Micronesia’s Leading Newspaper Since 1972Vol. 21 No. 30©1992' Marianas Variety Tiiesclâÿ ■ A p ril 2 8 , 1992 Saipaft, MP 96950

Serving CNMI for 20 Years

MPLC says there’s still plenty of public landby Rafael H. Arroyo

Marianas Public Land Corpo­ration Executive Direct«· William R. Concepcion yesterday said there is still abigamountof public land on Saipan and that there is no

v MPLC Executive Director William Ft. Concepcion

cause for alarm on how commer­cial development leases are being approved.

In an interview yesterday at his office in Capitol Hill, Concepcion dispelled fears being felt by the general public on the so-called “diminishing public land” due to land leases saying the Common­wealth still has enough for the generations to come.

“If we look at the figures on public land being leased for com­mercial and golf resort development, we find there is a very minimal figure in comparison to overall uses of public land,” said Concepcion.

According to Concepcion, the diminishing of public land in MPLC’s inventory is not because of land leases but because of the amount being given up for land

exchanges and those under the Agricultural Waiver Act.

Much concern has been ex­pressed by the public as to whether land leases for real es­tate development have been chewing up the availability of public land, in lieu of the recent approval of three land lease pro­posals and an upcoming golf course proposal by Pacific Resort Development Incorporated.

United Micronesia Develop­ment Association, Haas & Haynie and Nico Corporation have re­cently been given the mandated legislative nod on leasing 210 hectares in the Marpi Point area, 90 hectares in Obyan Beach area, and 150 hectares in Rota, respec­tively.

“One of the areas public land leaves the public domain is when

Action urged for candidates who failed to disclose poll spending

by Rafael H. Arroyo

The Board of Elections re­cently urged the Attorney General’s Office to take ap­propriate action and prosecute a total of ten candidates in­cluding two incumbents who have failed to submit a state­ment of expenditures and contributions during the last general elections November 2.

In a memorandum to Attor­ney General 'Robert Naraja, Board of Elections Executive Director Juan Diaz sought the application of legal sanctions on those who did not file cam­paign financial disclosure statements with the Board as

required under 1 CMC, Division 6, and Article 4, Section 6341 of the Election Code.

The Office of the Attorney General, however, is yet to issue out a statement on whether they will prosecute those who failed to comply with the requirement.

According to a list made by the Board, five candidates for seats in the House of Representatives havenot turned in their disclosure statements, including incumbent Congressmen Pedro R. DL. Guerrero and Rota Representative Antonio O. Quitugua.

Also on that list were unsuc­cessful congressional candidates Manases S. Borja, Manuel C. Cabrera, and John R. Castro.

Four candidates for the Municipal Council have also been found to renege on the financial disclosure require­ment, namely: Juan B. Quitugua, Manases A. Atalig, and Dimas A. Hocog, who all ran in Rota, and William B. Nabors who ran in Tiniaii.

A candidate for Rota’s Board of Education, Fermin M. Atalig, was also found to be the lone candidate who has not yet filed the required documents.

When sought for comment, Guerrero, who was former speaker of the defunct Seventh Legislature before running for

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we exchange it or we give it away under the Agricultural Waiver Act, and not when we lease it for commercial development,” said Concepcion.

An inventory made by MPLC since 1990 showed that since 1979, the year MPLC came into existence, about 105 hectares have been disposed for land exchange while another 681 hectares were given up under the Agricultural Waiver Act, out of a total of 7,116

hectares of public land on Saipan.Right now, Saipan has a total

land area of 12,197 hectares, 58.35 % of which is public land. A good 41.65 % of the total land area of Saipan is comprised with private land.

The island of Rota, which en­compasses about 10,306 hectares of public land, 51 % is public land while 49% is private land. Tinian, all of 8,667 hectares, has 75%

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Fifth graders of San Vicente Elementary School watch how a volcano emits smoke and throws ashes as one of the boys blows burning saw dust from inside a volcano shaped cone. This was part of the exhibits included in the school's science fair last week. (See more photos inside).

Governor signs leaseback agreement with Perkins todayI n o s i s a c t i n g g o v e r n o r a s G u e r r e r o l e a v e s f o r G u a m

by Rafael H. Arroyo

Governor Lorenzo I. DL. Guerrero makes history today as he goes to Guam and finalize an extension of the leaseback agree­ment with the United States Military concerning the use of about 39 acres of Saipan ocean-

'front land.Just before Admiral Rear Ad­

miral James B. Perkins III relinquishes his post to Rear Ad­miral Edward K. Kristensen, Governor Guerrero is expected to sign an agreement with the US Navy to extend the Common­wealth’s use of a portion of

Tanapag Harbor from 10 years to 30 years to enable the Common­wealth to pursue a major development of the island’s port area.

As Guerrero departs for the Guam rendezvous with Perkins, Senate President Joseph S. Inos will momentarily hold the reins of government as acting gover­nor, in the absence of Lieutenant GovemorBenjaminT. Manglona who is reportedly in Texas for a 702 meeting with Interior Assis­tant Secretary Stella Guerra.

According to Special Legal Counsel Tim Bruce, the event is important in that it would enable

Governor Lorenzo I. DL. Guerrero

the CNMI government to relo­cate the existing Puerto Rico Dump and open up the Tanapag

leaseback area for dockside de­velopment.

When the government was ne- - gotiating Commonwealth status with the US, The US Navy de­manded certain key port or ocean-front areas to be reserved, through a lease, to the Military. According to a news release, most of these port areas are on the island of Tinian, however, a big chunk sits right on Saipan’s lagoon in the Tanapag area.

That agreement called for the US Navy to lease back the land to the Commonwealth government in the event it was not going to be used, except that the US navy

could only lease it back to the people of the Commonwealth for ten year periods.

The area, which stretches near the Army Reserve facility through the Puerto Rico Dumpsite up to Lower Base excluding the oil fields, has long been the object of the governor’s plan for port-side development where investors may consider port-related business to complement the planned upgrad­ing to Baker 'Dock and Charlie Dock for a commercial harbor.

Guerrero, in pushing for the 30- year leaseback agreement, apparently knew that investors

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I-M A R C A S VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-APRIL 28,1992

F O R Ü M A Meeting Place For Our Opinions. , .And Yours. .

Megaibesis nai tafanakuestion pot futuron i tanota yan famaguonta. Gai minakat este .siha na asunto sa ta pepesa hafa na futuro ta diseseha para i man tinateta, ya gi et mismo tiempo ta aligagaoye fondo para i presente yan man mamamaila siha na nesesidad.

Iya Marianas, dangkulo na kantidan salape ha nesesita para hukubrei S48 Miyonna proposito para sentron hinemlo, i otro siha na programa tat komo edukasion yan medical referral. Todos este siha na programa ginagagao dangkulo na kantidan salape. Es desit, i nesesidad mas dangkulo ke ma expepektana salape nu i tarekokohe gi kada sakan.

Gi et mismo tiempo, esta monhayan i mas dangkulo na chocho construction guiñe giva Saipan, i Daichi Hotel. I industrian construction ume-ensinahyao pago ya man espipiha chocho

.osino debi ha de hunanalo tate todos hutnalero ginen iya Filipinas. Megai na salape iya Marianas ha chuqhule ginen este solu i sueddon hutnalero ginen hiyoñg, fuera ke otro siha na kontribusion nu i fmañago nu i dañgkulo siha na chocho guiñe gi tanota.

Fuera ha de dañgkulo na

Ginen: Juan DeIRosario

nesesidad, iya Marianas hafafana lokue kompetensia ginen hiyong (otro nasion gi oriyan Pacifico) gibandah industrian turista. Este siha na nasion ha inkluluso iya Australia, New Zealand, Filipinas, Singapore, Indonesia, New Guinea, Thailand, Kampuchea, yan otro siha na nasion guiñe gi halom Pacifico.

Este siha na asunto yangin tana fan daña, gai sustansia nu i dañgkulo. Ayo mina ta diseseha mohon na i man magasta ufan gai minetgot gi para urna asegúra na i benefisio mauleg para hita yan gi et mismo tiempo ta protehe lokue i ínteres taotao taño.

