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Tourism slump to last until '99

By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

TOURIST aJTivals to the North-ern Mariana Islands will not pick up until the end of next year but in·dustry leaders ;ire hoping ihat

. deplanement figures will remain steady. in light of intensi ficd pro-motional efforts.

Ron Sablan, president of the Hotel Association of the North-ern M:uima Islands (HANMI), said the industry may start stabi-1 izing toward the cn

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Report: Castro had near fatal illness

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l\UAl\U (AP) - Cubm1 President Fidel Casu·o w,l, placed almost in a coma la~t October JS doctors u-eatcd a potentially fatal illness affecting his brain. a published 1epo11 said Sunday.

El Nuevo He1~1ld, Mi,m1i's daily Spanisb-hui~>uage newspaper, quot-ing a Cubmi surgeon who since has de-fec1ed to Costa Rica, said Casn-o s~nt ne,u·ly two weeks in a lfavar1a

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hospital suffering from an exu-eme rise in blood p1-essu1-e. 111e surgeon said Castro has been hospitali7.ed two other times in the past yem· for other ailmenL~.

''Fidel is hypcrnrtivc and he had to be sedated fullv." Dr. Elizabeth Trnjillo Izquierd~ told the newspa-per. She worked at Havana's exclu-sive Center for Medical and Surgical Rese,u-ch until she defected in April.

·'They had to make his mind a bl.u1k. as in a coma. because if they hadn't he would have kept on order-ing people around and a,king ques-tions." Trujillo said. ··He bosses even the doctors. ll1at's the way he is. He is the boss."

El Nuevo He1:1ld said Trnjillo 's ic.Jentity wa,;confirmed tl1roughdocu-menl, ,u,d multiple sources. But it said no otl1er sources in or ouL,ide Cuba have confirmed her rep011 of Casu-o·s illness.

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Puerto Ricans give up U.S. citizenship

By James Anderson SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -Juan Mari Bras, a Puerto Rican inde-pendence activist. renounced his U.S. citizenship in 1995 ,u,d tl1en got the State Department tofom1ally revoke it.

Big mistake for Washington. Soon. dozens of"indepcndentistas"

applied to repudiate their U.S. citizen-ship - while claiming, as Mari Bras clid. the right tocontinue living in Puerto Rico. a U.S. tenitory taken from Spain IlX) years ago.

Bolstered by a court ruling tliat Mari Bras could still vote in island elections, tl1e Puerto Rican citizenship move-ment tlneatened to become a stampede in this ccn~nnial year of the U.S. inva-sion.

Having opened a Pandora's box, tl1e State Deparunent reversed itself June 3. It told Mari Brastl1at. like itornot,he w,L~ again a U.S. citizen -because he clidn 't register a

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Gloves come off in FPI debate ROD Townsend Jr., owner of the Knoxville Glove Factory in Tennessee, knows unfair competition when he sees it.

His factory competes against an organization that pays its workers less than a dollar per hour. on average. Yet his competitors' products cost more than his own. Even so, his competitors get the contracts he covets to provide gloves for the U.S. military and other government agencies.

That's because his competitors' gloves are made by prison labor. Not Chinese political prisoners slaving away in a gulag, but Grade A. 100 percent American convicts employed by Federal Prison Industries.

Townsend loses so much business because of FPI's mandatory source requirement - which guarantees a market for its products. Here's how it works: If a federal agency needs to purchase anything from T-shirts to desks. they must place an order with one of FPI's 32 regional sales reps-even if they can get the same product cheaper and more efficiently somewhere else.

Government agencies do have some recourse if they don't want to buy from pri,oners. If FPI doesn't make a cerrain product, or can't produce it fast enough. the agency can request a waiver. The sheer volume of orders makes it necessary for FPI to waive much of their business. But that doesn 'l mean the company is hurting. Even though it granted 90 percent of all waiver requ.:sts in fiscal year l 996. FPI ranked as the 38th largest government vendor. just behind Texas Instruments.

"They can be 50 percent higher than me and still get the deal," Townsend told us. "If they can be the low bidder and still get the deal. so be it. But I find the lack of competition very un-American."

And if one member of Congress gets his way. this Bureau of Prisons program will soon expand even further. Rep. Bill McColl um. R-Fla., wants to broaden the scope of FPL which last year employed 18,000 of the . 120.000 inmates in federal prisons and reported sales of nearly $500 million.

THE 1-1 EROIN EMPIRE- Not long ago. most of the heroin entering the United States came from Southeast Asia. But that was before the Colom-bian cartels got into the act.

With the slick efficiency oflvy League MB As. thecaptainsofColombia's cocaine cartels ·have re-engineered their product line to include heroin, wresting significant market share from their Asian competitors and creat-ing tho;sa1{ds of new users every month.

As a result, heroin seizures are up 1,000 percent from a decade ago. according to the U.S. Customs Service.

Using distribution outlets already in place in the United States, Colom-bian cartels strong-armed American cocaine dealers into distributing heroin. Dealers were IO Id that they wouldn ·1 get their cocaine supply unless they agreed to take on a load of heroin as well. Cartels also gave heroin sh i pn1c nts to some wholesale dealers to sell on a consignment basis in order to build a clicntclc.

Their second tactic \\'as to lower prices. They checked the market rate for Asian heroin and undercut those prices by half - delivering purer heroin at a cheapc'r price.

;\nd by making their product more potent, the Colombians were able to eliminate the single biggest factor that keeps potential users away from the drug: needles. Since the Colombian product is nearly 100 percent pure, users no longer need 10 inject it into their veins. Instead they can snort it, which makes it more palatable to those raised in the age of AIDS.

How does our own government propose to solve this problem? Not with guns, or stricter border controls, or stepped-up pressure on the narco-governments in South America, but with television. Maybe you noticed President Clinton and Newt Gingrich last week, announcing a five-year,$ I billion anti-drng ad campaign.

Considering the growing sophistication of the competition, this battle has the makings of a rout.

AFfER S lJHARTO - Rooting out corruption and crony ism in Indone-sia in the wake of President Suharto's 32-year rule will be difficult, if not impossible.

During his long imperial reign. we consistently critici.:ed the Indonesian leader and detailed his and his family's growing fortune. Our reports were denounced by the Indonesian government as exaggerated and inaccurate.

It now appears we were too conservative in our reporting on Suharto's crnruption and despotism. For instance, CIA sources told us their best estimate of Suharto's personal fortune was somewhere between $3 billion and $5 billion.

But now it appears that he may have as much as $14 billion. according to Forbes magazine. making him the world's sixth wealthiest man. And that's not all. The best U.S. intclli gen cc estimates -some of it drawn from whistle-blowers inside their gov~rnment - indicate that Suharto and his six children may be worth,; total of $40 billion. a knowledgeable source told us. Ironically, that's the same amount of the aid that the International Monetary Fund suspended when the government changed hands in May.

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ALMOST everyone has a few tools around the house to do small jobs from time-to-time. Not everyone claims to be a mechanic, carpenter, elec-trician, etc., but it doesn't take a degree in mechani-cal engineering to use a wrench to tighten a nut here or there.

The same holds true for those of us who use the Internet. Many times we need an auxiliary tool to do things such as viewing a particular type of file, decompressing a downloaded file or changing one type of image to another so that it can be used within another application. We who have spent our lives on the Internet have these little electronic versions of wrenches and duct ( duck) tape on our machines and really don't pay them much attention.

What about Newbies? I saw a recent report that said - on average - 300 new people sign onto the Internet every hour. I'll wager many of them would like to know what tools they will need and how to get them.

