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By Zaldy Dandan '!Po Variety News Staff '( A DAY before the US Senate r~ committee hearing on "federal [\ takeover" legislation, the influ- .ij ential Washington Post has ::, 1 come out with a news story ·j detailing the findings of the US ['1 Interior Department-funded H "undercover team" that has i1 '.'documented worsening labor r·: and human rights abuses" !,j against the CNMI's alien work- ·.:1 ers. · Written by William Branigin, who has filed similar "nega- tive" stories about the CNMI, .·/ the March 30 article also states that those who will testify for ··. "federal takeover" in today's hearing are US Rep. George Miller (D-Califomia), Interior Secretary Brnce Babbit, three [: "scammed" male workers- '\ from China, Bangladesh and Pakistan-and "Katrina," the UNIVERSITY, OF H/\WAII LIBRAR'/ arianas %riet.r;;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ews ..,.., 'Scammed workers' to appear before hearin& says Post 1t was supposed to be released :: during today's US Senate En- 1. ergy and Natural Resources . 1 Committee hearing. r:: Philippine girl who, at the age of 14, claimed she was forced to dance nude at a Saipan night club. Branigin describes her case as "the saddest story." "On Saipan, she said, she was treated 'like an animal.' As she recalled her experiences, she bur- ied her face in her hands and be- gan to weep. 'I was supposed to be in school,"' she told Branigin. "Now, 'Katrina' said, she wants to tell her story in Congress: 'I don't want to happen to anybody what happened to me.' But many of the girls she knew at the night- club are still on Saipan, she said. 'Nobody wants to help them."' Criminal violations Branigin said the Post was shown the report of the Interior's Teno counts on Senate panel's 'fairness' However, Branigin said In- N terior_ decided to withhold the fl report "pending a review pf (i findings that point to possible' f: federal criminal violations." [ i The report, according to the : : Post, is "the result of more than i Pedro P. Tenorio By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio yesterday expressed hope that the US Senate committee consider- ing "federal takeover" legislation will be "fair" to the CNMI. Tenorio, whci is testifying to- day before the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Commit- tee, reiterated his administration's commitment to implement labor and immigration reforms, saying that he will address federal con- \ • '(Ii# ,,, .. ~I \ '._,,,.:ii] cems: 400 interviews in the CNMI in ,[ ,.'. "We will present our testi- January and February by a 1: 1 mony and I hope the committee seven-member team whose ac- Lj would review it thoroughly and tivities were funded by a (' with fairness," Tenorio said in $ I 00,000 contract with lnte- •·· an interview over the phone. rior." ,·" . At the same time, the gover- The team included three r nor described as "very unfortu- mainland American human nate" the rec;ent op-ed and ar- rights activists-Wendy , ticle on labor,·immigration and Doromal, Eric Grngoire and f ~riff abuses in th~ CNMI pub- Phil Kaplan-two former guest '. hshed by the~ ashmgton Times workers from China and the :i and the W?shmgton Post.(See Philippines, a Chinese-speak- :; Continued on page 19 Continued on page 19 rj -~~·~··~·-.;~·-_·.~·······~······;;.:=<· .~ .... ~·.,.·:·.·.-~ -·~+·'·, Cop is guilty of DUI, otlier traffic charges By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff THE SUPERIOR Court yester- day found a police officer guilty of traffic charges, including driv- ing while under the influence of alcohol. Judge Miguel Demapan said that based on the testimony of witnesses, the evidence and the arguments of counsel, the court finds beyond reasonable doubt that Police Officer Daniel Martinez is guilty of DUI, failure to take the breathalyzer test, driving without license and fail- ure to yield. mum penalty of one year an.d six months in jail, $1,600 fine, and six months' suspension of driver's license. Demapan at a bench trial, how- ever, acquitted Martinez of the charge of reckless driving. Demapan ordered the Proba- tion Office to prepare a pre-sen- tence investigation report. The sentencing of the officer is set for May 12. Martinez was off-duty when he was charged with five traffic vio- lations in the early morning of Aug. 5, 1997 while operating a vehicle in western Garapan. CNMI legislative leaders Karl T. Reyes, Ana S. Teregeyo and Manuel A. Tenorio (seated front, left to right) listen to a briefing at Guam's Department of Corrections before touring the Mangilao facility last Wednesday. The three were on a fact-finding visit after arriving from a trip to Pohnpei. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza Assistant Atty. Gen. Ramona V. Manglona, who prosecuted the case, said the charges cmry a maxi- Dcmapan said that shortly past midnight at the time, several po- Continued on page 19 I: · 7 I I WEAT~ER I 'OuTlook I Partly cloudy with scattered showers li'AC NEv\fSPAPEfl STACK~ OPA tells PSS: Terminate MHS aircon contract By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff THE OFFICE of the Public Au- ditor yesterday urged the Public School System to terminate its contract with a Saipan company for the purchase and installation of 118 airconditioners for Marianas High School, and re- move the units already installed at the school. In making the recommenda- tion, Public Auditor Leo LaMotte said the PSS contract with JWS Airconditioning and Refrigeration was not made in compliance with the agency's pro- curement regulations and was, therefore, "invalid." The report said "PSS failed to adequately assess the technical qualifications and specifications of the bids in accordance with the bid evaluation requirements." OPA found, for example, that at least one of the required equip- ment ratings was not met by JWS. "The bid specifications required a supply airflow of 800 cubic feet per minute; however, JWS bro- Leo LaMotte chure stated that its proposed N C only has an airflow of 540 [cubic feet per minute]," the re- port said. The airconditioning project is almost complete, but OPA said the NC units should be removed and that JWS be compensated for the actual expenses "reason: ably incurred under the contract prior to termination, plus area- sonable profit." The OPA's report was made in response to the appeal filed by Continued on page 2() ..,
Transcript of WAII arianas %riet.r;;~ - eVols at University of Hawaii at...
By Zaldy Dandan
'!Po Variety News Staff '( A DAY before the US Senate r~ committee hearing on "federal [\ takeover" legislation, the influ.ij ential Washington Post has ::,1 come out with a news story ·j detailing the findings of the US
['1 Interior Department-funded H "undercover team" that has i1 '.'documented worsening labor r·: and human rights abuses" !,j against the CNMI's alien work·.:1 ers. · Written by William Branigin,
who has filed similar "negative" stories about the CNMI,
.·/ the March 30 article also states that those who will testify for
··. "federal takeover" in today's hearing are US Rep. George Miller (D-Califomia), Interior Secretary Brnce Babbit, three
[: "scammed" male workers'\ from China, Bangladesh and ~ Pakistan-and "Katrina," the
UNIVERSITY, OF H/\WAII LIBRAR'/
arianas %riet.r;;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ~ ews
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'Scammed workers' to appear before hearin& says Post 1t was supposed to be released :: during today's US Senate En- 1.
ergy and Natural Resources .1
Committee hearing. r::
Philippine girl who, at the age of 14, claimed she was forced to dance nude at a Saipan night club.
Branigin describes her case as "the saddest story."
"On Saipan, she said, she was treated 'like an animal.' As she
recalled her experiences, she buried her face in her hands and began to weep. 'I was supposed to be in school,"' she told Branigin.
"Now, 'Katrina' said, she wants to tell her story in Congress: 'I don't want to happen to anybody
what happened to me.' But many of the girls she knew at the nightclub are still on Saipan, she said. 'Nobody wants to help them."'
Criminal violations Branigin said the Post was
shown the report of the Interior's
Teno counts on Senate panel's 'fairness'
However, Branigin said In- N terior_ decided to withhold the fl report "pending a review pf (i findings that point to possible' f: federal criminal violations." [ i
The report, according to the : : Post, is "the result of more than i
Pedro P. Tenorio
By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff
GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio yesterday expressed hope that the US Senate committee considering "federal takeover" legislation will be "fair" to the CNMI.
Tenorio, whci is testifying today before the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reiterated his administration's commitment to implement labor and immigration reforms, saying that he will address federal con-
\ • '(Ii# ,,, .. ~I
\ '._,,,.:ii]
cems: 400 interviews in the CNMI in ,[ ,.'. "We will present our testi- January and February by a 1:1 mony and I hope the committee seven-member team whose ac- Lj
would review it thoroughly and tivities were funded by a (' with fairness," Tenorio said in $ I 00,000 contract with lnte- •·· an interview over the phone. rior." ,·" . At the same time, the gover- The team included three r nor described as "very unfortu- mainland American human nate" the rec;ent op-ed and ar- rights activists-Wendy , ticle on labor,·immigration and Doromal, Eric Grngoire and f ~riff abuses in th~ CNMI pub- Phil Kaplan-two former guest '. hshed by the~ ashmgton Times workers from China and the :i and the W?shmgton Post.(See Philippines, a Chinese-speak- :;
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Cop is guilty of DUI, otlier traffic charges
By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff
THE SUPERIOR Court yesterday found a police officer guilty of traffic charges, including driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Judge Miguel Demapan said that based on the testimony of witnesses, the evidence and the arguments of counsel, the court finds beyond reasonable doubt that Police Officer Daniel Martinez is guilty of DUI, failure to take the breathalyzer test, driving without license and failure to yield.
mum penalty of one year an.d six months in jail, $1,600 fine, and six months' suspension of driver's license.
Demapan at a bench trial, however, acquitted Martinez of the charge of reckless driving.
Demapan ordered the Probation Office to prepare a pre-sentence investigation report. The sentencing of the officer is set for May 12.
Martinez was off-duty when he was charged with five traffic violations in the early morning of Aug. 5, 1997 while operating a vehicle in western Garapan.
CNMI legislative leaders Karl T. Reyes, Ana S. Teregeyo and Manuel A. Tenorio (seated front, left to right) listen to a briefing at Guam's Department of Corrections before touring the Mangilao facility last Wednesday. The three were on a fact-finding visit after arriving from a trip to Pohnpei. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza
Assistant Atty. Gen. Ramona V. Manglona, who prosecuted the case, said the charges cmry a maxi-
Dcmapan said that shortly past midnight at the time, several po
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OPA tells PSS: Terminate MHS aircon contract By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff
THE OFFICE of the Public Auditor yesterday urged the Public School System to terminate its contract with a Saipan company for the purchase and installation of 118 airconditioners for Marianas High School, and remove the units already installed at the school.
In making the recommendation, Public Auditor Leo LaMotte said the PSS contract with JWS Airconditioning and
Refrigeration was not made in compliance with the agency's procurement regulations and was, therefore, "invalid."
The report said "PSS failed to adequately assess the technical qualifications and specifications of the bids in accordance with the bid evaluation requirements."
OPA found, for example, that at least one of the required equipment ratings was not met by JWS.
"The bid specifications required a supply airflow of 800 cubic feet per minute; however, JWS bro- Leo LaMotte
chure stated that its proposed N C only has an airflow of 540 [cubic feet per minute]," the report said.
The airconditioning project is almost complete, but OPA said the NC units should be removed and that JWS be compensated for the actual expenses "reason: ably incurred under the contract prior to termination, plus areasonable profit."
The OPA's report was made in response to the appeal filed by
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INS works on law on asylt1m-seekers
A Palestinian girl covers her nose to fend off the effect of tear gas as she and other students are evacuated by Palestinian police from the Bethlehem's Girls elementary school during clashes in the West Bank town Monday. AP
By CASSANDRA BURRELL WASmNGTON (AP) - Immi!!rJtion officials are working on their problems enforcing a 1996 law that made it more difficult for foreigners toseeLt~ylum in the United States by claiming persecution in their home countries, Congress' investigative arm
saii.J. A General Accounting Office re
view found llmtasm.myas 20percent of Irnmigr.1tion and Naturalization Setvice employees may not be documenting whether they followed al I procedutes in deciding whether to allow asylum seekers into the counny_
In some cases examined, there was no way to tell whether inspectors asked all the required questions of aliens or gave all the information they are required to give, including explaining the right to an appeal, the reprnt said.
The stricter rules went into effect April I, 1997,tothedismayofcritics
who fe.ucd ll1cy would keep aliens with legitimate asylum claims out of thccounuy.
In its repo1t, the GAO said it would not recommend changes because the INS has taken steps to improve the process and get inspectors to keep better tecords.
During the law's first seven months, INS inspectors referred 1,396 of 29,170 immigrants put through the. new procedure to asylum officers for intetviews, the GAO said.
Theremaining27,774weretumed away.
Asylum officers detetmined that 79 percent of the I, I 08 people interviewed by Nov. 13 had credible fem'S of persecution, the report _said.
Immigration judges upheld 83 percent of the 198 cases that asylum officers rejected.
The law was designed to squeeze abusers out of the system by giving INS officials the authority to refuse entry to foreigners who show up at
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ai1prnts ,md other ports of entry with suspect document~ or no trnvc! document,.
Asylum seekers can be sent away if they cannot per,uade an immigr<1· tion official that they have a credible fem· of prosecution.
Before the 1996 law, aliens with frnudulent documents could be sent home only after hemings by immigration judges.
U.S. Rep. Lrrnar Smith, sponsorof the legislation, said the GAO report confitmsthatthelawhascurbedabuse and restored integrity to the asylum process.
"We've discouraged people from fraudulently seeking asylum to gain illegal enlly into the U.S. and we're protecting tl1ose who have legitimate fearof persecution," Smith said Monday in a written statement.
'The GAO found that the overwhelmingnumberofindividualswho
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Clinton goes on African safari
By TERENCE HUNT CHORE NATIONAL PARK, Botswana (AP)-Out befo1e dawn Monday on an African safari, President Bill Clinton watched a lion play with four cubs under a shade tree. Elephants strolled nonchalantly near the president's open-airtouring truck.
''lt'sbeenanamazingday,"Clinton said as he and his wife Hillary wrapped up a five-hour excursion. "We've seen probably 20or 30di fferent kinds of birds, fascinating ones, including some eagles I've never seen before and some storks I've never seen before."
Hippos stared at Clinton from the Chobe River. Baboons scampered in thescrub.Ahugeherdofcapebuffalo with curved horns gathered at a watering hole. One of them had been wounded, its stomach ripped open, apparent] y by a lion.
"He won't survive, will he?" Clinton asked. "Probably no~" said his guide, Richard Randall.
At another point, vultures lingered around the remains of a kudu apparently killed by a lion. All that was left were the horns and skull of the African antelope.
The safari was Clinton's first and only break from an otherwise grueling, 12-day tour of Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda.South Africa, Botswanaand Senegal to forge a new partnership with Africa and expand American business investment opportunities.
Sprawlingover4,200squarcmiles (11,CXX} square kilometers), Chobe National Park is named after the Chobe River on Botswana's northerly border with Nambia. It is one of the last unspoiled wilderness areas in Africa. The Clintons drove along 30 miles (50 kilomete1'S)of dusty trails in search of wildlife.
lhe Clintons .u1ivedearly Sunday evening at MowanaSafari Lodge, an air-conditioned resort located on the river. The evening buffet features
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By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff
AMID pressures anu widely publicized attacks on the CNMI. local officials face off with federal officials and other critics today for a most cmcial hearing that will form U.S. Congress' position on the federal takeover proposal.
The hearing at the U.S. Senate Committee on Ene[gy and Natural Resources will discuss charges levied against the CNMI such as prostitution, abortion, payless paydays, abhotTent living conditions. illegal immigration and religious intolerance.
-Subjects of the hearing are Sen. Daniel Akaka 's bill. S. 1100, and President Cl in ton's own proposal contained in S. 1275. Both bills seek to extend US immigration and minimum wage laws to the CNMI; to limit the duty free treatment for the CNMI; and to scrap the CNMI's privilege to use the "Made in USA" label unless it
Pedro P. Tenorio
meets the 50 percent US citizens workforce requirement.
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt will represent the Clinton Administration, and Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio, the CNMI.
Human Rights advocates and alien workers, who were shipped out of the CNMI last month, will testify to "uphold" the Department of the Interior's charges· against the CNMI. -The workers in the DOI panel
According to Continental
'State of Tinian airport could not support non-stop flights'
By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff
THE PRESENT state of the Tinian lntcn'Jational Airport is discouraging air transport players in servicing the island, which may halt economic gains. from the opening of the casino industry.
Continental Micronesia said the current length of the Tinian International Airport rnnway will disable airline co1;1panics from coming up with non-stop flights to the island.
"'Because of the length of the runway. Continental will not be able to tly non-stop 1·ro111 any place where there arc potential casino players," said Walter Dias. vice president for sales and promotion of Continental Air Micronesia.
The Commonwealth Ports Authority has deferred rehabilitation of the West Tinian airport due to lack of funds. CPA refused to float a bigger bond that will include funds for the expansion ofTinian air and sc71-ports. citing lkcl ining revenues.
The Ports Authority is floating $54.6 million bond this month but proceeds from this tlotution will be used to pay off the existing airport and harbor bonus, as well as finance the ongoing Capital Improvement Projects.
Despite this, Dias said Continental is conducting feasibility studies and market surveys on the profitability of offering Guam-Tinian chartered flights or scheduled jet se1vice in time for the opening of tl1e Dymtsty Hotel :u1d Casino.
··we :ire looking at what kind of passengers are we to serve and what kind of service the casino industry neei.Js.'' he told Variety.
I k said Continental had preliminary talks with officials of the Drnastv hotel who earlic:r sought the airline "s support. 1 k said no a;rccm.cnt has been reached yet~ -Dynasty senior vice prcsidc:nt ror customer service and sales Curt
Bourg was previously quoted to liave said that Lhc hotel has bc:en m discussion with Continental about a variety or charters and scheduled services.
Dias said Continental, which has been losing $2 million monthly in its Saipan operations, is continuously studying the profitability of the Tinian casino industry market and other potential sources of tourists from all of the airl inc 's 1,300 service routes_
"But I won't say that we are uefinitely flying Tinian. It all depends on the market dcn1and and if the airport. in the future, will be able to support d:1ily flights," he stressed. .
The Ports Authority said it will float a separate bond lo lund the expansion or the West Tinian Airport. CPA executive director Carlos Salas said his office is still working out some important details 111 terms of repayment of the bond that lws to he flo:1ted to finance the projc:ct.
Because or this, the Tinian Chambn of Commerce satd lurther delays in the flotation of bond for the island's airport may jeopard izc marketing efforts to make Tinian the casino gambling hub or the Pacific.
1\nalvsts said direct flirhts can enrnuragc mon; gamblers to plane in to Tini(1n. Chwnber president Phillip Mendiola Long has suggested a Build-Operate-Transfer IBOTI scheme for the West Tinian airporL
Under the HOT scheme, ,t private company will butld and take lull control of the airport facilities in a period of time before it is ewlltLtally translcrred tu the government.
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Frank H. Murkowski
will include a Chinese labor activist, a pregnant garment worker, a Bangladeshi and a Pakistani national, according to sources.
Tenorio will be joined by his advisers and legislative leaders.
Bruce Babbitt
This was the second congressional hearing attended by CNMI officials since 1992 when labor and immigration problems in the CNMI first surfaced.
Sen. Frank H. Murkowski (R-
Alaska), chairman of the committee, earlier said that while he believes that a level of federal control "now looks necessary," he would maintain an open mind on the issue.
While agreeing that conditions in the CNMI "have reached dire straits," Murkowski said he "sincerely hopes a solution may be reached averting dire consequences."
CN Ml leaders appeal to the federal governrnentto allow the Commonwealth to keep its autonomy, maintaining that federalization would destroy the local economy.
The U.S. mainland press and Insular Affairs Director Al Stayman are among the CNMI's arch critics.
OSHA: No sweatshops in latest visit By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff
THEOCCUP A TIONALSafety and Health Administration (OSHA) found only one instance of overcrowded workers' living qu.u1e1'S dming its just-concluded inspections in tl1e Commonwealth, an OSHA repon submitted to the Depattrncnt of Labor :md Immigration (OOU) showed.
The report, according to Ron BiggersofOOLI's Health rmd Safety Office, will be among documents that will be presented by OSHA Regional AdminisU,1torF1,mkStrasheim in today's US St!natecommitteehear-
• Pqpul11tion.of · .'Iinia11 :rising . . -by 5% weekly.
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By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff
DISPL.A YING the initial signs of growtl1 from the upcoming opening oftl1ecasino indusay, Tini,m is experiencing a steady increase in the nu mber of people with tl1e migrntion of nornesident mid local workers.
·n1is innc,Lsc in population is cxpxted to have a multiplier effect in tl1c isl:md's economy since then~ wou Id be mote people to go to several business establishmcnLs.
Ti11i,111 Chamber or Commerce prcsidc111 Phillip tvkndiob Long disclosed that the1c has been a stc,1dy five percent increase in total island population, attributing the development to the impeni.Jing casino industry.
Long said Tini,m is facing a major economic lx10m that may save the Commonwealth's ailing economy with the slump in Saipan 's totnism indusny ,md the p;nding demise of the ~.ument sector which has been the uu·gct of fcdcrnl takeowr advocates.