Malago-yo petsonat na tana guahaye amano siña na salape para i nesesidatta guiñe gi tanota. Lao dispues de i tres na proposito para resort guiñe giya Saipan, todos otro siha na proposito mauleg na urna konsidera i san katan siha na islas. Debe ta choneg ya umana guaha lokue debelopmento desde Anatahan, Sariguan, Alimagan, Pagan yan

Agrigan. Presiso lokue na i magalahe una guaha inestudiakao esta libre este siha na islas para masagaye. Yangin taya esta piniligro, maila ta mueba hulo debelopmento guiñe siha na islas. Mas bonito para i industrian turista yangin mañaonaoeste siha gi paketen hesitas.

Hu komprendeha i sentimenton i taotaota pot taño. Lao guaha siha tinilaika gi papa nuebo na gobernamiento desde 1978. An­tes, taya manesesita na urna designa ha un lugat para home­stead. Mamidi.maakompatteya manmanae i man elihible siha na applikante. Pago, guaha siha aregl amento lai federatnadebede urna tatiye. Gi ultimo, ginagasta i MPLC $10,000 para hu prepara un sulat guma sa debede huna guaha hanom, sewer yan kandit antes de umanae i applikanten homestead. Laohachochogueha i obligasionña maseha mas dispasio ke antes anai taya lai federal para umatatitye.

I kabesanten i san papa na guma

as Speaker Thomas Villagomez monhayan ha apunta si Congresso Heinz Hofschrieider komo kabisantenprogramanmatulaikan taño. Ansias lokue i Lehíslatura na urna satba este na problema sa mientras ha ti masasatba este na asunto, megai ginaddon gi kada biahe na humalom proposito pot dañgkulo siha na debelopmento para iya Marianas. Estenakomite siempre hu tutuhon umina este na asunto gi ti chagogo na tiempo.

Gi maseha hafa para ta deside, hugagagao na in atan kabales i asunto. Yangin guaha dinida pot maseha hafa anai tineteka i ma propoposito nauson taño publiko, fan mamaisen ya in ketuñgo kabales hafa i asunto. Muñga na in chile fino otro taotao nu i guiya mismo bulacho yan ti klaro kinemprendeña pot i tafafana na asunto. Huñggan, guaho uno listoyo prumutehe i ínteres i publiko gi hilo lehitimo siha na rason.

Lehitimo na ta espihaye homlo na ekonomia para i tanota. Ti maañao nu este siha na proposito sa gi uttimo, man duedueñon i taño hit ha maseha añgaian na tiempo. Hita todo i tiempo solu siña dumeside hafa para ta chogue nu i taño publiko. Siña tana ma atkila, lao dispues de magpo i

kontrata, hita ha talo siña dumispone ayp na pidason taño. Ni ñgaian nai ufa liñgo sa hita solu man dueño nu este siha na propiadad publiko.

***

Gi kada matutuhon este i tiempon bola guiñe gi tanota, mafato seso gi hinasoko un likido na bibola antes. Todos tumuñgo si Tun Josen Magofna kom o et m as m auleg na dadagao , papanag yan chachahlaobola. Kana ha taya p a reh u ñ a m an dagao, ma nahlaoyanmamanag. Famosu este na bulero maseha haye un faisen na bibula antes.

Hu saluluda este na señot pot todo i kontribusionña pot bola. Hu gagagao lokue na un dia um anae likido na onru sa huñggan ha merese si Tun José este na onru ginen todos h i t Puedde ha mohon i Saipan Ma- jo r League umanae onru si Tun Josen Magofna gi tutuhon i championshipplay-off. Umana guaha seremonias gi onronña ya guiya hu dagáo i primet na bolaparaichampionship. Opan naanña si Tun José sa guiya enfin si “Mr. Baseball” guiñe giya Marianas. SiYuusMaase!

Ginen: Juan DeIRosario

(The Marianas Variety will publish a weekly column in Chamoro as a public service to our people. We wish to encourage the use of the local language in our newspaper if for any reason but to revive the indigenous people’s strongest weapon-our native tongue. ·( I Marianas Variety para una guahan gaseta gi fino Chamorro komo setbisio para taotao tano. Estague uniko manera anai sina ba usa et mas fitme yan metgot na armas-i liguahita. SiYuusMaase.)

Superior Court ha regalo si Señot/ Señora Enrique A. yan Ignacia A. Santos $2¡9 Miyon Pesos na daño pot i mafa baban niha i dos amko nu i lahen niha pot taho familia.

I lahen niha as Jesús A. Santos manae lamita gi tano familia San Roque nu i mañainaña (Enrique yan Ignacia Santos). Dispues, si Jesús yan chetluña Enrique ma negosio i ma atkilan ayo na tano guato gi kompanian Nansay. Según i kotte, i tata hanae i dos lahina nu i tano pot no ufan apase kontribusion tax. Laoayonaninae kondision de umanae nu i salape yangin enfin ma atkila i tano.

Si Jesús timalago hanae si tataña nu i salape ayo mina humuyoñg makotte este na asunto. I dos amko ma regalo $2,552,800 na daño kontra i kompanian Nasay, i

tetehnan na $350,000 mit pesos kontra si Jesús. Estague na regalo pot et mas dañgkulo pot daño nu ma disidi nu i Superior Court.

***I kabesanten i Marianas Public

Land Corporation as Señor Bill Concepción ilegña na i magagagao na 15 años nui UMDA yan Haas & Haynie fuera de esta monhayan ma apprueba na 25 años dididi kulan taf taf na ginagao.

Si Señor Concepción ha menti na solu ke i dos kompania siña ha preba gi mahatsan ayo siha na fasilidad i esta gaige gi halom planon niha nai kombene na hufamaisengi lehíslatura para urna extende talo 15 años i atkilon tano publiko.

I lehíslatura esta ha apprueba i atkilon 25 años para i dos

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kompania. I magagagao na 15 años ma kana estake guaha fitme na inestudia ginen todos i man tineteka.

***I san papa na guma lehislatura

ha estudiadiaye un ginagao anai para ufan manae todos kompania ayudo ginen kontribusion, tax yangin ha emplea man inutet na taotao tano. Gaige este na ginagao gi Komiten Señora Ana S. Teregey o, i kabesanten i Komiten Hinemlo, Edukasion yan Linala. Si Señor Jess T. Attao i gai proposito este na asunto.

***Iya Marianas presiso na usuhaye

ayo siha na klasen industria i ha nesesita kantida na hutnalero ginen hiyong. Gi et mismo tiempo, mauleg na hu embrasa ayo na industria i sina enfin tumulaika dididi enteramente na inañgoko gi industrian turista tat komo industrian guihan, gualo, man fabrikan neñgkano yan otro na man nahlalang.na industria, según i ripot i trade mission nu i ineluye nu i gobetnadot.

Debe urna atetuye este na asunto ya urna tatiye mauleg desde pago. Debe lokue urna guaddia haf’ na klasen industria para umasede humalom osino iya Marianas ha soda giatrasao na tiempo na megai na industria ti asentado na ayudo sina hanae i taotao tano pareho ha pot kontribusion tax osino

appottunidad gi anai sina i taotaota man eyag chochu osino uha adbansa i tiniñgo niha.

***Makonductaunkonfirensiapot

proteksion famaguon guiñe gi mapos na semana. Megai siha asimto manma diskute guiñe na konfirensia. Lao kase et mas impottante gaigé guihe na asunto gi pot mañaina yan i tinilaika gi linalata na tiempo.

Pot ihemplo, megai na mañaina achachamachochuidos. Kanaha taya tiempo para urna attiende i nesesidad i famaguon gi finagpo chocho sa esta yayas i dos saina ya ha nesesita lokue diskanso. Pinalolopu este na problema gi matulaikan tiempo gi anai esta taya kabales na inadahe pot matrimoñu. Maslokuehachagua siha i manaina gi pot obligasion relihion, un asunto na sumen presiso gi linala i taotao.

