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Choy in bri.bery case Businesswoman accused of coaching witness

By Nick Legaspi Reporter The federal grand jury

returned a four-count indicunent Wednesday against a federal official who allegedly received a $30,000-bnbe and a woman who allegedly helped to coach a witness to lie before the jury.

Named in th~ indictment which the 23-member jury returned less than two days after it was formed were: Robert W.F. Choy, director of

the Farmers Home Administration for the State of Hawaii, and Alma Valdez, a resident alien in Guam engaged in loan packaging.

Choy was charged ot the following:

-- Conspiracy to commit IT AR (Interstate Travel in Aid of Racketeering) bribery;

-- Interstate travel in aid of racketeering and aiding and abetting;

-- Consoiracv to commit · (See page 13)

Prospective members of the federal grand Jury line up at the District Court Tuesday. (Pho to: N. Legaspi). ·

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Casino coming thru other door By Nick Legaspi Reporter

Rejected by voters during the Nov .7 election, a proposal to allow casino operation in Tinian is back in the form of a proposed local law.

Local Bill 5-6, titled the Tinian Casino Control Act of 1987, was introduced last week by Senate Vice President Jose P. Mafnas and was referred to the Tinian Legislative Delegation, also headed by Mafnas.

The law requires that the local bill sit in the Legislature for three session days. If there are no objections it would be passed by the delegation and sent to the governor for his signature. . Sources at the Legislature said this is an easier route for the proposal than the local • initiative presented to island voters in November.

Mafnas was not in his office Wednesday morning and a message left in his office was

not answered. Senator Manuel Villagomez, another senator from Tinian, was asked for comment Wednesday afternoon. "No comment," he said.

Constitutional Amendment No.42 provides: "Gambling is prohibited in the Northern Mariana Islands except as provided by Commonwealth law or established through in i ti a ti v e i n th e Commonwealth or in any senatorial district"

Sources said the bill's

proponents . were taking the position that Local Bill 5-6 falls within the term "Commonwealth law" which,

·based on the constitutional amendment, is one of two ways to allow gambling in the Commonwealth.

The proponents, according to sources, are also citing the provisions of Public Law 3-77 or the Local Law Act of 1983, which lists subjects of local

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'88 pageant promises prettiest faces By Nick Legaspi Reporter Four young and beautiful

women are joining the quest for the 1988 Miss CNMI Uni verse/International.

They are: Dorsha Renee Johnson, Ruby Jean Hamilton, Gloria Patricia Propst and Simplicia Castro Camacho.The

Ruby Jean Hamilton

Northern Marianas Beauty Pageant Association said in a press release the first batch of candidates in the annual pageant were introduced Dec.6 during the Pre-Holidays Fashion Show at the Diamond Hotel sponsored by the association.

The association said the pageant for the 1988 Miss

Gloria Patricia Propst

CNMI Universe/International will be held Feb.27. The winner of the Miss CNMI Universe will represent the Northern Marianas in the Miss Universe Pageant May 28 in Taipei. The Miss CNMI International will compete in the Miss International Pageant in Tokyo in October.

Dorsha Renee Johnson

Ruby Jean ,21, is the daughter of Wilburn and Carmen Hamilton. She works as sales manager for Saipan Cable Television.

Dorsha Renee,18, is the daughter of Emma Blanco Johnson. She is a senior at the Mt. Carmel School and works part time for Win Fung

Slmpllcla Castro Camacho

Enterprises. Nineteen-year-old Gloria

Patricia is the daughter of Ivan and Juanita Propst. She works as secretary for the accounting firm of Michael Pai.

Simplicia,20, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Juan Camacho and is a ticket agent at the Marianas International Travel Agency.

The association said in its press release that it is still accepting candidates for next year's pageant Ladies interested in joining the pageant may fill up application forms up to Dec.31. They may contact Florence Bocago at telephone no.234-9668 or any of the pageant members for other information.

During the fashion show at the Diamond Hotel's ballroom the association donated $500 to the Commonwealth Health Center Volunteers Association to help buy a mammograph machine for the hospital.

Just say "NO!" to ''local law''

Sometimes the word "NO!" just doesn't sink in. It means "no way-forget it, uh-uh .... "Despite what that word means, some politicos on Tinian are attempting to resurrect the sleeping devil of casino gambling through the back door of the legislature.

Although a majority of voters on that island voted to approve gambling in the last election, they didn't have quite enough "oomph" to generate the required two-thirds majority to enact it. Most of us felt like the issue was over for another two years.

It now looks like we were wrong .... A lot of people gambled on the assumption that

Tinian would approve gambling. These gamblers put a lot of chips on the table in the form of land specula-tion - a LOT of money changed hands .... they threw their dice and when the shot came up "snake-eyes" in the election results, the bettors lost.

Now they want to still reap profits by changing the rules after the pot has already been lost. Efforts are being formulated now to enact a "local" law to allow casino gambling through the Tinian legislative dele-gation. Clearly, this transparant effort by the hench-men of developers would circumvent the Commonwealth's Constitutional intent.

This newspaper wants to be the first to arise in anger and indignation atthis effort. While we have no quarrel with how the folks on Tinian live orconducttheir busi-ness, we feel they should abide by the law - whether they like it or not. We encourage the governor, attor-ney general or others in the political structure of the Commonwealth to "advise" the authors of this local law effort to withdraw it.

This is an especially sensitive time for the Common-wealth .. The upcoming Hillblom lawsuit which chal-lenges the constitutionality ofthe Covenant's granting of "equal" senatorial representation would be helped immensely if the law is passed with the lobby effort of the Tinian Senators.

If the legislature goes along with this obvious effort by the Tinian political structure to "muscle" their wishes upon the rest of the Commonwealth by using a loophole in the law, then what is to stop the delega-

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, Marianas Variety i News and Views 1 I

Publishers: ABED & PAZ CASTRO YOUNIS

DA YID T. HUGHES NICK LEGASPI EDITOR Staff reporter Published each Friday for 17 years on Saipan by:

Younis Art Studio, Inc. PO Box 231, Sai an CM 96950 Tel: 234-7578/2346341

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Fund-raising for machine by volunteers not funny

Dear Mr. Editor: This letter is not intended to

take away the limelight from my friends, Attorney General Alex Castro and Ed Manibusan, director of public safety who have been your featured characters in 'the past several issues of the Marianas Variety; it is however, provoked by an article I ran across in your editorial concerning the CHC Volunteers and mammography.

