if this inherent contlict is resolved prior to the implementation of the new pilot program."

Bellas' s general order would have imposed several conditions on any media coverage in coumoom "A."

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His order would only permit the following:

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• Not more than one audio system

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media outfits to make any "pooling arrangements."

In case of disputes among the media outfits on equipment o, personnel issues, the judge may exclude all contesting media personnel from a proceeding.

In addition, all equipment should not produce distracting sound or light in covering judicial proceedings.

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Guam song hits Top 5 By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Stall

HAGAT\A - "Love the Isbnd··. a song created to help holster Guam's summer visitor numbers has ranked No. 5 on the Japan music charts.

The song written and proJuced by Tctsuya Komuro, was pe1formed by Ami Suzuki at the official kick-off of the Guam Big Summer Festival. in Tumon.

According to PIO Leigh Gutierrez of the Guam Visitors Bureau. Komuro did the project for free.

In addition Suzuki and Continued on page 24

Ami Suzuki's debut single "Love the Island," has ranked No. 5 in the Japanese music charts, this last week. Here she is performing the song at the kick-off festivities for the Guam Big Summer Festival, with Tetsuya Komuro last July 4. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza

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Manila expo on healing invites NMI participants

By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

ORGANJZERS of Global Health Manille '98, the 1st World CongressandExposition on Integrative Healing invites CNMI participants to join the event that will be held from November 5 to 9 at the Manila Midtown Hotel in the Philippines.

The Global Health Manille '98 will discuss the integrative healing forthe2lstoenn.uy. Thistreannent isarevolutioruuypatternofhealing which is far more differentfrom the conventional medical healing pattern but rather "an integration of

mind, body andspirit fortheattainrnent of optimum health.''

The Global Health Manille '98 program is addressed ID holistic doctors, herbalists, herbal forn1Ulators, pranic healers, medical hospitals and schools, health writers or journalists, non-governmental organizations and foundations on health.

The health exposition will focus mainly on herbal and natural products, biomedical equipment, gadgets, apparatus, health and environmental teclmologies.

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The ribbon cutting ceremony will be attended by Department of Community and Cultural Affairs dignitaries spe;:uheaded by Sec. Thomas Tebuteb.

Other OCCA officials that are expected to grace the exhibit opening are the Carolinian Affairs Director Frank Rabauliman and Indigenous Affairs Chief Jke Demapan.

The objective of this exhibit is to promote the local arts craft and the local artists. Participants for this exhibit may come from different Micronesian Islands but are presently residing in CNMI.

Samples of different local crafts to be exhibit are baskets, canoe making

crafts, bandanas weaving, coconut weaving and mats.

Interested participants for the exhibit could register now at the Arts Council and look for organizers Pinaula and Tma Foster.

CCAC also announces a poster making contest for the 1998 Micronesian Crafts Exhibit Deadline of submission will be on August 18. The winner will receive $100.

The poster will be used for the promotion of the 1998 Micronesian Crafts Exhibit Poster size is 16X20. Formoreinquiriesreganlingtheposter making contest, interested parties could reach the CCAC office and look for Pinaula or Foster.

Joeten employee milestones

J.C. Tenorio Enterprises, Inc. President Clarence T. Tenorio presents a plaque to David Palacios, manager for Wholesale Distribution Center for ''20 years of outstanding service,"

-Kengich Sengebau, of Wholesale Delivery Department was also honored for reaching "20 years of outstanding service." In addition, the celebrant received a gift certificate and a dinner on his and Palacios' behalf.

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NRSP workshop begins at NMC

By Louie C. Alonso THE DEPARTMENT of Land and Natural Resources (DNLR) and the US Deparment of Agriculture's Forest Service in Honolulu are currently hosting a four-day Natural Resources Strategic Planning Workshop at Building A-9 of the Northern Marianas College.

The workshop started Monday, August IO and will end on August 13. The objective of the work-

. ·shop according to organizers is "'to enable stakeholders in the natural resources of the CNMI to develop and commit to a strategic approach to participatory natural resources management, for use in planning, budgeting, grant applications, and promoting sound and sustainable resource management."

Associate Pacific Islands Forester Katie Friday said the NRSP workshop was planned to increase the collaboration between the various agencies involved in natural resource management.

DLNR and USDA Forest Service wants to give strategic direction in natural resources management particularly in the forestry management programs.

The workshops has been participated by IO to 20 people from DNLR (forestry, agriculture and wild life divisions), NMC, Tinian, Rota and Saipan residents, Boy Scouts and the municipal council.

"We are asking these agencies how natural resources contribute to economic development. Whether it is the protection of the resources, sedimentation prevention, land management to protect the purity and quality of water going into the water land, or i.f it is providing the opportunities in the backdraft for the ecotourism."

how to encourage these locals to comeback and use their professional skills in CNMI.

Today's workshop will be a facilitated discussion, referencing all previous work and plans to design a strategic apprroach to participative resources management in the CNML

On the last day of workshop on August 13, the highest priority projects will be threshed out as to specific project time lines, skill and funding needs by small teams composed of lead and support agencies.

This is the first time in ten years that DNLR and USDA Forest Service have this broad participation from different agencies.

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Three CNMI hi[1h s~hool students visiting Washington as part of the Junior Statesmen program called on Insular Affa,rs 0,rector Allen Stayman. From left to right are Patricia Coleman (of Marianas Baptist Academy), Slayman, Merced Ada and Alexander Evangelista (both of Marianas High School).

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"We are now giving a presentation on how to set economic value on natural resources and tomorrow morning, we wiH pull a plan of work for the next couple of years," Friday said.

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The participants according to Friday, appreciate the chance to hear what other agencies are doing because they seen opportunities for collaboration.

Yesterday's workshop talked about the potential for internships of Chamorros and Carolinians who go off island for bachelor's degree.

The program discussed how to bring back locals to Rota, Saipan and Tinian for internships and make their education more locally relevant.

Workshop presenter Len Newell and the participants came up with some ideas on

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US DOT awards CNMI for traffic safety programs

Mayor wants 'hazard pay' for handlers .of dead aniinals

By Zaldy Dandan Vanety News Staff

TI-IE UNITED States Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded a certificate of appreciation to the CNMiforitssuccessful traffic safety programs, DepartmentofPublicSafety spokesrerson Rose T. Ada said.

Signed by NI-ITSA Region 9 administrator, Dr. Joseph M. Cindrich, the certificate is in "recognition and appreciation of the cooperation and support. .. in helping to provide sound traffic programs."

The certificate states that CNMI's outstanding efforts contributed significantly toward reaching President Clinton's goal of 85 r,ercent seat telt use rate.

Ada said the CNMI achieved a 96 r,ercent seat belt use rate. "Over the years, we have implemented several highway safety programs,

which have showed good results," Ada said TheDepartrnentofPublicSafety (DPS) likewise implemented anti-drunk

driving, anti-sreeding and aggressive driver interdiction programs. In statistics recently released to the public, for example, DPS noted that the

arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol '(DUI) have decreased by 24r,ercent

DPS said in 1996 there were 483 DUI arrests, compared to 390 in 1997. For this year, 223 r,ersons have been arrested for DUI from January to

May. Last year, DPS conducted 21 sobriety checkpoints and implemented a

highway criminal interdiction program for DUI and reckless driving.

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Variety News Staff SAIP AN Mayor Jose C. Sablan is seeking some kind of hazardous duty payment to handlers who will be tapped to get rid of dead animals on public roads.

Although he. is in support with House Bill 11-65, Sablan said he is concerned because the legislation offers no provision addressing the health hazard involved in the handling of dead and decaying animals.

··carrion may transmit disease even when handled with the best of care. Such health risk is not unlike those face by Commonwealth Utilities Corporation linemen, firemen and many other emergency personnel," said

Jose C. Sablan

Sablan in a recent letter to Rep. Rosiky F. Camacho.

Camacho has introduced House Bill 11-65 that would give the Mayor's Office the responsibility of removing and disposing animal

remains from public highways. At present, there is no govern

ment agency that has the duty of removing and disposing the bodies of animal from roads.

Sablan told Camacho that such hazardous duty pay would add as an incentive for the handlers to respond quickly.

The mayor, however, said the bill is vague in defining the kind of dead animal that must be disposed.

"I assume that dead toads and rats are not part of the bill's mandate. But then a dozen dead rats in a given area can raise serious problem," he said.

Sablan agreed with the Legislature that there is a serious problem with dead animals on public thoroughfares.

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By Zaldy Damian Variety News Staff

THE NEW administrator of the Wabolestnteisseekingauthorityfrom the Superior Court to evict former estate counsel Ted Mitchell from the TransAmerica building.

In a i:,etition for inslruction filed in the court Monday, Carmen WabolNekaifes at the same time proposed that Antonio Atalig te named as the estate's new general counsel.

Nekai fes is also proposing to retain 0 'Connor Berman Dotts & Banes to prosecute against Mitchell for back renL

"It is obvious," according to her i:,etition, "'that legal action will te required to collect the ($44,CXXl to $88,CXJO) back rent" from Mitchell, whose client Concepcion WabolMoteisou was removed a, estate administrator by lhe cou1t's Aug. 3 ruling.

Nekaifes said the ··back rem" covers the r,eriod from Aug. 1996 to present.

Moteisou leased po1tions of the TransAmerica building to Mitchell.

Under the lease agreement signed by Mitchell and Moteisou, however, Mitchell's rent will be ··deducted"' from the legal fees Moteisou o\vcs him.

But according to the Nckaifcs 's

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lawyer, Michael Dotts, the new administrator's position is that Mitchell's lease is a "nullity and that (Mitchell is) a tenant at sufferance."

Nekaifes em·lier gave Mitchell a notice of eviction, which Mitchell desc1ibed as ··null and void."

Nekaifes w.mted Mitchell off tl1e estate's prnpc1ty by 4 p.m. Monday.

In her petition, however. she said sheisgivingMitchellunti1Sept.14to voluntarily move out

For his part, Dott,, in a letter to tl1e Variety, noted that it is "ironic that...Mitchell complains how ·unfair' three days notice of eviction is when ... Mitchell himself only gave (AntonioT. Lim'sfmnily)fourhou1~

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CHAMBER cf Commerce President Jose C. Ayuyu yesterday expressed hopes agreements can be arrived at between the business group and the Saipan Garment Manufacturers' Association (SGMA) on how to save the industry and businesses dependent on it.

A meeting between the two groups has been reset for today.

"We are looking ar a whole range of things that we want to discuss," said Ayuyu.

"Hopefully," he added, "we can arrive at something."

Some Chamber members have in the past allegedly shunned the SGMA over the "bad publicity" that the garment sector is causing the Commonwealth.

"We would not have been under this pressure from (Washington) D.C. had it not been for them (garment manufacturers)," said Lynn Knight, a businesswoman and public information officer (PIO) of the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands (HANMI).

RP urges Filipino teachers in CNMI to regi$ter for test


THE PHILIPPINE Consulate in CNMI is urging all Filipino teachers working in the common wealth to register for professionalization examina-

. tions of Filipino teachers immediately.

Filipino teachers who arrived in CNMI between the period of September 1995 until September 19, 1997 are qualified to register, said Philippine Vice Consul Renell Santos.

This registration is in accordance with the Philippine RS 7836 under Article III, section 26 also known as the "'Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994."

Under the act, those teachers who were out of the country and failed to register have now the chance to register in Saipan. It was stated that the right of the Filipino teachers to register as professional teachers could not be "foreclosed by the expiration of the period of registration, provided in the Act for they could not have been notified actually, much less constructively, of the publication of the law to make such law binding upon them since they were out of the country."

The Board of Professional Teachers in the Philippines resolved that teachers who were out of the country during the period of registration to submit authentic proof that they were working/staying abroad during the registration period.

Filipino teachers on Saipan are encouraged to submit their authentic proof to the Philippine Consulate in CNMI that they were here during the September 1995 until September 19, 1997 period.

