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Stayman strikes 'conciliatory' tone:

'Let's work on labor reforms'

Bellas clears 4 cops in 'police brutality'

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

IN WHAT looks like an offer of reconciliation, Insular Affairs Director Allen Stayman yesterday expressed hopes the CNMI would give his office another chance to help work on its labor and immigration reforms.

Stayman made the "offer" following Tuesday's hearing at the U.S. Senate, where CNMI and Interior officials had a tense confrontation on allegations of labor abuses and human rights violations in the CNMI.

"The hearing was long, interesting and constructive," Stayman said. "The US and the CNMI governments had ·an ample opportunity to state their cases, and to

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answer questions. The workers had g brief opportunity to be heard."

Stayman, nevertheless, said he was "generally encouraged" by the outcome of the hearing.

Lobbyist behind plan to 'att~ck' Stayman~- Post

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

1HEW ASIIlNGTONPostfingers the CNMl-hired lobbying fmn as behind a plan to go after Insular Affairs Director Allen Stay man and his office's activities (See related story in this issue.)

Written by Post staff writer William Branigin, the article came out on March 31, the day of the US Senate hearing on "federal takeover" legislation, which also saw USSen.RodGrams(R-Minnesota) la~hingatStayman 's"politicallymotivated media campaign" against the CNMI's continued control over itsimmigrntionand minimum wage.

abolishor·severelyrestrict"'the US Interior Department'.s Insular Affairs Office.

He said the memo also mentioned "ensuring (Preston Gates') friends · in the House and the Senate are ready to conduct (the firm's) game plan by (the) hearing date."

Interviewed by Branigin, Stayman was quoted as saying that the memo "reflects a CNMI strategy that is 'essentially one of stonewalling' on calls for reforms."

Stayman said CNMI autho1ities "keep taking advice from people who suggest the solution ... is to just attack the messenger."

The relationship between the CNMI and the Office of Insular Affairs tu med sour when Slayman initiated a series of attacks on the CNMI in an effort to push for the federal takeover proposal.

Slayman had described the CNMI labor and immigration system as "one big scam," drawing the ire of local officials.

However, the OIA chief said he didn't think anything changed in the relationship between his office and the CNMI.

"We have agreed to disagree regarding the need for federal legislation on immigration and wage reform, but we will make every effort to work with CNMI on al I other issues in the weeks and

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l Timothy Bellas

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Timothy Bellas yesterday acquitted four more police officers of the I I charged for the alleged beating of burglary suspect Francis Eugenio.

Bellas said Sgt.James Deleon Guerrero, and Police Officers Jason Tarkong, Jose Saurcs, and Jesse Concepcion were not

guilty of assault and battery and misconduct in public office.

Bellas said he will issue a decision today for the remaining fourothcrdefendants-Sgt. Joaquin Salas, and Police Officers Chris L. GucJTero, Norbert Pua, and Hillary Tagabuel.

ll1e judge said there is no sufficient evidence bw;cd on evidence presented and testimonies that De I eon Gucn-ero, Tu-kong. Sau res. mid Concepcion committed such offenses.

Bellas sait1 Eugenio's credibility as a witness is questionable and the statements of other government witnesses have discrepancies.

The medical report. the judge noted. is also inconsistent because it was not clear whether Eugenio got the injuries during the chase or the alleged beating.

Before Bellas announced his verdict, he cited the difficulty in

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Brnnigin cited a leaked memo fromPrestonGatesEllis&Rouvelas Meeds, which states that "it would use its influence on Capitol Hill to

'Impeach Stayman' Bmnigin said the memo is a four

page e-mail dated Jan. 31 and written by Jack Abramoff, the Seattle

Contm uecfon page 12 Litter-Free campaign. Students from the Northern Marianas College's Personal Health Class gather tor a photo with Instructor Ju/lie Ul/oah (center) after a recent clean up project along Beach Road.

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Legal experts: Jones case vvas w-eak from the start

By LAURIE ASSEO WASHINGTON (AP) _ Leg,tl

expe11, seconded a fede1~1l judge's findin!'. !hat Paula Jones raised "no !'.enui1;c issues for n·i:11"· in her sexual !1,u~t,smcnt bwsuit a!'.ainsr Presidmt Bill Climon. -

t\fany saiJ WedncsJay 1ha1 he1· case \\',L, weak from the stan.

"She w,L,n ·1able !oshowanv ne!!ali\'e job consequences." Northw~slern Llnin:rsi1y la\1· prnli.:ssorCynthia Bowrn:m said alier l'vlrs. Jones' lawsuit w,L, dismissed by a fcdc1~d judge in :-\rk,msas.

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therefore finds that there are no !!Cnu ine issues for 1:!ial in thiscasc." ~ Her lawyer, John Whi tehcad, said an appeal was likely.

··we haven't lost. We lost one round,"' asserted Mrs. Jones' lawyer, John Whitehead.

"We just think thaumy time you challenge the most powc1ful rmm in !he world. vou have a tough C,L-;e."

New York lawyer G;egory Joseph. who w,L, not involved in the C,L'>C. said it was not safe to assume that the apixal would be 1ejected.

"ll1cn: was nc1er ,mv showin!! tha! !he c1wirnnment of lier job w,;;; hostile to her because of her sex.··

"She had a 1erv. verv 11 cak C,Lse:· said S:u1 Fr:u1ei:;ci1 lawyer Phi I ip Kay. "I !!ene1~1llv Jon '1 even consider !akin; a sexu:11 h,u~1ssment C,Lse unless lll;re w:L, ,m element of sc1ious unwm11eJ physical !ouching."

sitioned her in a Little Rock, Arkansas hotel room in 199l.Attl1etimc, she w,L, a state employee. Clinton denied the allegation.

In throwing ~ut tl1c case. U.S. Disnict Judge Susrn1 Webber Wright said Mrs~ Jones JiJ not show that she suffered any .. wngiblc job detriment" or that the alleged incident created an abusive\vorking environment.

But Washington University law professor Jane Aiken said Mrs. Jones' case "has been on shaky legal ground from the very beginning" because it was based on a single incident and did not demonstrate how that alleged incident affected her job.

US President Bill Clinton, clad in traditional Senegalese garb, and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton share a laugh Wednesday. Senegal is Clinton's last port of call on his six-nation tour of Africa, and the president will return to the US on Thursday. It was announced Thursday that a judge dismissed the Paula Jones lawsuit against the US president. AP

'111is is not a C:L'ie I would have ever brought." added Kay. who won a dh 3.7 million Jama!!e award in l 994 of a fo1mer secret:iry at a law film over harassment.

-=-·Reduced to its essence, the record taken as a whole could not lead a rational trier offoct to find ( for Mrs. Jones) and the Court

Sexual harassment ca;;es are "not easy cases to prove," said Marcia Greenberger of the National Women's Law Center.

'There has to be enough of a harassing act to tise to the level of actual disctimination, and that means affecting tl1e conditions of the job in a tangible way,"

Clinton wins legal battle but the cost was steep

Mrs. Jones' lawsuit said then-Gov. Clinton exposed himself and propo-

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Clinton can claim a legal victory against Paula Jones, but the four-year saga took an extraordinmy toll on his reputation and presidency.

The names of multiple alleged sexual partners were paraded before the public at a time Clinton was hoping to frame a presidential legacy based on policy, not personal foibles.

He still faces a ctiminal investigation into his conduct with Monica Lewinsky, a direct descendent of the Jones lawsuit

And the U.S. House of Representatives may yet open an inquiry into presidential misconduct

Thejudge'srulingWednesdaydid not exonerate Clinton, who was accused of making a crude sexual advance toward Mrs. Jones in 1991. Judge Susan Webber Wtight said such behavior, if true, wouldbe"boorish and offensive" but falls short of sexual harassment as Mrs. Jones charged.

In their private celebrating, Clinton's closest advisers conceded the worst may not be over.

'This has been a factoflife and no doubt otl1er matters will 1emain a fact oflife for him," White House spokesman Mike McCuny said in Dakar, Senegal, where Clinton wrapped up his Africa uip.

Yet the decision by llle Republican-appointed judge fium Little Rock, Arbmsas was a huge sho1t-tc1m win for Clinton. The ruling:

• May fu1ther muddle the many allegations against Clinton in the minds of Ame1icans, who continue to give him high jobappmval ratings.

• Gives the White House ammunition to pressure Whitewater prosecutor Kennetl1 St.arr to wrap up his investigation into allegations that he had sex with Ms. Lewinsky and lied aoout it under oath

• DemomlizestheRepublicanrJ11ks and underscores divisions among Republicans aoout how to use tl1e allegations against Clinton without a JXllitical backlash.

"People will say, 'Enoughalready. l11ere's a decision. Let's just wrnp tl1is thing up,"' said longtime Clinton confidant Harold Ickes.

"My sense is people will just lump a lot of this together- Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Gennifer Flowers, Monica Lewinsky and the rest"

Republican pollster Jim

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BOE votes on COE today By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

THE BOARD of Education decides today whom to appoint as Commissioner of Education from among the l l applicants.

Special Assistant to the board Jose Mafnas said the selection process would be done through secret ballot voting.

The voting would be conducted during a special board meeting at the Public School System's Conference Room in Nauru Building in Susupe. It starts at 9:30 a.m.

Mafnas said the applicants were interviewed on Monday. Tuesday and W cdnesday.

Vying for the position arc Rita !nos. deputy director of

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the Paci fie Regional Educational Laboratory; Alvaro Santos, former congressman and former vice president of the Northern Marianas College; John "Jack" Angelo. upprenticeship/trnde director of NMC's Department of ContinuinQ and Technical Education: Jim Denight. principal of Marianas I ligh School:

Villagomez to residents: Be responsible for own health

By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

PUB UC Health Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez yesterday said there is a need for the setting up of a mechanism that would help local residents understand that they should be responsible for their own health.

This, as Villagomez mentioned three key benefits - autonomy, accountability. and purchasing power - that go along with proposals to tum the Commonwealth Health Center into a public corporation.

"I think that turning the CHC into a public corporation is something that we should look at. It allows more autonomy," he told Variety.

He said the proposal woul<l allow the CHC to have full control of its personnel, which may mean the weeding out of non-performing employees.

"We will have a say on who we hire, who we keep and who we get rid of," he added. - He sai<l it is very difficult to replace people in the government entity, which hc said is a par! of bureaucratic process.

But Villagomez promptly

added that the Pub! ic Heal th Department is more likely to conduct training and seminars for staff members who may still need "to learn about the delivery of health care services.,,

The Acting Health Secretary also said the transformation of the' CHC to a public corporation would also encourage more activities among !he private medical service providers.

"It will increase our purchasing power and will enable us to hook up to other medical institutions. With this process, we may be able to purchase medicines from vendors faster at a discounted price," he explained

Vi I lagomezexplairn:d that with the present condition of !he I lealth Center, it normally takes vendors six months lo deliver acquisitions "and we Jon'! get a Jiscoun!. ··

While aJrnitling that there arc also pitfalls that come along with the proposal to 1u1111he Cl IC into a public corpora1ion. 1he DPIIS chief stressed !he advan1agcs of the move weigh down ils disadvantages.

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THE DEPARTMENT of I.ands and Natural Resources (DLNR) has opened its slaughterhouse in As Perdido following a renovation done to upgrade the facili1y.

Maryanne Con~epcion, DLNR PIO, in an interview, said the slaughterhouse is now accepting requests from interested parties to have their hogs processed for consumption purposes al about $25 each.

Citing the isl:111Jcrs' passion for preparing freshly-processed hogs for cc lcbrations, Concepcion said the slaudllerhouse h,1s the technology to meet their needs. saving on ti me, resources and energy with guaranteed results.

"Some people do it (processing) in their backyards, and there you'll sec nics buzzing about and blood and ewything. l!'s unsanitary," said Concepcion.

.. Plus," she added. "a person who wan!s his hog processed may spend money in the vicinity of almu! $40 for the beer and everything ...

The slaughterhouse also accepts commercial orders for livestock raisers who may wan! to sell their produce in the market.

It was recently closed after it was established that the facility needed to be upgraded.

1l1e slaughterhouse, it was gathered. is among projects being implemented by DLNR 's Division of Agriculture.

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Marie Quintanilla, a special education teacher assigned at the Children Developmental Assistance Center: Roger Ludwick, a retired educator

Lupe Robinson

who taught for years a! MHS; Justo Quitugua, former PSS Deputy Commissioner;

Juan L. Babauta, principal of Garapan Elementary

School; Roman Delos Santos, a veteran educator; John Joyner, former spokesman for ex- Gov. Larry Guerrero; and Guudalupc Borja Robinson, former Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio's special assistant for you th affairs.

Former Commissioner Willium Torres vacated the position last December following the board's decision to terminate his contract. Margaret r.lela Cruz, deputy commissioner for instruction is temporarily manning the PSS operations.

Police identifies three other suspects in Marpi · 'rape case'


lNYESTIGAlDRS have identified tlie duce temainingsuspect, in Llie kidnapping and raping of two ChinesewomenattheSuicideCliff in Marpi Saturday morning.

According to a court document.· the three suspects who remain at hu-ge are Sheldon R. Y ano alias Sheldon C1uz, 21,Jake Amalci Ito, 20, ,md Jose Olopai Rabaulimm1, 21.

The JX)lice first ancsted the 21-yew·-ol<l Hadley F. Renguul, of Kannat Tabla, sho1tly afterieceiving a call from a witJiess about the mix inci<lc:nl-

Reneuul has been detuine<l for failing to post a $35,0(X) cash bail for temporary rclc,Ls;c.

Assistant /\tty. Gen. Robert Steinbom yesterday chru·gc<l all four suspects with two counts of rape, four counts of kidnapping. two

count, of ornJ copulation, and two counts of assault ,Uld batre1y.

Kidnappingandmixcanyamaximum penalty of life sentence and 20 years' imprisonment respectively.

Steinbon1 in the complaint stated on Saturday all four suspect, kidnapped the two victims then rap;:d and ornlly copulated tliem. The defendm1t, also physically assaulted them.

The victims, <lesctibcJ ,L~ 29 ,Uld 36 years old, suffe1-cd injuries to the extJ-cmities mid neck.

Police investigation showi:d lll,lt while the victims were w;ilking on their way to bwracks in G;irnpun at aoou! 4:30 a.m., a van stopped nc,u· them.

Two of the suspect, grabbed the victims into tl1e vehicle w1d brought them to Suicide Cliff whe1e tl1ey raped them.

A witness. who happened at the Cliff, drove tow,ml Grotto and con-

tacted die police tl1rough the emergency assistance phone, resulting with tJ1e ,nest of Renguul during u chase at tl1e Cliff

Renguul was 1-cpo11etlly under the innuence of alcohol at the time, police said.

The Variety gathered that defendant Yano was convicted by Superior Court Presiding Judge Alexandro Castro on May 30, l 996 of assault with a tlangcr- J

ous weapon and criminal mis-

chief. /' Fol lowing a plc.1 11gre.erne111. C:istro ordered Yano to spend one year in jail and pi:m:J him under three year,· probation. 1

Court documents indicated \ that on April \3. 1996 Yano '\ struck Garsin DLC. Macarnn~1s with a pipe in the head aml threw a rock at tlie car of Dexter DLC. Mac:mums, breaking tlie d1ivcr 's side wimlow.

Lujan's 'ouster' sought By Ferdie de la Torre Variely News Staff

LARRY llillblom's Charitable T111s1 has asked the Superior Court 10 oust Kaelani Kinney's lead counsel David Lujan from Hillblom's probate for allegedly Jis11laying unprofessional conduct.

Paul Lawlor. counsel for Trust chairman Peter J. Donnici. sought 1he revocation of Lujan's admission to join the probate for using certain language which is in direct violation of CNMI Supreme Court's order dated March 26, 1997.

Donnici protested the language used by Lujan in Kinney's n.>

sponse to the activity repon of estate executor's Bank of Saipan filed in trial coun recc111ly.

Lawlor said Lujan alleges, .. arnom1 other falsehoods .. !hat the trnstcc~ .. arc the persons who have directed Mr. Thomas and his firm and the various allied firms to steal. conn:al. and defraud the estate of its assets and to hinder the orderly administration of this csta!e.''

Lawlor said Lujan also alleges that the trustees "have lied to.

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judges and a Special Master and have been found guilty of engaging in numerous acts harmful to this estate."

Lujan stated, according 10 J ,awlor, that the !rus!ccs "arc now crcaiino havoc and extracting their rcveng~ on a dead Larry Hillblom because they were dwarfs lo Ilillblom 's genius ;md lacked courage 10 defy him while he was alive."

Donnici 'scounscl said theSupn~mc Court dcte1mined that Lujan had "made unfounded accusations and innuendos against the ch,rracter of two justices of the cou1t, showing a generJl lack of civility and disrespect for the court."

TI1t.: hi!!h uibunal allo\\'cd Lu j:m lo continue in the proba!e so lung ·as he behaves with the civility that is required by him as ,Ul :momcy practicing in the CNMI.

UrxJn completion of the prob:1te. 1~1wlorsaid. theSuprcmeCour1111Jeu 1hat Luj:u1 shall 1101 h: adrnilted ,b :m attorney bcfrnc Lhe Commonwealth cou11s unless he passes tile CNMl b:u·.

Lawlor said since the entry ol' that order, Lu j,m has continued to engage in conduct displaying a lack of civility ,md Ji srespect for the courts of the CNMI.

"His behavior in connection with this cw;e h,L, surpassed all bounds of propriety ,justifying immediate 1cvocation ofhisudmission ,md tJ1c imposition of s,mctions." Lawlor :1dJeJ.

L1wlor said then.: h,Ls been no detem1ination lllm m1y of the T111stees have "lied to judges. "

None of the Trnstees were found ~'llilty of ,mything by tJ1e Special M,L,ter, whose 1-cpo11 was limited to findings regm·ding the executor. Lawlor said.

"lne settlement of the heirship claims virtually eliminates ,my potential forp1e judice toJ uniorfrom the 1emoval of Lu j,m," he said.

The CNMI should have now learned its lesson

IF WORD from people privy to discussions during the US Senate hearing on takeover legislation is true. that the US will be giving the CNMI some more time to solve its labor and immigration problems, then there should be an all-out effort to really achieve refo1ms.

There should be no more promises broken. no more reform laws repealed. no more politicking by CNMI leaders.

If Congress were really to hold off. even momentarily. legislation to impose federal control over CNMI labor and immigration. now is the time for both the local and Federal govemmcnts to show more commitment to changing the CNMI system fo7· the better.

As Sen. Frank Murkowski corTectly points out. the Federal government is equally to blame for the mess the CNMI has found itself in.

There was so much room for the Feds to have come in terms of law enforcement but they failed to do that. If the US was so keenly interested in making sure things were in order. it should have increased its presence in the CNMJ anu gone against sweatshop operators and labor abusers. But the problem is it was ··too costly"' and inconvenient for t!1e US to worTy about the situation here.

So for the Feueral Govemment to suddenly come in. play boss and blame the whole mess to local govc111ment is unjust.

On the other hanu. the CNMI is also larl!dv to blame. The Commonwealth"s leaders have long~pl.;ycd a vaccillating policy on

the issues of minimum wage and of alien worker innux. It has become verv ilTitating how kderal con;erns have been played arounJ with for so Ion~. such that it would not be suq,rising at all for the US to passionately puJ1 for thl' taktol'er bid.

For inst:111cc. the CN MI 's enactment of Public Law X-2 l to increase the local minimum wage by :10 cents each year was one action that preempted a 1·cderal takeol'er move sometime in l 993.

But when CN/v1 I lawnwkers in succeeding years tried to defer the yearly 11·age hikes until the entire law 1vas rcpealecJ in 1997. the lack of good faith on th<.! part of the CN MI haJ become apparent.

\V"1th concerns over the CNMI becoming more serious than ever. critics in Washington. D.C. have now become mo~·c resolved in pursuing punitive action.

Actu:il ly. the CNMI is lucky to be given more time in addressing the need for reforms in th<.! system. But it should likewise be noted that such a .. grace period .. is only fair considering the Federal Government's own fail;res.

But what both sides must realize is that Wedncsdav's hearing should serve as a wake up cal I for a more cooperative approach" in dcaling~with the prohkms.

The US shoulu bt sympathetic enough to engage the CN\11 in constructive di,J/ogue so it coulu help in areas that require feueral attention and assistance.

What's important is for the Federal Government to get involved in solving the problems but at the same time giving the CNMI some room for it to grow by itself.

On the other hand. the CNMI shoulu by now have lea111ed its lesson that the fede1·al government is serious about seeing the situation here improve. regardless of who is wrong and who is right in the ongoing human and worker rights debate.

Its leaders should be more focused on reforms not so much because they ll'ill be in a lot oftroubk: facing the Feds the next time around. but mores~ because it needs to grow up a, a government.

Continue with the labor crackdown. i111pose worker caps. prosecute abusl.!rs. jail niminals. raise the minimum wage. as needed. What is nccucd is correct. decisive action to ensure law and oruer prevails in the CNMI.

Bv then. island leaders shoulu be rcauv to look 111cmbers of Conl!ress in tl1c ~ye and tell thc:111 straight-faced that l;ical government has really gotten its acts together and has began solving the problem by itself.

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The aargh! of ARC SUPPOSE the CNMI government. noting the susceptibility of the local populace to diabetes and high blood pressure. requires its citizens to undergo medical tests before thev could secure an ID, which serves no purpos~. but for which they are also charged $25. Suppose, moreover. that government officials call this ID the "Intentional Redundancy for the Sake of the Community's Health Card." The resulting uproar and the clamor to chop off bureaucratic heads would, no doubt, be heard all the way from our Capitol I-Ii II to Ouagadougou.

But suppose the CNMI government imposes this requirement on those who constitute the largest segment of the islands' population. the estimated 42,000 aliens, who are. Voila. nonvoters. Most of them receive $25 a dav in wages and all are already required t~· go through a medical screening every time they renew their contracts. In addition, and in theory. they are already registered with DOU once arriving at the airport and handed their entry permit card. Still. ..

I'm actually trying to recall even a single redeeming argument 111ade by DOU and AGO in defense of the alii:n registration card-or Aargh!. I mean ARC-but I can't seem to remember even a semblance of it. And now. according to earlier Variety news stories, some of my fellow ··guest workers" were refused entry because they. despite meeting all the other legal requirements. failed to flash their ARC. But if the ARC requirement is to ensure that aliens arc disease-free. why, I was recently askcu by a co-guest wDrker. why didn't they allow those legal aliens to enter the CNMI anu. thrnugh tags. for cx:1111plc. cornpcl them with a. say. onc-weck deauline to undergo medical scrccnin!.!'' ln this scenario. th,at .. simple .. forchead'-shtppcr of a question assumes the breathtaking profundity or :1 Zen riddle. (E.g. ··what is the sound of a trce falling-when noonc's around to hcar it"''") ln short. it barflcs the mind. And b<.!travs a lack of it on the part of govc:rnmc:nt buieaunats who, apparently. h:1ve made the ARC the overriding condition for. well. ··aJicnhoou ...

Perhaps the ARC is what it is generally

considered to be anyway: A revenue source extracteJ from the least well-off members of the community. who have absolutely no say in the community. Even reporters and op-ed writers who are aliens have, according to a government lawyer, a "'conflict of interest" if they speak on this issue. But who else would if not those saddled with a $25 redundancy requirement-as redundant as the phrase .. innocent pawns,'" but at least it's cost-free-to say nothing of the man-hours lost at those queues at DOLi anJ at the health centers?

However, Governor Teno hus said that the ARC is not a government-sanctioned shakedown. Further. the new adrninistration has vowed to reform CNMJ's labor and immigration primarily to check abuses. There b;ing no reason not to believe the governor, it could be safely assumed that someone at DOLi forgot that combating labor abuses against alien workers doesn't necessarily mean making their I ives wrctchcu. Indeeu. cvcryti me DOU· s operatives swoop down an erring factory. alien workers (particularlv the ARClcss'') were the ones whisked away. handcuffeu. to be dcporteu later. To paraphrase David Frost. DOU has turned arounJ the life of alien workers. They used to be dcprcsseu and miserable: now they're misc:rable and depressed.

But all is not lost. lt so obvious tlwt aliens workers coulu still be requircJ to undergo the newly manuatcd mcuical screening without the ARC. which. obviously, sl;ould be scrapped. There is no defense for redunJ:mcy. Except if it is cxpcctcd to gcnc:ratc cash. In which case, there arc other sectors of the communitv more dc:sc:rvin!.'. to be: lkc:cc:J than alien workns. This is not ~nly sound poliry. but good manners as wcll-vou don ·1 afflict the ~1ffl ictc:d-and manne1.;, sav.s Edmund Burke, who diun't care that 111;1ch for the :1fflicted ... manners arc mo1·c import:111t th:111 the law I for l I lpon thcm ... thc laws Jepend. The law touches us but here :111d therc ... Manna, arc what Vl.!X Dr soothe. co1Tup1 or purify. c.\alt "r de base. harba1·ize or rdi ne us. bv a constant. s1c,1d v. uni form. insensible ope rat ion, I i-ke the: arr ll'C hrcatl;c' in:·

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AARP should save their indignation

THE GRAND old madam of Washington's red-light lobbying district - which claims to represent the interests of 32 million older Americans - has bared her fangs. We've been accused of sloppy and misleading reporting by the AARP, and they've denied our charges that they "cooked their books" to maintain their lofty membership numbers.

