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By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff
POHNPEI Gov. Del Pangelinan yesterday said talks about limited entry for Micronesian migrants to the CNMI is causing "unnecessary strains" in Federated States of Micronesia-CNMI relations.
"I hope that we do not come to that point (limiting the entry of Micronesians)," Pangelinan said.
"Rather than doing that, we should just try to resolve the problem (by asking) the federal government that they live up to their obligation."
Micronesians and their leaders, he said, are "very concerned, and they would like to help in the reso- Del Pangelinan
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i DFW official fears snakes ! may be here by 'hundreds'
By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff
OFF for work? Be sure to check the car's trunk. Chances are a Brown Tree Snake has managed to creep its way inside to spend the day's rest and move elsewhere too.
Though the nocturnal treedwelling creatures that they are, these snakes, according to the Department of Lands and Natural Resources, prefer cozy, dark places to hide and sleep in during daytime.
Government, which has stepped-up its campaign against this snake species, plans to add more to the present 150 snake traps clustered · around jungle
patches near the ports, according to Scott Vogt of the DLNR 's fish and wildlife division.
The said traps which have been laid down almost a year ago, Vogt said, have not caught any Brown Tree Snake thus far though.
"We already have 150 traps and we plan to put up with more in the future," said Vogt.
There is no official estimate on the number of such snakes in the island but Vogt said there could be "hundreds" of Brown Tree Snakes by now.
"Its impossible to say exactly just how many Brown Tree Snakes there are by now," said
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re ations' lution of this issue."
Pangelinan said the issue on the Compacts of Free Association is "very clear that a commitment was made and it has to be fulfilled."
The Pohnpeian governor, who is on an unofficial trip to Saipan, met yesterday with some of the estimated 1,000 Pohnpeians residing in the CNMI to "discuss is-
. sues," including that on Compact impact.
He paid acting Gov. Jesus C. Borja a courtesy visit earlier in the morning but the issue was not brought up.
Borja on Friday said the CNMI
may have to limit the entry of FSM migrants if the federal government· refuses to reimburse the CNMI of the c9sts of unrestricted Micronesian entry.
Richard Miller, an economist from the Department of the Interior's policy division, said on Thursday that the federal governmentis notobliged topaytheCNMI, Guam and Hawaif for the social costs of allowing Micronesians into their jurisdictions.
Miller, at the same time, said that the CNMI has control over its own immigration, and can limit the stay of Micronesians who enter the Com-
monwealth. Borja said the CNMI govern
ment will maintain that the federal government should pay.
A report submitted by the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) made no recommendations on reimbursing the CNMI, Guam and Hawaii.
The most that the federal government can do, Miller in an interview said, is to increase technical assistance to these islands, and to come up with new legislation that wou Id lessen the "adverse effects" of the Micronesians' unlimited entry.
The Compacts of Free AssociaContinued on page 16
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Board of Education Vice Chair Esther Fleming (from left) Board Member Marja Lee Taitano (partly hidden) and Board Chairman Don Farrell express irritation over the budget standoff that leaves the Public School System without a budget for fiscal year 1997. The three board officials held yesterday a press conference at the PSS Conference Room.
BOE seeks fiscal autonomy, exclusion from gov't budget
By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff
THE BOARD of Education is asking the Legislature to remove the Public School System from the budget process and allow it to manage its own financial affairs.
Board officials, at yesterday's press conference, said they were tired of politics getting in tl~e way of the education system.
Establishing PSS' fiscal autonomy can be done by amending Article XV of the Constitution via either legislative or popular initiatives, board chairman Don Farrell said.
Article XV of the Constitution guarantees PSS at least 15 percent of the general revenues of the Commonwealth. The board
wants such provision to become a permanent funding source of the education agency.
"We are proposing a mechanism wherein the burden of appropriating budget for PSS would be taken off the Governor's Office and the Legislature," FarTell said.
Board memb.;r Marja Lee Taitano, for her part, said 15 percent is not enough to operate the system but "it is better than nothing."
The government estimates a general revenue of $247.36 million for fiscal year 1997. Education officials are targeting at least $37 million which accounts for 15 percent of the total expected revenue.
The 15 percent share is 25 percent lower than the amount appro-
priated for PSS in the proposed $237 million budget for fiscal year 1997, which was thrown out by
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traine re ations' By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff
POIINPEI Gov. Del Pangelinan yesterday said talks about limited entry for Micronesian migrants to the CNMI is causing "unnecessary strains" in Federated States of Micronesia-CNMI relations.
"I hope that we do not come to that point (limiting the entry of Micronesians)," Pangelinan said.
"Rather than doing that, we should just try to resolve the problem (by asking) the federal government that they live up to their obligation ...
Micronesians and their leaders. he said, are ··ve1y concerned, and they would like to help in the reso- Del Pangelinan
New system to shorten wait for entry permits
By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff
THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Immigration has reduced the number of documents required to obtain entry permits for nonresi-dent workers recruited in the Philippines. ,
A public notice issued by the labor division's legal counsel, Dan Aguilar, states the new documentation system which is aimed at expediting the issuance of entry permits, will take effect on Oct. 24.
· '"The changes are being implemented as part of the streamlining efforts to make the Manila Liaison Office a complementary office of the CNMI Department of of Labor and Immigration," the notice reads. ·
The department's action was prompted by criticisms from employers and recruiters who have complained of the snail-paced processing of entry permit applications and other required papers.
"The ongoing streamlining process may result in additional changes, but the general public will be made aware of any other changes before implementation," the notice further reads.
Under the new system, all documents required by the Liaison Office will be obtained from the Philippines.
Only the following documents will be needed for MLO verification:
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DFVV officiaJ fears snakes may be here by 'hundreds'
By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff
OFF for work? Be sure to check the car's trunk. Chances arc a Brown Tree Snake has managed to creep its way inside to spend the day's rest and move elsewhere too.
Though the nocturnal tree. dwelling creatures that they arc, these snakes, according to the
: Department of Lands and Natu, ral Resources, prefer cozv. dark \ .
i! plan:'.s to hide and sleep in dur-' ing daytime. I ~ i Governn_1ent, w!1ich (1as F stepped-up its campaign agamst this snake species, pbns to add more to the present 150 snake traps clustered around jungle
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patches near the ports, according to Scott Vogt of the DLNR 's fish and wildlife division.
The said traps which have been laid down almost a year ago. Vogt said, have not c1ught any Brown Tree Snake thus far though.
"We already have 150 traps and we plan to put up with more in the future." said Vogt.
There is no official estimate on the number of such snakes in the island but Yo!!t said there ) could be "hundreds" of Brown ! Tree Snakes by now. !
"Its impossible to say exact~y ! just how many Brown Tree Snakes there arc by now," said
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lution of this issue." Pangelinan said the issue on the
Compacts of Free Association is "ve1y clear that a commitment was made and it has to be fulfilled."
111e Pohnpcian governor, who is on an unofficial trip to Saipan. met yesterday with some of the estimated 1,000 Pohnpeians residing in the CNMI to "discuss issues," including that on Compact impact.
He paid acting Gov. Jesus C. Borja a coui1esy visit earlier in the morning but the issue was not brought up.
Borja on Friday said the CNMI
may have to lfmit the entry of FSM migrants if the federal government' refuses to reimburse the CNMI of the costs of unrestricted Micronesian entry.
Richard Miller, an economist from the Department of the Interior's policy division, said on 11mrsday that the federal government is notobliged topay the CNMI, Guam and Hawaii for the social costs of allowing Micronesians into their jurisdictions.
Miller, at the same time, said that the CNMI has control over its own immigration, and can limit the stay ofMicronesi:ms whoentertheCom-
monwcalth. Borja said the CNMJ govern
ment will maintain that the federal government should pay.
A report submitted by the Departmentofthe Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) made no recommendations on reimbursing the CNMI, Guam and Hawaii.
The most that the federal government can do, Miller in an interview said, is to increase technical assistance to these islands, and to come up with new legislation that would Jessen the "adverse effects" of the Micronesians' unlimited entry.
The Compacts of Free AssociaContmued on page 16
Board of Education Vice Chair Esther Fleming (from left) Board Member Marja Lee Taitano (partly hidden) and Board Chairman Don Farrell express irritation over the budget standoff that leaves the Public School System without a budget for fiscal year 1997. The three board officials held yesterday a press conference at the PSS Conference Room.
BOE §eek§ fi§cal au.tonom1.~z o J;;
exclusion i1tonr1t gov9t budigett By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff
Tl IE BO/\RD or hlucation 1s :1sking the Legislature to remon: the Public School System rrom the budget process and allow it to m:111a):'.L' its own rinancial all:1irs,
Board officials. at ycskrday ·s press CDnkrence, s:1id thc·y \\'ere tin:d or p()litics gc·tti11g in till' w:1y or the educ:1tillll systl'lll.
htahlishing PSS' riscil autonomy can he done hy amending Article XV or the Constitution \'iaeithcr legislative or popular initiati\'es. hoard chairman Don l-':1rrcll said.
Article XV of the ( '011stitutio11 ~uar:llltecs PSS at least I :'i per:-cnt or the general rc\'enucs or the ( '0111mo11wealth, The hoard
wants such provision to become a permanent rundin[! source or the educ1tion agency.
"We arc proposing a mechanism wherein the burden of appropriating budget for PSS wou Id he taken oil the ( iowrnor's Oilice :111d the I .L' g isl at urc." I :arrc 11 s:1 id.
Il0:1rd lllL'lllh,r i\l:irj;1 Lc·c· Tait:lfl(), r()r lic·r part. s:1id I :'i pn cc·nt is l]()l l'lllHigh (() llpc·r:1tl' the systc·111 hut "it is better 111:111 llllthmg.
The go,,ern mcnt estimates a general re\'L'l1UC or $247J(1 million for riscal year I lJlJ7. Education officials arc targeting at least $37 million which accounts for I :'i percent of the total e .\pccted revenue.
The I :'i percent share is 2:'i percent !own than the amount appro-
priated i'nr PSS in the proplbCd s2:n million budget forfisctl year I lJLJ7. which was thro\\'n out by
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Dengue fever kills 132 in New Delhi
By RANJAN ROY NEW DELHI, India (AP) -Nearly 5,000 health department employees sprayed insecticides in residential neighborhoods Monday to battle mosquitos that have caused an outbreak of dengue fever, killing 132 people in less than two months.
Health officials in the capital city of JO million people have refused to declare an emergency despite the deaths, but said they have intensified fumigation of waste-water pools since the deaths began to be noticed in the last week of August.
On Monday, six people died. Nearly 3,000 patients have so far been admitted to governmentrun hospitals, United News of
India news agency said, quoting local government officials. More than 240 people were admitted Io government hospitals qn Mondav alone.
Scores more deaths could have gone unreported among poor people who cannot afford to go to hospitals for treatment. There was no figure for the number of dengue patients in private hospitals, United News said.
Most of the deaths have occurred when patients suffered hemorrhaging of internal organs or died of shock or heart failure after being infected by mosquitos that breed in stagnant water.
Although officials admit that the dengue outbreak has lasted longer than they expected, they
said it c01.J!d not be called an epidemic because the death rate was not more than 20 percent of all the people admitted in hospitals.
"We can't yet say that the rate is going down or going up," said D.N. Singh, a health department official.
Officials had hoped that once the monsoon rains ceased th midSeptember, the mosquitos that carry the dengue virus would stop breeding. But now they say that because the weather had remained warmer than usual, the mosquitos did not die off.
"Now the weather has started cooling. We hope that the outbreak will be contained within one week," Singh said.
Israel, Palestinians report progress Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, the leader of the Libe,:al D~m?cratic Party gives his campaign speech at Asakusa shopping d1strtct in Tokyo, a; the Oct. 20 lower house general election campaign kicked off last week. AP Photo
By NICOLAS B. TATRO JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel and the Palestinians are moving closer
to an agreement on Israel's Jongdelayed withdrawal from the last major West Bank city it occupies,
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Officials were trying o arrange a meeting between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with U.S.envoy Dennis Ross shuttling between the· two leaders Monday night.
Both sides warned of a possiole last-minute snag, but the atmosphere appeared markedly improved over the past weeks' acrimony. Palestinians walked out of peace talks last week after Israel demanded better security for settlers in Hebron before it withdraws troops from the West Bank town as promised. They returned to the table the following·day.
Foreign Minister David Levy said agreement on Hebron was expected within days.
"If there is no last-minute setback, an agreement is close," he said. "It is not a matter of weeks, but maybe even a few days."
Agreement on Hebron would go a long way toward rescuing the Mideast peace effort from the crisis brought on by Islamic militants' suicide bombings in Israel last winter, the May election of conservative Netanyahu and last month's deadly gun battles between Israeli and Palestinian forces.
Arafat, who was in Jordan, planned to return to the we·st Bank town of Jericho on Tuesday with Jordan's King Hussein. Palestinian officials said a meeting with Netanyahu was possible, but an Israeli official said on condition of anonymity that there were no plans to hold it Tu.esday.
Israel Radio said the sides had already reached broad agreement on the main sticking point - security arrangements in Hebron, the volatile town where 450Jews live among 94,000 Palestinians.
The Israeli official said an Arafat-Netanyahu summit would be to announce an agreement, but Palestinian officials disagreed.
Israel is and Palestinians resumed peace talks last week after a summit in Washington called to heal wounds from last month's violence. The talks, which focused on Hebron, were scheduled to resume Tuesday in Taba, Egypt.
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House tackles PSS budget today By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff
HOUSESpeakerDiego T. Benavente has called for a ''very important" leadership meeting today to discuss the Public School System's budget
Benavente said the meeting will "explore avenues at resolving the Public Scflool System's (PSS) impending budget crisis."
The meeting, which is open to all House members, was originally scheduled for yesterday, but there were not enough representatives fora quorum
Five of the 18-member House joinedGov.FroilanC. Tenorio in his two-week Asian trip-Vice Speaker Jesus T. Attao and Reps. Ana S. Teregeyo,Manue!A. Tenorio,Oscar M. Babauta and Karl T. Reyes.
Acting Gov. Jesus Borja has re~ntly requested the Legislature to
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grant him reprogramming authority for "addressing PSS' s urgent financial needs."
PSS Commissioner William Torres and Board of P.ducation Chairman Don Farrell earlier requested Borja' s
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help in securing PSS' s at least 15 percent share from the expected general revenue of the Commonwealth as guaranteed by the Constitution.
The education officials are expecting at least $37,105,260, which ac-
counts for 15 percent of the estimated $247,368,400 general revenue for fiscal year 1997.
The two officials are asking for the release of $9,276,315 for the first quarteroffiscal year 1997.
Although the 15 percent share is guaranteed to PSS under the Constitution, it would still requirelegislati ve action.
The PSS pfficials request came after Tenorio's veto of the $237 million proposed fiscal year 1997 CNMI budget
TheofficialssaidPSS cannot operate on a continuing resolution because it did not have an appropriation
under the fiscal year 1996 budget Tenorio line-item vetoed the fiscal
year 1996 appropriations for PSS, which had already used the 1995 budget level during fiscal year 1996.
"We have spent considerable time and energy investigating and discussing our present situation and have come to the conclusion that PSS' s budget status is not currently under continuing appropriation," Farrell and Torres said in a letter to Tenorio.
Farrell, in an interview, warned that "if nothing happens or if status quoremains,"PSS will totally run out of money by December.
Senate asks Finance for _real deficit figure
Former vice speaker loses land dispute with the defunct MPLC
By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff
SEN A TE Fiscal Affairs Committee Chair Henry DLG. San Nicolas yesterday said that his committee will wait for the Department of Finance figures on the deficit before acting on an $8.5 million supplemental appropriations bill.