That's where I come in - today. we'll talk about many of those tools and where. to get them. I encourage those of you who have access to the Internet to log on to my web page at www.ncc I 70 I .net. I'll have this complete list with hot links to the appropriate sites. All you 'II have to do is point and click to download them to your computer.

Many of these tools are devices known as "plug-ins." That means once you download them to your computer and install the associated programs, they sort of live like symbiots in Netscape and IE Ex-plorer. These plug-ins only activate when you ac-cess a web page that needs them.

ABO BE ACROBAT: This program/plug-in is provided free by the nice fol ks at Adobe to read documents created in the PDF format. Big users of PDF are the federal and state governments, many large companies and some newspapers.

Files produced in this program are - exactly - like the originals in font style, etc. This is very important if you need specific govern-ment forms su·ch as from IRS, Immigration and Naturalization, etc. Newspapers use it to create exact copies of what their original pages looked like. Check out site http:// www .adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/ .

WINZIP: This program is essential to any-one planning on downloading shareware and many other type documents from the Internet. It "operates" on files with the: ZIP extension. These type files are usually composed of many subfiles put into the same "envelope" and then comprcs,cd ( made smaller) so 1hc files

can be transmitted in a shorter period of time. If you have Windows 98 and its' associated "Plus" software, you will not need this program. Remem-ber WinZip and other programs of this type are shareware and the author expects to be paid for it - eventually. One site you can find it on is http:// tucows.erols.com/adnload/dlwinzip95.html

'BUDDY' NOTIFIERS: These programs are very handy if you like to keep up with your friends and when they might also happen to be online at the same time as yourself. Unlike email, these pro-grams will let you know when they are on and you may then initiate real-time communications with them. Users who have friends on the Internet AND America Online should go to America Online's web page at http://www.aol.com and download their Instant Messenger software. You do NOT have to be an AOL member to use this.

One of the most popular "buddy notifiers" is ICQ. Thousands of users across the world utilize this great little program (including your humble scribe - my number is I 5462634)

STREAMING MEDIA: This designation de-scribes many types of media sound, video, etc. Until very recently the best software was found at http://www.realaudio.com . However (my favor-ite word (grin)) our old buddies at Microsoft have developed a sort of"one-stop" application. Give it a try at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ mediaplayer/defaultie4.htm .Best of all, it's free!

ONBOARDSEARCHTOOL: One of the best new free products allows you to use multiple search engines to search the web and then store the results for later use. Copernic is a wonder and I teach users in my intermediate and advanced Internet classes to use it. They have a free version that is fine for folks at http://www.copernic.com/free98. html . Also check out the free 30-day test of their com-mercial product.

IMAGE CONVERTER: Many times us-ers may want to use an image from the web in another application, but the image is the wrong type. Several image editors/convert-ers arc available, but I have found LView Pro to be easy to use and excellent. You may download it at http://tucows.hrfn.net/adnload/ dllvset.htrnl .

Because of the limited amount of space available in this column we don't have room for more tools. Check my web page at http:/ /www.ncc 1701 .net where I will have a much more detaikd list. It will be added to from time-to-time as I find ncat-o tools for you folks. Whcnt.:ver possible, I 'II put in direct download links.

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Sablan: 902 talks to BMV officer faces resume next month t~~~ char_:[~~oomplrunt.-m•

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

A NEW ROUND of Covenant Section 902 discussions between . the federal and CNMI govern-ments will begin in August, it was learned.

Lt. Gov. Jesus R. Sablan said Friday that the specific date will be announced once President Clinton's 902 representative, Ed-ward B. Cohen, acknowledge re-ceiving the "official notice" from the CNMI 902 panel, which Sablan heads.

A deputy solicitor of the US Interior Department. Cohen has said that the CNMI panel should set the date for the talks. . He ha·s also agreed to hold dis-

cussions in the commonwealth. For its part, the CNMI panel

has agreed to take up local labor, immigration and garment indus-

Teenager nabbed : fo1.9,dope ·. By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

A TEENAGER was arrested for alleged possession of controlled substance believed to be mari-juana at a garment factory in Susupe Thursday morning.

Public Safety Information Of-ficer Rose Ada said arrested was I 9-year-old Vincent Santos Aguon.

Ada said Aguon was found car-rying a bag containing leafy sub-stance said to be marijuana.

Ada said it was not indicated in the report how many· pounds of marijuana were contained in the bag.

Investigation showed that while Customs officers were inspecting containers at Grace International Garment Factory, they saw two men caiTying bags.

The officers checked the bags where they discovered in Aguon 's possession the substance which when field-tested confirmed as marijuana.

The Customs officers called po-lice officers who then arrested the suspecL

Meanwhile,anightclubbandmem-ber who reportedly tried to commit suicidewasincritical condition at the Commonwealth Health Center.

The band member, described as a Filipino, rcponedly used a leather belt which he tied to a doorknob in tiying toendhis life recently at Lexxus Club in Chalan Kanoa.

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CPA lost money, but recovering By Aldwin R. Fajardo Van'ety News Staff

NET l.DSS incun"Cd by the Com-monwealth P011S Authority from air-pon operations in June dipped to $408, 150, representing a 21 percent improvement compared with $511,279 recorded during the p1evi-ous month.

CPA comptroller David Demapan partly attributed the rebound to the five percent reduction or impmve-ment from non-operating 1evenues and expense,/

Demapan. in a financial repo11-said CPA last month pajd $284.825 in total interest due to the original bond holders in April. CPA -paid $47,471 in interestaccrued from April to May, when the 01iginal bond was tendered along with the calling fee amounting $124.425. -

··1n effect. the non-operating rev-enues and expenses decreased by 37 percent from last month's level. At thjs time_.5=PA is strictly monitoring

,my unnecessary expenditures," he pointedouL

Cash t"Ceeipts slightly dropped by one percent to $949,392 last month fmm $950,350 in June. In .tenns of traffic movement, international enplanement and deplanement also insignificantly drop during the peri-ods in review.

to Demapan, tendered an outstanding balance totaling $8.295 million from the 1987 bond issuance to bond hold-ers since May 1998.

"As a result, this bond redemption contributed for the 27 percent reduc-tion of the cash and equivalents from $25.9 million to $17. l million," he added.

Actual operating 1evenues from airpo1t operations an1ounted $2.7 million, or 25 percent off from tl1e budget, while the operating expenses andcapitalexpenditu1esreached$ l .6

million, which is 16percentunderthe budgeL

Cash 11:!Ceipts from the seaport operations dipped by 14 percent from $371,486 in May to $32 I ,250 last month. This is sup-ported by the 18 percent reduc-tion in vessel movement.

Demapan said that because no debt payment was made this peticxl, the cash outflow reduced by 44 per-cent In May, CPA debt serviced its loan from the Commonwealth De-velopment Authority by paying

$350,944. Seaport operations generated a net

income amounting $246,765, down by nine percent from the figures re-ported duting the previous momh at $268,542. Demapan said the decline is largely attributed to the 18 percent reduction in vessel movement.

As of June 30, the actual operating revenues exceeded the budget by 26 percentor$622,794, while the actual operating expenses and capital ex-penditures decline by 22 percent as against the budget

The Ports Authority's spending level wentupby27 percent last month at $1.533 million from $ L2 l l in May.CPA incurred three pay pericxl endingswhichaccountedto$950,000, postinga33percentincreasefromthe figures reported during the previous month.

Net cash provided for operating activities was pegged at $358,703 which is primarily contributed from payroll expenditures. The Ports Au-thority also paid more than $330,000 to project contractors.

