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Feds take hostage takers into custody

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By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

FEDERAL charges were filed • in US District Court yesterday : against a group of rebellious in­. mates who took several of their

fellow detainees hostage in a jail standoff here Tuesday.

After a court hearing, inmates William C. Sablan, Ryan T. Babauta,EdwinP.Blas, Vicente

: M. Aldan Jr., Arce! L. Baste, • and Jeffrey I. Celis were imme­

diately taken into federal cus­: tody on Guam for continued • detention.

Assistant US Atty. David l i Wood charged the six prisoners I

with one count each of a "felon in possession of a firearm and I ammunitions." Surrounded by US Marshals

AccordingtoWood,themaxi- and police officers, William C. I mum sentence for such offense Sablan boards a bus with five is IO years' imprisonment. other inmates en route to Guam ,

After advising the defendants where they will be detained. i Photo by Ferdie de la Torre • 1

;_ of their constitutional rights, j l designated District Court Judge they post bail because they are / i Edward Manibusan set no bail under detention over criminal I "at this time" for the inmates' cases a_t the Sup~rior Court. I I

temporary release. Marnbusan s~1d the federal Manibusan also explained to court shall appomt attorneys to I

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Senate okays 5-yr limit initiative, CIP measure

By Zaldy Dandan The so-called CIP bill, H. B. Variety News Staff 11-380, returns to the House of

THE SENA TE yesterday, by a Representatives;while the anti-!- 9-0 vote, passed a legislative tobacco bill, H.B. 11-336, now i initiative for a constitutional heads to the Office of the Gov-

amendment that would limit the ernor. stay of aliens to up to five years As amended by the Senate, only. the CIP bill no longer contain

The Senate at the same time funding for the new Marpi land-passed an amended version of fill, the Saipan international road the House bill that would ap- improvement and the construc-propriate$22.9 million forcapi- tion of the village youth cen-tal infrastructure projects (CIP), ters. as well as legislation proposing Instead, Rota would get an

~ more penalties and restrictions additional $1.5 million for its I) on the distribution of tobacco airport and road improvement

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Tenorio to form Refonn Party

By Zaldy Dandan party because the Republican and Variety News Staff Democratic parties have lost track

FORMER Gov. Froilan C. ofimportantpoliticalprinciples," Tenorio yesterday revealed that he said. "disgruntled" Republicans and "Unlike the US Republican Democrats are joining him in the Party, the local GOP is anti-busi-creation of a conservative, pro- ness, while the local Democrats business new political party that are too disorganized," Tenorio will field a complete slate in the said. 2001 general elections. He said the current economic

Tenorio, who was the Demo- crisis "shows that without the help cratic Party's gubernatorial can- of the business sector the di date in the 1989, 1993 and 1997 economy's problems will only get elections, said the Commonwealth worse." Reform Party is expected to be Asked if the third party will organizedbytheendofthemonth Froilan C. Tenorio only further divide the local and may support candidates in the Democrats, which split in the 1997 upcoming November midterm He also denied that the new elections, Tenorio said, "That's elections. party's platform will be patterned . their problem."

Asked if the new party will after the national Reform Party, He added, however, that the nominate him as its gubernatorial which nominated Texas billion- new party is expected to draw candidate in 2001, the former aire Ross Perot for president in members not only from both the governor chuckled and said it's 1996. Democrats and Republicans. "too early to comment." "We just want to have a new Continued on page 23

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In Malaysia

Experts called in to stop spread of virus KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian pig farmers have hired two Taiwanese experts to help stop the spread of the Japanese Encephalitis virus, which has killed 34 people since October, news reports said Wednesday.

The Malaysian Livestock Fed­eration said the specialists from Taiwan's Pig Research center were due to arrive Friday to study the cause of the virus, which is caught from pigs, and determine how to tackle it.

The disease claimed the lives of two more pig farmers Tuesday near the town of Seremban, 65 kilometers ( 40 miles) south of the

capital Kuala Lumpur, the Star newspaper reported.

At least dozens more are re­portedly suffering from symptoms of the virus in the western states of Negri Sembilan, Malacca, Selangor and Perak.

The government decided last Wednesday that all 2.35 million pigs in the country should be vacci­nated against the virus, which has caused hundred of villagers living near pig farms to flee their homes.

Doctors have said the disease is not transmitted by eating pork but passed from infected pigs to hu­mans by the Culex mosquito.

Pork Sales, however, have dropped sharply. The eastern state

of Kelantan has banned the pur­chase of pigs from the four states hit hardest by the disease. Nation­wide, sales of pork plunged 40 percent according to a report last week.

The Cabinet was expected to discuss new measures on Wednes­day to contain the virus after an emergency meeting of top health officials the day before.

Symptoms of the disease, which attacks the brnin, include high fe­ver and headaches, muscle and back aches, vomiting and even­tual coma.

The fatality rate is about 20 percent in children and more than 50 percent in adults.

Japan to release $BOOM for RP

A Tibetan refugee is overcome by emotion during a rally to mark the 40th anniversary of the Chinese occupation of Tibet Wednesday. More than 5,000 protesters marched through downtown New Delhi to the parliament house and then burned in effigy Chinese President Jiang Zemin along with 40 Chinese flags. AP

MANILA, Philippines (AP)­Japan agreed Wednesday to re­lease a further $800 million in financial assistance to the Phil­ippines as part of its dlrs 1.4 billion aid package to the coun­try under the so-called

Congressman Dino Jones Enlightens Mr. Allen Stayman

It has been quite some time that there is an active pressure and threal~ of federal

government to take over the minimum wage and immigrntion control from the CNMI. The L--=--=-......:==::..J first pan in this issue is a legislative action by the United States Congress and then is the implementation.Without a mandate from the Congress there is no reason for any federal government agency tak~ preemptive actions. However, it"s amazing that Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) from the Department of Interior has been playing a heavy handed role in this issue. In particular, Mr. Allen Stayman the Director of OJA has used every opportunity to go against the CNMI.

I would like to put the whole issue in a proper perspective. CNMI entered into a Covenant agreement with the Uniteu Srntes and became a self governing Commonwealth. It started a new era of CNMI and United States Governments political and working relationship. In this new relationship. the role of Department of Interior changed from governing (as was the case Juring Tf time) to serving the people of CNMI. However. it is unfortunate that the Department of Interior had difficulty in ma kin)! this transition to its new role. 111is fact is obvious from the ;1ctions and behavior of its Office of Insular Affairs. In particular, Mr. Allen Swynwn aml director of OJA seems to avail every opportunity to criticize and oppose the C'IMI.

Mr. Slayman has been apparently playing the role of a politician rather than a public servant. He has very frequently made public statements critical of the CN\11. llis latest statements in Marianas Variety Fchruary 26, 1999 is in regards to unemployment figures in the CNMI. I-le compares CNMI unemployment figures with other states which nwy totally be irrelevant given the unique circumstance of the CNMI. In my opinion lie is trying to compare apples with oranges. He supports his argument by citing increase in the number of recipients in Nutritional Assistance Program (NAP). However. fact of the matter is only :l percent of the unemployed receive nutritional assistance thus his attempt to prove his point proves futile. Actually, an increase in the number of NAP recipients renects declining incomes which is in line with the economic slow down in the CNMJ for the past few years.

From historical perspective, CN\11 was an cxponcr of goo<ls and services during the Gern1an and Japanese periods and then turned into net importer during the Trust Territory time. After becoming a US Commonwealth, we set a goal and followed an economic path to self reliance and economic independence. A seven year financial assistance package from the federal government to pursue this end was instrumental and is highly appreciated. We have made a significant progress to achieve these goals. However, Asian economic crises had a severe impact on us and making us take a fresh look at our economic policies. Such external economic jolts are part of today's global economic reality of economic interdependence. To successfully cope with this situation we need cooperation and not the confrontation of federal government, panicularly OIA, the arm of federal government primarily charged with this responsibility.

I don"t want to give the impression that I'm debating with Mr. Slayman. I, as an elected representative of the people I want to set the records straight concerning the public statements made by Mr. Slayman. I would sincerely suggest to Mr. Slayman to do his duty as a public service employee and leave the role of policymaking and public debating to the policymakers. "lnus, I'm sure such a role of OIA will serve the best interest of both the federal government and the people of the CNMI. Here is my suggestion for OJA to show the spirit of cooperation and service to the CNMI. Lack of major US investors in the CNMI is obvious. 11,creforc, I ask OIA to help us bring in US investors so that we can minimize our dependence on foreign investments and the associated problems that we face therefrom. As a first step, I ask OIA to bring in three US investors to CNMI by October of this year. I'm sure such positive actions of OIA will help us achieve the goals of economic independence and prosperity. Also, this will set a good example of federal local cooperation rather than the ongoing feud.

Miyazawa plan, officials from both countries said.

Some $500 million will be used to increase the loanable funds of the state-owned De­velopment Bank of the Philip­pines, which was set up to pro­vide financing for small busi­nesses. The balance will co-fi­nance a $300 million loan by the Asian Development Bank to help combat air pollution in Manila. The city's air quality is one of the worst in Asia.

About two thirds of the funds for both projects will be released before the end of March and will not be tied to conditions, a Philippine finance official said.

Last month, Japan released $600 million in Miyazawa

funds, to be plowed into pro­grams to strengthen the Philip­pines' banking and power sec­tors. The release of the money was tied to the passage of eco­nomic reform bills.

The Japanese government es­tablished the yen equivalent of a $30 billion fund named after Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa to assist the recov­ery of Asian countries mired in the region's economic crisis.

A Japanese economic mission is in Manila this week, meeting with finance and central bank officials to discuss projects to be funded by Japanese official development assistance. The Philippines is one of the biggest beneficiaries of these funds.

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progress towarcl }:).~ace .. By SANDRA SOBIERAJ

SAN SALVADOR (AP) Wherever U.S. President Bill Clinton ventures - amid the litterofdowntown Tegucigalpa or about his tony Princess Hotel here - overarmed "policia'· stand watch with M-I6s, Uzis and riot gear. Unperturbed ci · viii ans loiter at their side.

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Teno to expedite new jail By Aldwln R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio yesterday disclosed that the gov­ernment will expedite the con­struction of the new prison facil­ity apparently because of the re­cent breakout of eight inmates and Tuesday's 14-hour hostage standoff.

Emerging from the Governor's Prison Task Force meeting yes­terday, Tenorio said the immedi­ate construction of the new deten­tion center is inevitable following the recent spate or unrest in the corrections.

"We are going to expedite the construction. But this meeting was not called because of Tuesday's incident. It has been scheduled before the riot," the local chief executive told reporters.

The governor, however, did not say whether he would be using his authority to contract a new jail facility through sole-sourcing to expedite the erection of a new correction center in the CNMI.

The US Department of Justice last month reached an agreement with the CNMI government to improve correctional and deten­tion facilities, a deal that will re­quire local officials to develop

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long and short-term plans to com­ply with its provisions.

At the same time, Rep. Heinz Hofschneider, task force chair, citing a report made by the public safety representative to the task force, said that the riot among inmates has rendered the Susupe correctional facilities damaged.

Hofschneider said the Task Force had been faced with so much difficulty prior the tension last Tuesday with regards to sourcing out money for the rehabilitation and repair of the existing deten­tion center.

"We were having difficulties ' pumping money close to a mil­lion dollars to upgrade it just for a

CPA assures airport and harbor safety

Carlos H. Salas

By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

DESPITE the reduction in man­power working hours starting next month, the Commonwealth Ports

Authority stressed that the agency would make sure that CNMI' s air and sea transportation facilities would continue to be properly manned and safe .

CPA executive director Carlos H. Salas said the agency is equipped to respond to emergen­cies, adding that proper adjust­ments of the workers' schedules are now underway so as not to hamper port operations.

Starting next month, CPA would be implementing an eight­hourreduction in manpower hours every pay period as part of its intensified austerity measures which is expected to keep CPA in a better financial shape.

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period of time until we construct the permanent facility," he said.

He added that the hostage standoff has changed the sce­nario since the government will continue to require more fund­ing for the repair of the dam­ages sustained by the facility during the riot.

"We have an additional cost that we never anticipated. CNMI will shoulder these expenses," said Hofschneider who chairs the House committee on health,

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education and welfare. He stressed that it is now a

matter of bringing up the cor­rectional center on minimum ex­pectation as enumerated in the agreement reached between the CNMI and the US-DOJ.

Detainees at the central male division of the Division of Cor­rections were held hostage Tues­day by a group of rebellious inmates who also attacked a jailguard and took control of their holding area.

The hostage drama ended less than fourteen hours later after a police negotiator and the in­mates' relatives intervened.

The rebel inmates were headed by William Sablan; Vicente Aldan Jr.; Jeffrey Celis; Ryan Babauta; Edwin Blas; and Arce! Busto, who two weeks ago also escaped from the facil­ity along with two other inmates.

The incident started at about I :30 a.m. ended at exactly 3:26 p.m. No one was injured or hurt.

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Banks' assets up to $536M By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

DESPITEtheseverityoftheAsia­Pacific economic crunch, banks that were licensed to operate in the CNMI were able to post a $13.4 million growth in total as­sets last year.

Frankie B. Villanueva, Depart­ment of Commerce secretary, yes­terday disclosed that preliminary reported figures for total assets of all banks licensed in the CNMI amounted to $535,986,000 in 1998.

This is an increase of $13,425,000 from the previous

year's record of $522,561,000. "Hence, the total increase reg­

istered from 1997 to 1998 ap­proximated to 2.56 percent," Villanueva said. ·

During the same period, the to­tal loans as a percentage of total deposits also posted a good record.

·· ... The loan-to-deposit ration appeared balanced registering at 58.35 percent in 1998. an increase of a tenth of a percentage point from 1997," the DOC secretary said.

There are IO banks currently in the CNMI. Eight are in operation

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Guam lifts water restriction By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

HAGA TNA-Acting Gover­nor Madeleine Bordallo de­clared yesterday that the com­munity is back in Water Con­servation Level V, which means there's enough water for house­hold and industrial use on Guam.

The change was advised by Acting Commanderofthe Navy Capt. B.B. Scott.

The Fen a reservoir is reported to be completely recharged due to the recent heavy rains.

The change lifts the general restrictions or water use.

However, Bordallocautioned the public against over-taxing the water system because the next several months are cons id-

ered to be Guam's "dry season" and that water levels could drop quite rapidly.

Bordallo said, "Guam has been blessed with many won­derful freshwater sources - with our northern water lens and the surface sources in the south.

"However, as our popula­tion increases, and our tour­ism economy thrives, the de­mands placed upon our sys­tem become greater each year,'· said the acting gover­nor.

··11 is impmtant for everyone to make water conservation a permanent part of our daily rou­tine, so that we are not faced with potential rationing every time the levels reduce."

Check-cashing duo get caught

By Eric F. Say Variety News Staff

HAGATNA - U.S. District Court Judge Alex Munson ac­cepted guilty pleas in two sepa­rate bank fraud cases yesterday in the federal court.

The two separate cases though are interrelated. The people that committed the crimes were work­ing with J osephTuncap in a check­stealing/cashing scam.

Tuncap is to have allegedly sto­len the checks and then had friends of his cash them for him.

Mary Jane San Nicolas Cruz confessed her guilt in two counts of bank fraud occurring in Febru­ary and March 1996.

In the first count she passed checks that she knew were stolen and had falsely drawn on the ac­count of Deloitte & Touche at the Bank of Hawaii.

In this instance there were a total of three checks each written for the amount of $495.30.

About the second count, Cruz attempted to execute a scheme to defraud a federally insured finan­cial institution and to obtain money owned by the Bank of Guam, through the passing of three more checks each in differ­ing amounts. totaling $2,929.30.

Munson ordered a pre-sentence investigation before he will pro­nounce sentencing within certain federal guidelines.

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The worst part AFfER Tuesday's 14-hour hostage drama at the Susupe jail,

many people are waiting whether some changes are going to happen at the Department Public Safety's leadership. A lot of people are asking whether the embattled DPS Commissioner Charles W. Ingram Jr. could still cling on to his position despite the standoff that shocked the entire Saipan community. Is the governor willing to give the commissioner another chance despite controversies that rocked DPS administration under Ingram's term?

*** *** *** Ingram, a former Honolulu police captain, was the first cabinet

official appointed by the Teno administration. With an impressive record and recipients of many awards, Ingram was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. His appointment took effect on March 2, 1998. Ingram immediately then realized the problems at DOC when two successive escape incidents occurred early at his two-month old administration.

*** **~ *** Last November, some members of the Senate and the House of

the Legislature stated that they want Ingram's ouster. Appar­ently, some disgruntled DPS personnel approached some law­makers stating that they lost confidence on the commissioner because thev are not satisfied with his performance. There had been rumor; circulating around DPS and Capitol Hill that Ingram was expected to resign in February 1999 due to the pressure from these complaining personnel. Ingram since then has be­friended the lawmakers and tried to demonstrate his compe­tence.

*** *** *** Came the first week of February, yet no words of Ingram's

replacement. Last Feb. 15, William C. Sablan and seven. other convicts, all described as recidivists, bolted out from jail. Sablan complained about bad conditions in the facilities. US Atty. Gen. Janet Reno then filed a lawsuit against the CNMI government. Reno's suit resulted to an agreement between the CNMI and the US Department of Justice to address the jail prob­lems. Tenorio and Ingram were among those named defendants in the suit.