I do want to point out several issues stated in your editorial for your benefit and the general public:

(1) Mammography is not standard machinery for all hospitals in the world - on the contrary, I know of hundreds of hospitals on the West Coast which are without mammograph machines; if however, these services are needed, patients are referred to nearby hospitals which provide this service (like we do, sending our patients to Guam for services as needed.

Maybe in the state of Arkansas all the hospitals may have mammograph machines, but in a small and less populated state like New York, California and Alaska, not all hospitals have mammograph machines.

(2) To imply that the efforts of the CHC Volunteers' Association in purchasing a mammograph machine is funny and laughable (ludicrous) is insulting the noble members of the CHC Volunteer's Association who are trying their very best to raise needed funds to help patients at the Commonwealth Health Center. What is wrong with the CHC Volunteers' Association trying to raise funds to buy medical

equipment? This happens all the time throughout the world.

The Guam Chapter of the American Cancer Society who are trying to establish a similar chapter here on Saipan highly commend the CHC Volunteers for their efforts in trying to raise funds for a mammograph machine. Guam Memorial Hospital just received their mammograph machine in the past year through generous contributions from various civic organizations including the Guam Memorial Hospital Volunteers Association.

I think we should all be grateful that we do have an organization like the CHC Volunteers and commend them for their efforts rather than insulting them by saying that they are funny, laughable Qudicrous).

(3) We do not need to ask the general public to petition or go on demonstration against the governor and the legislature to get money for the mammograph machine. The legislature in general, and the governor's office in particular, have always been very responsive to CHC needs. To accuse the governor or 'the legislature of being (cheap) is totally unfair and irresponsible reporting.

The medical and administrative staff decides what kind of equipment and services CHC should prioritize. Once that dec:ision, is made it is brought to the attention of the legislature and the governor's office for their support. As I said, they have been very responsive to our requests. Right now the medical and administrative staff of CHC would rather sec more respirators, infant warmers or

diagnostic equipment in racpology and the laboratory, and most importantly, more highly trained and skilled personnel to man the intensive care unit and the neonatal unit along with ER personnel on a fulltime basis.

I would rather ask that we persuade the legislature to pass the '88 budget because in so doing, CHC would have the needed pocket money to buy all this equipment and recruit the needed personnel. We have about 20 nurses on the West Coast waiting to be brought to CHC as soon as the FY '88 budget is passed. Hopefully this will happen soon.

In conclusion, and to borrow a phrase that my friend Ed Manibusan uses, I would like to state the following: to state that a mammograph machine is a standard piece of machinery in all hospitals in the world is not only journalism getting out of hand, but journalism 'way out of hand.' To imply

that the efforts of the members of the CHC Volunteers Association are funny and laughable (ludicrous) is not only journalism getting out of hand, but rather journalism getting 'way 'way out of hand'; and to further imply or suggest that the public should go on demonstration against the legislature and the governor for being so cheap that they cannot afford to buy a mammograph machine is again, not just journalism getting out of hand, but rather, irresponsible reporting.

Because of the contents and length of this letter l am very sure that I will be featured in your column for the next several issues - J must

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Dave making trek to US of A for holidays By the time you read this I will

be in the U.S. of A. (probably freezing my tail off). But the effort to make it out on Sunday's

. plane left me with a new appre-ciation for friends and faith.

I especially want to thank the good folks of HIT A Travel be-cause they, along with a friend of mine who works at Continental Airlines, was finally able to coax their computers into getting me a confirmed seat from Guam to Hawaii. It looked pretty bleak for a while, but faith prevailed.

In a way, I feel very sorry for Stanley and his employees. What started out as being a simple trip to Florida for the holidays even-tually turned into a cross-country odyssey which now allows me to see my aging grandmother in Arkansas and a brother in Ten-nessee. But, I changed my mind at least four times in HITA"s office before those tickets were printed out. ....

Finally ,I was asked very po-litely ifl "was sure NOW" where I wanted to go?

Fund-~aising Continued from page 2 apologize to my friends Mr. Castro and Mr. Manibusan for taking the limelight away from them.

You will not be able to reach me in my office during the next two weeks as I plan to be on leave for my daughter's wedding however, if you have a very strong feeling about this Jetter, the CHC Volunteers' Association and the CHC administrative staff will be more than happy to entertain you.

In the meantime, I wish you a very Merry Chrisunas and a Happy New Year.

/s/Dr. Jose T. Villagomez Director, Department of Public Health and Environmental Services

Dear Mr. Editor: To mention that you find it

"ludicrous" that the "nice" people of CH C's volunteers are having to raise money to buy a mammography machine is an opinion totally uncalled for.

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One of my friends, a former radio personality, made me feel very guilty about this trip. He said "I haven't been back to the states in 12years .... Iwonderwhatit's like there now .... ?"

12 , YEARS? The DE-MOCRATS were in power then (I think) and gas was about 60 cents a gallon and milk (real, that is) was about a dollar a gallon. Mercy, I really feel bad that it's only been six months for me.

I have also met some nice young ladies who have American parent(s) who say they have NEVER been to the U.S. One friend told me her 13-year-old son has never been to the United States.

Yep, I'll feel very guilty when I get on that plane ... but I'll still get on.

Many of my friends have asked what I will tell the folks back on the mainland about Saipan. I can tell you in two words; "Move there ....... "

Although I gripe and moan about the politics, the police, the

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water and power, and the bad roads, I will be the first to tell my friends back in the USA that this is probably the best place to live I have ever seen. It never really gets too hot and never really too cold. The people of all races and lifestyles are very friendly and in most cases, kind.

I would caution them about the schools, but tell them that I wouldn't hesitate to put my kids in school here -with a little teach-ing at home about other things.

The Commonwealth - above all else - is a very SAFE place to live. Despite all our murders and other acts against persons here, when you compare the stories and statistics against places of the

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tion from Rota or Saipan from enacting similar or other self-serving "local laws"?

Every voter in the Commonwealth should be con-cerned at any such tactic because it means that legislators can run rampant and the voters would have no recourse except to vote the renegades out next election. By then, it will be too late, however, the deed will have been done.

Our politicians say they want self-government. "Sovereignty" they scream at the U.S ..... But, it that "sovereignty" means "let the people's wishes be damned", then is it really worth it? We have to prove to our detractors that we have the maturity to govern ourselves and allowing this gambling issue to be settled by a very small band of p.oliticians is not the way to do so.

Show the U.S. and others that the political interests of a few can not be inflicted on the rest through legislative slight of hand. Put a stop to this effort to allow casino gambling on Tinian.

Also, perhaps the time has come to close this loophole in the law and do away with the ability to make so-called "local laws" .....

What do you think?

to the Salvation Army because I just knew that I would never need them again. Somehow, I don;t think my thin little "island" shirts would off er much protection against the arctic winds which whip around Little Rock this time of year.

