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Garment sector impact to NMI coffers: US Coast Guard airs its

19Min user fees in 6 mos.

• concerns on new manna By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

THE INSTALLATION of a breakwater and the wind strength design for the newlydeveloped Outer Cove Marina· remain t:1e main safety concern of a top official of the US Coast Guard.

By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

DESPITE the downturn 111 the economy, the Customs Service under the Department of Finance exceeded by $3 million its projected user fee collections from October 1997 to April I 998, a development that is expected to refill the government's emptied coffers.

The increase was quickly attributed by officials to a strong garment export sector, coupled with efficiency in tax collections.

The user fee is paid on locallymanufactured and finished products being shipped out of CNMI, particularly garments.

Mike Sablan, financial adviser of Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio, told the Variety that for the six-month period, Customs generated $18.6 million from user fee collections or $3 million more than the tar-

Mike Sablan

geted $15.6 million mark. "We're ahead by $3 million,

and we expect to exceed the whole year's targettedcollcctionof$30.6 million," Sablan said, adding that the government's projections are always close to the actual figures.

However, Sablan pointed out that the user fee collection

CUC claims losing $4M a year to power thieves

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

GOVERNMENT is losing $4 million a year or about eight percent of its power supply to thieves, utilitie:; PIO Pamela Mathis said yesterday.

"We have a big amount of theft of service. It is one of. .. biggest concerns," said Mathis.

Mathis said teams of inspectors specializing on different kinds of power theft have been formed to apprehend the culprits.

"There is a lot of way to do it (steal power supply)," said Mathis.

Basically though, there are two types of power theft: tampering rt1eters and directly hooking up to power lines or "line-jumping."

Mathis said power thieves include nonresident workers, tenants of legitimate apartment operators, factories and business establishment.

When caught, the Common-

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House OKs user fee hike,• balks on garment quota

:~ , ... By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

Tl IE HOUSE of Representatives yesterday passed a bill ; hiking the garment manufac- [' turers' user fee from 3.5 to3.7 f'; per~cnt, but the proposed law,[: I j which now heads to the Sen- . 1 ate, would not impose an abso- ::'] lute quota on alien workers in :~i the garment industry. . ~

Introduced by Speaker D1- td ego T. Benavente (R-Prec. 2, f.{

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is only one of the components of government collection. He said that the government docs not fare well in other collections.

"While we exceeded our user fee collection target, it docsn 't mean that we are doing good now with all government collections. Our accumulative deficit as of Dec. 31, 1997 was $34 million. We still have a long way to go," he said.

Sablan pointed out that austerity measures in the government are still in place.

The finance advisor added that the increase in user fee collection was fuelled by a strong growth in the garment export. It is reported that CNMI has 30 garment manufacturers.

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Capt. R.J. Asaro, Marianas Section Commander of the US Coast Guard said Marine Revitalizatiot1 Corporation's (MRC) plan to move the boats to a safer area in case of a typhoon sounds feasible but the viability of the plan is still under study.

In his letter to MRC Vice President Anthony Pellegrino, Asaro pointed out that the ultimate prcpriety of a mooring system is determined by the owner of each vessel who must also bear the responsibility for the success of that ammgement.

'The Coast Guard would not be (held) liable for the securing method of a vessel in a storm, or any damr.ge to a boat or facility resulting from a failed mooring system," _said the Coast Guard official.

He acided that the absence of a breakwater would subject

Anthony Pellegrino

boats in the marina to severe punishment from wind and swell for any storm winds coming from the west.

"If it is your proposal that all vessels will be advised to leave the marina under such conditions, then that would alleviate my concerns," Asar6 told Pellegrino.

Meanwhile, Pellegrino told the Variety that the MRC's plan to build a breakwater is being hampered by lack of money. He said MRC's pockets are already "empty."

"If boat owners start paying

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As Guam Fire Department personnel enter, employees vacate the Pacific News Building in Hagatna late yesterday afternoon after a caller warned of a bomb planted near the premises. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza

Bomb scare ·gr,~ps Gualll· J)uildings By Maxine Hillary Variety News Staff

HAGATNA-The offices and chambers of the Guam Superior Court were evacuated for two hours yesterday after a bomb scare forced authorities to clear the building and search for the suspected explosives.

According to Public Officer for

the Court Mercy Hernandez, Marshal Mel ind a Mesa received a cal I at about I 0:0 I a.m. Monday morning that a bomb had been planted in the court building.

Mesa iro1rnediatcly placed a 911 call notifying authorities.

At the same time, the Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) received a call that indi-

cated that a bomb was due to detonate at I I :00 a.m. at the Superior Court Building.

Another call was allegedly received at the Dededo Library.

When the alarm went off, said Hernandez, an announcement was made over the public address system instructing occupants to leave

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Hashimoto balks at tax cuts

Ryutaro Hashimoto

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's tax policy became increasingly confused on Mom.by after top government officials. including the prime minister, appeared to step

back from earlier indications a pe1manent income tax. cut was in the works.

Speaking on national television Sunday, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said that while his government would debate permanent reforms to Japan's income tax system, it was not certain there would be any net reduction in taxes.

"I don't think the result of the debate will I:le a tax rise ... but it's possible the result will be neutral" in terms of the tax burden, Hashimoto said.

TI1c comments came one week before upper house elections for Parliament and days after Hashimoto said he "hoped" Japan would have "not temporary

Japan's imported vehicle sales dip over 25% in June TOKYO (AP)-Salcsofimpo11ed 1ehiclesinJapan plummeted more than 25 percent in June from the same month last vcar for the 15th straight month 01' decline, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Monday.

In a sign of sluggish demand due to J ;pan· s p1~;longed economic slump, sales of imports during the month slid 25.5 percent to 23,982 vehicles, most of which were passenger cars, the

association said. Sales of vehicles produced in

the U.S. plunged 50.7 percent to 3.645 units, with Chrysler, Ford and General Motors all suffering double-digit declines.

Germa;-made vehicle sales in June fell 13.3 percent to 13,371.

For the first six months of the year, sales of imported cars, trucks and buses dropped 28.7 percent to 138,836 vehicles from the previous year, it said.

Singapore makes heroin bust SINGAPORE (AP) - Narcotics officers in Singapore have seized over five kilograms ( 10 pounds) of heroin from a car that attempted to enter the republic from neighboring Malaysia, Singapore TV reported Monday.

Acting on a tip. the officers found 13 packets of heroin hidden inside the radio speakers in the car. The seizure was made Saturday, the report said.

The driver, a 26-year-o\d Malaysian man, and his 25-year-old woman companion face the death penalty if convicted for importing drugs.

Under Singapore's tough drug laws, any adult caught with 14.8 grams (0.53 ounces) of heroin can be executed for drug dealing. More than 150 people have been hanged since the law was imposed in 1975.

President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton leave the Foundry Methodist Church after services Sunday in Washington. AP

tax cuts, but so-called permanent tax reforms."

Following thatcommenton Friday, media reports had said the government was considering up to 4 trillion yen ($29 billion) in income tax cuts for next year to boost consumer spending and help spur growth.

Japan is under increasing pressure from its trading partners to boost its recession-plagued economy and create a market for

goods from troubled Asian neighbors.

On Saturday, Foreign Minister KeizoObuchi met U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in Tokyo and, in a joint news conference. described permanent tax cuts as a "promise" which Japan intended to keep.

But on Monday, government spokesman and Deputy Chief Cabinet Minister Teijiro Furukawa said no government

officials had pledged permanent tax cuts.

While Hashimoto had mentioned tax reforms he hadn't "used the words 'permanent tax cuts,"' Furukawa said.

As for Obuchi 's "promise," Furukawa said th~ the Foreign Minister had simply used the wrong word.

"H; was influenced a little by newspaper reports. He didn't

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Members of the Orange Order from the Portadown District face the police barricade blocking their route alon{l the nationalist Garvaghy Road Sunday. Police and soldiers prevented Protestant marchers from taking their annual parade through Portadown 's Catholic enclave on Sunday, determined to prevent sectarian clashes that could once again ignite trouble for the province. AP

RP inflation rate rises 10.7% MANILA, Philippines (AP) - . Higherpricesforfoodandclothes helpedpushinflation in the Philippines up to 10.7 percent in June compared to a year earlier, the highest level in two years, the government said Monday.

TheJuneinflationresultspushed the average inflation rate for the first six months of 1998 up to 9 percent, the government said.

The rise in the consumer price index compared to a 10.3 percent increase in May, the highest level since June 1996. when intlation was 9.8 percent.

Since May, the government has been using a new base year of 1994 instead of 1988 and a revised basket of goods to calculate the consun~er price index in an effort to more accurately reflect the impact of

prices on a typical family. Based on the previous ca.lculation

method, the June inflation rate was 9.9percent

'The effects of 1he Asian currency crisis and declines in agricultural production caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon have been pushing inflation higher in recent months.

Average inflation for 1997 was calculated at 5.9 percent using the newCPiindex. The old index showed it to be 5 percent

Audi Pmtillano, m1 economist at Securities 2000 Inc., says the country is experiencing the tail-end effecL, of the El Nino crisis, which nevertheless is continuing lo have a "significant impact" OH food prices.

Among the areas severely affected by ti:Je El Nino drought is the south,:rn Philippine region of Mindanao, which accounts for 30 percent of the areas surveyc·ct by

Dying woman refused priority boarding, dies SEATTLE (AP) - A man trying toretum home with hisnear-deatl1 wife was forced to wail on a ferry line for hours after workers claimed they had not followed the rules to get priority loading.

Katl1leen Lee-Geist, 42, died of a brain tumor June 21, two days after she and her husband were refused "priority-loading" status al tl1e dock of tl1e Anacones ferry, tl1e only way forthcm to return to tl1cir home on tl1e San Jum1 lslm1ds.

Altl1ough Ms. Lec-Geist's doctor had written a note asking that sl1e be allowed on tl1c ferry immediately, ferry workers refused lo honor it because it had not been received 24 hours earlier, despite plea, from her husband.

Ms. Lee-Geist, who lay in the back of the family van, and David Lee-Geist, had to wait at le,L,t two hours for another ferry before they were finally allowed on board.

"Certainly, we should have put her on the vessel," Washington State Ferries spokeswoman Susan HarrisHuctl1ertold the Sunday edition of1l1e Seattle Tim(~S.

'1l1ere should have been a certain amount of .~ompa,sion involved here, which tl1ere wa, not."

Ms. Lee Oeist wa, returning from three days of medical care in Seattle. Her home can only be reached by driving 65 miles north to Anacortes, then laking a ferry to the San Juan Islands.

thegovenunentforitsintlationdata. Prices of food, beverages and

tobacco, which account for 55.1 percent of the consumer price index, rose 10.1 percent on an annual basis in June, compared to 9.0 percent in May, the government said.

Clothing rose 8. 7 percent after an 8.3 percent increase the previous month.

1be government has set ;m average inflation target of between 7.5 percent and 8.5 percent for 1998, although this is expected to be shortly revised upwards, possibly to between 9.5 percent mid I 0.0 pcrcenL

Central b,mk Governor Gab1iel Singsonhasexpresscdconcemover the telatively high inflation average, butnotedthatitisstill below the level of some o!her Asian countries embroiled in the region's financial crisis.

Heatwave in ei:apan kills 3

TOKYO (AP) - A heat wave claimed three more lives Sunday in Japan, raising the death toll for three days of oppressive summer temperatures to seven, a national news agency reported.

Two men, aged 85 and 73, died of sunstroke while doing farm work north of Tokyo, Kyodo News reported.

In Shizuoka, 94 mi !es west of Tokyo, a 4-month-old baby died in a car while its parents were swimming at a beach, Kyodo said. The temperature there was 96 degrees.

On Friday and Saturday, three


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Rota (ROSU)-Rota 1-Iealth Center h,L,acquired thcscrviccsofDr. Daniel Lurnu·. fom1erly from the Common-

wealth Health Center, to help in the delivery of health se1vices to the is-1:md.

RHC's second resident physiciim, Lunar signed a two-year con1I11cl

Teno names 3 to Retirement Board

Pedro P. Tenorio

By Zatdy Dandan Vanety News Staff

GOVERNOR Pedro P. Teno1io h,1~ nominatedChm-Ies P. Reyes, Vicente C. Camacho ,md Rosita A. Sm1tos to the Retirement Fund lxxu·d of 1I11stecs.

If confiimcd by the Senate, Reyes mid Cm1iacho wou Id represent Saipm1 on the board, while Santos would represent Rota.

The governor also nominated Joseph "A. Apatang and Jose M. Rosario to the Board of Professional Licensing.

The two would represent Rota

,md, if confim1ed, se1vc a six-yew· te1m.

In his letter to the Senate, Teno1io expressed confidence that his nominees "will be able to make valuable conD·ibutions" lo the bmm.k

In ,m earlier, the governor said his nominees to the Departments of Commerce (DOC) and Public Works (DPW) will be "forthcoming."

DOC and DPW are the two remaining department, that me still headed by "acting sec1etmies."

Tenrnio on Thursday nominated Jum1T.LizamaandJohnA.Manglona to serve a, associate judges ;f tl1e Supe1iorCou11,and House legal counsel Maya B. Km·a as attorney general.

Li2.cuna ,md Mano!ona would replace Presiding Judfc Alex Castro and Associate Judge Miguel Dcmapan, both of "whom - are nominated to the Supreme Court.

If confirmed by the Senate, the two would join Chief Justice Marty W.K. Taylor and replace Ramon G. Villagomez and Pedro Atal ig, who retired em lier this ye.u-.

As expected, the senior Supe1ior Cou11judge,Edwmtl Mm1ibus,u1, w,1s nominatedasthenewprcsidingjudge.

Driver in hit-and-run incident on Guam falls

By Maxine Hillary Variety News Staff

1-lagatna - A 50 ye,u·-old Agat womm1 is recuperating today after receiving injuries from a hit mid nm liccidcnl.

Ac-cording to l'uhlic !11lc1nn,1tio11 ofliccr. L:my Flores of the Guam Police Dcpa11111c11l, the woman was enterinu her car at around I :30 in the aft~·noon yesterday near the Marshal Sablan Elementary School when she was struck by a

blue sedan with two occupants in the front seat.

The car sped off leaving the injured woman with a bone protrudin!!. from her left le!!..

Flo1~s stated that th~ car w.1s seen at about 2:40 p.111. in front of a rcsidrncc on Perry Street in J\gal where police arrested 37 ye,u-old Pinak Justo Wasm1 and ch,u-ged him with felony DlJI,md leaving the scene of ,u1 accident with injuries.

W,L,rn1 w,L~ booked m1d confined.

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s in physician witl1 tl1c center, which commenced last June 28.

Lamm· is not new to Rota as he h,L, been coming to the isl,md dUiing the pmt few yem, ,md h,L, been u-cating Rota paticnLs at the CJ IC.

Lamar will be working with the center's Medical Director Dr. Toskas.

RHC said it has been exploring all avenues with the assistance and support of Mayor Benjamin T. Manglona in beefing up its professional staff in order to provide the best and qualiryhealthcme for the gcnc111I public.

Accottling to Te1esitaSantos, RI-IC

Benjamin T. Manglona

resident dircctress, "With adclitional physici,ms we c:m assu1e providing 24 hou1, of quality health se1vices. In

line with this, I extend my gratitude and appreciation to physicians of SaipanHcaltliClinic, Dr. Lu1y Hocog w1d company for providing weekend coverages in the past."

Mo1-cver, RHC has accepted dorwtion of ,m Ultm,ound System from CHC.

·n1is device shal I ,LssisLs physiciw1s in making accurate diagnosis on medical conditions of palienL,.

"We arc grateful that CHC ha, been ,6sisting us in this mmmcr. our goal of gradually improving and equipping our medical facility with 1cl iablern1d accuratcdev ices is slowly coming into fiuition," sa;d S,mtos.

House OKs bill imposing stiffer penalties against reckless drivers

Ana S. Teregeyo

By Zaldy J)andan Variety News Staff

THE HOUSE of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that would impose stiffer penalties on 1-ccklcss d1ivc1,.

Introduced by House Majority Leader Ana S. Teregeyo (R-P1ec. I, Saipm1).H.B. I l-105nowgocstolhc Senate.

The bill cites alrn11iing statistics on vehiculcu· accidenl,, "forcing insur:mce companies to raise the insur,mcc p1-cmi urns forautomobiles" and causing "unexpected and unbudgeted

(government) expcmJiturcs." "It is imperative l11at we initiate a

public policy lo emplu,izc that reckless d1iving on public highway ,md road wi \I not be tolerated.

·· A pet-son who v iolatcssuch pol icy will be punished to tl1e m,Lximum of the law," states the bill.

Among iL, proposed new p::nalties:

• Forthosc found guiltyoffai ling to stop after being involved in a vehicuhu· accidcn t-not 11101-c them ti ve yc,u;; imprisonment or a fine of S5,CXX). or


Guam school expels rioting students By Maxine HIiiary Variety News Staff

Hagatna - Several students were expelled from Simon Sanchez High School in Yigo after a misunderstanding between two students turned into a small riot resulting in the stabbing of a 14 year old boy.

According to Public Information Officer for Guam Police Department, Lany Flores, two male students began fighting at approximately 11 :30 a.m. yesterday morning just after the first of two daily sessions ended.

A third student intervened in an effort to stop the fight but received a puncture wound to

the right side of his upper torso. The wounded boy was taken to

Guam Memorial Hospital where his conditi9n is listed as stable.

School officials are saying that while reports have gone out stating that the two students who started the melee had a long standing 1ivalry, they feel it was simply a miscommunication between students that evolved into a larger altercation involving eight students, male and female.

Differing reports are placing the number of involved students at anywhere between 8 to 15.

Assistant Principal Robert Martinez told the Variety that many of the summer school stu-

dents are considered "at risk" students who arc attending classes to make up for work not completed during the school year.

"Most of them arc there for a variety of reasons relating to behavioral or academic difficulties,'' he sald.

"These classes are remediation classes to help them catch up in areas they might have missed."

Flores says that whik 110

criminal charges have been tiled, sevc:ral students have been taken into custody for questioning in connection with the incident.

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CK robbery foiled; suspect is arrested

By Ferdie de la Torre

Variety News Staff J\ MAN w:L, ,u,-cstcd du1ing a 1c:ix111cd foiled roblx1y at a strnc: in Chahm Km1oa Friday midnight.