*** *** *** When Ingram first came on board, he publicly stated that he would

like to see changes in the DPS. One of the changes he mentioned was to improve the present detention facilities. Another thing he cited was to improve the morale of DPS personnel and to recruit addi­tional police officers. Unfortunately, Ingram came in at the wrong time. He came on board when everybody was crying for money. In fairness to him, the present jail condition has been a perennial problem even before he came in.

*** *** *** Does it take a William Sablan to come out on Power 99 for

everybody to see the problems and for the federal government to step in'I Some people suggest that instead of filing this Reno suit, the federal government should have provide much funding for improvement projects. Or why not instead waive the match­ine funds in order to build a new prison facility? If the matching fu~ds are not waived, let's go ahead with the plans and make sun: you come back to put the amount. Well, the magnitude of the problem is maybe far greater than to match the fund. George Bush once said that there's more than one way in skinning a live cat.

*** *** *** Just because Ingram happens to be a Caucasian these jail prob-

lems occurred. It could happen regardless of who the director or the commissioner is. The next thing DPS should do is conduct a thorough investigation. Find out for example, if it's true that there was indeed only one guard instead of three at DOC at the time. Let's -not forget the chain of command. If a director at any department in the executive branch, made a boohoo, would you say that we should change the governor? No, we should fire the director. You don't cure the lung cancer by cutting off the neck of the person .. Get to the heart of the problem. If the heart of the problem lies with the DOC director, he should be kicked out. But if Ingram does not enjoy respect anymore among DPS person­nel, he should call it quits. No need for a grace exit, because that's the worst part.

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Official responds to Camacho's concerns Dear Editor:

I am responding to an editorial article, dated March 9, 1999, by a Mr. Y.C. Camacho, en­titled: "Another Deficient Regulation." I be­lieve his article is misleading to many and should be corrected.

Mr. Camacho argued that the requirement to post job advertisements at public places was "Concocted over a cigar, or dreamed up to look like we are doing something to appease the feds."

I see that the writer has taste for fancy words and paraphrases. Mr. Camacho, you are completely wrong with your understanding about the most recent imposition of what you termed; "Another deficient Regulation". ·

Please allow me to expand your understand­ing and knowledge regarding the matter on hand.

The requirement that you were referring to is dictated by the elements of 3 CMC., 4, section 4432 of the Nonresident Workers Act of 1983, as amended. Your belief that it is a regulation is an underrated statement.

It is not just "another deficient regulation," but the actual law itself. A law enacted in maintaining order on the issues of giving pref­erential treatment to employ qualified and available resident workers who are consid­ered an essential part to a balance and stable economy.

It is plain and simple, it's the law. We can't be part of its evasion.

Further, the timing of this requirement of law was not in any way pre-planned to "ap­pease the feds" as you claimed. Federal offi­cials arc no fools, but are very intellectual and professional people. They do not tolerate fraudulent presentation. You said it best in your le tier, "they know better."

This law has been in existence since the passing and signing of the aforementioned Act. The systems were installed by our prede­cessors and were subjected to new ideals and interpretation of the existing laws made through judicial processes.

Through one of these processes, it was identified that the elements of the above cited section were not being applied accordingly. It is that loophole part of law that should be patched and corrected to fully support its original intention.

An issue that has gained attention with our present leaders in the CNMI.

Employers are required to exhaust their effort with good faith intention when intend­ing to hire nonresident resident workers from abroad. Posting at public places is one of those requirements that are long oversighted in exhausting the employers' effort.

The timing of these changes and the time of which federal takeover were the main menu for our leaders at the time were not pre­planned in any way, nor were they made to create confusion, or front so that we can look good to the officials in question.

Truth, my friend, makes us look good, and the truth is, it has to be done as the law mandated. There is a saying about hiring non-resident workers; "If you do not want the hassles of hiring nonresident workers, resort to their counter part."

I am inviting you, and all others who have questions, to meet, or converse with me, for a current issue discussion of the changes that the Division of Employment Services is un­dergoing in our effort to be more efficient, if not effective and consistent in the applica­tion of applicable sections of law where resi­dent workers are concerned.

We discourage public humiliation based on unfounded basis. But we do encourage a more reasonable democratic approached that guar­antees results in the end whether the results is in favor of, or against us.

We have great, helpful, and hard working personnel who are readily prepared to assist you.

After all, we are here to serve you and we are Public Servants. It's been educational.

ALFRED A PANGELINAN

LETTERS to the editor must carry the full name of the writer and signature, with a telephone number (in case of faxed or mailed fellers} for verification. Letters addressed to other publications or to third parlies and those endorsing parlicu/ar political candidates are discouraged. All letters are subject to editing. The Variety resetves the right to reject any letters. Name withheld and unsigned letters will not see print.

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For ja~l hostage standoff:

Tenorio blames legislat11re By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

FORMER Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio yesterday said the Legis­lature, by rejec~ng his $21 mil­lion correction facilities improve­ment project proposal two years ago, should share the blame for Tuesday's hostage-taking inci­dent at the Susupe jail.

The Legislature's presiding of­ficers, however, reiterated that Tenorio's proposal was too costly, its plan had "too many holes" and that it did not go through a bid­ding process. ·

A Democrat whose four-year administration was marred by fre­quent clashes with the Republi­can-dominated Legislature, Tenorio said his controversial project proposal could have pre­vented the recent jail break and riot incidents.

"As everyone knows, the con­tract for the project was already signed, but the Legislature even

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used that project against me, claiming that there was something inappropriate about it although there is no truth tothat,"the fonner governor said.

"I know we had to do some­thing about the facilities, but we had no matching funds for the [federal grants allotted for the project] and that was why we got the contractor [Haitai Develop­ment & Construction] to agree that we pay for it in installments."

He noted that, under the project proposal, the construction of new facilities could have been com­pleted by this year.

"But they rejected it and so we got the US Department of Justice complaining about prison condi­tions, and now this incident hap­pened," Tenorio said.

"I hope the Legislature will not commit the same mistake. [Leg­islators] should now have an an­swer to this problem."

Tenorio said legislators, in ad-

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dition, should "pay attention" to the inmates' complaint about the quality of the food given to them.

'They put out a request for pro­posals and they awarded it to the lowest bidder, but because the bid was too low the quality of the food, apparently, is also low," he said.

"The cheapest bid is not al­ways the best bid. The best bid should be reasonable, lone that] can do the .job well and in a responsible manner." · Senate President Paul A. Manglona (R-Rota), who was the chair of the Senate commit­tee that reviewed the proposal in 1997, yesterday said the pub­lic hearings he conducted re­vealed several problems with the project.

"We tried to act on the pro­posal but it was just too costly and too flawed," he said.

Under the proposed contract, Haitai will finance 90 percent of

Lucy Sablan, 75, mother of_ inmate William Sablan is held back by policemen after she tried to get through the police cordon at the he1.qht of the standoff. Photo by Rene P. Acosta

the construction cost which the CNMI will repay at an annual interest of 7 .5 percent.

Then Senate President Jesus R. Sablan (R-Saipan) said the inter­est rate will increase the actual cost to $30 million.

Tenorio countered that the Di -vision of Procurement and Sup~ ply had reviewed and approved the contract.

In a separate interview, House Speaker Diego T. Benavente (R -Pree. 2, Saipan) said the Legis­lature did the right thing in re­jecting Tenorio' s proposal.

"We reminded the [then gov­ernor] that the project had to go through the bidding process, but he preferred it to be sole-sourced.

"I still think that he has to be · blamed for most of our problems now, and that should include the state of our jail facilities," Benavente said.

"In the meantime, we do recog­nize the need for new jail facili­ties and that's why we've been trying to expedite the passage of the [House CIP bill that would appropriate funding for the project]." he said.

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CNMI reviews 3 more federal bills on Y2K

By Haldee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

AT LEAST three more legisla­tions on litigation protection from any disclosure related to the Year 2000 (Y2K) bug are currently pending in the U.S. Congress and are being closely monitored by the CNMI for possible inclusion.

These bills do not yet include S.96 sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R., Arizona) which the CNMI Y2K Task Force earlier disclosed. The said bill governs and limits legal actions resulting from harm caused by Y2K fail­ures.

damage awards. They also limit the officer or director liability, as well as restrict class actions.

"They are almost the same in purpose and scope, and may be condemed into only one bill. But we are not taking chances so we need to monitor all these bills. We want to make sure the CNMI is included in the protections," said Webb.

Although these three legisla­tions were introduced in the last two months, no floor actions were yet taken on them.

federal officials to win them on CNMI's side.

Webbpointedoutthatifthethree other bills also exclude the CNMI, then the task force and other offi­cials will explore possibilities of meeting with their sponsors.

Experts warned that Y2K bug litigation costs could exceed $1 trillion, far more than the cost of fixing the problem.

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Bob Webb, special assistant for telecommunications and task force chairman, said CNMI offi­cials are also reviewing S.461, H.R. 192 and H.R. 775 to ensure that the Commonwealth is spe­cifically included in the protec­tion afforded by these legislations.

Meanwhile,S.96alreadypassed the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and could come to the floor by late March.

Webb said S.96doesnotseem to include the CNMI and other U.S. tenitories and commonwealths in the protection from Y2K litigation since its coverage is apparently lim­ited to the "states."

The Y2K technology problem, also called the Millennium bug, is a result of old computers' limited memory. A two-digit entry was used for the year instead of a four­digit entry, i.e., 99 instead of 1999.

Therefore, when the year 2000 strikes, programs that· have been coded with the two-digit year codes will interpret the year "00" to be "1900."

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Teno: No to easy transfers By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

PROPOSALS to amend existing laws that would allow a more lenient transfer policies for non­resident workers in the CNMI are not likely to pass Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio who expressed concerns on the possible impacts of such moves.

Tenorio yesterday advised law­makers to be more cautious about amending the current hiring mora­torium law, which also allows the transfer of guest workers to an­other employer on certain restric­tions. . .

"My feeling is that when the employer hired the employee, the employee is supposed to provide the services expected of him by the employer," he said.

The governor hinted that he would prefer the provisions on ex­isting hiring moratorium law which places certain restrictions on the transfer of nonresident workers

from one company to another. He added that allowing a more

lenient transfer may result to an increased number of nonresident workers since companies with va­cant positions may resort to hiring from outside the CNMI to fill in the posts vacated by workers who sought transfer.

''That means we would continue to increase the number of nonresi­dent workers even if the reimburse­ment provision [which obligates workers who would resign in a given period after being hired from outside to pay back the expenses of the employers] is there," he said.

Tenorio also suggested that any move to amend the existing law should be consulted with the pri­vate sector. ''The employers should be made aware of that We need them to review the impact."

In an earlier interview, business­man Joe C. Ayuyu said the pro­posal would address the issues con­fronting nonresident workers like

Cervical cancer rate in NMI alarms DPH

By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

HEAL TH officials disclosed the mean age-specific incidence of cervical cancer in the CNMI is very alarming, with rates among Carolinian women over 20 times higher than U.S. mainland fe­males.

Moreover, Chamorro women have over nine times higher inci­dence rate of cervical cancer than their U.S. mainland counterpart, according to the Department of Public Health.

The mortality rate in Carolin­ian women is 14 times higher than the rate in U.S. white females, while among Chamorro women, the mortality rate is seven times higher than U.S. mainland fe­males.

David Tuohey-Mote, DPH Chronic Disease Program man­ager, yesterday said cervical can­cer is associated with several risk factors.

Having sexual intercourse early in teenage years, as well as mul­tiple sexual partners in life put a lot of women at risk for cervical cancer. A woman who has a part­ner with many sexual partners

also has increased risk of cervical cancer.

Compounding the risks is the female's smoking habit.

"In the CNMI, trends for these risk factors are concerning. From these known risk factors, we can predict that cervical cancer in the CNMI will also increase," said DPH.

There are no early symptoms of cervical cancer, and only when the cancer develops that a woman might have some discomfort.

Because of this, health officials advise women who are already 18 years old to undergo Pap smear examination to detect the said cancer. However, since teenag­ers here as young as 14 years old already reported to having had sexual intercourse, the Pap smear test may come at an earlier age.

Pap smear is part of a pelvic examination which involves checking the woman's sex organs. A sample is taken by wiping the surface of the cervix which is the narrow outer end of the uterus which holds the fertilized ovum during the development of the fetus, and the principle agent in

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nonpayment of salaries or inhu­mane living conditions at the bar­racks.

"They will have the access to move from one employer to an­other if they feel they have already being exploited or if they are hav­ing problems with their present job," he stressed.

Legislators have been prodding the labor and immigration depart­ment to expedite the processing of applications to transfer b:)! nonresi­dent workers from one employerto ano!her. · Pedro P. Tenorio

Senate P.resident Paul A. Manglona earlier disclosed plans to relax the restrictions on the non­resident workers' ability to transfer from one employer to another.

Manglona has pointed out that the Senate may require employers to give a 30-day notice to employ­ees whose contracts will not be renewed orterminated so they may be able to find new employment even before their contracts expire.

. They raised concerns on the pos­sible liability of either the govern­ment or the fonner employer dur­ing the 45-day grace period when foreign workers can stay on the island and look for another job after the expiration of their previ­ous contracts.

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He emphasized that the proposed policy will benefit both the em­ployers and the employees since there will be fewer restrictions on the mobility ortransferof the work­ers from one cornoanv to another.

They mentioned that in some cases, the DOLi may allow non­residents to start working for an­other company while their transfer

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Better economic planning is needed, say NMI legislators

By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

THREE legislators who are ac­tively involved in the organiza­tion of next week's economic summit have agreed to call for the drafting of a-program geared at boosting the economy and pre­venting the increase in the num­ber of CNMI residents living below the poverty level.

Representatives Manuel Tenorio, Karl Reyes and Oscar Babauta said the government should adopt ihvestor-friendly policies to lure more businesses into the Northern Marianas, thus, increasing the standard ofliving in the islands.

But Tenorio, who chairs the House natural resources com­mittee. stressed that concerns about federal policy alternatives and their impacts go back to Covenant negotiations, adding that the accord provides for fed­eral assistance to the CNMI.

"It [Covenant] provides for federal assistance to the CNMI in achieving a progressively higher standard of living for its people as pan of the American economic community:· he said.

Babauta. who also heads the House tourism and trade com­mittee. said there is a need for well-defined and well-coordi­nated action on ei;:onomic con­cerns between the Executive and the legislative branches of the government. as well as the pri­vate sector.

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the CNMI has started improv­ing data collection and process­ing capabilities, which has ini­tially resulted to sufficient data that would help craft an eco­nomic model that would answer development and policy ques­tions.

They said that government of­ficials and business leaders should ensure that planning and debates on policy would trans­late to plans and program that will benefit the majority of CNMI residents in terms of higher welfare and productiv­ity.

Recent reports from the Of­fice oflnsular Affairs (OIA) in­dicated that unemployment rate among local residents in the CNMI is at least four times higher than anywhere in the United States.

OIA director Allen Stayman said the I 6.2 percent unemploy­ment rate among native-born US

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Guam faces scrap metal waste crisis

Variety News Staff HAGATNA ~ Guam may face an environmental crisis in the coming months if the shipping of scrap waste metal out of the is­land is discontinued due to poor economic conditions in the inter­national scrap market.

Trans Asia Shipping (TAS), which ships out the island's scrap metal, said the metal market is currently severely depressed and without assistance from the Gov­ernment of Guam, the company may not be able to continue ship­ping scrap metal out of Guam.

According to T AS President Benny B. Bello, the average metal price has reached its lowest level in 20 years. And this price is al­ready for top-grade metals which Guam by and large doesn't pro­duce. Bello said the average the company can receive for Guam's metals is approximately 15 per-

cent less. "We, among others, feel that it

would be disastrous to lose the momentum and support that has been built up for this program (scrap metal program). There are currently over 40,000 tons of scrap metal throughout the island that has yet to be processed, collected, and removed."

According to Bello, studies have shown that Guam produces approximately 5,000 tons of me­tallic waste per month. Without a metallic waste program in place, Bello said Guam could face an environmental disaster.

So far, Bello said funding from the Paka subsidy has made the shipments of scrap metal out of Guam possible to date. With this funding support ending, T AS is requesting a reduction or waiver of the company's loading charges at the Guam port.

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"Ideally, the Pon would waive the charges for loading the vessel, but at the very least allow Trans Asia to load the ship with ourown people.

Should you choose the latter option, T AS could load the next two vessels in 1999 with our per­sonnel on a trial basis .... it is currently impossible to continue the program without such relief," Bello wrote in a letter to Port Authority of Guam General Man­ager Joseph Q. Cruz.

According to Bello, T AS will · continue to lobby for additional support from all island organiza­tions in order to implement a long­lasting program that will benefit the whole island. T AS plans to ask for incentives from the Legis­lature regarding recycling taxes as well as the Department of Pub­lic Works regarding the imple-

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HEW invites WASC officials

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

THE HOUSE Committee on Health, Education and Welfare has invited visiting officials of

. the Western Association of Schools and College to testify during the oversight hearings on Northern Marianas College, which will resume tomorrow.

Rep. Heinz S. Hofschneider (R-Prec. 3, Saipan), who chairs the committee, said the hearing scheduled for yesterday was re­set to invite the WASC offi­cials.

NMC is a W ASC-accredited college.

"'We've issued an invitation," Hofschneider said. We welcome their presence and I hope they could answer some of our ques­tions."

