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!,JNIVERSIT'( Of tlAW611 Ll6RAR)' arianas %riet.r,;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 f'WS Tinian eyed to host 'eco-zone' Gov't still working out new Preston Gates deal By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff WHEN IT rains, it pours. This very well describes the case of Tinian which was recently awak- ened by the casino gambling in- dustry. Three group of developers have earlier asked the Board of Public Lands if they can build golf courses on the island. Government officials are now looking into the possibility of building an industrial economic zone on Tinian, a move seen to pave way for the Northern Marianas' reduced dependence on garment and tourism industries. House committee on ways and means chair Rep. Karl Reyes said Tinian, aside from becoming a casino gambling hub, may also be Karl T. Reyes home to the economic zone that will be patterned after the Philip- pines' export processing zones. Reyes said the plan will have a multiplier effect on the economy of the Northern Mariana Islands since this will mean more job NMI not affected by new FAS regulations By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff FREELY Associated States (FAS) citizens residing in the CNMI and Hawaii will not be affected by the Immigration and Naturalization Service's proposed regulations that would restrict the Micronesians' stay in US territories, the Office of the Insular Affairs said. The proposed regulations, published in the June 4 issue of the Federal Register, would cover only FAS citizens on Guam, according to OIA Flash Fax. The restriction would not apply to the CNMI as it is not covered by the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the Covenant, the CNMI controls its own immigration. Hawaii is also not covered by the proposed regulations as they apply only to territories and not to states, OIA explained. Under the proposed regulations, FAS citizens who are not gain- fully employed or are earning below the poverty line would not be allowed to stay on Guam for more than one year. Only full-time students and retired FAS citizens with sufficient resources to support themselves would be allowed to stay beyond one year. opportunities for local people and may increase the population of Tinian. "More people means more trace and a perked-up business envi- ronment," he added. He said the government is eye- ing an industrial company in the US mainland for a possible estab- lishment of a manufacturing plant on Tinian. "I am going to Iowa. We are going to take a look at one com- pany that runs a power plant over there. They also produce solar· panels for water heaters," he told Variety. Reyes said the CNMI govern- ment wi 11 try to convince the com- pany to set up production and assembly plants on Tinian. "If Continued on page 20 \ Diego T. Benavente By Haldee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff DESPITE the June 1st ultima- tum given by Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds for the CNMI g9vernment to come up with a new contract, the latter is stili keen on ·retaining the ser, vices of the lobby firm, House Speaker Diego T. Benavente told the Variety. The House leader said the leg- islature is still working with the governor to come up with funds for the continued services of the lobby firm, and for the payment of its remaining balance for the lobby group's past services. "The idea of retaining Preston Gates has been supported from the beginning by the legislature. As a matter of fact, we are still continuing to work with the gov- ernor to work out an acceptable amount which the government can now afford," Benavente (R- Saipan) said. Benavente also denied plans on taxing the garments industry more to be able to pay Preston Gates. "We are not waiting for rev- enues from the garments indus- try for Preston Gates," he said, adding that the legislature is "presently working with what we feel the governor is comfort- able with in having a new con- Continued on page 20 INS explained that the issuance of new regulations was prompted Continued on page 20 Taking a Break. Students from the Headstart?rogram take a breather after performing at the 33rd Annual National Headstart Day at the Garapan Centt;fll Park last Friday. Photo by Lalla c. Younis WG~;a;;;',=Milit;-ry=""'t;~d~g,.ht'p~~bi;~~ f' ,•I r I , .. U · By Sara Grant was necessitated by the cur- tJ [.l Variety News Staff rent low water supply and the :j Li ADELUP,Guam-TopGovem- prediction of a late start of the ::J i:! ment of Guam and military offi- rainy season in August. .:, i'1 cials met on Friday to discuss the .. Light rains have not bro- :J [j drought associated with the El ken the drought. but have ti f.i 1 ,_: Niiioweatherpattem,asGov. 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arianas %riet.r,;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ~ f'WS

Tinian eyed to host 'eco-zone'

Gov't still working out new Preston Gates deal

By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

WHEN IT rains, it pours. This very well describes the case of Tinian which was recently awak­ened by the casino gambling in­dustry.

Three group of developers have earlier asked the Board of Public Lands if they can build golf courses on the island.

Government officials are now looking into the possibility of building an industrial economic zone on Tinian, a move seen to pave way for the Northern Marianas' reduced dependence on garment and tourism industries.

House committee on ways and means chair Rep. Karl Reyes said Tinian, aside from becoming a casino gambling hub, may also be

Karl T. Reyes

home to the economic zone that will be patterned after the Philip­pines' export processing zones.

Reyes said the plan will have a multiplier effect on the economy of the Northern Mariana Islands since this will mean more job

NMI not affected by new FAS regulations

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

FREELY Associated States (FAS) citizens residing in the CNMI and Hawaii will not be affected by the Immigration and Naturalization Service's proposed regulations that would restrict the Micronesians' stay in US territories, the Office of the Insular Affairs said.

The proposed regulations, published in the June 4 issue of the Federal Register, would cover only FAS citizens on Guam, according to OIA Flash Fax.

The restriction would not apply to the CNMI as it is not covered by the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the Covenant, the CNMI controls its own immigration.

Hawaii is also not covered by the proposed regulations as they apply only to territories and not to states, OIA explained.

Under the proposed regulations, FAS citizens who are not gain­fully employed or are earning below the poverty line would not be allowed to stay on Guam for more than one year.

Only full-time students and retired FAS citizens with sufficient resources to support themselves would be allowed to stay beyond one year.

opportunities for local people and may increase the population of Tinian.

"More people means more trace and a perked-up business envi­ronment," he added.

He said the government is eye­ing an industrial company in the US mainland for a possible estab­lishment of a manufacturing plant on Tinian.

"I am going to Iowa. We are going to take a look at one com­pany that runs a power plant over there. They also produce solar· panels for water heaters," he told Variety.

Reyes said the CNMI govern­ment wi 11 try to convince the com­pany to set up production and assembly plants on Tinian. "If

Continued on page 20

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Diego T. Benavente

By Haldee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

DESPITE the June 1st ultima­tum given by Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds for the CNMI g9vernment to come up with a new contract, the latter is stili keen on ·retaining the ser, vices of the lobby firm, House Speaker Diego T. Benavente told the Variety.

The House leader said the leg-

islature is still working with the governor to come up with funds for the continued services of the lobby firm, and for the payment of its remaining balance for the lobby group's past services.

"The idea of retaining Preston Gates has been supported from the beginning by the legislature. As a matter of fact, we are still continuing to work with the gov­ernor to work out an acceptable amount which the government can now afford," Benavente (R­Saipan) said.

Benavente also denied plans on taxing the garments industry more to be able to pay Preston Gates.

"We are not waiting for rev­enues from the garments indus­try for Preston Gates," he said, adding that the legislature is "presently working with what we feel the governor is comfort­able with in having a new con-

Continued on page 20

INS explained that the issuance of new regulations was prompted Continued on page 20 Taking a Break. Students from the Headstart?rogram take a breather after performing at the 33rd Annual

National Headstart Day at the Garapan Centt;fll Park last Friday. Photo by Lalla c. Younis

WG~;a;;;',=Milit;-ry=""'t;~d~g,.ht'p~~bi;~~ f' ,•I r I , ..

U · By Sara Grant was necessitated by the cur- tJ [.l Variety News Staff rent low water supply and the :j Li ADELUP,Guam-TopGovem- prediction of a late start of the ::J i:! ment of Guam and military offi- rainy season in August. .:, i'1 cials met on Friday to discuss the .. Light rains have not bro- :J [j drought associated with the El ken the drought. but have ti f.i1

,_: Niiioweatherpattem,asGov. Carl caused tht: perception that the ·J 1 T. Gut_ierrez declared Water Con- ~ro~ght is ~ver. We 're seeing ._;_:1:

t, .; scrvat10n Level (WCL) IV for the an mcreas .d. u~?ge from the :;, ;1 island. general public, Rear Adm. \ ·1 Rear Adm. Martin Janczak, U. Janczak explained. f I S. Navy Commander of Naval ..,_ A WCL IV mandates the '; I Forces Marianas/Micronesia said following r.ctions:

f~ Carl T. Gutierrez the change from WCL V to IV Martin Janczak Continued on page '20 ~1

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~-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- JUNE 8, 1998

PM Sharif heads to G After sanctions. Pakistan seeking steady flow of oil

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Nawaz Sharif

By Arthur Max ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -Pinched by economic sanctions for his nuclear ambitions, Pakistan's prime minister headed Saturday to the Persian Gulf to ensure oil keeps flowing to his counny.

P1ime Minister Nawaz Sharif was planning to secure credit needed to sustain oil imports from Saudi Arabia and the United Ai~tb Emirates. Paki­stan bought$ l .2 billion of petroleum product., in the nine months preced­ing March, according to the llltest available figures.

Speaking to a joint session of Par-1 iament before his departure. Sharif again urged India to abandon the arms race and enter talks to resolve their disputes.

"Pakistan has already offered to India a meaningful and purposeful dialogue, and we still offer the same," he said. ·

In New Delhi, Prime Minister Vajpayee welcomed Sharifs pro-

posal for bilateral talks and said the twonations'problemscouldbesettled only through dialogue, Press Trust of India news agency quoted offi­cials close to Vajpayee as saying.

Sharif and Vajpayee are ex­pected to attend a regional sum­mit in Sri Lanka next month, where they would have their first chance to meet privately since each authorized nuclear tests.

Elaborating on Sharif' s speech, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tariq Altaf dismissed demands that India and Pakistan refrain from deploying nuclear weapons or testing missiles.

"'They are asking a sovereign state to give up its choices ... that relate to

Brigadier Haider Khan, left, Pakistan's <;:om0anding offic_er of K_ashrT?if_ fronts, sh.ov.:s a h~avy artillery sheJI from India, at Chakoti Wednesday m Pakistani-held Kashmir. Foreign ministers of Brrtam, China, France,Russ,a and the United States met in Geneva last week on lndias nuclear rivalry with Pakistan and will address the main dispute between the two countries: Kashmir. AP

its security and the supreme interests of the country," he told reporters.

Led by the United States, several counuies h,1ve imposed economic sanctions against the two South Asian rivals that are designed to discour­age foreign investment and credit.

The sanctions are expected to hit Pakistan hard, cutting off fi­nancing for some aid projects through the International Mon­etary Fund and lowering its credit rating, making commerical bor­rowing more expensive.

Last month's tests prompted im­mediate condemnation from nu­merous nations. And on Satur­day, the U.N. Security Council unanimous1y passed a resolution urging India and Pakistan to halt their nuclear weapons programs.

Vajpayee

Both India and Pakistan have said they have completed their series of nuclear tests, and India has an­nounced a moratorium on future test­ing, which it said it was prepared to make binding through interna­tional negotiations. Pakistan has made no similar commitment.

Habibie._opts··for.leg;_\ probe on ex-President JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)­Fearing that demands for swift ac­tion against ex-P1esident Suharto couldleadtoalynching,Indonesia's new leader insisted Saturday on a lawful inquiry into com.Jption un­der his predecessor.

President BJ. Habibie,aSuharto protege, also gave his mostspecific timetable yet for political change, saying electoral reforms would be in place in two months and elec­tions would beheld before Decem­ber 1999>

Meanwhile, two police lieuten­ants accused in the killings of four student protesters were arraigned in a militruy court amid public clamor for acrountability and re­fonn.

TheMay 12shootingsatTrisakti University in the capital, Jakarta, sparked several days of deadly riot­ing that helped oust Suharto, who hadbeenfacinggrowingchallenges to his rule amid Indonesia's worst economic crisis in decades.

In a presentation to Indonesian mediae)(ecutivesSaturday,Habibie outlineda:1 ·'acce!eratedevolution'' reform program.

He did not specify if he would run for office in next year's elec­tions, but laterdescnbedhimself as "an integrated part of the Indone­sian peoi;le."

He said all future president~ should be limited to only twofive­year term" in office.

Suhart) ruled for 32 years, and resigned on May 21 in favor of

Habibie. The rioting and protests left more than 1,100 dead and scarred Jakarta and other cities.

Since. then, many have called for Suharto to face trial fo,r conuption and abuseofpower. Somewantt.he state to seize billions of dollars amassed by his family and use it to help the nation overcome its eco­nomic problems.

At the height of student protests, some demonstrators called for Suhartotobehangedforhisalleged misdeeds.

They also called for Habibie to · step down.

"I ask the people of the Republic of Indonesia to concentrate on the future. It doesn't mean that conup­tion and nepotism and soon will be forgotten. I a.5k them to leave itto the legal process," Habibie sai<L

Habibiesaidaconuptioninquity ·­was "in the pipeline" and callerl on Indonesians to wait for its outcome, saying patience was part of theJn­donesian culture.

The powerful military and some leading opposition figureshavealso called for restraint Indonesia's National Human Rights(bmmis­sion said it would stand up for Suharto's rights as a dtizen.

Habibie also said Satw;daythat he remained committed to tough. reformsundera$43billionlntema­tional Monetary Fundrescuep:ick­age.

AnIMFteamisduetovisi.tJakarta on Monday tohelp~ttb:battered economy back on track

Hong Kong to recover stronger, says Tung MELBOURNE,Australia(AP)­Hong Kong will come out of its cum~nt economic downturn stron­ger, better and fitter, it, chief execu­tive Tung Chee-hwa said Sunday.

"We are now in a very painful pericxl of eG'lnomic restructuring be­cause of years of high property val­ues, high interest rates and very high wages havf' threatened our competi­tiveness," he said.

'The Asian financial turmoil ha~ accelerated this adjustment process."

It will take a few quarters of some­what difficult period.

"But let me say ... that our funda­mentals are good, we boast a foreign exchange reserve which is the third largest in the world, a very strong fiscal reserve, we have no foreign debtandwehave(the)Chinaeconomy which is still going well ... "

''It is a period of adjustment, but as before, we come out of it very well and will be stronger, better and fitter."

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Saipan port project draws flak By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff TI-IE PORTS Autho1ity is in hot

water following complaints on the allegedlyunnecessaiydredgingwork 111 the Saipan seaprnt that has report­edly undergone several change or­ders, it was leai11edoverthe weekend.

The V aiiety tried but failed to reach CPAexecutivedirectorCarlosSalas.

An executive repo1t earlier urged tl-ie Depaitment of Interior and the United States Congress to audit the Saipan Harbor Improvement Project [SHW] due to the increase in scope andcost. _

The federal government has also been urged to look into the project because of its delayed completion.

Roman Tudela, fo1mer CPA ex­ecutive director, said the dredging project would have already been com­pleted "had there been no additional dredging."

In an interview, Tudela said a fca-

Roman Tudela

sibility study before the project was started in 1994 determined that up to minus 35 dredging works will only be needed for vessels to be able to dock at the Saipan seaport.

"Before CPA started the project, there was a study conducted to deter­mine how deep the dredging will be," he told Variety.

He added that Mobil Oil Micronesia , Shell and the shipping industry were

representedduringconsultationmee"t­ings. 'With all indications, minus 35 is ';'.nore than sufficient"

He said the only problem that may arise on the minus 35-dcep dredging is that long-range tankers will not be able to dock at the facility. But he stressed that both Mobi I and Shell signified that they won't be using tankers since it would not be neces­sruy.

The CPA has increased the scope of the dreding work from minus 35 to minus 45, according to Tudela, add­ing that it makes no sense bringing in the super tanker vessei at the Saipan harbor.

"You cannot offload the cargo be­cause you don't have the gantry. It [deeper dredging] is not necessruy because no sea vessel that docks at the harbor necessitates thatdeep,'' he said.

The project undeiwent numerous change orders during the last three years. One of them involved an

CUC not too keen anymore on debt-to-equity scheme

By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff THE Commonwealth Utilities

Corp. is not in a huny to finalize a debt-to-equity conversion scheme in the face of its improving financial capability.

Executive Director Timothy Villagomez said in an interview with reporters la,t week that the CUC had been encournged by the favorable comment of its c1editor, the Com­monwealth Development Authority that it was open to a new round of dialogue on CUC's defaulted debt which is being proposed to be con­verted into equity.

CUCagreedtotheschemeaftermuch persuasion from CDA.

But last month CDA board chair Juan S. Tenorio said in an interview that the equity conversion scheme may be scrapped altogether as the CUC has improved its handling of its finances.

Tenorio wa~ quoted a, saying that cue "looks like they're more sound financially than five to six ye,U'S ago" aJ1d that "we want to open the dia­logue again and then start discussing in regards to their present loan."

Tenorio had said the CDA was ready to"consummatethe agreement All we wantto know is whether CUC is still interested in the equity conver­sion."

Timothy Villagomez

thing should be looked at again and whetherit' sfeasibleornot, "he added.

Villagomez said the CUC had been working closely with CDA and that ··wehavenothingtohidefromCDA.''

"As head of CUC, it makes me even much more relaxed, knowing

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amount over$741,C:OO as additive to the existing contract for dredging work in Rota

Request, for audit has been previ­ously made to determine whether the change orders were justified and le­gal.

It ha, been said that change order number-7 with over $741,CXX) of supplemental cost is a result of work initially intended to be covered by liquidated damage of $1 million

against the contractor by performing certain dredging work in Rota harbor.

The executive transition commit­tee earlier said the $1 million work to be performed by Samsung resulted in $741,C:OO of work being billed to CPA, an amount exceeding the liqui­dated damage.

"HowdidCPAendedupincurring additional cost at nearly the same amount as the liquidated damage?" the committee said in a report.

