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Guerrero suggests CUC ·buy standby. gener:ators.
Business leader's suggestion:
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By Jojo Dass . Variety NewsStaff
FORMER Commonwealth Utilities Corp. executive director Ramon S. Gue1Tero _yesterday suggested that government procure at least four emergency stand-by generators to remedy possible power outages that could happen due to the breakdown of existing overworked engines.
'Total shutdo"7D of Manila office'
· "I think," said Guerrero, "the biggest concern that this govemment. .. should do is to immediately purchase an emergency stand-by generatorsothatpower outages will not happen."
He said the back.:.up generatorss-with a 5_-megawaU Capac-
. ity and: estimated. to. cost "roughly" $3.5 million-.:wm ease the burden on the govt:m-. ment and will allow it time to fix
· broken engines. . . · · · · · · · At · least . two more engim~s. . numbers fi."'.e and'six, according. to Guerrero, "are ... ready to go
··Remains.of· . ·i:nfantfound_ .in _the jungle
By Maxine Hillary Variety News Staff
HAGA TNA, Guam -"If this is a case of child abuse or abandonment, we will become involved." Thus stated Administrator at Child Protective Services, Lydia Tenorio who said, "TI1e media is correct in saying that the circumstances under which this child were found are suspicious."
Tenorio was commenting on the recent discovery of the remains of an infant in the Agaga Gu mas area of Dededo at the north side of the island.
According to Guam Police Department spokesman Ron Taitano, members of the GPO Criminal Investigation Service found the
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WEAT~ER Ou1look
· Partly cloudy with Isolated showers
Ramon S. Guerrero
down." " .. .if the othererigines (break)
down,· all the schools will be closed:.;. rind all the.sewers are going to overflow, ther~ will re,.·· no water; so the govenicir will have to declare Ir state ofemergency, ;' said Guerrero. . .
<Jetting the.-starid::-by generators under a state of emergency will not require official procure-: ment procedures as all govern~
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By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff
THE BUSINESS sector in the Northern Mariana Islands is urging the government to completely shut down the Manila Liaison Office for a more serious austerity effort.
Saipan Chamber of Commerce presidentJoe C. Ayuyu said Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio made a sensible move in doing away with the medical referral function of the office but added thatclosingdowri the entire Manila Liaison Office could be a more viable option.
Ayuyu said he visited the Manila Liaison Office during his recent trip to the Philippines and was told that the medical referral section was "lucky enough" to have one patient in a month.
Mobil Oil Micronesia President Timothy M. Glath speaks during the opening of Mobil's Middle Road Service Station Friday. The station, located in Garapan, is the biggest in the CNMI. Photo by Raffy Arroyo
Hillblom's heirs plan suit versus Waechter
By Ferdie de la Torre Van'ety News Staff .
TIIEHEIRSofthelateLarry Hillblom are reportedly planning to file a joint lawsuitagainstformerHillblombusiness associate, Joe Waechter, following the recent recovery of the late businessman's personal items.
Sources said most of the heirclaimants against the Hillblom estate have agreed to come up with the suit to be spearheadedbylawyerDavidJ.Lujan, lead counsel for Hillblom's DNA-
confirmed son, Junior Larry Hillbroom.
The Varietyyesterdaytriedtoreach Waechter for comment but he was not available.
The civil suit, which may name other persons other than Waechter as defendants, will likely be filed in the Superior Court, the same sources disclosed.
Lujan asked the court on Friday to dig up Hillblom' s persona I
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ety. He said establishing a direct
link with Philippine hospitals may mean additional savings for the CNMI government since medical facilities in Manila offer cheaper services than those in the United States.
"Medical facilities in the Philippines are as good as in the US and are cheaper," he added.
Public Health Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez said he toured around Manila hospitals and was impressed with both their cleanliness and medical staffs.
"Maintai:1ing that office is just a Villagomez said theCNMiwill waste of money," Ayuyu had said. be sending medical referral pa-
"Trimming down the Manila tients to the Makati Medical Cen-office was a good move but it is ter, St. Luke's Hospital and Car-better to close the facility com- dinal Santos Hospital. "The best pletely down," Ayuyu told Vari- Continued on page 20 fv.'fA,,,,1",\.;!c, .• "!-'2-··r:·r,,,\c·,,s . .,;,{"'·'';!•·.':-~,-,~s::~,'·\ .. · . .:...:.;j!J1:~,/,·, · .,. ·,,, .... , ......... ,,., .... ,.~::y-1
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f 1 By Ferdie de la Torre ! 1 [) Variety News Staff ··· ld AV ANUATU-based firm has sued the Tinian Dynasty Hotel Inc. :j and it~ owner for alleged_ n~n-payment ~f ~anagement services. '.] Pacific Management L1m1ted named Tmian Dynasty Hotel and :~ its owner, Hong Kong Entertainment (Overseas) Investments (I Limited, as defendants in the suit filed on Friday before the US f · '. District Court.
PML, through counsel Timothy H. Skinner, sought compensatory damages in the amount of$ I 00,000 against the defendants for
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Teno meets with Japan's Transportation minister
By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff
GOVERNORPedroP. Tenorio, legislators and leaders of the local business community left yesterday for a "fact-finding" visit to Japan, the CNMI tourism industry's largest market.
Tenorio, in an interview, said the trip is a "joint effort" to find ways of attracting more Japanese tourists in light of the CNMI's economic downturn and the yen's depreciation against the dollar.
"We just can't sit here and do nothing," the governor said. "We have to talk with the tour agencies and find ways of helping them bring in the tourists."
He said the trip is also an opportunity for the CNMI private sector to actively partici-
Pedro P. Tenorio
pate in the tourism industry. Tenorio said the CNMI del
egation wilJ be in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka for a series of meetings with Japanese tour agencies.
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2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- JUNE 24, 199B
Hong Kong economy worsens
Tung Ghee-hwa
By Mark J. Porubcansky HONG KONG (AP) - With the economy continuing to deteriorate, Hong Kong's chief executive on Monday announced a $4 bill ion economic package and suspended government prope1ty sales.
1l1e package presented by Chief Executive Tung O,ee-hwa was the latest in a serie; intended to stabilize the economy.
The key Hang Seng index tumbled 4.5 percent on Monday and now is50 percent below last fall's high. Inves-
tors dumped stocks in the absence of finn plans by regional giant Japan to boost its economy.
Hong Kong's economy shrank 2 percent in the fast quarterofthe year, and officials announced last week that unemployment was at a I 5-year high of 4.2 percent Tung said more difficulties were ahead.
'The rising unemployment rate at the end of May, the continually weak economy in Japan and the drastic devaluation of the yen have added more uncertainty to the already bleak economic outlook for Hong Kong," Tung said.
The bulk of the new $4 billion program was focused on the real estate sector, which is ordinarily one of Hong Kong's strongest earners.
Tune~in 1-ec~nl week; has said that property prices went too high in the euphoria following the successful transition to Chinese rule last year.
However, his decision to freeze land sales until next April indicated he was concerned about instability. Officials said common people as well as large property developers were
TOKYO (AP)-Top Japanese officials set a two-weektimetableMonday f ordeciding how to relieve banks of$555 billion in bad loans and help in a bid to help lift Japan out of recession.
Koichi Kato, secretruycgeneraJ of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, said he and Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto have agreed to make a decision by July 8, four days ahead of elections for Parliament's upper house. · The bad !9311S have helped erode confidence in Asian economies. Worried about adding to.their losses, the banksfave been reluctant to grant
Hong Kong citizens seize the last chance to see airplanes in close range in Hong Kong Sunday before the Kai Tak International Airport closes on July 5. Kai Tak, situated in the heart of the congested urban area, will be replaced by Chek Lap Kok airport built on ar. outlying island. AP
new loans that .coold help revive Japan's overall financial stabiJiza. Japan's slumping economy. tion package.
The United. States and Japan's Meanwhile, Japan handed su-Asian neighbors have been urging it ~sorypowersoverthenation's to fix its economy, seen as dragging troubledfinancialindustrytoanew down the region. HashimotD · has watchdog q,ency Monday as part promised action, including acceler- of a large refoon effort. ated moves to solve the bad loan The Financial Supeivision problem. Agency w'ill take dQties from
One option.is to·establish a new Japan'sFiriance Ministry, which institution to take over loans of has been tarnished by a series of troubled banks and sell auyn;main- bankinfluen.· i .. 1f.·ures· IJrdd .... Iing. ·. · scandals and ingcollateral.whilecontinuingtopr<:>- 1iUI
vide credit to healthy clients. . . . The JJeV\"• agency will take. over Katosaidhispartyaniithegoverri- irlspectipns of banks and broker~
ment will examine how the .bank age houses, iilongwithyari09s Ii-rescue qptioos can be handled under . . ci:rning and ,regulaioijdimctinns.
be.ing hurt by the fall in property pnces.
The new economic package includes returning about $500 million in real estate taxes. Another $200 million will be made available to small- and medium-size businesses to help diem secure credit, and mmc money also will be made available to help first-time home buyers.
Businesses will be able to exempt their profits from taxes if they keep them in Hong Kong banks, Tung said.
Salaries of 330 senior government officials were frozen.
TungsaidHongKongwould keep its currency, the Hong Kong dollar, pegged to the U.S. dollar, maintaining that it was ·essential to keep the confidence of outside investors.
IMF: Indonesia loans to resume
By Chri&topherTorchla JAKARTA,Indom!'>ia(AP)-The lntematirnml Monetary Fundexpecl, to resume loan disbursements to Indonesia in early July, an IMF official said Monday.
l11e IMF suspended a $43 bi Ilion bailout package last month amid political tmrnoil diat led to President Suharto's downfall.
IMF official Hubert Neiss said that increasing the amount of aid to Indonesia was possible.
Also Monday, U.S. and German envoys met new President B.J. Habibie to offer their support for Indonesia's efforts to revive a oncebooming eoonomy that is now virtually at a standstill.
VisitingJakarta, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and Juergcu Stark, state secretary at the German Finance Ministry, urged Habibie in separate meetings to stick with economic refonns.
Indonesia's economy, which ha<l grown an ;,verage of7 percent rumually in rece,1t years, is expected to contrnct by as much as 15 percent in 1998.
Recovc1y is likely to Utke yem;; in Indonesia, where political stability is still in doubr. despite the resignation or Suhm1o after student pmtests :md
B.J. Habibie
riots over price increases. Habibie has embarked on democratic refo1rns but foreign investors remain waiy an<l the rupiah is weak.
Dennis de Tmy, the World Bank's director in ln<lonesia, warned that mushrooming poverty will snip at least 20 million people of their jobs. Indonesia's work force is estimated at 90 million.
About 28 million people cuncntly live in pove1ty Wld that figu1e could double, he said.
1l1e United States isa big player in the IMF, which is workingwitl1 Indonesian officials to redesign die state budgerio include mo1e s~bsidies for the poor.
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By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff
THE CNMJ"S representative in Washington. D.C. is asking the :1ppropriations subcommittees of Congress to reconsi<ler their approval of a bill that he sai<l would remove the commonwealth's control over its Covenant fun<ls.
In letters to US Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Ohio) and US Sen. Sla~de Gorton (R-Washington), Resident Rep. Juan N. Babauta said the appropriations bill earmarks $5.5. million for a new prison facility and a crime laboratory. in effect. setting priorities for expenditures.
Passing the bill with that provision, he said, would be a "step in the wrong direction" as it "(takes) control from the local level and (places) it at the fe<leral level."
Such decisions on expenditures are ··bestleft with the people who
Juan N. Babauta
must live with the consequences, not with the federal executive branch," Babauta said.
He added, "The wisdom of placing these decisions in (local hands) was acknowledged by (the administration of then President
Specialists to repair generators for CUC
By Jojo Dass
Variety News Staff SPECIALISTS from a Gemian film are on the island to ovediaul two "impo11:mf" power generators, Pam Mathis. public utilities PIO, yester<lay rnmounced.
In a press briefing. Mathis said a crew from Mmi B& W Genrnmy mi; rcpai1ing two Mist,ubishi generators which pro<luccs 7.5 :m<l 13 megawatt'; of power supply respectively.
llie repair is costing government some $2.2 million.
Mathis said the team will likewi:;e be asked torepaira I 3-kilowattpower engine that conked out Fd<lay.
In a rele,Lse, Timothy Villagomez, Executive Director of tl1e Commonwealtl1 Utilities Crnp. (CUC). said the generators were a "'huge investment" for the government.
·nie unit,, CUC said, have been out Contiriiied on page 19
Guam Rev & Tax: Register all amusement machines
By Variety News Staff HAGATNA,Guam-Amusement <leviccs on Gum1i must be rcgiste1i.:d in tl1e ncxtfive days with the Depmtmcnt of Revenue :m<l Taxation or businesscsoflering tlicsc <lcv ices may sec tl1cir licenses ri.:vokeJ.
/\muscment devices span a wide r.uige of games - from children\ arcadegames to pinball and "pachinko' machines.
Allcrnrentregism1tionscxpircJune 30, according to a press rclc,L,c from the depmtmcnt.
P:L,l!i.:gistrntion of a machine docs not mean that it will again be ce11ificdfor use.
llie dcpmtment, working in cooperation with tl1e prosecution <livision
ofd1e Attorney General's office, intends to ensure that only the amuscmennnachincs will be 1egistered for use on Gumi1.
111c dep,u1ment h,tsreceived complaints that some of these machines rn·c being used forg,U11bling.
Amusement <levices 1equi1e sornc skill by the players, while gamblingdeviccs afford the oppo1tunity for winnings, otl1er thm1 flee games.based on chance.
Rev mid Tax officials will inspect all businesses which provide thescdevices for use by their customers.
lliosc machines which qualify tLslegal amusement devices will be
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GMH energy-conscious HAGATNA - Guam Mt:morial Hospital is on it way to becoming more energycfficicnt.thanks to a fcueral grnnt from the Guam Energy Office.
The grant moneywill be usc<l to purchase energy-saving light fixtures and bulbs.accor<ling to a news release from the hospital.
13y replacing some of the existing I ights, hospital officials wi 11 bcable to sec a significant reduction in their electric bill -from$ I I 0,000 to $125,000 per year.
Material and labor costs also
will be re<lucc<l by $3,000 per year.
The energy-saving light fi xturcs and bulbs will be installed in specific 24-hour areas like crnTidors. nurse stations an<l waitingareas.