Rep. Karl T. Reyes (R-Prec. I, Saipan), a former chair of the NMC board of regents, earlier expressed concern that the

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GVB seek support for American market

Variety News Staff

HAGA TN A-The Chairman of the Guam Visitors Bureau's (GVB) North American Market­ing Committee is asking for more support to step up·GVB 's promo­tional efforts in the North Ameri­can market in light of the continu­ing decline in Guam's more tradi­tional tourism markets.

GVB North America Market­ing Chairman Monte Mesa said that although thenu.mberofNorth American travelers to Guam is small compared to Japan·, North American travelers traditionally spend more money during their stay in comparison to their Asian counterparts.

"The North American traveler also stays in our region longer in · comparison to other visitors. This allows for more room nights to be sold for the hotels, car rental com­panies having more of their fleets out, and more local spending for a longer number of days," Mesa said.

Mesa added that North Ameri­can visitors patronize a wide vari­ety of stores to obtain Guam's local flavor. They also venture out to the villages more and spend as they explore the island inde­pendently.

Moreover, Mesa said major companies in North America are represented in Asia and Guam is in a unique pqsition tq be the main meeting place for many incentive or regional meetings for both U.S. and Asian companies.

:Hawaii ad . agency opens . . on Guam.

Variety News Staff HAGATNA - Hawaii-based Starr Seigle Communications is officially opening a Starr Seigle Mccombs Advertising office in Tumon on April I.

According to SSC Chairman Jack Bates, the advertising com­pany will offer creative and me­dia placement services from the new Starr Seigle Communications offices at Fountain Plaza Guam, Suite 201 along Pale San Vitores Road.

"We're excited to enter the Guam market with our level of advertisingexpenise," said Bates. "We believe in the future of Guam and it is extremely important to our growth in the South Pacific region."

Bates also announced that Caner Reed has been named presi­dent of the Starr Seigle McCombs Advertising- Guam office. Reed's advertising career in Hawaii has spanned more than 20 years, serv­ing as senior vice president of SSM Advertising in Hawaii. He has extensive experience in con­sumer- and travel'~related ac­counts, such as Longs Drug Stores, Quintus Resorts, Nissan in Hawaii, Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows, and the Building Industry Associations of Hawaii.

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"Free publicity in North America in recent years has ex­ceeded the million dollar mark due to aggressive efforts by our North America office which has generated many ideas for obtain­ing additional publicity for Guam such as the Jeff Miller articles that ran in various publications ... and possibly a movie entitled Guam Goes To The Moon."

In addition, Mesa said the GVB 'sNonhAmericaofficealso acts as a liaison giving valuable assistance to the mainland offices of Gov. Carl T.C. Gutierrez and Congressman Robert Underwood. It has likewise been instrumental in promoting the region of Micronesia, with Guam as the gateway.

"The North America office has assisted the Guam Economic De­velopment Authority in attract­ing potential investors to Guam. Some of these investors have al­ready opened businesses on is-

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Mesacitedotherimponantroles taken by the North America of­fice including:

* Maintaining a close liaison with the Chamorro clubs in the mainland, relaying and obtaining information that encourages travel back to the island;

* Representing the Govemmem of Guam in crisis management situations such as typhoons, the Korean Air crash, and the last huge earthquake;

* Working to correct and change, in a positive manner, the publicity Guam has received on the brown tree snake issue circu­lating in the mainland; and

* Assisting North American consumers in the military or the civilian sector who want to re­locate to Guam.

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LMA enrollment picks up By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

BARELY two months after the establishment of Lina'la­Malawasch Academy (LMA). student enrollees already in­creased by 50 percent as of this month.

At present, a total of 12 stu­dents are currently enrolled at the academy.

Associate Commissioner Rita Sablan of PSS said LMA origi­nally set to accomodate some 20 at-risk students.

OES strengthens its SNAPP campaign

LMA was conceived by the Public School System as a tempo­rary school for at-risk students in the CNMI.

When LMA opened its doors last February. some eight at-risk students from Hopwood Junior High School participated in the new school.

However, the school needs par­ents' participation to turn-over the students to the academy, the rea­son why the enrollment is lower than expected.

It could be recalled that LMA received a total of 25 referrals before the school opening. But majority of the parents of those

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By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

TO PROMOTE good health among its students, Oleai Elemen­tary School is strengthening its School-based Nutrition and Physi­cal Activity Partnership (SNAPP) program through varibus activi­ties focusing on physical fitness and proper nutrition inside the

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Saipan Congresswoman Ana S. Teregeyo (left) attends to t~e arriving guests at the First Lady's Vision Foundation's "Healthy Families, Strong Community" Symposium held Saturday at the Hyatt. Photo by Bing S. Chavez

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prior to the start of the meeting.

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Last week, students from kin­dergarten to sixth grade levels held its bi-monthly activity called "Walk for Life."

Different grade levels and sec­tions walked alternately last week to promote good health.

According to Violy Beltran, OES staff, Walk for Life is one of the awareness activities to keep the students physically fit.

She added the walking activity is one way to combat the strong obesity rate among CNMI stu­dents.

In 1998's SNAPP report, 40 percent of CNMI students are obese compared to the already high rate in the mainland of 27 percent.

To help reverse these trends, OES is doing various activities to keep the students healthy.

Aside from Walk for Life, the school already held its field day activities early this month to pro­mote physical fitness and educa­tion among students.

OES is also strict in enforcing

Continued on page 22

Guam Calendar· . . .

GEPA public hearing today

The Guam Environmental Pro­tection Agency will hold a public hearing at 5:30 today in the Gove~or's Cabinet Conference Room at the RJB Complex in Adelup concerning GEPA's in­tention to issue a Solid Waste Incinerator Facility permit to Pa­cific Environmental Resources,. Inc. PERI).

PERI seeks to operate an incin­erator located at Old Route 11, Parcel 4, Port Authority of Guam in Piti.

The permit will allow PERI to incinerate solid waste, MARPOL waste for the Port Authority of

Guam. However, PERI will eventually

expand its services to incinerate bio-hazard waste such as sharps and human waste). For details call Betwin Alokoa at 475-1608 or Barbara Torres at 475-1611.

Election Commission board meeting

The Guam Election Commission Board of Directors will hold its regular meeting at 12 noon today at the Election Commission con­ference room., Suite 200 GCIC Building in Hagatna.

Agenda may be obtained at the Commission's office. The public is invited.

Benny Martinez, a father; Frances Lujan-Babauta and Priscilla Martinez, both grandmas of students at the San Vicente School in Barrigada, were present for the students' presentation during Chamorro Week last Friday. ·

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Young Girl Scouts pose for a photo with scout leaders, parents and a Park Ranger officer after a recent clean­up campaign at Micro Beach.

Girl Scout movement gathers steam in NMI THE GIRL Scout movement is alive and well in the CNMI and activities are planned to mark Girl Scout Week, March 7-13 in the islands.

This coming Saturday, March 13, all adult Girl Scouts and lead­ers are invited to attend afternoon tea at the Royal Taga Beach Club.

The afternoon tea will be held from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm and refreshments will be served.

Anyone who was a former Girl Scout Leader, knows anyone else who was or are interested in join­ing this volunteer organization, is encouraged to join as the group gets together to revive Girl Scout­ing in the CNMI.

Girl Scout Week, observed from March 7-13 worldwide, honors and celebrate Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world for their contributions.

The movement takes its roots when Lord and Lady Baden­Powell founded Girl Guides in England in 1909. Later in 1912, Juliette Gordon Low started Girl Scouts in the United States.

Since then, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides has grown to include more than a million girls from the ages of 5 years old to adulthood.

Girl Scouts teaches girls how to work together, be responsible, make decisions, respect different values and ethnicities and develop

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Trib.e wants to get Fiji's capital back

By ROBERT KEITH-REID SUV A, Fiji (AP) - Fijian tribes have begun court actions demand­ing compensation for land they say was wrongfully taken from them. which became the country's capital city. Suva. and its interna­tional airport.

The High Chief of Suva, Ratu Epeli Kanakana. said Wednesday he has asked the High Court to rule that in 1868 his clan owned the entire Suva peninsula. now a city of 200.000 people.

He claims it was wrongly taken from his tribe by Fiji· s most pow­erful warlord. who later illegally sold it to European founders of what became Suva city.

A land assessment of Suva in 1998 estimated property values running into hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars.

Suva ·s original native owners, who in 1882 were shifted by the then-British colonial government to a village site off the peninsula, are asking the court to declare that they deserve compensation for the loss of their land plus legal costs and any other relief the court con­siders just.

In another case, the Native Land Trust Board. legally the guardian of all Fijian tribal land. has begun an action to counter a government

By Rene P. Acosta Variety News Staff

THE Northern Marianas Col-· Jege and the Asian Interna­tional University has signed a memorandum of understand­ing wherein both the two col­leges agreed to undertake aca­demic and cultural exchange programs.

The unoerstanding was

decision totransferover988 acres ( 400 hectares) of land occupied by Nadi International Airport in western Fiji to a new privatized airport management company.

The original tribal owners agreed to ,;'i their land be used as a World War II fighter plane base.

Now they want it back, though their chiefs say they are prepared to be reasonable about allowing the airport, now the main South Pacific aviation crossroads, to continue operating.

The trust board said it had a legal obligation as trustee to in­tervene since the government's attempt to transfer the airport site to a commercial profit making entity voided the wartime lease.

Last June the government sent armed troops to project Fiji's main hydroelectric power station in the center of the main island of Viti after an arson attack on a control room caused serious damage.

The power station site was then blockaded by tribesmen armed with bamboo spears to back demands for about $18 million compensa­tion for land flooded by the dam.

The tribesmen eventually re­stored government access to the power station after being assured their claims would be settled fairly.

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Tonga's King faces challenges to power

By ROBERT KEITH-REID NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) - Tongans love their king so much that when he went on an exercise-and-dietprogram to con­trol his obesity - losing I 00 pounds ( 45 kilos) - it set off a national fitness fad.

And when King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV turned 80 last year, the whole country celebratec\ with an extraordinary round of feasting and ceremony.

But like Britons and their fond­ness for Queen Elizabeth II,

Tongans' adoration for the monarch does not extend to the rest of the royal family. Corrup­tion allegations leveled at the queen, the king's daughter and the crown prince are rattling the wooden walls of their Gothic­style palace.

Now, after 34 years in power, the king faces moves to curb his authority during elections this week: One from a fledgling de­mocracy movement and the other led by his son, Crown Prince Tupouto'a.

Tonga,aSouthPacificchainof some 150 islands located 2,350 miles (3,800 kms) east of Austra­lia, is a member of the British Commonwealth and has a gov­ernment based on the British par­liamentary model.

However, the 19th century constitution endows the king with ultimate political power. He appoints eight permanent Cabinet ministers and two pro­vincial governors to the 28-seat legislature.

Nine seats are elected by the heads of 33 noble families and nine are held by commoners, elected by the nation's 45,000 registered voters.

On Wednesday, the nobles will elect their representatives for the next three-year term of parliament. The commoner rep­resentatives will be elected on Thursday.

The king's long-serving prime minister, Baron Vaea, is retiring and Tongans had expected the king to name his son, Tupouto'a, to succeed him.

But Tupou to' a, who has served

Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a is shown in this undated file photo. · Tupouto'a father King Taufa'ahau Tupou JV wants his son to take over from the retiring Prime Minister, but Tupouto'a has reservations about taking the job. AP

as foreign and defense ministers over the past 20 years, has report­edly been pushing for the right to appoint the Cabinet - arguing, aides say, that the on! y way to modernize the country is to re­move the present conservative lineup of appointed-for-life minis­ters.

That would require a constitu­tional amendment, which the king opposes. So, the king may tum to veteran Cabinet minister Langi Kavaliku as an alternative prime minister.

Also pressing for constitutional reform is a tledgling pro-democ­racy movement that has lobbied for a popularly elected parliament and to partly curtail the powers of the king.

Still, pro-democracy leaders stress their desire to preserve a figurehead role for the monarchy, which has roots tracing back about

1,000 years and is hugely popu­lar among Tongans.

Still, the king's wife, Queen Mata'aho, his daughter Princess Pilolevu Tuita and the crown prince have aroused public re­sentment by tlieirextensive busi­ness interests in a land where most people live at subsistence level, according to Futa Helu, an adviser to the Tonga Human Rights and Democracy Move­ment.

"People are beginning to see this and are grumbling," Helu said, adding that corruption alle­gations have been leveled at all three.

Tonga, a nation of less than I 00,000 people, has long de­pended on foreign aid, remit­tances sent by Tongans living overseas, tourism and exports of small amounts of fish, fruit and vegetables.

Women's crisis center receives funding grant for regional effort Suva (Pacnews) - Australia has announced a $1.4 mi11ion contribution to the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC) towards its efforts to combat violence against women in Fiji and the region.

The announcement was made to coincide with International Women's Day.

FWCC provides counselling services for women and children who are victims of domestic vio­lence and sexual ahusc.

It is also involved in commu­nity education advocating attitu­dinal changes towards violence

against women. Announcing the grant in Suva

today, Australia's High Commis­sioner, Greg Urwin, also acknowl­edged the role of the centre in the region.

Urwin says FWCC, being the Secretariat of the Pacific Women's Network Against Vio­lence Against Women plays an important role in combatting do­mestic violence in the region through the co-ordination of ser­vices and advocacy by 24 ag.:n­cies across eleven Pacific states.

The funding, which is being provided through the Australian

Agency for International Development's Pacific Regional Programme, will begin in July this year and end in June 2004.

The centre's co-ordinator, Shamima Ali, says the funds will be used for programmes aimed at the elimination of all forms of violence against women and chil­dren, and in projects aimed at raising the status of women in Fiji and the Pacific region.

Ali says the centre will also consolidate its regional programme through more in­country training and suppon vis­its in the region.

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EU wants reciprocal trade accord with Pacific states SUVA (Pacnews)-The Euro­pean Union has advised a meet­ing of trade officials from South Pacific Forum countries that it is commiued to negotiating a reciprocal free trade arrange­ment with those Pacific states that enjoy a special trade rela­tionship with the EU under the Lome Convention.

Eight Pacific states including Fiji. Kiribati. Papua New Guinea. Samoa. Solomon Is­lands. Tonga. Tuvalu and Vanuatu. presently come under the African. Caribbean and Pa­cific group that benefits under Lome.

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They say the region itself is committed to these objectives and must be given time and space to respond in its own way to the challenges of globalisation.

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agriculture no longer plays a lead­ing role in our economy, and Tai­wan is are more than willing to share her experience in agricul­tural development with other friendly countries, including Fiji.

For his part, Mara expressed his appreciation for the hospital­ity extended to him by the Tai­wanese Government and the people.

Mara says he has visited many agricultural establishments in Taiwan over the past few days and has learned much.

He hopes to strengthen ex­changes and co-operation with Taiwan in various fields.

Kiribati handling of projects questioned TARA WA (Pacnews) - A Eu­ropean Union official in Kiribati has questioned the way in which EU - funded development projects are being implemented in the country.

ber of development projects in Kiribati, national agencies have been slow in implementing or fo­cusing their work on the projects.

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Radio Australia reports the an­nouncement appears to have been made without approval by the Electoral Commission.

Under the Bougainville peace agreement, elections were due to

be held this month for a reconcili­ation government on the island­but it's now generally accepted the vote will be delayed.

But co-chairman of the Bougainvi lie Constituent Assem­bly, Gerard Sinato, has told Papua New Guinea national radio writs will be issued Wednesday and the elections held within three weeks.

The Electoral Commission says

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Estrada sues for libel MANILA, Philippines (AP) -An angry President Joseph Estrada filed a libel suit Tues­day against a Manila newspaper which suggested he had unwit­tingly allowed an improper power plant repair deal.

Estrada sought 101 million pe­sos ($2.6 million) in damages from the Manila Times which he said would be donated to an orphanage and a scholarship program for impoverished Mus­lim youth.

"This is the last straw," Estrada said after filing the com­plaint with a government pros­ecutor in suburban Mandaluyong City.

"They can criticize me, it's a democratic country, but if they accuse me of graft and corrup­tion, that's a different story."

On Feb. 16, the Manila Times reported that Estrada became an "unwitting godfather" to an irregular government contract when he acted as a witness to the signing of a I 7 billion peso ($435 million) deal between the state-run National Power Corp. and IMPSA Asia Ltd., an Ar­gentine engineering firm.

The newspaper, quoting presi­dential palace sources, said the deal was irregular because last­minute changes were inserted in the contract after it was ap­proved by the government in violation of bidding rules.

The deal involved the repair and enlargement ofa hydroelec­tric plant south of Manila.

Philippine President Joseph Estrada displays a copy of the newspaper, The Manila Times, which he used as evidence when he filed a libel suit a{/ainst the P~Rer allegedly for port~aying him as a thief, at subu~ban Mandaluyong Cjty C_ourt Tuesday. The suit stemmed frr;im a story linking him to a 17 blihon peso (US$435 mi/hon dollars) power plant project and a photo of him wrth a fly on his nose. Estrada rs asking for 100 million

Estrada named Manila Times publisher Robina Gokongwei­Pe, writer Joel Gaborni, and nine other people in the suit.

pesos ($2.5 million dollars) in damages. AP

Estrada, a former movie star who took office last June, is the second Philippine president to file a libel suit in recent years.

Former President Corazon Aquino filed a suit in 1990 against popular columnist Luis Beltran after he wrote that she "hid under her bed" during a 1987 coup attempt. She included Beltran's publisher, Maximo Soliven, of the Philippine Star in the suit.

Mrs. Aquino said at the time

that Beltran's remark under­mined her role as commander­in-chief of a fractious military, especially at a time when the country was still politically and economically unstable.