I hope to have a column in the papernext week. Via my beloved computer modem I hope to com-pose a tome in the U.S. and via MCI Mail send it to my friends at Marianas Electronics. Hopefully, they will print it out for us. It will only cost a buck from the U.S. · · . not bad for three-hour delivery, huh?

************ I'll be back the first week in

January with ALL NEW stories and tales. If something happens andldon'tgetachancetotellyou in next week's column (even in computers, things do happen ... )

Merry Chrisunas and Happy New Year from your ink-stained scribe. Thanks for making 1987 a nice year for me and I hope '88 is better!

The Bottom Line: Because of our editor's vacation, we

will wait until the January issue to reveal our results.

Again, we encourage our readers to take the time to answer this poll.

Breast cancer is a particularly horrible disease for women and there is no mach-ine on this island to detect such cancers.

mmr////~edback: .FF//FF~ A weekly opinion poll

Th• I Should the IS week s Commonwealth

Question: government buy a Mammiogram machine?

0Yes, 0No, D I don't have an opinion or enough info.

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Local epidemic is flu, not pertussis Many parents in the CN.MI

who have heard of recent deaths and hospital admissions of children on Pohnpei for

apparent "whooping cough" are very concerned when their children begin coughing, according to the

Commonwealth Health Center. CHC said in a press release

the most likely cause, however, is not whooping

ME donates $6,200 to library ~arianas Electronics of expansion. We saw how much Coinmonwealth a special

Saipan. donated $.6.200 to ~e was ~ccomplished by the research facility and General O.Iymp10 T. BorJa Memonal Vocauonal Education students Collection for the College's Library at Northern Marianas and the donations of the students. Marianas Electronics C?lleg7 o~ Constitution Day. community. We felt that the wants to assist in this effort by Bi.II M1chlmg, Store Manager College was moving in a this donation and our continued sru~. "V(e were at the opening positive direction towards service to the College in the dedication of the new library providing the people of the future."

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cough (pertussis) but a current epidemic of flu (fofluenza) which has affected many small children and caused some hospital admissions at the CHC.

The symptoms of this flu include high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, runny nose, cough, fast breathing and weight loss. The cough is very harsh and comes in spasms or attacks and may last two to three weeks. The fast breathing, similar to asthma, may be a form of pneumonia. Severe cases may require treatment with oxygen at the hospital.

Treatment consists of drinking of liquids and avoiding cow's milk; in severe cases, IV fluids may be necessary. Antibiotics will not improve the cough or fever, though a doctor may prescribe them if a complication such as an ear infection or pneumonia occurs.

Adults do not seem to get very sick from this strain of flu. Children who have

·.completed their well-baby checks and immunizations are protected from whooping cough, but may still get this flu.

No cases of whooping cough have been seen in the CNMI.

Parents are advised not to expose their children to sick

youngsters or adults; children can be immunized against · whooping cough and other diseases during special Saturday clinic hours at the Commonwealth Health Center and the disoensaries on Tinian and Rota. The DPT vaccinations are also given during regular hours every weekday afternoon at these facilities. ·

The Di vision of Environmental Quality analyzed samples of drinking water from the Island of Saipan this week. Water from Kagman, Tanapag, Puerto Rico, Garapan, Mihaville and the airport contained excessive coliform bacteria and also contained no chlorine.

DEQ advises residents of these areas to boil their water before using it for drinking, food preparation, or freezing as a precaution against possible bacterial contamination.

Note: The Division of Environmental Quality analyzes drinking water from island public water supplies each week. DEQ will submit a drinking water report to the news media each week.

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Prosecutor wants bigger case By Nick Legaspi Reporter Assistant Attorney General

Ray Buso asked the court Monday to dismiss a child abuse complaint against Juan M. Delos Santos, who has been sentenced to nine years in jail in a previous case and is awaiting trial for a third complaint. Buso said in his motion for

dismissal that Delos Santos,24, has been sentenced to 12 years, the first nine years to be served, following conviction for trafficking in marijuana, possession of a handgun and escape.

Delos Santos was scheduled to be tried by a jury Dec.21 for alleged child abuse. Buso alleged in an information that Delos Santos beat up a four-year-old girl last May 27. The third case for which

Delos Santos would be tried by a jury Jan.11 involves 15 counts of forgery, theft and burglary. Delos Santos, according to a complaint filed in. court, allegedly issued forged checks to several establishments in September and October this year. He also allegedly broke into several business establishments and a private house during the same

period.

Buso, in asking for dismissal of the child abuse case, said that Delos Santos is facing a maximum prison term of 80 years if convicted on the 15-count complaint. The child abuse case carries a maximum prison term of only five years. "The Commonwealth feels that judicial and executive resources in this instance are better used in proceeding to trial to 87-170 (the multiple-count case) and seeks the dismissal of 87-149 (the child abuse case)," Buso said in his motion.

In another case, Judge Ramon G. V iilagomez dismissed a theft case filed against a former employee of the Bank of Guam. Elizabeth M.Sablan Ada,

according to an information filed earlier by Assistant Attorney General Edward Hayden, allegedly took the property of the Bank of Guam sometime this year valued at more than $250 but less than $20,000. Villagomez issued the order

to dismiss the case after he was notified that Ada had paid the bank.

Judge allows $25,000 TCD as bond; $100,000 bond for companies stays

By Nick Legaspi Reporter Bun Kui Ta, the

businessman named in a 34-count firearm case, delivered to the Commonwealth Trial Court Monday a $25,000 certificate of deposit to guarantee his appearance in court during trial.

Judge Ramon G.Villagomez allowed Kui to use the TCD from the Bank of Guam in place of a surety bond in the same amount earlier ordered by Judge Jose S. Dela Cruz.

Villagomez, however, refused to cancel the $100,000-surety bond · im posed on Commonwealth Pacific

International, Inc. and Pansy ,Inc., Kui's companies which were named as co-defendants in the case.

Villagomez also denied Attorney David Wiseman's request to withdraw from representing the two companies because of conflict of interest.

Assistant Attorney General Ray Buso objected to Wiseman's withdrawal pending appearance of other lawyers to represent CPI and Pansy. Wiseman will continue to represent the two companies in addition to Kui until the new lawyers register their appearance in court.

Villagomez granted

Wiseman's request to defer the arraignment of Kui and the two companies until Thursday.

Wiseman, during Monday's proceedings, repeated his position that corporations were not subject to bail. CPI and Pansy are the first corporations to be named in a criminal charge here. "I did research on this,"Wiseman said."No way bail could be imposed on corporations."