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Chamber discuss issues

Jose C. Ayuyu

It will te recalled that SGMA Executive Director Richard Pierce, in an earlier interview ,said the discussions with the Chamber were being held because "some people feel that the Chamber has not pror,erly expressed the sentiment of the memtership in the past"

'There are a number of Chamber memters," said Pierce, "who have companies that rely upon the business provided them by the garment manufacturers."

He said these firms' management officials "want to see the Cham-

Richard Pierce

ber take an active role in promoting a clean and healthy (garment) industry."

"If the industry survives ... their businesses keep on surviving also," Pierce said.

He said these fnms are those engaged in insurance, shipping, car dealership and safety companies.

He said these companies "don't want the industry to disapr,ear."

TheSGMA,accordingtoPierce,is current! y in the process of organizing an internal monitoring committee as part of moves to rectify.

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DOLi: No forced repatriation By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News StE.ff

DEPARTME°t','T of Labor and Immigration Secretary MarkD. 2.achares on Monday admitted that Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino is in the process of laying off some employees. but no foroed repatriation has been going on.

Zacliares said that because of rumors about forced repatriation from Tmian Dynasty, DOU officials in coordination with thePhilippineConsulate manned the Saipan airport on Sunday.

As a result, Zachares said, OOU officials had '"intercepted" seven employees from Dynasty who were scheduled to leave for the Philip-

pines. After a two-hour interview at the

airport, the secretary said, they found out that the employees were actually . not foroed by the Dynasty management to leave.

The employees agreed to go home after the management compensated them, it was learned.

2.achares said two of the employees, however, decided to stay on the island and are contemplating on filing labor complaints against the Dynasty.

"I would like to say this is an ongoing effort on our part .. we have a very good working relationship with the Philippine Consulate and we would like to maintain that," he said.

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PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 8-41, SECTION II. GOVERNOR PEDRO P. TENORIO AND LT GOVERNOR JESUS R. SABLAN. THROUGH THE CDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ARE HEREBY GIVING NOTICE THAT THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (CDA) SCHEDULED ON WEDt,;ESDAY.AUGUST 12. 1998 IS POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY.AUGUST 18, 1998 AT 10:00A.M. THE ~IEETING WILL BEHELDATTHECDACONFERENCEROOM. WAKIN'S BUILDING. GU ALO RA!. SAIPA:,.;.

AGENDA:

I. PRELIMl~;ARY ~IATIERS I. Roll Call

II. ADOPTION OF AGENDA 111. ADOPTI01' OF MINUTES IV REPORTS

I. Fund's Availability Repon 2. Chairman's/Exccutiw Dirl,·tur·s Rrporl 3. Personnel & Budget Committee Rq1on

V. OLD BUSINESS -VI. NEW BUSINESS VII DCD MATIERS

Loan Applicalions VIII. ADMINISTRATIVE MATIERS IX. OTHER :VIATIERS X. ADJOURNMENT

All intm;skd ()l'rsons arc ~vdrnmc to attr:nd and to submit written or oral 1cstimony on the ahovc agenda itr.:rns.

(Purswmr ro f'uhlic f.(lw 8-.J!, Section /3(u)(7J ond S1·1·rirm /](c). the Board may i·orc u, meet in oc1·11til'l'St'S.l'iOfl).

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The CNMI Public School System is soliciting competHive sealed bid from interested firms for the procurement of computers. accessories, and its installation for various Public Schools in theCNMI. Specifications are now available ond can be obtained at the Procurement & Supply Office situated on the 3rd floor of the Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan, during regul9r working hours. Monday through Friday except Holidays.

All bid submission must be submitted in duplicate and sealed in an envelope ond facemarked "IFB98-013" and submitted to the Procurement & Supply Office situated on the 3rd floor of the Nauru Building, Susupe. Saipan no later than 2:00 p.m .. September 11. 1998, at which time. date. and place. all bids will be opened and read aloud. Late submission of bids will not be accepted under any circumstances.

The CNMI Public School System reseNes the right to award on a single or multiple award or reject any or all awards if to do so is to the best interest of the Public School System. All inquiries to this bid may contact the Procurement & Supply Office at telephone number 664-3762/63

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Tinian Dynasty is reported! y planning to furlough some 300ofits close to 1,200 workers because of worsening economic crisis in Asia and the reported drop of the Chinese and Hong Kong currencies.

Aftertheseven workers were questioned, Zachares requested a meeting in his offioe Monday afternoon with Philippine Consul Julia Heidemann and Tmian Dynasty representatives

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to find out what was really the situation.

"It's kind of to get to the bottom of whatisgoingon. Thereisaretrenchmenteffort at Dynasty ... that is accurate," he stated.

It was agreed in that meeting, 2.achares said, that representatives from DOU and Philippine Consulate will attend tonight's (Monday) meeting between Dynasty manage-

.Marianas Public ../!and 1rust MPLT BOARD OF TRUSTEES

NOTICE OF MEETING Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan hereby give Notice that pursuant to Public Law 8-41. Section 11, Tl1c Open Government Act of 1992, a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Marianas Public Land Trust will be held on Thursday, August 13. 1998 at l:00 P.M. at the MPLT office in Garapan. The agenda is as follow·s:

I. PRELIMINARY MAITERS l. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Adoption of Agenda 4. Adoption of Prior Meeting Minutes

11. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT Ill. AL TAM IRA CAPITAL PERFORMANCE REPORT IV. ADJOURNMENT

In accordance with P.L. 8-41, additional agenda items may be added to the above listing only by recorded vote of the majority of the trus1ee governing body.

All interested persons arc welcome to attend and to submit written and oral tes1imony on the above agenda items.

ls/Juan S. Torres Chaim1an. Board of Trustees August I 0. 1998

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ment and their employees on Tinian. Zachares said DOU and the Phil

ippine Consulate are going to monitor "what is being said and what is being done and what proposals are being presented for any type of retrenchment efforts."

"All parties are very cooperative today. Nobody was trying to hide anything and I think the Dynasty by allowing us to be there (meeting) and allowing the Philippine Consulate to be there is showing they have a good faith effort in trying to handle the situation," he added.

Zachares said DOU wants to inform the employees of their rights andobligationsandalsotoensurethat proposalsbeingmadebyDynastyare within the law.

"WewanttoprotectDynasty. We want to protect the employees. We want to prot.ect the Consulate. We want to prot.ect the department," he said.

The meeting to be attended by all parties, 2.achares said, will ensure thatnobodyismisrepresentingsomething "that's been said."

''We have our people going over (meeting)toeducateanybodyon what our labor law says. We can also assist the management in illlY questions that may have at that moment We may answer the questions that some employes may have," he said.

DPL looks at· request for yout4_cent_er

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THE DMSION of Public Land (DPL) is looking into a request reoently submitted by Rep. Malua Peters on the designation of a portion of the Garapan Central Park for a youth center.

In an interview, Public Land Director Bertha Leon Guerrero explained the division has received a similar request from the Department of Community and Culturnl Affairs' (OCCA) Division of Youth Service (DYS).

Guerrero said the Board of Public Land (BPL) in a recent meeting, has deferred action on Malua's proposal pending DPL 's completion ofits ongoing review.

"She (Malua) is requesting for the designation of the portion of public land up at the Garapan Central Park behind Gold's gym for the youth learning center," said Guerrero.

"I want to make sure if there is a difference between a youth learning oenterandayouthoenter(thatDYS is requesting)," she added.

Guerrero said heroffioe is trying to establish whether the two requests could be accommodated as one.

''We don't want to start separating all of these things ... it is going to cost us more than it really should have if we just entertained it (requests) as one," explained Guerrero.

''We are further looking into this," she added.

Guerrero stressed that the division isreviewingwhetheritisnecessaryto have two different youth centers.

It was gathered that under Peters' proposal, the youth center. is intended to be used for a host of activities including campaigns against drug abuse and crime.


Palau sees teacher shortage KOROR - When an estimated 3,034 students trek back to school on August 23 they will discover their teachers overloaded with teaching subjects and not many new teachers around, the Palau Horizon reported.

The problem of teacher shortage · will be aggravated when the government implements the mandatory service retirement for government employees on July I next year when 80 teachers will retire.

But Education Minister Billy Kuartei brushed aside the problem "as a (Pacific) regionwide situation like in Saipan and Guam."

He stressed "there is a shortage of trained teachers in the region but that is manageable." He added that the ministry is aggressively recruiting new teachers and retraining the old ones. · Masaharu Tmodrang, chief

Continental · asked: Revert to previous skeds .

KOROR - Tourists, businessmen and regular customers of Continental Micronesia going to Palau have a lot to complain nowadays as flight schedules have changed to "unholy" hours in the morning, the Palau Horizon ·reported.

The problem was brought to the attention of the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures (APIL) during the opening day of its 34th Meeting at the Olbiil Era Kelulau last August 4.

According to Del. Mario Gulibert of Palau, who also chairs APIL Committee on Economic Development, there is a growing clamor for the Continental Micronesia to reinstate its prior schedule with departure time slated at 8 in the morning.

The public clamor for the Continental Micronesia to reinstate its prior flight schedules has been carried out in an APIL resolution.

But, the APIL Committee on Economic Development decided that the resolution should not be passed at the moment.

The APIL Committee on Economic Development is on a ··wait-and-see'" situation, considering and tight economic situation gripping the Asian Region. The economic crisis in the region, according to Gulibert, is also affecting Continental Micronesia.

It would be noted that Con-· tinental Micronesia is one airline primarily serving the region such that there is an emerging need for additional flight services should the region want to have an increased mobility of people, trade and investment transactions and transfer of goods from and among the Pacific Island states.

of Curriculum Planning and Improvement said, "since more than 10 years ago, we have been experiencing the lack of teachers.

"When we were still under the Americans, we had contract workers and peace corps volunteers. In high school we lack mostly math and science teachers. So now we employ Americans and Filipinos," said Tmodrang.

The number of retiring teachers is believed to deplete the already small number of Palauan teachers - 172 in elementary and 60 in high school (as of 1997).

Kuartei said the ministry is aggressively pursuing scholarship programs for students in tending to get an education degree. They are encouraged to study at the Palau Community College and at colleges and universities in the US through a federal student grant, a Pell Grant, or collegework study grant.

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Tmodrang also added that the ministry is starting a program, a 2-year teaching certificate program, at the PCC to encourage students to go into the education field.

Tmodrang said one of the reasons why there is a lack of teachers is "teaching is hard and the salary is not high com-

pared to other places like CNMI and Guam."

In Palau, he said the teaching load for an elementary teacher is six subjects, while in high school, the teacher has to teach five classes on a specialized subject.

The salary of an elementary and high school teacher de-

pends on his or her qualifications. But an entry level salary for a graduate of Bachelor of Arts in education is at $8,453 per year.

There are 20 public elementary schools and one public high school that need to be serviced in Palau. Class size ranges from 3 to 30.

Palau·, Marshalls leaders sign joint declaration forging diplomatic ties

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KOROR-Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Palau and the Republic of Marshall Islands was established last Saturday when presidents of both countries, President Kuniwo Nakamura of Palau and President Irnata Kabua signed a joint declaration sealing the agreement.

Both governments committed to promote the conduct of their diplomatic relations based on the principles of mutual respect, na-

tional sovereignty, equality and non-interference in the internal affairs of one another, the Palau Horizon reported.

Present to witness the historic event were: for Palau, Minister of State Sabino Anastacio, Minister of Justice Elias Chin; for Marshall Islands, Minister Breson Wase, Mayor Michael Kabua, Carl Heine, AmbassadorofMarshalls to the People's Republic of China.

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Fiji Army resists audit of regimental funds SUV A (Pacnews)-The Fiji Military Force says it will not allow an audit of the force's regimental funds by Fiji's Auditor General - in light of claims that the account is being misused.

In a letter to the Auditor-General. Michael Jacobs, the Fiji Army says it will nor allow audit officers access to regimental records - and will, if necessary, take the matter before the courts.

Fiji's Auditor General's office has been trying to access the fund's accounts since the allegations were made by a senior Army officer - who has since been suspended.

The army says the funds are private and no business of the Auditor General.