The hospital\ in-house maintenance crews will be installingthosc lights, the release said.
The project will get un<lcrway next week and is expected to take atlcast 3-4 weeks to complete.
It is the hospital's intent to not onlycut costs, but improve efficiency as we 11.
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George Bush) in the infrastructure funding agreement...with the Northern Marianas in I 992," referring to the Manglona-Guerra agreement.
Babauta noted that the agreement was endorsed by the I 04th
Slade Gorton
Congress with US Public Law I 04-134.
He said the agreement "represented a departure from the pattern of <lependence on federal funds and decision making that had characterized ourrelationship
with the lJ S up to that point ... The agreement. he added.
··makes the local government responsible for <lrawing up the list of projects on which the funds will be spent.··
Babauta then urge<l the subcommittee chairs to strike the $5.5 million earmark from the bi II.
In an interview Monday. Babauta said he will urge Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio and the Legislature to express concern over the appropriation bill, which he said could infringe on the commonwealth's right to selfgovernment.
Babauta at the same time said the CNMI needs both a new prison facility and a crime laboratory.
However, he added, the provision would set a precedent allowing the fe<leral government to pri~ oritize items for the CNMI.
Jones says Manglona-Guerra agreement not binding, void
By Zaldy Dancian Variety News Staff
HOUSE Minority Leader Dino M. Jones (D-Prec. 4, Saipan) says die 1992 agreement between the federal and CNMI governments regarding Covenant funds should be declared null and void.
Jones, in a letter to Speaker Diego T. Benavente (R-Prec. 2, Saipan) :md the Attorney General's Office (AGO), said tlieManglonaGuem1 agreement was neither endorsed nor ratified by the CNMI Legislature.
Citing the "doctrine of separa-
tion of powers and the principle of checks and balance," Jones questioned the non-inclusion of the Legislature's presiding officers during the negotiations leading to the signing of the agreement, which was considered favornble to the CNML
The commonwealth was represented by .hen lieutenant governor Benjamin T. Manglona. Then Interiorw1dersecretary Stella Guen-a represented the White House.
Notingthattheagreementrequired Congress' ratification, Jones said the
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Teno asks Clinton for .school bus fu.nds . GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenrnio this week w;ked President Bill Clinton for a one-time gr:ml of $900,CXXJ lo purchase school buses.
·111c$9{XJ.OOO is just a tiny sliverol' the $33 billion investment thcit tlic U.S. is making in surface 1rnnspo11ation through the Tr:msportation Eq-
Suspect in robberies arrested
By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff
GUAM- A male suspect was caught in the Anigua area by GPO for possible involvement in two robbery incidents.
Damian Michael Ford, 18, of S:1111a Rita was arcsted yesterday andcharge<l with twocounts or robbery and falsifying a police re port.
According to PIO Ron Taitano of GPO, For<l was the alleged perpetrator or two robberies.
The first occurred outsi<le the Denny's in Tamuningwhcrc Ford approached a couple, prctcn<ling to be a friend of theirs.
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uity Actforthe2lstccntu1y, arele,Lsc from the governor's office sai<l.
TI1e U.S. Cong1ess h,L~ allocated $ I (XJ million each ye;u· for live consecutive yc:u, exclusively for purchases of buses.
Teno1io stated that tl1e CNMI h:L, been a<lve1,ly affecte<l byfe<leral leg-
islation allowing unlimited migration frnm tl1e F1cel y Associate<l States countiics.
··Orn; out of cwry four school chil<ln:n altcmJing public schools in tlie CNMirn~non-U.S.citizcns.·Tcno1io statc<l in his June 22 lcttcr.
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Contributors sought for 'Islands Variety'
lf writing is your ··cup of tea". then consider the Islands Variety. the CNMI's newest island magazine, as your forum.
The managing staff of the weekly magazine is inviting local an<l off-islan<l writers to submit their work for pub-1 i cation.
··we would Jikc the magazine to be ,111 open forum for creative and feature writers," said Islands Variety editor Mar-Vic Munar.
The magazine features stories on current events, arts. and sports among others.
··1 fa writer feels that he or she has a subject worth pursuing. and can develop the
proposal into an interesting story. we wi II take it," she added. ··we want this to be a community magazine."
Islands Variety is being publishc<l every Satur<lay. Younis Art Studio, publisher of the Marianas Variety newspaper. launched the first issue of the Islands Variety. last June 13. The secon<l issue came out last Saturday.
Copies of the Islands Variety are available in stores throughout the CNMI, Guam and Palau.
For more information, contact the Marianas Variety office in Garapan at 234-6341.
Where streets have no names TR YING to find the Northern Mariana Islands on a world map can be a painful task. I guess trying to locate your friend's house on an island with nameless streets can be worse.
When I first came to Saipan in 1995, I got my first assignment to cover a ground-breaking event for a new building (I don't remember now which one) in Garapan. My editor gave me the invitation with a map attached to it.
I thought the one who drew the map was just being so lazy that he didn't botherto write the street's name. The map only had an "X" and a note that read ··Near Camacho Residence." I thought it was going to be easy. All I had to do, I thought, was ask around for the house of"the Camacho Family"-whoever they were.
So off I went for my first Saipan coverage, only to find out that there are hundreds of Camachos all overthe island. It took me an hourto finally find the place. By then, the ceremony was over.
I've realized that on Saipan, you have to work out a system in order to find a location.You have to be very attentive at taking instructions, and creative at giving directions. Otherwise.just ask your friend to meet you at the nearest gas station.
Tum right, tum left, go straight ahead, then tum right again; it's the fourth house to the right from the comer of the third dirt road. Slowly ... slowly, please. Be careful when giving directions to a Filipino. Sometimes, some of us confuse right with left.
You 'II be amused at how people often come up with funny (bordering on Third World-ish) descriptions of their places: "I live in the back of a water tank." "If you see a row of clotheslines, behind them is my house." "There's a junk car in front ofmy house." "I live in P.O. Box ... "
The only infallible landmark to where I live was a cow, which, unfortunately, is no longer there; it had metamorphosed into corned beef.
*** It may also be interesting to note the sociology of giving directions.
Americans can be more scientific. They would give direction in terms of distance estimates, e.g. "fifty yards away," or "two kilometers away," etc. Filipinos would say, "it's just two sticks of cigarettes away" or "ten-minutes away." Chamorros would say "tum at the second mango tree." The Chinese would say "Go ... go."
*** We are living in the cyber-age, in the era of scientific discoveries, advances
in communication, the speed of travel, and yet the simple task of naming streets has been overlooked on our fair island. I think it would be embarassing to enter the next millennium with unchristened streets.
There's a pending bill in the Legislature to name streets on Saipan. Wouldn't it be nice if you have a "real address" instead of just a P.O. Box number. Consider these: Betelnut Street, Tenorio Street, Hafa Adai Avenue, Compact/Impact Road, Al Stayman Street, (ooops, probably not that one).
A reporter friend said I demand too much. "It's not really needed," she said. "We accept what we are used to and never
think of it. Besides, it's part of the island's charm." "The nameless streets, she meant.
Another reporter agrees. It is, she said, "an ultimate reminder of the simplicity of island life. This is a small village where everyone knows one another."
Rousseaunian romanticists! When you get exhausted and exasperated, it's hard to romanticize. Last
week, I was to interview a contract worker who lived in the most obscure part of Chalan Kanoa. Driving around the place drove me crazy. I drove back and fourth. Turned right, turned left, turned right, and left again ... still I couldn't find it. Am I stupid or what~
When I realized I was driving for almost a., hour, I went into a store and bought myself a bottle of strawberry juice that flashed a line in red bold letters that said OBEY YOUR THIRST AND ENJOY THE COOLNESS.
And that day, whew, I did.
P.O. Box 231, Saipan MP 96950-0231 Tel. (670) 234-634117578/9797/9272 Fax: (670) 234-9271
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JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Milosevic's last stand? THE Serbian province of Kosovo - which helped create world villain Slobodan Milosevic -may also be the site of his downfall.
"It could be (Milosevic's) Waterloo," explains a State Department official, speaking of the ethnic tensions now boiling in Kosovo. "It could be sort of ironic justice that Milosevic flames out finally over in the spot that created this irresponsible dictator."
It was in Kosovo Polje where the Yugoslavian civil war-, which broke up that country - began in 1987. Milosevic was a relatively unknown Communist leader, giving a talk in a Kosovo meeting hall, when Albanian police started scuffling with protestors outside. "No one will ever beat you again," Milosevic shouted to the ethnic Serbs.
In the ensuing weeks, more than 90 Kosovar Albanians were murdered by the Serbian militia, backed by the Yugoslav federal army, and Pandora's box was opened. Further conflict in Kosovo was quelled until this year by the presence of Serbian police forces.
But it's erupted again because Milosevic foolishly - and criminally - chose to use more brutal army and police tactics to stop a small number of armed ethnic Albanian separatist militants. More than 300 people have died in Kosovo since March.
And a small number of militants known as the Kosovo Liberation Army is now growing by leaps and bounds because moderate Albanians are fed up with Milosevic's bloody repression.
Though a Serbian province, Kosovo is populated by 2 million ethnic Albanians and only 200,000 Serbs. This minority rules the vast majority by fiat and gunfire.
An important Serbian battle was fought and lost in that province in 1389; the Serbs don't want to relinquish it because it has the same spiritual resonance to them as the Alamo or Pearl Harbor has to Americans.
"Milosevic has now beaten this drum to rally his Serbian populist position just once too often," a Central Intelligence Agency expert told our associate Dale Van Atta. "Hopefully, we are seeing the beginning of the end for him. Hopefully, he will be even more diminished in the same place that 'created' him 1 I years ago."
The most serious external indication of this is the apparent unwillingness of the Serbian
Orthodox Church to rally to Milosevic's defense. Church leaders, who normally would join any Serbian appeal to "protect" the holy monasteries and churches in Kosovo, condemned Milosevic and recently called for a "council of national salvation" to rule in his stead.
The church leaders said that in the act of immoral repressio~ of the Kosovar Albanians, which have prompted more than 60,000 to flee their homes, Milosevic lost any authority to negotiate peace in Kosovo.
Milosevic has several serious strikes against him among his usually reliable Serbian supporters: He lost the war in Croatia; he has little control over the Serbs of Bosnia who, once unleashed by him, went their own bloody way; and his control of Macedonia is not absolute. ·
Erstwhile Russian ally Boris Yeltsin also pressured Milosevic to tone down the Kosovo obsession during a recent meeting in Mos
. cow. The Russians and Serbs are ethnic cousins of sorts. But Yeltsin told him it was high time he negotiated a settlement - not with the militant Kosovar separatists, but with the moderate leaders living in Kosovo.
Yeltsin cannot urge Milosevic to give Kosovo independence, because it would invite rebels in Chechnya to think that they might hope for the same kind of freedom. In fact, our sources say, some Chechen rebels are assisting the Kosovar Albanians, hoping to establish just this precedent.
Milosevic has also been surprised at how quickly the United States and Europeans have responded to the incipient Kosovar bloodbath, given their slow response to the Bosnian and Croatian wars. NATO planes conducted military exercises in Albania recently, near the Kosovo border, as a warning that America and Europe would not tolerate further repression without some impending response.
If Milosevic gives in to the heavy international pressure and eases the strong-arm in Kosovo, he will be seen as a loser among his supporters in Belgrade. But if he stokes the fire of Kosovo, given the church's reaction and -other Serb responses, he will be held in disgust by a growing number of Serbs.
That's why U.S. intelligence sources reckon that Kosovo is a lose-lose proposition for Milosevic. Hopefully, the current conflict will spell the end of the line for this murdetous thug.
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Tough prostitution bill ready By Zaldy Danc!an Variety Ne.vs Staff
THE BILL that would impose strict prohibitions against "pmstitution loitering and patronizing a pmstitute" now awaits the signature of Gov . Pedro P. Tenorio.
Introduced by House Majority Leader Ana S. Teregeyo (R-Prec. 1, Saipan), House Bill 11-55 seeks to ban prostitutes from soliciting and ''enticing" customers atapublicplace.
If found guilty of paying for the services of a prostitute, a customer could be subject to not more than 90 days imprisonment or a fine of not more than $1,0CJ.J, or both.
Soliciting prostitutes face the same penalties.
"The bill also proposes that repeat offenders within a five year period should be imprisoned to not more than a year and pay a $1,0CJ.J fine.
Pimps or "persons .. .found guilty of promoting prostitution in the second degree or who knowingly engages in sexual exploitation" would be imprisoned for no more than five years or a fine of not more than $1,0CJ.J, or both, for each violation.
Pimps found guilty of promoting prostitution "in thefirstdegree" would face a jail term of not more than I 0 years or a fine of $1 O,OCJ.J, or both.
"The bill, moreover, proposes man-
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datoryfeesofupto$2,000forconviction of prostitution-related offenses.
The violator's business license, if he or she holds one, could also be suspended or even revoked.
ThebillstatesthatitisintheCNMI's best interest "to provide for the safety of the public" through "tighter controlsonprostitution activity, and by removing this activity from the streets."
Such activities, according to the bill, "contribute to an unsavory perception of the CNMI by outside observers."
Further, "prostitution provides an opportunity for foreign criminal organizations to establish an economic base" here.
It also contributes to the spread of diseases, according to the bill.
Youth center sought for every village
By Haldee V; Eugenio Variety News Staff
A LEGISLATOR urged Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio to consider building Youth Centers for each village in the CNMI to be able to help curb. youth-related crimes.
In his letter to Gov. Tenorio, Minority Cong. Rosiky F. Camacho said that the youth, while being victims of heinous crimes, are also the ones committing those crimes, as in the April 30 slaying of a boy, re-
portedly part of a gang initiation.
He said that giving the youth proper attention and facilities such as Youth Centers will help solve these youth-related crimes, and will also help them become more productive citizens. · "We must provide facilities
where they can go for counseling, camaraderie, sports' activi~ ties and a place where they can go and feel safe and wanted,"
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By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff
1RYING to brnve tl1e slow mlly of the Japanese economy, CNMI government officials and business leaders plm1ed 111 to the counl!y with hop.::s to rejuvenate the dwindling visitor anival figures from Japan to the Northem Maiiana Islands.
Maiianas Visitors Bureau board chair Antonio S. Gue1rero said the governor's trip toJ apan is expected to intensify promotional campaigns of the CNMJ as a tourist destination among Japanese trnvelers.