Alert cop saves Guam grassland

By end-June, cash and equivalents plunged by 27 percent from the pte-vious month's tally.CPA, according

By Maxine Hillary Variety News Staff

HAGATNA, Guam-The quick work of a Guam police officer may have saved ac1es and lives in As.an this weekend. Officer Vincent Crisostomo was on patrol in the

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Ctisostornoale1ted nearby residents and radicx:d Guam Fite Department who 1esponded with a few minutes to douse the blaze which burned less

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than an acre. Crisostomo and the firefighters

from Engine 7 had no clues as to how the fire was set, however, one elderly neighbor who asked that he not be identified asserted that it may have been a group of village boys who "make camp" in that area.

Guam Fire Depanment recently announced its intention to begin its own tniining academy effective to-day in efforts to reduce training stan-dai·ds so the department can save funds.

Ina letter to Fire ChiefGil P. Reyes; Senator Mark C. Chrufauros insisted that the depaitmenthalt its plans until an oversight heating slated for early August can determine how ll-aining will proceed.

In his letter Chaifauros 1eminded Reyes that Public Law 14-77 passed by the 14th Guam Legislature re-quites tliat training for safety person-nel be conducted through "an acc1'Cd-ited educational agency such as the Guam Community College."

He promises to take swift action shouldGuam'spublicsafetybecom-promised through the actions of the Fi1e Depaitment.

"'Should you decide to ignore this 1equestthenrestassured that! will use eve1ything in mypowertoensu1e that the pol icy di1ectionestablished by the Guam Legislature be adhered to."

In a letter to Col. A.P. Sgambelluri who heads the Profession-al Techni-cal Institute of Gu,un Community College, the agency rcsp:msiblc for U,1ining of Gu,m1 'slaw enforcement candidates, Legal Counsel, Jack Avery infrnmedSgambelluti that he believed that GCC was still respon-sible for training safety personnel, including the GFD.

"1ne1"C is notl1ing so inconsistent between theprovisionsofPublic Law 17-78 which split the fire and police depmtmentintonewdepartmenl:iand Public Law 14-77 which transfe11ed the Police Academy to the Guain Community College that tl1ey cannot stmd togcu1cr.

Until tl1e Legislature specifically trarn;fersthefunctionsofo,linmg from GCC to the Fire Depai1ment. training must by statute remain with the Guam Community College."

Meantime, the recent drought has conttibuted to Guam's over800 fires this year.

Trash burning, indiscriminate dis-posal of cigarette butts and other fac-tors are being blamed. These record drought conditions are expected to last well into next year.

A. reprnt from Pacific Magazine asse1ted that rainfall would only in-crease to 60percent of what is nonnal this time of year and only 85 percent by next spring.

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New user fee revenues to go to departlllent budgets

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff·

GOVERNOR Pedro P. Ten01io on Friday said the estimated $1.6 million revenues from the t"Ceently enacted gurment manufacturers' userf ee hike will go to executive deprutment~ in need of additional funds.

··we've to disnibute it to deprut-ments that (badly) in need of extra funds," he said, 1efening to the De-prutments of Public Health (DPH), Public Safety (DPS) mid Labor mid Immigration (DOLi).

He added that other depaitment~. agencies and programs will likely get

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tl1cir shaie of the $1.6 million. Details wi II be announced once the

Andersen testing soil for any contaminants

By Sara Grant Variety News Staff

YIGO, Guam - Andersen Air Force Base's Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) met last week to dis-cuss on-going military cleanup projects and announced that results of recent tests of possible ground contamination from PCBs at a Harmon cleanup site will be avail-able soon.

Currently, the Air Force's Instal-lation Restoration Program (!RP) is identifying and cleaning sites which were contaminated by mili-tary activities before I 984.

The Harmon substation is the site of a former military power plant operated in the 1950s.

Approximately 20,000 gallons of oil, and other bx-products from the plant, were stored in the ground in metal tanks.

PCBs were detected in the oil when the cleanup began in April.

!RP manager Joan Polland said that soil samples were taken from the ground near the tanks and re-sults will be available in about two weeks.

The initial part of the project in-volved pumping the PCB laden oil into drums which were shipped off-island. The oil storage tanks have been removed from the ·ground.

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Dioxins were found in an area nearby and work is continuing to remediate that prob !em.

The RAB, which serves to in-form the community of cleanup projects, meets four times a year. It includes representatives from the local and federal governments, lo-cal research institutions and other community members who assist !RP staff by recommending cleanup priorities.

At the meeting, IRP managers also explained that cleanup will begin in October at the Marianas Area Bonins Command (MARBO) Annex, which is the site of the former MARBO laundry facility.

According to the most recent RAB Newsletter, wastes found at the MARBO laundry site include lead, mercury and pesticides. PCBs have been detected in some soil samples.

Initial investigations have found trich loroethene (TCE) and tetrachloroethene (PCE) in the groundwater below MARBO.

Senator Joanne Brown (R) said that the RAB is set up to be a community monitoring system.

"This way, we have more direct involvement in what's going on with the cleanups," she said.

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administration submits its1evised fis-cal yem· 1998 budget proposal to the Legislatu1'C, Tenrnio said.

In an earlier interview, the chair of the House Ways and Means Com-mittee said the $1.6 million will "not move a lot," adding that "'it will be inte1estingwhe1ethemoneywillgo."

Rep. Kru·I T. Reyes (R-P1ec. l, Saip:m) noted at the same time that the amount will not be enough to 1etain Preston Gates Ellis & Rou've!as Meeds, the influential Seattle-law finn that served as the CNMl 's lobbyist in Congiess from 1996-97.

Reyes said P1eston Gates had been ''veiyeffective"inhelpingtheCNMI block the passage of "federal take-over" legislation in Congress, but added that a new contract will have to be placed in a "waiting lisL"

He said due to the CNMI government's cash-strapped condi-tion, there are "a lot of shortcomings" in other areas of government expen-ditures.

Ctucial departments will likely get the additional revenues from the user fee hike.

The CNMI paid Preston Gates $4.25 million in 1996-97.

No new contract has been signed, .according to the administration, but the governor earlier said that he will discuss with the Attorney General's Office (AGO) whether to rehire the lawfinn.

Saipan legislators want $5 Managaha surcharge

Jesus T. Attao

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

AMID A declining tourist arrival rate, Saipan legislators have passed a local bill that would im-pose a$5 "surcharge tax" on tour-ists and other non-residents visit-ing Maiiagaha Island.

Introduced by House Vice Speaker Jesus T. Attao (R-Prec. 3,Saipan),H.L.B. l l-7nowheads to Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio.

1be local bill exempts US citi-zens, US nationals and Micronesians from the tax.

It would impose the tax spe-cifically on each non-resident passenger who disembarks on Maii.agaha Island pier from Saipan by a commercial carrier.

It proposes that each corn mer-

cial carTier engaged in the trans-port of passengers between Saip.an and Maiiagaha should keep a daily record of all non-resident passen-gers, and collect the surcharge.

The carTier would then turn-over all surcharges and passenger records to the Finance Depart-ment once a month.

The local bill states that there is a "pressing need for funds" for the construction. mainte-nance and operation of a Saipan cultural center and a Saipan youth program.

Hence, the bill states, the im-position of the surcharge tax "is a reasonable and worthwhile means to generate ... funds."

The tax was originally pegged at $3, but was raised to $5 dur-ing last week's session of the Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation.

