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Rota files casino petition with AG THE NECESSARY petitions have been filed to call for a vote this coming November to legal­ize casino gambling in Rota, the Mayor's Office disclosed Friday.

Efrain Atalig, Chairman of the Rota Casino Task Force, deliv­ered 618 signatures to the Attor­ney General's Office on Saipan, over and beyond the number re­quired forthe petition to be placed in the ballot for this year's elec­tion.

The CNMI Constitution re­quires that the Attorney General

Benjamin T. Manglona

certify that the signatures come natures. If the Attorney General from qualified voters. At least agrees, Rota voters will have an twenty percent of the qualified opportunity to vote yes or no on voters in Rota are needed to put the casino," a news release from the casino measure on the No- the mayor's office read. vember general election ballot. "Over the next ten days we may

"It appears the Rota petition supplement these petitions with has almost twice the needed sig- even more names," said Rota r~~=w., ....... .,._.p;:<ul,.~~~~'1T."'UlC.':J;f;"~

f Tenorio raises budget ' i subn1ission by $275K r . . i. By Zaldy Dandan scale down its revenue proJec- .' : Variety Associate Editor tions for the FY 1999 budget. :, · GOVERNORPedroP. Tenorio "We are now more hopeful ·

on Friday submitted a revised that we would be able to tap .. fiscal year 2000 budget to the more revenues before the end of

Legislature that identifies an this fiscal year," he said. additional $275,000 in projected House Ways and Means Com-revenues. mittee Chair Karl T. Reyes (R-

Keylegislators,mostofwhom Pree. 1, Saipan) said the were expecting a revised bud- government's scholarship pro-

. get that is less. than the $206.7 gram and several "small" agen-~ million proposed last spring, ex- cies may benefit from the addi--, pressedhopethatmorerevenues tional $275,000 in revenues. ; could be identified in Septem- Reyes, whose committee will : ber, which·is the last month of beginitsreviewoftheproposed · FY 1999. budget this month, said several

"[Two hundred thousand and government agencies are run-) seventy-fivedollarsisnotalot], ning a deficit due to the 13.4 : but at least there's growth," percent "across-the-board" re-1 House Speaker Diego T. duction in the funding levels of i Benavente (R-Prec. 2, Saipan) all branches, depru:tments, agen-

Mayor Benjamin T. Manglona. "Public education will follow

as our people debate adding a casino to the local economy."

"In the past, I've never sup­ported gambling," said Manglona. "Butlchill1ged because the people elected me with a mandate to make the economy the number one pri­ority."

"Our people voted me into of­fice to provide jobs, decent schools, decent health care, and decent infrastructure. The people demanded that we plan our economy to avoid future s_uffer­ing."

"It makes sense th11t if the economy is poor, the living stan­dard is poor," said Manglona. "I was elected to improve the stan­dard ofliving and that's wha:tthe

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Villagomez new chair of NMC Board of Regents

Ramon G. Villagomez

By Rene P. Acosta Variety News Staff

REGENT Ramon G. Villagomez took~ver the chair­manship of the Northern Marianas College's board of re­gents after elections held Fri­day.

Villagomez, who chairs the board's fiscal commitee, moves up to take the board's helm, re­placing erstwhile chairman Manny Sablan, who automati-

cally reverts to being regent. The outgoing chair, with the

help of the Legislature, has been credited for pushing the biggest and most meaningful reorgani­zation at the college and for instituting various reforms.

Villagomez, a former Su­preme Court Justice, was nomi­nated to the chair by Regent Fermin Atalig.

"Atthis point, the only thing I can say or offer, is the board of regents will follow the principle of its function--that it will con­tinue to review policies and make new policies as required by the growth changes that are occuring in the college and on campus itself," said Villagomez.

Atalig, the vice chairman of the Personnel Com_mittee under Regent Helen Abayari, was also elected as the board's new vice chair.

Another regent, Vince Seman, Continued on page 23

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Part of big crowd that lined up Beach Road for yesterday's Liberation Day parade_. People from all ethnic groups and ages watched the float competition, the highlight of the yearly celebration. Photo by Maria c. Alonso

Palau m.ulls unicam.eral legislature By MA LOU L. SA YSON For the Variety

KOROR (Palau Horizon) The Fifth Palau Olbiil Era Kelulau (Congress) is inching its way to­wards changing the nearly two­decade old Palau Constitution to provide for a unicameral legisla­ture.

Congress has expressed its in­tention with the introduction of a bill that would change the present bicameral system in the hope of cutting bureaucratic fat.

In an interview with leaders of Congress over the weekend, the Horizon learned there is a serious move at the OEK towards chang­ing the composition of the legis­lature and that would all start early next year.

"We might as well bite the bul­let and do it," said Senate Presi­dent Isidoro Rudimch.

The same position was echoed by House Speaker Ignacio Anastacio who said that one of his legislative priorities next year

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would be introducing amend­ments to the Palau Constitution.

"We 're discussing how we could come up with the resolution by next year," said Anastac:o. The resolution would be subject to "vox populi" (voice of the people) in a referendum that will coincide with the national elections in No­vember 2000.

The two leaders labeled the need to transform Palau's bicameral legislature into a unicameral Of!.~

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Rudolpho's shuts down By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE ASIAN economic down­turn has apparently forced Rudolpho 's, one of Saipan 's most famous bars and restau­rants, to close business Thurs­day.

"Despite the misconception that Rudolpho' s was a busy res­taurant, in reality, it was never profitable in its Sadog Tasi lo­cation," according to Robert W.

Rudolph, president and general manager of Rudolpho's.

Rudcorp. Inc., owner of Rudqlpho's, filed Friday a bank­ruptcy case before the US Dis­trict Court.

Maria Emelita G. Rudolph, vice president and manager of the establishment, filed the bank­ruptcy papers through counsel . Darrin Class.

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Russia expels US attache MOSCOW (AP) - A U.S. military attache who was de­clared persona non grata by Russia has left the country, an American official said Sunday.

Lt. Col. Peter Hoffman, an assistant Army attache at the American Embassy, left Russia on Thursday after his diplomatic accreditation was withdrawn,

the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

No reason was given for his expulsion, but Hoffman's de­parture comes at a time when relations between Russia and the West have become strained over NATO's military campaign in Kosovo, and Russia's role in keeping the peace there.

Sky, no last name given, of Minneapolis, a member of the American Indian Movement Security Team, is one of nine arrested by Nebraska State Troopers after crossing through a police line in Whiteclay, Neb., after a two-mile prayer march from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, S.D., Saturday, protesting the unsolved murders of two Pine Ridge Indians. AP

The Foreign Ministry said Sunday it was aware of Hoffman's expulsion, but de­clined to comment.

The Federal Security Service, the main successor to the Soviet KGB, also refused to comment on Hoffman's being declared per­sona non grata, a diplomatic term . usually used when a person is suspected of espionage.

Relations between Russia and NATO, and particularly with the United States, have soured in recent months. Moscow strongly opposed NATO's 78-day bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, and it still insists on a peacekeeping role in Kosovo on even footing with the alliance.

In the latest development, the departure of two Russian mili-

tary planes taking peacekeep­ers to Yugoslavia was postponed because NATO blocked the air corridors over Hungary, Bul­garia and Romania.

According to the ITAR-Tass news agency, the United States asked NATO to deny permis­sion for the flights because of disagreements over the Russian peacekeeping role in Kosovo.

Taiwan sentences 21 local officials for 'vote-buying' TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -In a major attack on corrupt local politics, Taiwan's Su­preme Court has sentenced 21 members of a southern county council to jail for vote buying, media reported Sunday.

The judgment upholding previous convictions ap­pears to bring closure to one of Taiwan's biggest politi­cal scandals relating to criminal control over local elected bodies.

Among those sentenced is former council speaker Cheng Tai-chi, who is al­ready awaiting execution for the murder of a business ri­val while in office.

Cheng received an 18-month sentence, and former deputy speaker Tsai Hsing­chueh was sentenced to 16-months, both for paying 500,000 Taiwan dollars ($15,384) each to council members to ensure their election in 1994. The re-

mainder were sentenced to six months in jail for taking bribes.

Under Cheng and former county executive Wu _Tse­yuan - both members of the ruling Nationalist Party -Pingtung was widely referred to as "Taiwan's Sicily" for the power organized crime held in the county at Taiwan's tip, 350 kilometers (217 miles) south of Taipei.

Wu was later convicted of graft but won a se.at in the national Legislature while out on bail. The county executive seat was won by the main op­position Democratic Progres­sive Party in 1997.

Those convicted include I I current members of the Pingtung county council, in­cluding the current deputy speaker. They will be expelled from office, and new elections held for five of them whose districts will be underrepresented as a result.

Most of the expelled depu-

ties are Nationalist support­ers, posing problems for the ruling party as it seeks to buttress grass roots support for its presidential ticket in next March's election, Taiwan's China Times newspaper said in an edito­rial.

Dozens of other council deputies in other counties, most of them allied with the Nationalists, are awaiting the results of their appeals on vote buying convictions.

Crackdowns on vote buy­ing haven't ended such prac­tices but are believed to have forced them deep under­ground.

Nationalist Speaker Cheng Ching-shui told re­porters he was confident of holding on to control in the council, despite the loss of several allies.

"I think we should be able to maintain normalcy," Cheng told the TVBS cable television network.

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Guam lawyer:

'Bill prom.otes m.onopoly' By Eric F. Say

Variety News Staff ABILLthatwouldgiveonenews­paper a monopoly on government advertisements is special interest legislation that violates the free­dom of the press, a private attor­ney told legislators.

Peter R. Sgro, legal counsel for the Guam Variety, said Friday that Sen. John Salas's (R-Agana Heights) Bill 218 would restrict the choices of the people of Guam, constricting their freedom of speech.

In his testimony during a public hearing on the bill, Sgro said the proposed law would also violate the right to commercial free speech, which is guaranteed to business entities.

He reminded legislators that numerous US Supreme Court de­cisions have ruled that commer­cial speech, which includes ad­vertisements, is a protected form of freedom of speech.

"The people of Guam are very

capable to perceive theirown best interest by having available to them as many open channels of communications," Sgro said.

"To impose legislative restric­tions on channels of communication ... is not in the [people's] best interest.

"The people ... can and should be free to make their own choices and decisions relative to receiv­ing communications, notices or news events," he said.

Sgro added, "When we begin to chip away at the foundation of the freedom of the press and the abil­ity of the press to provide the people of Guam with various forms of communications ... this does not foster any substantial, significant or even a remote gov­ernment purpose."

Salas, who chairs the Legislature's Cammi ttee on Con­sumer Protection, was earlier quoted as saying that his bill aims to protect businesses already op­erating on Guam from outside

Lizama rules on traffic issue

Juan T. Lizama

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

CAN A conviction for driving the influence (DUI), reckless driving,

and refusal to submit to an alcohol breath test may be sustained where defendant was issued a traffic ci ta­tion but was not formal! y arrested nor informed of his constitutional rights?

According to Superior Court Associate Judge Juan T. Lizama, conviction without a formal arrest is permissible provided that the testimony and evidenced presented were obtained in a constitutionally permissible manner.

Lizama issued such ruling in a traffic case against Felix U. Palacios in which he found the defendant guilty of reckless driving, DUI, and refusing to submit to an alco­hol breath test.

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competition. His bill proposes that

GovGuam's public notices must be advertised in a newspaper of general public circulation or by radio or television, which is "rea­sonably calculated to provide the widest notice of facts it an­nounces."

The bill would apply to GovGuam's invitations :o bid, requests for proposals and meet­ing announcements.

During Friday's public hear­ing, the legislation was challenged by several news agencies on the island, including print, television and radio.

The Pacific Daily News, how­ever, is in favor of it.

Its publisher Lee Webber, in written testimony, said "the free and independent voices of pro­fessionally trained journalists are one of the reason in whom our citizenry and nation have long placed their trust as our citizens pursue truth in the daily routine of

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

A FORMER Immigration captain who was injured in a vehicular accident sued the driver and also included as defendants the Garapan Catholic Church and the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa.

Delia S. Dado asked the Supe­riorCourt to order defendants Isidro Mettao, Garapan Catholic Church and the Diocese to pay the value of her car.

Dado, through counsel Eric Smith, also sought payment for past and future medical and hospi­talization expenses she allegedly incll!Ted or to spend as a result of the incident.

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their Jives." He added, "[Bill 218] reinforces

this beliefs and ensures the con­tinued empowerment of our people, thereby enabling them to make better choices for our com­munities, families and children."

Although it is still unclear what prompted the introduction of the bill, industry observers have noted

that the proposal came in the wake of Guam Variety's entry into the local newspaper market.

At the conclusion of the hear­ing, the Legislature's Majority Leader, Mark Forbes (R­Sinajana), said it might be "a good idea" to review the law rather than attempt to piecemeal special sections into it.

New CUC board members may be known this week

By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

GOVERNORPedroP. Tenorio is submitting to the Legislature his nominees to the board of the Commonwealth Utilities Cor­poration, following the resig­nation of three members during the last two weeks due to re­strictions of an existing law.

Tenorio said CUC board member for Tinian Edwin Hofschneider has ·resigned last week because of an existing law which prohibits the appointment of government employees to the CUC board.

Hofschneider, the governor said, is working for the federal government.

He added another board mem­ber from Rota. whose appoint­ment came when she was not working, resumed her employ­ment with the Public School System (PSS).

Both instances are prohibited under the Public Law 10-8. Tenorio admitted the same law is giving him a hard time nam­ing persons who would occupy vacated posts in the govern­ment-controlled corporation.

Tenorio said the restrictions on the qualifications stated in Public Law I0-8, as well as in an Executive Order, aggravates the apparent absence of people who are willing to sit in some government agencies' Board of Directors.

He admitted that the restric­tion on allowing non-college degree holders to sit as mem­bers of the board in some of the government's semi-autonomous agencies like the Common­wealth Utilities Corporation had been "overlooked."

"I want to admit that it was overlooked. Some people are reluctant to accept nomination because the board requires spe­cific qualifications." the gover­nor said, adding that most of those who qualify under the ex­isting law have refused nomina­tions because they have other priorities.

Most of the time. Tenorio said. those who are eligible to sit in the board are either reluctant or not willing to assume any gov­ernment position due to their commitment in their private aml professional undertakings.

Final rebate batch readied By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

WITH at least three months to go before the law-imposed deadline. the Department of Finance has began working on the final prepa­ration of disbursing the much­awaited 1998 income tax rebates. according to Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio.

Tenorio disclosed, however. that the finance department is yet to enter any data in its system yet, promptly adding that the govern-

ment has until October ro release all rebates and refunds.

The governor met with Fin:mce Secretary Lucy Nielsen Friday where fund avuilabiliry for the eventual disbursement or rebate, before the law-mandated de:1d­line had been discussed.

Tenorio said the government ·s financial managers have been in­structed to set a,ide available funds to the Special Rebate Trust Fund in order to make sure that

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Palau leaders face suit By MALOU L. SA YSON For the Variety

KOROR (Palau Horizon) The health minister, along with the president, is being challenged in court by a local firm for over­charging its clientele enrolled in its plans fees for medical services.

TheGMHP Associates. Ltd. has filed a petition for a declaratory judgment lodged under Civil Ac­tion No. 99-182 against Health Minister Masao Ueda and Presi­dent Nakamura who represents the Republic of Palau. in said case.

Petitioner's legal counsel. Toribiong & Coughlin. fikJ the case before the Suprt'me Court Trial Division on Monday wherein Ueda is being sued in his official capacity as the health min­ister.

The petitioner alleged that Palauans who are enrolled in petitioner's plans are being "uu­lawfully discriminated"" against in violation of Article IV. Section 5 of the Palau Constitution by being charged for medical ser-

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The 1999 Liberation Day highlights I

The Centennial Queens from The Professionals joined yesterday's Liberation Day float parade. Photo by Louie c. Alonso

The JROTC marching band joins yesterday's Liberation Day festivities. Photo b; Louie c. Alonso A participant from yesterday's float parade attracted people's attention by hoisting the CNMI and the Philippines' colors. Photo by Louie c. Alonso

The Palauan Community in the CNMI displays its culture and heritage. Pho10 by Louie C. Alonso

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'Less floats, bigger crowd' By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff

IF SUCCESS can be measured in numbers, then this year's libera­tion day celebration can he con­sidered successfu I.

The liberation day celebration yesterday apparently drew al most twice the number of audiences/ onlookers compared to the past year's celebration, as one CNMI r.:sident observed.

There were less noats but more people this year, commented M ikc Sablan, former Flame Tree i\11s

Festival chairman. '"I think this is because of the

wonderful weather we were blessed with today," Sablan said.

The liberation day celebration yesterday kicked off with a color­f u I parade featuring groups and associations from different cul­tures.

Delegations from all commu­nities-_ Filipino, Chinese, Chamorro, Carolinian, Palauan, Korean, Japanese, and others -all had something unique of their cultures to share to the audiences

at yesterday's festivities. Seven floats regalled the CNMI

with theirartisticportrayal of their indegenous cultures.

Sonia Pangelinan, over-all chairperson of the liberation day celebration committee gave the festival a very favorable rating.

··1 think it is a very successful liberation day. We had a very cooperative committee, the com­munity has also been very coop­erative, and we have been getting very positive feedback from the

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I set to bill US on aliens By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

THE CNMI government is ready to bill Washington on the expenses incurred by several Common­wealth agencies during the hold­ing of nearly 500 undocumented immigrantsonTinian, Gov.Pedro P. Tenorio disclosed Friday.

Citing a report submitted by the Department of Finance, Tenorio

said the Commonwealth spent just a little over $500,000 during the joint US-CNMI operations on Tinian where captured illegal Chinese immigrants were de­tained for almost two months.