Uttimoña, i patgo lokue tatnai maakonsehanu i mañainaña. Gi hilo este, ha tutuhon chumogue hafa hinasoña mauleg sin ma atan yan kabales na kreansa. Ayo ha i dos saina nai ma tuñgo na guaha patgon niha yangin para urna kastigapot baban bidaña. Este na estao makat ma korihe. Los uttimos, i patgon sigi de ma kastiga sa guiya ha nai siña ha diskatga i binibon niha.

Debede ta atetuye este na paite gi linda familiau sa gi ultimo besis, hita ha paratapalopu lodos ti man mauleg na finachocho

famaguonta. Et mas presiso i para tana guaha tiempo yan siha kosake tana fitme mas i inaguaiya yan kinemprende gi entalo patgon san saina. Ginen este nai siña ta expecta na uguaha inadahe gi para siha mismo maseha hu gaige pat taigue i m'añainan niha.

***Guiñe gi alacha, i

Gobietnamenton Japón para hu transpotta anos kuantos tiniladan plutonium (matiriat na ma uusa para mafatinas bomb) ginen iya Fransia guato Japón. Este na matiriat, para umana esgin tasen Marianas osinootrona chalan ihot yan tanota siha.

Ma plaiteha este na plano nu i manmagasta pot rason na ti nahoñg protecsion gi para ma transpotta éste na bineno. Piot sa megai checho daño espesiatmente ginen nasionsihagiyaUropakontraotro sihananasion. I piniligro gaige gi yangin ma traidute ayo na batko i parahuchinile guatoJaponayona katgan bineno.

Dañgkulo.na daño maseha dididi ha na plutonium urna chuda gi tase yangin aksidente ayo na batko. Et mas dañosu i linala este na bineno sa mas ke mit anos futtilesaña memetgot ha. Enfin, guaha dididi tinilaika gi planon ma transpottan este na bineno. Siempre i man magasta urna kontinua pumulan este na asunto sa sumen presiso ña uguaha inutahe paehoha potünalataotao yan lokue i mina siha gi tasi.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28 ,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3

Will Saipan soon be a semi-city oi traffic lights and congestion?by Efren T. Dayauon Being sensitive to such issues, Jones disclosed that one possible be inadequate on the roads here on flowing.

To implement the education campaign, Jones said the Chamber will berelying basically on thenews media, both print and broadcast, to helpdisseminate inform ationcn traffic rules and regulations.

Later, Jones said, the Chamber might conduct seminars and work­shops for drivers and motorists in coordination with DPS. ,

“We are really concerned not only about the economic impact that the traffic congestion brings but also life and property, the total well-being of the community,” Jones said.

“But we have to do something. The longer we wait, the greater impact it will have. So, we are in­viting every individual, organiza­tion or agency to join in tackling this concern,” Jones said.

Unless drastic.steps are adopted to curve the worsening traffic con­gestion on the island’s main thoroughfares, Saipan may soon endupwithanurbanscenariowhich may not be totally favorable for its image as a tropical destination for tourists.

Already in the drawingboard are proposals for the installation of traffic lights on both Beach Road and Middle Road as well as in other strategic areas of the Island.

Traffic lights cm Saipan? This prospect seem unthinkable to some people in the community who ap­parently favor less “city-like” options so as tomaintain the island’s image as a simple tropical com­munity.

Being sensitive to such issues, Saipan’sChamberofCommerce is now carefully reviewing some studies cm various scenarios which are focused cm easing up the traffic situation in Saipan.

Executive Director Dino Jones of the Chamber of Commerce said such studies should provide a com­parative analysis of the traffic solutions that would be most ap­propriate for Saipan.

According to Jones, the com­parative studies are now being finalized by the Chamber’s Special Committee on Traffic and when completed, certain recommenda­tions will be submitted to the Board of Directors for concurrence and finally forwarded to the Governor’s office and to the legislature for consideration and approval.

Jones disclosed that one possible solution being considered by the traffic committee is the conversion of Beach Road and Middle Road into one way traffic avenues dur­ing peak hours.

Even this early, the Special Committee on Traffic has agreed on some Non-Monetary Solutions which basically entails launching a massive information dissemination on traffic rulgs and regulations.

Based on the minutes of their recent meeting, the committee pointed out that “there are many drivers of different nationalities who may not be familiar with the traffic rules and regulations.

In addition to that, some mem­bers of the committee also noted that traffic signs such as speed limits, no turning signs appear to

be inadequate on the roads here on Saipan.

Worse, according to the com­mittee members, heavy equipment is allowed to travel at all hours causing traffic to slow down.

They also indicated that visi­bility of police officers appears to be minimal. It was pointed out that DPS seems to be doing their job on safety enforcement but may be lacking in traffic enforcement..

Some recommendations given were to re-evaluate the driver’s test currently being administered and more enforcement on rules and regulations.

In addition to that, the committee also recommended that traffic cops should be stationed at critical in­tersections during critical times suchasrushhour.tokeepthe traffic

Ex-Speaker bats for an appointed Washington Repby Rafael H. Arroyo

A move may be shaping up in the House of Representatives for an amendment in the Common­wealth Constitution to require the position of CNMI Resident Rep­resentative to the United States to be an appointed position.

SaipanRepresentative Pedro R. DL. Guerrero recentlyfiledHouse Legislative Initiative 8-2 to amend Article V, Section 1 of the Con­stitution which provides for the resident representative to Wash­ington to be an elected position.

The amendment, which will be placed before the electorate for a referendum ballot after the ap­proval of both house of Legislature, will change the statutory procedure and provide that the resident representative will be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the lawmaking body.

The measure has been filed cognizant of the existence of three

branches of the Commonwealth government - the executive, leg­islative and the judicial branches.

Guerrero maintained that be­cause the person occupying the position of resident representa­tive to Washington has always been elected, an illusion of a fourth branch of government seems to have been created.

“Since the office of Resident Representative is administrative in nature, it may seem appropriate that this position be appointed for a more effective emplacement to that office,” said Guerrero in an interview yesterday at his office.

He indicated that since the of­fice is administrative, the resident representative would have to re­port to the chief executive, unlike now that there seems to be an uncertainty as to whom will he be reporting to.

“His role up there in Washing­ton is mainly to lobby for the cause and interests of the Com­monwealth, so that we may be

10 young girls vying for Miss Little CNMI title

Ten young girls, ages 4-6 years old, from Saipan will be compet­ing for the 199£ Little Miss C.N.M.I. title which will be held on Thursday, April 30 at the Dia­mond Hotel.

This was announced yesterday by The National Honor Society Chapter of the Marianas High School who’ll be sponsoring the said third Annual Little MissCN.MJ. Beauty Pageant.

Verna Lynn Reyes, Evita Cabrera, Jaqueline Reyes, Roxanne Torres, Heather Lynn Reyes, Eloise Pangelinan, Ma- dorna Sablan, Kina Tomokane, Dahlia Taitano and Luisa Santos are the official candidates to this

years’ pageant.The pageant will be held at the

Diamond Ballroom of thesaidhotel and will start at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children under 12 and are being sold by NHS members.

Meanwhile, NHS members rec­ognized the help of Lt. Governor Benjamin T. Manglona who paid for their accommodations in Rota; Liaisons Officers Jess Taisague of Rota and Herman Cruz of Guam; Hilda Castro of Interkam Travel Agency; Student Coordinators Vicky CelisandCeciliaTudela and the members of the NHS in Rota and Guam.

able to attain some leverage on the various issues we are are con­cerned about and those that may

have a bearing on US-CNMI re- “So it is just proper that he belations. he is some sort of an under the executive branch ofambassador there,” said Guerrero. government.”

The ingenuity ot students from San Vicente Elementary School came to the fore as in this experiment prepared by a grade schooler.

A long line tables adorned San Vicente Schools' corridors as it held its Science Fair last week.