Senator backs Guam-only visa waiver for Filipinos

By Aldwiri R. Fajardo Variety News Slaff

HOPEspringsetemal on aclamorfor Guam-only visa waiver for the Phil­ippines, at }tast.

Guam Senator Carlotta Leon Guerrero has expressed strong sup­portonplans to grant Guam-only visa waiver to Fi1ipinos if the island gov­emmentsucceedsinitsquestforcom­monwealth status.

One of the most crucial issue in the Guam Commonwealth Act, which is now sitting before the US Congress, is the island government's proposal to be grnmed the power of control over it~ immigration.

The US government has earlier signified strong opposition against a visa-waiver program for the Philip­pines.

Guerrero said, however, that there are still possibilities for the Guam­only visa 'waiver for the Philippines, especial! y when the island is granted autonomy over its immigration.

"The way I feel it is I don't want to be afraid o;" things. And I don't like not to do things just because we 're afraid we can't make it work," she told V aiiety.

She added that some sectors have opposed the proposal because there were concerns on the possible dilu­tion of Guam's indigenous popula­tion.

"If anybody isafraidof[it], they are afraid bec11use there's going to be a lot of people that will fall through the crack and our population will in-

Carlotta Leon Guerrero

crease. And this would dilute our indigenous population on Guam," she said.

But the senators tressed that before Guam's doors are opened to Filipi­nos, an effective tracking system should be instituted first. "I am much more of the mindset that we should fix the system."

"I think that if we put in place the mechanism that people rue tracked so that in a week or IO days or however !ongtheirvisais, we are able to say it's time for them to go home," she said.

Guerrero also said the Guam-only visa waiver for the Philippines may not be put in place immediately after Guam is grJJ1ted the commonwealth status and control over its immigra­tion since public consultations and researches will still be needed.

"I believe in doing a lot of home­work and a lot research, as well as the

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When asked why the cue has not decided on the final agreement, Villagomez said, "Neither have they (decided). Have they?" refening to the Commonwealth Development Authority, which declared the CUC in defaultofits$8 l .7-million loan on Aug. 29, 1996.

The CDA proposed to convert the defaulted debt into equity, and the

"According to CDA, we're doing much better, and they agree with our managementandwhatwc'redoing," Villagomez explained CUC's action in taking no ha~te to forge the final agreement prior to implementation of the equity conversion plan.

"And they think that maybe that German buyer eyes $500M ofHillbloin's. DHLI stocks

Helping Out. 1998 Miss NM/ Universe Helene Yun Lizama and her little brother Steven Lizama pick up trash near San Antonio Elementary School during the DEQ Clean-Up Brigade last Saturday.

Photo by Laila C. Younis

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

IBE GERMANY'S state postal service,DeutschePostA.G.,isbuy­ing 22.5 percent of the DHLllnter­national stocks for $500 million , according to court documents.

Hillblom 'sestateexccutor Bank ofSaipancitcdaNewYorkTimes article whichg said that Deutsche PostA.G.hadenteredintoanagree­ment in last March to purchase the DHLI stocks which DH LI bought last year from UU1)' Hillblom 's estate.

BOS Trust Officer Russell K. Snow, in the executor's activity report filed in the Superior Court, said the sale may be subject to ap_p1:lval by the European Com­m1ss1on.

Superior Court Associate Judge Timothy BellasinquiredattheMay 21 hearing concerning a reported resale of the estate's DHLl shares for $500 million or $228 million

more than the estate received lium DHLT.

Hillblom 'ssh mes in the DHLI and OHL Corporation were sold pursu­ant to a separate settlement agree­ment

Bellas' inquiry had prompted the four heir claimants to ask the trial court to order the Hillblom Chaii­table Trnstees to testify for their al­leged failure to provide infom1ation concerning the late businessman's assets.

Sought to appear in court were Peter J. Donnici, Steven J. SchwaJtZ, Tenyl-!illblom,GrantAnderson,and L Patrick Lupo, all present and past Hillblom Trustees.

"Quite clearly at the time DHLI wasnegotiatingwiththeestatc,itwas also in nege>tiations with the ultimate purchaser ornt least knew that a resale at a substantial profit was possibl~." said a joint motion filed through the lawyers foe claimants Junior Larry Hillblom,iellianCuartero, Mercedita

Feliciano, and Nguyen Be L.01y. Snow, in the executor's activity

report, said one periooical reported that DI--ILI expects such approval by July l, 1998.

Show,however,pointedoutthat the executor has not verified yet the accuracy of the news articles about the transaction.

1l1eexecutorw:JSreferring to the ai1icles published in the Journal of Commerce and the New York Times in their March 26, 1998 is­sues.

TheJoumil ofCommercequoted Deutsche Post's chief executive KlausZumwinkelandDHLlchair­man Patrick Lupo as saying that they expected the E.uropean Com­mission to approve the planned ac­quisition by July I.

The New York Times also re­ported that with the sale, Deutsche Post joins the airlines Deuts;che Lufthllnsa and Japan Airlines in owning DHLl.

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Centennial celebrations JUST as in many parts of the globe where there are Filipino communities,

Filipinos in the CNMI, particularly on Saipan, are marking their I 00 years of independence with varied activities culminating in a "grand picnic" on June 14.

The centennial activities, planned by the Philippine consulate, the Philippine Centennial Organizing Committee, and the United Filipino Organization. started as early as March with the airing twice a week over the Marianas Cable Vision Philippine documentaries on dance, music, theater. cinema, literature, architecture. and visual arts. Historical docu­mentaries especially produced for the centennial celebrations will also be aired over MCV on June 12, Independence Day, throughout the day. Also. since May and until July 24, the KSAI radio station airs every Friday Philippine songs of revolution and protest, from 8:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.

******** Starting today, at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, there is a Filipiniana

book exhibit, which runs until Friday. Last night, the Philippine consulate gave out certificates of recognition and appreciation to selected Filipinos. Recipients, including Filipino journalists and nurses, were cited for their "contribution and assistance in promoting the interest and welfare of overseas Filipino workers in the CNMI." This year marks the first time that all Philippine embassies and consulates throughout the world were in­structed to award certificates of recognition to deserving Filipinos in their respective areas on the same set day, June 7.

******** Aside from the Filipino journalists and nurses, recipients of the certifi­

cates of recognition were Rafael I. Santos, Primo A, Manique, Melicia Marquez. Hermie B. Cornejo, Hermilio Trampe, Robelle Portaje, Leticia Capuchino. Jesus Rebusada. Rodrigo Santos, Allan Perez, and Eduardo Caranzo. Those who received certificates of appreciation, who included employers, were Daniel S. Buniag, Julieta D. Cunanan, Fausto Supnet, Catalino Galang, F!aviano Guerrero, Rolando A. Peralta, Edwin J. L!ave, Paulita Martinez, and Elpidio Maaghop.

******** On June \ 2, Friday. the Filipino community is invited to the flag-raising

ceremony at the Nauru building grounds at 7 a,m. A fundraiser Filipino breakfast ($5 each) will follow at the Golden Lobster Restaurant at 8 a.m. This fundraiser is organized by the Centennial Organizing Committee. At 12 noon, the Philippine consulate will host a vin d' honneur at Aqua Resort Club for CNMI, federal and other foreign officials Jed by Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio. Tenorio has proclaimed this week Republic of the Philippines­CNMI Friendship Week. On the same day, there will be a Fi\ipiniana Night at Diamond Hotel (tickets at $5).

Through this column. Consul Julia Heidemann last night issued.a call to all Filipinos to participate in the centennial celebrations, saying "this is our day. this is our once-in-a-lifetime celebration." "We celebrate the founding of our nationhood and it's something to be proud of." she said, adding that "as we celebrate. we have to think about how we can improve our country ... (and) safeguard our freedom." Heidemann is especially inviting the Filipino community to the grand picnic on Sunday starting al 12 noon, Foods and drinks will be free, a treat from the consulate and various Filipino and local businesses. The picnic will be preceded by a motorcade at 9:30 ,Lm. from the American Memorial Park to ML C:.irmcl cathedral, then back to the Civic Center in Susupe and by a special Filipino Mass at the Mt, Carmel Cathcc.lral at 11 ,Lm. The picnic will have cultural presentations, parlor games :111d awarding ofpri1.cs, "lt will be like a fiesta." Heidemann saic.l,

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BRIEFS. A 32-roorn hotel had its grand opening on Saipan last Saturday. while Saipan tourism is reeling from the effect of the Asian crnnomic crisis. Victoria Hotel had actually opened its doors to guests l wo we c KS be fore. and su rpri sing I y. according to owner k ss T. Lizama, a ci1·il cngincc1· lw prnlcssion. its occupancy rates had hovered within the 50s percentage range. higher even than other more established hotels on Saipa1L The hotel's customers haw: mostly been locals and guests from Ciu:1111, Victoria Hotel is named after kss· wife. The hotel, which exudes a homey comfort. bears Jess' stamp. as he himself Jcsig11c<l it and actec.l as project engineer. The $2.2-million hotel across the American Memorial Park has been eight years in the making, indccc.l thc rnlrnination of a husband-and-wife's hard work and dedica­tion, It took Jess and Victoria all of two years to get the coastal permit alone. Obtaining financing took another four years. Brokers couldn't find financiers and Jess dccic.lcd to find financin1! by himself. '"I decided to do it by my sci L I just used my own rcsour;cs :mc.l 1 was able lo do it. l didn't n:alize that I couldn't do it by myscll'," Jess recalled, Of course,"]" incluc.les his 11·il'c:.",The weekly Islands Variety maga­zine is definitely corning our on Saturday. It's another publication of Younis Art Studio.

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AARP hobbles into 21st century MINNEAPOLIS - The hullabaloo that is the American Association of Retired Persons' biennial convention held here disguises a sad underlying truth: The organization is in decline.

More than 20,000 conventioneers came to town to hear. a roster of famous speakers, load up· on freebies given out in the exhibit hall of the Minne­apolis Convention Center-and hear bromides and optimistic pronouncements by AARP leaders about the power and strength of their organization:

But it's not the reality. Maybe that's why AARP Executive Director Horace Deets canceled his news briefing.scheduled for Monday, June 1. The topic was to be "AARP in the 21st Century."

AARP spokespeople told newsmen it was can­celed because of a "scheduling conflict." One re­porter conjectured it was because of the tough questions expected to be asked, especially by our associate Dale Van Atta.

There may be something to that. For one thing, when an AARP official discovered our associate in a delegate meeting earlier that day, he was politely kicked out. ''Not open to the press," was the answer. He was visiting ,because the session was a rare chance to see delegates candidly offer less than­positive views of the organization to the leadership. The AARP didn't want him to hear that.

For another thing, we have obtained one of their most highly confidential strategic docu111ents, "AARP's Vision of the Future: Into the 21st Cen­tury," It spells out in unusually stark detail what we have been writing all along- that AARP is losing members in the millions and covered this up by an accounting mechanism in 1995.

Keeping the same number of members - or at least the appearance of the same number of rncm­bers - is vital to the AARP. whose paid leadership wants to use its clout on Capitol Ilill when they lobby lawmakers.

It only gets that distinction by some writers because the number of its declared members - 32 million - makes it the second-largest membership organization in America behind the Catholic Church.

When we first broke the news of their decline, AARP officials strenuously fought back. They wrote letters to our editors claiming OUI' reporting was flawed and out-of-date. But their own confidential analysis confirms that we were right all along.

"Analysis of the membership levels indicates that the Association is alt!'acting and retaining a declining percentage of the eligible population," the analysis, stamped "For Internal Use Only," reads.

Numbers in the document confirm ourclai111 that

the AARP reached its membership peak of 34.1 million in 1992, and has been in decline ever since. They have lost nearly four million members since then.

What makes this trend more alarming to the AARP is that it is happening as the potential number of members~ all Americans over 50 -has been climbing with the retirement of baby boomers.

"This decline in the absolute number of member households has occurred in a period in which eligible members have increased from 66 million to 71 million people," the document says.

In 1992, the AARP counted as members 52 percent of the membership population, and today they are down to 45 percent. The confidential strategic document says that "if the Association was to retain its current member (number) over the next IO years, its participation among eligible members would decline still further from 45 per­cent to 35 percent."

It costs the association a great deal in direct mail to obtain and renew members, and is becoming increasingly expensive to maintain the current membership level. Every year, the AARP loses about 5 percent of its membership to death -which in association lingo is termed an "involun­tary lapse."

We also were the first to report how the AARP quietly used an accounting gimmick to artificially swell its 1m:mhership levels once the decline had begun.

In truth, the AARP has never had more than 23 million paid members. Even at its 1992 peak, only 22,7 million dues-paying members were on the rolls. But rlie association gives free member­ships lo all spouses, allowing it to quote the larger figure.

Until 1995. the AARP figured that there was an average of one spouse per two house­holds, so they multiplied each dues-paying 111..:mber by I .5. But when membership levels began h..:morrhaging, association honchos changed the formula to make it six-tenths of a spouse per household. Overnight. the mem­bership levels climbed by more than two million.

Advertisers and other outsiders who rely on the figures haven'! complaincc.l, and there's certainly nothing illegal about what they c.lid. Yt:t it's 011c more example of how the AARP's leadership uses sleight-of-hand to "spin" or­ganizational probli:ms to its own members and the public.

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More taxes for garment sector? By Aldwin R. Fajardo· Variety News Staff

THE GOVERNMENT 1s re­portedly looking at the possi­bility of' imposing more taxes 011 the garment sector in an apparent desperate move to raise funds for the renewal of Preston Gates, its lobby group in Washington DC.

Well-placed sources said the government is considering the imposition of' more taxes to the garment industry or in­creasing the application fee of nonresident workers ir. the sector.

But officials said there is no

definite decision yet. "We are still in the consul­

tation stage, but we are look­ing into it."

House Speaker Diego T. Benavente dismissed the re­port as rumors, stressing that the additional taxes for the garment sector are being con­sidered to refill the government's emptied coffers.

"It doesn't have to be used for Preston Gates. The tax will go to the general fund."

There are rumors but it is not the reason why we are imposing more taxes,"

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The complaint, filed by· and to Chai in the amourit of the us government; had . $7,000, to be paid "jointly stated that the. defendants and severally.

Benavente pointed out. He added that with two bills

sitting at the House of Repre­sentatives and the Senate forc­ing the attrition in the gar­ment sector, more ideas have since popped up in ways to tax the garment industry more.

"With our movement, the Senate bill as well as my bill, more suggestions have been offered to reboot the revenues by forcing the garment to con­tribute more to the govern­ment," he said.

Benavente said that with the government's shortfall in re­sources at this point, some of the legislators have considered increasing the user fee or in­creasing the application for nonresident work~rs for the garment sector.

"That's the reason for the discussion at this time by the Special Committee on Ways to basically tax the garment industry a little bit more in our time of need," he said.

He stressed that the proposal has not materialized in a bill right now "but I understand that the special committee is looking into other ideas other than just forcing the garment industry to start cutting the employees to a certain amount to a certain time."

"We 're still very interested in reducing the number of workers in the garment indus­try but with that, we've also now thought about raising the revenue and we want to tax the industry more," he told Variety.

The Hc.!lse committee on ways and 'means previously considered a legislation that would impose new taxes on banks and garment products.

Committee chair Rep. Karl Reyes said the government could tax the banks' gross re­ceipts instead of their net prof­its, which is a much lesser amount.

Reyes pointed out that other businesses in the Northern Marianas pay taxes based on their gross receipts, adding that garment products could also be taxed "but not in a rate that would drive them to the brink oh:Josure."

Instead of a dollar-per-gar­ment-product tax as proposed in the Tenth Legislature, he said the rai:e could be in cents.

But Saipan Chamber of Commerce president Joe C. Ayuyu said there are other ways to "refill" the public cof­fers. For one, the revenue and taxation division should start coarsely running after delin­quent tax payers who may al­ready be raking millions of dollars in terms of unpaid taxes, Ayuyu said.

He said the finance depart­ment should make the collec­tion of unpaid taxes a top pri­ority in order to refi 11 the government's emptied coffers.

Bank of Saipan chief execu­tive officer Tomas B. Aldan said the imposition of new taxes would have devastating effects particularly on the banking industry, which is heavily dependent on the gar­ment sector.

Aldan said the proposal to impose new taxes on banks and garment products should be cautiously reviewed, add­ing that if the garment indus­try closes, a lot of banks will go down.

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Tinian golf course developers have good chance to get land, says DPL

"will make (public land) available A third group has yet to for-By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

ATrEMPTSbyatleastthreedevel­opers to build golf courseson Tinian have a "good chance,. of making it, a public lands official told Friday.

C. Tenorio. "There'snodecision(reached)yet,"

said Castro referring to last week's BPL meeting where the developers requests were discussed.

"(But), it just goes with the eco­nomicdevelopment, I believe there's a good chance (that the requests will be granted),,. he added.

Castro said DPL "needs (the devel­opers') business profile."

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(for lease)" if an ongoing inventory mally submit an application to the shows there is still enough to Board. accomodate three golf courses. The Board is worlcing with the

Among the petitioners include the Tinian local government on the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino requests. (IDHC), itself which, Aldan said, is Therequeststolea<.epublicland "inte1estedinacquiring0and)tobuild for golf courses came at the heels a golf course." ofTDHC's recent opening of its

Tenorio, for his part, is working 400-room resort. with a businessmen connected with Officials have said the hotel's the Com! Ocean Point (COP), ac- operation will "liven up" the

In an interview, Vince Castro, the Division of Public Lands (DPL) Chief Planning Officer (CPO), said government is still waiting forproper documents and business profiles from the developers, one of which involves fo1mer governor Froilan earlier interview, said government cording to Aldan. Continued on page 19

Land inventory is 30% done By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

GOVERNMENT is 30-percent done with its ongoing inventory of available public land on Saipan, according to the Division of Pub­lic Land (DPL).

