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ROT A has resotted to water rationing as its only source of water supply continues to d1y up as a resu It of the El Nino weather phenomenon, it w,L~ learned yesterday.

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they learned about the water crisis situation on that island from the CUC Rota deputy director just the otl1er day.

Canuth said water rationing had been in effect on the island since about two weeks ago.

Carruth, who also chairs the CUC El Nifio Task Force, said the water

level of the spring, from which the whole island draws its water, had fallen because of the El Nino-induced drought

Because of the decrease in water supply, CUC has shutoff water from 8 p.m. to 4 am. in the whole island, Carruth said. He said this measure wasresortedto,toallowthetwoCUC reseivoirs to fill up.

tlle homestead villages in Sinapalu are connected to tllese two water reseivoirs.

The spring has enabled Rota residents to enjoy drinkable water direct from tlleir taps, unlike on Saipan and Tinianwherewater,evenifitistreated, tastes salty.

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season to come a little later tllan normal, but we can't say that for sure," Carrutll said.

While Rota gets I 00 percent of its water supply from spring, Saipan relies on tllis source for IO percent of itswatersupply. TogetllerwitllTinian, it draws most of its water from tlle ground tllrough drilled wells.

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The resen1oirs are two developed springs which are fed by tlle natural spring.

The main village of Songsong and

Canutll said the people ofRota are very concerned about the situation, especially since the dry season is expected to last until June.

'The prediction for this current El Nino is tllat it may cause the wet

"They're much worse off (in Tinian) tllan Saipan," Carruth said, adding that altllough Saipan has receivedonly half oftllenormal rainfall during this dry season, it has enough water reserves and tllat its groundwa-

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Variety News Staff HAGA1NA,Guam-TheGovemment of Guam will be going to court again to secure a complete assessment by the US Government of tl1e impacts of the Compacts of Free Association.

According to a news release form Sen. Carlotta Leon Guen-ero, GovGuam is scheduled to argue its case in Federal Court on May 4 in

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Hawaii. The cou1t battle started in 1995

wit'1 a lawsuit filed by Guerrero in Guam District Court against defendants US President Bill Clinton, InteriorSecretary BruceBabbittand the Office of Insular Affairs Secretary Al Stayman.

The suit stemmed from the Federal Government's "failure" to ad

Continued on page 20

House Speaker Diego T. Benavente, as a "Celebrity Bagger" at Price Costco last Saturday, explains to a customer what the "Blue Ribbon" is all about. Benavente was one of several officials who took part in the Division of Youth Services' Child Abuse and Neglect Awareness Month Campaign. Photo courtesy or ovs

Cing: Dynasty will be the backbone of Tinian and the CNMI's economy

Hillbroom strategy helps raise kids' stake by $70M

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff By Zaldy Dandan

Variety News Staff TINlAN Dynasty Casino and Hotel's "soft opening" tomorrow is the culmination of one man's 13-year effort to make it a reality.

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"I'm been pushing for the casino since 1985 and now it's finally going to happen."

There have been several ··false starts" in the past with previous casino operators, but Cing said Tinian Dynasty will be the "real thing."

"Dynasty will be the backbone of Tinian's development and of

Continueaon page 2"0 David M. Ging

DPL eyes _2,000 home.steads By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

GOVERNMENT yesterday expressed confidence it can open 2,000 homestead lots by next year.

The lots will be derived from more than 234 hectares of public land government has identified for homestead and plans to develop starting this year, accord-

ing to YinceT. Castro, Chief Planning Officer of the Division of Public Lands.

The lots are expected to drastically cut the number of homestead applicants which is now at 3,000 some 700 of whom are offisland.

"I believe we can open it (Jots) Continued on page 20

THE STRATEGY of Junior Larry Hillbroom's legal camp has apparently paid off, resulting to an increase in the shares ofLarryHillblom'sallegedchiJ.: dren by at least $70 million, according to court documents.

In a motion for approval of contingency fee agreement, David A. Mair, counsel for petitioner Kaelani Kinney, said the negotiating position of lawyers Junior Larry Hillbroom

David Lujan and Barry Israel that the heirs' share of the estate had the heir claimants taking 60 was increased by at least $60-70 percent . of · the late million and Junior's share by . businessman ~s estate. . $ I 5--17.5 million;'; he said.

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Imelda withdraws from presidential race

courthouse. Dressed in black and close to

tears, she called on all Filipinos to help safeguard the election "so that true democracy will prevail."