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Brothers in " ic e " sm uggle try chargedby Efren T. Dayauon

The Torres brothers from Gualo Rai who were nabbed on Wednesday last week for alleg­edly trying to smuggie 60 grams of crystal methamphetamine into the CNMI were formally ar­raigned in court yesterday.

Charged with importation of a regulated substance were Juan W. Torres and his brother Jesus.

Both were intercepted at the Saipan International Airport by customs authorities upon arrival from Guam last week when they were found in possession of the controlled substance valued at about $90,000.

Preliminary hearing is sched­uled next , week for the Torres brothers who are on temporary liberty. They were released on

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Thursday after posting property bonds amounting to $100,000 each. A third party custodian, Charles Calvo, who is clerk of the Commonwealth Supreme Court, also vouched for the brothers with assurances that they will be appearing in all court trials.

Meanwhile, three inbound passengers from Manila were ar­rested by customs officers at the Saipan International Airport last Thursday night for carrying counterfeit travellers checks amounting to $2,000.

Based on the investigation re­port, Robert M. Nepa, Manuel Canary and Efren A. Fontanilla arrived in Saipan at about 6:35 pm on board Continental Airlines flight 982 from Manila.

According to Customs Inspec­

tor Jose Chong, they found sev­eral unsigned CiticorpTravellers Checks on Nepa when they con­ducted a secondary check on the arriving passenger.

The report indicated that upon verification with a local bank, it

was confirmed that the checks were bogus and therefore all three passengers were immediately ar­rested and detained and subse­quently charged in court for the offense.

They were later released to

Philippine Labor Attache Vicente Manzano who gave assurances to the court that the defendants will remain in the Consulate and will not be allowed to leave the Commonwealth pending trial of their case.

Y outh e s c a p e e from K ag m an fa c ility hunted

Police authorities ordered a manhunt last Sunday for a fourteen year old inmate who escaped from the Juvenile Correction facility in Kagman.

According to a police report, the young detainee was last seen cutting grass by the fence area of the facility at about 1050 am.

At 1100 in the morning, he was

discovered missingwhenaheadcountwas made.

As of yesterday, authorities said they were still searching for the miss­ing inmate.

Meanwhile, a 41 -year old carpen­ter was severely injured last Saturday when a co-worker at Vargas Enter­prises in As Li to struck him in the head with lead pipe.

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Based on the police report, Pastor II ao was walking by the stairs of the establishment when his co-employee, Teofilo Quiambao reportedly hit him in the head causing severe injuries.

Police said Quiambao was arrested and booked for the attack on Dao.

In other news: A 24-year old Palauan mother was apprehended by a police officer last Sunday when she was observed leaving her young child unattended by the pool area at the Pacific Islands Club.

A police report stated that the mother, identified only as Linda, was seen by CapL Jose Ngeskebei drinking liquor by the pool area and left her child alone and unat­tended near the poolside.

When accosted for the offense, Linda reportedly resisted arrest and even pushed the police officer away.

Police said the mother was im­mediately taken to the Central police station and detained. It was not clear, however, who took cus­tody of the child.

Koblervillehouseburglarized

A Koblerville resident reported to the police last Friday, that he lost about $5,000 worth of jewelries when a burglar broke into their house and took the jewelries away.

The unidentified resident said the jewelries, comprising rings and earings, were hidden in their bedroom but it was gone when they discovered that someone had broken into their house at about 10:30 am on Thursday.

Police said they are now investigating the case.

In another incident, a car rental services firm complained to the police also last Thursday that one of their employees robbed the company of some cash amounting to $2,000.

According to the police report, the employee identified as Eugenio Santos took away the cash earnings of Dollar Rent a Car at the Saipan International Airport and immediately took a flight home to Manila. ·

The report said a security guard of the firm discovered the theft but it was too late as Santos was found to have already taken a flight back to Manila right after Jac took the money.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28 ,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5

PAP to hold Regional Conference here

The Pacific Power Association (PAP) will be holding the First Annual Regional Conference of the Chief Executives of Pacific Islands Utilities in the CNMI on July 20-24.

Commonwealth Utilities Cor­poration (CUC), in cooperation with the Office of the Governor and the CNMI Legislature was officially designated to host the five-day activity.

The said regional conference, according to CUC Executive Di­rector Ramon S. Guerrero will be participated by approximately 26 nations all over the Pacific regions including participating observers and sponsors in the field of utility operation particularly “power”.

Guerrero said the primary ob­jective of the conference is to formalize the organization of the Association and the adoption of the by-laws and constitution

. which will govern the activities of the duly organized body.

Also, substantial part of the conference will focus on the general discussion and exchanges of ideas between member nations in their experiences in managing a utility company such as CUC.

“Our local custom, traditions, and hospitality will become an essential componentforus to share and demonstrate to the partici­pants from other countries,” said Guerrero.

The active participating nations who will join the said conference are AmericaSamoa, CNMI, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna and the Western Samoa.

Flame TYee Festival set on May 9 and 10

The much-awaited Flame Tree Festival will be held on May 9 and 10 at the American Memorial Park, announced yesterday by the Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture.

The CCAC has changed its arts festival schedule to coincide with CNMI Tourism Week in coop­eration with the Marianas Visitors Bureau (MVB).

The annual arts festival will of­fer a display of traditional crafts, cultural demonstration and per­formances, arts exhibitions, and local food on sale.

Performing Arts Coordinator Joe Ogumoro from the Office of Carolinian Affairs volunteered to register people who would like to reserve a tent in which to exhibit their work.

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Japan to continue limiting its machine tools exports to U.S.TOKYO (AP) - Japan agreed

Monday to limit its machine toot exports to the United States for another two years, the Min­istry of International Trade and: Industry said.

Under the new agreement, Japan is to keep its U.S. market sharefornumerically controlled lathes, machining centers and numerically controlled punch­ing and shearing machines to the present level in 1992 and limit any increases to between 2.31 and 2.80 percentage points in 1993, said a ministry official,:

speaking on condition of ano­nymity.

He said that under the 1987 agreement, Japan had limited its market share to 57.47 percent for the lathes, .51.54 percent for the machining centers and 19.25 per­cent for the punching and shearing machines.

The official said the U.S. gov­ernment hadrequested the limits in late 1986 to helppreserve and revi­talize the U.S. industry in the interests of national security.

The former West Germany, Switzerland and Taiwan also were

requested to curb their exports of machine tools, the official said.

After the five-year agreement expired in December 1991, President Bush asked Japan to extend it for two years, the offi­cial said.

He said Japan will sign the agreement after the United States concludes a similar vol­untary export agreement with Taiwan. Japan is interested in knowing that Japan is being treatedfairiy compared withother machine tool exporters, the offi­cial said.

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MANILA, Philippines (AP)- Thé Philippines on Monday wel­comed the Burmese government’s release of political prisoners and permission for family members to visit opposi­tion leader Aung San Suu Kyi in house arrest.

We are pleased to note the de­velopments in Myanmar (Burma) in the last few days, which have culminated in the release of im­portant prisoners in Myanmar,” Foreign Secretary Raul. Manglapus said.

Manglapus, who had visited Burma last December, said President Corazon Aquino had personally written last February to Saw Maung, leader of the rul­ing Burmese military junta, urg­ing that Suu Kyi’s family be al­lowed to visit her.

He said the changes in Burma, including a plan to call a national convention, indicated that the country was moving toward de- fnocratization.

On Saturday, the ruling junta released 12 political prisoners, including former Prime Minister U Nu, and announced that Suu Kyi, under house arrest since July 1989, would be allowed visits by her family.

Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, has been held in near total isolation by the junta. Her husband, British academic Michael Aris, last saw her more than two years ago.

The move was the latest in a seriesrof liberalization measures undertaken by the junta since its chairman, Saw Maung, resigned for health reasons last Thursday.

Poorer nations seek more aid, technology for cleaner Earth

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The poorer nations want the richer to accept most of the blame for the world’s environ­mental problems, and to provide the money and technology their economies need to grow without polluting.