In an interview, VinceCastro,DPL Chief Planning Officer (CPO), at the same time said the division is now working on updating its computer software to establish a "geographic information system" that will allow govemment to readily identify public

land area,. "Wehavealreadycollectedalotof

information for the inventrny," said Castro.

"Once we have done that (instal­lation of software) we can start making inputs (to the computer)," said Castro.

Castro said the inventory project, which kicked off in Apri I this year, has covered 30 percent of the island from Marpi.

The project, said DPL Chair Ber­tha Leon Guerrero, in an earlier inter-

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The project, she however stressed, could take a "long and tedious" process considering that the division did notemployprivateorga­nizations for the undertaking.

The division, Guerrero explained, did not farm out the job because "it may be too costly" considering the bulk of work that needs to be done.

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By Ferdie de la Torre

Variety News Staff THE SUPERIOR Court has or­dered the removal of a concrete fence which is encroaching on a man's property at the Sugar King II Subdivision.

Associate Judge Edward Manibusan, in a default judgment, asked defendant Manuel A. Sablan or the current owner of an adjacent lot to eject the fence from Pedro Castro Villagomez's prop­erty.

"The concrete fence is an en­croachment on plaintiff's (Villagomez) property built with­out right, with the encroached area of 43 square meters," said Manibusan in the ruling issued Thursday.

Villagomez sued Sablan, Matilde DeLeon Guerrero, Does Corp., and Does one through 20 to clear the title of his land where a concrete fence was illegally built.

The court issued the default judgment in favor of plaintiff Villagomez after Sablan did not answer the complaint.

The court heard the testimonies of surveyor Alfred Pangelinan and the plaintiff and reviewed the ex­hibits presented in court.

Manibusan said the court finds that the fence was constructed by Sablan who failed or refused to remove the encroachment.

"The court further finds that the plaintiff attempted to resolve this dispute informally and that de­fendant failed to respond to these attempts which necessitated this action," said the judge.

Manibusan permanently en­joined Sablan, and all persons claiming under him, from assert­ing any adverse claim lo Villagomez's title to the prop­erty.

The court awarded as damages to plaintiff the fair market value of the encroached are for the pe­riod Dec. 3, 1992 to the date the fence is removed.

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Rota agri-homesteads up soon By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

AN ESTIMATED I 00 Rota agri­cultural homesteaders alleged to have been illegally been farming on public land may finally be is­sued permits, the Division of Pub­lic Lands (DPL) announced Fri­day.

The division, according to Vince Castro, Chief Plan;ing Officer (CPO), is conducting an environmental assessment for "a lot" of agricultutal homesteads.

"After this," he said, "we are cleared to start issuing agricul-

tural homestead permits." He explained that an environ­

mental assessmentcoversasocio­economic study and correspond­ing impact to wildlife on af­fected areas.

Castro said the I 00 "i I legals" are part of those who wi II be getting per mi ts.

The alleged encroachers were those earlier told to oc­cupy the land but was later ordered to vacate it after au­thorities identified possible threats to a bird species that established habitat in the area.

Their permits have remained pending since.

In a related development, the division, Castro said, is finally set to select this week which among eight contractors will be hired to conduct an envi­ronmental impact assessment of a portion of Tanapag that has been set for homesteads.

Castro estimated that it will take government some six months to complete the nec­essary procedures including the environmental impact as­sessment, permit from the

Coastal Resources Manage­ment (CRM) and subdivision design before "we can start clearing" for access roads.

Some 500 lots are expected to be built at the Tanapag homestead site.

The environmental impact assess men: is expected to con­firm earlier reports that the homestead site covers a por­tion of an abandoned World War II military dumpsitc.

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Retirement Fund officials to meet with its 'underperforming' investment fi;rms

A similar homestead project, the exp,rnsion of Marpo Heights subdivision on Tinian, Castro meantime said, is now 80-percent done.

He said it may take govern­ment about another more month br.fore roads can be built at the expansion site. AA\..cellular

By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

THE NMI Retirement Fund plans to meet with two of its investment managers, Bjurman and Renais­sance, after they have shown dis­mal performances against their benchmarks for the past years.

In a Board of Trustees' meeting last week, the Fund agreed to meet with key principals ofBjurman in six months to "further address their underperformance versus the small cap universe bench­mark which is the Russell 2000."

Bjurman, which has been on the NMI Fund for four years now, was not able to meet the

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By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THEA TTORNEY General's Of­fice has charged a woman who allegedly offered $ l 00 cash to a police officer who caught her for a traffic violation.

The 27-year-old Hong Yu Li a.k.a. Annie was charged on Fri­day with bribery before the Superior Court.

Assistant Atty. Gen. Ramona V. Manglona said that on May 18 Li did "unlawfully ,md voluntarily give in wrongful and conupt payment for ,ITT

official act done or not done, to wit: give$ I 00 to a traffic officer to avoid suirendering her driver's license."

Li was summoned to appear and answer the charge on June 29.

Meanwhile, the AGO charged on Friday two persons who allegedly refused to pay tl1eir bills at a karaoke club and created trouble last April 13,

Zhe Jin and Ming Hao Liu were charged with theft of service.

In addition, Jin was charged with assault and battery, assault, and dis­turbing the peace.

The complaint said Jin and Liu "did purposely obtain the services of Koreana Kamoke which they were avaHable only for compensation and refused to pay and absconded with­out payment, to wit: alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and chas-ers.''

Jin also assaulted two persons in the club on the same incident, said the complaint.

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15.2 Russel 2000 benchmark· as they only come up with a 6.8 mark.

During this period, they have underperformed their benchmark, said Fund Administrator Ed­ward H. Manglona.

"The reason for this poor performance can be explained when the area of the market they focus on, the small cap growth stocks, is examined," stated the recommendation prepared by the Fund's invest­ment consultant, Merril Lynch.

The recommendation also said that the Fund may have to meet with key principals of

Renaissance to look into their underperformance versus the benchmark of 60 percent stocks and 40 percent bonds.

Although they outperformed their benchmark for four times in the past eight years, it was unable to raise its returns.

"After 9 1/4 years, Renais­sance has been unable to raise long-term returns with the NMI Fund," the Merril Lynch report said.

The recommendation added that the Renaissance's particu­lar expertise is in moving money between stocks and bonds.

"In 1997 and the last three years, they had a strong return in stock investments and bond investments, but their asset allocation lowered the NMI total portfolio returns," said the report.

The Fund, however, denied another Merril Lynch proposal which is to permit Invesco Fl to invest up to 20 percent of the NM! Invesco portfolio in AAA rated bonds from coun­tries outside of the US.

'"The Board decided to defer this until we find further infom1a­tion on it," Manglona said.

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Mr. David John, presidentof Administrative Services Corporation of Guam, will discuss the benefits and mechanisms of a 401K pension fund plan, and will answer any questions that Society members and guests might hav_e about such programs.

All members and interested individuals are invited to attend the meeting and present any questions they might have on this subject.

The CNMI Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Manage­ment is 2 new, but growing, fornm for discussion and training in personnel matters.

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Driving to Tinian: It can be possible

By William H. Stewart Economist Economic Service Counsel

Cllil you imagine the convenience of driving your automobile to TiniruJ? Aside from the traffic gen­erated by residents within the is­lands, a vehicle ferry would pe1mit tourists onSaipan to rent a car, tour Saipan ruJd head south to Tinian.

The vice president of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce, Tony Pellegrino, has an excellent idea for a project to mold Saipan and Tinian into a single mru"ket. An automo­bile ferry operating scheduled runs from Saipan 's southern tip across three and one half miles of the channel t0Tiniru1'snorthem coast Of course, access roads down the face of the cliffs at both termini would have to blasted out. but this is not an insurmountable task.

Interestingly, there are federal funds available to make the project a reality. The U. S. Economic De­velopment Administration has in­dicated a willingness to consider financing a financial feasibility study. But that's not all.

As a result of the end of the Cold War legislation was passed by the United States Congress (Title XI -National Shipbuilding Initiative, Public Law 103-160 - subtitle D I 993)toassistinretainingthe United States ship building capability and the necessary skills fornational de­fense efforts.

The law is administered by the Secretary of Defense and the Secre­tary ofTransportation. This federal program provides for government guarnntees to enable shipowners to borrow p1ivatesectorfunds on terms that may not otherwise be available, namely, the program guarantees up to 87.5 percent of a loan at fixed rates with a long term maturity. The guaranty is available to any finan­cial institution regardless ofnation­ality and one does not have to be a United States citizen in order to own and operate a vessel constructed under the loan program.

For example, with anequitypar­ticipationof$750,000and the87.5% federnl guanmtec a $6 million ves­sel could be finrn1ccd. The inte1est rate is negotiable as well as the periodol'the$5.25 million loan.

The cost of the access road is another matter, the government could undertake such constrnc­tion wi.lh existing equipment.

The above legislation was passed to keep American ship­yards open and to relieve unem­ployment in those domestic ar­eas of the United States where shipbuilding is an important in­dustry. Should it be determined from a feasibility study that a ferry operation can be justified on the Saipan - Tinian route, then the vessel would have to be constrncted in an American ship­yard in order to qualify for the guaranty aml thus contribute to relieving unemployment and un­der employment in that particu­lar area of the United States. This program, applied to the Commonwealth contributes to

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the national goal intended by Congress.

Title23,section 129oftheU.S. Code also provides for the use of Federal-aid highway funds in the construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities. Funds the Commonwealth currently obtains for road improvement.

The Federal Transit Adminis­tration and the Federal Highway Administration both provide fi­nancial subsidies for automobile ferry service in the United States. The National Technical Assis­tanceProgramofthe United States E.conomicDevelopmentAdmin­istration (EDA) has indicated ruJ interest in considering financing a feasibility study for such an automobile ferry service between the islands.

The following action is neces­sary: a qualified individual should visit each of the islands to examine the situation and prepare a feasibility study to provide estimates of the fol­lowing: cost of port and dock constrnction at Saipan and Tinian; cost of the vessel with a detailed estimate of the an­nual operating costs including maintenance; estimate the number of days the vessel might be out of operation due to bad weather; evaluate the market for the use of the route; determine the one way and round trip cost to the vehicle operator and calculate the amount of a government sub­sidy required, if needed.

The work should also in­clude the cost of preparation of the access roads, and, or course, the required environ­mental impact assessment. Since the Tinian portion is within the military retention area that issue has to be ad­dressed.

The ocean is our highway and it's about time we figured a way to use it as such. With a "drive on -diiveoff'automobile fCJTy Tinirn1 n:sidenl> could mrne readily shop on Sa.ipiUl and the island could also se1vc ,Ls a dor­mitory community form:my cur-1ently residing on Saip,m :md of­f er them tl1e oppo111mity to com­mute back and forth.

One thing the islands ha\'C Jacked is a sense of commu­nity cohesiveness and this water link would contribute to solving that issue. What value can be placed on this social ben­efit?

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Man gets 2 years for stabbing businessman

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Edward Manibusan has slapped a two-year jail term to a man who stabbed and wounded a businessman on Tinian last March.

Following a plea agreement, Manibusan sentenced Cely H. Carino to five years' imprison­ment, all suspended except two years.

Manibusan said the two years shall be served with the possi­bility of parole or early release.

The defendant was given a credit for time served in jai I.

Carino was also required to pay restitution for the medical expenses incurred by the vic­tim.

Carino was charged with as­sault with a dangerous weapon. The offense carries a maximum penalty of JO years' imprison­ment and $10,000 fine.

The defendant and counsel G. Anthony Long signed a plea agreement with the government represented by Assistant Atty. Gen. Kevin Lynch.

Carino pleaded guilty. Court documents showed that

on March 3 Carino and his four friends went to the house of the victim. Lee Jae Ho, in Marpo Valley.

One of the defendant's com­panion confronted Ho about the payment that the businessman allegedly owed to them.

Ho told them to come back because he did not have the money. At this juncture, Carino approached and stabbed the vic­tim on the stomach and neck with a knife.

Worker-turned-~us~rtess operator told to leave· . . '

By Jojo Dass Variety Nerws Staff

A NONRESIDENT worker has been ordered to leave the Com­monwealth for operating a busi-

. ness withoutgovemmentapproval. Chen Dabao, according to the

Department of Labor and Immi­gration (DOU), was found to be running the company that suppos­ed! y hired her.

DOU said Dabao was also fac­ing anearliercase in which she was found to have entered the CNMI as a tourist six years ago and has since stayed and worked here.

She was first denied entry but was nonmtheless allowed in as she argued that she had voluntarily cleared her illegal status and has reentered with a valid contract, an entry permit and a real job.

"(Chen's) position was consid­ered ... it would send an impropoer message to others, similarly situ­ated, to pen.alize her after she took extreme measures to correct her status," explained DOU hearing

officer Herbert Soll who handled the case.

However, Chen, after signing an agreement with the govern­ment, eventually took over con­trol of the business establishment that supposed to have hired her. She became the president of the corpora ti on.

''Her attitude at the hearing," noted Soll, "demonstrated a disre­gard for the law and little or no concern for the legal limitations imposed dn nonresident workers."

"'She showed no remorse and no interest in learning the limitations of a nonresident worker," Soll added.

Dabao was fined $1,000. Her contract and work permit

were also cancelled. "(Chen) has no legal status to

remain in the Commonwealth," ruled Soll.

Chen was given until Friday this week to leave the Common­wealth voluntarily or face depor­tation.

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DPL chief to look into Pagan residents' land applications

By Rick Alberto VARIETY NEWS STAFF

PUBLIC Lands Director Bertha C. Leon Guerrero said last week her agency will look into the agricultural homestead applica­tions of former Pagan residents who arc desirous of going back to their island.

Leon Guerrero, interviewed Wednesday night after a public hearing on ;1 House bill seeking the permanent prohibition of the habitation of Pagan, said not one of the former residens has acquired a title to their \and where they had stayed until the volcano erupted in the early 1980s.

Leon Guerrero testified at the public hearing held at the Susupe Multipurpose Center by the House committee on natural resources.

Rep. Manuel A. Tenorio,

Bertha C. Leon Guerrero

chairman of the committe, is theauthorofHouseBill \1-142 which would have Pagan de­clared as unsufe for habitation because of "long-term volcanic activity."

Leon Guerrero told the hear­ing that there are some agricul­tural homestead applications that need to be looked at, re­viewed and processed.

"We 're going to review those applications and proper! y pro­cess them," Leon Guerrero told the Variety.

Leon Guerrero she herself was wondering why the applications have remained unacted upon. She said it was probably be­cause of the "volcanic danger" posed by the island.

The applications were submit­ted over eight years ago, Leon Guerrero said.

In supporting the cause of the former Pagan residents, Leon Guerrero said she pointed out that "you tend to grow with the land where you have established."

'"Apparently some people have been there for over thirty years," she explained.

She said Pagan is I 00 percent a public land. "There isn't any that we disposed of to be acquired as private land as of yet."

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PUBLIC HEARING U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

PROPOSED THREATENED STATUS FOR THE MARIANA FRUIT BAT

On May 26. 1998. lhe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service !Service) announced in the Federal Register (63 FR 14641), proposed reclassification lrom endangered lo threatened status tor the Mariana lruit bat from Guam and prcposed threatened status for the Mariana lruit bat from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Service is seeking biological data and comments lrom the public that will be considered prior to making a linal decision on this proposal and has scheduled two public hearings to obtain public testimony:

On Saipan the public hearing will be held from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 1998, at fhe Pacific Gardenia Hofel, Chalan Kanoa Beach Road.

On Rota the public hearing will be held lrom 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, 1998, at the Rota Resort and Country Club.

Prior to each al the public hearings, the Service will be available lrom 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. to provide inlormation and to answer questions.

ORAL TESTIMONY AT PUBLIC HEARINGS. Testimony will be accepted beginning at 7:30 p.m. Oral comments may be limited in lenglh ii the number al participants is large. Parties wishing to make statements lor the record should bring a copy al their statements to the hearing.

BACKGROUND. The Mariana lruit bat is a medium-sized lruit bat that is restricted to the Mariana archipelago, comprised of the Territory al Guam and the Commonwealth ol lhe Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), where it is known lrom all islands. The movement ol bals among the Mariana Islands is an aspect ol their biology that is critical to conservation. The 1984 Federal listing 149 FR 33881) al truit bats resident on Guam was based on !he assumption that these bats lormed a separate population segment distinct lrom the bats lound in the CNMI. Recently, biologists in !he Mariana Islands have gathered evidence indicating that movement ol bats among the Mariana Islands links these colonies as a single population. The Service is therefore proposing to list the entire population ol Pteropus mariannus marianus as threatened throughout its rnnge, including bats in both the CNMI and Guam. to retain an appropriate level ol·protection lor this bat on Guam while increasing overall protection to the Mariana fruit bat throughout the Mariana Islands.

The fruit bats at Guam and the CNMI are threatened by degradation or loss of habitat through lhe development al forested areas, illegal hunting, the possible introduction ol alien species such as the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) to !he CNMI, and the potential impacts al typhoons that can disrupt small populations. Mosl al the known Mariana fruit bat roost sites in the Mariana Islands are on public land. On August 27, 1984, the Service listed the Guam population of Mariana fruit bats as endangered (49 FR 33881 ). Fruit bats lound on Aguijan, nnian, and Saipan are currenlly identified as candidates lor listing (62 FR 49401 ).