The Auditor General says Government legal officers are now likely to take the issue up in the courts.

Drought takes toll on Tonga NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews)The prolonged drought in Tonga's northern most island ofNiuafo' ou continues to pose a number of difficulties for its people.

Radio Tonga reports the drought has had a disastrous affect on the economy of the island.

The copra industry has been hi! hardest - with islanders estimating that copra production will not be able to start again for at least

five months. Officials on Niuafo 'ou say

drinking water is very scarce, and people are now using water from a local lake for everyday needs.

In addition to the drought, the island is also facing a shortage of foodstuffs - particularly flour and sugar.

Niuafo'ou island has not received any rain since early this year.

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FSM states not eligible for EEZ fishing revenues HONOLULU (Pacnews)-The four states that make up the Federated States of Micronesia have lost a bid to share in the funds collected from foreign fisherman licenses to fish FSM's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone.

The Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia has rnled that the four states ofChuuk,

Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap - are not eligible to a portion of the license fees. ·

The court says the only exception is when fish is caught within the first 12 miles of each state's island land areas.

At present, funds collected from foreign fishing boats are deposited in the national government's

general fund. Expenditure is under the conlrol of

the FSM Congress. Officials say the FSM national

government has collected an average of US$9-million a year in fishing license revenue sinoe 1979, fora total of more than US$!60-million.

The states are now expected to file an appeal.

Resignation ·of Solomons PM pressed HONIARA (Pacnews)The Solomon Islands opposition says it will make a formal submission to the governor general to ask for the resignation of the prime minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu.

An opposition spokesman William Haomae says the opposition will provide a list

of signatures to prove it has the numbers to oust the government.

Haornae says the list has already been signed by 25 MPs -with one more yet to sign.

This would give the opposition aclearrnajority in the 49-member parliament

The opposition spokesman

· says if Ulufa' alu still does not resign, then according to the constitution, the governor general must call a special meeting of parliament to vote on a no-confidence motion.

Haomae claims the ·govern. ment is crumbling with more ministerial. resignations expected in the next few days.

Skate faces revolt from his partners

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WELLINGTON (Pacnews)-Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Bill Skate is facing a revolt from his coalition partners.

The Peoples Democratic Movement, the Independent Alliance, the Peoples Progress Party and the United Resources Party are angry at what they say are unilateral decisions by Mr Skate over

New Caledonians get to study English in Hawaii HONOLULU (Pacnews)Four high-level New Caledonian public servants are to study English at the University of Hawaii.

Among them is the private secretary to the president of the French Territory's Loyalty Islands province, Macate Wenehoua.

Mr Wenehoua says his occupational responsibilities re-

quire him to participate in seminars and other meetings where he interacts with English-speaking dignitaries from throughout the Pacific Islands region.

All four course enrollees from New Caledonia are EastWest Center-sponsored participants in the University of Hawaii teaching project.

Appeal for more relief to tsunami victims on MELBOURNE (Pacnews)Radio Australia joins forces with Australian aid organisations to raise support for the victims of the Papua New Guinea tsunami disaster.

The regional broadcaster is organising a fundraising concert in Melbourne tonight to help reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the Aitape area, on the north coast of Papua New Guinea.

Radio Australia's General Man-

ager, Jean-Gabirel Manguy says the broadcaster is committed to do what it can to alleviate the suffering of many of its regular listeners.

Proceeds from the concert, featuring dance groups from New Zealand, Samoa, Cook Islands and PNG, will fund resettlement projects implemented by organisations Community Aid Abroad and Australian Volunteers Abroad.

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PORT VILA (Pacnews)Vanuatu' s ombudsman Marie· Noelle Ferrieux-Patterson has refuted claims by the country's Attorney General - that her jurisdiction as Ombudsman has not changed.

Ferrieux-Patterson, in a letter to the Attorney General Ham Buiu expressed disappointment at his views on the repeal of the Ombudsman's act - saying his statement was "misleading" and "confusing".

She says she currently operates under powers granted her under the Constitution, due to the repeal of the Ombudsman's act by the former government of Serge Vohor.

Ferrieux-Patterson says he powers have been greatly diminished, particularly after. the Supreme Court of Vanuatu ruled last month that repeal of the bill was both constitutional and vaHd.

Ferrieux-Patterson says the present government of Prime Minister Donald Kalpokas has repeatedly promised that it will introduce a new Ombudsman's act to restore her powers - but have not acted on that pledge.

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US Ambassador Prudence Bushnell (right) salutes as Marines carry at the Nairobi airport the casket of one of eleven US citizens being flown to Frankfurt, Germany and then to Andrews Air Force Base in Washington Monday. 12 Americans were killed in Friday's bomb blast in Nairobi, which killed more than 200 people and injured more than 5,000. AP

US offers $2M reward on embassy bombers

By Barry Schweid WASHING TON (AP) - Secretary of State Madeleine Albright offered a $2 million reward Monday in the U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa President Clinton said the nation must not "start running away from this kind of conduct" by curbing its operations abroad for fear ofterrorist attack.

With govemmen.t authorities in Kenya and Tanzania pledging their cooperation in a joint investigation with FBI experts. posters were disllibuted worldwide offerine the reward. Since 1991, $5 million has been paid for critical information in other terrorist attacks.

''At the moment, I don't have any idea why they picked those two ( embassies)," Patrick Kennedy. assistant secretary of state for management, told reporters as the investigations got underway.

Buttheattackswerehavingaripple effect Kennedy said one dozen to two dozen threats were telephoned to

U.S. installations since the attacks last Friday.

While U.S. officials declined to say whether there were any slrong leads being pursued in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, a Kenyan guard who refused to ·let the bombers into the embassy grounds may be alive and hospitalized, James Foley, a State Department spokesman, said.

The guard. who had a grenade thrown at him, "resisted heroically," Foley said. "lt'sobviously a dramatic story."

Albright plans to fly to Germany before dawn on Wednesday, visit with wounded Americans and Kenyans in a hospital and then fly home Thursday with the bodies of 11 American victims. The 12th will be buried in Kenya.

Clinton, speaking at a health can: event in Louisville, Ky., implied terrorist attacks on Americans are inevitable, but said the United States would not swrender its big-power role.

'The more open the world be-

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses the bombin[l of U.S. Embassies in Africa during NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday m Wash-ington. AP

comes, the more vulnerable people become to those who are organized and have weapons, information technology and the ability to move," Clinton said. "We must be strong in dealing with this. We must not be deterredbythethreatofotheraction."

Expressing resolve, the president added:''Thereisnowayoutifwestart running away from this kind of conduct We have to build a civilized, open world for the 21st cenrury."

The White House announced that Clinton would return early from a three-day trip to Kentucky, Tilinois and California to discuss the bombings with his national security advisers on Wednesday.

Albright, addressing some 700 State Department employees, lashed ·'the cowards that committed this act" and vowed America "will not be intimidated" by bomb throwers.

She also pledged that the terrorists who set off deadly bombs at the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing at least 202 people and in juringmore than5,CXXJ, would be caught and punished. ··ournation 's memory is long and our reach is far."

Still, more than three days after the attacks in Nairobi and Dares Salaam, there was no word of a breakthrough nor was any group identified as being responsible for the attack.

Albright telephoned L,rneli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to thank him for dispatching rescue experts to Nairobi. Foley said they saved at lea,t one life. She also spoke to French Foreign Minister Hube11 Vedrine on Sarurday. His government also sent help.

About a dozen people we1e detained in Dm·cs Salrurrn, but Assistant Secretary of State Sus:m Rice told 1eporters "don't attach too much importance to it." She said they had not been formally charged. but "we wm1t to hem· what comes out of tl1ese suspect.,.''

Other officials said some of the 12 were Iraqi, some Sudanese.

Iraq and Sudan are listed annually by the State Department as sponsors ofterroiism. The Clinton administration is sharply at odds with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein while Sudan is ruled by fundamentalist Muslims who are fighting a civil war againstChristiansandotheranti-govemment elements.

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BoJD.b suspects arrested By Edith M. Lederer

NAIROBI, Kenya(AP)-Buoyed by the sound of tapping, rescuers heaved chunks of rubble aside Monday in a desperate effort to get to SUIVivorsofthe U.S. Embassy bombing in Kenya Police investigating the twin bombing at the embassy in Tan-

zania arrested several people. As Secretary of State Madeleine

Albright announced a $2 million reward for information leading to the conviction of'"the cowards that committed this act, "the hunt for the terrorists and the search forvictims intensified.

Eleven Americans who had come to Kenya in peace began their last journey home in coffins Monday. A 12th American, manied to a Kenyan, will be buried in her adopted homeland. The vast majority of the more than 200 dead ~d nearly 5,CXXJ injured in both bombings Friday were

Local Kenyan students march through Central Nairobi's main streets, Monday in protest against the recent bombings in downtown Nairobi. AP

NOTICE TO BIDDERS SEALED PROPOSALS for the SAIPA\: HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, DREDGED MATERIAL HAULl"lG & DISPOSAL, SAi PAN, :VlARIA\:A ISLAND, Cl'A Projec.t 1\Jo. S-CPA-01-93 will be received at the office of the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COM\'lOMVEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY,Saipan international Airport, P.O. Box 1033, Sa ipan, \forian;i Islands 96950, until 2:00 P.M., August 17, 1998, at which time ;ind place the sealed proposals will be publiclv opened and read.

The project, in gener;il, consists of hauling dredged material from the Saipan Harbor to disposal sites in Marpi, and maintenance ot stockpile areas in \farpi.

The project is bc·in~ financed bv funds from the Commonwealth Ports Authoritv. Tho contract award, if ils is lo be mack will be_ maclc within lhi"rti ,J.ivs_(30) _from the receipt of bids. Dependiri11 upon availability of funds, CPA reserves tlw nght lo hold such b,d 111 etlect tor sixt1· da1·s (60) trom the date of bid opernng.

This c,,,ntr,Kl is unckr .rnd s ul,iect tu hecu ti,·c Order 112~6, :1s .1mendc•d, of Sc>ptember ~~' 196\ the Federal Labor n,,1i,i,1ns ,111cl lhc l:c1u,1I lm/'lnrn1cnt Of'P"rlunit1· il't:01 pro1·isions,1s rnnlain,•d in the contract, Sf•ecific~liuns ,rn;I bid dc,,11~11cnk. J,:,1cl,1 b;, d,·r must cnmj1ldc: s1gn.,1i,u turn1sh, prior to ,1Ivar·c·I ot ti;~ cunl.r:icl .<I'r?1ccl ;,fo RU A-,\-l)(IJ ,t/:,1 th,· h1dc,er, Si.1lcnw111 on 'rc•1·1ous C onlracts Sub1ecls lo l+.U C /,1use. a "C crl1l1cat1on ol f\on.'1t'grL1_j,llL'L1 FtH:ilitir...•:·i'' (SL'L' Spccitic,1tinn..;J.

Tlw aj1p,1~P11t l,rn· bidder .Ind .1Ill' _knr.111·n first t,ier subcontr:icl,~r rn,11· be subject lo a pre-award, oqu;il opportunity cump 1,1ncc rl'1·1l'1Y b1· represent,1imcS or the Ott,ce at r.eJeral (onlr,ict Compl1:ince Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, bet ore the :l\\'ard ot the conlracl for the purpose of d,,termining whether the bidder and/or his subcontractors are .1bil' lo comph' "·ith lhl' pr,l\'isions ol the equal opporlunitv clause .

.,\/] mech,rnics ,111d l.1borers ,rn the project sh,111 be p,1id no Jess than the established C:\IMI w,1ge r,1le.