The governor said the bi II wi II be submitted to the US Immigra­tion and Naturalization Service in 'two weeks, as the local govern­ment completes documents that

would support its reimbursement claims.

"Before we submit the billing, I want to make sure supporting documents are intact so that there won't be any question as to how much was really spent during the operation," he told reporters.

He emphasized that the over $0.5 million figure is already fi­nal since the CNMI no longer

spends money following the re­patriation of all the captured Chi­nese immigrants back to their country.

"Maybe we can submit it in a week or so," he said, adding that he could not tell when will the reimbursement will come "but it would make sense that we submit the bill first."

The Department of Public Health has already been reim­bursed for all the supplies it had provided during the first few days of the holding of the illegal aliens. Tenorio said the reimbursement was not paid in money but in the form of supplies.

Phone cards being smuggled in? The CNMichief executive said

all expenses incurred by the CNMI government during the Tinian operation are already accounted for in the $500.000 figure.

Of the total amount, the CNMI has coughed out close 10$400,000 in personnel costs alone during the hosting of over 500 undocu­mented Chinese immigrants on Tinian.

The CNMI government dis­patched personnel from the Divi­sion of Customs Services, Public Safety, Labor and Immigration, Emergency Management Office, and the Commonwealth Health Center during the holding of the illegal Chinese immigrants on Tinian.

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

HOUSE Speaker Diego T. Benavente on Friday revealed government has received reports the "cheap" pre-paid phone cards now flooding the market may have been smuggled into the Common­wealth.

In an interview, Benavente said the cards, "thin and small," can easily be spirited at the airport by unscrupulous businessmen who can pass through Customs offi­cials without being detected.

"There are individuals coming in (at the airport) with the cards. Since (the cards) are very thin, they are easy to hide," said

Diego T. Benavente

Benavente, adding that officials have been "approached" by le­gitimate pre-paid phone card deal­ers and users regarding the mat-

Legislature to debate stay of NRWs with expired contracts

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

WITH two separate bills about it pending at the Legislature, House Speaker Diego T. Benavente, on Friday, said it is now just a matter of determin­ing how long will nonresident workers with expired contracts be actually allowed to stay in the CNMI before they are repatriated if no new jobs are found. '

Both the House and the Senate agree giving expired contract holders 45 days to look for new jobs as the present statute require, is too long a period, causing un­necessary additional expenses on employers and hampering their efforts to hire a new one.

The House has passed bill 11-237 which seeks to drastically reduce the grace period to three days.

The Senate, for its part, last week passed bill 11-150 which

gives the affected guest work­ers 15 days instead of 45.

"It will definitely have to be reduced whether three or 15 days. There has to be a limit. I would support the -idea of limit­ing or reducing the number of days for anyone to stay in the CNMI without a contract," said Benavente, in an interview.

Benavente said a debate is ex­pected to ensue at the Legislature on which course to take regarding the matter.

He nevertheless defended the House's version, explaining that the Department of Labor and Im­migration (DOLi) already has a policy requiring employers who will not be renewing contracts of their workers to inform the latter at least 30 days before the permit expires.

"In effect, the guest worker does not actually have three days,

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ter. Government, said Benavente,

is losing large sums of money from phone card smugglers who do not pay excise and other taxes.

Benavente admitted it will be difficult to stop the smuggling activity, adding nevertheless that proposed measures seeking to regulate phone card companies will do the job.

He explained that if enacted the measure will require phone card dealers to seek license and open a business site else the products will be pulled out of store shelves.

"Pre-paid phone card operations really requires to be regulated,"

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PROPONENTS of the Viewers' Tax say 15-cents is "not too much." but add that it will "go a long way" in the construction and maintenance of youth centers.

So if this tax. which is imposed on every rented video tape and every sold movie ticket, is not a ··burden" then what do you call those petitions signed by hundreds of island residents calling for its repeal?

And if the proponents of this tax really believe that youth centers will help the youth stay away from delinquency, then why won't th.ey pitch in $3,000 each, as Senate Floor Leader Pete P. Reyes dared them to do?

We repeat. This tax is a burden because those who rent videos and watch movies are the same people who, unlike some legisla­tors we know, cannot afford to play golf in the weekend or, well, seek relaxation in Ermita, Manila from time to time. In short, taxpayers for whom 15-cents is not an insignificant amount of money. That is why they readily signed those petitions asking for the repeal of this tax. Moreover. besides its proponents, who else believes that if the government constructs youth centers it will see to it that our children will behave better?

To ensure that child,·en do not misbehave, we should make it more expensive to rent videos they can watch at home, where they are .usually under their parents' supervision?

Unfortunate 1 y, as the debate during the recent session of Saipan' s legislative delegation has shown, proponents of this tax continue to resisuheir better judgment. Indeed, if not for Senator Reyes, Rep. Heinz S. Hofschneid.er's local bill proposing the repeal of the tax would have been defeated by a single vote. Sadly, these legislators have apparently confused obstinacy in the face of reason for principled stand.

Again. we have to remind them what our grandparents would most likely tell us regarding our children and how to look after them: Not through government programs, but through good parenting. ·we can build a youth center on every street and still not prevent our children from committing improprieties ifwe, as parents. do not teach them the discipline and sense of worth that only we could impart. Incidentally, if we ask our police officials how to deal with juvenile delinquency they will give you, more or less. the same answer.

Still. as we have also said before, if the tax's proponents have so much faith on youth centers, then to be consistent and reason­able, they should tax activities that are bad for the youth­cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, gambling. Or. as Senator Reyes have said, they should directly contribute funds for the construc­tion and maintenance of these youth centers.

Taxpayers, who are already paying for the salaries of their elected officials, should not always be expected to also foot the bill for ill-conceived legisla.tion.

Voters who want to know who are the eight legislators still in favor of this tax should call the office of the House Clerk and get their names. Continue sending them petitions. The author of this tax, Rep. David M. Apatang of Precinct 1, was quoted as saying that students who signed the earlier petitions might have done .so "without them knowing what is was all about." Tell him he is wrong. Remind him that imposing a tax on a family activity is not the way to address concerns regarding juvenile delinquency. And to admit that one is wrong-particularly when one clearly is-is okay, although it t:akes a wise, principled man to do so.

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Insights. By Eric F, Say·.. . . . .

No to Bill 218 I WOULD like to use this opportunity to give my personal input into a piece of legis­lation that could set far reaching precedents if left unchecked by not only the media organizations on Guam, but, more impor­tant the Chamber of Commerce, the Guam Economic Development Authority and the Guam Visitors Bureau.

Here's what I told the legislators during Friday's public hearing on Bill 218:

"I submit testimony today against Bill 218, which is an act to amend subsection (a) Title 5 GCA, section 8104, relative to pub­lic notices under the Open Government Law.

"This measure appears to be 'protection­ism' legislation at best. It seems that what lawmakers are trying to do is to protect what they believe to be a local paper [Pacific Daily News (PDN)] regarding the posting of government notices.

"First, I would like to point out that PON is published on Guam. However, it is owned and operated by an off-island national news­paper chain, the Gannett Group.

"Although, they may have a wide circula­tion at this moment this in no way should be a reason for stopping another newspaper publication from securing government an­nouncements-invitations to bid or requests for proposals, etc.

"If a measure like this is allowed to be enacted into law then the same 'protection­ism' must be spread across the board. In other words, are you going to pass laws against Wal-Marl coming to Guam just be­cause there is a K-Mart or Townhouse here?

"Or would you create a law against Home Depot just because Ace Hardware. Bunny Hardware and Benson's have been doing

business on Guam? "Competition is what drives businesses· to

be better than their competitor. Customer service and savings are also matters that make customers decide where they are going to spend their dollars.

"As long as those dollars are spent on Guam then all of us in the end reap the rewards that have been lacking since the Asian economic crisis has taken its toll upon our small island community.

"Let's say for instance that this measure is passed into law, which means that GovGuam agencies can only advertise in one particular publication. Then what the lawmakers who were elected to represent the people's inter­est have done is to set up a monopoly wherein that publication can charge whatever rate it wants for a notice or advertisement.

"The government needs an alternative-as do the readers of Guam-so it can save money while at the same time getting the message out to the general public.

"Therefore, I hope that you will kill this attempt at [changing a law] that has not needed to be changed for years. Why just now? Are there no larger and more impor­tant issues to tackle?

"Are special interests feeling threatened by new competition? Didn't the members of the 25th Guam Legislature say that they are going to stop the' old boys' system and begin [operating as] a real lawmaking body?

"In closing, I hope you as lawmakers will stop what is obviously special interest legis­lation and stop it now before you have to begin writing laws to protect retail stores, hotel chains, gas stations and I would say banks but you have already done that!"

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Who's bad? SO IT WAS the Fourth of July yesterday. A big event, no doubt.

As early as 8:30 am, people were already lined up along Beach Road in Garapan to get a good glimpse of the once-in-a-year pa­rade. There wasn't even a sign of rain, thank God.

For reporters in need of stories for today and tomorrow (since today is a holiday, meaning, of­fices are still closed}, yesterday was a good time to hunt for news sources and hunches.

Unfortunately, there were only a few government officials who showed up and en joyed the event, just like Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio and Mrs. Annie Sablan who braved the tenible heat just to participate in a traditional Japa­nese number.

The parade, I should say, went well (except, of course, for the problem of parking and the ter­rible heat).

The only thing that's really irri­tating was the attirude of some "local" spectators who forgot their ethics - or are yet to learn what ethics is all about.

The way they shooed away Chi­nese, or shouted at them (not to mention the invectives), "Hey you, go away!" or"You sit down there, Jania!" or "No pictures, ugly!" or "We can't see, move, #@*&"!" was enough to ruin somebody's day.

I don't know whether it's an advantage for those Chinese not being able to understand English because if they do, I don't think they would like what they would hear.

So what, if these Chinese want their pictures taken with parade participants or floats? At least they know how to appreciate things. If, indeed, you were irritated and there's someone blocking your view. why can't good words come out of your mouth?

For us who can understand and know how cultural differences can get in the way of everything, we. can only feel pity and sorry for the Chinese and feel "less" for the per­petrators.

I mean, they are also human be­ings and they don't deserve to be treated like animals and shooed away like dogs or cats. After all, the locals cannot doubt the contri­bution of these Chinese garment workersintheCNMI'soveralleco­nomic development even during hard economic times.

While it only takes seconds to say "excuse me" or tell somebody to"movealittle" in a nice manner, it takes years to forget a bad char­acter.

How can I describe "locals" among my Filipino friends and countrymen back home?

Some of these people didn't change. Last year was no differ­ent. And I don 'tthink there would be changes in the coming years unless they start learning how to respect individuals of a different

race - and if they themselves would want to be respected.

Well, talking about Liberation Day ...

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Dressed to kill (and get killed)

So what are you wearing today? It's ridiculous how a number of

government officials, politicians and their staff can report to work everyday withoutrealizingwhether they are indeed going to the office or in a party or in the fann.

If you wonder why in the world a column should dwell on this, well, let me ask you this: What would be your impression on a government official you met for the first time in a dirty shirt. jeans and slippers, chewing betel nut while talking to visitors?

It doesn't matter whether the clothes you are wearing have sig­nature labels ornot, as long as they are presentable, neat and appropri­ate at a given period.

The way you dress tells some­thing about your personality, and eventually, thequalityofworkyou and your company or office will be able to produce, not to mention the criticism and the "first impressions" other people will have on you.

Good thing certain government offices, particularly the Superior Court, has taken the initiative of instituting a policy that mandates suitable dresses and good groom­ing among its employees during working hours.

Superior Court Presiding Judge Edward Manibusan, as co-reporter Ferdie dela Torre wrote, issued a memorandum setting a standard dress code for all trial court em­ployees.

Under the memorandum, the appropriate office and courtroom attire for women includes dresses, skirts and blouses, pantsuits and dress pants with blouse and or blaz­ers.

Fancy gowns, extremely short . dresses, see-through blouses, hal­ter tops, midriffs, shorts, leggings, athletic shoes or slippers are defi­nitely not acceptable.

Men, on the other hand, are asked to wear appropriate office attire that includes dress pants with dress shirts, short or long sleeved sport shirts-or island shirts.

As expected, shorts, jeans. ath­letic shoes or slippers are, well, .banned in the Superior Court of­fice.

While the guidelines apply to all Superior Court employees, excep­tions are meant only for those whose nature of work doesn't call for of­fice attire, or for medical condi­tions certified by a physician.

How I wish other government offices will also carry out a policy like the one set by Manibusan.

By the way, is there already a policy like that for employees of the Legislature, for example, in­cluding the legislators?

MONDAY, JULY 5, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7 ---------------'--

JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

Even Hatch accepts booze money WASHINGTON - If there was any doubt left that even the most sober politicians have gone punch­drunk in the quest for campaign cash, last month should have re­moved any doubts.

Forget about George W. Bush's record $36 million, raised in just the first six months of 1999. Forget about Al Gore complaining that his campaign has just $19 million in the bank with 16 months to go until the election. And forget about the National Republican Congres­sional Committee raising more than $26 million in the first six months of this year - matching its goals for the entire year. Or the Demo­cratic Congressional Campaign Committee almost doubling its take from the first six months of the last election cycle.

No, the most telling episode in recent fund-raising came on a Wednesday morning in early June, when Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, showed up at a fund-raiser hosted by the National Beer Wholesalers Association.

That's right: The extremely Mormon Mr. Hatch, who won't touch anything stronger than a vir­gin daiquiri, was having money poured into his coffers by the folks who deliver Budweiser to your grocer's refrigerator. The break­fast came a couple of weeks before Hatch announced his candidacy for president, so the money is going to his2000Senatecampaign.Butnow that he plans to raise up to $12 million by the end of the year, you can bet that a lot more interest groups will be hearing from the pious Utah senator.

We use Hatch as an example not because he is unique or conupt; he is neither. Rather, we cite this little chapter as an example of how even the most honest senator can get caught up in-and benefit from­a skirmish between two moneyed interests.

By John Morrison LONDON (Reuters)-Byswing­ing his political weight behind a disarmament proposal for North­ern Ireland, Prime Minister Tony Blair has embarked on a high-risk strategy which could put him on collision course with the province's Protestant majority.

The stakes have never been higher for Blair personally after he gambled on issuing a "take it or leave it" deal to the Northern Irish parties after five days of wran­gling .

Until now Blair's approach,care­fully agreed with his Irish counter­part Bertie Ahern, has always been that neither the British nor the Irish government can force the two sides into agreement. "We can'tdoitfor them. The parties have to agree among themselves," has been the constant mantra.

But Friday brought a brutal change of gear. Blair and Ahern issued their own blueprint for how arms decommissioning by the IRA

Perhaps to avoid making Hatch too uncomfortable, the $1,000 a plate fund-raiser was held over breakfast; no beerwas served. And it's certainly not the first time Hatch has taken money from the food­and-beverage industries. In the last election cycle, according to the Cen­terfor Responsive Politics, he drank up $71,000 in donations from the food and beverage industry, in­cluding more than $15,000 from Seagram's, a company that also owns a major Hollywood studio.

But why not? Everyone else is doing it. A decade of unrivaled American prosperity has had pro­found ripple effects in the nation's capital. As the country celebrates its independence, our public ser­vantsare more dependent than ever on the big donations that are essen­tial for winning campaigns.

Politicians who once pretended notto be influenced by their donors no longer make any bones about the capital's quid-pro-quo system. In Batch's case, the wholesalers wanted to thank the senator for his help in adding an amendment to the juvenile justice bill that sought to restrict the sale of beer and wine over the Internet.

Wholesalers were upset because some vintners had taken to selling their products over the Web in­stead of going through wholesal­ers. That meant a challenge to the wholesalers' monopoly on local alcohol sales. The vintners said they had to do it because they couldn'tgetthewholesalerstocany their products. That's especially true for small, boutique vineyards that don't mass-produce.

To push their case on Capitol Hill, the wholesalers created a dummy group, or "coalition." Americans for Responsible Alco­hol Access was created and funded by the Wine and Spirits Wholesal­ers Association, the National Li­censed Beverage Association, Na-

should be coupled with the setting up of Northern Ireland's new all­party executive.

In a television interview with the BBC, Blair sounded like a soccer referee who had thrown away his whistle and decided to score a goal himself out of frustration with the two teams' inability to get the ball in the net.

"We finally just called it," he said. Though he did not spell it out, there was no doubt his blunt com­ments were aimed principally at the Ulster Unionists and their leader David Trimble.

''People have now got to make up their minds," Blair said, de­scribing his deal with Ahem as "the right way forward."

The package would mean an executive being set up on July 15 with the process of decommission­ing starting soon afterwards and being completed by May next year.

This falls well short ofihe "guns before governmert" formula which the Unionists have been demand-

tional Association of Beverage Retailers and the National Beer Wholesalers Association.

Instead of stating the obvious -that Internet sales hurt their bottom line - the ARAA turned the issue into one of underage drinking. The wholesalers, through theirnew coa­lition, based their argument on a few recorded instances of juve­niles using theirparents' credit cards to order booze over the Internet.

The vintners promptly responded in kind. Free the Grapes! was cre­ated by the American Vintners Association, the Family Winemakers of California, the Napa Valley Vintners Association and the Wine Institute.

On paper, it looked like an even fight. The winemakers and the wholesalers each gave about $3 million to federal candidates in the last election, with slightly more than half going to Republicans. But in the end, this one was a rout By an 80-17 vote, the Senate passed an amendment to the juvenile bill restricting the sales.