Section 4(b)l5)1E) of the Endangered Species Acl requires that a public hearing be held ii requested within 45 days of the publication ol the proposed ru:e. Several public hearing requests were received within the allotted time period .. The Service has scheduled public hearings lor Saipan and Rota. Public hearings are an opportunity for the public to p1ovide oral commenls lor the official record. which does not allow lor questions ar,d 1esponses to queslions therelore. prior to each public hearing, the Service will be available to provide inlormalion and answer questions lrom 5:00 p.m. until 6:30 o.m.

Wri~en comments ma'/ be submitted at the hearing or by July 10. 1998, to lr.e address below. There are no limits to the length of written com:nents or mateeials presented at the hearing or mailed to the Service. Written comments are given the same weight and consideral1on as are o:al comments.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. lnlormed and active public participation in the listing process is encouraged through public comment and public hearing oppDrtunities and is vitcl lo the jJdgment Iha! the Fish and Wildlile Service must make.

WRITIEN COMMENTS. Written commenls and materials must be submitted by July 10, 1998, to Mr. Breaks Harper, Field Supervisor, Ecological Ser1ices, Pacilic Islands Ecoregion. U.S. Fish and Wilalile Service, 300 Ala Moana Blvd .• Room 3108, P.O. Box 50088, Honolulu. HI 95850. Comments and documents received wiil be available for public inspection during normal business hours, by appointment, at the above address.

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Info-tech corner

Try your hand on virtual card tables

By DAVID T. HUGHES Special lo the Variety NEVER let it be said that I

can't learn something new about the Internet. During my recent trip to Arkansas on family business one of my dearest friends showed me how she spent a good part of her time on the · Net.

No, Jimmy Meyer wasn't out making a killing in the stock market or doing eso­teric medical research delv­ing into mysterious Arkan­sas diseases. She was play­ing virtual cards with folks she had never clapped eyes on! Anc.l 6 she was having a high old time doing it!

Yep, she had found that the Yahoo (http:// play.yahoo.games) or (http:/ /www.yahoo.com) games site hosted all kinds of card games. I was amazed that there were hundreds of card games going on at one time and many of them could be "'kibitzed" or watched as the hands vrere played.

My friend loved to play spades and from what she told me she and her son (Shores 1ives a few miles away in Bryant) were pretty good and had moved up in the net rankings as they de­feated better players.

Here's how it works: Just go to the Yahoo pages out­lined above and register. You 'II be prompted to pick a user name and password. Here's a hint if you will ac­cept cookies the next time you log into games site you wi II be recognized and not have tc input a user name or password.

Once all the virtual "pa­perwork" is taken care of you ju s; look around and see if there are any free posi­tions on the many tables set up. Most of the time you won't have to ask, someone will send a message inviting you to join.

As in face-to-face society there arc nice fol ks and n~t so nice. If you arc a novice in the card game it's JUsl polite to let your partners know your skill level.

The virtual card games arc just like their flesh-and­blood counterparts. You can talk to each other via the keyboard and many times the convcrs,.tion can get lively.

Cards arc very popular online and Yahoo has a whole plethora of games to choose from. Herc's a snap­shot taken one Saturday evening about 11 p.m. east­ern ti me:

• Blackjack (625) • Bridge (542) • Cribbage (474) • Euchre (838) • Gin (371) • Hearts (783 J

• Poker (377) • Shcepshead (65) • Spades ( 1104) The numbers to the right

of the game title indicate how many users were in­volved in play at that time. As you can see, Spades is the most popular game at Yahoo - far and away.

Blackjack has been added to the site and seems to be gaining in popularity.

If cards are not your "thing," the folks at the Ya­hoo site have other diver­sions such as online Back­gammon, Checkers, Chess, Go and Reversi.

So, the next time you think you have seen "ev­erything" on the Internet, stop by Yahoo's game room and try a few hands with real card pros. Just watch out for someone named "beliacre." Jimmy plays a mean game of Spades!

WHY A WEB PAGE? Many of the students

teach in my Internet classes ask me why anyone would want to put up a web page. It's a fair query and I al­ways answer that the World Wide Web is the perfect med.ium to show off your family, interests, hobbies. Or even becomes a pub­lished author.

I still remember my grandmother's fine poems. My grandfather loved her so much that he paid to have them published in books. Nowadays a web page with her works would reach many more people than originally read her books.

Let's say your child drew a great picture and you'd like to share it with your friends. Instead of pinning it to the refrigerator door," scan it and put it on a web page.

Write poetry? Short sto­ries7 Dabble in photogra­phy'1 Use that web page to advertise your skills.

In short, your web page can be your contribution to society.

USING THE WEB TO COORDINATE

The Baltimore-Washing­ton Corridor Chamber ;f Commerce has created a web page at http:// www.md.biz-events.com as a centralized calcnda1· for area busi nc sscs to past trade shows, net working brcak­f asts, seminars, business courses and other goodies they think would be of in­terest to the metropolitan· business community.

This is a good idea and other chambers or business­oriented sites, newspapers, etc. should consider their idea in their respective ar­eas.

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PAL pilots continue strike MANILA, Philippines (AP) -Philippine Airlines pi lot, continued a strike and staged a protest m,u-ch Sunday, defying airline threats of dis­missal unless they return to work.

Tiics~ikeatthefimmcially-u·oublcd airline beg,m Hiday, forcing interna­tional and domestic flight cance!la- . tions and sb"anding hundreds of p,L,­sengers.

Calling the strike illegal, the airline fired 29 officers of the 620-strong Airline Pilots Association of the Phi~ ippines Saturday and w,m1ed remain­ing members would also be dismissed if they didn't return to work by noon of Sunday.

Instead of returning to work, the pilots marched around a PAL

compound in metropolitan Manila's suburban Parnnaquc city, brandishing placards that read "Give labor its due" and "'All is not well in PAL."

The suikers staged a countdown and yelled, "'jobless'" at noon Sun­day.

Union spokesman Florendo U rnali said the dismissal of the union offic­ers was illegal and warned they would goon with the strike indefinitely until their demands are met

Theunionisprotestinganewman­agementpolicy of retiring pilots who have reached 20 years of service or flown 20,!XX) hours, regardless of age. This policy puts about 200 pilots in danger of being "retired," Umali said.

PAL calletl the strike illegal be­cause the Department of Labor h,L, assumed jurisdiction over the labor dispute. Labor depruunent officials we1e dete1mining whether the strike was illegal ornot, and trying to medi­ate.

PAL scheduled five international flights out ofMru1ila, including three bound for Hong Kong, one for Singapore and an;therfo; Los Ange­les and 14 domestic flights to 12 provincesSunday,usingmmiagernent pilots.

It said it would open ticket offices in the capital to rebook flight,, refund unused tickeL, and deal with su·m1ded passengers.

Over the past fouryern-s, the airline has incun-cd annual losses ranging from 451.4 million pesos ($11.3 mil-

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -­Sup~xi11crsof a defeated mayoral c,m­didatc in the Phi Ii ppincs al lcgcul y set ablaze a town hall in a suburb of the capital city, injuring at lc:L,t seven people, local officials said Sunday.

Scores of rowdy backers of the main opposition p:my ·s mayoral nm­didatc stonncd the NavoUL, town hall Saturday night. ,u,d arc suspected of having doused it with l.!,L,olinc ;uid Ll1en ~ttinl.! it on fire ;itl1 torches, outgoing Mayor Felipe de! Rosmio said.

'"This is plain mid simple :u-son," he said.

Police have am:stcd ,md begun questioning at bL,ttwopeople linked to tl,e blaze, fire officials said.

Del Rosario also alleged the at­tackers burned tires on the sucrt lead­ing to the two-story town hall to block fire trucks.

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lion) to 2.5 billion pesos ($62.5 mil­lion), in part bccauseofhu-ge debts, an aging fleet and Asia' scunency crisis.

PAL says it faces ,m '"uncertain future," ,md announced plans eru·lier this year to cut expenses by as much ,L~40percent,slash flighL,,and shruply reduce iL, work force. The airline h,L,n 't disclosed an estimate for it~ m,mpower reduction, but employees fem· it could beas much ,L, 30percenL

"!11c union filed a notice of strike in December following the company's early 1etircment of Capt. Albino Collantcs, 45, a senior pilot. But it said it delayed the strike after consid­ering it, impact on the company.

In calling the suike Friday, the union accused management of filing administrative charges against an­other pilot and union officer who delayed a flight by returning to the gate for refueling, and of delays in turning over union dues.

The refueling delay will be investi­gated under proper procedures, air­line officials said.

PAL is controlled by Chinese Fili­pino tycoon Lucio Tan. It had been

' completely owned by the Philippine government from 1941 until it was partlv sold in 1992.

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apply for NZ residency APIA (Pacncws)-The New 7.cal:md immi~~.ration oftice in the S:m1rnm capit;1) Apia w;L, sw:m1ped with applications by S:mKxms en­<.lcavou,in!! to leave the ishmd.

An mmual quota system allowing for 1.100 Samoans to take up perma­nent n:sidence was filled within hours.

PNG Supren1e Court asked to declare Sandline deal illegal

Police \~·ere called in to cono·ol hundreds of villagers. many ha<.l slept ouL,ide the NZ consulate gates to apply for residency.

Du1ing th~ day. several people col­lapsed in acmsh of bodies out,idc the consulate but there were no serious injuries.

Chief immigration officer Kerry Ridway says 558 applications would now be processed to fulfil the quota, with another 4(X) taken on an avail­ability basis.

A better standard of living and education for their children are the main reasons given forfamilieswant­ing to reside in New Zealand. Up to 80,CXXJ Samoans now live there.

MELBOURNE (Pacnews)­Papua New Guinea's attorney gen­eral has formally asked the PNG Supreme Court to declrue last year's S;mdline International Mercenaries contract unconstitutional.

Bank of Tonga records increase in net profits

The reference thrnws a cloud over next week's proposed arbitration tri­bunal hearing in the Northern Austra­lian city of Cairns that wants todeter­minewhetherPNGstillowesSandline money, Radio Australia reports.

Vanuatu to host Ombudsmen's . regional meet NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews)­

Tonea 's leading commercial bank: Bank ofTonga, has recorded an increase of about 700,000 pa' anga ($US400.000) in its 1997

total rret profit after tax, com­pared with the previous year.

It recorded a total net profit of 2.2m pa'anga ($US I .3m) for last

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PORTVILA(Pacnews)-Vanuatu will host the 1998 Australian and Pacific Ombudsmen Regional Con­ference in August

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Sandlinc. wants the balance, eventhough thePNG military aborted the deal before the mercenaries could be deployed to Bougainville.

Up until last month, PNG had agreed that the dispute be resolved in

an ru·bitration tribunal made up of three retired judges.

However, the Skate government is now challenging the contract's legal validity.

In his Supreme Court reference, the Attorney General, Michael Gene is seeking a ruling on whether nine sections of the con­stitution were breached including whether parliament needed to ap­prove the spending of so much unbudgeted money.

Surgeon returns to joy, sadness in Bougainville CANBERRA (Pacnews)-An Australian surgeon has returned to joy and sadness on Bougainville after an absence of 10 years.

Commander Hamish Foster, an Australian Navy reservist medical officer, was given arousing welcome by nurses and other health profes­sionals on his first day back at what remainsof theArawaGeneral Hospi­tal.

Foster worked at the hospital until just before the outbreak of the nine­year secessionist war which claimed the Jives of thousands of people and resulted in the destruction of hospi­~s, aid posts, schools and govern­ment offices.

He has r,ow taken leave from his job as a surgeon in Newcastle, New South Wales, to vounteer for service

with the Peace Monitoring Group. On his first day, he conducted five

operations and there are many more patients hoping to see him before his posting ends.

Foster described the destruction of theArawaGenera!Hospitalasa"sad waste" which led to the loss of many lives.

He said it had been a 250-bed hospital - "often with up to 300 beds crammed in to meet the demand for surgical, maternity andotherservices" - and boasted some of the best medi­cal facilities in the region.

Foster said the real cure for Bougainville now was for the people of the island to be given the opportu­nity to solve their problems them­selves, with help from the Peace Monitoring Group.

R~gion.a.J. ~cl Qros~ II,lQ}'~~ to:~j1 SUVA(Pacnews)--Aregionaldelegationofthe~~~i:oo.~. CrescentSocietywhichwasbaredinSydriey,Australiahasbeenrelpcate(I to Fiji. . ... · . .. . . .. . . < > >

The society was set up by the international Red Cross Federation io ensure regional Red Cross Societies functioned smoothly, IslandNet­woiks Corporation reports.

The organisation's Geneva-based secretarycgeneral George Weber is currentlyinthecountryandtoldNetworkNewsthiltFiji'slocationisrriore suitable to cater for the region.

Weber says the regional delegation is to support all thenational Red Cross societies in the Pacific region, through developmental support, knowledge transfer, helping them to raise resources through their programmes and services. ·

Solomons students in Vanuatu are safe HONIARA (Pacnews}-Solomon Islands lawstudenL,atthe Univmity of the South Pacific Emalus campus in Po1t Vila, Vanuatu have never been mistreated.

Under secretary in the ministry of education and human resources development, Moffat Behulusays, unlike what has been reported about Fiji students, Solomon Is­lands students at Emalus are be­ing well looked after, SIBC re­ports.

Early thi~ week, Fiji's information minister Filipe Bole announced the withdmwal of the 120 Fijian law

studenL, from Emalus campus say­ing they had been subjected to con­tinuous harmssment.

ReporL, also stated that besides the Fi jians,otherstudents had also been targets of harrassment.

But the ministry of education in Honiara said Thursday that Solomon Islands law students attending the USP Vanuatu cen­tre were never mistreated, but are well looked after by the Vanuatu students and the people there.

There arc 20 Solomon Islands stu­dents doing law studies at the USP Emalus campus in Vanuatu.

Niue saves big on water ALOFl(P·..:news)-TheAustrafom government's aid agency AusAID­funded water reticulation and main­tenance project in Niue is havin~ a dramatic c-ffecL

Already most homes from Alofi to Mutilau have been visited by the

plumbing team headed by Australian Vic Green, The Niue Economic Re­view reports.

Leaking taps ,md tanks have been repaired and Green estimates that is saving over I OOmillionlitresof water

Continued on page 20

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MONDAY, JUNE 8 , I 998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-13~~ ·---

Ramos gives Estrada palace tour By JIM GOMEZ

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -President Fidel Ramos guided successor Joseph Estrada around the presidential palace Thursday, giving him household tips. including ways of warding off evil spirits.

.. This is the biggest challenge of my life," Estrada said after arriving with his wife and chil­dren for the two-hour tour.

The two leaders prayed in a chapel before Ramos led the Estradas on the tour of the Malacanang presidential palace, a guest house, barracks of presi­dential guards and a nine-hole golf course. ~ So far, the transfer of power to Estrada has proceeded smoothly despite predictions of resistance from Ramos' camp. Estrada, an opposition leader, will be the Philippines' third president since the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos was ousted by a '"people power" revolt in 1986.

At one point, Ramos stopped in front of a huge ficus tree in the lawn fronting the palace and suggested to Estrada that he put a lot of glass on that side of the palace to ward off evil spirits said to be inhabiting the tree.

Chinese geomancers, called in by Ramos shortly after he took power in 1992, said evil spirits might be thriving on the tree, a type that superstitious Filipinos say is a favorite abode of hostile spirits.

Estrada told reporters that he will be the first president since Marcos to live inside the pal­ace, located along the bank of Pasig River in Manila's crowded San Miguel residential district, but wo~ld open it up to the people. The palace was built in the early 1800s as the summer residence of the Span­ish governor-general.

The Spanish colonial govern­ment made it the seat of power in 1863 when an earthquake de­stroyed the governor-general's office in the nearby lntramuros district.

The Philippines was a Span­ish possession from I 565 to 1898.

After Marcos· ouster, the pal­ace was turned into a museum showing his family's opulent lifestyle.

Estrada has said he will live in Malacanang only six months a year, splitting the rest of the time between the two other ma­jor regions of the country to reach out to the people.

Ramos has scheduled a series of briefings to make the turn-

Fidel Ramos Joseph Estrada

over of the presidency as smooth as possible.

On Monday. Executive Sec­retary Alexander Aguirre, a re­tired general who has been re­tained by Estrada as his national security adviser, briefed Estrada and Vice President-elect Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on national security.

Estrada, elected in May 11 polls, gained a devoted follow­ing among the country's many poor during a career as a movie star portraying tough guys who

stood up to injustice. He parlayed his popularity

into a successful political ca­reer, first as mayor of a Manila suburb, then as a senator and vice president.

Estrada says he will continue most of Ramos' policies but will focus on helping the poor and developing the country's agri­culture.

He also has pledged to crack down on official corruption and solve the country's severe crime problem within six months.

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14-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- JUNE 8. 1998

Official: Soros eyes stake in RP bank

RP Supreme Court halts closure of blood banks

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - ln­tcmational fimmcier George Soros may be considc1ing acqui1ing the government's 45.5 p.:rcent stake in Philippine National B:mk. acconiing to Finance Secretary Salvador Emiqucz.

Emiquez said he had been ap­proached by a membcrofSoros · staff on a recent uip to the United States who inquired about a· 'due diligence .. study of PNB.

The adminisnation of incomim! president Joseph Esn·ada is eager t~ sellthegovemment'sstake in PNB.

The bank. one of the countrv's biggest. was partially privatized two years ago.

Talk of Soros possibly taking the government's stake in PNB lifted sentiment Thurs<lay in Phil­ippine stocks. which liad been falling for over a week.

"It ~ent a positive signal to the market," said Peter llnlay, ana­lyst for Tower Securities Inc.