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By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff
THE DEFUNCT Marianas Public Land Corp. has won a 1994 land dispute case against former Vice Speaker Luis C. Benavente.
Superior Court Presiding Judge Alexandro Castro issued a decision on Friday favoring defendants MPLC and Pacific Resort Development, Inc. (PRDI) and intervenor Joaquin C. Babauta.
In a 14-page decision, Castro ruled that Benavente is not entitled to any restitution for his improvements at the Ladder Beach property.
The court ruling stated that during a trial held last July I, Benavente claim,·d MPLC agree cl in 1992 to grant him a public land parcel at Ladder Beach in exchange for private land in Papago and Tanapag.
MPLC denied that such an agreement was reached. MPLC argued that the alleged agreement does not meet the requirements of the Public Purpose Land Excharrne Authorization Act and the ref ore cannot be enforced.
Panofthe land in Papago which Benavente sought to exchange was acquired from intervenor Babauta who, however, maintained that plaintiff acquired his land through fraud.
Babauta interest in the case is to reclaim his t;tk of the property.
In 1993, MPLC promised to b1se some of the Ladder Beach property to PRDI. For that rea-
son, Benavente also named PRDI as a defendant in the lawsuit.
Castro noted that over the course of several meetings between Benavente and Babauta in the early part of 1991, plaintiff agreed· to assist Babauta in exchanging his 908 square meters of land in Papago with MPLC.
The condition was that once the land exchange was completed, Benavente could purchase 908 sq. meters of whatever land Babauta received pursuant to the exchange for the price of $50 per square meter or a total sum of $45,500.
In view of the agreement, Benavente offered to make payments in advance which Babauta accepted.
At first, Benavente gave Babauta $500. Subsequently, he told Babauta that he would give him $10,000 as long as he signed a document.
On Aug. 16, 1991, Babauta signed a document which he later discovered to be a warranty deed granting Benavente title to the Papago property.
Benavente was said to have purposely defrauded Babauta by misrepresenting to him the true nature of the warranty deed.
The warranty deed is. th,~refore. rescinded and declared to he null and void, Castro said.
This is because 13abatlla doc.· not know how to read English, therefore, he did not understand what he signed on that day, Castro said in his decision.
Benavente also allegedly did not give Babauta$ I 0,000 as promised. Instead, he gave Babauta's wife $1.000 and assured her that he would pay the balance in weekly installments of $1,000.
After making a few payments of $300 or less, plaintiffogrccd to provide labor and construction materials for one of Babauta· s children who was building a house.
In addition, Benavente gave Babauta a pick-up truck. Eight months later, however. the trnck was repossessed by a bank.
As of the date or tri;,I, the
amount of cash, material and services which Mr. and Mrs. Babauta have received from Benavente reportedly totaled $34,018.05.
As to Benavente' s claim that he spent$200,000 on improvements to his Ladder Beach property, the court decided that no restitution be paid as the court felt he has to be penalized.
Benavente, who contended that the property was "promised" to him in exchange for his Tanapag and Papago parcels (including Babauta' s land), was said to have engaged in "misconduct"· as he knew his land exchange never received any approval from the MPLC board.
Castro said Benavente' s decision to improve the land before he received title was not in good faith.
Court record also noted that Benavente was in a hurry to complete the land transaction and has had spoken with Japanese investors knowing that other public land in the area was being considered for lease to golf course developers.
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The Senate legal counsel has advised the commi ttce that the bill is unconstitutional.
Steve Woodruff, in an Oct. 7 memo, said that as the CNMI Constitution requires, no additional appropriations can be made until the remaining fiscal year 1994 deficit of some $20 million is paid for.
The CNMI Constitution requires that a budget deficit should be retired within two fiscal years.
"So we have to check first with Finance if the 1994 deficit has already been covered," San Nicolas said.
Acting Gov. Jesus C. Borja on Friday admitted that the constitutional provision on the budget deficit raises a lot of legal questions that has yet to be answered.
House Speaker Diego T. Beuavente, in an interview last week, said that though the constitutional requirement on retiring the deficit is a "good provision," he would fund vital public ser-
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vices first if there were only limited funding available.
An administration lawye1· has earlier pointed out that the: constitutional requirement on retiring the deficit has no enforcement provision.
Borja,aformerCNMISupreme Court chief justice, agrees.
'The Constitution," he said, "says that it has to be done (retiring a deficit) but it doesn't give any enforcement provisions.
"How are you going to do it? Will we allow a citizen to sue the Legislature, and can the court order the Legislature to appropriate a certain amount? These are the legal questions that has not been addressed," Borja said.
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Speaker Diego T. Benavente (right) looks on as Acting Gov_ Jesus c_ Borja (center) receives Pohnpei Gov. Del Pangelinan yesterday. The FSM state official paid the CNMI chief executive a courtesy call prior to meeting his constituents on Saipan_
Marianans are US citizens Non-citizens . At a recent ceremonv. the keynote speaker said in his salutary statemellt "My fellow Americans". That triggered the discussion among the indigenous people who felt somewhat strange at their "iffy" identity. I kept my ears to the ground to hear their true sentiments. Some even chuckled at the use of the phrase while most were nonchalant.
"My fellow Americans? I think my 'fellow countrymen' is better suited for we are US citizens while simultaneously non-citizens too". "Can you explain what do you mean by US citizens non-citizens?" "We're US citizens in theory, but non-citizens when viewed against the US Constitution". "I'm not sure where you're coming from, sir?" "Well, representation in the US Congress is a fundamental right of every US citizen". "Sure, but the constitution simply doesn't address the rights of those in insular areas". "That doesn't give Congress the right to deny us such fundamental rights to representation". . . "I think full representation in Congress will require a const1tut1onal amendment, ratification from three-fourths of all fifty states". "Are you saying they must make good on their commitment as per the Covenant Agreement?" "That's right and there's no two ways about it either". "The greater question is whether statesiders would agree to grant us full citizenship via full representation". "Maybe or perhaps never given that we really don't matter at all". "But then they must return to basics and reread the US Constitution which says in part "government of the people, for the people and by the people". "I think that's only good for the birds given the mood in the country to keep everybody at the gate and not when they're clubbing Mexicans too". "How sad that nowhere in this equation do we fit yet we're US citizens". "I suppose that's the unique and strange aspect of the US constitution which seemingly is more strange than unique". "If our democratic institutions discriminate against those outside mainstream America, then it tells a lot how even our national leaders treat this issue". "Hold it! Americans in the District of Columbia, the seat of the US Government, aren't represented either". "Well, such an omission doesn't grant them the right to keep us at the gate for being similarly situated". "I think the real question is whether they like us and conversely, do we like them". "For all the excuses and negative bashing that they've leveled against us I seriously doubted that they like us". "They refer to our guest workers as slaves when in fact America was built by real slaves who literally were owned by the white man". "How can anyone reasonably call guest workers slaves when we fly them in by jet, provide them with food and lodging which adds up to about $4.61 an hour?" "You see, a white man wants everybody to see things through his lenses, forgetting that others around the world also have their own pair of lenses". "It's mind boggling how can they level the highest form of hypocrisy against a new government that is only twenty years old trying every ounce of the way to refine its own democratic institution". "I think there are two fundamental fallacies that haunts members of the US Congress. They want to ensure that that institution isn't taken over by people other than White Anglo Saxons and the way to shut the door is to close the gate". "How sad that they know not that they too have their own skillets in the closet such as the spirits of slaves who died down the property of some white man". "I think it's called bypocrisy and why don't we send an E-Mail to Olivia Goldsmith and Caliiornia Congressman George Miller". "Sad that Washington is one town where most men womanize even for a fee and they seem completely blind that prostitution thrives in their own backyard". "Hey, that's a permanent scar of real slavery treating women like consumable products on the shelf at a grocery store and still have the nerves to lecture us about prostitution?" "But what do we make of ourselves?" "I'll stick to my indigenous identity. After all, we never murdered Indians nor demean a fellow man into slavery nor did we have a history of commercial sex either."
How sad that the islanders are the direct beneficiaries of all these indignities most of which are baseless though highly sellable when they bleed boldly in front pages of newspapers here a11d abroad. I am convinced that "we shall overcome" rlze humiliation that we had to endure. A11d for r~zese, I will never lose sight of tlzefact that I am 011e proud US Ci1izen. That's what being an American is all about-being able to endure with vision and commitment the resolution of these injustices that challenge the fallibility of mankind. We are no exception. God Bless America!
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JACK ANDERSON and MICHAEL BINSTEIN
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Pickle aims to tax profitable nonprofits WASHINGTON - Restrictions on the nonprofit, tax exempt institutions of this country are increasing which is good news for the American taxpayer.
A man who has spearheaded the movement to close the loopholes in the growing nonprofit industry former Rep. JJ. (Jake) Pickle, D-Texas, explains it this way:
"The assets and revenue of nonprofits are now 11 percent of the Gross Domestic Product," he said. "They' re no longer just little every now-andthen charities that want to create something to help the retiring teacher or the football coach, or somebody who's been injured. These are big businesses now, and it's growing by leaps and bounds-and some of them should be paying taxes."
Pickle, who retired from Congress in 1994 after serving 31 years, was chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. Wielding a powerful gavel, he constantly put nonprofits' feet to the fire.
He had good reason. Most Americans. would be surprised at some of the organizations that have qualified for nonprofit status-like the National Football League, to name one. Many hospitals across the country, which pay exorbitant salaries to their executives and make healthy profits, also avoid paying income tax because of their nonprofit status.
Congress tried to correct the situation some years ago by requiring nonprofits to pay an Unrelated Business Income Tax CUBIT). Under this law, charities and service organizations that operate businesses on the side must pay taxes on any operations that don't serve their primary charitable function.
The interpretation of this law has been left up to the courts and the charities themselves, which has created much confusion about who should and shouldn't pay. One example offered by Pickle involves one of the largest nonprofits in the country-the American Association of Retired Persons.
With 32 million members the AARP takes in more than $300 million a year from membership dues and fees that it collects from various business partners who sell their services to the organization's members.
The group battled the IRS for more than a decade over whether they should pay taxes on "administrative fees" paid them by Prudential Insurance Co., which sells an insurance plan to
their members. Rather than fight the agency in court, which
could have resulted in a protracted legal battle, the AARP wrote the lRS a check for more than $130 million in lieu of taxes.
Pickle-who was normally on the side of the AARP's legislative positions while serving in Congress-thought it was high time that they did come through with the money.
"I think they did the correct thing in finally paying their UBIT, coughing up money like that," he said. "Because they were getting by with just paying nothing. I think the AARP has good leadership. The only thing is, the AARP has gotten so big that they are not just putting out information. They are a big money-making organization
Pick.le says he doesn't have a problem with the AARP, nor with other charities and churches who use their nonprofit status for a good cause. But he worries that too many businesses had taken advantage of the designation, thinking that it's easier to become a nonprofit than it is to just do business. "And that's a bad trend," Pickle says.
One problem with closing the loophole was that the government only had two
choices in dealing with nonprofits who were really running lucrative businesses: Either let them off the hook or cancel their charters and shut tl1em down.
"But the IRS just doesn't cancel that many charters," Pickle told our associate Dale Van Atta. "At lea~t they don't do more than about 20 or 30 a year. And we've got more than a million nonprofits out there."
Though a new law signed by President Clinton gives the IRS more weapons against nonproliL, who don't play by the rules, Pickle believes more restrictions are needed. He wants to tax groups like the Christian Coalition, who've branched out from the pulpit to become a major player in the conservative revolution. Pickle is galled that a group that has helped defeat dozens of his fom1er Democratic colleagues is beyond the reach of the IRS.
"They do this because they claim they're just putting out good, religious kind, unbiased, unprejudiciai infonnation on the candidates," Pickle complains. "But do they really have a right to come together and pray together and dcleat together political candidates and avoid taxes al the : same time?"
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1996 - MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5 -·-- -··· -
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Variety f'../e~vs Start MANAGEMENTonk~sof~ J,·ast fl•ut iivc star hotels and a rctai l r:ocrglrn11crate have altogether been alkgedly spending some $1 million in legal battles to keep unions movements in thcinespec:i\·c· finn:; ai bay.
Elwoud \loll, LOCAL 5 chairperson, in an intcrvic~w, aiso said some ,1flicials, have. at th,: same time. rc,.Pi1cd to threats in an appi!rcnt bid to discourage workers from joining unions.
These, he implied, have resulted to the ·'slow progress" of the LOCAL 5' s union-organizing activities among hotel and other service workers in the CNML
"Unionism is progressing slowly," Mott said."The employers have been spending$ I million fighting unions through legal suits," he added.
"A lot of workers too are frightened [to join unions] due to threats of termination," he further said.
Mott nevertheless said "some legal battles" have been won by the LOCAL 5.
Mott identified the establishments as the Hafa Adai, the Hyatt, the Saipan Grand and the Dai !chi hotels. He also referred to the mentioned conglomerate as the JC Tenorio Enterprises.
The Variety tried to reach concerned officials of the said firms
By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff
DAVID Lujan, counsel for Kaelani Kinney, has suggested to Larry Hillblom's estate Special Administrator William I. Webster to sell the estate's Continentai shares to gl.'.nerate an estimated $50 million.
In his letter to Richard W. Pierce, counsel for Webster, Lujan said the money generated from the sale of Continental shares would be suffi-
but failed eccpt fnr Ta'.,,~naka \'oshi.ni who, in '.l phon~ i11tt:rview lhi·uugh an intc1vre1,~r. denied tile ailcgations.
()1he!· officia],,. which im lude Issa Mustafa, J·ly:ltt Hotel Gineral Manigcr; Kinushita Izumi. Dai !ch; Genera! Manager; Akira Shigct,1 lbi':u\, Jai Hote1 General Ma11c1gcr: c>J1d Edward Tenorio, JC T,'.nori,1 !enterprises General Manager, were 1101 in their offices yc,,tcr-
Yoshirni, rneanti1ne, al'.:.r, r~fused to disclose the amount spent hy the finn' s management on a recent labor-related case filed before the court.
"No such threats have ever been made," Yoshimi said.
"These [threats of termination] were allegations brought in an earlier class suit that has been resolved," he added.
He said the total amount spent by the firm on the litigation of the case is "confidential."
For his part, Ron Sablan, chairperson of the Hotel Association of the N orthem Marianas reserved comments on the matter saying he prefer to see this story come out in print first before issuing reactions.
Meanwhile, Mott said close to 100 service workers have so far been terminated allegedly due to union-organizing activities with at least l O of them having been
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Municipality of Tinian and Aguiguan
PURSUANT TO PART II. SECTION 5 (2) OF THE REVISED TINIAN CASINO GAMING CONTROL ACT OF 1989, THE MAYOR OF TINIAN HAS ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING LIST OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO SERVE AS COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TINIAN CASINO GAMING CONTROL COMMISSION:
1. MR. LEON G. MASGA 2. MRS. BERNADITA C. PALACIOS 3. MR. ESTEVEN M. KING 4. MR. JOSE P. SAN NICOLAS 5. MR. EDWARD SN. BORJA 6. MRS. SERAFINA R. KING-NABORS 7. MR. JOSE M. DELA CRUZ 8. MR. VICENTE S. SABLAN
IS/HERMAN M. MANGLONA MAYOR OF TINIAN AND AGUIGUAN
cicnl to pay all the 11011-h,~irship claims, the Dl!LI loan, the tax liability lo the CN.'v1I government, and the a:1t ic ipatc d administrative expenses for at least two years.
Lujan also cited that another asse: that may easily be: liquidated is the estate's 57 percent holding in Bank of Saipan.
The lawyer said he believes the estate owns around 285,000 BOS shares.