Public Safety Info,mation Officer Rose Ada idrntilied the .u1c:stee ,L, 33-ycw·-olu Robin Ngewakd.

Ada said p1ior to tl1c incident, the suspect went to M,uy 's Minim:ut ,md stoic a case of mineral water.

The suspect later returned mid bought a p:1ck of cig,u-ctles.

thtc m,m witli mace, resulting in his :u,-cst.

On Sunday afternoon. Ngcwakd w;L, again rnKstcd when he :~kgcdly broke into rn1 ap,u1mcnt in C'hal:u1 Piao.

J\foanwhilc, the J\Itorncy General's Office yesterday charged a man for allegedly assaulting a woman and hitting a man with a board in se1xu-atc incident, ltL,t month.

Antonio Elamcto, 47, of

Former Governor Joseph F. Ada enjoys a good laugh with fellow Republicans Senator Tony Lamorena, Attorney Bob Torres and Speaker Tony Unpingco during a dinner fundraiser last Thursday night at the Chamorro Ballroom of the Pacific Star Hotel in Tuman. Pha10 by Eduardo c. Siguenza

Ada said the ,u,-cstce then tried to grab money from the c:t,h 1egister, but the female GLshier w;Ls quick to prevent him.

llic suspect took a pack of milk and 1~m av,a-,,. The C,L,hier sprayed

Koble1ville, w,L~ ch,u·ged with assault ,md lx1tte1y, ,L,sault witl1 ad,mgerous weapon, ,md disturbing the peace.

Elarneto w:L, summoned to appcm· ·:u1d ,mswcr the ch:u·ges on July 27.

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BREWED Jojo Dass

Doesn't bother me IT SEEMS not only reporters have, in the course, of their profession, developed a weird indiffm:nce towards the vaiious faces of death.

A sister of a close f1iend and colleague, Gemma Casas, recently wrote us a Jetter. telling us that at least \\vo patient.~ she was attending to have died.

"It was not my fault," wrote Dave rose, a nurse.· 'It was his time (toe.lie)," she added refening to a 46-year old male who expired due to a cardiovascular disease (TI1e mmi w,L, one of the two patients. the otlier being a two-year old child).

She was quite new on the job. And having had just finished studies, I imagined she must have p,mickcd :1 lot seeing a man dying in fmnt of her.

\Vlien !lie m,m c.lied 45-minutes lacer. Davemse wa;; left alone in that room. ··At that time:· she saic.1, ··it seemed !lie ·nrnrnal' feeling I should have hac.1 secino

the dead w:t, gone." " "' . She pulled off the plugs like she w,L, pulling off a television set's. She _draped the dead m,m witli a blanket to the face like she was putting ,ITT

cmbm1dery atop a stcn~o. '"That's when I realized that you just have to be used to it." Daverosc said.

*** l 've seen one too 1mmy incident, of deatl1 myself. I remember having to 1un with fellow rep:n1ers mid news photographers one

Monday morning in July, I 9)1810 be the first to mTivc at a c,imc scene: a rented M,mila flat where the owner's three housemaids were biutally stabbed dead the nir.ht before.

llie stench of diiec.1 blocxl w,L, so thick. it mac.le mi: feel like I was somewhere insic.lc the me,11 section or a wet mm-ket.

We watched ,L~ police uied lO haul away the corpses: Stiff, coltl. wid with signs of multiple st:.ib wounc.ls all o\'er. "

·nic blood. which hac.1 ll~msfrnm imo a glutinous gel on the floor, kept sticking up to th: crnpscs' body p,u1.,.

ll1e scene woulc.1 not leave my mind. But soon. I !.!Ol usec.1 to it myself. Bumt l:xxlie;. -Death bv !!.Unshots. Suicic.lc ·victims. Even mangled remains d ,ITT olc.1 m,m ,~m over by a m1in.

* =:: * By 1989, I tl10ught I w,LS what may aheady Ix consitlc1ed "hu·dencd.'. I was wrong. A coup d' ctal against tJien presic.lent Corazon C. Aquino w,ts launched by

rebellious soldiers. thawing Meu·o M,mila into tlllrnoil. We were where tl1c actions were. In Makati. I watched helplessly ,L~ a 1mm. accidentally caught in a crossfi1e, lay

w1ithing in pain :Ls he held unto his bloodied leg. A Red Cross van came to pick him but not after one of the volunteers W,Ls hit

himself. ·111c next clay. I w:L, witJ1 a bunch of news photographers speeding up somcwhc1-:

hd1incJ Cuiip i\guina!Jo in Quaon City whe1-: a group of onlookers wc1-: accidentally hit bl' a hclicDplcr rtx:ket l1rc.

Whrn we got then:. we busied ourselves taking pictu1cs: bodies cut into half witli eyes still open ,Lsking for help.

·n1e1-e w,Ls fire somcwhcn::. I saw a torso blown open, tlie hcmt still .beating a few feet from whe1e it shoulc.1

be. conncctcc.1 to il'i owner only by whatever it was called. A couple of volunteers, I saw, were canying a victim wiLl1 one holding onto to

the mrns wic.1 the otlier. to the legs. In between, the victim's stomach and intestines were being dr:1gged on the ground.

llien, I undc1,tood why rnost people hate war. I suc.ldcnl y tumcc.1 me lo<lramatic as I walked p,L,t ha! f-dead \xxlies, hole.ling on my

camera as c,ies we,-: drowned by insuuctions from hyste,ic Red Crms people wondenng how they can cany such tlismembercd p,uts without causing death or fu1ther pain, at lc,L,t. -

I tumec.1 away ,Ls !lie other photographers jumped back illlo their vehicles. ,md iushed to tlic Associated Press or Reuters office to sell their shots. It hac.1 a going 1~1te of about S25 each c.lcpcnding on the buyer's ''t:L,tc." - "

I also managed to sell some.

*** And then of cou1>c, tlierc was this I 995 sea u:1gcdy where close to 70p,tsscngers

c.lrowned. At a c.ltx:k where the c.lcac.1 wen; piled up fonelatives to identify, I asked questions

for my strny, unmindful of the mmiic c,ies wuund me. ·n,c wailing did not cothcr me ,L, I lookcc.1 at the 1emains - Children, old men

,mc.1 women. all lincc.1 up sti IT-and uicd to figrne out a nice ",mgJe" for a human intc1-:st pi<.:cc. - "

Like. ·']WENTY-ye,u·old so rnic.1 so, left hcd10111etown to work in Mw1ila wid helped her p:u-cnLs. She c.lid not make it. Fate played a ciucl joke on her mid she c.licd etc. etc."" _ ~o I cwne ,tsking around for H 22-yern· old vi,t1m or younger. Once I found one f 1tt111g corpse, I looked mnund for tl1c dead\ kin who fonunatcly were tl1c1e, mic.1 i111crvicwcd thc111. l10ring th:1t the 1-:plics 10 my questions tally with what [ hac.1 in mind.

It dic.1. At the day's encl. I gul1x:J duwn vo<lb as I always do. wit.I once comr011ably

nur11\11,[ realized c.lc,1tJi t.1,~s11 '1 lx>the1:,111c w1y11101·e.

~ow CO\JLO You SIDE WITH THE Tosp..cco INDUSTRY. .. AREN'T YoU coNCERNEt> ASOUT Tl-\e SPREAO OF

DEATH A~'O D1SEA5E? ·

JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

Campaign finance reform not dead yet REPORTS of the demise of campaign finance reform might be greatly exaggerated.

According to congressional sources close to the issue, the stubborn insistence of GOP leaders who were c.letermined to kill meaningful reform legislation before it even came up for a fair vote is the very thing that's kept it alive.

The various parliamentary tricks House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his cohorb concocted to snuff out a vole on campaign reform only served to anger lawmakers from both parties who want reform. 'The more you rduse to allow a vote, the more people want to vote, .. explained one source.

And so, despite numerous setbacks and the persistent opposition of Republican leaders, those clamoring for reform have rcnewcc.1 hope that a bill co-sponsored by Reps. Chris Shays, R- Conn., anc.1 Martin Meehan, D-Mass .. may have a chance of being passcc.1 by the llous~ this summer.

Republican leadership has promiscc.1 Shays that a straight vote on the proposed legislation, which would ban the unlimited and unregulatec.1 gobs of ··soft" money donated to political parties, will take place before the end of the summer. · ·

Shays-Meehan supporters are understandably leery of the promises of House leac.lers, who have resortec.1 to nearly every trick :n the book to avoid a vote on the bill. At first, Gingrich and his leadership team simply ignorec.1 the Shays-Meehan proposal, which closely resembles the McCain-Feingold Senate bill that was killed by a filibuster led by Majority Leader Trent Lott.

But there is no such thing as a filibuster in the !louse, and Shays revolted against Gingrich's refusal to al low his bi II to come up for vote by circulating a petition to force leaders to bring the legislation to the House floor. When the petition seemed certain of getting the signatures of a majority of House members, Gingrich had little choice tut to allow Shays-Meehan to get a fair hearing. Sort or.

GOP leaders, thinking they were outsmarting the petulant reformers, tried to quash the bill by attaching c.lozens of amenc.lments to it anJ by proposing a variety or competing bills. But the reformers stood their ground, and voted down most of the amendments an('compcling bills.

So now Gingrich has made yet another promise to Shays that the bill will come up for a vote. Anc.1 the bill's supporters, while cautioning that it's too early to tell, believe they have enough votes to pass the legislation.

Will Gingrich make good on his promise'l ··Given how this has gone. I'm very weary," said Meredith McGehee of Common Cause, an independent watchdog group supporting the Shays-Meehan bill. "But there's a point at which you can't thwart the House majority." Indeed, a majority of House members appear to believe that, in fairness, the bill should al least be voted on, even if they might not al I vote for it.

Also, Capitol Hill insiders believe that Republicans could pay at the voting booth in November if they're too zealous in their efforts to squelch reform. Democratic sourcc:s say that the killing or campaign rerorm could be easily tied to the killinl! or tobacco legislation in campaign comm;rcials this fall~

The Republicans could be painted as the party that's so beholc.lcn to campaign contributions from the evil tobacco industry that they not only will do the industry's bidding in Congress, but will even resort to dirty legislative tricks to preserve the corrupt system "in which tobacco and other industries pour millions of dollars of soft money into GOP coffers.

For Gingrich, Lott and other Republican leaders, campaign finance reform serves as somewhat of a catch-22. Ir soft money is eliminated, the Republicans could Jose their large func.1-raising advantage. That may very well cost them their congressional majority in either 1998 or 2000. On the other hanc.1, if the GOP is perceived by voters as the antireform party, they could get booted out of office anyway.

Meanwhile, reformers are crossing their fingers and hoping that the hard wo~·k and courage of reformers like Shays. who has bravely taken on the leaders of his own party, will finally pay off.

Passing the Shays-Meehan bill would be a "significant first step" towarc.1 reforming the campaign finance system, Common Cause's McGehee tolc.1 us. '"The soft money system is the most corrupting influence in Congress .... People arc fed up with what's going on 111 Wash i 11 gt o 11 ... Copyright 1998, Uniled Feature 'syndic;le, Inc.

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Sen~tor Felix Camacho and an unidentified Japanese interpreter witness the pinning of an official Guam Legislature M~dal by Speaker Tony Unpingco onto Hideaki Kato, speaker of the Okayama Prefectural Assembly dunng a courtesy v1s1t yesterday morning in Hagatna. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza

New air routes help boost Guam-Japan ties

By Jan Furukawa Variety News Staff

Hagatna - "Some people say that when Japan sneezes, Guam catches a cold."

Speaker Tony Unpingco said Guam and Japwi have forged ties so close over the years that now, when one does something, the otlier is c.li-1ectly affected.

The speaker and two of his colleagues, Sem. Felix Camacho ;md Cu-lotta Leon Guen-ero, met with a delegation of Okayama officials at the legislature yesterday to discuss potential economic and cultural projects Guam might get involved in with that Jap,m p1efectme.

The delegation includec.1 tl1e p1efectural assembly's speaker, Hideaki Kato, wid p1-esident of the Committee for Economic Development of Okayama, Mistunobu Kojima.

About 20 government officials, Chambers of Commerce wid Indusuy members. :md Jap,m Association

of Travel Agents officers met with the Republican senators.

·Through wi interpreter, Kato invited the senators to visit Okayama, touting the visitor highlights in that area of southem Japan. He said he would even teach Unpingco to ski.

He also said he would like to see Japanese senior citizens and youngsters establish relations with tlieir countcrpaits on Guam.

Camacho noted that he was born near Okayama, at Camp Zama in 1957, where his father, the late fonmer Gov. Carlos G. Camacho, was assigned while in the U.S. Anny.

Afterawhileofexch,mgingsmiles, hwidshakes, bows mid other courtesies, Unpingco told the group that he would appoint Leon Guenero to lead Guam's effot to frnrn a sister-city relationship with Okayama.

The speaker said later that Hagatna al,eady has simihu- ties witli Taipei and with Aklm1 province in the Philippines.

"It definitely means more trade coming from that particular area., and also investment to Guam as well," Unpingco said.

"They've (Okayamaofficials) been pushing for the last IO years for this non-stop flight. ... Last year, their governor came aroundApiil to ask us to support this route, so (Sen.) Tony Lamo,ena and myself introduced a resolution liL,t yew·, either Apiil or May, to ask the Federal Aviation Administration to allow that route to be opened," the speaker said.

He noted that Okayama, which used to be an agiicultural area, is now indusl!ialized.

'They m,mufactu1e a lot of goods in te1ms of toys, computer pro<lucL,, technology like for television, etc."

The speaker said mutual benefits could be realized in the areas of trade, economic development, and impo1ts andexpo1ts. He concluded by saying. 'This is ve,y good timing for Guam


Continental expands Japan flights to region

By Tanya M.C. Mendiola For the Variety

Hagatna-ContinentaI Micronesia inaugurated last week four non-stop flights to Japan, Australia, and New Caledonia.

Continental will fly to Niigata wid Okayama, Japwi twice a week; wid Cairns, Australia, wid Noumea, in New Caledonia, three times a week.

"!lie added Japan routesexp;md the airline 'sJapancity b,t~e from seven to nine.

Theairlineh,L~afleetof2 \ aircrafts ,md their route network has 27 destinations throughout the Pacific.

The addition of the four new destinations has opened up more jobs for Continental Micronesia at those places, according to Anna Ulloa, spokesman for the airlines.

The airline flew successful charters to the twoJapwi cities in the past.

'illis prompted the decision to ex-

pand the market there to be able to provide regular air service to customers to visit Guam, Micronesia and other destinations that the airline se1ves.

To help introduce Australia w1d New Caledonia as new destinations for Guam customers, Continental Micronesia is offering special vacation packages until August 3 I, including hotel accommodations.

P1ices forthe three-night stay st,u1 at $450 for Cums, and $499 for Noumea.

Boeing 727s ,mtl 757s will proviJc air u·ansportation to the new Jcstinations.

A visa is neec.led to make the fivehour flight to Ausn-..ilia. anc.1 a U.S. passprnt is required to fly six hours to New Caledonia.

Ulloa, the airlines' marketing ,md sales manager, said the Continc~wl ·s

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Guam Ports authority to have new manager

By Maxine Hillary Variety News Staff

Hagatna - Port Authority M_anager Captain Eloy . Bennud~s marked his last day in office. yesterday to prepare for his new political life.

He has resigned from his post to run for senator as a member of the Democratic party.

Bermudes' three-year tenure as General Manager of the Po1t Authorii:y has been eventful.

During his stint at the Port Office, Bermudes spearheaded the earthquake construction project for the Port and served a~ the pointman for GovGuam during the Base Reconstruction and Closing of 1995.

Under Bermudes' administration the privatization of the Navy Ship Repair Facility took place.

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Seman pleads guilty to theft By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

POLICE Officer Arnold K. Seman was convicted yesterday after he pleaded guilty of theft in a 1997 .criminal case before thcSuperiorCourt.

be paid to the CNMI Treasury.

Seman will not be employed at the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Labor and Immigration or the Customs Department in an enforcement capacity. by the Commonwealth Ports Authority as a pol ice officer forthe period of three years.

Teno says l&S contract can be settled without going to court

Following a plea agreement, Presiding Judge Alexandro Castro ordered Seman to start serving a three-day jail te1m on Friday at the Depa11ment of Public Safety's Division of Corrections.

Castro placed Seman in three years active probation and required him toperfo1m 250 hours of community work service ..

The judge asked the defendant to pay $500 fine and $1.486.02 in restitution to

The officer, however, will be allowed to be employed in any of these agencies in a non-law enforcementcapacity. such as armorer or CHS data entry for the DPS.

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By Zaldy Dandan

Variety News Staff GOVERNOR Pedro P. Ten01io yesterday exp1-essed hope that the cono·ove1-sy su11rnmdingl&S 's proposed $3.S million contract with the Maiianas Visitors Bm-eau would be resolved '\vithoutgoing to the cou11."

Tcnrnio was reacting to 1epons that the Tokyo-based adve1tising agency may sue the CNMI over the agency's unpaid promotional work.

"No one will prevent them from suing us, but of course I 'mstill hoping that it would be settled (without a lawsuit)," Tenmio told repo1ters.

·we will pay ourobligations if (the Attorney Genentl's Office) say we should pay." he added.

The governor earlier asked AGO to review the actual cosL, incuned by I&S in pmmoting tlie CNMI from Oct. I, 1997 to the tim_e tliat /\GO asked I&S to "cea-;e mid desist" early tl1is yem·.

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AGO is still reviewing l&S's claims.

Since 1992, MVB has been retaining I&S to promote the CNMI in Japan as a tourist destination.

The agency proposed a $3.5 million cono·act with MVB ~hich appmved it late la~t year.

But tlie cono·act was never signed by Ten01io 's p1edecessor, mid some

administration officials and lawyers claim that tl1e CNMI has no obligation to pay a "non-contract.'"

LastFebnuuy, the Vaiiety 1-eported that the Office of the Public Auditor (OPA) is looking into tlie possible liability of MVB officials who told I&S tocontinuepromoting tlieCNMI even without a signed contract.