Estrada has pledged to continue outgoing President Fidel Ramos' p1i;atiz;tion d1ive to hand overoften inefficiently nm state enterprises to the private sector and compen­sate for reduced tax revenues. Accord in!.! to some cstiinatcs. the govemme~nt's PNB stake could be worth 6 billion pesos ($ 154 million).

Incoming finance secretary E<lgardo Espiritu, who will help complete PNB 's sale. is a former chairman of the bank and helped structure its partial privatization.

Bank analysts fear that PNB has been particularly hard hit by bad loans resulting from the Asian financial crisis. -

"As the financial crisis swept across the country. firms seeking debt protection and filing for bank­ruptcy seemed to continually cite PNB among creditors," Indosucz W .I. CaiT Securities noted in a recent report on Philippine banks.

The 30-share Philippine Stock Exchange Index rose 24.89 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,953.88.

The report also voiced concern over the bank's strong growth in loans last year and its exposure to property developers, which it said was "disturbingly high."

President Fidel Ramos, left, welcomes President-elect Joseph Estrada while First Lady Amelita Ramos, second right, greets Estrada's wife Loi during a tour of the Malacanang Palace Thursday. AP PNB shares, meanwhile closed

2 pesos higher at 71 pesos. The sale of the government's

stake in PNB is among a number of state holdings earmarked to go under the hammer that also in­clude utility National PowerCorp.

W .I. Carr Indosuez forecasts PNB's net profit in 1998 declin­ing to 879 million pesos($ 22.5 mil­lion) from Ll billion pesos ($ 28.2 million) in 1997.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

MANILA, Philippines (AP)­The Philippine Supreme Court has ordered the health depart­ment to halt its closure of all commercial blood banks after owners claimed the action was unconstitutional.

The country's 29 commercial blood banks were officially closed May 28 after a four-year grace period in an effort to avoid tainted blood from paid donors.

Only blood banks run by the government and the Red Cross, which use donated blood, are now allowed to operate. Viola­tors face a fine of up to 500,000 pesos ($13,200) and a prison term of 12 to 20 years.

SIXTH CNMI STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Notice of Meeting Pursuant to Public Law 8-~ I, Seciion 11, the CNMI Stale Board of Education hereby gives notice that the reg_ular meeting of the Board will be held on Thursday June 11, 1998 at 9:30 a.m. in the Board ConJcrcrn:e Room of the Nauru Building, Saipan.

The folltnving items arc on the agenda for the abovc-rcf'crcnccd rnccting:

I. PRELIMINARY MA.TI'ERS 1. Call Io order 2. Roll Call 3. Adoption of Agenda 4. Adoption of Minutes

11. CORRESPONDENCE Ill. CHAIRWOMAN'S REPORT

1. Official Introduction Df Commissioner I nos 2. Major Goals and Recommendations

a. Principal 's Evalualion b. Teacher Eva! ua1ion c. Curriculum & Instruction Assessment d. Bilingual Programs AssessmenURevision e. Island Specific Materials Development f. School/Community Based Education

3. Issues and Concerns a. Organizational Chart b. Curriculum/Instruction Personnel c. Suppon Service Assessment d. Student Textbook

IV. COMMITIEE REPORTS 1. Curriculum. Instructions & Assessment Comm. 2. Fiscal & Personnel Committee 3. CIP, Facilities & Maintenance Committee 4. StudenUTeacher Affairs Commiltee 5. Certification Commiuee

Y. COMMISSIONER'S REPORT YI. FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT VII. ADJOURNMENT

Owners of the blood banks, however, said the closures vio­lated the constitution and would create an "unparalleled medical disaster" by reducing the amount of blood available.

The court asked health offi­cials to res.pond to the allega­tions within IO days.

The Supreme Court's tempo­rary restraining order, issued Tuesday, was made available to reporters on Thursday.

The Dqnrtment of Health pushed the 4-yera-old law's pas­sage because of an upsurge in diseases caused by blood from commerci..l blood banks.

A department study showed

people selling blood were gen­erally impoverished and re­sorted to the practice to earn money.

The study showed the sellers were more likely to have conta­gious diseases such as malaria. syphilis, hepatitis and HIV than those who donate blood.

Blood from commercial banks has caused at least I I cases of HIV infections, which can cause AIDS, the health office said.

A U.S.-funded study of com­mercial blood in the Philippines in 1994 found that out of 426 donors, 13 were infected with hepatitis-Band two others were HIV-positive.

Stra17de!1 pass~ngers ~ait at the empty check-in counter Saturday at Mam/a mtematlonal alfpo,:t after pilots. of the Philippine Airlines an­nounced their strike, forcing cancellatwn of most of domestics and internatio,1al flights. AP

MONDAY, JUNE 8 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND YIEWS-15

Clinton urges vote on tobacco measure

By Nancy Benac WASHINGTON (AP) - Try­ing to salvage landmark tobacco legislation, President Clinton ac­cused members of Congress of standing in the way of saving children's lives and declared: "The American people will not stand for it."

"This is a critical moment of trnth for Congress," Clinton said Saturday in his weekly radio ad­dress.

Speaking directly to legislators, he said: "You are not just trying to kill the tobacco bill. You are stand­ing in the way of saving one mil­lion children's lives."

Countering Clinton, Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., said it should be up to parents, not the government, todiscouragechildren from smok­ing. Sponsors of the legislation "think that they are going to ac­complish something they abso­lutely are not going to accom­plish," Helms said on CNN 's "Evans and Novak."

Clinton is trying to breathe new life into the sweeping bill spon­sored by Sen. John McCain, R­Ariz .• that would raise cigarette taxes and more closely regulate tobacco.

The legislation is bogged down in the Senate as Republicans and Democrats point blame at one an­other.

Clinton said the legislation has broad bipartisan support but is being held up by a few unspeci- . fied members of Congress who have "done everything they could to protect big tobacco by putting off a vote."

"The delay has gone on long enough," Clinton said. "The Sen­ate should do nothing else until it passes tobacco legislation. and it should pass it this week."

Republican opponents contend punitive payments the legislation would assess the tobacco indus­try amount to nothing more than hidden taxation of people who smoke.

The bill establishes "the big­gest tax increase in history," said Helms, whose state is the nation's largest tobacco producer.

··In the first place. I don't think the bill is going to pass." l lcl111s

President Clinton addresses a rally on the South Lawn of the White House May 20th to call for passage of the tobacco legislation. From left are Olympic figure skater Tara Lipinski, Vice President Gore, the president, and Deanna Durrett of Louisville, Ky. AP

said. "I have not thought from the beginning that the American people will swallow that, and the evidence is piling up that they don't favor it."

In his radio address, taped Fri­day. Clinton said the bill is "rea­sonable, bipartisan and in the best interests of our children." He called it the most important issue before the Congress.

McCain's bill would charge to­bacco companies at least $516 billion over 25 years, raise taxes on cigarettes by $1.1 0 a pack and grant the Food and Drng Admin­istration authority to regulate nico­tine.

Helms and other conservatives say the proposal would undercut their <lrive for lower taxes and smaller government. Others say a sweeping bill is the only way to

discourage teen-age smoking. Relations between congres­

sional leaders soured Friday after parliamentary maneuvering ended without agreement on how the bill should proceed.

With the good will that helped get the lcgislalion this far now virtually gone, some congres­sional aides predict that legisla­tors will enact instead a less inclu­sive bill to discourage teen smok­ing and illicit drug use.

Clinton taped his radio address at the Boston home of Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., on the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N. Y.

"The distance of three decades cannot silence the strength of his words or lessen the impact of his actions," Clinton saiu.

GOP: Clinton broke budget pact WASHINGTON (AP) -President Clinton's pro­posed budget violates last year· s balanccd-buclg<=t agreement with Congress. the chairman of the House Budget Commit tee said Sat­urday.

In the GOP response to Clinton's weekly radio ad­dress, Rep. John Kasi ch, R­Ohio, called the Clinton plan "a blueprint for reinventing big government." ·· ·. ·

"While Republicans viewed the spending limits in the balanced budget agreement as a ceiling. the Clinton administration saw

Newt Gingrich

them as a floor," Kasich said. Clinton's budget seeks al­

most $150 billion in new spending through 2003, $24 billion in tax cuts and $103 billion in tax increases -

mostly on cigarettes. On Friday, GOP leaders

pushcd through the House a $1.72 trillion budget for the fiscal year starting Oct. I that Kasich said includes about $10 I billion in huLigL't and tax cuts over five years.

Two months ago, the Sen­ate approved its own spend­ing plan specifying $30 bil­lion in tax cuts but without deep spending reductions.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich. R-Ga .• conceded that a compromise probably will yield smaller savings and tax reductions than the House approved.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The Commonwealth Bar Examination (MBE. Essay anu MPTJ

are scheduled to be administered on July 30 an<l 31, 1998. The MEE is Thursday. July 30 and the Essay is Friday. July 31. /\II interested applicants shall obtain the application form and necessary information from the Court Administrator by either calling telephone nos. 236-9700/9800 or fax no. 236-970 I /9702 or by writing to P.O.

Box 2165. Saipan, MP 96950.

/\II applications anti rc4uircJ fees must be submittcll to the Court Administrator no later than June 16. 1998.Thc fees for Regular Applicants are $250.00 roressay and $42.00 !or the MBE. The fees for Attorney Applicant is $300.00 for the essay.

Dated this 7th day of fvfay, 1998.

ls/MARGARITA M. PALACIOS Court Administrator

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14-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND_ VIEWS-MONDAY- JUNE 8, 1998

RP Supreme Court halts Official: Soros eyes stake in RP bank closure of blood banks MA "'ITLA, Philippines (AP)- In­ternational financier George Soros may be consideiing acqui1ing 1J1e gowrnment's 45.5 percent stake in Philippine National B,mk. acconling to Finance Secretary Salvador Enriquez.

Emiquez said he had been ap­proached by a member of Soros' staff on a recent nip to tJ1e United States whoinquiredabouta .. ducdiligencc" study of PNB.

1l1e administrc1tion of incoming president Joseph Estrada is eager t~ sell the government's stake in PNB.

The -bank. one of the country's biggest. was partially privatized two years ago.

Talk of Soros possibly taking the government's stake in PNB lifted sentiment Thursday in Phil­ippine stocks. which had been falling for over a week.

Estrada has pledged to continue outgoing P1esident Fidel Ramos' p1i;atiz;1tion d1ive to hand over often inefficiently rnn state enterprises to the private st:ctor and compen­sate for reduced tax revenues. According to some estimates, the govc111111e~1t's PNB stake could be worth 6 billion pesos ($ 154 111 i II ion).

Incoming finance secretary Edgardo Espiritu, who will help complete PNB 's sale, is a former chai1man of the bank and helped structure its partial privatization.

Bank analysts fear that PNB has been particularly hard hit by bad loans resulting from the Asian financial crisis.

··As the financial crisis swept across the country, firms seeking debt protection and filing for bank­ruptcy seemed to continually cite PNB among creditors," Indosuez W.I. Carr Securities noted in a recent report on Philippine banks.

.. It ;ent a positive signal to the market," said Peter Unlay, ana­lyst for Tower Securities Inc.

llie 30-share Philippine Stock Exchange Index rose 24.89 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,953.88.

llie report also voiced concern over the bank's strong growth in loans last year and its exposure to property developers, which it said was "disturbingly high."

President Fidel Ramos, left, welcomes President-elect Joseph Estrada while First Lady Amelita Ramos, second right, greets Estrada's wife Loi during a tour of the Malacanang Palace Thursday. AP PNB shares, meanwhile closed

2 pesos higher at 71 pesos. The sale of the government's

stake in PNB is among a number of state holdings earmarked to go under the hammer that also in­clude utility National Power Corp.

W .I. Carr Indosuez forecasts PNB 's net profit in 1998 declin­ing to 879 million pesos($ 22.5 mil­lion) from 1.1 billion pesos ($ 28.2 million) in 1997.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

MANILA, Philippines (AP)­The Philippine Supreme Court has ordered the health depart­ment to halt its closure of all commercial blood banks after owners claimed the action was unconstitutional.

The country's 29 commercial blood banks were officially closed May 28 after a four-year grace period in an effort to avoid tainted blood from paid donors.

Only blood banks run by the government and the Red Cross, which use donated blood, are now allowed to operate. Viola­tors face a fine ofup to 500,000 pesos ($13,200) and a prison term of 12 to 20 years.

SIXTH CNMI STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Notice of Meeting PursuanI to Public L~w 8-~ I, Section 11, the CNM[ State Board of Education hereby gives notice Ihat the regular meetmg of the Board will be held on Thursday June 11, 1998 at 9:30 a.m. in !he Board Conference Room of the Nauru Building, Saipan.

The following items arc on the agenda for the c1bove-rcfcrcncc,d mcc,Ling:

I. PRELJMINARY Mi\TfERS I. Call to order 2. Roll Call 3. Adoption of Agenda 4. Adoption of Minutes

11. CORRESPONDENCE Ill. CHAIRWOMAN'S REPORT

I. Official Introduction of Commissioner I nos 2. Major Goals and Rccom,m,ndations

a. Principal's Evaluation b. Teacher Evaluaiion c. Curriculum & Instruction Asscssmcnt d. Bilingual Programs Assessment/Revision e. Island Specific Materials Development f. School/Community Based Educaliun

3. Issues and Concerns a. Organizational Chart b. Curriculum/Instruction Personnel c. Support Service Assessment d. Student Textbook

IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS I. Curricuium, lnstructions & Assessment Comm. 2. Fiscal & Personnel Committee 3. CJP, Facilities & Maintenance Commillcc 4. Student/Teacher Affairs Committee 5. Certification Committee

V. COMMISSIONER'S REPORT VI. FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT VII. ADJOURNMENT

Owners of the blood banks, however, said the closures vio­lated the constitution and would create an "unparalleled medical disaster" by reducing the amount of blood available.

The court asked health offi­cials to res.pond to the allega­tions within 10 days.

The Surreme Court's tempo­rary restraining order, issued Tuesday, was made available to reporters on Thursday.

The D(.partment of Health pushed the 4-yera-old law's pas­sage because of an upsurge in diseases caused by blood from commerci,.l blood banks.

A department study showed

people selling blood were gen­erally impoverished and re­sorted to the practice to earn money.

The study showed the sellers were more likely to have conta­gious diseases such as malaria, syphilis, hepatitis and HIV than those who donate blood.

Blood from commercial banks has caused at least 11 cases of HIV infections, which can cause AIDS, the health office said.

A U.S.-funded study of com­mercial blood in the Philippines in 1994 found that out of 426 donors, 13 were infected with hepatitis-Band two others were HIV-positive.

Stra~de.d pass~ngers '."ait at the empty check-in counter Saturday at Manila mtemat,onal a,rport after pilots of the Philippine Airlines an­nounced the,r stnke, forcing cancellation of most of domestics and intematio.;a/ flights. AP

MONDAY, JUNE 8 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-~

Clinton urges vote on tobacco measure

By Nancy Benac WASHINGTON (AP) - Try­ing to salvage landmark tobacco legislation, President Clinton ac­cused members of Congress of standing in the way of saving children's lives and declared: "The Americail people will not stand for it."

"'This is a critical moment of truth for Congress," Clinton said Saturday in his weekly radio ad­dress.

Speaking directly to legislators, he said: "You are not just trying to kill the tobacco bill. You are stand­ing in the way of saving one mil­lion children's lives."

Countering Clinton, Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., said it should be up to parents, not the government, to discourage children from smok­ing. Sponsors of the legislation "think that they are going to ac­complish something they abso­lutely are not going to accom­plish," Helms said on CNN's "Evans and Novak."

Clinton is trying to breathe new life into the sweeping bill spon­sored by Sen. John McCain, R­Ariz., that would raise cigarette taxes and more closely regulate tobacco.

The legislation is bogged down in the Senate as Republicans and Democrats point blame at one an­other.

Clinton said the legislation has broad bipartisan support but is being held up by a few unspeci- . fied members of Congress who have "done everything they cou Id to protect big tobacco by putting off a vote."

'The delay has gone on long enough," Clinton said. 'The Sen­ate should do nothing else until it passes tobacco legislation, and it should pass it this week."

Republican opponents contend punitive payments the legislation wou Id assess the tobacco indus­try amount to nothing more than hidden taxation of people who smoke.

The bill establishes "the big­gest tax increase in history," said Helms, whose stair is the nation's largest tobacco producer.

"In the first place, 1 don't think the bill is going to pass." Ilclms

President Clinton addresses a rally on the South Lawn of the White House May 20th to call for passage of the tobacco legislation. From left are Olympic figure skater Tara Lipinski, Vice President Gore, the president, and Deanna Durrett of Louisville, Ky. AP

said. "I have not thought from the beginning that the American people will swallow that, and the evidence is piling up that they don't favor it."

In his radio address, taped Fri­day, Clinton said the bill is "rea­sonable, bipartisan and in the best interests of our children." He called it the most important issue before the Congress_

McCain's bill would charge to­bacco companies at least $516 billion over 25 years, raise taxes on cigarettes by$ I. IO a pack and grant the Food and Drug Admin­istration authority to regulate nico­tine.

Helms and other conservatives say the proposal would undercut their drive for lower taxes and smaller government. Others say a sweeping bill is the only way to

discourage teen-age smoking. Relations between congres­

sional leaders soured Friday after parliamentary maneuvering ended without agreement on how the bill should proceed.

With the good will that helped get the legislation this far now virtually gone, some congres­sional aides predict that legisla­tors wi II enact instead a less inclu­sive bill to discourage teen smok­ing and illicit drug use.