I k added that the increase in Tini,m 's 1x1pulation would rnc,u1 ,m auditional weekly expcnscof$7,(XX) to $10.(XXl rirculating within the isl:u1d 's economy.
"Mntc people :ui: coming toTini,m. · Despite this, we don't have a saturation of worket, here unlike Saip,u1 where l11e1c m-c numerous workct, pir:kding in frcmtofllrnigochi Build-
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ing on CNMI federal takeover legislations.
StI-asheim led a nine-mm1 team of OSHA agcnl,dming the month-long inspections.
Hehas rcprn1cdly left lastSatunlay for l11e hcming.
Biggc1'S said Strrn;heim 'steam did not find sweatshops.
Some $74,400 in fines, according to the repo1t, wa., imposed on some 34CNMI employers found liable for about 71 health and safety violations. 44 of which we1e cl:t,sified as "serious."
OSHA furnished DOLi with iL, repott as pmt of a good faitJ1 ag1ce-
rnentem·Iierreached between the two agencies_ - Asked if OSHA could have possi
bly withheld other infonnation in l11e report, Biggers said the federal agency, if it did, coulu be violating the recently-reached agreement.
·n,e ag1cement. initiated by DOLi on orders of Gov. Pedro P. Ten01io in hm. this year, calls for joint OSHACNMI govemment actions, inspections included, against erring Cornmonwealtl1 employcl"S.
Bi~ ~ct, said at lc:Lst two of the inspc~tions done by OSHA W,L, p:u·ticipated in by countc1p:u1 OOLI
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HANMI says Micronesia workers need more training for hotel jobs
By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff
TRAINING unskilled worket'S from other Micronesian islands is not only expensive, the efforts sometimes hardlybearfruitorbearnofruitatall, according to the Hotel Association of the Northern Marim1a Islands.
HANMisaid most of the workers from other Pacific island states come with practically no job skills, although recmitment of Micronesian hotel workers has p1eviously been utilized with some success.
HANMJcited the sad experience of the Palace Hotel on Guam which, in 1990,experimented withnxruiting 200 unskilled Microncsi,ms.
'Ihe Palace brought them to Guam for intensive hospitality training. After providing fortheirhousing, food uniforms, and medical care for several months, "the hotel discovered the sad truth."
" ... most of t11e training time was spent not in teachingjob skills but in basichygieneandotherlivingskills," HANMI said in a position paper.
By the end of the program, 75 percent had 1etumed home or left to work forotherbusinesses. cunently, only 20 people remain from that origirnd staff.
OtherGuam hotels,HANMI said. learned from the cxan1plc ,md no recmiunent program of this magnitude has been attempted since.
'111oseofus in the hotel busines.~ on Saipan that do employ Micronesian worket'S have valued their contributions to our business," said HANMl president Ron Sablan.
But he said significant social im-
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pacts and costs to local governments have become the subject of rcgioJ1al controversy as more Micronesi:m frm1ily members who do not work have mi crated to Saipan, Guam and Hawaii to join their employed family members.
Unlike the typical Asian worker who remits money home, Sablan said, the paychecks of Micronesian workers are often utilized to bring family members to live with them.
"In a typical family, one person works to suppo11 six to eight relatives who come to live with them. TI1ose who don't work en joy aJI the 1ighl~ of citizen~ to utilize a maximum level of food st.unps, health mid educational facilities,and other government scrv ices," he added.
The impact of Microneshms migrating fieely to the lru·ger islm1ds in the Western Pacific has been so great, that in 1995 Guam Senator Carlotta Leon Guerrero filed a taxpayer lawsuit against President Clinton and the Departmentofintc-
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FREE press is not about being told what to write and how to think. \Ve report 11·hal should he reported.
:\ CNtvll go1·e.rnment lawyer called the Variety's office last Friday. infuriated by that dc1y·s main headline. "Teno Sued 01l'r ARC ... It was ··idiotic." according to Mr. Government Lawyer.
The story 11 as about the lawsuit filed against the government by Filipino worker Manni! Cayabyab who was denied c'ntry at the airport because. his lawyer said, immigration authoriti.:s declared his alien registration card "invalid."
It \\'as a "false alkgation .. and the press shouldn't have run the story. according to the lawyer, who gave some logicddying .:.\planations fo1· the guy·s detention.
The fact is. there was this poor guy with a job and an entry permit. detained al the airport for whatever reason. The press is certainly not in tht? position to pass judgment on the case. It's for the Court to decide.
But there are same points that I want to make in response to Mr. Gtl\'l'rnmcnt Lawycr·s remark that I have a "personal conflict" on the issue. Contrary to his condescending suggestion. 11hate11:r sentiment I may hav1: on the issue has totally nothing to do with my race or my status as a contract worker. Most of us reporters may be contract workers. but we profess to be part of the community. When we criticize, we don't have any other agenda but to help, because we care.
Reporters ought to be always distant and objective, but we'r.: not immune to human sensibilities. It's hard not to be. sympathetic to one side when you s1:e clearly the irrationalities of the oth.:r.
One docsn 't ha 11: to be a fellow alien or a contract worker to frel compassion for a woman being handcuffed as if she was ,l common criminc1l accus.:d of a heinous crime; subjected to undue humiliation, just because she didn't have an alien registration card or whatever crap that government raiders w.:rc looking for. Thcr.:·s a proper way to do that. I don't be! icve that pi.:ces of papers are more sacred than human dignity.
A Chinesl'. \\'orkn was raped here twice. First, physically b) the immigration ol'fica who was in charge of her: then by the system that deported ht?r.
Last \\ed. \1r. Tony Pellegrino complained about how the immi~ration agents ransacL:d his business place. Why do raiders ha1e to act Iii,;.: mini tyrants swooping down on 11orksi1es in what \h. Pellegrino described as a "Gestapotyp.: ·· Lish ion·>
Tn describe these as '-iazi-.:squc is probably exaggerated ,ind sc'nsational. But for .sure. anything clo.sc to it is something that \\"c' don·1 expc'Ct ancl we don·t want to witness in 11 hat i, othcr11 i,c an idyllic island. or in any other place for IIL1l n1:1ttl'r.
Racc-h,1,ed pD!icic.s .should he abandoned. The new health 1·c·gul:1l1<Jn,. for c'.\,tlllpk . .should he impk:ncntl'.d fairly. Discriminatory 1,olicies defy human sense of fairness and equalit1 1-.hil"i1. ir<inically. statesiLkrs \D often cry out. This place 1, :.1 \1ttk A:ncrica. lt shouldn"t hl' like George Orwell's .\11111111/ Fun/I.\\ h<.:r<.: ··;\// u11i11wls (IU' eq11ul. hlll some are nu,rc l'CJ11al 1/rn11 urhcr.,."
.\lien \1orkers should not end up like. to quok Mr. V.K. 'i,1'.1hnc·y·, hrillianL·e. ··innocent pawns" in a political game 1l1a1 Saip,111 and Washington a1·1: playing. These aliens arc not creature's lrnm outer space. They arc a group of human beings \111/1 ,1 S) n1lrnJt1c rclat1on:..hip with th.: CNM!. They found j1Jh.s here a1id. undoubtl'.dly. contribute to the local economy.
Thing, nc·cd lo be done: reforms arc long overdue. But they don l ha\c to iw c:1rricd out in this gung-ho approach. The 11a) thin~, arc· going t1CJ\1· only gi\'l.: the frdl'.ral government '"Ille kind c,f comedic theatrics to amuse: thl'.111.sclves with.
Rl'lorm, s\1<>ulcl he handkd more rcsronstbly: with rational th1Ju:chh and ildic111,. The gon:rnment shouldn't hl'. concentrating on ,l short-krill gll,d. which at this point, appear, to he focus<:d c:.,dusi1c:I:, 011 \\11mi11g the tug-o-11ar m·cr inunigriltion control. It is. undi:..putcdly. a nuci,tl goal. llut \\'hat lies beyond that'1 Lct·s cm·ision the J"utmc· --1,·i1/i or 11·i1/1r)/// lhL· J"cds.
.\011 kt's all callll do1\11; take a dc·c:p breath. And then. think.
Ii ~ Letters to the Editor II Lawyer responds on Strasheim's letter
Dear Editoc
Last Fiiday you published a letter to the Editor from OSHA 's Regional Administrator Mr. Sn-asheim complaining that an ad placed in your newspaper by my firm for an OSHA Seminar was "misleading."
I have to admit he was light. Allow me lo ap.Jlogize to OSHA.
My ad in fact made OSHA look better thmi it is.
Since placing that ad, I have obtained internal OSHA memos and other st:.1tistits which show the trnth about OSHA.
OSHA will of course want to deny the following ,md I won't speculate on why they might do so(is it because of Allen Staym,m'l) Whoops! I said I wouldn't speculate :md there I go "speculating:· Sony OSHA.
• OSHA c:mnot inspect ma.inl:md businesses with fewer than I 0 emloyees because oflimil~ placed on 1heirapprop1iationsbyCongress. The only place in the counuy where tliey rnn inspect such small businesses is the CNMI because they use Mr. Staymwi 's DOI funds to inspect. I won't speculate why ...
• Gu,m1,uid Sai p,ui combined have the lowest number of fatalities ,md work-1clated inju1ics in Region IX. yet Mr. Staym,m uses 85% of his
resources to inspect and reinspect tlie safest areas in his region. I won't speculate why ...
• Employers in Saipan are 88 times more likely to be inspected than employees in Ctlifomia. I won't speculate why ...
• Mr. Strasheimhidesthereal facts. The truth is OSHA assessed $13.5 million in penalties on Guam and Saipanin l 992-97whentherestofhis Region IX was assessed less than $400,0C(J. I won't speculate why ...
Even OSHA's fo1mer Region IX Adminiso·ator cmi 't stomach what OSHA is doing here.
11iis week he issuedareprntaccusing OSHA inspections here as being ''cm abuse of authoiity and a waste of taxpayer monies.''
OSHA' s internal 1eprntshave been given to the media.
Mr. Strasheim last week conducted a two-day investigation to find who in OSHA dared release the uuth.
These 1ep.J11S showed that an average of only two violations weri:: found foreve1y inspection in tl1e CNMI ,md tliat only I% these violations we1e wilful!, only 2% we1e 1epeal
That's ve1y good. OSI-IA's own rqx)lt admitted employe1, in the CNMI have fewer violations th,m ernploye1:; in the mainhmd.
By the way, Mr. Su-asheim, why
don't you tell tlie folk here that in the mainland, OSHA doesn't even inspect bmracks. Why do they do it here? I don't wan 't to speculate.
The trnth is that OSHA has been denied most of the sem·ch wan-ants it ha,soughtonSaipm1whenthetarget's anomey was invited to attend the conference.
At least one tw·get was a hotel. The request., forwanants we1e not
''dropped" or"withdrawn,"theywere denied; I ML, the1e.
Yes, I will ap.Jlogize for my ad in the OSHA seminw·-it was misleading.
It failed to tell the people the sony tmthaboutatotallyp.JliticizedOSHA tliat has unfairly targeted with all its mi12ht ,md resources the safest mca in its Region.
I won't speculate why. Mr. Sn·asheim 's letter w..L, 1idicu
lous and misleading and OSHA should be ashamed of abusing its p.Jwer out he1e. Don't expect the tmth from OSHA.
I mid others have sent them and Mr. Stayman Freedom of Information 1cquesL, fortlie tmth. They ig:nrni:: us.
Could it be OSHA has been policized? Whoops!Therc !go again. I shouldn't speculate why.
ROBERT O'CONNOR
Letter sender suggests 'best solution' lx:u· EditOI'.
GOVER:-S:OR Pedro P. Tcnoiio !ms a numberof pressing problems in his h,mds.
·n,c problem witli the federal government, the probh:m of tl1c Asiw1 economic cmnch, ,md now his problemon the lcx:al or domestic fin,uicial situation.
l..:Lst month, fonn.:'.r Gov. Froil:m Tcnorio told Teno lo find solutions to thc financial pmblem of the CNMI govemrncnt instead of bl,miing him.
Al about the .,arn.:'. time, Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio publicly insinuated that a largl'. amount of income l'.,u11.:1, n.:!Jate rnonic:s w,L\ missing or spent without 1he appropriate authmi,11-
1ion. If it is nuc tliat 1cbate tax monies
we1e spent or we1e missing, then perhaps tl1e only solution is to wke frnmcr Gov. Froil:ui Tenorio rn1d some of his top officials to cou11 wid make tl1em pe1:;onally liable for the missing 1ebate money.
Gov. P. P. Teno1ior,uinot levy fees or Laxes or assess monies lium wxpayei;; or fmm tl1c business comm uni ty so he can generate enough funds? It's fair at all.
Al icn workers ,md employer:.; :u-e paying subst:.mlial ,mmunt of money into the govcmmem for whose benefit'/ Some yc:u, ago, the govcmmcnt was issuin12 alien 1c12istration ca1d to newly rn,i;ed workc;, at pmc-
tically no cost to tl1e employer or workers.
llie new idea or 1q,,'lllation if theti:: is any. to rcqui1c all alien workers to go tlirough HIV or TB rhysical ex,miination at miy clinic for $125.(X) is not only a 1edundrnicy, but is ridiculous.
What WOU Id happen if mi alien worker conu-acted HIV or TB fium :mother al icn worker after he or she enlt.!1-ed the CNMI? Who would pay for medical ucaunent for such person~ ll1e employer should not be blamed forthecost. MaybetheCNMI needs deregulation.
JERRY HERNANDEZ
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A 'Flood' of medical info
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Facts about AIDS/HIV When I write my weekly column, I usually try to make it at least a little enjoyable, funny even. Butnot this week. There just isn't anything funny or humorous about AIDS or HIV. Andi don 'thave tlie answers.
11ie World Health Organization 1ecently rep.Jried:
"The more we know abow the AIDS epidemic. the worse it appears .... the rates of HIV transmission have been grossly underestimated .... "
AIDS, Acquited Immunodeficiency Syndrome, has been spreading steadily tl1rough the human race for the last 30 years. HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus which causes AIDS is not a pmticularly contageous vims.
Most infections come fromdi1i::ct sexual contact, or tium exp.Jsme to infected blood or di1ty needles.
In chikhen, sadly, much of the infection comes even before birth, from their infected mothers.
The world-sidenumbersarestaggeiing, unbelievable.
Maybethatiswhysofewseemto be concerned at times, the numbers are just so huge that they numb our conscience.
Today, in our world, among persons aged 15-50, one in eve1y I 00 me infected with the AIDS virus.
11iat's over 30 million people, and to that you can add ,mother I million if you include kids under age 15.
In some countries it gel, up to one in ten, and in some villages seven out of ten women having babies me HIV positive.
And it's getting worse. Quickly. Every single day anotl1er l 6,0C(J
personsm-enewly infected,andover 6000die.
Ofthosewhodie,halfwcwomen, and almost a foutth mi:: children.
Think about those numbers a
minute. One out of I 00. 30 million people. There are some other facts which
should make us 1-eally wake up here in the Mmianas.
• We are close, really close, to Southeast Asia and there is a lot of AIDS in Africa and Asia.
• Most people with AIDS don't know they have it.
TI1e UN estimates that 9 out of I 0 HJV infected people don't know tliey are infected.
Nine out of ten. 11iat's 27 out of those 30 million
people, they have this life-tl1reatening infection, and tliey don't even know they have it
Medicines rue available, but what use we medicines when you don't even know you need them?
Besides, tlicy don't cU1e the illness, ,md they me grossly expensive, way beyond the budget., of most individuals or counnies.
P1i::vention is available too, by avoidingsexual contact with infected individ~als and use of contaminated needles or blood.
This sounds easy, but it isn't. I especially wony about our young
people. The CNMI has a really high num
ber of teenage pregmmeies. It isn't sp.Jken of much, but it is
uue. And some confidential surveys of
high school and college youtl1 indicate that our young people me ve1y sexually active, rarely using protection.
Teenagers don't think about prevention; they think about action.
These actions could cost them their lives, :md tl1e lives of mmiy others tliey love.
It could cost us our children. We need to stop it. Now.
120 million injuries in global workplace in- '97
By Aldwin R. Fajardo Van'ety News Staff
TI·IE FIGURES seem like c,L,ualties of a major war but tl1c.:se losses occur not on a battlefield but in the workplace.
Global statistics indicated that there we1i:: 200,0C(J people killed and more than I 20million injured in the workplace la,t year.
These, health authorities said, are only part of much wider impact of health hazards at work. Tiie links between alcohol and work injwy are of rising concern.
The World Health Organization [WHO]saidtheri::maybeupto 160 million cases a year of occupational diseases stemming from exposure to chemical, biological and physical agent,, and otherenvironmental hazards.
Surveys show increasing exposu1i:: to psychological stress at work.
The profound changes in work habits mid lifestyles associated witl1 modernization mean that conditions such as diabetes and premature dis-
ability associated with ergonomic factors rue increasing among young adults ,md in the w;rking 1~pufr; tion.
Inaddition,mmepeoplewelikely to suffer from psychiatric and neurological conditions.
At the same time, violence in all its forms has increa<;eddramatically worldwide in recent decades. During 1993,atleastfourmilliondeaths resulted from unintentional or intentional injury, including 300,000 murders.
Of the violent deaths, some three million were in the developing nation,. In many countries, homicide and suicide accountfor20% to40% of deaths in males aged 15-34 years.
In half the countries of Latin Ameiica and the Cruibbean, homicide is the second leading cause of death in people aged 15-24 yem-s. It is more f1equent among men mid increases in direct relationship with age, and is closely associated with depression, personality disorders, substance abuse and schizophrenia
WEDNESDAY, APRIL I, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5
Church lllinister in 'hot vvater' for 'labor activities'
By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff
A CHURCH minister, who sought a newemployerfor l 6abandoncdnon-1esiden t worker,;, ironically emlcd up facing p.Jssible dep.Jrtation for allegedly engaging in unlawful employ- · ment activities.
Records at tlie Deprutment of Laborand lmmigrntion(OOL[) showed Lee Pan Sik, some time last year, interceded on behalf of the workers by allegedly arrJI1ging for their employment with a certain Bemadita Taitano who rnnsJ&B Enterprises.
Taitano, records further showed, allegedly 1eceived $8,000 from the workers through Lee, supp.Jsedly in exchange for their employment.
However, Taitano, who, it turned out, wa, not in a position to hire the workers, "wrongfully'' relied on Lee to provide them witlijobs.
Lee, for his pmt, denied any re-
sp.Jnsibility a<; a de jc1Cto employer, insisting, during a recent hearing on the case by DOLi Adminisn<1tive Hearing Office Supervisor Linn Asper, that he only acted as an intermediaryforacertainKimHongKyun.
Kim was the workers' employer who has fled CNMI allegedly with most of the money that the latter had paid for employment on Saipan.
The workers, following Lee's intercession, were provided "little work. .. and no wages," according to Asper.
"A preponderance of the evidence suppo1ts a finding that Lee became a de facto employerof the (workers) by acting in the manner he did with Taitano regarding the employment of die (workers)," Asper maintained in his findings.
Asper rnled that Lee and Taitano be referred to the Criminal Division of the Attorney General's Office
(AGO-CD) "for prosecution for criminal offenses" regarding the case.
He also mled that the 16 workers, who were granted transfer employment relief, be awarded $12,688 each for a year's unpaid wages and liquidated damages.
It was not however made clear as to where the workers could get their money claims.
Taitano and Lee were each ordered to pay $8,000 for l~bor violations and are permanently barred from hiring new nonresident. workers.
Lee, A;;per further ruled, is to be referred to DOLi's immigrntiondivision "for engaging in unlawful employment activities while admitted (in the CNMI) as a minister of a church.
Variety tried but failed to reach Lee and Taitano.
Employer told to abide by settlement . . .
By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff
AN EMPLOYER has been ordered to pay herworker$5,000forfailure to comply with an earlier settlement agreement
At the same time, Linn Asper, Administrative Hearing Office (AHO) Supervisor of the Depmt-
ment of Labor and Immigration, in his ruling, baned the employer, identified as a certain Elizabeth Blake, from hiring new nonresident worker until the fines are fully paid.
Asper likewise referred Blake's case to the Anomey General's Office (AGO) for collection assistance.
The matter stemmed from a labor
dispute between Blake and her employee which was settled on Jan. 28 this year whe1e Blake agieed to pay $2,500 by last Feb. l 7.
Blake, Asper said, has however failed to issue payment.
Asper likewise mled that the employer be granted tr,msfer employment relief.