Villagomez said the purpose of bail is not to secure property but to secure appearance. "How can a corporation escape jurisdiction?" he asked Buso. · "By shifting assets," Buso said. He added that the bond set

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Villagomez said the order to post surety bond amounting to $50,000 for each corporation would remain until a motion to cancel it is filed and heard.

A combined police-immigration-allorney general team conducted separate raids last month in two shooting galleries in Susupe and Garapan which were being operated by CPI and Pansy. The raid yielded 16 handguns, five starter pistols, ammunition and other paraphernalia. Kui, president and majority owner of CPI and Pansy, was present in one of the locations when i.he raid was conducted.

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The continuing theft of hospital supplies and other government property from the Commonwealth Health Center has brought about new security measures, including parking restrictions and searches of packages removed from the building, CHC said in a press release Tuesday. .

Hospital Administrator Greg S. Calvo announced that the new policies would be effective immediately, according to the release.

Privately owned vehicles are now banned from entering the maintenance area parking lot on the south end of the building. Calvo emphasized that the restrictions include cars and trucks dropping off or picking up employees from work. The area includes a loading dock which is the arrival point for most hospital supplies.

In a memo sent to all of the CHC's nearly 300 employees Monday, Calvo also said that the private security firm which patrols the facility has been told "to implement search procedures of any employees carrying packages from the CHC."

There was no immediate dollar estimate of the extent of the theft since the opening of the facility, but items such as medical clothing and equipment have been favorite targets.

Chief of general support services Hank Hettmansperger, whose responsibilities include security, said that a large supply of hospital towels and surgical scrub suits were stolen this past weekend. Hettmansperger said additional security measures for the CHC will be in place soon.

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witness tampering, false statements and false declarations before the grand jwy; and

-- Witness tampering. Valdez was charged of

conspiracy to commit witness tampering, false statements and false declarations before the grand jury and witness tampering.

District Court Judge Alfred· Laureta ,who received the indictment from the jury, ordered the appearance in court Dec.23 of the two accused for arraignment He also set a bond amounting to $25,000 for each of Choy and Valdez. '

Masahiro Ishii, an employee of Sumitomo Corp. who paid Choy the $30,000-bribe, was named as co-conspirator but was not indicted. He testified before the jury regarding the charges against Choy.

"This is a historic event," United States Attorney K. William O'Connor, who presented the case to the jury, said after the indictment was filed. He noted that the federal grand jury in the Northern Marianas returned an indictment for the first time in eight years. The first grandjury formed here did not return an indictment

O'Connor said Choy was paid to facilitate approval of the As Gonna housing project in Koblerville. He said the project involved construction of 600 housing units to be financed by FHA at a total cost of $5 million.

Unsigned copies of the indictment were distributed to the press by O'Connor. He said the original copy was signed.

According to the indictment, Sumitomo Corp. entered into a contract with the Mariana Islands Housing Authority to

build 300 housing units, to be paid with FHA loans to qualifying low-to moderate-income families. Ishii was Sumitomo's project manager.

The indictment alleges that Choy and Ishii in 1984 conspired with each other and with "others known and unknown to the Grand Jury" to commit bribery.

According to the indictment, Choy , while visiting Saipan in 1984 in his official capacity as FHA director, agreed to accept $30,000 from an official of Sumitomo Corp. During the same period Ishii was allegedly instructed by a Sumitomo official to pay Choy the amount.

During the period June 1-19, 1984 Ishii allegedly wrote and encashed five checks on Sumitomo's account with the California First Bank in Saipan totaling $27 ,000. Ishii flew to Hawaii June 23, 1984 and upon ariving declared $30,000 with the U.S. Customs .

He met with Choy on the same day in a room at the Holiday Inn in Honolulu where Choy accepted the $30,000 for which he provided Ishii with a receipt. Choy also mailed a Jetter to Ishii June 24, 1984, ostensibly from J .L. and Associates, Inc., acknowledging receipt of a consultant fee of $30,000 and providing a report entitled "Characteristics of Housing Units, General Housing Characteristics, Northern Mariana Islands, Census of Housing, United States Department of Commerce -Bureau of Census."

Choy's office was investigated starting in October 1984, first by the Inspector General for the Department of Agriculture and later by the

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Ishii was subpoenaed Dec.II this year to testify before the grand jury. Beginning on the same day Choy and Valdez allegedly conspired to induce and assist in providing Ishii with a false reason to prevent disclosure of the receipt provided by Choy to Ishii for the $30,000 payment. The two

also allegedly provided and assisted Ishii in making false statements before investigators and the grand jury, such as the loss of the report given to Ishii by Choy which was printed by the government printing press and that the payment was made not to Choy but to another person who had since died.

The indictment cites a secretly recorded conversation in which Choy and Valdez

allegedly coached Ishii on how to prevent the FBI and the grand jury from ]earning about the $30,000 bribe.

O'Connor during the court proceedings informed Laureta that Ralph Keogh, Choy's counsel, had assured that Choy would appear in court for the arraignment.

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Lucky Spot receives a "C" Since the middle of

September, a Garapan restaurant and game room has been closed down once and received rotating "C" and "B" grades for failing to satisfy sanitary regulations, the Department of Public Health and Environmental Services said in a press release. And the problems of the "Lucky Spot" aren't over yet.

During the most recent inspection, the 24-hour establishment got "C" grades for both its restaurant and game room and a 24-hour order to clean up or face another shutdown. · The inspection found

continued problems with broken toilets and a poor general state of cleanliness in the restaurant kitchen. The report called for a thorough cleaning of the game room, including removal of cobwebs, coin wrappers and cockroaches from behind the machines. · The Hungry House

Restaurant, also in Garapan, received a "C" grade and orders for cleaning and insect control. As at many bars, personal belongings were being stored in the kitchen and bar area.

A nighttime inspection of the Long Beach Night Club in Garapan found a variety of problems, including

cockroaches under cabinets and open cans of perishable goods which weren't covered or refrigerated. The report also called for proper installation of electrical outlets in the club.

The Star Lounge Night CJ~b in Garapan went from a "C" to a "B" rating, with orders for further cleaning.

"A" grades went to the Arizona and Torno nightclubs, both of Garapan and to San Antonio's Tenda Store.

Castro's Laundromat in Garapan and the Diamond Hotel in Susupe passed recent institutional sanitary inspections.

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Marianas Hotel was named Monday in the latest firearm complaint filed in court.