While admitting that the CNMl's tourism industry has been severely impacted by the Asian recession since July last year, Guerrero said there me more to gain than to lose from the trip.
'The trip to Japan is a vety worthwhile endeavor. I t11ink we need to knock on the door of our market and let them know we are still in existence," he told reporters.
He said CNMI tou1ism leaders and thebusinesssectorhavealreadyironed out differences and have expressed willingness to work together to improve the local industry and p.::rk up anival figures.
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"We are willing to work as to what we can do to improve the tourism. That's a must," he stressed.
Guerrero also said MVB has been tracking the right direction as far as promoting tourism is concemed,adding that all promotional plans have been earned out
"But like I said, because even Continental Micronesia cut down its flights ... That doesn't help but we understand the situation [because] that's business. We would have done the same thing," he pointed out.
He said a quantifiedeffrnt between tourism officials and leaders of the
hotel industry and the private sector should beof significant help in efforts to revive NorLl1em Mmianas' dwindling tourism indusl!y.
"It's about time that the Hotel Association and all those involved in tl1e tourism industry get their acts together. This has been long overdue. Theyshouldhavedonethistwoyears ago before the Asiai1 crisis," he continued.
Guen-ero said evctybody is llying to look for solutions to the declining visitor mrival fig:un:s and its impact on t11e local economy. '"When crisis comes, everybody is trying to find solutions."
He said one solution could be diversification to other potential tourism markets in and out of Asia GueITero could only wish his board had been aggressive enough to diversify to othermarketsotherthanJapan and Korea
But since the present board's days are numbered with the passing of a legislation which replaces MVB with Mruianas Visitors Bureau, he said he wanL~ to see the new tomism leadership looking at tapping mmkets from
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S:.ipan. June 12---AII non-residcnl Unngladeshi nationals with labor cases, pending or otherwise arc bdng, summoned to mi::ct y,ith officials from tbc CNMI Department of Lubor and Immigration on Tue~day, June 30, 1998 and
Wcdncsdny.Jul:.:0), 1998
According lu Labor enforcement officer JdTCamacho, thc purpose of
the nKcting ls lo ):;ather informfltion on cmp\uymcrtt st:i.tlll and progress mn.ch: on l.1hor case settlt:ments. Camacho says the J.ahor an.:l lmmigrulion team wants. to Jind uut \Vhich \\Urkcrs h<1vt" jobs, which work"TI have transferred to other cmrlo:,cr:., v.-hich workers have settled their labor claims, and which workers have
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rlir.: mcctin~. acwrdine- tu C1mncho, i~ p::i..'1 of the !J..rgcr effort to Lmurc fair 1:..:atmc:nt fur ,dJ l3Jng!adeshi n:nional.~ whu wen: victimized in w1y t'orm ur fashion by illegal rcc:-uilin~ sc;Hm. Camacho cmphn..\ias that tr.cs.:: meeting arc no! intended as settlement confcn:ncc,; however, investigators ;u-c in1aestcd in gathering information from workers 1hat have nol yet received scnlcmcnt payments, and would like to hear from \%-orkers who have, not found
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Father's Day I missed my column last week looking forward to Father's Day because·I was back in Colorado helping with my mother.
I gues5 this will be a reflection on Father's Day instead. It's hirrder writing a column for Father's Day than it was for
Mother's Day. Maybe because I am a father and a bit biased. Three daughter's and a son does that to a man. There have been a lot of changes during the 20years I have practiced
pediatrics. One of the best has been to see so many more fathers involved in the
care of their children. Many women work out of the home. This means it is no longer so easy for them to bring their children to
the doctor's office. Now fathers are coming almost as often as mothers. My fav01ite is when both the father and the mother come in with
their child. Especially with a newborn baby this is a chance to see how the whole
family is getting on. I learn-a lot about families from these special visits. Father's have special roles to play in families. Kids have know this for years, but we adults are slow to catch on. Father's are good at play. Look at an infant being handled by her father. By just a few months of age a baby knows that when Dad is around it is
time to play, to be tickled, thrown into the air. Mothff's are usually quieter, more comforting. Heaven help the father who tries to be quiet and soothing when their
baby is ready to patty! Father's are also models for their children of what it is like to be a
man. . Children watch adults closely. Mayb.~ too closely. They w:,tch how their father drives, how he talks on the telephone,
how he ,treats their mother. Father's are more than "mobile ATM machines" (my teenage
daughter's term). They are an important pmt of that team it takes to raise healthy kids into
healthy ajuJL~. Raising children is a lot of work. It really helps to have two parents. Even with a breast fed infant someone needs to get up to change diap.::rs. Dad's can do just fine. When a baby wakes at 3 AM with an earache,
Dad can get up just as well as Mom. When it is time for the unending seties of car pools <luting the school
years, Dad can take his tum Being a dad is a lot of work, and also a lot of fun. We honor father's with their special day, Father's Day. I just hope I don't get another one of t11ose wild neckties for a pn:sent. (I didn't.)
,~ .,. .• ~ A Northern Mariana Islands Social Service Ott
REQIJEST FOR PROPOSALS
Karidat and the House ofManhoben (Teen Center) is now soliciting bid proposals from qualified individuals or groups interested in conducting a summer youth net fishing training and skills development pilot program involving the teaching of contemporary and traditional methods and techniques of net fishing/throwing for interested youth residents of Saipan. All interested bidders must submit their bid proposals to Karidat; Att: Angie V. Guerrero, P.O. Box 745, Chalan Kanoa, Saipan MP 96950, no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30th, 1998 and all bids must include the following information: Name ofBidder(s), Place of Residence, Age, Qualification/ Background as one of CNMI's leading local net fishermen, possessing specific knowledge about the identification and use of the various types ofnet(talaya), favorable weather conditions and ocean tides conducive for fishing and skilled in the traditional throw net fishing (talaya). The bidder must also be able to teach the course in English and follow a curriculum manual.
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CPA probes port project 'fiasco' By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff
THE COMMONWEALTH Prn1s Authority has started revicwin" change orders made to the Saip,u~ Hm-bor Improvement Project, the latest of which involved mon: than S700,CXXJ, it wasc.Jisclosed yesterday.
Ports Authrnity executive director Cai-Jos Sal,l, said the CPA Board h,L, recommended a deeper review of the project, following 1epo1ts on the allegedly unnecessruy di-edging work at the Saipan seapo1t.
An executive 1-eport em·Jier urged the Depmtment of Inte1ior and the United States Congress to audit the Saipan Hru·bor Imp7-ovement Project [SHIP] due to the inc1ease in scope and cost.
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remains ·.near power plant· .. By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff
POLICE officers 1-etrieved human remains which were found near the Commonwealth UtilitiesCorporntion Power Plant in Pue110 Rico Monday night.
Public Safety Infonnation Officer Rose Ada yesterday said investigators noted no signs of foul play in the case.
Ada said while a man was jogging neru·theCUCPowerPlm1thediscover-ed a human skull in a tcmgantangan-filled ru-ea.
The joggerrcpo1ted the incident to the DPSCommandPostattheAme1ican Memrnial Park's carnival site.
Responding officers went to the scene where they later saw some human bones.
Ada said DPS crime scene technicians took some photos and rellieved the remains.
Yesterday morning, investigators 1-etumed to the place scoUJing for clues that could help identify the r-emams.
Ac.la said if ,mthrnpologist.s find that tl1c bones do not lxlom: to a Work! W,u· 11 soldier, modcn; technology will be utilized to identify the person's nationality or tl1e age.
Ac.la said the dentures will also be examined in order to identify that person.
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The federal government has also been urged to look into the project because of its delayed completion.
Similar for audit has been previously made to dete1111ine whether the change orders we1-e justified and legal.
"We are analyzing that. We will look into that and see what happens," Salas told Vmiety, adding that the 1-eview has been instructed by the Ports Authority Board of Directors.
He stressed the 1-eview will also look into the factors behind the change orders. "It's in a special review and
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The project undc1went numerous ch,mge orders during the last three ycm-s. One of them involved ,m ,unount over$741,00'.lasadditive to the existing contJ-act fordred "ir1 e work in Rota. ~ "' -
It has been said that chai1oe order number-7 with over $74 IJ.XJ() of supplemental cost is a 1esult of work initially intended to tx: covered by liquidated damage of $1 million against the contractor by petforming ccrtain<lredgingworkinRotaharbo;.
The executive tnmsition committee earlier said the$] million work to be performed by Samsung resulted in $741,CXXJ of work being billed to CPA, an amount exceeding the liquidated damage.
"How dilCP A ended up incurring additional cost at nemly the same amount as the liquidated damage?" the committee said in a report.
"We are not sure at this point The review has been an instruction of the boru·d and we will come out with some kind of a report at a later date," Salas said.
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PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant Io Public Law 8-41, rhe Civil Service Commission hereby gives no rice !hat the Board will mecr on Wednesday. July J, 1998 and Thursday. July 2. 1998. The Bonrd w,11 convey al 9:30 a.m., on both days, at rhe Municipal·s Council's Conference Room in Tinian. Additional information concern in<> this meeting. is available at !he Commission ·s Office, Building No. 1211, C,~pitol Hill, Saipan. The Comm1ss1011 may also be reached at phone number 322-4363 and 322-6954 or fax number 322-3327.
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Vandalism at monumnet hit By Jacob Leon Guerrero Vanety News Staff
formed Sel-'ices (NAUS) Adolf P. Sgambelluri outlined for some of Guam's youth why the recent vandalizingofseveral monumentsatAsan
Memorial Park was hurtful to so many Chamorros.
HAGA TNA,Guam-Presidentof tl1e National Association for Uni-
George Washington High School students sU1veyed the damaged monu-
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During rhe early hours of 19 June 1998. a per~cn or pesons ,jid break into Ho!lyvmod Video Slore in Gorapon and steal lhe items listed belovJ. I Bernard Goffney, the Owner of HollyWOOd Vr_deo. om hereby offe11ng a reword of $2.COO.DJ for rnlarmation leading lo !he orres1 and conviclion al the person or persons who committed thrs c11me. Keep in mind 1hol what was stolen con only be found al Hollywood Video. because HOllfWOOd ~rdeo 1s the o.nly s1ore on island that Sells Toshiba DVD Players and hos (hod) a large selection of DVD's for rent. So if you see someone w1,ho new Toshiba DVD Player and a lo1 or DVD's lo watch all of a sudden. give theSoipon Police Dept a coll or jus1 call me at 288-1254 or Fox me a1288-1255. I'll keep your information confidential. ·
Two Toshiba DVD Players Model #SD-2107, One Audiovox H1Fi VCR. One Panasonic Hi Fi VCR. One Emerson Universal Remote Control. The fo/lowrng Pre R&eorded DVD's were also /aken: DrMng Miss Daisy Grumpy Old Men Murder o116((J Poltergeist Bonnie and Clyde Contact The lawnmower Moo Addicted to love The Craft Sleepers Dawn oflhe Dead Seeples.s in Seattle Be>Jnd. . An American Werewoll In Landon Waterworld Goodtellos B~etle1u1c~ Goldfinger Bod Boys Executive Decision 011ty Dancing Rocky _ George of The Jungle Turbulence lhe Wizard of Oz Tr1e Rrver Wild . Ransom The Bodyguard Ba~mon Faiever My Fellow Americans Grumpier Old Men Red Heat Tne Right S1ull Get Shorty Pale Rrder . Last Mon Standing Ram Mon The Birdcage The Pelican Brief Halloween Michael Disclosure London Beethoven Lasl Aclion Hero Taxi Driver Thelma and Louise The Rock B!ade Runner The Glimmer Mon Dr. No The Nighlmore Before Christmas The Exorcist Thinner The Paper Notioool lampaons Christmas Vocol1on Terminator 2 Batman Returns The Color Purple Oul Break Rumble in The Brom The Usud &i,.,ects '10' Caddyshock Dead Man Wol,ing v\lld America A league of Their Own Michael Collins Desperado The Mask Golden Eye The Running Mon Batman The Substitute Total Recall Hong Em High Absolule Power Cyborg Shrne from Russia Wilh love The Arrival Philadelphia Batman & Rabin As Good As If Gels Mortal Kombat Blazing Saddles The Fugitive The Arrival The fan The 151ond of Doclor Moreau Madonna Truth or Dore Red Heat B.ockdrof1 Species . Space Jorn Resevior Dogs lrtlle Woman Four Weddings and A funeral The Long IGss Goodnight Rosewood Homeward Bound Vegas Vocolron Culhroot 151ood ln1erview Wi1h A Vampire Phenomenon Basic lns1inct Slorgole In Addition to 1he DVD's listed above. the following VHS tapes were also s1olen: 14 X Rated Tapes That con be 1den1ified with a white tog on lhe lop lhat soys X-120 (or any other number)
Jerry McGuire Seven Under Siege Mars Attacks JFK Twiste, Matilda Legends ol TM foll Dracula A Few Good Men Fly Away Home ln The Line of Fire Jumonji Dos Boot Clillhonger The Shadow The frtth Elemenl Scream Tombstone lethal Weapon The Wild Bunch Platoon Hoosiers Midnight Cowboy Firs! Knight Mimic
Steel . Kasonggo Mo Ako Mas1erminds Wedding Bell Blues Flames The Mov,e Dream l'lilh The Fishes Money Talks Buddy Hercules and Xena Diary of a Serial Killer
The tapes listed above hove the words 'Propeny al Hollywood Video· heat stamped into !he plastic on 1he bottom of the movie. Also Stolen were the mo-,es: Copland (2) Behind Enemy Lines (2) WWF No Way Out In Your House (4) Asylum (T)
All The Movies and DVD'_s Hav.e Silver and Red security seals on them that say "Hollywood Video As Lito. P.O. Box 2853. Soipon. MP 969f/J Warning. The full retail pnce will be paid 1f !his seal ,s removed or tarrrpered with"
Let me just say to the person who stole these i1ems. You stole from the wrong person this time' Yau can return 1hern all "No Questions Asked," but If the Police find you first, 1 will see to It that you are prosecuted ta Iha fullest extant of Iha law!l!!II
Bernard Goffney Owner, Hollvwoad Video
George Washington High Science students and teacher Leandra M. I. Agoun (with dark shades) listen to Col. Adolph Sambefluri talk about vandalism at the National Association for Uniformed Services Park in Asan Tuesday morning. Pho10 by Eduardo c. Siguenza
ment while the retired U.S. Mruine explained the events that made these rememberances so important
'The Japanese forces on Guam were battle-hardened soldiers called "Manchurian Forces," who were no su·anger., to committing atrocities," he recalled.