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Medicine shipment to DOLi report enumerates Chuuk is 'tax-exempt' 'faults' found in Tan fi~~s PALIKIR (FSMIS)--PresidentJacob Nena ha., info1med Chuuk Gover- By Jojo Dass withtlammablematc1ialswercalleg- :md Hc'.ilth ~d'.11 mis~·'.itton (OSI I/\)
nor Ans.Ito Walt•'!' t11at '"1 expected medicine shipment will be exempted , , · ty N Staff edly being ston:d by comp:my per- 1t1 Nowmbci J,t~t yc,u · . - w vane ews - . 1 I· It ;JI be 1~ctlled that aside from
from import duties :111d tl1e FSM Customs Regulations, according to his THE DEPARTMENT of L1bor and sonncl in front of clcctnca out cts. \\ 1 ' . . ~· . . . AttomevGcneral. Immigrntionfound 16"haz;mJs"dur- Otl1erfindings include bundles of the alkged h~a!th _:md sa et; .v1ol:1~
Nena· was respondim! to Walter's letter seeking clruification on whether ino il5;1.!cent inspection of two Lower g;urnent, found blocking aisleways, uons, authonues1a,lso founld \\dh,it wd'~'
- S "' ' - · al · I b .. dcc1ibed ·L~ "h10 1 y-rc 0 u ate me 1-donated medicine by the Church of the Nazarene tor Chuuk tale ru-e B·L-;c f:ictrnies owned by business abrokenelecU1C' sw1tc1cover y,m ' " -1-:- d I · ' ',,,. 11 . ·T· ' embroiderv room unsccuil.!d cines." ,urnllcgedly un 1cense nurse subjected to the FSM import tax and customs !egu .allons. tycoon n 1 1e ,m. J , • ~ • bed .. r · ," d ;110 the
Rev.DaveHanc,AssistanttotheReg1onalD11ector,ClmrchofNaz.arene, /\ rcpoit furnished by DOLi's la- boxes, rn1d an unprotected clcct11cal :md a oui- c mic ui e
based in Manila. Philippines told Walter that working together with bordivisiontoactin.gSenl.!tmyMm'k pm1el. raid. · tltl C Fe) - d cll1e nurse, identified :l, a ce1ta111
Nazmene Compassionate Ministries (NCM), Nazarene He.: 1 .ru-e - Zachrnl.!s showed that tl1e possible "There were non-approve: I · f I · Dino Di according to DOLi, may Jowship (NHCF) mid Heait to Herut (H2H) can mrange s 11pment o violationsofhealth and safctyregula- splices ... eightscwing mac 11t1es wcil.! "' ' -
medicine in a 20-foot container sent to Chuuk State. tions mostly involved elect:Jical in- missing 11.!quircd gu.u·ds to cover face depoitation proceedings. Costs of shipment to the point of its ,urival in Chuuk will be covered by stallations mid fire concerns. romting bell,," said tl1e 1epo1t. However, Pixley said the com-
NCM. . According to the 1-epo1t. g:JJrnent Further, the team of investigators prn1y iscontestingtheplcmneddepor-Any unnspo1tation or uisuibution chai-ges in Chuuk will be tl1e responsi- mateiials w;te found st:tcked in front that prnticipated in DOLi 's March 12 tat1on.
bi\itv of Chuuk State. of a high voltage elecu·ical switch unannounced inspections of the Trn1 "Sh<!(Di)h,t,av,~idconu:ictsi6,ned NCM 1-equested an official statement in a letter stating that tl1e medicine theieb)'\•,sing; foe haz.;u·d. Holdings gmment factories also ~-e- by (DOU ofti~ials) authotizi~~ her
free r- di , d t I k d fi t to be a nm,c (111 tl1e CNM[), said will be allowed into Chuuk State tax free and duty . Several automatic sp1ink!cr heads po~ Y ,o~n a J oc e m: e~ m-It will be used for humanitruian purpose and not for re-sale. too weit: found blocked while boxes gu1sher. high voltage electncal Pixley.
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Students at the NMC School of Education Lab collect their home:'1ork be/or~ th.e end of the day. fl!MC Board of Regents recently aporoved an extension to fourth grade, despite the poss1b1/tty of teachers leavmg to PSS.
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and ,m elevator doo:- that allegedly to depo1t Di. was not properly sec111-ed to prevent Earlier interviews witl1 DOU offi-workers from walking under while in cials had it that tl1e medicines we1-e use. beingm1alyzcd. Rcsultsof such ;maly-
It wasnot immediately known how sis have yet to be obt:.iined much T:u1 Holdings faces in tenns of Some I ,CXX) worker~ were also fines due to tl1e alleged violations. found without /\lien Registration
Steven Pixley, Trn1 Holdings Jaw- Crn·ds. ycr, said is the compm1y is "add1-ess- Assistant /\ttomey General Rob ing the problems." Goldlxr~. who led the raid witl1
·'Looks to me though ... minor vio- Zach;ui.:;, said the workers race de-lations," he said. ponation if they !'ailed to i111111edi-
PixkysaidT,u1J-Ioldingshad"vol- ately sccu1e /\RCs. untrnily" submitted iL,clf to a simil:u· Pixley said he is still pL1I,uing t:tlks insp:;ctionbytJ1eOccupationa!Safety with Goldberg on the matter.
Sablan named .to Parole Board By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff
ACTING Gov. Jesus R. Sablan has nominated Edward 1. Sablan to the Parole Board.
In a Jetter yesterday to acting Senate President Thomas P. Villagomez (R-Saipan). the acting governor said Sablan. if confil:-n{ed by the Senate, would represent Saipan on the board and serve a six year term.
The acting governor said he and Gov. l'cdro P. Tenorio. who is in
Washington. D.C., arc "confident that (Sablan) is qualified and will be an asset on this most important board.''
Before he left, Tenorio nominated Mametto M. Ayuyu and lawyer Pell'y B. !nos to serve on the Parole Board.
If confirmed by the Scn:.ite, /\yuyu and !nos would also serve a six-year term.
/\yuyu would represent Rota on the board. while !nos would represent Saipan.
DFW to conduct periodic evaluations on Sariguan
By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff
Till: COM/'v10NWl'.ALTI I Di1isio11 of [ :i,h and Wildlil'c wi 11 e, >11duct a 1xri,xlic evaluation of S:u·iguan ls-1.uid to ddcnninc whether its justconcluded goat cr:1dication program is bcncfitting tl1e :m:a.
111c · ·post-c1:1dicatio11 · · :L,se ssn 1cn l, :1ccording 10 DF\V Di'rcctor Rich;u·d Se111:u1, will corn me nee crn·J y next 111onth.
"We have to make :1 follow-up 10 sec what i111provc111c11t is visible in the long- rn1d sho11-tcnn," he explained.
";\11d then we will move 011 to make ,1 rn11siste111 :tssessmenl over time." he added.
"We w:u1t lo sec what kind of improvement 1vc have achieved."
Semrn1 said a team or DFW staff will u·avel to tl1c S;u·ig.u,u1 lsl:u1d to l~gin the assessment.
I le said lessons from S,u·igu:m !shu1d wi II be applied tosim ilarupcoming operations on othc1· p:111s or the No11hcm Islands.
S<.!111:u1 has c:ufa;r said that wgeta-
tion has signil1camly imTeased in th,~ isbnd folloll'ing. the c1pt11re or an c.s1im:1tcd I .(XX) :c'<l:lls :ill or ll'hich 11 ,Tcc·uth:111i1ed duet, 1tra11s1x111 prohlc11h.
·111c plan tu rid Sarigua11 lsl:1llll or the kr:il :1nimals was hatched in late I ')')6 after :1 study sho11·ed that the wild go:1ts ha1·e multiplied in such a wav th:11 tlll'V have Ol'cnvhelmed th~ isl:1nd< wgct,tlion. posing :1 thre:1t 10 the area's ernlogical bal:111ce.
Seman said 1r:1cing gadgets have been installed to a !'ell' rc-1mining goats as pan or a 111oppingup 01~ration.
·111c goats. he explained. will instinctively join herds thereby sa\·i11g Dl;W time :U11.l n:sourccs in u·acking. down what w:L, left ofthccradicatio11 01:.!ration.
Sem:m had explained that al I goats must L~ cuth:mi,.cd as the :u1imals have a unique l·d1avior to "111:tss-1x1pulate" in times when thci1· nu111-lxr has dwindled.
It took Dl·W :1bout tluw months to co111plc!!e the 01xra1im.
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Bank sues to collect debt
By Ferdie de ta Torre
Variety News Staff
THE BANK of Hawaii yesterday sued a private firm and two other persons to collect $.4 million for alleged nonpayment of debt.
BOH, through counsel Kevin E. Moore, named as defendants Tri-All International Corporation, Adela A. Arcales, and Lolita Tan in the suit filed in the Superior Court.
BOH asked the court to order the defendants to pay the principal sum of $444,908.30 and $30,730.66 in accrued interest from last March 25.
The complaint said on Apri I 30, 1997, Tri-All executed to BOH a promissory note, whereby the firm promised to pay in full on or before July I, 1997 $444,908.30 with interest.
Moore in the complaint said Tri-All agreed to pay on demand al I of BOH 's expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to the protection or enforcement of the bank's rights under the note.
Moore said on April 21, 1992 Arcales and Tan executed a continuing guaranty for the benefit ofBOH in consideration of any loans made by the bank for the account ot Tri-All.
"In the guaranty, Arcales and Tan absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed to the Bank the due and punctual payment of al I principal, interest and other sums due orto become due from Tri-All to the Bank whether then existing or thereafter incurred from time to time until the termination of the liability of Arcales and Tan under the guaranty," Moore said.
Despite demand, Tri-All, Arcales and Tan have refused to make the required payments under the note and guaranty.
CRM supports bill on Saipan lagoon's uses
By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff
THE Coastal Resources Management has expressed support for two House bills that seeks a moratorium on sea cucumber fishing and the prohibition of engine-powered commercial vessels in the Saipan Lagoon.
CRM acting Director Peter J. Barlas said the CRM supports House Bill 11-144 which also seeks a moratorium on the harvesting of seaweeds and sea grasses, which are "most in danger of disappearing."
The moratorium would be for at least IO years and may be extended for all or :.iny of the three species by the Lands and Natural Resources secretary.
The CRM, however, recommends a restriction, too, on the harvesting of fish and all other marine life in the lagoon except harvesting through traditional methods like fish trap, talaya, free-diving spear fishing (no scuba or mechanical air supply), and hook and line.
The CRM also recommends requiring a harvesting permit and catch limit for all commercial takings in the lagoon.
The CRM, i;1 supportin-g HB I J -35, said pressure on the lagoon would be reduced with the prohibition of motorized watercraft inside the lagoon.
It said the bill, if enacted into a law, would allow for more traditional use of the lagoon resources and the reduc-
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tion of user conflicts. Barias, however. said the
bill poses "some potential backlash from individuals who wou Id be affected economically."
He said the CRM wou Id recommend a public hearing to enable al I affected partied to air their concerns.
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Our BENTO has a little bit of a change, now YOU can pick which 3 items YOU choose to have on your bento on ANY DAY. Ask your server for details.
We can now accept phone or fax orders at this number 235-1457 (IGLR).
Beginning April 7, 1998, We will offer FREE OFFICE LUNCH _, DELIVERY between Chalan LaoLao and San Antonio. All other villages -·- - _. _:::, -· have a $2.00 delivery fee .... ALL DELIVERIES ARE SUBJECT TO A -MINIMUM OF $20.00. ~
Also beginning April 7, 1998, we will be offering a selected sandwich menu for lunch.
Don't forget that Monday is discount day for all those who hav~:::_':=r .. · .... Golden Lobster Registered Keychains, that's 10% off your bill,~ every Monday, excluding items already on special. "To get one · · · just ask your server for details on how to qualify." /C:-' ....
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The Around the Islands section covers community stories, local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a story you would like to share, or an event that needs to
be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341
Fejeran Regional Spelling Bee Champ Am! for tl1e a,piring 12 year old.
whose favorite word is "triccphalous", competing in the United States for the first time is something to look forward to.
Brandon C. Fejeran
By Laila C. Younis Variety News Staff
FOR 1he 1991' Spelling Bee Regional ( ·11,unpion.1hc key to winning is .. studying hard ,u,d don't get ncrrnus ...
Marianas Baptist seYentl1 grader lkmdon C. Fcjer,u1 whiw,J through the 10ugh rounds of the regional spelling bee finals witl1 competitors from Pabu ,u,d Gu,un.
.. It w,L, a difficult competition. tl1ere were a lot of good spellers. But I wm1ted todomy best ,md giwmy best 1~rfon11,mce." said Fejer,m.
.. l .1Iso had fun doing it, it was my first
spcl ling lx:ccompctition. I studied mid pr,1ct iced everyday. ·111.: otl1er st udenL, also lkscrvcd a chance 10 win because I know they also worked very hard." Ile said.
'll1irty-six sludcnls from schools in the CNMI. Gu,u,1 ,md Palau prn1icipatcd in tl1e annual rcgional event sponsored by l\JCitic Daily News.
Feprn1 will also go, as Pacific regional c\1,unpion. to W,L,hington. DC from May 24 to tl1e :10th for tl1e National Spelling Bee Competitio11. ,tll expenses paid.
"II is funny because Br,mdon ecune in 6tl1 place in the islrn1d competitions. But Ile walked oul champion at the regional." said MBA Literature Instruclor ,md Coach Bob Lee.
"Br,mdon is tlie hardest working speller I ever worked witl1. Even on days Ile is nol feeling too we II. he would practice ,md study." said Lee.
"We st.med !raining since hl,t year October ,u,J 10 me. Ile is the classic competitor. He never stopped studying and he practices good sportsmanship." he said .
"I'm a bit nervous, but I will do my best. Also, I will enjoy my time tl1ere, I just hope I won 'tgetlost."saidFejeran.
According to Lee, he h,L, notl1ing to wony about ,L, Brandonh,t, his family support since preparations for the regional. Lee ,u,d Br,u,don' s parenL, will accompanying Brandon to Wa,hington. DC.
"His family ha, been very helpful ,u,d the support was tl1ere," he said.
Bnmdon agrees, and tl1miks his parenls, his family and friends and his coach Mr. Lee for supporting and training him.
From theregional competition, Brandon won $500 ca,h, a $100 savings bond, a Websters Dictionary and a spelling book.
"For student.s wishing to get into spelling bee competitions.just remembcrto stay calm, do your best and don't get nervous," he added.
Island smiles. Northern Marianas College students from the Saipan Preparatory Club practice their smiles before giving out hot lunches for their fundraising last Saturday. Photo by Laila c. Younis
CCommonluealtlJ '[}tit itief5 <£orporntion JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
CUC-RFP-98-0022 April 1, 1998
The Commonwealth _Utilities Corporation (CUC) is soliciting competitive proposals form responsible firms capable of performing construction management and inspection of civil, electrical and mechanical construction act1v111es forclcrn1cal 13.8/34.5 kV generation and 34.5/13.8 kV distribution substations. The work mcluJed under this contract will be on the island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana hlands (CNMIJ. aprrnx11natcly l5D miles north of Guam.
Interested parties may pick up the scope of' services at lhe CUC Procurement & Supply Office in Lower IJ.tsc. lrorn 7:30 to I I :30 a.m. and 12:30 10 4:30 p.m .. Monday through Friday. except for government ohscrveu J10l1days. "r have the scope of services Faxes or mailed upon request.
OfTcrors shall provide a ccrtil'ication, signed by a principle of the company stating that the company has in the past, and is_currcntly, in _compliance with all applicable CNMI and federal laws. Should the company be unahk to prnv,de such ccrulica\ion, the company must provide wntten explanation as to why, including a dcscnp\illn ol any v1otauons to such labor laws and any remedial action taken. FAILURE OF THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE THE CERTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION IS GROUNDS TO REJECT THI' LNTIRE PROPOSAL.
Proposals w1ll be C\aluutcd and _sckct1ons be made based on Ilid Price - 50 points; Construction \Ianagement Lxpericncc - 30 prn nts: and Construction Inspection Experience - 20 points.
i\ co~:i of ,he propllsal must h~_suhmiltcu by F,1x 10 (G70) 322-6582 no later than I :00 p.m., CNMI local t lll.:C;, I ucsday. i\pr_il I~· I 'J'J7. I he or~gurnl propos.al rn ust be submitted in a scaled envelope marked CUC RI I 98-0022, 10 CUC l'rocurcmenl & Supply Office, P.O. Box 1210, Lower Base, Saipan, MP 96950, no later than 3:00 p.m .. local lime, Monday, April 20, I'J98.
Discu"ions maybe conducted with responsible offcrors, who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susccpt1hlc ,,! hctng selected_ for award, for the purpose of clarilication and to ensure full understanding of, and responsiveness u,. solic_1tat10n requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect lo opporturnty for d1scuss1011 and revision ofproposals. and s_uch revisions may be permitted after suhmtss1on and prim to aw,1rd ol thc_purposc ol obtarning the best and final offers. In conducting discussions, tl1crc shall hem, d1sd11su1c ol any tn!ormalion derived l'rnm prnrosals submitted by competing offcrors.
C_l_;Crcscrvc, the nglll to reject any or all proposa_Is for any reason and \Cl waive any defect in the proposals if. in !ls sole op1111011 to do so. would he 1n 1ts hcst 111tcres\. All proposals shall hccumc the property of CUC.
TIMOTHY I'. VILLAGOMEZ Executive Director
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1998 PON Regional Spelling Bee Champion Brandon C. Fejeran with his coach Marianas Baptist Instructor Bob Lee. Pho10 by Laila c. Younts
Humanities Council offers Speaker Bureau Program EVER wonder how the ancient Chamorros, equipped with the simples of tools, quarried huge limestone columns weighing many tons and then stood them upright and put a half circular cap, also weighing tons, on top?
How did the ancient people of Pohnpei quarrytwoton basalt logs and transport them to Nan Madol and then stack them to for an impenetrable wall that still stands today? Were they walling something in or out?
How did the ancient Chamo1ms catch fish? What sort of religious practices did they have? How did they make and how good were they at using the aru/at, the ancient weapon David used to kill Goliath?
Where did the Chamorros come from and how diu they get to the Marianas? Why did the Spanish want to build missions in the Marianas?
Whatever happened to Amelia Earhart?
What was life like for the Islanders during the Japanese period'? During the Spanish period?
Why do we have federal courts in the CNMI?
What is the Covenant and what docs it mean to the people of the CNMI?
What are the most important events shaping the lives of the people of 1he CNMI? What will the CN Ml be like in the ycar2000?
Thcscarcjustafewofthc many questions the CNMI Council for the Ilumanitics can help you answer through our unique program called "The Speakers Bure:1u" a free, public resource of regional scholars who a,·e available for presentations on a wide variety of subjects in the humanilicssuch as CNMI history (ancient and
recent) jurisprudence, WWII, ethnology, civil rights, human rights, ethics, literature and many others.
Our speakers include highly regarded scholars-historians, judges, writers, anthropologists, ethnologists. university professors and well known community leaders who offer a wealth of knowledge and experience in many fields.
The Speakers Bureau is available to all schools public and private, civic associations or just about any community organization including ad hoc groups.
If you want a speaker to give a talk to your school or organization, check out the Speakers Bureau and get a free catalog of speakers and their subject areas.
The application process is simple and takes about five minutes.
Applications for grant funds up to $500 arc now being accepted to support the cost or bringing a speaker to your school or organization.
Call or visit the Council office at 235-4785, ground floor in King's Plaza, Dandan.
We will also give you a free copy of our I Iumanitics Resource Catalog which contains a large selection of videos on American, Et1ropean and worlc.l history, the U.S. Constitution, history of music, history of the English language, great poets reac.ling their own poetry, literary history and analysis, ethics and mt1ch, much more.
We also have videos of the public programs the Council has funded including the recent visit of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the U.S. The best news is that its all free! fi ;
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The Around the Islands section covers community stories, local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a story you would like to share, or an event that needs to
be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341
NMC seeks new seal l\ffiS Thespian Society to perform 'Working'
By Lalla C. Younis Variety News Staff
SINCE 1981, the old Northern Marianas College seal welcomed visitors in a large wooden board at the college's entrance_
But as the college has continued to grow, President Agnes Mcphetres pointed out, the old seal "no longer fits" the changes the CNMI's only higher institution is facing.
"We are now looking for designs for a new seal. Some examples ~hould include education, and representation of Pacific cultures," said McPhetres.
"The college is expanding to Baccalaureate programs, and we would like our new seal to reflect thaL We will be forming a committee to review and approve the designs," she said.
McPhetres also said that the submission of seals is open to the general public and awards will be presented to the chosen logo's artist.
For more information, contact the NMC Public Relations Office at 234-5498.
MARlANAS High School and tl1e International Thespian Society Troupe 5374 rn-e pleased to present their production of the musical '"WORKING."
TI1e production ''WORKING" pe1forming Ap1il 3-4 at 7 p.m. at the Multi-purpose center, honors in song,
c.lrn1ce ,md words, the world of work. The workd of the pe1formers are
based on tl1e real life work of Mr. Studs Terkel as adapted by Stephen Schwmtz and Nina Faso.