The AARP also denies that it spends much of its time and huge budget lobbying Congress. Less than IO percent of its annual budget goes toward advocacy, they accurately claim. But that number doesn't count the cash spent on the association's two mega-publications, Modern Maturity and AARP Bulletin, which go out to all member households· and often trumpet the association's positions. The net expenses for putting out these two publications totaled $47 million last year, with most of the money going toward covering printing costs.

According to the most recent figures, compiled by the Center for Responsive Poli tics. the AARP spent $3,680,000 lobbying Congress during the first six months of 1997. That makes them the third leading noncorporate spender during that time span -just behind the Christian Coal it ion and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security, but still ahead of the conservative Seniors Coalition, the AFL-CIO and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

In our estimation, $3.7 million in six months is big money. Furthermore, we've charged that: - As the association has grown from its humble roots as a

retired teacher's union to become Washington's most powerful lobbying group, its leaders have developed some imperial tastes. That can be seen in its lavish $17 million-a-year downtown headquarters, where 2,000 employees walk marble hallways and many park their derrieres in ergonomically correct chairs that cost $300 apiece.

Sadly, as some seniors have pointed out, the slick marble hallways make .walking difficult for some seniors - while the dim office lighting makes it hard for some older Americans to see well when visiting headquarters.

- Although the AARP is officially nonpartisan. doesn't endorse candidates. and never contributes to political campaigns. it has alienated many conservatives by consistently supporting Ii beral tax-and-spend programs. Its most spectacular failure in this area was its 1994 endorsement of an expensive health-care reform package that was soundly defeated.

Such a history has made the AARP's life more difficult in this era of GOP congressional rule and balanced budgets. So the association has done its best to cultivate ties to the new Republican leadership - including opening ··a back channel" to House Speaker Newt Gingrich. in the words of AARP top lobbyist John Rother.

But the fact remains, as we've reported, that the association and its members will probably never have friends like they did during the era of Democratic rule.

- Most members join the AARP to wke auvantage of the many discounts and services offered - not because they want a Washington lobbyist working on their behalf. Highly confidential internal surveys obtained by our associate Dale Van ,1\tta shDw that only 14 percent of members list .. representation" as the most important reason to join.

Still, A,\RI' ,pokesm,111 Lisa Davis assures us that the asso· ci:11io1111cver takes a stand without first consulting the mcmbt:rship. ,111J 1h:1t .. all m-:mbcrs have the opportunity to make their \'Dices heard .. on policy positions.

- Perhaps nothing has angc1·eu the blue-noses at the AARP more than our recent assertion that the association "cooks its books"' to maintain its membership levels. "'Membership in /\ARP since 1990 has remained consistent. numbering arounJ 32 million.·· the association barked back.

But as we rq,ortcd recently. the number has stayed .. consistent"' due in large part to an ovL:rnight boost of 2 million members by an ai:counting fiat. Truth be told. the /\ARP has never had ~rnch more tha;1 22 million dues-paying members. But the association gives ,1 free membership to spouses. allowing it to c !aim the I arger figu 1·e.

In 1995, the: association changed the: formula for computing the number of spouses. Instead of multiplying the number of actual rm:mbcrs by I .5 to reflect spouses. they began multiplying by 1.6 - to reflect a new study suggesting that 60 percent of their members arc married.

Overnight, the membership figures climbed by more than 2 million, allowing them to quietly claim that their membership levels have remained constant despite a significant exodus in rc:cent years.

In our view, that's cal led "'cooking the books:· But perhaps we "re just old-fashioned. Copyright 1998, United Feature Syndicare, Inc.

FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5

II ~ Letters to the Editor II

Eat, don't kill goats Dear Edi tor:

A RECENT article regarding the Division of Fish & Wildlife's eradication program in the island of Sariguan is disgusting and much less have no sensitivity to the wildlife on that island.

I am referTing to Mr. Richard Seman and all those involved in one way or another in this operation in which I consider a gestapo-like.

I am quite sure that everyone knows how mother nature balances itself out. Survival of the fittest or the strongest is how mother nature balances itself out for those who do not know and the "process of killing all the feral goats on Sariguan" is definitely how mother nature works.

I am in favor of reducing the number of goats on the island but not completely wiping the entire population.

As a farmer, a fisherman and a conservationist I know that if I cannot afford to buy feeds for my animals and take care of them then I must find a solution to reduce their number in order for them to survive.

One of my solutions is to fatten them up so that I can slaughter one by one for my consumption or sell them out to other interested inuividuals.

About ten ( I 0) years ago, the fend goats on the island of Aguiguan were eradicated in the same manner as what is happen-

ing now on Sariguan to introduce deer.

The eradication program left the isl,md with a goat population of almost zero (0).

Up until now, the population has never caught up with the same number as it was before the program.

Although the purposes of the two municipalities (Northern Island and Tinian) are not the same, the consequences faced in the coming years will be the same.

That is, the number of goals will be very minimal, the grass on the island will be taller than the trees, the accessibility of places will be hard and most of all the other animals that depend on the goats for food will suffer.

Are there any other al temati ves other than killing the goats and leaving them behind? Can the goats be rounded up and given or sold to interested individuals?

Has there been a study of the possibility of marketing goat meat on Saipan or the other Islands? Or for that matter to other nations?

Now, I am quite sure that goat meat can be profitable if it is marketed in the right manner and to the right people.

·n1e money raised from goat meat can then in tum be used to develop the Northern Islands. Therefore, ki!Jing the goats without serious thought is a waste of resources.

Don't get me wrong, Mr. Editor. I am in favor of reducing the

number of goats on the island. However, what l don't agree on is the plan to completely eradicate the goats on Sariguan.

Has the Fish and Wildlife personnel done a study as to what is really causing the erosion on the island?

Goats are not the only factor to the erosion.

The wild boars that are a "major" contributor to the problems that the island is facing.

These animals plow up vegetations and cause greater damage to the environment more than goats.

One of these days, people will decide to inhabit the island once again and if for some reason they run out of food that they bring in where and who would they tum to when the next island is miles away?

The answer to this question is the jungle. Sariguan is known to have an abundance of meat source but if they completely eradicate the goats then that will diminish.

Lastly. Mr. Editor, a message to the indigenous people: "'Don't let the outsiders dictate the fate of our island."

We can learn from them but let us not make the mistake to let them run us.

These are our islands. We should be proud of our heritage and tradition and we should also continue to strive to improve on the mistakes that we made.

GUILLERMO C. BORJA

Give full picture, please Dear Edi tot:

I SERVED ,L, euitorof two newspapers in the Commonwealth of the Northern M,uiana Jslrn1us in the late '80s m1J l 990.

l still keep up ll'ith the Commonwealth's news.

I will agn;e tl1C1e me some abuses by cmployc10 but I have yet to see a story which gives the .. full pictrne ·· of the labor situation in th<.' CNMJ.

All I sec :ue onl'-sidc:d pi,·c.:s from repo11ero whos1x-nt a wcckorsc1thc·1e - usually under the wing of so111cone witl1 a political agenda.

I would de:u-ly love to meet with

Thank you Dear &lito1:

I would like you to publish this thank you message in your paper.

The NMIWF would like to thank the following compm1ies for their generous contributions to our ltmcheon fundraising held on March 28: K weks Enterprises; Price Costco; Pacific Trading; Coca Cola.

The money raised at the sale will help send the Wrestling team to Palau for the upcoming Micronesian Games.

JOSEPH OCAMPO .

someone from your editorial staff ,ITTd give you my perspective of the CNMl-scen from the perspective of,mAmeiic,mwholived ,ITTd worked with these people-both pols,md the common guy.

Finally. I ,mi very we,uy of the same GLARING crrnr app,:ming in al most eve1y news story by the Post. other publications ,md wire services.

Saip,ui and the otJ1er islrn1ds which now frnrn the CNtv11 ,m;noumd have nc,w l;.:cn a TERRITORY of the United States.

It's a Cornmonwealtl1 r1kc Pucno

Rico, the Yl,etc. However,theCNMl has the distinction of NEVER being US .. property"' unlike il, sister island of Guam which w,L,a war prize from the Spanish-Amcricm1 War.

Saipm1 has a long history of .. owne10'" but the closest the United Suites came w,L, after World War IT when it :u1cJ other islm1ds of the Pacific we1e roundcJ up in the Trnst Tenitory.

·n1e US administered this UN en

tity. but it w,L, never liS tcnitrny per .~.

DAVID T. HGGI IES

Very disturbing figures

I READ witl1 intetest Mr. Willimn Stcw:u1's ,u1iclc in Monday's p:t]Xr 11.:g:u·ding the multiplier cflect of tl1e g,ument indusay on our economy.

It W,L, very infomiative but l w:L, al,u111cd at a couple of the expenditure figures provided by t11c indusuy itsc/1".

·n1c indusuy reponcd that it s1x11Js $6 million ,mnually on housing.

Assuming that thcr-e ,u-e 15,(XXl housed employees, this equates to only $33 per month per employee.

Further. tl1e indusuy reponed tl1at it sp.:nds $8 million mmuall yon food. 1l1is equates to $44 per montl1 or less th.u1 $1.50 per day per employee .

·n1is is less th:m many people spend on dog food fortheirpeL,. Even if you evaluate tl1e expenditures ,L,suming I O,CXXJ employees, the figures are very disturbing.

Jf these fib'llres are even close to accurate, it is h,u·d to sec how the indust1y can provide uccent living conditions for iL, employees.

If the imluslly is to be proud of iL, accomplishments ,ITTd contJibutions to tl1e economy, then these figures ought to be higher.

Please vetify these figures. If they m-e not con-ect, I would be interested to see the r-eviscd figur-es.

PAULK. BARON

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Preston Gates 'under fire' By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

PRESTON Gates' lobbying work for the CNMI is now under attack from US Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbit!, reports the Seattle Times (Sec related story in 1his issue.)

In an aniclc that came out after Tuesday's US Senate committee hearing on "federal takeover" legislation. the Times said Babbitt is accusing Preston Gates of orchestrating "a massive campaign of intimidation" against fed-

era\ government officials. "They are trying to silence

or get rid of a government official. just because he's saying things ... counter to what their client want~ ... Babbitt said after the hearing. according to 1he Ti mes.

Forhisparl. Murkowski. the committee chair. ··found it "disturbing' that it appears at times (Preston Gates) is working in coordination with the (CNMl's) garment industry. not the local government as it has claimed," the Times said.

The article also quoted human rights advocates who

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The Times said Abramoff headed. for nearly 10 years. the right wing group International Freedom Foundation. which supported the Nicaraguan Contras and opposed Nelson Manuela's African National Congress in South Africa. -

The Times added that in 1995, it was revealed that the group had been financed in part by the now defunct South African white supremacist re-

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get a comment from Abramoff, but added that "his official resume docs not mention his work with the pro-apartheid

foundation." However, the Times said,

Abramoff "has denied any connection to the South 1\fri· can government."

Th-e Times story also carried a statement from Preston Gates, saying "it want, to ensure that the facts about the islands arc fairly presented. and that (Insular Affairs Director Allen Stayman. who advocates federal takeover) has made charges that ·our client believes arc inaccurate.'"

Further, "Preston Gates never considered this a personal matter, but a debate about very real differences in public policy," the statement said.

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Sablan said the CNMI government, which has been a target of Stayman's well-publicized ~criticisms, will not "assume anything" regarding Grams' allegations.

Sablan said he would rather thank the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. which conducted a hearing Tuesday on "federal takeover" legislation, for hearing the side of the CNMI.

He said the hearing gave the commonwealth an opportunity to work with the federal government toward mutual goals.

"We share the same intention. and that is how to make theCNMI a better place for everyone," Sablan said.

Despite Stayrnan's attacks on the CNMI government, which he once described as "completely in the pockets of the garment industry,"' the administration has maintained a "cooperation not confrontation" attitude towards the federal ?Ovemment.

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But other CNMI officials. requesting anonymity. said Grnms' lashing out at Slayman is a '"welldeservcd comcu ppanc.: for someone who says he wants to cooperate with the commonwealth and then go out of his way to badmouth us everytime he talks with the media."

In a media release Weunesdav. Grams said Stay111an should be investigated for "unacceptable" and "outrageous behavior," specifically for conducting "a very public, politically motivated media campaign to win Rcpubl ican votes" for the White Housebacked "federal takeover" legis-lation. •

Federal law. he said. prnh:hits federal employees from lobbying for pc11di11g legislation.

Crams further ,il[egcd th:1t "Stay111a11 was (earlier) i:lcntif1ed a11d ovcd1eai-d in a public restroom (saying) that llll.:rior would Ix.' going after me forthc thin!.'.s I said about the office." •

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Murkowski blames both sides By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

REPUBLICAN Sen. Frank Murkowski of Alaska has chided the CNMI and federal governments, blaming both for the labor and immigration problems in the CNMI.

While saying that conditions in the CNMI "wa1i-ant a federal action," Murkowski expressed doubts that the bills seeking to extend immigration and labor laws in theCNMI would solve the problems.

"I'm not happy with either side of the this debate," said Murkowski, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources which heard the federal takeover bi! ls on Tuesday.

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Tm not happy with the circumstances surTounding this hearing," the senator said in a press statement issued after Tuesday's

Senate proceedings. Murkowski recalled that when

he visited Saipan in February 1996, he witnessed conditions "that simply should not be allowed to exist anywhere under the sovereignty of the United Stales."

"We are here today discussing federal legislation because those conditions persist, and because neither the administration nor the local government has done its part to resolve the111," Murkowski said.

The CNMI is facing charges of failing to address human rights and labor abuse, as well as textile trade fraud in the local garment industry.

Murkowski said these prob-

lcms occurred because federal laws are "consistently broken and consistently not enforced."

"'I fauil Ilic administration as much as I do the local government for the cuJTent situation in the Northern M,u·imia l!ilm1ds." he added.

I-lad the local government did its job, Murkowski said, the Senate hearing wouldn't have been

necessary. "I'm upset with this hearing

because I support local self-govern111ent and believe in transferring as much authority responsibly," he said.

Murkowski lan1ented thattl1ealien workers were caught in the cmssfire between the two governments.

He said "no one appaientlycares" about tl1e workers "except for their value in being out on display in the media."

Fund, ex-Administrator seeks dism.issal of Carn.acho lawsuit

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THE NMI Retirement Fund and its former administrator Thomas B. Aldan yesterday asked the cou1t to drop a lawsuit filed in 1994 against them by former Office of Personnel Management director Luis S. Camacho.

The Fund and Aldan. tluuughcounsel Linda Wingenbach, said the case should be dismissed as plaintiff Cmnacho failed to prosecute the matter.

"Four ye,u, is ai1 unre:L,onably long lime for tl1is simple matte1· to rem.tin do1111,u1t." said Wingcnbach in defendants· rnotion todisrniss tiled in the Superior Coun.

Cou11 uc ,cumenb showed that JXior toCunacho"scmploymcnl with CUC he retired from the government service after he had se1ved in excess of 20 yem,

Camacho demm1dcd that he shall be entitled to the benefits of five additional se1vicc yc,u-s as provided in the CNMI Constitution.

1l1en fund adminisu·,1tor Ald:m denied Camacho's n:qucst to receive such benefit. The Fund Bo.u'<lofTrnstees also affiimcd Ald:m 's decision.

Camacho filed tl1c lawsuit ,Lsking the trial court to review the Fund's administrntiveordcr issued on M,u·ch 10, 1994.

Wingenbach said for the next four yeai,, plaintiff did nothing to further his complaint.

"Plaintiff has failed to prosecute this action foran unreasonable period of time. Prejudice to the defendmll', is presumed where a delay is unrcitson-

able," Wingenbach said. The lawyer said on this appeal the

only legal issue is "when plaintiff retires again will he l:eeligibleforthe five-year se1vice credit provided by the Constitution.?"

Except fora request of Camacho's counsel Douglas F. Cushnie to withdraw from the case two years ago, "nothing has occum:d in this case for four years."

"ll1is rnse is an appeal from an adminisouti ve decision that was made on a record. No discovery is necessary. There are no disputed facL,," she added.

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The Around the Islands section covers community sto~les, local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a story you would like to share, oran event that needs to

be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341

CNMI Youth Congress 'in the works'

CNMI Youth Congress Committee Chair R~semond Santos and CoChair Michael Evangelista bnef school off1c1als and studenUeaders al an orieniation meeting Wednesday. Pholo by La11a c. Younis

By Laila C. Younis Variety News Stall

IT IS onlv five months away to the electi~n of the CNMl's first Youth Congress and officials are "working ~n the final touches··.

according to Youth Congress Committee Co-Chair Michael Evan;!eJista.

"W'e lwd a very productive mc.:ting with school administrators and student leaders and they

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Rai ,md po1tions of Garapan ( west side area of Garapan Beach Road fmm the MIHA Housing Area to the Hrniguchi Building).

The p~rpose of the ~utage is for the linemen to replace old power poles .md high voltage lines with new ones.

As always, the public's patience :md unde1,tanding is appreciated.

brought up very interesting points that we will bringing to the auen-1ion of the legisl~1tors," said Evangelista.

"There are definitely some details that need ironing out, but I'm glad to say we have the draft ballots and petitions out for the schools' input," he said.

"As soon as we address all of the concerns raised at the orientation meeting. we will moving forward with elections on September. This Legislature is very supportive of the Youth Congress and I am optimistic we will get things done." he added.

Y;;uth Congress Committee Chair Rosemo~nd Santos agrees and says that more meetings with school officials and students will be held to "get more feedback".

'The sch~ols will serve as a filter for the youth senators before they get into sessions, so their involvement in this proces~ is important," she said.

Grace Christian Academy Principal Mary D. Kinsella hopes that Youth Congress "will be a viable organizatio'ii where the youth can bc'heard and really make a difference".

"One issue that needs to be looked at is school representation. Two youth senators to represent all the private schools is not enough." she said.

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"We should have two representatives from each school, that way, everyone will feel that they are a part of it," she added.

Marianas High School Student Activities Coordinator Doreen M. Tudela also feels that "good attendance and academic standing" should be a requirement for you th senators.

"The youth senators will be role models and will be looked up to. therefore, they should reflect positive values." she said.

Marianas Baptist Academy students Trisha Coleman and Clinton Cody also believes that the number of regular sessions of once every three months should be increased. · "The youth senators would be

more productive if they had more reoular sessions. We arc conce~ed about the budget. but the more representation, the better,"

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pretation of the Yo~th Congress Public Law enacted m 1993 holds the Youth Congress at 21 members with representatives from the schools as well as the precincts.

Board of Elections Executive Director John Diaz also pointed out that the law does not state a resident requirement "which should be dealt with".

"Also. precinct representation should be eliminated and should only come from the schools," said Diaz.

"That way. we can encourage students who have dropped out of school to go back into school if they want to be in the You th Congress," he said.

Evangelista pointed out that "any amendments to the law would require passage from both the House and the Senate".

lli.~-~iltl: -Student leaders and school officials listen during the first CNMI Youth Congress orientation meeting on Wednesday. P11oto by Laila c. Younis

NMC tests first local ecology textbook

By Rick .Alberto Variety New!> Staff

THE first local textbook on ecology. now on its first draft, is being pilot-tested in at least three classes ,tt the Northern Marianas College.

These environmental science and naturai classes are under Dr. Hal Young and Laura An-ioht, both in the As Terlaje campus on Saipan, and Howard Cole in the Tinian campus.

The textbook is heing developed under the leadership of John Furey, of the Coastal Resources Management.

A review draft of the textbook was also shared with a visiting team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which was here in late February.

Furey said the draft would also be shared with the participants to the US Annual EnvironmenLa!Protection Agency Pacific Islands Conference in Palau next June.

"Our goal is to share the work with other islands after which they can model theirown textbook-writing projecL~,"Furey said.

Asked to comment on the textbook draft, Dr. Young, who teaches biology, said it contains valuable infonnation specific to the Northern Marianas. . .. · .· ... ·. . . . <

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Nutrition Council holds meeting . .

THE CNMI Food and Nutrition Council of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. will meet on Wednesday. Apri18, 1998at l:30p.m.atCommonwealth Health Center (CHC) in the CE Room next to the Cafeteria.

The agenda includes school-

By Lalla C. Younis Variety NeWf; Slaff

The 20th Annual Saipan Ocean Swim will be held tomorrow at the SaipanDiamondHotelBeuchfrom · 8:00 a.m.lo 11:00 a.m. and the

.· publicis~~ragedtoparticipafe, A:6::9rdingJO · Athletics Director

Bill ·S.aj{?vich, regi~tion and en, .tt)'.f~ i~.()n]y $3, aI1d swimniers . must be there an hour early before their scheduled even(as "if may strut early"; . <

'Thisis a good opportunity for evecyonc to get involved in. It is good exercise and a lot of fun," he said.

A course has been set for each age category. For the 9 to 10 year olds, the 1 kilometer course will st,u1 at 8: 15 a.m. 8 years and under

b,L,eµ Nut.Jition ,md Physical Activity Program: H.B. 11-101: Food Safety Legislation Resolution: Council Budget: Legal status of council: Amendments to the bylaws: and Council Membership.

For more information please call telephone number 234-8950 ext. 2020/2035 or fax#: 233-0214.

will start at 9:00 a.m. and will swim for.6kilometers. ll tol2yearolds will check in for their 1.3 kilometers at 9:45 a.m. and the 13 to 14 year olds willcheck in at l 0:45 a.m. fortl1eia5 kilometersswim. Ma~ter swimmers will startat 11 :00 a.m. fora LJKilometer swim. · .. The: eve?tissponsoreoby the Saipan Swim Club and the HongKorig Bank

hwe also have two t:eamsfrom Japan participating, · the Dragon Ci.lStles from Nagoya and the Water Matesfrom Tokyo. Participants from Rota and Guam will also be there," said Sakovich.

"The1-e will be T-shirts and food for sale. Come and participate or just come ,mJ watch some great ~wimming," h<: said.

Saipan and NI Water and Soil Conservation meeting THE Si\lPJ\N mid Non.hem Isl:u1ds Soil ,md Water Conservation dist1ic1 meeting on Ap1il 7 at 2 p.m. at the Natu1~d Resouccs Conscn ation Sc1vicc Office ~1 G:mqxm ,md Saip.u1 Interagcncy Watershed m<:eting at 9:30a.m. on Ap1il 8 at tl1c Dep:utmcnt of Public Works.

For more infrnmation. contact the olticc at 2.B-3415/0650.

SS Rep to be on Tinian A SOCIAL Security representative will be making a visit to Tinian on Thursday, April 9.

The representatives will be available to receive applications for soc al security numers, to discuaa social security and SSI benefits and to provide information about the programs administered by social security.

The representative will be available from I p.m. to :I p.m. at the Division of Natural Resources conference room in San Jose.

For more information, Tinian residents can call social security on Saipan. toll free at 433-9421. The local number in Saipan is 234-6203.

FRIDAY APRIL 3 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-9 , . ·-----------~----

~ The Around the Islands section covers community stories, "'~l-., local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a . ~::-id story you would like to share, or an event that needs to ~p( be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341

MHS Close-Up Club seeks community help

By Laila C. Younis Variety News Stall

THE 1998 National Close-Up Program is just around the comer and student members need the communit/s help to participate, according to MHS Close-Up Club Advisor Fasefulu Tigilau.

'This year, we have many students expressing interest to participate in the Close-Up Program in Washington. DC. It starts on April 8th and the Close-Up Foundation provided our school with 11 slots," said Tigilau.

"But since we have I 9 members willin11 to ;!O, we decided to divide the granct among the students. So now. we have 16 eligible participants." he said.

But the students "still have a long way to go. Tigilau explained. in findinn funds to cover the $800 required "'each from the grant's division."

"We also have two students that have to pay for the $2,800 trip expense total because the grant did not cover them," said Tigilau.

"We have sent letters out to the private and public sectors asking for financial assistance. The students asked the Governor for help, but he is off-island right now," he sait.l.

"We hope we can receive help as soon as possible. This is a great opportunity for the students," he adt.led.

The Close-Up Foundation.

Tigilau pointed out, offers a oneweek program where students can oet '\1 closer look at the functions ~f state and federal govemmrnt"'.

"The students leam the inner . workings of what governs the Comm~nwcalth and the U.S. and learn great leadership skills." said Tigilau.