The bi 11 states that out of each $5 surcharge, $1 would go to the Saipan Cultural and Perform-ing Arts Center,$ I to the CNMI museum, 50 cents to the youth program and $2.50 to the Divi-sion of Public Lands and the maintenance of the Mafiagaha Island.

Further, if signed into law, the bill would take effect on Sept. 19 of this year.

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THE NORTHERN Marianas Hous-ing Corporntion intrcxlucesa housing expansion at Koblerville that will uy to augment the large housing demand of the people.

According to Marylou· Ada, NMHCexecutivedirector,thisproject is not a low-cost housing program of

NMHCbuta 'n1ixedhousing' pmject of the agency that aims to build an ideal neighborhood in the island.

Calling the Koblerville Expansion a model residential subdivision for the mcxlem homeowner, the project will stimulate the economy and busi-ness activity.

11,e housing project ha~ three dif-Cont1 nued on page 19

Customs K-9 to hold demo By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff IN AN EFFORT to educate the

youth about the ill-effects of illegal chugs and its prevention, the Cus-toms Service under the Department of r"'inance is holding p. two-day dmgs and dmg-detector dogs dem-onstn1tion on July 27 and 28.

The demonstration, which will be held at the American Memorial

Park, iargets the members of Camp Manhoben, an annual youth sum-mer program sponsored by hotels intheCNMI.

Freddie Guajardo, Customs En-forcement Unitsupervisor, said that the two-day event will be among the best and most comprehensive dog demonstrations of the Customs Se!v'ice.

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The Democratic Paity of Gu:un wi II hold :i'spccial meeting for all paity candidates today at5:00p.m. at Sagai1 Din:Ula in the ChamOITO Yillag; in Hagatna. .

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1\. inherits By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

THE RECENTLY reorganized Marianas Visitors Authority, which replaced MVB. is faced with more challenges and extra vigilancewill be needed or it will find itselfin the same dilemma as the foimer agency did.

Observers say the name was·

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But Public Auditor Leo LaMotte said MV A, as the restructured MYB,

remains responsible for whatever activities or contracts that the "exter-minated" tourism office has entered into.

'They are still responsible for ac-tivities under MVB ... My assumption is that MVB used to be an autono-mous agency and was placed under the executive branch through an ex-

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Pacific environment is increasingly threatened NUKU'ALOFA (Pacncws)-Twelve Pacific isl,md counnies have ended a two-week .discussion in S:1-moa to set up plans to combine the best ofn-aditional and non-trnditional environment practices to help them develop and earn incomes without damaging theirfoigileenvironments.

Pruticipants were told that the Pa-cific environment is increasingly un-der threat. Radio Tonga reports.

This is reflected in the degradation of the environment thr:ough the dis-charge of waste and pollutru1ts. un-sustainable fishing practices, and mru,y other,.

Speaking at the conference, Samoa's minister of lands, survey and environment, Tuala Tangaloa challenged the Paci tic to start making detailed plans for conserving its natu-ral environment.

Meru1while in Tonga, the conserc vation and environment division of the ministry of lru1ds, survey and natural resources, have already organised extensive discussions with government, non-governmental and community sources which resulted in the establishment of national programmes to conserve their re-sources.

Tonga discusses land deal J",1lJKU'ALOFA (Pacnews)-Ne-gotiations continue in Honolulu, Ha-waii this week to finalise plans and proposals for Tonga's town allot-ment in Hawaii, and the leasing of a bigger property.

Tonga's ministerofLands, Survey and Natural Resources, Tu'i'afituand secretruy Dr Savae Latu are meeting their counterparts from the Bishop Estate in Honolulu, Radio Tonga rc-po1ts.

A spokesperson for the minisny says, this week's meeting will deter-minethetimeforaTonganheadquar-ters to be built at the 3-acre town allonnent.

Agricultural produce will be grown at the bigger property of about I 00-hectares which has not been finalised.

The spokespen;on says Hawaii is a good location for Tonga's agricul-tural products because of-better ac-cessibility to Ame1icru1 markets.

tifa• , Elsewhere_ in the Pacific Hundreds of tsunami victims still awaiting medical attention AIT APE,Papua NewGuinea(AP) - Smrounded by dozens of people injured when a tsunami crashed through their villages on Papua New Guinea's remote north coast, local doctor Menno Swier Sunday wan1ed that the region is dangerously short of medical supplies.

"We need a lot of medication,'' Swier said. "We're running out of antibiotics ... we're running out of organic drip material. We need bloo:I banks and we need surgeons to oper-ate on all these people."

Atleast599 people were l

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PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

SIXTH CNMI STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to Public Law, the state Board of Education gives notice that the special meeting of the Board will be held on Monday, July 22, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. in the Board Conference Room of the Nauru Building, Saipan.

The following items are on the agenda for the above referenced meeting:

I. PRELIMINARY MATTERS 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Adoption of Agenda

II. SEVEN YEAR CIP PRIORITIES-

III. BOE RESOLUTION 6-1

All interested persons are welcome to attend and to submit written or oral testimony on the above agenda items.

'Whispering Pa{ms Schoo{ has a limited number of

openings in the 1st-2nd-3rd and 7th-8th grade classrooms

for the 1998-1999 school year, which begins on August 17th

Whispering Palms School provides : " a successful high-quality curriculum with an emphasis on basic skills and hands-on experience in all subjects.

• a low student-teacher ratio, which means close individual attention

• integration of art and writing skills into major subject areas

• an environment which fosters academic excellence and the development of positive attitudes toward the learning process

• strong emphasis on equality, respect, and appropriate values

Whispering Palms School, entering its 11th year of operation, has remained small and family-oriented, placing primary emphasis on the partnership between the family and the school. Our students are successful, enjoy the learning process, and treat each other with the kind of support and respect that allows for active learning to take place.

LOCATED ON NAVYIIlLL, NEXT TO THE SOFfBALLFIELD If you would like information about the school, please contact either

Marion or Tom Weindl at : • 323-7451 (school) or 234-9755 (home)•

Taiwan quake TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP)-Workers front of the hotel after the quake uied to clear blocked roadways in struck. southern Taiwan on Saturday, and They were later pulled out of the cave-inscontinuedafteramajorearth- rubble, both suffering minorinjuties. quakethatkilledfivepeople,officials Three family members were in-said. ju red when they fell into a huge crack

The 6.2-magnitude quake on Fri- on the cement floor of the hotel, the dayuiggeredrockslidesinAlishan,a report said. mountainous area 180 miles soutl1 of More than 400 aftershocks have Taipei, in ju ring 27 people. been registered since Fiiday 's quake,

Aquakeofmagnitude6cancause theworsttohitsouthemTaiwansince severe damage. . 1964 when I 06 people were killed.

Highways in Nantou, southern Two other earthquakes, with pre-Taiwan, were blocked, and w_orkets liminary magnitudes of 4.2 and 4.9, weremakingrepairstoevacuateabout struck Hualien in eastern Taiwan on 1,000 people stranded there, police Saturday. But experts said they were said. unrelated to Friday's quake.

Officialssaid50peoplestrandedin KuoKai-wen,theCentralWeather a hotel in Alishan were evacuated Bureau's chief forecaster, predicted Friday night strong quakes within the next two

The China Times quoted Cheng weeks.Hesaidsignificantenergyhas Yin-hung as saying he and his wife accumulated underground since the fell into a crevice one story deep in 1964 quake.

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An amateur kung-fu instructor holds a 10-year-old boy by the throat to stop him leaning forward as he stretches the boy's leg high during a lesson on a Beijing sidewalk Friday. AP

China dissident is charged with fraud BEUING (AP) - Chinese pros-ecutors have charged a veternn hu-man rights campaigner with fraud as part of an apparent crackdown on dissent since President Clinton's t.Iip to China. a lights group 1epo1ted Sat-urday.