Japan signs on to Kyoto treaty

Althoughthisgeneralelectionhas reen more peareful than in the past, some fear that violence and fraud duringthevote will increase political instability and damage the country's economic recovery.

President Fidel Ramos, who is Imelda Marcos limitedbytheconstitutiontoasing)e

six-year tenn, acknowledged Tues-MANILA, Philippines (AP) - day that there may be election-re-Fonner first lady Imelda Marcos lated problems in some "hot spots." withdrew Wednesday from next Before her withdrawal, Marcos month's presidential election, say- was one of 11 candidates vying to ing she wanted to help prevent the beccmepresidentofthePhilippines. carnpaignfromrecomingemotional The leading presidential candi-and violent date, Joseph Estrada, has a 30 per-

ThewifeoflatedictatorFen:linand rent support rating, according tore-Marcos has lagged far behind in cent SlllVeys. pop.tlaritypolls, withrecentsurveys Elections are also being held far giving he.' about 2 percent of the vice (l'CSident, 111embers of Con-vote. gres.s and local officiills.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -Japan on Tuesday became the first major industrial nation to sign the international treaty adopted last December to curb global warming. ·

Takayuki Kimura of Japan's trade ministry signed the treaty. which was adopted during a conference attended by about I 60 countries in the Japanese city Kyoto.

Thirteen other countries, mostly small developing states, have already signed the treaty. which calls on industrial nations to reduce "greenhouse" gas emissions between 2008 and 2012 by an overall figure of 5.2 percent.

Takayuki Kimura, Japan's ambassador for Global Environmental Affairs, signs the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at the United Nations Tuesday. Watching are other Japan and UN officials. AP

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ButWhiteHousedeputypresssecretary Barry Toiv said, "By including this extraneous butcontroversial provision relating tofamilyplanning,the Congress leaves the president no choice but to veto the bill.

'We hope they will get the bill up herequicklysothepresidentcanveto it and we can move on to separating this issue from this essential legislation, as it ought to be separated,"Toiv said.

The legislation also would authorize an array of State Department programs and reorganire the foreignpolicy bureaucracy.

The bill, which passed in the Senate 51-49 and passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last month, next goes to Clinton.

The thin margin of approval -where Democrats opposing passage were joined by Republicans whosupportabortionrights-suggested a veto would be sustained.

In remarks in the Rose Garden, Clinton condemned Congress' failure to provide payment of the back U.N. dues without strings attached or to approve his request for dlr, 18 billion to help the lnlemational Monetary Fund ease the strains of the Asian financial crisis.

"We think that different rules apply tous and we have arightnottopay our way so we can have this fight over an issue that is unrelated to our U.N. responsibilities or our IMF responsibilities," the president said.

"I don't think that is a responsible, mature message to send to the world by the leading country in the world."

The United States risks losing its voting rights in the U.N. Generdl Assemblyifthelong-delinquentdues are not paid soon, U.S. and U.N. officials have warned Congress. Still, the U.S. positionintheSecurityCounci I, where it holds veto power, would be unaffected.

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Guam forum tackles crime By Jan Furukawa Variety News Staff

TAMUNING, Guam - Six months ago, the Guam Police Deprn'tment implemented a Community Assisted Policing program in hopes of stemming a rising tide of crime committed by citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Now the effort is working, Police Chief James Marquez said yesterday.

"We saw the stats go down in those villages where panicipants are," Marquez added.

Marquez spoke at a University of Guam public fornm on the CAP program and other law enforcemen1 issues sponsored by Public Administration students.

Other panelists were from Customs and Quarantine, the May

. ors' Council and the Depaitment of Education's truancy office.

Short presentations were followed by question-and-answer

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periods. Drugs, violent crime and domes

tic abuse topped the list of problems.

Panelists offered numerous and varied ongoing and upcoming programs in response.

The CAP program is manned by more than 20 individuals from different ethnic groups - Palauan, Yapese, Pohnpeian and Chuukese included--who underwent a twoweek program at the Guam Community College for instructions in

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crisis intervention, cultural awareness, police procedure and other imponant areas.

''They act as a liaison l.x:tween GPD and their communities," the chief said.

Program participants wear a nonpolice unifolTil and receive a $200-per-month stipend.