·The C'NMl Delegation ha, about 48 member, including other schools. and Ml IS mcmlxrs make up about half of that. We need community assistance:· he said.

For individuals or companic, interested in assisting the Ml IS Close-Up Club. contactTigi\,iu at 664-3829.

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10-MARJANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 3. 1998

According to Long: 'Regs cost Tinian employers more'


TINIAN businessmen an:: paying more for their employees' health examination than their counterparts on Saipan. accordingtotlic island's business sector leader.

Phillip Mendiola Long, p1esident of the Tinian Chan1berofCommerce. saidSaipan businessmenaic: burdened with only $55 for the physical, HIV and RPRexaminationsofrc6rulai·employees and$ I 7 5 for food handlers or reslauranl workers.

LongsaidTinian businessmen have toshellout $85 forregulm·employees mid $190 for food hm1dlers.

Tiiis figu1e is on top of the expenses that would be incuned by Tinian employers who have to fly to Saipan to facilitate the process of their

workers' healthcertificatesand Alien Registration Cards.

Long said Tinian businessmen employing nornesident workers rue also burdened with extra expenses such as ai1frne, hotel accommodations, car 1ental and food.

"You will hardly find an employer from Tinian on Saipan facilitating all · these documents. We have been promised by the Department of Public Health of a liaison officer to issue the health certificates and we will just wait for that," he told Variety.

He said the Tinian Healtll Center is no longer doing physical examinations, adding that there are no private medical providers doing HIV, RPR and TB tests on the island.

Long also mentioned that the securing of health certificate does not only mean additional expense for employers, "it is also a redundancy of the system;" .

"\Vhydowehavetogotothehealtll liaison officer at the DOLi to get a certificate which is basically what. we

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Tourism down, by 27% in ·February

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By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

THE tourism industry took another beating in February as visitor arrivals slid down by 27 percent, from 58,360 during the same month last year to 42,6 I 8, statistics from the Marianas Visitors Bureau showed.

Visitors from Japan decreased by J l percent and those from Korea by 89 percent.

The MVB has attributed the declines in the number of tourists from the two primary markets to the regional economic and currency turmoil and to the termination of Continental Micronesia's direct flights from Seoul and Asiana Airline's flights from Pusan, Korea.

Visitors from Taiwan dee lined by 7 4 percent, from Hong Kong by l 2 percent, the Philip-

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pines by 11 percent, and Russia by 43 percent.

Visitors from the US (including Guam) and China, however, posted increases by 6 percent and 22 percent, respective) y.

Overall, the total number of visitors who came to the CNMI over a five-month period since October (the start of fiscal year 1998) is 243,625, or 21 percent less than the 309,790 posted in the same period in FY 1997.

The MVB said that despite the economic turmoil, the industry expects to get a lift with the opening of the Tinian Dy- · nasty Hotel and Casino and the declaration of 1999 a.s "Visit the Marianas Year."

The Tinian Dynasty is expected to boost travel to the CNMI from Hong Kong and Taiwan, the MVB said.

LI sanctions oth employer ·

and .e:rµploy~e By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

A NONRESIDENTworker, who illegally secured various jobs after having allegedly been abandoned by her employer, has been ordered to be sent home.

At the same time, Herbert Soll, an official of the Department of Labor and Immigration's Administrative Hearing Office (DOLIAHO), in his recent rnling, sanctioned the worker's employer, a certain Dominique Studley, with the paymentof$ l ,000which will however be suspended if she is able to provide her employee, a certain Gloria Lardizabal.

Studley is likewise permanently disqualified "from using, in any way, nonresident workers in the Commonwealth."

Soll also ruled that DOLI's immigration division commence deportation action against Lardizabal if she fails to voluntari I y depart.

The matter stemmed from Studley's hiring of L•.rdizabal as a houseworker from June 1992 to a year later.

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A TEAM of four Fish and Wildlife conservation officers are now in hot water over allegations that one of them captured and ate at least two coconut crabs during a closed hunting season last January.

Fish and Wildlife Director Ri-


probes 4 of its agents chard Seman admitted that the accusations against the conservation. officers is a "serious" one considering that they arc supposed to be looking after various animal species and protecting them from being endangered_

"This is the first time that I am foced with a case like this," said a visibly bothered Seman.

llie DFW Di1ectorsaid he is conducting a11 investigation on the malterand is still conside1ing whetheror not to tenninate the four's contract. put tllem on suspension or impose ot/Jer 1ep1imands.

"I am still looking into this," Seman said. "I have to put a disciplinary action on all four of them because they all have re-

sponsibility on the same matter." "They may not have the same

weight on the matter. but my position is that I have lo exercise a certain disciplimuy action on all four:· he emphasized.

Seman likewise appealed to the embattled officers to cooperate in the probe.

newly-appointed Lands and Natural Resources Secretary Joaejuin A. Tenorio touay.

Coconut crabs are not consid· ered cnda11gercd nor threatened.

Sablan says manpower agencies should recruit locals, not aliens

"I need them, those who are sti 11 denying or those who may not be denying but were not telling the whole truth. to come out and be honest about it," he said.

The incident, said Seman, happened while the four where on a "wildlife activity"ataswiftletcave in Capitol Hill.

However, the CNMI government, in a bid to protect the crJb species from extinction, has put in place ;egulato1y measures, irn)X)sing a th1eemonthopenhuntingsea<;0nfm111Sept. I to Nov. 30each year.

Commonwealth residents are chm·ged $5 for a permit allowing them to catch the crabs during the open season. Nonresident workers, for their part, are charged $20.

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ACJ'ING Gov. Jesus R. Sabhm yestrnby cxp1essc<l suppoll for a bill that would ban the hiring or alien workers thrnugh manpower agencies which. hr added. should insicad sec k e111ployrnrnt positions r()r locals.

S;1hl;1n said al irn workers hired tlmiu~h ;r~L·ncics often "suffer ... ;11Hl sl~ouiLI therdore be recruited directly.

I k said m;111power agencies could L·ont inuc· operating. but shou Id hdp place !orals ,u1d other US citi-1.i:ns. induding n:tinxs;md the youth. in a priv;rtc Scc1<1rc1nploy111ent position.

"I think (the bill\) okay:· Sabl;m said. rrJ'cITin~ to Senate Bill 11-35 which was i71troduced by Senate Majority Leader Pete P. Reyes ( RSaipan).

"It's a step toward the right direction." Sablan said.

The Senate has passed the bill, which now goes to the I louse or Rcprcscntati:cs.

[Starting mid-March. the Legislature !ms been on a recess and. except for special sessions, p;ll'ticularly for tl1e gowmor's state of the commonwealth address this month, will resume its regular sessions rn July.I

'lltc bill stmcs that the system or manpower service contracts or "UD1ive" sc1viccs has been abused.

Manpower agencies, according to the bill. "have been a source of alien worker unemployment, ab,mc.lomxl workers, circumvention of (CNMI) Iawb;minggovemmentemploymcnt of (alien) workers, Jaborexploitation mid other problems."

'Ilic bill states that it is in tlicCNM I's mid the workers' best interest to bar agencies and phase out existing manpower ammgements.

"This action, coupled with other changes in the law governing employment of (alien) workers will go a long way towmd eliminating these problems while still providing rn, adequate labor supply ;u1c.l a llcxiblc labor mmkct," tlie bill states.

But the bill would exempt :m alien worker or his dep::ndent from being employed by the Cornr11erce

Department's Centrd! Statistics Division on a temporary or part time basis and with the consent of tile employer.

Also exempted are alien workers who have -·u-Drive" subcontrdcts p1ior to the bill's signing into law.

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man)X)wer se1vice conn-acts, which wouldnolongerbe1enewedoncethe bill becomes law.

Alien workers witli such contracts could be transfened to 1egular government employment.

Seman said he was infrnmed about it me1ely a week ago by a DFW official who supeivises activities of conse1vation officers.

It w,L~gathered that Seman is set to tum over a report on the matter to

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It is illegal to catch coconut crabs beyond the given hunting pe1iod.

The CNMI's Division Fish and Wildlife h,L~ 13 conseivation officers mostly hi1ed du1ing the previous administration.

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According to Long: 'Regs cost Tinian employers more'


TINlAN businessmen are paying more for their employees' health ex:unination than their counterparts on Saip,m. according to the island's business sector leader.

Phillip Mendiola Long, president of the Tinian ChamberofCommerce. said Saipan businessmen are burdened with only $55 for the physical, HIV and RPRexaminationsof regularcmployees ,md$ l 75 for food handlmor restaurant workers.

LongsaidTinianbusinessmenhavc to shell out $85 forregularemployees and $ I 90 for food handlers.

This figure is on top of the expenses that would be incurred by Tini.u1 employers who have to fly to SaipM to facilitate the process of their

workers' health certificates and Alien Registration Cards.

Long said Tinian businessmen employing nonresident workers are also burdened with extra expenses such as airfare, hotel accommodations, cru· rental and food.

"You will hardly find an employer from Tinian on Saiprui facilitating all · these documents. We have been promised by the Department of Public Health of a liaison officer to issue the health certificates and we will just wait for that,'' he told Variety.

He said the Tinian Health Center is no longer doing physical exrunimitions, adding that there are no private medical providers doing HIV, RPR and TB tests on the island.

Long also mentioned that the securing of health certificate does not only mean additional expense for employers, "it is also a redundancy of the system;"

"Whydowehavetogotothehealth liaison officer at the OOLI to get a certificate which is basically what.we

· already have in the sealed envelope," he added.

Tourism down by 27% in ·February

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By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

THE tourism industry took another beating in February as visitor arrivals slid down by 27 percent, from 58,360 during the same month last year to 42,618, statistics from the Marianas Visitors Bureau showed.

Visitors from Japan decreased by 11 percent and those from Korea by 89 percent.

The MVB has attributed the declines in the number of tourists from the two primary markets to the regional economic and currency turmoil and to the termination of Continental Micronesia's direct flights from Seoul and Asiana Airline's flights from Pusan, Korea.

Visitors from Taiwan declined by 7 4 percent, from Hong Kong by J 2 percent, the Philip-

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Visitors from the US (including Guam) and China, however, posted increases by 6 percent and 22 percent, respectively.

Overall, the total number of visitors who came to the CNMI over a five-month period since October (the strut of fiscal year 1998) is 243,625, or 21 percent less than the 309,790 posted in the same period in FY 1997.

The MVB said that despite the economic turmoil, the industry expects to get a lift with the opening of the Tinian Dy- · nasty Hotel and Casino and the declaration of 1999 a.s "Visit the Marianas Year."

The Tinian Dynasty is expected to boost travel to the CNMI from Hong Kong and Taiwan, the MVB said.

.DOLi sanctions both employer . · and employee

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

A NONRESIDENT worker, who illegally secured various jobs after having allegedly been abandoned by her employer, has been ordered to be sent home.

At the same time, Herbert Soll, an official of the Department of Labor and Immigration's Administrative Hearing Office (DOLiAHO), in his recent ruling, sanctioned the worker's employer, a certain Dominique Studley, with the paymentof$ I ,OOO which will however be suspended if she is able to provide her employee, a certain Gloria Lardizabal.

Studley is likewise permanently disqualified "from using, in any way, nonresident workers in the Commonwealth."

Soll also ruled that DOLi's immigration division commence deportation action against Lardizabal if she fails lo volunturily depart.

The matter stemmed from Studley's hiring of Lardizabal as a houseworker from June 1992 to a year later.

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D By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

A TEAM of four Fish and Wildlife conservation officers are now in hot water over allegations that one of them captured and ate at least two coconut crabs during a closed hunting season last January.

Fish and Wildlife Director Ri-

probes 4 of its agents chard Seman admitted that the accusations against the conservation officers is a "serious" one considering that they are supposed to be looking after various aninrnl species and protecting them from being endangered.

"This is the first time that I am faced with a case like this," said a visibly bothered Seman.

The DFW Director said he is conducting an investigation on the matter and is still consideiing whetheror not to terminate the four's contract, put them on suspension or impose other reprimands.

"I am still looking into this," Seman said. "I have to put a disciplinary action on all four of them because they all have re-

sponsibility on the same matter." ··They may not have th<.: same

weight on the matter. but my position is that I have to exercise a cc1tain discipl in.uy action on all four," he emphasized.

Seman likewise appealed to the embattled officers to cooperate in the probe.

newly-appointed Lands am! N:,tural Resources Secretary Joa4uin /1.. Tenorio today.

Coconut crabs are not considered endangered nor threatened.

However, the CNMI government. in a bid to protect the crab species from extinction, has put in place JC!,'U

latrny measures, imposing a threemonthopenhuntingseasonfromSept.

Sablan says manpower agencies should recruit locals, not aliens

"I need them, those who are still denying or those who may not be denying but were not telling the whole truth, to come out and be honest about it," he said.

The incident, said Seman, happened while the four where on a .. wildlife activity" at a swiftletcave in Capitol Hill.

I to Nov. 30each year. Commonwealth residents are

charged $5 for a permit allowing them to catch the crabs during the open season. Nonresident workers, for their part, are charged $20.

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By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Slaff

/\CrlNG Gov. Jesus R. Sablan yesterday exp1csscd suppott for a bill that would ban the hirin!! of alien ll'orkers through manpu,:cragcnL·ies which. he ;1dLkd. should inste:,d seek e111ploy1nent positions (or local,.

S;1hlan said ,ii ien workers hired thruu!!h a!!e1Kics often ··suffc1 ... and sl~DuiLI therefore be recruited directl\'.

] le said 111a11powcr agencies could continue operating. but shoukJ help place locals ;u1d other l JS citi-7,:ns. including 1ctin:es ;md the youth. i11 a priY;!lc S<:rtorrn1ploymcnt position.

··1 think (the bill's) okay." Sabl,u1 said. rcle1Ti1H.! to Senate Bill I I-JS which was i~1troduccd by Senate Majority Leader Pete I'. Reyes [RSaipan).

"It's a step towarJ tht: right c.Jircction,'· Sablan said.

The Scnat,.: has passi.:d the bill. which now ~ocs to the I louse of Represcntati~·i.:s.

[Starting mid-March. th,: Legislature has bct:n on a rcci.:ss and. except for special sessions. particularly for tl1e governor's state of the conunonwcal th address th is 111011th. will 1csume its n:!.clll,u· ses-sions m July. I ~

'n1c bill st,1tcs th,ll the system of manpower serv in: conu~1cLs or ··uD1ivc" sc1viccs has been abused.

Mm1power agencies, according to the bill, "have been a source of alien worker unemployment, ab;u1doncd workers, circumvention of (CNMI) lawb,minggovemmentcmploymi.:nt of(alicn) workc1,. laborcxploitatio11 :u1d other problems."

·111e bill stlltcs tl1at it is in tl1c CNM l's anJ the workers' best interest to bar agencies and phase out existing manpower mrnngemcnts.

"This action, coupled with other changes in the law governing employment of (al icn) workers will go a long way toward eliminating these problems while still providing w1 adequate l,1bor supply ,md a Jlexiblc labor 111mki;:t," tl1c bill states.

But tl1e bill would exempt m1 alien worker or his dependent rrom being employed by the Commerce

Department'sCentrJ.!StatisticsDivisionona temponuyorpaittime basis (Uld with the consent of the employer.

Also exempted me alien workers who have ··u-Drive" subconn·acts p1ior to the bill's signing into law.

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Seman said he was info1med about it merely a week ago by a DFW official who supervises activities of conservation officers.

It w:L~ gathered that Scm(Ul is set to turn over a report on the matter to

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The CNMJ's Division Fish and Wildlife has 13 conser1ationofficers mostly hired du1ing the previous adminiso11tion.

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p1~siding overthe cL,e ,md in coming up witl1 a decision. ,L~ the matter involves "the public's confidence in the justice system."

He. however, pointed out that his job is to issue a rnling based on the evidence p1~sented in comt.

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months to come." Stayman said. Stayman said he had sought a

meeting with Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio~right after Tuesday's Senate committee hearing "but he (Tenorio) did not accept."

1l1e Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources heard charges of labor abuse. human rights viohrtions and g:ument U~!de fi:md raised by OJA a-gainst the CNMI.

l11e J{eaiing \;as in prepration for Congress' action on Sen. Daniel Akaka 's bill, S. I I CX), and President Clinton's S. 1275. B0tJ1 bills seek to extend US immigration ai1d minimum wage laws -to the CNMI: to

evidence. On Monday. thecomtalso dropped tl1e c,L-;e against Police Officer Jesse Seman.

The 20-year-old Eugenio had testified he was beaten. sprayed with mace. ,md forced to eat a piece of paper by the officers when he was am::stcd last Nov. 30 in connection with the burglary at Wendy's Restaunmt in Garap:m.

Two other police officers also testified identifying some of the accused who beat Eugenio.

limit tl1e duty f1~e nea011ent for tl1c CNMJ ; and to scrap the CNMJ's p1ivilegetousethe"Made in USA" label unless it meets the 50 percent US citizens workforce requirement.

"As you know, the legislative process is a slow one. We have, however, moved the ball forward-you cannot pass a bill without a hearing, and we have had that hearing.~· Stayman said.

He said he expects that the bills which "will move labor, immigration and trade reform forward "will be acted on this year.

"We will be working closely with the Senate on this matter, and iftheCNMI gives us a chance, with the CNMI government as wen:· Stayman said.

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hL~d fom's chief lobbyist for the CNMJ.

P1eston Gates, Bnmigin added, is finalizing a new lobbying contract with tl1e CNMI, which paid the fom $4.25 million in 1996-97.

He said the film's new lobbying plm1 "was aimed p1imaiily at using congressional heaiings ... to''impeach St:1ymai1 and his campaign against (tl1e commonwealth), enabling us to tJ1en go to the approp1iations process ai1d either defund or severely 1esnict his activities:·

P1eston Gales' other planned activities included ·"preparing the Stayman attack' ai1d 'p1eparing legislation to be introduced into the approp1iations process .... ' It said that 'thanks to past trips' to the ... islands, tl1e CNMI has 'many friends on the Appropriations Committees in ... Congress," Branigin said.

He added that Abramoff s memo also suggested that"'it would be better to enact funding 1esnictions to stop Stayman from attacking (the CNMI) ratl1er than to close his office, which could generate 'hostile' news coverugc and allow the Clinton administration to move Stayman and his duties to another office."

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,L~ked for a comment, dcscri bed tl1e memo as dealing with "sn·ategy ... of different options ai1d ideas and not,m implementation memo:·

Abramoff was desc1ibed by an em·lier Seattle Times repo1t as a prominent conservative who ran Ronald Reagan's h'l·ass-roots lobbyingorganizationCitizensforAmerica.

The Seattle Times also credits Abramoff forenablingP1eston Gates, afo1merly Democrat-dominaled fom, to promise close ties to 1uling Republicans in Congress.

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Jones' attorneys said she was disappointed not to have her day in court to punish Clinton for an incident she said took place while she was a state employee in 1991.

Jones ··has failed to demonstrate that she has a case and the court therefore finds that there are no genuine issues for trial," Wright ~aid in a decision reached and

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Bnmigin said Abramoffs memo "indicales that the islands' most powerful tycoon, gaiment manufacturer Willie Tan, has a key role in setting the budget" for Preston Gates' lobbying efforts on behalf of the CNMI.

According to Branigin, "111e email addressed to Tan and two of his aides, refe1red to a message from Tan discussing the budget for a lobbying campaign."

However, Branigin said Abramoff denied getting lobbying fees from Tan, whose lawyer earlier told the Y,uiety that Tan "technically" is not a client of Preston Gates.

released in Little Rock. Clinton, wrapping up a six-na

tion tour of Africa. was so surprised by word of the ruling that he asked if it was an April Fools' joke.

The president is "pleased that he has received the vindication he has long awaited." press secretary Mike Mccurry said. After learning of the ruling, Clinton went shopping with Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has staunchly defended her husband throughout the controversy.

Jones' lawyers said an appeal was "very likely" and that while they were disappointed with the decision, "this ruling docs not vindicate or exonerate Mr. Clinton."

.. It is a shame that unless the rnling is reversed on appeal, there will now never be a determination of who was telling the nuth and who was lying," Jones' law finn said in a statement.

Jones, 31. claimed that Clinton propositioned her in a Arkansas hotel room in 1991; Climon says he doesn't recall ever meeting her and has firmly denied anything improper happened.

On Wednesday, Jones was al home in Long Beach, Calif.. and did not plan a public comment, according to her spokeswoman, Susan Caipenter McMillan.

"Paula was shocked," she said. "She 'sdisappointed. Wehavealotof 1espect for Judge Wright. We just strongly strongly disag1ee."

For weeks, Clinton's lawyers were saying publicly they tl1ought they had su·ong grounds for dismissal even while prepaiing for a May nial.

W11ile the While I-louse chec1ed tl1e decision, Clinton's legal woesaii: farfromover. Whitewatcrprosecutor KennetJ1 StaIT is pressing his criminal investigation into whether Clinton lied about having sexual relations with White House intem Monica Lewimky:u1dcncouragedhcrtocovcr it up.

'Ilic political jcop,u"t!y for Clinton if tl1e nial had gone forw,m.l w,L, evident in tl1e l:L,t few weeks, when both sides in the lawsuit waged a sensational war of words in cou1t filings that included details of ,Jlcged relationships between Clinton ,md a hair-dozen women. Throughout, however, tl1c p1-:sident 's approval ratings n:maincd at record highs.

Jones' lawyersinmxluced secondhm1d allegations--dcnicd by tJ1c supposed victim--or m1 alleged sexual a,sau!t by Clinton two decades ago. 'Il1cir legal pressure prompted a fonncr Miss Amc1ica to acknowledge she had consensual sex witJ1 Cl in ton in 1983 :md !edfrnrner White House worker KatJ1lcen Willey to appem· on national television wit.l1 allcl?ations of :u1 unwm1tcd sexual adv;u,ce by Clinton nern· the Oval Oflice.

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CPA echoes Continental woes By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

T!IE PORTS Authority mlmits it do~s not lwve immeuiate capabilities to pursue the improvement of the West Tinian airport. even as it agrees with Continental Microrn:si,1 that its present

condition will not be able to support non-stop flights to the islands.

In an interview. Ports Authority executive director Carlos Salas said the Tinian airport is not in any capacity to accommodate large aircraft. citing the

Adult high school to graduate first 6

By Rick Alberto Variety News Stall

THE one-year-old adult high school based at the Northern Marianas Collc!.!c will be t?r,1duating its fi1\1 batch of ~ix succe~sful students next month, it was i<:arned yesterdav.

Fe Cal ixterio, program director, said the six students will join the NMC commencement exercises scheduled on May 23.

Calixterio identified the first batch's highest achiever as Antonio Rigo!ifoi, 4 ! .

It started with some 25 enrolces. who were high school dropouts and elementary school !.!r:tduates who had- slaycu ~ut of school for years.

Patterned after similar progra111s in Honolulu and other ~tates including Texas. Tennessee and Ohio". the adult hid1 school offers subjects ;n accupational knowledge, community resources. consumer economics, government and law, and health.

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facility's "decaying and uctcriorating" runway.

'That's true in the sense that we don't have the refilling capability," Salas said, referring to the concerns raised by Continental on the Tinian airport's runway.

Continental vice president for sales anu promotion Walter Dias said the current length of the Tinian International Airport runway will disable airline companies from coming up with non-

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land on the Tinian airport "depending on the load capacity," adding that airline companies are looking at what kind of load factor they can handle when they fly to Tinian.

He also agreed with Continental\ appa1·cnt skepticism over the proposed charter flights to Tinian "because they have to determine if it i., going tu be a profitable market."

Dias earlier said the airl inc company is conducting fc,1sibility studies and market surveys on th.: profit.ibility of offering C,uarnTinian chartered flights or schedules jct service in time for the opening of the Dyn:1sty Ho1e! anu C.1sino l:llc this month.

"We arc !ooki11>? at what kinu of pmsengers do "we serve and what kind of service the casino industry needs." he added.

At the same time, Salas said CPA has n:maincd committed at improving the Tinian International Airport.

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He said the Ports Authority is working closely with the Tinian legislative delegation for possible ways to finance th<.: n<.:edcd repair and improvement of the international airport.

He added that feasibility studies with regards to how the ports agency will be able lo repay the proposed bond flotation for the air facility's rehabilitation.

"We an: still looking at how much we can borrow and if it requires additional security when the fundin\.'. comes ... Salas saii.l. adding th(;l CP ,\ revenues h:1s remained s\a\.'.nant.

Business k71dcrs onlinian have expressed concerns over the delay in the impro\'ement of the West Tini,lfl Airport. which. they saiu. may hall the economic gains from the casino inuustry.

The Tinian Chamber of Commerce said further delays in the flotation of bond for the island ·s airport 111ay jeopardize marketing efforts to make Tinian the ca~ino gambling hub of the Pacific.