.·\ biddvr e>r pws,1c·cti1·e prime conlr:1Ctor or propn.sed subcontractor shall bl' re,1uircd lo submit such information ".' t1w C L1mmum'.m\th Ports . .\uthr,nt\· requests 1,nor lu the,1w,ml ul .i contract or subconlrc1cl. When a determinalH1.n i~t::-> b1...,~n .. m,1de l_o ,1w,1rd the conlract ur ~u_bco~'._tr.1cl lo J :,,rwcJfi~d cnn~ractnr, such contractor shc1\] be required ~-inm lu <t\\ dtd, ur c1tkr the oward, C)r bl1lh tn lurrn~h such olhcr intorn1al1011 zis n~L{lll.'Slcd.

l:llnlracl clocumenh,mav be• obt:iined from thl' Office DI the 1-:wcutiw Director, Cummun\\'eallh /'orls /\uihoritv, u/,on the parnwnt ol TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS (S25.00) for mch set of Jocuments. This amoun·1 is nonrdunJa ,Jc,. Payment shall be made by chl'ck p:iyable tu the C:ummu1w:e.illh l'orls /\ulhoritv

i\ pre-bid conferl'ncl' 1,·ill be held al the conference room of the C:I'/\ SAll'AN SEAl'ORT OFFICE BUILDING, ill 9:00 A.VJ., on Wednesday, Aui;ust 12, 199_8 lo explain ,1nd cl.1rify ,ind questiuns regarding this project. Questions should be su~m1tled lo the C.onsultanl, 1n wrr1111g, al lc•,1sl onl' (1) day ~n advance tor answers at this pre-bid conlerencc, \\'llh ,1 copy ot the same m,1iled, sin1ultanc()usly, to the Executive Director, Commonwealth l'orls Authoritv.

Each prospective bidder shill] file with the Commonwealth Ports Authority, at the above S,1ip,rn address, ;i notice of his intention lo bid in a form substantially similar lo lh:it su1,ptied with the contract dornments not less than Lhrel' (3) Cillcndar davs prior to the date hereinabove dcsignalec for opening of proposals.

Filch propos,11 shall be on a form furnished with the contract documents by the Commonwealth Port Authority.

The C:ommonweililh Ports Authoritv reserves the right lo reject any or ail proposals in accordance with Section 3.2(7) of 1ls Procurement Rules and I{egulations and to waive anv defects in said proposels, or any of them if in its sole opinion to do so would be in its interest. ' · '

/s/CARLOS f-1. SALAS Executive Director

Date: August 6, 1998

Kenyans. Meanwhile, a Nairobi newspaper

reported that Kenyan security guards in the rear parking lot at the U.S. Embassy argued and exchanged fire with five men moments before the bomb exploded.

GuardJoash Okindowas quoted in an early edition of Tuesday's East· African Standard as saying the men threw a grenade when he refused tu let them pass through the gate.

In Washington, U.S. StateDepartmentspokesmanJ aines Foley said an wmamed Kenyan guard reported that the bombers threw a grenade at him, prompting him to nm just before the nuck exploded, Foley said.

U.S. investigators haven't been able to confirm the account, but find his account plausible, Foley said.

Thebombershadapparentlysought to get into the U.S. Embassy's underground parking garage, a site from which the bomb could have been even more devastating to the embassy.

On Monday, three cranes and two bulldozers lifted pieces of rubble from the collapsed Ufundi Cooperative House next to the embassy, where weary rescuers said they heard tapping inside the building in the morning.

"'As long as there is the slightest chance of any person being found alive, every moment up there is precious," said Nina Galbe, spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross. ""We can't stop until the last stone is unturned."

Rescuers said the tapping spurred them on in their search for a woman named Rose, who last spoke to rescue workers Sunday afternoon. Another woman nained Jane also hasn't been heard from since Sundav.

Titus Ngwele, Red Cross coor-

dinator at the scene, said an Israeli rescue team sank a microphone into the nibble late Monday afternoon to check whether Rose was breathing.

"'They weren't sure whether she was ornot She hasn't spoken today. But they 're still working to getherout and still hoping that she's alive," he said.

Threedaysafterthe bombing, however, the only victims being pulled out of the rubble were dead.

In the first confirmed detentions in ei thercountry, Assistant Police Commissioner Wilson Mwansasu announced that '"there were some suspects arrested ... in different parts of Dares Salaam," Tanzania's capital.

The detainees were "connected to others," he said, but refused to elaborate on the charges.

In Washington, however, the State Department described the arrests as "aroutineroundup." AssistantSecretaryofState for African Affairs Susan Rice said about a doz.en people had been detained for questioning in Dar es Salaam and advised reporters, "'Don't attach too much importance to it"

Mwansasu refused to identify the nationalities of those arrested. But another U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Sudanese and Iraqi citizens were ainong those detained.

It was not known who was behind the blasts. News media received claims of responsibility in the name of the "Islainic Anny for the Liberation of Holy Shrines" and the "Army fer-the Liberation of IslamicShrines."Theclairnscouldnot be confirmed and may have come from the saine source.

U.S., Kenyan and Tanzanian investigators were silent on what evidence they may have recovered from the blast sites.

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A mixed group of Israeli, American, Kenyan and French rescuers prepare to drop a high sensitivity listening _devi<:e Monday in Nairobi to attempt_to hear a woman named Rose buried smce Friday by the bomb blast Friday near the US embassy, killing at least 200. AP


India's ruling party under pressure again NEW DELHI, India (AP) -India's shaky 4-month-old ruling coalition was under pressure Monday from two key allies threatening to pull out their support to the right-wing government.

It would take the withdrawal of both allies to actually bring down the Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee' s government, which is seen as unlikely. But the threats underline the fragility of the multi party alliance and the di fficulties of managing an l 8~party coalition.

On Monday, the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham, a

.. powelful party in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, gave Vajpayee two days to accept its position in the dispute over sharing the water of the Cauvery River with other states upstream.

Jayaram Jayalalitha, chief of AIADMK, rejected an accord brokered over the weekend by Vajpayee with the leaders of the

four concerned siates. Jay al al itha told report

ers in Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu, the accord left too many loopholes allowing the neighboring state of Karnataka to siphon off more than its share of the water.

Jayalalitha warned her backing could not be taken for granted.

The AIADMK and its southern allies control 30 votes in Parliament, which are key for the survival of the Hindu nationalist-led coalition government.

The second threat came last week from the Akali Dal in the northern state of Punjab, which controls eight parliamentary seats.

The party, which represents the Sikh community, wants the government to change the planned borders of a new state to protect Sikh landowners in India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh.

The BJP controls 179 seats and its allies 84 in 525-seat Parlia-

ment. Eight independents also support the coalition government.

The Akali Dal fears that when Uttar Pradesh is divided to create a new state, rich Sikh farmers would lose their land. The new state is expected to restrict the land ceiling limit to 3.5 acres (1.4 hectares) per person, against the existing 31 acres (12.5 hectares).

Prakash Singh Badal, a top party leader and Punjab state chief minister, is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in a couple of days to discuss the dispute.

Until last month, Jayalalitha has been pressing Prime Minister Va jpayee to dismiss the state government in Tamil Nadu state, controlled by her rivals, blaming them for the deteriorating law and order siuiation and seeking political vendetta by registering corruption cases against her.

India has had two general elections and four prime ministers in the past twoyean;.

P. Chidambaram (left) director of India's Department of Atomic Energy, briefs India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Va/payee (second from left) as other nuclear scientists look on, at the country's top nuclear facility in Bombay on Monday. AP

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ByRAMOLATALWAR , BOMBAY, India (AP) - Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee complained Monday the denial of visas to Indian nuclear scientists by the United States and Britain was "unjustified and futile."

"Itisnotgoingtodiscouragethelndianscientistsinpursuitofresearchand development," Vajpayee said in a speech marking the 50th anniversary of the Bhabha Atomic Research Center.

More than 75 Indian scientists working in U.S. laboratories on fellowship and exchange programs were asked to leave by the Ointon administration after India carried out five nuclear tests in May.

Four Indian nuclear scientists also were denied visas to attend scientific meetings in the United States and Britain.

India,theprimeministersaid, waspreparedtoparticipateinanondiscriminatory treaty on nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament India says the existing treaties protect the arsenals of the five recognized nuclear poweIS.

"'The key word is collective endeavor. A few nations are sitting on huge stockpiles,"he said. "As a nation of one billion people, India cannot be party to an unfair world order," Vajpayee said.

He referred to the growing power shortage in India and promised the accelerate the long-stal.led nuclear power program. ''In the last seven years, only two nuclear power plants have gone crilical," he said.

Indiahasatargetofproducing20,CXXlmegawattsofnuclearpowerbythe year 2020. At present, only 1,800 mega watts were produced by India's 10 nuclear power reactors. '"The main challenge is to provide cheap power and to increase electricity production," he said.

Pakistan responsible for fate of diplomats--Iran TEHRA.1'11,Iran(AP)-lranholds Pakistan responsible for the safety of I J di"plomats it says were captured by the Taliban Islamic movement in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported Monday.

"'We demand that Pakistan secure the release of the Islamic Republic of Iran's diplomats promptly," the agency quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi as saying in a phone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart, S art a j Aziz.

The Taliban have denied they are holding any Iranian diplomats. Forces of the hard-line Taliban blazed into the northern opposition stronghold ofMazar-e-Sharif on Saturday, capturing the last major Afghan city not in their hands.

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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN BEIJING (AP) - Seeking to stop the kind offlooding ravaging China, the government is spending $24.5 billion and resettling more than a million people to build Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project.

But critics of the dam in central Hubei province say the structure, to be completed in 2009, could possibly increase flooding and might share the blame for the current disaster.

Heavy, sustained downpours have caused the Yangtze River to swell to its highest level since 1954, and floods nationwide have killed more than 2,000 people and made millions more homeless.

Meanwhile, the industrial city of Wuhan survived the flooding unscathed Monday. Authorities -fearful that the city of7 million people might be overwhelmed by high waters - a day earlier destroyed dikes upstream. The action diverted water and lowered the Yangtze.

The "flood crest passed smoothly," said a city official who would give only his surname, Liu. "Everything is normal but we're keeping our eye on the situation."

Elsewhere, with more rains falling on the Yangtze's upper reaches, the river is expected to sustain dangerously high levels for weeks. ·

Downstream in Jiujiang, southeast China, residents and soldiers guarding dikes weakened by the weeks of flooding prepared for a long, anxious night as the flood crest barreled toward the city of 500,000 people.

The flooding has been exacerbated in recent years by deforestation and dikes that have hemmed the river in and eliminated natural wetlands that normally wou Id ab-

sorb flood waters. Silt from increased runoff has

raised the stream bed, forcing communities along the river to depend on dikes for protection from floods.

But residents and cash-strapped local governments have badly neglected the dikes, the official Xinhua News Agency said in a special report. Levees, many of them built in the 1950s, have eroded or have been unde.rmined by burrowing pests.

"The decay of aged dikes and a lack of funding for repairs create serious flood threats each year when the water rises," the Xinhua report said.

The neglect may have been encouraged by government promises that the Three Gorges Dam will store floodwaters and protect residents along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze.

The 1.5-mile-long (2 kms) dam will inundate a 370-mile (600 kms) stretch of land along the Yangtze, forcing 1.3 million people to move.

Dam critics charge it will do little to control the floods because many of the Yangtze's tributaries flow into the river downstream of thedamsite, where flooding could continue.

The project's multi billion budget should have been used to repair levees, said journalist and dam critic Dai Qing. Smaller dams throughout the Yangtze River system would have been just as effective with much less cost and impact on the environment, she says. ;;,, ·"~ ..

"China is building gigantic projects ... while neglecting its existing flood management system," said Philip Williams, president of the Berkeley, Californiabased International Rivers Network.

Cambodia election officials close door to poll complaints PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Claiming that all allegations of fraud have so far proven baseless,officialssaidMondaythey will stop looking into complaints about irregularities in last month's parliamentary elections.

The move closes the door on complaints by Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy that their parties la,t to strongman Hun Sen in the July 26 polls because of fraud Theyhaverefusedtojoinany coalition government before their charges are addressed.

Spokesman Samraing Kamsan saidthattheNationa!ElectionComrnittee. has received more than 300 complaintsfromtheoppositionparties,but''foundnofraud,onlyslight technical errors."