Alas, this had little to do with children. Since the amendment only applies to interstate sales, it won't prevent a teen-ager from dialing up his local liquor store and or­dering a case of beer. Even under existing law, it takes a pretty en­terprising - and thirsty- kid to successfully order out-of-state booze over the Web. Not only does it require a stolen credit card and a fair amount of money (most orders are by the case), but he or she would also have to make sure to be home when the package arrives.

But never mind that. All it took was a savvy campaign, the un­spoken promise of a little cam­paign cash and an issue framed around children to prompt a group of free-market Republicans to abandon their principles by re­stricting commerce over the Web.

ing. Blair made clear he had little time for their objections over tim­ing.

"If people aren't prepared to go for this ... if they're not prepared to do it, then I would like to know which people aren't actually pre­pared to do this," he said.

The risk Blair is taking is that by dismissing Trimble's doubts and appealing over his head to Protes­tant public opinion, he may fatally undermine the man who is desig­nated to head the new executive.

Blair's strategy in Northern Ire­land has depended heavily so far on bolsterin;,·tlie position of Trimble against hardliners in his own UUP and his rivals in the Protestant community, such as Ian Paisley.

While winning credibility among Catholic pro-Irish republicans and nationalists, whoappearmorelikely to accept the deal on offer, he may lose it with Protestants who may see him as an advocate for the IRA and its political wing Sinn Fein.

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After 20 years

Palau revisits Constitution By MA LOU L. SA YSON President Nakamura, was the For the Variety moving force behind the making

KOROR (Palau Horizon) - of the Palau Constitution for the "Unless you know the bitterness fact that he headed the Constitu-of the past. you don't know the tional Convention's Committee sweetness of today. onGeneralProvisions. Thatcom-

This is expressed by Toshiwo mittee was responsible for draft-Nakamura. one of the members ing two-thirds of the law of the of the Palau Constitutional Con- land. vention. Nakamura really fought hard

His statement summarizes the fora "free nuclear zone; no nuclear 20 years of history encompassing base," and was quite successful to the trials and struggles this island push it as one of the nine negoti-country has undergone to attain ating points for the Compact of fu 11 independence. Free Association (COFA) with

Toshiwo. the older brother of the United States. But underthen

House working on 1nerging FTZ bills

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

THERE are moves in the House of Representatives to merge two bills on the creation of a free trade zone enabling government to "hit two birds with a stone," said Rep. Oscar M. Babauta.

Babauta. who chairs the House committee on commerce and tourism. at the same time said legislators are keen on drawing the line between allowing inves­tors tax privileges and ensuring that the commonwealth stands to gain from the free trade zone.

··Right now. it is the conten­tion of the committee to merge the enabling legislation and the House Bill 3-96 which is the tax issue on the free trade zone, .. said Babauta. adding that the body is currently awaiting a draft on the matter being prepared by House lawyers.

The ··comprehensive bill." said

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Babauta will be presented to the House for approval.

He also expressed hopes the merged bill, as well as a final­ized free trade zone program will be finalized next week.

An issue proving to be a hard nut to crack is the proposed tax breaks that will be given appar­ently to lure big investors.

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President Ronald Reagan. such Constitution as well as to be used Then there is the limitation of idea was not welcomed. in digging on the COFA negotia- members of the Congress which

Negotiating points. He went as tions with the U.S. Palau is trying to see it irnple-far as enumerating all but two There was pre-Constitutional mented and as a first big step negotiating points. These in- Convention in 197 4, followed by towards achieving said goal is to eluded capital of Micronesia; ro- the Micronesian ConCon in 1975 reduce the entire nation into one tation of presidency; territorial on Saipan wherein the FSM Con- senatorial district and bring down waters; limitation in the number stitution was drafted. the number of senators from 14 to of Congress members; fonnula- Under territorial waters, "we nine. tion of Federated States of wanted to have bigger territory, Sometime in 1975, the Com-Micronesia (FSM) Constitution, bigger resources for the entire mittee on FSM Constitutional anti-nuclear, and traditional law Micronesia," Nakamura recalled. Convention was held. Three years provisions. But the U.S. opposed the concept after, the Micronesian Constitu-

Nakamura recalled that there of territorial waters starting from tion was drafted, followed by the were nine talking points in the a point 12 miles out from any drafting for the first time of the formulation of the Micronesian land. Palau Constitution.

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Carl Johansson passes away CARL T. Johansson, long time political worker, passed away on June 24atthe Rota Health Center. Johansson had a long battle with emphysema.

Rota leaders pay tribute to long-time political staffer T. Manglona, "we thought of Carl as part of our extended family."

"Carl was one of our best writ­~rs," said Rota Mayor Benjamin T. Manglona. "He was sensitive to local culture and knew how to strike the right tone."

"We 're honored that he chose to retire and spend his last years on Rota."

"Carl was like a father to me," said former Saipan Congressman Pedro T. Nakatsukasa. "His ad­vice guided my political career."

Johansson, a graduate engineer, began his island career at Kawjalein, in the Marshall Is­lands. He came to Guam, in 197 4, where he worked with Gov-Guam to improve the island's slippery highways.

This took him to Pagan in search of abrasive rock.

"I know he fell in love with Pagan," said his daughter, Linda Babauta. "If he had been a mil­lionaire, he would have devel­oped it."

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Mrs. Babauta, is the wife of Jesus Boki Babauta, of Saipan. The Babauta's son Daniel will enter Standford University this Fall.

Johansson spent many years in the CNMI Legislature. He worked as key staff for Senate President Joseph S. Inos.

When Inos was elected Mayor of Rota, in 1992,Johansson served in the Mayor's Office. He was

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POEA. cites placement fee limits . .

By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff

DUE TO many recent cases· of placement fee fraud and viola­tions, the Philippine Overseas Em­ployment Administration (POEA) is reiterating, for the benefit of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) all over the globe, that private recruiting agencies may demand and collect from its hired workers only an amount equiva­lent to one month's salary as place­ment fee excluding documentmy and processing costs.

Memorandum Circular No. I 4 which clarifies the placement fee ceiling and otherdeploymentcosts

that may be incurred by an over­seas Filipino worker is being re­introduced to OFWs to curb fur­therfraudulcntactivitieson the part of recruiting agencies.

OFWs are subject to pay docu­mentation costs which include ex­penses for passport, NB1'barm1gay/ police clearance, authentication, bi 1th certificate, Medicare, PDOS, medical examination, trade test and inoculation when required.

Medical examinations shall be conducted only after the agency or its piincipal have interviewd or trade tested or have pre-qualified the worker for an existing position

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voted Employee of the Year in 1994-1995.

"In the formative years of Com­monwealth government, Carl helped us draft key legislation," said lnos. "When I was chairman of the Judicial and Governmental Committee, Carl played a big role in government organization."

Johansson was born in Stockholm in 1922. Family roots run to Viirmland, Sweden, home of the Nobel Prize author Selma Lagerli.if.

He moved to Saipan in 1979 to introduce an island bus system. It was there that he began his long

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career in politics. He served as a political consult­

ant to former Congressman Ike Demapan of Saipan. Johansson had a close association with former Tinian Congressman Seraphin Dela Cruz.

For a time he served with Rota Senator Paul A. Manglona.

HI remember Carl as a hard worker," said now Senate Presi­dent Paul Manglona. "He would always be banging away at his old, manual typewriter. Later, we got him a nice computer."

"Because of his long association with Rota," said Mayor Benjamin

Joseph S. !nos

Johansson is survived by his wife, Corazon, and his sister-in-law Josephine Gregorio, of Rota. He leaves behind a brother, Nils Johansson, and a sister, Berit Hemlin, both of Stockholm. An­other sister, and noted artist, Ingrid Moller, lives in Grants Pass, Or­egon.

Johansson is survived by daugh­ters Linda Babauta and Monica Johansson of California; daughter Rose Marie Nordstrom and son Hans Chrisler Erdevik, in Swe­den. He has seven grandchildren.

Johansson will be cremated and his ashes returned to NY Kyrka, in Varrnland.

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Education sumJDit slated By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

THE MUCH-awaited Saipan 's Public Education Summit will be finally held in Septemberthis year. an official from the Public School System disclosed last Friday.

According to Associate Com­missioner Rita Sablan. the educa­tion summit is tentatively sched­uled for Sept. 8 while the Tinian conference is slated August 4.

"TI1ere are two things that we want to highlight on this educa­tion summit. First is the kind of sen·ices and programs that PSS ha\'e in addressing the students

who are at-risk. And the other one is the fiscal resources of the CNMI education agency. So we will try to address and clarify some financial issues," the associate commissioner said in an inter­view.

Sablan said the program or­ganizers are still putting to­gether a plan on how to target the two issues on education that its officials want to talk about.

Summit organizers haven.'! identified yet the list of people who will speak in the confer­ence.

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mit, the highlight of the confer­ence will revolve around health, nutrition, parenting and disci­pline issues.

PSS initially decided to held the Saipan education summit last May but due to limited time and resources, organizers settled

for a later date. Sablan said she is positive

about the movement of the origi­nal date because it could be a kick-off event for the opening of classes in August.

The public education summit was planned early this year due

to the local community's grow­ing interest on the present state of the CNMI education.

According to PSS, the sum­mit is designed to promote com­munity awareness on the present state of the education system in the Commonwealth.

Rota launches survey on bird By Rene P. Acosta Variety News Staff

ROTA is moving towards stir­ring up knowledge on the Commonwealth's official bird and save it from extinction.

Mayor Benjamin T. Manglona, is conducting a two­week information gathering beginning tomorrow among the island"s residents on their knowledge about the national bird.

The survey, which is part of the conservation campaign on the bird, will be carried out through the office of Depart­ment of Lands and Natural Re-

Benjamin T. Manglona

sources based on Rota. In a statement. the DLNR-Rota

said its personnel will be visit­ing homes, offices, churches, stores, and community gath­erings to spearhead the project.

The questionnaire, it said, will ask participants and at the same time determine their level of consciousness on the official bird.

The result will be used to design an effective educa­tional campaign on the na­tional bird, it said.

Manglona will be giving out badges to those who are par­ticipating in the survey as a token of appreciation.

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College suspends teacher's program

By Rene P. Acosta Variety News Staff

REALIZING the financial con­straints, members of the board of regents of the Northern Marianas College has terminated the offer­ing of the program used to further train and educate instructors abroad.

The move was passed last Fri­day by the members of the board following an introduction from Regent Fermin Atalig who saw the need for its suspension due to the college's depleting resources.

The tennination, however, does not affect staff who are currently covered by the program.

In moving for its temporary halt before the board, Atalig said the program should be terminated "until such time that the condition improves."

The Sabbatical program, which is being funded by the NMC through its regular budget, is send­ing college instructors abroad for further training and education.

A college official, Dr. Frederick Hill, said the program had not been working for the instructors as it had been conceived to be.

Some of the college personnel whose number is less than half of the the total number of people

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DEQ: St.ay off the drainage ·areas ·

By Rene P. Acosta Variety News Staff

THE DIVISION of Environmen­tal Quality has advised the public against swimming in beach areas where drainages are located due to the potential hazards these wa­ter channels may pose to health.

In a statement, the DEQ said that although the past rains have replenished the vegetation and underground aquifers they could still be dangerous.

"When we get these heavy rains, there is a tremendous amount of runoff to the lagoon. In drainage areas, all the water is carrying upland pollutants to the near-shore environment," the DEQ quoted its acting Director Antonio

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Small islands meet in Majuro By Giff Johnson For the Variety

\IAJURO - When officials from nearly 40 small island countries meet next week in Majuro. they will never be more than I 00 meters from the ocean that many worry will begin flooding these tiny islands in the next century.

The meeting of the Associa­tion of Small Island States (AOSIS) in the atoll capital of the Marshall Islands, from July I :::-16, aims to focus interna­tional attention on sea level rise and sustainable development action that can be taken to re­duce the threat to islands such

. Outrigger · Guam opens Variety News Staff

HAGATNA - With Lovely Chamorrita dancers providing entertainment, the new Guam Outrigger hotel held its grand opening over the weekend in a simple but elegant ceremony at­tended by island dignitaries.

Outrigger Guam Vice Presi­dent and General Manager Dorsey Brady thanked every­one who helped open the hotel on time. He said the Outrigger's opening signified the hotel de­velopers' continuing confidence in the economy of Guam.

For her part, Acting Gover­nor Madeleine Z. Bordallo said the opening of the Outrigger is a concrete resu It of the Gutierrez­Bordallo administration's con­tinuing nurturing. of a strong bond between the public and private sectors .

Bordallo said the opening of the new hotel will add more attractions and facilities to the island, enabling Guam to en­hance its overall tourism prod­uct.

After· the ribbon-cutting cer­emony at the hotel's entrance, selected guests were given a tour of the hotel. The Outrigger has 600 rooms with approximately 500,000 square feet of space.

It has 40,000 square feet of restaurant area including Tini gE Ansi-nu CafE, Flying Proa Lounge, and GalaidE Bar.

The hotel features an Exclu­sive Voyagers Club, special ser­vices, private lounges, swim­ming pools, Mandara full ser­vice spa, and conference and meeting facilities.

It is also a stone's throw away from world-class shopping at DFS Galleria and The Plaza complex; dining and ente_rtain­ment at Hard Rock CafE and Planet Hollywood; and the newly opened GameWorks, UnderWater World, and Sam Choy's Restaurant.

A special reception was held at the hotel's poolside later in the evening.

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as the Marshalls, whose highest point is less than two meters above sea level.

Few of these islands are more than 200 meters wide at any given point, and in most islands it's possible to stand in the middle of the island and throw a rock into the ocean on one side and into the calm lagoon on the other.

Marshall s Foreign Secretary Marie Maddison hopes that the meeting will also get people in the Marshall Islands to focus more attention on the future problem of sea level rise. "The Marshall Islands is a low-lying country," she said. "We should be most concerned (about sea level rise)."

The Micronesian Chief Ex­ecutives, at their April meeting in the Marshall Islands, put a high priority on sea level rise because of the vulnerability of islands. "I hope that this meet­ing will focus the attention of pe~ple in the Marshalls as well

Marie Maddison

as international attention to the needs of small islands," she said.

Close to !00 people from all parts of the world are expected to attend this gathering in Majuro, which will include dis­cussions on implementing the plan of action to begin revers­ing the greenhouse effect adopted at the international cli­mate change meeting held in Kyoto, Japan two years ago.

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"The workshop will be the first step in a long term process to operationalize the 'clean devel­opment mechanism' of the Kyoto protocol in such a way that small island developing states benefit as well as ensur­ing climatic protection," said Marshalls U.N. Ambassador Jackeo Relang.

Renewable energy is a high priority for most of the small islands. Participants in the Majuro meeting will look at "how to harness renewable en­ergy in the fight against global warming," Relang said.

"It's timely and appropriate to have it here," Maddison said, adding that holding the confer­ence on an atoll takes the haz. ards of climate change and sea level rise from an abstraction to reality. The meeting will pro­vide insight into ''how vulner­able we are, what we should be worried about and what we should start doing (about sea level rise)," she said.

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"I hope what is learned from the meetings leads to a well tar­geted, focused plan of action," she said. Small island countries "are pooling their resources and becoming more assertive" on the international scene in rela­tion to climate change and ac­tions needed to limit the impact, she said, adding that next week's meeting will increase pressure on industrialized nations to re­duce greenhouse gas emissions that are responsible for the earth's warming.

While the small islands have been demanding action from in­dustrialized nations on the ba­sis that the small islands will be the first to feel the consequences of sea level rise, Maddison said it isn't only island nations that will suffer if the sea level rises.

"California and New York have many coastal and low ly­ing areas," she said. "If the sea rises, what will happen to them? They'll be in the same boat as the islands."

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Marshall Islander is medivaced to Hawaii HO'.\Oll"IX (Pacncws)-The: J,,int Rescue Coordination Cen­ter in Haw:ti i dis1x11chc:d a plane t,1 Kw:1jakin in the 1\brshall Is­l:111,1' earh F:·iJ:1y morning to mcJi,·alh C\ :IL't1:1te a man sc:ri­,1u,I\ in1ureJ in a traffic accident. ,,, :1 !!om1llJlu imspit:d.

I~ \·:111 \Ia ijon. aged 39. suffered iniuri,·, t,1 his kg afta a collision i1 c 1,, c,'n the go! t" can he was dri,· -111.~ and :1 dump truck yesterday.

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air station at Barbers Point. Oahu. aITived at K wajalein just after eight ·o · clock this morning and immediately departed for Hono­lulu with Marshall Islander Maijon on board.

He was reported to be in stable condition. although surgery will be required to save his leg.

Upon mTival in Hawaii later today. he is scheduled to be trans­ported to Queens Hospital in Ho­nolulu for treatment.

King celebrates birthday :\Th:l"''ALOFA (Pacnews)­:\ thanbgil'ing serl'ice to cel­cbr:11c the fl I st bi11hdav of His \la_jcsty. King Tau fa "ah;u Tupou I\- was held at the Centenary church Sunday.

Taufa led the morning service. A royal music recital featuring

various church choirs was to be held at the Free Wesleyan church ofHaveluloto on Sunday evening.

Former President of the Free \Vesleyan Church. Rev Lopeti

The king inspected his bi11hday guard of honour during the mili­tary parade on Monday.

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Office of the Ci\"il Service Commission

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Samoa says it's on track with economic reforms APIA (Pacncws) - Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi says any economic reform in the Pacific Islands re­gion must not be seen to benefit only a limited section of the popu­lation.

The Prime Minister made the comment while opening the 3rd annual Forum Economic Minis­ters Meeting (FEMM) in Apia, Samoa today (Thursday, July I).

"Our people are important stakeholders in any reform and therefore must be consulted,"' he said.,

'They will expect the benefits from the reforms to be shared reasonable well throughout our societies. The reforms must not be seen to benefit only a section of the population.The majority of our communities are village based and it is essential therefore strate-

gies and policy interventions are designed to ensure that they do benefit.'"