A lower court initially found Beltran and Soliven guilty of criminal libel in October 1992 and ordered the two to be im­prisoned for up to two years and jointly pay $76.000 in damages. to Mrs. Aquino.

An appellate court later re­versed the decision, saying the prosecution failed to prove mal­ice was intended.

Kris Aquino, daughter of former President Corazon Aquino, paints a window pane Saturday in a construction area in suburban Paranaque as she participates in the program of building houses for the Jess fortunate as part of the 16th Annual Jimmy Carter Work Project. AP

Philippine defense chief: Unidentified country builds new structure in Spratlys MANILA, Philippines (AP) -An unidentified country is build­ing a new structure on one of the areas claimed by the Philippines in the disputed Spratly Islands, a Philippine official said Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado said Philippine air force planes spotted a steel structure being constructed on the previ­ously unoccupied Magsaysay Reef. He said the structure may be the foundation for a multistory concrete building.

Mercado did not say how Jong the construction has been going on, but said he suspects either China or Vietnam is involved.

Last week, China demanded that the Philippines stop improv-

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ners such as Australia, New Zealand and the United States say that if the Forum Island Countries conclude a recipro­cal trading arrangement with the EU, then other major trading partners should also be offered

ing military facilities in the Spratlys, citing a possible expan­sion of a military runway on an island occupied by Filipino troops.

Mercado said the improvement referred to by China is the repair of a nmway on the island of Pag­asa to fix minor damage that may pose danger to aircraft.

Mercado said both ends of the dirt airstrip have been eroded by seawater and needed to be reinforced. Pot holes also are being filled. Such repairs have been periodically undertaken since 1995 and no new con­struction or major improvement of military facilities is going on, he said.

The Spratlys are a series of

joint cultural programs, faculty exchange, joint land grant re­search projects, and joint con­ferences.

In a press statement, the NMC

similar access privileges. This is one of the outcomes of

a workshop on the future of trade relations with the EU after the year two thousand, held at the South Pacific Forum Secretariat in Fiji.

The trade meeting was jointly organised by the Forum Secre­tariat and the Commonwealth Secretariat based in London.

islets in the South China Sea believed to be rich in oil, gas and mineral wealth. They are claimed in whole or part by China, Viet­nam, the Philippines, Malaysia. Brunei and Taiwan.

The Philippines protested last year when China began enlarging buildings on Mischief Reef, which is claimed by both China and the Philippines. China said the struc­tures are shelters for fishermen during storms, but the Philippines says they could be used militar­ily.

The Philippines has sought in­ternational support to stop what it says is Chinese expansion in an area that straddles one of the world's vital sea lanes.

said the college and the AIU "seek to cooperate and work to­gether toward the internaliza­tion of their education pro­grams."

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volved in big businesses and not just playing marbles in the streets.

Data shows that 63 percent of the women in the country are literate out of 72 percent of the educated population.

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Catholic nun sentenced to jail for beating student MANILA, Philippines (AP) -A Roman Catholic nun was sen­tenced to three to five years in jail Tuesday for beating an 11-year­old student at a Catholic school, court officials said.

The nun. Margarita Yamyamin. had pleaded guilty to beating Jose Luis Inton. her student at the St. Thomas Aquinas school in the Manila suburb of San Juan. last July.

Yamyamin was convicted of child abuse and cmelty and could have been given a longer jail term had she not pleaded guilty and surrendered after the incident. Blanca said.

She said it was unlikely that Yamyamin, a first-time offender, would appeal. She may instead apply for probation.

Y amyamin and her lawyer were not immediately available for comment.

In recent years, a government crackdown and wider publicity 2:iven to child abuse cases have ~mboldened victims to come out in the open and complain.

Yamvamin showed little emo­tion as ·an official of the Pasig re­gional trial court read the sentence. - 111e court found that Y amyamin kicked lnton several times in the leg and pounded his head against a chair to punish him for being un­ruly. court official Christine Blanca said.

The child, who suffered bruises and contusions, told his parents, who complained to police.

Last year, reported cases of child abuse. including rape, incest. beat­ings, abandonment and exploita­tion, rose 25 percent to 5,483, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Farmers and supporters hold candles an~ torches ~uring a pr<!yer :ally in front of t~.e S_upreme Court in Manila Tuesday demanding the speedy resolution of their Ian~ claims m sout.hern Ph//1ppmes. The farmers case stemmed from an earlier decision of the court which denied the land claims by farmers and favored the land owner. AP

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an investigation into Pilipino Pilt~l after it completed a "hos- · MANILA, Philippines (AP) -Philippine President Joseph Estrada said Tuesday that his gov­ernment was considering legal action against an Australian trea­sure hunter who claimed that the youngest daughter of the late dic­tator Ferdinand Marcos had $13.2 billion in a Swiss bank account.

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In a letterto Pille], SEC direc- ippine Long Dis\mlce Teles torformoneymarketoperations phone Co., in December, Linda Daoang said the three- The bulkdf Pi Itel's debts are rnemberinvestigaringgroup will not secured. AAhird ar~ ~wed to examine the. company's books suppliers; partiC41iu:ly )a.pag's and other financialrecords to · i\farubeni Cprp.; ~oth~ ~ird determine jf it complied with to bpnd hpJders; aru:l the ~.to In a report published by the

Philippine Daily Inquireron Mon­day. Reiner Jacobi said Irene Marcos-Araneta held the secret bank account and accused the chief of the government agency in charge ofrecovering the Marcos wealth of blocking efforts to get the money.

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Maria Pilar (Kanako) Mori Erra

Date ofBirth: January 16, I 930 Died: March 3, 1999

She is predeceased by her Husband: Mathias Erra Father: Tarn Mori Mother: Chini Jicko Brother: Yoshindo Mori Sons: Edwin Erra, Fermin Erra & Tamian Erra

She is Survived by her: Brothers/Sisters: Masataka Mori, Bob Mori, Leo Mori, Emiko Tadashi, Yaeko M. Arnold, lsako M. Dereas, Maureen M. Sakios Children: Marcelina Erra Marmar & Mike; Ruri Erra Ayuyu & Joe; Victor Erra & Elina Victor; Julio (Boira) Erra, Joe Erra & Roxy

Additionally survived by 20 grand children and 15 great grand children.

Nightly rosary is being said at 8:00 p.m. at St. Jude Church in Koblerville.

Viewing and last respect will be on March 11, 1999 at the CHC Chapel between the hours of 4PM to 8PM. Mass will be at 5PM. Burial will be in Mcchcn, Chuuk.

''There is no evidence, there are no papers, it's all a bum steer," Estrada told reporters.

Mrs. Marcos-Araneta denied the claim. "It's ridiculous," she said.

Marcos' widow, Imelda, said she hoped the claim was true "so that we can help poor Filipinos."

Estrada said Jacobi has ··muddled everything so that some people now dream about the bil­lions of dollars that he is talking about, which is really baseless."

He said Magdangal Elma, chair­man of the Presidential Commis­sion on Good Government, which is looking for Marcos' alleged ill­gotten wealth, is studying pos­sible chargesagainstJacobi. Elma is also the presidential legal coun­sel.

Presidential Executive Secre­tary Ronalda Zamora said Jacobi could be charged with fraud.

He said the government had looked into Jacobi's claims. He said Zurich District Attorney Pe­ter Cosandey, who has helped the Philippines recover some of Marcos' Swiss assets, described Jacobi's latest claims as "com­pletely falsified and fictitious."

Zamora said many "bounty hunters" have approached the government in the past with claims of Marcos' "fantastic" wealth, but all had turned out to be false.

"Not once did we see anything except for what was identified

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the EU approved more than $6 million for development projects in Kiribati between 1990 and 1995.

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it has not been told of the pro­posed vote, and the announce­ment could be illegal.

Irene Marcos-Araneta

right from the beginning," Zamora said, referring to Marcos' S590 million Swiss bank deposits. That money is now in an escrow ac­count in a Philippine bank.

He said it was Jacobi who told the government several years ago that he had discovered thousands of tons of gold allegedly belong­ing to Marcos at the Kloten air­port in Germany, which proved to be a hoax.

The Marcos family has agreed to give $150 million from the Marcos' Swiss deposits as pay­ment to 9,539 Filipinos who won a class action suit for human rights violations under Marcos.

The government plans to nego­tiate a sharing of the remainder of the $590 million with the Marcoses.

Estrada favors an out-of-court settlement because years of liti­gation have yielded little.

Teabo says some of the projects approved under that phase of the Convention have not been com­pleted and will be included under the second protocol of the revised Convention, which ends next year.

An EU team will visit Tarawa in May to finalise a major na­tional aid programme amounting to about $8 million.

It is now trying to verify the information.

The commission is the only body in Papua New Guinea that has the constitutional authority to announce dates for elections.

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N. Korea out of food again UNITED NATIONS (AP) -All food from last autumn's har­vest in North Korea will be dis­tributed by April and the fam­ine-stricken country will then have lo rely primarily on inter­national food aid, the World Food Program said Tuesday.

During the lean period until the next harvest in October, North Koreans will also be eat­ing more wild mushrooms, tree bark, seaweed and cakes made of grass, said WFP spokes­woman Abby Spring.

"These can placate hunger but they are not nutritious and can cause illness," she said.

In last autumn's harvest, there was a severe shortage of rice be­cause only IO percentofrice fields were cultivated due to a lack of fuel and spare parts for machin-ery, Spring said. .

Food shortages and famine-re­lated illnesses have killed up to 2 million of North Korea's 23 mil­lion people during the past three years, according to U.S. congres­sional estimates. Two-thirds of

Top Indonesia, Australia military officials gather

Wiranto

By GEOFF SPENCER JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)­Top military brass from Indo­nesia and neighboring Austra­lia met to talk about bilateral de­fense issues Tuesday amid a cam­paign by Indonesia to reform its powerful armed forces in a push for greater democracy. and im­proved human rights.

In a statement the Chief of the Australian Defense Force, Admr. Chris Barrie, said the three-day meeting was proof of growing ties between the two countries, which signed a defense coopera­tion agreement in 1995, ending years of mutual suspicion.

He described the meeting as a "high level future-looking bilat­eral forum" that would "explore developments likely to influence military roles and responsibilities into the 21st century."

Organizers said about 50 senior personnel from the Indonesian military, including its commander and Defense Minister Gen. Wiranto, would attend. About 20 of Australia's top officers, includ­ing Barrie, would also take part in the forum, which is the first of its kind, they said.

The fomm comes at a time of fast-moving political change in Indonesia, where the military has played a pivotal role for decades. ,.

President B.J. Habibie and Wiranto have both promised to make changes to the structure

of the armed forces following last May's resignation of ex­President Suharto, himself a re­tired general.

During Suharto's 32 authori­tarian years in power, the mili­tary maintained an unchallenged political and economic role in the world's fourth most popu­lous nation.

The armed forces were guar­anteed seats in Parliament. Many generals were appointed to senior government posts and others were placed in charge of state-owned companies.

However, since Suharto's ouster amid protests and riots, the military has come under in­creasing criticism over its hu­man rights record and political clout.

In a sign of reform, Wiranto has apologized for past atroci­ties committed by troops. Sev­eral soldiers have been put on trial for recent human rights abuses.

Wiranto has also ordered that the police force be formally separated from the rest of the military on April I. ·

Moreover, the military agreed to have the number of seals re­served for it in the 500-member legislature reduced from 75 to 38. .

Nevertheless, several senior serving and retired generals, once loyal to Suharto, continue to hold Cabinet positions.

Many critics want the military's participation in poli­tics abolished altogether to en­sure that it is answerable to an elected government that is to be formed after a June 7 parlia­mentary election.

Recently troops have shot and killed rioters in eastern Indone­sia where fighting has broken out between rival Muslim and Christian gangs.

In November, troops shot and killed some student protesters in Jakarta when they demanded faster and greater democratic reforms.

Many students have de­manded that Habibie and Wiranto resign.

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all children under seven are mal­nourished, and lack of food has stunted the growth of millions more.

Two million children are receiv­ing international food aid at schools but the World Food Program said staff members have started record­ing increasing malnutrition espe­cially among youngsters between the ages of seven and 12.

"The food they're getting at school, they take home and it is shared with their family," Spring said.

"This most likely explains why we are seeing this age group more and more in hospitals suffering from malnutrition."

To help alleivate the problem, WFP plans to start producing pro­tein biscuits in North Korea which will be given to these children to eat in their classrooms, she said.

Last year, WFP received 600,000 tons of food, but the de­liveries were mainly wheat and cereals - not beans, vegetable oils and soya wheat which are also important for famine victims.

For 1999, WFP said it needs about $225 million, or 533,000 metric tons (588,000 million US tons) of food. To date, it has 325 million tons (358 million US tons) of food worth$ I 01.3 mil­lion in the pipeline, mainly ce­reals from the United States, Spring ~aid.

The U.N. agency plans to carry out food and crop assess­ments in the spring and fall "to better tailor the exact needs" of the North Korean people, she said.

South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung (left) gives a medal to a cadet during the 55th Military Academy graduation ceremony at the Hwarang Stadium in Seoul, Monday where he emphasized a strong South Korean-U.S. military alliance. AP

Nepal, Tibet border security beefed up KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -China has tightened security along the Nepal-Tibet border to block the refugee route used by thou­sands of Tibetans. every year, a Tibetan group said Tuesday.

According to information smuggled from Tibet, at least two truckloads of Chinese security guards were moved to the Tatopani border, about l 20 kilo­meters (75 miles) north of Katmandu, the Nepalese capital. It is,1he only motorable road link­ing Tibet with Nepal.

Nyima Samkar, secretary of the Office of Tibet, said the level of

illegal traffic across the border had fallen sharply in the last three weeks, but he could not give fig­ures.

··since February 25, security has been tightened along the bor­der," said Samkar, reading from a two-page hand-scribbled note smuggled into Nepal. Samkarsaid the author of the note was still in Tibet, and it was carried out by one of the few who managed to make the crossing. He declined to give further details.

The exodus from Tibet usu­ally picks up in February­March, when Tibetans seek to

make their way to India to hear their spiritual, the Dalai Lama, preach on March I 0. The date marks the anniversary - this is the 40th - of a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet that forced the Dalai Lama into exile in 1959.

Every year, some 3,000 Tibet­ans cross into Nepal, mainly through four passes across the Himalayas. Many make the same illegal trek home after a few weeks in India, with the encouragement of the Dalai Lama. Nearly 130,000 Tibetan exiles live in 32 coun­tries.

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US envoy seeks fresh approach to N. Korea

William Perry, former U.S. [!efense Secretary and i.yashin9ton's p~licy coordinator (right) chats with South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung prior to a meeting on strategy toward the communist North Korea, at the presidential palace in Seoul, Tuesday. AP

By Bill Tarrant SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea will cooperate closely in taking a fresh approach to break a Cold War stalemate on the Korean peninsula, the Presidential Blue House in Seoul said on Tues­day.

U.S. policy Coordinator for North Korea William Perry met South Korean President Kim Dae-jung on the latest leg of his Northeast Asia tour to consult with regional leaders about how to deal with the unpredictable Stalinist regime in the North.

"Both parties agreed a com­prehensive approach is needed to settle problems arising from the North's nuclear and missile development programmes. And they also agreed to closely co­operate in the process,'' a Blue House statement said.

"Such an approach would be based on the South Korean government's gradual engage­ment policy," it said.

President Kim has been pro­moting such an approach to dis­solve what he ca11s "the Cold War" structure on the penin-

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Perry told reporters on arrival in Seoul on Monday night that U.S. President Bill Clinton sup­ported South Korea's policy of gradual engagement with com­munist North Korea.

Perry was responding to mounting concerns in Seoul that Washington might propose a harder line after its own engage­ment policy with North Korea has come under fire in Con­gress.

North Korea's launch of a three-stage rocket which hurtled over Japan last August, and the discovery that it was building a vast underground complex sus­pected to be nuclear related, led to President Bill Clinton's ap­pointment of Perry late last year.

Perry was told to review all policies toward Pyongyang.

The missile launch also prompted the United States to dust off a proposal for a re­gional Theatre Missile Defence ;hield that would include Ja­pan, South Korea and possibly Taiwan.

Diplomats say Perry, who has already visited China and Tai­wan, and was to fly to Tokyo on Tuesday night, may be consid­ering a two-track approach to North Korea.

The first track would be simi­lar to one Kim has promoted -offering North Korea a package of economic and political ben­efits if it curbs its missile and nuclear programmes.

These could include steps to­wards opening diplomatic ties between Washington and Pyongyang, easing U.S. trade sanctions and providing food and development aid for North

Korea. If that fails, the United States

would adopt a harsher contain­ment policy, possibly including a military blockade of the North, according to speculation among some officials and foreign policy analysts in Seoul.

U.S. and North Korean nego­tiators have been holding talks for more than a week in New York on U.S. demands for ac­cess to the suspected nuclear weapons development site in Kumchang-ri, not far from a mothballed Soviet-era, heavy­water reactor.

North Korea, facing severe economic problems and food shortages, denies the site has a nuclear role and demands mas­sive food aid in return for mul­tiple inspections of the site.

The talks have stalemated over that issue.

The United States is alarmed that North Korea, which is be­lieved to have large stocks of chemical and biological weap­ons, is developing the capabil­ity of delivering weapons of mass destruction on long-range missiles.

On Monday, five Republican U.S. House leaders urged Perry to take a harder line towards North Korea.