It 1-eflecL, the joy, sadness, fulfillment, frnstration, a,pirntionsand c.lisappointmenL, of the sometimes col-
orful, working world. The music includes works by: Craig
Camelia. Micki Grnnt, Mary Rogers. Susan Berkinhcad.James Taylor and Stephen Schwaitz.
'This marks rniother in a long series of spring musicals pre~entec.l by Mariana~ High School.
DFW: fruit bat 'threatened' BASED on recent studies indicating Mariana frnit bats re6'Ularly mov~ between the islands of the Mruiana archipelgo. the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed reclassification of the species on Guam from endangered to threatened and extension of threatened staUJs to the species in the Commonwealth of the Notthem Mruiana Islands (CNMI).
"It makes sense biologically to manage Mruiana fruit bats in the entire archipelago as one population," says Brooks Harper, field supe1visor for tl1e Service's Pacific Islands Office. '111e baL, on Rota may very well be the source of baL, seen on Guam, Saipan, Tinian ru1d A6'Uijan, so we need to provide consisten protection for the species throughout its habitat."
The Mruiana fm it bat inhabit., the native-forested areas o all of the Maiiana Isl,mds. Few bats are found on Saipan, Tinian and Aguijan. Only one population of fewer than 350 bats remains on Guam. Larger numbers are found on the small uninhabited islruids norm of Sai pan. They feed ,md roost prim,uily in native forest, and occ,1,ionally in coconut groves mid coastal su·,md vegetation.
F1uit baL, mi: impo7tant in tropical foresL, because tl1ey disperse pl,u1t seeds. helping to maintain fo1i::st diversity and rnntributin~ 10 l'orcst rccovc1-y alkr typhoons.'
The f111it bats ul' (iuam \WI\! first given a mc:L,un;ofprotcction in 197?, when tl1c Government of Guam outlawed hunting of the species. lliey wc1e listed ,L, cnd,mgc1i::u by the Govem111cntofGu,1m in I 981 m1d by the United States in 1984.
"Ilic cuni::nt proposed rnle 1i::cognizcs that the fi11it bats of Guamm1d the CNMl me asingle 1xipulation :md provides protection to tl1e Maiimia f111it bats as a threatened species throughout Marim1a mchipclago. In cm·lier cfforts to protect them, the CNM [ government placed a hunting b,u, on frnit baL, in the soutl1e1111 ishmds in I 977 ,md listed tl1osepopulations tL, tl1reatened and endange1ed i 1991.
ll1e I 984Federallistingwasba<:ed on tl1e assumption tlial tl1e Guam baL, formed a sepim1tc population segment distinct from the CNMl bat~.
Recently, biologists have found evidence that bats fly between the is- M[guel Valenciana from Interlace Network shares a laugh with students from Hopwood Jr. High and Marianas
High School at the 6th Annual Youth Leadership Conference at the Multi-Purpose Center yesterday.
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Worker amends ARC complaint By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff
A FILIPINO who W,L~ detained upon ,m1v.1l on Saip,m ,md sent back to tlie Philippines for not having a ··valiJ'" alien registrntion carcJ yesterday m1ienued his complaint to fomially seek his 1c:tum here w1<l 1c:sumc his job as sernrity gu:u·d. · 111<.: same p:rsons including Gov. Pedro P. Teno1io we1c: named defend:mL, bv M:umil Cavabvab. 'Ille CNMI \~',L, included ,L~ :u1additional
defern.hml. Tiie otJ1er Jay, Munson uechuc:cJ
that the 01:11 motion tJ1at Cayabyab, through his lawyer V.K. Sawhney. made-seeking his 1c:turn he1c: at the dcfcnu,mts' e'xpense. "is not properly befrne the coLu1 at this time:·
111e motion wtt, made duiing a hc:ming on Cavabvab 's motion f~r a pre! imin:uy i n]un;tion seeking to lxu· the ddend,mt.s from excluding him fmm the CNMI.
In denying th<: motion. Disuict
CrimeStoppers is offering reward for info on 'rapists'
By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff
TIIBCRIMEStoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who could provide infrnmation leading to the anest of the du-ee 1emaining suspect, in the reported 'gmig rape' atthe Suicide Cliff over the weekend.
CdmeStoppersCoordinatorSgt Franklin Babauta asked the public to contact Clime Stoppers Hotline at 234-7272 of ruiy info1mation alx>ut tlie thJ\,'C odier suspects.
Babauta said caller, may 1-cmain mionvmous as all infomiation relayed to Crime S lopper, we strict! y confidential.
"We'rewaitingfortJieir(public's) assistance. If t11ey know who they (suspects) are and where they me ... giveusacalJ. Theyc:mleavea
codenameornumber,"Babautasaid in an interview.
The Department of Public Safety's Criminal Investigation Bureau expressed optimism that "there will be =sts tooay or this week."
"We have a very good lead in tJiis case," said an official of tJ,eCIB. He did not elaborate.
Police arrested 21-year-old Hadley F. Renguul, one of four suspect!; who allegedly kidnapped mid rapeu two Chinese women at the Suicide Cliff in Marpi early Saturday morning.
Polioe investigation showed mat tJ,e victims were walking on their way to barracks in Gantpan when the suspects on board a van stopped near mem in front of Horiguchi Building.
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Jud!!e Alex R. Munson saicJ the dt:fend:urn; hau no notice that tlie plaintiff would make the motion.
TI1e p1di111inmy injunction W,L,
1c:nde1eu moot when Cayaby,1b w,t, sent back to me Philippines Saturday alkmoon.
Munson said it W,L, aimed only at the conditions of Cayabyab 's inGu·ccmtion.
Cayabyab \l',L, detaineu by the Dcp:utmcnt of Labor ,md Immigration !or seven days from M,ud1 22 upon his .u1·ival from vacation in the Philippines to Mm-di 28.
ln his amended complaint, filed on his behalf by Sawhney, Cayabyab sought a ptdiminmy ;md pe1mm1cnl injunction 1c:qui1ing the defendmib to return him he1e ,md prohibiting the dcfenumiL~ from ,m-csting, confining, detaining ,md excluding him from tJ1e CNML
Also 1uU11ed ,L, defendant!; me acting Laboran<l lmmigrntion Secretw)' Mm-k D. Zachmc:s, Assistant Atty. Gens. Robe1t Dunlap :mu Robert Goluberg, mid five unidentifieu Immigration officers.
C:.tyabyabcomplained matnohem-ing was held to uetennine whether th~ alien 1egisu11tion cm·d he had w,L, invalid. It ~,L,simply <leclwed so by
By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff
TIIEHOUSEofRep1esentativeshas p,L~sed a bill mat WOU(U funcJ me constrnccion of a Carolinitm cultural mid lemningcentenmd asewerdisaibution line forChinatown.
Ino·oduce<l by Vice Speaker Jesus T. Attao (R-P1ec. 3, Saipan), House Bill 11-157 now goes to tlie Senate.
'l11e bill propo~s lo 1eprognU11 tJie $2 million rniginall y appropriated for tl1econsuuctionof an off site c.Jrainage system at Chalan Monsignor Guenero, mid allot $ I million each for tJie le,miing center ,md tJic sewer disu·ibution li1{e.
In addition, the bill would give expenuitrnc: autliority to the P~blic Works scc1c:uuy for tlie lcrnning center, ancJ to tJ1e Commonwealtli Utilities Corp. 'sexecutive di1c:c101-for the sewer disuibution line.
llie bill is cosponsored by Reps. Heinz S. Hofschncic.Jcr (R-Prec. 3. Saipm1) mid Melvin 0. Faisao (RPrec. 3, Saip;ui).
By Ferdie de la Torre
Variety News Stall ACTING Finm1ce Sec1eta1y Esther Calvo said me legal challenge to the regulations governing the opcrntion of pachinko slot machines in the CNMI is p1ematu1e.
Rcsponc.Jing to the lawsuitofElm 's Inc., Calvo, thrnugh counsel Assist,ml Atty. Gen. Alvin A. Home. saiu lhe pelitioncrhas failed lo exhaust its adminisu·arivc rc:medies mid ··has thereby p1ematurely invoked the jurisdiction of tJ1is court."
Calvo ,tsked tl1c Superior Court to dismiss Elm's petition wiLli prcjuc.Jicc ,md <lcm,uided for cosL, ,mu attorneys' fees in ,uiswe1ing tlie suit.
Elm's, <laing business ,L, Town ,uid CcJunuy Amusement, :t\ked the cou1t to issue a tc1111xx:uy 1c:su·aining order and preliminary injunction against Calvo to stop f u1thcr issumice
Z:1ch,uc:s miu Goldberg, he said. Cayabyab blamed Dunlap, who
ww; then acting attorney general. for allcaedlv failing to "properly w1in or sui1viic Goldberg so tJ1al he would not engage in conuuct that dcp1ivcu·· himofhisconstitutional and statuto1y right\.
~Goldber" is m;signeu to DOLi to "ive !coal ~vice t; the Division of e e Immigration.
Ac;ording to Cayabyab. he left for a vacation in tlie Philippines Feb. 28 before tJie labor mid immigmtion dcpmtmcnt instituted its n;w 1c:gulations that1equire medical tcsl, before a contract workercrni acquire ,m alien 1c:gistJ:1tion cm·d.
In his amcnued complaint, Cayabyab alleged mat while he was det.aineu, tJ,e defendant~ allegedly stoppedproviuinghimfrxxlonMmd1 26 mid 1esumed giving him food on March 27 after Munson issued a temporary restraining order which directecJ the defendants to provide foocJ for Cayabyab.
The defendants, however, allegedly disobeyed the TRO by failing to pmvic.Je Cayabyab b1eakfa,t anti lunch on Mm-cli 28.
The c.Jefcndants also allegec.Jly faileu to provide ··meuical atten-
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Ttwo other bills mat have clemed tJ1c Legislatme wc1e o·m1smittcd yesterday to the Ofllce of tJie Govcmoc
• I louse Bill I 1-162, which would allow the mayors of Rota and Tini:m unlimiteu 1c:program111ing aut110rity aver their fisc:li yc:u- 1998 budgets.
• I LB. 11-62. which would 11;qui1c: Cl,t'5 1 government employees who ;uc: al bt,t 62 yc,u,old to hav<: at k;L,t IO yea1, of conuiburing mcmlxrship
of I iccnscs forpachi11koslul 111ach incs. Elm's claimed it submitted l:t,t
Feb. 23 application for 177 pachinko slot machine licenses that were no longer active mid wm: available for 1-clicensing.
'!lie petitioner said the effect of Calvo's 1ejcction of application is that it 11:sulL, in nullilic,1tion of !he intent of Public Law l(}-89 because it only allows licensing or pachinko machines tJ1atm-cahc:,1cJy in tl1eC0111-monwealth.
Associate Judge Timothy Bdi:L, tJicn grmited Elm's rcquesl li1(rRO, p1c:venling Calvo ancJ Fin:u1cc from issuing :LIiy fu1thcr I iccnses for such machines.
l lome said tlie plllpJse of tlie bw ,uicJ tl1e 1c:gulat0Jy authority given by the statute w:t, to prov idc pachinko slot machines for tourist use that di<l not t:u·gct local citizens.
tion" when Cayabyab ··m:etkd it" on Mmth 25, mid failed to prnvidi.: access to his attorney.
Cayabyab quest ionc<l the prop1iety of his being repatriated to the Philippines while the case challenging the legality of his exclusion from the CNMI was pending before the district court: while a hearing on a preliminary injunction was pending: an<l while a request for a hearing on his exclusion was pending before the Office of the Attorney General.
Cayabyab said his being subjected to ··unreasonable search and seizure·· <luring a warrant!css arrest was violati v"c of due process guaranteed by the 4th and 14th Amendments.
He sai<l he was not taken to a judge within 4S hours of his mTest, as requi1ed by the Commonwealth Code ,mu that he w,L, detained m1<l b,u,ed enuy into tJie CNMI witJiout miy legal justification. -·
~Cayabyab said me CNMI was liable for genentl ,m<l compensatOJ)' damages caused by tJ1e conduct of the otJie1· defendmits.
Cayabyab also ,t,kecJ for general, compensatrny ,uicJ punitive Jamages against all other cJefenJ,mL,.
befo1e tliey qualify for 1eti1ement benefiL,.
Unc.Jer tJie cunerit law, qualifieu employees with tliree yeai, of contJibuting membership can :tl1eady apply for reti1ement
TntroducecJ by Rep. Alejo M. McndiolaJr.(R-Rota),mdAttao,H.B. I I -162 is expected to "assist" me cash-stJ-apped administration inherited by Rota Mayor Benjwnin T. Mmidona.
In Ti letter h,t Febmaiy, M,mglona asked me islm1d's legislative delegation to g1~mt him a I (X) perccnf 1eprogr,U11mingauthrnity over Rota's budf.!Ct. ~ Among the essential public services aftectcd. he aducd. is Rota's hospital where the nurses hireu through a m,mpoweragcncy have yel to be paid their sahuies :mcJ .m, now "reac.Jy lo walk out from their jobs." according to the mayor.
'Ilic municipal gol'emment still owes the 111an1x11\·cragencypaynicnt 1·or tlic nurses· salaric:s.
"On information ,md belief. ihe group of persons who typically use such machines in their home countries, Japan anti Korea, ,u·c: nol persons who can typically afford lo travel lo the CNMI as tourists,'' l lornc said.
Thus, the lawycrst,lleu. the marketing basis in Jli.:rmitting entry of such machines in the CNMI may
have bcen lbwed notwithslanding the public law or regulations.
"Limiting tl1e Scm:tary 's ,1uthority to de line the terms of ·pachinko' ,u1d ·1x1chinko slot machine· dicJ not c liminatc the rcgu btory 1c:qui 1c:111c:nL, for the applic1tion ,l!ld issu:mce of licenscs," I lo111c said.
l lomc citeu among othe1· things. that tJie1c: ,uc: 15 1c:qui1c:me11ts for a compkted applic:ition. but at most. petitioner h:t, not even achieved minor compli,uice.
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Marshalls reforms hit snags By Giff Johnson
MAJURO The government's public sector reform program is not going according to plan, a joint Asian Development Bank/Marshall Islands government report says.
menl reform program that was supposed to be released last October "has been c.Jelayed due to the slow progress in meeting the conditions for release ofthesecond(phaseloan)and related goyernance issues," the ADB/Marshall Islands report said: Six months later, it still hasn't been releaseu.
agreement said. AncJ while government per
sonnel have been reduced, ''the measures for improving the employees' productivity have yet to be taken up."
"Chronic problems like absenteeism and non-performance can hardly be halted by supervisors without control on hiring and firing," the c.Jocument said.
An ADS-Marshall Islands agreement for the health loun requires that hiring and firing control be removed from Public Se1vice Commission wid tu med ove1· to me Minisoy of Health, but ··compli,mcc is still awaited."
The ADB expressed continuing concemaboutgovemment accountability, noting that that in a Janµary c.Jonors meeting in Tokyo, the donors callecJ for '·improvecJ fi-
nancial n1anagerncnt, greater transparency an<l good governance."
The ADB expressed concern about a ··communication gap and misinformation about the ongoing devclopmcntprogrnmund role of the Bank in Marshall Ts/ands."
The ADB mission said the Bank needs to make an active effort to stay in touch with both government ancJ community leaders.
A myriad of unmet deadlines and cutback targets, delayed hiring of consultants, and miscommunication between the Bank and government have slowed implementation of the reform program's goals, saiu a memorandum of understanding signed by Finance Minister Ruben Zackhras and Brahm Prakash, Manila-based desk officer for the ADB 's Marshall Islands program.
The size of the government workforce has been cut 25 percent, from 2,300 to I ,690, and this year another 100 are to be cut, but this is still short of the 1,484 target for government employment.
ADB plays big role in Marshalls By Giff Johnson progress, according to the re
port.
Government and ADB offi. cials agreed to an accelerated pace of reform action to get the program back on track, according to the early March agreement.
Moreover, the government has been hiring people to fill the vacancies caused by the reduction in force program instead of continuing to reduce, the report said.
A technical assistance (TA) grant to help with implementing retraining plans for laid off government workers has been st al led for more than six months for lack of clear directions from government. the
For the Variety MAJURO-Nearly $60 million in loans and millions more in grants are being provided to the Marshall Islands by the Asian Development Bank in current or planned projects, according to an ADB report obtained Monday in Majuro.
Loans for health, education and fresh water improvements totalling $25 million are advancing with excellent
The fourth loan of$5.5 million - for a major revamp and downsizing of the government - has made only slow progress in recent months as the Marshal ls has balked at a number of the loan conditions.
But the ADB anti Marshall Islands have agreed, following an ADB mission to Majuro earlier this month. to a series
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Over the past five years, the ADB has provided technical assistance grant funding for projects aimed at strengthening tourism, women's program, fisheries, agriculture and transportation scclo1i
Many of these earlier grants are paving the way for planned full scale loans, inciuding an $8 million loan for outer island fielu trip ships and other transportation infrastructure that is expected to get into gear by 1999.
A $6.9 million loan is plannecJ for later this year to shore up Ebe ye lslancJ 'sailing health, water ancJ power infrastructure.
An additional $6 million loan to support small enterprise development is planned for next year, according to the ADB .
A national census p\anneu for later this year wi 11 get $1
million in technical assistance from the ADB.
The census that is in the prep:.tration stages now is the first full scale population count in I() years.
In addition. the ADB will be providing policy aJvisory support for the government's reform program.
The current S2.5 million granl for a pulin adviso1·y team expi1·cs shortly. and 1hc /\DB wirh co-fin:1ncing from the U.S. go\·ern111cnt "ill pro-1·ide S2 million ftlr con1inueJ pol icv level :1ssis1ance.
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Other grants inl"luue phase two assistance to the Marshall Islands Visitors Authority. a coconut study focusin_g on the outer isl ands (with .l'\c•11 Zcal:1nd _gon:rnmi.:nr support). and technical cduc:1tion and vocational training to address the critical shortage of skills in the local economy.
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HONOLULU (Pacncws)-The :L,soci:1tc din:ctor of the Hawaii Undc1,.ea Rcsc:u-ch Laooratorv at the UnivcrsiN of Hawaii.John Wilt,hin: savs tlie Paci fie Oce:m !lcor is worth ··t;illions. possibil· :1 hund1nl billions oC dol l:u,."'
·111e Japanese government has spc'nl on·r SUS I()() million in rci..'~llt year.:-i ill\'L~Sli~~HitH!. lhe sea
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Wiltshire says Jap:m h,L, documented its findings. pinpointing the location of valuable deposiL, of oil ;uid g,L,. rn:mganese nodules, !!old. silve;, nickel ,u;dscorcsofother;,alu:1blc m:!lc1ials.
Talks on PNG aid open in Canberra
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CANBERRA (Pacncws)-Talks st,u1 in C:mben-:1 Tuesday on tl1e future of Australirn1 aid to Papua New Guinea, especially what happens
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'!lie Ausu·ali:m government says Mc,mwhile, At1strnlia's Overseas the negotiations now getting under- Service Bureau says there is a grow-way withPNG will detcnnine what's ing realisation in tl1e small Pacific spent after 2CXXl. lshmdstatcstl1atthcpatl1 tosocial and
Undcrtlicpn:scntagrccment,Aus- economic development tlmt they see trnliawillbythcnhavccompletcdthe in lrn·ge economics is not going to u:msfcrofiL~entin: PNG aid progrmn · work for them. worth more tkm SAus300 million 1l1e bureau's chief executive of-($US201 m) a yc,u·, from direct c.L,h ficcr, Bill A1msu·ong, says tlie small payments into progr,mi aid. isl,md states me beginning to see tl1e
In 1-ccent times, PNG leaders have need to come up with new ideas that protested that tl1e move away from suit tl1eir own physical circum-direct cash payments inf1inges their stances and fit with their more nation's sovereignty but Australia communal approaches to l:md and insiststllatitwanL,tospend tliemoney cu Jturc. inkeyaica,suchashealtll:mdeduca- '"We have to learn from this tion. change and engage with people,
A1-cviewof Austmfomaid last year listen to what they are saying, and 1-ccommended no new treaty witl1 offer to be a partner with them in PNG saying it would result in urn-cal- finding solutions," he said.
Vanuatu faces yet another cyclone
PORT VILA (Pacnews)-lslands north of Vanuatu face another tropical cyclone.
The cyclone named 'Zuman' was located at 5am this morning (Tuesday) about 95 miles east of Vanua Lava island in the Torba province.
The central pressure of the cyclone is estimated at about 990 hectopascals and the system is expected to move in a westerly direction at 6 knots.
Winds at the centre of the cyclone are estimated to be 45 knots increasing to 55 knots.
Islands in the Torba and Penama provinces are liable to experience gale force winds at 35 knots gusting to 45 knots this afternoon.
People living near river and sea coasts are advised to take extra care for the chance of flooding.
This is the second cyclone to hit Vanuatu in a week after Cyclone Yali swept through the country last Sunday, and caused
· extensive damage to houses and food crops throughout the country.