Persons interested in signing up for the CAP program should fill out an application at their mayor's office. They will then undergo a screening process and two weeks of training

Students at Garapan Elementary School marvel at Mrs. Lamar's 'Island Wear' costume during the school's 'Bizarre Week' activities yesterday. Photo by Lalla c. Younis

HANMI to take more aggressive steps to spur up visitor arrivals

By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

IN AN effon tu reboot the Northern Mari,mas · slumping tourism induso-y, the Hotel Association is coming up with aggressive steps aimed at encouraging increased air traffic to tl1e Commonwealth.

Lynn Knight, HANMI spokesperson, said the Hotel Association is working doubly hard in prcparmion for the 1999 Visit the Marianas Yem·, which isexpected to stirtouristmovement.

Knight said HANMJ. in coordination with other indusl!ies in the islands, is consolidating information for a business plan that would help revive active visitor movement to the CNMI despite the ongoing Asian recession.

She added that the Association r-emains optimistic the tourism sectc.ir will pick up in the ne,u- future, su-essing tJiat private sector leaders have already slaltt!<l joining hm1ds to spur air u·atfa <lcm,md to tl1c CNMJ.

While acknowledging the adverse effects of the Asian financial slump, she said the Association is still hoping the pro1xiscd activities for tJ1c 1999 Visit tht! Maiiwms Year will Ix: of significant help. · "We know that there is an economic crisis in Asia and we c,m't change that. But we hope our proposed activities will help," she told Variety.

Knightemphasizcd that the private sector, including HANMI ,md other business sectors, is putting together exciting and interesting events that will encourage more tourists to come in.

"We m-e working doubly hard," she said when asked how is the HANMI dealing with the shrup decline in tourist anivals to the NM!.

Figur-es from the Marianas Visitrn, Bureau indicated that only 43,275 tou1ists cmne to the CNMI last month, r-epr-esentinga3 l percentdeclinecomprn-ed with March of last year.

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ter the largest decrease with March mTivalsnumbering 1,655,orawhopping 88 percent decline from March last year.

MVB said the ongoing economic crisis coupled with the currency devaluation and termination of direct flights to Saipan are major factors affecting growtl1 from the Koreru1 market.


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Tourists unit was formed to protect visitors from increasing pursesnatching, burglary and other incidents. Capt George Hernandez said that it is meant to protect the source of some 70 percent of the government of Guam's 1-evenue.

Another proposal would establish a citizens' patrol program, much like the Neighborhood Watch that already exists in certain villages. That plan is still on the drnwing board, according

to spokesman Lury Flores. The Drug Abuse Resistance E.clu

cation outreach program is aimed at young people. Plans are to have DARE-trained officers in each precinct tor-each out to elementary-age students.

ThePoliceActivitiesLeaguewill organize a sports program for 13 -to 17-year-olds to include basketball, baseball and softball, and volleyball.

Federal funding in the amount of $150,<XX> has been secured for this program, according to Flores. PAL will begin this summer, he said, and "may expand later on to include golf."

And policemen touted their new Victims Assistance Unit, which received $250,000 in funding through legislation passed recently.

"The unit will assist victims of crime,especially family violence, in getting the help they need," Flores said.

Tinian casino seals air pact with PIA


THE TINIAN Dynasty Hotel and Casino will start getting direct flighL, from Guam to Tinian after sealing a flight service agr-eement with the Pacific JshmdAviation, it was disclosed yesterday.

Dyn,L,ty general m:magerTom Liu said PIA aircraft will st:ut flying Gumn-Tinian-Guam routes today, a development which is expected to increase air traffic movement to the casino.

Liu said the agreement between PIA and the Dynasty management was finalized late afternoon yesterday.

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with this welcome development," he told Variety.

He said one-way airfare is $65, adding that roundtrip tickets will also be made available at $130.

With the casino-hotel's soft openContinued on page 23

All agencies except Tinian, AGO are facing budget cuts

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

THEADMINISTRA TION will propose budget cuts for all but two of the gov!!rnment's various departments and agencies, according to Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio's special adviser on budget and finance.

Mike S. Sablan told reporters yesterday that the administration will submit today a balanced budget of $240 million, or $7 million less than the government's current budget.

Only Tinian and the Attorney General's.Office would have an increase, though a slight one, in .their budgets, Sablan said.

He said Tinian needs additional funding to beef up its law enforcement personnel, particularly now that the island's hotel and casino will open to the public.

AGO's budget increase, for its part, reflects the ·~centraliza-

ti on" of the department's funding level, Sablan said.