At $20 per sh,irc,, Lujan
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reason. Disrnissal froin work anc.l thrccJ.ts
of termination, Mot, admitted, ''have been effective but only on a short-term basis."
He said that consequently, workers have tended .to become "difficult to organize."
S:tid, the L°'ta[C CC\ll J'C,l:l/t:'. )~ mil Ii on hdorc ; ,, ., c, s.
"'This can he suppkrncnt,1i hy the Sctic ur the:, csle1tc' s oth(r a~sct:~ in Saipan, c.;; .. th~ 20 units held by the estate solely, the 20 units owned by the estate and (Joe; Lifoifoi. the San Roque Beach Development, asseto of the l1ouse. apartments and land." he said in the letter.
;\ sale of the BOS and other assets \viii yield the cstal.c at
least S7 million before t,.t.\es,
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"[L<; difficult but not impossible to organize under present comlitions," he said.
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Live Dungeness Crab Throughout the month of October, you can enjoy a Crab feast.
is the catch of the month at
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Starting with Hot and Sour Crab soup.
Next to Live Dungeness Crab Steamed to perfection with chili sauce.
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Your next course is the fantastic Crab fried rice. Finish off with Sago tTcam.
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The Chinese Restaurant is ;>pen for Lunch 11 :30 a.m. to '.':00 p.n1 Dinner 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.111.
Closed on Monday,.
6-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- OCTOBER 16, 1996
Abilities center opens at NMC By Rick Alberto Varie.ty News Staff
THE C.N .M.I. Abilities Center opened yesterday at the Northern Marianas Coilege School of Education in Fina Sisu, making the Commonwealth one step friendlier to people with handicaps.
The opening of this facility
was one of the activities held during the first of three days of activities to observe. the National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
Another activity held yesterday was a workshop on employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
The Abilities Center will
provide training and services for persons with disabilities.
According to Roy Fua, director of the School of Education, a wide. range of resources will be made available in the center, including educational programs, assistance to service providers, and a link to service providers in the United States, specifically the San Diego
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State University, or SDSU. It was through the efforts of the
SDSU Rehabilitation Research and Training Center and the NMC University Affiliated Program that the center has been realized.
Fua said the collaborative project was supported by the School of Education.
"The NMC School of Education will continue to develop programs and services that will enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families," he said.
The workshop was aimed at increasing the awareness of assistance, training,andemployment available for disabled persons.
Participants from throughout the Pacific region presented success stories of employed people with disabilities.
Keynote Speaker Mark Obatake, directorofHawaii Independent Living, who is himself a living testimony to successfully employed persons with disabilities, cited statistic.s indicating increased employment of persons with disabilities.
In the United States, he said, the employment ratio of persons with disabilities increased from 23 .3 percent in 1991 to 26.1 percent in 1994.
He also said more persons with severe disabilities were working.
In the CNMI, the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation is tasked with eliminating unemployment and promoting independence among individuals with disabilities.
Other agencies that cater to the handicapped include the Client Assistance Program, the Northern Marianas Protection and Advocacy Systems, and the Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council.
These agencies and other service providers on island have established the Pacific Islands Community Conference, or PICC, whose mission is to "create and support the development and implementation of program planning that will directly assist individuals with disabilities and their families."
Today the CNMI Employee of the Year will be announced and honored with a luncheon at the Dai-Ichi Hotel.
Tomorrow, two panel discussions will be held at Joeten-Kiyu Library to try to address the CNMI consumer and employer needs. The panels will refine objectives that will prepare individuals with disabilities for employment.
'Third man' in Tala.fofo shooting gets arrested
By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff
THE THIRD of five suspects in the shooting and robbing a Chinese man at Talafofo Beach last June 27 was arrested Friday afternoon.
Immigration authorities informed the police that Zheng Xun Chen was in their custody.
Chen has a pending warrant of arrest in connection with the Talafofo Beach incident.
Courtinfonnation showed that five Chinese men blocked Rui Ping Cheng's car at the parking lot of L&T Gannent Factory in Lower Base.
The suspects drove the victim
to Capitol Hill then brought him to the beach where he was beaten for refusing to give money.
One of the suspects grabbed the victim's wallet containing $3,000 cash and 20,000 Japanese yen.
The victim was then shot with a rifle on the forearm.
Chen was allegedly the o~e whosearchedthevictimandstole the latter's wallet containing the money.
Chen's entry permit expired last Feb. 8.
Two other suspepts identified as Guo Xi()ng Chen and Jian Ben Yu were recently arresied and charged.
Bill: No driver's license for applicants under 18
By Zaldy Danclan Variety News Staff
A BILL filed by House Minority Leader Dino M. Jones (D-Saipan) wouldprohibittheissuanceofdriver's licenses to persons under 18 years of age unless they are either enrolled in school or have already graduated.
Current CNMI law allows those who are at least 16 years old to apply for a driver's license.
House Bill I 0-302 would still allow persons who are 16 or 17 years old to obtain a license, but they either have to show a high school diploma, a GED or other diploma equivalent, or proof of their full-
time enrollment in an accredited high school.
The bill states that drivers under 18 years of age account fora "disproportionate number of accidents" and issuance of tickets for traffic violations.
'Therefore, the Legislature find~ that it would be well advised to prohibit issuance of drivers licenses under 18 if those persons has dropped out of, or been dismissed from, high school."
The bill states that it would serve two policy goals:
To encourage students tocomplete high school, and to reduce the number of high-risk younger drivers.
WEDNESDAY,'OCTOBER 16, 1996-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7
Tenorio to US: Review Compact . By Mar-Vic C. Munar
Variety News Staff FORMER Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio is asking the federal government "to seriously review" the contents of the Compacts of Free Association.
Tenorio, who is seeking reelection, issued the call in reaction to a statement earlier made by Department of Interior official Rich-
ard Miller that the federal government "does not have a statutory obligation" to reimburse the CNMI, Guam and Hawaii for the costs of unrestricted entry of Micronesians into their islands.
Miller has said the CNMI is already receiving federal money that . can.be used to defray the Compact
· impact. "It will be good if the United
States will seriously review the content of the Compacts, and continue to assist us in the expenses we incur from migration of Micronesians into out islands," Tenorio said.
Tenorio said the CNMI government should also play its part by . "proving the adverse effect of Micronesians' migration,"
"If we can prove it, then US Con-
911 phone at Grotto vandalized By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff
1HEfirstinsthlledsolar-powered9I l telephone facility at the Grotto diving site in Marpi has been vandalized, it was brought to the attention of the Variety yesterday.
The solar panel made of hard glass
set atop a JO-foot pole is shattered, although it still holds in one piece.
Fortunately, the phone still works. Marianas Visitors Bureau Anicia
Q. Tomokane tried to use the phone to check if it still worked, and was glad it did.
But she deplored theactofvandal-
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Former Governor Pedro P. Tenorio inspired the confidence of investors by providing responsible government and
creating a stable environment for business. The economy was strong,
tourism grew steadily, revenues increased by $50 million, and a $14
million surplus ·was achieved.
The TENO-PEPERO team knows that it takes careful planning to develop
our economy.
ism, and asked whoever did it to "think twice" before thinking of doing similar acts of vandalism in other places.
The same 911 facility, which cost $4,500 to install, is found in Ladder Beach, another isolated area frequented by divers and other tourists.
According to an employee of the MVB Field Office, the solar panel was probably hit with a gun, not a rock or stone.
Tomokane said it was "amazing" that the panel setup high was hit right on target
"There's absolutely no gain for the individual or individuals responsible for doing that (vandalism)," Tomokane said.
"I ask him or them to think twice before doing that again in other places," she added.
She said the culprits or their loved ones might need the phone facility "one of these days."
Sultanul Shaid, who guards the area from 7:30 am. to4:30 p.m., said the act of vandalism was probably committed when the place was unguarded.
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gress would be receptive to our request," Tenorio said.
Tenorio said his administration was; not bugged by the migration issue because "at the time I wa<; in office the number of Micronesians immigrants in the CNMI was not that big."
Tenorio 's runningrnate Senate PresidentJesus Sablan said he could
OCCUPYING 268,680 square kilometers of land area southeast of Australia, New Zealand is one of the founding metropolitan members of the SPC. Eighty percent of its 3,400,000 people live in cities. The four red five-pointed stars on the blue flag represent the Southern
. Cross constellation. Europeans make up 88% of the
population, with the indigenous Maoris making up less than I 0% . More than half of the people are Protestant Christian. Since the mid-
not comment on the legal issues encompa,sing the federal government's ··commitment.'"
"We accomodate Micronesian students and residents. I don't know about statutory obligation but the federal government made an agreement to defray the costsof:he Compacts," Sablan said.
eighties.the government has spearheaded a shift from an agrarianbased economy to a more industrialized economy which is less depcndenton the British market. However.exports are still predominantly agricultural commodities .
A pioneer in social reform, New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote, in 1893.
For information about the 36th Conference of the South Pacific Commission. October 30-Novcmbcr I. call 664-239!.
During his administration, Teno ·~ passed a law creating the Saipan
Zoning Board so that development would be IJlanned and orderl~, and our islands' image preserved.
As a Senator, Pepero has consistently supported the concept of zoning.
Teno and Pepero are proven leaders, dedicated to bringing a better quality of life to all the people of the Marianas.
"A Better Quality Of Life." ·~--------
8-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- OCTOBER 16, 1996
Release of jo11rnalists hailed WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP)- A Tongan court ruling freeing two journalists and a legislator struck an important blow for freedom of the press, their lawyer said Tuesday.
Times of Tonga editor Kalafi Moala, deputy ooitor Filo Kalafi Akaolaandpro-democracylawmaker Akilisi Tohiba were imprisoned on Sept 20 for 30 days by the Tongan Legislative Assembly.
They were jailed after being found in contempt of the assembly.
The Times of Tonga published details of an impeachment motion
against Tonga's justice minister before it was submitted to the Legislative Assembly.
The minister, appointed by the king, wasallegedtohavereceivedhis daily allowance for attending l..egislativeAssemblysession whilehewas in Atlanta leading Tonga's delegation to the Olympic games.
TonganChiefJusticeNigelHarnpton, a former Ouistchurch attorney, ordered the immediate release of the three men Monday night after an allday hearinginNukualofa, the Tongan capital.
Strong quake hits Solomons HONG KONG (AP) - A major earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7 occurred off the Solomon Islands on Tuesday morning, Hong Kong's Royal Observatory said.
The quake, which struck at 07:35 a.m. Tuesday Hong Kong time (23:35 GMT Monday) was centered about 560 kilometers (336 miles) west
north-westofHoniara, capital of the Solomon Islands, the Observatory said.
The Solomon Islands are located about 3,200 kilometers (1,984 miles) north north-east of Sydney Australia.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7 is considered major and is capable of widespread, heavy damage.
Auckland civil liberties lawyer Bany Wilson, who argued for the men's release, said Tuesday the contempt finding was a "grave injustice" and he was delighted it had been overturned.
"The judge's ruling that the journalists and MP had been jailed in violation of Tonga's constitution has far-reachingirnplicationsforthefree-
dom of the press in Tonga and the Pacific," he said
The secretary of the New Zealand section of the Commonwealth Pres.s Union, Phil O'Reilly, called the jailings an "outrageous act" showing contempt for democratic principles and freedom of the press.
"The only crimes these jmnnalists committed was to report that an
MP had submitted some papers to Parliament and the contents of those papers," he said
Wilsonsaidtherulingwouldleave the Tunes off onga free to get on with the business of publishing at a time when Tongans were hugely interestedin what was going on ingovemment and in how their taxes were being spent
Miriung's body arrives in capital PORTMORFBBY(PNS)-The for embalming today. Tomorrow af- Miriung was gunned down with a
lxxiyof~Bougainvillepre- temoonaRequiemMasswillbeheld highpowered weapon. He also had !pier, Theodore Miriung, was flown atPortMoresby'sStMary'sCatholic shotgun pellets scattered all over his tothePapuaNewGuineacapital,Port Cathedral. On Thur.;day Miriung's body. Moresby, from Buka Monday after- body will be flown back to Bukaon a Dr.JohnNobete, whoassisteddoc-noon for a state funeral this week. It chartered Air Niugini flight and on to tors at the hospital, says the bullets was received by Minister for Provin- Arawa in Bougainville on a PNGDF from the weapon had penetrated the cia1 Affairs and Local Level Govern- plane. The body will be buried at heartandlungscausinginternal bleed-ment Peter Barter, NBC reports. RwnbavillageFridayafteraRequiem ing. A statement from the premier's
MP for North Solomons Province Mass at 10 'clock in the morning. office in Buka says Miriung's body John Mornis and other members of Preliminary medical exarnina- was mutilated badly by bullets from parliament from Bougainville and a lions show that the North an Ml6 assault rifle. small but emotional crowd of Solomons premier, who was as- ThePost-CourierreportsthatBRA Bougainville people were al.so at the sassinated Saturday night, died rebels have denied being involved airport to receive the body. instantly from four gunshot in the murder, according to a radio
TheNationalnewspaperreportsthat wounds to the back and chest. interception of a conversation be-the bodywillremainatFuneralHome SohanoHospitalauthoritiessaythat tween rebel leaders Joseph Kabui
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Meanwhile, international and PNG leaders continued to express shock and sorrow at the assassination.
The Pacific Concerns Resource Centre today condemned the assassination of Theodore Miriung by as yet unidentified assassins. Speaking on behalf of PCRC, Lopeti Senituli, said in the last 18 months, Miriung was the catalyst for resumption of negotiations for
We invite you to celebrate Customer Appreciation Week, October 21 through October 25, 1996. a peaceful and political solution to the war in Bougainville.
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. assassination MELBOURNE (PNS}-TheAustralian government says the assassination of Bougainville premier, Theodore Miriung, will only make it harder to achieve peace on the island Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says Australia is shocked and saddened at Miriung' sdeath, and condemns the killing in the strongest possible terms, Radio Australia reports.
Downer said the most fitting memorial to Miriung would be an early end to the Bougainville conflict and a lasting peace on that unfortunate island. He said the Australian government stands ready to play it5 part in helping PNG to bring this about, including through an increase focus onBougainvillein its aid programmes.
Miriung played an important role in two rounds of peace talks held in Cairns last year. Downer told the Australian parliament that Miriung was a compassionate and humane man, conunittedto finding a peaceful resolution to. the 8-year conflict on Bougainville
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1996- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-9
RP's APEC preparations hit MANILA,Philippines(AP)-Cornmunist rebels accused the government on Tuesday of using security preparations for next month's summit of Asia-Pacific leaders as cover for a crackdown on dissenters.
Luis Jalandoni, spokesman for the Netherlands-based leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines, made the accusation in a statement sent to news agencies in Manila
J alandoni said intelligence agents
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The information was relayed to the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs, with a copy furnished OWW A chief Wilhelm D.Soriano.
An article published in the Arab News in Saudi Arabia, it said that expatriates whoseidentificationpaperslistthemas"Iaborers"arebannedfromowningand driving private cars.
However, the ban, does not apply to the laborers who now hold driving licenses and own private cars.
Such laborers can renew their licenses as well as their registration but are not allowed to purchase brand new cars.
The ban is aimed at reducing the number of cars owned by expatriate "laborers", the source added. 7he Manila Chronlcle
Foreign capital surge 178% in 1st half THE BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday that
net foreign investment inflows surged 178 percent to $1.604 billion (P42.02 billion) in the first six months this year compared to only $5.399 billion (Pl4.86 billion) in the same period last year.
BSP officials said the amount represents direct and portfolio investments of $5.399 billion (Pl41.45 billion) compared to outflows of only $3.795 billion (P99.43 billion).