Australia to supply army choppers for Bougainville CM'BERRA(Pacnews}--Australian militmy aircraft :uc to be involved in peacekeeping duties on Bougainville for the first time since la,t year's uucc.
An Ir!Xjuois helicopter squadron from the A1my 's Fir,tA viationRegimcnt lXLscd at Oakey in southern Queensland will leave for Bougainville in April abn:u·d HMAS Tob1uk.
11ie tli1cc hclicopte1, witli tkir 10 oflicc1, and 20 soldic1, will provide suppo11 fi.ir the multi-national uuce monitoring group.
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Pacnews Canberra office says Ausu·ali:.m supplied Iroquois helicoptcn; wetc used by tl1e Papua New Guinea Defence Force dwing tlle 9-ycm· wm· on Bougainville.
Under an ag1-c~ment between the two counu·ics, use of the helicopters w ,L~ 1-csuictcd to u.msponation. 1cconnaiss,mce :md medical tlighL,.
However, tl1c11; we1-c allegations th\!11clicoplc1, were Used ,LS gwiships against the sccessionisL, ,md tl1is led to 1cscntmcnt of Ausu·alia's roie in the connict.
'Solomons, ~riio.ns mull ·plan HONIARA(Pacncws}--Publicscctor unions in the Solomon lsl,uids mid the government will meet soon to view the proposals submitted by the government to the unions for tlieir consideration.
P1-csident of tl1e Solomon Ishuids Public Employees Union Wilfred Hatigeva says tlie unions have decided on tl1c proposals which include a 15 percent cut in membel"S salmies, SIBC 1-cpo1ts.
Hatigcva did not 1-cveal tlie unions
1cactions but says members will be notified ,L, soon ,L, the government 1cccives ,md considc1:-; tl1cir submission.
Mc,mwhile, he says the 28-day sllikc notice which lapses Aptil 2 is still in force but emph:L,iscs tl1at it is a period given to government to negotiate with tl11: unions.
I-laLigev a sa ysonce tlie notice lapses tliey will 1-cpo11 back to tlleir membe1, witll tllc 1-esults of negotiations befo1c deciding further action.
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In Singapore:
'Cyberco esy' SINGAPORE (AP) - In an unusual move for a government, Singapo1-c authorities launched a web site Monday to encourage Intemet suders toabm1don vulgmities and be mo1-c cou11cous.
ll1e web site that "offers do 's rn1d don't-; of a fiiendly cou11cous on line sUifer" is supervised by tl1eSingapore Cou11csy Council, which is funded by the Ministry for Infrnmation mid the Arts.
By midaftcrnoon Monday, more tli.m 2,000 people had visited tl1e site.
Ate Singaporean net smfrn; especially 111de? No, said tlle council's chai1manNoel Hon, but the1-c 'sroom for improvement.
··J 've noticed personally, when I go to some sites, tlrnt the tone of Im1-guage should be better," Hon told The Associated Press.
"People mc impatient when they get on the net." he said ... We want to make sun:: tl1at good manners shou kl p1cvail."
11iough vrnious groups internationally have tried to introduce "netiquette," few governments have busied tl1emselves witll how tlieir citizens behave online.
Well known for its so·ict laws on Iitteiing, smoking rn1d jaywalking,
this prosperous city-state of 3 million also takes a se1ious attitude toward the influence of the m1s and entertainment.
The d1ive forcyber COUitesy is tlic latest effo11 in tl1e 20-year-old National Com1csy Campaign.
A brainchild of frnmerPiimc Minister Lee Kuan Yew. widely1-cgm·ded a, the father of modem Singapore. tl1ccampaign in the pw;t ha, instructed Singaporeans how to be betterneighboi,, citizens and touiist hosL,.
"Lee Ku,m Yew noticed that the
level of cou11esy had begun to deteriorate," said Hon, so in 1979 the campaign was launched.
Singapo1-c has limited access to some Internet sites, typically tl1ose containing pornographic matc1ial.
But in pmctice, preventingenuy to
Net Speak product manager Ross Schindler sees and speaks with engineer Steven Starr, behind left, via the internet, during a demonstration of their new product, WebPhone, at a Internet Telephony conference in San Jose, Calif., Monday. The new WebPhone uses voice, video and text over the internet and sells for about $50. AP
m,uiy such sites h,Ls proved im[lOssiblc.
In a 1cccnt electronic Asia-wide s1irvey that inc!udccJ many Singapo1-cm1s, sexual material was found to be the most popular on line purcha'iC, according to a 1-cprnt in the newspaper StraiLs Times hL'1 week.
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The Subordinate Court sentenced truck driver Poh Siak Meng to four years in prison and a fine of 42,000 Singapore dollars ($26,000) after he pleaded guilty to 2 I counts of abetting the departure of 63 illegal immigrants last Friday, Singapore television reported.
He will serve an additional 21 months in prison if he is unable to pay the fine, the report added.
Tht: speed and severity of Poh 's conviction and sentence arc a sign of Singapore's growing impatience with the increasing problem of illegal migrants ·to this small, tightly controlled island republic.
Economic turmoil phiguing much of Southeast Asia has led to an influx of economic
migrants to this prosperous city-state, where the financial crisis has not struck as deeply as in many of its Asian neighbors.
Swamped with illegal transients, Singapore courts initiated special sessions earlier this month to handle only immigration cases. Judges have started delivering harsher punishments too.
Police said Saturday they will go after foreigners sneaking out of the country, since some of them are suspected of having committed other crimes during their time in Singapore.
Previously,policeoperacionshad been confined to preventing the entry of illegal immigrants, and to islandwide raids to ferret them out.
~1inister of Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng reiterated the government's tough s tancc Saturday, saying there would be no amnesty or reduced sentences even for illegal immigrants who surrender to police.
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... IlVIF optimistic over talks with Indonesia
Elderly Indonesian women working as porters carry heavy loads of fresh vegetables at a market in Yogyakarta, east of Jakarta Sunday. The women earn less than 3,000 rupiah ($0.35) per day as they try to make ends meet during Indonesia's worst economic crisis in decades. AP
HONG KONG (AP) - The International Monetary Fund is optimistic about !!ellimr rcfrnms back on a-:1ck in iL, thittl rou;d of talks with Indonesia, a fund official said Monday.
"We 're hopeful thatagreementc,m be reached in the not-too-<listant future," said David Ncllor, a senior official for the Asia-Pacific region.
He gave no details, but stressed that the IMF would be flexible in its approach to the stmggling Southeast Asian nation.
'Toere's a menu of options for Indonesia which are still being considen~d." he said.
He declined to comment on a revised currency board proposal unveiled last week by Steve Hanke, professorof applied economics at the U.S.JohnsHopkins University,anda.
special adviser to Indonesian President Suhruto.
The IMF and Indonesia an: engaged in talks on a package of economic refrnms which is one of the conditions for the IMF to bail out the Indonesian economy.
The Indonesian mpiah has been hard hit by Asia's economic turmoil, and the domestic economy is reeling from surges in the prices of basic foodstuffs.
lnaspeechtotheAmericanChamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Nellordefcnded the IMF against critics.
He rejected criticism that having the option of IMF bailouts encourages counnies to adopt risky financial policies.
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'Toe economic and political costs of rccklesspolicies vast! yoverwhelm any incentive effects created by access to an !MF program ... if anything, counnies are toe slow to come to the IMF."
If the IMF did not act, there would be more bankruptcies, larger layoffs, deeper recession and even deeper depreciation than would otherwise be needed, Nellor said.
'1l1e result would not be mote prosperity, mo1e open markeL, and faster adjustment, but rathera serious risk of greater trade and payments restrictions. a more significant downturn in world trade, and slower world growth," he said.
'That is not in the interests of any IMFmember."
Nell or also called for more cash for the IMF, saying iL, useable resources have declined by more than one third since 1996 to about $45 billion.
China police_· freeman held in cage ·. for_years·
BEUING (AP) - A mentally ill man has been freed from a cage where he was held for at least five years by police in southern China after stabbing an officer, an official newspaper said:
Photographs published by the Y angcheng Evening News on Sunday showed Deng Qilu being fed through the bars of the coffin-sized cage before his release, and being led away by white-coated mental health workers.
Deng, who is in his 40s, was detained IO years ago after he stabbed and wounded a police officer in Xuwen County, in southern Gu,mgdong province, tlie newspaper said.
It said offici,tls did not hand him over for Ilia! because they thought him mentally unstable.
Investigators from the nem·by city ofZh,mji,mg visited thevillagepolice station Saturday mid concluded Deng suffers from schizophrenia, tlie newspaper said.
"We recommend intensive supervision to ensu1e that he doesn't assault anyone again," t11e terun from the Zhanjiang Mental Health Clinic was quoted as saying.
It wasn't clear what prompted authorities to take action. But the Yangcheng Evening News, one of China's most prominent newspapers, published an expose on Deng's case a day earlier and demanded to know why he was being held under such conditions.
In arepo1t that was unusually c1itical of Chinese officials, the newspaper said that when its reporters found him, Deng was naked and said he hadn't eaten in two to three days.
The report Sunday did not say whether Deng was to be hospit.tlized or moved toa jail. It said local authorities didn't want him in their jail for fear he would attack other ptisoners.
Police in Xuwen County did not miswer telephone calls Monday.
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Florida to execute woman By RON WORD
STARKE, Florida (AP) - Without the worldwide attention and support heaped on the last wommi executed in the United States, the 54-year-old woman known as the "Black Widow" was about to be executed in Rodda 'selectricchairMondaymomingforpoisoningherhusband in 1971.
Former nail salon owner Judy Buenoano also drowned her paralyzed son and uied to kill her fiance with a car bomb.
Sh~ was suspected of poisoning a
boyfiiend, but she was never charged because she had already been sentenced to death.
Her final appeals were denied Sunday.
Fl01ida 's lastexecutionof a woman was in I 848, w~en a freed slave was hanged for killing her master.
There have been only two other women executed since the U.S. Sup1eme Cou1t lifted the ban on the death penalty in 1976, and both were by injection.
In 1984, a North Carolina woman
was executed for poisoning her boyf1iend.
Last month, Texas put a woman to death for a double-pickax murder.
That inmate, Kmfa Faye Tucker, was a telegenic, avowed Cluistian whoministeted toherfellow inmates, expressed contrition for her crimes and even teceived suppott from the pope.
Buenoano crocheted bl,mkel~ and baby clotlies in p1ison and said she wanted to be 1emembered a, a good mother. She admiiantly maintained her son's drowning was an accident.
Cohen: Air Force will rush aircraft devices
"Seejng the face of Jesus, that's what I think about," she recently told a Fl01ida television station. "I'm ready to go home."
Until she nied to kill her fiance, JohnGentry,in 1983bybombinghis car in Pensacola, Mrs. Buenoano had not been suspected of the other killings.
William Cohen
By Susanne M. Schafer WASHINGTON (AP)-1lie Air Force is speeding up a program to install anti-collision devices on many ofitsaircraft, Defense Secrerary William Cohen announced Monday ..
Suchadevicecouldhaveprevented a midair collision off the coast of Afiica in September that killed 33 people, a top Air Force general has said.
AGetmanTupolcv 154andaU.S. Air ForceC-141 collided,killingnine Ame1icans.
··1 thinkit'ssomething that needs to be done as soon as it is technically feasible todo. Ami we have requested the Air Force to move as quickly as they c,m, ,md we believe the Air Force has a program in place that will accomplish that," Cohen said at the Pentagon.
1l1e collision alert system, called TCAS, is tequired on ommercial aircrnft. It ale1ts pilots to ne,u-by aircraft mid tells them what protective action lo take.
'n,e Air Force is slated lo n.:veal its findings on the cmsh Tuesday.
Senior Pentagon ofilcials, who s1xike on condition of anonymity, say the 1qx111 contends the C,c1111:m airrn11'l w,L, flying too low, thc1~ w,Lsno proper air U,1ffic cont.ml in the mca and a collision-avoid,mcc system could have helped ptevent the accidetit.
Air Forccofficialsdecl ined to comment on tl1e tepot1s.
Kennetli Bacon, the Defense Dcpm1ment spokesm:ui, said the Air Force plans to inc1e,Lsespending from $600 million to $1.6 billion to inse1t the TCAS system m1d a number of other safety devices in aircraft over tlic next decade.
llie number of C-141 u·m1spo11s c:mying t11e system wil I 1ise from 60 to 90, mid overall tl1e service phms to have the system in some 2.500 aircraft by the yem· 2008, Bacon said. At ptesent, only 3(Xl of the service's aircraft have tlie system.
'n,e spokcsm,m said Cohen had asked t11e Air Force several weeks ago "to look al ways to accelerate the
TCAS, and tlie Air Force is doing it," Bacon said.
Cohen said the collision-avoidance devices need to be installed on existing aircraft "as soon as possible. Gentry said she had given him pills
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that made him sick but told him t11ey were vitamins.
When investigators realized Buenoano was Spanish for "Goodyear," .md lemncd she had been mruTied to Air Force Sgt. James Goodyear, they exhumed his body and found he had lethal amounts of arsenic in his lxxly when he died in 197!.
There was also evidence she poisoned boyfriend Bobby Joe Manis in Trinidad, Colorado, in 1978.
She was convicted of drowning Michael Goodyear, her 19-ycar-old son, by giving him ru-senic -which might have caused his pru-alysis -and pushing him out of a canoe.
Today would have been his 37tl1 bitthday.
The motive for the murders was "twisted greed," because she was llying to claim about $ 240,00) in insurance money, said prosecutor Russell Edgar, who gave Buenoano
her nic kn,m1e. OnSunday,the I llhU.S.Circuit
Cou1t of Appeals in Atlanta and then the U.S. Supreme Court deniedherlw;tappcals, which claimed she was innocent and called Florida's electric chair"barbm·ic ... It belongs in Frankenstein's laboratory."
Another Florida inmate is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, for the fow1h electrocution in the state in a nine-day span.
·nie state had stopr,e<l iL, executions fora yem-while a prisoner challenged the· constitutionality of the electric chair, where flames shot out of an inmate's mask h<;t ye:u·.
But after an autopsy repott said the prisoner died insl3ntly and did not feel the Fite, the state Supteme Cowt allowed the 75-year-old chair to be used again.
1l'1etewetenoflrunes in la,tweek 's executions.
16-MARI.-\N:\S V.-\RIETY NEWS AND V!EWS-\VEDNESDAY- APRIL I, l99t\ _ -~------- __ __ ------------·---~ ----
Illegals ram into UN compound By JOCELYN GECKER
Kl'AL\ LF\lPLR. \lalaysia (Al') - :\ dozen lndonesi:111 illc\.'.al aliens rarnmcd a t111ck through ;·he \.'.:1tes or the l 1.N. compound Airn;da, scekin\.'. rdt1\.'.C from Jcportati,;n. the 1i::1d pf-the r11is,;ion s,1id.
(,01tfri,·d Kndner. d1rec101 ol tile l 1.N. J li\.'.h CommissioncT for Refugees in the c:1pit:1l. saiJ that I~ of 1ile 1-1 people in 1hc 1111ck \\'en: lnJoncsi:1ns frorn 1he ,\cch region or Sumatra island rcquesiing pro-tection.
"For the time being. we ·re let-tin\.'. them st:1,· here:· s:1iJ Kodncr. "\\' e·rc cxa1{iining their cases. We still ha,c to t:llk to the govern-lllCill.
'Ilic llllcm:11i,m:1l Federal DfRcJ Cross h:1s supplied the :\cehnese with hl:inkets and ll'atcr. s:1id Thori1· Gudr11undsson. :1 spokesman for the loc,d branch.
":\s far as \\·ere concerned thi~ a humanitarian issue and we'll continue 10 supply m:llerial as long as its needed.'' he s:1id.
For the tJ11cklo:1d of Acehncse. who escaped from the Lxnggcng Jetcntion cc:nter in ivblacca Juring riots last Th,1rsdav. the 11111 on the C.N. compound ~vas a last-ditch effort to saw their ii ,·es. s:1id Raza Ii :\bJu\lah from the Acehncse Refugee Commillce in Mabysia.
·They had noothachoice. ·· said Razali about the 12 political asylum seekers who. with two escorts. ploweJ through a police ban-icac.k outside the U.N. about noon. "It was the only way to save their lives:·
The An:hnese ,ire from Acc:h. on the nonhcm tip ot' the lmlom:si:m isl.tml of Sumatra and one of three regions in lndonesia where separatist;; arc fighting for inJcpc:11-dencc.
Human rights groups ha,·c accused the I11donesi,111 military of killin~s and torture in the area.
Se,~cral years ,1go. the United !',;,1tions declared the 1\cdmcsc p,:oplc refugees. enabling them to enter MaJaysi:1 and apply forpoli1ic.d asvlum.
r-.,fa;iv of their claims have 1101 IJ<:m piocesscd and 1he U.\'. lc:ir,, some h:1,·c lJ<:en deponed before
Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto holds a beer mug presenled him by Nina A/swede, Cherry Blossoms Queen from Hamburg, during her courtesy call at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday. AP
who had requesteJ our prntecllon before." said Koefner. "But we were never gr,mted access."
Malaysia's Foreign Minister Alxlullah Ahmad Badawi said the U. N. would not be allowed to enter the detention camps.
"We me not holding refugees but those who seek work illegally,'' Alxlullal1 was quoted as saying in Monday's New Strait~ Times.
Indonesia' sJustice MinisterMuladi on Saturday said the deadis that occurred ThursJay were a breach of hum mi 1ighL~. according to the Antain news agency.
he minister defended Malaysia's 1ight to depo1t illegal immigi·,mt~ -but not to kill diem.
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamhad said Malaysian audioiitics did not violate any human rights.
"As fm· as I mn concerned, tliere is no violation," die p1ime minister was quoted as saying in Monday's New St:rnits Times.
Indonesians display a banner inside the U.N. _High Commissioner of Refugees compound in Kuala Lumpur Monday. Earlier the group of 14_. who are seeking refuge from deportation, rammed the gate of the compound with a truck. AP
"We have to deport them since we can no longer cope with the expenses of their detention here."
they could dete1mine their refugee status.
Razali estimated then: wen:about 5,(XXl Acehnese in Malaysia before the m:L,,depo11ations began l(L,t week.
AriotatSemenyihdetcntioncamp south of the capital left at le..i.~t eight Indonesians and one federal officer deaJ.
Hum:m lights groups estimate that mon: tl1an 30immigrants were killed.
·nic lnJonesim1; were protesting the Malaysian government's mass deportation of thousands of lndorn:sians who have been streaming into Malaysia since their economy collapsed last summer.
Razali said he did not huve exact numbcrs on how many Acehnesc had been Jeponed since many wen: in hiding.
t\cco(Jins.! to theirsources. hown·er. Raz:tli said that when Thursday's riots erupted. 224 Acchcncse wcre being held in Scmenyih Jetcntion ca~p. 167 in Lcnggeng camp in Malacca state and 97 in Machap Umbo in Negeri Scmbilan state.
Since ThursJay. Malaysia has
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spceJed up effo1ts to sweep the country of illegal Indonesian immigrants.
Late ·niursday, in the lai·gest 1epa~iuion exercise so fa·. 1, l 33 Indonesians were shipped home.
On Monday, 319 we1e shipped from P011 Khmg to Tan jong Banlai in Indonesi;1.
The first batch of 120 lndonesians we1e put on ferries and 1equired to pay the 80 1inggit (£ 22) for the uip ;1c10ss the S~·ait~ of Malacca.according to witnesses.
Malaysia's Police Chief Rahim Noor said f1iday thete we1e some 8.(XX) illegal lndonesim1s who would be shipped back immediately.
'Ilic Immigration Dcpaitmcntsaid it intends to Jepo11 2(Xl.CXXl illegal lmlonesi,uis by Aug. 15. 'Ilic LINH CR on F1idaypmtestcd the killings of the Indonesians at the detention c:m1p ;u1J say they have been denied access to the cmnp to determine whether some of the detainees :ue Acehncse with proper political asylum claims.
.. We requested access to those people in the c:mip. the Acchnese
jf iftb 1J.Beatb ijnnibersarp We, thefamilyoftbe late
Would like to invite all relatives and frie1uls to join us in prayers as rve commemorate tbe Fifth Anniversary Mass of passage unto etemal life
of our beloved lmshmul and father.
Dail)' mass rid/I he offered at Mow II Cannel Church at 6:00 a.m., beginning April /st and e11din11011 April 9, 1998. After the mass 011 April 8.
breakfast will be seroed at Halina 's Restazirant.
Please join us. Dangku/o na Si Yu 'us Ma'ase
Mrs. Joaquina Muna Cabrera & Children
JOINT ANNIVERSARY We. The Children and Family of the f_,11c
Wishes 10 extend our invitation to all our relatives and friends 10 join us in the nightly rosary commemorating the JOINT ANNIVERSARY ROSARY al 7:00 p.m. beginning on Wednesday.April 01. 1998. al the residence of the late Carmen S. Reyes in Gualo Rai. Daily mass of intention will be o!Tcrcd al KrislO Ra1 Church al 6:DO a. m.