"North Korea's nuclear am­bitions, chemical-biological ca­pability and burgeoning missile capability present a clear and present danger to the security of the United States," the congress­men wrote to Perry in a letter.

U.S.-led United Nations forces fought Chinese-backed North Korea in the 1950-53 Korean war, which ended in a now fraying armistice instead of a peace agreement.

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Gore deflects spying blame By Randall Mikkelsen

WASHING TON (Reuters) U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday blamed China's alleged theft of American nuclear secrets on a "previous administration" and said President Bill Clinton had acted to fix an "inherited" problem.

Gore was the highest-ranking U.S. official to comment on the allegations since they were dis­closed by the New York Times on Saturday. His remarks indicated the Clinton administration is try­ing to avoid criticism for the af-

fair, which has sparked renewed Republican attacks on U.S. policy toward China.

Gore also told CNN's "Late Edition" in an interview to be aired on Tuesday evening that the United States would continue to pursue a relationship with China aimed at encouraging further steps toward democracy.

Referring to allegations China had stolen U.S. secrets used to make small nuclear warheads during the 1980s, Gore said: "This happened in the previous admin­istration, and the law enforcement

agencies have pressed it, and pur­sued it aggressively with our full support."

"In the course of this what de­veloped was a brand new presi­dential directive that fixed prob­lems we had inherited and changed and vastly improved the security procedures."

The espionage from the Los Alamos nuclear research labora­tory in New Mexico allegedly occurred during the 1980s, when Republicans Ronald Reagan and George Bush held the presidency. China has dismissed the allega-

Senate Majority leader Trent Lott is intentiewed on "Fox News Sunday" at the Fox studio in Washington Sunday, where he said that a Senate investigation into alleged Chinese espionage on the U.S. nuclear weapons program will be complete and aggressive. AP

US House to weigh in on troop proposal for Kosovo

By GEORGE GEDDA WASHING TON (AP) - The U.S. House of Representatives is gearing up for a non-binding vote on whether the Clinton adminis­tration should send troops to Kosovo as part of a NATO unit to enforce a peace agreement.

Debate on the issue is sched­uled later in the week as the ad­ministration intensifies its efforts io get the Serbs and Kosovar Al­banians to support the proposed plan.

The administration is eager for both sides to commit themselves to the proposal before peace talks resume in France next Monday.

Officials are hopeful the Kosovar Albanians will go along the plan but are less optimistic about the willingness of Serb President Slobodan Milosevic to accept it.

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is dispatching Ambas­sador Richard Holbrooke to Belgrade for talks on Wednes­day. Holbrooke has a reputation for persuading Milosevic to make concessions.

Until now, Milosevic has re­sisted provisions of the proposal that call for the deployment of some 30,000 troops in Kosovo,

Dennis Hastert

including 4,000 U.S. troops. He has been more receptive to

political aspects of the plan. President Clinton has warned

of possible NATO military action against the Serbs if Milosevic re­mains defiant.

The plan would give the major­ity Albanian population in Kosovo self-rule while leaving sover­eignty over the province with the Serbs.

In a "Dear Colleague" letter, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Republican of Illinois, said he has told Clinton he has serious reser­vations about sending U.S. peace­keepers to Kosovo.

"In my judgment, members of Congress have a solemn duty to

vote before thousands of men and women are placed in harm's way," Hastert wrote. "I believe each of us, and the nation, will benefit from such a debate."

The resolution, to be introduced by Rep. Benjamin Gilman, Re­publican of New York, who is chairman of the House Foreign AffairsCommittee, would express a sense of Congress that troops should be deployed, allowing for an up-and-down vote on matter.

The Clinton administration claims it doesn't need specific congressional approval to send troops to Kosovo. Congressional views are mixed.

Some members, including Rep. Tom Campbell, a California Re­publican, contend that c·linton does need such authority.

The State Department said Monday that the general staff of the Kosovo Liberation Army had agreed to the plan. But a rebel commander insisted the KLA will not give up its arms - a key provision of the plan.

Former Sen. Bob Dole, who met last Friday with Kosovar Al­banian leaders, stressed the im­portance of a unified Kosovar Albanian stand in support of the plan.

tions as "irresponsible" and un­founded.

Portions of Gore's remarks on China were aired on CNN ahead of the full interview broadcast and others were contained in a transcript provided by the cable television network.

Asked ,whether the United States would maintain its engage­ment with China despite the spy­ing controversy, differences over human rights and other issues, Gore said China's role in the world would continue to grow.

"Obviously having a relation­ship with them within which we can try to affect their behaviour and improve human rights, elimi­nate unfair trade practices and bring about the kinds of changes that will lead to further democra­tization in China - those things are in our interest," he said.

Recounting Clinton administration's actions to halt the espionage, a White House of­ficial said the theft was discov­ered in 1995. Following investi­gations by the FBI and the De­partment of Energy, White House officials were briefed on the mat­ter in July 1997. In January 1998 Clinton issued a directive to tighten security procedures at Los Alamos and other installations. he said.

On Monday. U.S. Energy Sec­retary Bill Richardson announced that a Chinese-American scien­tist working at Los Alamos nuclear laboratory in New Mexico. who allegedly handed over nuclear secrets to China. had been fired.

Richardson said on Tuesday in an interview with NBC television that the extent of damage to U.S. national security was unknown, and that Chinese espionage re­mained a concern.

"We don't know the extent of the damage from these thefts. They were serious. They were unconscionable. We are con­cerned that the Chinese are con-

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ducting espionage. We make no illusions about Chinese behaviour," he said.

Richardson denied charges by Republican members of Congress that the administration had failed to act decisively after learning that nuclear secrets had been leaked to China.

Security had been tightened at laboratories, counter-in tel Ii gence activities doubled and background checks had also been ordered of foreign visitors, he said.

"We think we have plugged the leaks:· he said.

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, a Republican, said the FBI would brief the intelligence com­mittee this week on the alleged theft, and the panel would hold a hearing next week. some of which may be open to the public.

"I'm not going to dwell so much on the past. but what I want to know is what we 're going to do about correcting this problem," Lott told reporters. "They've got to tighten up the security:·

"It (the security breach) was allowed to go on for months. even years apparently. that is a con­cern." he said. "I've been assured by the administration that they are going to cooperate with us and we've got to find ways to protect these lapses in the future.··

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Clinton tours Honduras areas By Steve Holland

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters)­U.S. President Bill Clinton paid tribute on Tuesday to the U.S. military who once helped fight Central America· s leftist insur­gencies but are now helping re­build the region from the rav­ages of Hurricane Mitch.

On the second day of his four­nation Central American tour. Clinton visited the Soto Cano Air Base. which staged anti-left­ist operations throughout the re­gion during its devastating civil wars of the 1980s.

Clinton drew whoops of de­light from many of the 520 U.S. military and civilian personnel at the base when he praised them during remarks inside an air­craft hangar.

··You have shown the people of Central America the true colors of our men and women in uni­form:· he said.

'"This disaster has taught us that what happens to one in the Ameri­cas affects us all. It reminds us that in good times and bad. todos somos americanos (We are all Americans)."" he added. prompt­ing broad applause.

Clinton· s four-day visit to Nica­ragua. Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala aimed to highlight the U.S. effort to help the region re­build from Mitch. which killed at least 9.000 people and left mil­lions homeless late last year.

Honduras took the biggest hit

Honduran President Carlos Roberto Flores (left) shows President Clinton the damage caused by Htfrricane Mitch in Tegucigalpa, Honduras as they visit the Juan Molina bridge Tuesday. Ten Honduran soldiers _and 40 U.S. Marines installed the two-lane, reinforced steel span over the Choluteca river after another bridge at the location was washed out by Hurricane Mitch. AP

from the storm, with about 5,600 killed according to U.S. estimates.

The hurricane added to the mis­ery of an impoverished region still trying to rebuild and heal wounds left over from years of Cold War-era civil wars.

Clinton's trip has been clouded by the U.~. Congress· failure to

speed approval of $956 million in new Central America disas­ter aid and the U.S. decision to resume deporting Guatemalan and Salvadoran illegal immi­grants.

Later on Tuesday, Clinton drove through the crowded streets of the Honduran capital

Tegucigalpa and walked across the Juan Molina bridge, a bright 230-foot aluminum and steel bridge that was rebuilt by U.S. Marines during a 10-day period in February.

America to help clean up from Hurricane Mitch in what Clinton called the largest U.S. relief ef­fort since the Berlin Airlift. The force is being reduced to about 1,200.

Honduran President Carlos Flores Facusse, who spent the day with Clinton, said he was grateful for the assistance and for Clinton's visit, saying it has proved that "you have decided to include Central America."

U.S. officials tried to play down one issue that vexes re­gional officials - Washington's decision on Friday to resume deporting illegal aliens from El Salvador and Guatemala.

The United States suspended the deportations in November to help the two countries re­cover from the hurricane, but now maintains they are ready to resume taking their citizens back.

Doris Meissner, the head of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalisation Service, told Reuters that the deportations had not yet resumed but indicated they would toward the end of next week.

Meissner said it was unlikely the United States would again suspend the deportations and that they would not affect large numbers of people. In 1998, she said a total of 15,000 people from the four countries were deported by the United States.

US Congressillan aiills to ban lawsuits against gun makers

The bridge, which spans the muddy Choluteca River and links Tegucigalpa with its sister city of Comayaguela, is one of the most visible of the projects undertaken by the U.S. troops in the region.

At their peak, about 5,900 U.S. troops were sent to Central

In contrast to the treatment of Salvadorans and Guatemalans, the INS has given Hondurans and Nicaraguans an 18-month reprieve in which they can ap­ply to stay in the United States.

,t:,11~:lflli By June Preston A TLA'.\TA (Reuters)-Geor­gia Republican Representative Bob Barr on Tuesday proposed legislation that would block U.S. cities and states from suing gun makers. an idea that was imme­diately denounced by Atlanta and gun industry opponents.

Atlanta is one of five U.S. cities and counties that have gone ro coun seeking to force the industry to install safety de­vices on firearms and recover the costs incurred from gun-re­lated crimes.

Barr. a member of the Na­tional Rifle Association whose district I ies just north of Atlanta, described the lawsuits as an un­fair attack on gun manufactur­ers.

"The unholy alliance between trial lawyers. big city mayors and anti-gun activists is about far more than gun control." Barr said of the lawsuits during a Washington news conference.

··re represents a greed-driven attempt to abuse the couns, shon circuit the legislaiive process and shut down !aw-abiding in­dustries."

Chicago. Miami-Dade County, Florida, New Orleans and Bridgeport, Connecticut, have also filed such lawsuits since October.

Jibari Si mama, a spokesman

Bob Barr

for Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, said Barr's proposal, dubbed the Firearms Heritage Protection Act, showed he had sold out to the gun industry and lost touch with his constituents.

··Mr. Barr is completely out of touch and would serve his con­stituency better if he focused on saving the lives of children in­stead of serving the interests of gun manufacturers," Simamasaid.

Simama said the Atlanta mayor's office does not believe Barr's legislation will win ap­proval in the U.S. Congress.

"Unlike Bob Barr, whom we know to be in the pocket of gun manufacturers, we believe there are enough legislators on the na­tional level to respond to the needs of constituents rather than spe­cial interests," Simama said.

On Capitol Hill, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, one of three Sen­ate Democrats to introduce leg­islation last week that would give cities and states more muscle in suing gun makers, attacked Barr's proposal.

"Congressman Bob Barr and the NRA are aiming their special-interest firepower squarely at the public interest with the outrageous bill in­troduced today," he said in a statement.

"Despite the NRA 's attempt to cloud the issue, these city lawsuits are not about money - the goal here is to hold the gun industry accountable for unsafe products and irrespon­sible marketing," he said.

Barr, a former federal pros­ecutor, said the right to own guns is protected by the Sec­ond Amendment of the Consti­tution and if the lawsuits were allowed to go forward, the same principle could be used "to put bookstores out of business in order to cripple the First Amendment."

After Atlanta filed its lawsuit in February, the Georgia Leg­islature passed a law making it illegal for cities to sue gun manufacturers. The mayor's office has said it believes that law will be struck down by the courts.

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Ocalan appoints lawyers ANKARA, Turkey(AP)-Im­prisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has formally appointed two lawyers to de­fend him from charges of trea­son, the Anatolia news agency said Tuesday.

The agency, quoting police officials, said Ocalan named Ahmet Zeki Okcuoglu and his brother Selim Okcuoglu as his lawyers on Monday during the presence of a notary.

It was not immediately clear whether Selim Okcuoglu would agree to take up the defense, but his brother Tuesday appealed to the prosecutor's office in An­kara asking permission to see his client for a second time since he was captured Feb. 15, it said.

According to private NTV television, Ahmet Zeki Okcuoglu would travel to the

Abdullah Ocalan

heavily guarded prison island of Imrali in the Sea of Marmara on Wednesday to confer with Ocalan if authorization is granted.

Ahmet Zeki Okcuoglu had first said that he would not de­fend Ocalan because he feared

U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen (left) talks to Kuwait's Minister of Defense Sheikh Salem Al Sabah upon his arrival to Kuwait Interna-tional Airport on Tuesday on a two-day visit to the emirate. AP

Saudi King to pay for 1,400 Moslem pilgrims for the haj RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Fahd has invited 1,400 Moslems from the former Soviet Union to perform the haj pilgrimage later this month, at his personal expense.

The official Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday that the king issued an order inviting the pil­grims from Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Rus­sia, including Moslems from Chechnya and Tatarstan.

The agency quoted Islamic Af-

fairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Abdul-Mohsen al-Turki as saying his ministry would over­see arrangements for the pilgrims, providing "all their needs."

On Saturday, Saudi Arabia said more than 200,000 Moslems from all over the world had an·ived in the kingdom.

About two million Moslems perfonn the haj, a pillar of the Islamic faith, every year. This year the pilgrimage climaxes later in March.

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He faces trial on charges of treason in a State Security Court -courts which have been critl­cized for the presence of a mili­tary judge on their panels.

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referred students failed to attend the meeting called by PSS offi­cials.

At-risk students admitted in the academy range from 12 to 15.5 years old.

According to LMA administra­tor Nunu Sanchez. students are all showing progress in the differ­ent activities of the academy.

Sablan stressed that the educa­tion system. in its intent to pro­vide effective service to CNMI students. would keep a maximum of 20 enrollees. or until the other

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the nutritious food program in­side its cafeteria to maintain the students' good diet.

Aside from OES, SNAPP pro­gram has been adopted by 12

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citizens in the CNMI is way higher than the 4.2 percent unemploy­ment rate recorded in many American labor markets.

Stayman stressed that reports from the local government on the 27 percent increase in the

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mentation of tipping fees. "Although we have great sup­

pon at present, it will take some time before most will come to fruition. Our vision is that the metallic waste program will get to the point where it can stand on

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was off-island. Dotts stated that Yin had already

spent I 50 days in detention waiting to be deported and he was properly released from jail by the court.

To impose civil penalties on shortened time on Hill and to throw the third party custodian in jail is simply going too far, he said.

Dotts said the AGO's effort to blame and punish Hill and the cus­todian is not supported by the law or the facts.

three buildings in LMA are com­plete.

The LMA was created to act as a safety net for students who are on the verge oflong-term suspen­sion or expulsion.

The academy removes its pres­ence from the traditional school setting but serves the students with their intellectual needs.

PSS said LMA will be provid­ing at-risk students with assis­ta;ce to help make positive be­havior and attitude adjustment.

Different government agencies pledged support in the academy which include the Division of Mental Health and Division of Youth Services.

schools on the three principal is­lands of CNMI.

The program is also being sup­ported by the Nutrition Education Department of the Public Health, and the Food and Nutrition Ser­vices and Physical Activity De­partment of the school system.

number of food stamp recipi­ents between I 997 and 1998 in the islands have validated the reported 16.2 percent unem­ployment rate.

The regional contagion makes the CNMI economy still highly vulnerable to adverse percep­tions on the performance of neighboring Asian economies.

its own and be a major contributor to the recycling efforts of the is­land." .

Bello added that T AS has al­ready secured contracts from sev­eral metal companies that will bring a minimum of eight ships to call on Guam through the end of 1999 specifically to continue re­moving metallic waste from the island.

"!tis in part, an effort tocoverup a very small mistake made by ei­ther Mr. Williams (Assistant Atty. Gen. Aaron Williams) or Mr. Goldberg with regard to schedul­ing,'' Dotts said.

The emergency motion for con­tempt, along with the subpoenas served on Hill and his staff, Dotts added, are also probably efforts to harass Hill.

"The emergency motion for con­tempt violates Rule 11 as· it has been interposed for an improper purpose and is not supported by the law, a good faith argument or by the facts of the ca~e." he said.

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its expulsion. The skin cells are examined with a microscope to look for cancer cells.

DPH also said that even

HEW ... Continued from page 8

House oversight hearings on the college might jeopardize its ac­creditation with W ASC.

Reyes cited the recent ex­ample of the Uni'{,ersity of Guam, which he said lost its national accreditation for three

Inmate's ... Continued from page 5

be obtained from the police. Soon the telephone line was cut

off, but by then there was already word that he really wanted to talk to his family members.

Earlier, the power leading to the corrections has also been cut off.

Sablan • • • Continued from page 3

On the other hand, Aldan told the court why when he asked for water, he was given gas.

Aldan did not elaborate as

Banks' ... Continued from page 3

with physical facilities and loca­tions, while two were licensed and are operating via their resi­dent agents.