For the past week, he said, election officials have been painstak: inglyrecountingballotsfromseven of the countty 's 1,600 communes and found that "there has been no cheating, no fraud at all."

Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party emerged as the winner in last month's parliamentary elections when long-delayed prelimirunyre-

suits were announced last week, taking a slight majority- 64 seats -in the 122-memberNationalAssembly.

The majority falls short of the two-thirdsneededtofonnagovemment, and Hun Sen has been looking for partners. The prince's FUNCINPECparty is slated to pick up 43 seats and the Sam Rainsy Party 15.

The two opposition parties are allegingwidespreadfraudinvoting andballotcountingandhavethreatened to boycott the new National Assemblyiftheircomplaintsarenot properly investigated, setting the stage for a possible political cri-sis. .

Hun Sen hoped that new elections would restore his legitlrnacy in the eyes of the international community and foreign ~d So far, foreign observers and the United Nations have generally endorsed theelection,despitewidespreadpre.; vote violence.

C,itics accused Hun Sen of packing the National Election Committee and other authorities with his supporters.

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Japan downgrades its • economic assessment

JaAanese Fin_an~e Minister Kiichi Miyazawa listens as Prime Minister ~e,zo Obucht delivers speech before the Upper House plenary session m f okyo Tuesday. Miyazawa said that the government can sell nat,onally-owned assets to fund tax cuts. AP ·

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Economic Planning Agency down

. graded its assessment of the country's overall economy Tuesday to reflect vanishing hopes for a recovery in personal consumption.

In its monthly report for August, the agency said that flagging consumer confidence amid rising unemployment has made the overall economy "sluggish," with economic conditions increasingly severe.

The latest appraisal represented a "slight downgrade of the nuance" from "stagnant," an expression the agency had used since February, said Takafusa Shioya, deputy director-general of the EPA.

Shioya, briefing reporters on the report, said the latest assessment was meant to reflect the fact that hopes for a recovery in personal spending have disappeared for the time being.

The downgrade comes ~as

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took issue with Reyes' apparent indifference when the lawmaker came rocheck thedepmtment · s aainint?: activities for the 1ecrniL,.

~-when the senutor came in, the insa11ctors walked out TI1ey didn't want to answerm1y of his questions,'' Lujan said.

Lujan said this prompted Charfaums' decision to issue the subpoena to Reyes.

Lujan said Chaifauros wanL~ to know why Reyes hi1ed 41 rec111its when his depaitment w:L~ only allocated 30. and why he hited rec111its who me not qualified for the job.

··we GITT 't afford to 1ec111it people who me minimally qualified and expect them to lcmn on the job. We can't put a pticc on human life," Lujan said.

TI1e rec111iL> m·e due to become permanent GovGuamemployccs after their first six months of hire-mid the time is getting near. "Why men't these guy; u11i1;d? TI1ey 're being paiJ as fue fighters but none of them is qualified to fight a fire. TI1ey've been doing busy work for the past months."

Pait of the training issue stems from a lack of clmily as to who is supposed to be u11ined where. All of Gum11 's public safety personnel used to be underonc depmtment known as the Dcpmtmenl of Public Safety.

Tmining prognu11 used to be undertaken bv the former Guam Police Acadern/which ML> split by a new law inlotwodep:u1mems, nowGuwn Police Dcpmtmcnt ,UJd Gu,u11 Fin~ Dcp,utmcnl.

But ai101hn law required tl1at all public safety personnel be required to go through :m accn.!dited institution to receive ll~1ining.

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Technical Institute pmvides a.tining to police, conections and customs officers. Reyes holds that there is no provision in the law requiting him lo send his recmit~ through tl1e institute.

ChaJfauroshasinu-oduced Bill 718 which would clmify that Guam Fiie Dcpaitmcnt must undergo u·aining m the same venue as do other Public Safety personnel.

Reyes was unavailable for comment as he received notification of the oversight heaJing, but in an caJ·lier intetview he said tl1at he didn't believe that he was required to use GCC' s facilities to train his people because he wasn't sure he was required to.

He also stated that he didn't feel all of the cuniculum offeted as pait of the program was necessary.

He said he would adhe1e to the standm"ds set by tl1e National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

"l want to uain fire rec111it~ to fight foes according to NFPA standards. They don't need the excess coursework that is part of the Pro Tech cu11·iculum because unlike law enforcement, they work in teams. They don't deal with the public one on one,'' Reyes said.

Reyes also told Iepoiters that some of the information offered to recruits al GCC can be learned on the job or al other places once they arc in the field. "I'm trying to get these guys trained. There's a shortage of EMTs and I need to get these guys trained in order to man the Estumbo Station which is opening in November."

Reyes may have problems ifhe uses the NFPA requirements as the standard for training of his new recruits since the NF!'/\ requires that the local or state/provincial training program establish the instrnctional priorities and program content to be offered to ready recruits for fighting fires.

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Clinton weighs testim.ony By Ron Fournier

WASHINGTON (AP) - A week before Bill Clinton's risky date to answer questions from prosecutor Kenneth Starr, some of the president's closest advisers are convinced he should try to avoid telling all.

The president last month agreed to testify ··completely and truthfully'" on Aug. 17 to a grand jury investigating whether he had sex with Monica Lewinsky and tried to cover it up - allegations Clinton denies.

In exchange, Starr withdrew a subpoena, saving Clinton from being the first sitting president compelled to testify in a criminal case.

That concession could play a role in the president's strategy next week.

A longtime Clinton confidant said one option under discussion among the president's advisers would have him repeat his broad denials to the grand jury but refuse to answer speei fie questions about his relationship with Ms. Lewinsky.

A second Clinton adviser said the bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa and the resurgence of trouble with Iraq could be grounds for the president to delay his testimony.

However, White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said Monday he knew of no plans to delay or limit Clinton's appearance.

"As the president said recently, he plans to testify completely and truthfully to the questions put to n\m by the Office of Independent Counsel," said Lockhart, who was traveling with the president on a two-day trip to Kentucky, Illinois and California.

The advisers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, are confidants involved in preparations for the grand jury appearance, But they are not part of the tight circle of people -two or three lawyers and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton - who could speak definitively about the president's plans.

Still. such discussions reflect deep rese1vations about the scheduled grand jury appearance.

With no subpoena, StmT could not compel Clinton to provide details about his relationship with the former White House intern, legal experts said Monday. If Clinton balked, Starr would have to get another subpoena, and wage a constitutional battle over whether the president of the United States can be forced to testify.

"The question is whether both sides want to delay and ratchet up the controversy," said Bruce Yannett,afonnerlran-Contraprosecutor who works in New York.

To some Clinton advisers, the answer is yes.

Delaying the inquiry would buy time for Clinton's lawyers to assess the weight of Starr's evidence, including Ms. Lewinsky's testimony and perhaps the results of DNA tests that are being conducted on one of her dresses to look for evidence of a sexual encounter.

It would allow Clinton's political team to continue attacking Starr's credibility, a strategy that

President Clinton listens to other speakers before taking the podium during a visit to Louisville, Ky., Monday. Clinton and his advisers are mulling options as his appearance before a grand jury nears on the Lewinsky case. AP

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Clinton supporters also seized on indications that any impeachment repo1t prepm·ed for Congress would probably focus narrowly on evidence in the Lewinsky case rather than other aspects of Starr's Whitewater investigation.

'"I think tactically. aside from what may be morally right, refusing to give detailed answers is a good solution for him;· said Paul Rothstein, a Georgetown Law School professor.

"I think he has some grounds to sell this to the American people and some legal grounds to getaway with it."

Yet Democrats are becoming increasingly jittery. As Clinton campaigned for his party's Kentucky

candidates, the president of a Louisville Democratic club said the grand jury testimony will determine whctherC lint on helps or hurts Democrats in the fa! I.

··There's no question there's a lot of apprehension about it.'" said Mike TI1ompson. a car salesman.

Independent pollster Andrew Kohut warned that polls only measure the public's level of wlerance at a particular moment: a change in Clinton's strategy could shift American attitudes.

··Toe evidence is that the president doesn't have to say much to assuage the public because the public ... wants this to go away," Kohut said. ··on the other hand. you can't make the assumption that the president can do anything and not be held accountable by the public."

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posed austerity measures. "'111ere are departments with man

agers and assistant managers and seve;al supervisors. We \\111 eliminate assistant managers and limit supervise,, to one or two:· company officials said during the meeting.

Plans include tl1e 1emo\·,tl of compliment.il'y meals and rooms pro\'ided to guests :md a 1eduction in the allowance, of employee, who are pro\·ided with such fin,mcial bendiL,.

Workers who will tile voluntary resignation are also offered anequivalem- of one month salary and free plane ticket to their respective home counuics.

Citing the il\-effecL,ofthe worscnin~ eco~omic siruation in tl1e Asian region witl1 the 1eponed slide of Chinese and Hon£! Kongcunencies. wellplaced sourc~s claimed Dyna,ty is pl:uming to furlough some 300 of it, close to 1.200 workers.

Five Filipino workers were scheduled to leave for t!1e Philippines yesterdav. Onlv three wem back home \\'hile the other [WO remained On the ishmd.

A ranking Dynasty employee confirmed the retrenchment but did not say how many workers will te furloughed. The source only said tl1e economic upheavals in the region is

· also hurting the casino-hotel. Recent ;poru indicated the con

tinued devaluation of many currencies in Asia following the decline of

13 Kiribati . Continued from page 1

Leon Guemc!ro 's office 1eceived a ca\\ from the officials ,mu scrn a (iuam MassTr,msit bus to pick them up. Leon Guen·cro was off ishmu at th.; time but the individuals wen: taken to her office in Ag;ma.

After the situation was cxpiained, Leon GucITcro ·s office staned making phms on how lo ,6sist the group. J ,unaicrn1 Gtil\ in Ag,madonated food to tbc athktcs m1<l they ate at the 01T1cc.:.

'Ille: group had l1cc.:n cxp.:ctcd at the I ~1ttcr D:1\' Saints mission 011 Tuc.:sJa:,. but :1i'tcr ,1 call from I ,:on (iucr,cr\i·, ofilcc the 11copk ,it the.:

Chinese and Hong Kong cunencies. Tinian Dynasty has l:icn exerting extra efforts to tap casino market, from mainland China and Hong Kong.

In an earlier interview. Liew said the hotel-casino is downsizing but promptly added that the management has been trying to come up with other measures that would prevent the retrenchment of workers. ·we will try not to lay off people. [Because I it will cost us more money to bring them back.'' he stressed.

He pointed out that the actions taken by the Dynasty were meant to prepare the facility for a possible worse scenario. which is the 12-month recession in Asia where Dyna,ty is hoping to get most of its visitors and casino players.

'"We are projecting for the next 12 months. We want to be prepared for what is going to happen. We frnesee based on the market figures of the Asian market - that'; where our market is-the outlook is not good ... he said.

He emplu,ized that the mea,ures will help them keep the hotel-casino facility open and in foll operation. ··we want to be prepared for any eventualities so that we can keep the casino open.'"

Liew added that Tinian Dynasty is looking for alternative ways to prevent ai{y retrenchment.citing thepossibilities of cutting work hours. "We are discussing with employees and considerwhat they can come up with. We are working together. We try to save jobs and not lay off,'" he continued.

mission welcomed them a day early. Tiieother 38 people from the group

and the leadmuTive<l yesterday morning and joined the 1est at the mission.

Leon Grterrero's office said Guam's community hall already begun offers of help. The office W,Ls swmn1:xcd with calls offe1ing food mid money to the Ki1ibatis.

Accardi ng to a spokesperson from Leon Guenero' s office, the commu' nity is still being ,Lsked to help out a, "we uy to show a little Guam hospitality'" to our guests.

Donations for the group can be made bv calling Sen. Leon Guerrcr~ ·s office at 671-472-3416/7/X. t\ny assistance is greatly apprcci:1tcd.

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1998. Daily mass will be offered for the belated every 6:00 pm at the San Vicente Church. Dinner will be served

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Despite the shortfall. Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio is confident that the government will meet the project~<l revenues as he indicated in his revised budget proposal.