On lhc final day. Wednesday. April 08, 1998 the rosary will be said at 12:00 p.m. al the residence of the late Carmen S. Reyes followed by the mass or intention at 5:00 p.m. al Kristo Ra1 Church in Garapan.
Appreciation dinner will he served after the mass at the above residence.
Please join us in prayers.
Thank-you/Si Yu'us Ma'asc FROM THE FAMILY
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According to President Clinton:
GOP forcing budget battle By Alan Fram
WASHINGTON (AP)-As Congress began a week of work on m,uor highway, budget and disaster legislation, the White House swiped at RcpublicansMondayforshortchanging PresidentClinton'sprioritiesandrisking a budget showdown just befrne die November elections.
"It's a haz;u-dous path we'1e on, with very few Jays that the Cong1ess will be he1e to resolve it," White House buJget chief Frnnklin Raines told 1eporters.
ll1e broadside by Raines came as lawmakers beg;ui what was likely to be dieir most prcx.luctive week so fmin 1998, acongiessional electionycm· in which Republican leaders plan a truncated session.
The budget fights that dominated the news for the past scvernl years have faded into the backgiuund in recent weeks a~ projected surpluses have diminished the sense of urgency about the budget and sexual allegations involvingClinton have proliferated.
Raines said the problem of ave1ting a legislative collision when fiscal 1999 begins Oct I is complicated by "dismray" among House GOP leaders.
Some of them are vying to replace Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., should hP, 1-esign to rnn for p1esident.
"When they 're in disairay, notl1ing get, done," Raines said, adding, 'Tm warning them today that they'1e headed to the same problem they had in l995and 1996 ... andthatweought to try to work this out."
Raines' reference was to the years that saw budget stalemate force two federal government shutdowns - a showdown that polls showed most Americans blamed on Republicans.
"Wishful thinking," replied Michele Davis, a spokesm:ui for House Majority Leader DickA1mey, R-Texas, who would like to succeed Gingrich.
RainessaidRepublicanswereplanning to deliver billions of dollars less than Clinton wants for education, while crnfting a highway bill that would spend tens of billions more
Bill Clinton
than tl1e p1esident prefers for madbuilding.
"Are we going to abandon our commitment of funding for education in 01-derto overfund highways?" Raines asked. "Our position is we need better balance."
Tlie House plai1s to vote Wednesday on a six-year, $217 billion surface transportation pro jcct bi II -about a 40 percent boost in cun-ent levels -and over.vhelming bipaitisan suppo1t seems likely.
Raines indicated an administJ·ation willingness to bargain, saying, '1'he1e's alotof room between them and us."
House Trnnsportation Committee Chairman Bud Shuster, R-Pa, said the highway measme was simply addressing tlie country's crumbling mads, and that Clinton and others w,uit to leave unspent money in the highway trnst fund to make federn.1 deficits look smaller.
"It's disgraceful they want to take thismoney. It'scalledbaitandswitch,'' Shuster said.
Most Republicans oppose Clinton's mu I tibi II ion-dollar proposals to hi1e I 00,000additional elementary school teachers and build new schools and repair old ones.
The GOP has launched its own education initiatives, which include taxb1eaksforp1ivateschoolcostsand requirements that 95 percent of federal education aid find its way to classrooms.
"We 'II have plenty of opportunity d1is year to see how much of a priority eJucation is ford1em, whetherd1ey 're for education or the education es tab-
US FDA approves new blood thinner WASHINGTON(AP)-Anew variety of the blood thinner hepruin won U.S. govenunent approval Monday as a slightly better treatment for hospitalized patients at high risk for heart auack and death.
The Food and Drug Administrdtion approved Lovenox, the fir:-t low-moletular-weight hepaiin, for usc together with aspirin as a treatment for a dangerous chest pain called unstable angina and a mild type of heart attack that puts patients at risk for a future fatal attack.
Standard · tliernpy for these patient~ is aspirin plus the powerful blood thinner heparin. But heparin usc is difficult, re{Juiring intr.ivenous infusion with regular hospital monitoring because each patient
requites a custom dose. Lovenox not only is easier to
administer, mere! y requiring twicedaily injections without the monitoring, but a· study showed it's slightly more effective than its cousin heparin.
The studyof3,(JYJpatient~ found 20 percent given Lovenox plus aspiiin died, suffered new heait attacks or repeat angina within a month of treatment, compai-ed to 23 percent given ordinary heparin plus aspirin.
·French manufactu1er RhonePoulenc Rorer already sold Lovenox to prevent blood clots in ce1tain surgery patients.
11ienewupprovalopensthedrug, known chemically as cnoxaparin, to cardiac use.
Newt Gingrich
lishment," said Davis. On Monday, the Senate began de
batinga$ l. 73 uillion budget for I 999. The Republican-WJitten plan would use whatever funds are raised by possible tobacco legislation tliis ye,u· to bolster Medicare - blocking a Clinton plan to use those funds for schools, child care and anti-smoking initiatives.
Tlie GOP spending plan, Raines said, "heads us toward giidlock in September" as the nonbinding budget get, translated into actual spcrnling bills.
Bob Stevenson, spokesman for Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said the Republican spending blueprint envisions $8 billion more for education than wa, spent in I 997.
On Tuesday, the House plans to debate a$2.9 billion measure financing emergency needs for Ameiican troops in Bosnia and the Persim1 Gulf and rebuilding from El Nino-spawned stormsthatbatten:dpaitsofthe United States.
The White Househasobjected that the measure omits requested money for the International Monetary Fund and U.S. dues owed to the United Nations, and is paid for with cuts in
Man convicted of Malcoim X · assassination ·to -head.mosqµ.t, .· . NEW YORK (AP) - A man who spent 19 years in prison for killing Malcolm X said Monday that the Nation of Islam has appointed him to head the Harlem mosque where the civil rights leader preached in the 1950s.
Speaking outside Mosque No. 7, MuhammaJ Abdul Aziz also denied that he played any role in the assassination of Malcolm X anJ said a new lie-detector test backs him up.
.. I did not kill Malcolm X," said the 59-year-old Aziz, who has :dways proclaimed his innocence.
Aziz saiJ he will heaJ the mosque and would also be Nation of Islam leader Lou is Fam1khan · s new regional security chief, assigned to reorganize the group's parmnil itary Fruit of Islam guards. largely dormant since Malcolm X was killed. Malcolm X was gunned Jown at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem on l\:b. 2 l, !965.
Aziz and two other men were sent to prison for the slaying of the civil rights leader.
Aziz served 19 years in prison before being paroled in l 985.
low-income housing, airport projects, bi I ingual education and the Amcricorps national service program.
The Senate version of the measure has the IMf anJ U.N. funds anJ Jacks the spending cuts. Raines said it is "closer to being signable."
Commonwealth Ports Authority
JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA)
is looking for
2 (Two) Ports Police Officer/Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter I
and 1 (one) Weather Observer
for the West Tinian Airport. The minimuI!). qualification is any combination equivalent to graduation from a high school or GED or trade school with at least two years of experience in airport operations. Application forms are available at the West Tinian Airport. Applications must be accompanied by an updated police clearance. The deadline for submission of applications is 4:30 p.m., April 10, 1998. For more information, please call the Commonwealth Ports Authority at the West Tinian Airport at telephone number 433-9296.
Promotions Assista-nt . . . .
MARPAC,. Inc. the exclusive distributor for Anheuser Busch. Inc .. has an opening for a part-time Promotions Assistant to join our beer promotions and marketing team in Saipan.
Responsibilities include assisting in the set-up and execution of special beer promotions. aid in brand and image development of Anheuser Busch products.
The successful candidate must be a self-starter. out going and sociable, must be able to work evenings, must be 21 years of age. High School Graduate preferred. Police Clearance required.
To apply. please come by MARPAC'S Gualo Roi office and fill out an app:icotion.
IItt,'il PAC J MARPAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer
The Saipan Chamber of Commerce Announces an opening for the position of
Executive Director Qualified individuals may submit a resume and application to the Saipan Chamber of Commerce oflice, Isl noor Family Building in Garapan. Contact numbers arc. phone: 233-7150, fax: 233-7151, e-mail: [email protected]. The Executive Director is a salaried position. and hours will vary including even in~ and weekend work. Salary will depend on experience and qualifications. No phone interviews please. Application Deadline: 5:00 PM Wednesday, April 8, 1998.
The succcs.sfut applicant will have \he following minimum qualilicalinns:
Ma.sJcr's degree in Business Adminislralion. Economics, Comnrnnic,11ions_ or rcl:ued field. [This requirement may he subs111u1cd lor two yems ot management experience and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics. Cmnmunications, or related field). Signifo..:anl management experience in business and/or in admin~stration including staff supervision. responsibility for budget planrnng anu management, as well as experience in marketing and public relations. Experience and Proticicncy with Computer Systems and Software (office software and programming relational databases, financial software. desktop p11blisl1ing, and ekctronic communications). Proven ability to communicate well and relate with various constituent publics (i.e.: Chamber members, business and government sectors).
The Sai pan Chamber of Commerce is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
18-t-,L\RL\N.\S \'.-\RIETY NEWS ,\ND \'IEWS-WEDNESDAY-APRIL I. 1998 -- - --------- -- --------
OPEC hopes cuts to save market By DIRK BEVERIDGE
\"IE:\X-\ . .-\ustria (.-\Pl - - OPEC :t11tlc'lli1,l'c! ,·arl, Tuc'>,Liy ii \I ill proc\?c',I \\ llh 11Li11s \t1 c'lll ,111,k ,iii lllll· pu1. bui rni1,i,tc1·s ,q11,·,t1t'd glum af-1,·r S,.'l'ing ,iii 11ri,·,·, t',dl ,111 \"-'l"l'c'p· 1il~lb th~n till~ !!'\1u1, \\·~1:-, m){ dc1i11~ ,'11,1u"lt 1, 1 r,·,cuc rJ1,' m;irkc'l.
~,,111c· 111i11is1c1, !tad pushed t'or ,k'qx:r ,ur, i11 ,1uq1ut. but lr:u1i:u1 L,il 111i11is1c1 Bij:u1 N:11mbr Z:111g<?11L'h ,'nll'rgcd fr,1m a>CssiPn tlt1t b.;g:u1on '.\ lund,1> aftc111,x1n and ,aid OPEC s ,·ut:-" L111ld come tli :u-ound 1.25 111illi,1n b:mc'b a d:1,. as prc,·ious\y pbnnc,\.
·n,e emergency meeting w:Lscalkd in r,'spon:-<? lo a price rnllapse ~1a1 pusltcJ oil to iis lo1wst le,d in nine > L'ars.
But 1-x:fore OPEC c1·c11 Jinislied the 111,'eli ng. tu 1111\:s u-:iders 1n:11: se 11-ing oil in Ne"· York :u1d London.
ll1c p1ice dropped about 6(1 cenL, a b:md on Mond:1y.
--·111c m:u-kel 's looking at the deal
Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zangeneh, left, gestures while speaking to journalists prior to the start of an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Monday. OPEC called for the meeting to strengthen the weak oil prices, which are on their lowest level in nine years. Person at right is not identified. AP
QI:ommonlllealtb 'ffiltilities QI:orporation JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
IT IS THE 1'01./CY OF THE COMMONWEALTH UT/UT/ES CORPORATION (CUC) THAT THE CUC MERIT HIRING SYSTEM SHAU. BE ,il'PL/ED AND ADMINISTERED ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CrT/ZENS A\'D NATIONALS DEFINED Bl'THENORTHERNMAR/ANAS COMMONWEALTH CONSTITUTION AND STATUES REGARDLESS OF:\CE. IMCE. SEX. RE/./G/ON. l'OLTT/CAL\FFI/./ATION OR BELIEF. MARITAL STATUS. HANDICAP OR PU.CE OF ORIGIN.
POSITION TITLE: Trades Helper (Operator)
DUTIES: Under the general supervision of the Power Generation operators, the incumbent assists in operating Power Plant diesel engines/auxiliary machineries, instrument panel, switchboards and other power plant electrical check correct temperature of cooling and lube oil systems. Maintains and records log sheet for fuel and lubricating oil consumption, assists with minor maintenance of diesel engines and instruments. Cleans, changes oil and performs other related work of power plant. Observes and participates in the industrial safety practices and procedures. Performs other related duties as assigned.
LOCATION: Power Ge,zeration, ClJC ROTA
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GED or experie11ce equivalent to high school diploma. Basic Math and English le.~/ will be given to applicants.
STARTING SALARY.· $9,616.20-$11,681.76 per annum plus 25% hazardous and ISo/!' night differential.
This announcement closes on April 15, 1998.Applications are available at the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, Lower Base, Saipan, the CUC Rota or Tininn oflice. Copy of diploma and/or official transcript and recent police clearante must be attached.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & IMMIGRATION DIVISION OF LABOR
PUBLIC NOTICE The following persons with pending Labor or Agency Case are hereby notified to report to the Division of Labor, Enforcement Section, Located on the 2nd Floor of Afetna Building, San Antonio, Saipan on the date prescribed below.
'.':AME LABOR/AGENCY CASE NO. HEARING DATE & TIME \. Rogelio A. Fahtan Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1 :30 p.m. 1 Arte\ S. Dupra Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1:30 p.m. ~ Oc.klon V. Caragos Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1:30 p.m. _\.
-l Jose J. Sytamco Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1:30 p.m. 5. Uldarico F Duran Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1:30 p.m. 6. Lilian Jvl. Dano Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1:30 p.m.
Failure to appear at the Division on or before the date and time specified above shall be ground for dismissal of the above cases and appropriate action and/or sanction shall he taken against the above individuals, including the referrals of their mattcr.s lo the Immigration Office for their actions.
Dated this. 26th day or March. l 998.
/,/ GILS M. SAN NICOLAS /\cring fJireclor of' Labor
now with a bit more of a cautious eye." said John Saucer. :m analyst at Salomon Smith B,m1ey Inc. in Houston. "I think you could use the word disappointing."
Some ministers said OPEC needs to slash output even more severely if it w,mts to push p1ices higher- and ,malysts agree.
l11e ministers apparently are hoping for now that initial pledges for output reduction by OPEC and several non-OPEC producers can give them a reprieve from the damage caused by OPEC's ill-judged decision in November to strut pumping· more crnde.
OPEC's effoits got a boost Monday when non-OPEC producer Norway, the world's second lru·gestcrnde expo1ter after Saudi Arabia, said it would cut roughly I 00,000 bru1els a day of its production, or 3 percent of the total.
Norway's oil minister, Marit Amstad, said she reserves the light to give upon the planned cul, if OPEC fails to deliver on its own promises.
When No1way is included, all tl1e promised cuts from OPEC and nonOPEC come to about 1.5 million bru1els.
Analysts say ·the glutted mru'ket needs about 2 million bm1els less per day before prices c,m 1ise.
But expe1ts also wonder whether OPEC can deliver, after seeing the fom1etiy powetful oil c,utel lose much of iL, influence over markeL, in recent yem;; because of produce1;;' inability to stick to their production agree-
ments. Some :malysL~ have saic.l OPEC
anc.l its newfound non-OPEC friends will be lucky if they can 1emove 1.2 million banels out of the m.u-ket. OPEC is pledging slightly more than that, and ministe1;; insist tliis time they will deliver.
"1l1e1e'sstillgoing tobe alotofoil rnuund," saic.l Michael Rothm:m, m1 oil ,malyst from Mcnill Lynch in New York who often attends OPEC meetings.
·111ey'1einmuddle-tliroughmode. They 'te uying to lessen the downside 1isk for ptices."
Rothman said that OPEC's emergency meeting could backfire byraising expectations of biggerreductions in supply.
Ministers were divided about whether to cut more now or wait and see how the market holds up with what has thus far been pledged.
The OPEC ptesident, Uni led Arab Emirates oil minister Obaid bin Saif al-Nasseii, told his colleagues in an opening speech Monday that petroleum produce1;; must "halt tlie downward price spiral" to keep tlie global economy in balm1ce.
The 1ecent low pticcs have been a bommzaforoil consume1;; but devastating for OPEC ,md otherproducers,
Members of the Orgm1ization of the Peu·oleum Expotting Counuics me Algeria, Indonesia, Ir,m, Irnq, Kuwait, Libya. Nige1ia, Qatrn·, Sauc.li Arabia, the United Ar..ib Emirates ,md Venezuela.
Yeltsin gives a 'lukewarm' support for Chernoinyrdin
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV MOSCOW (AP) - President Boris Yeltsin on Monday gave a lukewann endorsement to ex-premier Viktor01emomyrdin's presidential bid in 2COO, but stopped short of anointing him as the preferred successor.
Thepresident, whohasmadecontrndictol)' statements about his own political plans, seemed to indicate Monday that he does not intend to run for a third term.
"I made the decision on the government's resignation, at the same time having in mind that (Chernomyrdin) will lead the presidential campaign," Yeltsin said of the former premier.
"A strong leader is needed ... anc.l taking into account that I am falling out, we should strengthen" the Kremlin team, the president said. "This does not violate the general course of our policy."
Yeltsin 's uncertain health and two-term constitutional limit would seek to rule out the possibility ofanotherpresidential bid.
But presidential aides have indicated the 67-year-old leader still might run.
They claim that Yeltsin 's first term began during Soviet times and thus does not count toward the two-term limit.
The president abruptly fired Chernomyrdin anc.1 the entire government a week ago, saying the Cabinet was too preoccupied with politics to nm the nation well.
At the time, Yeltsin said he was freeing up Chemomyrdin to "prepare" for the presidential election in 2000.
Chernomyrdin announced over the weekend that he would definitely be a candidate.
Yeltsin 's support for Chernomyrdin Monday sounded a bit tepid and the president declined to name him the heir apparent.
"You speak about succession when it concerns kings. And here people make the choice. The people will choose the successor," Yeltsin told reporters in the Kremlin.
"Some start this campaign earlier and some later," Yeltsin said before his meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Chemomyrdin, a 59-year-old Soviet-era technocrat, served as premier for more than five years and was considered a stolid No. 2 to the more mercurial Y cltsin.
Some political observers speculate that Chemomyrdin's growing political activity had irritated Yeltsin, who was still consideiing whether to run himself. Odien; claim the president fired
Chemomyrdin to let him distmice himself from the government as he prepated his candidacy.
YelL~in ha, nominated 35-yem·old 1eformer Sergei Kiiiyenko as the new ptime minister and threatened to dissolve parliament unless it approves his choice.
+ WEDNESDAY, APRIL!, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-19
US envoy meets Mubarak SHARM EI-SHEIK, Egypt (AP)- U.S. mediator Dennis Ross met Monday with President Hosni Mubarak. al"ter four days of talks ended without Isr,1cli or Palestinian commitments to an American plan to rescue the st al led peace process.
Ross, who has he le.I separate talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Ar,1 fat for the past four days. was expected to brief Mubarak
Cop ... Continued_from page 1
I ice officers work in!! at the Ko ban police station in th~ tourist belt founc.1 Martinez lying face down on the ground.
"The officers all testified that the dcfcndalll was imoxicatec.l that morning. A strong odor or :dcohol was detected in the defendant's cxhaled breath when he was lvin!! on the ground nc:xt to 1he ·st:~· Gazer's Club and even while conversing. with his fdlow officers that morning:· Demapan said.
The judge s:1id M,1rtinez after gelling. up proceeded to Top One Night Club.
The officers ne:--t observed Martinez in a red sed:111 b:1cking up and heading \l'Cst.
"t\t the i111crscnion. thc defendant's vehicle was almost hit by an oncoming vehicle: which had a right of way and w;1s making a left turn." the juc.lge stated.
Teno ... Continued from page 1
re/med .1·1ory) "We will address the concerns
(raised by the Times and the Pm!)," Tenorio said.
The governor, to!!Clher with Senate~ President~ Paul A. l'v1ang.lona (R-Rota). House Speaker Diego T. Iknavcntc (RPrec. 2, S.1ip:1n). Rcsidclll Rep. Ju.111 N. Babaul:1 anc.1 rcprcscnta-
Victims .. Continued from page 1
ing US Labor Department investigator and a US Labor Department attorney.
Branigin also mentioned a separate inquiry into illegal !!atrncnt transshipments from~ the~ CNMl to the US.
Ile said the inquiry w,1s co11-ducted by two former US Customs investigators.
Caught on tape The Post article said one mem
ber of the seven-man undercover team posed as a pregnant garment worker and secretly tape-recorded conversations with two Chinese "doctors" at underground abortion clinics.
According to the Post, "When she told one of them she was four months pregnant, he recommended currying the fetus to five months and having a partial-birth
on his efforts. Egypt, which has been
c.lceply involved in the peace process, rcponcdly has urgec.1 Arafat not to reject outright a U.S. proposal for ,l!1 Israeli withdrawal from parts of the West Bank in exchanoc for Palestinian security g.e~urcs.