The net inflow position of direct and portfolio investments in the Philippines during the period indicates there were more foreign investments made in the country than the investments taken out during the period, the BSP said. The Ph/1/pplne Journal
Ramos boasts of better bureaucracy THE GOVERNMENT'S determined efforts to streamline instructions and make the bureaucracy more effective and responsible to the public is gaining headway, according to Philippine President Fidel Ramos.
He said the establishment of one-stop shops has enabled the public to transact business in just one location, simplified procedures in the processing of documents, and improved the delivery of government services .
The Chief Executive himself has set an example of how to beat red tape by acting quickly on problems brought to his attention in Malacanang, during his weekly regional Cabinet meetings and in his unscheduled trips to the provinces.
The President has included energizing the bureaucracy among his five priority programs. The Philippine Journal
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are fabricating plots, including alleged plans to assassinate leaders attending the Asia-Pacific E.conomic Cooperation summit next month, as an excuse for raiding suspected rebel ~deouts in Manila and neamy provrnces.
"Such fabrications are a preparation for a crackdown against legitimate dissent," said Jalandoni, who represents the rebels in preparatory talks with the government on ending a 27-year Communist insurgency. . In a related development, police on Monday arrested three people in Mariveles town in Bataan province and another person on board a bus in San Fernando town in Parnpanga province on suspicion they were APEC saboteurs.
Police said the three people arrested in Bataan were carrying 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of dynamite and three .45-caliber pistols.
ThesuspectarrestedinPampanga was canying IO grenades, a smoke grenade and a .357-caliber revolver, police said
JalandonialsochargedthatRamos is using the APEC meeting to rid Manila of squatters. The government plans to remove 66,000squatterfamilies in the capital this year but says it is because they are living in dangerous locations. ·
The security preparations include forming a "strike force" made up of
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fighters from the Army's 70th Infantry Battalion pulled from counterinsurgencyassignmentsinthreenorthem provinces.
The strike force will be deployed aroundthel8,000-hectare (44,460-acre) Subic Bay Freeport, a former U.S. naval base 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Manila being developed into a tourist and industrial center.
TheunitraidedaCommunistrebel camp in Hagonoy town in Bulacan province outside the Subic freeport late last month. No rebels were found but a cache of weapons was seiz.ed.
The strike force is part of the
26,000-strongsecurity force assigned to the APEC meeting.
The APEC surrunit, which will include U.S. President Ointon, will be held at Subic on Nov. 25.
About (,() percent of the freeport area is forest-covered, including some of the nation's last remaining virgin stands. The military says Communist New People's Army guerrillas and arrncdcriminal gangsoperateneamy.
Alsoattendingwillbeleadersfrom Australia., Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia., Japan,SouthKorea,Malaysia., Mexico,· New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand_
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Comn:\odoreEriberto Varona.the who ·will decide what charges will navy area commander, said the un- · be filed against them. marked l~foot (36-meter) boat • The Philippine navy bas seized wasloadedwithavarietyoflivefish lOotherforeignboatsinthe area and wheri the patrol found it offMapun arrested 142 other foreigners who IslandintheTawi-Tawiarchipelago have either been deported qr atthesoutherntipofthePhilippines. handed over to naval officials
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10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- OCTOBER 16, 1996
Thailand finance minister quits BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - office that saw the Thai stock said at a news conference that Finance Minister Bodi marketslumptoathree-yearlow. Bodi submitted his resignation Chunnananda resigned Monday Chatu Mongkol Sonakul, the to Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-after a stormy 4 1/2 months in ministry's permanent secretary, archa, who has dissolved Parlia-,---------------------------, ---~ COLL FOR ARTWORK ~ I . •.
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SOUTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE EXHIBIT - Oct. 25 - Nov. 1, 1996
1he heads of s1ate and representatives of most of 1he Island nattons of R:Jlynesla. IVelanesla and Mcronesia wll be on Island to attend 1he South A:x:lfic Conference meeting, tc be held In the CNM.
Pn art exhibit wll be held In conJunctton wtn 1hls meeting, for 1he IAslt\ng heads of state. 1he v.ort< for tnls exhibit should be for sale. 'There Is nc regls1Totton fee. .All Interested or1ists must deliver their v.ort< to 1he tv'!Jlt\-F\Jrpose Center In Susupe betv.een 0::tober 21 through 23. .All v,.orl( must be accompanied by an invent()('{ listing containing 1he Name of 1he artst. tte of w::irk medium and prlce.
Wt11 the ortlst:; permission v.ork wll be kept for the Island A11srs E><hlblt. v..Hch wll fdlow 1he SPC Exhibit.
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$j A11st:; are limited to tnree submissions each. ~I media Is acceptable and reglstra!on Is free .. W:x1< .jJ may be submitted to the l\1s Council Office on Copltd HIii from November 5 thol..Qh 8. />11 \'.0!1< must ,;, be accompanied by an Inventory list containing 1he Name of the Mst. ffffe of v.orii. and the price of ~ t11e v.or1< at for sale.) f!,_;,. _j
~ Clvt4~ C'Uq)f.3 Exkibif. -December 9 - 13. 1996
f Crafts makers ore encouraged to submit "-O!l< fa sole at tnls exhibit. Chlstmas or1ented crafts. handmade gift !terns and general art and crottv.ork wll be accepted. \i\br\< should be delivered to 1he l\1s Council Office by December 4. 1996.
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ment and called for general elections in mid-November.
Chatu Mongkol said Bodi has asked that the reason for his resignation not be disclosed. The resignation is effective immediately.
The Thai economic establishment has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks ·as the once-sizzling economy shows
signs of slowing down. Exports are slowing, the cur
rent-account deficit has climbed to a staggering 8 percent of gross domestic p~oduct, and forecasts of GDP growth have been revised downward several times this year.
Current estimates of GDP growth are about 7 percent, down from 8.6 percent last year.
NolleJ;'\Vlnning··_ .•. J:>isnop.•···r.aps 'o}?P:P0§Sion'>of ~ast:·%or · SYDNEY, A.llStralia (AP) - Belo said Indonesian rnlnisters Nobel Peace Prize co-winner whoregularlyvisitedEastTirnor, Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes sometimes for . political propa-Belo spoke out Tuesday against ganda, never spoke. to country Indonesia's oppression in East people. · · Timor just ahead of a visit to the "Thesarnesituation(remains), province by President Suharto. · you know," lie said.
"If you go to the houses of the "But you cannot doubt the real people ... yomvill feel that there is problem of the feelings of the stilfoppression,"Bishop Belo told people." . . ·. . . Australian Broadcasting Corp. ra- Belo called on Indonesia to dio. start listening to the East
"Soldiers everywhere, watch- Timorese. . . • . ingyou, hearingwhatyou'retalk- "They should have sufficient ing about." intelligenceto hear the people's
Suharto will visit the former aspiration to sit down·· and to Portuguese colony, annexed by dialogue." Indonesia in 1976, to inaugurate lndonesiacondemnedthejoint · a giant statue of Jesus later on awardlastweektoBeloandAus-Wednesday. tralian°based EastTirnorese ac-
.. Belo, the head of East Timor' s tivist Jose Ramos-Horta Roman Catholic Church, said he Estimates··. of the'.number of doubted whether Suharto's visit people killed by@litafy action,. would accomplish much. . · starVation ordisease between 1976 · "I don't know how much,, will and1980rangeashighasg60,000,
beaccomplishecl,-he said on.ABC out ofapre-invasion pop?lation Ra:dio, . of650,000. ·
Nation[!list Chinese flags decorate. a pedestrian overpass near apartments m Hong Kong Wednesday, m preparation for Nationalist China's ,yational day celebrations last Thursday. The celebrations may be the last m Hong Kong for the Nationalists since the British territory will come under
.. the control of the mainland Chinese government next year. AP Photo 1
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1996 - MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11
468 Korean students go on trial SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -A record 468 militant students went on trial Tuesday on charges of staging violent proNorth Korean protests in August that resulted in a major government crackdown on campus activism.
A record 5,597 ·students were detained following the
. violence. One police officer was killed and more than 1,000 police and students were injured.
The students were among some 7,000 who gathered at Seoul's Yonsei University for
an annual rally, timed to coincide with Independence Day on Aug. 15.
Violence erupted wI1en students protested the government's ban on the rally, which it said was pro-North Korean. This year's protest was led by a more militant group of students.
· After a 12-day standoff, thousands of police, backed by helicopters pouring down tear gas, stormed a classroom building where thousands of students were holed up, defying a government order to sur-
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. TAIPEI, Taiwan (A~}- Offi~ cials of Taiwan's state-run.Chinese Petroleum Corp. on Mon, day canceled plans to atten~ a meeting with a company in China, throwing in doubt the future of cooperation between the two companies.
The Taiwanese company should '.'first seek stable developmentathome before expand• ing overseas," said E:conomics Minister Wang Chih-kang.> ..
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Signing of the final contract will now be delayed indefinitely.
The two sides' first ever oil cooperation project, under negotiation for three years, had been delayed pteviously when Chinalaunchedaseriesof threatening missile. tes~ near Taiwan between August 1995 and March 1996 .••.
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render. After a week-long investi
gation, formal charges were brought against 468 students. Ten faced manslaughter in connection with the police. officer's death.
Others were charged with violence or pro-North Korean activities that carry sentences of at least three years in prison.
Because of space problems, the students were divided into groups of about 30 to stand trial at four courthouses in Seoul.
It was the largest number of students to face trial for
campus violence. The previous record was set
in 1986 when less than 400 were tried and convicted in connection with a similar confrontation.
The government outlawed this year's rally as pro-North Korean because students supported the North's demands to end the U.S. military presence in South Korea.
Students also took North Korea's stand backing Korean peace talks between Pyongyang and Washington only, excluding Seoul:
Taking advantage of nega-
tive public sentiment sparked by the protests, the government launched a major crackdown on campus activism, which officials believe is instigated by the North ..
Police are still looking for more than 40 student leaders who allegedly organized the rally. ·
The Korean Peninsula was partitioned into the communist North and the capitalist South following independence from Japan in 1945.
The two sides fought a bitter war between 1950-1953 forwhicha peace treaty was never signed.
Two former presidents, Chun Doo-hwan, left, and Roh Tae-woo, second form left, stand with former generals for their charged with treason, mutiny, and corruption at the Seoul Court House. AP Photo
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12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- OCTOBER 16, .1996
Kremlin intrigue takes new turn MOSCOW (AP) - In a new twist to the scandal now gripping the Kremlin, the former head of a secretive fund-raising group on Monday threatened to sue his successor for corruption.
Boris Fyodorov said Col. Valery Strelersky was guilty of squandering money belonging to the National Sports FWld, which has gone bankrupt.
"I want to clear my own name and
the team that has worlced with me," Fyodorov told a press conference.
Fyodorov, ousted from the fund last May, told reporters he will appeal his dismissal in court and might sue Streletsky.
Last week, Fyodorov filed a petition with Russia's prosecutor-general, fmrnally accusing Streletsky' s patron Alexander Korzhakov of trying to extort $ 40 million for him.
Thescandalseemsintendedtodam-
age a possible alliance between Korzhakov and the popular national security chief, Alexander Lebed. It also might give credibility to critics' claims that Kremlin insiders wield undue influence and engage in shadowy doings.
Korzhakov was head of the presidential security service and one of Boris Yeltsin's closest aides until he was fired this summer in a pre-election Kremlin housecleaning.
Lolldon··•lawniakers·accusediof 'planting' questio~s for ~oney U>NDON (AP) • The House of CommQns Speaker called Monday .. for an investigation imp allegatiom that some lawmakers accepred pays mems from busines.wen for asking Qlanted que&ions in :he House. •·
Speaker Betty Boothroyd told the Commons: "Very serious al.legations have been widely made about the conduct of a number of members. Indeed, the reputation of the House as a whole bas been called into question."
The accusations date back to 1994 when lawmaker Neil Hamilton resigned as Corporate Affairs Minister in Prime Minister John Major's Conservative government He quit following allegationsbyMo.bamed.AlFayed,Egyptian-bom owner of the London departmentstoreHamxls, thathegave Hamilton cash and favon; for ask. ing planted questions aimed at embarrasrung a business rival.
Fresh accusations concerning Hamiltonandotherlawmakers, most ofthemmembersofMajor' s governing Conservative Party, surfaced this month in The Guardiaµ and other London newspapers.
·.M.at~~sacI!i!L~. at .. ion.· "in ....... ha.-· 1ast"e. f1lour·t. ~ of the British ~gl~ ~-· = u · .• ~overownen.hipof.B'.atn:xk ·. yeaxs over sexual or financial scan- . . ~latorT'np Smith.who quit dais. The ~ed sleaze factor has asNorlheniirelandMinist.eiinJ994 hannedthegovemment, which trails at the same time asJiami.lton re-
. theoppositionl.aborPartyby aroµnd signed, hada<iked question.tin the 27 pointsinopinionJX)llsaheadof~ . ~ons suggestinglonrhi? ~ nextoationalelection,whichmustbe.· inyolvedinannsdealsandhadf.11-held by next April · sifieditsaccounts, bothofwhichthe
"I hope the (Commons) Commit- conglomerate denied . . . ·· tee on Standaros and Privileges will Smith~\Vheiillequit find itp<l$ible to make an early spe- his ministerial post that he had cialreporttotheHouse,sothatthefull accepted money from Greer on nature and scope of any investiga- Al Fayed' s behalf •. tions which it undertakes may be But Hamilton when he quit
· made known," the Speaker said. his ministerial post insisted he It was not immediately clear if haddonenothingwrongandsaid
the inquiry will cover just. heplannedtosuetheTheGuardHamilton or include allegations .. · jan which broke the initial story. of more"systematic corruption ButOnOcU,Hamiltondropped against other lawmakers as welj. the lawsuit against The Guam-
. The Guardian reported that ian shoitly before it was due to Hamilton received payments in cash be heard in court; saying he did· and kind worth 10,000 pounds ($ not have enough money to pay 15,800) for introducing other clients the legal costs but still insisting he to lobbyist Ian Greer, who was em- had done nodnng wrong. ployed by Al Fayed. Hamilton'swithdrawalofthelaw-
The Parliamentary questions for suitpromptedTheGuardiantoprint Harrodswereposedinthelatel980s, new accusations against him and when Al Fayed and his two brothers other lawmakers about allegedly were battlingTmy Rowland, the then accepting payments ..
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Survived by: 411''\ Wife Esterella Aguon Children Ezra Takeo, Yorang Masters, Keo Lester Buen Pacifico Reared Daughter Emilia Williams Brothers Kunihiro Yamashiro, Kentaro Yamashiro, Kenzio Yamashiro, Kengku Yamashiro Sisters Hatsue Yamashiro, Yoshie Obeketang, Matsko Rindilau
Family, Friends and Co-workers are invited to public viewing on Thursday October 17th, 1996 at CHC Chapel commencing at 9:00am-11 :OOam after the viewing the remains will be shipped to
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AfterFyodorov' sdismissalinMay, Korzhakov hadputhisaideStreletsky in control of the Sports Fund, an organization that makes millions as Russia's largestimporterof cigarettes and alcohol.
Korzhakov andLebedhavefm:ged an alliance, and on Sunday, the security chief cal.led on his constituency in the city ofTula to vote for Korzhakov in parliamentary by-elections. Lebed gave up his seat in the state Duma when he was appointed Security Council secretary in June.
Lebed openly aspires to be presi-
dent,andsomeobservershavespeculated that he needs an alliance with Korzhakov to gain access to the cash stockpile and politically charged information supposedly accwnulated by Korzhakov.
Fyodorov questionedtheexistence of such information, and said he fails to understand Lebed.