Rigolifoi, the oldest in the batch, work.~ with the sports and recreation division of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs.

The youngest among the six graduates is a 20-year-o!d, Ca!ixterio said.

The adult hi!.!h school, the first on Sai pan. °opened on Jan. 20 last year. funded by a $5 .000 seed money from the Saipan Chamber of Comme1·ce.

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the Bank of Hawaii, UMDA Corp., Tan Holdings, Bank of Guam, Duty Free Shoppers, and Bank of Saipan later contributed fort he school's operations.

The school is a small, one-classroom building located behind Building V in NMC.

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llNIDENTil'IED two men reportedly broke into the'. house of Crime Stoppc1·s Boaru chairman M,111nv Villat?a in Capitol l!ill and st~ile som~ items Wednesday mornin!.!.

l'ubli~· Safety Information Officer M,1 j . .I. J. Castro said reported st;Jlcn 1\·crc a 14-K necklace \\'O\'lh s.,GO. a 1·ing lllllllllllting toS I ~O. ,1ml ('I) players ll'orth ':,XO( I

C'astrn said the suspcc·ts e11-tercd Yilla~a 's bedroom hv Je.,troying th~ screen of one (;f the windows.

The jewelry box ,1ml other items were scattered on the bed and in the room. pol ice said.

It was !.!athcrcu that prior to the discovery of the break-in, two men parked a tinted pick-uptrnck in front of Vill,wa's residence.

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Deportations over ARC aim to reduce garment workforce?

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THE GOVERNMENT has stmted implementing tighter measures against illegal aliens but many were alaimed the move was focused against the CNMl's garment sector.

Industry leaders claimed the series of raids conducted by the Department of Labor and Immioration and the Office of the At~rney-General is biased against various garment factories and employee bmncks.

While Assistant Attorney General Robert Goldberg insists the .. unannounced inspection" will eventually branch out to the other industries, no one among the other business sectors in the Northern Marianas has been subject to raids.

A garment sector insider alleged ~that the inspections, where raiding teams specifically to look for the workers' alien cards, was aimed at shaving off the excess garment sector workers which have exceeded the quota.

This is the reason, according to the source. why raiding teams

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were giving special attention to the guest workers' alien registration cards when they should, in fact, be looking at the occupational safety of the facility.

A government official, on condition of anonymity, hinted that the raids could be aimed at reducing the number of garment workers on the island. "Maybe ... Could be," he said when asked.

The Variety tried but failed to reach DOLi Secretary Mark Zachares, who was reportedl;y in Washington.

Acting Secretary and Division of Labor director Gil M. San Nicolas was also not available for comment. The Variety called his office on three occasions but he was reportedly out.

Saipan Gaiment Manufacturers Association [SGMAJ president James Lin refused to comment on the issue. He only said there has already been a lot of confusion hounding the alien registration card. ·

Existing regulations capped the number of nonresident garment workers in the CNMI to I 1,000 while current records indicated that the number has already reached 17,000.

The source added that recent measures, including the freeze hiring law, do not include any provision that would reduce the number of garment workers.

During the House deliberations on HB 11-163, some legislators argued that the legislation must also include a measure aimed at reducing the number of nonresident workers in the controversial garment sector. - The DOLi has previously made a strong position on the barTing of workers without alien cards from re-entering the Commonwealth, and the deportation of those who failed to register within 90 days after arrival.

Under Section 4340 of the Commonwealth Code. failure to comJly with the registration requirements could be ground for deportation of an alien from the Northern Mariana Islands.

'"Every alien who remains in the Common wealth longer than 90 days shall by regulation be required to be registercd ... Registration may be renewable annually,"· the CNMI code stressed.

In an earlier television interview, Goldberg said employers arc fined for every exceeding day an employee failed to secure alien card after th<.: 90-day rcgistrmion

period. I-le also mentioned that this

penalty would have pressured employers to secure alien card for their nonresident workers since the fine is significantly higher than the amount ~hich has to be shelled out as registration fee.

The Variety contacted Goldberg to clarify the statements he issued about the penalty imposed against employers whose workers do not have alien cards buthesaidhe"isnot talking with anybody from the Variety."

When the Variety called again Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, the lawyer hung up after this reporter introduced himself as from the Variety.

He also refused to be interviewed when the Variety called yesterday.

According to the Section 4351 of the Code, any alien who knowingly fails to comply with the registration requirement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor "and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 90 days. or fine of not more than $500 or both."

LawyerBobO'Connorsaid the Attorney-General's Office does not have the power to fine the employers "they have to file the case and ask the court to do so."

O'Connor said he does not see the government bringing the case in court in two months, or after there has been enough time of disseminating information that nonresident workers have to register and secure alien cards.

He also described as "silly" the deportation of guest \,'orkers who failed lo register with the Division of Immigration. even as they have valid entry and work perm its.

··Most people do not know that they h.1ve to register. They must be given enough time to get alien cards . ., he added.

··11 is perfectly in the right of the government to enforce the law but there is also a need for human consideration.·· he adde<l.

Asked of his opmion why has the: garment industry been the focus of co;1troversy in the Commonwealth, O'Connor cited as reasons the impression that the sector is getting too big or that thc:re are too many i lie gal alkns.

But he promptly added that then: arc: very frw undocumented nonresident garment workers in the Northern Mari.111.1 Isl.mds.

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Marshalls loses on referral program By Giff Johnson

MAJURO - A Hawaii fii'm may have cost the Marshall lslands millions of dollars in unreasonable charges for off-island medical referrals, according to a Commission of Inquiry report for President lmata Kabua that was publicly released yesterday (Wednesday April I).

The brief four page report also warned that the government's Health Fund. which subsidizes off-island medical referrals, "is in critical financial condition."

change in the number of patients being sent to Honolulu in the past year when the costs dropped from $2.4 million in FY 1996to$1.3millioninFY 1997, the report noted.

.. Such a dramatic drop in costs is inexplicable, and unless definitive evidence proves otherwise, indicates that QHCP did not adequately perform its function of claims review," lhe report said.

The report also said that QHCP failed to provide adequate documentation of expenses and didn't follow in-

ternational codes that are used by virtually all health care providers for describing services provided.

This ·'failure" of QHCP may have cost the Marshall Islands Health Fund "several million dollars over the past several years," the report said.

'"Considering the fact that no audit (of QHCP) has been possible for several years, and QHCP's failure to use international codes, the unexplained and enormous drop in referral costs appears far more ominous."

The document concluded that the government's Health Fund is '"in critical financial condition."

Even the retroactive increase by Nitijela (parliament) of Health Fund contributions, while helping, '"was unable to stem the erosion of the Fund's financial situation.

As of September 30 last year, there was a $200,000 deficit in the Health Fund. '"It is believed this is due to the current economic situation, and tax collection procedures, the report said.

The four member inquiry panel recommended referring the situation of the former medical referral administrator to legal and accounting professionals for further investigation and possibly legal action.

The Commission of fnquiry was chaired by Majuro businessman Alex Bing, and included the government's Audi tor General Jean Marie Tonyokwe, Community Leader Rev. Enja Enos and John E. Masek, a former assistant general.

The report is a follow up to a probe instigated in 1996 by the late President Amata Kabua of fimmcial abuses at the country's Social Security program.

Since the Social Security program, which administers the National Health Fund, hired a new Honolulu-based referral administrator in late 1996, the cost of medical referrals dropped more lhan $ I mill ion in 1997.

NMFS concerned over boat ramps There once was a man from Saipan, who was shon on

The average cost of patients getting treated in Hawaii was $9,000 higher under the previous administrator, compared to the current administrutor. Hawaii Management Alliance Association, the report said.

The previous administrator was Queen's Health Care Plan (QHCP) in Honolulu, a company that is not related to the Queen's Medical Center.

There was no significant

By Jojo Dass

Variety News Staff THE NATIONAL Maline Fishery Service (NMFS) has expressed concerns over the CNMI Fish and Wildlife's plan to install at least four boatramps on. the island, saying seagrasses, which serve as a nursery for some fish species, may be put at risk.

Richard Seman, CNMI Fish andWildifeDirectorsaidNMFS aired its findings on the existence of seagrasses in some of the proposed dredging sites during a recent public hearing on the boa tramp project, seen to be next year.

Seman said though that the findings may not hamper the

project's completion. He however said that it might

require the CNMI government to "perform some work."

"Maybe to transplant some seagrass," he said.

"If the community really needs a boatramp in such location, the only thing we can do is address their need.

"If all findings is faviorable, then we will proceed with the project, if most of the findings will impact on a negative way, then we will reconsider," Seman further said.

Seman said the project is part of current DFW undertakings.

The Commonwealth DFW is currently holding a series of pub-

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The boatramps have been proposed to be situated in Tanapag, Oleai, and Lower Base.

The fourth involves the expansion of the one in Smiling Cove.

Seman said the boatramps will be a big relief for the island's fishermen all of whom usually have to travel afar to have their vessels towed intothe waters.

He said the boatramps will also reduce incidents of soil erosion brought about by repeated use of some parts of the beach as towing sites.

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ARMED with a mandate to reboot the country's dollar reserns. the Philippine National Bank last week opened a remittance center on Saipan, it was disclosed yesterday.

PNB, a government-controlled ban king institution. holds regional office in Guam also offering remittance services.

Theresa C. Olan, PNB Pacific resident manager, said the Saipan remittance center will offer door-to-door services in all of the Philippines key cities and provinces.

Olan said PNB is also offering bank-to-bank transfer, ·as well as dollar-to-peso and dollar-to-dollar services. The center holds office in Susupe near the Bank of Guam.

She stressed that PNB 's re-

mittance center guarantees a sure ,md fast mo~1cy transfer services "practically all throughout the Philippines."

Like other remittance centers on Saipan, PNB charges $4 as service fee and assures a 1-2 day delivery service.

The financ-ial institution also assures the Filipino community on Saipan that the exchange rate will be "competitively higher," depending on the existing rate in Manila.

The opening of the remittance services in the Northern Mariana Isl ands, Olan said, will help reboot the Philippine economy by increasing the country's dollar reserves.

She explained that the center will directly remit the dollars to Philippine banks, which will ensure that the green buck will circulate withi~ the local economy.

Consul Julia Heidemann, earlier this year, discussed the possibilities of opening up a remittance center on Saipun with officials of the PNB Corporation in Guam.

Heidemann said tht: Consulate has participated in the groundwork and feasibility studies for the center. adding that she has discussed the matter with the PNB president in Manila and officials of the Central Bank of the Philippines.

Overseas Filipino workers on Saipan have expressed concerns over the apparent backlog of remitl'lnces in other industry players, citing delays in the delivery of remittances.

The commerce department is anticipating remittances made by non-resident workers in the Northern Marianas to exceed $50 million in 1997.

DOLi allows workers hired via manpower firms to transfer

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

TWENTY-six nonresident workers hired by 15 manpower agencies have been allowed by the Department of Labor and Immigration (DOLi) to transfer tol 6 employers.

It was the first time since government moved to effect stricter measures against placement agencies that workers were allowed transfer relief en masse.

In his ruling, Linn Asper, DOLi's Administrative Hearing Office (AHO) Supervisor, gave the workers' new employers two months to arrange for the former's work doc'i'iments.

Asper also reminded the employers that failure to observe the 60-day period will cause them to shoulder their respective t.;mployces · repatriation.

The employers will likewise

be disqualified from accepting new transfer workers for a year.

A $500 fines will also be imposed on them.

''The prospective employers will assume all duties and obligations under the prior contracts pending processing and approval of new employment contracts," ruled Asper.

Most of the workers were transferred as service employees - carpenters, waitresses and sewers.

They were previously employed under manpower agencies which opted to have them transferred to employers directly hiring them.

The transfer has brought to nearly 150 the total number of manpower-hired nonresident workers allowed to move to new employers.

There were no immediatelyavailable data about it but A.spcr. in recent interviews.

has said that several owners of manpower agencies have changed their establishments into guard duty firms or one that provides cleaning services.

Others have closed down transferring their manpower pools to those directly hiring them.

This development was precipitated by government restrictions that have made it difficult for manpower agencies to operate.

Manpower agencies, following a directive issued by former DOLi Secretary Thomas 0. Sablan. arc required to undergo solvency tests and submit proofs that their employees were paid wages for the whole duration of the employment contract.

These firms arc also rcquin:d to shoulder processing and transporation cxpcmcs 01· their recruits.

CNMI urged to prepare CIP plan By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

THE Office of Insular Affairs urged the CNM I government lo draw up a masterplan for capital improvement projects in compliance with the condition for the release of CIP grants.

CIP Program Coordinator To111 Bussanich said 01/\ has offered technical assistance to the CNMI in its CIP planning.

Bussanich met with government officials last week-to give the new administration an -orientation on CIP progra111.

lie said the new administra-

tion has 111ade a co111111itmcnt "to proceed quickly with CIP planning."

"We have offered some assistance from the army corps of cnginec1-; we hope it wi II be helpful to them in their planning," Bussanich said in an interview with the Varie1y.

"We urged them to come up with the rcquin:d masterplan so they can use the CI!' !!rants," he added. -

A CIP mastl.!rplan is a condition for the release of federal grants.

The federal government has

pledged the CNMI $77 million in CIP funds stretched over seven years. starting in 1996.

Bussanich said the previous administration made use of the federal grants from 1993 to 1995.

"A lot of projects were done," he said.

But Bussanich said the previous administration didn't prepare any ClP plan from 1996 to 1997.

"They had two years that th.:y didn't do anything and didn't get their money," Bussanich said.

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By Giff Johnson MAJURO - Plans by Continental Micronesia to eliminate one of three weekly "island hopper" flights through Micronesia in the near future are definite, but a top airline officials says the plan includes moves that will improve air service to the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia.

A key point in Continental's schedule overhaul is the development of Guam into a hub for the western part of Micronesia and Asia, a move that is expected to increase the availability of seals to Marshal ls' travelers, while encouraging Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae passengers to fly west via Guam to get to Honolulu in the east, according to Wally Dias, Continental Micronesia's Guam based vice president for sales and promotion.

The island hopper route links Majuro, Kwajalein, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Chuuk with Honolulu and Guam.

Under the new system, flight from Chuuk and Pohnpei to Guam will be timed to coincide with non-stop Guam-Honolulu flights in an effort to encourage Micronesian passengers to travel to Honolulu through Guam, instead of on the isl and hopper.

Routing Micronesian passengers via Guam would increase the number of seats available from Kwajalein and Majuro by 66 per week, Dias said.

In the new schedule, passengers flying Chuuk-GuamHonolulu will get to Hawaii faster than going on the island hopper, Dias said. For Pohnpei. it will add only an extra half hour onto the trip.

While Continental is reducing its service by one-third, it anticipates that in fact the cut will amount to just a 14 percent drop in the number of seats because of the new Guam hub system, and the fact that under the new schedule, both Honolulu-bound flights can stop at Johnston Island for refueling at the U.S. military installation, increasing the avai I able cargo and passenger loads the airline's 727s can carry.

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'·'This affected the amount of weight we could carry and also required that we carry an additional 3,000 pounds of fuel," Dias said.

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The reduction in the number of island hopper flights from -three to two each direction won't happen until May at the earliest, Dias said.

Continental is also looking at the possibility of providing a Honolulu-Majuro-Honolulu flight to supplement the two weekly island hoppers, he said.

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Toe Bank of Japan's quarterly "tankan" survey showed growing concern over sluggish economic growth at home and worries about the impact of the financial crisis in

An employee at a Japanese money shop displays the U.S. dollars on the shelf in downtown Tokyo Wednesday. As an overhaul of the financial system is being launched, foreign currencies started to be accepted at restaurants and shops. AP

neighboring Asian nations. The survey said that there were no

signs that corporate confidence would recover anytime soon:

Companies blamed the govemmentfornotimplementingeffective economic stimulus measures.

The tankan's "business condition diffusionindex"-whichmeasures the percentage of companies seeing conditions are improving minus the percentage seeing conditions worsening - fell to minus 31 from minus 11 in the previous survey on December 15.

Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast an average reading of minus 24 for the latest survey.

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. . . ~~\cl:ti::~~rk:~:~!f!ti~~ ~!::~. ~itu;~na;~i~~~ :: ~ CANBERRA (Pacncws}-As 1:un At iL, peak, about 660,000 kilo- h'.15 delivered more _than ?.5 m1lhon (FAWA) met in Nadi Wednesday lieve they will accept a downsizing continues 10 fall throughout Papua gramsoffoodwasdeliveredto60.CXXJ kilogn1ms_ of food rn_d to isol~ted ar- night to discuss possible lay offs. of the airline's man-power. New Guinea, the Ausoalian govern- people each montl1. eas, pro_v1~ed medical assistance. Association leader Attar Singh However, the members wereex-ment Ju~ ,umounccd it ·s winding Downer said the Australi~ De- helped d1slllbute about 400 tonnes of says he does NOT believe that 1e- pected to decide Wednesda~ after-down the emergency ph,L~ of us fence force would conduct its last much-needseedandpl~ungmaten- dundancies within Air Pacific are noon how best to handle this mat-drought relief operation. flighL, tl1is week delivering food aid als, and transpo~ed agnc~lrural and inevitable given that tile airline has ter.

Foreign minister. Afexander to very remote meas ?f PNG. other experts to isolated vill_ages. . always been profitable, Island Net- Singh says rumours are abound Downer, said Wednesday that the . However,_ Australia would co~- Downer says the Austra.!1an relief works Coqxiration reports. that 25% of the workforce will even-s ix-month relief effort had been the tmue to deliver food to people m efforthadplayedakeyrolet~helpmg Attar Singh also met witli his tually be laid off, which he believes largest:mdmostcomplexemcrgency se1ious need, using commercial air- thou~andsofl'.apuaNewGumeansto members Wednesday afternoon af- should not happen in a financially operation .mdertaken by Australia's craft . . survive the impact of the severe ter holding talks with Air Pacific successful company such as AirPa-aid progrmnme. Under the relief effort, Australia drought and frosts. Chief Executive Michael McQuay. cific ..

Vietnam sailor held in American Samoa

Debate over pegging of;kina

PAGOPAGO (Pacncws)-A 24-year-old Vietnamese sailor is being held at American Samoa's Tafuna Correctional facility for allegedly stabbing another crew member at sea.

The incident happened on a South Korean longlincr. the Rose Sharon No 61, which was

fishing north of American Samoa.

The victim also a Vienamese is reported to be in a stable condition at the LBJ hospital.

A spokesman for the commissioner of public safety, says the suspect will be deported to Vietnam probably in the weekend.

CANBERRA (Pacncws}-The govemorof the Bank of Papua New Guinea says approval would h!lve to be sought from the World Bank andthefntemationalMonetary Fund before PNG could move bacl~ tb a fixed exchange rate.

Reports from Port Moresby say the governor, Koiari Tru-ata, is less enthusiastic about a renun to fixing the value of tile kina than PNG's trade minister who said last week

Solomons .-demonstration 'doubtful' . .

HONIARA (Pacnews)-The pbnned public demonstration in Solomon Islands capital Honiara against a motion of no-confidence i; prime minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu may never take place.

This is because of a legal provision enacted by parliament in 1988 for a 14-day notice to be served before a petition can be given to any concerned party.

Honiara city police commander, Joshua Votu says permission to stage the public demonstration therefore cannot be granted unless a legal opinion says otherwise.

But the organiserof the planned pro-government demonstration, former Greenpeace activist, Lawrence Makili says the freedom of assembly is guaranteed in

the cot•ntry 's supreme law - the National Constitution.

Makili says his Solomon Islands Indigenous People's Movement is determined to stage a public protest against the opposition motion of noconfidence and to ensure the Ulufa'alu government is allowed to undertake its economic reforms.

the country might soon announce a . Tarata blames the prolonged rateatwhichthekinawouldbepegged drought for the big loss in \he against a basket of three currencies, purchasing power of the kma the American dollar, the Japanese but believes it will rebound now yen and the Australian dollar. that the worst effects of the

1be kina, which was about on par drought are over. with the American dollar before it He predicts foreign exchange was floated in 1994, is now worth earnings will rise as the major only 50 cents, and last week the kina mines return to production and dropped to a record low of 73 withexportsfromthenewGobe cents against the Australian do!- oil field in the Southern High-lar. lands.

Vanuatu gov't 'supports' Canada's UN Council bid PORT VILA (Pacnews)V anuatu 'snewlyelected government says it will supp:llt Canada's bid to become anon-pennanent memberof the United Nations Security Council by the year 2CXXl.

Canada's special envoy, senator Royce Frith was in Port Vila early this week, to seek support for Canada's candidarure for a seat on the UN security council, Radio Vanuatu re-

ports. During his meeting with prime

minister Donald Kalpokas Tuesday, Fiith extended his appreciation for Vanuani 's support. .

He also presented cheques for four Canada funded aid projects in Vanuatu, during a meeting with project officials at the New Zealand High Commission.

Sugar profits increase in Fiji SUV A(Pacnews}-Fiji 'ssugarprofits rue expected to be up F$40 million (SUS2 Im) this year as a direct result of the devaluation of the dollru·.

Sugar commission chairman Gerald Barrack says sugar profiL, will be up because export eainings fiumsugararenonnallypaidin United States dollars, Island Networks Corporation reports.

Bairnck says fam1ers are also expected to benefit because fe1tilizer costs will remain tl1e smr1e ,L, world m,u-kct p1iccs come down.

/I.II in all. B,urnck told a Fiji Islands media,L,sociation business workshop, thcsugarindusu-y h,L,benefitted well from the devaluation.

$50M EU grant SUV A (Pacncws)-The Euro

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This cooperation according to the European Union 1epresentative, Doctor David McCrne will be in tl1e frnm of grant aid, Island Networks Cooperation 1epo11s.

Dr McCrae was speaking in an inte1view with Network News and wa., a.,ked how committed was tl1c EU in providing a.,sistance to Fiji and tl1e region.

According to McCrae, a new EU progn1mme was also in place for the South Pacific region worth in excess of $F70 million ($US36m).

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RP tries to industrialize By Oliver Teves

MM'ILA, Philippines (AP) - In efforts to indust.Jial ize the nation and make it globally competitive, the Philippinesplans to fu1thereaseregulations, following a strategy already credited for it~ growtl1 in tl1e last six yc:u'S. t11e government s.iys.

'11ie National Economic and Development Authrnity unveiled late Monday tl1c growth su,negy contained in the Philippine National Development Plan for the 21st century.

It foresees the erndication of mass po'lerty and a '"sufficiently high" per c.ipita income by 2025. Income disuibution in the Philippines by then would re "fair and acceptable."

Pove11y h:L~ been n~duced from a

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nationul average of 44.2 percent of the population in 1985 to 35.5 percent in 1994.

Economic Planning Secretary Cielito Habito said the Jan is meant

Banana exports to rise MANJLA,Philippines(AP)Exports of Philippine bananas and pineapples are expected to increase this year after South Korea scrapped its JO percent value added tax on the products, the Philippine foreign office said Tuesday.

Oscar Valenzuela, spokesman of the Philippines' Foreign Affairs Department, said this month's removal of the tax, which the South Korean government had been collecting since 1977, is expected to boost sales of the products by $5 mi!lion to $6 million per year.

The lifting of the levy means the products would become more affordable to more South Koreans, said Valenzuela.

The Philippines is the biggest exporter of bananas to South Korea. In 1996, South Korea imported about $47 .6 million of fresh bananas from the Philippines, 90 percent of its total banana imports that year.

In 1996 's first 11 months, about $8.8 million worth of Philippine pineapples were exported to South Korea.

to "ensure continuity" of the gains made under President Fidel Ran10s, who will step down in June after a single six-year tem1. His successor will be elected May 11.

'"What we have achieved in tl1e past six years can be continued, but (there is) enough flexibility for t11c new adminis11~1tion ... Habito told rcpo11e1'S.

TI1e Ramos !!Ovemment is credited with tuming the economy around afteryeru"Sof stagnation under the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and political turbulence under former Prcsiuent Corazon Aquino.

The plan aims to boost Philippine

agiicultural production and develop the manufacturing sectorto modernize llild indust.Jialize the economy by 2025.

It builds upon the Ramos government's pol icy of deregu lmion that freed the economy of monopolies.

It calls for democratization of economic opportunities through land refo1m, cooperatives and development of small and medium industries; decentralization of economic activities from urban centers to rural areas; devolution of government functions to local units; and sustainable development.

lwu-gets annual gross nati onul product growtl1 between 8 and IO percent between 2005 and 2025 -a modest growth rate, Habito said.

"We want tl1is to be a plru1 for sustainability ... and that calls for a moderation in the growth rate it,;elf." he added.