The U.S. plan is said to involve Israel's withdrawal from 13.1 percent of the lane.I. But David Bar-lllan. a Netanyahu aide, said Monday that Ross has yet to bring ~1p percent-
Demapan said Martinez's car almost fully occupied the opposite lane at ,1 narrow intersection as ii made a left turn in front of Dai-Ichi llotel.
Pol ice officer Dela Cruz observed Martinez's vehicle weaving. from left to ri!!ht, at times entering. the opposil~ west bounc.l traffic lane.
The dcl"cndant 's vehicle. Demapan said. while making. ,1 left turn fell into a ditch near the Remington Night Club.
Dda Cruz saw Martinez drove up on the sidewalk by a sewage pathway.
"The defendant's vehicle again got olTthc sidewalk and conti1;ued to head cast toward Beach Road. The office1· at this point decided to pul I over the defendant at about where !he Friendship Karaoke is locat<.?d." Deniap:111 said.
The: _judge said Dela Cruz informed Martinez about his driving. behavior and !he defendant responded by saying "I'm sorry."
tives of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce (SCC) and the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands (1-lanmi). will present oral and written testimonies before the committee.
Chaired by US Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska). the committee will begin its hearin" at 9:30 a.m. EST (March 31 ), wl~ich is 12:30 (April I) midnight hc:rc on Saipan.
The committee is considering bi I ls that wou Id strip the CN MI of
ahorlion. 11 hil'i1 hc s:1id 11·,1uld l'OSl $5()()_ CIL'l'c1rding ltl l ranSCl'lpt.
llu11c1w. Tu Xiao l'>.ki. the pregnant Chinese se:1111strcss interviewed by "2()/2()," has chan!!cd her mind about testifv-ing. b~fore today's hearing. ·
Quoting unidenlil.icd lJS olficials, the l'osl said Tu \kw to W ;1shington. D.C.. but is nmv un w i 11 i ng to test i l"y due to t'c-,1rs nf rel al i:1ti,m.
Tu told "20/20" th:11 ltcr employer. a Saipan-bascd g:mnelll 111anufacturer owned by the Chinese government. ordered her to have :m abortion. · Tu said she refused and was
fired. The Post s:1id the "dol'l1111enta
tion of an illegal abortion network associale~d with Saipan 's nearly $1 billion-a-yc,u- garment industry poses a potential problem for industry backers. who in-
ages for any pullback and has failed to convince the Palestinians to take reciprocal steps for troop withdrawals.
Shortly before Ross arrived, Mubarak had met with Esmat Abdcl-Mcguid, secretary-general of the 22-mcmber Arab League who tole.I reporters that the Arabs appreciated the U.S. role in trying to move. the peace negotiations.
But he also called for more "quick and firm action" to make. Israel accept the pro-
At the Koban, Martinez was uncooperative and starting shouting profanity at Police Officer I Eric David. said Demapan.
David decided to put Martinez under arrest and transported him tot he Department of Public Safety Central St,,tion for DUI processing.
At the station. Demapan said. M,utincz was uncOlJJ):rati1·c and decided not to take the tielJ sobrictv tcsl ,b insuuctcd by the oflicer :md i;11hc ofticc:r 's words,just "played :uuuml."
·111e defend,mt walked out of the brcatlialyzer testing room. He wm not able to produce a driver's license, said tl1e judge.
·11ie cou11 notes t11epain in having the office1, cite a fellow off-duty officer. l11e1e wa, attempt to counsel or to t.tke tl1e c.lefend,mt home. TI1e record is 11:plete of the officer's attempt to not chm·ge the defendant inspire of the se1ious acL~ of traffic misconduct the defendant committed that morning," Dem a pan added.
control over its immigration and minimum wage policies-US Sen. Daniel Akaka's (D-I-lawaii) S. 1100 and the White Housebacked S. 1275.
l11e bills we1e introduced in t11e w,tke of pe1;;istcnt 11,,potts of labor, immigration and uuiff abuses in t11e CNM!.
'Ilic bills seek to rcsu·ict local immigration :md incte,Lse the local minimum wage to federal kvel, ,md :ui: considered fatal totheCNMI 'schcap alien labor-dcixnc.lcnt economy.
dude congn.:ssion:Ii Rq1uhlican lc·:1,krs strnngly opposed to ahort1,111.
1\111tmg 1hc111 is [IS] louse Majori11· Whip Tom DcL1y lRTexasJ.
Hate crimes Among ihe undercover team's
findings. acrnrding to the Post: • Increasing tc'nsions between
Ilic ('NM 1·s27.00011:11 i I c isl ,111dcrs and the-' 7 ,()(](} r,· gistc 1·ed alien 11·,i1·~crs. ··me I ud i 11g ;1 rising i ncidenrc of· 1ta1e rri mes' against tltc 11·mkcr<·
• R:1111p:1nt rccruillllc'llt scams. • Im-rca.,i11g poverty and health
prublc:ms a111011g the alien workers.
• The trafficking or minors from the Philippines and China ·tor sexual pu1voses. including forced prnstilution, and the importation o\' more than I 00 Russian wom.:n, mostly from Sakhalin Island, for work in brothels."
posed withdrawal deal, warning the peace process was in
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OPA ...
one of the bidders. Torres Refrig
eration. Inc. Ton-es lodged the
appeal to OPA after then PSS
Commissioner William Torres
dismissed his protest.
This was the second time a con
tract for the MI-IS airconditioning
project w,1s suspended. JWS was awarded the contract
during the second bidding on Sept.
30, 1997, which was held follow
ing OPA 's recommendation to
st~p business with CaiTierGuam.
which was selected during the
\N THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
ln Re the Estate of Jose Atalig Fujihira, Deceased. Pro hate Action No. 98-0123B
NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN \hat Petitioner, the Commonwealth Health Center. has filed a Petition in the Superior Court of the Commonwealth oft he Northern Mariana Islands praying that an administrator be appointed to administer the estate of JOSE ATAL!G FUJ!HIRA deceased. The attorney of record is Celeste E. Andersen, Special Assistant Attorney General, Department of Public Health, P.O. Box 409 CK, Saipan, MP 96950.
The hearing on the Petition is set for April 7, l 998 at the Commonwealth Superior Court, Susupe, Saipan at 1 :30 p.m. in Courtroom B. Any person who has any objection to the petition may file his or her objection with the Superior Court at anv time before the hearing. or may appear at the time set for hearing to present such objection or interest in the above-captioned mallcr.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned to the creditors of. and all persons having claims against the Estate of JOSE ATAUG FUJIH\RA. that within sixty (61)) days after the publication of this notice, they must file their claims with the Clerk of Court of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any claims not so presented shall be barred.
Dated: February l S, I 998
ls/Deputy Clerk of Court Commonwealth Suncrior Court
I~ THE SUPERIOR COUKI or THF. co,t,tO:<WF.ALnt 01' THE
NORTHl:RN MARIANA l>il.ANl)S
f n Re the Estate of Regina Deleon Guerrero Reyes D,'ccascd. Probate Action No. 98-0124B
NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that P•:titioncr. the Commonwealth Health Center, has filed a Petition in the Superior Court of the Comm,111wcallh oftl1c Northern ~lariana Islands praying that an administrator be appointed 10 administer the estate of REGINA DELEO:-S: G\'.ERRERO. cleccasccl.·fl,c attmnev ur rn·orU ls Cl.!lcslc E. r\ndcrs;n, SpeC\a\ Assistant Attorney General, Deportment of Public Health. P.O. Box 409 CK, Saipan, MP %950.
The hcanng on the Petition is set for April 7, 1998 al the Commonwealth Superior Court, Susupe. Saipan at l :30 p.m. in the Courtroom B. Any person who has any objection to the petition may lilc his or her objection with the Superior Court at any time before the hearing, or may appear at the time set for hearing to present such objection or interest in the above-captioned mallcr.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the E.\tatc of REGINA DELEON GUERRERO RE YES, that within sixty (60) days after the publication of this notice, they must file their claims with the Clerk of Court of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any claims not so presented shall be barred.
Dared: February 18. 19n
ls/Deputy Clerk of Court Commonwealth Sunerior Cnurt
· first bidding in Aptil last year. HANMI . . .
\\
The award of contract to Canier
was canceled as a result of protests
filed by other bidders. OP A. in re
sponse to these protests, had noted
that Cmier Guam did not meet the "technical specifications ...
PSS consequently con
ducted a re-solicitation of bids
on Sept. 25. 1997. Companies that joined the sec
ond bidding were ALPZMerchan
dizim:, T;rres, Pacific Tech
nical Service Saipan, and
JWS. Carrier Guam did not
submit a proposal for this bid
ding, but filed a protest, which
has been dismissed by OPA.
IN THE SUPERlOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
NORTHERN MARIAN . .\ ISLANDS
In the Mauer of lhe Pciition for Appointment of Gene ml Gu~rdi:rn for: Marie Therese Jones Attao and Maximo Jones Attao, Jr. Minor Children. Bv Theresita J. Allao, Petitioner. FCDGli Civil Action l\o. 98-0!02
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITIO.', FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN
PLEASE TAKE .',OTJCE that a Petition for Appointment of Guardian for the above-named minor children byThercsitaJ. Allao, as Petitioner, has been filed with the abol'C-<ntitled Coun and is open for review at the Office of the Clerk of the said Coun. in Susupe. Soi pan. Commonwcohh of the Nonhcm ~1ari:ma Islands. A HEARING of said Petition for Appointment
of Guardian will be held in Counroom "D" of the otxwe-entitled Coun on May 28, 1998 al 8:30 a.m. or as soon as thereafter.
Dated this 30th doy of ~larch. 1998.
Jorila C. Flores, Clerk or Court
is/Deputy Clerk or Court
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tior to require the US govemment ta
adequately document and 1eimbursc
the cost, to local gavemments.
Population . . . Continued from page 3
ing ,L,king for jobs," he told V;uiety.
Veteran economist William H. Stewmwlid the casino indusny would
be needin~ more workers who will
need hou;ing. Houses, he said, re
quire power mid water. fire and I)Olice
servtce.
Steward added that medical facili
ties will have to be expanded with
more doctors and nurses. "Both an
economic mid humm1 multiplier ef
fect will be activated."
At the same time, Long also said
the provision in House Bill 11-163
OSHA ... Continued from page 3
operatives.
Biggers, citing Strasheim 's n::pott,
said OSHA found 20 "hazards"' in
volvingelecnical installations, I2vio
lations~ involving emergency exits,
11 violations on sanitaiy concerns,
and at least five citations on unsafe
water.
Biggers said the overcrowded liv
ing qumtcrs involve two rooms hav-
DFW ... Continued from page 9
Jrn1ds. linking the colonies in a single
population.
The Endangered Species Act di
rects Federal agencies to protect and
promote the recovery of listed spe
cies. Proposed Federnl projem and
actions. including activities on pri
vate or non-federal hmds, that in
volve Federal funding or pemiitting
1equire review to ensure they will not
INS ... Continued from pa£!~2
claimed they will be persecuted if
returned from tl1e U.S. to their home-
1.uids rem,lined in tlie U.S .. " he said.
INS affici,~s also said tl1ey believe
the prng1:m1 is working well.
But tlie Cato Institute. a libertmim
think t.mk, said tl1e law is endm1ger-
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The suit was joined bytheGovem
ments of Guam, State of Hawaii mid
the Commonwealth of the N orthem
Mariana Islands. Senator Leon
Guerrero estimates that the impact to her island alone hasre,iched
aver$ I 00 million to date.
allowing tnmsferof nonresidentcon
n,ict w~·kers from one employer to
:mother will sc1ve Ti11im1 business
men "good enough."
"It I tr:msfer] will help in some
ways," he added, hoping tl1at there
wouldbeenoughavailableworkforce
on Saipan that would be willing to migrnte to Tinirni when the business
environment becomes active. akin to
the opening of the Dynasty Hotel and
Casino.
The Chamber earlier aired con
cerns that the moratorium on hi1ing
1,'llest workers may signal the eco
nomic downturn of Tinian. Long
explainedthat80percentoftl1epeople
ing six occupants each.
Companies cited by OSHA in
clude the United International Co1p.
(UIC), which was found to have two "serious" violations and was fined
$5,<XXJ.
The gannent factory is awned by
James Lin, President of the Saipan
Gmment Manufacturers' Associa
tion. Variety could not reach Lin for
comments.
Meanwhile, otherfomscited were
Sako Corp., another garment factrny
jeopardize tl1e suniival of any listed
species.
The Mariana ftuit bat is a medium
sized bat weighing .5 to 1.25 lbs.
Males me slightly largerth,m females
mid cairned black to brown with a
bright golden brown mrn1tel on the
shoulders. The ears are well frnmed
and rounded and the eyes rn-e hll'ge,
creating a canine-like appemance.
Members of this fanily of bat~ me
1-efened to as "f1ying foxes."
The proposal to list the Mrniana
fruit bat as threatened on the Northern
ing lives.
':'.If the new law does curb abuse it
docs so only at the price of cutting
down on all claims for ,L~ylum -
witl1out distinguishing between the
valid ,md tlie fraudulent," tl1c group
said.
Cato said the most dmrn1ging pro
vision in tl1e law is one that gives
foreigners only one year to file an
application fat· asylum after ar
riving in the United States.
"Many genuine asylum seekers
will not be able to lllCCl the 1.katl
line because of the cirrn111slanccs
they face, including the trauma of torture, the threat of death and
fe,u· for family 111cmbcrs who tcmain
Clinton . .. C()nlinued from e_age 2
steab of zebra, croccxlile, impala in
monkey sauce, and giraffe.
"I nied it all," the president said.
'n1e Clintons headed out early in a
four-whceldJiveexcu1,ion van.Tim:c
Sectcl Service agenL, sat on the back
bench, mid other security forces fol
lowed in other u11ck.,.
/\t the Chobe River, the C'lintons saw a hipfX) raise iL, head from the crlxodilc-inlcstcd water and snort at
thcn1. An eagle watched tlic scene
frrnn atop a lice.
'Ilic air was lilied witl1 bird calls
,u1d sounds of tl1c wild.
Botsw,ma is home to 80,(XX) cl-
At the same time, Micronesian
leaders are concerned about the
"brain drain" in their islands, with
the best workers leaving their
states which is adversely affect
ing development of their emerg
ing economies.
in Tinim1 work for the government
while 20 percent are into business,
and that freezing the hiring of non
resident workers would literally kill
small businesses.
1-IB 11-163, which is now Public
Law I 1-6, allows alien workers to
transfer to anotlier employer du1ing
their contract period, but with the
approval of tl1e rniginal employer
and of tl1e Depmtment of Labor mid
Immigration IDOL!]. Acting Gov. Jesus Sablan, while
calling for tl1e enacmient of a more
workable biting momtorium that does
not burden the private sector with
undue hardship, signed tl1e bill F1iday.
which was fined $9,200 for eight
violations including a "serious"
one.
The Tinian Dynasty Hotel-was,
for its part, found to have one
"serious" violation and was fined
$1,625.
Living quarters provided by
JoeTen Enterprises were also
found to have six violations in
cluding three "serious" ones.
The giant retail firm was fined
a total of $5,500.
Mariana Islands and to reclassify it as threatened on Guam was published
in the Fedeml Regisreron Mill'ch 26.
Public comn;ents are invited
until May 26. Comments should
be sent to Brooks Harper. Field
Supervisor, Pacific Islands Of
fice, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room
3-122, Box 50088, Honolulu,
Hawaii 96850.
If made final. this listing will
provide both Federal and local
protection for this species.
in their home country," its analysis
said.
The INS said that asylum appli
cations from foreigners who were
already in United States have
fallen 64 percent since 1993 be
cause of reforms made two years
before the 1996 law was passed.
Under the reforms. inspection
staff has been doubled and asy
lum applicants no longer auro
matic:.tlly n:ccive permission ta
work in the United States. spokes
woman Uainc Komis s.tid.
They receive work permits al'
tcr their applications arc approvetl
or after their cases remain unn.:
solved for 180 days.
cphm1L<;, ,md ne,u·Iy halfof them ,ue in
Chobc National Park. The presi
dent and first lady saw plenty of
them. A long-tusked elephant
walked slowly by the president's
entourage and on toward the wa
ter.
The first lady said they saw
hippos and crocodiles, adding
excitedly. "We saw the lions. We
saw a mother lion and four cubs."
Takingoverthcstory. thcprcsi
dent said. "They were up midcr
neath atn:e. You coultl barely sec
them. And the mother lion was on
her back playing with the kids. It
was great. At one point she even
had one of the rnb's tail in her
mouth. They were pl,1ying back and forth ...
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02 AUTO BODY REPAIRER-Salary:$3.05-3.20 per hour Contact: PHILIPPINE EAGLE CORPORATION dba Philippine Eagle Auto Repair Shop Tel. 288-0928(4/1)W25887
01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal-ary:$1,800.00 per month Contact: S.K.C.V. CORPORATION dba Happy Islands Tel. 235-3077(4/ 1)W25888
01 GUEST RELATION OFFICER-Salary:$4.50-5.00 per hour 01 HOUSEKEEPING CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SAi PAN KOR ESCO CORPORATION dba Saipan Koresco Resort Club Tel. 288-60D1(4/1)W2589D
03 ASSISTANT COOK-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 04 WAITRESS/WAITER-Salary:S3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: ANICIA C. SONODA dba Chamoro House Restaurant Tel. 234-7361 (4/1)W71306
01 AUTOMOBILE RENTAL CLERKSalary:$3.25-3.65 per hour Contact: MARINO PRODUCTION INC. dba Tahara Show Tel. 233-3255(4/ 1)W25892
01 MASON-Salary:S3.05-3.21 per hour 01 PAINTER-Salary:$3.05-3.21 per hour 02 REINFORCING STEEL WORKERSalary:$3.05-3.36 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.05-3.21 per hour 01 COOK-Salary:$1,800.00-1,890.00 per month 01 CONSTRUCTION WORKER-Salary:$3.05-3.21 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S3.50-3.68 per hour 01 GOLF COURSE MAINT. LABORERSalary:$3.05-3.21 per hour 01 CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISORSalary:$4.00-4.20 per hour Contact: KAN PACIFIC SAIPAN, LTD. Tel. 322-4692(4/1)W71308
01 MASON-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: MILNE & REYES ENTERPRISES, INC. Tel., 234-5871 (4/ 1)W71309 •
01 BODY FENDER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: T & B INTERNATIONAL INC. dba Union Auto Repair Shop Tel. 235-0329(4/1 )W25894
02 MACHINE OPERATOR-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: T & B INTERNATIONAL INC. Tel. 235-0329(4/1)W25895
02 SCUBA DIVING INSTRUCTOR-Salary:$1,200.00 per month Contact: BLUE HORIZON ENT., INC. dba MSE Diving Tel. 233-7871 (4/ 1)W25896
01 ADMINISTRATIVE/MANAGER-Salary:S1, 1 OD.DD per month Contact: PNB CORPORATION dba PNB Foreign Exchange Tel. 235-7251 (4/8)W25978
01 SUPERVISOR, CONSTRUCTIONSalary:S4.00-6.00 per hour Contact: YCO CORPORATION dba YCO Servistar Hardware/Liberty Plaza/ YCO Construction Tel. 235-6604(4/ 8)W71380
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01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Salary:S3.05-4.00 per hour Contact: MARIANAS BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, INC. dl:>a Business Pro Tel. 235-7763(4/1 )W25905
02 SALES ASSOCIATES-Sal-ary:S800.00-1,500.00 per month Contact: CELINE SAIPAN, INC. dl:>a Celine Tel.234-0550(4/1)W25904
01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$4.00 per hour Contact; HIBERNIA, INC. Tel. 234-0550(4/1 )W25903
01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal-ary:S2,0D0.00-5,100.00 per mon1h Bilingual in Japanese Language 02 CLEANER, Bt,JS-Salary:$3.05-3.70 per hour · Contact: SAi PAN SANKO TRANSPORTATION, INC. (4/1)W25902
01 SUPERVISOR, TRAVEL AGENTSalary:$850.00-3,350.00 per month Bilingual in Japanese Language 01 RESERVATION CLERK-Salary:$850.00-1, 100.00 per month 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S850.00-1,040.00 per month 01 GROUND HOST/HOSTESS-Salary:$800.00-1,600.00 per month Bilingual in Japanese Language Contact: R & C TOURS SAIPAN, INC. (4/1 )W25900
01 WAITRESS, HEAD (SUPERVISOR)Salary:$850.00-1,500.00 per month Contact: SHORES OF SAIPAN, INC. dba Club Dera Tel. 235-7621 (4/ 1)W25901
01 RETAIL STORE(SUPERVISOR)Salary:S3.3D per hour Contact: FAMILY GENESIS CORPORATION dba Family Discount Market Tel. 288-3526(4/1 )W25899
02 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 COOK-Salary:$3.05-5.00 per hour Contact: MERCED V. & RAPHAEL M. REYES dba M.V. Reyes Catering (4/ 1)W71320
01 SUPERVISOR, WAREHOUSE EXPEDlTER-Salary:S5.50 per hour Contact: TRIPLE "B" FORWARDERS (CNMI). INC. Tel. 234-5505(4/ 8)W71378
01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$5.00 per hour Contact: DEV. & ASSOCIATES INC. dba JSD International Tel. 234-6187(4/ 8)W25969
01 PAINTER-Salary:S3.05-3.50 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 01 STEEL (WORKER)-Salary:S3.05-3.50 per hour 04 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 02 MASON-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: WORLD ELECTRIC & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. Tel. 235-6233(4/8)W25970
02 STEEL (WORKER)-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: WOOSUNG CONSTRUCTION CO. LiD. Tel. 235-1240(4/ 8)W25971
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01 SEAMSTRESS-Salary:$4.05 per hour plus $225.00 housing allowance 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S4.82 per hour plus $225.00 housing allowance Contact TOWN HOUSE, INC. dba Department Store Tel. 235-6357(4/ 8)W71418
01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S1, 100.00-1,200.00 per month Contact: MAS MAULEG CORPORATION dba MMC Tours Tel. 322-6201(4/ 8)W25972
04 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:S3.05 per hour 01 OPERATIONS MANAGER-Salary:S4.00 per hour Contact: SAPPHIRE ENTERPRISES, INC. dba Salyn's Beauty Shop Tel. 234-9869(4/8)W25973
01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal-ary:S 1,400.00-2,000.DD per month 01 SALES MANAGER-Sal-ary:$1 ,300.00 per month Contact: COMMONWEALTH MARINE LEISURE CORPORATION dba Marine Sport & Leisure Tel. 234-9157(4/ 8)W25974
01 MAINTENANCE (BUILDING) REPAIRER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: NIIZEKI INT'L. SAIPAN CO., LTD. Tel. 234-5050(4/8)W71421
01 PAINTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 CARPENTER (FURNITURE)-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: B & P CORPORATION Tel. 287-7007(4/14)T26042
01 SHOP MANAGER-Sal-ary:$4,000.00-6,000.00 per month 01 ASSISTANT SHOP MANAGER-Salary:$ 1,000.00-3,000.00 per month Contact: TROPICAL PLAZA LTD. dba La Fiesta San Roque Tel. 322-0998(4/ 13)M71484
01 COMPUTER OPERATOR-Salary:$3.05-3.75 per hour Contact: BASIC CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY CORP. Tel. 234-8779(4/ 15)W71523
01 MANAGER-Salary:$1 ,500.00 per month 03 WAITRESS-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: CHANG HYUN CORP. dba Clul:> Markel (Karaoke) Tel. 288-7891 (41 15)W26059
01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MODERN INVESTMENT, INC. dba Saipan Ocean View Hotel (4/ 15)W71513
01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$800,00 per month Plus $350.00 housing allowance Contact: HST SAIPAN INC. Tel. 234-6052(4/15)W26058
01 DRESSMAKING-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: VIVIAN K. PANGELINANCRUZ dba Holiday Shop Dressmaking Tel. 233-6910(4/15)W26064
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
fn Re the Estate of BERT DARELL THOMPSON Decedent. Civil Action No. 98-0161
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN that Petitioner DORIS ANN TEMPLETON THOMPSON has ftled a Petition for Leuers of Administration praying that she be appointed as Administrator of the estate of BERT DARELL THOMPSON, deceased. The attorney of record is Eric S. Smith whose office is at Founh Floor, Horiguchi Bldg., P.O. Box 5133, Saipan MP96950.