He is counting on the funds that will be generated from the recently signed Fiscal Integrity Act which promises inct·eased revenues since it eliminates the Earned Income Credit, lifts the limit in the number and increases the licensing fees of poker and pachinko machines.

Tenorio said a meager net increase in resources was identified in the revised projections over the May I submitted estimates. He said an increase of $5 million over and above the

NMHC . . . ContinLJed _fr_on,_ page 1

The US Housing Urban Development Section 8 program is a

joint cooperative effort between NMHC, the Commonwealth and the federal government to make available h~using lo qualified families through federally-subsidized rental payments.

Under Section 8 program, NMHC built 177 units for occupancy by low-income families.

Ada explained that the public housing assistance had expired

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Kemp used to go to su1fsi<le almost daily.

"During the dry season when the trade winds kicked-in, there were always waves out there," she explained. "And waves for al I types of boarders ... you could swim out and find some 3-4 footers or slay close to the beach and ride the smaller waves."

Kemp said that many people look advantaged of the ideal surfing situation.

"It was a lot or fun for all boogie-boarders .. it's a shame to see what has happened with the washout," she added.

Y estcrday, administrator for the Guam Coastal Manangement Program,

administration's first estimate on revenue collection from wages and salary for the next fiscal year is expected.

''The offsetting effects of the repeal of the Earned Income Credit can bolster our collection on the NM TIT," he stressed.

The governor also mentioned anticip;ted net positive gains amounting to $6.1 million from the increase in user's fee rate from 3.5 percent to 3.7 percent under Public Law 11-23, and the value of garments exported.

Amusement machine license fee, which was proposed to be raised to $6,000 per machine and the removal of the limit in the number of poker and pachinko machines in Saipan, is also raising hopes for an additional $3.9 million in total revenues.

In addition, some $1.9 million

and NMHC <lid not renew such public housing progrnm in Dec. 1997.

Under the US HUD program, if a pub I ic housing agency does not want to renew the housing project, the tenants are given one-year voucher to go and fi n<l another place to live.

Annex l rightnow,Adasaid.is not being ru; as a Section 8 program so the tenants were given vouchers Of the 20 tenants, Ada said, I 0 have elected to take their vouchers and·go somewhere else while the IO stay because some of them

Michael Hamm said the Department of Public Works is placing rocks on the shoreline as a temporary solution.

"Hopefully, later we 'I\ be able to do more expensive work, but so far only $200,000 has been spent," he said.

Hamm explained that one strategy is to open the river mouth which may allow the beach to come back ..

"The river, which created the beach by carrying silt, was diverted north after the storm. Now we 're trying to keep the river open ... hopcfully, that will correct the problem 11atural I y," he said.

"We have to protect the shoreline first," said Ray Torres, chief planner for highways at DPW.

"The rock burm that was in

more from operational reimbursement may also pad government revenues in 1999. "The Commonwealth economy is tied with larger global and regional economic forces which is still experiencing a deep recession. As a result, the economic prognosis remains unchanged," Tenorio said.

He pointed out that collections from business gross receipts and excise taxes will significantly increase, although the government is projecting losses from business gross receipts and excise taxes to reach $16 million.

Tenorio said expected revenue from the casino gaming industry on Tinian will provide much needed revenues, but promptly added that it will not be enough to offset the expected revenue losses from the tourism and related industries.

are working close to the area. "But that's only for one year,"

Ada said, pointing out that tenants who are in a voucher program have a choice to live wherever they want.

"It's like a transitional and so the IO tenants took that vouchers and went out and seek another place. The tenants were given one year vouchers so that they can . have ample lime to look for other place to live," she said.

NMHC is just waiting for Annex 2, which is located next to Garapan Elementary School, to expire in June 1999.

place was damaged during the storm so bolders have been placed on the shore I ine and we're backfilling the beach using coral."

Also, island officials are trying to acquire more funds to complete future projects if necessary.

Torres said possible long-term plans include placing a permanent structure of rocks with concrete mortar on the shoreline.

Before any permanent mitigation efforts can be carried-out, Torres says that hearings will be held with DPW. the Army Corps of'Engineers, Guam Coastal Management Program and the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Until then, surfers will have to be patient or find another place to catch the waves.

JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT IT IS 1l/lc l'OUCI' OF Tiff ('(},lf,\/{},V\VE,\I.TII UHi.iT/ES CORl'ORA'IJON (CUC) m,rr '/J/E Cl!C MU/If II/HING .W.'i/'EM ,\'IIAI.I. IJE Al'PUED ANIJADA/1,\'I.\TIJIU! ACCO/W!,w; ro Tiff l'RINC//'LE or EQUM. Ol'l'O/ffUN/JY FOIi AU. CITIZENS AND NATIONAL AS DEl'INEfJ BY '/'/IE ,\'(J//111/oRN ,\JM/IAN•\S CWIMON\\'IA/./'1/ CONSTITUTION AND s1;1nnEs REUARDI.ESS OF AUi-:, I/ACE, SEX, 1/EUGION. 1'01./TICAI ,\1-/· IUA ff(),\' Uk !Jl:UIJ", ,\/AHrtAI. -~-li1TUS. 11,iNDICAP. OR PLACE or ORIGIN. .

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Opening Date: 08/121')8 Closing Date: 08/26/1)8

D~'I:' ES: Um'.cr the general supervision of the Power Generation manager or his designce, the incumbent is responsible in .issrsung the operatron ,md nmntenance of the power plant generators.

LOCATION: Commonwealth Utilities Corporation. TINIAN

:>HNIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GED or experience equivalent to a high school diploma. Copy of diploma or transcript and recent police clearance must be attached 10 application. APPLICANTS WILL 13E TESTED ON BASIC MATH AND ENGLISH SKILLS.

STARTING SALARY i9.616.20 - $11,681.76 PER ANNUM SAL\HY WII .I. BE DETERMINLIJ Ul'ON EXl'Ll<IENCE A NI> ()UAl.ll'IC'/\l'IDNS.

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ou sly they will be an added burden for the government and we have already seen that impact very clearly," he sai

.Guam Senator Carlotta Le n Guerrero, in a previous interview, said there is no clear decision yet whether Guam and the CNMI would work towards the deletion of open door migration policy <luring the discussion but added that they may work for conditional migration.

"I believe that the people of Guam, instead of an open door migration, would want to see a gate there and put some conditions," she added.

At this time, people from the Freely Associated States can move

Marpi . .. Continued from page 1

fened approving the lease agreement because when they had entertained the request it included a shopping mall and by the time they were reviewing the lease they raised the question 'why is it (shopping mall) not tl1ere?'" said Guen-ero.

As planned, SLC wa, supposed to build a coffee shop on Suicide Cliff and a mall down Banzai Cliff.

The Board. according to Guerrero, was concerned that not much 1-evenues will be generated if the cable car se1vice will not have the agieed mall and shop.

·They (SLC) said they did not want it included in the lease. 1lie Board said '(We) don't tl1ink so l:.ecause when we entertained your 1-e-

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in to Guam and the CNMI without restrictions. She said even those with a lot of children and those who are unable to work due to health problems can migrate.

"We want to be able to say things like well, we know that we need the people from Micronesia in our workforce but we might require that in order for them to come over here and be a member of our workforce that they be able to show that they have a job or place to stay when they get here," she pointed out.

Tenorio said the Guam senator's proposal to come up with a "gate" that would set the conditions before FAS citizens can migrate to Guam and the CNMI makes a lot of sense and that he is in "support of that."

"I guess we can work harmoni-

quest you (agieed) to put that,"' said Guen-ero.

"Now," she added, "the Board is kind of concerned that if we do not include t!1e shopping mall, it is not going to be as enterp1ising."

'The 1evenue to be generated will nol be as much as if they (SLC) have a shopping mall."

Guen-ero said the division's staff is now going back to SLC to inform them of the Board's decision to have tl1e agreement defen-ed.

The proposed cable car service is seen as anotherpossi ble tourist attr"dction that is expected to help boost arrivals in the Commonwealth.

It wi 11 be noted that the islands' hotel operators have earlier expressed alarm over a recent 30-percent drop in occupancy rate compared to the same period last year.

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~arianas 'Variety-. has it all!

· . . {SALES & MARKETING) Employee in this closs1f1calion is primarily involved in Long Distance Telephone Sole Services.

MINIMUM SKILLS: • GOOD ORAL AND WRlnEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS. • STRONG ANALYTICAL AND ORGANIZATION SKllt.S • ABILITY TO DETERMINE CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS. • KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE PROCEDURES • AGILITY TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES AND THE GENfRAL PUBLIC • COMPUTER LITEflATE. , PREV SALES EXPERIENCE

ously with the people ofFAS that while we appreciate them coming in and filling up our manpower pool, we also need to take into consideration the social effects and the fiscal burden of such a policy to the affected governments," he explained.

He said conditional migration may be one best way to minimize the financial or fiscal burden of the government, especially in terms of infrastructure. "We have been building classrooms left and right and our jail has been piling

up that we need another prison facility. It [open door migration] has really affected us bad."

He stressed that although he does not wan-t to sound "in-hospitable" to FAS citizens, they should also understand the North.:rn Marianas residents have also been socially affected by the open door migration policy because of the unpredicted growth in population.

"It really depends. If they have income that will supporttheirstay here, we have no problem. But if the·y just want to be here, roaming

around and doing nothing, then they shou Id not be here," he added.

In the end, Tenorio said the open door migration policy for FAS citizens al so have some pos iti v e effects to the Northern Marianas since their presence on the islands lessens the Commonwealth's dependency on foreign workforce "but only if they are willing to work."

"We just have to weigh things very carefully. Do the positive effects offset the negative impacts?" he said.

NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

RFP98-0066 . EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNlTY

Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan. through the Nor1hern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC) Board of Directors, and the Division of Procurement and Supply, are hereby giving r.otice that NMHC is soliciting sealed proposals for Iii~ construction of the "REHABILITATION OF PINATANG PARK SWIMMING POOL - PHASE II" at Songsong Village, Rota. MP, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Proposals in duplicate must be marked "CDBG-Construction, Pinatang Project Phase II", and must be submitted to Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than 2:00 P.M., local lime, Friday. August 28, 1998. Any proposals received after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of 15% of the total proposal price exceeding 525,000 must accompany the sealed proposal documents. This security may be Certified Check, Cashier's Check, or Bond made payable to the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation, P.O. Box 514, Saipan, MP 96950.

The participant is required to submit with his/her proposal, I) a copy of current CNMl-issued business license; 2) updated financial statemcn1: 3) listing of existing and past projects, including completion dates; 4) certification of tax compliance from the Department of Revenue and Taxation; 5) written confinnation from a reputable bonding finn as to the company's capability 10 obtain bond insurance and perfom1ance and payment bond; 6) copy of Builder's Risk and Workmen's Compensation coverage; 7) listing of manpower with copies of CNMI-issued work pennits; and 8) listing of equipments.

Plans and Specifications for the project are available on or after August 3, 1998 at the Office of Henry K. Pangelinan and Associates. Inc .. Chalan Lau I au, Saipan during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, except CNMI holidays. A non-refundable payment of $150.00 is required for each set. A Pre-Proposal Conference for this project will be held at the Pinatang Park Swimming Pool, Songsong Village, Rota on August 14, 1998 at I 0:30 a.m.

Attention is called to Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1968 which requires the provision of training and employment, and the awarding of contract for work on the project, to low income project area residents and business concerns. NMHC also notifies proposers that it will affinnatively ensure that, in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority and women's business enterprises will be accorded full opportunity lo submit proposals in response to this request.

Attention is also called to the Labor Standard Provisions for Wage Rate Determinacion of the Commonwealth. Classification and Salary Structure Plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Contract Documents must be paid on this project.

All documents received shall be the sole property of the NMHC with the exception of the bond, certified check or cashier's check. which will be returned to the proposers in accordance with section ··Instruction to Proposers" page 2-3, paragraph No. 03, Proposal Guarantee.