Assistant Attorney General Edward Hayden alleged in a four count information that Francisco Iguel, a Tanapag resident working as security guard at the Marianas Hotel in Marpi, unlawffuly possessed a firearm and ammunition Dec.5. He also alleged that Iguel assaulted Luis B. Cepeda with a dangerous weapon. Iguel was charged of two counts for unlawfull possession of firearm and ammunition and two counts for the attack on Cepeda.

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Ramon G. Villagomez Monday and pleaded not guilty to all charges. Villagomez set the jury trial on the case on Feb.I, 1988.

In another gun case, 18-year-old Anthony C. Pangelinan appeared before Villagomez Monday and pleaded not guilty to the charge of possession of handgun. Asst. Attorney General Robert Naraja , in an information filed Dec.4, alleged that Pangelinan, a Susupe resident, was in possession of a .38 caliber revolver Sept.20.

Hayden also filed earlier a three-count information against Juan Esteves of San Vicente. Esteves was charged of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition and disturbing the peace.

Scouts set up group Saipan (CNS) - Members of

the 1988 NMI District Scouting Committee paid a courtesy call on Governor Pedro P. Tenorio Tuesday to infonn him that the committee was duly organized and ready to conduct business.

The governor, who is a former Boy Scout, appointed members of the committee and is also its honorary chairman.

Member Calistro I. Reyes who is the scouting coordinator from the Division of Youth Services (DYS) noted that committee had its first meeting on Dec. 10 courtesy of the Pacific Gardenia Hotel.

Those in attendance were: Gary Brinn, district commissioner from Mt. Carmel high School; Eugene A. Santos, assistant district commissioner for training from Mt. Carmel High School; Eugene A. Santos, assistant

district comm1ss1oner for training from the Department of Natural Resources; Ray P. Crisostomo, unit commissioner from the Board of Elections; Tom Villagomez, unit commissioner from Micro! Corp.; Jose P. Guerrero, round table commissioner for scouting from the Historic Preservation Office; Florence Kirby, membership/relationship chairwoman from Catholic Social Services; Calistro I. Reyes, scouting coordinator from the DYS, Frank T. Wabol, assistant scouting coordinator from the DYS and Dave Warnick, assistant scouting coordinator from the DYS; Dick Stolp, scouting coordinator (Troop 907), Division of Parks and Recreation. Also attending was Karl T. Reyes, Jr., member of the Mount Carmel Explorer.

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Ignacio Songao $6,767.50: Josephine Song song $6,334.90, Lucy Songsong $2,553.64, Edward Sostin $5, 110.50, Benaya Spis $1,216.14, Joseph Stephanus $80,246.56, Carmen K. Suda $6,045.75, Siroske Suda $4,560.32;

Sisan Suda $62,858.12, Sirocho Suda $2,255.80, Manuel S ugu wermal $2,439.76, Hilaria Sungino $1,391.42, Sebastian Tachibmai $1,141.25, Jessica 0. Tagabuel $741.52, Margarita Tagabuel $11,549. 96, Augustine Tagabuel $18,047.65, Auria B. Taimanao $393.64, Vicente Taimanao $97,440.18, Ricardo L. Taisacan $13,062.56, Augustine Taitano $28,917, Cypriano L.. Taitano $84,685.20, Donata L. Taitano $13,786.85, Dorothy Taitano $863.36, Herman Taitano $13,835.88;

Jesus L. Taitano $33,152.72, Jose L. Taitano $34,611.92, Jose S, Taitano $15,956.57, Juan K, Taitano $58,763.93, Leolila Taitano $8,746.98, Carlos L. Takai $38,185.28, Juan L. Takai $1,855.22, Kammen Taktai $911.02, Weyler· Taley

$5,001.85, John S. Tarkong $13,856.41, Rory Tarkong $6,857.09, Catalina I. Tarope $16,295.83, Joanne Taro $25.45, Leilani R. Taro $2,623.52, Matsue Taro $5,687.89, Sabina Taro $15,247.94, Takada S. Taro $46,388.88, Adachi Tatsuo $13,084.53;

Anthony Tawerilmang $15,929.05, Okada Techetong $51,342.13, Kazuyo Techitong $13,420.60, Martha Techitong $88,849.06, Singeru Techur $48,726.27, Francisca Teigita $23,025.49, Joaquin Teigita $5,080.98, Mary Ann Tellei $2,378.32, Telouch Tellei $8,929,64, Barbara Tellei $15,416.31, Antonia Tell $8,039.53;

Hideo S. Tell $83,105.23, Toribiong N. Tell 428,334, Edward E. Tt?mengil $38,603.32, Francisca Temengil $15,858.01, Virginia Temengil $183.38, Bemardita Tenorio $4,350.83, Jose A. Tenorio $21,413.89, Juan A. Tenorio $1,999.02, Lourdes A, Tenorio $99,517.74, Martin C. Tenorio $59,963.94, Pedro S. Tenorio· $770.16, Ana S. Teregeyo $37,186.65, Ignacio Teregeyo $1,466.18, Ignacio R. Teregeyo $1,999.72, Joaquin Teregeyo $21,330.71;

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James B. Teriong $26,871.12, Leo Ada Teriong $838.81, Maria L. Terlaje $23,304.65, Vicente C. Terlaje $43,039.75, Jennifer Term $6,207.61, Yosko Tesei $27,688.44, Elias Thomas $4,069.65, Elsa H, Thomas $45,597.60, Albert Tilfas $10,407.56, Knox N. Tkell $90,062.21, Darlene Jane Tkel $307 .96; Emilia Tmodrang $20,126.63;

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Letters (From page 4)

of New York City where if you get mugged in Central Park at night the first thing anyone will do is tell you that you're crazy for being there at all.

And that, I think, leads us to the real problem. Much of the blame must go to the society that tolerates such a high crime rate. Nobody here, or anywhere, likes to be ripped off, nor do they like to hear about it happening to others, but there doesn't seem to be much anger about it or motivation to make it stop. maybe it's because people here are so nice, too nice to want someone they or a friend or a cousin knows to go to jail for "just" stealing.

That leads us to the second question, what can be done about it? I don't have all the answers to this problem, but it seems that somehow the people of Saipan as a whole have to demonstrate that they will not tolerate this kind of behavior. It starts with the police, perhaps with a greater police presence and more undercover work in the high risk areas, and the courts, with consistent and significant penalties, but ultimately the burden lies with the people of Saipan (or any society), They must each express their disgust with such "petty" crimes and support efforts to stop it, including turning people in if need be. This is a small island and unlike New York City it is a community where people know each other and can have an affect on each other,

I'm leaving Saipan soon, with some fond memories of the things I've done and seen and of some of the people I've met Unfortunately I'm also leaving with a feeling of anger, anger at those who robbed me and anger at a society that turns it's back on such behavior.