The salaries of the assistant attorney generals "farmed out" to the various agencies will now be included in AGO's budget, he said.

Atthe same time, Sablan said the Public School System (PSS) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) wilJ continue to get the largest share of the budget, but added that there will be "slight cuts" this time instead of an increase.

Sablan said PSS will receive less than the $42.5 million it got for fiscal years 1997-98, while DPH will have $3 million less than its current $41 million budget

Sablan noted, however, that his figures are still "tentative," and that the administration will submit a revised revenue estimate in July.


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What else is new at DOC? THE escape of five inmates from the Division of Corrections jail in Susupe Sunday afternoon was frightening as three of the escapees were considered "dangerous." But what's new with the escape story at DOC?

**~ *** *** Investigators said that before the incidenr, a DOC officer rnok

rhe inmates-Peter Duenas Cabrera Jr., Gerald Cabrera Sablan, Ryan T. Babauta, Jeffrey Sablan Basa, and Sheldon Yano-outside the cenrral male detention facility "rn have some fresh air." When the officer left the inmates for a while, the detainees pried open the perimeter fence by loosening its screw.

*** *** *** After a massive manhunt by the police, Babauta, Basa and Yano

were arrested in the Northern Marianas College campus Monday at 12:35 a.m. The Department of Public Safety's elite Rapid Response Team then nabbed Cabrera in Kannat Tabla Tuesday at I 0 a.m. and Sablan near the Saipan Health Clinic in Chalan Kiya also on the same day at I: 10 p.m.

*** *** *** April is probably the "favorite" month of Babauta and Basa. It

was in April 1997 when they and another inmate escaped while they were erecting traffic signs in Capitol Hill. Police officers arresteJ them in Kagman. Babauta anJ company were subselJUently convicted in that case.

IL was also in 1\pril 1997 when l3r:rndon Rangamar escaped from 1he DOC facility. As a resuI1. Rangamur spent 70 more days in jail. Anoiher escape occurred in November I 995. when Mdvin N. Basa and two other inmates were discovered missing from their cell. Basa was later apprehended while climbing the DOC fence to return to his cell.

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Perhaps the most mysteiious escape attempt was that made last month bv Manuel Aldan Sablan. Yoshio Takahashi, and Yurui Zhao. A DOC officer spollcd the trio crawling the perimeter fence at I :30 a.m. Officers inspected the cell and found out that the rnmatcs put pillows on their beds and covered it with blankets to pretend they were skeping. When the officers later conducted an inspection. they were surprised that the detainees were already sletping in their beds. Where h:1d the trio been? Only they know.

*** *** *** These escape cases at DOC are not funny anymore. Although our

police officers so far have been quick to re-arrest the escapees, these incidents have somehow scared the community. The prisoners should stop toying with the stupid idea of bolting from jail. These escape'attempts shouid serve as lessons for them. Hiding in such a small 1a11ga11-1u11ga11-filled island surrounded with sharks is next to impossible.

The latest case should also sene as an eye openl'.r Lo the DPS leadership. It's about 1irnc DPS Commissioner Ch:1rles Ingram stcppc:J inlL' the: 111,,ttcr. These· escape inciJcnt.s only prove either that the DOC mancig.:rncnt ,,ml the guard, circ slccpin!,! on th1:ir job ur thne is ct need to rc:novcik 1he facility. It's time perhaps to change nr :tt least reshuffle the DOC management and staff'/ Reno1 auon of Lhe Licility might be a good idea. too. but. please not to construct a ncll' facility that will cost 1he government $21 million.

TIIE quick response or our police officers IO the kidnaping of three kids in Garapan Sunday was commendable. The suspect. Luis Deleon Guerrero Camacho. haJ just been released a few days before after he had served a five-year term for ki.dnaping and sexually abuse a child. The DPS Juvenile Section led by Julian Camacho and the Criminal Investigation Bureau headed by Sgt. Joseph Aldan did a fine job resulting in the arrest of !he defendant Monday afternoon. Keep up the good work, guys!

THE jury trial of a civil suit involving two private firms is now on its third month in the Superior Court. The suit stem.med from a1988 verbal agreemeht between the two companies. The jurors wen: ndievcd when Judge Alexandro Castro announced last week that the trial would resume next week as he will attend the Pacific Judicial Conference in Palau. "My God, this trial is terrible! We even celebrated Castro's 27th birthday in court with a cake," one juror said.