According to Tu ilaepa, any pro­cess of change will affect some people more adversely than oth­ers.

"Whilst in the long-term we should all benefit from improved economic growth, in the short term some may be disadvantaged as jobs are lost when restructuring takes place," he said.

He also called on Forum coun­tries to be bold in their economic reforms and remove impediments to efficiency, whether it be in the public or private sectors.

On economic reform in Samoa, he said: "in the last three years, Samoa has continued to imple­ment important reforms aimed at strengthening its economic pros­pects and performance, and to

build a vibrant and progressive society for all Samoans.'"

··we have liberalised our finan­cial system and restructured our taxes and tariffs, resulting in lower prices for our people,' he said.

"We have rationalised our in­vestment policies and legislation to make them simpler, more trans­parent and treat foreign and local investors equally. We have re­duced company tax rates and low­ered tariffs on a range of business inputs."

This year's meeting will focus on issues such as the implementa­tion of the Forum Economic Ac­tion Plan, private sector develop­ment and human resource devel­opment.

Economic Ministers and offi­cials from 16 South Paci fie Fo­rum Members Governments are attending the two-day meeting.

FijJ'§ sefi~ifi~hli~fiijfijl-!~i out of scfio.ols, says research. --SUVA (Pacnews) - A recent survey in Fiji has revealed that students are dropping out of school because of a variety of reasons.

Save the Children's Fund (SCF) recorded its findings in a book titled "Keeping Children in School" launched in the Fiji capital, Suva yesterday.

The book said more parental support is needed to stop young children from dropping out of school.

The research carried out over a year found that students stopped going to school because of financial pressure, physical abuse and restricted access to senior classes.

In 1996,just ov~r 6,400 stu­dents dropped out of school. The high drop out rate Was recorded from students in the secondary school level.

SCF administrator, Irshad Ali says urgent steps must be taken to curb the increasing number of school .dropouts .and those that play truancy during school hours ..

LauT1ching thebook,Education Secretary, Emitai Boladuadua said his Ministry would work with schools to impress on them the imponance of following up on students that miss school a lot.

''If students don't tum up, then teachers should make an effort to find out the reasons. They (teach­ers) must be prepared to go the

Hawaii-based Tongan druglord found guilty

NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews)­A United States federal jury has convicted a 32 year old Tongan man and three others for their involvement in a massive inter­national drug ring.

Prosecutors in Honolulu say the defendants imported as much as 1100 pounds of co­caine worth millions of dollars from the US-mainland to be dis­tributed in Hawaii and four Pa­cific countries.

Richard Brown Taumoepeau, who is also known as Tiki Taumoepeau, was described by prosecutors as the leader of a cocaine organisation that trans­ported drugs to Hawaii. New Zealand, Australia. Guam and Tonga het ween I 990 and 1997.

The jury convicted him of the drug conspirncy but acquitted

him on one charge of cocaine smuggling and could not reach a verdict on seven related drug charges.

The jury also convicted co­de fendant, Hawaiian Jetsu Neiyoshi and two other Tongans, Siokatame Hafoka, 49, and 34 year old Siosaia Liufau of drug conspiracy.

Tiki Taumoepeau and the three co-defendants all face prison terms of ten years to life imprisonment when they are sentenced in October.

The arrest resulted from an organised crime drug enforce­ment task force investigation that started in I 992 into what proscrntors said was an opera­tion that included young Tongan adults recruited by Taumocpcau.

extra mile. They should Hase with parents an<lencourngestu­dents to come to school,'" Baladudua said.

The research also found that indigenous Fijian boys opted out of school at an early age because oflack of parental sup­port, academic failure and fi­nancial pressure.

Presently, Fiji 'seducationsys­tem provides free education up to year IO level.The Labor coa, lition Government is consider­ing making education completely free.

Also the Ministry is looking at scrapping all examination fees to enable children to complete 12 years of proper education.

Cook Islands . . finds no fault in man's eviction

RAROTONGA (Pacnews) -­The Cook Islands Public Service Commission is satisfied there has been no political discrimination in­fluencing the proposed eviction of a man from the Marine research centre in Penrhyn.

Deputy Public Service Commis­sioner, Alavaa Navy Epati says the man, Papa John Samatua in not an authorised resident of the station home.

Samatua is a relative of the sta­tion manager, Dorothy Munro, who lives with her husband at the sta­tion rent-free.

All expenses are paid for by the research station,

Samatua was a key member of the Demo Alliance Party campaign for Pcnrhyn which saw Willkic Rasmussen almost winning the seat from silting MP Tepurc Tapaitau. who is Mii:iister for Mineral Re­sources.

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ave ewer a ies' MANILA (Reuters) - Over­whelmed by the number of chil­dren at a crowded subsidised hous­ing project, President Joseph Estrada told Filipinos on Friday they should suppress their urges.

"Frankly, perhaps we are hav­ing some difficulty making houses because we're too preoccupied making babies," Estrada said when he visited beneficiaries of a housing project for squatters in Kalookan City, a suburb of Ma­nila.

"There are too many children here, maybe we should suppress our urges a little bit," he added.

Estrada's nation of 74 million people is swelled by 195 births

Australian doctors wrap· . . . . µp m1ss1on 1n the_ Mars halls.

By Giff Johnson For the Variety

MAJURO - A visiting Austra­lian medical team has treated more than 300 Marshall Islanders as it wraps up its volunteer visit to Majuro tl)is weekend, the second Australian specialist medical group to visit the Marshalls this year.

The ear, nose and throat spe­cialist group has saved the Minis­try of Health tens of thousands of dollars by performing surgeries in Majuro which otherwise would have had to be done at great ex­pense in off-island medical facili­ties, according to hospital offi­cials.

Dr. Gunawardane Kamal, Majuro Hospital's surgeon, said Friday that the team has seen about 300 people in out-patient clinics, provided treatment for numerous ear problems that, ifleft untreated, could develop into serious prob­lems requiring surgery and addi­tional treatments .

The group is funded by Australia's overseas development assistance program known as AusAid. A plastic surgery team, also AusAid-funded, visited the Marshalls from Australia earlier this year.

The specialists are treating mainly chronic ear problems that have gone untreated in some cases for years, said the team's leader Dr. Hilton Stone, the Director of Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgery at the Canberra Hospital. "Ear disease is common in chil­dren," Stone said. But in the Pacific islands and many devel­oping nations children often don't get immediate treatment with an­tibiotics as is usually the case in most developed countries, he said.

Asa result, the infections fester and often perforate the ear drum. Because of the humidity and the fact that most children do a lot of swimming, it's difficult for these untreated infections to heal, he

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every hour. Its population grows 2.3 percent each year.

Estrada urged families in the area to seek a livelihood to im­prove their lives.

"Thereisasayingthatgoes 'Do

your best and God will do the rest', but I think that didn't mean do your best in making children, but in seeking livelihood oppor­tunities," he said.

It was the closest Estrada has

yet come to endorsing family plan­ning, a controversial topic in the mainly Roman Catholic nation because of strong disapproval by the powerful church.

The father of IO and himself

one of IO siblings. Estrada has expressed concern about the rapid growth in the country's popula­tion, but has said any population control programme must have the approval of the church.

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ASEAN nations vow energy cooperation BANG KOK (Reuters) -Min­i sters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations reaf­firmed on Saturday a commit­ment to cooperate in the energy sector despite di fficu I ties caused by oversupply and the regional economic crisis_

Energy and industry minis­ters of I 0-member bloc, meet­ing in Bangkok. resolved to has­ten implementation of an action agenda agreed at the December 1998 ASEAN summit and adopted an interim action plan for energy cooperation running to 2004.

The ministers reaffirmed a commitment to developing an integrated AS EAN energy net­work consisting of a regional

power grid and a trans-ASEAN gas pipeline. a statement said.

They recognised the need to establish an ASEAN power pool in the future.

"The ministers noted that there are significant signs of economic recovery in the re­gion and underlined the impor­tance of strengthening collabo­ration in the energy sector to support sustainable growth and regional economic integration in ASEAN,'' the statement said.

It said the economic crisis had hit such efforts hard. '

"The decline in energy de­mand. the rise in energy prices in terms oflocal currencies, and the financial crisis in some ASEAN countries had substan-

tial impacts on joint collabora­tive efforts the in the energy sector. particularly the Trans­ASEAN Gas Pipeline and the ASEAN Power Grid,'' it said.

Nevertheless the ministers welcomed the expansion of the power grid to I 4 interconnected projects, with the addition of four linking Thailand and Myanmar, Vietnam and Cam­bodia, Laos and Cambodia and Thailand and Cambodia.

ASEAN, which groups Thai­land with Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines, has set a target date of 2020 for comple­tion of the pan-regional pipe­line and power grid.

Australia eyes business tax reform SYD'.\EY (Reuters)-Austra-1 ian Prime !\linister John Howard emphasised on Satur­day his keenness for more tax reform. saying changes to busi­ness tax were the next step to­wards ,\ustralia·s goal of be­coming a major world financial player.

Days after parliament enacted his dream of reforming con­sumption taxes. Howard said he would high I ight the new system during a trip to the United States and Japan to push Australia as a financial centre.

The new scheme is centred on a IO percent tax on goods and services (GST) but Howard said reforms to business tax, already the subject of a government re­view, offered more potential.

"'If we do that properly. that will be another reason why Aus­tralia should be a world finan­cial centre.'· Howard told a busi­ness breakfast in Canberra.

"It will be another reason why there can't be a city in Austra­lia that doesn't rival. and in times surpass. Tokyo as being a world financial centre,·• he said.

Howard leaves on Monday for a two-week tour of Japan and the United States. He will meet Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and business leaders in Tokyo and Osaka.

He will meet U.S. President Bill Clinton during a July 12-13 Washington stay, when he is expected to press Australia's case against likely U.S. im­port restrictions or tariffs against Australian and New Zealand lamb.

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Howard said Australia's abil­ity to position itself strongly during the two-year Asian eco­nomic crisis proved the country of some 19 million people was "a significant middle economic power."

An inquiry into business taxa­tion is due to deliver its recom­mendations at the end of July.

It released in February a dis­cussion paper which included options for reforming capita! gains tax and for lowering the corporate tax rate to 30 percent from the current 36 percent, as favoured by Howard's Liberal­National coalition government.

Treasurer Peter Costello told an executive council meeting of Howard's Liberal Party that Australians should keep an open mind about the business tax in­quiry.

"'This is an exciting area, it is the last great frontier of tax re­form that the government has to deal with," Costello told the Lib­eral council meeting in Canberra.

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The GSTpolicy includes re­moval of a bank accounts debit tax. financial institutions duty (FID) and state-government stamp duty on share transac­tions.

Howard has refused to say whether Australia was consid­ering the removal of withhold­ing tax on sovereign bonds, al­though the government is re­moving a similar tax on corp<> rate bonds.

The tax package will come into effect from July l, 2000. It was passed on Tuesday follow­ing a deal with the minor Demo­crats party in which basic foods were exempted from the GST.

The left-leaning Democrats hold the balance of power in the upper house. the Senate. Underthe Democrats deal. the abolition of FID has been put back six months to July I. 2001.

The GST policy is aimed at simplifying Australia's very complicated system of indi­rect taxes, which includes high tax rates on some goods. low taxes on others and generally none at all on services, the in­creasingly dominant part of the economy.

The original tax package would have cost about A$5 bil­lion (US$3.3 billion) in its first year, or one percent of GDP. The revised package will shear another A$ I .4 bi II ion off the budget surplus in its first year, with the impact to case later.

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tioned swimmers against swim­ming or even fishermen from ron­ducting their fishing activities within :mo feet of the drainage area.

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US envoy hopes tension in Kashmir will defuse ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The U.S. ambassador to Paki­stan said in remarks published on Saturday that he hoped ten­sion between India and Paki­stan over Kashmir would de­fuse soon.

William B. Milam told Paki­stani newspapers that his sense was that the situation in Kargil would improve before long but there was no such thing as a "U.S.-brokered time frame."

Pakistan and India are locked in their worst conflict in thirty years over the disputed Kash­mir region as New Delhi main­tains an intense air-and-ground offensive against insurgents in the Kargil-Drass sectors of the Himalayas.

"We are hopeful that the situ­ation will defuse and we would like to see not only the situation defused but would very much like to see the Lahore process revived because we believe this holds the key to an eventual reso­lution of problems in South Asia:· Milam was quoted by The News daily.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian coun­terpart Atal Bchari Vajpaycc met in Lahore. capital of Punjab prov­ince. in February and agrccJ to resolve their disputes. including the one on Kashmir through dia­logue.

In the Lahore declaration the two nuclcar-carabalc rivals also

agreed to take steps to avert an accidental nuc !ear war.

Milam said he did not think there was a danger of the Kargil conflict turning into a wider war but said such a threat was al­ways there.

"Because of the dangers of esn1Iation into a more general war. we certainly hope it will defuse as soon as possible."

"We don't have any specific time frame. howevc1. but we do understand that situ~,,ions like this take time. Moreov,:r. when the two armies are talking on technical issues. the situa1 inn does not get controlkd over­night," Milam said.

In Washington official,; said on Friday that rumours of a breakthrough in the Kashmir dispute between India aml Pa­kistan were tantalizing but they had no official word th;ll am kind of peace de.ii was immi­nent.

"We 're not aware or any1hing like this going on:· one State Departm<:!ntnfficial told Reuters. "We've seen media report, th;1t the P:1kistani go,ernmcnt decided to move ah.:ad on a peaceful reso­lution. Such a dc\\:lopment \\OU Id be cncournging but We' cmnot confirm it. ..

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N.-Koi-ea set to fire missile TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea h:.1s completed prepara­tions to fire another ballistic missile following a test last year rlut stirred international secu­ri r,· concerns. a Japanese news ag~ncy reported on Saturday.

In a reporr from Beijing. Kvodo News reported that a N~rth Korean diplomatic offi­cial told a visiting for;ner Japa­nese diplomat that North Korea was re adv to test another missile.

.-\ forn{er U .N. undersecretary­~cnera\. Yasushi Akashi. told a press conference upon returning from Pvon;!vam! that a J apa­ne,e s~cti;~ chief in North

Korea's Foreign Ministry had informed him of the missile plans during the former diplomat's visit to the reclusive state.

Akashi arrived in North Ko­rea on Tuesday for a visit that included discussions with North Korean officials.

On Wednesday, officials in Washington said North Korea appeared to be preparing for a new ballistic missile launch de­spite U.S. warnings that it could derail efforts to improve ties with the hardline communist state.

"l think it is fair to say that we

have seen some preparations ... some indications of a potential launch in the fu­ture," Deputy Assistant Defence Secretary Kurt Campbell told reporters.

He stressed that Washington and South Korea's President Kim Dae-jung, who meets Presi­dent Bill Clinton at the White House on Friday. had warned Pyongyang not to fire another missile.

On August 31. North Korean fired over Japanese air space a three-stage, Taepodong missile with a potential range of more than 4,000 miles {6,400 km).

President Clinton extends his hand to South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in tr;e (?val Office of the_ Whi_te House Friday. Troubled by signs that North Korea may test another long-range m1ss1le, Clinton met with Kim Dae-jung on how to deal with Pyongyang. AP

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Korean talks make no progress on split families

By Andrew Browne BEIJING (Reuters) - South Korean negotiators left Beijing empty-handed on Saturday af­ter North Korean officials in a testy round of talks stonewalled on the issue of reuniting fami­lies divided by the Korean war.

Separately, a Japanese news report from Beijing said North Korea had completed prepara­tions to fire another ballistic missile following a test last year. a move that could derail U.S. efforts to improve ties with Pyongyang.

A final meeting in a Beijing hotel between North and South Korean officials lasted 90 min­utes, but failed to break the dead­lock over the family issue.

"The meeting produced no conclusion and ended up recon­firming our own respective po­sitions," a South Korean offi­cial told reporters after the vice minister-level talks.

"South Korea urged North Korea to drop i ls confrontational attitude and sincerely come to the table on the family issue."

In one of the most emotional issues left from the 1950-53 Ko­rean War, about 10 million fam­ily members split by the con­flict are stranded on either side of the armistice line dividing

the peninsula. Seoul has long pressed for re­

unions of the now elderly Kore­ans.

North Korea had earlier agreed to put the family i_ssue at the top of the agenda dunng the talks, which began on June 22. But negotiations bogged down in bitter exchanges over a naval clash in the Yellow Sea on June 15, during which Seoul said it sank a North Korean torpedo vessel.

North Korea repeated its de­mand for an apology.

"We deplore North Korea's inclusion of the Yellow Seana­val incident in the talks," a South Korean statement said.

South Korea has suspended deliveries of fertiliser aid to the Nonh until Pyongyang agrees to discuss reuniting divided families.

Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported that a foreign ministry official in North Korea told vis­iting former Japanese diplomat. Yasushi Akashi, that Pyongyang was ready to test another mis­sile.

On Wednesday, officials in Washington said North Korea appeared to be preparing for a new ballistic missile launch de­spite U.S. warnings that it could derail efforts to improve ties with the hardline communist state.

"I think it is fair to say that we have seen some preparations ... some indications of a potential launch in the fu­ture,'' Deputy Assistant Defence Secretary Kurt Campbell told reporters.

He stressed that Washington and South Korea's President Kim Dae-jung, who meets Presi­dent Bill Clinton at the White House on Friday, had warned Pyongyang not to fire another missile.

On August 31, North Korean fired over Japanese air space a three-stage, Taepodong missile with a potential range of more than 4,000 miles (6,400 km).