The standis contained in aKuala Lumpur Declaration on Environ­ment and Development” to.be issued Wednesday by 53 devel­oping nations meeting in the Malaysian capital to decide a joint stand for the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June.

A copy of the draft declaration, obtained by The Associated Press, also states that the developing nations do not want developed nations at the summit to dictate how they should manage their forests.

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In opening the meeting on Monday, Malaysian Prime Min­ister Mahathir Mohamad said, “If the rich North expects the poor to foot the bill for a cleaner envi­ronment, Rio would become an exercise in futility. ”

The draft declaration says, “We call for a new global partnership ... for the achievement of sus­tainable development, taking into account the main responsibility of developed countries for the deterioration of the environment and the need for sustained eco­nomic growth and development of developing countries.” '

It says this will require new aid from the richer nations. Conference officials estimated that about dlrs 125 billion would be needed annually for poorer nations to develop in ways that won’t harm the environment. Governmental foreign aid from the richer nations now amounts to about dlrs 55 billion a year.

The draft says the poorer na­tions also will need environmentally sound technol­ogy on “preferential and concessional terms.”

Malaysian delegate Razali Ismail’said that while the Nordic countries were sympathetic to this request, the United States wants developing nations to buy the technology on the free market and “this would cost too much.” Thedrafturges the richer nations to change their production and consumption patterns to help clean up the environnient.

It also says there is an urgent necessity to tackle drought and the expansion of deserts.

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Toxic wastes at former U.S. air base seen threatening nearby farmsby Oliver Teves Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Authorities have warned that fuel and other toxic wastes leakingfrom storage tanks at a former U.S. air base north of Manila are polluting nearby farmland.

In documents obtained by The Associated Press on Monday, Brig. Gen. Francisco Atayde, commander of Clark Air Base, and officials of the private Marine Anti-Pollution Corp. recommended immediate re­moval of the remaining fuel at the

petroleum, oil and lubricant depot. Carlitos Ruiz, the anti-pollution company’s executive vice presi­dent, said in a letter to Atayde that delaying removal of the toxic sub­stances would worsen pollution of farmland in the rice-growing re­gion.

Antonio Principe, regional di­rector of the Department of Environment and Natural Re­sources, said he was unaware of pollution at Clark, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Manila. He said authorities there have not reported it, but that he would inquire.

The U.S. Air Force abandoned Clark after the June 1991 eruptions of nearby Mount Pinatubo dumped tons of volcanic debris on the sprawling base and surrounding farms.

Eruptions and earth tremors damaged underground pipes and loosened valves, causing fuel to leak to nearby farms, said Mariano C. Vasquez, vice president for op­erations of the anti-pollution company.

Vasquez also expressed concern about the hazardous pilferage of spilled fuel by poor residents near

the base.Military authoritiesrecommeded

removal of the remaining fuel not only because of leakage, but also because the tanks are in erosion- prone areas.

Atayde said in an April 14 mem­orandum to Maj. Gen. Loven Abadia, the air force chief, that at least four fuel tanks may collapse because they are in an area threat­ened by avalanches of volcanic debris triggered by heavy rains.

Twoother tanks could be further affected by erosion when the rainy season starts in June, Atayde said..

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in a report that the fuel de­pot is built on very loose soil near a river bend where erosion is expected to be.extensive.

Atayde said there is still about 1.05 million liters (276,840 gal­lons) of fuel left by the Americans, worth at least 4.2 million pesos (about S 165,000).

He did not provide an estimate of the amount of fuel or toxic wastes that already had contaminated soil around the depot.

President supports Taiwan's deal w ith McDonnell DouglasTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Presi­

dent Lee Teng-hui supports in principle a Tai wanese company’s plan to acquire a U.S. dlrs 2 bil­lion stake in American aircraft maker McDonnell Douglas, local newspapers reported Monday. The Commercial Times, quoting unnamed officials, said Lee ex­pressed his support after Economics Ministry officials briefed him earlier this month on an evaluation of the proposed joint venture.

Lee instructed the Cabinet to ensure a good rate of investment return and negotiate with legisla­tors on the deal, the report said.

Presidential spokesman Cheyne Chiu decl ined to comment directly on the reports. However, he con­firmed that Economics Minister Vincent Siew and executives of Taiwan Aerospace have briefed Lee on the planned deal. Chiu said Lee believed the deal, if feasible, would upgrade Taiwan’s aerospace industry.

The Commercial Times said the Cabinet still has reservations be­cause of uncertainty over how the market will react to McDonnell Douglas’ next generation jets, whether McDonnell Doiiglas can settle its financial promblems, and whether the United States would restrict technology transfer from McDonnell Douglas to Taiwan.

The government also was wor-

Bus fa lls off c liff

ILIGAN, Philippines (AP) - A passenger bus plunged into a ra­vine, killing 10 passengers and injuring at least 30 others in the southern Philippines, survivors and police reported Monday.

Police said the bus jumped off the road into a 200-foot (60-me­ter) ravine Sunday in a village of Aurora town in Zamboanga del Sur province, 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Iligan City, or about 790 kilometers (495 miles) south of Manila.

Salic Sangcopan, one of the in­jured survivors, said in a radio interview that the bus was speeding down a curve when the driver lost control of the vehicle.

The bus turned over several times before it hit the bottom of the ravine, Sangcopan said.

ried that the deal might fail to attract enough funds from the pri­vate sector because local industries have shown little con­fidence in the investment, it said.

Meanwhile, the Economic Daily News quoted an unidenti­fied official at the Presidential Office as saying Taiwan’s indus­

trial technology would advance by 10 years with a joint venture with McDonnell Douglas, the world’s third largest aircraft maker.

On Wednesday, Economics Minister Siew and executives of Taiwan Aerospace are expected to announce whether Taiwan would

buy up to 40 percent of McDonnell Douglas’ commercial aircraft di­vision.

The transport aircraft division of McDonnell Douglas Corp. reported operating profit of dlrs 200 million last year, compared with operating losses of dlrs 177 million in 1990 and dlrs 167 million in 1989.

Taiwan Aerospace, which is 29 percent government owned, signed an agreement last November to ac­quire the stake in McDonnell Dou­glas. Under the deal, Taiwan Aero­space would build wings and fu­selages for McDonnell Douglas’ MD-12, a new widebody passen­ger jet.

INVITATION TO BID DPW92-ITB-00224

The Department of Public Works is soliciting sealed bids for the Construction of “Proposed American Memorial Park Pavilion, Garapan, Saipan”, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Bids in duplicate will be accepted in the Office of the Chief of Procurement & Supply at Lower Base, Saipan until 2:00 p.m., local time, Friday, May 08,1992, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security may be a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, Bid bond or other form acceptable to the Government made payable to the Treasurer, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands with a notation on the face of the check: “Credit Account No. 1453”.

The bidder is required to submit with his proposal, a copy of his business permit as a compliance with the Contractor’s Registra­tion and Licensing Laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Specifications and plans of the projccUre available on or after April 28,1992, at Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works in Saipan. A non-refundable payment of $125.00 is required for each set. Pre-bid conference for this project will be held at 2:00 p.m., local time, Tuesday, May 05,1992, at the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works on Saipan.

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

All bid documents received shall be the sole property of the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands with the exception of bid bonds, certified checks or cashier’s check which will be returned to the bidders in accordance with the specifications section, “Instruction to Bidders” Page 1-2, Paragraph No. 05, Bid Guarantee.

The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

/s/ELlZABETH H. SALAS-BALAJADIA DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS4/23/92 (1655) 4/24,28-5/1,5

INVITATION TO BID DPW92-ITB-00225

The Department of Public Works is soliciting sealed bids for the Construction of “Proposed Garapan Central Park Volleyball and Tennis courts”, Garapan, Saipan”, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Bids in duplicate will be accepted in the Office of the Chief of Procurement & Supply at Lower Base, Saipanuntil 2:00p.m., local time,Tuesday, May 05,1992, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security may be a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, Bid bond or other form acceptable to the Government made payable to the Treasurer', Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands with a notation on the face of the check: “Credit Account No. 1453”.