I&S was willing to withdraw from the contract after then governor Froilan C. Tenorio said he would not sign it, but was assured by MVB officials that it would be approved eventually.

!&S's promotional work for the CNMI is believed to have contributed to the 40 percent increase in the islands' tourism during the past six yem-s.

Industry :malysts have conceded tliat without a Japan-ba-;ed agency, CNMI will face difficulties in attracting Japanese lourisL~. who ai-e tlie islands' "main mai·ket."

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A team of CUC pe1-sonnel too, she added, has been dispatched to trim trees as overgrown branches usually cause powerfai lures with the storm's accompanying strong winds.

Mathis said a task force is holding regular Friday meetings studying official predi::,ions and reviewing contingency plmis.

Matl1is said the rainy season will not be here until September.

In connection with this, Mathis announced the upgrading of power feeder JV, Saip,m 's first and oldest, is ,tlmost complete.

Powerfecde,-s di st:Ji bute elec!Jici ty from the CUC' s powerplant to users. Government has seven of them.

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It will recalled that the Commonwealth wa, tlirown into days of darkness last year after super typhoons Keith and Paka clobbe1-ed tl1e islands with strong winds mid a day-long heavy downpour.

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By Jojo Dass Vanety News Staff

THE SCA 1TERED power outages currently being experienced in some parts of the island is "nothing serious," the Commonwealth Utilities Coip. (CUC).

Pam Mathis, utilities PIO, in an interview, explained the outages, including those exr-erienced last week in San Vicente, are "field operation problems."

These include people "touching" wires or motorists, usually drunk drivers, running into power poles and weather disturbances.

Poweroutages,accordingto Mathis,arecaused by two things: powerplant failure or field problems.

'There is nothing se1ious (with the scattered outages)," said Mathis. 'These (outages) are not from the power plant"

She added that the utilities agency is closely monitoring these incidents for reference purposes. .

A report on the matter, she said is due by the end of this month. Meanwhile, Mathis said that one top cause of field problems is drunk

chiving. "We make the drivers pay for the damaged poles and eveiything which

is over and above fines they have to pay for drunk driving, if they are still alive," she said.

There have, so far been, at least three sporadic power outages occuning in various parts of the island over the past weeks.

The outages have apparently caused concerns among the island's residents considering reports of power plants breaking down due to overuse.

Mathis said a team of specialists from a Germany-based firm is still fixing the two Mitsusbishi generators that broke down some two years ago due to defective pai1s.

EAGI to hear comments on AG, Judicial nominees

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

THESENATECommitteeonExecutive Appointments and Governmental Investigation may conduct a public hearing tomorrow for Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio'sjudiciary nominees.

Ranking members of the leadership, it was learned, are pushing for a "quick confirmation" of the nominees, whose names were announced Thursday after months of consultations between the governor, the Legislature's leadership and the local bar association.

The chair of the committee, Sen. David M. Cing (D-Tinian) has called for a meeting today to discuss where and when to conduct the public hearing.

The Senate may hold a "confirmation" session later this week.

A rncmb<.!r of the Senate leadership, who refused to be identified, commended the governor for"batting 1.000," referring to the confo·;1ation of all ofTe,{orio 's nominees so far.

'Tm quite sure that the governor's batting average will remain perfect," the senator said.

"He's doing great." Tenorio on Thursday nOJni

nated Juan T. Lizama and John A. Manglona to serve as associate judges of the Superior Court, and House legal counsel Maya B. Kara as attorney general.

Lizama and Manglona would replace Presiding Judge Alex Castro and Associate Judge Miguel Demapan, both of whom are nominated to the Supreme Court.

If confirmed by the Senate, the two would join Supreme Court Chief Justice Marty W.K. Taylor and replace Ramon G. Villagomez and Pedro Atalig, who retired earlier this year.

As expected, the senior Superior Court judge. Edward Manibusan, was nominated as the new presiding judge.

Tenorio has vowed to nominate only those who will be confirmed by the Senate.

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Tinian Cham.her upbeat over increase in tourist arrivals

By Aldwin R. Fajardo

Variety News Staff DESPITE the anticipated increase in visitor traffic to the island, Tinian may not be able to accommodate a nourishing tourism industry unless it gets help from the CNMI government as far as infrastructure and social services are concerned.

Tinian Chamber of Commerce president Phillip Mendiola Long said visitor aITivals on the island may leap by almost SOOpercent in June compared with figures reported during the previous month.

He said the CNMI government should look into other ways to address Tinian 's infrastructure woes, to prepare the island for the expected tourism growth, which, he added, is alrea<ly showing signs.

Long, citing initial reports, said there may be close to 2,400 local and foreign tourists who visited Tinian last month.

The Marianas Visitors Bureau reported growth of tourist arrivals from Hong Kong in May.posting a 56 percent increase compared with figures recorded during the same month last year.

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visitor arrivals from Hong Kong to the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino which has aggressively launched promotions of the facility and the destination.

Some446peop[e visitedTinian in May, a dramatic increa<;e from practically nothing dming the same r-etiod last yem·. From January to May 1997, the island registered only two visitors, leaping by 23,950 increase this year to 481 arrivals.

'Toe only direction forTinian is up and as early as now, we need the support of the Central government," Long said.

He explained that tourist anivals to the island will blossom further espe-

cially when the Tinian Dymc,ty hol<ls a full-blast promotional campaign after iL, gnmd opening next month.

"AITival figures have already jumped ,md then: is no grand opening yet. What more after the big day.·· he said, adding that the CNMI government should approp1iatc more funds forTini,m's infrasa1JCturc ,md social se,vices such w; healthcm-e and public safety.

He pointed out that tomist, need to feel safe in theirdestination and Tini,m needs dire assist,mt in this a,;pect.

At the same time, Long said the Tinian Chamber of Commerce is awm-e that the present 1-evenue projections will not be able to suppo1t additional projects, other th:m those ah-eady identified.

But the1-e m-eother ways to finance e1'ection and improvement of public facilities such as road and the sea and air ports, he stJ-essed.

"We know we cmi't have it with our current budget. We don' thave the money and we are not blaming the government, but we can start looking at other financing means," he said.

Long mention'e<l the flotation of a municipal bond and the build-operate-transfer [BOT] scheme to sustain the infrastructure needs of the island.

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CDA readies more housing loans By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Stall

DETE.RivllNED at helping local residents O\\'n a decent housing facility. the Commonwealth Dew lop111c11t Authority is expediting the procc"ing of loans for rcsidcn-1 i al uni ts_ De\ c lopmcnt Authority ch:1ir Juan

S. Tenorio said his office has been approving an average of 20-40 housing loans every month.

··One of the things that CDA is really pushing is th; availability of financing for residents who would want to own a house jand] we have been appnwing a lot of housing loans.

Tenorio said ongoing housing projects include the constrnction of almost three hundred residential units, adding that CDA, at present, has approved approximately 200 loans.

"Closed housing loans at present involve about 180 to 200 units and the rest, with an average of20 to 40

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CUC-ITB-98-0030 June 26. 1998

The Cocnmonwcahh l'1i Ii tics Corporaiion ICL'C) is soliciting bids from clrnri cal construction cor11roc1nrs for the consirucJion of !he clccJrical sysJem Jo provide power tr, I ts air-condi1irning units localed in Jwclvc huildings al 1he ,\lananas lligh School The projccJ is cxpel'!cd 10 t>c stancdJuly IJ. 1998 and complclcd hy Si:ptc-mh:r 14. I ~ir,1~. Conmuui:in sh:ill he done in such a way thut OnL' huildings syi,tcm will he complt:teJ am! ctn,dc<l 0111 hi.Jore moving or11hc next h1tildrng.

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The ~-ontractnr is c~NCtcd to furnish ,111 materials to provide a complete clcclrical system from the existing huildings electrical system lo the air-rnnditioning uni l~- This ~hall incl udc f}Jnclhoards (if needed). i.:ircuit hrcakcrs. conduit, wiring. disrnnnccl switches from the existing dcurical syslcm to each air-rnnJitioning unit. :\JI of the :1:r-conditioning units arc installed.

,\ prc-hru rnnfcrcncc will t>, held 1111 July m. 1998 al 9:00 a.m. over JI !he CUC Conference Room. All prospcclivc hiddcrs arc cnl'\luragcd Jo allcnd. due to the ur~cncy of the jnh

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The h1ddcr is required 10 suhmi I with hi.1 proposal a copy of his C:S:111 Business Penn it in compliance wi1h !he Conlraclor's Rcgistralion and Licensing L,ws of !he Comm,inwcal1h of the \orthcm \lariano Islands.

This rrojCCI ,s funded hy a gram from 1hc Dcpanmem of ln!erior (DOI) Oilicc of ln.cular Affuirs, of which have been scJ aside. The award of !his project is con1mgcn1 upon rcceipl of the necessary funding and/or required approval lo enter in10 legally binding arrnngcmcnls Jo complele the cnllre projccJ.

,\[[cntion i.1 called 10 1hc Lihor S1andnrds Provisions for Wage Ra JC De1ennina1ion of !he CN\1 I Classification and Salary St rue Jure Plans and !hat payment of not less !hen the minimum '"larics and wages as set fonh in the SpccificaJions rnusJ be paid on !his projccJ

Offcror1 sh:rl I prol'idc a principle of Jhe cornpan y .staling 1hat 1hc company has in the pas!, and .is currenlly. in compliance wilh all applrcablc CNMI and federal lar,,r I av. 1. Should the comrany be un:rhlc to provide such certiftcaiion, the company must provide a wn11c.o cxplanalrnn as Jo why. rnclud1ng a dcscnp11on of any v1obt1rm'.i ol \uch l:.ih11r Jaws and any rcmc<lwl ncllon taken. Failure of the rnmpany to prnrnk the ccrt1ficat1on of cxrl.m:it1on JS grounds lo rcJcct the entire 1mipw,al

All responses 111 this hid should Jake into :,ccounl any and all laxes that wil I re charged Jo !he successful hidder in fulfilling !he contract. including cxciscJaxcs.

ClC reserves 1he righ1 10 reject any and all bids for any reason and to wail'c lny defect in said proposals, or any of !hem if in its sole opinion to do so would be in !he besJ imercs1 or CCC. All proposals shall be come the p10peny of CUC.

For infonnalion, rnnlacl Technical Services Manager, Mr. Michael W Randall, P.E., al 322-4033, hi. 55.

Timothy P. Villagomez Executive Director

loans every month, are still being processed." he told Variety.

TI10ugh there are ve1y few construction activities for residential units seen in the community, he explained that this is because it takes time before the erection of the strncture starts after the loan has been approved.

"It doesn't mean that when it is approved, construction stm1s right away. It takes about three months after the loan has been approved," he stressed.

Tenorio said CDA has been

working closely with the No11hem Marianas Housing Corporation in efforts to provide affordable amortization for better housing foci Ii ties to CNMI residents.

Despite its limited funding, NMHC was able to commit over $4 million for the constrnction and rehabilitation of public housing, and landscaping of grminds in 1996.

In its end-1996 report, NMIIC said since the Loan Purchase Agreement was sealed with the Guam Savings and Loan in 1993, over 60 families have been assisted with construction, renovation and refinancing of their homes.

Tenorio, at the same ti me. said CDA has been using its fo,t'eit and credit guarantee as he cited the cooperation extended by commercial banks in the CNMI in the agency's commercial and hous.ing financing programs.

"The reception from commercial banks is very strong and most of the banks are panicipating in our programs not only on the commercial but also on the residential aspect," he said.

Water outage today THE COMMONWEALTH Utilities Corporation is constructing a new waler pipeline at the Oleai School and sun-ounding village area.

According to a news release from CUC, contractors Western Equipment, will be connecting the new system to CUC's existing

water system today, from IO a.m. to 4 p.m.

This means that the water will be temporarily shut off in the area.

However, because the village ofOleai receives water from CUC only until 9 a.m. each morning, this outage should not affect the customers.

CPA remains committed to its sewerline project

By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety t~ev.s Stall

TIIECOMMONWEALTIIP01ts Authority 1emains committed to the Saipan International Airport sewerlir.eprojxtearliersuspended due to Jack of matching funds from the government

But tlx: project is not expected to resume until the Legislature passes a law that would approp1iate money to cover the CNMI government's share of the sewerline project cost

Ports Authority executive director Cmios Salas said CPA is comnutted to the project and to its payment obligations stipulated under its contract with the Pacific Drilling.

"'As soon as the bill is passed by theSenat_c, CPA expects the governorto sign it into law so that Pacific J)iilling\1i11 be paid and the project will continue," Salas said in a letter.

CPA and Pacific Drilling have earlier agreed to tempormily put the projc-;ct on hold until the necessary funds have been appropriated. "CPA is uuly sony for the state of affairs Ilia, tl1e project is in."

· Salas said under federal law.airport revenue cannot be used for non-airport projects, adding tliat doing so would constitute "revenue-diversion"whichwould jeopardize future federal funding for CPA.

He pointed out that thecommis-

sion of "revenue-diversion'1 may also require the Ports Authority to return federal grants previously received.

"It is this concern that had prompted CPA to stop tJ1e project mid first obtain tl1e segment of the sewerline proje,.:t," he added.

S,tlas said tlie Po11s Autl101ity is expecting that tl1e appropriation measure will S\)On pass the CNMI Legislature for the resumption of tl1e Saipan International Airport sewerline project.

A legislation seeking to appropriate funds for the Saip,mJntematiomtl Airpo11 Sewerline Project has already passed the House of Representatives.

HB 11-194, also knoWll as the Airport Sewerline Project Fimmcing of 1998, seeks to continually appropriate funds from the developer infra.strncture tax tJust accountfor the Third Senatorial District to pay obligations for the project

Authored by Rep. David Apatang, the bill guarantees the completion of lhe project, which was temporarily placed on hold following the absenceof matching funds from theCNMI government

The bi! I guarantees that all funds in the trust account established for the Third Senatorial District "shall l:e used solely for purpose of pay-

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local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a story you would like to share, or an event that needs to -..._J be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341

y Corps has a new chief Lt. Col. Ralph I-I. Graves, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu Engineer District, has relinquished command to Lt.Col. WallyZ. Walters last July 2nd.

Walters, cu!l'ently a strategic planner for the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Cornm:md, assumed command in ceremonies at Fort Shafter, where his District is headquartered. The Thursday ceremony was held at the Fort Shafter Palm Circle Parade Field.

Graves will be promoted to rank of colonel as part of the ceremony. H\! had served as District commander and district engineer since July 6, 1995.

He and his family were scheduled to leave July 5 for his next assignment with the Army's Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management in Washington, D.C.

Walters has been assigned in Hawaii since 1995 and had served as operations officer and executive officer of the 29th Engineer

Red Cross· to hold 1st . .. . ·0

'Lifeguard · ·(;hallenge' · The NM! chapter of the Red Cross will be holding the First Annual Lifeguard Challenge Saturday.

The event is aimed at challenging the local hotels/businesses to sh;wcasc their lifesaving talents, to promote life guarding as a career in the Commonwealth and to promote water safety in the community.

The event will be a half-d,ty even! to star! early morning.

Participants will be mganizcd in teams of tl11·cc and wi 11 perform a variety of lifesaving skills and endurance exercises at both Kan Paci fie pool and l'.1u Pau Beach.

There is nu fee for participants, but all participants must be registered by July 17 in order to compete, a news release from the American Red Cross said.

Each participant will receive a free t-shirt that reads "I Took the Challenge."

/\I I hotels and businesses that have American Red Cross certified lifeguards are urged to call the chapter office for more information on rcgistt!ring their participants.

Interested persons 01· business may contact Cassandra Ely at 288-104 I for registration information.

The /\m;rican Red Cross is the organization that translates carin~ and concern into immediate action for the families of the Commonwealth.

Participate in the Lifeguard Challenge and Promote Safer Families.

Battalion (Topographic) before his assignment at Camp Smith. He has served in a wide variety of other Army command and staff positions throughout the world.

Walters graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1980 with specialties in nuclearengineering and social sciences.

He holds a master's degree in international relations from the George Washington University, a master's in military science from the Marine Corps University, and a master's in political science from Columbia University.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Russian Institute, the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps

Command and Staff Colleges, and the Armed Forces Staff College.

Walters was bom in Cincin-

nati, Ohio. His wife. Lt. Col. Teny Walters, M.D .. is the Division Surgeon of the 25th Infantry Di-

vision (Light) at Schofield Barracks. Their daughter, Victoria, attends elementary school in Aiea.

Zachares to address SHRM THE COMMONWEALTH chapter of the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), the major national personnel organization, will be holding its monthly membership meeting this Thursday ,July 9.

Mark Zachares, CNMI Secretary of Labor and Immigration, will address the Society regarding his philosophy for the

Department of Labor and Immigration and discuss some of the recent changes that have occured, theSHRMsaid in a news release.

The Secretary and other key members of DOLI will answer any questions Society members and guests might have about labor and immigration issues.

All members and interested individuals are invited to attend the meeting and present any ques-

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The CNMl Chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management isa new, but growing forum for the discussion and training in personnel matters.

Chapter membership meetings are not limited to members. Prospective members af!d companies or individuals inter-


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$.5-M annual funding sought for dog control

Interior report faults 'greedy' landlords' for 'poor housing'

By Haldee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

TI-IE STRAY Dog Control program under tl1e Saipair Mayor's Office is urging tl1e legislature to appropriate at least $100,000 to start the program, :u1d at lc,L,t $5<Xl,OOO annually for its operations.

Outgoing officer-in-charge Edward Villanueva said tl1at the current $54,0CX) budget for the project is not enough to finish tl1econstrnction of its facilities, panicularly the kennel which will shelter tl1c sa-av Jo[!S.

"We haw preuis::us,;;d the buJg,et propo,al witl1 Mayor Jose C. Sablan :md Dr. Eugene Clothier, a veterinari:m. We :u-c going to ,L,k the legisbturc togivcusatk,L,t$100.000forthe construction of the facility. ,md $5CXl.OOO for ib yearly funding." said

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Vill.umeva. I le aJdeJ that the progrcun is ,tlso

,L,king !or S39.000 forwterinary care alone. Vill:u1ucva also s.iiJ the pro-

gramdces not haveenough money to finish the project before they start reinforcing iL

The hearing for tlleprogrJJ11' s budget proposal will be heldon Thursday al the legislature. Villanueva said the prq,>ram 's officers will be meeting with Housccommitteon health, education and welfare chair Heinz Hofschneidcr.