Government figures also noted

CPA . . . Continued from page 3

Salas assured that CPA is not compromising safety and the agency's ability to respond to emergencies despite the reduc­tion in working hours. "We would make sure that there will always be people manning the air and sea ports all the time," he said.

The CPA board of directors has agreed to take a painful JO per­cent across the board cut in the

Check ... Continued from page 3

Cruz is currently being held in custody at the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse facility in Tamuning.

She will be sentenced on June 18.

In a separate but related case, Mark C. Cruz, admitted to his part of the scam, saying that between March 20 and 23, 1994 he passed

Hawaii ... Continued from page 9

Bates said although one of SSC's companies - QMark Reserch & Polling - already op­erates on Guam, SSM Advertis­ing Guam will operate indepen-

women who are already in their menopausal sta&e need a Pap test every year.

Health authorities also sug­oest using condom during inter-o ' course to help protect women s cervix from infection and can­cer.

years after the territory's legis­lature "kept hammering it."

Reyes said the Guam legislature's actions were con­sidered "government intrusion."

NMC's accreditation with W ASC is considered one of the college's achievements, as it signifies that NMC meets na­tional standards.

Reyes said the accreditation

At past one in the afternoon, the intention of the family, this time including the relatives of the other inmates, was relayed for the sec­ond time to Ingram during a brief­ing with reporter's, but again it was also denied, because accord­ing to him it was "not feasible."

By 3:00 in the afternoon, the police, apparently realizing that· the inmates will hold up longer, allowed the relatives to commu-

· Manibusan told him that the court will not listen to that"at this time."

Celis in Chamorro also asked Manibusan that when the latter sentenced him two years ago, he also ordered him to undergo coun­seling.

Celis, however, stated that up

a $304. 71 million increase in the amount of loans extended by banks during the fourth quarterof 1998, compared with the previ­ous year's $279.98 million.

Instead of limiting their ser­vices, banks chose to expand their lending base to get a considerable

salary of CPA employees starting April I, 1999, as well as cut down benefits like retirement fund con­tribution and health insurance pre­mium.

CPA has been in apparent acute shortage of permanent traffic con­trol I er in the seaport division, rais­ing concerns on the safety of in­coming and outgoing vessels to and from the harbor.

CPA, according to Salas, is cur­rently financially constrained to hire additional employees due to the ports authority's dwindling

checks that he knew had been stolen through the Bank of Ha­waii.

Cruz managed to pass a total of 19 different checks of differing denominations that had been sto­

. Jen from Big Eye Helicopters to­taling over $12,000.

Munson accepted his guilty plea, but Cruz was given a very stern warning by the judge. Munson told Cruz that ifhe missed one more urinalysis

Screenings, which is part of his

dently. SSC was formed in 1983, with

the merger of Starr McCombs Koch and Seigle Rolfs & Wood. Now affiliated with Young and Rubicam, it is the Hawaii's larg­est marketing firm with offices in Honolulu and Guam and nearly $50 million in billings

The Commonwealth Health Center's Breast and Cervical Screening program offors screening services at no cost to women, provided they are resi­dent citizens, and have an in­come less ·than 250 percent of the federal poverty level.

also entitles NMC to tap certain federal grants.

Without accreditation, cred­its taken by NMC students will not be recognized elsewhere in the US, he said.

Hofschneider, however, has maintained that any perceived mismanagement of public funds should be looked into by the government.

nicate with the prisoners through a radio, and in just a matter of minutes the standoff ended.

Lucy,saidhersonneededmedi­cal attention and help since she suspects he was mentally dis­turbed as a result of his head wounding three years ago.

Maria also said the loss of their girl, aged 5, in a road accident in Koblerville, has greatly affected her husband.

to now he has not received such kind of counseling.

US Marshals accompanied by some police officers and FBI agents escorted the six inmates on their way to the airport for Guam. All six inmates were transported in full restraint with a shackle.

share of the limited market. These financial institutions

have taken the risks brought by the tough economic times which include borrowers' inability to pay back immediately due to slower business activities and lower re­turns of income

revenues. He emphasized, how­ever, that there are qualified people manning traffic control at the airport and harbor.

The Saipan seaport needs at least three full time employees to do traffic control. The facility also urgently needs permanent staff considering the increase in port traffic. An employee manning the port control must be familiar with navigation specifically the dis­tances between the anchorage area, channel, turning basin and the port.

pre-sentencing release conditions, he would be sent back to jail to await the outcome of the pre-sen­tence investigation ordered prior to the June 22, 1999 sentencing date.

Cruz has missed a total of I 0 ordered tests and as far as Munson was concerned it showed that Cruz was using drugs.

On advice of both the govern­ment prosecutor and defense counsel he gave Cruz one more chance.

for l 998. Major clients of SSC include

Bank of Hawaii in Hawaii, Hilton Hotels of Hawaii, Ha­waiian Airlines, Longs Drugs, Liberty House, Nissan, Ala Moana Center, Mauna Lani Bay Hostel, Deloitte & Touche, and Princeville Resort.

Feds ... Continued from page 1

Preliminary hearing was set for March 18 at IO a.m.

The judge said the inmates shall be remanded to the Federal Mar­shal.

Wood said the inmates were brought to Guam for their continued incaroeration pending court's order.

Wood pointed out that as their investigation is continuing, addi­tional charges might be filed against the defendants if investigators de­termine adequate evidence that other violations of federal statute were committed.

Court documents showed that the six inmates "knowingly and

Tenorio ... Continued from page 1 .

"Our new party's logo will be the [Democratic] donkey and the [Republican] elephant shaking hands," he said.

Two of the leading CNMI Re­publicans, in separate interviews yesterday, declined to comment, while one of the five Democrats in the 27-seat Legislature ex­pressed surprise when told about the new party.

"I really· don't know what to say about that," a smiling House Speaker Diego T. B~navente (R­Prec. 2, Saipan) told the Variety.

Senate President Pau I A. Manglona (R-Rota) said the for­mation of the new pa11y high­lights "the beauty of democracy."

Asked if a third party will hurt the Democrats more than the Re­publicans, he said, "It's too early to comment on political issues especially when we have more pressing problems that we need to address." ·

Rep. Rosiky F. Camacho(Prec. I, Saipan), who, together with Minority Leader Dino M. Jones (Pree. 4, Saipan) is the most se­nior Democrat in the House of Representatives, admitted that the new party may further divide the

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their factories and allow the work­ers to organize," adding that The Gap is "violating all three of those in hundreds of factories around the world."

Last March, "20/20's" expose · on the CNMl's "sweatshops" fea­

tured an interview of a pregnant Chinese garment worker who claimed that she was asked by her employer to get an abortion.

"20/20" is one of the most pres-

unlawfully possess a fireann, to wit: a Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol and ammunition after a pre­vious conviction of a felony ... "

According to a special agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the prisoners were all involved in Tuesday's riot in which the gun and ammunition were stolen.

The inmates reportedly attacked a jail guard, took control of their holding area at the central male detention of the Division of Cor­rections, and held their fellow in­mates hostage.

After the 14-hour drama, the six inmates surrendered when a police negotiator and the prison­ers' relatives persuaded them to give up.

CNMI Democrats. "I wish the former governor

luck, but as for me I've to con­tinue my work as a Democrat," he said, adding that he cannot com­ment further until he sees the for­mal launching of the new party.

Asked who is the current chair of the CNMI Democrats, Camacho replied, "I don't know. All I've been hearing lately are rumors."

The Ione Democratic senator, Tinian's David M. Cing, yester­day noted that third parties "don't last."

He noted, however, that the problem with the CNMI Demo­crats "is that we have a lot of members who want to be leaders and only a few who want to be followers."

Cing himself quarreled openly with his partymate, then Gover­nor Tenorio, and backed the Re: publican ticket in the 1997 elec­tions.

Twice during the last 22 years, a faction bolted the CNMI Demo­cratic Party to launch its own un­successful gubernatorial ticket­in 1981 when then Gov. Carlos S. Camacho ran under his Common­wealth Popular Democratic Party, and in l 997 when then Lt. Gov. Jesus C. Bo1ja ran as an Indepen­dent.

tigious and most popular national TV magazine shows.

Its episode last.spring contained an interview with US Interior Department's Insular Affairs Di­rector Allen Stayman, who said that the CNMI can "insist" on having an alien labor-dependent economy, "but not under the US flag."

CNMI officials have said that allegations shown on "20/20" have been raised in the past and shou Id have been brought to the attention of the Office of the Gov­ernor. (zd)

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT "MANAGER, FRONT OFFICE Position Description: Overall operation of front office per­sonnel and related matters in assist­ing the hotel guests in reservation. Coordination with travel agents and tour guides to confirm reservation. Assign duties and shif.l for workers and observe performance to insure adherence to hotel policies and es­tablished operating procedure. At­tend the yearly tour symposium in Japan to promote the hotel. Work closely with the Marketing Manager in the preparation of tour packages and campaign advertisements of the company amenities to attract tourists from abroad. Prepare advertisement campaign in the languages of target tourist areas. Answer inquiries per­taining to hotel policies and services. Greets important guests. Arranges for private telephone line and other special services. May P<1\rol public rooms, investigate disturbances, and warn troublemakers. Provide up-date reports of incidents to guests abroad. May review and hire applicants. May receive and process advance regis­tration payments. May send out let­ters of confirmation or return checks when registration cannot be ac­cepted. Must attend periodic meet­ings in Japan with other Front Office Managers from subsidiary compa­nies. Must Graduate from University with degree in Hotel Management or Minimum of 3 years of hotel manage­ment experience. Just be able to manage lour hundred or more hotel rooms. Must speak Japanese. 'GENERAL MANAGER Position Description: Manages hotel to ensure efficient and prolitable operation, establishes standard for personnel administration and performances service and type of patronage to be solicited, plan din­ning room, bar and banquet opera­tions, allocates funds, authorizes expenditures and assists to evaluate personnel. Answer patrons complain and resolves problems. Delegates authority and assign responsibilities to department heads. Inspects guest rooms, public access areas and out­side grounds for cleanliness and ap­pearance. Process reservations and adjust guests complaints in the hotel shall prepare and present written and oral reports on the company finan­cial and operation status to the Board of Directors. Must attend the yearly General Managers meeting in Japan with the other subsidiary company General Managers. Must provide periodic correspondence to all the subsidiary company. Must speak and write Japanese and English. 'MANAGER, SALES AND

MARKETING Position Description: Manages sales activities of establish­ment: Directs staffing, training, and performance evaluations to develop and control sales program. Coordi­nated sales distribution by establish­ing sales territories, quotas, and goals and advises dealers distribu­tions, and sales personnel. Analyses statistics to formulate policy and to assist dealers in promoting sales. Directs market analyses to determine customer needs, volume potential, price schedules, and discount rate, and develops safes campaign to ac­commodates goals of company. Di­rect product simplification and stan­dardization to evaluate unprofitable items for sales line. Represents com­pany at trade association meeting to promote product. Coordinates liaison between sales department and other sales-related units. Analyses and control expenditures at division to conform to budgetary requirements. Assist other department with estab­lishmenl to prepare manuals and technical publications abroad. Pre­pares periodic sales report showing sales report, showing sales volume and potential sales house, jobber or other establishment. Shall direct product research and development. May recommend or approve budget, expenditures, and appropriations for research and development work. Must be University Graduate with degree in Marketing. Must speak Japanese. Contact: SAIPAN HOTEL CORPO­RATION dba Hafadal Beach Hotel Tel. 234-6495

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ls CURRENTLY ACCE,PTING

APPLICATIONS FDR THE FOLLOWING:

I EXPERIENCED SERVICE WRITER I EXPERIENCED DIESEL muc1 TECH.

CONTACT: JAMES THOMAS 234-0475

GARBAGE HIND TRUCK 1989 Model

Price: S13,000 Contact: Chung Hyun Joon

Tel. 233-4321

WANTED IMMEDIATELY

CONSENSUAL TRANSFER OR TWAACCEPTEO Please apply in person at

WESTERN EQUIPMENT, INC. LOWER BASE, SAIPAN MP 96950

I Bedroom, 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, with nice view w/swimming pool,

laundry facilities, price negotiable. Fully airconditioned. Call: 322-3685

Automatic , Fullv Loaded • Excellent Condition • Blue.Book 18,400 will sell for $17,000 (OBOl Call: Debbie at 322-6655 (If not home leave a message)

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT For more information: Contact Tel.# 322-3797/3798

APARTMENT FOR RENT • 1 and 2 Bedroom, Fulty Furnished

Split type A/C . • Breezy Almosphcrc. Ocean Y1!.!w • Spacious Parking • 24 hrs. power and water. Call: Amy at 322-3364

NEW 2 storey 4 bedroom 3 bathroom Concrete House located in Finasisu Call: 234-7723

ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS San Vicente Estates is located on the cliff line overlooking majestic

LauLau Bay. All units are fully furnished with on site laundry facility and roof top barbecue area. 24 hours Security Guard. $450-$750 per month Call: 234-7723

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORIBERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

U.S.-SAIPAN AROUND THE WORLD, INC. Plaintiff, \.'S.

BYUN.JAE MOON. Defendant. Civil Action No. 99-74D

AMENlJElJ SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

To: The Above-Named Defendant, Byun, Jae Mcion

From: The Superior Coun of the Common­wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMOr,'ED and required to file in the Superior Court of the Com­monwealth of the Nonhem Mariana Islands and serve upon the Law Offices ·of Robert C. Naraja, P.C, Plaintiff's allomey at P.O. Bax 1960, Saipan, MP, 96950, an answerta the Com­plaint which is herewith served upon you, within twenty (20) working days after the smice of this summons upon you.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that should you fail to appear and answer to said Complaint as above required and in the manner prescribed by law, the Plaintiff will cause your default to he entered and will apply to the coun for relief prayed for in the Complaint.

JOVITA C. FLORES CLERK OF COURT

By: ls/Assistant Clerk of Coun

24- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND V1EWS-1HURSDA Y- MARCH 11, 1999

PUBLIC NOTICE All lnlere'51ed msldenl wo!lcers ore

urged lo register al the Dept. ol Labor 8: Immigration,

Division ol Employment Services for the Job/s being advertised In which

you are qualified and available. For further osslstcnce,

please call AHrad A. Pangelinan at Tel. 664-2078.

01 BUTCHER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SEISHIN FASM SAIPAN, INC. dba Yellow Handkerchief's/Family Res­taurant Tel. 235-5948(3/11 )Th30057

02 DRESSMAKER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: CHRISTINE'S MART, INC. dba Christine's Dress Shop Tel. 233-0718(31 11)Th77232

01 LAUNDRY MAINTENANCE ME­CHANIC-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 LAUNDRY ATTENDANT-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SAIPAN INDUSTRIAL GAS, INC. Tel. 322-5105(3/11)Th30060

01 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: FORTUNE INTERNATIONAL Tel. 234-6070(3/11 J Th30063

01 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Sai­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: DASAN CORPORATION dba Downtown Market Tel. 233-7754(31 11)Th30061

01 EMBROIDERY PATTERN (DE­SIGNER) MAKER-Salary:S2,000.00 per month 01 EMBROIDERY MACHINE OPERA­TOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: YOO SUNG EMBROIDERY, INC. dba Suck Doc Kim Tel. 234-5256(3/ 1t)Th30062

01 MAINTENANCE BUILDING RE­PAIRER-Salary:$3.25 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$3.25 per hour Contact: ELIZABETH M. MENDIOLA dba FPJ Enterprises Tel. 235-5222(3/ 11 )Th30058

02 MASON-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: ROLANDO G. BIGALBAL dba RB Electrical & Construction/Arbees Enterprises Tel. 234-9855(3/ 11)Th30041

55 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour 02 SECURITY GUARD-Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour 02 SEWING MACHINE REPAIRER-Sal­ary:$3.05-3.60 per hour 04 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER­Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour 15 CUTTER-Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour 01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal­ary:$10.00-15.00 per hour 15 IRONER (PRESSER)-Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour 01 FINISHING SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:$5.00-10.00 per hour Contact: MICHIGAN, INC. Tel. 234-9555(3/11 )Th30046

01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$563.33 per monlh Contact: RADIOCOM SAIPAN, INC. Tel. 234-8904(3/11 )Th30047

01 (SCUBA DIVING) SPORTS IN­STRUCTOR-Salary:$1 ,200.00 per month 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$750.00 per month 02 (SCUBA DIVING) SPORTS IN­STRUCTOR-Salary:$1,000.00 per month Contact: BLUE HORIZON ENT., INC. dba MSE Diving Tel. 233-7871(3/ 18)Th30163

01 AUTO PAINTER-Salary:$3.50-3.60 per hour Contact: NESTOR R. ABLOG dba Gen­eral Fashion Center Tel. 233-6243(3/ 11)Th30053

02 SALES CLERK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SM RISE CORPORATION dba New World Mart Tel. 234-2838(3/ 11)Th30050

01 (ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR) FRONT DESK-Salary:$4.00-4.35 per hour 01 AIR CONDITIONING/REFRIGERA· TION MECHANIC-Salary:$4.05-4.15 per hour Contact: SAIPAN HOTEL CORPORA­TION dba Hafadai Beach Hotel Tel. 234-6495(3/11 )Th77214

01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­Salary:$3.05-3.75 per hour Contact: BLACK MICRO CORPORA­TION Tel. 234-6549(3/11)Th77212

01 (ASSISTANT) MANAGER OPERA­TION-Salary:$3.05-9.30 per hour Contact: JAPAN WATER SYSTEMS CNMI CORP. dba JWS Saipan Tel. 322-8602(3/11 )Th30049