At the age of seven, Sgambelluri and his family endured several forced mru-ches. The missing plaques commemorate the 50-year anniver.,;ary of the landing ofU.S. Marines in Asan. "We as Chan101Tos were really liberated,''
ll1e plaques wen: tom out of their foundations at As,m Point Park hLq
week. ll1e bmnzecastings have been pan of the Golden Salute Memorial for tJ1e past four years.
Five of the six plaques were takenthe remaining one paying tribute to frnmer LL Governor Fr;mk F. Bia,.
According to Sgambellmi, GPD ,md Ll1e National P,u·k Service have
launched a joint investigation into the matter. So far, there are no new leads in the case.
The monument, were the result of a joint effrnt between the NAUS and the 3rd Marine Division Association Guam Chapter. NAUS was founded to address the needs of U.S. veterans and to safeguard their benefits.
S gambelluri commented that bui !ding the monument was challenging and the monument has been damaged_ before.
'1nesite took a beating from Paka,'' he remarked. "It will probably cost around $30,000 to repair the damage from the typhoon and the vandalism will probably cost around $15,(XXl."
Sgambelluri is projecting that repairs will probably be complete by tl1e last week of July. He's asking the public for help 1-:strning tJ1e site.
Interested p:utics c;m send donations to P.O. Box 2(Xl9. Hagatm, Guam orcall 735-5640or734-3 !55.
Inos, PSS principals lay.down priorities
By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff
PUBLIC School System Commissioner Rita lnos yesterday met with clcmentaiy and high school principals to identify piiority areas in lhe educational system like cost-cutting schemes, filling up vacant positions, school wning, and staff development in time for lhe August school opening.
"We 'II make sure that filling-up vacrn1t positions for teachers is a prirnity so Ll1at we cm1 accommodate teacher., befot-: the school opening," said Inos, adding that aside from needed tear-hers, tl1e educational system also h,L, a lot of frozen positions for suppott staff.
The PSS commissioner added that the special meeting, which W,L, her first since she held the post. w,L, mc:mt to have a elem· understanding of Ll1e nccJs of schools and teachers.
"I wm1t to know the things Ll1ey need from me. Since I expect a lot rrom them, I wm1na make sure that I
also support them. We '1-: just making sure that we have communication and understanding of our immediate concerns," said !nos.
!nos also pointed out that PSS is undergoing various cost-cutting schemes like not looking into salary increases of teachers. She added that schoolsmighthavetomakcuscofold schools, rooms and furniture for cla,scs while the construction and acquisition of new facilities are not yet finished before the opening of ch,scs.
"We're talking about what to do with our 1-:maining budget, uy to do cost-cutting mc,L,u1-:s. We should 1dy on old ones for the time being," she said.
!nos said that staff development is also importmit in making the whole c<lucational system grow.
"I ,Lskcd tl1em what tl1ey ,-:ally need to be able to grow, in 1e1ms of Ll1cirown professional development. Since we m-e in Ll1c m-:a of education,
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The Around the Islands section covers community stories, local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a
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Hard Rock sees August opening By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff
UNFAZED by repo11s on Asian recession and dwindling visitor ar-
rivals to the No1them Mariana Islands, Hard Rock Cafe-Saipan vows to stir local excitement when it soft opens in August.
In an inte1view, Hard Rock general manager Michael J. McGann said they are hardly affected by the plunge of visitor aiTival figures in
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Guam and that they are optimistic about the Saipan market.
"There's a recession? We don't notice it," McGann said. He said Hard Rock does not give preferential treatment to specific market,.
He said Hard Rock caters to every possible market both in its Guam and Northem Marianas branches. "We ru-e he1-e foreve1ybody," he added.
Hrutl Rock management remains optimistic it will be able to tap both the tourist, and the guest worker.; community on Saipan, as well as local 1-eside11ts, when it starts opening its doors to the public by first week August
McGann said the establishment will initially employ at least 125-150 workers and may a<ld mo1-e slots depending on the mru·ket demand.
'We rui bruided by our 'Love All, Se1ve J\ll' motto and we are optimistic we will make it as we expect," he told Variety.
He said being able to serve everv-
body at an affordable ptice may h:Jvc spelled Hm-d Rock\ success. "We don't care who you ,ue. We me he1e for eve1ybody who wmw; to have fun."
Hard Rock Cafe, which will be housed at lhe Duty free Shoppers Galleiia. is expecting to have it, grand opening in September. but will strut entertaining customers a month em·Jicr.
It opened a b1~mch on Guam la,t month with pe1fonnances from the Spin Doctors, Sammy Hagar and Wild Orchid and McG,mn said they are geruing for an equally festive grand opening on Saipan.
Hard Rock offers large scl-'ings of nachos, Caesar salad, fajitas, hickory chicken and ribs, and a triple-decker BLT. Another signature dish - the pig sandwich -will also be se1ved. The pig sandwich has beencaniedon Har<l Rock menus since it first opened in London in 1971.
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School clinic By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff
ARESOUTTIONaskingGov.Pedro P. Tenorio to seek funds for the construction of medical clinics in each of the island's public schools has been prefiled at the House of Representatives.
Cong. Frank Cepeda, who introduced House Resolution 11-56, in doing so, said the absence of facilities inside school campuses has virtually denied students, in need of immediate trealment, the required medical attention.
"The Legislature," Cepeda said,
"finds that the number of students in the schools .... is steadily increasing."
Cepeda said many schools are located far from medical clinics or the Commonwealth Health Center (CHC) thus, he said, in the case of a medical emergency, treatment "may be unreasonably delayed."
NWS workshop tackles how to disseIIlinate storm info quicker
By Sara Grant Variety News Staff
Tiyan, Guam-Changes in methods of inforn1ing the public about tropical cyclones was the topic of a workshop held by the National Weather Service (NWS) at their headqumters at Tiyan yesterday.
National Weather Service representative from the Pacific Region Headquarters in Honolulu, Delores Clark, said that new methods of informing the public will be faster and easier to understand.
"The NWS will be increasing the frequency of reporting to the public during stom1s. Before, a report was issued every three hours. now information will be relayed on the hour."
The NWS Forecast office in
Tiyan took over the Navy mission in 1995 aIJd followed the previously established Navy format of infonning the public.
According to NWS meteorologist, Eric Christensen. that reprnt mainly was focused on militmy operations.
"Now the NWS emphasis is on public awareness ... we're trying to provide a weather service similar to the system in the States," he said.
"Before, we used to inform the public with two pages of military format text which took about two to five hours to compile and send to the media, FEMA, the Red Cross, etc. Some people never got the update, and if they did it took too long to sort through. The new method should be easier to under-
stand." Christensen commented on the
system in place. "Currently, Civil Defense uses
'conditions ofreadiness' warnings to explain the strength of sto1ms.
If the sto1m is 48 hours away, Condition 3 is declared. Condition 2 meaIJs the storm is 24 hours away, aIJd the island moves to Condition I if the typhoon is predicted to hit in 12 hours.
The NWS is trying to change that system by using the terms "Typhoon watch" aIJd "Typhoon warning'' to indicate the location and strength of sto1ms.
According to Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the NWS, Tom Tarlton. the conference was
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operating at such a capacity that students who often need only minor attention, are forced to miss lenghty period of school time," said Cepeda
"Be it resolved, "he said, " ..... that the House respectfully ·request the govemorand the Board of Education (BOE) to identify local ... or federal funds to construct medical aid facilities in the Commonwealth's public schools."
Cepeda, in sponsoring the resolution, also requested the Legislature to prepare a report identifying possible funds "no more than three months" from the date H.R. 11-5 6 is passed.
Meanwhile, in another resolution he filed, Cepeda urged the House Committee on Judiciary and Government Affairs to hold public hearings on whether ornot to create a new executive assistant for Chamono affairs.
"Article I, section 18 of the Commonwealth Constitution," said Cepeda, "created a (similar post) for Carolinian affairs with respon-
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No similru· Constitutional provision allowed fora counte1partpost for Cham01rns, according to Cepeda.
Cepeda said he is filing the resolution in light of the influx of nonindigenous peoples into the Commonwealth which. he said. may, in the future, "threaten all indigenous peoples with loss of political and economic conn·ol" of the islands.
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No US rep at By Sara Grant Variety News Staff
SINAJANA, Guam-Guam's representatives to the recent United Nations Decolinization Seminar in Fiji have returned to the island. feeling positive about their. experiences, but disappointed with the lack of participation by the United States government.
"The absence of a representative from the United States as the administering power shows the U.S.is disinterest in decolonizing Guam," said Guam's representative for the Commission on Decolonization Chris Perez Howard.
"But we feel really good about our presentations and how they were received. We got a lot of support from representative of other territories," he added.
Guam representatives attended the United Nations Special Committee's Pacific Regional Seminar in Fiji to air their plea for the decolonization of the island.
Currently, Guam is one of 17 non-self governing territories recognized by the UN seeking decolonization.
This meeting, according to Perez-Howard, was a fact gathering seminar and an opportunity for representatives from territories to dialogue with the administering powers.
"For a U.S. representative to be there would have shown a spirit of goodwill and cooperation to attempt to resolve the issues with regard to Guam's colonial status," he added.
After facts were gathered at the Fiji conference, a report is sent to a UN Special Committee in New York City next month. Next, resolutions are drawn and sent to the UN Fauth Committee which is then presented to the UN general assembly and voted-on.
"It's like going to court and the other side doesn't come for the trial,'' Pert:z-Howard said.
The Prime Minister of Fiji, Hon Major-General Sitivcni Rabuka, in his opening remarks at the seminar commented on the importance of the presence of the administering powers.
"l add a special welcome to representative of the administrating powers ... your presence today indicate your commitment and desire to fully co-operate and work together with the Special Committee in discharging its mandate," Representative for the Organization of People for Indigenous Rights (OPIR) Rufo Lujan said that he submitted several recommendations to be reviewed by the UN.
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Caledonia were the two main territories concerned with the negative effect of immigration and not being able to control that phenomenon," he stated.
Lujan worked at the seminar to draft the following recommendation: "'The United Nations should remind the administering powers for Guam and New Caledonia to take steps to control immigration and the influx of settlers to prevent the dilution of pwer for the Chamorros and Kanaks (indigenous people of New Caledonia)."
In 1950, the Chamorro people of Guam numbered about 94% of the population; today Chamorros comprise less than 48%.
Variety has faxed the United Nations Offices in New York inquiring as to the reasons they declined to attend the Seminar but at press time had not received a reply.
Guam representatives at the recent United Nations seminar in Fiji with Fiji's Prime Minister, Major General Sitiveni Rabuka. From left to right are Ron Rivera, Rufo Lujan, Prime Minister Rabuka and Chris Perez Howard. Photo by Chris Perez Howard
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Big defense exercise ~I•• Elsew'/iere in·· the Pacific·
!~l?.E;.!:~!~ ~[!!~~~1 Fiji food rations delayed jor defence exercise to be l1eld off Hawaii next month will involve SO ships, 200 aircraft and 25.CXXJ servicemen and women from six Pacific Rim nations.
The nations taking part are the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Chile and South Korea.
The exercise, code named RIMP AC 98, is designed to improve cooperation at sea between the navies and ai1forccs of the six nations, espe-
Pacnews Canberra correspondent says Australia is contributing four warships and a submarine, three maritime reconnaissance aircraft, and a naval diving clearance team.
An Australian, Commodore Russell Salders, will be sea combat commander based aboard an Ameri-can aircraft carrier.
Theexercisewill lastfromJuly 6to August 6.
Tension in Solom.ons capital after brawl HONIARA (Pacncws)-The situation is still tense in Solomon Islands capirnl Honiara among three groups of people following a weekend incident which resulted in the death of a man and the wounding of three others.
Police say the three groups involved cannot be identified for fear of aggravating the al-
ready tense situation. Meanwhile. Director of Crimi
nal Investigations, John-Mark Parafea said no mTests have yet been made although intensive investigations are being caried out.
He said the weight of evidences collected must be ascertained before any an-est c:m be ma<le.
'Pig belly' disease kills 2 HONIARA (Pacnews)-The "Pig Belly'' disease outbreak in Solomon Islands has now claimed two lives. Medical Superintendent Doctor George Manimu says health authorities had been alarmed by the discovery of five cases within two weeks, two of whom have died early this month.
They were a four-year old girl and an elderly man. Dr Manimu says although no new cases had been reported since,
health authorities are not being complacent about the Pig Belly disease outbreak.
He says investigations are being can-ied out on where the five people who have contracted the disease come from and their eating habits.
The five known cases are from around Honiara. Meanwhile, Dr Manimu says people are advised to ensure their
meat meals are properly cooked. particularly pork before eating them.
He says Pig Belly disease is common in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea where a lot of pig is eaten.
WELLINGTON (Pacnews)The distribution of emergency food rations to drought-stricken families in Fiji has again been delayed.
The most senior government official in Fiji's west Jeremaia Waqanisau has attributed this to manpower problems and the late arrival of imported sugar from· Australia, RNZI reports.
Waqanisau a former army colonel has pulled in 160 soldiers to help in the distribution of relief supplies which is now expected to begin later this week.
But the opposition national federation party has criticised the delay, saying pP-ople are starving.
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.. Teachers . . leave Samoa due.to.Iow· . . salaries· .. APIA (Pacnews)-Secondary school teachers in Samoa are leaving government schools in growing numbers because of poor salaries.
An official in the education department Miriama Peseta says the government has Lo respond posti vcly to the situation or face serious problems rccru i ting teachers for the country's 9,000 college students.
Peseta believes teachers arc the most poorly paid profession in the public sector.
While principals at government secondary schools earn just $US7,000 per year, tertiary qualified first year teachers at private schools are paid a base rate of over $US9,000 per year.
Singh says Waqanisau should farmers in the Rakiraki area to have organised a manpower in hand in their harvesting agree-one week, since the western and ments to the Fiji Sugar Corpo-the northern divisions were de- ration. dared disaster areas. He says this is outrageous and
More than 30,000 families in farmers will not bow to police these areas have been identified intimidation. as needing urgent emergency The secretary of the ruling food. Fijian political party Sovea
Meanwhile, police have been Tabua has accused Chaudhry of accused of trying to force sugar politicising the drought by cane farmr:rs to harvest their crop. organising the boycott.