1l1e stray :mimal area in Kaginan is within a 4,()(Xl square meters of land, while tl1cone-storcyoffirebuilding is 20 x 30 meters in size.

1l1c kennel, which was originally planned to have 25 dog compartments. will now have 30 compartments. 1l1c facility can house more than I (Xl dogs. Dogs will be segregated according to their breed, or whetl1er they are sick or not Dogs without lag or leash arc considered suc1y. as well a.~ tllosc which have tags but roam in public and private properties.

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MOST substandard housing facilities on the island are privately-owned ones rented out by "greedy" landlords to nonresidem workers, according to an Insular Affairs report.

The report, which was submitted by Insular Affairs Director Allen Stay man to Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio, stated that there is no enforcement of building coJes and no inspections by authorities because these housing facilities are not considered company "barracks.'"

These, the report said, are not subject to regulations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

The report said these rented facilities "would be condemned in the United.States.'"

"Greedy landlords rent these places for outrageously high prices to desperate, jobless individuals," said the report.

The report was done by a seven-man team of researchers who interviewed about 400nonresident workers.

Their findings, as far as living quarters are concerned, are as follows:

,;, Twenty-two Bangladeshi and Chinese nationals sharing one "small" house in Chalan Kanoa where the top floor is made of wood and the tin "looks as though it is leaning and may collapse." Each "tiny" room, shared by up to five persons, is rented $200 a month. And the bathroom flooring is used as a kitchen counter to prepare food.

* Forty-five Bangladeshi nationals living in squalid conditions at a series of houses anJ connected apartments in Chalan Piao. In one apartment," said the report, the smell was unbemable and flies are swarming. The place is rented at $500 a month.

* Eighteen jobless

Bangladeshis sharing a Koblerville house that rents for $700 a month. The report said the housing facility has three small rooms where most occupants have to sleep on the floor. The "filthy" outdoor bathroom has a toilet bowl with no water tank and appears not to be connected to any kind of plumbing.

* Two Chinese nationals living in closet-size cubicles at a Chalan Kanoa place that is rented out for $100 a month each. The cubicles can only accommodate a bunk bed and a smal I chair.

*Twelve Filipinos- I Oadults and two children - sharing a· small five room Garapan ho;sc. Two illegal share a small room that rents for S 125 excluding electricity. The four larger rooms rent for$ I 50 a month.

On Saipan, a fully-furnished apartment space can be rented al a price range of between $400 to $700.

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WITHOUT any signs of conceding to the turtle-paced economy, the Saipan Chamber of Commerce is extending its arms to assist small businesses in the islands cope with the crunch.

The commerce department earlier reported that more than 130 business establishments have alreaJy closed shop since last year as a result of the downturn in the tourism industry.

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NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP-98-0060

Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan. through the f\ionhem Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHCJ Board of Directors and the Department of Finance's Di\'ision of Procurement and Supply, are soliciting competitive scaled proposals from qualified indivitJuals or firms for repair and renovation of the Department of Youth Service's ''forth and South Emergency Shelters on Saipan. Commonwealth of the f\ionhem Marianas Islands.

Scope nf Work for !he abo,·e may be picked up al !he office of the Division of Procurement and Supply. Lower llase. <luring the hours of 7:30 a.rn. al 4:30 p.m .. Monday through Friday. except CI\MI holidays.

All Proposals must be in a se:ded en\'eloped marked RFl'~S-0060, submi11ed in duplicate to !he Office of the Director, Procurement and Supply, 1,ower Base, Saipan. on or before 2:00 p.m., on Friday, July 17, I 99X. at whicl1 time and place all proposals will be opened. Any proposal received late will not be accepted.

The project funded by Emergency Shelter Grants from the U.S. Department of I lousing and Urban Dcvelopmcnl (HUDJ, through 1he Commonwealth Government and !he Northern Marianas Housing Corporation mus! comply to local and federal government guidelines with respects to Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1968 and the labor standards provisions for Wage Rate Determination of the CNMI, Classification and

. Salary Structure Plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as sci forth in the Contract Document.

NM! IC hereby notifies all proposers that it will arfirmativcly ensure 1ha1. in any contracts entered into pursuant to this advertisement, small business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit propos;ils and will not be discriminated against on grounds of race, color, religion, sex. handicapped/disabling conditions, or national origin.

The Commonwealth Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any imperkc1ions in said proposals in the best interest of the government.

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,s·lkrman S. Sahlan Director, Prornrc111c111 and Supply

Road will reveal anumberof failed businesses. It is undeniable that Saipan is suffering from tough economic conditions," the Saipan Chamber of Commerce said in a press statement.

For businesses to survive, House commerce committee chair Rep. Oscar Babauta said investors should shift to the available market, other than the tourists, adding that most retail outlets and department stores on the island cater to tourists.

Babauta said there is a greut Jpportunity to expound on the local market and eventually minimize the economy's dependence on the tourism industry, and eventually prevent more shops from closing.

To address problems faced by small busi11cssow11crs, the Saipan Chamber of Commerce's com-

mittee on membership is :;ponsoring a workshop aimed at helping business owners learn the importance of networking.

Called the "Marketing on a Shoestring Budget," the w;rkshop will teach business owners the importance of networking anµ how to go about it, as well as techniques on how to market their business with little or no money.

The workshop will be held at the Pacific Islands Club tomorrow from I I :30ltm to I :OOpm free of charge. PIC has also agreed to offer a special discount of$ IO for their regular buffet to all participants of the workshop.

The Saipan Chamber of Commerce earlier this year presented a workshop on taxation, and cosponsored another sentinaron the finam·ial aspects of operating a small business. IAR F"jard11I

Riders al Hyatt floal acknowlf!dge the che~rs from the crowd as they approach the grandstand dunng Saturdays L1berat1on Day Parade.

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Internal, external • • economic issues

facing N. Marianas By William H. Stewart Economic Service Counsel

Some in the Commonwealth hold the belief that the slowdown in the economy st:uted only a year or so ago when the economies of southeast Asia begm1 to falter but in tealitv tl1e Com~1onwealtl1 is now five years into ml e~onomic slowdown tl1at first became uppment at least as frn· ,Ls Japm1ese investment is concerned, in 1993.

Indications of a regional slowdown firstapp;:ared in late I 989 and em·ly 1990, when the Japanese economy stmted to cool, pmtly m; a result of a decline in the Japanese stock m,U'kct; iisim! interest rates and an unexpected &op in the value of the yen against the dollrn·,

Ju pan's economic difficulties worsened ,L, stock ptices continued to decline shmply tesulting in a slowdown in investment in the Commonwealth.

MajorJaprn1ese b,mks with lm·ge stock ponfolios lost hundreds of millions in value ,md many previous loans became wo11hless.

Jap,mese banks stopped lending, pa11icularly on the international scene, as tl1ey suived for more liquidity. Japm1csc investment interest in tl1e Commonwealth all but citied up.

Previouslyphmncd hotel projecL, were postponed or delayed.

Constrnction activity in tl1e Northern MaJianas slowed considerably and the Japanese visitor bec,U11e m01e p1udent in his sp;:nding habiL, pun:h,L,ing less expensive gift items and dining in more conservatively piiced iestaurants.

The question now befoie us is when will local economic growth resume to a level that would be considered acceptable?

In my opinion if we continue to be tied to the J upm1ese economy - and it appcm'S at this point that we will -I don't think we will sec ,my subsumtial growth forrn10thcrlive ye.us or so-or sometime ;uuuncJ 111id ye,u· 2CXl3.

And maybe not cwn tl1cn unless the confusion ,md uncertainty surrounding future investment in the Commo~1wcaltJ1 is mitigated.

And what about this ~onfusion? Aside from the adverse publicity

sutTounding the Anicle XII issues which wa.,- disseminated frn· ,md wide among potential investrn,sevcntl ycm, ago which no doubt caused many to hesitate or postpone tl1eir invest111ent plans in the Commonwealth what is the genesis of the other major economic problems?

LctJapanm1d thcothcrnationsof southeast Asia WOil"/ about their diflicuhies since tl1ei1: problems ,U'C external to us ,md we cm1 't do m1ything about it anyway - let us Ix concemeJ about our internal [)I'Cdicm11ent mid the steps that can be taken to find a solution in order to be !'Cady when economic activity in tl1e region picks up early in the next centuiy.

I suspcct 1mu1y potential investors, both forcign,md /\mc1ican. arc waiting to ic;u11 the eventual outco111cofseve1~tl viwl issues ltJrwhich implementation is now either im-

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minentorremain matters for rather immediate resolution between the CNMI and the U.S. Congress.

These ru-e well known locally and don't requi1e a lengthy explanation here, but for the 1-ecord they include: uncet1ainty as to whether the Commonwealth will bep;:1mitted continued duty f1ee access to U.S. markets for locally manufactrn-ed products and when, mid how, the U. S. minimum wage ,md fedet~li immigration laws ~viii be imposed on the isl,mds?

In the mse of the latter - will tl1e Northern M,U'im1as be pern1ittcd some latitude in impotting nonresident workers to augment its limited indigenous labor force?

A'iid, in te1ms or a touiism m,u·ket, will theislandsbeabletotapthe growing affluent Chinese m,u'ket by p;:tu'iitting enlly to tl1e Northern Maiian,Lseitherwithouta U.S. visa or with a sp;:cial Commonwealth visa issued for that sp;:cific ,md limited purpose?

This,of course, ispiedicated upon ,mother unknown that being the ChineseGovemmentpeimitti~g the issuance of exit visw; to tl1eir citizens for tl1is purpose.

Theseumesolved issues together with the economic recession in many Asim1 counllies complicate ,m already uncertain business investment clirrnite.

"They conuibute a rather large mcasut'C of unccnainty among tJ1c investmrnt community- the single factorsuch investment abhors above all else.

When investment mies mid t-cqui1"Cments w-c subject to frequent chw1ge, the investor views tl1e mea ,Ls u1~su1blc and loses any confidence tl1at he or she may have had in the reliability ,md continuity of stable laws ,Ls tl1cy affect investment.

We all know that mm1y such changes in the p,Lst wc1'C made in ,m attempt to accommodate the desires of ccnain membe1,ofthe U.S. Congress and local intet-csts.

I have come to the conclusion that the United States is :Ls much at fault as the CNM! in creating the cun·ent hieh level of busincs~ unce11ainty thatcun-cntly pn:vails mid I'll tell you why.

As a thitty yc,u· observer or the Nrnthem M,u'i.m,L,' economiecvolution, and a fo1mcr principal in the f rnrner Education For Sci fGovemment Program, l ,m1 convinced that back in the seventies the iush to offer Commonwealth status w,L, prirnatily motivated by militrny


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Finance lllinisters discuss free trade zone in Pacific

By ROBERT KEITH-REID SUVA, Fiji (AP)- Pacific island finance ministers will discuss the formation or a free trade zone covering their 14 inJcprndent slates at their third annu,tl 111.:cting opening MonJay.

The recommcml.itions of the meeting, which 1·uns through Wednesday at Nadi, Fiji, will be forward for endorsement by Pacific heads of stale at their annual summit in late August at Pohnpci, Federated States of Micronesia.

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OITiciais at the Forum Secretariat said the concept of a free trade zone was discussed and approved by the finance ministers at their meeting last year at Cairns Australia. but many details were not resolved.

This week's meeting has a wide ag(;nda covering trade, tourism. investment and economic development.

They will also review progress made in improving public accountability in government and business, a pre-

condition to attracting investment to Pacific nations, some of which have been blighted by corruption and mismanagement.

Progress and economic growth has been virtually nil for years in many P:1L·i(ir 11,1-tions.

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will formally open the meeting Monday afternoon at the Sheraton Fiji report at Dcnarau islantl n~ar Nat.Ii airport.

The coconut crab float of Koblerville Elementary School was among the participants that received wild cheers from the crowd as it approached Duty Free Shoppers area during Saturday's Liberation Day parade. -

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garment factory Vanuatu to ratify UN accord \IELBOL:R:'\E (PacnewsJNcgoti:11ions currently umktway bdwccn the Samoan go\·ernment :111J a Chinese g:mnenl factory could lc•:1d up to 3ll0 Samoans being employed :dong \\'ilh 50 Chinese.

Department of Trade secretary L1uano Chan Tung s:1ys talks have been held \\'ith thc China Ningbo Jin You:1g Woollen Mill. Radio Australia reports.

a building with a view to later building their own.

Meanwhile. South Korean garment manufacturer. DaewoosaSamoa. has been given preliminary ;1pproval by the American Samoa Immigration Board to allow 150 Vietnamese into the territory to start up its clothing factory.

PORT VILA (Pacncws)-The Vanuatu government hi1s indicated to the Canadian government the possibility of ratifying the United Nations Agreement on Highly Immigratory and Struggling Fish Stocks.

The commitment was indicated by Fisheries Economist Doresthy Kenneth when Deputy High Commissioner for Canada to Vanuatu, Alan Smith, called upon her last

week. Ratifyirig the UN agreement

would mean that Vanuatu must be able to prove to the world community that it can manage its tuna resources within its own exclusive economic zone.

Kenneth said as part of that process, a committee to manage Vanuatu 's tuna stocks (Tuna Management Advisory Board) was established and a tuna management

plan has been designed. The Fisheries Economist said

she hoped by January next year when all required information is compiled, the Tuna Management Advisory Board would have been able tosta1t implementing the tuna management plan.

Mariti111~ regs to be amended

He says the cashmere factory owners will invest SUSS00,000 in the initial sn up and wil\ lease

Dacwoosa plans to begin production ofT-shi11s and sports wear for export to the United States and Canada by late this year of early next year.

Nurses expected to benefit from conference in Tonga

Solomons Premier warns public servants vs strike

PORT VILA (Pacnews)Vanuatu 's council of ministers Wednesday agreed to amend the maritime regulations to make them comply with the International Maritime Organisation's international conventions on training standards, certification and watch-keeping for seafarers.

\"UKU 'ALO FA (Pacnews)-Members of the Tonga Nurse Association are expected to benefit tcclmically and educationally from the 9th conference of the South Pacific Nurses Associations this year.

The conference will be held in Nuku'alofa for about four days starting from August 17 through to 21, Radio Tonga reports.

The theme for this year's conference is the •·enrichment of the nursing experience and their know ledge for the 21st century".

Sister Pisila Sovaleni of the Tonga Nurse Association says speeches and workshops on the theme are included in the conferences' programme.

About 11 countries from the South Pacific region will join the conference including Australia and New Zealand.

They are Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Fiji, Niue, Samoa and Tonga.

HONIARA (Pacnews)Solomon Islands prime minister, Bartholomew Ulufa'alu has warned that public servants who take part in the nation-wide strike which started last friday will not get paid.

Ulufa'alu issued the warning Saturday after the High Court threw out an appl ieation by the goverment on Friday to stop public servants in the country from going on strike.

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The prime minister has also assured that handling of international flights to and from Honiara will not be affected since officers working at the Henderson airport have not joined the strike action.

The ex tent of the effects of the strike will not be clear until later in the week since today and Tuesday are public holidays in Solomon Islands in honour of the country's 20th independence anniversary.

Public relations officer in the office of the prime minister Bob Makin in a statement said Vanuatu's compliance with the IMO's conventions ensures particular standards are met on all ships on the country's registry of foreign vessels.

Near coastal vessels are granted exemption from certain of the requirements under the IMO conventions for a limited period only.

Pacific developing strategy on environmental education APIA (Pacnews)-A weeklong confere·.1ce of Pacific island environmental educators and trainers has ended with participants saying it had allowed them to make valuable connections with colleagues in other Pacific countries.

Almost 200 people from 21 Pacific island countries and territories have been meeting at the University of the South Pacific's Suvacampustoshare their knowledge and resources and to develop a five-year Action Strntegy for environmental education and training in the Pacific.

The action strategy aims to incorporate environmental education and training into all for-

ma! and non-formal education in the Pacific, integrating cultural, traditional and contemporary scientific knowledge.

111e action strategy aims to use participants' skills to help governments, traditional leaders, local communities and the private sector to adopt sound environmental policies and practices

The participants said there's a need for more appropriate information and other resources to support their work, particularly that carried out by nongovernment organisations and other community-based groups, and called on the donor community to provide financial support to address these issues.

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French, Fijian prime ministers congTatulate Solomons Island HONIARA (Pacnews)-The prime mi 11 isters of France and Fiji have become the first to congratulate Solomon Islands on the occasion of its 20th anniversary ofthl! independence from Great Britain.

In his congratulatory message, French prime minister Jacques Chirac said France is anxious to maintain ,md strengthen its relationship with Solomon Islands and the other Padfic states, and more so with its territories in the region.

Chirac also congratulated Solomon Islands on its initiative in hostin/!, the first Melanesian

Arts and Cultural festival in conjunction with the 20th independence anniversary celebrations.

In his message to governor general Sir Moses Pitakaka, Chirac said he hoped the friendship and cooperation between the two countries wi 11 be f urthcr strength, encd.

In another congratulatory message, Fiji prime minister Sitivcni Rabuka said his government considers the inaugural Melanesian Arts and Cultural festival as an important contribution to the renc w al and strengthening of friendly relations between the two countries.

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Estrada gives RP's police 100 days to address crime MANILA, Philippines (AP)New President Joseph Estrada said Sunday he has orde1·ed police to turn in a .. big fish" among the country's criminals in 100 days to prove a crackdown on crime, graft and drug trafficking is real.

Estrada has made crime-busting, along witl1 improving the I ives of impoverished Fi Ii pi nos, a cornerstone of his six-year administration.

The former movie actor, who was sworn into office Tuesday, planned to be his own secretary of interior and local government, in charge of the national police, to personally supervise an anti-crime and -graft drive.

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Estrada urged Filipinos to help, promising improvements in the country's justice system to ensure criminals would be prosecuted and jailed, a state-

ment issued by his office said. As vice president and head of

an anti-crime commission under his predecessor, Fidel Ramos, Estrada was able to break up a number of kidnap gangs and drug syndicates. The commission's powers were eventually clipped, however, due to accusations that its agents had illegally executed and tortured some suspects.