The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any defects in the said proposals, if in the sole opinion to do so would be in ils best interest. All proposals will become the property of the Govemment.

ls/Marv Lou S. Ada Corporate Director Dale; 7/23/98

/s/1-Icrrnan S. Sablan Acting Director, Procurement & Supply Date; 7/23/98

COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY

The Commonwealth Ports Authority at the Saipan lntemalional Airport is looking for individuals for th~ following position: ·

Two (2) Fire Fighter I

Employees in this class are responsible for responding to aircraft rescue operations. fire fighting scenes or emergency situations while developing rescue and fire fighting skills in preparation for higher 1c-.,el as:;ignments.

The minimum qualifications for this job are (I) graduation from high school nr GED. (2) be at least the age of 18, (3) passes tests and exams ror basic aircraft rescue and fire fighting courses within the established training period. (4) meets all CPA require111ents under probationary cmploymcm status. and (.5) liavc no record of felony or criminal conviction. Experience is desirable. but not necessary.

The minimum pay level is PL 22 or $610.00 bi-wcd.ly.

Applicants selected for this position 111ust sub111it to and pass a urine drug test for controlled substances. in accordance with CPA's Drug & Alcohol Policy. Drug testing will be at the applicant's own expense. In addition. 111ust pass a physical fitness test and a complete medical physical evaluation in accordance with CPA's Physical Fitness Policy and NFPA #I 003 '"Qualifications for Airport Fire Fighter."

Application forms are available at the Ports Police Office on the first floor of the Arrival Building or at the Administration Office on the second floor of the same building. Application forms must be accompanied by an updated police clearance. The deadline for submission of application is August 17. 1998 at 4:30 p.m.

For more information. please call 664-3500.

is/Carlos H. Salas Executive Director

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Please apply in person at: Tony Roma's & Capricciosa Restaurants

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Ab t .(!, d food. This can be a problem in

OU 100 • • • bottle-fed babies since most for-

Continued from page 5

be treated with mild soaps, cool

baths, a gentle lubricating cream,

and sometimes an antihistamine

by mouth. There are many causes

of these rashes in children, and it

sometimes takes a bit of detective

work to be sure it is really caused

by food. Prescription creams may

also help. Vomiting and diarrhea can be

treated by stopping the offending

Wabol ... Continued from page 10

notice when he evicted them." Um is president ofTransAmerica

Corp., which constructed its building

on land subleased from the Wabols. Dotts said Urn's family was living

in the same rooms that Mitchell's

family now occupies. "Yet ... Mitchell showed none of

the compassion or sympathy for

that family that he now demands

from the Wabol estate," Dotts said.

Mitchell yesterday said he is "de

lighted" that Dotts. 'finally confessoo

that his purpose all along is to return

the property to TnmsA.rnerica"

Mitchell reiterated that his cli~

Police nab. . . Continued from page 7

Police arrested Kaipat an hour

or so after the incident, and the car was returned to the owner.

The complaint stated that the car's

driver's window, front passenger's window,rearwindshie1dandrear1eft

passengerwindowwerealldamaged. Superior Court Associate Judge ·

Timothy H. Bellas has set the bail at

$1,250.

Guam.song ... Continued from page 8

Komuro, are currently working

on anew songforGVB's upcom

ing Winter Campaign. The single

is slated to be released this Octo

ber. Compact disc sales of the song

have been recorded at over

300,000 copies. "Love the Island" was Ami's

debut in Japan's mainstream mu

sic scene, was released on July 1.

Guam's . .. Continued from page 3

mulas are made from either cow

milk or soy milk. Many allergic

infants can not take either of these.

There are special (read "expen

sive") formulas available for these

infants. Breast milk does not cause al

lergies. In allergic families, breast

feeding is the best way to avoid the development of allergies!

Serious allergic reactions,

called "anaphylax.is," need im

mediate medical treatment. These

ent will appeal the Aug. 3 ruling,

adding that he will ask the court to

disqualify Dotts for his alleged ties

with Lim. TheSuperiorCourt'sAug3ruling

states that Moteisou is removed as

estate administrator and Mitchell as

counsel to the estate. The ruling in this famous Article

12 case named Nekaifes, the second

oldestsisterof the later Elias S. W abol,

as the new administrator. The court ruling, in addition, stated

that a copy of the decision will be sent

to the chair of the Northern Marianas Bar Association's ethics committee

"for appropriate disciplinal)' action,

if any, in respect to ... Mitchell," refer

ring to Moteisou's leasing the estate

to Mitchell.

Illegal ... Continued from page 7

Security Setvices and Bicol Ex

press Ent. should be fined and

barred from employment of guest

workers. San Nicolas said the respondents

have failed to provide their employees with the full work days and

hours as specified in the employ

ment contract. San Nicolas said the respondents

Manila ... Continued from page 8

foods, natural food supplements,

herbal medicines, aromatheraphy

scents, sceientific researches on

natural and herbal products and

other healing arts and technolo

gies. The expositionisexpectedtodraw

several participants around the world.

Interested parties could register now

atthePhilippineConsulateinCNMI,

5th Floor of the Nauru Building.

tional issues that come up in this type of situation.

'Toe best we can do is go into a

place and see what needs to be done

"It's not easy to become an IOC. and get to work. That's the best way The 13-month school they receive to keep morale up." their training at is extremely selec- BattalionThre.ehasbeenonGuam tive. It has to be. She'll be the only forfivemonthsandhavebeenheavily medical asset the battalion has." Bal ice involved in assisting Guam Fire De-went on to say that 10C personnel partmentinbattlingbrushfires. Other

often train and serve aboard subma- deployments include the building of rines and in similar situations where an AIDS hospital in Thailand as well

other medical alternatives are not asprovidingconstructionsupportfor available. A former lab tech, Lohner "Operation Baltic Castle" in Estonia

holds that taking care of people is and Uzbekistan along with humani-what she likes to do besL tarianaid. Smith says thatoften times

"Ireallyenjoypatientcare. I didn't the Seabees offer help to civilians like being in the lab because I missed along with militaJy or U.S. interests. working with people." He says that he's not wonied about

Lohner's people skills may well how his team will handle themselves come into use in this mission, espe- inKenya Thisisthemomentthey've cially when it comes to dealing with been waiting for. 'This is what these a situation where several human lives guys want to do when they sign up for

perished as in this bombing where the Seabees," he stresses.

CUSTOM HOME CONSTRUCTION over 100 people are known dead. 'They've been waiting for an op--Located in San Vicente AAA-4 137 aox 1001 . SAIPAN Smith says he isn't sure how his portunity to respond in this way for a Call: 234-7490 - VICKI !6701288·7766 • FAX 288-776? personrel .will deal with the emo- long time."

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families are given a syringe filled

with adrenalin (epinephrine) to

use in an emergency. This is an

injection and must be given at the

very first sign of a problem. There

may not even be time to get to the

hospital. Fortunately, these serious reac

tions are incredibly rare.

Your physician can help you

discover whether your child's

symptoms are cause.ct by a food

allergy, or by something else. In the meantime, it is always safe to

enjoy a chocolate (but no nuts)!

The Wabol v. Villacrusis & Transamerica case was initiated in

1984 by Mitchell's client and her

brother Elias S. Wabol to challenge

the lease of their Garapan property to Lim.

Elias died in 1986 and his sister

was appointed administrator.

The most important issue of the

case was the question whether Article

12 of the CNMI Constitution was

valid, in light of the US constitutional

provision that requires equal protec

tion of the law. Article 12 states that "The acquisi

tion of pennanent and long-tenn in

terests in real property within the

commonwealth shall be restricted to

persons of Northern Marianas de

scent"

have breached the approved em

ploymentcontract byrequiringtheir

employees to pay $1 per day for

transportation cost or for each trip

from pick up point (barracks) to

their post station and back to their

living quarters. The respondents, San Nicolas

added, should be fined for submit

ting 69 false documents (payroll records) for purposes of affirma

tive defense to their case.

The Labor conducted further

hearing on the case last Monday.

Guam's EPA ... Continued from page 3

Barrigada, from 8-5 p.m. Monday

through Friday. Tobeeligibleforthemoney,Guam

was required to conduct an assessment, which identified watersheds

that need the most work.

Those three, which will undergo workin 1999,aretheNorthem,Ugum

and Talofofo watersheds. Accordingtoareleasefrom GEP A,

the study was completed by the Water Planning Comminee and was

baserl on several criteria The group also concluded that the

17 other watersheds will need work, but that may possibly be put-off until 2010.

Paka reef ... <2_ontinued from page 3

ups," she said, "We took undeIWater

picturesofBileBay in Meriro and the area was completely covered with trnsh."

Jones said that the worse spots were at river mouths where things

washed-down during the storm. Although some of the debris may

have resuhed from littering, Jones said about fil. 70% of the trash came from the storm.

AdministratorfortheGuamCoastal

Management Program, Michael Hamm said that a previous cleanup on top of the reef in January yielded over 6 tons of debris.

'"The private sectorcontributedover

$4,<XXl of aid that project," he re

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01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$750.00 per · ·month

Contact: ROY E. ALEXANDER dba Alexander Realty/Alexander Drilling Co. Tel. 234-5117(8/12)W27553

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SAPPHIRE ENTERPRISES, INC. dba Salyn's Beauty Shop Tel. 234· 9869(8/12)W27552

01 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour

.Contact: ANICIA C. SONODA dba Chamorro House Restaurant Tel. 234-7361 (8/12)W73592

02 DELIVER ROUTE TRUCK (DRIVER)-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: GLOBAL ENTERPRISES, INC. dba Diamond Ice & Water Tel. 234-5922(8/12)W27560

~COOK-Salary:S3.05 per hour Ot WAITRESS-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: KC POON'S INC. dba KC Poon's Restaurant (8/12)W27569

01 ENGINEERING MANAGER-Salary:$2,500.00 per month Contact: KAM CORPORATION dba General Conlractor Tel. 288-6965(8/ 12)W27567

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05-5.00 per hour Contact: SUNFLOWER MARKETING CORP. (SPN) dba CNMI Allied Accounting Services Tel. 233-1806(8/ 12)W27571

01 COOK-Salary:S3.05-4.00 per hour Contact: PACIFIC RESORT SERVICE INC. dba Esy Kitchen Tel. 233-3550(81 12)W27570

01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Salary:$1 ,DOD.DO per month Contact: R.J. INTERWORLD ENTERPRISES/Jason J. Montenegro Tel. 233-7222(8/12)W27572

01 STORE KEEPER-Salary:$5.00 per hour Two years of retail experience & knowledge of any computer software related to relail a must. Contact: LOLLIPOPS dba Lollipops Tel. 234-8040(8112)W73621

01 GENERAL MANAGER-Salary:S3.50 per hour Contact: JEON COMPANY INC. dba Sun Flower Tel. 288-7779(8/12)W27564

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S6.88 per hour Contacl: CALVO-UMDA INSURANCE CO., LTD. Tel. 234-5690(8/12)W27568

01 SUPERVISOR, FINISHING DEPT.Salar.y:$3.05 per hour 01 RECEIVING & SHIPPING SUPERVISOR-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 10 SEWER, HAND-Salary:$3.05 per hour 08 PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour 05 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 04 SHIPPING & RECEIVING SUPERVISOR-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour 02 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 150 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORSalary:$3.05 per hour 08 MESS COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 08 EMBROIDERY MACHINE OPERATOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour 06 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 28 PRESSER MACHINE-Salary:$3.05 per hour 14 (HAND) PACKAGER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 03 SAMPLE MAKER-Salary:S3.05-3.45 per hour 05 QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIANSalary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 01 PRODUCTION MANAGER-Salary:$3.05-5.00 per hour 03 MACHINE REPAIRER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal-ary:$3.05-5.00 per hour 04 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour 01 COMPUTER OPERATOR-Salary:$3.05-4 .00 per hour Contact: MARIANAS GARMENT MFG. Tel. 234-5821(8/12)W27561

01 COMMUNICATION MANAGER-Salary:$1,500.00 per month 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$700.00 per monlh 03 H.E. MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour 01 MECHANIC HELPER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour 01 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER-Salary:$800.00 per month 05 CABLE SPLICER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 STEELMAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN-Sal' ary:$3.05 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 SUP ERi NTEN DENT-Salary:$3. 05-3.50 per hour 01 AUTO BODY REPAIR-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 WELDER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 BUILDING ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 03 HEAVY EOUIPT. OPERATOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: ORIENTAL ENTERPRISES INC., dba Marianas Communication Services Tel. 234-7878(8/12)W73597

01 MECHANICAL ENGINEER-Salary:S1, 1 OD.OD per monlh Contact: GAUDENCIO C. MACALi NAO dba Unity Trade SeNice, Inc. Tel. 322· 7461 (8/12)W73596

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They played all-around football in their best game of the season.