The accusation reportedly He also says the election plans comes from Mahendra Chaudhry for next year should be deferred the secretary of the national farm- by two years. ers union which is organising a Tabua says if the political par-harvest boycott to press demands ties cannot work together dur-for cash grants to the farmers. ing an emergency, such as the
Chaudhry says he's received current drought, they would reports tr.at police are forcing never be able to work together.
ToIJ.gajoins convention NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews)Tonga has become a party to the convention on Biodiversity, one of the three international conventions that came out of the Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
The other two conventions inclu<le the framework convention on climate change and the convention on <lesertification which the <lirector of the South Pacific Environmental Programme, Tamari 'i Tutangata says is not really applicable to the Pacific islands, Radio Tonga reports.
Tutangata says the Ha' apai conservation project comes under the biodiversity convention funded by the Global Environment Facility.
He says a lot of benefit should be reaped from the associations from these conventions.
Tutangatasays community participation in the projects are of utmost significance to the environment projects, because SPREP's emphasis is involving people in deciding for themselves, controlling and owning the projects.
Vauuatu income on target PORT VILA (Pacnews)Yanuatu's finance minister Sela Molisa says the government's general income this year is on target.
Malisa says that from January to May 1998, the government collected 2.740 million vatu ($US20.84m) which is 110 million vatu ($US836.883) more than
that of the same period last yearor an increase of over 4%.
The government estimated to collect 2,940 million vatu ($US22.36m) in the first five months of this year.
Unfortunately, the finance minister told parliament there is a shortfall of 200 mil lion v atu ($US!.5m).
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South Korean first lady Lee Hee-ho embraces 8-year-old Erik Reinertsen at the conclusion of a discussion session with a group of Korean chi/drun, some of them disabled, and their adoptive American parents, during the Korean Roots Forum last June 13 in Los Angeles' Century City district. The first lady visited with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. AP
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Army draft scandal By Paul Shin Manpower Administration. was either alte~·ed medical records or
SEOUL South Korea (AP) - mTested on bribery charges. even fabncated or swapped X-The Sou~h Korean army's adju- TheministrysaidWonaccepted ray films to disqualify certain tant general and three other offic- bribes to either exempt draftees draftees, they said. crs ,;ave been a1Tested in a bur- from service or find them cushy One civilian, identified by lo-geoning draft scandal, the De- jobs in the military. He then passed cal newspapers as a college pro-fense Ministry said Monday. some of the money on to superi- fessor, allegedly paid $30.000 in
In announcing the atTests, the ors. bribes to get his son exempted ministry alsorel~asedalistof400 A sub:;cquent investigation froin t~e military service. people it said were under investi- found that Brig. Gen. Ha Young- Avoidance of the dra'.t_by we li-gation on suspicion of taking or po, the army's adjutant general, con~ected sons o~poht1c1ans or giving bribes to help the sons of andthreefield-gradeofficcrswho business leaders 1s resented by the wealthy or influential avoid servedasWon'ssupervisorswere mos_t Ko_re_ans, many_ of whom military service. found to have received bribes from retain v1v1d memones of the
TI1e list named 267 civilians Won. All were mTested in recent 1950-53 Korean War. and 133 anny officers, including days. All able-bodied South Korean seven active-service army gener- TI1e adjutant general admitted men above the age of 20 must als and six retired generals. receiving $ I 0,700 from Won, serve in the military for 26
The seven included Kil Hyong- ministry officials said. months. Many view the service bo, a four-star general in charge Several memo books seized as one of their constitutionally ofanarmycorpsdefendingSeoul, from Won name 400 anny offic- required "sacred national du-and Lee Nam-sin, head of the ers, former legislators, lawyers, ties." Defense Security Command, the college professors and other Buttherehavebeenwidespread military's spy agency. people who allegedly took or gave suspicions that wealthy and influ-
The ministry's chief legal of- bribes between January 1995 and ential upper-class peopleputpres-ficer, ParkSun-ki, said thedisclo- March 1998, they said. sure or pay bribes to keep their sure of the list was ordered by A check of Won's 225 bank sons out of the military. President Kim Dac-jung to "root accounts found that $2.8 million In the 1992 presidential cam-out widespread draft-related cor- was deposited in his name during paign, the then ruling party candi-mption." the period, ministry officials said. date, Lee Hoi-chang, saw his
The draft scandal surfaced in According to ministry officials, popularity nose dive after oppo-early May when warrant officer Won often gave part of his bribes nents alleged that his two sons Won Yong-su, 53, an army re- to military doctors to disqualify dodged the draft. He lost the elec-cruiter assigned to the Military able-bodied draftees. The doctors tion by a narrow margin.
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"The situation in Japan is very serious today," Costello told Australian Broa.dcasting Corp. radio.
"If the Japanese can't fix their financial system, that's a se1ious threat to world growth." ·
It was in the interests of Australia, the Asian region and those of the rest of the world that the Japanese government take "decisive action in relation to the Japanese financial system," Costello said.
"'Ibe Japanese government has announced it wants to deal with the problem and has set !ISide money to do it.
'"What really is required now is the political will to come in and take the tough decisions."
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His memories will live in the hearts of his Children/Spouses: Rita/Ben, Margarita, Maria/Joaquin, Ricardo, Juan and Mariana/Juan.
His peaceful spirit and memory dwells within the hearts of his 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren.
ROSARY is being said nightly at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathderal at 8:00 p.m. until June 26.
Last respect will be held on Saturday, June 27, 1998 beginning at 8:30 a.m. at our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral. Mass for
Christian Burial will be celebrated on the same day at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow thereafter at Chalan Kanoa Cemetery.
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Australian pne Nationparty fead_er Pauline Hanson speaks to supporters ,n lpsw,_ch, Australia, near Bnsbane, after polling in the Queensland state e/ec',Jns Saturday, June 13, 1998. Large numbers of voters in Queensland nembraced the anti-Asian, protectionist platform of the One Nation Party on Saturday, giving the right-wing group a secure political foothold with national elections less than a year away. AP
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S. Koreans capt11re submarine By Reid G. MIiier
DONGHAE, South Korea (AP)- South Korea captured a suspected North Korean submarine and towed it gingerly to shore Tuesday, fearing the vessel contained a crew that might commit suicide by blowing it up.
The craft, described as a "midget submersible," was seized in the same area where a North Korean submarine ran aground in 1996 - an incident that ended with 37 people dead and relations between the two Koreas at their worst in years.
Monday's discovery of the sub about 10 miles off South Korea threatened to set back new President Kim Dae-jung's efforts to end years of antagonism by engaging communist North Korea in cultural, economic and other dealings.
After becoming tangled in a fishing net, the submarine was seized by the South Korean military and towed fornearly six hours through rough seas to this east coast naval base. The vessel was moored off the coast Tuesday, smrnunded by navy gunboats.
Authorities were being cautious about inspecting it because of the threat of booby traps.
"We need to take extra precautions because (the crew) might blow it up," a Defense Ministry official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity.
Military officials said there was no noticeable activity while the submarine was under tow, but they thought there might be as many as a half-dozen crewmen inside.
Military officials described the boat as a 70-ton Yugo-class submarine, IO feet wide and 60 feet long. A recent Defense Ministry report says North Korea has I 4 such subs, each manned by a crew of four to five.
Navy experts said North Korea uses Yugo-class subs to infiltrate espionage agents and conduct surveillance. The subs are armed with machine guns.
North Korean agents are said to be told to suicide to avoid capture. In the 1996 submarine incursion, 11 North Koreans were said to have been shot to death by one of their commanders, who then killed himself.
The s·ibmarine seized Monday had no visible markings, but South Korean officials said they believe it belongs to North Korea.
North Korean media monitored in Seoul made no mention of the incident.
South Korean officials said the sub got caught about I 0 miles east of the town of Sokcho, just south of the North Korean border and 125 miles northeast of Seoul.
The net had been set with buoys to be retrieved later. A passing fishing boat spotted the entangled craft and radioed maritime police and the military.
Kim In-yong, skipper of the fishing boat, told police the drift net got caught in the submarine's periscope and pro-
peller and that he saw three people on the vessel's deck trying to untangle it.
Sokcho is about five miles from where the North Korean submarine ran aground in 1996, touching off a 53-day manhunt for its 26 occupants. The search by 60,000 soldiers, reservists and police ended with 24 North Korean infiltrators and 13 South Koreans dead. One North Korean was captured and another was believed to have escaped.
That submarine was twice as large as the one captured Monday.
The 1950-53 Korean War ended without a peace treaty and the two nations are technically still at war. Their border on the divided peninsula is the world's most heavily guarded, · with 2 million troops on both sides.
South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Park In-yang, center, uses a pointer and map to brief to reporters on a captured midget submarine believed to belong to North Korea at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, Monday. The sub was seized after it became entangled in a fishing boat's net. AP
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By Charles Hutzler BEUl:'\G tAP) - \v11rn Pn.:siJent Clinton ;miYes in Beijing. he will mecr a Chinese leaJership lxset by ,kq~ning pmblc ms- from a slowin,c economv 10 challem.!cs to i1s 01111 p:;1iriral auti101ity. -
ForChi11a.1he summil is a ch;ull'e 10 sholl' iL,c If ;1s rn1 emerging. responsible global {Xll\'er. But global {XJWer ultimatdyJependson internal stabilir,. ,md Cbina's leaders m-e strnggiing to keep the workl · s most-p:ipu\ous nation on a stable cmn,e.
r\mong the problems now u-oubling Zhongn;mhai. the high-walled leaJership - compounJ in central Beijing:
• Ne11· Pn::rnicrZhu Rongji. l0u1cJ ;L, :1 pragmatist. 11·;mL, 10 keep economic gro11·1h s1ro11g ;inJ force failing stat~ inJu,;uics ;u~J lxmks to play b:- capitalist Illies. But his plrn1s ;uc irn~rileJ by Asia's financial uphea1·al. worsening unemployment ;u1J burcauc1~1tic resist.um::.
• As the economy quavet,. risks ;uc: growing for the rnling Comrnunist-P,u1\'. Outbur,L, of protest ;md c1ime b;- disposses~d meml")c1, of the once-protected prolct,uiat ,m: rocki rn, cities.
fei,; opportunities. They may be in a mood tocompromise topteserve their huge stake in the U.S. mm-ketand win a p~esiJential seal of approval to in-spi1-e fon:ign investors. .
"1l1e initiative is all in the Umted States· h;mJs," said W;mg Shan, an author .u1d {Xllitical commentator. "'China nceJs so many things from the United St.1tes."
At his inaugural news conference in Mm·ch. zi{u promised 8 percent growth, a threshold seen as critical to ~1eeting his three-year goal to tum ;u·ound-loss-making state industries ;md absorbmrne than 30 mill ion state worke1, to Ix laid off.
Thcplw1s-alongwithaparingof the bureaucracy - would 1id the economy of the h,t vestiges of ceno~il pl,mning and l,1unch a new phase in the acclaimed reforms that have qu;1drnpleJnatiomtl wealth;ind pulled tens of millions of Chinese out of poveny.
When Zhu was announcing his pl mis. few dee isi on-makers e xpecteJ Asia's fimmcial ciisis to deteriorate ,mddragJownChina'salrcadyslowing cco~1omy. Jap,m's economic torpor anJ sinking yen have th1-eatencd a crucial expo11 m;u·ket imd source of investment for China.
Exports declined in May for the first time in nearly twoye,u-s. Frn-eign investment in the first five months of the yew· weakened.
Beijing University. Questions remain, however,
whether that will be enough to create jobs and keep simmering discontent in check. Layoffs are coming relentlessly. Last month the co'ai industry alone predicted it would lose a half-million workers in three years.
Hard-luck cities like Wuhan and Xi'an. once titans of centrally planned industry, have been beset by demonstrations this month. Some of the unemployed have turned
to crime. Bombings have been reported in Wuhan,Kunmingandother cities.
"People have no hope for the future," said Wang, the author.
Attempts to revive the economy and stave off unrest have taken on ad hoc, totalit.uian and even desperate overtones.
Inasecretdocument, theCommunistPruty Central Committee ordered all government agencies to be on gumtl for challenges to the regime, Hong Kong newspapers have re-
ported. Sichuan province has ordered ev
ery official to"adopt" an unemployed worker. As one solution, Chongqing city's state-run trade union federation gave laid-off women textile workers shoeshine boxes.
In therust-beltcapitalofShenyang, the mayor has peddled state indusoies for as littleas 12cents. The catch: The buyers must assume the enterprise's debts and massive social welfare payments. There have been few takers.
-. Morale in the milit,u·y - th.: ultimate protector of p;my power -issinkin£. Feelin!!theeconomicpinch. the People's Li~ration A1my's own industries me laving off workers. many of them th~ wives of se1vicemen. Officer, wony about how to suppott theirfomilieson meagersalaties.
Few economists now predict 8 ~rcentgrowth. Even Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng, who insisted h;t week that the target could be met, conceded "relatively greateffott will be required."
Chinese tourists take photos of themselves in front of a model of the U.S. Capitol buildin(l "!I Beijing's World Park Sunday The park features models of famous buildings from around the world and 1s 1:1tended to allow Chin'ese who ·cannot afford to travel, the chance to see famous scenes from other countrtes. AP
The domestic unease has suippe<l some gloss off the b1ight prospecL, forZhum1JhisCabinet. which marks its l 00th clay in office FtiJay. the day Clinton lan<ls in Beijing.
There may be a "recession with Chinese characteristics" - a 5 or 6 ~rcent dip that in other counoies woul<l be consi<lered booming -said Lin Yifu. ;in economist at elite
Group urges Clinton to push China
ForClinton.eight days of negotiating and toasting Chinese leaders of-
By Renee Schoof BEIJING (AP) - President Clinton should urge China to release all political prisoners and
NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP-98-0060
EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (:-.::v!HC) Board of Directors aml the Department of Finance's Division of Procurement and Supply, are sohc1tmg compditiw sealed proposals rrom qualified individuals or firms for repair and renovation of the D_epartment of Youth Service's '.',;onh and South Emergency Shelters on Saipan, Commonwealth of the Nonhem Mananas Islands.
Scope of Work for the above may be picked up at the office of the J:?ivision of Procuremen.t and Supply, Lower Base, during the hours of 7:30 a.m. at 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except CNMI holidays.