The bidder is required to submit with his proposal, a copy of his business permit as a compliance with the Contractor’s Registra­tion and Licensing Laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Specifications and plans of the project arc available on or after April 24,1992, at Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works in Saipan. A non-refundable payment of $ 100.00 is required for each set. Pre-bid conference for this project will be held at 2:00 p.m., local time, Friday, May 01, 1992, at the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works on Saipan.

Attention is called to the Labor Standards Provisions for Wage Rate Determination of the CNMI 0assification and Salary Structure Plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Specifications must be paid on this project.

All bid documents received shall be the sole property of the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands with the excep­tion of bid bonds, certified checks or cashier’s check which will be returned to the bidders in accordance with the specifications section, “Instruction to Bidders” Page 1-2, Paragraph No. 05, Bid Guarantee.

The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana-Islands.

/s/ELIZABETH H. SALAS-BALAJADIA DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS4/23/92 (1656)4/2«,2*-yi/P

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The Department of Public Works is soliciting proposals |rom qualified Architectural and Engineering firms for the design of a New Judicial Courts Complex for the Island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Interested Consultants with appropriate qualifications, ex­pertise and experience in statutory and physical planning, economics engineering and project development may ob­tain copies o f the Project Programming Report and refer­ence o f the above study from the office of the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works, Common­wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, MP 96950.

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INVITATION TO BIDD PW 92-ITB-00226

The Department of Public Works is soliciting sealed bids for the Construction of “Proposed American Memorial Park Tennis Court”, Garapan, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Bids in duplicate will be accepted in the Office of the Chief, of Procurement & Supply at Lower Base, Saipan until 2:00 p.m., local time Tuesday, May 12,1992, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security may be a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, Bid Bond or other form acceptable to the Government made payable to the Treasurer, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands with a notation on the face of the check: “Credit Account No. 1453”.

The bidder is required to submit with his proposal, a copy of his business permit as a compliance with the Contractor’s Registration and Licensing Laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Specifications and plans of the project are available on or after May 01, 1992, at Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works in Saipan. A non-refundable payment of $125.00 is required for each set. Pre-bid conference for this project will be held at 2:00 p.m., local time, Friday, May 08,1992, at the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works on Saipan.

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

All bid documents received shall be the sole property of the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands with the exception of bid bonds, certified checks or cashier’s check which will be returned to the bidders in accordance with the specifications secdon, “Instrucdon to Bidders” Page 1-2, Paragraph No. 05, Bid Guarantee.

The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfecdon in the bid proposal in the interest of the Common­wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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would not want to spend mil­lions of dollars developing port facilities if the Navy would take back the area in only ten years.

Of the ten years the Common­wealth has been allowed to use the area, three years have al­ready lapsed, so around three years more remains in the original agreement.

“With the extension, we could be able to get people willing to involve themselves in major port development in the area on a longer term, long enough for them to generate profits for the undertaking,” said Bruce, who is leaving tomorrow with the gov­ernor.

According to Bruce, combin­ing the new 30-year term with the closure of the Puerto Rico Dump, major advancements in the port area may be done to complement what the Common­wealth Ports Authority is undertaking which is to conduct the renovation and dredging of harbor facilities and the upgrad­ing of Charlie Dock.

“This combination spells very good news for the people of the Commonwealth who have long been waiting for a comprehen­sive port development on Saipan which was said to have been hin­dered in a way by the 10-year leaseback arrangement,” said Bruce.

Governor Guerrero has been thinking of a dock facility on Able Dock where the Puerto Rico Dump is situated since it already has a deep draft area where mini­mal or no dredging is required. It was believed that Able offers a potential for a veritable berthing facility for ships calling Saipan.

“I am sure the governor will look for potential dock use in the area, but of course we have to close down the Puerto Rico Dump and relocate it to a desig­nated site in Marpi. I predict it’s possible now to make this hap­pen within the next two years,” said Bruce.

According to the governor’s special legal counsel, now that the CPA is has already pushed ahead with Charlie Dock, he sees no reason why Able Dock can not be complimentary in some way for the bigger Charlie Dock as another venue for shipping.

“TomoiTow’s signing would be a momentous event for the CNMI as outgoing Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Com­mand Representative Admiral Perkins signs the agreement with the governor. However, one more signature needs to be put on the agreement at the Pentagon level - that of an assistant secretary of Defense. But that office has been sending faxes an week fine-tun­ing the agreement, so there is little doubts in our njind that they’ll go ahead and sign it when it gets back to them,” saicl Bruce.

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public land while the remaining 25% is private. Northern Islands has a total area of 16,892, all of which is public land.

On Saipan, conservation and wildlife areas account for the big­gest use of public land, with about 1,944 hectares being set aside, a good 27.31% of the total public land on Saipan.

Next biggest use is for agricul­ture and grazing permits where 1,700 hectares is meant for people coming in to request MPLC for unused public land for subsistence fanning, raising cattle, hogs, and other livestock (23.88% of total).

Existing hotels and golf courses including the Kan Pacific golf course, the Suwazo golf course, and the Saipan Grand, Daiichi, and the Hyatt Regency Saipan Hotels, plus the proposed AIBIC and Apex hotels take up about528 hectares or 7.42% of Saipan’s public land, in­cluding two other golf proposed golf courses— the Niizeki and the Shimizu golf courses.

The next biggest consumption of public land is thatfor village home­steads including Kagman2000and the one proposed for Banadero in Marpi which all take around 480 hectares or 6.74% of the total.

Occupying the next slot in the inventory are those for public facil- ity, community uses and transportation, which take up 409 hectares or 5.75%. These are the public lands being used for all the schools, the hospital, the dispen­sary, roads, roadways and right-of-ways. ·

The newly approved leases for UMDA and Haas & Haynie, plus the proposed PRDI lease is next taking up 333 hectares ex' 4.68% of the total public land on Saipan, followed by the parcels designated forlandexchanges mostly inObyan, Kagman andLaulauwhichamounts to 207 hectares or 2.91%.

Areas like the Lower Base In­dustrial Park, the land leased out to MTC’ s cable station, and that for otherbusinesses thatoccupy public land other than hotels eat up about 34 hectares or a mipiscule 0.48%.

A total of 1,482 hectares (20.83%) are in the “others” cat­egory meaning land thatis currently not being used for a specific pur­pose or have not been designated and are still out there.

“Most of these lands are small, not suitable for farming, or those we have not earmarked for home­steads at the present time,” said

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Concepcion.According to the figures released

by MPLC, total lease revenues collected in fiscal year 1991 from commercial, industrial, resort and golf resort leases amount to $2.96 million in rentals for the year or about $86,873 per hectare.

On top of that, last year’s com­mercial, industrial, and golf course resort leases amounted to $5 mil­lion in public. benefits or an additional $146,693 per hectare.

Thus, total land rental and ben­efits derivedfiompubliclandleases last year for 34 and 528 hectares amounted to $7.96 million or yielded about $233,506 per hect­are.

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ENGINEER1 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.77 per hour.Contact: RODICO G. VIDAL dba R.V. ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 531, CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950 (4/28JT/7571.

ENTERTAINER1 DISCJOCKEY1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER (Bl'V2 WAITRESS (Night Club) -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary : 500 per month.Contact: PUSSYCAT, INC. dba PUSSYCAT CLUB AND DISCO, Caller Box AAA 295 Saipân, MP 96950 (5/5)T/ 7623.

GARMENT FACTORY WORKER

5 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER - High school equivalent 2 yrs. experi­ence. Salary: $2.15-3.15 per hour.1 QUALITY CONTROL SUPERVISOR -High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experi­ence. Salary: $3.50 per hour.Contact: KYUNG SUH(SAIPAN)CO.,LTD., P.O. Box 2029

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5 (IRON WORKER) MACHINE PRESSER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour.1 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour.Contact: ONWELMFG(SAIPAN) LTD., P.O. Box 712, Saipan, MP 96950 (4/ 28JT/7573.