The hearing on the Petition is set for April 7, 1998 in the SupcriorCoun, Susupe,Saipan al 1:30 p.m. All interested persons may appear at this hearing.
All persons having claims against the estate, or against the decedent should ftle their claims with the Clerk of Court of the Superior Court within Six1y (60) days after the first publication of this Notice.
Dated this March 3, I 997.
Jovita C. Flores, Clerk of Court
ls/Deputy Clerk of Court
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
In Re the Estate of David Cruz Aguon, Deceased. Probate Action No_ 98-148B
NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE \S HEREBY GIVEN that Petitioner, the Commonwealth Health Center, has filed a Petition in the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Nonhcrn Mariana Islands praying that an administrator be appointed to administer the estate of DAVID CRUZ AGUON, deceased. The attorney of record is Celeste E. Andersen, Special Assistant Attorney General, Department of Public Health, P.O. Box 409 CK. Saipan, MP 96950.
The hearing on the Petition is set for April 4, 1998 at the Commonwealth Superior Court, Susupe, Saipan at I :30 p.m. in Courtroom B. Any person who has any objection to Ihc petition may file his or her objection with the Superior Court at any time before the hearing, or may appear at the time set for hearing to present such objection or interest in the above-captioned matter.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the Elrnte of DAVID CRUZ AGUON, that within sixty (60) days after the publication of this notice, they must file their claims with the Clerk of Court of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any claims not so presented shall be barred.
Dated: February 25, l 998
ls/Deputy Clerk of Court Commonwealth Superior Court
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ALL AROUND BEAUTICIAN
lN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NOKIHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS
MARIANAS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs. AIR MARIANAS, INC. and the unknown administrators, successors, assigns and personal representatives of the above named defendant, Defendants. Civil Action No. 98-0069C
FIRST AMENDED SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: AIR MARIANAS, INC. and the unknown administrators, successors, assigns and personal represenlatives ol the above-named defendant
You are hereby summoned and required to serve upcn Cartsmith Ball Wichman Case _& lchiki, plaintiff's attomets, whose address 1s Cartsmhh Building, Capitol Hill, P.O. Box5241 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, an answer lo the Complaint to Quiel Trtle which is hereby setVed upon you on or before April 30, 1998. If you Jail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. You may obtain a copy of the Complaint at the Commonwealth Supenor Court in Susupe, or by contacting Cartsmtth Ball Wichman Case & lchiki al (670) 322-3455. Dated: March 16, 1998
/s'Deputy Clerk of Court
WANTED BEAUTICIAN CONTACT: lNT'L. HAlRPORT
235-28!UJ, ·. Attn: RHEA
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
In Re the Estate of Maria Reyes Lizama, Deceased. Probate Action No. 98-lSOB
NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Petitioner, the Commonwealth Health Center, has filed a Petition in the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands praying that an administrator be appointed to administer the esL1Ie of MARIA REYES LIZAMA. deceased. The attorney of record is Celeste E. Andersen, Special Assistant Attorney General, Department of Public Health, P.O. Box 409 CK, Saipan, MP 96950.
The hearing on the Petition is set for April 7, 1998 at the Commonwealth Superior Court, Susupe, Saipan al 1 :30 p.rn. in Courtroom B. Any person who has any objection to the petition may fife his or her objection with the Superior Court at any time before the hearing, or may appear al the time set for hearing to present such objection or interest in the above-captioned matter.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the Estate of MARIA REYES LIZAMA. that within sixty (60) days after the publication of this notice, they must lile their claims with the Clerk of Court of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any claims not so presented shall be barred.
Dated: February 2, I 998
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Holyfield eyes unification bout By JOSH DUBOW
NEW YORK (AP) - Evw1dcr 1-Iolyficld's next opponent may be Herny Akinw,mde, but that's not Ll1e boxer who concerns him most.
At a news conference Monday announcing the 1-lolyfieldAkinwande title fight on June 6 at MadisonSqum-eG;irden, Holyfield spent more time discussing a unification bout with Lennox Lewis ora 1-ematch with Mike Tyson.
A heavyweight unification fight was thww1ed this winter when Holyfield and HBO could not agree on Ll1e fimmcial figures.
With that fight on the back burner, Lewis went on to face Shannon Briggs, whom he beat Saturday, and Holyfield will take on Akinww1cle.
"Lennox got sinpziseJ, but the most impoi1ant thing is he won the fight." Holyfield said.
"Sometimes when you fight a bad fighter you cw1 look bad. Bt1t 1-egardless of who you fight, you have to weatherthc stonn."
World Heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield, rifht, an<! British challenger Henry Akin':"anda, left, pose with boxing promoter Don Ktng Monday at New Yorks Madison Square Garden. The two fighters slug it out for a championship fight set for June 6 at the Garden. AP
After the fight, Lewis suggested tha1. all the talk about Holyfield conu·ibutcd to a slow stan against Biiggs. While Holyfield w,~ p1-eoccupied wiu1 lewis on Monday, he said that won't hinc.Jer his prepa-
ration for Akinw:mde. ''I think that is a sony excuse,"
Holyfield said. "You choose who you talk about. We m-e both professional enough to talk about someone ,md prcp,u-e for a fight."
l-lolyficlc.J, who h,t fought on Nov.
1998 Men's Major Baseball League TEAM WIN ~ PCT GB Miller Lite Brewers 3 0 1.000 UMDAAces 2 . 667 Team Palau .500 I 1/2 Kautz Glass Glazers 0 2 . 000 2 1/2 S/Vicente Young Guns 0 2 .000 2 1/2
BATTING LEADERS: (Based on 6 or more times a bat)
PLAYER TEAM M HIT BAITING Melvin Teregeyo Aces 8 5 .825 Glen Palacios Aces 13 5 .815 Shennan Neiraidong Team Palau 7 4 . 571 Steve Coleman Aces 7 4 .571 James Soback Aces 7 4 .571 Everette Neiraidong Team Palau 8 4 .500 Cowley Neiraidong Team Palau 8 4 .500 Derron Flores S.V. Young-Guns 8 4 .500 Ben Aguon Aces 6 3 .500 Wilber Ada Brewers 6 3 .500
Runs: (7) Tony Camacho (6) Greg Camacho (5) Glen Palacios, Melvin Teregeyo, Craig Sanchez, Frank Pangelinan, Ben Mesa, Jerry Ayuyu. Doubles: (3) Greg Camacho (2) Wilber Ada, Ben Hocog Triples: (2) Glen Palacios, Ben Aguon Homcrun: ( 1) Gus Pangelinan, James Soback RBI's: (6) Ben Mesa (5) Greg Camacho (4) Ben Hocog. fames Soback, Riang Yoshino, Gus Pangelinan
PITCHING LEADERS;
£WE& IEAM .G lliN ER HIT ~ ERA Bill Camacho Aces 2 7 1-0 1.28 Elmer Sablan Brewers 2 13 4 17 2-0 2.77 Dominic Chong Brewers 2 6 2 7 1-0 3.00 Joe Terlaje Young Guns 10.1 4 14 0-1 3.43 Ryan Ke1U1en Palau 2 14 7 24 J. J 4.50 Nom1an Tenorio Aces 3 12 7 14 1-0 5.25 Dave Kapileo Glazers 2 6.1 4 18 0-1 5.69 Marvin Ada Young Guns 5.1 5 11 0-0 8.44
STRIKEOUTS: (21) Ryan Kennen ( 16) Elmer Sablan
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8 against Michael Morn-er, is expected to eam about $IO million for the Akinwande fight, about half of what he made against Moo1-er and what he asked fo; against lewis.
Akinwm1de is e;pectec.J to cmn $2.5 million. 'n1c fight will be shown
Capriati . .. Continued from page 24
straight games to tie it at 5-5. T1:1iling 6-5. she fought offtwo set
point~ to force a ticb1eak, which she won 7-4 .
She Ll1en went up 4-1 in the second set before falte1ing with several e1rnrs ,mddoublefaull~thatallowed McNeil to win the last five g,1mes :mu c,my momentum into the final set.
Cap1iati saidshesimplyneeds more match cxpe1ience to regain her consistency .
Barkley .. . Continued fr~f!l_p_ag_e_?4
drew his second technical after complaining that he was held while going after a pass.
The Rockets lost the game, I 00-75.
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Griffey, the American League MVP, and the Seattle Mwiner, entertain AL champion Cleveland at lhc Kingdomc.
Home rnns seem to jump eve1y time b:L,cball expands, shooting up nem·ly 25 percent in 1993 when b,L-;eball added Flo1ida ,md Colorado. Mmis' 61, it should be mcmioncJ, GUTIC in m1 cxp:msion sc,L,011.
"It hw, lo be tough for a kid pitcher tkscdaysjusltowatchESPN,"Anaheim ace Chuck f'inlcy said.
"All they show :u-: guys hitting balls whe1-: no one Im~ hit them befrn-:. ·n1cy show them bouncing into fr>untainsm1dstuff. ·n1is is not a good tim,~ to lx a bad pitcher."
Even thm1gh no expansion team h,L, ever won mon: thm1 70 games, Arizona m1c.J Tampa Bay ,U\: hoping
on Showtime pay-per-view and promoted by Don King, who goes on trial Tuesday for insur.mce fraud.
"111is is a great oppo1tunity tL~ I go from onec1isis to another," Kingsaic.J. "Between crises. I promote heavyweight fighL,."
"It's hw'd when you keep losing ew·ly," she said. 'This would have been 1-eal ly good i fl could have pulled this out."
Although their losses wer-e somewhat ove,~hadowed by Cap1iati's, th1-ee of the six seeds whb played on the tournament's opening day we1-e sent packing in t\leir first-round matches.
No. I I seedSand1ineTestudlost6-3,6-3toRuxandraDragomi1~ No. 12 seedAnke Huberfell 7-5, 7-6(7-5) to Magui Serna; and 13th seed Ai Sugiyama wasousted2-6. 7-5,6-4by
Jack Nies," Barkley, who was fined anc.J suspended for an altercation with the official last season, said after he was ejected. "I think he is a gutless official who holds grudges.
"For him to loss me for no reason ... since we had our altercation, I've always thought he was gutless. I-le <lid nothing to Jispuk
to make good showings. clh: Di;m1ondbacks. with Andy
lkncs on the mound and Buck Showalterin thc dugout, open al home aL'ainst Colorado. - Kile, a free al!ent signed to be the
Rockies' top pitche1·:raccs :m A1izona lineup Ll1at includes Matt Willimns, Jay Bell ,mJ Devon White.
Wilson Alv,ulc!z st,ut, forthe Devil Rays at home against the Tige1,, who haw moved from tl1e AL £1st to the CenU:11.
··J11e feeling he1-: is that we c:u1 compete. In l:7c1. we Jon 't think of ourselves so much :1s ;ui exp:u1sion team but a II!~t-year team," said Tampa Bay's Wade Boggs. who nccJs 2(Xl hits to 1\:ad1 J.(XXl.
'Ilic 1998 se;L<;On l~g111s at Shea StaJium when the New York Mets face major league strikeout lcaJcr Cun Schilling of Philadelphia.
In other openers: • Cal Ripken extends his consern-
If not for the WBC: 111,mdate, llolyficld ac.Jmittcc.J he wouldn't fo!l1t J\kinwandc. But with unil'icati~n still his ultimate goal. I lolyfil:ld isnotabouttothrow:myl:dtsaway.
"I11e only way to colkct all the title is to maintain the ones you aheadyhavc,"said Holyficld'slawyer Jim ·111oma,.
"Evm1der ha, ,m obligation to fight the WBJ\ No. I d;J/lcngcr. J\kinwande is the best avail,;blc fighter for Ev,mder."
CBut he is not Lewis. Holyficlc.J denied ch~u·gcs he ·s trying to avoid Lewis mid said it was Lewis' obligation to make the fight work.
The prospccl, for tbt fight may improveafterLewismakehismandatozy defense against Zeljko Mavrovic this summer. ending his commitment to HBO. -
"I have never ducked ,.mybcx.ly ,md of all lighters. I wouldn't duck Lenno:," Holyfield salg. "Lennox is a fighter like Mike Tyson. which fits my style. I know the fight would be difficult, but we ;ould win.
"He has built his reputation on beating people who didn't have 1-eputations," he added. "He has never beaten m1ybcx.ly who had the title. Why should I take a pay cut to make it work. I am the chan1pion."
Alexandra Fusai. No. 9hinaSpirlea. the highest seed
in action Mone.Jay. opened with a 6-3, 6-3 victo1y over Meike Babel of Germ,my .
he Romani:m. rnnkeJ I 2th in the worlc.J, fell behind em·ly in both seL, before rallying. Spirlea won the h<,t four games of ~1e first set and the last five of the second to aJvw1ce.
Other seeds toadv,mce wen: No. I 0 Nathalie Tau7Jat.a 6-4, 6-1 winnerover Mmia Alejm1c.Jm Vento, :md No. 15 Lisa Raymond, who 1ieeded Ll11l>e seL, to oust Shi-Ting Wm1g 6-1. 4-6, 6-1.
that tonight. "Ya'll print that because I want
the NBA to call me." Barkley did not attend the Rock
ets' workout Monday because he was being treated for an injured shoulder.
His agent. Cikn Guthrie. declined comment to The Associated Press.
rive games sui:ak to 2A79 ll'hc11 lbltimore plays host toK:u1s:L, Cit1·. R:11 Mi lier makes his c.Jdiut as th.: ( J1i.1b ,n~magcr.
• New m:magcrkny M:mucl leads the Chicago Whitt: Sox into Tcx;Ls.
• Brown st:uts for the S:u1 Diego Pad11c!s when they play at Cincinnati.
• Moises Alou, now in Houston. may get to face fo1111er M&linsteammate Robb Ncn when the Asu·os ,isit S:m F1:mcisco.
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36 in the back to gross 77 fix the Jay. John Balx1ut:1 was the thirJ pl:1re
winner in the low gross category with a total low score of 8.\
Closest to the pin winnc1·s :m: :Ls
follows: hole 110 .. 1---Bri:u1 Reyes. hole no. 7-Ed M:u1glo1t1. hole" m>. I .'\-Mel Sabl;m :mJ linally h,,k 11,1.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Start counting.
Home rnns by Mark McGwire and Ken Griffey Jr. Wins for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks. Hits by Milwaukee Brewers pitchers. New names for the Flmida Mru·lins.
All theelementsofBaseball '98-expansion style-will be on display Tuesday on opening day of the U.S. Major League Baseball season.
KevinBrownandDarrylKilepitching fornew teams, Andres Galarraga and Marquis G1issom playing in new places.
The Bank One Ballpark, with its swimming JXlOI beyond the rightcenter field fence, in Phoenix.
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HOUSTON (AP) - The NBA fined Houston Rockets' forward Charles Barkley $ J 0,000 Monday for calling referee Jack Nies "gutless" after being ejected from a game against the Orlando Magic.
Barkley was thrown out of Friday night's game for his second technical foul with 9:02 remaining and the Rockets trailing by 18 points.
He received his first technical for protesting the lack of a call during the second quarter. He
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Tropicana Field, with its cigar bar, in Tampa Bay. The Brewers in a new league.
The Detroit Tigers in a different division. A doz.en members of the World Series champion Marlins now scattered.
And a bunch of hitters waiting to tee off on guys who made it to the majors this year only because of expansion.
"We'll bepitchingguyswhodon't belong here yet," Marlins manager Jim Leyland said. "But there's a big difference between not belonging here yet and not belonging here at all."
World Series MVP Livan Hernandez starts the opener at home againsttheChicagoCubs, whoadded Henry Rodriguez, Jeff Blauser,
Mickey Morandini and Rod Beck in the off season.
The rest of the Marlins' rotation, however, includes the likes of Rafael Medina, Brian Meadows and Felix Heredia
"Our job is todevelop youngsters," Leyland said. "I'll be glad to see them get better, but we're not going to be able to compete this year for a title."
Instead, the Marlins may come close to the worst record for a defending champion-the 1991 Cincinnati Reds went 74-88 following their World Series win.
Many fans, meanwhile, wonder whether McGwire and Griffey will contend for Roger Mruis' record of 61 home runs.
McGwire, who hit 58 last year,
Capriati ousted early in Family Circle Cup HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (AP) - Jennifer Capriati, playing in only her second match of the year, again lost in the first round, when Lori McNeil beat her Monday in the Family Circle Cup at Sea Pines Racquet Club. .
Capriati, a former top JO player sidelined for a two months by elbow and shoulder injuries, was beaten6-7 (7-4), 6-4,6-4, butitwas better than the last time.
She played her first of the year on March 19 at the Lipton Championships. There, she lost to Magdalena Grzybowska in straight sets in the
first round. On Monday, Capriati hit several nice c1uss-court forehand winners but
also made several unforced errors against McNeil, who at No. 148 is three spots ahead of Capriati. She lost 6-7, (7-4), 6-4, 6-4.
"I just didn't play that well, I think, in my book today," Capria ti said. "There (were) a lot of things I could have done, but didn't."
For a time it looked as if Capriati would walk away a winner in straight sets. She trailed 5-2 in the first set before winning three
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begins his first full season with St. Louis when the Cardinals open at Busch Stadium against the Rupert Murdoch-owned Los Angeles Dodgers.
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