Clinton taped his radio address at the Boston home of Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., on the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Sen. Robe1i F. Kennedy, D­N.Y.

"The distance of three decades cannot silence the strength of his words or lessen the impact of his actions,"' Clinton said.

GOP: Clinton broke budget pact WASHINGTON (AP) -President Clinton's pro­posed budget violates last year's balanced-budget agreement with Congress. the chairman of the House Budget Committee said Sat­urday.

In the GOP response to Clinton's weeklv radio ad­dress, Rep. John· Kasi ch, R­Ohio, called the Clinton plan "a blueprint for reinve,nting big government.",· ·

"While Republicans viewed the spending limits in the balanced budget agreement as a ceiling, the Clinton administration saw

Newt Gingrich

them as a floor,'' Kasich said. Clinton's budget seeks al­

most $ISO bill ion in new spending through 2003, $24 billion in tax cuts and $ I 03 billion in tax increases -

mostly on cigarettes. On Friday, GOP leaders

pushed through the House a $1. 72 tri 11 ion budget for the fiscal year starting Oct. I that Kasich said includes about$ IO I bi II ion in budget and tax cuts over five years.

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1hrough a sand bank found four more -bodies. Saturday's discov­ery occurred where a 200-ton con­crete bridge had crumpled onto 1he tracksaftcr the train. moving at 125 mph. slammed into its sup­ports.

Investigators said a broken wheel on tl1e first passenger car of lnterCity Express 884 appears to have caused the speeding train to derail and strike the bridge in the

The death toll from Wednesday's crash rose 10 102 after rescuers digging by hand

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German Chancellor Helmut Kohl points towards the crash site as he stands on the top of a damaged bridge in Eschede, Lower Saxony, Germany on Thursday, the day after a high speed train slammed into the bridge. At least 92 people were killed in the train crash. AP

town of Eschede, 30 miles north of Hanover.

During the fresh round of in­spections, experts using ultra, sound equipment will examine the wheels for cracks and other defects. They also will measure the thickness of the wheels' outer steel rims; it was a rim that broke off a wheel of the crashed train.

Officials estimate it will take two weeks to inspect all 59 of the !rains that inaugurated Germany's premier high-speed rai I system in 1991. A second generation of trains, introduced since 1996, has a different wheel system.

"Safety is always more impor­tant than cost effectiveness," Transport Minister Matthias Wissmann said in Eschede.

Rail off!cials had already started general inspections of the first­generation InterCity Express trains. Saturday's order means a dozen trains already checked will undergo a closer look.

Trains that pass inspection will be allowed to resume the normal maximum speed - 175 miles an hour. Top speed on the trains was reduced to l 00 miles an hour after the accident.

Wissmann was quoted by the

Neue Osnabruecke Zeitung as rul­ing out a permanent reduction of the speed limit. However, he left open the possibility of installing a new safety system that would warn of defective wheels and de­railments.

Meanwhile, a rescue effort that began withheavycranesandmetal saws wound down Saturday with searchers sifting through sand in search of more bodies.

Identification of bodies has been slow, with some bodies so muti­lated that dental records fail to help. By Saturday only 29 vic­tims had been identified.

Reputed mobsters convicted in Italy FLORENCE, Italy (AP) -Two dozen reputed mobsters were convicted Saturday of 1993 car bombings that killed IO people and damaged impor­tant buildings, including the well-known Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

The court sentenced 14 of the 26 defendants lo life in prison. the maximum in Italy. Among those were alleged Cosa Nostra bosses Leoluca Bagarella and Filippo Graviano. as well as Bernardo Provenzano, con­victed in absentia.

The bombing convictions are ··a sign that the Mafia then had taken on a terroristic dimen­sion," Prosecutor Pierluigi Vigna said.

Other sentences ranged from 12 to 28 years in prison. Two defendants were acquilted.

The bombings were allegedly carried oul to avenge the Janu­ary 1993 arrest of Salvatore Riina. the reputed '"boss of bosses." Riina, who is already i mrrisoned for I ife. will be tried scpctrately for the bombings.

Pro,ccutors alleged that the Mafia targeted pl.ices of an and religion since culture is Italy's biggest resource.

In May 1993, a car bomb blast narrowly missed an Italian talk show host, who had denounced

the Mafia, as he was leaving his studio in Rome. A few days later, a car bomb went off in Florence, killing five people in apartments near the Uffizi and seriously damaging the museum and more than 200 works of art.

In July 1993, on the same

night, a blast in Milan near a modem art gallery killed five people and two separate car bombings in Rome devastated San Giorgio Velabro church in the historic center and heavily damaged St. John Lateran ba­silica.

A 1992 file photo of reputed Mafia boss Pasquale Cuntrera, who had been extradited from Venezuel/!1 and convicted of running an interna­tional drug ring, was released from jail two weeks ago on his own recognizance to await the verdict of a final appeal of his conviction and 21-year sentence. AP

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urges end to nuke tests By Robert H. Reid

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -The 15 members of the Security Council demanded Saturday in a unanimous vote that India and Pakistan refrain from fu1 ther nuclear tests, halt weapons pro­grams and sign nuclear control agreements unccnditionally.

The Indian Foreign Ministry denounced the resolution as "co­ercive and unhelpful" and said '"we find it grotesque that an or­gan of the United Nations should seek to address India in this man­ner."

Pakistan's U.N. ambassador, Ahmad Kamal, accused major powers of using nuclear treaties "to legitimize their own posses­sion of huge nuclear arsenals ... in perpetuity and as a blunt instru­ment" to deny them to others.

"Nonproliferation is no longer an issue in South Asia," Kamal told the council after the vote. "There is a real danger of nuclear conflict" and "no amount of ser­monizing and lamentations can rectify or reverse this unfortunate development."

Other non-nuclear states, in­cluding Canada, also sent a strong message to the United States and the other four nuclear powers, telling them to fulfill commit­ments to reduce their own nuclear arsenals.

The message points up the chal­lenge facing the nuclear powers - the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain - in marshaling international pressure to curb the nuclear arms race in South Asia.

The resolution, co-sponored by Japan, Slovenia, Sweden and Costa Rica, denied India and Pa­kistan legal status as "nuclear powers." Formal status would enable them to keep their nuclear armsunderthe 1970NuclearNon­Proliferation Treaty.

Japanese Ambassador Hishashi Owada said the Indian and Paki­stani tests last month threaten the entire global system of nuclear controls and could plunge the in­ternational community "into an uncontrollable world of nuclear proliferation. n

U.S. Ambassador Bill Richardson echoed that remark, saying the tests '"represent a pro­found blow" to efforts to control nuclear weapons and called on the two countries to heed the council's call '"because it is in their own best interest."

However, Kamal said Pakistan "reserves the right... to deter ag­gression by conventional weap­ons or non-conventional means."

It was clear from the debate surrounding the resolution that while many nations oppose the tests by India and Pakistan, they have troubles with the way the Security Council has handled the nuclear issue.

Iran, Egypt and Bahrain ac­cused ii of following a double­standard by ignoring Israel's sus­pected nuclear weapons program.

Israel, which has never con­firmed having nuclear weapons but is widely assumed to have the know-how to build a bomb

quickly, has refused to sign the nonproliferation treaty and ac­cept international safeguards on its nuclear program.

"We expect the Security Coun­cil to ... single out Israel to adhere to this treaty," Egyptian Ambas­sador Nabil Elaraby said.

Nuclear states agreed to take steps to reduce their arsenals as part of a compromise agreement to convince other nations to ac­cept an indefinite extension of the nonproliferation treaty three years ago.

Addressing the nuclear pow­ers, Kenyan Am bass ad or Njunguna Mahugu said "the rest of us expect you to seriously take your responsibility of finally re­moving the threat of nuclear weapons."

The resolution condemned the South Asian tests and urged India and Pakistan to halt deployment of missiles capable of caITying

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson, right, speaks with Japan's U.N. Ambassador, Hisashi Owada, before the Security Council diplomats continued closed-door consultations at the United Nations late Friday. Hoping to curb the arms race in South Asia, the Security Council reached tentative agreement Friday on a Japanese resolution urging India and Pakistan to halt nuclear weapons programs and denying them status as nuclear states. AP

nuclear warheads and to sign nuclear arms control treaties.

It also calls on India and Pakistan . to exercise restraint and find "mutu­

allyacceptablesolutions"IOthe"root causes of those tensions, including Kashmir," the Himalayan tenitory disputed by them.

The resolution welcomed an of­ferby U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to encourage India and Pakistan to resume a high-level dialogue that broke down last year because of differences over Kashmir.

"I will continue my own efforts to encourage this dialogue in the hope thal it will reduce tensions and the dangerofanescalationinthenuclear arms race," said Annan, who attended Saturday's session.

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By Robert H. Reid UNITED NATIONS (AP) AITiving on his first trip to the United States since taking office, South Korean President Kim Dae­jung briefed U.N. officials Satur­day on plans for improving links to communist North Korea.

The tw0 Koreas have remained technically at war for half a cen­tury.

Following a 45-minute meeting with Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other U.N. officials, a U.N. statement said Kim "focused on relations between the two Koreas and on the new policy (of South Korea) aimed at the development of peaceful relations between the two states."

facilitating this process." U.N. officials, speaking on con­

dition of anonymity, said Kim and Annan also reviewed the situation in South Asia in the wake of last month's nuclear tests by India and Pakistan.

Before Kim anived, the Security Council condemned the tests and called on both countries to cease further testing and weapons devel­opment. U.N. officials have also expressed concern that South Asian testing might also encourage North Korea to back away from pledges not to develop nuclear weapons.

The U.N. statement gave no details about Kim's plans for im­proving ties with the North. A state of war has remained in effect since a 1953 aITnisticeended fight­ing in the Korean War.

South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, right, talk informally before their meeting in the secretary-general's office at the U. N., Saturday. AP

The staiement said Kim "'ex­plained at length the steps being taken with that objective in mind and the plans which he has for

Before leaving Seoul, however, Kim said South Korea would sup­port any moves by the United States to promote political and economic detente with North Korea.

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He is expected to elaborate on that theme in Washington next week when he meets with Presi­dent Clinton and addresses a joint session of Congress. Under the TradingWiththeEnemy Act, U.S. companies are prohibited from doing business with North Korea.

Kim, who took office last Feb­ruary, was a longtime opposition figure who spent 7 1/2 years in prison or house arrest and four years in exile under a succession of military dictators.

Those credentials could help encourage a reduction in hostility between the rival states.

Hong Kong will .. mark site where RP flag was born HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong officials have decided to set up a permanent marker at the site where the national flag of the Phil­ippines was bom at the tum of the century, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday.

A group of Filipino patriots, in­cluding Delfina Herbosa­Natividad, the niece of Filipino national hero Dr. Jose Rizal, were believed to have hand sewn and embroidered the firstPhilippincflag in a Hong Kong apartment build­ing in 1898, the Hong Kong Stan­dard reported.

A marker will be engraved in the building once the location of the room in the building which was used by the group has been con­firmed, the paper quoted a Hong Kong official as saying.

Meanwhile, a celebration will be held at the site on Friday, when the Philippines celebrates its centen­nial, it said.

About 160,000Filipinosworkin Hong Kong, mostly as live-in maids, making them the largest foreign community in the ten·itoiy.

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More cuts in House welfare bill By Laura Meckler

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans, whose sweeping wel­fare overhaul already is cutting off checks to I 00,CXXJ disabled children, are considering new changes that cou Id cut tens of thousands more kids from the rolls.

Rep. Clay Shaw, R-Aa., is offering legislation aimed at making it harcler for people to rip off Social Security's Supplemental Security Income pro­gram ru1d to provide stiffer penalties for those caught cheating.

Disability advocates are focusing on a provision that makes it even harder for children to qualify.

Already, the Social Security Ad­ministration is removing an esti­mated I 00,000children with mod­erate disabilities from SSI in re­sponse to the 1996 welfare over­haul.

Shaw, chairman of the Ways and Means human resources subcommittee, said his measure is needed to make standards consistent ru1d fair for all children.

"We 're not going to do it in a reckless manner," he said. "We're going to do it in a caring, cautious manner."

He said the bill will be introduced and discussed this year but will not move through Congress until 1999.

The proposal would affect chil­dren with mental retardation, cere­bral palsy and other medical disor­ders whose conditions meet medical criteria but not a second test estab­lished by the 1996 law. Undercurrent Jaw, it's enough simply to meet the

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creation of the forums and the moni­toring and the enforcement systems. We have to have enough time before we open the door," she pointed ouL

She said drnstic chm1ges may be resorted to once the program is put in place and some kinks are discovered "but we want to make sure all systems rue instituted topreventpotential prob­lems."

In previous interview, GueITero said the most i rnportm1t p,U1 of tlic: Commonweal th Act for Guam is the section for mutual consent.

'"And what we have learned from the CNMI experience is that if you

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islai1d 'seconomic activities with "sup­po1t establishment.," seen to mush-· room mid absorb TDHC's ripple ef­fect.,.

Another film, the Tini,m M,uine Reso1t (TMR) is also set to break ground within the next two months for the construction of a I ,(X)()..room hotel on the isl:md. r----------, ~~~g~I 1 "Levis Reyes" 1 I I I June 7, 1998 I. I f'rom: I .. Husband & Children .I ---------

medical test The I 996changesrepresentedlaw­

makers' attempt to get control of a program that had explcxled to serve almost I millionchildrenandcost$5 billion per year.

Faced with stories of children faking ailments to get on the rolls, Congress tightened the criteria and ordered the Social Security Ad­ministration to review the cases of almost 300,000 children who came onto the program through a test that measured functioning rather than medical ailments.

This te·st, critics alleged, al­lowed children with behavior problems but not true disabilities to collect checks.

Congressional auditors say the Supplemental Security Income prograTQ remains ripe for abuse. Last year, the General Account­ing Office reported overpayments of $2.6 billion and labeled the program a "high risk" for fraud.

The program is open to poor Americans who are disabled, blind or elderly. The average federal benefit is about $400 per person per month, though some states add to that.

Shaw's bill responds to audi­tors' fraud worries. It would al­low the government to withhold more money from people who were overpaid, toughen penalties for applicants who lie and require local prisons to report names of inmates receiving SSI.

The changes tochildhoodeligi­bility are most disturbing to dis-

showed Hong Kong's economy con­tracting by 2 percent in the March quarter, its first negative growth re­corded in l 3 years.

A voiding questions as to whether Hong Kong was at the start of a recession, Chee-hwa, speaking on

don't have mutual consent. then, you do not have the type of relationship with the federal government that you think you have," she told Vaiiety.

''Mutualconsentisabsolutelycriti­cal. And the other sections in there that I feel veiy strongly which have to do with is the right ofChamonus to self-detelTJlination and that's abso­lutely essential to indigenous people of Guam," she stressed.

Guerrero said there is a need to retain the right to detelTlline if com­monwealth is tl1e ultimate status that Guain should have or there would be ,mother status '"tl1at we choose down the road."

Guam Gov. Carl T. Guticm:z has been working on a draft common­wealth status bill with the US Senate.

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fully that an agency that used to be very critical of this corporation is now looking at the bright side of this corporation on what it's do­ing," Villagomez said. "The

ability activists. "This beats up on disabled chil­

dren who were never criticized, never attacked, never questioned," said Jonathan Stein, a Philadei­phialawyerwhowon a 1990court case that expanded the definition of disability.

Most qualifying adults prove their disabilities prevent them fromcontinuingtowork. The stan­dard is different for kids, who aren't in the work force but who receive money intended to com­pensate parents who must stay home and to pay for special needs.

Under rules in place before I 996, children qualified for SSI in three ways: First, by meeting standard medical criteria; second, if they did not meet medical crite­ria, by an ability to function so substandard that it had the same result; and third, by meeting a separate test that measured only ability to function.

The 1996 Jaw eliminated the third test and toughened standards for the second.

Under the new rules, to pass the second test a child must have "marked" disabi I ity in at least two areas or··extreme" disability in at least one.

The GAO noted that about two dozen of the medical listings -the first test - now do not meet standards of the second test, which means children medically con­sidereddisabled could function at levels Congress decided does not represent disability.

Channel Nine's Business Sunday, said Hong Kong was in "a process of adjusting ourselves."

''Ifwedonotusespecificterminol­og-y at this moment. I would say that our economy is in a downturn and it will go on for a bi L

"It will be some time realistically speaking before we will come out of it"

Chee-hwa said China had said many times it would support Hong Kong ifit got into financial difficulty.

Chee-hwa said he did not believe China would devalue its currency, boastinggcxxl macro-economic man­agement.

"China continues to be very com­petitive and there is no reason for China to devalue," he said.

Chee-hwa, who visits Australia nextweek,saidHongKonghadfaced a challenging 12 mo~ths si";,ce return­ing to China from British rule.

He said tl1e most impo1tant lesson he had Jeai11ed over the last year had been to expect the unexpected and prepare for the worst.

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PROCUREMENT OF COMPUTBlS & ACCESSORIES The CNMJ Public School System is soliciting competitive sealed bidding for the procurement of computers and accessories for the Vocational Education Program and Rota High School. Specifications are now available _at.the Procurement & Supply Office situated on the 3rd floorofthe Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan during regular working hours Monday through Fnday ~xcept Holidays. All items for the Vocational Education Program mus! be delivered CJF PSS Procurement & Supply Warehouse, Lower Base. Saipan, MP. All items for Rota High School must be delivered to Rora Public School System Administrative Services Office, Songsong Village, Rota, MP. All items listed must be delivered within 30 days from date of contract award.