Despite police and military campaigns, ransom kidnappings and other crimes persist in the Philippines due to widespread poverty, collusion by police and military officials with crime gangs, and refusal of victims and witnesses to cooperate.

An MG-520 air force helicopter lies wrecked on its side in an orchard farm where ii crashed after colliding with another helicopter from a military air base in Zamboanga, South of Philippines Sunday. The helicopters armed with rockets and enroute to an anti-insurgency mission struck each other and crashed Sunday, killing two pilots and a crewman. AP

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Human rights lawyer ready for Marcos deal MANILA, Ph iii ppines (AP) -The Filipino lawyer for human . rights victims who won a suit against. the late President Ferdinand Marcos said Saturday he was ready to negotiate with the Marcos family to settle the claims.

The rights victims won a class action suit against Marcos in Hawaii, where the former dictator was living at the time. A Hawaii court awarded the victims $2 billion in damages from the Marcos estate.

The Marcos family and the government, however, also claim Marcos' wealth, much of which is in Swiss bank accounts.

"Now is just about the most opportune time for the Marcoses and the Philippine government to come to tenns with the victims," said lawyer Rod Domingo.

Domir;go said James Linn, a lawyer for Marcos' widow, Imelda, is in Manila and is expected ta discuss the case with the family. There was no immediate response from the family or their lawyer.

Domingo said he and Robert Swift, the American lawyer for the 9,539abuse victims, are willing to settle their claims against the dictator's estate for$ ISO million.

"While the claims of the

Marcos victims will finally put to rest the human rights issue against the deposed dictator, the benefits to be reaped by the government is enormous," Domingosaid, referring to more than $500 million of Marcos' Swiss bank deposits.

At least $300 million were transferred to an escrow account in a Philippine bank last April and the Swiss Federal Supreme Coutt cleared the way for the transfer of the rest of the money last May. No official, however, has confirmed that more money has been moved to the escrow account.

The government hopes to win a forfeiture and confiscation case it has filed against Mrs. Marcos to acquire the Swiss deposits.

Mrs. Marcos has offered$ I 50 million to the victims of human rights violations during her husband's rule.

Her offer was re jeered by one group of Marcos victims as "suspicious."

Marcos w,is ousted in a "people power" revolt in 1986 and died three years later in exile in Hawaii.

The govemmentclaims his Swiss deposits are part of the alleged illgotten weaJth he amassed during his 20-year rule. Marcos never admitted any wrongdoing.

New Philippine president gets hi~ new.office yacht

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -The Philippines' new president is getting a new office -a yachtto fulfill his campaign promise of reaching .~ut to the people in this far-flung archipelago.

A yacht used by past Philippine president, mostly for leisure is being rci"urbished to become President Joseph Estrada's offshore office, Press Secretary Rodolfo Reyes said Sunday.

Thepopularex-moviestar. who was inaugurated as the country's 13th president 011 Tuesday, has pledged to hold office for three months at a time each year in the central Visayas and southern Mindanao regions.

Reyes said the yacht wbuld dock at several major ports in provinces Estrada was visiting.

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Foreign investment on a decline in China BEIJING (AP) - Foreign direct investment decreased 6.~5 percent from a year earlier to $3.17 billion in May a~1d 1s expected to continue to drop throughout the year as the etfects of Asia's financial crisis reach China, an official newspaper reported Sunday.

The drop of actual foreign investment in May followed a I 9 percent plunge in April from April 1997.

China's major Asian investor~ - Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan - have Jess to invest because of the Asian financial crisis.

Cao Derong of the State Trade and Economic Commission said the decline of foreign direct investment would not be extreme because of government measures to encourage ~ore investment in economically backward areas, the Business Weekly reported. · _ ..

The growth of pledged foreign investment has been sh<lmg · since 1995. It increased about 4 percent, reaching $17.51

billion, in the first five months of this year. China expects to attract foreign investment as it spends a

planned $1.1 trillion on infrastructure in the next three years. Since Jan. l, the government has given foreign investors tax

breaks for the import of capital goods by overseas-invested projects in sectors where the government wants to encourage development.

PUBLIC NOTICE This is to 1nlorm that public that the State Rehabilitation Advisory Council will hold its general meeting on July 8, 1998 lrom 1:30- 3:00 p.m. at the Olfice ol the Aging conference room in Garapan. Interested pesons are welcome lo attend.

AGENDA

I. Call to Order/Welcome IL Adoption ol Agenda Ill. Review and Adoption of Minutes from the SRAC's First Quarter

Meeting of January 15. 1998 IV. Old Bus,ness

A. OVR Director's Report 1. OVR's Organization

B Committees 1. Reports/Organization

C. SRAC Training V. New Business

A. SRAC Members' S1atus B. OVR Director's Report

1. State Plan Public Hearings C. Misc./Announcemenls

VI. Setting of Next Meeting Vil. Adjournmen1

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individuals who wish to attend this meeting, but requires accessibility such as large pnnt or sign language interpreters, must call 664-653716538 (voice) or 322-6449 (TOD).

/s/ ANNA YAMADA Chair

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·n,c Cs;\·ll l'ublic School Svstem is soliciting compctiti\'C scaled bidding for tht.: procurement of one unit ~argo \':111 for the Food Services Program on Rota. Specificatiun rcquircmcn,s arc a,·aiLibk .it the Prornrerncnt & Supply Office situatcli on the 3rd \loor of the 1'auru Building. Susupc. Saircm. ·n,c vehicle mu~t have a one year rn:iintcnance warranty. must bi.:: rust proof:'undcr coatelt and safety inspected prior to delivery Clf Public Scl1ool System Rota Administrative Services Office, Row. MP witl1 registration fee payable to the C:J:vII Treasurer. ll1e cargo van rnust be delivered within 30 days from elate of contract award.

All bills must be scakcl and t"accmarked "IFB98-008-Cargo Van For Rota Food Services Program" ancl submitted in cluplicatc to the Procurement & Supply Office situated on the 3rd floor of the Nauru lluilcling, Susupc, Saipan no later than 2:00 p.m .. July 24, 1998. at which time, date, and pl;tcc all bids will be opened and read aloud. Any bid received after the aforementioned date and time will not be accepted under any circumstances. ·n1e Public School Svstcm reserves the rig.ht to award on a sing.le or multiple awan.l or reject any o; all bids if its in the best interest of the Public School System.

All inquiries to this announcement may contact the Procurement & Supply Office at telephone number 664-3762/63.

/s/Rita Hncog !nos, Eli. Il. Commissioner Of Eclucation

/s/1,ouise Concepcion Procurement & Supply Officer

U.S. first/ady Hillary Rodham Clinton, second from right, shares a joke with U.S. Secretary of Sta(e Madelei!7e Albright, left, Hong Kong Chief Secretary Anson Chan, right, Betty Tung, wtfe of Hong Kon[! Chief .Execut(ve Tung Chee Hwa, second from left, and other invited guests at a forum orgamzed by Mrs. Clinton with leading Hong Kong women Friday. AP

US official airs concern on Hong Kong's treason laws HONG KONG (AP) - A U.S. official said Sunday that I-long Kong's transition to Chinese iule had staited well, but urged the tenitory not to stiOe freedom of expression with its new law on treason and sedition.

Authorities say that since the h,mdover, Hong Korn:, for all of it, f,eedoms, may ~10t be ~used ,L, a bw;c for subversion against the Chinese mainland. LawsdcfiningtJea.sonand sedition arc expected to be inu-oduccd into the new legislature, which began meeting on July 2.

As yet, no one has said what approach the laws will take, but political leaders pushing for more democracy say they will be an important test of whether I-long Kong can retain its freedom of expression.

The te1Titory marked the first anniversary of the return of Chinese sovereignty on July I. Most observers agree that China has largely kept its prom is~ to let Hong

Kong iun iL, own affairs. To-the smp1iseof nemlyeveryone,

the powe1fo I economy has turned out to be the main cause of concern. Along with much of Asia, Hong Kong is slipping into 1ecession.

U.S. Consul-General Richard Boucher, speaking on Hong Kong radio on Sunday, said the mmsition to Chinese rnle had gone better than expected, but that the United States would keepw1 eye on the tJeason and sedition !av•.

"It is our hope, and that of many others. that this law will do nothing to inhibit the out~pokeness and freedom of expression which make Hong Kong such a hot pot of bubbling ideas and infotmation," Boucher said in a trw1-script released by the radio.

Economic problems would make the second year after the h,mdover difficult, Boucher said.

Boucher said Asia's problems wete affecting the UnitedS1;nes,loo. &hoing Prc;idcnt Clinton, who made

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Mother hurls baby to death . from building

BANGKOK, Thailand(AP)-A distraughtmotherunable to pay medical bills for her baby hurled the twomonlh-old girl to her death from the fourth floor of a hospital.

Thai newspapers teponed Sunday that Prayoon Improm, 23, was then prevented from leaping to her mvn death by hospital staff.

"I just had nobody to tum to," Prayoon told police, according to the Barn!kok Post. "No relatives con-1acted me. So I decided to kill my baby and myself."

Prayoon took her daughter lo B,mgkok 's public King Mongkut Hospital for u·catmrnt for a hewt defect ll11ee weeks ago but grew incre,t,ingly wotTicd about paying at le,L,t I 0,(XXl baht ($238) of the uncovcn:d costs.

She told police aticr Saturday's tragedy ll1at she had not seen her husbw1d, Wornthep Honnthip, since his employers ref used several days ago to adv mice his salrny to help pay the bills.

12 executed in Shenzhen BEIJING (AP) - Tll'l'ln: p.:oplc convicted or murder. ann,·d robl-ic1>· ;u1d kidnapping haw l,ccn executed in the southem city of Shenzhen. ,t Chinese ncws1xt~1Cr rcponcd.

The Shenzhen ln1ermedia1c I\:oplc 's Cou11 :umrnmced the dcall; sentences Fridav, and the 12 wen: immediately · exern1ed, the Y m1gchcng Evening Nc\\'S n:po11cd Sa1tmlay.

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or Y,utg Shengyou, who w,L, convicted or robbing a Shenzhen c11tcrlai11men1 ccntc~· or 19,0(Xl 1·u,m ($2J(XJ) ,md fatally stabbing a 1;rson who pursued him.

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Courtesy campaign on in Singapore By JONATHAN DRAKE

SINGAPORE (AP) Singapore hasn't relented in its efforts lo mold a m(:)rc courteous society even as rising unemployment and the threat of recession might seem like cause for grumbling.

Launched in 1979 by then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, the annual National Courtesy Campaign has instructed Singaporeans over the years to be more civic minded in just about every conceivable way.

This year, campaign leaders say ti)e Asian economic cri·sis makes civic behavior especially imponant.

"If a person has lost his job or is in between jobs, if he has friendly neighbors to help lend a hand, psychologically, that will support him," The Sunday Times quoted Courtesy Council chief Noel Hon as saying.

While officially launching the latest courtesy program Saturday, Finance Minister Richard Hu said that ··this is an important time for all of us to help each other through courteous and neighborly acts to alleviate the socio-economic challenges we may race."

Over the years, the government-run campaign has encour-

Singapore humanitarian aid airlifted to Indonesia SINGAPORE (AP) - Singapore's Red Cross Society sent two planeloads of food and medicine to Indonesia Sunday as part of a humanitarian mission to help its neighbor cope with its worst economic crisis in decades.

The society raised about 1.2 million Singapore dollars ($706,000) for the purchase of medical supplies, pharmaceuticals and food, half of which was airlifted to Jakarta Sunday.

It was the first of four relief missions planned through November 1998. The supplies are earmarked for children, the elderly, needy families and pregnant or lactating mothers in various parts of Indonesia.

Singapore's Red Cross hopes to raise a total of 5 million Singapore dollars ($2.9 million) to aid its huge neighbor.

aged traditional politeness, from smiling more often and saying ··please" to holding doors open for strangers and keeping the volume down in your apartment.

It has also focused on more modern and specific irritants, such as pagers and mobile phones ringing in theaters and

churches, poor bedside manners in hospitals. and rude or vulgar language on the Internet.

The monthlong campaign is typical of Singapore's numerous - some say lecturing and condescending - pub! ic drives to instill certain values and behavior in its 3.1 million. citi-

zcns. There have been separate

campaigns against drugs, to save waler, be more punctual, exercise more, stop making nuisance emergency calls, speak Mandarin instead of Chinese dialects, and even - during a 1967 rice shortage - to eat more wheat.

Anxious passengers wait to check in at Kuala Lumpur's new multi-billion-dollar airport on its first working day. Travel-weary passengers at the airport complained of long waits at the luggage carousels. AP

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She is survived by her husband· Jose Duenas Deia Cruz (Ping Kaseru)

Sons and Spouses: Joaquin B. and Vivian P. Dela Cruz

Joseph B. and Loling C. Dela Cruz

She is additionally survived by 13 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

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bids Kai Tak goodbye Hong Kong HO'.\G KO'.\G l.\l') ~ Thou-s:111,I,; ,,1· J'el•pk including p:11\'nh \\ ith childrc'n in tow and a111:1teur phc)t,,graphc-rs j:1111111ed downtown Kai T:1k aiq)c,n Sunday. turning ib fitd Ja,· of u11c'r:1tinn mto an imJ'Wlll!'lll fc'sti\·al c·elcbr:tting a unique 73-year history.

SIH)ri\y bdn1"<.'.111i,l11ighl. the List tlighl. al .nndon-bound Cathay Pac·i fie _iu 111 bojet ,, as to lean:. Hong Kc,ng 's tl•J' ci ,·i I s<:T\ ant. ChidSecretarY .·\mon Chan. was lo turn out the lights at about 1 a.111 .. officially retiring Kai Tak.

l\e,\. ~20-bill it111 Click Lap Kok airpurt 011 :m outlying island :,o kilometers (22 miks) lo 1he wesl. 01x11s :-.1011day lllOllling.

While there has been :1 broad consensus for years th:1t something nee,hl to be done about crowded. noisy Kai Tak. Hong Kong was h:I\ ing a hard time letting go. Some Hong Kong residents and frequent ,·isitors said they planned trips especially to use the ai1port, with its roof-skimming approaches over crowded Kowloon, and takoffover Kowloon Bay. one bst time.

··This is a mess:· l lJ-year-old student Jenny Chung said of Kai Tak. "But it is a unique mess."

Chung. who was flying to \\mcouvcron Sunday.and hcrfam-tly were among thc many people po,ing for pic-tun:s at an airport sign outside the tcrminal.

t\ spokeswoman, Mandy Tsoi. said workers had stancd moving equipment al 8::lOa.m. ((XJ:,OGMTJ on Sunday. and that dozens of roac.J shipments had been mac.Jc. Three b;1rgcs also haJ bcc:n shippcJ off to Chek Lap Kok.

A-bout :,o planes were lo make a 15-minute !light rrom the old airpon lo the new one.

Officials pre\'iously had said that the onlv thing that could delay the transfer was a typhoon. Thundersto1111sand possibly heavy rain was i"c.1recast. hut it was not expected lo affect thc scheuule.

On Sunday. TV footage showed workers buffing the marble tloors of the new aitport. which were said lo still be too shiny. and putting final touches on retail stores.

Const111c:tion of the massive airpon - about thc size of London's Heathrow ai1von- involved tlattcning two islets .ind pushing back sea to accommodate two mnways. ll1e ai 1po11 project inc luues a I J63-mctcr ( 4.475-f oot)-long suspension bridge. an express highway and a railway to link the remote airpo1tto downtown.

Inside Kai Tak 's crowded. old terminal. parents were looking around with their children, and nearly everyone, it apeared, had a camera. Police had closed off the top two floors of a parking garage that is a favorite spot for taking pictures of planes coming in low over Hong Kong. However. photographers jammed the lower floors. and every landing was accompanied by the click of shutters and exclamations.

Samuel Law. a :U-ycar-old photographer, and Lily Leung, a secretary. said they were flying to Seoul, South Korea. on Sunday in order to use Kai Tak one more time. They planned lo return in five days. using the new airport.

'"It's like sending off an old

People take a close look at a model of Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok airport which was put on display at Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport on Saturday. Many people visited Kai Tak airport to watch landin_gs·and takeoffs before it closes down Sunday night. The first commercial flight is scheduled to land at new airport at Chek Lap Kok on Monday. AP

friend," Law said. Jacqueline Har, a flight atten

dant for Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific, said the new airport was bigger and clearly has better facilities. but that she will miss Kai Tak.

"I'm so thrilled every time I land here, even though I've been doing it for four years," she said.

ll1e new airport has been man·ed by controversy. First announced in 1989 to boost people's confidence amid political uncenainty and an economic downturn, the massive project was denounced by the Chinese, who accused the British of

draining Hong Kong's coffers before they turned the territory over to China on July 1, 1997.

Disputes over funding, and a delay in the completion of the airport railway, delayed the opening by about a year.

On Thursday, Chinese President Jiang Zemin dedicated Chek Lap Kok airport before becoming the ffrst passenger to leave from it. Hours later, U.S. President Bill Cl in ton became the first one to land there.

Chaos at new Malaysia airport likely to increase cost of travel

Muslims turn out in Indonesian capital for huge prayer session

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -,--Trying to sidestep the chaos at Malaysia's new international airport, foreign airline5 and travelers have been hit with hefty additional fees, newspapers reported Sunday.,

Massive systems failures at the dlrs 2.3 billion Kuala Lumpur International Airport have caused lengthy flight delays and long waits for baggage, cargo and taxis since the airport opened six days ago.

sia Airlines hangar was, however, in disarray due to insufficient staff and incomplete facilities, said Walter Culas, president of the Freight Forwarders Association Malaysia.

"All cargo - inbound, outbound and transshipment items - were dumped on the ground floor because the top floor was not ready," Cu\as was quoted as saying in the Star. He added that many items could not be located in the mess.

BylRWAN FIRDAUS JAKARTA. Indonesia (AP) -Tens of thou,:uids of l\·luslirns s;u1k to their knees 111 a 111;Lss jlnl\'Cr SunJ:1;. n1;my ,1c·c:ping :Ls l11c:y ;1ppc:aled frir :mend ID lndo11c·si;1 ·., economic _!;l(X)J:1.

In tJ1c p;:;ling lot Ill " J;1k;u1a spon, .,tadtu m. m,1· u1x ,n row of the faithful lxim.'d the: ir heads on prayer·

111als. mu1rnuri11g :uid gestrning with ouLs1retchcd h;uic.Js.