Upto2(X)4, the plan aims for GNP growth of 6 to 7 percent, taking per

· capita income to $80 I to $836. The growth tm-gets all me based on

theassumption that population growth will be lowered from 2.3 pc:rcent, domesticsavingsincreascdfrom20.2 percent, and annual inflation Jowe1ed from 5.1 percent in 1997.

After a hard day's work, a convoy of horse-drawn carts locally known as "Kalesa," head back home after catering to tourists, mostly Chinese, in visiting historical sites around Manila Sunday. As the P.hi/ippines begin to celebrate its centennial of Independence on June 12, the Kalesas, the most popular mode of transportation during the 300 years of Spanish rule, is being revived on the streets lately to remind the people of the centennial celebration of its Independence. AP

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The Clinton administration on Tuesday released an annual report on foreign trade baiTiers in which it singled out Japan for not doing enough to open its markets to U.S. companies.

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The Business Ti mes said that Goh is expected to alert the meeting "to the dangerof a European failure to help overcome the Asian financial crisis: the rise of an insular Asia.

·'To forestall such tendencies and keep Asia supportive of glo-. bal trade liberalization, Mr. Goh is expected to tell Europe to keep its own market~ open mid not succumb to protectionist pressures to block cheaper Asian gooos," repo1ted the paper, which reflects the views of Singapore's business community.

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Corruption key to Asian woes HONG KONG (AP) -Conuption ranging from nepotism to bribery and bid-rigging is among the causes of Asia's economic problems, and increasingly threatens to spill over from the most co1111pt societies to the cleanest, a think tank said Wednesday.

A survey of more than 400 expatriate businessmen working in Asia rated Singapore the least corrupt of 11 countries.

The survey, based on the executives' perceptions of corruption, rated Indonesia the worst, with Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and South Korea close behind.

Some of the countries with the sickest economies scored highest on the corrnption scale in the survey conducted by the Hong KongbasedPoliticai and Economic Risk Consultancy.

But the think tank said in a report that even the cleaner societies were at risk.

It credited Singapore with "determined enforcement and heavy penalties" for corruption, helping keep it clean despite the co1Tupt practices of its neighbors.

However, it noted, the Singapore dollar came under pressure last year as a result of Thailand'seconomicproblemswhich were exacerbated by corruption. And Indonesia could pose other difficult problems.

Indonesian businessmen trying

to protect themselves from their homeland's turmoil are moving assets and operations abroad -and Singapore is among the most popular locations.

Not only might they bring Indonesia's co1111pt practices with them, but it could be difficult for Singapore to monitor companies owned by people from other countries, the report said.

Hong Kong and Taiwan both face other cross-border concerns overconuption- both ultimately having to do with China.

In Hong Kong, which was rated second-best in the survey, the report said that the first months after the handover to Chinese sovereignty largely alleviated fears that corruption suddenly would flourish.

However, it said recent controversies over alleged favoritism towards those with connections to the mainland could raise doubts about the legal system.

As Taiwanese society opens up, it is getting more serious about cracking down on corruption. But burgeoning business contacts with the mainland and Hong Kong will make it difficult to control crossborder c01ruption, the think tank said.

While business contacts are growing with the mainland, political contacts are not, it said. "This lack of cooperation will make it almost impossible to po-

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Businessmen's preccptions of mainland China improved markedly in I 997. "The legal system may still be very weak, but those charged with fighting c01ruption seem to be taking their job much

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more seriously," the report said. In Thailand, it said, there was

hope that the new government of Chuan Lcckpai would break with the country's corrupt past. Corruption had made Thai exports Jess competitive, raised consumer prices, housing costs and the price of infrastructure improvements.

In contrast, there was little positive news about Indonesia. While low civil service slllaries invite small-scale corruption, the report cited nepotism as a major impediment to restoring business confidence, as well as a general lack of political will to end corrup!ion.

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Japan: US trade report one-sided

An employee of Omron Corp. takes US banknotes out of an Automated Money Exchange machine at the electronic company's factory in Kusatsu City, western Japan Monday. As parl of the "Big Bang," Japanese version of the overhauling financial system, launched Wednesday, US currency can be accepted at restaurants or shops. The machines are currently produced among big demands. AP

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TOKYO (AP) - Japan's trade ministry said Wednesday that a U.S. repo11 accusingJapanof rais· ing barriers to foreign trade was "one-sided" and ignored concerns from abroad abo;t Washington's · own "Buy America" policy.

The Clinton administration on Tuesday released an annual re· port on foreign trade barriers in which it singled out Japan for not doing enough to open its markets to U.S. companies.

Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry responded in a statement Wednesday that the report ignored shortcomings in Washington's own trade policy and that some of its findings were inconsistent with international agreements.

·'Toe U.S. report says Japan

must take measures regarding regulations in the areas of automobile, automotive parts, and glass, but fails to give an account of its own progress concerning regulations in these areas," the statement said.

The ministry also said the United States failed to respond to

-international concerns that its .. Buy America" policy was unfair to foreign manufacturers.

The trade ministry cited Japan's three-year "Big Bang" financial deregulation plan as proof of its commitment to open its markets. Several Big Bang reforms, including a measure to allow almost any shop to exchange foreign currency, took effect Wednesday.

The 411 -page U.S. report accused Japan, 48 other countries

and three trading groups of en· gaging in practices unfair to American companies. · It noted a surging U.S. trade deficit with Japan and cited barriers to such goods as autos and supercomputers.

In its response, MIT! pointed out that the United States has never purchased a Japanese-made supercomputer.

Japan also denied that it restricts foreign access to its photo film market, saying the World Trade Organization had found Japan's film market to be just as open as those in the United States and elsewhere.

Earlier, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said the report contained "misunderstandings."

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Leaders of 25 nations are gathering Friday for the second biannual summit known as ASEM 2.

·The statement will try to balance the need for more European involvement with more Asian commitment to International Monetary Fund reforms," The Business Times repo11ed. "It will also reaffirm a commitment to open multilateral tradean important move because the Asians fear Europe will react to the crisis by closing up."

P1ime Minister Goh Chok Tong 's office said the leaders at the London meetir.g will consider endorsing a Trade Facilitation Action Plan and an Investment Promotion Action

Plan to enhance trade and investment between Asia and Europe. ·

"An Asia-Europe Cooperation Framework for political, economic, cultural and people-to-people cooperation isalsoexpected tobeadopte<l," said the prime minister's statement.

The Business Times said that Goh is expected to alert the meeting"to the danger of a European failure to help overcome the Asian financial crisis: the rise of an insular Asia.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1998 MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-23

Corruption key to Asian woes HONG KONG (AP) - Comiption ranging from nepotism to bribery and bid-rigging is among the causes of Asia's economic problems, and increasingly threatens to spill over from the most corrupt societies to the cleanest, a think tank said Wednesday.

A survey of more than 400 expatriate businessmen working in Asia rated Singapore the least corrupt of 11 countries.

The survey, based on the executives' perceptions of corruption, rated Indonesia the worst, with Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and South Korea close behind.

Some of the countries with the sickest economies scored highest on the conuption scale in the survey conducted by the Hong Kongbased Political and Economic Risk Consu I tancy.

But the think tank said in a report that even the cleaner societies were at risk.

It credited Singapore with "determined enforcement and heavy penalties" for corruption, helping keep it clean despite the conupt practices of its neighbors.

However, it noted, the S ingaporc dollar came underpressu re last year as a result of Thailand 'seconomic problemswhich were exacerbated by cornrption. And Indonesiacou Id pose other difficult problems.

Indonesian businessmen trying

to protect themselves from their homeland's tUimoil are moving assets and operations abroad -and Singapore is among the most popular locations.

Not only might they bring -Indonesia 'scornipt practices with them, but it could be difficult for Singapore to m~nitor companies owned by people from other countries, the report said.

Hong Kong and Taiwan both face other cross-border concerns over corruption-both ultimately having to do with China.

In Hong Kong, which was rated second·best in the survey, the re· port said that the first months after the handover to Chinese sovereignty largely alleviated fears that corruption suddenly would flourish.

However, it said recent controversies over alleged favoritism towards those with connections to the mainland could raise doubts about the legal system.

As Taiwanese society opens up, it is getting more serious about cracking down on conuption. But burgeoning business contacts with the mainland and Hong Kong will make it difficu It to control crossborder cmTUption, the think tank said.

While business contacts are growing with the mainland, political contacts arc not, it said. "This lack of cooperation will make it almost impossible to po-

lice and prosecute cross-border corruption effectively," the report said.

Businessmen's preceptions of mainland China improved markedly in 1997. "The legal system may still be very weak, but those charged with fighting co1TUption seem to be taking their job much

Working through the night laborers from Cirebon, West Java, dig a ditch to lay telecommunications cable in Jakarla Monday. With Indonesia weathering its worst economic crisis in decades, migrant workers are willing to take jobs at 8,000 rupiah (US dlrs 0.94) a day. AP

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Indol'l.esia to get Canadian aid .JAKARTA. Indonesia (AP) -Canada announced a :mo million Canadian dollars (S 19g million) support package to help alk\'iate social hardship in crisis-hit Indonesia Wednesday.

\'1siting Secretary of State for· :\si,1-l'acific Rarn10nd Chan s:1id 250million Cm,;dian dollars($ 17~ million) worth of e.xport credits

would be provided through the Canadian Wheat Board.

Credits wot1h 20 million Canadian dollars (S 14 million) would be made through the Export Development Coq1. for"cssential impo11s."

The Canar.Ji,m International DeYdopmcntal Agency would donate medicine. food and other supplies \\'Orth mon: than 9 million Cana-

dian dollars (S6 million). he said. The aid pledge is the latest in a

series made by industrialized nations to help Indonesia cope with the effects of the worst economic crisis in 30 years.

At a news conference Chan said Canada wanted to "help address some of the hm·dships that Indonesian people face today:·

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & IMMIGRATION DIVISION OF LABOR

PUBLIC NOTICE The following persons with pending Labor or Agency Case are hereby notified to report to the Division of Labor, Enforcement Section, Located on the 2nd Floor of Afctna Building, San Antonio, Saipan on the date prescribed below.

NAME LABOR/AGENCY CASE NO. HEARING DATE & TIME I. Rogelio A. Fabian Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1:30 p.m. 2. Ariel S_ Dupra Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1:30 p.m. 3. Odelon V. Caragos Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 l:30p.m. 4. Jose J. Sytamco Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1:30 p.m. 5. Uldarico F. Duran Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1:30 p.m. 6. Lilian M. Dano Labor Case #91-084 4/7/98 1:30 p.m.

Failure to appear at the Division on or before the date and time specified above shall be ground for dismissal of the above cases and appropriate action and/or sanction shall be taken against the above individuals, including the referrals of their matters to the Immigration Office for their actions.

Dated this 26th day of March, 1998.

/s/ GILS :M. SAN NICOLAS Acting Director of Labor

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND IMMIGRATION Division of Labor

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Failu_rc to appear at the Divis~on on or before the date and time specified above shall be grounds for d1sm1ssal of the above cases. _l·urthcrmorc, appropriate actions and/or sanctions shall be taken against the above 111d1v1duals, which will 111cludc the referral of their names and/or matters to the Division of lmmi 0 ralion for proper actions. ·

Dated this 23rd day or March, 1998.

/s/ GIL M. SAN NICOLAS Acting Director of Lahor

Expert ,md technical assistance would also be given to help Indonesians fight hundreds offires burning on the island of Borneo.

Last year fires across Indonesia produced a thick smoke haze that threatened the health of millions in Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries.

A Jrought. blamed on the El Nino weather phenomenon. has also affected rice harvests.

Chan and Secretm·y of State for Intemational Financial Institutions Jim Peterson held talks with Suhruto on Tuesday as special envoys of Prime Minister Jean Chretien.

Chan said Canadasuppot1cd current attempts by Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund to review a dlrs 43 billion bailout for the world's fourth most populous nation.

111e bailout stalled recently amid fears t11at Indonesia was not implementing commitments to reform

the economy. President Suharto had com

plained that tough IMF refo1ms had not turned the battered economy m-ound, and had only made life worse for millions of people.

"We recognize that Indonesia is concerned thatimplementingsome refo1ms immediately could increase hardships for its citizens," Chan said.

"Wem-c hopeful that an agreement c,m re reached that addresses tl1ese concerns while safegmuuing essenti~1I 1efonnelements needed to foster economic recovery."

Indonesia and IMF officials have been meeting for about two weeks in J aka11a and have said a new agreement might be reached sometime this week.

The two Canadian envoys are scheduled to visit Malaysia on Thursday and Singapore on Friday.

A "Free Tibet" protester holds up a banner inside the Guildhall in the City of London Wednesday as the Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was about to speak. Zhu is in London for the ASEM summit that takes place in London beginning Friday. The protester was removed by police. AP

Fire spreads ·in Borneo JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)Dozens of underground coal deposits are smouldering as wildfires rage on the islandofBomeo, a local government official said Wednesday.

Mlll'diansyah,anofficialin East kalimantan province, said about 159,000 hectares (392,000 acres) had been blackened since the fires began in January amid a prolonged drought.

He said 338 fires were currently burning, including 24 coal fire points in Bukit Suharto, a conservation forest south of Smnarinda, I ,200kilometers(750 miles) northeast of Jakarta.

It was not clear how the coal deposits caught alight.

Fire has burned 46,000 hectares (99,000 acres) in nearby Kutai National Park, the habitat of rare animals such as orangutans, crocodiles, bears, buffaloes and birds, he said.

Meteorologists have blamed the drought on the El Nino

weather phenomenon that has kept monsoonal rains away from the area.

Murdiansyahsaid weeks of trying to induce rain by seeding clouds with salt crystals had failed.

Meanwhile, Ludwig Schnider, of a German-funded fire control aid project, accused timber and plantation companies of starting many blazes to clear land cheaply.

"Many of the fires ... are burning in timber and plantation concession areas," he was quoted by the official Antara news agency as saying.

A seven-member United Nations team is to visit East Kalimantan this week amid fears that the fires could spread.

Last year, fires across the archipelago produced smoke that threatened the health of millions in Southeast Asia.

Officials fear the smog problem could be worse this year if left unchecked.

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Chinese labor surplus surges HONG KONG (AP)- With unemployment in China surging, new labor statistics show 2.5 workers will be competing for each availablt: job this year, a news agency with tics to the Chinese government repo1ted Wednesday.

The statistics rep011cd by the Hong Kong-based China News Agency were the most pessimistic yet amid the prospect of tens of millions of layoffs in a sweeping overhaul of state industry.

'n1e rep011 by the State Statistics Bureau indicates unemployment will not improve in 1998, the agency said.

Official estimates of jobless Chi-

nese range as high as 15 million people in the cities and I 30 million in the countryside.

Many people work part time or have been told to stay home by companies that continue to pay them subsistence wages.

The labor figures reporter.l Wednesday suggest about 40 percent of unemployed workers could expect to find jobs this year-half the figure previously cited by the government. ~ The se1vice sector is·expectc<l to provide 70 percent of new jobs, the report said. It said many jobs will come from fast-growing small-and medium-size private businesses.

Police try to control a crowd outside a job fair in Beijing Saturday. Job fairs have become increasingly common as China reforms state industries leaving many out of work. AP

Algerians fear death if they are deported home

Guard charged -for assault on lensman MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Four Algerians facing deportion from Australia fear they will be executed if they are returned, Islamic activists said Wednesday.

Islamic Councils, said Wednesday the Algerians "quiver at the prospect of ... being returned to live amongst (the) mayhem" of Algeria.

SYDNEY, Australia (AP)A security guard was Wednesday charged with assault for allegedly pushing a press photographer off a churchyard wall at the christening of the baby of Paula Yates and fytichael Hu_tchence, police said.

The 29-year-old security guard, whose name was not released by police, was arrested and charged with common assault by detectives late

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The Office of the Executive Director, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, is soliciting sealed bids for the construction of SAN JOSE WATERLINE PROJECT, Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana islands. The sealed bids shall be identified on the outside of the envelope by the Invitation for Bids No. CUC-IFB98-00!9. Bids in duplicate will be accepted at the Office of the Special Advisor, Procurement and Supply, CUC, at Lower Base, Saipan until 3:00 p.m., on April 22, 1998, at which time and place will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A bid guarantee of 15 percent of the total bid price must accompany the bids. The security may be in cash, certified check, cashier's check, or other form acceptable to be CNMI government made payable to the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation.

The bidder is required to submit with his proposal a copy ofhisCNMI Business permit in compliance with the Contractor's Registration and Licensing Laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

This project is funded in part by a grant from the Office of Insular Affairs (0IA), Department of Interior and with matching funds from the CNMI Government. The award of this project is contingent upon receipt of approval from OJA.

The project consists, in general, of installing 7 .5 miles underground waterlines ranging from 6-inch to 12-inch diameter complete with appurtenant valves, fittings, hydrants, service laterals, and meters.

A non-refundable payment of $300.00 is required for each set of Plans, Specifications, and Proposal Forms available on or after March 23, 1998 at the Water Division Office, CUC Saipan. A pre-bid conference for this project is scheduled at 10:00 a.m., on April 3, I 998, at the CUC Conference Room, Tinian. A project site visit is scheduled following the pre-bid meeting.

Attention is called to the Labor Standard Provisions for Wage Rate Determination of the CNMI Classification and Salary Structure Plans and that payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the specifications must be paid on this project.

CUC reserves the right to reject any or all bids and waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the government.

All inquiries should be directed to Ernesto L. Villarin at telephone number (670) 322-9383.

/sff!MOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ Executive Director

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CUC RFP 98-0011

March 13, 1998

The Commonwealth Utilities Corporntion (CUC) is requesting proposals from qualified firms for the supply of lubricants, lubricating oils. greases. etc., for its power plants on Saipan. Tinian. and Rota. CUC is requesting two options: (I) supply fora period of two (2) years: (2) supply for a period of five (5) years.

The Specifications may be picked up at the n:c Procurement & Supply Office in Lower Base. between 7:30 a.m. to 11 :.10 a.m. and I ::.10 p.m. to 4:30 p.111 .. ,\londay through Friday. ,'xcept for Government observed holidays.

O!krors shall prol'ide a l"<'r!il.iration ,i;ncJ h1 d principle of the company ,rating th.it the company has 111 thc past. and 1s rnrrcntl\. i11 cn111pli:1ncc 11ith :di appl1c:1hk C\\11 :ind kckral Lthor laws. Should the company be unahk to prcwide such ,,TtifiGiliun. tile' rnmpa:11 must prrn idc' :111 rittc:n nplan:11ion a, to wh1. incluJin12 a description of any l'iola1i11ns nf such 1:ibur laws and :mi remcuial :1ction taken. h\\Ll'RE m THE C0\1P.\\Y TO PROVIDE SLICH CERTIFICATIO'.'; OR E\PL\\,\TlO:-:" lS GROl \OS TO REJECT THE E\TIRE PROPOSAL.

Prupt":1i, 11 ill be e1 a\u:1Icd and sckuiun, he maJc l1a1cd on Cl F Cost 16() points) and Reliability of Supply ( 40 points).

Si\ 161 sets of the proposals and copies of the firm's CN:Vll Business License must be submincd in a sealed envelope marked CL"C RFP98-00I I to CCC Procurement & Supply. Lower Base, P.O. Box 1220, Saipan. MP 96950, no later than Tuesday, April 11. 1998 at _1:00 p.m., local rime. Late submissions will not be considmd.

Discu5'ions may be conducted with re_1ponsiblc offerors who submit proposals dctennined lo be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award for the purpo.1c of clarification and to ensure full understanding of. and responsiveness to solicilation requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals and such revisions may be pc1111ined after submission and prior to award for the purpose of obtaining the best and final offers. ln conducting discussions, there shall be no disclosure of any information derived from pr;posals submillcd by competing offcrnrs,

CuC rcscrl'cs the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and to waive any defects in said proposals, if in its sole opinion to do so would be in the best interest of CUC. All proposals ;hall become the property of CUC.

TIMOTHY P. VILLAGOMEZ Executive Director

Hundreds of angry jute, cotton and textile mills workers block a highway near industrieal area of Fatullah, 16 kilometers (10 mile) west of capital Dhaka Tuesday, March 31, 1998 to demand for higher wage. AP

Labor leaders issued a fresh call for protests Saturday and Sunday. Labor leader Abul Bashar on Wednesday vowed to continue the campaign till their demands were met.

The mi II workers are demanding doubling of their monthly salaries of 1,200 takas (about $26), reopening of closed mills and factories and an end to the government's policy of selling state-owned enterprises to the private sector, which they sec as a threat to job security.

The mill workers' pay is a bit under the average for a poor family in Bangladesh.

A family of four needs about 1,800 takas a month to live on a diet consisting mostly ofrice and rent simple accommodation,

The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank have all asked the government to sell off money-losing mills and factories and use the proceeds for poverty alleviation projects.

Suharto presses ahead with student dialogue JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -President Suharto is pushing ahead with plans to hold talks between the government and student protest leaders, a Cabinet minister said Wednesday.

However, many student leaders say they won't take part. During the past month dozens of campus demonstrations have been held in protest against the government's handling of the worst economic crisis in 30 years.

On Wednesday several hundred students staged peaceful campus rallies in the cities of Jakarta and Yogyakarta.

Many students have called for democratic reform and want Suharto, who has governed for32years,to step down. Justice Minister Muladi said Suharto had instructed him to prepare for a government dialogue with student rcpre-

sen ta ti ves. "The president considers

the dialogue as very important and he asked me to prepare the method and substance of the meeting," Muladi, a former university rector, v1as quoted as saying by the official Antara news agency.

He did not ~ay whether Suharto would take part in the meeting.

The military and several Cabinet ministers have also offered to talk to disgruntled students, who have become the most vocal opponents of Suharto and the government.

However, theJakartaPostnewspaper reported Wednesday that many student~ leaders said they would not attend.

The paper quoted some student leaders as saying they were not happy with the way the meeting had been planned and were wary about the army's participation.

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India urges rich nations:

'Spend more on environment' By KRISHNAN GURUSWAMY

NEW DELHI, India (AP) _ Prime Minister Atal 13ihari Vajpayee of India urged rich nations Wednesday to spend more money to protect the env ironment.

To ensure that poor nations can develop, the countries that can afford to do so must increase research into how the environment can be protected, Vajpayee told de legates at a meeting of the Global Environmental Facility, a conservation program funded by 155 countries, the United Nations and lending institutions such as the World Bank.

The donor and recipient nations in the GEF are meeting in New Delhi to discuss how to spend $2.75 billion earmarked for protecting the environment in developing countries.

The funds, cleared in February, were the first replenishment for the GEF. founded in 1991, since donors pumped in $2 billion in I 994 to help conserve biodiversity in poor nations, reduce the risk of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, protect international waters from pollution and fight deforestation.

The organization had approved 17-projects worth $150 million in the areas of land degradation, water resources, and

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climate change, in 22 countries, GEF's chairman, Mohamed EIAshry, said.

Poor nations in the GEF say rich countries create many of the environmental problems, yet don't give enough money to the organization to find solutions.

Vajpayee said economic development worldwide led to shrinking forest cover. depletion of the ozone layer and other environmental problems.

Rich nations consumed too many resources while poor nations destroyeJ the environment trying to make economic progress.

Because the problems of poor and rich nations are different, their strategies for protecting the environment must also differ, Vajpayee said.

Malaysian legislator gets18 months in jail KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - An opposition member of Parliament was sentenced to 18 months in jail Wednesday for having questioned why a top Malaysian official wasn't charged after a girl said he raped her.

Lim Guan Eng, deputy secretary-general of the Democratic Action Party, was convicted last year of printing false news and inciting the public.

He had questioned the government's decision not to press rape charges against Rahim Tamby Chik, former chief minister of Malacca state.

Prosecutors at the time said they didn't have enough evidence against Rahim.

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday sentenced Lim to 18 months in jail and set aside a 10,000 fine imposed by the High Court last year, saying it was too 1 i ttle punishment.

Lim 's father, Lim Kit S iang, is the opposition leader of Parliament. He said his son could not write a check for the 20,000 ($5,400) bail, so he'd have pay cash Thursday.

"He'll be taken into lock-up for tonight," said Lim Sr.

Tian Chua, a spokesman for the Malaysian human rights

group SUARAM, called the sentencing "a shame for the country."

"This is another example of how unfair the whole political system is and how the judge has been manipulated to silence the opposition," Tian said.

"I think at this stage of the economic crisis the move by the government to silence the opposition really undermines public confidence in the transparency and impartiality of our government," Tian said.

!fa member of Parliament is fined 2,000 ($555) or more, he or she is ineligible to hold a legislative seat. Since Lim's fine was set aside, it was not immediately clear whether Lim could be expelled from Parliament.

Lim has said that the charges against him were a ploy by the ruling party to end his political career.

He was charged after printing a pamphlet about the Rahim case in January 1995 and making public comments questioning whether Malaysian prosecutors had a double standard for public officials.