All bid submission must be submitted in duplicate and sealed in an envelope and facemarked "IFB98-007- Procurement of Computers for Vocational Education Program and for Rota High School" and submitted to _the Procurement & Supply Office situated on the 3rd floor of the Nauru Bu1ldmg, Susupe, Saipan, MP no later than 10:00 a.m., July 08, 1998 ~t :"h1ch.t1me and place all bids will be opened and read aloud. Lale subm1ss1on will not be accepted under any circumstances.

The CNMI Public School System reserves the right to award on a single or multiple award or reject any or all award if in its sole opini_on todo so is in ~e best interesl of the Public School System. Any mqmry m reference to this announcement may contract the Procurement & Supply Office al .telephone number 664-3762i63.

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INVITATION FOR BID PSS IFB98-004

SALES OF SURVEYED PSS PROPERTIES (Food Service Equipments, Vehicles, & Buses)

The CNMI Public School System is soliciting competitives sealed bids from individuals or firms interested in submitting a bid on the

. sale of surveyed PSS properties. Listing/Bid form of surveyed vehicles, buses, and food service equipments are available at the PSS Procurement & Supply Office situated on the third floor of the Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan, Monday thru Friday except Holidays during regular working hours. The closing date of this bid is June 26, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. All bids must be in a sealed envelope and facemarked IFB98-004: Sale Of PSS Surveyed Properties. The individual or firm submitting the highest bid agrees to make the full payment within (3) three working days from date of notification, then the next highest bidder will be given the opportunity to from date of bid opening and must be made payable to the PSS Treasurer. Should the highest bidder fail to perform the said payment requirement within three working days secure his/ her payment within three working days from date of notification. All surveyed properties listed are sold "AS IS" AND "WHERE IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY. All sold properties must be removed from the premise within 24 hours from date of payment. PSS will not become responsible of said property after the specified time frame.

All items listed maybe viewed at the specified location indicated on the listing. All interested individuals or firms are invited to participate. Any inquiry to this bid announcement may contact the Procurement Office at telephone number 664-3762/63.

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• Water lawns, shrubs, flower beds, etc for only one hour from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.

• Cease flushing driveways, parking areas/aprons, patios, etc.

• Fire hydrants are only to be used for emergencies.

• Vehicles shall not be washed more than once a month. Use a pail of water or use a commercial car wash that recycles water.

on the other hand, water con­servation guide for WCL N pro­vides as follows:

• Operate washing machines and dishwashers only when full.

• Place a container under drain spouts, roof eves and air condi-

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by complaints about the impact of the Compacts of Free Associa­tions on US territories that host FAS citizens.

Under the Compacts, FAS citi­zens are allowed to enter the US and its tenitories "without regard to the normal rules of the Immi­gration and Nationality Act."

In an earlier Compact impact report, the Department of the In­terior 1eminded the CNMI that since it has autonomy over local immigration affairs, it may draw up its own policy restricting the stay of Micronesian citizens in its territory.

The Compacts cover citizens

Tinian ... Continued from page 1 that company is interested to come and do the fabrications and as­sembly here, that will be one form ~f industry we can sell."

He said the firm may as­semble the solar panels on the island, adding that it is highly feasible considering the Northern Marianas' proxim­ity to Asia.

'"Right now, Asian countries are not into that solar water heaters. I will be looking into that, maybe in July," he added.

SHRM ... Continued from page 8

variety of industries, large and small, recognizing a need for a local society for professionals in the per­sonnel field, have joined together to found this local branch and have also affiliated it with the national organi­zation.

Chapter membership meetings are not limited to members. Prospective rnembersandcompaniesorindividu­als interested in the discussion topic are invited to attend.

This week's luncheon meeting will be held at the Giovarmi Room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 11 :30 on Thursday, June 11.

Thecostfortheluncheonis$15.00 for members and $20.00 for non­members.

Members and others interested in attending this luncheon discussion, should call Pearl or Retta at the Hyatt Regency Human Resource Office, at telephone number 234-1234 or fax number 233-0182, to make reserva­tions.

tioners to collect water for water­ing plants, washing cars, etc.

• Do not allow water to run continuously when washing dishes, shaving, washing hands, brushing teeth, or taking show­ers.

• Do not use the toilet as a trash can.

• Fill a small container with water and place it in the toilet tank to reduce water used with each flush.

•Corrector report any observed water leaks.

• Monitor swimming pools to avoid overflowing.

The Navy's main concern is whether the Fena Reservoir can be refilled this wet season as well as the supply water for the island for next year's dry season.

from Palau, Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).

OIA said Palau opposes pro­posed limitations "of any kind."

FSM, for its part, said it would not object to the regulations pro­vided that the United States es­tablishes "a work requirement for FAS citizens."

OIA said FSM has requested that unemployed spouses, pre­school children and elderly relatives be allowed to reside in Guam with a working ''habitual resident"

Gov't • • • Continued from page 1

tract with Preston Gates." Another possible source of fund­

ing for the lobby firm is a $2.5 million budget from the "Com­monwealth Non-Resident Worker Fee Fund," as provided in an ap­propriation bill filed by Rep. Melvin Faisao (R-Saipan).

Benavente added that the present administration is not look­ing for another lobby group to represent the CNMI in the US Congress.

Gov. Pedro Tenorio did not want to comment yet on the issue, but he expressed satisfaction on the performance of Preston Gates for the past two years.

Preston Gates has been repre­senting the CNMI in the US Con­gress for two years now, and was

In related Chapter business, the CNMI SHRM Chapter's Board of Directors recently invited Ms. Josephine Mesta, regional Director of Human Resource for the Hyatt Regency Hotel chain, to serve on the Board of Directors and, also, as a member of the Program Committee.

Ms. Kerry McK.inney,presidentof Asia-Pacific Management & Infor­mation Systems (APMIS), accepted an appointment as the chairperson for theChapter'sCommunicationsCom­mittee.

Shirley Dotts, Director of Human Resources for Micronesian Telecom­munications Corporation (MfC), accepted the position of chairperson for the membership and attendance committee.

'These are very significant addi­tions to the chapter's management structure," Frank Gibson, chapter president. stated.

"E.ach of these individuals are dy­namic mcmber, ofthe CNMihuman resource community. They will play importantrolesinmakingourSHRM chaptera valuedmemberoftheCNMI business community."

Fena Reservoir level is now at I 05 feet, which is below a JO­year average. The top of the reser­voir is at 111.35. At about this time in 1993, the water level at Fena was about 90 feet, it was said.

The Navy predicts the island will move to WCL III by early July.

Richard Quintanilla, Director of Guam Waterworks Author­ity (GWA) said his agency is trying to rehabilitate 36 wells because the surface water is more susceptible to drought than the aquifer.

"We 're ready to open four wells, one which is by the air­port, and we plan to build 15 wells when we find the sites," Quintanilla said.

UStenitoriessuchasGuam.CNMI and Hawaii, have been complaining that "there are growing numbers of unemployed FAS citit.ens who re­side in those tenitories and posses­sions and who adversely impact lim­ited community resources."

Tenitory officials have also ex­pressed concern "that imposing se­vere restrictions on the rights off AS cilizenstoestablishhabinialresidence may deprive their communities of needed FAS workers who enhance the economy of those tenitories and possessions," OIA said.

reportedly paid by the CNMI a total of $4.25 million in the past two years.

The present administration con­tracted the law firm to assist the CNMI during the March 31 hear­ing at the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Since then, no new contract was forged between the CNMI gov­ernment and the lobby firm.

It's a whole new WORLD.

Continued from page 12

year after 'lllowing 1.2m pa'anga ($US734,000) net bad debt charge, Radio Tonga reports.

The full net profit was clistriooted as dividend which in total equivalent to 100% of paid up capital. fa addi­lion, 784,000pa 'anga($US480,CXX)) wasdistributedfromgeneralresen'es.

The Bar.k of Tonga is a joint ven­ture with lhe government holding 40% of the shares and 30% held each by the Bank of Hawaii International Incorporation,andWestpacBanking Corporation.

Niue . . . Continued from page 12

a year. He says he hopes that by the end of

the two-year project around 200 mil­lion litres will be saved.

He says because water is pumped from the underground lens, there has been a 30% saving in electricity consumption, which costs the government around $NZ100,000 ($US52,600).

Niueans enjoy free supplies of water, although there have been indications that meters will be installed ,,t commercial premises in a bid to recover some of the costs invc!ved in supply.

RP town. • • Continued from page 11

tackers fled the scene of the fire. Among the injured were two po­

licemen who jumped out of a win­dow on the second floor of the hall after it was set ablaze, officials said.

The attackers were upset over suspicion, of electoral fraud in the mayoral election, which was won by the :mtgoing mayor's wife, the mayor and fire officials said. The wife was scheduled to be proclaimed as the winneron Mon­day, officials said.

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Mr. PUN KIN CHAU "WILLIAM 11

with Entry Permit No. 1158162 has voluntarily resigned from

SAN AKAI CONSTRUCTION COJ\.1PANY, INC., TINIAN effective last May 26, 1998.

San Ak.ai is no longer responsible for any transaction made by Mr. Bill Pun

after the said date.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TIJE COMMONWEALTH OFTIIE NORTHERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

Bank of Guam, Plaimiff. ·V-Singcru I. Tcehur and Dionicia K. Tcehur, lb Dionicia Q. Kapilco, Defendants. Civil Aclion No. 96-354

SECOND AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 1ha1, pursuanl 10 an Order issued by lhe Coun in this maucr on Dccember 23, 1997, I will sell. al public auction, lo lhe hiJhesl bidder, on the tenns and conditions sci fonh hereinbelow, all of lhe righl, 1i1le and in1eres1 of Defendants in and 10 the following propeny: real property situated in Koblcrvillc. Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, designated as Lot No. 005 I 274, containing an area of 939 square meters, more or less, as more panicularly describw on Drawing/Cadastral Plal No. 005 I 05, lhc original of which was regislered with the Commonwealth Recorder's Office as file no. 84-J364on the 31st day of July, 1984. The sale is subject 10 such liens and encumbrances upon 1he property as appear of record.

Pale Time and Place of Sale The sale willbeheldonWednesday,July 1.1998,atthe hour of I :00 p.m., al the law offices of White, Pierce, Mailman & Nutting, Joeten Center, Susupe, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. The sale will be open 10 the general public.

lnspec(jon of Properly, II is the responsibility of the buyer to inspect the propeny prior 10 lhe sale. Failure lo inspect lhe property or any porlion !hereof will not conslilule ground for any claim, adjusunent, or rescission by any buyer.

Warramies and Covenams. All property listed for sale in 1his Notice will be sold in its currcnl condition, and at its cunent local ion. The sale will be held without any warranties or covenanls wha1soever, whether express or implied, including but not limiled 10 warranties of title, mechan1abili1y, and/or fitness for any purpose whatsoever, all of which warranties and covenan1s are hereby expressly disclaimed. Neither lhe undersigned nor lhe Plainliff may give any warranty or covenants, express or implied, wilh respect 10 lhe property listed for sale in lhis Notice. Neilherlhe undeisigned nor 1he Plainliff shall be liable for lhequalily oflhe property listed forsale in lhis Nolice, or for any fault or def eel in the description !hereof. Buyers shall nol be en1i1led to rescission, damages, or any olher remedy on account !hereof.

Conduc1 of Sale a. ~ The auclion sale may be

held wilh reserve. The reserve price on any property offered for sale may or may not be disclosed 10 bidders. in the sole discretion of the undeisigned.

b. Rights and duties or auclioneer Consistr.nt with the laws, cusloms, and usages of the Commonwealth oft he Northern Mariana Islands governing auclions sales, the undersigned shall have the following rights and duties in conduc1ing lhe auction sale: (I) 10 withdraw the properly listed for sale in this Notice before sale or before a bid for such property is accepted; (2) 10 adjourn the sale without nolice al any time before any specific property is struck off, withoul incurring any liability whatsoevenhereby; and (3) 10 rejecl, on behalf of the seller, any or all bids, for any reason.

c. fill!i. Bids may be submilled in advance for any or all of the property listed in this N 01ice. The highest of such bids will automatically be considered the opening bid for the ilem. Advance bids may be submi11ed only in writing, signed by the bidder, and delivered to the Jaw offices of White, Pierce, Mailman & Nulling, Joelcn Center, Susupe, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. The bidder assumes all risk of non-delivel)', late delivery, or mis-<ielivery of bi<ls. Any person, including the Plainli!T, may bid in person al the auction sale, whether or not such pc1Son has submilled an advance bid.

d. Disputes. The undersigned may resubmit any property listed in lhis Nol ice if a dispule arises a<; lo ;my hid thereon.

Enforcement of Auction Sale a. !lli!Q,jL Every successful bidder

shall pay to the undmigned a deposil of ten percenl ( IO'"k) of the purchase price immediately afler the sale is consummated. Payment shall be in cash or by ccnificd check. The balance must be paid lo the Plaintiff, in care of While, Pierce. Mailman & Nulling, within lhrce (3) days from lhe date of sale. in cash or by certified chcd. If the balance is nol so paid, Plaimi!T will retain lhc deposit as liquidated damages. and will again offer lhc property for sale.

b. Memorandum of Sak:. If requested by the undc"igned, every successful bidder must sign a Memorandum of Sale, immediately afler 1he sale of any propcny is struck off at auction.

c. Court Approval Required Evcrv sale is subject 10 approval by the Coun.' The ouc1 ionccr makes no warrant ics or promises with respect 10 coun approval of the sale, including but not limited 10 the time in which such approval may be granted. No delay in the granting of coun approval shall be ground for any claim. adjus1ment, or rescission by any successful bidder. The successful bidder will be promptly notified if and when coun approval is granted.

Change of Jcrms and Condition~ The undersigned and lh~ Plaintiff reserve the right to change any nf the terms hereof by announcement, written or oral, made before: the auction sale or at th~ 1.·c111111cnccmcnl thereof, and such ch;in~c ur ch:mgcs. by virtue or this dause, shall be binuing on all bidders by rnnstructivc notice.

DATED, this 5th day of May, 1998.

ls/John B. Joyner. Auctioneer

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01 SCUBA DIVING INSTRUCTOR-Sal­ary:$1, 100.00 per month 01 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary:$3.50 per hour Contact: MARINE TECH (SAIPAN) INC. dba 82 Club Tel. 322-5079(6i 08)M26690

01 ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN-Sal­ary:$3.50 per hour Contact: PILOT TRADING CORPORA­TION dba Pioneer Audio Video Tel. 234-9145(6/08)M72436

02 SALES CLERK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: TREASURES, INC. dba Col­ors Tel. 233-3399(6i08)M26689

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02 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER­Salary:S3.05-3.60 per hour 01 OPERATIONS MANAGER-Sal­ary:S5.00-7 .00 per hour 02 SEWING MACHINE REPAIRER-Sal­ary:S3.05-3.60 per hour 50 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:S3.05-3.60 per hour 07 IRONER-Salary:83.05-3.60 per hour 07 CUTTER HAND-Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour Contact: MICHIGAN, INC. Tel. 234-9555(6/15) M26777

03 FASTFOOD WORKER-Salary:$3.05-5.50 per hour Contact: J.C.A. INC. dba McDonald's al Sa,pan Tel. 235-8761 (6115)M72570

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:83.05-5.00 per hour Contact: EIGHT CORPORATION Tel. 235-8373(6/15)M26775

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$4.00 per hour 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ary:$650.00 per month Contact: TEODOSIA V. DAVIS dba Arabella's Beauty & Dress Shop Tel. 235-6841 (6/.15)M26776

01 ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: WAN-GUO CORP. Tel. 234-6175(6/15)M26773

02 SALES CLERK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: ADPIA COMMUNICATION. INC. dba Pink House Tel. 234-4499(6i 15)M26772

01 BARTENDER-Salary:S3.05per hour 03 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: FAN YU CORP. Tel. 235-6168(6/15)M26770

01 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: TRANSPACIFIC CORPORA­TION dba Transpacific Construction Tel. 234-3181 (6/15)M26764

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01 ASSISTANT MANAGER-Sa.l­ary:$2,000.00 per month Contact: Y.O. SAIPAN CORPORATION dba Okadaya Tel. 234-6533(6i 15)M26771

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01 MAINTENANCE BUILDING RE­PAIR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MARIANO K. PANGELINAN dba Island Janitorial Tel. 322-1360(6/ 15)M26780

01 JANITOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MICRO PACIFIC DEVELOP­MENT, INC. dba Saipan Grand Hotel Tel. 234-6601 (6/15)M72571

01 PRESSING SUPERVISOR-Salary: $3.05 per hour 02 WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary: $3.05 per hour 04 CUTTER, HAND-Salary: S3.05 per hour 01 COOK-Salary: S3.05 per hour Contact: EUROTEX SAIPAN, INC Tel. 234-5277[6/22)M72699

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07 PATTERN GRADER CUTTER-Sal­ary: $3.05 per hour 111 SINGLE NEEDLE MACHINE OP­ERATOR-Salary: $3.05 per hour 76 OVERLOCK SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR-Salary: $3.05 per hour 08 SEWING MACHINE REPAIRER-Sal­ary: 83.05 per hour 08 IRONING PRESSER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Conlact: HSIA-LING H. LIN dba Net Apparel Tel. 235-6888(6/22)M26836

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

In Re Estate of Olympia R. Sablan, Deceased. Civil Action No. 98-569B

NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR LETTERS

OF ADMINISTRATION

Date: July 7, 1998 Time: 1:30 p.m. Judge: Demapan

To: AU heirs and creditors of Olympia R. Sablan, deceased

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Vivian S. Deleon Guerrero has petitioned the Superior Court of the Comrnonweahh of !he Northern Mariana Islands for Letters of Administralion of the Estale of Olympia R. Sablan, deceased. The hearing on the Peli lion is scheduled for !he date and time entered above, at Jhc courthouse of the CNMI SuperiorCoun. Susupe, Sai pan.