01 MAINTENANCE BUILDING RE­PAIR-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: J. LEE DEVELOPMENT COR­PORATION . Tel. 234-3181(31 11)Th30048

02 COMMERCIAL CLEANERS-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MIDWEST TRADING CORP. Tel. 235-8752(3/11 )Th30044

01 EXPEDITER-Salary:$800.00 per month Contact: CPS ELECTRIC, INC. Tel. 235-9607 (3/11 )Th30043 ------------01 MAINTENANCE, BUILDING & RE­PAIR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: DARK HORSE CORPORA­TION Tel. 234-1214(3111)Th30042

01 TRAVEL COUNSELOR-Sal­ary:$800.00-1,670.00 per monlh Contacl: PACIFIC MICRONESIA TOURS, INC. Tel. 234-3913(3/ 11)Th77217

01 WELDER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: TANO GROUP, INC. Tel. 235-6652(3111)Th77219

01 TRANSLATOR-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: PACIFIC OCEAN CORPORA­TION (USA) dba Flower King Karaoke Tel. 287-9017(3/11)Th30054

02 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$3.05-3.80 per hour 50 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:S3.05 per hour 10 CUTTER, HAND-Salary:$3.05 per hour 10 PRESSER, HAND-Salary:$3.05 per hour 04 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S3.05-4.50 per hour · 06 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Sal­ary:$3.05-per hour Contact: COMMONWEALTH GAR­MENT MFG., INC. Tel. 234-7550(31 1B)Th30161

10 PRESSER, HAND-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 RESIDENT SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 50 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal-ary:$750.00 per month 08 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MIRAGE (SAIPAN) CO., LTD. Tel. 234-3481 (3/18)Th30160

01 WAITRESS (RESTAURANT)-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: CHARLOTTE P. REYES dba Char's Snack Bar Tel. 235-7093(3/ 18)Th30156

01 ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTER-Sal­ary:$638.50 semi-monthly Contact: JOSE K. PANGELINAN dba Micronesia Design Group & Asso. Tel. 234-0484(3/18)Th30149

01 CASHIER-Salary:$3.05-3.10 per hour Contact: KAN PACIFIC SAIPAN, LTD. Tel. 322-4692(3/11)Th77215

01 OFFICE MANAGER-Sal-ary:$1,000.00-1,700.00 per month Two (2) years experience in Water Treatment business. Must be able to communicate and trans­act with customers regarding Water Treatment System and Equipment. TechnicaUor engineering background an advantage. Oversee office operations, i.e. bookeeping, sales and service opera­tions, and other related matters. Contact: RAINWATER-SAIPAN, INC. dba Water Treatment Company Tel. 234-8461 (3/ 11) Th30055

02 AUTO ACCESSORIES INSTALLER­Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: JESSE STOLE & VIRGINIA GLASER dba 3Ms Polyshine Tel. 235-8938(3/18)Th30175

01 SALES MANAGER-Salary:$4.00-6.00 per hour 01 SUPERVISOR (WAREHOUSE)-Sal­ary:$3.3D-4.80 per hour 02 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Sal­ary:S3.05-3.90 per hour 01 DRESSMAKER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour · Contact: YCO CORPORATION dba YCO Servistar Hardware/Liberty Plaza/ YCO Construction Tel. 233-3112(3/ 18)Th77351

01 EDITOR, MAGAZINE-Sal-ary:$2,500.00 per month Contact: HAFADAI PUBLISHING COR­PORATION dba Hafadai Magazine Tel. 233-3210(3/18)Th30168

01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Sal­ary:$3.60 per hour Contact: V.C. ENTERPRISES, INC. dba Camille's Gardenia Apt. Tel. 322-1840(3/ 18)Th30171

01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: PARK Kl YOUNG dba Young's Wholesale Tel. 235-0470(3118)Th30170

01 LIFEGUARD (PROMOTION)-Sal­ary:$3.20 per hour Plus $20.00/month allowance 06 LIFEGUARD (PROMOTION)-Sal­ary:$3.20 per hour 03 SECURITY GUARD (PROMO­TION)-Salary:$3.05 per hour Plus $20.00/month allowance 15 SECURITY GUARD (PROMO­TION)-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 FRONT DESK CLERK-Salary:S3.05 per hour Plus S20.00/month allowance 01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER (PRO­MOTION)-Salary:$3.05 per hour Plus $20.00/monlh allowance Contact: MARIANAS HOTEL SER­VICES CO., LTD. Tel. 233-6621 (3/ 18)Th77352

01 DRESSMAKER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: PAM PACIFIC ENTERPRISES CORPORATION dba Pena House Bou­lique Tel. 235-7270(3/18)Th30162

01 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$800.00 per month Contact: CAPITAL ENTERPRISES CORP. dba Capital Bowling Center/ Capital Hotel Tel. 233-7820(3/ 18)Th30164

01 PLUMBER-~alary:$3.50 per hour 01 MASON-Salary:$3.50 per hour Contact: LUCY T. SABLAN dba Sablan Termite & Bldg., Rentals Tel. 234-5611 (3/18)Th30157

01 MANAGER, BOARDING HOUSE­Salary:S 1,200.00-$2,500.00 per month Preferably Japanese speaking indi­vidual. Contact: DIAMOND HOTEL CO., LTD. dba Saipan Diamond Hotel Tel. 234-5900(3125)Th77339

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$1,400.00 per month Contact: WESTERN SALES TRADING COMPANY Tel. 234-6031 (3/ 25)Th30257

DEADLINE: 12:00 noon the day prior to publication

N01E: If some reason your advertisement is incorrect. call us immediately to make the necessary corrections. The Marianas Varie1y News and V"ews is responsible only for one incorrect insertion. We reserve the right to edit. refuse. reject or cancel any ad at any time.

01 CONTROLLER-Salary:$3,000.00 per month Contact: PELLEY ENTERPRISES, INC. Tel. 233-3973(3/25)Th77470

01 STORE KEEPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MARY MINI MART, INC. dba Mary Mini Mart Tel. 234-2888(3/ 25)Th30254

02 SALES REPRESENTATIVE, GM­Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MANAGER, N.C.-Salary:$3.50 per hour 03 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: WRJ ENT., LTD. dba Hana Karaoke Club & Hana Gift Shop Tel. 233-9699(3125)Th30255

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: DEV &ASSOCIATES, INC. Tel. 234-6187(3/25)Th30256

01 BLDG., MAINTENANCE/RE­PAIRER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ary:$3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: MND CORPORATION Tel. 233-8223(3/25)Th30251

01 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 MASON-Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour Contact: NORTH PACIFIC ENTER­PRISES, INC. Tel. 233-3990(3/ 25)Th30247

04 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 SEWING MACHINE REPAIRER­Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: JIN APPAREL, INC. Tel. 234-3252(3125)Th30248

01 MANAGER, DIVISION-Sal-ary:$1,500.00-5,000.00 per month 01 CHIEF COOK-Salary:$3.50-5.85 per hour Contact: HOTEL NIKKO SAIPAN, INC. Tel. 322-3311(3/25)Th77463

02 AIR CON & REF. TECHNICIAN-Sal­ary:$3.50-6.00 per hour Plus $120.00 food allowance monthly 01 DUCT INSTALLER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Plus $120.00 food allowance monthly Contact: CHONG'S CORPORATION dba Chang's Corporation Tel. 234-6560(3/25)Th 77 4 78

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01 WELDER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour · 01 PAINTER-Salary:$3.05-3.30 per hour 10 MASON-Salary:$3.20-3.65 per hour 01 LUBRICATION SERVICER-Sal­ary:$3.05-3.35 per hour 01 STONE LATHE (MACHINIST) OP­ERATOR-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour 06 CONSTRUCTION WORKER-Sal­ary:$3.3D-4.75 per hour 01 LABORER (CONSTRUCTION WORKER)-Salary:$3.05-4.70 per hour 07 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­Salary:$3.25-3.55 per hour 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC­Salary:$3.05-3.30 per hour 01 EXPEDITER-Salary:$3.05-3.40 per hour 03 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.20-4.05 per hour 10 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.20-5.85 per hour· 01 AUTO PAINTER-Salary:$3.05-3.35 per hour 01 AUTOBODY REPAIRER-Sal­ary:$3.05-3.25 per hour 01 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER-Sal­ary:$1,000.00-1,425.00 per month 01 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER-Sal­ary:$700.00-910.00 per month 01 PROJECT ENGINEER-Sal-ary:$1,000.00-1,425.00 per month 01 (ASSISTANT) MECHANIC ENGI­NEER-Salary:$1,000.00-1 ,425.00 per month Contact: CONSTRUCTION & MATE­RIAL SUPPLY, INC. dba CMS Tel. 234-6136(3/25)Th77482

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STELLA WILDER

YOUR BIRTHDAY THURSDAY, MAR. 11, 1999

The coming week is likely to see a great number of individuals enjoy­ing unexpected gifts of all kinds, and returning the favor over and over again all week long. Thanks to this pattern of "give and take", the most profitable, enjoyable and healthy relationships will be fos­tered. It makes no difference what a person does for a living - the hennit, the urchin, and the down­and-out all share the same attributes as the artist, businessman, and poli­tician. Each will make his or her mark in each individual way this week, offering and accepting some­thing special for all.

There is no reason to think that routine endeavors are.worthless this week. On the contrary, those things that have become habitual are likely to prove most enjoyable and prof­itable this week, particularly if they are shared with those who have yet to give them a try!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5)­Take care that you 're not overly extravagant this week. There is place for a certain amount of "luxury spending," but don't get earned away. (March 6-March 20)- You 'II want to show some­one else a "good time" this week, but guard against recklessness.

ARIES (March 21-April 4)­It's unlikely that you 'II be fooled by things that are only meant as imitations. You want to enjoy the "real thing" this week, in all its fo1ms. (Apiil S~April 19) - You may have trouble getting others to work with you or for you this week. Avoid money talk in the begin­ning.

TAURUS (April20-May 5)­You may have to work harder than expected this week to gain the sup­port of fhose who are in a position to help you out financially. l3e patient (May6-May20)-Avoidgivingall your attention to material goods this week. Instead, concentrate on spiri­tual issues.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) -The real and imaginary are likely to compete violently for your atten­tion and favor this week. Try to maintain a balance between both. (June7-June20)-There'snoth­ingyoucandotochangesomeone's mind this week once he or she has decided on something.

CANCER(June21-July7)-A family member is likelytoopena few important doors for you this week, not the least of which is sure to be that to his or herown home. (July 8-July 22) - Your bound to nothing this week except to the things that are driven by your heart.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) - You must be true to yourself this week. Stray from the path you've charted for yourself and you 're sure to be disappointed, as well as disappoint­ing many in the process. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22)-Now is the time for you to display a firm resolve and a will­ingness to do something "difficult"

VlRGO(Aug.23-Sept. 7)-It's agoodweektoplansomethingoutra­geous, but be sure to include your friends. 1be more social you are at this time, the better! (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) - You may feel as though you don't have to follow the rules this week, and you 're partially right!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 7) -Opulence and luxury are for you

this week,butyou'regoingtowantto share your good fortune with friends and family members as much as pos­sible. (Oct. 8-0ct. 22)- Someone youknowisgettinggreedy ,and you 're theonlyonewhostandsbetweenhim and complete disaster.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7)­A few admirers do not make happi­ness, and you must be ready and willing to be able to tell the differ­ence between flattery and respect. Go for the latter! (Nov.8-Nov. 21) - You may be feeling as if your words and ideas are going nowhere. It may be time to find the right audience!

SAGI'ITARIUS(Nov.22-Dec. 7)- You 're going to want to give others the chance to experience somethingyou'verecentlyenjoyed. Be generous with your time this week. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21)-All you have to do to attract the wrong kind of attention is behave in an unmannered way this week. Be careful.

CAPRICORi'J (Dec.22-Jan.6) - Others are sure to be looking at you all week long. Although you feel like you have little to offer, the truth is that you can teach a great deal. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) - It's a good idea for you to follow the example of someone close to you and set a positive example.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) - A void arguments this week, and concentrate on doing every­thing you can to promote harmony at home and the workplace. (Feb. 4-Feb.18)-You'll win the admi­ration of many this week simply by doing the things that keep you re­laxed, on-target and smiling.

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Hescidhe was quite happy workingwithFlqydand didn'tbdlherjoining iri the caddie frenzy afterWoods' sacked Mike i'Auft''Cowan. . · .. · ... ·.

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?,Ijustaboutfellover.Imean,herewa.~TigerWoods.aski?gme;noime askino Tiner. What makes it really satisfying is that almosteveryAmen(;<lll playe;h; an American aiddy and Tiger has goneforrne, a Kiwi."

Despite being a solid golfer himself; havin& ~ got down to .a t}','O · handicap and now playing off a six, Willimnsdecidedatp he was going;to recome a professional caddie.

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John Aguon 70 (20-24 yrs.) Jack Kabiriel 02 Andre Kok 69 Tony Weers 94 (25-29 yrs.) Josh Gabaldon 03 Edmund J. Urban 04 Thom Gipson 06 Jason Dries-Daffner 07 Phillip Pedernal 15 Vince Seman 51 David Ma Jr. 93 (30-34 yrs.) Tyce Misler 05 Ernesfo Aposslol 14 Ron Snyder 30 Gregg Kresge 45 Lando 0/ais 65 Rob Torres 67 Rod Johnson 7 4 Shawn Reynolds 7B (35-39 yrs.) Diony Peraula 19 Willy Olarte 20 Manual S. deCastro 23 Masood Karirr,pour 31 Fil De Barras 86 fan! Toran Sandin 89 Hyun Joon Chung 1t2 (Con'! on Fridays edition)

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nancc 1·ro111 L·cntr:tlizcd control of schoob to si tc-bascJ rnan:1gc111cnt and participation allowing deci­sion-making as close to the class­room as possible.

The law woulJ have divided the public school system into four districts: Lagu. Kattan. Luchan. and Haya.

These districts woulJ have con­sisted of the District Board of Education, a District Superinten­dent of Schools. the Principals Council. School Council and such other personnel necessary for the administration of all school fa­cilities within the District.

In his decision, Unpingco wrote that "the Department of Education has gone through many changes from exclusive control by the Gov­ernor. establishment of an elected Tc1Titorial board of Education un­der P.L. 22-42. and now empower­ment to District organizations pur­suant to l'.L. 24-142.

"\Vh:1tcvcr structure the Legis­lature in its wisdom elects to es­tablish. an organizational struc­ture of governance is necessary to attain the objccti vc of quality edu­cation."

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Not knowing how to windsurf mav no long~- be a legitimate exc'uss. Bec,;use. Jordan 7s ocean loving friends will soon be hold­ing - their annual "free" windsurfing lessons. "It 'II be sometime a-fter Easter," said Jor­dan. "We give the free lessons every year. It's our way of giving back to the community."

Student Athletes of the Month: Daryl Ada: Baseball Daryl Ada is in the seventh

grade at Hopwood Jr. High School. His sport is baseball.

In 1998 he was a player in CNMI's Little League All-Star baseball team. -

The Hopwood student recently pitched six innings for his MV

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bearers in Oceania and I 0,000 throughout Australia, with each Torchbearer carrying the flame up to one ki lomctcr with an aver­age of 500 meters. Included wi II

Unpingco adJeJ. "We live in a litigious societv so cases will come and go and w~ !!Ovcmmcnt offi­cials~must be guidcJ with the cri­tc1·ia of organizations for stuuent learning, curriculum and instruc­tion. support for student personal and acauemic growth and resource management and development."

The judge said that satisfaction of these criteria can only occur with the estnblishment of a struc­tured organization dedicated and committed to making policies consistent with the school's clear purpose of providing quality edu­cation.

Unpingco concluded that the Reform Act in his belief would create chaos and wou Id leave the system with out structure and would set up our children for fail­ure.

He said, "Certain provisions of the Reform Act violate sections of the public educational system provision, the merit system and the compulsory euucation provi­sion of the Organic Act of Guam. Therefore th; Court grants tht: request by plaintiffs for a perma­nent injunction. The Guam Elec­tion Commission is hereby en­joined from certifying the results of the November 1998 election of District Board members."

Holdclaw voted All-American By CHUCK SCHOFFNER

CHAMIQUE Holdsclaw has been a standout ~;ince she ar­rived at Tennessee University. Now she stands alone.

Holdsclaw was a unani­mous selection to The Asso­ciated Press women's All­America college basketball team Tuesday', becoming the first player voted to the first team three times. She was cho­sen for the third team as a fresh­man.

The most decorated player of her time, Holdsclaw has led

Reyes Ol'Aces, Senior League team. Ada st111ck out 16 batters.

Tamiko Winkfield: Swimming Tamiko Winkfield is 13-years

old, a student of Saipan Commu­nity School. She has been swim­ming since 1992 and improves steadilv said her coach.

In F~bruary Tamiko competed. in the Guam Pentathlon tourna­ment. In pentathlon competition each swimmer is required to swim four different events, using one basic swim stroke for each con­test.

The competition is concluued with the final event wherein a contestant must swim, utilizing all four different swim strokes. -

In her February swim competi­tion, Winkfield topped the 14-ye:u- old and under division, and bettered her previous time by three seconus.

be Olympians, community repre­sentatives and a wide cross sec­tion of people from all walks of life.

The Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay will be the longest and most comprehensive of any Torch Relay since the first one in 1936.