He also alleged that Korzhakov and Streletsky could somehow be involved in a shooting and stabbing attack against him last summer, but noted that "it is for the investigation" to decide.
Police arrest two suspected IRA men, including fugitive DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Police invoked anti-terrorism laws Monday to arrest two suspected IRA members, including one who is fighting extradition to Britain, where he is wanted on charges of terrorism and escaping from jail.
The arrests came a week after the IRA exploded two bombs at the British army's main barracks in Northern Ireland, killing a soldier. It was not known if the men were being linked with that attack.
Police· said they arrested Nessan Quinlivan, 31, the man Britain wants, and another man in the western Irish town of Limerick early Monday. The second man was not identified.
Press Association, the British news agency, quoted unidentified sources in
· the Irish police as saying the men are being questioned about involvement with the IRA and "other IRA activities."
Ireland's anti-terrorist legislation allows police to hold a suspect for up to 48 hours without charge.
Quinlivan and another man, Pearse McAuley, had each been freed on 70,000 pounds ($ l 05,000) bail while they appealedaDublin court's ruling in November that they should be extradited to Britain. McAuley faces the same charges as Quinlivan.
Quinlivan, of Limerick, and
McAuley, of Strabane, Northern Ireland, were first arrested at the Stonehenge prehistcric monument in southemEngland in October 1990 and charged with conspiracy to murder businessman Sir Charles Tidbury and to cause explosions.
Quinlivan and McAuley allegedly used a smuggled handgun to break out of London's Brixton prison in July 1991, shot a passing motorist in the leg and stole his carto make their getaway.
They were arrested separate! y in April 1993 in the Irish Republic on fireanns charges. In October of that year, Quinlivan was sentenced to four years and McAuley to seven.
The pair were freed from Ireland's top-security Portlaoise prison last October in response to the Irish RepublicanArmy 's decisioninAugust I994to haltitsarmedcampaignagainstBritish rule in Northern Ireland.
The men were immediately re-arrested in connection with the British charges.
They face prison sentences of 18 to 25 years in British jails if convicted of conspiracy to murder and cause explosions, and six to IO years if they are found g-..ulty of unlawfully escaping from prison. · The IRA ended its 17-month cease
fire with a fatal bombing in London on · Feb.9.
Ireland's Pre_s. Mary Robinson l~oks at the headstone of early Irish femm1st Matilda Wolfe Tone dunng unveiling ceremonies at GreenWood qemetery_ in the Brooklyn borough of.New York. The unveiling 1s the firs_.t American event !n the bicentennial commemoration of the United lrtsh movement, which culminated in the unsuccessful Rebellion of 1798. AP Photo
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Final Clinton-Dole debate on
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By MIKE FEINSILBER WASHINGTON (AP) · At Wednesday's second and final U.S. presidential debate, the questioners will be ordinary Americans, screened by the Gallup organization to represent everyone but hard-core supporters of President Clinton or Bob Dole.
Television newscaster Jim Lehrer has taken some heat from commentators for being bland and, as one critic wrote, "fair minded to a fault" while moderating the first presidential debate and the vice presidential forum.
A debate four years ago between President Bush and Clinton, his Democratic challenger, showed the dangers to the candidates of letting citizens take charge.
While the questions can reflect what is on th~ public's mind, they
Ordinary citizens will be asking tough questions also can come from far afield or be downright mystifying.
In the 1992 debate, the evening's third question consisted of a'citizen 's lecture that disarmed Bush, who had been intent on portraying Clinton as ethically unfit for the presidency.
The questioner deplored "the amount of time the candidates have spent in this campaign trashing their opponents' character and their programs."
Bush was left floundering a second time by a question in which the candidates wereaskedhow "the national debt personally affected each of your lives."
The president wound up saying one didn't need to have cancer to discuss the impact of cancer. Clinton turned the question into a more general inquiry about the economy and talked about "people that have lost their jobs, lost their livelihood, lost their health insurance .. "
The questioner, Marisa Hall, commented later that Bush was "wishy washy" while Clinton did "a pretty good job." ·
That debate-like Wednesday's - was characterized as the Repub- · lican candidate's last best chance to catch up with his Democratic rival.
If Dole intends to raise character questions, as advertised, he'd better hope the audience gives him
the opening, said Wayne Fields, a Washington University professor who has written a book on presidential speechmaking. Dole would look obvious twisting a question on another topic into a discussion of Clinton's flaws, he said.
"If the audience asks hard questions of Clinton, that's fine," Fields said. "Dole has to hope that's what happens. If he raises the hard questions, it's just not likely to work in this format."
Dole's best opportunity to raise character questions may have already passed. In the first DoleClinton debate, moderator Lehrer asked the Republican candidate to name one thing "you'd like voters to have on their minds about President Clinton."
Dole played it safe. He said
any comment "might be misconstrued," then added, "I happen to like President Clinton personally."
Dole has since decided to be tougher. En route to California and debate prep
arations, he told an audience in Kansas City, Missouri on Monday that Clinton "does not have an ethical administration and we're going to go into that in the debate."
In raising character as an issue, Dole is handicapped by his 20-year-old reputation as a "hatchet man," arising from a vice presidential debate in which he scowlingly seemed to blame the opposition party for all the "Democrat wars" of the 20th Century.
And Dole's difficult position is
By MARIAM SAMI Itcameatatimeofdeteriorating CAIRO, Egypt (AP) • Israel's Israeli-Egyptianrelationstriggered president met Monday with by Israel's decision move more Egyption President Hosni slowly on negotiations with the Mubarak, a key Arab-:JsraeH me- Palestinians and by its opening of a diator angered by the pace of the new entrance to an underground Mideast peace process. · tunnel at a site holy to Muslims and
President Ezer Weizman made Jews. The opening sparked riots the trip to smoothrix:kyrelations .. · that killed 79 people. with Egypt de(lpite criticism at · . Weizman did not speak to rehome that he· was overstepping•·.•• porters on anival at Cairo Intema-the bounds of his ceremonial of0 tional Airport, where he was met £ice. by Mubarak. The two men then
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underscored by a poll conducted for CNN and Time magazine that said that half of likely voters think Dole has already engaged in too much negative campaigning. Twenty-two percent said Clinton has attacked hisopponenttoo much.
. drove to the Unity Presidential Palace and began their talks.
Weizman, who has known Mubarak for 19 years, said he hoped his long acquaintance with the Egyptian leader would help calm the increasingly stonny ties.
Mubarak maintains he is only reflecting . the· anger Egyptians feels toward Netanyahu and says he is trying io avoid stronger moves against Israel urged by other Arabs.
Remedio Sn. Reyes DL Cruz, Ignacio Cruz Dela Cruz, Santiago Reyes Dela Cruz, Marlana Cepeda DLCruz
Survived By Wife: Angelina Reyes DLCruz Zarzoso
Step Sons, Daughters & Spouses Alicia DLC./Frank J. Pangelinan (Sylvester, Dione, Francine), William R./Joann A. DLCruz (Angie, Amanda, Jovita, Betty Joe), Antonio R./Doris T. Dela Cruz (Ray, Justin, Joshua, Jeren), Rama R. Dela Cruz (Nicole), Dimis R./Pinky R. Dela Cruz (Porshua, Derek), Zerah DLC./Albert S. Santos (Aldebert, Zelma), Sophia D\Cruz/Fermin Flores (Eric), Thomas RJBalbinaA. DLCruz (Marian, Tamara, Mohana, Dimeasha, Thomas)
Brothers/Sisters In Law: Vicente R./Myrna DICruz; Luis R./Lucy A. DICruz, George R./Herminia B. D\Cruz, Juanita D\Cruz/ Joseph Joseph, Ursula D\Cruz/Ding Galvan, Apolonia DICruz/Jesse Aquino, Maria DICruz/Jose C. San Nicolas, Ricardo R./Tess D\Cruz
Born: May 02, 1924 Died: October 09, 1996 (Kagman //)Formerly from Susupe
Rosary is being said nightly at the residence of his son Dimis DICruz in Kagman II. Last respect will be on October 17, 1996 from 8:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.
Mass of a Christian Burial will be at 4:00 p.m. at the San Vicente Church. -Interment will follow immediately at the Chalan Kanoa Cemetery.
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It's a baby girl for Madonna By BETH HARRIS
LOS ANGELES (AP)-Madonna with child is now Madonna and cluld.
A 6-pound, 9-ounce (2.95-kilogram) girl was delivered Monday. The Material Girl and her baby,
Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, are fine.
"Mother Madonna Ciccone, father Carlos Leon and their daughter are all resting comfortably," said
. the star's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg. "Wewouldliketothank
everyone for their kind wishes.'' Rosenberg wouldn't reveal any
otherdetails, including whether the birth was natural or by Caesareansection. Reporters, photographers and television crews started gath- . ering outside the hospital at mid-
Ram Singh Chauhan, 43, an Indian record holder far the longest moustache at 6 ft 5 inches, proudly displays his pride, in Bombay. Ram Singh whose moustache measures more than his height comes from a princely family form the central Indian state of Rajasthan and hopes "to be in the Guiness Book some day". His favorite sentence is "A man is incomplete without a moustache". AP Photo
IIF=-UBLIC NOTICE: Pursuant to the provisions of 2 CMG 4141 et sec, the PUBLIC PURPOSE LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987, Governor Froilan C. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus C. Borja, through the Division of Public Lands (Division\, under the Department of Lands and Natural Resources, hereby gives notice that the Division Intend to enter into an exchange agreement involving the parcels of land described below. Concerned persons may request a hearing on any proposed exchange by Contacting the Division of Public Lands on or by October 14, 1996. If so requested, hearing in the transactions listed below will be scheduled on October 16, 1996, at 9:00 a.m. in the Conference Room of the Division of Public Lands Conference Room.
Public Purpose
Private Land
Public Land
RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISmON
Saipan Tract/lot No. 22500-7-G and 22500-G, located in Afetna, containing an area of 240 square meters, owned by Oscar C. Pangelinan.
Saipan TracVLot No. 033 118, located in As Gonna, containing an area of 900 squre meters.
NUTISIAN PUPBLIKO Sigon gi probension siha gi CMG 4141 et sec i PUBLIC PURPOSE LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987, (sino i tulaikan tano para proposition pupbliko na akton 1987) si magalahe as Froilan C. Tenorio yan i segundo magalahe as Jesus C. Borja, ginen i Division of Public Lands (Division). gi pa'pa'i Department of Lands and Natural Resources, ma intenciociona humalom gi kontratan atulaikan tano ni ha afefekta i pedason tano siha ni manmadeskribi gi sampapa. Man interesante siha na petsona sina manmamaise.n inekungok put maseha manu/hafa na priniponi put tulaikan tano. A'agang i Division of Public Lands antes pat osino gi Octobre 14, 1996. Yanggen guaha inekungok marikuesta, i inekungok siempre para i sigiente siha na transaksion u fan makondukta gi Octobre 16, 1996, gi oran alas 9:00 gi eggan gi halom i Kuatton i Konfirensian i Division of Public Lands.
PROPOSITION PUPBLIKO - I Machule' Tana Para I Chalan
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TANO PUBLIKO
- Sitio Numiru 22500-7-G and 22500-G, giya A1etna, ya ha konsisiste 240 metro kuadrao na area, duenon Oscar C. Pangelinan
· Sitio Numiru 033 I 18, giya As Gonna, ya ha konsisiste 900 metro kuadrao na area.
ARONGORONGOLTOWLAP Reel ayleewal me bwangil 2 CMG 414 el sec, PUBLIC PURPOSE LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987. nge Di~isi?n of Public Lands e_arongaar towlap, igha e mangiiy ebwe lliiwelo faluw iye e toolong faluw kka faa. Ararnasye e trp_ali nge emmwel ebwe tmgor ebwe yoor hearing reel inaamwo lliiwelil falaw fa. Aramas ye e tipali nge emmwel ye re trpali reel kkapsal faluw, nge rebwe aghuleey ngali Division of Public Lands, under the Department of Lands and Natural Resources wool me ngare mmwal October 14, 1996. Ngare eyoor tingor bwe ebwe yoor hearing, nge rebwe ayoora reel tali faluw kka faal, nge rebwe tooto wool October 16, 1996, oto ye 9:00 a.m. mellol Division of Public Lands Conference Room.
AMMWELEER TOWLAP - RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISmON
LU'W PRIBET Sfilpan Tract/Lot Numurol 22500-7-G and 22500-G, Afe1na, llapal bwuley yeel nge 240 square meters. faliwal Oscar C. Pangelinan.
FALAWEER TOWLAP Saipan Tract/lot Numorol 033 118, As Gonna, llapal bwuley yeel nge 900 square meters.
day in anticipation of the birth, but nobody got a look at mother or baby. They may have left the hospital before the announcement.
The baby, born at Good Samaritan Hospital, is the first child of Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, 38. The 30-year-old father is a personal trainer and boyfriend to the pop singer and actress.
Madonna pursued motherhood, liked she does most everything, with vengeance and bawdiness. Months before she announced her pregnancy, Madonna told "Primetime Live" she planned to findasuitablecandidate for "the fatherhood gig" by taking out a personal ad.
She didn't hav·e to bother. The darkly handsome Leon was right in her own gym. She hasn't married him and hasn't said she plans to.
But she did not use him as a "stud service," she says in November's Vanity Fair. And she didn't get pregnant for "shock value," she said.
"I realize that these are all comments made by persons who cannot live with the idea that something gQod is happening to me."
Excerpts from "Madonna's Private Diaries," kept from Jan. 13 to May 29, were published by the magazine. The period covers her filming of "Evita" in Argentina, which she completed while pregnant
The film, based on Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical chronicling the life of Argentina's famous first lady, Eva Peron, opens Chrisanas Day in Los Angeles and New York.
In Vanity Fair, Mado!Uladescribes the moment she first saw her fetus during an ultrasound:
"I was stunned when I saw on the ultrasound a tiny' living creature spinning around in my womb. Tap-dancing, I think. Waving its tiny anns around and uying to suck its thumb. I could have sworn I heard its laughing," she wrote.
Once she was pregnant, the woman who ha~ made a career out of keeping herself in the public eye suddenly became a recluse. Very few pictures of the pregnant Madonna were captured.
After a failed marriage to actor Sean Penn and a string of endlessly reported flings with celebrities such as Warren Beatty and Chicago Bulls bad boy Dennis Rodman, Madonna kept out of sight.
HavingachildissomethingMadonna has said she's wanted for years. Her mother died when she was a young girl, and she was left, she told a recent interviewer, with "a longing, a feeling of emptiness.''
She met Leon, an amateur bicycle racer, while running in Manhattan's Central Park in 1994.
Report: Bob Geldof's ex-wife arrested on a drugs charge LONDON (AP) - Police arrested Bob Geldofs ex-wife on drugs charges on Monday, a tabloid reported, and she said she had been framed.
"Somebody must have planted them," the Daily Mirror quoted television personality Paula Yates as saying, citing unnamed police sources.
Scotland Yard would only confinn that a 36-year-old woman W3S
interviewed at a police station in Chelsea, the posh westLondonneighborhoodwhere Y atesliveswithINXS lead singer Michael Hutchence.
"She was arrested on suspicion of
possession of drugs and was bailed to return to the police station on a date in Decemberpending further inquiries," a Scotland Yard statement said.
Police raided Yates' home last month and reportedly uncovered a cache of opium hidden in a Smarties tube. Yates was in Australia with Hutchence and their infant daughter.
Rock philanthropist Geldof, famed for founding the Boomtown Ratsandfororganizing 1985'sLive Aid charity fundraisers, sought custody of their three older daughters afterthe raid He cited "fathers' rights."