Li Bifeng would be the second dissident to face criminal charges since Clinton ended his nine-day vi sit on July 3. Since then, police have detained at least 14 other dissidents, 11 of them for trying to fo!lTI an opposition political party.

The roundup is the most concerted police action against dissidents in several years and appears to mark an end to the tolerance the ruling Com-munist Party displayed over the past 18 months as it sought to improve relations with Washington.

Prosecutors in the sou thwestem city of Mianyang formally charged

Li with "economic fn1ud" on July 9, andhewill likelybeputon uial before the end of the month, said the Infor-mation Center of Human Rights and DemocraticMovementinChina. The charge appears to be related to Li's work selling safes, the Hong Kong-. based group said.

Police took Li into custody in March, seven months after he went into hiding because he feared arrest for informing overseas monitoring groups about massive labor protests inMianyangandothercitiesinsouth-west Sichuan province.

Li edited an underground dissident magazine in the l 980swhile working for the Mianyang tax bureau. He was sentenced to five years in prison in the nationwide crackdown that followed the military 's quelling of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democrncy dem-·onstrations.

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N. Korea may revive nuke program SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -North Korea reiterated its threat Saturday to restart its nuclear fa-cilities suspected 0f atomic bomb development.

The North's official Korean Central News Agency accused the United States of failing to fulfill its obligations undera I 994agree-merit in which Washington pledged to help the communist state acquire two light-water nuclear reactors to replace its plu-tonium-producing models.

Washington also promised lo provide 500,000-ton annual re-placement fuel oil shipments un-

til the first reactor comes on line by 2003.

But reactor construction and fuel deliveries were running

· months behind schedule because of difficulty in raising funds.

"If the. agreement is left with-out any real meaning and the project is delayed, we cannot but reconsider the building of our own nuclear power industry," the agency said.

In the 1994 deal, North Korea froze operation and construc-tion at five nuclear-rel~ted fa-cilities.

Since last month, however,

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Serb forces shell villages By Adam Brown

PRISTINA, Yugos(AP) - Serb forcessrelledvill~Saturdayalong a gunrunning route used by ethnic Albanianguenillasand tlie Yuga;Jav anny claimed to kill 30 rebels in a separate operation that foiled a mass infiltration from Albania.

Theseeessionists,meanwhile,also clalmcd succes.ses in their light for independence for Kosovo province,

partofthe YugoslavrepublicofScrbia. Kosovo Liberation Anny fighters launched a major offensive Saturday . on a Serb-held t.ov,n that appeared to be a grab for tenitory.

E.thnic Albanians, who outnumber Serl:,s 9-to- l in Kosovo, control an estimated 40 percent of Kosovo.

Inreportingthe30dead,a Yugoslav army statement said I ,(XXY'terrorists" triedtoe,m;sfromAlbaniaintoKosovo,

westofDecanitown. About30were "liquidated" and the incms[on was foiled, it said

The intense Serb shelling began lateRidaynearthevillageofPadesh, the main route for 13,(XX) Kosovo refugees who.crossed into Albania in June to escape Serb attacks. The Kl.A is believed to use the route to smuggle in guns ~ ammunition from northern Albania

NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION

PUBLIC NOTICE

Pursuant 10 Public Law 8-41, Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lieutenant Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC) Board of Directors, are serving notice that the regular meeting of the Board will be held on Wednesday, July 22, 1998 ~t 10:00 a.m. at the NMHC Conference Room in Garapan, Saipan. The Agenda follows, and the pubhc rs welcome to attend.

AGENDA

I. ROLL CALL II. ADOPTION OF AGENDA III. ADOPTION OF MINUTES IV. RESOLUTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS V. REPORTS OF THE CORPORATE DIRECTOR VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. Consultant's Report of CDBG Projects B. Section 214 Litigation C. Sugar King II Disposition D. Koblerville Expansion Project E. Banking Institution: Home Loan Servicing Program

VII. NEW BUSINESS VIII. ADJOURNMENT

Note: PL 8:41 allows Executive Sessions to discuss item(s) noted in the above Agenda.

ls/JUAN S. TENORIO Chairman

"NMHC is an equal employment and fair housing public agency"

Fear and violence grip Pakistan city

By Zahid Hussain KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -Streets are dark because snipers have shot out most of the lights. Inside homes, people cringe with each burst of gunfire.

This is Liaqatabad, a poor neighborhood in central Kafachi caught in a relentless war between rival factions of a refugee group. It is a place where young gunmen on rooftops shoot at police, resi-dents and rivals alike, a battle zone so dangerous even the po- ' lice are afraid to enter.

"It is now impossible to live here anymore," said Mohammed Fareed, a resident and shop owner. "But there is no one who wants to buy my house."

The combatants are members of the Mohajir Qami Movement, which represents Muslims who moved to Pakistan from predomi-nantly Hindu India after the Brit-ish colonialists pulled out in 1947.

Millions of the immigrants -known as Mohajirs, or refugees - settled in Sindh Province, whose capital is Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city. They long have claimed the national gov-ernment ignores their needs and discriminates against them in fa-vor of indigenous ethnic groups.

Frustrated by a lack of progress, militant Mohajirs turned to vio-lence to press demands for equal access to government jobs and places at universities and other state schools. They soon built up an arsenal of heavy weapons that often are better than those of Karachi's police force.

Several years ago the militants split over power and political goals. Rivals began to openly clash, taking over entire neigh-borhoods of Karachi, a swelter-ing city of 14 million people. Gunmen roaming eastern neigh-borhoods killed three people Sat-urday, set vehicles on fire and

shut down shops, according to witnesses and police.

Fareed said he has to pay "pro-tection" money to the militant leaders. It comes to 10,000 rupees a month, orabout$220, a big sum fora small shop owner in Karachi.

Fighting among the Mohajirs ebbs and surges depending on the sporadic efforts of the national government to crack down. A heavy-handed campaign in 1995. during which human rights groups accused police of murdering cap-tured militants, brought a two-year lull for Karachi.

But bloodshed erupted again June I. Since then, more than 200 people have been killed, many of them ciyilians caught in the crossfire. A young girl was shot while running to the market. A small boy returning home from school was slain.

The three main militani fa:.--tions have networks of informers, sowing fear among their oppo-nents, critics and police.

"We don't have any control over these groups .... Most of them are operating independently," said a government official who belongs to the Mohajir Qami Movement but was afraid to be quoted by name.

Liaqatabad, a district of a few square miles. is dominated by the largest radical faction, led by Altaf Hussein. Its biggest rival is known as the Haqiqi faction.

Gunmen scurry through the neighborhood's maze of lanes looking for their enemies. Almost daily, the tortured bodies of young men are found stuffed into burlap sacks and dumped in garbage bins.

Police and paramilitary Rangers mostly stay in armor-plated ve-hicles on the rare occasions they venture into Liaqatabad.

A major cause for the militants' split is disagreement over what their movement should be fighting for.

We are now accepting listings for our new Community Calendar section. Listings must pertain to events such as weddings, christenings, anniversaries, special observations or occasions, achievements of local residents and activities of non-political local organiza-tions and groups. We will be happy to list ongoing or weekly events such as club meetings, support groups, sports events, etc.

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Chi's vehicle as it exited the park-ing lot of the Tamuning Plaza Hotel and tried to make a left turn.