The launch caused a flurry of security consultations among the U.S., Japan and South Ko­rea and increased anxiety about the North's aggressive missile programme.

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Clinton to discuss Kas • Ir By Laurence McQuillan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bill Clinton will meet on Sunday with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss defusing tensions with India over Kashmir but will not mediate the crisis, the White House said on Satur­day.

The Sunday meeting, at the Blair House across the street from the White House, was requested by Sharif in a tele­phone conversation with Clinton and agreed to after the president spoke with Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

"The prime minister re­quested the meeting and I would assume he's bringing some ideas on how to resolve the current situation," said White House spokesman P .J. Crowley.

"The United States does not plan to mediate this," said Crowley, adding: "We believe this has to be resolved through bilateral dialogue."

Pakistan and India are caught in their most serious standoff in almost 30 years in Kashmir, over which the two nuclear-capable rivals have fought two of their three wars since independence from Brit­ain in 1947.

India insists fighters holed up on Kashmiri mountainsides are infiltrators from Pakistan. Islamabad says it gives only moral and political support to the "freedom fighters."

Pakistan said on Saturday that India was refusing to en­ter a dialogue lo end the two­month-old Kashmir confron­tation.

The White House said in a statement that during Clinton ·s conversations with tht> two leaders "all agreed the situation is dangerous and could escalate if not resolved quickly."

The current clashes have taken place on India's side of the Line of Control (LOC) that divides Kashmir.

Clinton has been trying to defuse the situation. contact­ing both prime ministers and urging restraint.

"The president has been con­ferring with the prime minis­ters for several weeks on the situation in Kashmir," Crowley said. "We have high­lighted the dangers of escala­tion and we've made our posi­tion on the conflict clear."

"We ·ve encouraged both leaders to return to a bi lateral dialogue that I'm sure will be one ~f the president's key points to Prime Minister Sharif" on Sunday, Crowley said.

India says there have been no signs that the hundreds of militants holed up along an XX-mile ( 142 km) stretch of Himalayan Mountain ridges

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It has. however, ruled out an escalation of the conflict be­cause seven weeks of air and ground attacks have gradually pushed the infiltrators back to­ward Pakistan.

Islamabad denies claims the militants are Pakistani army regulars fighting alongside Is­lamic mercenaries. It says they are insurgents fighting against Indian rule in Kashmir.

White House officials said the meeting between Clinton and Sharif was most likely to take place in the early after­noon on Sunday, which is the U.S. Independence Day holi­day. Sharif's meeting with Clinton is not part of a previ­ously scheduled visit to the United States.

Clinton departs on Monday for a four-day tour of economi­cally deprived areas of the United States, returning to Washington late on Thursday.

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FUlllly farewell for Rubin By Laurence McQuillan

WASHI'.\GTON (Reuters) -Roben Rubin. who as treasury sec­retar\' held traders captive with his e\·e~· word. became a hostage him­self in a farewell \'ideo spo;f star­ring top U.S. officials. panicipants s;iid on Saturtby.

Lawrence Summers. sworn in on F1idav as Rubin's successor. joined President Bill Clinton. Fed­eral Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan. Defence Secretary William Cohen and National Se­curitv Adviser Sandv Berger in maki1w. the farce th;t prcu:nded Rubin' was kidnapped by angry Japanese officials.

"It was really funny, but you 'JI never get to see it." said one White House~official. who said the video has become "super classified.''

Directed and written by Gene Sperling. who when he has time also heads the National Economic Council ar rhe White House. the video thriller tells of Rubin's kid­napping by Japan's finance minis­trv - who will free him if he just ,~;y, one nice thing about their economy.

Rubin. who used a fim1 hand in directing U.S. policy during the Asian economic crisis. refuses to uner one positive adjective.

Although the story line is filled with numerous inside jokes. there were plenty of zingers that any outsider could appreciate as well.

As the imaginary crisis heats up

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and White House officials franti­cally search for solutions, Sperling and Berger draft an options memo on what the president should do.

Once it is finished everything breaks down. Berger refuses to endorse the document - because his name doesn't appear first. "Ja­pan is a foreign country," Berger deadpans in arguing the national security adviser should appear first.

Sperling counters that the de­mands involve economic matters, so he should be first.

"If we can't agree on this, then let him fry;· Berge~replies, according to a panial transcript of the video provided to Reuters.

At one point, aides go to Clinton to discuss the crisis, but he is far too busy and can't be disturbed. The president is seen trying to figure out a crossword puzzle - one of his favourite real life pastimes.

Cohen is seen at the podium of the Defence Department and vows that he is prepared to tum over the entire budget of the U.S. Navy to cover some of the costs of the Okura Hotel where Rubin is being held prisoner. The Okura, a favourite of U.S. officials, is among the world's most expensive.

In the end, there is an art-imi­tates-Ii fe ending to the drama. Rubin

is set free following the interven­tion of the Rev.Jesse Jackson. who has freed several Americans held prisoner.

"Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty Bob's free at last," Jackson says with a wide grin into the camera, according to the tran­

script. The video was shown at a White

House farewell party for Rubin on

Thursday night. Also shown was a sentimental video collage of pho­tographs of Rubin's tenure as trea­sury secretary, a moment that gen­erated tears for many who watched it.

Mindful that descriptions of the video would become public, offi­cials said Sperling contacted the Japanese embassy in advance to assure them it was all in jest.

Lawrence Summers is sworn in as the 71 st secretary of the U.S- Treasury by Vice President Al Gore at the White House Friday as President Clinton (left) and the wife of Summers, Vicki, watch. AP

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Battle over s11rplus loom.s By Vicki Allen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Clinton and Congress will spend much of the remaining year battling for election-year gains from the newfound riches of a $1 trillion budget surplus, and analysts say the result could be a return of deficits.

With Republicans, who control Congress, craving a massive elec­tion-year tax-cut package and the· Democratic administration and lawmakers pushing to beef up favoured social programmes, ana­lysts say the huge surplus expected to build in federal coffers over 10 years - excluding massive Social Security reserves - could quickly vanish.

"There could be a feeding frenzy in which policy-makers adopt tax cuts that we really can't afford while they admit they cannot stay in the budget limits and put spend­ing at more realistic levels through the election," said Robert Greenstein of the Centre of Bud­get and Policy Priorities.

''I think there is a high and grow­ing risk that there will be a budget deal that will result in a return of deficits," Greenstein said.

Robert Reischauer, senior fel­low with the Brookings Institu­tion and a former Congressional Budget Office director, said: "It could be a setback for fiscal pru­dence. Some policy-makers are developing expectations that ir­responsible behaviour will con­tinue to be trumped by better eco­nomic news."

While lawmakers spoke of "windfalls" and "surpluses as far as the eye can see," analysts said the surplus was largely a mirage based on unrealistic assumptions.

By law, the two budget offices - the CBO and the White Hou~ Office of Management and Bff­get - based their forecasts on the assumption that policy-makers would abide by spending limits set by the I 997 pact that helped end decades of federal red ink.

But there is growing consensus that they will break the limits this year and for years to come instead of imposing the Draconian cuts the budget law requires.

If the budget experts used a more realistic assumption of ad­justing current spending levels for inflation, more than half the pro­jected surplus would disappear, analysts said.

With Republicans favouring tax cuts over 10 years to absorb up to the full $1 trillion and the White House wanting hundreds of bil­lions to bolster domestic programmes and ready Social Security and Medicare for baby boomers, the government could again be awash in red ink.

Despite this grim prognosis, the euphoria in Washington was hard to contain.

"In a nutshell, this should be a great year," Senate Budget Com­mittee Chairman Pete Domenici said.

Thanks to the $1 trillion bo­nanza - including a $14 billion pot for fiscal 2000 - the New Mexico Republican envisioned deal-mak-

ing that could please virtually everyone heading into the na­tional elections.

He said that would include tax cuts of $800 billion or mor~; an overhaul of Social Security and Medicare, including prescription

drug coverage for retirees; re­duction of the national debt; and a reprieve from budget limits for the next two years.

But Domenici and his House counterpart, Republican presi­dential hopeful John Kasich, do

not always see eye to eye, a fact that shows how tough it will be for Republicans to agree with one another, much less with Demo­crats.

Reflecting the view of conser­vatives, Kasich, the Ohioan who

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Russia eyes $4.5B I MF loan \10SCOW (Reuters) -- Rus­sian Prime Minister Sergei Stepa,hin said on Saturday he was confident the board of directors l1f the International "vlonetary Fund 1rnuld appro1e a much­neelkd S-l.5 billion loan to Rus­:-.i;1.

··we "·ill ger rhe credit. and e1 ery1hing will be all right:· S1epashin told reporlt!·s on his ani1·a\ al the Federation Council

upper house of parliament. where he gave an address.

Stepashin. in power since May. struck an optimistic note on Russia's broader economic pros­pects nearly one year on from a financial crash that led the IMF to suspend a previous loan package.

Russian industrial production was reviving, inflation was eas­ing and the "rouble was holding steady. Stepashin said in com-

Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin (left) and French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin walk to a news conference after their meeting in Moscow Friday. Earlier in the day, Jospin met with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. AP

Chirac hopes to visit Algeria PARIS (Reuters)~ French Presi­dent Jacques Chime said on Satur­day he hoped relations with Alge­ria would soon improve to the point where he could pay a visit to the former French colony.

··J could have. I hope. the plea­sure of going to Algeria. it would be a great pleasure for me." Chir..ic told reporters following a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni \1ubarak.

· ·c: ir·cumstanccs do not cu1Tcntl y allow it. I hope that they will c1·ol1·c to allow ii as quickly as possi b\c ...

Tht last French president to vi:-it Algeria was Francois Mitterrand in :vlarch I lJXlJ.

.\lubarak cmer!!cd from talks with Chime anu" French Prime .'vlinistcr Lionel Jospin saying he sensed "a favorable cvolurion" of rhe still-prickly relationship be­tween France and Al!!eria.

"The meeting wi 11 /ome sooner or later. as soon as possible we hope and it wi 11 he in the i ntcrcst of both countries," Mubarak said. before leaving to boaru a plane for Algiers.

French Interior Minister Jean­Pierre Chevenement last month became the first French minister to visit Algeria since a political row erupted kept tensions simmering.

French ties with Algeria were tense during the years after the north African country won inde­pendence in 1962 after a lengthy guerrilla war.

Algeria was then plunged into , iolence in 1992 afterthe authori­ties cancelled a general election in which Islamic fundamentalist group Islamic Salvation Army (FIS) had a commanding lead.

Algerian President A~bdelaziz Boutetlika. who estimates some 100.000 people have died in the past seven years of Algerian vio­lence. recently called a refercn­du rn on a peace deal with the FIS in a bid to end fighting.

Algerian radio has said Chcvenement's visit marked an improvement of relations since a chill sparked by comments by French officials after Bouteflika · s election in April. France had ex­pressed disappointment al the single-candidate poll.

ments to a gathering of foreign investors after his- Federati~n Council address.

"The economy is gradually adapting to the new conditions created after the crisis of last Au­gust-September," a government statement quoted Stepashinas tell­ing the businessmen, who are members of a consultative coun­cil on foreign investment.

Stepashin conceded that Rus­sia must do much more to attract foreign investors by removing bureaucratic baniers and rebuild­ing business confidence.

The IMF wants Moscow to improve tax collection and re­duce state spending to stabilise its precarious finances.

Russia needs the IMF's $4.5 billion loan to pay back previous debts owed to the Fund. This would also pave the way for debt rescheduling deals with other for­eign creditors and give Moscow breathing space to revive its

economy. Moscow reached a framework

agreement on new IMF lending in April. Parliament, the government and the central bank have since agreed to several reforms aimed at securing the money.

A spokeswoman for the Fund said on Friday Moscow had settled most issues to win the loan, which could be approved within weeks.

"When the fund is satisfied that everything has been done, man­agement could recommend Russia's request for a standby (loan) to the executive board. and we hope that this will be within the next few weeks," the spokes­woman said.

She said the IMF was still wait­ing for the final results of inde­pe'ndent audits into Russia's han­dling of foreign currency reserves held by an offshore company, and of the use offunds from an earlier IMF loan.

The IMF spokeswoman in

Washington said: "When the fund is satisfied that everything has been done, management could recommend Russia's request for a standby (loan) to the executive board, and we hope that this will be within the next few weeks."

She said the IMF was still wait­ing for the final results of inde­pendent audits into Russia's han­dling of foreign cun-ency reserves held by an offshore company, and of the use of funds from an earlier IMF loan.

Russia reached a framework agreement on new IMF lending in April. Parliament, the government and the central bank hal(e since agreed to several reforms aimed at securing the loans.

A previous IMF loan deal was suspended last year in the wake of a financial crisis that sent the rouble tumbling and forced Rus­sia to default on billions of dollars worth of treasury bills and other debts.

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Spiegel said Schreyer had make-up of the assembly,. one of Prcidi's key supporters been pencilled in for the job of Under the terms of a red-green in securing the Coi;runission EU Budget Commissioner, al- coaHtion deal in Germany, the presidency. .

A Ru~~ian .army officer drinks Coca-Co/a, with a Russian_ T-80'( tank in the background, at the Ural Expo Arms exh1b_1twn !n the town of f':Jlzhny Tagil m the. U~a/ M_ountams. ~th the post-Cold War honeymoon giving way to growing disagreement with the West, Russia is trymg to boost its armed forces after years of neglect. AP

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NATO bars Russian forces By Andrew Gray

PRISTINA (Reuters)-Russian troop reinforcements were pre­vented by NATO and the United States from flying into Kosovo on Saturday while the alliance sought more time to agree on their role in peacekeeping in the Serb province.

In Pristina, a spokesman for the KFOR peacekeeping force said British soldiers acting in self de­fence shot dead two Kosovo Lib­eration Army (KLA) members during rowdy patriotic celebrations on Saturday.

In contrast, peacekeepers handed back without incident five Yugoslav soldiers detained inside Kosovo, accepting Belgrade's ex­planation that they had crossed the border by accident.

Elsewhere in Serbia, unrest sim­mered among opposition groups demanding that Yugoslav Presi­dent Slobodan Milosevic resign after leading the country to disaster and among angry soldiers still un­paid for their ordeal under NATO bombardment in Kosovo.

U.S. officials said Hungary. Ro­mania and Bulgaria refused to al­low Russian aircraft to enter their airspace to move more forces into Kosovo. at the request of NA TO and Washington.

Moscow was preparing to send its first large peacekeeping contin­gent to Kosovo within the next few days. At present only a few hun­dred Russian troops are in the Serb province, guarding and upgrading the airport in the provincial capital Pristina.

U.S. officials said they wanted a clear understanding with the Rus­sians about their role in the peace­keeping force.

White House spokesman P.l Crowley said in Belgium that dis-

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the money will be there when the deadline sets in three mo111hs from 110\V.

"We arc working on it. Wt: have until October for the final dis­bursement or rebates. But we arc already setting aside the money that is available now to assure that everybody will get their rebates." the he said.

Tenorio said some funds have already been laid aside for this year's rebates. He did not say hov. much money has been re­served so far. He only assured C:NMI taxpayers that all rebates will be released by October.

Tenorio said the government is starting to rebuild the special re­bate trust fund which had depleted

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who have taken Sabbatical, were not instructors. it was said.

Hill, who is the director of the school of business, hospitality and computer technology, said more than half of the people who came back after taking the program did

cussion with the Russians would continue next week.

"Meanwhile, its NATO's view that Russian troops should not de­ploy until all the arrangements have been completed," he said.

Russia has pledged to send a total of 3,600 troops to participate in the KFOR Kosovo peacekeep­ing force. The troops will operate in sectors controlled by NATO countries.

RIA news agency, in a report from the Crimean city of Simferopol in Ukraine, said that apart from the airlift, four ships from Russia's Black Sea Fleet were preparing to set sail for Yugosla­via.

It said they would take as many as l ,800Russianparatroopsaswell as tanks, armoured personnel car­riers and other military equipment from the port of Novorossiisk to the Balkans.

Lieutenant-General Mike Jack­son, commanderof the KFOR force in Kosovo, expressed regrets about the deaths of the KLA rebels at a scheduled meeting with the guer­rilla army's regional commander Rrustem Mustafa-Remi, a KFOR spokesman said.

Two other men in the same car were injured in the shooting by three British paratroopers just after midnight during rowdy celebra­tions of ··Kosovo Day," when a republic was declared in defiance of Serb rule nine years ago.

KFOR said in a statement earlier in the day that a car carrying eight people, some on the roof, passed in front of a building which was being guarded by paratroopers of the 1st Bat talion at the request of 50 Serbs sheltering inside.

A burst of automatic gunfire was then heard and three soldiers opened

to zero-level before his adminis­tration assumed office last year.

When the Teno Administration assumed office in January last year. the transition committee had uncovered that the special trust fund has dipped to $2 million from S31 million as of end-1997.

The government's issu:.mce of rebate checks was delayed for more than two months during the last tax year. In 1998, the -first batch of rebates was released in August when it is normally mailed out during the month of May.

Tenorio said works are now underway to improve rebate pro­cessi!]g system, adding that his administration is determined at giving out income tax forms as scheduled to give the Department of Finance enough time to pro­cess and release the checks promptly.

not last at the college. He said any personnel who is

into the program is entitled to receive half of his salary while being covered by the training.

Hill also that the program was supposed to last only forone year, but "in the past there has been extension" which, in some in­stances could even extend up to one year and six months.

fire, a KFOR spokesman said. In the latest evidence of massa­

cres of civilians in Kosovo, British war crimes investigators found 12 bodies, including seven children, all of whom were shot in the back of the head near the western town

of Prizren, a Foreign Office spokes­man said in London.

The site where the bodies were found was shown to investigators by villagers and was already known to the War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague which is investigating atroci­ties by Serb security forces against Albanians in Kosovo.