All Proposals must be in a sealed enveloped marked RFP98-0060, submitted in d~plicate to the Office of !he Direc1or, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, on or before 2:00 p.m., on Fnday, July l 7, 1998, at which time and place all proposals will be opened. Any proposal received late will not be accepted.
The project funded by Emergency Shelter Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urb.an Development (HL"D1. through 1he Commonwealth Governmeni and the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation must comply to Jo.::al and feJeral ~overnment guidelines with respects to Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act of J 968 and th~ labor standards provisions for Wage Rate Detcrminarion of the CNMI, Classification and Salary Structure Plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Contract Document.
'.':\11 IC hereby notifies all proposers that it will affirmatively ensure that. in any contracts entered into pursuant to 1his advertisement, small business enterprises will be affonlcd full opportunity to submit proposals and will not be discri 111 inalcd againsl on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, handicapped/disabling conditions, or national origin.
The Cornrnonweal1h (iovcrnmcnl reserves 1he right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any imperfections in said rrorosah in the bcsl interest of the government.
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recognize international human rights standards during this week's summit, a rights group said in a letter to Clinton that was released today.
Human Rights in China also appealed r"o Clinton to condemn the 1989 military crackdown on democracy protests in Beijing that killed hundreds of people.
In another appeal, Amnesty International urged Clinton to meet with dissidents and relatives of those killed in the crackdown and seek the release of protesters still in prison.
Clinton, who will be the first American president to visit China since the crackdown, will be officially welcomed at Tiananmen Square on Saturday before meeting President Jiang Zemin.
New York-based Human Rights in China included with its letter a list of 158 Beijing citizens in prison for participating in the 1989 protests and urged Clinton to ask Jiang for their release.
"Their C'nly crime consisted of standing up for democracy and respect for human rights," the letter said.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albrights~id Sunday that Clinton would speak directly about the Tiananmen Square crackdown and criticize China's human rights record.
The administration has said, however, that Clinton does not plan to meer dissidents for fear that Chinese authorities might harass them after he \eaves.
But Beijing-based dissident X,u
Wen\i rejected that argument, saying Monday he wanted to meet the U.S. president and would ask for official Chinese approval if invited to do so.
"We're not worried or scared about meeting Clinton," he said in a telephone interview.
Last Friday, a group of 57 dissidents appealed to Clinton to meet Xu after his summit with Jiang.
China's rights abuses include arbitrary detenrion, imprisonment for political views, abuse of prisoners and failure to uphold citizens' rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
Closed-doordiscussions on human rights by foreign diplomats and Chinese officials have yielded few improvements in China, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.
It recommended that quiet diplomacy should insist on international human rights standards, involve China experts and activists in talks with government officials and be backed up with pressure, such as criticism of China before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
Many Western countries have dropped public pressure on China and instead hold private meetings
. with Chinese officials to discuss human rights.
Too often this approach reduces human rights concerns to "differences" between countries, the report said. China should be held to the same internationally recognized human rights standards applied to all other countries, it said.
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Criticism of China policy is on By TOM RAUM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional critics promised on Monday to keep up their drumbeat against President Bill Clinton's China policies during his visit to Beijing, even though senior members of both parties urged restraint.
Senate leaders might be able to avert votes on the more inflammatory proposals_ such as opposition to World Bank loans and denials of travel visas to certain Chinese officials. But the Republican-led Congress didn't seem eager to cut the president much slack as he prepared to leave for China on Wednesday.
Hearings were to continue through the week in both the House and the Senate on the president's satellite export waivers for China and on the communist country's weapons proliferation policies.
And floor speeches denouncing Chinese human rights and weapons policies continued as the Senate worked on a defense spending bill that was becoming a vehicle for amendments aimed at
restnctmg the administration's flexibility in dealing with China.
"Instead of undermining the president's hand as he goes to China, I would think this strengthens it," said Republican Sen. Tim Hutchinson.
Hutchinson is the sponsor of a package of amendments sure to initate the Chinese if adopted.
One would bartravel to the United States by Chinese officials involved with religious persecution or forced abottion and sterilization )Xllicies. Anotherwould op)Xlse further U.S. -subsidized World Bank loans to China These resoictions have already been passed by the House.
Another provision would return jurisdictionoversatelliteex)Xlrtsfrom the Commerce Department-where Clinton moved it in 1996 - to the State Department. Ctiticsclaim Commerce is more concerned with promoting U.S. business concerns than national security.
Committees in both chambers me investigatingwhethersatelliteeX)Xlrts to China weakened U.S. national security or were influenced by Democratic campaign contributions.
Republican leaders on Monday
U.S. Sen. Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark., appears on CNN's "Late Edition" news-politics show with White House reporter Wolf Blitzer Sunday. The president's trip to China, tobacco legislation and Washington politics led the discussions. AP
Police arrest 5 suspects in kidnapping of exec MANILA, Philippines (AP) -Authorities have arrested five suspects in the kidnapping of a Dutch business executive who was freed afterafter his partners paid 20million pesos ($500,000) in ransom, police said Monday.
National police chief Suntiago Alino identified the victim ,L~ Ger.ml Heinen, the 44-year-old owner of Decordesign Inc., a handicraft-exporting company in Cavite province, south of M,mila.
Heinen is from Dinxpcrlo, Nether-1,mds.
Heinen wa~ kidnapped June 3 by seven men weming shirts with big "police" mm-kings printed on them, a few kilomctei, (miles) from his factory in Silrn1g town, Alino said.
He was with three business p.utners, including ,mother Dutchrrnm, Leonardus Nicsscn, but the th1ee did
not infonn police of the kidnapping for fear they would be hrumed, Alino said.
His business associates then negotiated for Heinen' s release and paid the ransom the following day.
Heinen was f1-eed by his captors a day later and reported the incident to police and led them to his captors' hideout in nearby Bacoor town.
Three men, including alleged mastermind PolicarpioAvenir,and Avenir's common-law wife wc1e m·restcd. A fifth suspect who works as the chief security officer in Heinen's factory w;L~ later an-ested after being linked by A venir, Alino said.
"I w,L~ lreated well by my captor,," said Heinen. '111ey even allowed me todrink beerwitl1 tl1em without blindfolds," which enabled him to identify his kidnappers.
tentatively agreed to accept another Hutchinson proposal to earmark d\rs 22 million for 24-hour "Radio Free Asia" broadcasts into China in all major Chinese dialects.
Sen. John Warner, a leader on the defense bill, is urging defeat of the Hutchinson amendment. Ten other senators _ five Democrats and five Republicans -
wrote a "Dear Colleague" letter saying that adoption of the measures would "halt a decade of U.S. efforts to encourage greater Chinese adherence to international nort11s in such areas of nonproliferation, human rights and trade."
"I hope we can find a more constructiye force to go forward
instead of being ... punitive about everything that happens in the People's Republic of China that doesn't please us," said Sen. Joseph Liebennan, one of the ten.
Hutchinson, meanwhile, said in an interview that Clinton should welcome the legislation. "Ifhe is going to speak out on human rights. this will be a tool in his arsenal," he said.
PROMOTIONAL AND COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System is seeking qualified applicants for the following position:
EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PSS-056-98 OPENING DATE: June 23, 1998 CLOSING DATE: Continuous· POSITION/fITLE: Speech Language Pathologist IV SALARY: Grade VIIVO l -12; $27 ,911.46-$47,001.36 P/ A LOCATION: PSS, SAIPAN/ROTA/TINIAN
NATURE OF WORK Specializes in diagnosis and treatment of speech and language problems and engages in sciemific study of human communications disorders.
REQUIREMENTS OF WORK Knowledge of theories and principals of speech pathology or audiology. Knowledge of evaluation techniques and application of appropriate treatment to communication disorders. Ability to supervise subordinate employees in a clinical setting. Ability to maintain and calibrate audiometric test instrument. Ability to effectively work in different set!ings, including hospitals, clinics. rehabilitation centers and educational institutions. Ability to conduct training and research on communication disorders or related subject matters. Ability to work effectively with others. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Graduation from a U.S. accredited college or university with a MAIMS degree in special Education plus certification.
SELECTIVE CERTIFICATION FACTOR: Applicant shall have a masters degree in Communication Disorders; and received certification issued by the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA): or received conditional aJmission and eslablishcd eligibility for the Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) and subsequent certification by ASHA.
For specific job requirements, obtain a copy of the position announcement from the PSS Human Resources Office located at the Nauru Building on the 3rd Floor.
PSS PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Teacher Housing Referral List
The Public School System expects to recruit Certified Teachers who will be relocating to the CNMI. The PSS is expecting about fifty (50) new Certified Teacher recruits for the School Year 98-99. It is customary for PSS to make available to the new Certified Teachers the listing of available housing or dwelling units on the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota.
Home dwelling and apartment unit owners wishing to have their facilities listed in the PSS Housing Referral List may submit their request to the PSS Human Resources Officer at the following address:
Attn: H.R. Officer CNMI Public School System P.O. Box 1370 CK Saipan, MP 96950
The PSS requires these Certified Teachers to report to their designated Duty Station on or before July 27, 1998. In order to compile and complete the Housing Referral List prior to the expected arrival of the Certified Teachers, PSS requests that home dwelling and apartment unit owners submit their requests to the H.R. Officer by July 20, 1998. The PSS requires that the request include sufficient details about the home dwelling(s) or apartment unit(s). PSS asks the dwelling owners to deal with the prospective Certified Teacher tenants in a professional manner and the(eby recommending that usual and customary dealings in good faith is the guiding factor with our Certified Teacher tenants.
Contact the H.R. Office for more information at the following Tel. #s: 664-3703, 664-3761 & 664-3701.
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P. Rico strikers clash with cops
Medics attend to three striking Puerto Rico Teteehone C?mpany workers who were (njured Monday mor!1{ng in clashes with police during the fifth day of an 1sland-w1de telephone company stnke. Workers are striking to prevent the privatization and sale of the state phone company. AP
APPLICATION FOR CNMI WATER QUALITY CERTIRCATION TI1e Antidegradation Policy of the Water Quality Standards of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands requires that in making a determination for a Water Quality Certification, the Commonwealth shall assure thatthe protection and maintenance of the quality of the water of the Commonwealth are an historic and legal right of the people of the Northern Mariana Islands.
An application for Water Quality Certification must be submitted to the Division of Environmental Quality for any proposed activity that will impact that waters of the commonwealth. Upon receiving an application, DEQ issues a public notification which describes the proposed activity and potential impacts on water quality, aquatic life and human health. A thirty (30) day public comment perio<.I will commence from the date of the first publication of the notice.
The Director of DEQ may conduct a public hearing to solicit comments on the application ifa hearing is requested by the public. DEQ will make a determination for issuing a Water Quality Certification based upon a complete technical review of the application and the public comments received.
DEQ is soliciting comments on the following application for a CNMI Water Quality Certification.
I. APPLICANT: Division of Fish and Wildlife. Department of Lands and Natural Resources Lower Base, P.O. Box 10007. Saipan MP 96950
2. APPLICABLE STATUTORY AUTHORITY: CNMI Commonwealth Environmental Protection Act (Public Law :-;o. 3-23) ('.\:VII Environmental Regulations. Water Quality Standards, Parts 3 (Commonwealth Register Vol. 19 '.',o. I. Lin. 15. l<J97. as amended).
3. LOCATIO:--: OF PROPOSED ACTIVITY: Smiling Cove '.farina am! DPW Beach. Lower Base; Tanapag Beach, 'fanap:ig.
~- DESCRIPTIO:--: OF PROPOSED ACTIVITY: DPW proposes to construct two new small boat launching ramps ill DPW Beach anJ ·1:,napag Beach and to enlarge the existing bo:it r:imp at Smiling Cove Marina. The construction process \\'ill in\'olvc the dredging al DPW Bcacl1 (70 cu. yds.). Tan:1pag Beach (260 cu. yds.) and Smiling Cove .\Lirin:1 ( JO cu. yd.,.J. Tanapag Beach (260 cu. yds.) and Smiling Cove Marina ( JO cu. yds.) to the-3.0 foot depth below \!LLW in nav:g:1bk waters of the U.S.. ancJ the discharging of :1 total of 228 cu. yds. of bedding sand. spalls, stones and prccast co;crctc into the same waters.
5. IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED ACTION: Approximately 442 SF of seagrass beds occur within the proposed dredged area at Tanapag Beach. The seagrass will be relocated to adjacent meas prior to dredging as described in a Seagrass Transplanting Plan approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Wrillen comments and inquiries should be submitted to DEQ within thirty (30) days of the first date of publication of this notice. Please mail comments to Director, Division of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 1304, Saipan, MP 96950
<Common\nealtl) 'cfiltil(tier5 (l[orporation JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT I
IT IS THE POU CY OF THE COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION (CUC) THAT THE CUC MERIT HIRING SYSTEM SHALL BE APPLIED ANDADMINISTt.REDACCORl)fNG TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS AND NATIONALS DEFINED BY THE NORTHERN MARIANAS COMMONWEALTH CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES REGARDLESS OF AGE. RACE. SEX, RELIGION, POUT/CAL AFFIUAT/ON OR BELIEF. MAI/ITAL STATUS. HANDICAP OR !'LACE OF ORIGIN
POSITION TITLE: Administrative Officer II
DUT! ES: Under the general supervision of the CUC Rota Deputy Director, the incumbent will be responsible for planning and directing the administrative functions relating to administration, personnel, fiscal management, procurement, contract negotiations, and public relations.
LOCATION: Admi11istratio11, CUC ROTA
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree from accredited college or university plus work experience in highly responsible management position. Data base and word processing knowledge. Excellent writing skills. Applicants will he tested on computer applications and writing proficiency.
STARTING SALARY: Pay Level 28/01-05 $20,484.60 - $24,889.35 per annum depending on qualifications
This announcement closes on July 02, 1998. Applications arc available at the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation Lower Base, Saipan, the CUC Rota or Tinian ollicc. Copy of diploma and/or official transcript and recent police clearance must he attached.
By RICARDO ZUNIGA SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -A labor strike against privatizing Puerto Rico's telephone company erupted in violence Monday, leaving four police and six others injured in picket-line clashes.
Riot police were mobilized as the five-day-old strike took a vfolent tum. Some university students and utility workers joined the protest and union leaders called for a general strike.
The strike has left 75,000 customers of a total 1.3 million without phone service. Carmen Ana Culpeper, president of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company, blamed the outages on strikers and their rnpporters vandalizing lines. But unions said they were caused by poor maintenance.