The Cherokee collided with the Previa on the driver·s side. Both women were taken lo Guam Me-

morial Hospital where Chi was pronounced dead on arrival. Grino was treated for bruises.

Next dtior, the Blockbuster Video was about to close for the night when workers heard a loud cr;sh and summoned the man-· ager, Mary Lou San Nicolas, who was in the office.

"Two of my employees called

me outside. We didn't see the whole thing, but there was a man who didn't give us his name. He said he saw the accident. He was rummaging through his car to find something to put over the woman i)l tl1e Previa," San Nicolas said.

'This is a really bad place for acci-dents," San Nicholas added. "Some-timeswhenl'mcomingfromDededo it takes almost ten minutes to make a rum into the lot. There's also a build-ing, a tree ,md a pole that get in the way of you being able to see the trnffic con1ing.''

San Nicolas' concem about poor visibility in the curveofMarine Drive is echoed by Chief Engineer for the DivisionofHighways, Marc Gagarin. He said that making a left tum in the busy section ofTamuning is treacher-ous.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED LEASE OF PUBLIC LAND In accordarce wnh 2 CMG§ 2675 (0 (1) the Division of Pubrc Lands s hereby giving notce oms intended action in connection with the ~ing of certail pubic land 11 Mrupi, Saipan. As required by the afore-cited section of the ~re la~ law, this notce shall ~ar in this paper for a period of 8 days, and any interested party of the general pubic may subm~ comments, da!a1 v.ews, aIQUments of alternative proplsals to lease the subject pubic land, withn 15 days of this announcerrent, after whi::h time the DivisMJn of Pubic Lands shall not acceµ any comments or

· prop:1sals from any interested party. Ths e~ht-oay noire shall commence 719198 and end 7!2.0/98. As further provided in 2 CMG§ 2675 (n (1) (A to E), the following pertinent infonnatkm is required to be published. A The puboc; land property to be leased s \ocaled in Mrupi, the southeast comer adjoining the forrrer Naval Radar Tracking Station. The

land parcel is roore parfoularfy deg:nbed as Lot No. 009 C 03, containing an area of 625 square meters.

B. The prop:ised Lessee is Saipan Cellular and Paging.

C. The prop:ised lease was negotiated by Mr. Hans Md

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Chi's vehicle as it exited the park-ing lot of the Tamuning Plaza Hate 1 and tried to make a left tum.

The Cherokee collided with the Previa on the driver's side. Both women were taken to Guam Me-

morial Hospital where Chi was pronounced dead on arrival. Grino was treated for bruises.

Next door, the Blockbuster Video was about to close for the night when workers heard a loud crash and summoned the man-· ager, Mary Lou San Nicolas, who was in the office.

"Two of my employees called

me outside. We didn't see the whole thing, but there was a man who didn't. give us his name. He said he saw lhe accident. He was mmmaging lhrough his car to find somelhing to put over the woman ip the Prcvia," San Nicolas said.

'This is a really bad place for acci-dents," San Nicholas added. "Some-timeswhen I'mcomingfi-om Dededo it takes almost ten minutes to make a tum into the lot. There's also a build-ing,aaeeandapolethatgetin thcway of you being able to see the traffic coming.·'

San Nicolas' concern about poor visibility in the curve of Marine Drive is echoed by Chief Engineer for the OivisionofHighways, Marc Gagarin. He said that making a left tum in the busy sectionofTamuning is treacher-ous.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED LEASE OF PUBLIC LAND In accordance with 2 CMG§ 2675 (Q (1), the Divison of Pubfc Lancl5 is hereby giling notce of Hs i~ten~ action in con~ec\ion wHh the leasing of certain publ~ land in Marµ, Saipru,. As required by the afore-ci1ed 5:C1on of the pub re lard law, th IS nooce shall awe.ar 1n this paper for a period of 8 days, and any interested party of the general pubic may subrni comments, data, Views, arguments of alternative proposals to lease the subject pubic land, withi1 15 days of this announcement, after whi:h time the Divisi::m of Pubic lards shall not accept any comments or

· proposals from any interestec party. This eight-

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Marshalls "Implementation of this 12.5 1\ Jl""t TA ably need to be very careful because toward procuremenL percent reduction in our salaries l\'.l V l'l. • • • tliewholegovemmentishavinglesser 'Themostimportantihingthereis Continued from page 11

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annpunced plan to cut wages by vices which are now being deliv- able and that would tell us that they projects will have to be limited be- well they are going to do as industry 12.5 percent is that the hospital ered by the doctors, nurses and probably neeq some auditing," he causeoftliedecliningrevenuecollec- leaders," he said. staff have decided to discontinue other support staff of Majuro ·pointed ouL tion. Introduced by Senate Majoiity the 5-9 p.m. outpatient clinic at Hospital," the Jetter said. l..aMottesaidMVB,liketheCom- Still,l..aMottebelievesthatthefate Leader Pee Reyes, SB 1 l-29 which Majuro Hospital effective Mon- They requested the Cabinet to monwealtli PoitS Au"thoiity, found of the new MV A largely depends on established MV A, seeks to encour-day July 20 "to utilize our man- exempt .. doctors,nursesandother out that they suddenly do not have whothenewboardmembersare,and age increased participation from the power in areas of higher priority support staff of Majuro Hospital enough money to pay tlieirbills. "It whowillbethenewmanagingdirec- piivatesectorandgivetliegovemora needs." from this salary reduction." looks like MVB is turning out to tor. He also mentioned how well the free hand in choosing new board -------------~------------ .;.bec_o_m_e_an_o_m_ei_· C.;.P_A...;., so_m_e.;:y....:p_ro.;.b-;;_ __ n_ew_I_ead_e_rs_p:.,I_an_an_d_m_e_ir_a_ttJ_·tu-de __ m;...;.e;..m;..be.;;rs;.::.;... --------

c d • a} answered tlie call nicely with tliree R traumatic rise in blood pressure· mat hospital was tense, but doctors ar Ill s . . . big runs to start the drive and set up eport . . . often leads to stroke. The condition did not discuss Castro's condi-Continued_ from page 24 !st-and-goal from tl1e Mustangs 1- paralyzes brain functions and can tion among themselves.

l. Continued from page 2 yard me. PacSports couldn't hit lead to deatli in severe cases. "It's standard procedure. We paydirtuntil 4th-and-goal when full- News of the 71-year-old Cuban ShesaidCastro'streatmentlargely :lon't talk about it," she said. Mustangs. After two unsuccessful

runs, Keico went to the quick pass· with Keele finding played coach Carl Leon Guem:ro wide open in the end zone for the t\vo-yanl score, making it 6-0.

backFrancoHemandeztwistedaway leader's health is guarded like a state consisted of "sedating him as Castro was released from the from a tacklerfortheone-yard touch- secret, although rumors of various much as possible, almostto a state hospital Oct. 28, she said, adding down. Warren Murphy added the illnesseshavecirculatedonlheisland of coma, during the first three that he was brought back two days two-point conversion on a reverse to and abroad for years. days, to prevent the fonnation of later for a two-day stay. make it 8-6 Cardinals. The Cuban Foreign Ministry in a blood clot that might affect the Trujillo also said that Castro suf-

PacSp:,ItS made it 10-6whennose Havana did not return calls to the brain." fereda"centralpardlysis"lastAugust The Cardinals answered back on their first diive of tl1e second quarter. guard Ja~on Quinata tackled Keico newspaper requesting comment Trujillo, 34, said she was not thataffected"tlieleftsideofhisface."

fullback Rico Garcia in the end zone Trujillo said Castro was rushed to allowed to leave the hospital, And, when Pope John PaulII visited Without Chong and Banks, PacSp:JI1s tu med to John Ulloa. who at the 5:34mark oft!,e third quarter. tl1e hospital Oct 22 with symptoms spending two weeks at the foci!- Cuba in January, "Castrowasrecov-of hypertensive encephalopathy, a ity. She said the atmosphere atthe eiing from another relapse," she said. -------. .Subscribe Today!