Foreign Secretary Robin Cook denounced the killings as "a new low, even by the dreadful stan­dards set by the Serb forces in Kosovo."

Ethnic Albanian Kosovo refugees in the stadium of the south eastern Albanian town of Pogradec are assisted as they board a NA TO helicopter which will take them to their hometowns in Kosovo Saturday. The repatriation of Kosovo refugees by train, buses and helicopters started on July 1. AP

Prudencio M. Manglona & Maria l Manglona The family invites all relatives and friends to join them in daily masses and nightly rosaries to be offered on July 2, 1999 to July 10, 1999 at 6:00 a.m. at the San Francisco de Borja Church in Songsong Village and at 5:00 a.rn. at the San Isidro Church in Sinapalo Village. Nightly rosaries at 8:00 p.m. at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Prudencio T. Manglona District #1 SongsongVillage Rota.

Daily Mass Schedulesi

July 2, 1999 July 3, 1999 July 4, 1999 July 5, 1999 July 6, 1999 July 7, 1999 July 8, 1999 July 9, 1999 July 10, 1999

Fridav Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Mass at 5:00 a.m. San Isidro Church Mass at 5:00 a.m. San Isidro Church Mass at 6:00 a.m. San Francisco de Borja Church Mass at 6:00 a.m. San Francisco de Borja Church Mass at 6:00 a.m. San Francisco de Borja Church Mass at 6:00 a.m. San Francisco de Borja Church Mass at 5:00 a.m. San Isidro Church Mass at 5:00 a.m. San Isidro Church Mass at 6:00 a.m. San Francisco de Borja Church

On the final day, July 10, 1999 rosary will be said at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served immediately after the rosary.

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Court records showed that Po­lice Officer David Hosono testi­fied that on Aug. 2 I, J 998 he was dispatched to the scene of a single­vehicle accident at Beach Road, Chalan Piao.

Upon aniving at the scene, Of­ficer Hosono observed that a motor vehicle had sustained significant damage after colliding with a tree in the median area of Beach Road.

Hosono then observed defendant Palacios sitting in front of Sablan Hardware holding a blood-stained cloth to his forehead. The officer approached Palacios and inquired whether he was the driver of the damaged vehicle.

Defendant admitted that he was the driver. Hosono then contacted paramedics. At the Commonwealth Health Center, Palacios received 21 stitches to close a cut on his forehead.

The officer said Palacios admit­ted that he had consumed "two or three cans of Budweiser" earlier that evening.

Hosono informed Palacios of the implied consent law and requested that he submit to an alcohol blood test. Defendant, however, refused.

Hosono then issued a citation to defendantforrecklessdriving,DUI, and refusal to submit to an alcohol

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According to the complaint filed Friday in Superior Court, plaintiff is the owner and driver of a 1991 Nissan Sentracarwith license plate "SUAVE".

The complaint said Mettao was the driver of a l 996 Nissan Sentra car with license plate ABD-936 belonging to the Catholic Church and the Diocese.

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said. The surgeries being performed in Majuro are able to restore hear­ing to about 80 percent of a normal condition, he said.

He's working with hospital staff on establishing a longer-term pre­vention strategy that would involve early treatment of ear problems in

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duly covered by an approved job order.

OFWs shall pay only for the actual documentation costs based on existing government fees, if

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community," Pangelinan said. But Pangelinan also stated that

she would definitely like to hear from the public on how they would assess this year's liberation day fesitivities.

'"Of course, it is not up to me alone to rate it," she said.

Furthermore, Pangelinan said she didn't want to compare it to the past year's celebrations.

"This year is unique on its own," she stated.

breath test. Palacios was not arrested and

was not informed of his constitu­tional rights. He was given medical treatment at CHC and released into the custody of a relative, court records said.

LizamainhisrulingsaidPalacios was never formally arrested and was never informed ofhis constitu­tional rights.

The judge said the pivotal ques­tion is whether Hosono's inquiries at the scene of the accident and at the hospital amounted to a "custo­dial interrogation."

In determining whether custody exists, Lizama pointed out that a court must decide whether there was a ''formal arrest or restraint on freedom of movement of the de­gree associated with a formal ar­rest',

"The test to be applied is whether a reasonable person in the defendant's position would believe that he or she was in police custody of the degree associated with for­mal arrest," he said.

Lizama said Osono approached Palacios after he observed that de­fendant was sitting near the scene of the accident holding a blood­stained cloth to his forehead.

Hosono never attempted to re­strain Palacios, but rather inquired as to his condition and whether defendant required medical atten-

The complaint said that last May 3 at 5:24 a.m., Dado was driving her car in an uphill direction along Capitol Hill Road on Saipan. Menao was also driving along Capi­tol Hill in a downhill direction.

Afterpassing a sharp curve along Capitol Road, the complaint said, the car operated by Mettao in such a reckless, careless and negligent manner crossed the center dividing lane of the highway and entered the opposite lane of the highway and

out-patient clinics at the hospital to prevent more serious injuries. "It's easy to train (staff) to do the proce­dure and it's not complicated," he said. "Just a few hundred dollars would buy all the equipment needed for ear cleaning."

Majuro Hospital already has a sophisticated microscope used for seeing inside people's ear drums, so there is no need for a major

the recruitment agency offers to perform documentation services.

It is the place of the employer to pay for the processing costs in­cluding expenses for visa, airfaire, POEA processing fee and OWW A membership.

POEA is stressing that on! y the placement fee and documentation

This year's celebration took three months to prepare, according to Pangelinan.

Eversince mid-April, Pangelinan and hercommitte were already busy getting their acts together.

''It was a fun-tilled, challenging three months," Pangelinan stated.

Meanwhile, Pangelinan also ex­pressed her thoughts on the value of this whole event.

"This event in itself is a very liberating experience. Everybody is here today to enjoy freedom, peace, liberty, and justice. And at the same time, the people who are gathered here are like also being

tion, said the judge. "The court finds that the evi­

dence and testimony regarding defendant's admission that he was the driver of the damaged vehicle was obtained in a constitutionally permissible manner," he said.

Lizama said defendant's admis­sion to having consumed "two or three cans of Budweiser" was in response to Hosono's continuing investigation of the accident.

Therefore, the judge said, the evidence and testimony regarding defendant's admission that he had been drinking was obtained in a constitutionally permissible man­ner.

Lizama said the govenu-.1ent pre­sented credible testimony and evi­dence sufficient to find beyond rea­sonable doubt that defendant was operating a vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.

The judge said the government presented credible testimony and evidence sufficient to find beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant was operating a motor vehicle un­der the influence of alcohol.

The court, Lizama said, also finds that the govermemnt presented credible testimony and evidence showing that Hosono had reason­able grounds to believe that defen­dant was operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

collided with and struck Dado's vehicle with great force and vio­lence.

As a direct and proximate result of the negligence of Mettao, court papers said, Dado's car was com­pletely wrecked.

"Plaintiff sustained serious and painful injuries to her right ankle, right foot, and neck and was other­wise bruised, contused, and suf­fered serious shock," the complaint said.

financial investment to improve treatment of ear problems, he indi­cated.

Stone said he recommended to local health officials that the hospi­tal consider establishing an ear clinic just as it runs regular diabetic out-patient clinics.

.. Overall, I'm impressed with this (hospital) facility," he said. ··Jt's good for a developing country."

costs are the authorized payments that may be collected by a place­ment agency from a worker.

The circular is only applicable to land based workers and excludes overseas performing artists.

Agencies found to be violating this memorandum will face stiff penalties.

liberated from their own personal issues - economic, family, other personal conflicts they may have," Pangelinan remarked.

The celebration went on through the evening at the American Me­morial Park Carnival grounds which ran for 31 days since June 4th.

Fireworks fol lowed at about eight in the evening.

Musical artist~ like artist of the year, Kevin Atalig and the national recording artists from California, Pau Hana performed live for the people of CNMJ featuring some island music and other hits.

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vices at exorbitant rates. The petitioner's legal counsel

cited Article IV, S5 of the Palau Constitution as giving "equal pro­tection" to all Palauans and thus they should be equal under the Jaw.

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Babauta said House members have "some mix ideas" on the matter. He assured though that the sky is not the limit for the tax incentives.

"Right now, there are some mix ideas within the members. I agree with some of the members con­tention (not to provide too attrac­tive tax breaks).Atthe same time, we recognize the need to further

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while political maturity is being called for in the hope of shrinking the bloated bureaucracy to fit the. essential needs of tlie Palau an citi­zens, their historical and cultural heritage imbedded at the state level of governance should be prevented from gettin_g eroded.

Basilius lauded the move to adopt the reapportionment which, he said, is directly connected to

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said Benavente. Among measures seeking to

regulate pre-paid phone card com­panies is Senate Bill I I- I 49, which was authored by Sen. Juan P. Tenorio and was passed last week.

"Pre-paid phone cards all over the place now. I think they ( opera­tors) should be licensed here to do business and subjected to existing

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members in order to keep Saipan · s room rates a lot more competitive.

JAL is currently serving two key cities in Japan-Osaka and Tokyo -from where the bulk of Japanese tourists to the CNMI are coming from.

CNMI lost approximately 1,000 visitors from Japan in May due to Continental Micronesia's termina­tion of direct flights from Osaka.

JAL is thus poised to bring in more passengers through chartered flights this July and August to help offset previous losses.

Aside from the four Nagoya­Saipan chartered flights, JAL also announced six other chartered flights from Osaka and Fukuoka.

Legislature ... C::_o~!i_nue~_fror11 p~!Je_5

but 33," said Benavente. Sen. Juan P. Tenorio, who in­

troduced Senate Bil I I 1-150, said he filed the bill because the 45-day period is ··excessive."

The Petitioner thus prays that the court enter a declaratory judg­ment declaring that pursuant to 34PNC Section 331, allPalauans, whether enrolled in one of the petitioner's plans or not, "may only be charged for medical ser­vices provided by respondents at rates determined on the basis of their social security contribu­tions."

entice investment in the CNML "We also recognize the need to

see that these are balanced. In­vestments are balanced out with what the people of the CNMI wants, and that is, to generate revenue," said Babauta.

The CNMI government has been working on establishing a free trade zone on Saipan.

Planners envision a site where no garment factories will be al­lowed and where, instead, semi­conductor companies, training local workers, will operate.

the issue which calls for the need to change some constitutional pro­visions to pare down the present government system.

The role of the traditional chiefs in modem Palau, according to Basilius, should also be addressed, but must be done in the context of the entirety of Palauan custom. "This is very important but very complicated issue that must be addressed," Basilius said, though, in thePalauan culture, every single individual knows his place in the community.

regulations," Tenorio told report­ers in an interview after introduc­ing the bill.

"We are losing revenues too because a lot of these (companies) are underground. Wewanttomake sure that they pay their taxes," Tenorio added,

Senate Bill I 1-149 also seeks to protect consumers who have "no recourse" after finding out that the pre-paid phone cards they bought do not work .. for one reason of another."

The first chartered flight will be on July 17 from Osaka to Saipan International Airport using the 260-seater DC I 0, followed by the first chartered flight from Nagoya.

JAL will also be having char­tered flights from Fukuoka on July 22, 26 and 29 using DCIO.

The first chartrn:d flight for August will be from Nagoya, on the 9th and the 12th. This is fol­lowed by chartered flights from Fukuoka and Osaka, both on Aug. 12. JAL will again have a char­tered flight from Nagoya on Aug.13.

Nishigaya added that JAL also has plans to operate more chrutered flights to Saipan on the coming months.

Despitetheeconomicc1isis,JAL has upgraded its Boeing 767 planes to DC-10.

Tenorio maintained nonresi­dent workers should start look­ing for new jobs long befor;; their contracts expire so as not to unnecessarily burden em­ployers who are requireu to still shoulder expenses fort heir con­tinued stay. incluuing medi(·al treatment if needed.

Rudolpho's .. Continued from page 1 -~------·---~-

Rudolpho's estimated number of . creditors are 16 to 49.

The estimated assets are $50,000

Rota ... Continued from page 1

casino would do." "The casino proposal is clean

and on the table. We mean to enrich the entire community, not individu­als."'

The Mayor said that if Rota does vote for casino gambling the pro­tections are high, the benefits gen­erous.

He clarified though that if no applicant wants to meet the high requirements, then Rota won't have a casino.

"Rota's best interests must come first."

Part of the requirements is that the casino licensee must deposit $20 million in an i1Tevocable t:Iust fund forthe benefit of the people of Rota.

"Even if the casino fails, this trnst fund will be pe1manent and the people will get something out of casino gaming," said the Mayor. "But there are many other casino benefits.''

He said Rota will be giving one­third of gambling tax revenues to the CNMI central government.

Villagomez .. Continued from page 1

who was Villagomez 's vice chair­man in the committee, became the secretary and treasurer, auto­matically making him chair of the board's fi seal committee.

NMC president Agnes McPhetres who was present dur­ing the election, said she would be pleased to work with the new chairman.

"He was chairing the fiscal com­mittee, so he has a lot of insights on what's going on, so he's quite pre­pared to lead, in heading policy­making for the college," she said.

As for previous chair Sablan,

Palau ... Continued from page 1

as a matter of "economics." "This is too small a nation to

have a bicameral [legislature]," said Rudimch as he stressed the exigency of belt-tightening as the country speeds its way into being 'aself-sufficient economy far from the pampered image under the CompactofFree Association with the United States.

Rudimch is looking at two op­tions to better implement auster­ity measures in the government, especially in the legislative body.

According to Rudimch, they have two options--cither to con­siderably reduce the salary of the members of the OEK or reduce the number of its members.

The shift to a unicameral legis­lature, Rudimch said, should have long been addressed since the time the country obtained its indepen­dence.

"This is a very small island na-

to$100,CXXlbutthedebtsru-ebetween $100,001 to $500,000, they said.

Rudolpho 's to1al assets amounts to $64,683.40 but total liabilities is $210,131.71,corntrecordsindicated.

Rudolpho'sowed$52,32I in busi­ness gross revenue taxes (BGRn to

"Wededicatea 'royalty' to assist individuals and needy families. Some portion must given in sup­port of scholarships," said the Mayor.

The proposed law caJls for a ~mall casino administration. There will be no large, expensive gaming commission.

The investor must put a mini­mum investment of $30 million into the facility which mu st include a botanical garden, water park, and convention center. Access to the sporting and recreational facilities must be free of charge for the local people.

The proposal encourages that up to 75% of the casino workforce be locai citizens and that the investor pay Federal minimum wage.

'Tm sure our petitions aie in order. Let's respect the people of Rota. Let them decide in Novem­ber," said Mayor Manglona.

··our dependency on the central government makes us vulnerable in times of economic hardship," said Andy Ramos, member of the Casino Task Force. "We under­stand the strngg !es of our good Governor. We are prepared to help him to make ends meet by helping

the president said the former"has done an excellent job."

"I have been working with dif-. ferent people and chairmen, and every chairman had their unique way of management, but each of them has really assisted the col­lege," McPhetres said.

Sablan, whoarrivedatthemeet­ing more than halfway over and the elections already finished, promised his unwavering support to the college.

He said he wants to be with the fiscal committe, which Seman now heads.

On the other hand, Dan Nielsen, the Governor's advisoron educa­tion al issues conveyed the governor's appreciation for the outgoing officers' efforts.

tion with a very small popul;ition of 15,000 (Palauans) to have a bicameral [legislature]," said Rudimch. He pointed out that in the present system, there are 30 legislators representing the country's l6states. Someofthese states are sparsely inhabited.

According to the senate presi­dent, there will be public hearings in all states early this year on the issue as part of the process of adopting a resolution, which will then be subject to a referendum.

Guam, a United States territory with 150,000population, accord­ing to Rudimch, reduced its legis­lature from21 seats to 15.

"How much more with Palau which has a staggering 15,000 local population," he asked.

The House Speaker has also expressed the intention of his members to go into the same di­rection of amending sections of Article IX of the of the Constitu­tion stating that "the legislative power of Palau shall be vested in the Olbiil Era Kelulau which shall

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!he government incun-ed over the past three years. It also owed $2,633 in I 0% bar tax for this yeru·. IL~ total debts to the Finance Division of Rev­enue and Taxation reaches $54,953, records indicated.

Rudolpho'ssupposedlywouldtum

ourselves.'' 'The main objective in attempt­

ing to make casino gambling a reality in Rota is for us to be self­reliant," said chainnan of the Ca­sino Task Force Atalig.

"It will take us more than four · years to see the grand opening of a casino,'' said Justin Manglona, co­chair of the Casino Task Force. "Our brothers and sisters onJinian will have ample time to have their own casino fully profitable."

Former Rota Congressman Vic­tor Hocog added: "I am in full support of how the casino initia­tives is tailored for the benefit of the people of Rota,"

"I applaud the Mayor's effo11 in fulfiJling his promise to bring eco­nomic growth to our people," said Hocog. "The people of Rota must think seriously of the benefits the casino would bring to our commu­nity."

'The Mayor, the Rota leaders, and the Task Force have drafted a gambling law that does as much as any law could possible do to both protect the people and provide sub­stantial revenues and benefit," said Tim Brnce,Manglona 's legal coun­sel.

In an interview, Villagomez said the '"board ofregents is to the coJlege what the Legislature is to the CNMI government.''

"The Legislature make(s) the laws and policies for the Com­monwealth, likewise the board makes the policies and I aws of the college."

''111e president is like that of the Governor ... theGovemorenforces and execute all the laws that are set by the Legislature, while the president of the college is one who runs the college and execute and enforces all the policies that are set by the board. The board itself does not involve in the op­eration of the college, as the Leg­islature is not involved in the op­eration of the Commonwealth."

consist of two houses, the House of Delegates and the Senate."