··(jcx.J lnscursed lndon~si al-x:causc lots or olf1cials have been greedy in the 1x1st." s;1id Kholid J\lxluilah. I le w;Ls n.:fe1ri11g to dc:cp-rmted com1ptiu11 umkr I, wmcr 1'1·csidcrH Suh;u10 that agg1·a,·;ttcd the lina11cial crisi.s. pushing mill ions of people into povcny.

Some of the tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims who gathered ma Jakarta park pray for an end to Indonesia's devastating economic crisis Sunday. Indonesia's worst economic crisis in decades has left nearly 40 percent of the population living in poverty. AP

forced out in May by a swell of )X)pulardiscontent.Suhmtohm1ded powerto his protege, B.J .1-\abibie, who h;Ls pursued ;ui agenda of democratic refrnm tl1at includes genernl elections next year.

·111c mass prayer was staged by Jndom:sia 's biggcst Muslim group. which proved iLsdf capable of engineering a big turnout as political positioning accelerates ahead of the elections.

The 30 million-member N,tl1dlatul Ulama is apolitical mid its leader, Abdutral1man Wahid, h;Ls said he docs not wm1t to f 01m a )X)litical p;uty.

However, some of his lieutcn;mLs ,ue enthusi,Lstic about a political role mid W,tl1id himself has held talks wit11 pro-rcfonn figu1es about f01ming a coalition that lms yc:t to be dcfi~ed.

In b1icf rcm;u-ks at tl1c prnyer session. W:tl1id preached a message of harmony in facing Indonesia 'seconomicciisis. M,uiy people f e;u· ;U1otl1er outburst of social unrest like 1ioL, over p1ice increw;cs inJakrnta in May that killed ,Ls m;uiy as I ,2(Xl people.

"As we face a critical situation, Nahdlatul Ulmnamembers;Ls well ;Ls Indonesia's Muslims must be united," said W;u1id, who 11.:centlv had brain surgc1y while1ecovcring from a stroke. ··n1al way, we nu1 uyto11:solve the prnblcm together."

"We are incurring losses in the thousands because of the prob]ep1s with delayed flights," a spokeswoman of Austria's Lauda Air was quoted as saying by the Star newspaper.

The Austrian airline, hit with delays of up to 10 hours on flights to Austria and Australia, was forced to check passengers into airport hotels and onto seats with competing airlines.

"To ensure that passengers reach their destinations on time, we had to pay Malaysia Airlines for connecting flights to Singapore and then pay Singapore Airlines to send them to Melbourne," the spokeswoman said, adding that most flights were delayed by problems with check-in and baggage claims.

Flights were reportedly taking off on schedule early Sunday and reports over the weekend said the computer breakdowns, caused by faulty phone lines, would soon be improv-ing.

Cargo handling at the Malay-

Culas said that the financial loss incu1Ted could not yet be determined.

Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said the Malaysia Airlinescargocenterwouldtemporari!y stop accepting perishable goods until the cargo could be handled fa~ter.

Ling said that staff had been increased and he expected greater efficiency within a few days.

Many weary passengers, after waiting up to four hours for their bags, found long lines at the taxi stand and paid an exorbitant 300 ringgit ($80) fare to bypass the extra wait.

Fares from the aitport, 70 kilometers (42 miles) south of the capital, are set to cost from 55 ringgit to 88 ringgit ($14 to $22.50) by taxi or limousine. The _limo company awarded a monopoly over the route, however, has been unable to meet the demand.

Shamsu\ Affrin Mohd. Nor, of the Road and Transport Department, said that action would be taken to eliminate the illegal fees.

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US seeks to calm. Taiwan TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -Washington's top liaison with Taiwan assured nervous ·officials Sunday that President Clinton's visit to China had not altered U.S. commitments to the island.

Richard Bush told reporters that Clinton's just-concluded trip did not indicate that Washington was bolstering Beijing's position on reunifying Taiwan with the mainland.

"United States policy toward Taiwan has not changed. In all its clements, it is exactly the same as before Clinton's trip," Bush said.

Foreign Minister Jason Hu said he told Bush that Taiwan suffered ''psychological fa] lout" from Clinton's statement in Shanghai last week laying out what is called the U.S.-China "three no's" policy: no support for an independent Taiwan, no recognition for a separate Taiwanese government, no backingofTaiwan 'sentry into international organizations.

Washington now needs to take concrete measures to reassure Taiwan, such as raising the profile of contacts between Washington and Taipei, Hu said_

"You can't do everything with (China) in the glare of the spotlight, and keep contacts with us

totally low key," Hu said. "Our people will misunderstand."

Though U.S. officials have made identical statements in the past, Clinton's public reiteration of the three no' s was the first by a U.S. president. Many here saw that as a concession to Clinton's Chinese hosts. and say it will further isolate Taiwan.

Clinton has defended his statement as a simple articulation of existing policy, and other U.S. officials have accused Taiwan of overreacting.

The Foreign Ministry immedi- · ately issued a reply to Clinton's statement, chastising the United States for discussing Taiwan's interests with another party.

Bush will meet with President Lee Teng-hui and other officials on Monday. He is expected to fly to Guam on Thursday to meet with Taiwanese Premier Vincent Siew.

Although they have been united for just four years in the last century, China continues to claim Taiwan as a breakaway province. The two split most recently in 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fled here after losing the Chinese civil war to Communist forces.

Taiwan's U.N. seat was handed over to China in 1971, and the government began seeking to return to the world body several years ago.

The United States shifted recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, but maintains close unofficial relations with Taiwan, and is its main arms provider_ Bush is the U.S.-based chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan, which handles relations in the absence of diplomatic ties.

Washington officially says the sides should resolve their dispute peacefully without outside intervention.

But there has been speculation here that Clinton's comments will strengthen China's drive to force Taiwan to accept the same model for reunification appli.ed to Hong Kong when British colonial rule ended there last year.

"No American president before used this sort of language, or presumed to decide Taiwan's fate for it. (Clinton's comments) pose a considerable challenge to Taiwan's freedom and democracy," opposition lawmaker Pan-is Chang told an academic forum Sunday.

The governing Nationalists of-

ficially advocate eventual reunification with China, but not on Beijing's terms. In surveys, most

Taiwanese favor maintaining the status quo of de-facto independence.

Six-year old Christine Lai looks at a u.s_ flag given to her parents I Hui, left, and Chang after the couple from Taiwan became U.S. citizens at naturalization ceremonies Wednesday in Philadelphia. Some 453 people from 82 countries took the oath of allegiance. AP

After China trip, Clinton to refocus on us··agenda lOinjured in California fair. ground : ~h~otiµg · ·

By Sandra Sobieraj WASIIlNGTON (AP)-Aftera three-day pause to recuperate from jet lag and enjoy holiday fireworks, President Clinton shifts focus tl1is week from China's problems back to his own - a Republican Congress that won't budge on his health andciime initiatives, the uphill battle for a Democratic majo1ity and the continuing Monica Lewinsky investigation.

Clinton opens a packed week with two WhiteHouseevenL~-on Tuesday and Wednesday-meant tocastthe adminisu-miona,a "doer" and castigate Republicans for inaction on his bill of 1ighL5 for m,uiaged-cme patients ;uid his juvenile c1imc proposals.

On Thursday, he travels with his hand out to Democrat fund-raisers io AtlantaandMiami-stopsNo. I and 2 in what promises to be an aggressive JXllitical schedule leading up to the November congressional elections.

Clinton is committed to at least one JX)litical event each week this month and spokesman Joe Lockhalt said the fund raising and stumping will pick up after August, when the president wi II vacation for two weeks on Martha's Vineyard.

'111e president will continue to aggressively push his agenda tITTd look to make progress with the Republicm1 Congress," Lockhmt said. "But at the same time, we 're goinQ to be helping DemocraLs acrnss tl;e co;n-

tiy with their elections." Intent on giving Democrats solid

footing on the "soccer Mom" issues of education, health care, and juvenile crime, White House advisers have been scouring the books for executive action Clinton can order in the absence of legislation.

Already, he has extended consumer protections to patients in federal health programs and ordered child safety locks on all guns used by federal officers.

This week, his advisers are promising more executive action to keep guns away from children and make paients take responsibility forthe kids who have guns anyway.

Clinton w;mL,Cong11:ssto bm1 violent juveniles from bcuying guns for

U.S. President Bill Clinton gestures while delivering a speech to Hong Kong community and business leaders at the Hong Kong Convention Center Friday. Clinton spoke up for freedom and human rights and said this once-booming port city can help "lead Asia out of turbulent times." I.IP

life and spend $95 million on afterschool and crime-prevention programs for youngsters.

Republicans in control of Congress have ignored Clinton's legislation, say:ng they instead want to end parole for violent criminals, increase prison capacity, make the death penalty a real threat and imposemandatorypenaltiesforciimes committed with a gun.

"Even if Congress decides they want to play politics tl1is year, we can move forward and make progress," Lockhrnt said.

Totl1cextenthisexecutivepower will allow, Clinton also intends to keep up with his own baby steps on health care. This week, the administration will announce a new federal outreach effort to notify low-income e lderly and disabled Americans that funds arc available to help pay their Medicare premiums. said Whit~ House health policy adviser Chris Jennings.

The president is al:o looking for ways to keep alive his "Patient Bill of Rights" for frustrated consumc~·s in HMO's. Republic,.1:1 leaders, businesses and insurers argue tl1at such government-enforced prntections will only d1ive up hcaltl1 costs and push rnmc people out from under the health insurance umbrella.

Countered Jennings: "We 're going to keep this i~ the news about how the federal Qovcmmenl is giving patient; rights. We 're going to show how we 're doing ~- h;w well you cm1 do it mid ;Lsk how cm1 it possibly not be done for patients in the p1ivatc sector."

A CNNrrime )X)ll tde;Lsed Sunday showed tlu-ee out of four people surveyed l:ieiieve health crne 1efo1TI1 is aJT1011g the top three issues

PLEASANTON, California (AP) - Ten people, including three children, were shot and wounded at a rock concert and Fourth of July celebration Saturday night at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.

None of the in juiieswere I ife-thieatening,hospital officialssaid. Thecause of the shooting was under investigation.

1l1ous;mds had come to sec a perfo1mance by rock rnusici;m Peter Fr,U11pton ,U1d a fi1eworks display at tl1c fairgrounds, alx.Jut 4{) miles (6-l kilomclers) e:Lst ofS;u1 Francisco.

A woman was treated for superficial gunshot wounds and he1· 8-year-old son for bullet wounds lo his leg. Both were listed in stable condition at San Jose: Medical Center.

Two othn children, a boy and a girl. were both listed in stable condition.

Two 25-yem·-old men :md a 19-ye;u·-old wom;m were taken to Valk:v C;ue Medical Center with •!1111-

shot wounds. All tlm:e wc11: list~ in good conc.Jition.

Two men. IR :md 21, wc11.: treated \or shoulder ;md leg wounc.Js.11.:spcctivcly, al E<lcn Medical Center. An 18-ycar-old lemah: w:Ls in sur~crv for a wound lo lier bult(xks. - ·

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GO P hopefuls talk strategy By Will Lester I . .. t,mtforAmeric,mpolicytorcnectthe

\Y.-\SHI:-;GTO:-; (.-\P) ~ llmx country's values. Rq,ublicin,n,n,idl'ling:min rorthc ·111e counuy's major concern is J'rc,idcnc·y in 2lXXl ,:iid Sunday if that we 're so politically con-eel, ev-thcii· ,ippclllc'llt 1, \'ice l'n:sidem ,\1 e1ybody has a 1ight and nobody h,L~ a l ,,,it>. their c:unp:iign, will rc,:us 011 responsibility," Alexm1dcr said. ·n1e hi., r,il icic·s. ll[)I l'it·,iJcn! Clinton's campaign should be alx)Lll "gelling \\.hi1.: 11,,u,c inlclll c'lmlil1\·c·1,y. the tax code, the schools, the cultun;

Bui l(1mi,·rTc1111.:,,;ccGm. L:1m:u· and the workplace on the sidi.! of .-\ le ,:u1dcnt·rnindcd rnicrs on CBS· p:u-cnts 1~1ising child1-cn," he said. · ·1 ':1cc ·111c N:11i, 111 .. th:11 thc, ice prcsi- None of the three w,L~ among front-dc·llt In, bccn "chic·fl'l1ccrkaderlora nmncrs in a May CNN/USA Today/ pn:sidentwho,;c1-x::1,onalrnnductlu, Gallup poll that showed Texas Gov. t.:cn ,111atiL1nal emb:u,·assrnent." George W. Bush ,L, the leading Re-

Lamar Alexander John Ashcroft Al Gore "ll1at \\a, :m is,11e for the Repub- public;mcm1didatc,followcdbyEliza-

li.::u1 P,u1y in 19i ..\.'' Alcx:mdcr sai<l. have more t:Lx c:uL, so people an.: responsible for cnte1ing the United theirpmty will not J1ive the GOP too beth Dole,fo1mer Vice President Dmi "\\e paiJ ,\ p1ice for that. ,m<l so <lid empowered'? A1-c we going to be able States into the Kyoto ueaty, which fm· to the right. Quayle and frnmcr vice p1-csidcnti:tl Pre,idenr For<l in 1976." to 1-cally diminish the power of gov- would allow some nations to com- But Ale;m1der saiJ it was impor- cmididate Jack Kemp.

:\lexanJcr s:1id Gore· m1<l othcr emment'l pete ve1y effectively without envi-D,:moc1:1ts ·-cm 't sanhevw:mt all of "Al Gore is essentially a liberal," ronmcntal safegrnu·ds but tie down the lxnefiL, ,md nrn;e of the blame." he saiJ. "We ought tolimittl1e power thcAmciicaneconomy. which would

But i\lcx:mder. Ohio Rep. John ofgovemment.111a!'swhatthiscam- diivc jobs overse,L~." Ashcroft said. Kasi ch anJ l\·lissouri Sen. John paign will be al:xJut." He 1-cfcned to a ueaty negotiated in Ashcroft sai<l they tl1ough11he cam- Ashcroft said he thought Gm-c Kyoto.Japan, to control emissions of paign in 2CXXlwill focus on the role of should not be held accountable for an polluting"greenhouse gases"toavoid govemment in the lives of Arne1i- alleged affair by tlie p1esident with global wmming. "That's the kind of e:u1s. frnmer White House intern Monica things he'll have to m1swer for, not

"1l1e debate in the next prt:siden- Lewinsky or claims that tl1e president whether the president acted improp-tialcampaign will be about the role of mid his staff have aied to derail the erly,'' Ashcroft said. ~ovemment.theroleofthi.!in<lividual investigation. The three also predicted the influ-in society.'' said Kasich. "Will we 1l1e vicep1~sident "should be held ence of Chiistian conservatives on

Time Magazine apologizes for story on US use of nerve gas

:',;EW YORK (AP) - Tirne magazine has apologized for a ,;iory jointly reported with CNN that claimed U.S. commani.locs used nerve gas to kill American defectors during the Vietnam War.

"Like CNN. we retract the story :md apologize ... Time Managing Editor Walter Isaacson said in a full-page statement in the July 13edition.

"When we make mistakes. it's important to be open and honest about them, get all the facts out as quickly as possible and try 10 set the record str:1igh1. /\nu to s:iy we 're surry. We a1·c ...

h:1:1cson saic.l result., of an cx:1rnina1io11 by Time m:1tched those ofCNN's earli!.!rrcinvcstigation of the slory. He said the allegations about the usi: of nerYe gas and the ki I I ing or defectors were not supporlcd by thee\ idencl.!.

The two organi1.ations. both 1JW11ccl by Time \\',m1cr. hau reported the story June 7 in the de hut h1, 1:idca,t 1Jr a jllintly prnJuc~J ldt.:\ i~ion 11C..:\\·~ rnag:tzinc c:dlcJ ··:-.:cw"t,md."

C''.\'.\ ,t:,fkr, did the reportlllg ror the TV acrnunt or CJpcr:,1ion Tailwind. and two of 1hem. producn ,\pri I ()/ i I a anJ corrnpo111.knt Peter Arnett,

bylined a companion piece in Time.

Oliver and another producer were fire<l, a third resig.neu, and Arnell was reprimanded after media lawyer Floyd Abrams, hired by CNN to conduct an independent in4uiry, found the story flawed. inaccurate and untrue.

Oliver, appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Sunday, Jefcnd~d her work and criticized CNN management for its n:traclion.

"They rouldn '.t lake 1he heat. !hey coulun't lake the military cstahlishmcnl corning Jown on them. !hey were threalcncd with a boycolt by veterans ·-· they didn't want to take the controversy." she was quoted in an ABC transcripl as stating on the program.

Time's original headline, "Did the U.S. Drop Nerve Gasr was more equivocal than CNN's a,senions. The Cable News Network said that the commando team had bct:n on a cross-borJcr mission to kill American defectors and that U.S. planes had dropped lethal sarin nerve gas to cover their escape under enemy fire.

Both of those e I aims were denied by numerous panicipants,

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some of whom were interviewed for the CNN story but ignored or glossed over in the final version. Isaacson noted that the CNN report relied on a key informant, former Lt. Robert Van Buskirk, whose statements were "ambiguous," and other sources who disclaimed firsthand knowledge of the incident.

Isaacson said the CNN-Ti me collaboration would continue, adding that "we have learned a lot from the mistakes made," and new procedures were being formulated to prevent a recurrence.

Outgoing US envoy to be honorary Irish citizen DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Outgoing U.S. Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith is to be made an honorary lrishcitizen, a rare tribute that honors her "immense seivice to Irelaru!," including her work for peace in: Northern Ireland, the lrish goverrunent said.

Prime Minister Bertie Ahem announced the honor Saturday night atapartym,DublinmarkingAmerican Independence Day and the end ofMrs. Kennedy Smith 'sfive0year tenn.

Ahem said people<across the country saluted the ambassador for hersuppoitfortheNorthemlreland peace deal, forged in April, that has set up a compromise government in the troubled province.

News reports said the U.S.envoy had stepped in several times to help toadvanceoften difficultpeacetalks.

Earlier this year, Ahern praised the ambassador for helping to get a U.S. visa·in 1994 for Sinn Fein pruty leader Gerry Adams, whose pruty is ailied with the l!ish Republican Army.