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Grand jury to serve for a year By Nick Legaspi Reporter Twenty-four men and women

out of I07 who received court summons in November were chosen Tuesday to sit in the federal grand jury to hear te~timony on alleged federal crimes that may range from drug trafficking to bribery to bank robberies. . The members of the grand 1ury who will serve until Dec.14,1988 are: Ana T. Celis, James A. Ada, Juan S. Tenorio, Adrian P. Sablan Cecilia J. Flores, Annie s: Diaz'. Edward S. Hocog, Fermma 0. Dela Cruz, Felix S. Kileleman, Shirley Olopai, Ramon T. Tudela, Josephine K. Dela Cruz, Jose S. Basa, Donald M. Mendiola, Jose M. Camacho, Henry Q. Babauta, Anthony S. Manahane, Serafin P. Tudela, Gregorio B. Deleon Guerrero, William M.

Fleming, Larry R. Hofschneider, Diana C. Ferreira and Ernest M. Sablan.

The grand jurors were selected through drawing of names of those who appeared at the District Court Tuesday.

Six of the prospective jurors asked to be excused from rendering jury service. Four of them were excused by District Court Judge Alfred Laureta.namely, Lucy Guerrero, Maria Agulto, Jesus Sonoda and Tomasa B. Aliksa.

Guerrero told the court that there was a possibility that she might not be a United States citizen because she had not received any response· to her application for a U.S. passport which she filed two months ago.

Agulto , a dental hygienist at the Seventh Day Adventist clinic, said she had been booked a month in advance.

Jesus Sonoda said sitting in the jury would cause great hardship to his family and the family business. Sonoda owns the Chamorro House, a hotel and restaurant, in Garapan.

Aliksa, a housewife with three kids ages I I months to three years and is expecting her fourth child this month, was also excused.

Laureta denied Rita Dela Cruz' request to be excused. She said she is seven months pregnant, runs a beauty parlor business and takes care of her school age kids. Laureta said she could be available for jury duty from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. while her kids are in school.

Former Lieutenant Governor Francisco C. Ada asked to be excused because he runs a one-man consultancy business and had been in public office for 22 years.

Laureta denied the req~est.

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:"You're the very kind of person that should be sitting in thejury,"he said."You have the knowledge, the experience."

crowded courtroom.

The prospective jurors were called inside the fedral courtroom on the third floor of the Nauru building at about 9 a.m. after registering with the clerk of court , during which they received copies of the . federal grand jury handbook and a message from the clerk of court.

Laureta said that although the grand jurors would serve for I2 months, they would sit only when called from time to time. He said the normal call for jury duty is one to two days a month, starting every third Wednesday of the month.

He said the grand jury would hear evidence to be presented by the government through the U.S. Attorney regarding alleged federal crimes and then decide whether the case should go to trial. The grand jury usually does not hear evidence from the other side of the case

They watched a half-hour movie titled "Federal Grand Jury: The People's Panel." The movie, which has Paper Chase star John Houseman in the in the first scenes, presents a typical grand jury selection anci proceedings, including bits of h umourous moments commonly experienced by first time jurors.

The movie drew giggles and laughs and jokes inside the

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This is different from the trial jury or petit jury which hears evidence from both sides and decides whether an accused is guilty or innocent of an alleged crime.

Laureta also said the grand jury deals only with crimes. He said it does not concern itself on civil matters which are cases seeking mqnetary damages or other relief.

U.S. Attorney K.William O'Connor , in an interview afte~ the selection of the jury, declined to say when the actual presentation of evidence would start, or how long he expects the proceedings to last.

He said that if the jury returns an indictment, the indictment would be delivered by the jury foreman to the judge. If an arrest is made and a formal charge is filed the prosecution will be handled by O'Connor's office.

Casino (From page 1)

bills and provides for the procedure in the passage of such legislation. The law lists gambling prohibition and · regulation as among the subjects of local bills ..

Sources said the more serious question about the proposed gambling law would be on the definition of Commonwealth law. A lawyer who asked not to be named said the immediate or man-on-the-street definition of the term would be a law that applies to the entire Commonwealth as against a law that applies only to one of three senatorial districts. 1n the Commonwealth.

Sun. Nite The bill, if passed by the

Tinian delegation as expectcd,.-must be signed by Governor Pedro P. Tenorio to become law. If Tenorio vetoes the bill, Drawing for

14 gifts ·it would go back to the Legislature.

Overridtng the governor's veto requires a two-thirds affirmative vote of each house of the Legislature instead of the delegation. It is held unlikely that the House of Representatives, dominated by members from Saipan, will support the gambling bill.

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Saipan Stevedore hikes rates By Nick Legaspi Reporter

Saipan Stevedore Co.,Inc. raised its handling and stevedoring rates Tuesday and immediately drew protests from other companies using the Saipan seaport.

Attorney Robert O'Connor, who represents the companies calling themselves Concerned Port Users, said in an interview Wednesday that t,he rates were increased by 120 percent to 500 percent

Atty .Mike Dem a pan, counsel for Saipan Stevedore, said the company raised handling rates by 80 percent and stevedoring rates by 40 percent. He also said in an interview Thursday that there was a general change in applying the rates from the per ·

container method to the revenue ton method.

He said this means that consumers shipping light goods would pay less than those ·shipping heavy commodities. "This is fair," he said, noting that the past method of charging on a per container basis meant that shippers of light goods were · subsidizing shippers of heavy items.

O'Connor said the rates were raised without notifying port users and even the Commonwealth Ports Authority. He pointed out that the rates were increased right after Saipan Stevedore declared a 30 percent dividend.

He said CPU requested for a 10 -to 30-day delay in implementing the higher rates

and a meeting between the merchants and the stevedoring firm. O'Connor said both requests were turned down. "Our association is not against the increase if it can be justified," he said.'

He said the company must show how much it was making to justify the need for a rate increase. O'Connor said the government and the public had an interest in learning how much the utility was making. "The law does not regulate that utility but the rate increase must still be reasonable," he said.

O'Connor said Saipan Stevedore's operation is a monopoly granted by the government which he said, should have retained control over the rates.

Blue Pacific plane arrives By Nick Legaspi Reporter

Blue Pacific Air received its first 10-seater Piper Chieftain Wednesday, company manager Brad Anderson said Thursday.

Anderson said in an interview that the company's second aircraft is expected to arrive Dec.2.2. · He said the planes would be tested for three to four days before they are flown on commercial flights.

Anderson said one of three pilots the coinpany was hiring had also arrived. He said the

pilot would be chief pilot and chief mechanic for thed planes. The two other pilots are also expected soon.