Ignacio, however, is pushing for a unicameral legislature wherein the president would be elected from among the members of the legislative body.

"11,is i~ too big of a democ­racy," said Ignacio when asked to comment on the present form of government. Ignacio is looking at the possibilities of having the president elected from among the members of Congress in an effort to put in place a .. check and bal­ance" in the bureaucracy.

But Rudimch defeITed with the opinion of the house speaker, say­ing that Palau could not afford to have a president not elecled by the people themselves.

"lntheabsenceofapolitical body, it's better for tl1e president to be elected by the people," Rudimch said.

'This is going to be the main issue come I 999 and we 're seri­ous about implementing belt­tightening measures in the gov­ernment," he added.

IO yew;; next montl1. Rudolph stm1ed the business in

1989 at !he Pacific Gardenia using only one pizza oven.

'"It's sad to close the business be­cause we really work hard and love it But it's lhe best solution because we have been losing in the last couple of years," Mrs. Rudolph told the Vari­ety.

Mrs. Rudolph, however, said that one of the causes of Rudolpho' s de­cline was the Division of Public Land's alleged inaction on !heir 1-e­peated requests to give them a "fair" lease agreement

Rudolpho 's was the nintl1 so far to file bankruptcy cases in tl1e CNMI this year.

Courtrecordsshowedthatthehigh­estnumberofbankruptcy cases in the CNMI was 18, which was registered last year.

The Bankruptcy Act is a federal law for the benefit and relief of credi­tors and their debtors in cases in which the latter are unable or unwill­ing to pay their debts.

Bankrnptcy petition suspends the normal operation of rights and obli­gations between the debtor and his or her creditors.

Tenorio. . . Continued from page 1

"This additional funding might help the smaller agencies like Kmidat and the Youth Office," Reyes said.

In his letter to the Legislature, the governor said the $275,000 in addi­tional revenues will come from the proposed solid waste tipping fees.

He said the fees will "provide a stable funding base for inc1-e.1singly costly solid waste management op­erations and allow the Department of Public Works to address increas­ing environmental concerns."

Tenoriosaiditwashissolidwaste task force that has developed the proposed regulations that will im­pose fees for the disposal of solid waste at the Puerto Rico dump and at the new landfill and transfer sta­tion.

The proposed regulations, the governor added, are now being re­viewed by the Attorney General's Office (AGO).

··it is anticipated that this tee will be in place by the beginning of FY 2CXXl." Tenorio said.

At the same time, the governor said his administration will con­tinue implementing a prudent fiscal system to achieve "maximum ef­fectiveness of our available re­sources."

Fu11hcr, he said, ··1 will continue to explore other avenues to reduce du­plication m1d overlapping between mid among agencies, given the un­ce1tainty of our economic situation."

Theadminis011tion 'sproposcd FY 2(XJO budget would reduce the ap­propriations for all executive de­paitments mid agencies with the exemption of the Public School System, the Dcpaitment of Public Health and the Department of Pub­lic Safety.

111c proposed budget. which is the lowest since FY 1994, includes the$4. l millionrevenues from pub­lic land bL,cs used exclusively by the Division of Public Lands (DPL) main! y for homestead development.

Excluding DPL's budget and the additional $275,<XlO, theCNM! gov­ernment has $202.6 million r;r its operationsandactivilies in FY 2(XXl.

IN Tl II: SIJl'ERIOR COURT OF TIIE COMMONWEAl:1"11 OF Tl IL NOKTI IERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

Jvl.N PACIFIC SAIPAN, LTD. Plaintiff, vs. KIM KYUNG HEE, SONG JIN JA, and OH CHANG DONG, Delendants. Civil Action No. 97-925A

NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, pursu­

ant to a Order issued by the Court in this matter on May 26, 1999, I will sell at public auction to lhe highest bidder, on the terms and conditions set forth herein below, to sat­isfy a Judgment and Order of Foreclosure entered August 28, 1999, in favor of Plaintiff, Defendants· leasehold inlerest in and to the lollowing real property situated in Susupe Vil­lage, Saipan, Commonwealth of the North­ern Mariana Islands, as described below:

Lot/Tract No. 005 H 11, containing an area of 949 square meters, more or less, as more particularly shown on and described in DWG No. 005 H 11, Document No. 696, in the Commonwealth Recorder's Ottice.

1. Date Time and Place of Sate. The sate, open to the general public (including the Defendants). will be on Friday, July 23, 1999, at 1 :00 p.m. at lhe two-storied build· ing situated on subject premises, Susupe Village, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. near Mount Carmel.

2. Inspection of Property. The sale prop­erty is located in Susupe Village, Saipan. Failure of the bidder to inspecl the prop­erty will not conslitute ground for any claim, adjustment or rescission by the bidder.

3: Warranties and Covenants. The property listed in this Notice will be sold in its cur­rent condition. The sale will be held with· out any warranties or covenants whatso­ever, whether express or implied, includ· ing but not limited to warranties al mer­chantability, and/or title lor any purpose whatsoever, all of which warranties and covenants are hereby expressly dis­claimed. Neither the undersigned nor the Plainlitt shall be liable for the quality of the property listed for sale, or for any laUII or defect in the description thereof. Buyer shall not be entitled to rescission, dam­ages, or any other remedy on account thereol. · · ·

4. Conduct of Sale. a. RESERVE. The sale will be held with reserve. Disclosure of the reserve price on the property ollered will be at the sole discretion of the under­signed. b. BIDS. Bids may be submitted in ad·

vance for the property listed. The high­est ol such advance bids will be the opening bid lor the property. Advance bids may be submitted in writing and delivered to Auctioneer, Pacific Me­diation Center, Post Office Box 508CK, Saipan, MP 96950. The bid· der assumes all risk of non-delivery, late delivery or error in delivery of bids.

c. DISPUTES. The undersigned may re­submit any property listed in this No­tice if a dispule arises as lo any bid thereon.

d. DEPOSIT. immedialely alter a sale 1s consummated the successful bidder shall pay to the undersigned a deposit of ten percent (10%) of the purchase price. Payment shall be in cash or by certified check. The balance of 90% must be paid to the Plaintilf, in care ol RICHARD W. PIERCE, Attorney at Law, wilhin three (3) days lrom the date ol sale, in cash or by certilied check. II the balance is not so paid, Plarntill will retain the deposit as liquidated dam­ages, and may again otler the property lor sale.

e. MEMORANDUM OF SALE. If re­quested by the undersigned, a success­ful bidder must si~" a Memorandum of Sale immediately aher the sale of the property is struck at auction.

5. Court Approval Required. Every property sale is subject to approval by the Gou.~. The Auctioneer and Plaintill make no war­ranties or promises wrth respect to Court approval ol the sale, including but not lim­ited to the time in which such approval shall be granled. No delay rn lhe granlirig ol Court approval shall be ground for any claim, adjustment or rescission by any successlul bidder. The success1ul bidder will be promptly notified ii and wnen Court approval is granted.

6. Rights and duties of Plaintiff. Plamtrll will have the following rights and duties: (11 To withdraw any or all of the properties listed in lhis Notice before sale or belore a bid for such property is accepted; (2) To request an adjournment ol the sale. with· out notice, at any lime before any specific property is sold: and (3) To oiler the prop­erty listed in any order it may choose. the exercise al either al which will be without incurring any liability whatsoever thereby.

7. Change ot Terms and Conditions. The undersigned reserves the rrght to change any of the terms hereol by announcement. wri~en or oral, made belore the auction sale or at the commencement thereof. and such change or changes. by virtue ol lhis clause, will be binding on all bidders by constructive notice. DATED, this 24th day of June 1999:

ls/JOHN 8. JOYNER. Auctioneer

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24-M.~~lA_NAS VARIETY NEWS AND VlEWS-MONDA Y - JULY 5, 1999

Employment Wanted

PUBLIC NOTICE All Interested resident workers are

urged to register at the Dept. of Labor & Immigration,

Division of Employment Services tor the job/s being advertised in which

you are qualified and available. Far further assistance,

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

01 (RESTAURANT) WAITRESS-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: TAPA BAR INC. dba Hotel Sun Palace Tel. 234-6639(6/28)M31493

01 MASON-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: ANTONIO L. TAISACAN Tel. 235-984 7 (7 /5)M31605

01 BAKER-Salary:S3.25 per hour Contact: WINCHELL'S DONUT INC. dba Winchell's Donut & Restaurant Tel. 234-5566(7/5)M31593

01 AUTO ELECTRICIAN-Salary:S4.3D· 5.00 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S5.31-6.DD per hour 01 AUTO/(DIESEL) MECHANIC-Sal­ary:$4.00-5.00 per hour Contact: KANG CORPORATION dba Kang Auto Supply Tel. 288-9366(7/ 5)M31594 ·--------------

01 ELECTRICIAN MAINTENANCE­Salary:$3.05-5.00 per hour Contact: SAIPAN COMPUTER SER­VICES Tel. 234-9110(7/5)M31595

02 MASON-Salary:S3.D5 per hour Contact: VARGAS CORPORATION Tel. 235-0297(7/5)M31596

02 MASON-Salary:S3.D5 per hour Contact: MOSES T. FEJERAN dba The J's General Services Tel. 235-3737(7/ 5)M31597

01 COOK-Salary:S3.D5 per hour 01 WAITRESS (RESTAURANT)-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: GUN HYUNG CORPORA­TION dba Daeha Restaurant Tel. 235-8929(7 /5)M31590

01 (GENERAL) MANAGER-Sal­ary:$750.00 per month 01 WAITRESS-Salary:S3.05 per hour 01 BEAUTICIAN-Salary:S3.05per hour Contact: YANG HONG DEV'T. CO., LTD. Tel. 235-3807(7/5)M31589

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02 (GENERAL) MANAGER-Sal­ary:S1 ,DOD.DO per month 01 RESTAURANT WAITRESS-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: I. I. CORPORATION dba Bis­tro Tel. 234-936I(7/5)M31591

01 HEAD WAITRESS (SUPERVISOR REST.)-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MARGARITA P. KINTOL dba Margaret's Diner Tel. 288-5247(7/ 5)M31592

03 WELD1:R-Salary:S3.05-3.25 per hour 03 CARPENTER-Salary:S3.05-3.25 per hour 03 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:S3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: TANO GROUP, INC. Tel. 235-6652(7/5)M79222

01 PAINTER-Salary:S3.05 per hour 01 REFRIGERATION & NC TECHNI­CIAN-Salary:S750.00 per month Contact: G.C.G. & COMPANY, INC. Tel. 288-7166(7/5)M31579

01 BEAUTICIAN-Salary:S3.50 per hour Contact: RAINWATER-SAIPAN, INC. dba Winnie's Hairhouse Tel. 235-0703(7/5)M31580 ;:i:-~:i~2B~Z75~~;;~.:·::2,:£:±:~2:0~

02 SALESPERSON-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: WUYING SAi PAN CORPORA­TION dba Wuying Store Tel. 233-8756(7/5)M31587

01 SILKSCREEN PRINTER-Sal­ary:$3.05-4.50 per hour Plus S 100.00/mo. housing allowance 01 SALES ASSOCIATE-Sal-ary:S550.0D-750.00 per month Plus 5% gross commission upon collec-tion · 01 COMPUTER OPERATOR-Sal­ary:$3.05-4.50 per hour Plus $100.00/mo. housing allowance Contact: ISLAND APPAREL, INC. dba Island Apparel Tel. 288-3442(7/ 5)M31588

01 MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: BENCAR CORPORATION Tel. 322-3553(7/12)M79346

01 TOUR (COORDINATOR) GUIDE­Salary:$800.00-1,720.00 per month 01 TOUR GUIDE-Salary:$800.00-1,520.00 per month 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$800.00-1,240.00 per month 01 SUPERVISOR, MECHANIC MAIN­TENANCE-Salary:$800.00-2,500.00 per month Contact: TASI TOURS & TRANSPOR­TATION INC. Tel. 235-9373(7/ 12)M79341

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MEATCUTTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: PLAZA CORPORATION dba Highway Market Tel. 233-0386(7/ 12)M79340

01 AUTOBODY REPAIRER-Sal­ary:$3.25 per hour 01 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05per hour Contact: MOTION AUTO REPAIR CEN­TER Tel. 235-3481(7/12)M79339

01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:S3.25 per hour Contact: SHOWBOAT, INC. Tel. 233-9298(7 /12)M79336

01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ary:S5.00 per hour 02 SPORT INSTRUCTOR (DIVING)­Salary:SB00.00 per month Contact: SEASHORE INC. Tel. 234-5549(7/12)M31672

01 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.50-4.50 per hour Contact: FLETCHER PACIFIC CONST. CO., LTD. (CNMI) Tel. 234-3301 (7/ 12)M79332

---------01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:S3.50-5.00 per hour 01 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour 01 WAITER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:S3.05-5.00 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05-5.00 per hour Contact: DIAMOND HOTEL CO., LTD. dba Saipan Diamond Hotel Tel. 234-5900(7 /12)M79333

01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal-ary:$2,000.00 per month 01 (DIVING) INSTRUCTOR, SPORTS­Salary:S 1 ,?OD.DO per month 01 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary:S3.50per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASST.-Sal­ary:$800.00 per month 01 INSTRUCTOR, SPORTS-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MARINE TECH (SAi PAN) INC. dba S2 Club Tel. 322-5079(7/ 12)M31674

01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal-ary:$1 ,500.00 per month Contact: COSMO CORP. dba Tour/ Sight Seeing Tel. 234-2877(7/5)M31585

02 EMBROIDERY MACHINE OPERA­TOR-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: SUNG KYUNG EMBROI­DERY, INC. dba Yoo Sung Industry Tel. 288-8012(7/5)M31586

Classified Ads ARST

07 SECURITY GUARD-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: VICENTE M. SABLAN dba Sablan & Sons Enterprises/B&L Secu­rity Agency Tel. 235-1105(7/5)M31582

03 PRESSER, HAND-Salary:$3.05 per hour 24 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$3.05 per hour 03 PACKER, HAND-Salary:$3.05 per hour 03 CUTTER, HAND-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 RESIDENCE SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MIRAGE (SAIPAN) CO., LTD. Tel. 234-3481(7/5)M31584

04 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: COMMONWEAL TH GAR­MENT MFG., INC. Tel. 234-7550(7/ 5)M31589

01 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 WAITRESS (RESTAURANT)-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 01 (SUPERVISOR), RESTAURANT­Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: YONG SANG PACIFIC CORP. dba Rakuen Restaurant Tel. 233-1844(7/19)M31767

01 MANAGER (RESTAURANT)-Sal­ary:$1,800.00 per month 01 WAITRESS (RESTAURANT)-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: YONG SANG PACIFIC CORP. dba B.B.Q. RESTAURANT TEL. 234-3329(7/19)M31768

02 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 SCREEN PRINTER-Salary:$3.05-3.15 per hour . Contact: MARIANAS HOTEL SER· VICES CO., LTD. Tel. 233-2150(7/ 19)M79483

02 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 (ASSISTANT) COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: C AND V ENTERPRISES Tel. 234-0381 (7/19)M31763

03 FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEALER­Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: CONOR EXPRESS INT'L. INC. Tel. 235-2661(7/19)M31764

01 COOK-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: ROLAND G. JASTILLANA dba Golden Lobster Restauranl Tel. 234-8779(7 /19)M79498

01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal­ary:S3.50 per hour Contact: BASIC CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY Tel. 234-8779(7/19)M79497

01 PRODUCTION MANAGER,ADVER­TISING-Salary:$500.00 per month Contact: TRAP PLANNING INC. dba Use Us Rental Tel. 235-2060(7/ 19)M31769

01 AUTOBODY REPAIRER-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: ASIA ENTERPRISES dbaAuto Repair Tel. 234-1459(7/19)M31771

01 (ASSISTANT) FACTORY MAN­AGER-Salary:$3.05-10.00 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 1 O CUTIER-Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour 10 MACHINE PRESSER (PRESS OP­ERATOR)-Salary:$3.05-3.15 per hour 50 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS­Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour 01 (ASSISTANT) PRODUCTION MAN­AGER-Salary:$3.05-10.00 per hour 01 (ASSISTANT) FACTORY MAN­AGER-Salary:$3.05-10.00 per hour Contact: SAM MARIANAS, INC. Tel. 322-3444(7/19)M31770

WAREHOUSE FOR RENT Available (2) Units of Warehouse, 1000 SF/Unit, Located at As Lito Road near Dandan Joeten Supemiarllel Rent $600.00/Unit/Month. Contact Tel. 234-8106

R !~}~=~E~Es~!!~~~~:s~~~= has an opening for a:

· .. COOK • Local Hire Only. · • Experience preferred but will train the right person. • Must be able to work different shifts. • Must possess valid CNMI Driver's License. • Must have own reliable transportation. • Police Clearance.

Package benefits include Medical & Dental Insurance, 401 K Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation & Sick Leave. If interested & qualified, please call

MR. NOEL TAISACAN Human Resources Manager

at Tels: 234-1795/ 3332 /235-7180 from 8 am - 5 pm to set up for an interview. Last day to apply: July 8, 1999

Triple J Corporate Office, Middle Road, Gualo Rai

& QBE

QBE INSURANCE (INTERNATIONAL), LIMITED is seeking applicants for:

P & C Insurance Underwriter (1 Position) Claims Representative (1 Position)

Each applicant must be eligible to work in the CNMI, a high school graduate, With at least 3 years work experience in an insurance-related field

on Guam or Saipan. A strong command of oral and written English and good computer

skills are requireil.