"It is ;16t an understatement to say that if that didn't happen at the time, perhaps other events may not have fallen into place," Ahem said.

But Raymond Seitz, cormer U.S. ambassador in London, accused Mrs. Kennedy Smith, sister of the latePresidentJohnF. Kennedy and Sen. E.clward Kennedy, of being of being an."ardel1ta]Xllogist" for the IRA.

Inhls memoirs published inJ anuary, Seitz said: ''It became obvious she wanted to promote the reunification of both parts of Ireland, even if one of the parts happened to lie in the United Kingdom."

Seitz, siding with the Britishgovemment,hadurged the White House not to grant Adams a visa in I 994.

In December, Mrs. Kennedy Smith risked controversy by taking communion in a Protestant cathedral in Dublin, going against the bishops of her Roman Catholic church.

Her decision was a s1rong pc1"sonal gesture of support for Irish PresidentMary McAleese, whohad been criticized by Irish bishops for joining in a Protestant communion service.

Mrs. Kennedy Smith wa~ due to complete her ambassadoiial duties at the weekend and will vacate her official residence in Dublin's Phoenix Park in the coming week.

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Massachusetts Ac!ing_Governor P_au/ Cellucci, right, shakes hands with U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (DMass) as House Mmonty Leader Richard Gephardt, cen.ter, look_s on prior to a Minimum Wage Forum at the Statehouse m Boston last June 22. Cellucci, a Republican, said he supports raising the state's minimum wage by 90 cents to $6. 15. AP .

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t:rt Steinborn. on behalf of the government. charged Seman with theft. misuse of government vehicles and misconduct

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the building . EOD searched the structure

before detennining that there were no explosives present and it was safe to re-enter.

According to Hemanliez, bomb threats are at times, a daily occurrence.

"Sometimes it's someone who doesn't want a cerw.in case heard tliat day," she asserts. "We've had cases where bomb scares were called in back to back."

Hernandez says bomb scares have little effect On COUit calendars because judges and other interested parties will stay after hours or re-sched-

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Saipan), the original bill, H.B. 11-139, called for both a hike in user fee and the "attrition" in the number of alien workers in the industry.

However, with the House leadership still deadlocked on the issue of a quota, Rep. Oscar M. Babauta (R-Prec. 2, Saipan) introduced the new bill on the user

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wealth Utilities Corp. (CUC) according to Mathis, estimate what the suspected power thiers power usage is by immediately putting a track meter on.

"And then we back bill tl1em," she said.

Police, added Mathis, m-c also notified.

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thority, Michael P. Henderson. Bcrmudl.!s has been instrumental in the re tum of military properlies to GovGuam.

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goal in inu·oducing the Australia rnir.1 New Caledonia destinations is to Jiversify tl1e visitor indusuy b:L<;C :L~ passengers use tl1e Gu:ui1 hub to other

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for those inau1,'llral llighL~. We need mon: tourisL, coming in from Japm1 more thm1 cwr before."

Leon Guem:ro, mc:mwhili.:, said she had just 1-ctumcd Sunday from. Niigata, another J apm1 city to which Guam now has non-stop access.

She said she U~1vcled to that city to accompany tl1e fir:;t air shipment of f1-csh fish bought here by a Japmic.se company. She noted during

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Seman and counsel David Wiseman entered into a plea agreemcn"t with Steinborn in which the defendant admitted committing theft.

In return. Steinborn asked the court to dismiss the remaining charges and suspend

ule cases to ensrne that they can still be heard in a timely manner.

"A bomb scm-c docsn 't mean that a case won't be he,u-d," she warns.

"Cases still stay on the docket." Hernandez says that the frequency

of these scmes does not deter the effort that goes into clearing a building and making sme that it is safe to 1e-enter either.

"We can't ever become complacent," she says. "We can't afford to igno1e the "l:xJy crying wolf,"but this isn't anything new, it's just very inconvenient"

She says that when evacuations do take place, the proc:edu1e is very organized with designated exits clearly marked and well-rehearsed secuiity precautions coming into play.

fee only. Babauta chairs the special com

mittee on the garment industry. Rep. Heinz S. Hofschneider(R

Prec. 3, Saipan) told the v·ariety that members felt it would be "unfair" to impose a quota on the number of alien workers in the industry without an accurate figure from the Department of Commerce (DOC).

"We don't want to be unfair to the industry," he said.

"There's a possibility that we

monito,ed to check whethertl1ey have attempted to illegally hook up again.

Power tl1ieves put honest duespaying subsciibers at a disadvantage since the fo,mer me able to enjoy power supply vi,tually for free.

'l11e1e me also still-unconfirmed reports of utilities personnel allegedly involved in installing illegally-hooked up power lines to users.

There are no immediately available figures on the number of power (hievcs nabbed so far.

In a pn:ss release, Bermudes s:1id, "I hope I have contributed as much to the bcttermcn t of the Port as it has to me."

Bermudes has the distinction of being th!.! first Chamonu to n:ceive an appointment wilh the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapo-

destinations in the Pacific mid thercfon:, generate additional n:vcnuc for Gu:u,1 's touiism inJustJy_

Ulloa also added that Continenlal hopes that :Ls peopk come 1hrough Gu:un, tl1ey will not only sec it ,Ls a place to pass tl1rough en route to

yesterday's meeting with the Okay:m1a delegation that 54 percent of tl1e world's tuna moves through Guam's po11s.

Tsulomu Miymio is "tl1e fii,t busincssm,m that we 'vc been working witl1 10 buy hc1c," she said.

Miy:mo is p1-csidcnt of a wholesale seafood company, specializing in hotel ,UlJ 1-CSlaUl~Ult scafooo.

His Hig:L,hi NipJXm Tmding Co. acqui1-cd the five whole tunas mid tuna loins from Gmun-b<L~ United Fisheiies Co. to let it, Jap,m custom· ersscc ,md appreciate the freshness of

the imposition of sentence for a period of three years.

The court accepted the plea. According to court papers,

between Oct. 12 and Nov. 13, 1997 Seman claimed he had worked overtime for the DPS and was paid for that when it did not happen.

She also says high tech secuiity makes the efforts nm more smooth] y.

Yesterday's Supc1ior Court scm-c was the first inaseriesofl:xJmbth1eat~ on Guam on Monday.

As Variety p,epmed to file the day'sstrnies,lastminutereportscame in involving a second 1:xJmb th1~at and evacuation atSupcriorCourtm1d a bomb th1-cat to the District Court in the Pacific News Building.

At around 5:30 p.m., EOD officials searched the PNB before al lowing workers back into the building.

Information as to whether the incidents were related was unavailable but authoiities say they were able to trnce at leastoneofthe morning l:xJmb threats to a pay phone in mi unnamed village.

might adopt an absolute quota that c9uld only penalize them."

He added that the House, which will resume its session today. will still work on an attrition legislation once DOC comes up with accurate and official figures on the garment industry.

A member of the leadership, who requested anonymity, earlier admitted that the lobby efforts against the quota "are very strong."

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"The garment sector is sti 11 a viable source of revenues for us," he said.

In a separate interview, Acting Customs Director Jerome P. Kintol said that the agency remains efficient in its daily operations, particularly in inspecting incoming cargoes and passengers, as well as in customs collcclion.

lis. He retired from the Navy in 1995 to lake 1hc position he is now kaving.

Under the elcclion law, government officials who intend to nm for public office arl.! required to leave office as election pc1·iod approaches.

:mothcrdcstination, but also:L, a place to enjoy on tl1eirnext vacalion.

"We w,uit to entice people to use Gum11 :6 a gateway to other locations," Ulloa explained, but also "to stimulate visitor inte1-cst in Guam :L~ much :Ls possible."

the product. Leon Guem:m saic.l tl1is expe,i

cnce was a lirst for "buying the fish f1-csh off tl1e lxi:11 :mu putting it on a fliµht to Niigata," whc1c it is ddive1-cd to customers :1t bL,l one Jay fresher.

"We '1-c uying lo capitalize on tl1is tuna moving tl1rough ourpo11..s .... ll1e phui is to make tuna mo,e profitable for tl1e people of the isl,mds, whe,e they'1-c caught."

She plans ,ITT economic mission to Okayama, along with Sen. Tony Lunorena, next Apiil.

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expediency and outdated national security concerns and that many people in the islands did not comprehend the 1~1mi fications mid 1esponsibilities or such a close relation:;hip with the United States with the 1esult that at the I ime 1111my were unpreprncc.l for Ame1ican citizenship.

And for that - the United States Government must bc.u· sornc measmc of the responsibility formany of the pmblems !11at have evolved.

I suspect that !11e Ame1icm1 negotiators back in the e;u·Iy seventies probably thought, ··never mind all that political p1cp1u-ation for citizenship. !lie Cold W 1u- is a p1cssing issue. b1i11~ them in10 the \old ,md everything will k all 1ight in the long mn."

Toc.la)1, almost twcmy two yeru, after U. S. citizenship was confencc.l. !11cre;ucstill people witl1in the Nrnthem MrniarnL, llM appe1u- to be unfomili:u· with !lie oblieations and responsibilities that aicinherent in citizenship, ai1 honor bestowec.l upon the islai1c.le1, almost in total by Presidential Order.

It should be kept in mind llwt the people of the No1them Mruianas, unlike other nationalities seeking U. S. citizenship, were not required lo possess any knowle<lgeof Arneric,m history or appicciation of the principles of <lemocrncy ,t, most Ame1icai1s perceive them to be.

Most fo1cigi1ers seeking U.S. citizenship must study a v,ui'ety of subjem 1dated to Amciic;m histrny, pass an examination ai1d sweai· m1 oath of allegim1ee.

This was not required of tl,cpeople of tl1e Nrnthem Matian,l,.

Nor, du1ing the pc1icxl the T111st Tcnitory Government conducted educational programs for self govcmmcnl, w;t, civics m1<l thc duties of citizenship taught in the public schools.

To have done soc.luring tl1is peiioc.l of the e;u·Jy seventies when political preferences were being explored -1u1d to have openly ac.lvocated U.S. Commonwealth sL.1tus from among the other three remaining options available to the people of the Northern Mmi1mas, mmicly. maintaining the status quo mid remain a Tmst Tcnitory. independence or free ,L,sociation with the United States, would have raised the ire of tl1c Hench and

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ested in the discussion topic arc invited to attend.

This week's luncheon meeting will be held at the Giovanni Room at the I lyatt Regency Hotel at

Hashimoto Continued from page 2

make a public promise, Furukuwa told rcprnte1'.

During camp,1igning Sunday, Koichi Kato, a key official in 11:L~himoto's 1uling Liberal Democratic Pwty, reprntcdly said miy tax rclicfwoulc.l be much more modest

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men and an elderly woman died as a result of the heat wave and dozens were hospitalized.

In Tokyo, where the average temperature for this period is 80

Soviet delegates to the United Nations and p;cipitate a charge of colonialism against the United States.

1l1e political education program had to Ix impartial. I know this to be !lie case because the Soviet delegate to the U. N. Secu1itv Council lcrn11ed about the civics po it ion of !lie educational pmgmrn du1ingavisit toSaipan, complained to tl1e U.S. Govemmem that tl1e process hac.l to Ix unbiased and we were infom,ed to ab.u1do11 !lie educational effoit.

So, in some respecL,, this has resulted in an educational deficiency among some in the Commonwealtl, and it is paitly the fault of !lie United States for "caving in" to !lie Soviet c.lem,md.

Thus, being unawaie of ce1tain Ame1icm1 values. the new Commonwealth pemiitted mmiy of the Asim, investors to enter into business mid· treat tJ1eir imported workers in the CommonwealtJ1 in tl,e same mmmer they were pem1itted to treat tl1em in their home country.

This "broad b1ush" sL.1tement does not apply to all investors and in particularitdoesnotapplytohoteloperators.

However, witl1 respect to other businesses it first became obvious to me when, as the co-di1ector of the 1990 census, I noticed J;u·ge numbers of relatively highly educated nonresident workers employed for long hours at low hourly wages in both some of the local an<l foreign O\,~,ed enterptises.

Of course. it was soon realized that many of the foreign investo1, as wen as their resident managers had no comprehension of tl,e •English language, - They could not n:ad or speak English and, at the time, were unawrue of the various rules and regulations governing the treatment~of workers.

A bill had been introduced in the legislature requiring those applying for a business license to have some knowledge of either English, Chamorro o; Carolinian which would ensure that there would be no excuse fornot understanc.ling local and federal laws goveming the treatment of workers~

1li~ bill was later considered unconstitutional and discriminatory anc.l was never passed.

Thus, the Commonwealth was <lenicd tl1is very effective tool to cor-1cct !lie situation and conu'ibute to

I I :30 a.m. "n1w,day. July 9. cn1e cost for !lie luncheon is s 15 for

members anc.l $20 for non-members. Members and other interested in

attending this luncheon c.liscussion, should call Pem'lor Retta at the Hyatt Regency Humm1 Resource Office al 234-1234 or fax at 233-0182 for 1escrvations.

than press reports suggestec.l. Kato said a tax cut should

amount to no more than 200 billion yen ($1.43 billion}, Kyodo news agency reported.

The confusion suggested the tax issue has become hostage to political rhetoric ahead of the July 12 elections and may be a sign of bickering within the govemmcnt over plans to revive the economy.

degrees, thermometers climbed to 97 degrees Saturday and 90 c.legrees Sunday, the Central Meteorological Agency said.

Seven people were hospitalized with sunstroke Sunday in Tokyo alone, compared with 53 Saturc.lay, said Mikio Endoh of the Tokyo Fire Department.

1educing laborabuses and violations. I poi;tedout in the 1992e<litionof

my book: Business Reference and lnl'esrmentG11ide To TheCNMl, the following , "As a member of !lie Ame1ic,;, family of states, territo1ies mid semiautonomous entities, the Common weal th, situated on tlie c.loorstep of Asia is host to thousai1ds of citizens of Asian nations which me allies, trnding pa1mers and fiiends of the United States.

For some who visit, either as tourisL, or nonresident workers, the islands will be the only contact many will ever have with the Ame1icai1 way of life, its fo1m of government rn1d democratic p1inciples.

The treatment extendec.l these people while they are in the islands will make a J,t,;ting imp1ession on m1my.

TothisextenttheCNMI exercises no small de6'Jee of influence in pm·tially shaping the reputation of Ame1ica m·ound the Pacific 1im and its human 1ights record."

I did not address the issue of what some workers from Communist societies might think of this "Ame ii can minur of c.lemocracy." ·

Still some businesses failed to get the message as far as the treatment of workers was concerned and continued to cm11 on business as usual.

The extent of the political telationship of the Northern Mariana Islands with !lie United States of America and many of the details pe1taining there-to are still lm-gely unknown and imp1ecise at this time.

More uncertainty. This results in part occause the

relationship has not been defined in any detail and also from the fact that no other member of the Ame1ican political family became so associated under circumstances even remotely similar to those by which the No1them Maiianas became affiliated witJ1 the United States.

Not even the nexus between the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico can provide much insight as to the extent and scope of the CNMI's Covenant agreement.

The issue is ve1y much unsettled. It may Ix somewhat disconce1ting

to some when it is discovered that even students of the American legal suucture will not venture to define what U.S. laws prevail in the islands and those that do not.

Students of political science are uncertain of the connection with the result that there is confusion because of the many unresolved issues in this unique and complex relationship.

There are those in the Com-

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In the meantime. officials at Simon Sanchez arc calling it an "isolated incident."

House. <:_onlin_ued fr~n, pa~~} both.

Cum:nt law provides for no less tl,an 90 days impiisonment ,md no mrne !11ru1 a $2,()(XJ tine.

• 11,ose found guilty of giving false info1mation to the police 1cgm·ding vehiculai· accic.lenL,-not mo1e tl1an

CPA ... ~C>_~ti_11ued !.!'~111_p~~e8

mentof any anc.lall obligations fortl1e sewerline project's completion.

monwealth that wish to retain as much political and intemal autonomy, indeed, independence from . tl1e federal govern mentand the Ameiican legal structme as possible.

This is something else that should have beer, made ;bundantly clear when a change in the political status of the No1thern Mmim,as was being explored.

Appar-eritly, it was not. How and when a deteimination

will oc made and a metl1oc.l devised to cleai· up the legal and political m11biguities which 1-emain in tl1is s6"metimes awkwiu-d political affiliation is a subject of conjectu1e arid will no doubt remain so until resolved at !lie highest level of !lie Ameiican judicial system, presuming, of coun,e, that a sufficiently justified issue is brought befo1e !lie U. S. Sup1eme Coutt and the Cou11 decides to hear· !lie case.

TI1eCNMI/US relationship is confused because it is still in the process of evolving.

Indeed, Section 902 of the Covenant petmits a reassessment of the relationship every l O years.

It is probably safe to state that the people of tJ1e Northern Marianas did not clearly uriderstand what they voted to suppo11 when the plebiscite was held in June, l 975 to accept a negotiated Covenant with !lie United States.

Ce11ainlytl1eyweteawareofsome of the tangible benefits that would flow fromthe U.S. Treasu1y such as octterhealth care;social secu1ity ,educational assistance, and a cornucopia of fooc.l stamps, housing subsidies and other granK

However, there was probably little knowledge or appreciation of the extent of the full ramifications of an association with the Ameiican judicial system and the federal bu1eaucrncy - for betteror worse - with its myriad of laws and regulato11 agencies administering everything from environmental protection to o,:cupational health and safety in the work place.

Thus, the process of learning the unintended consequences of the merging relationship with the United States, by necessity, continues to evolve and be refined as time goes by.

Many of the complex issues which were to arise in the future could not possibly have been foreseen in 1975 and thus a c.locument was produced, the Covenant, to permit flexibility in the new political relationship.

Several years ago an Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior staled:

"Freedom to choose a political

According to Martinez, campus violence is not a common occwi-cnce and when it does happen, it is dealt with seriously.

Summer school students must sign a parent/student contract prior to the se~sion promising to abic.le

one year imp1isonment anc.l not Jess th,m a $1,000 fine.

1l1e proposed Jaw would also impose suicter penalties on those found guilty of stealing anc.l tampering vehicles, anc.l driving "in willful and wanton disregard for the safety of person.~ or propc1ty."