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Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTG) is seeking three
(3) Service Order Specialistsm Succes~ful applicant wil! accept customer requests for telephone 1~stallat1on. Prepare service agreements with customers and cut service orders for telephone service. Update pending service orders ensuring all service order applications are current. Perionns other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Applica~t must posses a high _sch_ool dieloma _9r equivalent, have good. W(l~en and or?I commurncatron skills, ability to communicate wrth ind1v1duals of different nationalities. Three years experience in telephone company business desirable.
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Applicc!lion or resume must be received by the Human Resource office on or before October 16. 1996.
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Cell-phone theft rising in US By MARY BOYLE
BALTIMORE (AP) - Brigid Fahmy'.s car was parked ·on a busy street for less than an hour when someone smashed a window and stole her cellular phone.
"It was still light out, there were people streaming out of work. I couldn't believe it," Ms. Fahmy said.
Authorities weren't surprised. Cellular phones are being stolen at an unprecedented rate in Baltimore and in high numbers in most major cities in the United States, often by drug dealers and other criminals who want phones that can't be traced.
The cellular telephone indus-
Ross Perot Jr. crashes car at speedway, but 1s unhurt FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -Ross Perot Jr., son of the billionaire Reform Party presidential candidate, walked away unhurt after slamming his race car into a speedway wall at 150 mph (240 kph).
Perot, 37, a developer who owns most of the land around the Texas International Speedway, was driving his NASCAR-style stock car alone on the track Sunday when the car spun twice and struck the wall.
"These cars are like tanks ... You've got to try awfully hard to get hurt in one of them," said Eddie Gossage, general manager of the speedway. "He did mash it pretty bad, though. . Gossage said Perot walked
away uninjured but "embarrassed." His was the first wreck at the 150,000-seat speedway north of Fort Worth, which is set to open in April.
The younger Perot has been handling the real estate development side of his father's business holdings since before the Texas billionaire first ran for president in 1992.
By JOHN HOWARD SACRAMENT~ Cal~or~a (AP) - An 8-year-old boy and his sister spent nearly two weeks hiding in their home, too frightened to seek help, as their mother's body decomposed in a closed bedroom.
The boy finally overcame his fears and deliberately got caught shoplifting food at a supermarket to attract attention, said police, who searched Monday for the children's father on suspicion of stabbing the woman to death.
Robert Castorena vanished earlier this month after abruptly quitting his job as a high school social studies teacher. Investigators think Janice Castorena, 38, was killed on Oct. I and Castorena left within two days.
try, which last year lost a record $ 650 million through theft and fraud, is fighting back with new technology to make using a stolen phone more difficult.
,"Last year was probably the worst yearforus," said Tim Ayers, spokesman for the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. "But we think we may be rounding a comer."
Generally, thieves steal a cellular phone and then reprogram it with a stolen phone number, a practice known as "cloning." Most of the time, the person whose phone number has been stolen doesn't realize it until the bill arrives.
That means the criminal can get away with maybe a month of free calling before the phone company disconnects the number.
The greatest hope in the industry's high-tech arsenal against fraud is now "authentication" technology. which is being introduced in some markets around the country. The industry expe(.tS it be in place
throughout the United States within a year.
"Cloning as we know it today will become extinct with authentication," said Roseanna DeMaria, vice president of se- . curity for AT and T Wireless.
Authentication requires the phone to verify its identity to a receiving station; its electronic serial number must correspond to the phone number issued to that phone. Currently, a phone need only give a valid electronic serial number.
This new feature allows the phone company to more promptly recognize that a number is being used fraudulently.
"The criminal's phone doesn't stay activated as long, maybe two or three days. Then they get discouraged," said DeMaria, who used to prosecute cellular phone fraud in the district attorney's office in New York City.
The industry has also developed new devices that prevent thieves from reprogramming
cellular phones with stolen numbers and is training police and prosecutors to better fight the criminals.
In Baltimore, as many as 22 cellular phones are stolen a day, according to police. The thefts are typically committed by drug addicts in search of quick money. But the overall operation, which includes reprogramming the stolen phones with pilfered numbers, involves several layers of criminals.
Because the phones are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, federal agents are involved. The Secret Service is working closely with the industry to break up wire fraud operations in most major cities.
Black-market cellular phone hot spots include New York, Los Angeles, Washington and Charlotte, North Carolina, said Arnette Heintze, a U.S. Secret Service spokesman.
But there is evidence the problem is reaching into smaller
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areas. Police in Lakewood, Colorado, a Denver suburb, report an outbreak of cellular phone theft.
Sal Cinquegrani, a spokesman for 360 Degree Communications Comp., a Chicago firm that provides service to I 00 smaller markets, said that as the big-city carriers develop new anti-thefl technology, "the cellular fraudsters are being driven into new markets."
Police don't have much trouble arresting the smash-and-grabbers and middlemen who resell the phones. But finding the lawbreakers who "harvest" stolen phone numbers - using radio scanning devices at places like airports -and the computer hackers who program those numbers into black market phones, is more <lifficult.
In the first half of this year, the Secret Service arrested 259 people responsible for dlrs 7 million in phone fraud, Heintze said.
"We are making progress and having an impact on this crime," he said.
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p[llllO: • Ori!cinal Nation;i\ Bureau ,,r
l111·c·sti'.,!:~tio11 ,-lc·:1r:1n,cs. ,\ police
,-lc:1:-,111,e issuc·d from 1hc place or
rc:-;(dc1h"l' will 11i. 1 h,ngcr h1.: hcm, irl'LL t 'nlii,..l' lhi...' pt\:\·idu<1: ~IL'
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i_1; :t ll1L'1!i~·.1i (;1,_ ,J1t: ;il'l'!\'i\l!l'd ),_\
tlic• Philq,,1i11L' ( hcTSL':h E111plo.>_\·
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p:1111n,·n1 ,,1· 1 k:1ith. • l'h,11,,,,,p\ ,if p:1.,,p,,ns and all
.'-l;tlllJk'J p:t~,_':-; IL if dpp]il':ltl{S \\ ho h:t\'i...' 111\·\· 1, ·,w .. ( 1, :...·r:-.l'a:--. wl i:°K L'\ !1L'·
ricnl'L': :1m! • .\u1hc111i,::1L·d ,lipl,1111:i ;ind ,,r
;! \.·;y,1\ ul ~l l\11ic\.~ll)ll,tl !\.i..:,::uLltory ( ·,nrnni;-;,il"lll \i,:t·n~l' f,ff p1·t:·
fc:--:-.i11:Ld \\ ll!"i--.LT·.; ~uch ~h ll'~lL'lh.T:-..
nurse:-.. 1H n1cdical staff. ~.-ng.int·~r~. arc·hitc,ts and certified public ac
cou1H:1111.,. Recrui1c·rs and business owners
earlier c·omplained that lhc· labor
department required sc1·er:1\ documents they beliel'ed were neither
usci'ul nor relevant lo lhe workers
job classificalion. Earlier ihc dcparlmenl required
such docun1cnts as n1arriagc con-
.HOUSE FOR RENT $1,000.00 PER MONTH ONE J.BEDRO.OM
2-BATH FULLY FURNISHED
Located at: DENNI HILL PAST CAPITOL IDLL
Contact:
CHITO or STAN at Tel. No. 234-6267
' .. .
dents from thc.,c islands unrc
stric·ted entry Ill Guam. Hawaii
and the CNtvll. in return for the
federal gol'.:rnment paying for
1hc st1cial custs that may result
rrorn thc~ inf\u:,;, or FSM rni
g,rants. (i,11· _ 1-'niilan C. Tc1101·in. last
.iul\'. said the the CNMl go\'crn
mcnl may ha,·c lo ch;:rge stu-
tracls. hirlh ccrtiricale and inco111c
tax returns. In keeping the requirement for
an NB! ckaranc.:. the depanmenl
said such documenl "is 1he most
reliable and c·,imprchcnsivc source
in dctcrm:ning the criminal hack
gr,iun,1 lif an ;1pplicanl !'rum lhc·
Philippinc'.s. l :ndl'r the Ill'\\' labor pr\>c~:-:~ing
pri'L'~'ill!J"\2 \hl' r\)l]O\\'illg \\di t1,~,
rcq,Ii1n\ ,,r appli,-ants. e111plcl\cr, :1:1d t~r thl'ir rl·pr...·scnt:lli\'t'S:
• ,\Uhlll i~:·d011 of rL'tJUil"Cd dl)L'll
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Vogl.
C"us1,1111s :111J quarantine per
snnr1L·I. hl" sJid. arc llU\\' u11<.krgo
in~ 1rai11ing., to help lhc·m idcn
tif1 :111d ,·:11cil the snake, whid1
111:11 hcc\e g,>llen i1110 1\ic island
lr,,111 ( iu:11111hmugh cargu,:s like
c:1rs. gcncr;tlurs and ctmslruction
1natei1:tl t1mu11g others.
Ranc\0111 night se;1rchcs and
Jocu111cn1ation of the local lizanJ
population toD arc 11011' being done
hy the DLNR 10 nl<lnilorthe pn:s
encc 01· the snakes.
"lf.ovcrtime. thc lizard popula
tion declines. lhcn. it is most prob
able a Brown Tree Snake is inhab
iting the area:· said Vogl.
APARTMENT FOR RENT 1 BEDROOM; FURNISHED; UTIUTY
INCLUDED; S450'MONTH IN KOBLERV\LlE; SUITABLE FOR SINGLE OR COUPLE
288-2222
FOR RENT .. GARAPAN SQUARE KIOSK
PLEASE CALL: MAC HOMES (SAIPAN) CO., LTD.
TEL. 234-9100
HOUSE FOR RENT THREE BEDROOM WITH TWO (2) BATHROOM CONCRETE PARTLY FURNISHED HOUSE LOCATED IN PUERTO RICO VILLAGE IS AVAILABLE FOR RENT. THE RENT IS $900.00
A MONTH WITH ONE MONTH SECURITY DEPOSIT AS REQUIREMENT. THE BUILDING HAVE POWER, 24 HOURS
WATER WITH A 1,000 GALLON RESERVE TANK (WITH PUMP). ALSO, TELEPHONE AND TV CABLE ARE IN PLACE. FOR MORE
INFO, CONTACT PHONE #234-7497 BETWEEN 9AM TO 5PM.
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l WE BUY U/ED CAR/!
Call: Art Moore at 234-3332 or Ben Lizama at 234-7133
TRIPLE J
dents from FS M who arc en
rol led in local public schools.
Tenorio complained that the
federal government has yet to
pay the CNMI as provided for
hy the Compacts.
The CNMI, Ciuam and Hawaii
have sued the federal govern
ment for its failure lo reimburse
them for lhe Compac1·s impact.
/\ Dian St. Makati City) is be
tween 8 ,Lm. and 12 noon_ D0cu
mc111s which have completed the c\ear:1ncc procedures may be
picked up between I p.nL and 3 11-111. Documenls arc· rekascd
wi tl1 in four \\'Ork 1ng days after sub
mi ssiun; lipo11 sub111is,io11_ an
;1d·dh'\\'kd~..:1llL't1t ft._1r111 \\'ill hL' is,;u,·d 10 11:c· likr wllr,:11 c·u111ai11'
in1·ormali<ln as lu whl'll Ilic dc>CU:ncnls will h.: rc·[e;\SL'ci. ;\ prc·
cv~du:ttio:1 is m::dc t(: l~nsurc tl1a1 !Ile s~1brni:--.-·i1'11 is cnmpkk.
".ll'IC'li:,·" llrnwn T"cC Sink,',.
Voft .said. kl'd Pn lizards_
Th,:rc arc·. accC11'ding ln ·him.
somC' 29 "rciiahlc" Brown Tree
Snake sightings for t~.c p:ist ten
years :1dding th:ll al lc:ast five such
sn;1kcs h:tl'e been caugh1 t,ms Lu.
Brnwn Tree Snakes. accui-ding
10 the DLNR. arc not a native
inh:1bilant or lhe island.
ll has been know!1 to thrive in
Northnn Aust:·a\ia. New C,uinea
anJ Guam.
It is beliewd lo have reached
S;tipan through sea vessels drop
ping off cargoes by the ports.
Brown Tree Snakes an; usual!y
brown in color in daylight but arc
yellowish on the underside at night
when caught by a flashlight.
They move considerably at night
and can change place of dwelling
from one end of the islanJ to the
other in less than three days.
The presence of these snakes in
the island, Vogl said, is "alarm
ing." Brown Tree Snakes pose a par
ticular th real to the island's nati vc
bird population since they prefer to
make tree branches their "home."
Brown Tree Snakes in Guam have
caused the extinction of 9 of the 11
native bird species in the said island.
There have also been reported
incidents of Brown Tree Sn:.ikes
having been found inside cars' trnnks
in Guam.
These snakes too arc .u1 economic
threat ,L, they have known to cause
an almost weekly power outage in
the said isltmd.
ll1e DLNR has hau several n:
prn1cu sightings of the said snake
species since the late 1980\. The
most recent thus f:u- w,L, that rc
po11ed from the Gualo-Rai area l,L,t
Sept. 29.