Lim also questioned why a court ordered the girl detained after she made the accusations. while Rahim remained free.

Vajpayee said that while rich countries should have stringent laws for environmental protection, poornations should instead offerincen lives to conserve forests, rivers, plants and animals_

Yajpayee said India plans to

enact strict laws to protect i1s an i ma! and plant Ii fc and l<l check pollution.

El-/\shry cal led for greater participation of the priv:lle industry.

'"Poor countries arc scream-

in~ for technolD!.'\' transfer .. _ Y~u have to reali;.~ the tcchnology ultirnately lies wi1h 1hc private sector." he said in a speech.

The: GIT h,1s so for spcnJ S 7 bi! lion on .500 projects in ! I') countries.

COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (EA) AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT CFONSI) FOR THE TINIAN

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, the Commonwe!3-lth Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Ports Authority gives notice that 1998 Environmental Assess~ent and Fi~ding of No Significant Impact (FONS!), for Airport lmprov~ments at the Tm1an International Airport, Island ofTinian, Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands has been prepared.

The proposed action of the EA is to implement improvement. to the W~st Tinian Airport on the Island ofTinian in order to accommodate the anticipated mcreases rn airport arrivals as a result of the "Casino Initiative".

No significant adverse environmental impacts that cannot be mitig<Jted ar: expected as a result of the preferred alternative. The removal of a small percentage Tmian monarch tangantangan and secondary forest habitat will not adv~rsely affect the v1abil1ty of that species population, and is addressed in January 1998 Av1faunal Survey, I appended to the EAl.

The potential adverse impacts resulting from the accidental introduction o~ the brown t !·ee snakes during construction or during airport operations will be avoided by the 1mplemcntat1on of the Brown Tree Snake Prevention Plan, I appended to the Ee,.1.

Disturbance of archeological sites during construction activities _will be avoided by the erformance of an Archeological Inventory Survey Plan as_ specified m t~~- E:\ a,nd by

ronstruction phase archeological momtonng as also specified Ill the Inventor} ~UI\ e:, :Jar!. Aviation and worker safety hazard from the poten~1al presence at unexploded m dna1:cf d t [

be avoided by arranging for professionally qualified bomb teams to handle unexp o cc ordnance as it is discovered.

c · f the Final EA and FONSI are available for public review at the Commonwealth piftt:Aithority Saipan· Joeten-Kiyu Library, Tinian Public Library, or may be ma~e available by contacting Mr. Carl~s H. Salas, Executive Director of CPA, at (670) 664-3500/3501.

Prepared by:

ls/Juan C. Tenorio, P.E. Juan C. Tenorio & Associates, Inc.

Approved by:

ls/Carlos H. Salas, Executive Director Commonwealth Ports Authority

COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY

PUBLIC NOTICE The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) will offer for sale to the highest bidder the vehicles below on April 15, 1998, at 10:00 a.m., at West Tinian Airport;

One (1) 1990 SUBARU "LEGACY" STATIONWAGON One (I) 1987 SUBARU DL STATIONWAGON

The above vehicles will be sold "as is" and all sales are final. For more information, please contact Mr. Sylvester C. Palacios. Tinian Ports Manager, at 433-9296 during regular working hours.

/s/CARLOS H. SALAS Executive Director

Pursuant to the Government Vehicle Regulation No. 1101, I, Herman S. Sablan, Acting Director of Procurement & Supply, hereby give CPA consent to sell the above vehicles.

/s/HERMAN S. SABLAN

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Myanmar troops raze village MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) -In a daring daylight raid. gue1Tillas allied with Myanmar's military government swooped into a Thai border village and burned down 200 houses. government offices and a warehouse. reports

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rillas forded the shallow Moei River Tuesday and burned down buildings in thevillageofMaeSarn l.aebinSop Moei district of Mae Hong Son province, 650 kilometers ( 400miles )north ofBangkok.

There were no rePJrts of casualties among villagers or raiders.

There was speculation the main target was the privately owned warehouse, which stocked supplies for sale to the refugee camps.

Most of the more than I 00,000 refugees from Myanmar living in Thailand are sympathetic to the Karen National Union, which has been fighting for autonomy from Myanmar's central government since 1948.

A high-ranking 1l1ai army officer said Wednesday there was no evidence of exactly what had happened, and no villagers had yet volunteered accounLs of the attack. Maj. Gen. Chamlong Photong, chief of staff of the 3rd Arn1y Region said, however, there ww; rea~on to believe the DKBA was behind tl1e attack.

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Border security officials said they had received prior warning that the village would be attacked, but gave no details or explanation why the attack succeeded.

The allack came one day before Wednesday's visit by Th.ii Deputy

Foreign Minister Sukhumbhand Paribatra to assess the damage from the recent cross-border raids.

He is also pressing for the release of six Thais, as well as an Australian, who have been abducted by the DKBA in recent months.

Sukhumbhand told re!X)rters in Mae Sot, a Thai city in the area where many of the refugee camps are located, that he will bring up his findings with the Myanmar government duringhisupcomingvisittothecountry.

Australian aid worker Nick Cheesman,28,andhisThaicolleague, Ngamsuk Rattanasathicn, were abducted Friday near tl1e Mae La refugee camp, slightly upriver from Mae Sot, which is 400 kilometers (250 miles)northwestofBangkok. Maj. Gen. Charnlong said Wednesday he had been in direct contact with a Myanmar aimy officer. and been assured that Cheesman was safe.

He said he wwrnot given a date for his relem,e, however.

Thai Foreign Minisuy spokesman Kobsak Chutikul said Tuesday tl1at tl1e DKBA claimed that Cheesman and tl1e Thai womai1 were not kidnapped but were invited to film and document damage done by tl1c rival KNU.

He quoted ,m aimy repo!t m saying the two had traveled to Pa-,m in Krn-en stale to meet the group's leaucr :md wc1-e expected lmetum to llmi l,u1d in two days.

Thai Border Patrol police return Sunday from the Moei River where they he/d negotiations with guerrillas from Myanmar. Tension is high at That-Myanmar borqer where the DKBA has staged attacks on refugee camps m That/and. AP

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Rival factions clash in streets By KER MUNTHtT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia ( AP) - Hundreds of riot pol ice armed with assau It ri fies and batons Wednesday dispersed a crowd of supporters of Prince Norodom RanaridcJh after they clashed with backers of the prince's archrival, Cambodian leader Hun Sen.

It marked the marked the sharpest confrontation yet between the men. since Ranariddh returned home Monday from nine months of exile to prepare for elections called by Hun Sen, who toppled him in a coup last July.

Ranariddh, in an interview with The Associated Press as the confrontation took place, urged his backers to remain

back the prince's crowd from the hotel courtyard. The streets were blocked to traffi C.

"Long live prince Ranariddh!" supporters cried.

They engaged in a seesaw pushing match with police. They mac.le their own baimers of scrap paper and called Hun Sen a puppet of Cambodia's historical enemy, Vietnam.

Ranariddh stayed inside the hotel, prevented by secutity-conscious aides from waving to his supporters.

After about two hours of confrontation, some of his backers left ·while others loitered in the streets.

Pol ice reported no arrests. Some 200 Ranariddh supporters

Hun Sen has slated elections July 26 in a bid to legitimize his power and restore foreign aid cut off after the coup.

Foreign donor countries have insisted on the prince's return as a step toward the polls being free and fair.

Under a complicated Japanese plan, Ranariddh was convicted in show trials for arms smuggling and plotting his own coup with the Khmer Rouge.

His father, King Norodom Sihanouk, then pardoned him,enabling him to return.

He plans to return to Bangkok on Friday.

Hun Sen, mourning his recently deceased mother, refuses to meet him until at least early May.

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counter-demonstration that · would give anyone a pretext

to not let me stay longer in our country and stand for election," Ranariddh said.

About 500 Ranariddh supporters, mostly motorcycle taxi drivers, gathered outside the Le Royal hotel in Phnom Penh early Wednesday.

Some 60 opponents also turned up. all carrying banners reading, "Your Highness is Guilty of Causing Fire to

My !louse and You Must Pay Me Back."

Ilun Scn's authorities have paid or ordered people lo protest the prince since last weekend.

The message echoed Hun Sen 's contention that Ranariddh should pay for$ 54 million in estirn;1tcd damages caused to the city in last Ju I y 's coup. when Ranariddh was unseated as co-premier after two days or fighting.

Most of the damage was caus<.:d from looting by llun Scn 's soldiers.

Tht.: R,1nariddh supporters outside Le Royal tore the posters from the hands or the protesters and burned them.

The llun Sen-controlled riot police then waded in. pushing

returned in the afternoon and put up banners urging peace and pre-. dieting victory for Ranariddh's party in the elections.

Gen. King Samnang, the deputy national police chief, said: "I wo!Ty that the protesters will turn against each other and it might tum into a big problem."

Sam Chantola, 28, a proRanariddh student, said both of the prime ministers should share the blame for the events that led to the coup last year.

"It's not fair to blame Ranariddh alone," Sam Chantola said.

Ranariddh and Hun Sen. baltlefield enemies during the l 9KOs. shared power in a tense copremiershi p after U .N.-sponsored polls in 1993.

Relations worsened after the Khmer Rouge guerrilla movement fragmented in 1996 and each started wooing fighters to '.1uild up their own respective military strengths.

Ranariddh was negotiating with the lasl holdouts, based in the northern jungles at Anlong Vcng, when llun Sen toppled him. At least 43 of the prince's supporters were killed .

l lun Sen has consolidated power over most of Cambodia and appears to be on the verge of smashing the Anlonxg Vcng gue1Tillas. who have suppor1ed Ranariddh 's small armed forces since the coup.

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CUC-RFP-98-0022 April 1 , 1998

The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is soliciting competitive proposals form responsible firms capable of performing construction management and inspection of civil, electrical and mechanical construction activities for electrical 13.8/34.5 kV generation and 34.5/13.8 kV distribution substations. The work included under this contract will be on the island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), approximately 150 miles north of Guam.

Interested parties may pick up the scope of services at the CUC Procurement & Supply Office in Lower Base, from 7:30 to 11 :30 a.m. and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday thrpugh Friday, except for government observed holidays, or have the scope of services Faxes or mailed upon request.

Offerors shall provide a certification, signed hy a principle of the company stating that the company has in the past, and is rnrrently. in compliance with all applicable CNMI and federal labor laws. Should the company be unable to provide such certification. the company must provide written explanation as to why, including a description of any violations to such labor laws and any remedial action taken. FAILURE OF THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE THE CERTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION IS GROUNDS TO REJECT THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL

Proposals will be evaluated and selections be made based on Bid Price - 50 points; Construction Management Experience - 30 points; and Construction Inspection Experience - 20 points.

A copy of the proposal musl be submitted by Fax to (670) 322-6582 no later than 1 :00 p.m., CNMI local time, Tuesday, April 14, 1997. The original proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked CUC RFP 98-0022, to CUC Procurement & Supply Ol"lit:c, P.O. Box 1220, Lower Base, Saipan, MP 96950, no later than 3:00 p.m .. local time, Monday, April 20, 1998.

Discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors, who submit proposals delcm1ined to he rcasonablr susceptible of being selected for award, for the purpose of clarification and to ensure full understanding ol, and responsiveness to. solicitation requirements. OITcrors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to opportunity for discussion and revision 01· proposals. and such revisions may be pcnnittcd after submission and prior to award or the purpose or obtaining the bcsl and final offers. In conducting discussions, there shall be no disclosure of any information derived from proposals submitted by competing offcrors.

CUC reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and to waive any defect in the proposals if, in ils sole opinion to do so, would be in its best intt:rcst. All proposals shall become the property of CUC.


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The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) is looking for

2 (Two) Ports Police Officer/Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter I

and 1 (one) Weather Observer

for the West Tinian Airport. The m1mmum qualification is any combination equivalent to graduation from a high school or GED or trade school with at least two years of experience in airport operations. Application forms are available at the West Tinian Airport. Applications must be accompanied by an updated police clearance. The deadline for submission of applications is 4:30 p.m., April 10, 1998. For more information, please call the Commonwealth Ports Authority at the West Tinian Airport at telephone number 433-9296.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -President Bill Clinton's top AIDS advisers are preparing to vote on a resolution calling for the ouster of his health secretary in a growing battle over needle exchanges.

A congressional moratorium on the -federal funding of needle exchanges expired Tuesday.

That means communities could use federal health money to give drug addicts clean needles as soon as Health and Human Services

Secretary Donna Shalala certifies that such programs help stop the AIDS virus without increasing drug use.

Scientific consensus is that they do, but Shalala is still considering the issue.

Members of the Presidential Advisory Council on AIDS, which just two weeks ago unanimously expressed no confidence in the administration's commitment to fight AIDS, now is signaling more fmstration.

Members drafted a resolution calling for Shalala's resigna-

tion; the full council will vote on it next week.

The draft. obtained by The Associated Press, cites a "panem ofinaction, misrepresentation ... and broken promises" that has "se1iously eroded the secretary's and the administration's credibility on all AIDS prevention and related public health matters."

The council says 33 Americans_ every day catch the deadly virus through tainted needles.

Shalala 's office had no immediate comment.

An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco. and Firearms offers direction to a pair of Fremont police officers patrolling a neighborhood where a number of bombs have been detonated in Fremont, Calif .. Wednesday. Six bombs have been exploded in Fremont since Sunday. AP

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

SIXTH CNMI STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Notice of Meeting Pursuant to Public L,w. 1hc State Board or Educatilm hereby gives notice that the Special meeting or the Board will be held on Wednesday, April 8. 1998 al 6:00 p.m. at the Koblervillc Elementary School Cafeteria, Saipan.

The following items arc on the agenda 1·or the above referenced meeting.

I. PRELIMINARY Mi\1TERS I. Call to OrJcr 2. Roll Call 3. Adop1irn1 or Agenda 4. Adoption of Minutes

II. CORRESPONDENCE I. MHS Community Council 2. Hopwood .Ir. High: Hawaiian Rock Products 3. Oieai Elem. Collateral: Rckr lo CIP Comm. 4. Represcn1a1ive Cepeda: Rc/"cr to CIP Committee 5. Rcprcscnlativc Camacho: Refer to CIP Comm. 6. Jin Neale Refer to Ccrtil"ication Committee 7. House Rcsulution No. I I- I 3

Ill. cMAIRWOMAN'S REPORT 1. Public Auditor's Report: Ml-IS A/C Purchase

IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS I. CIP/f.acili1ies Committee 2. Fi~cal & l'crsonncl Committee 3. Curriculum. Instruction & Asscssmcnl Comm. 4. S<:11001 Rci"orm & Parent lnrnlvemcnt Committee

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Charles Duffer, 2nd right, head of UN inspection team in Iraq checks with his inspectors inside the UN compound in Baghdad on Wednesday. The UN inspectors were about to start a new mission inspection of the presidential palaces. AP _

By VIJAY JOSHI BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.N. arms inspectors have met their goal of mapping Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's palaces, the head of the diplomatic corps monitoring the inspections said Wednesday.

On Tuesday, a small group of experts made a second visit to three palaces - one in Baghdad and two in the north - to tie up some loose ends and complete sllrvey work:Jayantha Dhanapala said.

The inspectors need to see two more palaces in Baghdad before wrapping up their mission by this weekend, said Dhanapala, Sri Lanka's former ambassador to the United Nations and now Jeaderof the diplomats monitoring inspections.

He refused to be more specific. Iraq opened up the eight presi

dential sites to U.N. arms experts

US ponders how to build on Israeli gesture over pullback

By BARRY SCHWEID WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Secretary of Stale Madeleine Albright is trying lo figure out how to capitalize on an unexpected Israeli gesture that has given a slight boost to U.S. hopes of breaking a stalemate in Mideast negotiations.

··certainly. we are going to assess whether any of the modest progress that Ambassador (Dennis) Ross detected is something we should try to build on," State Department spokesman James P. Rubin said Tuesday.

'"Secretary Albright will be consulting with the president and other senior officials about that right away.'" Rubin said.

Thc yearlong impasse between Israel and the Palestinians has resisted a variety of admi11istr;1tion tactics, including separate visits here in January by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasscr Arafat for talks with President Bill Clinton.

On Monday, Rubin virtually ruled out a Washington summit in light or the willc gap between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on the future of the contested West Bank.

Me ,1 n w hi I e. di p Io mat i c sources divulged the Israeli gesture - an offer to discuss ~vith the Palestinians a third pllllback on the West Bank.

The offer by Nctanyahu to American mediator Ross near the end of Ross' foL1rth <lay of shuttle diplomacy in the area prompted Albright to report "some progress."

"In some substantive form

Benjamin Netanyahu

we 're perhaps a little closer" to reopening negotiations bet ween Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Rubin said.

But /\!bright also said the progress was not "nearly enough" to end the deadlock. while Rubin said "the peace process is not on track. and the gaps have not been bridged."

Nctanyahu ·s gesture cou l<l provide a useful opening. On record as being willing to turn over 9 percent of the West Bank to add to the 27 percent Yasscr Arafat already controls. the prime minister had insisted it would pose an unacceptable risk to Israel to give up the 12 percent to 15 percent the administration has been urging.

lie has not budged from that position. J\nd yet Netanyahu told Ross, according 10 diplomatic sources, that Israel was willing lo put a third pullback on the agenda for the so-called final-status talks Israel is supposed to have with the Palestinians to wind up the negotiations.

Those talks we1·e ;ii ready designed to include the toughest

Yasser Arafat

issues, including the future of Jerusalem - which Israel has reunited and where Arafat hopes to establish a Palestinian capital -and borders bet ween Israel and any Palestinian stale or entity.

Still. the sources, declining to be identified. said Nctanyahu had not agreed to a third pullback. but only to discuss one.

And, in the meantime, the extent of a second pul I back is hotly contested.

"'It is important that there has been some movement. but we also have to

make very clear that there is a level of frustration both here and in the Middle East because the stalemate has gone on." Albright said.

She also stressed therc had been no breakthrough as the result of Ross· talks with Nctany:ihu and Arafat.

"'Obviously, we arc concerned about the fact that for a ye:1r now there has been a stalemate,"' she said. "'We want to keep making sure that the proccss moves forward and that the gaps arc narrowed."

on the condition that they would be accompanied by a group of diplomats who would safeguard the dignity of the palaces and Iraq's national sovereignty.

Iraq h,1s no i I legal weapons and unable lo make more. the U.N. Security Council will no! 1 ift crippling sanctions imposed after Iraq's 199[) invasion of Kuwait.

This condi1ion was included in a Feb. 23 accord that Iraq signed with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. ending a five-month standoff that was edging toward war.

Even if there had been any incriminating evidence in the pal;lces, Iraq has had C11ough time to remove it between Feb. 2."l and Thur,day, the day of the first inspection.

Dhanapala said it was incorrect to say that this rnaue the inspections purely symbolic.

The United States was threatening to attack Iraq if it <lid not 'give full and free access to U.N. inspectors in their search for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

fraq has said it has long dismantled or destroyed its programs to build long-range missiles and chemical and biological weapons.

"There is a great deal or technical work that has been done on these visits:· he said.

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Until the inspectors certify that

The visits were only to conduct surveys, he said, and the arms ex pens have "accomplished the purpose for which the initi:.il visits were intended ...

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@Anniver.sa,? "} We, the family of the late

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cordially invites our friends and relatives to join us in prayers as we commemorate the "First Anniversaiy" into her eternal home with God.

Nightly rosary will be held at the family's residence in San Vicente, beginning on Monday, March 30, 1998 until Tuesday April 7, 1998 at 7:00 pm. Memorial mass will be held on the final day at 6:00 pm at San Vicente Church followed by a dinner at the Family's residence.

Kindly Join Us Efrain C. Tudela & Children

We, the family of rhe late

cordially imites our friends and relatives to join us in pr,tycrs :Ls we commemorate the "First Anniversary" into her eternal home with (;od.

Nigl1tly rosary will he held at 7:30 p.m. at the family's residence in China Town, Garap:u1, beginning on Monday, March 30, 1998 until 1\1csday, April 07, 1998. Memorial 1rnLss will be held on the final day :it 5:00 I'M al Kristo Rai Church in Garapan followed by a dinner reception at the F:unily's rcsidenc<:.

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32-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY - APRIL 3. 1998

Pathologist on body at blast scene:

Hamas fugitive was shot dead By SAMAR ASSAD

RA\IALLAH. ,Yest Bank (AP) - A wp llam:1s fugitive whose bod1· w:is found at the scene of :1 l:;1r bt)lllb explosion ":1s shot to death he fore the hl;1st 1L1s triggereJ by r.:mote control. a Palestinian pathologist and security officials said \VcJncsJay.

Palestinian officials Jid not say \\'ho killed the fugitive. Mohiv.::dine Sharif. but I-lamas Icade.rs blamed Israel and vowed revenge.

··Hamas cannot forget its members anJ they ha1·e to underst;1nJ tlwt llamas is in the habit 0f taking re1·enge." said Abdel Aziz Rantisi. a llamas leader in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime i\linister Ben-

jamin Nctanyahu dcnicJ the allegations. saying. ··we had no p;1rt in the incident that took place.··

Israeli journalists raised the possibility that Sharif was killcJ in a !·lamas power struggf~.

If Israel's denial falls on deaf ears among Hamas activists. the Jewish state might have to brace for another series of revenge bombings by the Islamic militant group.

llamas retaliated with four suicide bombings after its chief bombmaker. Yehiye r\yyash. with assassinateu in January 1996 in an operation widely attributed to Israel.

Sharif. 32. was seen as A\'yash's heir. and Israel held him rcsponsibk for two sui-

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS RETIREMENT FUND

PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to Public Law 8-41, Section II, Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the NM! Retirement Fund Board of Trustees/Worker's Compensation Commission, are hereby giving notice that the regular meeting for the NM! Retirement Fund Board o!Trustees will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at 6:00 p.m. in the Fund Conference Room, Saipan.

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A. CALL TO ORDER B. ADOPTION OF AGENDA C. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES D. REPORT OF THE HEARING OFFICER E. REPORT OF THE LEGAL COUNSEL F. REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR G. REPORT OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITIEE H. CORRESPONDENCE I. OLD BUSINESS

1. Loan Purchase Agreement 2. Saipan Judicial Courts Complex - Update 3. Retirement Fund Building - Update

J. NEW BUSINESS 1. MHLP Appeal 2. Requests for Exemption of Reemployment Restrictions

K. MISCELLANEOUS 1. Merrill Lynch

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cide bombings in Jerusalem in July and September l 997. He topped Israel's most wanted list. and has been in hiding for the past few years, moving from safchouse to safe house.

On Sunday evening. a car rigged with dozens of kilos of explosives blew up in a garage in an industrial zone of the West Bank town of Ramallah. and a disfigured body was found near the twisted ball of metal that had been a car.

Initial reports said the car bomb had apparently been in-

tended for use by Hamas in a suicide attack in Israel. and went off prematurely in its hiding place.

The body was initially not identified, but on Wednesday Palestinian security sources said it was Sharif.

A Palestinian pathologist. Jalal Jabara. said Sharif was shot twice in the chest and once in one leg about three hours before the car bomb explosion.

"He died from the bullet wounds," Jabara told TI1e A~sociated Press.

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Shmifs family blamed Israel for the fugitive's death.

"We believe he was assa~sinated by the Israelis," said one of Sharifs brothers, Ibrahim. 'The explosion of the car was a cover-up."

Asecondbrothcr,lzhak, said an autopsy showed Sharif that had been shot by a Sovietm.ade rifle.

He said that dental records were used to verify identification of the body, whose bottom half was badly disfigured.

Members of the Palestinian security forces stand around a charred and mangled white Peugeot that blew up Sunday night in a deserted industrial zone in the West Bank town of Ramal/ah, destroying an adjacent building and killing a man identitifed as Mohiyedine Sharif, the top Hamas fugitive in the West Bank. AP

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BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Still required to report those suspicions trying to shed its image as a safe and freeze the assets. haven for ill-gotten gains, Switzer- Thechangealsoappliestolawyers land closed a loophole Wednesday and other money managers, who for thatallowedmoney-Iaundererstoskirt the first time come under other rules restrictions. thatpieviously applied only to banks.