Anderson said Pacific Air would fly out of Saipan to Rota and Guam. The company will not fly on regular schedules like Maui Airline, currently the only airline flying the Saipan-Rota-Guam route.

Blue Pacific, which started early this year as Blue Pacific Helicopters which catered to tourists,· is also eyeing the tourist market for its fixed wing aircraft

Anderson said the twin-engine airplnes would be on chartered flights. He said, however, that other people who want to fly to Rota or Guam may get in touch with HIT A Travel for bookings to Rota or Guam. The absence of a regular flying schedule gives the company the flexibility to fly to Rota or Guam anytime, any day, as long as there are enough passengers.

Anderson said the airline would charge basically the same rates as Maui.

He said the merchants' association was still trying to negotiate with Saipan Stevedores but may bring the dispute to court if no agreement came out of the discussions.

Demapan confinned that the new rates took effect Tuesday · and were still in effect as of Thursday. He said the company's board of d.irectors met with the consumers Wednesday and were scheduled to meet again today.

He also confirmed the declaration of a 30-percent dividend "That's reasonable," he said. He, however, denied an accusation that the company gave its directors a $30,000 bonus each.

What was given out was a Christmas bonus to the company's more than 100 employees. Saipan Stevedore distributes bonuses to

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employees every year, according to Demapan, as an incentive for them to stay and to cope with the competition in employment from the government.

Demapan said all consumers were notified about the rate increases during the second week of November .. A copy of

. the notice, he said, was also sent to the Department of Commerce and Labor. He said CPA should have also received a copy of the notice.

He denied that Saipan Stevedore was subsidizing its trucking business. He said that the company only recently borrowed $1 million from the California First Banlc to buy new equipment. He said the , loan was guaranteed personally by the firm's directors. Demapan said the company's equipment was getting old and must be replaced.

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Hopwood cleans, beautifies campus

Hopwood Junior High School cleaned up the entire campus worked on creating a more pleasant and attractive-looking school ground during Ecology Day Dec. 12.

Over fifty people, consisting of teachers, students, and staff, showed up to lend their support to the project which was sponsored by the Student Council Organization.

The "Ecology Day" was truly a self-help project. The school relied mainly on its own resources to accomplish the different tasks involved. Teachers and students brought in their lawn mowers and bush cutters to cut the grass. They also donated a variety of flower plants, flower bearing trees, a fruit trees and other plants which were planted in the surrounding areas of the campus. Others volunteered to prepare food so the tired workers can enjoy a sumptous lunch.

"It was truly inspiring to see the cooperative effort of all those who participated in the project," commented Angie Buniag, advisor of the STUCO. "Once again we showed the true Hilitai spirit," she added.

The Ecology Day activity was planned and coordinated by

Money raised for H eadstart in San Roque

San Roque Headstart Money Transferred: Parents of San Roque Village Headstart students met on December 10 at San Roque Dispensary where the Headstart students have been having classes since December 3, 1986, when Supertyphoon Kim destroyed their Headstart center, and witnessed the presentation of a savings passbook in the amount of $175 from last school year's San Roque Central Parent Involvement comminee to this school year's CPI committee.

According to Jesus Sanchez, last school year's CPI president, the money, raised from generous donations from the. private sector and individuals, should be used directly for the students' educational benefits. Receiving the money along with the parents was this school year's CPI president, Lolita B. Castro, 4th from right in the photo. A !so present at the meeting were Headstart Program Director Joaquina Rabauliman and Educational Planner Juan L. Babauta. (DOE Photo).

the STUCO's officers, homeroom representatives, and advisors. The success of the project was due largely to their hardwork and determination. The Student Council's officers for the school 1987-88 are: Betty Lou Lisua, president; Annabelle Buniag, vice-president; Irene Carlos, secretary-treasurer; Rose De Leon Guerrero, sergeant-at-arms; Jerome Cabrera, P.R.0.; and Carlene Reyes, school muse.

Tom Pangelinan, school principal, in his letter to the members of the school community, stated the underlying purpose of the

Hopwood Junior High School students ta1ce a brea1c during Ecology Day Saturday.

Ecology Day. He wrote, "This is one of our special programs in our school in an effort to develop a sense of ownership

to our school facilities and a sense of pride of what the school has accomplished and what the school is trying to accomplish."

The first "Ecology Day" did accomplish a lot. Everyone

who reported to school the following Monday readily noticed a much cleaner campus, a well manicured school ground, and newly planted greeneries all around. "This was a tremendous help to our

school especially at this time. Our main tcnance staff would be able to devote their time in completing urgent projects", observed Frank Castro, the school's vice-principal, who coordinated the activity.

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Registration of aliens cut By Nick Legaspi Reponer Foreigners residing in the Northern Marianas, mostly contract workers, will no longer have to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Office in 1988 if they registered in 1987, according to a joint announcement by Attorney General Alexandro C. Castro and INO Chief Charles Calvo. The law requires all foreigners who stay in the Commonwealth for 90 days or more to register with INO every year. INO conducts the annual registration during the itrst two or three months of the calendar year.and registration cards are issued to registrants. The annual registration result in long lines daily outside an office at the Nauru building. Some INO employees have to be taken off other activities to handle the thousands of registrants. Castro last- year told the Variety about the plan to stop the annual registration which he said was affecting INO's operations. He also said that only law-abiding people generally comply with the annual registration requirement. Those who were residing illegally in the Commonwealth just did not show up at the immigration officed during the registration period. Castro said the annual registration would be replaced by actual inspections. "Immigration officers (ouf of uniform) may be visiting you at your place of employment or other public places and it is incumbent upon you to produce evidence that you are not illegally residing in the CNMI,"Castro and Calvo said in their JO int announcement."Failure ·to produce this evidence may result in immediate arrest."

. The two officials ·said holders of alien registration cards issued in 1987 must continue to carry their cards with them at all times. "

Other foreigners who come into the Commonwealth must register with the INO within 90 days after entry, according to the anbnouncement. Failure to register may subject a foreigner to deportation.