Senate . .. Continued from pa_g_e 1

projects on top of the $1.8 million for its health center, while Tinian would get $3.4 million for its airport expansion project.

Moreover, an amendment to the bill offered by Sen. Juan P. Tenorio (R-Saipan) proposes to waive any CNMI procurement regulation to expedite the con­struction of new jail facilities.

The Senate, in addition, adopted resolutions reactivating the oversight investigation of the Tinian Casino Gaming Con­trol Commission, and urging the Attorney General's Office not to settle an estimated$ I million civil lawsuit filed by a Virginia­based couple against the CNMI government.

Sen. DaviJ M. Cing (D­Tinian), the chair of the investi­gating committee. said he ex­pects the hearings to begin early next month.

Smale Legislative Initiative 11-5, which was introduced by Senate Vice President Thomas P. Villagomez (R-Saipan), now goes to the House, which has to pass it by at least 3/4 affirma-

Tennessee to three consecutive national championships and could very well take the Lady Vols to another. She was the na­tional player of the year last sea­son and received the Sullivan Award last month as the nation's top amateur athlete.

"It has been a real joy to watch her grow, as a player and as a person," Tennessee coach Pat Summitt said.

Holdsclaw and Purdue's Stephanie White-McCarty were voted to the first team on all 42 ballots from a national

Holyfield . .. Continued from page 28

But Holyfield, who gently tapped his huge, pure white box­ing gloves together and sang along to his own selection of inspira­tional music before sparring, in­sisted he would win by knockout and that it had nothing to do with the quality of his opponent.

'Tm a born again Christian. I believe in the Word," HolyfielJ said when asked why he had pre­dicted the round. "This just shows how big my faith is in what I Jo," Holyfield said after sparing two uneventful rounds deep in the bowels of an office building near Wall Street.

"I'm still holding to the truth and the truth is I'm gonna knock him out in the third round," said Holyfield, who looked to be in his usual top shape with vein-ripled biceps and washboard stomach.

"I'm not asking anybody to write that. You can write it after I win," said the 35-year-old Holyfield, adding that his predic­tion was "in no shape or fashion, a jab at Lewis." "Lennox Lewis just happens to be the opponent

tive vote before it could be placed on the ballot in the up­coming elcclions for ratifica­tion.

"We have to give the people a chance to vote on this," Villagomez said. "Let them de­cide."

He said if ratified, the pro­posed constitutional amendment will not affect the recently en­acted three-year stay limit law, P.L. 11-69, which will still al­low re-entry after a six-month "exit" period.

The law also exempts non­resident professionals and ex­ecutives who earn at least $30,000 a year. The proposed constitutional amendment would not exempt any class of alien workers.

"[If it's ratified] it will mean that aliens can only stay here up to five years anJ that's it," Villagomez saiJ.

''There's a tcnucncy in the business sector to think that it's their constitutional right to bring in alien workers," he saiJ.

"They will say that they've invcstcJ so much money on training their alien workers, but they won't even spenJ a penny to train the local workforce.

media panel. They were joined on that unit by Tennessee's Tamika Catchings, Alabama's Domi­nique Canty and Colorado State's Becky Hammon.

Tennessee had three players among the top l O because the Lady Vols' Semeka Randall made the second team.Joining Randall on the second team were Amanda Wilson of Louisiana Tech, Svetlana Abrosimova of Connecticut, Angie Braziel of Texas Tech and Tamika Whitmore of Memphis.

who I'm gonna knock out in the third round. I made the round and now I have to do it."

And Holyfield claims he has no specific plans to fight the 6'5" (1.96 meters) Lewis, some three inches (7 .6 cm) taller and 30 pounds ( 13.6 kg) heavier than Holyfield in theirunification fight at Madison Square Garden:

"He's just like all other fighters I fought. I don't adjust to any opponent. I just want to be the best I can be. All the fighters I fight have talent."

Holyfield, who will put his In­ternational Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association titles on the line, insists he bears no grudge against Lewis (34-1) for saying Holyfield is a hypocrite for claiming strong religious beliefs, but father­ing five· children out of wed­lock.

Holyfield is the father of nine children, five illegitimately, by six different women.

"I come from a lot worse than he says I am now," Holyfield said. "My past is my past. It makes me happy that I'm not that person they said I am."

"If that's what they want we might as well bring in the [US Immigration and Naturalization Service]. This legislative initia­tive will [at least] allow the people to decide," Villagomez said.

Senate Floor Leader Pete P. Reyes (R-Saipan) said he con­siders the legislative initiative "anti-business," but added that he also wants to know what the people want.

"We have to listen to the pub­lic whom we represent," he said.

The Senate also passed • H.B. 11-178, Common­

wealth Environmental Health and Sanitation Act, which was introduced by Rep. David M. Apatang (R-Prec. 1, Saipan), and now heads to Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio;

• S.B. 11-117, which would require all dive shop operators to hire at least one local resi­lient as instructor or Jive mas­ter. Introduced by Sen. Ricardo S. i\talig (R-Rota), the bill goes to the \louse.

• S.B. 11-118, introduced by Reyes, which seeks to attract retired judges and justices to return to government service. The bill also heads to the House.

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Hornets 105, Celtics 87 By Joe Macenka

CHARLOITE,N.C.(AP)-J.R. Reid led seven Charlotte players in double figures with 26 points and the Hornets made a winner of new coach Paul Silas with a l 05-87 victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night.

Eldridge Recasner added 15 points and free-agent rookie Brad Miller came off the bench to score a season-high 12- all in the final 19 minutes - as the Hornets re­corded their largest mru·gin of vic­tory this season.

Silm;,appointed theteam'sinterim head coach one day earlier following theresignationofDaveCowens, was making his first appeanmce as an NBA head coach in nearly 16 years.

By chance, his Charlotte debut came against the team with which he spent much of his I 6-year playing career, helping the Celtics to NBA titles in 1974and 1976.

Both teams were without key portions of their offense. DeJTick Coleman, Charlotte's leading scorer and rebounder, sat out his second straight game to rest a sprained right foot. He was joined on the bench by starting wing guard Bobby Phills, who was diagnosed earlier in the day with a possible stress fracture in his left leg.

Boston's Paul Pierce, leading all NBA rookies in scoring and steals, rolled his right ankle late in the first quruter. X-rays were negative, but he did not return.

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Antoine Walker had a season­high 32 points for the Celtics, who lost forthe fou1th time in five games.

Charlotte shot 50 .percent and defeated the Celtics for the third consecutive game and the seventh in eight meetings.

Miller scored eight points in the third quarter, when the Hornets held Boston to 38 percent shooting and took control by closing the period with a 20-12 run.

Miller added two more points as Charlotte opened the fourth quar­ter with a 9-2nm,extending its lead to 82-65 with 9:32 remaining.

After the Hornets stretched it to 20 just before the midway point of the quarter, Boston got no closer ihan 15.

DiM~ggio ·willbe buried: . __ · Thursday

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Joe. DiMaggio's funeral on Thursday will be private and held at the same church where in 1939 he married his first wife, actress Dorothy Arnold.

About 30 family members and close friends will attend the base­ball great's serviceatSts. Peter and Paul Church.

The church's twin steeples tower over the North Beach section of San Francisco where DiMaggio spent most of his childhood.

The service begins at l p.m. EST and will be closed to the public, church officials said Tuesday. Pall­bemers have not been announced.

DiMaggio's body was flown from Miami to San Francisco late Monday on private jet. The Hall of Famer died Monday at 84 at his home in Hollywood, Fla.

AftermanyingAmold in 1939, the couple divorced in 1943. DiMaggio wed Mruilyn Monroe in 1954 and they divorced later that ye,U'.

WBC heavyweight <?hampiof} Lennox Lewis_(right) of Britain works out at New York's Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. Lewis steps into the ring with WBA and !BF heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield on Saturday at the garden. AP

LA Lakers forward Kobe Bryant grabs the rim as he slams one through between -Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag and guard John Stockton in the fourth quarter Sunday, in Salt Lake City. Bryant led his team with 24 points. The Lakers beat the Jazz 97-89. AP

Three-time winner knocked out of boxing championships COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP) - DaVarryl Williamson, seeking to become only the fourth man to win four straight titles at the U.S. Boxing Championships, was eliminated from the competition by an up­start Tuesday.

Jason Estrada, an 18-year-old from Providence, Rhode Island, who was making his debut in these championships, outpointed Williamson J 3-6in their20 I-pound (91-kilo) bout.

Veteran observers called Estrada's victory tJ1e biggest upset in the tournament's recent history.

Williamson, 30, had won the last three championships and, despite his age, appeared to be a top contender for a spot on the United States Olympic Team next year.

Estraua, who appears shorter than his listed height of 6 feet ( 1.83 meters). was able to work inside against Williamson, who seemed uncomfortable being

more than 3 inches (7.6 centi­meters) taller.

Until Tuesday, Estrada's main claim to fame was a first-place finish in the 1996 Junior Olym- · pies.

"I knew I had the fight won before it started," Estrada said.

'Tm only surprised I didn't knock him out. That's what I was planning to do,just to show everybody who was mouthing off and had me losing before I even came in the door."

Estrada 1iaid his strategy worked.

"I wanted to box, stay away from the right hand, and that's what I did," he said.

Williamson said he never felt comfortable against Estrada .

"I knew he was shorter, but I didn't know he was that r.mch shorter than me. I never did find my rhythm," said Williamson. who haun 't lost a bout in this tournament since being outpointeJ in the 1995 final.

NBAROUND-UP Heat 91, 76ers 89

GEORGE Krn·l looked deep into his bench to see if those players were willing to look deep into their hc,uts.

The strategy worked as Milwaukee's coach went with his most inspired players Monday night, and they lifted Milwaukee past the Chicago Bulls 81-76. It was the Bucks' third win in as many tries vs. the diluted Bulls.

"At halftime, I just decided I was going to go with more than a shooting team or a big team. I was just going to go with my best attituJe team," K,1rl said.

Michael Ct11Ty apparently had the best attitude. Curry's IS-foot jumper put Milwaukee ahead for the first time -and for good-at 75-74 with 3:07 left. H~ finisheJ with IO points.

"( thought Michael Cuny's guts was very obvious on the cou,t for us. I don't think we win this game

without Michael," Karl said. "I-le gave us the confidence, the Je­fense, the energy anJ also made some shots to g~-with it to help us win the game."

Ray Allen finished with 17 points, incluuing eight after a con­frontation with Toni Kukoc in which Allen shoved Kukoc after being elbowed in the windpipe.

Chicago, which dominated Mil­waukee in the years when Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were around, led by as many as 15 in the second quarter and took a 47-37 halftime lead.

"Boy it was ugly." Karl saiJ. "I thought we came out flat. I thought Chicago did a great job preparing for some of our of­fensive stuff anJ controlled us. We didn't have a Jefensivc atti­tuue in the game anJ thcy got off to a big lead.

"I was ~1couraged on how we fought back." -

28-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- MARCH 11, 1999

SPORTS

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UMDA 0/'Aces Senior League team pose after upsetting Kautz Glazers, 12-11, Tuesday night in Susupe. 0/'Aces rallied for four runs in the sixth inning. Photo by Tony Celis

Sydney 2K Olympic Torch to spend 16 days in Oceania THE SYDNEY 200 Olympic New Guinea, Vanuatu,Samoa, Torch Relay will offer a unique American Samoa, Cook Is-opportuni.ty for Australians and lands, Tonga, Fiji and New the people of Oceania, to "Shai:e Zeal and. the Spirit" of the Sydney 2000 The Olympic Flame will ar-Olympic Games. riveinAustraliaon8June2000

The Torch will be lit on 12 and over the next one hundred May 2000at a special ceremony days the torch will visit all States in Olympia, Greece, home of and Territories, journeying the original Olympic Games. within one hours drive 85% of From this flame the Olympic Australia's population. Torch and backup safety Jan- The Torch will travel by vari-tems are lit, then carried by ous forms of transport includ-Torchbearers to Athens and ing train, bicycle, stock horse, from there to the host city of the tram, road train, rowing boat,

. Games. Sydney. Any Torch ferry, solar vehicle, wave ii which goes out anywhere on piercer and the Royal Flying '.i .the journey is re-ignited from Doctor Service. Together with

one of the backup safety Ian- the many community celebra-tems, tions, the Sydney 2000 Olym-

The Sydney 2000 Olympic pie Torch Relay will allow mil-Torch Relay will spend sixteen lions of people of chance to be days visiting the Olympic na- directly involved with the

. tions in Oceania - Guam, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. · · FederatedStatesofMicronesia, There will be 1,400 Torch-j Nauru, Solomon islands, Papua Continued on page 26 -'-:-;"~~~~-~~b;:.1i~~~~--;

Holyfield still preaching third round knock-out

By John Phillips NEW YORK (Reuters)-The gospel music was blaring and the warrior was singing along in a place on Church Street, so natu­rally he said he was still speak­ing the truth - he will knock out Lennox Lewis in the third round Saturday.

There was some thought that lately Evander Holyfield had been trying to fudge his star­ti ing prediction earlier this month that Lewis would sur­render his World Boxing Coun­cil heavyweight title on his back in the third round.

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SCS5K fun-run results

Saipan Community School SK Fun Run/ Walk results. The male division was won by Craig Potter in 16:33, breaking the record by three-seconds. Amalia Balcita won the women's race with a 21 :07 time. the "master's" division (40 years old and over) were won by Celisa Bryant in women's, and Joshua Berger in men's division with times of; 23:48, 21 :20 respectively. . Male division finish time (10-yrs, under) Overall Jose Quan 58 27:03 Caleb Gabbie 59 27:04 Chris Philis 95 30: 19 Tristan Cope 101 31:20 Luis Chung 128 39:59 Champ Untalan 129 39:59.5 Renze Wong 130 40:00 WonJooJung 154 51:47 Kaito Ching 156 52:07 Min Joo Jung 161 55:17 (11·14 yrs) Jeremy Winkfield Aaron Gabbie Carlos Feger Seung Jin Lee Lehi Tollestrup Sho Saso Adam Emul Maynard Magofna Reiner Lazaro Joshua Gibson Ben Schweizer Derek Tollestrup Daniel Kim Zachary Berger V.J. Camacho (15-19 yrs.)

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By Tony Celis Variety News Staff

IN SENIOR League baseball ac­tion Tuesday night at Francisco Palacios Baseball Field in Susupe,. UMDA 01 'Aces rallied for· four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and upset the Kautz Glaz­ers, with a 12-11 victory.

They had trailed since the early innings.

Inching forward, 01' Aces' Ja­son Castro narrowed the Glazers lead in the fifth inning.

Castro singled over the third base. After stealing second base, Castro then rounded third base on a throwing error by Glazers catcher. The reach into the shal­low center field territory giving Castro room to scramble home, making the ballgame, 8-11, but,

still in Glazers favor. The big inning for 01 'Aces was

led by Henry Rabauliman in the bottom of the sixth. four-run rally had 01 'Aces taking the lead for the first time in the ballgame.

Rabauliman reached first with a solid grounder· for a single. After stealing second, Rabauliman reached third on another throwing error, and eas­ily made it home.

The Glazers last at bat was dis­appointing as their first four bat­ters were retired without scoring.

"We just made too many er­rors," said Glazers coach Bob Coldeen.

Despite an outstanding perfor­mance by Glazers pitcher, Kimo Mafnas who had 14 strike-outs, he nonetheless took the loss.

·NMASA Feb. Athletes 1

By Tony Celis Variety News Staff

EDWARD Diaz, Ann Jordan, Daryl Ada, and Tamiko Winkfield · have been named, Athletes ofThe.Month, for February, by NMASA.

Edward Diaz: Basketball Being a mainstay of the APC Brothers basketball team wasn't

easy. "The team played with one heart, that's how we made it all the way through," said Diaz.

As an assistant in Community and Programs l.lt MV A, Diaz is in contact with the public on a daily basis.

Diaz led the APC Brothers to the 1999 BANMI Pennant and Championship titles. He was voted MVP for the regular season. With the completion of the basketball season biaz finds himself back in another sport he enjoys, that is, baseball, where is is a pitcher for the SML team of the Stevedore Pirates.

When Diaz isn't playing either sport, he can be found being a volunteer referee in the IVYBL for the islands' youths.

Ann Jordan: Windsurfing Ann Jordan competed in the 18th GTE Micronesian Open

Windsurfing regatta recently. She took third place in the women's , open division. ' "I would like to let people know that it is never to late to get back • into an active lifestyle," said Jordan.

While Ann didn't admit her exact age, she did say that since the , children are all grown up, she now finds she has more time to spend j in the water-windsurfing. . Continued on page 26 L---------··----·---·

SPORTS CALENDAR Big League, baseball

6 p.m. San Roque vs. Pirates (Francisco P,1!acios Baseball Field)

•VYBL . ·6:30 p.m. Koblerville vs. Chalan Kanoa Dist. I

(Chalan Kanoa Dist. I)

SPORTS NOTES The Refaluwasch Golf Association (RGA) will hold its March

Qualifier at Lao Lao Bay, West Course on Saturday Mar. I 4, at 7:20 a.m. Reservations are limited to 20 golfers on a first-com~ basis. In February, the Ace award was won by Joe Limes. Limes shot a

net 64 at the Saipan Golf Resort. · Joe Mafnas, playing at Marianas Country Club tied Limes score.

Mafnas also shot a net 64. "Under tournament rules a tie between the qualifying score and the

actual tournament score means the 'qualifying score' wins,"· stated an RGA press release.

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