Under the new law, which took Reportsaretobemadetoaspecial. effect Wednesday, Swiss banks and branchofthcFederalOfficeofPolice other money managers are required Affairs, which may then pass the to report to federal authorities any matter on to prosecuting authorities. "well-founded suspicion" about the Any finance professional, induct-source of deposits. inginsurers, who fails to comply will

In response to its own embarrass- be liable for a fine of 200,000 Swiss mentandinternationalpressure.Swit- francs($ 137,900). zerland has been working for years to The change comes after a series of tighten laws and regulations against embarrassing episodes involving as-money laundering and return to other sets deposited by former foreign rul-countriesanydubious money brought ers in Switzerland. · in by foreign rulers. . In December, the high court or-

The change brings Switzerland up dered the transfer of assets belonging to basic international standards for to the late Philippines President dealing with money laundering. Ferdinand Marcos to the Philippines,

In a 1994 amendment to saying it was against Swiss interests Switzerland's banking secrecy law, "to serve as a safe haven" for flight bankers were given the legal right to capital or criminal proceeds. repo1t suspicions to the government The 12-yearMarcoscaseprompted

~,s ,~,: ,: :{j ,:,r. ~:~:;1· Macaulay Culkin plans to wed NEW YORK (AP) - He may be old enough to stay home alone now, but 17-year-old actor Macaulay Culkin will still need his parents' pennission ifhe wants towed his new fiancee before they tum 18. .

The star of the "Horne Alone" movies and Broadway actress Rachel Miner, both 17, announced their engagement Monday.

"We'resohappyandproudthatwe found each other at such a young age. We look forward to spending our lives together," they said.

The couple haven't set a wedding date, but they will need their parents' pennission to wed before their I 8th birthdays.

He turns 18 in August. she in July.

Miss Miner appears in "The Diary o( Anne Frank" as Anne's sister, Margot.

Culkin starred in "Home Alone" in 1990, "MyGirl"in 1991, "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" in 1992, "The Good Son" in 1993 and "Richie Rich" in 1994.

Gere takes on AIDS campaign NEW DELIIl, India (AP)-Hollywocxl actor Richard Gere teamed up with two Indian film stars Wednesday to launch an AIDS awareness program in a country where the disease seems set for a massive flare-up, domestic news agencies reported.

Gere,lmownforhispro-Tibetcampaigns, joined fonner Indian superstar and current member of parliament Vinod Khanna and actress Shabana Azmi at a news conference

in New Delhi to launch the program, Press Trust of India reported.

"For a long time I have been wanting to do something in India, and when I spoke with fiiends here, I found the problem of AIDS was alarming - this (campaign) I hope will change a lot of lives here," P'TI' quoted the American actor as saying.

Gere is a follower of the Dalai Lama, the supreme Tibetan leader whose government-in-exile is

Tupac Shakur's estate sued LOSANGELES(AP)-Ajewelry store is suing Tupac Shakur's estate, alleging the rapper customordered $ 83,()(X) worth of jewelry and died before he paid.

Rand S Antiques Inc. in Beverly Hills said Shakur bought a diamond encrnsted white gold bracelet for$ 38,000 and a g~ld chain to go with a Medusa medallion designed by the late Gianni Versace

for$ 45,000. Shakur died in 1996 in a drive

by shooting and the custom-ordered jewelry was stored in a safe.

The Supetior Court lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks more than$ 93,000 for the jewelry and interest accrued.

Attorney Richard S. Fischbein, an administrator of Shakur's estate, did not immediately return a telephone call Wednesday.

Elvis' star in Walk of Fame cracks LOS ANGELES (AP)- Elvis has left the boulevard.

Persistent cracking in Elvis Presley's Hollywocxl Walk of Fame star forced a jackhammer crew to remove it from the spot where it's been attracting fans for 38 years.

WalkofFame administrators can't figure out why Presley's star keeps crncking.

The pink terrazzo base was replaced 16 months ago but it began deteriorating again.

Until theyfigureoutwhy,thcElvis star will be relocated a few blocks west - next to the stylized gazebo. featuring actresses Dolores Del Rio, Anna Mae Wong, Dorothy Dandridge. Mae West and Marilyn Monroe.

"I thought about moving Elvis in front of a fast-focxl restaurant," joked Johnny Grant, Hollywocxl 's honorary mayor.

"But he 'II like being over there with the women."

earlier legislation to change money laundering and bank secrecy laws to make it more difficult for conupt rulers and crooks to stash theirwealth in Switzerland.

Also frozen in Switzerland pending legal action are assets belonging to the former Zairian dictator Mobutu SeseSekoandforrnerPakistaniPrime

Minister Benazir Bhutto. The new law has caused some

apprehension in business circles. But the head of the special police office, Daniel Thelesklaf, says fears that it will be swamped by thousands of money-laundering reports every year are "exaggerated."

Under the old rules, 30 to 40cases

annually were pa~sed on to criminal authorities.

'"That will be the lower limit" now, said Thelesklaf, whose office will have a maximum staff of I 0.

The obligation to report suspicious accounts iseffective immediate! y and applies to all financial institutions and professionals.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND IMMIGRATION Division of Labor

PUBLIC NOTICE The following persons wjth pending Labor and Agency ·Case arc hereby notified to ri.port to the~ivitgn g,I Labor._ Compliance Section, loc')ted.on the 2nd J:loor of Afctna Building, San Antonio, Saipan !)_tor_ _rn ~n J 9gg And transfer hennng ,s scheduled 1s scheduled for May 26. J 998 at 3·00 p m

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FIRST NAME MIDDLE INITIAL LAST NAME I. MINTO 2. SULYMAN 3. JAHIR 4. SHAKIR AHMED 5. KHORSHED ALAM 6. SERAJUL ALAM 7. SHAMSUL ALAM 8. RAFIQUL ALAM 9. MOHAMMED ALAM SHA 10. ABDUL AZIZ 11. RAMEN CHANDRA GHOSH 12. MD KAMRUL HASAN 13. GULZAR HOSSAIN 14. MONIR HOSSAIN 15. ENAMUL ISLAM 16. NURUL ISLAM 17, ANOWARUL ISLAM 18. SAIFUL ISLAM 19. LJPU KHAN 20, TAMIJ UDDIN MIA 21. FAZLUL HOQUL MOLLA 22. OSMAN MOLLAH 23. MOZEBUR MOZEBUR 24. MD OBYDUR RAHMAN 25. MD MIZANUR RAHMAN 26. FARIDUR RAHMAN 27. ARIFUR RAHMAN 28. ABDUR RAHMAN 29. HAFIZUR RAHMAN 30. MOHAMMED SALIM 31. MOHAMMED SAMIM 32. SABUJ SABUJ 33. KAZI ABU TAHER 34. MOHAMMED TASOR UDDIN 35. NORBERTO M JAVIER 36. CESAR 0 CANDELARIA 37. RENATO M SANJUAN 38. RODELIO DABU PANGILINAN 39. LEONARDO ] QUIMADA 40. FELIPE M CANDELARIO 41. ANTONIO C RAMOS 42. NESTOR C ASIS 43. BERNARDINO N SIGUA 44. EDUARDO M CAMACHO

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Dated this 20th day of March. 1998.

/s/ GIL M. SAN NICOLAS Acting Director of Labor

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CUC RFP98-0020

March 27, 1998

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Interested parties may pick up the Scope of Work at the CUC Procurement & Supply Office from 7:30 to 11 :30 a.m. and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, except for government observed holidays.

Offerers shall provide a certification signed by a principle of the company stating that the company has in the past, and is currently, in compliance with all applicable CNMI and federal labor laws. Should the company be unable to provide such certification, the company must provide a written explanation as to why, including a description of any violations of such labor laws and any remedial action taken. FAILURE OF THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE THE CERTIFICATJON OR EXPLANATION JS GROUNDS TO REJECT THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL.

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Discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals detennined to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award for the purpose of clarification and to ensure full understanding of, and responsiveness to solicitation requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals and such revisions may be pennitted after submission and prior to award for the purpose of obtaining the best and final offers. In conducting discussions. there shall be no disclosure of any infonnation Jerivcd from proposals submitted by competing offerors.

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34-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 3. 1998

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Kia to export cars to Iran SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -Kia Motors Corp. said Wednesday it has signed a contract to export 320.000subcompact Pride cars to Iran over the next three ve ars. - The value of tbe c-ontract, signed with lr~m ·s state-run Saipa Corp. in March. is estimated at about Jlrs 2 bi \lion. the thirJ largest South Korean car maker saiJ in .:i. Jll'\\'S release.

The Prides. ll'ith an engine size of 1.500 c.c .. will be shipped in knockdown form for assembly in Iran, Kia said.

Kia plans to ship 70.000 units this year, I 00,000 in 1999 and

150,000 in the year 2000. the company said. TI1is year's shipments began in March, it said.

Under a separate contract, Kia recently supplied car manufacturing equipment to help expand Saipa's annual capacity from 35.000 to 100,000 units. company officials said.

Kia has exported 86.328 cars in knockdown form to the Iranian car maker since 1993. The Pride models hold a 20-percent share in Iran ·s subcompact car market, Kia officials said.

Kia has more than $1 billion in bank debts and filed for court protection against creditors last July.

Russia not to reduce oil export MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian govemmentJoes not plan to limit the country's Ciude oil exports despite the recern shm-p fall in worlJ prices. acting Fuel rn1d Energy Minister Vikt;r On said Wednes~ciay.

Areductionofexpo11swouldbring about losses in mm-ket shrne that would be difficult to regain. Ott said. according to the !TAR-Tass news agency.

Oil exports :ue a key source of revenue for the Russian budget.

However, Russia may cut back its exports of oi I products in the near futu1e. because seasonal demand in the domestic agricultural sector would increase in the summer, Ott said.

Last week. Russia's secondlargest oil company, Lukoil, said it would reduce its exports of oil products by J million metric tons this year because of low prices.

The company did not say how much the exports totaled in I 997.

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PREDECEASED BY: Parents: Parent-In-Law: Sisters: Brothers: Brothers-In-Law: Sisters-In-Law:

Lorenzo N. and Elena Igitol Rosalia Lian (Aitt) Maria I. Taitano, Estafania I. Lifoifoi Jose N. Igitol, Luis N. Igitol Jose E. Taitano, Peter C. Lifoifoi, Elias P. Sablan Carmen M. Sablan, Victoria N. Igitol ·

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#2 50' X 70'

Children: Great Grandchild:

Esteban, Samuel, Concepcion, Bernadita, Jesus, Daniel, Antonio, Sabino Jared Austin L Ross

SURVIVED BY HIS: Wife: Ana Lian Igitol Children: Pete JL and Margarita M. Igitol

Leonora I. and Derek Warren (Jovaan Earl, Christian DeLeon) Melvina I. and Douglas Brennan (Dexter Pablo, Daryl Alan, Donovan Travis) Ivan M. and Marie S. Igitol (Buddy Sean, Brittany Shannon, Brandi Sheyanne) Jerilyn I. and Franklin Cabrera (Jacob Keith, Joseph Patrick, Reva Jo, Joshua James, Franklin Kori) Perry Jerome M. Igitol

David L. and Lydia D. Igitol (Marcia Mae, Laura Doreen, Daisy Lynn, Maribel Christine) Delfina I. and Stanley Russell

Jessamine I and RichardAtalig (Chad Joseph, Sasha Richelle) Martin L. and Marlyn U. Igitol (Jon, Jake) Leonisa I. and Ken K. Kato Rosa L. Igitol and Antonio I. Rogolifoi

(Tara Lorraine, Ian Zachary, Melinda, Peter, Chester, Reginald, Heidi, Anthony.)

Also survived by numerous cousins, nephews and nieces_

Rosary is being said at 11:45 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. daily at Bithen Delos Remedios Church in Tanapag. State Memorial Services will be held at 9:00 a.m. at the Muti-Purpose Building on April 4 1998.

Last respects may be p8;id on ~aturday, April 4th b~ginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Bit~e~ Delos Rem~dios (Tanapag) Church. Rosary will begm at 11:30 a.m. on this day followed by mass of a Chnstian Burial at 3:00 p.m.

Burial will follow immediately at Chalan Kanoa Cemetery.

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INTilE SU?ERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEAL:n! OF'l1lE NORTIJr:RN

MARIANA ISLANDS

Taro Sue Cmporalion. dba King's Enicrpriscs, Plaintift' ·V-

Jamcs A. Fleming, dba Island Tra111it Syslcms, DcFcndanl. Civil Action NO. 95-909

SECOND AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Iha!, JlU"uanl to a Writ of Execution issued bylheCourt in !his mnlter on July 26, I 996, I will sell, al public auction, to the highesr bidder, on !he Iem,s and condirionssel forth hcreinbclow, all of the right, title, and intcresl of Defendant in and Jo !he following property:

I.or No. 006 T I 5, sirunred in linian, Northern Mariana Islands, eoniaining an area of901 square meters, more or less, as shown on the Division of lands and Sutveys Official Cadastml Plat No. 006 T OJ d.1ted April 29, 1983. !he descriprion Ihctein being incorpora1ed herein by this reference; and lot 032 T 13, siruated in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands. and containing an area of 4,999 square metm. more or less; and lot 006 T 196. siruared in linian. Northern Mariana Islands, conraining an area of I ,OJ I

· square meters. more or less, as shown on the Division of Lands and Sutvcys Official Cadasrral Plat No. 006 T 06 dated September 28, t 993, the description therein being incorporated herein by this reference. Date lime and Place of Sale. The sale will be

held on Friday, May 8, 198. al !he hour of! :00 p.m., al Ihe Jaw offices of White, Pierce. Mailman & Nulling, Joeten Center. Susupe. S,ipan, Northern Mariana Islands. The s,Jc will be open to !he general public.

Inspection of Propcny. The property described above is presently located at 1inian, Northern M.1riana Islands. 11 is !he responsibilily of the buyer to inspect !he property. Failure 10 inspect !he property or any ('lnion !hereof will not conslilule ground for any claim. adjustment, or rescission by any buyer.

Wananlics and Covcnan1s. All property !isled for sale in this Notice will be sold in ils currcnt condirion, and at ils current location. The sale will be held without any warranties or covcnanls whatsoever. whclher e,press or implied, including illll not limilcd Io warramicsofrillc, mcrchantabiliry, and/or fitness for any purpose whalsocver, all of which warranties and covenants ai"Chereby expressly disclaim:d. Ncithcrtheundcf'Jigncd nor the Plaintiff may give any warranty or covenant, ex.press or implied, with respect Io the property I isled for sale in this Notice. Neither the undersigned nor the Plaintiff shall be liable forlhequalityoflhe property listed for sale in !his Norice,orforany fault ordefccr in !he dc,cripiion !hereof. Buyer; shall 001 be enrirled lo rescission, damages, or any other remedy on account !hereof.

Conduct of Sale. a. ~. The auction ~,le may be held wilh

resetvc. The resctvc price on any property offered for sale may or may nor be disclosed to bidders, in thi= sole discretion of the undersigned.

b. Ri•hts and duties of auctioneer. Consistenl with the laws. customs, and usages of lhc Commonwealth of !he Northem Mariana Islands go\•cming auctions sales, the undersigned shall have the followin~ rights and duties in conduct inn the auction sale:'( I) 10 wirhdmw !he propeny listed for sale in this Notice before ~,Jc or bcforc a bid for such property is accepted; (2) Io adjourn the sale wirhoul notice at any lime before any specific propcrty is stmck off. wilhout incuningany liability whalsoewr then:hy; and (3) Io rcjecr. on behalf of !he seller, any or all bids. for any reason.

c. Bids. Bids may be submiltcd in advance for any mall of the propcny listed in !his N01icc. The highest of such bids will aulomatirally be considered the opening hid for !he item. Advance bids mny be submilled only in wriring, signed by rhe bidder, and deEvered to !he law offices of White, Pierce, Mailman& Nulling, Joeten Ccnler, Susupc, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. The bidder assumes all risk of non-delivery, late dclivCI)', or mis-deli\•ery of bids. Any pcrwn, including !he Plainliff, may bid in ~r.mn at the auction sale, whether or not such pmon hns submilled an advance bid.

d. Disootes. The undmigned may resubmirany pmpcrty listed in this Notice if a dispute arises as to any bid !hereon.

Enforcement of Auction Sale. a. Dr119sit. Every successful bidder shall pay

to the undcP.iigncd a Licposil of tl·n ixm·nt (I mr )of the purchase price immediately aflcr the sak is consummaict.l. Payme111 shall bc in cash or by ccnilicd check. llic l\1/ancc must OC paid to the Plaimiff. in care- of Wl1itc. Pierce. M,1ilman & Ntllting. wi1hin thm: (JJ days rmm tl1c dall' or ~tic, in c:1sh 11r by cc11ifo:d chcc~. If the b;1l:111t-r is not so raid. Plaimiff will rc1ain the deposit as liquid:ned 1.fam:1~cs, and will again offl'r the pruix-ny for s:1lc.

b. Mm10r.indum of Sale. If m1urstcd by tlie undersigned, \·very successful hiJdcr must sign a Memomndum of Sale, immediately after the sale of any property is struck o/T al auction.

c. Court Approval Required. Every sale is subject to approval by the Coon. The auctionc-cr makes no wmrantil'S or pmmiscs with rcsr-:cl to coun approv;il of the sale. including but not I imitt'<l to thl' time in which such approval m:iy be gr:.mtcJ. No delay in thl' gr.1111i11g of roun appm\'al shall [): ground for ;iny ck1irn. adjustment, or 11.·scission hy any sucmsful bidJcr. The successful bidder will be promptly noti!ied lf .im.J when coun approval is granlcd.

d. Removal or Stor.111c of Personal Pmper1v. nic successful lli,.llkr shall have one (I) working day :1flcr ('oun approval of the snlc lo rcmow any r,crson.il pn>pc.rty pun:hasc~ from Ou: place of s;1lc. Altn the- l'~p1r.1twn of Um 24-hour period, the succcsslu I 1111.hkr shall lx·ar the entire risk of loss of or dam;,gc to such property. and shall he liable for all c.~pcml's of caring for amllor storing such propcny.

Channe of Term,; nnd Conditions Tt1c undcrsigne<l and thi: Plaintiff reserve lhr rioht 10 rh:.mge any of 1hr tcnm hcr.:of by announcinenl, wnucn or oral. made l'eforc the auc1ion s.1Jc or at lhe commencement !hereof, and such chan11e or changes, by virtue of this clause. shall be hi;<lino on all bidders by C011.'ilruetivc not1cc. c-

DATE. this.lnl day of March, I 9'.18.

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registration for the 1998-99 school year is being I held in March and April UJJ

11 n Month of March: Pre~Rfg1stration for all returning students and /heir siblings. m I ~ Rfg1stration for all students from Saipan Community Church. ~

; Modo of Ap,O 0,.. "'"~tioo b" ""~' gocls ""~'~"" <h,oogh 8. @ ~. Kindergarteners must be 5 years olci by August 31, f 998. ml ~ Please call 234-6687 for any inquiries. Ask for Mrs. Michling. @ ~ ?Q ?~?~ ~'11.:: ~

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMI GOVERNMENT

REQUEST FOR P.ROPOSAL RFP No.: RFP98-0042 FOR: POTENTIAL NONPOINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION

(NPS) PROJECTS

OPENING DATE: APRIL 10, 1998 TIME: 2:00 P.M.

GOVERNOR PEDRO P. TENORIO AND LT. GOVERNOR JESUS R. SABLAN, THROUGH THE DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY. ARE SOLICITING COMPETITION PROPOSALS TO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS FOR POTENTIAL NONPOINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION (NPS) PROJECTS. INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS MAY PICK UP PROPOSAL FORMS AND SPECIFICATIONS AT THE OFFICE OF THE ACTING DIRECTOR. PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY. LOWER BASE, SAIPAN, DURING WORKING HOURS (7:30A M. TO 4:30 P.M.)

IS/HERMAN S. SABLAN ACTING DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY

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FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-35

IN TIIE SUl'i:RIOH COURT OF THE COMMDNWl'At:rH Of-THE NORTHERN

MAl{i,\NA ISLANDS

In Re The Es!atc of Francisco C S:,hlan Deceased. Civil Action No. 98-282B

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO: Credi!ors and ln!crcs!cd Claimants Norice is hereby given Iha! Dolores S.

llennudcs. of S:t,p:tn. Commonwcallh of the Northern ~lari:w:, Islands, has fJled a petilion in !he S11pcrior Court ofrhc Commonwcallh of !he Norihcrn ,1ariana Islands Jo be appoinlcd as ,\d111111is1r:11ors of !he Estate of Fra11ci.1ro C. \,hl"n. deceased and to dc!crmine rlw heirs nf !he deccdenl. The allorney nf record is l'crry B. lnos. Esq .• P.O. Box 2017 CK. Saipan, MP 96950. The hearing on ihc pcliiion is set for rhel2rh day of May, 1998 ar Ihc SupcriorCoun,Saipan, Commonwcal1Jr of the Northern Mariana Islands at I :30 p.m. All inrcresrcd person should appear al this hearing.

Alt pcrsDns having claims against the estate, or againsr the decease should file !heir claims wilh lhc Clerk or Courr of !he Superior Court wilhin si.,ty (60) days afrcr Jhe first publicatio11 of tl11s nnlic;.

Dalcd !his 3 I st day of March, 1998.

Jovila C. Flores Clerk of rourr

By: /s/Dcpuly Clerk of Court

DOLi ... Continued from page 10

noted that Studley left the Common weal th even before her employee's contract could expire.

"Studley failed to inform (DOLI) of her intended departure and an abandonement of her employee took place when

Clinton ... Continued from page 2

McLaughlin agreed that voters are apt to dismiss the Lewinsky case along with Jones lawsuit.

"I think in a lot of ways people don't unde1stand those aie two separnte trials," he said.

Stair quickly issued a statement saying the mling memltnothing to his investigation, but Clinton suppo11ers didn't w,l~te time 11ying to back him into a comer.

· Ken S1;.ur has become like Don Quixote tilting at windmills, spending overJlrs30 mil lion :u1d four.years to peck into peepholes." Rep. John Conyers said. ··If the Congress has m1y sense now. it will put an end to this."

Rcpublicm1 leaders uied their best to act nonchalmlt.

"We have always said tl1is is not a p,utis:m matter and we s1ill believe that to be tl1e rn<;e," s;tid Republic,m National Committee spokesman Mike Collins.

· 111is is a lc!!al detcnnination bv m1 A1ku1s:t, rnu~t which I m1dcrst:md will be appealed."

""It will do notl1ing to Ken StmT ... U.S. Senate Maj01ity Leader Tti;nt Lott said. ·'Ihis won 'tcffect hisGt-;r."

Clinton 'sappmval ratings have not suffe1ed during tl1c scrn1<lal, a phenomena that baffled Rcpu blicm1 leaders like Lott.

"I assume that since this appears to

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she left," said Soll. He also noted that Lardizabal, for

her part, failed to report her status to DOU.

· 'Instead,sheremainedin the Commonwealth and worked for various employers without authorization or contract for a period of years," Soll said.

DOLi, records showed. tiie<l but failed to establish communication with Studley.

be good news for Clinton, his polls numbers will go down,'' Lott said sm·castically. -

The 1emark hints at the f1ustration shmed by Republicans: Clinton escapes again.

'"I must confess I am saddened by it," RepublicanstrntegistEddie Mahe said, blasting Wright for her mling.

"But hc's-nevetuoino to be our-of tl1ewoodsbernusel; 'sp~ubablychasingsome woman in backofAir Force o;e as we speak."'

McLaughlin also held out hope. saving S!iuT's inq:stigation ··!Jct, :tlw:1ys -been the ern.J-aJ("

Rcpublic,m consultwll Ralph l{ccd said the decision contim1ed his k:utl1at Republic:ms wen: making a mistake by focusing more on Ms. Lewinsky thm1 issues like eJucation, crime ,md familv values.

·"Relying on tl;e v:uious secmdals to hurt Clinton is a mist:.tkc," said Recd. who h,t, urged Rcpublic,u1 lawmakers Io keep tl1cir fingc1p1in1., off the contrnversy.

"When tl1c11; 's a legal sc1back, like tl1c one (WeJnesJay):it scL, you b:ick JX)fitically."

·11ic question is: How f:u·') Republicans :md Democrat,; alike al!.n:e that Clinton could still pay a ste;p price for Mrs. Jones' allegations.