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No more turtle hunting here With it's evolution to take such steps as might be the NMI having an exemption

Commonwealth status appropriate" to ensure the from the law when the comp I e te, the NM I protection of such species. It Territory of Guam was denied Government must now makes it "unlawful to import, exemption. However, the acknowledge the protected export or 'take' any endangered report stated that neither Guam status of the threatened green or threatened species within the nor the Northern Marianas sea turtle as described in the U.S. or the territorial seas of showed enough evidence of a Federal Endangered Species Act the U.S .... or on the high subsistence dependence on the of 1973, says Arnold Palacios, seas." ("Take" in the context of turtles to warrant exemption. Chief of the Division of Fish the law means lo harass, harm, "The NMFS proposes to and Wildlife (DFW). pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, resolve the current inequity by

That means that the DFW kill, trap, capture, collect or allowing the subsistence will no longer issue licenses attempt to do any of the above- exemption (of the NMI) to for the taking of turtles. The named activities.) dissolve" at the same time the season for green turtles had In July, 1987 a letter was . TfPI is dissolved, according to been from September l to received, addressed to Governor the report. It states further that November 30, during which Pedro P. Tenorio from the home and commercial use (of time the holder of a license was NMFS Southwest Regional the turtles) will be authorized allowed to take one turtle. Director E.C. Fullerton, which only after the green turtle "Turtles arc not be caught, slates that the Presidential stocks recover and the species imported or exported, and we Proclamation of November, is taken off of the list of will confiscate any meat we 1986 declaring dissolution of endangered or threatened find that has been illegally the TIPI marked the end of the species. obtained," Palacios said. CNMl's exemption from Palacios said that he will

Exemption from Federal regulations in the Endangered probably request assistance statute had been granted to the Species Act. The letter referred from Federal agencies territoriesoftheTrustTerriLOry to the U.S. Department of (NMFS/Hawaii or the of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) Commerce's Federal Register Regional Office of the U.S. until such time as the TTPI and its review of regulations Fish and Wildlife Service) for was dissolved. In the concerning the taking of green the training of DFW Commonwealth's Covenant it sea turtles for subsistence Conservation Officers in provides that Jaws applicable in purposes. The comments in enforcement procedures. general to the several States or the Federal Register staled that "We can levy fines, but I that name specifically the despite the contentions of should add that taking of the Northern Mariana Islands shall Guam and several individuals turtles is now punishable as a be effective in the in Hawaii, "no native culture Federal offense. It is a Commonwealth. Therefore, outside the TTPI has a violation of State and Federal the Commonwealth now dependence on the taking of regulations," Palacios said, "we comes under the full force of green sea turtles and there is no will be exploring the Federal law regarding justification for authorizing a possibilities of getting an endangered species. subsistence take elsewhere in exemption (from regulations of

The staled purpose of the the Central and Western the Endangered Species Act) Endangered Species Act is ". . Pacific." from the Federal Government, .to provide a program for the The Commerce Department's but we don't know yet what the conservation of. .. endangered report acknowledges the conditions will be for such an and threatened species, and to validity of Guam's objection to exemption."

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Joaquin A. Taitingfong, 29, guilty of killing Ignacio Deleon Guerrero,49, at As Lito Oct.25.

The jury, at the end of a weeklong trial, also convicted Taitingfong of a count each of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and use of firearm in the commission of a crime. He could receive a maximum jail sentence of 25 years for these crimes.

Assistant Attorney General Raymond Buso originally charged Taitingfong of first degree murder after he fatally shot Guerrero, a retired government employee, with a .410 shotgun. In his opening statement at the start of the trial last week Buso told the jury that four elements must be proven to reach a conviction for first degree murder. These are: the killing of a human being; by another human being; with mr.lice aforethought; and wilfully and deliberately.

The first two elements make up a crime of manslaughter, inclusion of the third clement makes up second degree murder and all four elements make up first degree murder.

The jury found Taitingfong not guilty of first degree murder. According to the court rules, the jury must also deliver a verdict on the second degree murder charge in case of a not-guilty finding on the initial charge. The jury also found Taitingfong not guilty of second degree murder. It convicted him on the least serious charge for killing Guerrero.

Buso said in an interview Monday that Taitingfong could receive a maximum prison term of 10 years for voluntary manslaughter and five years each for the three other counts or a total sentence of 25 years.

Judge Jose S. Dela Cruz, who presided over the trial, set the sentencing on Jan.7.

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NMI youth holds annual conference

Saipan (CNS) - "This conference is a testimony to those who persevered and demanded that all of us stand up and listen," Governor Pedro P. Tenorio said Wednesday in a speech during the opening of the Commonwealth's Second Annual Youth Conference.

Vocations and Youth Ministry, Diocese of Chalan Kanoa.

Over 100 people at the conference at the CNMI Convention Center heard Tenorio note that in the past lack of concern about the problems of youth may have caused frustration, but that the presence of many community and government representatives at the conference " ... clearly indicates that a broad segment of our community is deeply concerned with youth as they prepare for the future."

After the opening remarks, there was a brief recess, and then the conference reconvened with an explanation of the purpose and format of the meeting, which was then followed by a series of panel presentations related to youth including: the . economy, education, h-ealth, government and juvenile justice.

On the second day, the schedule for the conference in the morning is registration 7:30-8:30; Summary of Previous Days; Work 8:30; and starting at 8:45 a series of Panel Presentations on Social Services and Youth; and Funding and Youth. Following lunch, there will be an explanation of Group Discussions, followed by group discussions for the

Bob Loughrey, Saipan Rotary Club's Santa Claus, distributes gifts to handicapped children at the Carolinian Utt Saturday. At right is Judge Ramon G. Villagomez, Santa's merry assistant. (Photo: N. Legaspi). ·

Tenorio's speech followed an invocation by Bishop Thomas Camacho and remarks from Vivian T Peter, chairperson of the conference, and Malua T. · Peter, Acting President of Catholic Social Services. Keynote speaker was Father Isaac Ayuyu, Director of the

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remainder of the afternoon. During those group discussions, attendees will discuss draft legislation "to provide for comprehensive

youth development in the Northern Marianas ... "

On the third and final day, Friday, following registration, there will be a summary of the previous days work and a series of group representations and voting. Following lunch there will be a summary and adoption of recommendations by a youth representative. After that, there will be topic titled Executive and Legislative Plans of Action in which the Governor, the Speaker of the

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House and President of the CNMI Senate will participate.

The three-day session will close with presentation of certificates, and closing remarks by Tony Moreham Jr., co-chairperson, and a reception scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

The conference's program committee is composed of Vivian T. Peter, chairperson; Tony Cabrera, Criminal Justice Planning Agency; Steve McManus, Grace Christian Academy; and David Omar, Department of Education.

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Audubon sets Christmas bird count The Saipan Group- Marianas

Audubon Society - will hold its third annual Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 19. Participants should meet at Smiling Cove boat launching ramp at 6:30 a.m. The group will reconvene at

Kingfisher Restaurant, Garapan at noon, and those wishing to join for the afternoon portion of the count only are invited to do so.

This year marks the 88th anniversary of the original Chrisunas Bird Count, now an

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