Although tl-ie Giants scored ori the first play of their first offensive drive, the· Angels would allow no more, as the leagues leading offense racked up more yards, while the number one defense kept the Giants in check most of the night Special teams had a good night as well as

Chuck ''Psycho" Criswell blocked aBillAdapuntandrecoveredafumble on a Giants third quarter kick-off.

ScottPersing, I 998offensiveMVP, and rookie of the year had 78 yards on 11 carries and 2 touchdowns.

It seemed like the Giants might make the game interesting when Bill Ada marched the offense downfield in the fourth quarter. But, on the twoyard Angels defender Mike Willess. ended that theory as he snatched an interception and ran 99 yards for the games final score.

Now with the talk gone and one week to prepare the Angels are facing their biggest rivals the Miller Bears.

The Bears who lost the Championship last year 3-0 in triple overtime to ci1e Giants, have also lost twice to the Angels this year, 20-0 and 26-24.

But it is not to be said that their way into the Bowl game was easy as they took on a tough offensive squad from PacSports Saturday night in the other playoff game, winning 6-0.

Powered by quarterback Brant McCreadie, the Bears played a tough competitive game. Even though PacSports had 292 offensive yards, the Bears held them where it counted, in the red zone. "We gave the Cardinals every chance to win," stated McCreadie "they just couldn't do it"

The Bears defense along with their field goal kicker saved the day sending them into their second straight Bowl appearance.

According toMcCreadie the Bears are the underdogs going into this game, but they are not taking anything for granted. '"TheAngelsaresupposed to win this game not the Bears," adds McCreadie, "but I don't cilink any team can beat us three times in one season."

McCreadieisthesccondratedquartcrback, behind Sean McCoy of the Angels, and is ve1y confident that the Bears will be victorious. "I think we are gonna win this game," expiessed McC1eadie, as he believes that there will be no excuses when the smoke clears on the 15th.

"If the Angels win I will shake everybody's hand on that team and say you are the better team in 1998."

The Mobil Angels, don't plan on going down easy, and are not taking the Bears for granted either.

Defensive MVP for 1998 Ed Artero, stated that he expects "the Bears to come out and play their best game of the season, because they want to beat us badly." Artero who has tluec defensive touchdown this· year also added that he expected the Bears defense to give the Angels a hard time at the beginning of the game.

He also mentioned that Angels' defense will be ready for the Bears as · they expect them to try and play power football by running with Martin Mendoza. "We will be ready for ciiat."

But, the defense is not the on! y thing going for Mobil; theiroffense is p1etty solid as well.

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in the league with 1288 and 9 touchdowns this year, will lead his number one offense into battle, withtwoofthe top five rushers in the MFL..

Persing and James Buckman are ready to run. Persing lead the league this year with 995 yards on 136 carries, as Rookie of the Year, he is also the top scorer with 11 touchdowns. Buckman, more commonly known as

'The Bus" among his teammates, has been a vocal and physical leader this year. The fourth leading rusher in the league,Buckmonhas251 yards on 59 carries, and is the third leading scorer with 7 touchdowns, not to mention the fJ'7 yards receiving he has on 5 catches.

It's no wonder why the Angels backfield is the most solid in the league.

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the players' latest proposal. "Regrettably, after last week's ne

gotiating session there seems to be a greater likelihood thattheseason may not start on time," deputy commissioner Russ Granik said in a news release announcing the refund policy.

Season ticket holders, most of whom already have paid for their seats for the 1998-99 season, will

Persing stated that the team should win "if we play Angel football, play like we know how to."

He also added that the game will be won on the defensive side, and if the "Angels defense comes to play we will put points on the board."

Persing mentioned that he was not at "full tilt" due to an injury in last week<, game but he said he will give it his all, and try to do whatever he can to assist the team.

So with two championship caliber teams on the agenda for the game, it may tum out to be one for the books and does not look like it will be a disappointing affair for the fans. As the heavily favored Hal's Mobil Angels take the field against the tough and confident Miller Bears Saturday, August 15, at Wettengel Field in Dededo.

receive 6 percent inte1est on their money if regular-season games, which are due to begin Nov. 3, are canceled because of the lockout Refunds would be made at the end of each month.

"Season ticket holders make substantial financial commitments to our teams and we think they should be treated fairly in the unfortunateevent that games are missed," Granik said. "A refund policy that includes interest is the right thing to do in this instance.

Community sports notes · THECNl\.11 WINDSURFING Association holds its monthly meetings on the first Monday of each month at 5:30 pm on the beach in

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THE NEXT MEETING FOR the Northern Marianas Amateur Sports Association (NMASA) is scheduled for September 10 at 6:30 pm at the.Ada Gym conference room .• Micronesian G~es coaches are being remi1:ided to have game reports completed, with competition results, by this date as preparations are underway for the 1999 South Pacific Garnes, to be held in Guam.

Mannings contract revealed INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Peyton Manning's contract with the Indianapolis Colts could be worth a:s much ·as $48 million or as little as $14.5 million depending on incentives outlined in the six-year deal, according to Street&Smith 'sSportsBusinessJournal magazine published Monday.

Manning, the No. l pick in this year'sdraft,becametherichestrookie in NFL history when he signed with theColtsonJuly29. The quarterback's contract included an $11.6 million signingbonus,buttheSportsBusiness Journal reported he likely would not see much more than his base salruy through 2003 ifhe flops.

The magazine said it had obtained a copy of the contract, and the bulk of

Manning's paycheck will depend on how well he performs.

To trigger certain escalator clauses that would enable him to earn the maximum under his contract, the magazine said, he would have to achieve at least one of the following during any year of his contract:

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SPOBTS The 'Max Factor~

Castro wins SGA THE SAlPAN Golfers Association crowned its August SGA Club Champion at the Laolao Bay Golf Resort last Saturday.

Max I. Castro shot a 39 on the front and 40 in the back of the west course to come up with a gross score of 79. With a handicap of 12, he came in with a low net score of 67 to win this months tournament.

Ray Diaz came in second on the low net competition with a 39 front nine and 41 back nine. Ray's 11 hanJicap gave him a 69 net front nine and 41 back nine.

Ray's l l liandicapgavehima 69 net for second place. June SGA club champion Frank Castro came in third place with a front scores of 41, 37 back and handicap of 5 to net 73 for the day.

ln the low gross competition, Joe Camacho won the days best score with a one under par 35 in the front and 2 over par 38 in the back for a total of 73.

July 1998 Club Champion

Brian Reyes came in second place with a front score of 38 and back score of 37 with a total gross score of 75.

Third place low gross champion was awarded to Ed Manibusan who scored a total gross score of 77, front nine at 37 and 40 in the back.

In the closest to the pin competition, Manibusan won on third hole, followed by Ray Diaz on hole number seven.

Ed Manglona was awarded closest to the pin on hole 13, landing just three inches from the cup. Joe Demapan was the winner on hole number 17.

SGA is planning to hold the next monthly club championship tournament on the Island of Rota at the Rota Resort and Country Club.

SGAisw;kingmemberstoplew;e contact Ray Diaz if you plan to p,u1icipate in this event before tl1e end of August as rese1vations must be made in advance.

Diaz may be contacted at 234-5997 from 7 am to 5 pm daily.

>Ang~ls Vs B~ars in ... MEL championship

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By Brandon N. Ashcraft Variety News Staff

DEDEDO - After losing a squeaker, in the closing seconds to the Miller Be,u·s 12-10, in h~t yem·s playoff game Hal's Mobil Angels return to the Miller Bowl for the second time in three yem·s to face, none other thm1 the Miller Bem'S.

,.,.ll1e Angels m·e not invincible m1ymore. 111ey c,m be beat." '111at W,L~ the talk of the Miller Football lx,1guL: (MFLJ after the Angels lost tu PacSprn1s two \\'L•cb ago.

7- I ,md penn,mt winners for tJic

third straight ye,u·, the Angels were facing the s,U11e situation ,L~ hl-;t yem·. Only this yem· they weren't playing the Miller Bem'S. the l 997 champion Pepsi Gi,ITTL~ were in the way inste,\d.

Could the Angels bounce back m1d beat the Gi,mt.~ in the playoffs to adv,mce to the Miller Bowl?

Well, when the dust clemcd from Wettengel Field on F1iday night the Angels proved to bctheteamofold,L~ they c1l1shed the Gi,u1ts 36-6.

'Ilic /\ngcls seemed to play with the passion ol'a championship team.

Contionued on page 27

Brant Mccreadie, seen here in action against the Pepsi Giants, will lead his Miller Bears into the Championship Game Saturday against the heavily favored Mobil Angels. Pholo by Eduardo c. Siguenza

NMI Big Leaguers depart for Florida, World Series

By Michael Wright Variety News Staff

IT'S THE RED-EYEFLIGHTto the East Coast of the US, but nobody on this trip is complaining. After all, they 're going to the World Series.

The CNMI All-Stars departed in the wee hours of Tuesday morning en route to the Big League World Series at Floyd Hu II Stadium in Florida.

The ball club went through a light work-out Monday afternoon, which consisted mostly of batting practice and some pitching.

This is the second year in a row the CNMI will be representing the Far East in the Series. and M,uwgerTino Camacho feels I ike experience could be one of his

team's advantages. "Last year was the first experience for everyone. We have a few guys who went last year," said Camacho. "Now, they kind of know what to expect. We will be focused and· take it one game at a time."

Another plus for Team CNMl may be the climate. Unlike their opening round opponent CanaJa, for example, the CNMI is used to playing baseball in warm, humid conditions like those in the southeastern United States. Camacho has had them practicing in the middle of the day here on Saipan to make sure his team is ready for Florida in /\ugust.

Other strengths for the CNMl? "I rely on my pitching stall" said Camacho. "l feel it is one or our strong points. Also, our hitting is good."

The CNMI Manager admits the team's speed is a little suspect,

but feels good overall going into the opening game this Saturday (Sunday on Saipan). "The caliber of players on the Canadian team is similar to those from Guam and Saipan. We will be ready for them."

The tournament is split into two brackets: national (US) and international. The Series concludes Saturday, August 22 with the national bracket champ taking on the international winner.

Of the international bracket (which his team is playing within) Camacho thinks the Latin American team looks good. "They are strong,"he said and offered a short commentary on their opening round foe: "Europe is not too scary." Camacho is hoping a second straight trip to the World Series makes his team at least a little bit scary to opponents.

NBA to refund season , tickets if lockout lasts

NEW YORK (AP) - The National Basketball Association sent out a sunng sib'T1al Monday tl1at the lockout could last for months, announcing that season ticket pa>·;nents will be refunded with interest if the work stoppage forces t)1e cancelation of games.

Also Monday, the leab'lle gave the National Labor Relations Board its official response to the complaint filed last month by the players union, alleging tl1e NBA committed ~m unfair labor practice by imposing a lockout before reaching an impasse in negotiations.

In Atlanta, union director Billy Hunter held a briefing for some of the locked out players, and attendees included Kevin Garnett and Stephan Mm-bury of the Timberwolves.

The CNMI All-Stars take a photo break during practice before departing for the Big League World Series in Flonda. Photo by Michael Wright

No new bargaining talks are scheduled. The fast formal session ended ab111ptly last Thu1:sday when owners walked out of the room after heruing

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