D,u1 Gecker. att~11cy for Clinton accuser Willey. may have spoken for tl1c pti;si<lent :md eve1y wonuu1 unwittinglyw~1W11 into the case when he said of Wright's rulin!l. ··r wish it had happened e:triicr... ~

36-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 3, 1998

~t)larianas %rietr~ Classified Ads Section

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02 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 01 ASPHALT AND CONCRETE BATCH PLANT OPERATOR-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: WESTERN EQUIPMENT, INC. Tel. 322-9561 (413)F71345

01 GAMEROOM ATTENDANT-Salary:$3.05-3.35 per hour Contact: JESUS V. DELEON GUERRERO dba Tuba Arcade Tel. 234-3533(4/3)F71333

01 GEN. MERCHANDISE SALESPERSON-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: SA/PAN GARDEN CENTER, INC. Tel. 234-3533(4/3)F71334

01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Salary:$900.00 per month Contact: NEW CONCEPT CORP. Tel. 288-1313(4/3)F25928

01 MAINTENANCE (BLDG. REPAIR)Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SAIPAN DOLPHIN CORP. INC. dba Dolphin Wholesale Tel. 234-6067(41 3)F25931

01 SHEETMETAL WORKER-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour 01 EQUIPMENT DISPATCHER-Salary:S3.05-5.00 per hour Crintact: BLACK MICRO CORPORATION Tel. 234-6800(4/3)F71347

01 COOK-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: MR. BIDENCIO C. AMADO Tel. 256-0221 (4/3)F25933

01 CLASSROOM TEACHER-Salary:$612.60 Bi-Weekly Contact: SR. MARY LOUISE BALZARINI, MMB PRINCIPAL/ SISTER REMEDIOS EARLY CHILDHOOD DEV. CTR. Tel. 234-6247(4/3)F25937

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02 JANITOR-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: DINO M. JONES dba Recruiting Tel. 322-5389(4/10)F26005

01 AUDIT ASS/STANT-Salary:S15.38 per hour Contact: DELOITTE & TOUCHE dba Certified Public Accountants Tel. 322-7337(4/1 O)F71454

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01 LAUNDRY WORKER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: ZAMBI CORPORATION dba Niko Laundrymat Tel. 322-6849(4/ 10JF26000

02 GENERAL MANAGER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: ADPIA COMMUNICATION, INC. dba Pink House Tel. 235-4499(4/ 10)F26004

25 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKERSa/ary:S3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: MICHIGAN, INC. Tel. 234-9555(4117)F26083

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S5.50 per hour Contact: STEVEN JOSHUA BERGER dba Joshua Berger Law Office Tel. 235-8062(4/17)F71569

03 TRIMMER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MAINTENANCE-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 DRIVER-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: LI HENG, LTD. Tel. 288-8388(4/ 10)F26007

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01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$800.00-900.00 per month 01 CARPET LAYER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 01 GEN. MAINTENANCE REPAIRERSalary:$3.50-4.00 per hour 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Salary:$700.00-800.00 per month 01 BEAUTICIAN-Salary:$634.40 per month 01 (FURNITURES ASSEMBLER & INSTALLER)-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour Contact: MECHILLE CORPORATION dba Tongyang Carpet & BIF Furnitures/ Esquire Beauty Shop Tel. 234-1361(4/ 10)F71438

01 SUPERVISOR-Sa/ary:$3,000.00-4,000.00 per month Contact: NIIZEK/ INTERNATIONAL SA/PAN CO., LTD. Tel. 234-5050(4/ 10)F71439

10 GREENSKEEPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SUWASO CORPORATION dba Coral Ocean Point Resort Club Tel. 234-7000(4/10)F71441

01 CHIEF ACCOUNTANT-Sal-ary:S1 ,ODO.DO per month Contact: D & C CORPORATION Tel. 288-2592(4/1 O)F71446

01 AOM/NISTRAT/VEASSISTANT-Salary:S3.50 per hour Contact: ROBERT J. BRACKEN dba HGWT Services Tel. 235-6653(4/ 10)F71447

01 MAINTENANCE (BUILDING REPAIR)-Salary:$5.35 per hour Contact: SR. REMEDIOS EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER Tel. 234-6247(4/1 O)F25989

01 WAITRESS-Satary:$3.05 per hour 01 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: K.C. POON'S RESTAURANTTel. 234-6907(4/1 O)F25992

01 SALESPERSON-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: H.A.F. CORPORATION dba Young's Wholesale Tel. 235-0470(4/ 10)F25993

01 SUPERVISOR-Salary:S3.35 per hour 01 WAITRESS-Salary:S3.05-3.15 per hour Contact: DEVELOP IDEAS CORPORATION dba Yamazato Restaurant Tel. 233-0350(4/10)F25994

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$900.00 per month Contact INTERTEX, INT'L. Tel. 234-5000(4/1 O)F25999

01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: NEON CORP. Tel. 235-3403(41 17)F26081

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01 PAINTER-Salary:$3.25-4.17 per hour 02 ELECTRICIAN-Sa/ary:S3.25-5.00 per hour 06 BARTENDER-Salary:$3.05-4. 17 per hour 01 CHIEF BAKER-Salary:$1,700.00-1,800.00 per month 07 COOK-Salary:$3.25-4.17 per hour 04 MAINTENANCE (BUILDING RE-. PAIR)-Salary:$3.25-4.17 per hour 05 RESTAURANT (WAITER)-Sa/ary:$3.05-4.17 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.25-4.17 per hour 01 A/C & REFRIGERATION (MECHANIC-Salary:$3.25-4.70 per hour 02 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.25-4.17 per hour 02 BAKER-Salary:$3.25-4.17 per hour 01 MAINTENANCE SUPERVISORSalary:$3.50-5.30 per hour 01 CREDIT MANAGER-Sa/-ary:$1,800.00-1,900.00 per month Contact: PACIFIC MICRONESIA CORPORATION dba Dai-/chi Hotel Tel. 234-641.2(4/17)F71566

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

In the Matlcrof 1he Adoption of: DAVIAN RENEE INDALECIO ARRIOLA, LUCIANN MARJE INDALECIO ARRIOLA and DAVJD MIGUEL INDALECIO ARRIOLA JR. minor children, by MARIA MUNA INDALECIO, Petitioner. FCD-AD Civil Action No. 98-0069

NOTICE OF PROCEEDING FOR ADOPTJON

TO: DAVID CASfRO ARRIOLA YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE ti1a1

a petition for adoplion of ihc minor children, Davi an Renee lndakcioArriola, Luciann Marie lndah:io Arriola and David Miguel lndalccio Arriola Jr. has been nlcd hy Maria Muna fndalccio. TI1c pclition ci,um.1 th:Ji your con1en1 is nol required due lo your abandonment of ihe minor children and failure to communica1e or s11pport llrm for more Ulilll ti1c p;LSI six monlhs.

You _lia~c lhc rigl1t 10 contest lhc allegations. A hearing 1s sel for lhc 281h day of May, 1998 al 9:00 a.m. o'clock al the Commonwcallh Superior Court in Saipan. Commonwc.1lti1 of ihc Northern Mariana Islands. If you foil 10 appear or plc.1d, ti1e adoption may Ix: gran1cd in your absence.

ls/Jane Mack, MLSC Atlorncy for Pc1itioncr

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANCISCA LAIROPI. Deceased.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 97-1234B

NQIICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned Vicenle M. Taitano, administrator of the estate of Francisca Lairopi, deceased, to the creditors or and all person having claims agains; decedent, that within sixty days after the lirst publication of this notice creditors of the decedent file thei; claims with the necessary vouchers in the office of the Clerk of t11e Superior Court, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan.

DATED this 6th day of February, 1998.

Is/ VICENTE M. TAITANO

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'Market' for poached toothfish HOBART, Australia (AP) - An undercover investigation by a fish merchant has identified Mamitius as the .. pirate capital .. of the huge illegal trnc.le in Patagoni,m toothfish, much of which c;mes from Ausu~1l ian water,.

About 2.500 metiic tons of illegal fish a month. worth around U.S~ $ 250 million. crosses the wh,uves of the capital Port Louis, Hobart fish trader Jeff Williamson estimated in a report released Thursday.

He was highly c1itical of the Australian govemment anc.1 others with a stake in the sub-Antarctic fishing grounds.

.. Ausu·a\ia is leningforeigners have a field day. while placing tighr restiictions on Australi:m ships t11a1 w,mr legal licenses." he saic.l.

~"111e Australian navy h,L, made two ;uresL,. but 50 to 70 illegals .ue wods:ing its waters:· he said.

Williamson w,L, senr to Mauritius bv the Hobmi-basec.l Intemational S~ut11em Oceans LongJine Fisheries Information C/e:uing House.

111e gmup is a joint venture between two former foes, the eonse1vation groups ,me.I legal Southern Ocem1 fishing companies.

It was fom1ec.l late last yem·. lw·gely because they felt that governments

By DANIEL Q. HANEY A TLA!\'T A(AP)-Estrogen pills arc gocxl forolderwomen's hearts. So researchers lL~ked !he obvious question: Why not men's?

A team from Hurtford Hospital in Connecticut found this key female sex hom,onemay indeed help lower older men's risk of heart attack,.

Ami while they say il is too soon to begin writing prescriptions for men, the idea is definitely worth more research.

.. Much to our plea<;ant surprise, we saw positive trends in most risk factors'' for hemt disease among men taking estrogen in a nine-week experimen~ Dr.SatyendmGid said.

Giri presented the results at a meeting oftheAmeric.an Collegeof Cardiology, whicl1 ended Wednesday.

They will be published in the April issue of the journal Athcrsclerosis.

Giri and colle:i!,,'l!e~ gave very low doses of estrogen to 22 healthy

Blue ... Continued from page 40

Miller. Lenny Webster hit two solo

homers, anc.1 Jeffrey Hammonds had one for the Orioles, whose five hi ts in the first matched their total Tuesday in a 4-1 season-opening loss to the Royals.

Scott Erickson pitchcc.l a four-hitter for his 100th career victory. The right-hanc.ler struck out five anc.1 walkec.1 one to imp rove his major-kague recorc.1 to 100-83. It was his 31st career complete game.

and paiticularly the Convention on the Hobait-based Conservation of Ant.arctic Mwinc Living Resources (CCAMLR) were doing too little about the pirncythat is threatening the toothfish m1c.l killing thousands of albatrosses and othe~· sea birds that :m: caught on tJ1e long lines.

Williamson spent about three weeks at Port Louis, Mauritius. using his familiruity with the trade to largely ignore security and roam the po1t area, go on board boats and talk with sailors in pubs.

Crewmen talked openly of illegal fishing around Australia's sub-Antarctic Heard Island.

He said a lot of new port infrasuucture had been built to cater for tJ1e illegal ~-ade and t11ere wen: cleru·/y m:my connections between the boat owning compm1ies anc.l Mauritius business interests.

1l1e illegal boats were c.lividec.l into two main groups.

1l1e .. Vikings'\vere dominatec.l by Faeroe Islander (Danish) and Norwegian interests tliat have a nearmo71opoly on sashimi grade tootJ1fish for the Japanese mru·kct.

He said the operation was highly sophisticated.

The VikingboatshadbhL,tfreezers anc.l used the automated Mustad

volunteers whose aven1ge age was 74.

'Ilieyfound that the men's levels of HDL, 1he good form of cholesterol that protects against heart attacks, rose 14 percent, While their levels of artery-clogging LDL fell 6 percent

Tiiere was a price: Four men complained of tender breasts and five had heartburn.

Much more study is necessary to determine whether the better cholesterol levels translate into lower risk of heart .attack and whether the treatment is safe for men.

But Girl wonders how many men would be willing to take eslrogen, even ifit is proven to worl<..

"If we can't get rid of the side effects, it will be a very hard tosell this to the male population," Gfri said

Dr. Paul D. Thompson, another researcher. said the next logical step will be for pharmaceutical companies to develop synthetic f0tms of estrogen for men that offer the hom1one's benefits without its side

The only run against Erickson came on a solo homer by Dean Palmer in the second.

The Royals were looking to open the season 2-0 for the first time since 1979.

Devil Rays I I, Tigers 8 In St. Petersburg, Florida,

the expansion Devil Rays earned their first victory in team history, getting four RBIs from Free.I McGriff.

Ile doublcc.l home a run in the first inning, ac.lc.led an RBI single in a four-run fourth anc.l capped the night with a tworun single in the eighth as Tampa Bay reboundcc.l from

long.line system, which at least had the vi1tue of being less d:m1aging to birc.ls.

Almost all the I 0,(XXJ meuic tons of s,L,himi grade toothfishcaughteach ye:u- went through MauritiwZ

l11e other group wa, tJ1e .. Spru1ish Armad.~" boats mainly from Chile and Argentina that used the Spru1ish Jong.line system anc.l bulk froze their fish, which was generally sold in Europe and the United States.

Mauritius handles about 25,CXXl meuic tons, or40percentof this trade, a year. Most of the rest is now trJ11sshipped at sea to mother ships.

A total of 30 ships were named in the repo11 as illegals using Mauritius.

It also identified three Mauritius companies, one with South Afric,m and another with Japanese connections, involved°in the trade.

TI1e Mau1itius government .. turns a blinc.l eye" to t11e rrac.le, the report said.

Alistair Graham, the coordinator of the International Southern Oceans LonglineFisherieslnfo1mationCJearing House, said that while it was impossible to tell whose waters individual fish came fmm, the biology of the species meant it must have come from the Exclusive Economic Zone of Ausu-alia, France or South Africa

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els and heartattackriskbegintorise to the level of men's. . Estrogen. supplem:rits ~Ip re~

duce this hazard in older women and prevent osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease common among elderly people.

'The Hartford Hospital study is also looking at the effects of estrogenpillsqnmen'sriskofosteoporosis. That research isn't fmished.

an opening-day I 1-6 loss to the Tigers.

Cuban defector Rolanc.lo Arrojo, making his major league debut. worked six innings for the win, allowing four runs on eight hits.

The 29-year-old righthander truck out six, walked one and his throwing error allowed a Tigers' run in the first.

Detroit starter Brian Mochler Jastcc.l 3 2-3 innings anc.l was tag.gee.I for six ru~s and JO hits.

The Devils Rays collcctcc.l 18 hits against six Detroit pitchers.

Gral1an1saic.l intemational pressure should be put on Mau1itius to crack c.lown on the pirates.

But the ptessure had to be accomp;micd by an aic.l package.

Fnmce is at least cracking down harder on the trade.

In a sep:u-ate repor1, the Intemational Southern Oceans Longline Fisheries Information Cleming House said that two French fishing companies had appealed against the leniency of a I million franc (U.S.$ 160,CXXl) fine imposed in La Reunion on South African based company Eurex Ltd. after its longliner Explorer was ru·rested by the French navy near the Kerguelen islands.

As aresu It, a highercou1t increased

the fine to 12 million fnmcs (about U.S. S 1.9 million).

A pirate fleet of up to 80 poaching ships began pursing the Patagoni,u1 toothfish in I 996 in South Atlantic waters off Argentina,mJSouth Georgia Isl:u1d, u;til British pauul vessels chased them away.

The fishing then moved east towai-d Namibia and South Africa, until South Aftican authorities applied pressure.

frJ11ce 's sub-Antarctic islands of Crozetand Kerguelen were next,until French mruines operating from patrol boats seizec.l three poaching ships in Match 1997.

The poaching fleet then moved on to Australian waters.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, left, Caroline Kennedy, top center, John F. Kennedy Jr., right, and Sen. Edward Kennedy walk out of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Charlestown, a neighborhood of Boston, following the funeral services of David Powers, former political aide to President John F. Kennedy, Wednesday. AP

Marcus ... Continued from page 40

playing another year. Next season will the I 7th

for the 198 I Heisman Trophy winner from Southern Cal.

Allen was signed by the Chiefs in 1993 as a free agent from the Oakland Raiders, where he had languished after falling into disfavor with owner Al Davis.

Schottenheimer has begun each season by saying Allen would fill a backup roll. But each year, A J Jen has surfacec.l to play a major role.

Schottenheimer has consistently used him in kt:y shortyarc.lage situations. anc.l J\lkn.

who might be a step slower than in his prime but has an uncanny sense for the slightest bit of a hole. has res pone.led almost every time.

Allen will be paic.1 a base salary of $900.000 in the final year of his contract. He carriec.1 124 times for 505 yards anc.1 I I touchc.lowns last season.

Al Jen led the Chiefs in rushing in the four previous years. He is sixth in NFL history wi1h 12,243 total yards.

His 222 games playec.1 are the most of any running back.

Allen had saic.l before last season that it woulc.l be his last. But he had hc\.!un waffling during the seas-011.

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More ways to make noise at golf tourney NEW ORLEANS (AP)- The cell phone's keen ringing coulc.l be hearc.1 cleurly across the practice putting green. After three piercing rings, the owner wrestled it from his belt anc.l answered, rnrning away from the golfers to carry on his conversation.

'Tm technically at work," saic.l Tom Johnson of New Orleans ... I can·t turn it off. !just try to answer it as quick as J can anc.1 then move back away from the ropes... ·

It usec.1 to be !he big worry on a golf course was an illtimed cough or sneeze from the gallery. Then it was clicking cameras. Now the greens are alive with the sounc.ls of beeping, ringing anc.l chirping electronic gadgets.

Tournaments, Ii ke this week's Freeport-McDermott Classic, are cracking down on fans and their high-tech gear.

"We have signs posted telling people that came ms. pagers and ce 11 phones are not alloweu."· said Bill Haws. who is in charge of the tournament marshals.

··If we see someone with beepers or cell phones, we tell then to turn them off. If they c.lon 't anc.l one of them goes off. we confiscate it."

Many business people skip work part of q,e day for the first two c.lays of the tournament, Haws saic.l. Some try to stay in touch while catching their favorite pro by keeping their electronic gadgets operating.

"It can be disruptive," said Scott Verplank ... It's happened to everybody. I think they shoulc.l confiscate them. If someone necc.ls a beeper or

cell phone, they probably shouldn't be here anyway."

Verplank saic.l his caddie makes it a point to check for people arounc.l the g1eens with electronic equipment anc.1 ask them to make sure they have it turnec.1 off.

"It's not something that particularly bothers me." Bob Tway saic.l. "I don't hear it that much. But some people arc bothcrec.l by anything. and with crowc.ls growing all the time, it's probably something that could get to be a bigger problem.··

Galleries have grown much larger in recent years anc.1 the big crowds have brought more than technological noisemakers to the courses.

Tiger Woods anc.l his cac.ldie have had numerous confrontations with fans over the use of cameras during tournaments. Cameras usually are allowed c.luring the practice round only.

On the first tee of the final round of this year's Mercedes championship, Phil Mickelson, who was tiec.l for the lead, was twice interruptec.l by a ringing cell phone - belonging to the same person.

Arounc.1 the I 8th green at English Turn, laughter and conversation swirls on even when marshals raise their paddles requesting quiet.

As new fans have shown up. golf courtesy has suffered.

.. I think Tiger Woods has brought a Jot of new people to watch tournaments," said Brnce Fleisher. "And a lot of them are ignorant of golf protocol. They just don't know the way things ar

e handled because they're new to the sport. ' '

Andrea Glass of Germany reacts after her 6-7 (7-5), 7-5, 6-2 upset victory over Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain, at the Family Circle Cup on Hilton Head Island, S.C. AP

Pairs gold medalist Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia flanked by silver medalist Jenni Meno and Todd Sand of the USA, left, and bronze medalist Peggy Schwarz and Mirko Muller pose for a photo following medal presentations at the World Figure Skating Championships Wednesday in Minneapolis. AP

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CINCINNATI (AP) - Joey lfomilton's rough start left San Diego c.lown by five runs. but Greg Myers' bascs-loac.lcd c.loublc ralliec.l the Pac.Ires to a I 0-9 victory Wec.lnesc.lay night over the Cincinnati Rec.ls.

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- both career-highs - as Chicago earnec.l its fi1·st victory.

Last season, the Cubs lost their first 14 games, a National League record. They broke a seven-game losing streak in Miami c.lating back to 1996. Clark allowcc.l four hi ts anc.l one run in seven innings. He improved to 5-1 lifetime against Florie.la with an ERA of 2.59.

Orie hac.l RBIs on with a single in the first. a double in the th ire.I, a homer off the lcftficlc.l foul pole in the fifth and a scoring fly in the ninth. After a sellout of 4 I, I 26 on opening day, attendance dipped to 16,877. The World Series champion Marlins drew only six smaller crowc.ls in 1997. Loser Felix Heredia allowing five runs in

five innings in his first major league start after 77 relief appearances.

Pirates 4, Expos 0 In Montreal, Francisco

Cordova and two relievers combinec.1 on a five-hitter, and Pittsburgh shut c.lown Montreal in the season opener forboth. TonyWomack's two-run c.louble highlightec.l a three-run seventh against loser Carlos Perez.

A crowc.l of 3 J ,220 saw the Expos c.lo little until the ninth inning. when they loadec.l the bases with two outs against reliever Rich Loiselle. Scott Livingstone hit a routine fly for the final out.

Core.lava allowed only three hits. struck out five and walkec.l two. Marc Wilkins pitched the eighth, and Loisel le took over to start the ninth.

SPORTS

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} Blue Jays, Orioles and · i Devil Rays post wins \ TORONTO (AP) - Roger Clemens, coming off his fourth ;] American League Cy Young Award, allowed only two hits ,,l U in seven innings in pitching the Toronto Blue Jays past the

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\1 Minnesota Twins 3-2 Wednesday night in a season opener. ~~ i) A crowd of 41,387 saw Tim Johnson win in his first game r1 [ i as a major league manager. rij

Jose Cruz Jr. hit a two-run homer in the second inning and t,.j ; , an RBI triple in the fifth, and also singled. Randy Myers, H ·; Toronto's top off-season acquisition, pitched a scoreless ! '

· ninth for a save. :·; Clemens, who won 21 games last year, gave up a seeing

eye single by Pat Meares and a double by Paul Molitor. He permitted one run, struck out three and walked three.

Orioles 10, Royals I In Baltimore. Cal Ripken's eighth career grand slam

capped a five-run first inning that lifted Baltimore past Kansas City - the Orioles' first win under manager Ray

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Marcus Allen to play his final NFL season

By CRAIG HORST KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) - Marcus Allen, who has defied age and holds the National Football League record with 123 rushing touchdowns. has told the Kansas City Chiefs that he will return for the final year of his contract.

The 38-year-old running told coach Marty Schottenheimer during a weekend golf outing in Las Vegas that he would play out

the final year of his contract, club spokesman Bob Moore said.

Allen's agent, Ed Hookstratten, did not immediately return a telephone call from The Associated Press. Allen lives on the West Coast in the off season.

Allen had talked with CBS Sports about becoming an analyst, but the network apparently backed off when Allen was indecisive about

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Sonicsr to beat Jazz SEATTLE (AP) - Detlef Schrempf scored 17 points and hit the go-ahead basket Tuesday night as the Seattle SuperSonics rallied to beat the Utah Jazz 88-86 in a battle of the top teams in the Western Conference.

·The victory put Seattle (54-18) one-half game ahead of Utah (53-18) in the race for best record in the Western Conference.

The Sonics split the season series and snapped Utah's three-game winning streak at

Key Arena. John Stockton missed a 17-

foot jumper at the buzzer as the Sonics handed the Jazzjust their third loss in 25 games since the All-Star break.

After Karl Malone's basket put Utah up 82-80, Schrempf made a 3-pointerfrom the left wing to put Seattle up with I :42 left. After a Jazz miss, Hersey Hawkins followed with a 3-pointerfor an 86-82 lead with I :09 left.

Jeff Hornacek made two free throws wi.th I :00 left but Vin Baker countered with a jumper

for an 88-84 lead. Malone scored and was

fou I ed with 27.5 seconds left. He missed the free throw and Schrempf rebounded for Seattle.

Gary Payton's runner missed and Bryon Russell rebounded and called timeout with 2.5 seconds left.

Malone led Utah with 20points and 10 rebounds.

Adam Keefe and Shandon Anderson added 12 each for the Jazz.

Baker led Seattle with 18 points and nine rebounds.

RP Centennial-Budweiser BasketballttJqrney slated TIIE Filipino Amateur Sports . Association .(FASA) has announced that Bi:Idwei~·serl Marianas Pacific Distribufors, Inc .. (¥ARPAC) will sponsor the Budweiser-Centennial Basketball Conference to be held at the Civic Center Basketball

'Court from May 3 to June. 14. The tournament is in conjunc

tion with the forthcoming Centennial celebration of Philippine Independence Day.

The Filipino Amateur Sports

Associatipn is ~6w ai::ceptirig ap- · · · ,. League entry fee is Nine Hun~ pl icatiqns fortheBhdweiser~Cen- . . dred Dollars ($900.00) to be sulr

· tennial. ·Basketball ,Conference . mitfed together with the appli-with a ma1'irnum'of six (6) teams cation form to any of the above only, on~Jirst paid,{ir.sterne.recl officials. ·. . . . . .. . basis: widhi limit of ri·au:Fili- · . Meanwhile. :there will be a pino players. Oniformi, 'rr~phies special. ~eeiing · on Tu~sday, and promotional awaajs will be. April 7,. I 998at the BIGl's Res-given: by the m-ain sponsor. · taurant, infro11t of Pacific Gar-

Application forms are now .denia Hotel at 7:00 P.M. avail~ble from the following: All team :manager. coaches, Danny· Domingo. Rudy Santos, and officials are urged to attend. Totoy Francisco. Brigs Important matters are on the Hernandez. and Jun Fidelino. · agenda. ·

Little Leaguers recite the sportsman's pledge at the opening ceremony for the 1998 Little League Baseball Tournament at the Jose C. Guerrero stadium in Agana Saturday. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza

arianas %riet.r;;~ 'Let's work on labor reforms' - eVols

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