Last ye;u·, !lie Dep:utment of Public Safety (DPS) 1ccorded a total of 3,380 cm, involved in accidenL~.

11,e fund, reaching$4,425,952 will be appropriated to the Poits Authority annuall·1. according to tl1c legislation. It said the ongoing project will protect tJ1e,mvironme111 by providing sewer Jinetonnections forthe airpo1t

status carries with it the responsibility, first, to make an informed choice and second, to live with the benefits and responsibilities of that choice."

Further the official stated,"for insular leac.lers to argue that what they freely chose several years ago is not what they thought they were choosing is a criticism of those who ch~se, not those who offered the choice.

It is clear from the plain English of the historical documents involved that the United States has sovereignty in the Commonwealth ... sovereignty is not conditional and does not lend itself to subject applicability."

The key words here are "informed choice.''

From what I can :-ecall at the time the electorate was not that" well informed."

It is the contention of some residents in the CNMI that the Northern Marianas did not become a Commonwealth as a result of the will of the United States Congress through enactment of law, but by means of negotiation within the Trusteeship Agreement between the United States and the United Nations.

The Trusteeship Agreement did not permii the United States to acquire leITitory or possessions since it was considered a trustee rather than sovereign and as such negotiated with the Northern Marianas for Commonwealth status.

As for myself I don't care very much about politics.

I am;however, interested in the economy and all this confuses investors.

The sooner these issues are resolved - one way or the other the better.

One final observation. If the Commonwealth loses

control of immigration without some airnngement with the federal government permitting the continued importation of a wic.le variety of alien workers to augment the limited supply of indigenous labor there will be no more investment of any magnitude.

Employment opportunities will be limited, government revenues will be reduced anc.l less government services provided.

Eventually an exodus of local men and women sct:king better opportunities than those -offered in the Commonwealth wi 11 occur mid !lie situation will be even mmc aggra-vated tl1an is now the mse. ~-

by the rules or 1isk c.lisciplinruy measu1es including possible expulsion.

"We have mies we follow," say Mmtinez.

··we don 'I tolerate or condone violence on our c;u-npus anc.l when it occu1s, we deal will, itapprop1iatcly."

Of this total, 299 we1e ch-;sified as 1-eckless dt'iving, and 165 hit and run.

DPS statistics also show that 2,033 accidents involvec.l motor vehicles' collision.

One hundred ,md twenty-tl11ee of these accidenL~ involvcdauto-objccL

Seventy-four accidents were caused by persons under 18 ycrn, of age.

facility :u1d adjacent :uc,L~. Apatang came out witl1 the legisla

tion afterinqui1ies noted tl1at tl1eCP /1. has exceec.led iL~ autl1oiized fundino level and has expended ai1prnt fund~ above tJ1eirimmdutcd responsibility.

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You ure hereby summoned and no1ifo:d to file any answer you wish lo ma~c lo the complaint. a copy of which is eivrn 10 )'Ou hm:with within lwcnty (20) days after tr.c foiirth puhlication of this summons and to deliver or mail a cory of yo1Jr answer to plaintiff's Jlloml')', fay IL Sorensen, whose address is al Fourth Flom. Hnriguchi Bide., P.O. Bo.< 1184, Saipan MP 969i0 as s/JOn as prarticahk after filine your answer or ~end in~ it to lhl' Clerk of this court for t'ilm!'.. ... )Our answer shoulft).: in wrilin1: and rikd 1rilh the clerk

of lhe abcM·crHi!IOO court at Sllsupt', Sairan . .\'orthi:rn Mariana Islands. It may I,: prepared and. sign,~ for)°" by yourcounsd and sent lO lhe clerk of this court hy ml'S· scnecr or mail. ii is nOI n_-rrn:H)' for 7ou 10 appeJr [X'i· son511y until furthl'r nolicc.

If you foil to iilc an answer in ~ccorJance with this summons. jud2mcn: hy default may OC tah·n a~ainst )OU for thi: rclli:f Jemandl'tl in the complaint. ~

B> order of lhl' abmc court. Da1ed 1his I lih day of June. 1998.

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PEANUTS® by Charles M. Schulz

STELL\ WILDER

YOUR BIRTHDAY TCESDA Y

l3orn today. you arc one of the mo,;r down-to-c;1rth and realistic individuals born under your sign, and yet you arc pcrh:1ps the most capable when it comcs to an occupation that 1ruly cap1urcs your intcr·c.st. llllkc·d. ihnc a1·e time, when you 111:1_1· seem 10 11·cir~ n1a)!ic. doi11g 1lii11gs th:11 others h:1vc ()nly drc:1mcd of a11d co111i11g through where others have fallc11 ,hon. !11 spite or this. you remain humble about your accomplishmc11ts. ready and willi11g to wor~ hard to better you rsc' 11· :111d 1111r1ro1·e your onthe joh pcrfmrn:1ncc.

Y11u \\11rk We'll ,11th llthcr,. and \'(Hl · re nc\·1.:r ollL' t11 :--:how~ h1iat <>I' 111s1st thctl )<lll he in the .,p<1tlight. Still, \uu L·an he relied upo11 to c·ll1n..: tu the rescue "·hen the nc:cd arises. ,\bmc :ill. you i11sist on h:1ving :1 good time - c,·c11 when wor~ing hard.

To sec what i, i 11 store for you to11101Tow. liml your birthday anJ read the corresponding paragraph. Let you1· birthday '1ar be your tbily guiuc:.

WED\'ESDAY, JULY 8 AQL\Hlt:S (.Ian. 20-Feb.

18) -·-- You are going to ha1·c to 1·al'e the 111u,ic today :1ml respond to thuse "htJ have ,pccific criticis111s. You must not ovcrn:act, hy all means!

PISCES (Feb. I CJ-March 20) - You will rccogniz.: something in a rival that

prompts a feeling of greater respect and understanding -and an increased sc:nse of competition.

ARIES (\larch 21-April 19) - You an: in for a treat today. thanks to a friend who understands just what kind of special something you·rc: in th<: mood for at this time.

TAl'RUS (April 20-\lay 20)--The dilfrrcncc bcl\\'cen fact and fiction 1,ill he revealed to you in dramatic style today, and you must he sure Lo

keep your reactions in proportion.

GEi\11:\l (May 21-Junc 20) -- You arc going to have to keep cardul track of all co1nings and goings today. You have: an appointment to kcc:p that almost slipped your 111i11J entirely.

CANCER (,June 21-.luly 22)-Do wh;1t is asked of you :ts soon as po,;sible today c!lld you'll avoid any kind of friction as a result of mixed messages or uncic:ar expectations.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -You may find yourself racing ,1gainst the clock today, when you had intended to do things in a far more lcisun:ly fashion al this time.

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Wakanohana wins on opening day NAGOYA, Japan (AP) -Wakanohana made his debut as a yokozun (gran.d champion) Sunday with a victory on the opening day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

Wakanohana gained promo-

us ... Continued from page 1

and they want a breakwater, then we will build that," he said, adding that the MRC will still have to pay back the Bank of Hawaii for the money b01rnwed to develop the new marina.

Commercial boat owners currently docked at the Smiling Cove Marina are expected to transfer to the Outer Cove Marina owing to an August 1995 agreement between the CNMI Department of Lands and Natural Resources and the MRC, that provides that commercial boats move out from the Smiling Cove and channel as soon as the MRC finishes the development of a new marina.

Since the new marina started operating on July I, it was expected that the commercial boat owners would already transfer.

As of now, however, only three boat owners, including Pellegrino 's eight boats, have docked their boats at the Outer Cove Marina.

The Smiling Cove Marina and

Kraft ... Continued from page 24

Without the services of veteran quarterback Billy Keele, who sat out this game following his ejection from last week's loss to the Angels, the Mustangs rotated three back-up quarterbacks and all of them were inel'fcctivc. Kcico 's Carl Paulino, Walter Leon Gucl'l"<.:ro and Steven Mu I !er lrnd eight passes pi c kcd oil. two c;1ch hy the Eagles' Brian Moore and Stq1hcn Taitano. One of Moore's was returned 47 yards fm a touchdown.

"We just didn't h;1ve a very good week al practice," said Keico Mentor Angc:J Calugay.

Both squads entered the game 0-3. Kcieo and Kraft's offenses scored only one touchdown in three games.

"If anything, this team ha:; got heart," Posadas said. "We're playing on heart because we have had our sha1·e of blowouts."

Kraft's Tim Calvo, stepping in for injured starter Mike Owen, threw touchdown passes of IO and 8 yards to lsu Mendiola and Bruce Meno, respcetiv.:ly. Meno also scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter.

The Eagles' 45-point sec-

tion to sumo's highest rank by winning the last two tournaments, with a 14-1 record in March and 12-3 in May.

Seeking his third title in a row, and six th overall, he fought off No. 2 maegashira (senior wrestler) Musoyama 's

Channel, operated by the US National Parks Service (NPS), were supposed to be docking areas for boats used only for recreational, and not for commercial pu11Joses. These boats have been 'temporarily' staying in the smiling cove. for about 15 years now.

Since there was no commercial marina yet at that time, the CNMI government and the US NPS allowed the commercial boats to dock at the old marina until such time when a new marina is built.

Asaro said that if a boat owner knowingly choose to attempt to ride out the storm, it would be his responsibility to do so. He added that if a boat is damaged and oil pollution ensued, the boat owner would likely be fined by the Coast Guard for such pollution.

Earlier, Pellegrino said that the Outer Cove Marina is a safe docking area for at least 45 commercial boats.

The new marina, which already has a fuel station, a Mobil convenience store, water station for cleaning boats, will also be having a park and a parking lot which can accommodate 30ormore cars.

and half started when linebacker Joe Castro recovered a Paulino fumble and returned it 13 yards for a touchdown.

"We're just a bunch of noname guys," said Castro, who also intercepted a pass. "We went into the ha! f knowing we were making mistakes. But we just told ourselves we're going to have fun. If we play together, the interceptions are going to come, the sacks arc going to come. Wcjust wanted to have fun ...

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oml big play 1ouchdo1v11 nf 1he season, cllching :1 short p:tss from M:1rk 13,'.rtman and speeding down the sidelines fo1· an 1'10-yard score. Wade had a 5:l-yard touchdown run in a 26-6 Joss to the PacSports Cardinal in Weck 2. the Eagles' only offensive touchdown prior to Sunday's game.

Kraft's Ray Champion's 18-yard interception return set up John Uragi 's I 4-yanl touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Less than two minutes later, Moon; 's second interception and 44-yard return led to Shawn Miller's Iyard plunge for a touchdown.

In the first quarter, the Eagles had a gift when Keicopunler Hugh Middleton stepped out of the end zone for a safety.

Ron Rink and Duane Cabrera also intercepted passes for the Eagles.

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hand thrusts, charged him with an arm throw attempt and drove him out.

His younger brother, Takanohana, seeking his 19th title, drove out No. I maegashira Oginishiki.

The two are the first brothers ever to hold yokozuna rank at the same time.

Takanohana has been a yokozuna since I 994.

Wakanohana's promotion also meant there were three yokozunas in a tournament for the first time since the 1991 Nagoya Grand Tournament.

The third yokozuna, Hawaiiborn yokozuna Akebono, who has won nine tournaments, held off komusubi (junior champion second class) Kaio 's pulling attempt and sent him out. Akebono; or Chad Rowan, finished the previous tournament in Tokyo at l 0-5.

Big T ... Continued from page 24

"D'Elegance" is still holding fifth place by 40 wins and 32 lost.

Big T team continues on a winning streak for the past six weeks, with an average win of 3 out of 4 and looks Ji kely to take the first place spot.

The team consists of Jess Takai (sponsor of the team), former It. governor Jessie Borja, Pete Sasamoto, Phil Fejeran, Joe Ada, Pete Togawa, Jack Cruz and Jack Muna. "We are very special team," says Jack Muna.

"The reason being the friendliness of the team and their attitudes towards each

Ozeki (champion) Musashimaru held off No. l maegashira Takatoriki's pulling attempts and drove him out. Musashimaru, or Fiamalu Penitani from Hawaii, also finished at I 0-5 at the previous tournament.

Ozeki Takanonami graboed No. 2 maegashira Tochinonada 's belt and sent him out.

No. 11 maegashira Kyokushuzan, or Mongolian Batbayar Davaa, was thrust out by No. 12 maegashira Asanosho. Kyokushuzan was promoted to his present rank from No. 13 maegashira for a 9-6 record in May.

No. I 5 maegashira Kyokutenho, or Mongolian Tsevegnyam Nyamjav, was forced out by No. 14 maegashira Dewaarashi.

Kyokutenho was promoted

other and each individual bowling games."

"We compete with each other on every game we play. We shared with lots of funs and drinks and this is what makes us a very special team.

He said the right combination of team handicaps puts them on an advantage position.

"We ha'-'e a system that we follow so that the three top players will always play and the two low players will alternate with the other two every week.

"lt"s a very good system to follow and the team can compete better," says Muna.

On individual positions, Mark the Shark (Mark

to his present rank from No. 1 in the juryo division, just below the makuuchi senior division, with an 8-7 record.

In makushita, the top junior division, No. 16-ranked Kaishinzan, or American Henry Armstrong Miller, was crushed down by equally ranked Tominagayama.

Kaishinzan finished the last tournament at 6-1 and advanced to his present rank from No. 36.

In sandanme, the secondhighest junior division, No. 65-ranked Azumakaze, or Brazi J ian Tussato Guiul iano Kotinda, forced down equally ranked Yoshigatake.

Azumakaze moved up 17 ranks to his present rank with a 4-3 record.

Wrestlers in junior di visions have only seven bouts during the 15-day tournqment.

Halstead) continues to hold the high average of 202 and trailing behind is Joe Guerrero with 190 average.

Jess Rebusada holds the high series with a 70 l and also the high series w/handicap of 731. James Sablan took the high game w/handicap of 286 while Mark the Shark holds the high game with a 268.

On teams' individual positions, Big Tstill holds the team high game Scratch of I 044 and team high game w/handicap with a 1179.

Americana Construction Co. continue to hold the team high series Scratch of 2967 and the team high series w/handicap of 3219.

'Un 1(prason ~oundation Presents

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proceeds to be donated to the MANAMKO CENTER

$20,000 CASH PRIZE And many more exciting PRIZES & Giveaways!

Registration: 11 :30 a.m.

Call Mark Flores at 287-8696 or 235-2273 or Mike lsoda at 288-5124 for information

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24-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-JULY 7, 1998

SPORTS Guam MFL action:

Kraft cheeses 53-0 victory over Keico

Kraft Eagles workhorse, Bruce "they call me" Meno ramble with the pigskin during Miller Lite Football League action against the Keico Mustangs Sunday night at Wettengel Field. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza

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ball League game of the season and the Kcico Mustangs wondering what more could l!.O wronl!..

The Eagles turned ~ight int~rceptions. three quarterback sacks

Sports Pacific Network to do a full Micro Games coverage TUMON,GUAM-Sports Pacific Network (SPN) announced yesterday that they wi 11 broadcast the 1998 Mirconcsian Games live from Palau.

SPN is free to air sports television based on Nauru and is telecast to the entire Pacific, Asian and U.S. West Coast regions.

The te leca:,t region for the 1998 Micronesian Games will include the Micronesian region.

of the Guam Nation:rl Olympic Committee.

SPN is dcc.licatcc.l to the promotion of sports across the Pacific region and endeavors to promote the culture of the P:1-cific, SPN gives the region\ sporting men and \\1omcn an extraordinary opportunity to reveal their talents and achievements to a potential audience of millions.

SPN .has been set up by the Nauru Olympic Committee with the assistance of the Government of Nauru.

By Eddie Siguenza For the Variety

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And now it's the Eagles, not tJ the unc.lcfeatcc.l Mobil Angels, 1 who have the c.listinction of ':'1 scoring the most points this season.

They su1passec.l Mobil's 46-0 thumping over the Eagles in Weck I.

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'Big T' continues rule over Monday bowling THE MONDAY Night Men's Bowling League every Monday night at Saipan Bowling Center rs now on its 19th weeks of bowling.

The league continues to be very competitive for the first place position 'among the top four teams.

Amorig the top four teams competing for first place are "Big T" leading with 54 wins and 18 lost and still holding the lead by fi11e and a half games from second place "Cartown" with a 48.5 wins and 23.5 Jost. .

Trailing behind Cartown is the "P&M Borja" team with 44 wins and 28 losses and still holding third place by 3.5 games ahead from fourth place team "Budlight".

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ICB~ registration for Bud Cup . .

By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

THE INTER Commercial Ba~ketball League (ICBL) now opens iL'i registration for the 2nc.l Annual Budweiser Cup this September.

TI1is toumamcnt is open to all male players frcm 21 yc:u-s olc.l :md above.

According to ICBL coordinator Archie Ros:u-io, there m-e only 9 slot<; left for other tc:m1s who w,mt lo p:uticiratc on the event.

Ent1y fee for this event is $6<X) per team cxclu:;ive of team unifo1rns. Each team tJ,at will register should be :1 15-man roster.

Ifa,kctball Asscx·iation of Nrnth-

em Mmiana Islands' (B ANMI) president Abner Venus says, 'This is one of the most-awaited basketball tournament here in the islands. Expect a high pumping ICBL game on September."

Unlike ,my otJ1er b,L~ketball tournament'i, organize1-s of this yem·'s ICBLm-e plmming to stage the gan1es on three different venues such as the CMS Bm,ketball Cowt. Civic Center m1d Ada Gynm:L'iium.

for further inqui1ies, inte1-ested pw1ies could reach Archie Rosm·io at 234-6136.

M:upac Distributrn-s will be sponso1ing tJ1is ye:u·'s event.

Attending the press conference, held at the Pacific Star Hotel, was Paul Coffa, managing c.lircctor for SPN and sports director of the Nauru Olympic committee, Marcus Stephen, triple golc.l mec.lalist weight lifer in the 1991 South Pacific Games, I 994commonwcalth Games anc.l 1997 Mini South Pacific Games. Brenc.lon Telfer, SPN spo11s news reader, and Rick Blas, president

In a speech made recently in Nauru, Juan Antonio Sarnuranch, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) statec.l that SPN was the first television station to be set-up by an Olympic Commit-

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