Please apply in person at the 2nd Fir., 3K Building (Inter-Kam Travel Agency Building), Chal~n Piao

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Born today, you are determined to see your dreams come true, but you aren't necessarily willing to do anything or sacrifice everything in the name of ambition or success. Still, you have a keen imagination and a willingness to give even the most outlandish scheme a try. This, above all else, is sure to separate you from the crowd.You 're not the kind to take "no" for an answer. You 'fl try ,md try and try, oblivious to any fom1 of human obstacle, provided your efforts are well con­ceived and say something about the "real you." Like all Cancer natives, you are always concerned with being sincere and "real" in every conceivable situation.

There are times in which you may suffer from fragile feelings. Those who know you best are sure to offend you now and then, albeit quite unintentionally. This, of course, says more about you and your over-sensitivity than it does about anyone else. You can be a little too emotional.

Also born on this date are: Tom Cruise, actor; Franz Kafka, author; Tom Stoppard, playwright; Betty Buckley, actress; Ken Russell, di­rector; George M. Cohan, enter­tainer.

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LAST 7 DAYS ON SAIPAN!

Guam's Steve Santos went on to win the 125cc-250cc Expert/Novice Class despite a spill 50-yards from the starting fine.

Baseball. .. Continued from page 28

While many of the island's young baseball players may have never heard of the two talents, it may be a rewarding opponunity to ask questions and learn some techniques from the pros.

'"Both, Rollins and Barker will visit the Northern Marianas to conduct I3aseball Clinics for card holders at the Palacios I3aseball Field and Kan Pacific ball fields, al soon Rota on July 13 and Tinian

011 the 15." the rcka,:c went on lo

say. ";\]so joining the Challenge is

Japan's senior pro-golfer Mitsuo 1-lirubwa, who was brought to Saipan by Coral Ocean Point. 1-lirukawa will conduct clinics on behalf of rhc NMSC members and those who have completed their golf entry forthe Governor's Cclcb1·ity Golf tournament for July 16.""

Clinics arc scheduled for July I 1 at Coral Ocean Point from 9-11 a.m. and at the King Fisher Golf Links on July 14, also from 9-11 a.m.

Calvin . .. Contin.ued from page 28

younger Calvin h:1d just done. After a mediocre showing in

his earlier race, Rios regained his composure and successfully cleared the triple-jump in each of ten laps.

Trailing in second place mid­way through the first lap, Rios's success at the 'jump' pushed him into the lead-for good.

Kim Akins hung around at

Rios 's heels for the first half of the race. However, with Rios continuous triple jump success his lead further widen, eventually lapping Miller Lite's Charlie Cepeda, who donned protective gear at the whim of the excite­ment.

Better luck next time Charlie, thanks for the cap- It's Miller time.

Peewee riders round the first turn of their race yesterday afternoon.

Race volunteers take shelter during a heavy downpour just before the start of the first race.

Leongson ... Continued from page 28

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''Discipline is a very significant part of racing. Mostly, our riders don't smoke, they dont drink ei­ther, and they sleep early. It\ a very fast sport but racers don't necessarily have to have a 'fast' lifestyle,'' he stated.

Fu1thermore. Ignacio added,"ln racing, when yo; didn't get much sleep the night before, this will tell on you the next day. In other sports. you can cheat like sleep late or shorten your resting hours, and not exercise regularly :md you can get away with it. But with

Racer . .. Continued from page 28

there was some concern about the race being stopped. However, race official, Ray Alverez deter­mined the race over (ended).

The racers were awarded their place in the scoreboard according to their position at the time the caution flag was raised, stopping the race.

racing, you have to be fit always or else, you will encounter some conSCljUCllCes while you arc out there racing," Ignacio ex­plained.

Motocross racing is not a high speed race, according to Ignacio.

"It's more of controlled speed because there arc obs tac Jes you have to go through. It's not straight line racing so you have to go through turns, obstacles, jumps, and soon. It's not that fast but full of action," he remarked.

So this rules out motocross rac­ing as a dangerous sport, contrary to what some believe.

"It's not dangerous at all. IL 's very very safe,'' Ignacio assured.

Prior to the stoppage a timer had Santos completing one lap in one minute-one second.

In order of finish are: Steve Santos Cuci Alverez Ernie Lcongson P.J. Santos Greg Perez Frank Rios Peter Alverez

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Atlm1ta shuts out Mets NEW YORK (AP) - Kevin Millwood and John Rocker com­bined on a three-hitter and stretched Atlanta's shutout streak against the New York Mets to 28 innings, leading the Braves to a 3-0 victory Saturday.

Brian Jordan hit his 100th ca­reer home run and Gerald Will­iams stole three bases as the Braves beat New York for the fourth time in five tries this year, including Friday night's 16-0rout.

Millwood (I 0-4) gave up only two hits, singles by Robin Ventura in the fifth and John Olerud in the seventh. He was pulled on the muggy afternoon after a leadoff walk in the ninth, and Rocker finished for his 17th save in 21 chances.

Giants 9, Dodgers 1 In Los Angeles, Barry Bonds

hit his third homer in two games and drove in three runs as the San Francisco Giants beat the slump­ing Los Angeles Dodgers for their sixth straight victory.

Los Angeles, whose $79.2 mil­lion payroll was baseball's sec­ond-highest on opening day, has lost six in a row for the first time since 1995 and dropped IO games below .500 (34-44) for the first time since finishing the 1992 sea­son 63-99.

The last-place Dodgers have lost nine of 11, falling IO 1/2 games behind first-place San

Francisco in the NL West. Cardinals 2, Diamondbacks 1,

10 innings In St. Louis, Mark McGwire

walked on four pitches with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a win over the Arizona Diamond­backs.

Darren Bragg and Edgar Renteria walkedoffByung-Hyun Kim (0-1) in the 10th and J.D. Drew reached on a two-out in­field hit off Dan Plesac. Mc:Gwire, who had two homers and five RBIs Friday night, then took four straight high pitches from rookie Vicente Padilla.

St. Louis rookie Joe McEwing extended his hitting streak to 24 games - the longest iii the NL since Jerome Walton hit in 30 straight for the Chicago Cubs in 1989.

Rockies 12, Padres 10, 1st game

Rockies 8, Padres 6, 2nd game In Denver, Neifi Perez drove in

eight runs and Larry Walker hit three homers in Colorado's doubleheader sweep of San Di­ego, which had its 14-game win­ning streak snapped in the opener.

Perez hit a three-run homer in the opener as the Rockies ended theirnine-game losing streak, and he added a grand slam in the sec­ond game.

Walker homered once in the

opener and twice in the nightcap to raise his season total to 24.

Marlins 6, Expos 1 In Miami, Rookie Kevin Millar

homered and had a career-high five RBIs.

Millar had a three-run double in the third off Miguel Batista (6-6), an RBI single in the fifth off Anthony Telford and added his third homer of the season in the eighth off Steve Kline.

Brian Meadows (6-9) won for the first ti me since beating Tampa Bay on June 5, allowing one run and five hits in seven innings.

Reds 10, Astros 0 In Cincinnati, Michael Tucker,

Greg Vaughn and Barry Larkin doubled in runs during a six-run fifth.

A day after Houston snapped Cincinnati's I 0-game winning streak, the Reds reopened a one­game lead in the NL Central by handing the Astros their most lop­sided loss since a I 0-0 defeat in Cincinnati on July 31, 1996.

Pete Harnisch (8-6) gave up four hits in six innings, and Dennys Reyes finished with one­hit relief for his first save. Scott Elarton (5-3) gave up two runs in four innings.

Brewers 9, Pirates 4 In Pittsburgh, Jeff Cirillo drove

in three runs and Bill Pulsipher (2-1) pitched five innings to win in his first start since April 18.

Woods takes four-shot lead at Western Open LEMONT, Illinois (Reuters)­Ti ger Woods moved within sight of regaining his world number one ranking when he secured a four-stroke lead after the third round at the $2.5 million Motorola Western Open on Saturday.

Woods stai1cd the day tied with Stuart Appleby, but broke clear with an excellent four-under-par 68 in gusty winds at Cog Hill.

··To play as well as I have in the wind really does make you feel pretty good," said Woods, who punctuated his day by sinking a 15-foot par putt at the final hole.

He was at 14-under 202 with one round left, while Australian Appleby (72), American Mike Brisky (71 ) and Canadian Mike Weir (67) were equal second on

206. American Woods will go back

to the top of the world rankings if he wins on Sunday. He also will establish himself as one of, if not the favourite, for the British Open in two weeks.

"I knew scores weren't going to be that low because conditions were so difficult.'" he said.

"It was a tough day but you had to hang in there and keep grinding it out. The greens are a little bit on the bumpy side late in the after­noon and you know good putts aren't going to go in every single time."

Woods looked like being on the wrong end of a two-stroke swing at the last, but after drilling home his par putt, he ~atched Appleby

miss a good birdie chance from eight feet.

··11 was one of the best strokes I made all day," Woods continued. "It felt good because it was one of the most crucial times of the round."

Weir, meanwhile, moved into contention by making four suc­cessive birdies on his way to matching the day's low round.

However, the lefty was under no illusions as to how difficult it would be to catch Woods. who has won six of the seven times he has led into the final round of a PGA Tour event.

··obviously he's a great front runner,''Weir said. ··J can't go out tomorrow and just expect things to be handed over to me."

Indians' reliever Karsay disabled CLEVELAND (Reuters)-The Cleveland Indians will be with­out one of the American League's most reliable relievers for at least two weeks after placing righthander Steve Karsay on. the disabled list on Saturday.

Karsay suffered a strained left oblique muscle while tossing a scoreless inning Thursday against Minnesota. He was placed on the 15-day disabled lisr, retroactive to Friday.

Selected by Toronto in the first round of the I 990draftand traded to Oakland in 1993 for Rickey Henderson, Karsay has finally established himself at the major league level this season.

Karsay (7-1) has won seven straight decisions and has a 2.63 ERA in a team-high 37 games. He ranks second among AL relievers in innings pitched (54 2/3), al-· lowing 46 hits while walking 20 and striking out 52.

Karsay entered the season with seven career wins. He was ac­quired December 8. 1997, from the Athletics for reliever Mike Fetters.

Taking his roster spot is righthander Jeff Tam, who was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo, two weeks after being claimed off waivers from the New York Mets.

He was 1-2 with three saves and 3.00 ERA in 22 games be­tween Buffalo and Norfolk.

The Brewers have won all five games in Pittsburgh this season and have won nine of their last I 0 road games.

Cirillo had a two-run single in the second inning, when the Brew­ers scored five runs on only two hits off Kris Benson (6-6).

Atlanta Braves Andruw Jones connects for a three-run home run off Montreal Expos pitcher Miguel Batista during first inning action in Montreal, Monday. AP

Sampras cruises into sixth Wimbledon final

By Clare Lovell LONDON (Reuters)-Five times champion Pete Sampras dismissed Tim Henman 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 on Saturday to set up a Wimbledon final with U.S. rival Andre Agassi that he is sure will be a bit special.

"Andre and I have had a history since we were in the juniors," the top seed said. "With our different game and personalities it's a great matchup."

··It's always a bit different when I step out on court with him," he added.

Sampras, whose control and dis­cipline contrasts sharply with Agassi 's inspirational flamboy­ance, has beaten the shaven-headed fourth seed 13 times in 23 encoun­ters since 1989.

Both players would be nervous when they took to Centre Court on Independence Day, Sampras said. But he could not afford to drop the first set as he had against Henman on Saturday.

"I kind of dug myself a bit of a hole,'' he said.

Sampras, unmatched on grass when at his best, needed the first set against Henman to find his rhythm, serving three double faults in his first service game as he was broken.

Henman, 24, captured the first set with some penetrating serv­ing.just as the 27 -year-old Ameri­can master was beginning to find his groove.

In the second set Sampras opened his shoulders, started to go for his shots and began to find the lines.

He broke the Briton's serve in the I Othgameofthesetafterreach­ing breakpoint with a searing back­hand down the line. Henman, per­haps sensing his friend and golfing partnerwas beginning to roll, served a double fau It to lose the set.

Sixth seed Henman, who. ha~ never beaten Sampras in six meet­ings including last year's semifinal here, tried to make a fight of it. producing some sharp volleys.

But despite passionate crowd support, he could not match Sampras's power, movement and range of shots.

Sampras quickly went 3-0 ahead in the third set, the one break and some huge serves sufficienttowrap it up.

"I thought we both played quite well and the difference was I was al ways able to raise my game at the right times," Sampras said.

He pounced on a couple of Henman errors in the ninth game to break the Briton in the fourth set and then served out for the match, Henman's final return tumbling meekly into the net.

Henman said he was disap­pointed "but on the day I lost to the benerplayer. Ithinkitwasassimple as that."

"I thought early on things were looking good for me but early in the third he definitely took it up a level."

The American now has the chance to overtake B jom Borg and setamodemi;;rarecordof six men's Wimbledon singles titles. He could also equal Roy Emerson's tally of 12 Grand Slam titles.

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Chris Calvin in mid-air as he leaps over the triple-jump on his 125cc Yamaha, in the Novice Open Class. Calvin won the event.

Photo by Tony Celis

Baseball clinics are for members only

By Tony Celis Variety News Staff

OVERayearof consuming work went into preparing for the 1999 Northern Marianas Sports Chal­lenge which will kick off this Thursday, July 8.

The event (NMSC) is sched­uled to continue until the 17th.

Accepting invitations to visit and conduct sports clinics in NMI are two former Cleveland Indians players. Second baseman Rich Rollins and pitcher Len Barker are scheduled to conduct the clin­ics in Saipan, Tinian and Rota.

A wealth of (baseball) knowl­edge the two can teach the island's

youngsters is considered a bar­gain compared to the price for NMSC membership.

The baseb'!ll clinics are being offered to (NMSC) members only.

In a most recent press release from the NM ASA office concern­ing the NMSC, it states "Any person wishing to participate in any of the sports activities, in­cluding Sports Skills Contest and Clinics must purchase a member­ship card .... "

Youngsters may purchase membership cards for $10.00, adults $25.00 and a family of four $50.00, additional children $5.00.

Continued on page 26

By Tony Celis Variety News Staff

RECOVERING from a first-tum tangle-up had Guam's Steve Santos up and going in no time. A aislocated shoulder suffered by Peter Alverez after a crash at the tum-around ended the 2nd An­nual Miller Lite-Pepsi 'Libera­tion Day Motocross Celebration, 125cc and 250cc Expert Class race as Santos was awarded the win and Alverez taken to the hos-

f dalvin, Rios 1 /woo crowd I 1 with leaps i I I

/ By Tony Celis l i Variety News Staff I ! CHRIS CALVIN earned more

I flying-time yesterday during the 2nd Annual Miller Lite­Pepsi Liberation Day Motocross Celebration, l 25cc-250cc Novice Open Class, as he Jed ten laps to win.

Saipan's own IS-year-old superyoungman had the thou­sands of spectators standing to get a better look at the young­ster who leaped over the triple­jump ten times in ten laps.

He took command of the race in the early laps and gave the crowd everything they could ask for.

Successfully leaping over the triple jump is problem enough in dry weather, doing it in a muddy, soggy race course takes a lot of guts.

In a later race, the Veteran Open Class-not military vet-

: eran but for those 40-years-. old and over-Frank Rios also

had the crowd awing in disbe-1 ief as the veteran rider took his four-stroke Yamaha over : the same jumps as did the !

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. Leongson takes third place By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff

'. ONEOFNAMSSA 's (National : Motorcycle Safety and Sports

Association) top motorcycle rac­ers, Ernie Leongson with former

J NAMSSA president Lito F. ,: Ignacio flew in from Manila to :j challenge Saipan and Guam mo­:! torcycle racers and show CNMI. 1 off- road sports enthusiasts just, j what stuff Shell-Yamaha riders

are made of during the 1999 Liberation Day Motocross Chal­•lenge over.the. weekend. • Atthe :Marianas Resort last 'Saturday where the pr~ctice and

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qualifying motocross races were held, the audience were captivated as Leongson and other expert rac­ers from the islands of Guam and Saipan did their exhibition race.

Passionate about the sport, Leongson started racing as early as 1981 and earned the over-all number one rider title in 1995.

This year, though he is one step below his original position, he remains one of the top riders in the Philippines. , .

Former NAMSSA President; Lito Ignacio is a motorcycJe racer himself. ... He Was IJresidenfof NAMS~A

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for five straight years. "Motocross racing in the Phil­

ippines has been going on for quite some time.

Since the early 70s various racing organizations have come and gorie," Ignacio said.

In all his years in the racing world, Ignacio reflected on the pros and cons about being a motorcycle racer.

"It's very exciting. But it takes a lot of guts. One should have the interest and sustain it. And you have to know how to prop­erly set ilp your bike.

Continued on page 26

pita!. After getting up from that nasty

spill at the first turn-about yards into the race-Santos took com­mand of the race and was extend­ing his lead when the race was called (ended).

From initial field reports Peter Alverez suffered a dislocated left shoulder after going down in the ninth lap. The accident occurred as Alverez was banking right mid­way into the right-side turn-

around. After being thrown from his bike and was rolling around in the dirt from apparent pain, an ambulance was dispatched where Alverez was later transported to CHC for further examination.

Cuci Alverez, having a bit of mechanical trouble pushed his bike to the limits and finished second.

Following Alverez's spill and the yellow caution flag raised,

Continued on page 26

Steve Santos (right) won the 125-250cc Expert Class competition. At center is Saipan's Cuci Alverez who took Second Place and at left is P.J. Santos who took third place. Photo by Tony Cells

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Philippine 1995 Motocross Champion Ernie Leongson (left) and former NAMSSA president Lito Ignacio participated in yesterday's motocross racing. Leongson won 3rd Place in Expert Class. Photo by Marian A. Mara ya

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