Fearing for their jobs, some 6,400 unionized employees began striking Thursday to stop the government from selling control of the phone company to private investors for $1.9 billion. U.S. communications giant GTE Cor- .
poration, the lead investor, has promised there will be no immediate layoffs.
Puerto Rico's Senate approved the sale last week. The House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday.
On Monday, police clubbed strikers who tried to keep managers from reporting to work in Guaynabo, a San Juan suburb. Four protesters were injured, officials said.
Four police officers and two demonstrators suffered minor injuries in a clash in San Juan's banking district.
An angry police Chief Pedro Toledo accused "delinquent" student sympathizers of inciting the violence.
"The abuse stops here," he said. "We will not permit attacks on our police officers."
There were signs of support from other workers. Culpeper said some workers at stateowned utilities were joining the protest by blocking traffic on busy highways.
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A hooded militaryijudgf found New York.~native. L<),:i Berenson guilty of treason 9n Jan. 11, 1996, forhelpingleftist . Tupac Amaro Revolutionary Movement rebels plan a thwarted assault on Peru's Con-gress.
Since then, Berenson, 28, has been held in Y anamayo prison, located 845 kilometers (525 miles) southeast of Lima at 3,870 meters (12,700 feet) above sea level.
In a television interview broadcast Sunday nigh~ Cabinet chief Javier Valle Riestra said thatasaforeigner,Berenson could not be sentenced for trea:~ son.
Other government. officials disagreed, saying Peruvian law allows such prosecutions of for-eigners. .
"The military court has acted with honesty and transparency and has convicted those whom it has proven to be guilty," said Daniel Espichan, president 6f Congress'· human rights· com· mission.
Berenson'sfamily says she fa innocent and is campaigning to win her freedom or all open civilian trial.
"Whaithe government of Pero does is for it to decide. We hope it wiJI b~ the right. thing," Berenso,1 's mother Rhoda said Monday.
"We certainly agree the trial
was flawed."· Berenson's parents claim
· Peru's military justice system, which sentenced thousands of suspected rebels to Jong prison terms on scanty evidence in secret trials, did not give their daughter a fair chance to defend herself.
The decision over whether to free 13erensc>n. ultimately. rests withPeruvian;President AlbeitoFujimori,saidtheRev. · Hubert Larissiers, a member of a government commission reviewing the cases ofpe~ple convicted of treason.or terrorism .on allegedly weak evi,. dence during Peru's war against leftistguerrillas.
Lanssiers said his cqmmiss •:· sion is pot· reviewing I3e.renson 's. case •. Fujirilori in ·. the past has. insist.ed that Be.renson ,isa terrorista~d that shewould receive 11<) special treatment..· ... ·· .·.· < < · ........
Berenso11'sfathervisitedhis ·: ·. daughter Sunday. in),riso11 and . said that she had )ost weight··· . and had digestive problems from. the food. · "Her spirits remain high. She's good about that," her mother, Rhoda Berenson, said.
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we should be mindful of keeping ourselves abreast with the latestthings coming in as far as research and teaching are concerned ... things that will help us improve our day-to-day relationship with the kids," she said.
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Taiwan and Hong Kong. "I think we should be more ag
gressive in looking at other markets like Taiwan and Hong Kong. We have seen the ups and downs of the tourism industry and the devaluation of the yen," he told reporters.
He said the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino has expressed intentions to seriously promote casino gambling among travelers from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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of operation after government was supplied with defective parts.
As a result, CUC launched a lawsuit against the firm that supplied the generator parts.
The generators has been idle after it recently bogged down due to incompatible parts.
Such being the case, CUC was
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purse and started to run. The man gave chase
amlcaught up with Ford . They started to fight when
Ford reportedlybrandished a knife.
The man backed down and Ford fled the scene.
The second incident occurred in Hagatna at Kay's Snack Stand.
Fordreportedly asked the 65 year-old attendent if she could make somechange.
During the exchange, Ford grabbed the money from the attendentalong with her wallet and fled.
The victim and two witnesses gavechase, but did not catch the suspect.
They did recover the money andlhc wallet.
Patrol officers searching the surrounding area identified Ford walkingby Lujan 's Tire Shop in Anigua .
He was taken in for interviews yesterday morning where GPD determined that he was connected tothe two robberies.
Ford was arrested and later booked and confined.
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Civil Defensefo warnings. We're more likely to move to "typhoon warningi before Condition l is declaretl. Weemphasizethelowerwind speeds so the community has more time to get ready for the storm."
Attending yesterday's workshop were people from local hotels, Civil Defense, themilitary,PortAuthority,
clarified that principals should continue to accommodate the students who have already enrolled in their school.
"We'rejusttryingtomake a good start in terms of placing kids appropriately in their village school by getting information from principals on how many kids they have who are out-of-zone. We may not do that this time because we still
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Legislature's consent should also be required "pursuant to provisions of ... our Constitution .... "
Jones said he will "pursue this matter at all cost. to determine whether in fact .the validity and legality of such agreement is in compliance with the provisions of the (US and CNMI) Constitutions."
The Manglona-Guerra agreementprovides for$ I 20millionworth of federal grants to be given to the CNMI in a span of seven years.
compelled to have all other generators running overtime, whichhasthus far resulted to the breakdown of at least one.
"We've lost income. We've had power outages. We've barely been able to sustain reliable electrical services," said Villagomez.
"Now," he added, "all the other generators are beginning to (show signs of) fatigue."
Villagomez meantime urged the public to continue conserving power.
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"One out of every eight are from uurneighboring Microneshm islands. All we are asking for our children is the same benefit, thatcl1ildren on the U.S. mainland are afforded ,L, Unites States citizens," he said.
The governor said he would normal! y seek local appropriation to purchase additional school buses but that the CNMI 'seconomy, based on tourism, is experiencing a recession.
Requesting funding from the Legislature to buy school buses at this time is not possiqle, he said.
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Guam Airport Authority and other agencies.
The Guam NWS, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), is responsible for tracking stonns that occur in Guam, CNMI and all of Micronesia which incurs 38% of all the tropical cyclones in the world.
doneedclassrooms. Butwe'reworking towards that so that by next year, more kids will be placed at their village school rather than elsewhere," said lnos.
lnos also urged principals to continue submitting their registration forms to the ccmmissioner's office and it will be up to the central office to decide where students should be placed.
But the agreement was never ratified by Congress, and the CNMI ended up getting the usual $27.2 million a year as provided by another US law.
In 1996, however, Congress enacted an appropriation bill that adopted the funding provision of the agreement.
Because the CNMI has already received a total of $83.16 million from 1993-96-at $27.2 million a year-the 1996 law allows the commonwealth to get $11 million in the next four years.
TheCNMI, in effect, will still get a total of $120 million during a sevens year period.
Using electric fans, instead of air conditioners, he said, saves a lot of energy for instance.
Other tips offered include washing clothes only once a week and on weekends when less electricity is being used.
"Each customer can make a difference. Just a little bit of conservation from each of us can prevent a poweroutage ... while our engines are being repaired," said the public utilities head.
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registered and taxed. Machines whichfall within the defi
nition of a gambling device will be tagged foITcmoval.
If, after this impection, a business allows the use of gamblingdevices on their premises, its business license will be subject torevocation.
Likewise, if a business fails to register its amusementdevices by next week, its license can be revoked, Drake lbanez,compliance branch supervisor, said yesterday.
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said the legislator, adding that these facilities would provide a link into the community that is currently lacking.
"If the youth know that there is a place where they could go and be among their peers and feel comfortable and safe, they would be more apt to discuss and disclose their problems,". he said.
Camacho was referring to the recent death of two teenage boys. One was stabbed several times on different parts of the body while
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"It appears that the crimes being committed against our youth are becoming more heinous ... considering that the Commonwealth and its communities are considered one of the safest havens for its citizens," said Camacho.
He concluded that the slaying of youths and the emergence of gangs are serious threats to society, and therefore must be addressed immediately before it is too late.
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items after Josephine Nocasa in a recent deposition testified under oath that three years ago, Waechter instructed her to get rid of such properties.
Nocasa is Hillblom 's former live-in partner while Waechter used to serve as Hillblom estate executor Bank of Saipan's personal representative.
The request, which drew support from Charles Rotbart, counsel for heir claimant Mercedita Feliciano, and the executor's lawyer Kathleen V. Fisher, had prompted Presiding Judge AlexandroCastrotoorderthedigging Saturday before noon.
Sources said the backhoe operator, the same person who buried several plastic bags containing Hil\blom 's clothes, tooth brushes, hair brushes, and other personal items, was able to retrieve the "evidence" during the operation supervised by the executorat Hillblom 's Dandan residence.
The executor then took custody of the items for preservation.
Destruction of the evidence was allegedly done to prevent any children from being able to prove that Hillblom was their father.
Sources said the lawyers for some heir claimants have agreed not to include Nocasa in the suit in exchange for her cooperation with the investigation against Waechter.
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Saipan after three days. The names of his appointees to
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alleged breach of contract. The Variety yesterday tried but
failed to reach G. Anthony Long, counsel forTinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino, for comment on the lawsuit.
PMLasked the court to issue an order finding the defendants liable to the plaintiff for any damages that accrue between the date of filing the suit and the resolution of the case.
Skinner in the complaint stated that on May 22, ·1996, HKE, in its capacity as an agent for Tinian Dynasty, entered a management services contract with PML.
Under such contract, Skinner
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remains of the unidentified infant in the boonie area of the village after an unnamed source informed them of the body's whereabouts.
The cause of death is unknown as is the identity of the child.
According to Tenorio, the incidence of child abandonment is not unknown on Guam.
A few years ago, dogs dragge the remains of a baby girl out of jungle area and a local church provided last rites and a funera
Tenorio said her department is waiting for GPD to complc-
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thing about going to HMOs is that we won't be spending money if we won't be sending patients there. The medical refe1rnl office had been costing us money," he pointed out.
Ayuyu pointed out that the recent implementation of a public law banning the importation of new nonresident workers to the Commonwealth should be more
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ment will have to do is "pick up the phone and buy it," Guerrero said.
Guerrero noted that government can negotiate a buy-now-pay-later scheme with interested firms in light of the current budgetary problems it is also having.
He said the stand-by generators can then be transported to Rota and Tinian once all engines have been fixed and a contract for the SO-megawatt power plant is finalized.
Government is now working
the time he returns, Tenorio said. The governor recently signed
into law the bill that abolished the Marianas y'isitors Bureau and created MV A.
The new law, P.L. 11-15, states that within 30 days after its enact-
said, PMLagreed to provide management services to the casino HKE was in the process of constructing.
The lawyer pointed out that Tinian Dynasty authorized or accepted the benefits of the management services contract executed by its agent, HKE, thus making both defendants liable to PML under the agreement.
"If it is alleged and proven that HKE was not acting as an agent forTinian Dynasty at the time the managemt::nt services contract was executed, it is alleged that HKE remains liable under the management services contract," he said.
In exchange for receiving these management services, Skinner said, Tinian Dynasty and or HKE
te its investigation before she can speculate on the circumstances surrounding the discovery.
"We need to wait for more information that might indicate abuse, neglect or abandonment," she said.
"If they can determine who is involved then we would step in, offering services, especially if there are other children in the home."
Tenorio commented that cases involving children have become more common on the island than ever before.
She attributes drugs and alcohol as acontributortowhy"people would act without considering
of a reason to shut the Manila Liaison Office down.
But government spokesperson Frank Rosario in a previous interview said the employment processing division should stay despite the hiring moratorium since the Northern Marianas is still recruiting workers from the Philippines.
He was c:ting a provision under the freeze-hiring law which allows businesses that have p9ured in more than $200,000 in total investmer;ts to continue to import nonresident workers.
on the reprir of at least three engines, including two that conked out some two years ago due to defective parts.
A team of specialists from a Germany-based firm is now on the island to work on the two generators while some 20 government personnel are attending to the third one, a 13-megawatt engine that broke down Friday, round the clock.
When asked for comment about Guerrero's statements, CUC spokesperson Pam Mathis said she suspects there is a motive behind the emergency purchase suggestion.
"This is a calculatecl plan to
ment, MV A will take over all the functions of MVB.
MV A will remain a public corporation, but it will be more independent than MVB, and will have more private sector participation.
agreed to pay PML $20,000 per month until the "casino's official opening for business."
Prior to November of 1997, payments were made to P.ML by Tinian Dynasty as required under the contract.
Skinner said Tinian Dynasty or HKE did not make the required payments to PML for January and February 1998.
Tinian Dynasty did make the required payments toPML for the months of March and April l 998.
"Defendants did not inake and have not made the required payments to PML for the month of May 1998. Tinian Dynasty has refused to pay past due amounts despite PML's efforts to resolve this matter amicably," Skinner said.
their responsibilities towards their children."
She noted that sometimes people don't seek help in childrelated issues because of fear and shame and abandonment or abuse is a way of reaching out of the only way they know how.
She recalled the recent case in which an unidentified mother left her infant with a 14-year old stranger and failed to return.
The child is in protective custody.
"It happens here on Guam," she remarked.
'!J don't know why people do what they do, perhaps they are acting out of despair."
Rosario also said there could be a need to maintain the labor office to continuously gatekeep workers with fraudulent documents from coming in to the CNMI.
The CNMI government is reportedly shelling out $77,800 every year in total wages of the office's personnel who have been assisting medical referral patients and reviewing the employment documents of Filipino workers bound for the Northern Marianas.
Office rental expenses cost the CNMI government close to $36,000 every year.
create panic for personal gain. One day after I warned that 'poor businessmen' would do anything to getthe Commonwealth's 'richest contract' --including efforts to force the utility into a state of emergency, we 're seeing it happen before oureyes," said Mathis, without directly referring to Guerrero.
"But we 're on to them. We understand that certain CNMI businesspeople want to make money right now by trying to get included into the list of finalists or to sell CUC emergency supplies,
. including small generators or barges," said the CUC spokesperson.
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Born today, you are not always what you seem to be. Jus\ when others may count you out anu no longer consider you a major factor. you are likely to come through with the kind of performance thM changes things forever; su;h is yo~r ability-to do what is required, no matter what the odds. You seem to march to the beat of a different drummer, but make no mistake -that drummer is you! You insist on being true to your instincts through thick and thin, and you never insist that anyone else follow you, though you might suggest it is strongly advisable!