@?Cappy 7 Otit C21JefJfJin9 ~ nniJ)ecsacy
To Albert & Carmen
6aniban Coming from
Ronnie of AC Beauty & Barber Shop
i I '
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1996- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17
~8'/ar:ianas %rietr~ -Cla.ssified Ads· , Sectio·ll 0
Employment Wanted
Job Vacancy Announcement 0
01 BAKER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: WINCHELL'S INC. dba Winchell's Donut House Tel. 235-0247(10/30)W226274
01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Salary:$900.00 per month · Contact:CALVARYBAPTISTCHURCH Tel. 234-6026(10/30)W226265
01 HAND PACKAGER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: JAMES B. K. JUN dba Jun's Enterprises Tel. 234-7415(1 Of 30)W226264
01 STRUCTURAL ENGINEER-Salary:$1,000.00 per month Contact: UNITED PACIFIC CORP. dba Demapan Engineering and Const. Co. Tel. 234-7800(1D/3D)W226262
01 BUSINESS CONSULTANT-Salary:$528.00 per month Contact: PETE A. TENORIO & ASSOC. Tel. 234·8555(10/30)W226216
01 INTERNAL AUDITOR-Sal-ary:$1,000.00 per month 02 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Sal· ary:$3.05 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 FOREIGN EXCHANGE OFFICER· Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: TRI-ALL INTERNATIONAL CORP. Tel. 234-1603(10/30)W226259
02 CARPENTER·Salary:S2.90 per hour 02 MASON-CEMENT-Salary:$2.90 per hour Conlacl: LT & R ENTERPRISES Tel. 235-1436(1 Dl30)W226261
01 CERTIFIED PUBLIC (ACCOUNTANT)-Salary:$5.00 per hour 01 BAKER-Salary:$3.70 per hour 01 STORE SUPERVISOR-Sal-ary:$1,900.00 per month Contact: MEITETSU SHOPPING CEN· TER, INC. dba Meitetsu Mart/Penny's Meitetsu (Rota) Tel. 234-6230(10/ 30)W62B87
01 HOUSEWORKER (COMMERCIAL CLEANER) Salary: $3.05 per hour Monday - Saturday Flexible ·40 hours per week Contact: DAVID A. WISEMAN dba Services Unlimtted (10/16)W62550
01 DESIGN (GRAPHICS) & ADVERTISING-Salary:$900.00 per month Contact: LAWRENCE A. LEE dba Larry Lee Associales Tel. 322-1096(101 16)W62418
01 ASSISTANT OPERATION MANAGER (FACTORY)-Salary:$4.50-6.50 per hour Contact: WINNERS CORPORATION Tel. 235-1805(10/16)W226069
01 SALES CLERK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: BERNA DITA C. TAITANO dba J & B Enterprises (10/16)W226070
01 SALES CLERK, FISH-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: BERNADITA C. TAITANO dba J&B Enterprises/J&B Fish Mobile Tel. 288-0411 (10/16)W226071
01 MAINTENANCE, REPAIRER-Salary:$3_05 per hour 05 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour 05 DANCER-Salary:$3-05 per hour Contact: MALLE CORPORATION dba Tokyo Tower Lounge TeL 235-8680(101 16)W226073
· 01 ADTOBODY PAINTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 AUTOBODY REPAIRER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05per hour Contact: MOTION AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRER CENTER, INC. Tel. 235-3481 (10/16)W226066
01 ADMINISTRATIVE MARKETING MANAGER-Salary:$1, 1 oo_oo per month Contact: UBP-JCT REMITTANCE PLUS (SAIPAN) INC. Tel. 235-2403(10/ 16)W226068
20 TAILOR (DRESSMAKER)-Salary:$2.90 per hour 20 IRONING WORK (MACHINE PR ESSER)-Salary:$2.90 per hour Contact: UNITED INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Tel. 235-6888(10/ 16)W226067
01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$1, 150.00-1,400.00 per month Contact: PACIFICA INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS, INC. (10/16)W62411
01 CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE-Salary:$6.00-10.00 per hour Billingual with the Japanese language to assist sales clerk during shopping time; maintains good rapport with hotel management. Plus $425.00 housing allowance per month. 01 SALES CLERK-Salary:$3.00-6.00 per hour Must be able to explain product; does inventory; billingual in a foreign language. Plus $425.00 housing allowance per month. Contact: DFS SAIPAN LIMITED (101 16)W62412
01 ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR SALES DEPARTMENT-Salary:$2.90-3.50 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASS/STANT-Salary:$2_90-3.50 per hour 01 OVERHAULER-Salary:$12.00 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$9.00 per hour 01 ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR RECEIVING SEC.-Salary:$7.50 per hour 01 TIMEKEEPER-Salary:$3.50 per hour 09 GARMENT, INSPECTOR-Salary:$3_ 10 per hour 01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Salary:$2.90 per hour Contact: UNO MODA CORPORATION Tel. 234-1861{10/16)W62413
05 AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT M ECHANIC-Salary:$900.00-2,400.00 per month Contact: PACIFIC ISLAND AVIATION, INC. Tel. 234-3600(10/16)W62414
01 WELDER-Salary:$5.25 per hour Contact: SAIPAN LAULAU DEVELOP· MENT, INC_ dba LaoLao Bay Golf Resort Tel. 256-8888(10/16)W62417
01 REPORTER-Salary:$850.00-1,000.00 per month Contact: YOUNIS ART STUDIO, INC. dba Marianas Variety News & Views Tel. 234-6341 (10/16)W62421
01 COMPUTER OPERATOR-Salary:$4.00 per hour Contact: ANTONIO M. ATALIG dba Atalig Law Office Tel. 234-7800(10/ 16)W226064
03 WAITRESS/WAITERS-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: H & D CORPORATION dba Gold Star Nite Club Tel. 233-5111(10/ 16)W226081
01 BAKER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: BOSTONIAN, INCORPORATED dba Bostonian (10/16)W226074
02 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$1 ,250-00· 1,450_00 per month Contact: TOWN HOUSE. INC. dba Town House Shopping Center, Payless Supermarket _Tel. 235-6351 ( 10/ 23)W62446
02 STORE SUPERVISOR-Salary:$1,1 OQ_00-1,300,00 per month Contact: TOWN HOUSE, INC. dba Payless Supermarket (10/23)W62447
02 DEPARTMENT MANAGER-Salary:$1, 100.00-1 ,300.00 per month Contact: TOWN HOUSE INC. dba Town House Shopping Center Tel. 235-6351(10/23)W62486
02 ASSISTANT MANAGER-Sal· ary:$1,550.00-1,650.00 per month Contact: MARIANAS FAST FOOD INC. dba Kentucky Fried Chicken Tel. 235-6351 ( 10123) W62487
30 FINISHER (FINISHING WORKER)Salary:$2.90-3.15 per hour 20 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR SUPERVISOR-Salary:$2.90-3.15 per hour f,0 CUTTER (HAND CUTTER)-Salary:$2.90-3_1 O per hour 330 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORSalary:$2.90-3.10 per hour 30 PRESSER-Salary:$2.90-3.15 per hour 40 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKERSalary:$2.90-3.15 per hour Contact: AMERICAN PACIFIC TEXTILE INC. Tel. 234-1501(10/23)W62489
01 REFRIGERATION TECHNICIANSalary:$3.05-6.00 per hour Contact: SY'S CORPORATION dba Pacific Gardenia Hotel (10/23)W62491
01 COMMERCIAL DESIGNER-Salary:$3.50-5.00 per hour Creates, and design graphic material. Ability to operate a Rolan Camm-1 Vinly Cutter_ Plus $425.00 housing allowance per month. 01 MAINTENANCE WORKER(BLDG. MAINTENANCE REPAIRER)-Salary:$3.10-5.00 per hour plus $425.00 housing allowance per month_ 01 PROMOTION MANAGER-Salary:$2,600.00 per month Responsible for the day operations of the Japanese Market Division; 2 yrs. marketing experience; 2 yrs. supervisor . experience_ Plus $425.00 housing allowance per month. Contact: DFS SA/PAN Tel. 234-6615(10/23)W62492
01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$2,000.00-2,400.00 per month Contact: TOWN HOUSE INC. dba Town House Shopping Cante~ Payless Supermarket Tel. 235-6351 (1 0/23)W62493
03 TOUR COORDINATOR-Salary:$750.00-1,750.00 per month Contact: TASI TOURS & TRANSPORTATION INC. Tel. 235-9373(10/ 23)W62499
10 WAITER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MARIA ELENA B. PROVINCE dt>a E2JP2's lnl'I Manpower Agency Tel. 235-4237(10/18)W226118
01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 05 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 BUILDING MAINTENANCE REPAIR-Salary:$3_05 per hour Contact: CHINESE GOOD CENTER dba Canton Restaurant/Canton Plaza Tel. 234-7236(10/23)W226182
02 REFRIGERATION AND AIRCON MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$675.00 per month Contact: J'S MALOTTE CORPORATION dba Char's Thrilty Mart Tel. 235-7093(10/23)W226183
05 YARD/GROUND MAINTENANCESalary:$3.05 per hour 03 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: RAYMOND SABLAN TENORIO dba Lawn/Maintenance Tel. 235-6176(10/23)W226188
01 DRESSMAKER-Salary:$600.00 per month Contact: TEODOSIA V. DAVIS dba Arabella's Dress Shop Tel.235-6841(10/ 23)W226184
APARTMENT FOR RENT Luxury Apartment
=Fully Furnished = Two large bedroom =24 Hour water supply =Laundry facility =Split type condttioner eve!)' room
EVERGREEN CONDOMINIUM Na Hill Call: 234-6789•322-5004
DEADLINE: 12:00 noon the day prior to publication
NOTE: If some reason your advertisement is incorrect, cal\ us immedk:ltely to make the necessary corrections. The Mananas Variety New1o and
! Views is responsible only for one incorrect insertion. We reserve the light i to edit. refuse. reject or cancel any ad at any time.
04 WAITRESS (N/C)-Salary:$3.05 per hour 04 DANCERS-Salary:$3.05 per hour 03 SINGER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: WESTERN PACIFIC ENT., INC. dba Kimchi Cabana Night Club & Restaurant Tel. 234-6.622(101 23)W226173
01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$1 ,000.00-1,200.00 per month Contact: JIN YONG AMERICANA, INC. Tel. 235-2811(10/23)W226174
. 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$4.61 per hour Contact: CNMI SERVICE STATION, INC. Tel. 234-833B(10/23)W226175
. 10 WAITRESS (NIGHT CLUB)-Salary:$3.05 per hour
, Contact: ROK FACTORY CORPORA, TION dba Club Genux Tel. 235-0405(10/
23)W226176
01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$1,500.00 per month Contact: MICRONESIAN BROKERS (CNMI), INC_ Tel. 322-0318(10/ 23)W226177
01 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: DOLPHIN PACIFiC (SAIPAN), INC_ Tel. 234-6331(10/23)W226178
01 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: RODRIGO DELA CRUZ PEREZ dba RP Enterprises Tel. 234-6331(10/23)W226179
02 MACHINE PRESSER {PRESS OP. ERATOR)-Salary:$2.90-3.20 per hour
50 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORSSalary:$2.90-3-20 per hour
: 01 SEWING SUPERVISOR-Salary:$2.90-7.50 per hour 01 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKERSalary:$2_9Q-3_2Q per hour 10 CUTTER-Salary:$2_90-3.20 per hour Contact: SAM MARIANAS, INC. fel. 322-3444(10/23)W226180
I 01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary $3.05-$5.00 per hour
: 01 MAINTENANCE WORKER- Salary $3.05-$5.00 per hour Contact: YOUNIS ART STUDIO, INC_ Tel. 234-6341/9797 (10/23) W
-Local Hire Only
LOCAl. HIRE ON.LY·
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL 3 yrs. Inventory Experience Management knowledge
in computer based programs' Applications a must;
Accounting background preferred Salaiy: $4.G0-6.00 per hour Gall: Pacific Island Aviation
@234-36C()
·WANTED·_
POKER ATTENDANT/ CASHIER,
12:00AM TO 8:00AM SHIFT
LEN'S GAME ROOM SUSUPE
CALL: 235-1724
LAND FOR LEASE 5 YEARS, GOOD LOCATION FOR
APARTMENT, BARRACKS, WAREHOUSE. $500 SQ. M. @ $500/MO.
$6,000 DEPOSIT LOCATED AT AS PERO/DO
BETWEEN AS LITO, BEACH ROAD CONTACT: 256-4468
APARTMENT AVAILABLE . FOR RENT
1 Bedroom, Semi-Furnished, Safe Area
235-1004 (BEN)
-Please apply in person at our Garapan, Middle Road Office -No phone calls please
Mid-Pac Micronesia PPP 215 Box 10000 Saipan, MP 96950
KMCV 7 NEWS IS GROWING!!! IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR THE
FOl,IIA~WING POSITIONS:
WRITERIREPORTER rf•Must be able to write & read both English & Chamorro.
j •Experience preferred, but we will train the right person for
) reporting and on-air work Asunto Siete & KMCV NEWS!
I •Great Opportunity & Employment Package with one of the
I most successful local companies on Island!
! PHOTOGRAPHER : •Must be able to work flexible hours.
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t •Experience preferred, but we will train the right team player!)
'- CALL 235-6369 FOR INFO
HOUSE OR APARTMENT WANTED TO RENT · Looking for a house or apartment to rent. Willing to pay top dollar rent · · for the right place. The following criteria must apply:
I) TWO (2) OR MORE BEDROOMS 2) TWO (2) OR MORE BATHROOMS 3) 24 HOUR WATER OR LARGE WATER TANK WITH PUMP 4) QUIET, SECURE AREA, PREFERABLY WITH BREEZE AND VIEW 5) MODERN ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING WITH KITCHEN APPLIANCES 6) AVAILABLE FOR OCCUPANCY NOW OR NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 25 7) UNFURNISHED OR PARTLY FURNISHED If you have ~u~h a_[!_ntgl ~.vt1ilable pleaseca_ll 32J~34_1_lf Thank You! ;'.
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18-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- OCTOBER 16, 1996
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STELLA WILD ER
YOUR BIRTHDAY
By Stella Wilder
Born today, you never forget yourneritage, and you derive a great dear of inspiration from learning about your background. Indeed, it is likely that your entire life will be dedicated to increasing your understanding of what you have inherited from others. You will enjoy finding out what you have in common with people who share your background. You can be pragmatic and harsh in your approach to difficult issues, but you have the ability to solve problems quickly because you are so creative.
You spend much of your time alone because of the nature of your work, but you prefer to mix and mingle with other people who share your thoughts, dreams and aspirations. Sometimes. however, vou're not the best team player. You can be too self"absorbed.
Also born on this date are: Da,•id Ben-Gurion. first Israeli prime minister; Engene O'Neill, p\ayv.Tight; Manute Bo\, basketball player; Angela Lansbury, actress.
To see what is in store for you tomorrow, ftnd your birthday and read the corresponding para-
CLOSERS A University of Minnesota survey of
Saturday morning TV revealed that advertising on kids' shows promotes exactly the opposite "diet from what the t.:.S. Department of Agriculiure recommends.
About half of al'l Americans watch T\' while they eat dinner.
l·:arth Tip. ~1ore ~han 1:.10 :species 1Jf bLllterfly ar~ native lo :\'orth ArneriLct. Pl;.!nling colorful. anJmalic nowers ·.1 ill help remaining species prusrer and leave you with a beautiful, sweet" smelling garden.
graph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) -
You must make an effort to·be sincere today because others will be capable of telling fact from fiction. Someone will see right through you!
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -You can be more intellectual in your approach to even the most creative matters today, Try to stick to the schedule.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - You may drift from the beaten path today, but you will not be penalized for doing things your own way.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan-19) - Make suggestions cautiously today, and don't take any advice or warnings you receive lightly, regardless of the source.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - It will be important to demonstratP. a v.illingness to exert extra effort whenever necessary today. You will have to work harder than usual.
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A professor of physiology at t.:.C.LA recently published a study that suggests that men may soon breastfeed their babies.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1996 - MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-19 ------------------"------------------"'----
Packers nip 49er QT .
Jl By DAVE GOLDBERG
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Chris Jackc's 53-yard field goal 3:41 into overtime gave the Green Bay Packers a 23-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in 'the season's most dramatic game. .
Jacke, who had tied the game Monday night with a 31-yarder with eight second, left in regulation, kicked the longest field goal in NFL history to win an overtime game.
The real hero forGreen Bay, though,
wa, Don Beebe, the veter.in wide rccciverwho caught 11 pa,ses from Brett Favre for 220 yards, including a 13-yarclerthatset upJacke' s winning kick.
Jacke's winning kick was one yard longer than Mike Cofor' s that won an overtime game last sea,on for Indianapolis over the New York Jet,.
The teams were tied at 17 when San Francisco's Marquez Pope intercepted a pass by Favre with 2: 13 left and returned it 12 yard, to the Green Bay 12. That set up Jeff Wilkins' 28-yard
Goalie apologizes LONDON (AP) - Mark Bosnich, Aston Villa's Australian goalkeeper, sent an open letterof apology Monday for giving a Nazi-style salute to Tottenham fans.
Bosnich, who is under investigation by poLice and the Football Association for the gesture, said he did not intend to offend anyone by his action during Saturday's game at White Hart Lane.
The salute provoked an outcry from Tottenham fans, many of whom are Jewish.
Bosnich, who received a yellow card following the incident, insisted he was merely mimicking the 1V character Basil Fawlty from "Faw ltyTowers" as a ·~ocular acknowledgement of the crowd's banter" towards him.
Tottenham fans have taunted Bosnich over an incident 18 months
Sorestram .. Continued from page 20
''If you're one shot up, or one shot down, it's a whole different feeling," she said. "I didn't feel any pressure at all."
Davies had fallen into a third-place tie with J uii Inkster before Inkster took a 9 on the par-4 14th.
Inkster' s disastrous hole, which she followed with a bogey, allowed Dawn Coe-Jones, who shot the day's best round, a 6-under 66, and Liselotte
2 Saipan ... Continued from page 20
The prestigious international sevena-side rugby tournament drew a total of24 participating teams from all over the world Fiji, Western Samoa, New Zealand, South Africa, Vietnam and Japan are expected to field in tough teams for this year's tournament.