MAINTENANCE1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.00 per hour.Contact: SAIPAN COMMUNITYSCHOOL, P.O. Box 69, Saipan, MP . 96950 (4/28)T/7574.

BK3S2S3HI2 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 - $3.50 per hour.1 DRILLER (WATERWELL) - High school grad., 2 yrs: experience. Salary $3.50 - $4.50 per hour.Contact: UKRIT SIRIPRUSANAN dba GEOTESTING, INC., P.O. Box 505 CHRB,Saipan, MP 96950 (4/28)T/7575.

CONSTRUCTION

1 MASON - High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour. Contact: REMIGIO PAMINTUAN dba R.E.A.L. INTERNATIONAL CORPO­RATION, P.O. Box 2136 Saipan, MP 96950 (5/5)T/7618.________________

1 ARCHITECT -College grad. 2 yrs. exprience. Salary: $1,000. per month. Contact: JOG COMPANY, INC., P.O. Box 2661 Saipan, MP 96950 (5/5)T/ 7622.

7 DANCERS-High school equivalent 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour Contact: HENRY S. PANGELINAN dba EVA'S GARDEN CLUB, Dan Dan(5/ 5)T/7624.

7 DANCERS2 BARTENDER-Highschoolequlvalent 2 yis. experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER -High schdol equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $400 per month.Contact HENRY S. PANGELINAN dba SAMBA NIGHT CLUB, As Uto (5/5)T/

10 CARPENTER 10 MASON5 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BUILD­ING5 HOUSEWORKER- High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: NELIA S. MADLMEDUH dba MAYON ENTERPRISES, Caller Box AAA 239, Saipan, MP 96950 (4/28)T/ 7571.

2 MASON - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: PACIFIC ENGINEERING & CONST., INC., P.O. Box 2172, Saipan, MP 96950 (4/28)T/7576.

MISCELLANEOUS1 RESTAURANT SUPERVISOR-High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $4.04-4.30 per hour.1 CHIEF TELEPHONE OPERATOR - High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $4.04-5.50 per hour.1 SUPERVISOR 9CASHIER DEPT.) High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $4.04-4.75 per hour.1 RESERVATION CLERK-High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.90- 3.25 per hour.1 RECREATION FACILITY ATTENDANT-1 PAINTER -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.50-3.00 perhour.1 KITCHEN HELPER -High school grad.2 yrs. experience.. Salary: $2.15-2.60 per hour.1 CLEANER, HALL1 COOK (Cafeteria) -High school grad.2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15-2.90 per hour.2 BUSGIRL (Counter Attendant)-High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.Contact: HOTEL NIKKO SAIPAN, INC. dba HOTEL NIKKO SAIPAN, P.O. Box 5152 CHRB Saipan, MP 96950 (5/5)T/ 1635.___________________________

1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $900 per month.Contact: AMERICAN KAISER-SHARE LTD., Caller Box AAA 520, Saipan, MP 96950 (4/28)177578.

2 DRESSMAKERS -High school equivalent 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.Contact: JP ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 2088CKSaipan, MP 96950 (5/5)T/7627.

1 BEAUTICIAN-Highschoolequivalent2 yrs. experience. Salary: $372.33 per month.Contact: HENRYS. PANGEUNAN dba HENTESS, Dan Dan (5/5)T/7625.

1 PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR-High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary : $1,266.47 Bi-Weekly.Contact: SAIPAN MANUFACTURERS, INC., P.O. Box 2017 Saipan, MP 96950 (5/5)T/7619._____________________

1 CAR RENTAL CLERK -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.50 per hour.Contact: MARFEGATRADING CO., dba ISLANDER RENT A CAR, P.O. Box 2356 Saipan, MP 96950 (5/5)T/

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IT&E announces new VIP ProgramPresident of IT&E Overseas,

Inc. John M. Borlas announced the introduction of the Volume Incentive Plan (V J.P.) during its customer appreciation reception held on April 22 at the Pacific Star Hotel in Turnon, Guam.

IT&E customers are auto­matically enrolled in this program which provides savings in pro­portion toeachmonth’s direct-dial long-distance charges.

The VIP program applies to long-distance direct-dial calls placed using IT&E’s 011+ and 012+ services in Guam and using IT&E’s access in Saipan.

“The objective of the VTP pro-

gram is to reward long-distance users by offering them additional savings. The more you call, the more you save.,” said Borlas.

The percentage of the discount applied corresponds to the vol­ume of long-distance calls placed by a customer. The discount per­centage ranges between 3.5% and 10% off the amount of the monthly direct-dial long-distance bill.

All customers placing more than $200 worth of long-distance calls a month receive the VIP discount.

The VIP program also offers a pooling benefit. The pooling benefit enables customers to combine their separate individual

long-distance accounts under a single account. Customers who have direct-dial long-distance ac­counts in either Guam or Saipan qualify for the pooling benefit by completing the pool registration form which demonstrates that the individual accounts are affiliated.

“The advantage of pooling is that combining separate, but af­filiated, accounts increases the amount of the discount that a cus­tomer will receive. Thisisbecause the percentage of the discount to be given is determined not by the smaller, individual billing total, but by the pooled total,” explains Borlas.

Music Society sponsors Arts Festival boothThe Northern Marianas Music

Society called on the public to support their booth this year with games for everyone, in prepara­tion on upcoming celebration of the Flame Tree Festival.

The effort will be a fund raising activity for the society to off-set

expenses for this year’s produc­tion.

Music Society will also pre- sentits performance of the Gilbert and Sullivan Musical, H.M.S. Pinafore on May 8 to 10 at the Convention center on Capitol Hill.

The performance on Friday and Saturday evening begins at 7 p.m. and the Sunday matinee is at 3 p.m. Tickets are available at Bibine’s, La Pergola, Coffee Care and from the Board mem­bers. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children.

Action urged.reelection in the November 2, 1991 elections, said he has al­ready soughtf or an extension from the Board to allow him to file his financial disclosure even at a later date.

W hat happened is that Guerrero’s financial statements and receipts, which was being prepared by his wife, were

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brought along when the latter went on a trip to the US main­land.

“It was plainly a matter of oversight on my parL This hin­dered my timely filing of the statements. I notified the Board of Elections of the cause of delay and asked them for an extension,” Guerrero claims.

When asked for his side of the issue, Guerrero showed the docu­ments dated December 17,1991 which already has a completed list of contributions but an unfin­ished listing of expenditures.

The other candidates men­tioned, including Representative Quitugua, were not available yesterday for comment.

INVITATION FOR BID IFB 92-0011

The CNMI Public School System is soliciting competitive sealed bids for the procurement o f School and Office Supplies for school year 1992-1993. Specifications may be picked up at the PSS Procurement and Supply Office located at Puerto Rico. All bids must include shipping to PSS Procurement and Supply, Puerto Rico, Saipan. Deliv­ery must be made within thirty (30) days after notification of award. Bids are now being accepted by the Public School System Procurement and Supply Office from 8:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. daily Monday thru Friday. Closing date for this bid invitation is April 29, 1992 at 2:00 P.M. All bids, submitted will be open on the same date and time. Bids must be sealed in an envelope and face marked with "PSS #IFB92-0011". The Public School System reserves the right to award on a single or multiple awards or reject any or all bids. Any bids received after the aforementioned closing date and time will not be accepted under any circumstances. Non-refundable fee o f $25.00 U.S. dollars, must accompany the bid. The twenty five dollars fee maybe a Certified Check, Cashier's Check or other forms accept­able to the Public School System made payable to the Treasurer, Public School System Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The bidder is requested to sub­mit with his bid proposal a copy of his business permit. Any qUestion(s) pertaining#this bid invitation may be directed to the Public School System Procurement and Supply office at telephone #322-9256.

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Hawks win 2 straight over Heat to gain Championshipby Efren T. Dayauon

Rey Lizama scattered eight points in the last three minutes of the game as the Marianas Com­munication Hawks completely outclassed the Rainbow Con­struction Heat in game 2 of the championship series to automati­cally gain the crown for this year's Saipan Amateur Basketball As­sociation island-wide tournament.