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for carrying out the unsuccessful week-long manhunt and damaging theeastcoast's vital tourism industry.

The search was initiated after a body clad in a black diving suit was washed ashore July 12 on an east

TanAmalia Continued from page 3

home and visitors of her own choos-ing constimtes harassment as de-fined in the Family Protection Act

Strict ... Continued from page 3

"It may be there, but crowding will be not as bad," she said.

The PSS commissioner also said that some schools have not yet sub-mitted their registration lists, making it hard foreducation officials to deter-

coast beach. Also found were a submachine gun, hand grenade and a torpedo-shaped underwater propul-sion device.

The underwater transport is ca-pable of carrying up to five scuba divers and is similar to devices used by North Korean spies in the past.

Analyzingtheweaponsandequip-mentseized,militaryofficialsthought that two companions of the dead

of 1986. He said Tan Amalia has been

evicted from her residence by her daughter Celina.

"This court may also grant pos-session to the plaintiff of the resi-

mine who should be relocated and who should not

"We're still asking some princi-pals to show us tlieir list of out-of-zone registrants. The Central Office will be the one to detennine where the kidscomefromandwheretheyshould study," she said.

The policy, said !nos, will also help

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communist infiltrator might have come ashore. But the manhunt failed to find any North Korean agents.

Late last week, tlie Defense Minis-try fired .three military commandos, holdin·g tliem responsible for the in-cursion.

North Korea denied involvement, accusing South Korean ultra-iight-istsof staging tlie incident as pait of an anti-North Korea campaign.

dence to the exclusion of the defendant by evicting the defen-dant or restoiing possession to the plaintiff when theresidenceor house-hold is jointly owned or leased by the parties,'' Mitchell added.

detenninewhatschool projects should be done, such as where to build addi-tional classrooms for bigger number of sUJdents witliin an area.

Meanwhile, !nos said that the Au-gust 3 school opening will push through.

"Some schools may as knot to start, until a later day, but we 're going as scheduledbasedontheBoard'sadop-tion of the calendar for the school year," she said.

Andersen . . . 9onti_nued fr?m page 7

RAB members also discussed the possibility of touring several cleanup sites.

Brown, whosaidshesitson the RAB as a community member, is concerned about Guam's natural resources.

"The main goal is to insure qual-ity water in the aquifer," she said.

She would like to see other sites added to the list and possibly cleaned-up later.

The next RAB meeting, which is open to the public, will be in October.

Guam Calendar . Continued from page 8 De Espana this week unveiled a cannon and its marker in Chmn01m, English ,md Japm1ese in m1 effo1t to offer visitors and residenl~ histoiical backgrounds to 23 different sight~ on islm1d.

The rest of tlie $150,000 project is expected tobccomp\etedby Septem-ber of this ycm·.

1l1e project is ,m effrnt lo 1cstorc several Spanish fo1K GVB, Dep,ut-mcnl of Parks ,md Recreation ,md Guam Preservation Tiusl me among the sponsors of tl1e prnject.

(Maxine Hillary)

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02 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal-ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: KUMANOMI ISLAND CO., LTD. Tel. 233-9219(7/20)M27203

01 FOUNTAIN SERVER-Satary:$3.05 per hour Contact: VMG INT'L. INC. dba Cash & Carry Tel. 235-4771 (7/20)M27206

01 JEWELRY APPRAISER-Sal-ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: GOLDEN EAGLE CORPORA-TION dba GEC Pawnshop Tel. 234-2275(7/20)M27205

01 HOUSE WORKER·Satary:$3.05 per hour· Contact: NICK B. LOSTE, dba Saipan International General Goods and Ser-vices Tel. 288-1822(7/20)M27204

01 AUTO ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 AUTOBODY REPAIRER-Sal-ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SAIPAN AUTO SUPPLY CO., INC. dba Sasco Service Plus/Quality Builder Tel. 234-8379(7/20)M27208

01 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05-3.15 per hour 01 FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER-Salary:S800.00-1, 700.00 per month 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05-5.00 per hour Contact: DIAMOND HOTEL CO., LTD. dba Saipan Diamond Hotel Tel. 234-5900(7/20)M73240

01 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER-Satary:$3.05-3.75 per hour Contact: YANG JIN COMPANY dba Yang Jin Buying & Trade Information Service Co. Tel. 233-5062(7/20)M27202

01 IMPORT-EXPORT AGENT-Sal-ary:S3.05-3.25 per hour 01 SHIPPING & RECEIVING CLERK-Salary:$3.25-3.50 per hour Contact: CLIPPER CARGO CORPO· RATION Tel. 234·0892(7120)M27201

02 SEWING SUPERVISOR-Sal-ary:$3.05-7.49 per hour 10 MACHINE PRESSER (PRESS OP-ERATOR)-Salary:S3.05-3.50 per hour 02 ELECTRICAL REPAIRER (MAINTE-NANCE)-Satary:$3.05-3.70 per hour 50 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS-Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour 10 CUTIER-Satary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: SAM MARIANAS, INC. Tel. 322-3444(7120) M27207

01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:$4.00 per hour Contact: ROLAND G. JASTILLANAdba Arjay Construction Tel. 234-8779(71 20)M73241

25 PATTERN GRADER CUTIER-Sal· ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: UNITED INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Tel. 235-6888(71 27)M27284

02 ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN-Sal· ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SAM CORPORATION dba Sam Electronics Tel. 234-5419(7/27)M27286

02 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Sat-ary:S3.05 per hour 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR· Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: GUANGDONG DEV. CO., LTD. Tel. 288-2288(7127)M27287

01 ELECTRO MOTOR WINDER-Sat-ary:$3.05-3.80 per hour Contact: JRS ENTERPRISES CORPO-RATION dba Electro Hauz Intl Tel. 234-0692(7/27)M27289

------·---01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal-ary:S3.05-4.00 per hour Contact: CONRAD M. SABLAN dba C and V Enterprises Tel. 234-1551 (7/ 27)M27295

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S3.05·4.65 per hour Contact: ARTHUR S. ANULAO dba Arthur's Enterprises Tel. 234-0692(71 27)M27288

03 SPORT INSTRUCTOR-Sal-ary:$1,250.00 per hour Contact: SEASHORE INC. Tel. 234-5549(7127)M27291

01 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR-Satary:$3.05 per hour Contact: D.J. ENTERPRISES dba Nestor I. Jose Tel. 234-7148(7/ 27)M27292

01 TRAVEL COUNSELOR-Sal· ary:$1, 150.00 per month Contact: CNMI TRAVELAGENCY, INC. Tel. 235-6712(7127)M73328

02 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal-ary:$3. 75-5.50 per hour Contact: FRANCISCO CRUZ CABRERA dba Kasamiento "'Wedding World", Design Florist, Cabrera's Fu-neral Services, Mariana's Academy of Music and Arts, OLOPH-CH Tel. 234-6582(7/27)M27282

01 ACCOUNTANT-Satary:$5.20 per hour · Contact: MIKE'S MANUFACTURING, INC. dba Mike's Jewelry Tel. 233-7250(7/27)M27281

02 GAS ATIENDANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour ·

} Contact: ISLAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION dba Dollar Rent A Car, JDC Shell Tel. 288-5151 (7/27)M27280