Credilors of the dcccdcm or of her c_stalc arc hereby notified that they must ltlc their claims with the Clerk of the Superior Court within sixty (60) days of the publication of !his Notice, or the claims will be forever barred.

Dated: June I, 1998.

is/JOVITA C. FLORES Deputy Clerk

ANNOUNCEMENT Lost Gn:cn Wallet contains 1hc followings: • $40.00 • SSS Card • En~y Permit • ATM Card Bank of Hawaii • Alien Card and CHC Card Said wallet own by Myrna C. Balilnn anJ was lust at Gorapan Central P,rk al 12:00 noon on June 5. 1998. If found pis. call 288-6-15) and ask for Myrn:»

IN TIJE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

In the Matter of the Estate of Lee, Ki Yul Park, Deceased. Civil Action No. 98-5688

NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE OF CREDITORS

To: ALL PERSONS AND CREDITORS having any interesl oc claims against the Estate of Lee, Ki Yul Park

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Gwang Ja Kim, of Saipan, has filed a petition in the Superior Court seeking to be appoinled the Administratrix of the estale of Lee, Ki Yul Park, deceased. Petitioner's attorney of record is Antonio M. Atalig, Attorney at Law, AAA 122, Caller Box 10001, Saipan, MP 96950. The hearing on said pelition for lcllers of adrninislration has been set for July 7, 1998, al 1:30 p.m. All interested p,inics should appear at the hearing.

Persons having any claims against the estate of said decedent are hereby notified thal any and all claims against lhe estate mu.11 be filed with the Clerk of Court within si,ty (60) days of this publication, or the claim wilt be barred.

is/Deputy Clerk of Court

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Born today, you can be counted on to lend valuable support to those in the spot­light, but you are also able to play a leading role when it is rc4uired of you. You are con­tent either on stage or behind the scenes. and you have a knack for modifying your be­havior to get along with ev­eryone. Yo~u can be quite strict and demanding of others, but those who know you best are confident that you will always remain caring and affection­ate.

You look at things from a unique pcrspcctin:. and you sec the world both a.sit is and as it might be - without the rrustr.ition or cynicism that might grip others striving for the best. You arc able to over­come obstacles while enjoy­ing life to the fullest.

/\lso born on this date arc: Barbara Bush, U.S. first lady; Frank Lloyd Wright, architect: Joan Rivers, comedienne; Boz Scaggs. singer; Nancy Sinatra, singer and actress.

T~ see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birth­day and read the correspond­ing paragraph. Let your birth­day star be your daily guide.

TUESDAY, JUNE 9 GEMINI (Ma)' 21-.Junc 20)

- You can expect to engage in one or two verbal battles with a lov~d one or partner today - but such dynamic

interplay can have its benefits. CANCER (June 21-July

22) - You will find yourself relying on someone e \se · s sta­bi \ i ty today. Do what you can to avoid any kind of unex­pected outburst yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -You need more than physical activity today. It's important for your mind to be engaged, so your spirit can be fulfilled as well.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - You may be unusually moody at this time, and you may not care that something isoutofplaceathome. You're on the verge of a discovery.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) - You're in no mood to fight over who gets to do what to­<foy. If harmony is truly your goal, you'\\ want to suggest a compromise early on.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - You may feel as though it's time to turn over another new leaf, but someone close to you may suggest that you continue along your present course.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)- Opposite;, attract, but today your best bet is to stick with those who have a great deal in common with you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - On the surface, everything is likely to seem top-notch at this time. There may be a current of dissatis-

faction underneath, however. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.

18) - You and a friend will have the opportunity to pur­sue a new goal in a new and exciting way - but one of you will have to call the shots.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - You 're going to rely heavily on the input of those who complement your skills with their own. Working to­gether, you can achieve a great deal.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Your unpredictability may be too much for you to­day. You'll find a way to get your feet back on the ground.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - A combination of fact and fancy will make your day something rather special. You can have more than what you want, if you know how to ask for it.

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Gim1ts nip Cards in 14 By R.b. Fallstrom

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Bill Mueller ended another marathon between the Giants and St Louis Cardinals with a I 4th-inning RBI single for a 5-4 vic­tory Saturday night to extended San Francisco's winning streak to eight · games.

Brent Mayne walked off Sean Lowe (0-2) to stait the 14th and ad­vancedonasacrifice. Danyl Hamilton also walked before Mueller, who was 2-for-7 ,dumped a single into shallow center that barely brought home Mayne in time.

Rich Rodriguez ( I -0), San Francisco's seventh pitcher, worked three scoreless innings as the Giants movedintofirstplaoein the NL West, a game ahead of San Diego.

The winning streak is their longest since they won nine in a row April 9-20, 1997.

San Francisco won despite strand-

ing 19 mnners, including seven in the 11th, 12th and 13th. But Giant re­lievers limited the Cardinals to three singles in the final eight innings.

The five-hour, nine-minute game was the third extra-inning contest in nine meetings between the teams, with previous marathons of 17 and 12 innings. The Giants have won two of them.

Mark McGwire, who hit his major league-leading 28th home run on Friday, had aquietO-for-3 night largely due to the Giants' respect for his dangerous bat. He drew three intentional walks, the last with one out and nobcxly on by Rodriguez in the 13th.

McGwirehasdrawn 11 intentional walks, one fewer than NL leader Bonds, who was intentionally walked in the 11 th inning.

Hamilton's two-tun triple in the

ninth off Curtis King tied it. The Giants then loaded the bases before Lance Painter struck out Stan Javier on a 3-2 pitch to end the inning.

CardinalsstarterToddStottlemyre allowed two runs on four hits in 7 2-3 innings, working into the eighth inning for the fifth time in six starts.

Delino DeShields had his second four-hit day of the season and scored twice for St. Louis. DeShields re­placed Ron Gant, benched for the second straight game after going l 2-for-66 at the top of the order.

The Giants got away with the first intentional walk to McGwire when Ray Lankford and Gary Gaetti stmck out to end the third. Lankford, who had been 2-for-21, foiled the strategy in the fifth with an opposite-field RBI single that tied the score. Tom Pagnozzi also had an RBI single in the inning to put the Cardinals ahead

San Francisco Giants' Brent Mayne slides safely home before the tag of St. Louis Cardinals' Tom Pagnozzi, to score in the 14th inning Saturday at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Mayne scored from second on a single by Giants' Bill Mueller. The Giants beat the Cardinals 5-4, in 14 innings. AP

Sanchez ... Continued from page 24

after a five-year battle with can­cer.

Sele;, who won the French Open three straight years starting in 1990, came to Roland Garros this year having not played in I 0 days. But twice she rallied from a set down to advance to the semi­finals, where she beat top-seeded Martina Hingis in straight sets.

"It's been really surprising where I've gotten these past two weeks," she said. "It's been obvi­ously a very different two weeks, just because I was able to concen­trate on tennis, which was a very nice feeling. I haven't had it for a long time."

Sanchez Vicario, who earned more than $600,000 for the vic­tory, was playing in her sixth French Open final in IO years.

Seles had a pairof service breaks in the first set, which included dramatic rallies marked by acro­batic saves from both players. But

each time Sanchez Vicario im­mediately answered with a break of her own.

In the tiebreaker, Sanchez Vicario took a 5-1 lead as Seles appeared distracted by sounds off the court. She netted a service return when a rustling sound went through the stands, then hit a fore­hand wide as an ambulance's si­ren blared nearby.

Seles rallied to even the tiebreaker at 5-5, but then hit two forehands into the net - giving Spanish fans a chance to wave their huge nags and break into soccer songs.

But Sanchez Vicario won only six points in the second set, which Seles closed out with the only ace of the match.

In the third set, a tiring Seles began making more unforced er­rors. She let Sanchez Vicario rally from 15-40 on her serve to win the first game and stop Seles' streak, then lost her own serve.

Seles whiffed on a drop shot in the second game, hitting the ball halfway to the net. It was one of

several unsuccessful drop shots by Seles in the match.

Sanchez Vicario got to match point by making another of her remarkable running saves, loft­ing a sky-high lob that landed softly a foot inside the baseline. Seles hit it into the net.

"She's the best at that. That's always been the strength of Arantx.a," Seles said,rcfening to heropponent 's ability to return balls others cannot reach.

"It puts a lot.of pressure against a ix:rson who is a hitter, like myself. to sometimes go for too much."

Seles then hit a backhand long, her 48th unforced error, to send Sanchez Vicario on her climb into the players' oox. She kissed her father, coach, mother, sister and boyfriend be­fore getting nuzzled by her York­shire terrier, Roland, who has watched all three of her champi­onships here.

Sanchez Vicario, who had won only one title in the past two years and was bothered by leg and wrist injuries this winter, was given her trophy by former men's player

2-1, and Hunter had a run-scoring single in the sixth.

San Francisco got its first run in the fifth when left fielder Hunter missed the ball on Hamilton's single and Reuter scored from first Javier's RBI single with two outs in the eighth chased Stottlemyre.

Reuter lasted 4 2-3 innings and allowed two runs on eight hits.

Notes:@ DeShields was 3-for-3 against Reuter after entering the game 2-for-17 for his career .... Cardinals' cleanup hitter Brian Jordan, who's batting .354, sat after having a sore left wrist

checked by doctors for the second straight day. He expects to play on Sunday .... Reuter's early exit ended a streak of seven straight victories by Giants starters. Reuter, who is from nearby Hoyleton, 111., was 3-0with a J.44 ERA in his previous four outings in Busch Stadium .... Stottlemyre struck out in all four at-bats and has fanned 23 times in 38 at-bats. He has six hits .... Gaetti robbed Jeff Kent twice, stopping his shot down the line in the fourth and then ranging far to his left to throw him out again in the eighth.

-~~i!j\lC~ray diesiori the court BOSTON (AP)-Jason McCray, who saw significant playing time last season as a freshman defensive end, collapsed and died while playing basketbali, the Naval Academy said Saturday.

McCray, 20, from Missouri City, Texas, was playing basketball Friday night with other midshipmen at the Frrst Dist1ict Coast Guard Station in Boston when he collapsed at about 8:30 p.m. He was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

McCray was on a summer cruise, something all midshipmen take between theirfreshmenand sophomore years, saidScottStrasemeierof the Naval Academy sports infonnation department

An autopsy will be petfotmed to determine the cause of death, but the Navy said McCray was in good health.

"He wasn't ill in any way," Naval Academy spokesman Cmdr. Mike Brady said. "He was a completely normal, healthy individual. There was no indication that there was any illness or anything that might indicate that this might happen."

Brady said autopsy results were expected by Tuesday. '"There is nothing more tragic than losing a young person in the prime of

his life," said Naval Academy director of athletics Jack Lengyel. McCray had 17tacklesin !Ogameslastyearasoneofonlytwofreshmen

to see significant playing time last year. He was projected to start at defensive tackle in this fall.

Pirates . .. Continued from page 24

ing the park. Esteban Loaiza (3-3) ex­

tended the Pirates' bullpen's scoreless streak to 20 innings by pitching the 12th for the

Ilic Nastase - who jokingly called her "vieja" - old lady.

Though most of the attention in women's tennis has focused on teen-agers such as Hingis, Venus and Serena Williams and Anna Koumikova, the final featured the 26-year-old Sanchez Vicario beat­ing the 24-year-old Seies.

"As the v~terans, as everyone is calling us at the moment, we still have a long ways to go," Sanchez Vicario said.

AddedSeles: "At any age we 're sti II very young."

Michelob ... Continued from page 24

ers. Although the scores were miles

apart, these two teams never failed to give the crowd a hefty delight. Bud Ice continued to fight and have a good defense inspite of poor showing in team scoring.

The game ended with a big margin o~ 110-67 in favor of Michelob-Regis.

victory, his first since being demoted from the starting ro­tation.

Twins starter Eric Milton carried a 3-0 lead into the sev­enth, but wound up with a no­decision after Ramirez tripled and Ward greeted reliever Mike Trombley with a two­run pinch-hit homer.

Pittsburgh starter Francisco Cordova also didn't figure in the decision despite pitching well, giving up three unearned runs on two Pirates errors and striking out seven over seven innings.

The biggest misplay was charged to Cordova, a two­run error for not catchin·g sec­ond baseman Womack's throw on Matt Lawton's apparent in­ning-ending grounder in the fourth. Cordova drew the er­ror even though the throw sailed several f~et to his left.

The Twins made it 3-0 in the sixth when right fielder Jose Guillen dropped Ron Coomer's fly ball for a run­scoring error. Guillen was charging in to make a or.e­handed catch and throw to the plate when the ball skipped off his glove.

The Twins put two runners on in the ninth, I 0th and 1 I th. but Ricardo Rincon escaped the first jam and Elmer Dessens got out of the last two .

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Marshalls tracksters may miss Micro Games

By Giff Johnson For the Variety

Majuro - The Marshall Islands must gain approval from the In­ternational Amateur Athletic Fed­eration before the track and field team can compete in the Micronesian Games this August in Palau, according to a Saipan­based Micronesian Games Coun­cil official.

Marshalls sports officials this week launched the reapplication process, but no decision has yet been made on whether the track team - which has been training daily for weeks in preparation for the Palau games which are known as the "Micronesian Olympics" - will be reinstated in time to participate.

In April, the Marshalls was ad­vised that it had been suspended from the international track and field federation for failing to pay dues and file annual activity re­ports for the past several years, and needed to reapply immedi­ately in order to compete at the Micronesian Games.

Ten island groups-including Kiribati, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk, Yap, Guam, Mariana Island and Palau

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will compete at the Micronesian Games from August 1-9 in sports ranging from basket­ball and baseball to traditional sports of outrigger canoe paddling and underwater spear fishing.

Micronesian Games Council chairman Bill Sakovitch ofSaipan said earlier this week that "noth­ing has been finalized yet."

He added that the problem af­fects only track and field and not any of the other sports teams from the Marshalls.

Sakovitch added that unless the Marshalls gains IAAF approval, otherteams can't compete against the Marshalls or they risk losing

Sanchez-Vicario wins. French Open crown

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

By Rob Gloster PARIS (AP) - The winner apologized. The crowd chanted the loser's name.

"Mon-ee-ka! Mon-ee 0 ka! Mon-ee-ka!"

Monica Seles sat solemnly on center court, her inspiring run through the French Open over.

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario won her third title at Roland Garros on Saturday, defeating Seles 7-6 (7-5), 0-6, 6-2 in a soggy final that was delayed 31 minutes at the start by rain.

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''I'm so sorry that I beat you. I don't think you are the one who deserved to lose," Sanchez Vicario told Seles as she ac­cepted the silver championship trophy. "I have a lot of respect for you, especially with all that happened .... "

Seles, whose father died three weeks ago and whose ring she wore around her neck, stared straight ahead as the rain began falling again. Then she gathered herself, and thanked the fans.

"It's been so special coming back this year," she said.

Sanchez Vicario's victory as­sured a Spanish sweep of the singles titles. Spanish compa­triots and close friends Carlos Moya and Alex Corretja play in the men's final Sunday.

It will be the second all-Span­ish men's final in five years at the French Open. Sergi Bruguera defeated Alberto Berasategui for the 1994 title.

Seles has played in only five tournaments this year while shuttling between the tennis cir­cuit and her family's home in Sarasot( Fla. She was at her dad's side when he died May 14

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their international membership. "Because (the Marshalls) was a

member and got suspended, the Marshalls has no rights and we cannot compete against the Marshalls or we will lose our rights," he said of the team from the Mariana Islands.

Marshalls National Olympic Committee President Danny Wase initiated the reapplication process this week, and is hopeful that it will be resolved, he said Thursday (June 4). .

The Marshalls sent in a current report of activities, but is not able to do so for earlier years, Wase said.

"If the IAAF requires these ear­lier reports, we 'II accept the sus-

. pension," he said. But, he added, the local federation shouldn't be the victim of lack of communica­tion by "previous (track and field) administrations."

Sakovitch indicated that he has been talking to IAAF officials who said they are still waiting for information from the Marshalls before they can consider reinstat­ing its membership.

"It is a lesson for all of us to learn," he said.

The islands need to "keep up with reports and payments" to maintain eligibility.

Wase agreed, pointing out that there are many benefits to be­longing to the international sports federations, including training and technical assis­tance opportunities.

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Michelob advances in RP league By Louie C. Alonso . \

Variety News Staff

MICHELOB-Regis once agai11 proved their winning form as they beat Bud-Ice J)nifil in the on-going RP Centennial bas­ketball at Civic Center yester­day.

The first game that lasted until five in the afternoon gave the crowd a basketball treat as Michelob strongly led the ballgame since first quarter.

At the beginning of the game,

Michelob fired four consecutive points that Unifi! could not man­aged to answer.

Michelob 's Bernard Montano 's intercepted of the Unifi) 's ball to stretch the lead as the latter team finally tumbled down and re­mained scoreless.

On the first half of the game, Bud Ice waf slapped with a tech­nical foul dfter one player ques­tioned the ieferee's decision.

Martin Romero of Michelob continued his shooting prowess

as he led the team in his scoring. Romero's teammate Banjo

Basila was very good both in offense and defense. He man­aged to help Romero and Ranola to keep the fighting form of the team. He is one of the three key players that led Michelob in its tough stand against Unifi!.

However, Bud Ice had a good night. But the only thing that was lacking on their play was the scoring abilities of the play-

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