"I'm really proud to represent Saipan in the Guam National Rugby Team. It is a great to represent our home and we are very fortunate to play in the international scene. It really feels good and I think we will learn a lot from this opportunity," lakopo replied when asked of his
Seeds ... Continued from page 20
the first set 1-6 but pulling back to take the match 7-5, 6-3.
In other play Monday, Romania's Irina Spirlea ousted Sandra Kleinova of the Czech Republic after a tie-break finish 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) and Switzerland's Patty Schnyderlost to the Italy's Silvia Farina defeated P:.tty Schnyder of Switzerland 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7).
On Wednesday,hs before she announced her pregnancy, Madonna told "Primetime Live" she planned to find a suitable candidate for "the fatherhood gig" by taking out a personal ad.
Shedidn' t have to bother. Thedarkl y handsome Leon was right in her own
ago when the goalkeeper made a rough challenge on Spurs' former German striker Juergen Klinsmann.
Bosnich said he reacted after fans baited him about the Klinsmann incident.
"I mimicked the 'Ba,il Fawlty' sa-1 uteas a mere jocular acknowledegment of the crowd's banter,"hesaid. "Atno time did it ever cross my mind that the split-second prank at a football match would offend orupset anyone. I was astonished to be booked, let alone to raise the effect it later generated.
"I am very sorry if I offended anybody. No offense was ever intended, only comical mimicry. 1 sincerely hope that this attempt at humor and the very genuine sorrow at it, offense, will conclude this now unfortunate matter.
Neumann, who had a 68, to tie for third at 283.
Inkster finished with a 76 and was at 287.
Sorenstam, last year's player of the year, had her second-worst finish of the year la~t week, a tie for 30th at theJAL BigAppleClassic. She immediately came to Kutztown and worked all day Monday on sharpening her game.
"Normally I don't practice on Mondays, but I was just fed up with the way I was playing last week and I needed to do something," she said.
opinion regarding his selection in the team.
Under tournament rules, all participating squads will two games each during the elimination round. The teams that will win two games will advance to the cup bracket.
The teams that will score a victory will enter the plate category while the teams that will lose all of its games will drop to the bowl division. Four teams will advance to the semifinals.
The top two qualifier wi II face each other in a single knock-out affair for the title.
The Guam National Rugby Team reached the semifinals last year and hopes to improve the record with the addition of lakopo and Setefano.
gym Shebasn' tmarriedhimandbasn't said she plans to.
But she did not use him as a "stud service," she says in November's Vanity Fair. And she didn' tget pregnant for "shock value," she said.
"I realize that these are all comments made by persons who cannot live with the idea that something good is happening to me."
Excerpts from "Madonna's Private Diaries," kept from Jan. 13 to May 29, were published by the magazine. The period covers her filming of"Evita" in Argentina, which she completed while pregnant
The film, based on Andrew Lloyd. WebberanclTimRice' s musical chronicling the life of Argentina's famous first lady, Eva Peron, opens Christma~ Day in Los Angeles and New York.
field goal with I :50 left that gave l11c 49crs a 20-17 lead.
But Favre led Green Bay 69 yarcisin IOplaystoJacke'styingfieldgoaL The drive wa, helped by 20 yards in penalties against Steve Israel, a reserve defensive back for the 49ers, who wa, called for a 5-yard hands to the face penalty, then penalized 15 more yards and ejected from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct
The Packers took a 6-0 lead on field goals of30 and 25 yard, by Jacke.
BOE ... Continued from page 1
Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio. Under the vetoed bill, PSS was
supposed to gel $42.5 million. "When we had a session with
the governor, we were promised additional $IO mil lion for teachers salmy increase. W c were promised new emergency classrooms. But where are they?" Farrell asked. "We need more than lip service."
FaITell said the political autonomy supposedly being enjoyed by PSS "is meaningless" because of the agency's continued dependence on the two branches of the government for its budget appropriation.
Much as PSS wants to give quality education, Farrell said, politics keep cutting in the way.
"There can be no true autonomy
But San Fmncisco scored on thr~c straight [YJS;;cssions late in the second quarter.
Wilkins' 48-yard field goal cut it to 6-3, thm Elvis Grbac found Jerry Rice fortouchdowns of7 and 13 yards in lhe final 2:20ofthe half to send the 49ers off with a 17-6 halftime lead. The second touchdown wa, set up by Dana Stubblefield's tip and interception that he returned to the Green Bay 28.
Green Bay got back in the game midway through the third quarter on
for the public school:; without financial autonomy," Farrell said.
The present budgetary system "does not allow PSS to plan for the future," Fa1rell added.
For three years. Farrell said, PSS had seen itself being abandoned in the budget process.
In the fiscal year 1996, PSS operated on the 1995 budget level because Tenorio line-item vetoed the appropriation for the agency.
To stress his irritation, the board chairman hurled to the floor thick volumes of budget documents.
"These things make me sick! They spend thousands of dollars and thousands of hours to prepare them. Every year we sit at the Legislature and are asked ques-
Favrc's 59-yard pass to lkel:x:. who dived ,md caught the: lxtll at the S,,n Fr.mcisco 30 a, Pope flew by him ,md seemed to touch him.
But the officials ruled Beebe, who had IO catches for 207 yard, in regulation, hadn't been touched and he got up and ran l11e rest of the way to the encl zone. Favre hit Edgar Benne!! forthe2-point conversion that cut it to 17-14.
Jacke's 35-yard field goal with 3:35 left in the fourth quarter tied the game at 17-alL
tions. I'm tired of watching thcs.; for three years," Fan-ell said.
Farrell warned that PSS will totally run out of money by Dec. 22 if the budget standoff continues.
Results could be the following: Teachers would not get paid. Housing benefits won't be granted; and bonus won't be provided. Or worst, there would be a mass lay off.
BOE Vice Chairman Esther Fleming said the present budget crisis is causing frnstrations and disappointments to the newly recruit teachers.
"We brought in new teachers from off-islands. Now they start complaining already. They can:t even find the basic needs in the classrooms," Fleming said.
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SPORTSID1t01Jl¥t IDf1°~~ Lizama bags RGA ''Ace''
By Erel A. Cabatbat beatJess Wabol 'sequally impressive Variety News Staff run by two shots.
JOHN LIZAMA toured the greens Wabolshotalowgross I underpar with a low net65 to crown himself the 71 and had two birdies. His -4 handi-October Ace winner of the cap gave him the second spot with a Refalawasch Golf Association net67. (RGA) monthly tournament held Joe Lizama also had a good day, overtheweekend at the Coral Ocean scoring twooverpar74 but has a-5 Point Golf Course. handicap. He eventually finished
Lizama's net score was seven un- third with a low net 69. der par the golf course's 72. The The tournament, which drew 13 latest Ace winner actually shot an 89 participant, also awarded p1izes for but his -24 handicap enabled him to special categ01ies.
/~:!~~~ cut ~ro~=hed~:2~,~e l (ST.LOUIS (AP) -The defending forhissecondwininaweek,sending f:
:· World Series champion Atlanta the best-of-7 series back to Atlanta. ' · Braves overwhelmed the Cardinals Atlanta's runaway victory, fol-14-0 Monday night to close their lowing two one-run defeats, ended deficit in the NL championship se- StLouis'nine-gamehomewinning ries to 3-2. streak in postseason play. And, it
The Braves silenced the Busch gave the Braves all the more reason Stadiumrecordcrowdof56,782that to think these playoffs would still came to see a clincher with a five-run tum out OK. first inning, then kept attacking in a Four-timeCyYoungAwardwin-frightening display that set league · nerGregMadduxwillpitchGame6 championship series records for hits on Wednesday night against St and most lopsided victory. Louis' Donovan Osborne. If the
BythetimeJavyLopezsingledin Braves win, they'll start Tom the fourth, every Braves batter had Glavine, MVP oflast year's World gotten a hit When he homered to Series, in Gan1e 7. dead center the next inning, Atlanta The Cardinals, meanwhile, will
; Jed 11-0andalready hadsetanNLCS certainlycontinuetohearmoreabout :: record with 17 hits. some of their past failures. Of the 47
The Bmves, a team that began the teams to take 3-1 leads in postseason game batting only .213 in this year's series, 40 have gone on to win - St
. post<eason, finished with 22 hits, Louis is the only club ever to twice Uoureachby Mark Lemke and Lopez. blow such an edge, in the 1968 and , ( JohnSmoltzaddedtwomore,and 1985 World Series. l ' ' ·=~--~· ~--~··· =-·· =~~="· '~-"=' ~= =". -~-= -~= '~
Ceballos in KO -win ANAHEIM, California (AP) -DemelrioCeballos stopped Manuel Gomez at 2: 44 of the sixth round in a lightweight bout
The once-beaten Ceballos, who weighed I 36pounds(62kilograms), floored Gomez, 134 I /2 pounds ( 61 kilogrmns), with a half-minute left in the round Monday night. Ceballos continued to throw punches until the referee stepJ:Xd in to halt the bout with 16 seconds left in the round.
Ceballos, 23, of New York, improves to 17-1 with 10 knockouts. Gomez, 25, of Laredo, Texas, dropped to 14-8 with 12 knockouts.
In a scheduled I 0-round welterweight bout, Antonio Margruito upset Alfred Ankamah, knocking him out in the fourth round.
Margarito of Chula Vista, Califomia, improves to 10-3 with six knockouts. Ankamah of Los Angeles falls to 16-2 with 15 knockouts.
Youth Volley tilt up By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff
Volleyball takes the limelight ,L'> this year's Youth Volleyball Tournament unfoldsonNovembcr 11 attheGilbc11 C. Ada Gym.
·111is yem·'s tournament is open to all volleyball enthusiasts. Schools and villa!!es are also invited to field in tl1cir respective teams in this year's volleyball season.
There will be two a!!C brackeL'> for both the boys' and~girls' divisions-the I 2-l 4ye,u-sold,mdthe 15-18 y<.\u·s old categmies.
In hL~t year's toummnent, the Oleai No rem· Spikers ruled both brackeL~ in the boys' division.
On the other h,md, the Aschoscho team ruled the 12-14 age category in tJic girls' competition while the Angels reigned supreme in the older 15-18 yem· old bracket.
Entry fee will be $300 per team and interested sponsors are most welcome.
For more information, call Elias Rangamar, Tony Rogolifoi, or any staff of the Ada Gym at 234-1 (XJ I or 234-1 (X)2.
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. Lawrence Camacho won the c losest to pin prize in the third hole. Camacho won a cash prize for his efforts.
In the seventh hole, it was W abol' s tum to win the closest to pin accolade. He received gift items from Pacific · Trading Company.
Finally, the October Ace winner capped asplendid performance when he nailed the nearest to the pin effo11 in the 12th hole. For the feat, Lizama won a gift item.
2 Saipan Rugby players to compete in Thailand
By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff
IN A DEVELOPMENT expected to boost the sport in the island, two Saipan based players were chosen to complete Guam's National Rugby Team that will leave today to compete in the Bangkok International Rugby 7's Tournament.
Stanley Iakopo and William Setefanoimpressedtheselectioncommittee in several exhibition games between the Saipan Rugby team and several Guam-based squads to earn slots in the Guam team.
lakopo, a part time disc jockey of Power 99 and a student of the Northern Marianas College's Nursing Program, will competing for his first international tournament.
At 23, he is the youngest player in the team. He first learned the fundamentals of the game while growing upin Samoa.
Setefano, on the other hand, is from Tonga and works for Hyatt Regency Hotel.
In ,m inte1view with the Vmiety,
Lizama's 65 bettered the two under par 70 netted by top qualifier Arvin Guerrero when the RGA held its qualifying tournament two weeks ago at the Mariana Country Club Golf Course.
Gurerro failed to sustain his impressive run in the qualifying round by submitting a score of I 00 or a low net total of 78.
Ben Duenas scored a 74, putting him in tie for fomth and fifth with
Roman Demapan who toured the fai1ways with the same score.
Tony Rogolifoi ,md Jess Lizama finished with 77 while Ed Flores carded an 80. Joe Mafnas submitted an 83 to round off the tournament's other best scores.
RGA 's nexttournament, the qualifying round for the November Ace, will be held at Laolao Golf Reso1t.
The day and tee off time will be announced later.
SA/PAN'S PR/DE-Stanley lakopo and William Setefano of Saipan Rugby Club share a light moment after a gruelling day of practice. The two rugby players are chosen to reinforce the Guam National Rugby Team that will compete in the -forthcoming Bangkok lnternatio(!al Rugby 7's Tournament in Thailand. (Photo courtesy or Stanley lakopo)
Iakopo claimed that rugby is a favorite sport in the island.
"It takes a lot of heait to play the gan1e. You have to be ready to take all the hm·d hits, the di1ty stuff and the
highly physical aspect of the game," Iakopo said.
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Seeds advance Sorestram ties season mark
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP)- Sixthseeded Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the Netherlm1ds defeated Gennany's Petra Begerow6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to advance to tl1e second round of the dlrs 926,<XXJ European Indoors touman1ent Monday.
By JOHN F. BONFATTI KUTZTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) - Annika Sorenstam pulled away from Laura Davies on Sunday to win the inaugural Betsy King LPGA Classic with an 18-underpar270 total that tied the season low for a 72-hole tournan1ent
Sorenstam, who shot a 4-under 68 for her second win of the year, matchedTrishJohnson'stotalatlast month's Fieldcrest Cmmon Cla5sic.
TI1e win in the$ 600,000 tournament was worth $ 90,000 and boosted Sorenstam 's season total to $ 667,311, good for third place on the .money list
"When I crone here and played the course, I just felt real comfort
. able," she saic!".of the 6,075-yard Berkleigh Country Club layout "Maybe I was the only one feeling that way."
Davies, who would have moved into first place on the money list with a win, shot a 73 Sunday and finished at 278.
The$55,855secondprizeboostedher season earnings to$ 827,483, $ 420 less than leader Karrie Webb, who took the week off.
Davies is trying to become only the second golfer to lead the money lists on both the American and European tours - Sorenstam did it last year-but the second-place finish put that double in doubt
"I'm still behind, and Karrie's got a touman1ent in hand," said Davies, whowillbeconwetiilginSicilynext week instead of in the LPGA's San1sung World 01ampionship of Women's Golf, where Webb will be. ''111e· ball is in her court."
Davies started the day tlueestrokes behind Sorenstam and six strokes in front of the rest of the field. Both bogeyed No. 2, butSorenstam birdied Nos. 4 and 5, both par-5s.
Davies bogeyed No. 5 after a security guard stepped on her third shot when it came to rest just off the green. After getting relief, Davies chipped within six feet, but missed the par putt.
Sorenstam, who missed only two greens and one fairway, birdied Nos. 7 illld 9, then added her fifth birdie of the round on 15. With the victory in hand, she said she was able to relax and enjoy the end of her round.
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Bulgaria's Magdalena Maleeva, seeded No. 7, won her match against Mirian1 Oremansofthe Netl1erlands in decisive manner, 6-3, 7-5:
Sabine Appelmans of Belgium struggled against Mari,mne WerdelWitmeycr of the United States. losing
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11:~:!~~&31:~:~,:~l~~\.~:i THE OVER The Reef Yacht Club will have its general meeting on 1l1ursday, October 17, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Gilbert C. Adu Gym Conference Room.
All members ,md other interested pmties m-c invited to attend the mcetin!!.
Import.mt matters such ,L~ the election of new officers for the 1996-1997 sailing se,L~on ,md phmning of future activities will be discussed.
For more inforn1ation, call Mm-k Thomson at 322-2625 at home or 322-7338 at work. (EAC)
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