01 ELECTRICAL DRAFTER-Sal-ary:$1 ,300.00-1,400.00 per month Contact: EMC' ELECTRICAL INC. dba EMGE Consulting Engr. Tel. 322-1364(7127)M27283

01 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.25 per hour Contact: PACIFIC MICRONESIA COR-PORATION dba Dai-lchi Hotel Tel. 234-6412(7127)M73325

·------------01 DRIVER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: LIN NI INTERNATIONAL CORP. Tel. 256-5001 (7/27)M27277

01 PESTICIDE CONTROL INSPEC-TOR-Salary:$900.00 per month Contact: NO KA 01 TERMITE & PEST CONTROL SAIPAN Tel. 322-2847(7/ 27)M27275

02 CEMENT MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 PAINTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: VARGAS CORPORATION Tel. 235-0297(7/27)M27276

01 QUARRY SUPERVISOR-Sal-ary:$2,000.00-4,525.00 per month 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENTOPERATOR-Salary:$4.50 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$4.50-8.75 per hour Contact: HAWAIIAN ROCK PROD-UCTS CORPORATION Tel. 322-0407(7 /27)M27293

02 WAITERS-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 01 COOK-Satary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 02 MANAGER-Salary:$3.75-4.00 per hour 05 WAITRESSES-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: 5 ACE CORPORATION dba Golden Island Restaurant Tel. 235-3318(7127)M27279

01 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary:S3.25· 3.50 per hour Contact: MICRONESIA SYSTEMS, INC. dba Plumeria Resort Tel. 322-6201 (7/27)M27294

01 SOIL & MATERIAL ENGINEER-Sal-ary:$950.00-1,000.00 per month . 02 DRILLER-Salary:$4.70-5.50 per hour or HEAVY i:2' ... :c.;~ MECHANIC· Salary:$3.05-4.50 per hour Contact: GEOfTESTING, INC. Tel. 235-6000 7/27 M73347

03 CARPENTER-Salary:S3.05-3.55 per hour 01 CEMENT MASON-Salary:S3.05-3.55 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05-3.55 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal-.iry:$3.05-3.55 per hour Contact: TITO C. BANS IL dba AB. En-terprises Tel. 322-7263(7/31)F27365

01 LANDSCAPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: C & R PROPERTIES, INC. dba Cars Store Tel. 234-5844(7/31)F27376

01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BUILDING-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: K.J.S. INCORPORATION Tel. 234-7621 (813)M27381

01 OPERATIONS MANAGER-Sal-ary:$1,750.00 per month Contact: JAS COMPANY, INC. Tel. 322-2069(8/3)M27378

01 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 03 AUTO BODY REPAIRER-Sal-ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: CUI RONG CORPORATION dba Wing Feng Auto Shop Tel. 288· 2268(8/3)M27377

01 CEMENT MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: ISABEL D. CABRERA Tel. 234-3756(8/3)M27374

01 ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN-Sal-ary:S675.00 per month Contact: LEE P. GANACIAS dba Radiocom Saipan, Inc. Tel. 234-2263(8/ 3)M27373

01 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MAINTENANCE BUILDING RE-PAIR-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: THERESA R. CRUZ dba Cruz Catering Services Tel. 234-7984(8/ 3)M27372

01 SALESPERSON-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: AIGLE INCORPORATED dba Bears Tel. 233-2079(8/3)M27371

01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 CEMENT MASON-Salary:S3.05-3.25 per hour 01 SALESPERSON-Salary:$650.00-850.00 per month 01 MECHANIC, HEAVY EOUIPMENT-Salary:$3.05.3.50 per hour 01 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S950.00-1,200.00 per month 01 CONSTRUCTION WORKER-Sat-ary:$3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: COMMERCIAL TRADING OF SAIPAN Tel. 234-6089(8/3)M27375

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal-ary:$3.35 per hour Contact: J&JEV ENTERPRISES. INC. Tel. 256-9483(8/3)M27392

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.50-4.00 per hour Contact: CLARITO C. VIRAY dba H&R Block Tel. 235-4728(8/3)M27395

01 CARPENTER-Salary:S900.00 per month Contact: NORTH PACIFIC ENTER-PRISES, INC. Tel. 233-3990(81 3)M27379

01 DRIVER HELPER, SALES ROUTE-Salary:$800.00 per month 01 DRIVER, SALES ROUTE-Sat-ary:$5.00 per hour Plus $450/mo. housing allowance Contact: GM I-SAi PAN, iNC. dba Dewitt Worldwide Moving (Saipan) Tel. 235-1777(8/3)M73456

01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal· ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: PACIFIC RESORT SERVICE. INC. dba Banana Moon Tel. 233-3551 (8/ 3)M27380

01 COOK-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: EASTERN HOPE CORPORA-TION dba Keeraku & Rakuen Rest. Tel. 233-4242~/3)M27390

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01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal-ary:$3.05 per hour 01 JANITOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MIDWEST TRADING COR-PORATION Tel. 235-8752(8/3)M27384 -----------------

01 WAITRESS-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: THE SAMURAI CORPORA-TION dba Hyaku-B.an Rest., Southern Cross Trap. Rest. Tel. 234-3374(8/ 3)M27385

01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:S6.67 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal-ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: HENRY K. PANGELINAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. Tel. 234-5236(81 3)M27388

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S5.00 per hour Contact: HENRY KOYAMA PANGELINAN dba Henry K. Pangelinan & Associates Tel. 234-5236(8/3)M27389

IN TliE SUPBIIOR COU111 Of 1HE COMMONW!AtlH OF TliE NOilHERN MARIANA ISWlDS IN RE ESTATE OF OLYMPIA R. &\BlAN, deceased CML ACTION NO. 98-WIB RENOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMIN~TION Date: 8/4/98 Time: l :2il P.M. judge: Demapm

TO: AllHEIRS& CREDITORS OF OI.YMPAR SABLAN DECEASED PLEASE TAKE NOTICE lhot Ve,ion S. Deleon Guerrero h_gs petitioned lhe Superior Court of the Commonweollh of lhe Northern Monona l~onds for Letters of Administration of the Estate of Olympia R. Sebion. deceased. The hearing on lhe Petition is schedlJed for the dote and time entered above. at the courthouse of lhe CNMI Supenor Court. Susupe. Soipan.

Credits of the decedent or ot her estate are hereby nolified that they must file tr.eir claims with the Cie1k al the Superior Court wiltin ~xty (IJJ) days of the pubicotion of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. · Doted : JULY 17. 1998

for JOVITA C. FLORES /s/ Deputy Clerk

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24-rvtARJANAS VARIETY NEW? AND VJEWS-MONDAY-J_ULy_~O,I998

SPORTS Cardinals stop Mustangs in MFL

By PATRICK LUJAN For the Variety

H.\GAT\A. Guam - Execution \\',l\n 't exactly on the agenda in S,1t-urdav ndit 's rvtillcr Fcx.1tball lcal!UC gam~ l~twecn the P:1cSpo1t~ Ca7·Ji-nals ,mJ Keirn Must,uigs.

In the end. though. the Cu·dinals had enough tirepowcr to ho!J off the wi.nlcss ivlust:mgs 16-6 at Wettcngel Field to improve to -1-2.

PacSrx111s \\',ts without the services oftopnnmer RogerBanks:md M:umy Chong. forcing coach George Hernandez to rely more on the p,t,s-mg game.

Unfo11un:itely. the p,L