You know how to make an impact both in the spotlight and in the shadows; working in the bc1ckground often gives you the greatest opportunity to do what needs to be done. You are so far from being egocentric that you have been known to let others take the credit for what you've done.
To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the coITesponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.
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-ARIES (March 21-April 19) - You may have trouble with gadgets and technical devices today. When you can, do things without any kind of electronic assistance.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)-A do-it-yourself project suddenly may become much more complicated today than you had anticipated. Still, you can finish it on schedule.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You will want to take a few extra precautions today. You may not know what the dangers really are, but you do want to be prepared.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) - You must guard against being left out today. Put yourself where the action is, and stay there! Be sure you have all the up-to-date information.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -It is not enough just to make contact with someone far from home; you must be willing to put a little extra effort into the message you send.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Your idea of how things ought to be done is likely to prove quite different from the way a close friend sees things. Strike a compromise.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - An unusual message may contain a hidden meaning or two; you'll want to spend time looking at it from as many different angles as possible.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dcc. 21) - Why do you think you 're on the spot today? The fact is, you may be the only person who is treating you in such a way; ease up on yourself.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Someone in a supervisory position may not take to you right away. You are going to have to trust that your work will win him or her over.
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NBA draft echoes with trade buzz VANCOUVER, Brimh Colurnbia(AP)-The NBAdraftlistshowsthe Los Angeles Clippers selecting first and the Vancouver Grizzlies second.
'· . By the time commissioner David Stem st.eps to the podium Wednesday night, those first two picks-and several others in the first round- may belong to somebody else.
•. TheNBAwasbuzzingwithtradetalkMondayastheclocktickedtoward the start of the draft. ·
Making matters more interesting was the uncertainty surrounding the order of player selections -even among the top lottery picks. · Unlike last year when Tim Duncan was set to be picked first overall, the No. I choice is not clear this time.
TheClippersneedapointguard, withMikeBibbyofArizonathebestone available, as well as a center such as Michael Olowokandi of Pacific.
Trouble is, the Clippers need a Jot more help than any one rookie can provide.
And that's why general manager Elgin Baylor is fielding calls, trying to find a package of players that can make his team respectable in time for its move to a new arena in 1999.
· All the teams in the lottery need help, which is why every pick could be traded.
Given that the second round of the playoffs contained mostly older teams, general managers have soured on youth and building through the draft
Onegeneralmanagerwhofigured to betaking more calls thanBaylorwas Stu Jackson of the Grizzlies.
"What's important for us is we know what's out there and what we will do in every eventuality," Jackson said.
''We want to control what we can control." Most expect Bibby to be selected first, leaving Olowokandi to the
Grizzlies. But V ancouveralready has a center, Bryant Reeves, who is signed forthe
next six seasons.
Philippoussis stops Kafelnikov
By STEPHEN WADE WIMBLEDON,England (AP)Two weeks ago, he tlueatened to pull outofWimbledon. Now, he thinks he can win il
Australian Mark Philippoussis -sporting a shorter haircut and his usual thumping serve_ pu lied off the opening day's biggest upset with a 6-7 (7-5), 7-6 (7-1), 6-4, 6-2 victory Monday over No. 7 seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
That prompted him to talk boldly about winning at Wimbledon, not a far stretch for the tall Australian who won la,t year's Queen's grass-cou11 wrurnup for Wimbledon-and then lost to eventual champion Pete Sampras in tJ1e first round at tJ1e All England Club.
This year, Philippoussis lost in the first round at Queen's and - in a fit of temper·- said he wouldn't play here.
"I haven't had a g,eat year, but I 1eally do honestly think the1e's no 1ea~on why I cm1 't win tJ1is tournament," Philippoussis said.
"I'm going to say that, the1e's no reason why, and that's what l 1eally do think inside of me, mid I've got to go out there and prove it to everyone and to myself."
The 21-ycar-old Ausa-alian, who served 21 aces and capitalized on 22 double-faults by Kafelnikov ,said he's in better shape, weights a bit less, and cre.diL~ some of his success to a newlook, shrn1er haircut.
"I don't know if it helped," he sai<l. "I just went to a hairdresser ... and I said dowhateveryou want, and this is what he did."
Kafelnikov just looked perplexed. "I felt quite good, I feltall 1ight,"he
said. "Itwa~oneofthosedayswhere you have no luck on your side. That is how I can explain it to you."
The Australian, who faces Ameii-
canAlexO'Brieninthesecondround, took a shot at Australia's Davis Cup coach John Newcombe, who suggested lie take six montl1s off.
"How is his comment looking now?" said Philippoussis, who has had a running feud with Newcombe. 'That's the way to put iL"
He also paid lribute to his father Nick, whoisfightingcancerbutmade the lrip to Centre Court to watch him play.
"He doesn't like traveling," Philippoussis said. "He just comes to this tournament, maybe the U.S. Open, somebigtoumaments, but the guy just loves the game. He just loves, you know, seeing his son play tennis, and that brings a lot of happiness and makes me feel relaxed on tJ1e comt"
Graf ... Continued from page 24
said the German, playing her 13th Wimbledon. "It's just special to be here."
It was a remarkable display from a player who has rarely expressed her emotions on or off the court.
Graf said she was surprised to be on Centre Court, the scene of her greatest triumphs, for the
. opening match against Spain's Gala Leon Garcia.
''It is not common to play the first match on Centre Court unless you win the year before, so I didn't take it as normal at all," she said. "I got really excited and it
Yankees ... Continued from page 24
consecutive victory and his I 00th career win for the Braves, was pulled after six innings and 87 pitches.
His chances of becoming the first I I-game winner in the majors this year, however, started to look slim when Martinez walked Chuck Knoblauch to start the seventh.
Cox was tossed for disputing a
Jordan . .. Continued from page 24
them to think about it, but think there's a chance they will."
Before Jackson made his announcement at the Bulls' practice facility outside Chicago, Jordan was asked about his coach not returning.
"If that's his choice, that's his choice. I respect Phil," Jordan said.
"But I haven't heard it from . Phil yet."
Asked about the matter further, Jordan declined to answer.
Jordan once said he would play only for Jackson, though he's retreated from that lately.
Pippen, unhappy after years of being undervalued and underpaid, has said he would
definitely pumped me up to be playing out there." After some initial nerves, Graf settled down and beat Garcia 6-4, 6-1, a solid start to her first Grand Slam tournament since the French Open in 1997.
After undergoing surgery after the French, Graf didn't return to tournament play until March. But she was sidelined again with calf and hamslling injuries.
That's when she started wondering whether her career was over.
"There have been a couple of occasions where it has been really difficult, seven or eight weeks ago was the last time," she said. "I had so many little injuries and every week something else came
bunt that third base umpire Mike Reilly - as replays showed -conectly called foul for hitting Derek Jeter in the batter's box.
After Jeter flied out, Paul O'Neill walked and Tino Maninez popped up.
Raines hit a liner over center fielder Andruw Jones' head for his second double of the game and a 5-4 lead, and Chad Curtis added an RBI single off Mike Cather.
Jeff Nelwn (5-3) was the winner and Mariano Rivera pitched
rather go ~omewhere else, but he too has softened his stance.
Rodman wants to return, but only if the rest of the gang comes back.
Jackson's departure was no surprise lo his players.
The team had dinner at Jordan's restaurant after a citywide celebration in Grant Park last Tuesday, and backup center Bill Wennington said it was understood Jackson was leaving.
Jordan repeated Monday that if the Bulls, who just won their sixth NBA championship, change too much he would strongly consider retiring.
"The coaches may not be the same and the players may not be th-: same, and that would be like starting over,'' Jordan said in listing possible reasons to leave.
around." But Graf, who said she now
feels" 100 percent." must be considered a title contender.
"There is no question it is my favorite tournament and I do feel the grass suits my game and experience does help." she said. "But winning is a long way. That is not as far as I am looking now."
Monday was also an emotional day for Monica Seles, the No. 6 seed, who beat Maria Antonio Sanchez Lorenzo, 6-3, 6-4.
Seles, who made an inspiring run to the French Open final three weeks ago, said she has been able to concentrate fu Jly on her game since the death last month of her father Karolj from stomach cancer.
the ninth for his 17th save. Gerald Williams hit a two-run
double off Raines' glove in left field for a 2-0 lead in the third.
The Yankees tied it in the bottom half on two-out, RBI singles by O'Neill and Martinez.
Javy Lopez hit an RBI single in the Atlanta sixth. Raines' double and DmTyl Strawberry's single made it 3-all in the bottom half.
Chipper Jones gave Atlanta another lead at 4-3 with an RBl single in the seventh that finished Pettitte.
Lib . . . Continued_ from page 24
BANMI league champions. Miller Lite Basketball team has
already confirmed iL~ pm1icipation on the tournament.
BANMI officials also says that a team from Guam's Philippine Amateur Basketball League will be participating for the three-day event.
This toumamentis the last series of basketball toumamenl~ that BANMI organized in an effort to raise funds to send both the men's and women's team to the Garnes.
BANMI also announces that there are three more slots remained open and is inviting teams from any of the Leagues in CNMI to fill up the vacant slots.
Interested teams should stm1 submitting theirS3CXlenuyfee. m1d a 15-mmi roster.
For further inquiries. interested pm1iescould reach Tony Rogolifoi al 234-1283withfaxnumber234-l I 01.
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24-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY-JUNE 24, 1998
Winkfield tops Silver Streak By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff
JACOBY Winkfield captured the 5th Annual Tom Picarro Memorial Fun Run title last Saturday.
Winkfield finished the run in 24:21 and led the 157 participants.
The event .dubbed as Silver Streak was organized by DFS Saipan Limited, which supplied t-shirts, tank tops and all logistical support for the fun run' s participants.
The fun run was organized in the memory of Tom Picarro who was the president of DFS Saipan Limited for 13 years before he passed away in 1993.
Picarro used to run along Beach Road every afternoon waving to passers by.
And the event's title "Silver Streak" was taken after his white hair.
The Silver Streak race started at DFS Saipan Galleria in Garapan at six in the morning last Saturday.
Participants ranged from five years old to 65 years old took the road and joined the fun run.
Picarro's wife Clara, provided
Silver Streak Overall Winner Jacoby Winkfield receives his trophy from Race Coordinator Wolf Mojica.
many of the prizes including the etched glass trophy for the overall winner.
Other winners in different age divisions include Jess Malabed for Male 60 and above division,
Nancy Weil for Female 60 an~ above division, Steve Sullivan for Male 50-59 division, Wendy Sullivan for Female 40-49 division, Steve Pixley for Male 40-49 age division, and Margaret Green-
Yankees stop braves, 6-4 NEW YORK (AP) - Tim Raines hit a two-run double in the seventh inning and the New York Yankees, in the opening matchup of what many people predict will be· a World Series preview, rallied past the Atlanta Braves 6-4 Monday night.
A crowd of 53,316 saw the Yankees come back three times in a meeting of the teams that began the day with the two best records in baseball.
They play again Tuesday
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. . . By STEPHEN WILSON
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Just being back at Wimbledon was enough to bring Steffi Graf to tears.
A year ago, the seven-time champion was in rehabilitation afterreconstructive knee surgery. Two months ago, her comeback threatened by more injuries, she was considering retirement.
So Monday, after winning her first-round match in straight sets on Centre Court, Graf was overcome by emotion. Twice during a news conference, she broke down crying.
night at Yankee Stadium, then move the next two days to Turner Field.
Starting pitchers Greg Maddux and Andy Pettitte already were gone when the Yankees struck for three runs in the seventh against three Braves relievers.
Dennis Martinez (2-4) took over for Maddux with a 4-3 lead, but instead lost his 13th straight decision to the Yankees.
He fell to 2-19 lifetime against New York, and remained winless
at Yankee Stadium since 1977. Managers Joe Torre and
Bobby Cox both made plenty of moves in the interleague game, much like they did in the 1996 World Series when the Yankees beat Atlanta.
Cox was not around to see Raines' two-out double off Martinez, having been ejected earlier in the seventh while arguing a foul ball call.
Maddux, seeking his ninth Continued on page t3
wood for female 40-49 division. Philip Bacac won first place in
the Male 30-39 division. Karen Halverson took the Female 30-39 division while Ronalo E. Villafria led the Male 20-29 division. Susan Burr on the other hand, dominated the Female 20-29 division.
Jack Gabriel got the first place trophy in the Male 16-20 race
division. Eunjung Lee grabbed the Female 16-20 division while Seung Jin Lee took the Male 11-15 division.
Audra Winkfield finished the run coming out as first place in the Female 11-15 division, Rode) Justianiano won the Male 5-10 divisions and Natasha Good for the Female 5-10 division.
.Jordan may return if teammates stay
By Chip Brown AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - As Phil Ja-:kson was cleaning out his office and leaving as coach of the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan sounded like a:man who wanted to keep playing b.asketbalL
As long as the Bulls do.n 't change .much more. . Without directly address
. ing whether he w9uld .play ' . for another coach, Jordan said hjs teamfllates: .. ~ould . have io·stay for hiin • .to put off retirement. . . . . . .
~·f hope S,cottie Pippen. and · Dennis Rodman , will ,come
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I· J THE EASKETBALL Association of the Northern Mariana Is- ! I , lands (RANMI) i~ preparing for t~e Liberation Day Basketball /J.
I Toum:.,ment that 1s scheduled to kick off on July 3 to 5, 1998. L' BANMI officials said three teams are confirmed to participate i /
r in the tournament. . . . ki [ The t<:>ams include the CNMI Men's National Team that will be ! ! 11 competing at the Micronesian Games in Palau and last season's ii : i Continued on page 23 • 1
Samoans wins rugby match W ANGANUI, New Zealand (AP) - Stephen Bachop kicked Samoa to 27-20 win over New Zealand provincial side Wanganui in their rugbytour match Tuesday.
The teams scored three tries apiece but Bachop kicked threeconversions and two penalties.
The scorers are as follows:
"I get emotional because I don't take it for granted being here,"
Continued on page 23 Swinging for a homerun, Orrin Pharmin of the 0/'Aces misses the ball straight into the glove of catcher Lawrence DL. Guerrero of the CK Padres. Photo by Sonnie Sablan
Manu Samoa 27 (Sam Kaleta, George Harder, Jason Adamson tries;Stephen Bachop 3 goals, 2 penalty goals) def. Wanganui 20 (JasonHamlin, Jason Hoper, Michael Florence tries; Florence I goal, I penalty goal).
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