With barely eight seconds re-

maining, John Santos scored the final bucket to pad the Heat lead to 11 with the final score standing at 89-78.

It was Lizama, however, who practically held off repeated ral­lies by the Heat in the dying min­utes game by his gutsy penetra­tions and undergoal stabs.

From ten points down 54-64 and with eight minutes remaining in the game, the heat made a des­perate bid to make a comeback

through fastbreaks and three point shots which initially proved suc­cessful.

But after coach Sonny Flores of the Hawks called a time-out, four minutes and 20 seconds remain­ing, Lizama combined with Rob­ert Manansala arid John Santos to match every Heat point.

At this stage, coach DanCabrera also made a desperate gamble by taking out Tony Luzuma.

But Luzuma out, it was only

Rocball '92 Playoffs, Mt. Carmel the Champby James Feger

After five months of competi­tion between three schools and fourteenteams,rocbaU'92isdown to three teams, the Mt. Carmel Knights who won the International Cup, the Marianas High School Nails who are the '91 World High School Champions, and the Northern Marianas College Fakpi team who are the defending World Cftp Champions.

The Knights have been inactive competively since winning the International Cup and have pa­tiently waited for the MHS teams to finish theirplayoffs.

At MHS, four teams qualified for the semi-finals. After three games, the Nails were able to emerge, for the second year in a role, in both games had to come from behind to win. In their vic­tory, the Nails were scunked twice and only won because they rescunked their opponents. They defeated the Hammer and Bomb­

ers 25 to 21 and 24 to 18.Now that all the high school

playoffs have been completed, rocball is in a unique situation. The two teams representing dif­ferent high schools are both title holders. The Mt. Carmel Knights are the International Champions and the MHS Nails are the de­fending '91 world High School Champions. Both teams will be vying for the world title and if the Knights win, they will be the first team in rocball history to hold both titles. If the Nails win, they will-be the first team to win back tobacktoumamentssince the AD- IX ers in '88 and '89.

The '92 World High School Champions will then go on to meet the Northern Marianas Col­lege Fakpi team for a shot at the World Cup. The NMC Fakpi, much like die Nails, had to defeat two teams to regain the right to defend the World Cup.

The Fakpi first met the Volun­teers. And, in.a game with a very

long 21 to 21 second set ended only when time expired, Fakpi with a six point lead from the first set was able to win 36 to 30. In their second game, Fakpi went up against the Alumni Hardcore in what turned out to be a grueling test of will power. The Fakpi and Hardcore blasted and banged at each other for an hour and forty five minutes. They scored 20 aces, 14 xunks, 1 kee, and 7 goals before they finished. Joe Mettao of Fakpi master slammed the game by scoring in every category, Jay Olopai for Hardcore scored a record 5 xunks, Jay Kazuma of Fakpi drilled in 3 goals, and Pete Camacho of Hardcore was heavy hitter with 6 aces and 2 xunks. Fakpi won in o-kon 4 sets to 2.

The World High School Cham­pionship games are scheduled for April 27 to 29 at Marianas High School’s pugua court and the World Cup game is tentatively set for May 1st. at the Gilbert C. Ada gymnasium in Susupe.

Activities line up for Tourism WeekPlans are being finalized to the

activities during the CNMI Tour­ism Week on May 3 to 9.

The Marianas Visitors Bureau announced that, in view of the said celebration, theMVB, with the assistance of the Northern Marianas College and the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands, will publish a tourism education brochure for distribution to elementary, high school, and college level stu­dents, or to any group or organi­zation when making presenta­tion. The brochure will include an overview of the CNMI tourism industry, career opportunities, qualities of a destination, and important skills and traits.

On May 2, NMC will lead in organizing a group of students, teachers, and individuals in pro­tecting and enhancing the natural environment. MVB will provide plants, gardening tools, and staff assistance.

The Ayuda Sports Run, part of the tourism week celebration is set on May 3. This annual three-

mile fun will kick-off tourism week activities. Registrations will be charged with proceeds going to the Northern Marianas Ama­teur Sports Association.

For the second year, the NMC Visitor Industry Program will conduct week-long basic Japanese language workshops for the De­partment of Public Safety person­nel.

Employees from the DPS have encountered difficulties in deal­ing with Japanese tourist be it for safety citations or victim of crimes.

One of the exciting activities for the said celebration is the mini­golf tournament between the Government officials and tour­ism organizations with proceeds benefiting various civic organiza­tion.

On May 6, to affirm the com­mitment of the employers in thè various segments of tourism field, MVB will coordinate a job fair and will invite general member­ship and challenge other compa­nies to employ CNMI residents. Employers will set up booths,

provide a list of available jobs, and accept applications on the spot.

Also included on the said· ac­tivities is the annual visit of Wakai Nekko No Kai group. This cul­tural exchange program is set on May 8 to 9. As in past visits, the passengers of this cruise ship will have cultural exchange program with the CNMI students.

One of the highlights of the celebration for the tourism week is the Flame Tree Arts Festival which is set cm May 9 to 10.

The Commonwealth Council for Arts & Culture has change its arts festival schedule to coincide with Tourism Week Activities. The festival will offer a display of traditional crafts, cultural dem­onstration and performances, arts traditional crafts, cultural demonstration and performances, arts exhibitions, and local food on sale.

CCA,C also challenges the Saipan Association of Tour Agents to bring their guests and mingle with the exhibitors.

slotman Rey Santos who consis­tently sewed to keep within dis­tance of the Hawks. The nearest they could come, though, at this stage was within five points, 73- 78, with 2 minutes and 20 sec­onds remaining.

Jubilant coach Sonny Flores singled out Lizama's exceptional performance especially in the championship series which ap­parently neutralized the Heat’s aggressive style of play.

The turning point, according to Flores, was whenRobertQuitugua swatted out the ball five times from the Heat players at the start of the final half as the Hawks tightened their defense.

"I told the boys to watch out for (Tony) Luzuma who was hot,"

Flores said.The Heat led by as much as 13

points during the first half action.In their first game played last

Friday, the Hawks surprised the heat with their steady and cohe­sive game, decoy plays and pre­cise passing which they never displayed during the elimination round and even in the semi-fi­nals.

The Hawks also won that first game, 106-89 which was marred by flaring tempers from players and coach Cabrera of the Heat. Ironically, they lost by a bigger margin Friday night with the Guam players still around than lastnight when the "imports' were no longer playing.

Chappins return for 1992 Tagaman Triathlon

A hefty turnout is anticipated for this year's Tagaman 'All Is­lander Championship' Triathlon scheduled for May 16 as tourna­ment organizers have announced ; that 400 triathletes have already registered for this annual event.

Some 500 triathletes from various nations in the Pacific re­gion are expected to join this year’s triathlon.

"We have athletes from Aus­tralia, HongKong,Japan,Taipei, Philippines and the United States participating this year," said Perry Tenorio of MVB. He added that participating triathletes from various nations will be a tremenduous boost to the cred­ibility of the Tagaman, as well as i entice sports and leisure enthusi­asts to the CNMI.

This year local triathletes will be competing against three time winner Rubin Chappins, an es­tablished international triathlete from Hawaii. Chappins will be making his fifth Tagaman ap­pearance.

When interviewed, Chappins stated that be is fit and ready to

go. He added that aside from the competition, it was the hospital­ity o f the local people that compelled him to return.

John (Skip) Anderson, 1989 triathlon winner, expressed in­terest in taking part in this year's event but withdrew reluctantly -because of academic obligations.

To compete against individu­als like Chappins, local athletes are gearing up for the challenge with daily training and prepara­tion. Being at the peak of their mental and physical well-being is essential if their bodies are going to response to the demands of this growing event. Many months of sacrifice and disci­pline go into preparing these triathletes for what may well be the biggest challenge of their athletic lives.fFor more information about

the Tagaman ’All Islander Championship' Triathlon please contact the Marianas Visitors Bureau at 234-8325/6/7 or visit their visit across from Saipan International Airport.

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