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Very Cold War fought in Antarctica The coldest part of the Cold War - in Antarctica - is finally over.

For more than four decades, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in oneupmanship and political posturing over the earth's last frontier.

Though practically uninhabited, Antarctica is bigger than the United States. Most of it is under ice, and the frozen continent is unquestionably the coldest, windiest, most hostile environment on earth.

Nevertheless, the U.S. government continued to fund expensive scientific projects there, in part because of a determination not to lose the inspiring edge that Adm. Richard E. Byrd's flight over the South Pole provided them in the early part of this century.

With the U.S. Navy providing logistical support, Americans became the dominant presence on the icy continent from the 1950s on, both in terms of personnel and permanent stations.

And even though the United States never made a formal claim to any part of the continent, at great expense America built and still maintains a permanent facility at the South Pole - which, not incidentally, sits on the boundary claims of seven different nations.

Those claims are for pie-shaped pieces of Lhc continent whose points end at the South Pole. The claims were set aside for an indefinite period by a l 'J59 treaty.

But that didn't prevent the East-West competition from spreading south. And it wasn't over a meaningless expanse of ice.

Scientific research conducted primarily by Americans and Russians revealed by the I 9ii0s that there's a lot more to Antarctica than penguins and paralyzing cold. The continent is now believed Lo be greater than Alaska in the potential value of its natural resources.

For example, Antarctica has huge beds of kri 11, a shrimplike species that may well be the world's richest marine protein resource. Antarctica is also known to have oil under all that ice. Diamonds, gold and other precious gems and metals also lie undisturbed beneath the ice. Scientists believe Antarctica was once connected to South Africa and western Australian mineral-bearing ranges before it broke off and drifteJ.

In part because of the treasure, and political points, that Antarctica represented, CIA and KGB agents were sent Lo the continent throughout the

1970s and '80s to spy on the each other's scientific and military interests.

Still, the battle over Antarctica was probably the warmest part of the Cold War during those years. That's· because Russians and Americans often had to band together to fight the common enemy - the cold - and cooperate in rescue operations and other emergencies. ~ Now the budgets of scientific missions of both countries are being cut - though the Russians are taking more drastic swipes at their program by cutting its normal contingent by one-third. At the same time, Russia mothballed its largest Antarctic station, Molodezhnaya, during the Southern Hemisphere's sum mer season because it couldn't afford to keep it going.

Our U.S. intelligence sources say Russian scientists, who used to beg to go to Antarctica for specialized research, aren't much interested anymore because of the severe cutbacks and limited logistical support. There have even been quiet lawsuits in Russia from scientists who've served in Antarctica in past years and weren't paid their full salaries. The problem is endemic in the Russian scientific community, as government spending on scientific research has dropped by two-thirds in recent years.

The U.S. program, at somewhere around $200 mill ion per year, vastly outmatches the Russian effort, but is also heavily cutting costs. This year marks the first time expensive logistical support by the U.S. Navy has been closed down. Private contractors and others have been taking over those duties. And the New York Air National Guard, interestingly, is now flying the special ski-equipped C-130 aircraft that transport people and supplies to and around Antarctica.

Meanwhile, as the number of researchers and support personnel has been decreasing, the number of tourists to the frozen continent has been increasing. Almost 10,000 visited during the recent summer season. A protocol to the 1959 treaty, signed by the United States and other key nations in I 991, allows for increased tourism - but at the same time forbids mineral exploration for 50 more years. Thal latter provision removed the primary reason for post-Cold War national competition with Russia, one of the reasons for both countries to winJ down some of their efforts. Copynghl 1998, Uniled Feature Syndicate, Inc.

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Teno appoints 5 to boards By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

GOVERNOR Pedro P. Ten01io has submitted to the Senate the rnunes of five appoimees Lo the Commonwealth UtilitiesCorp., the Civil Service Com-

mission, the Marianas Public Land Trust and the Parole Board.

Tenorio nominated Juan S. Dela Ciuz to serve a second four-year term as a CUC boan.l member.

Joey PaliickSan Nicolaswasnomi-

nated to MPL T to 1-epresent Tiniai1, whileDianeH. Borja and Leonardo T. Calvo were named to the Civil Setvice Commission.

Tenorio said Borja would represent Saipan and serve a tenn con-

cul1"ent with the governor. Calvo, for his part, would repre

sent Rota and serve the unexpired tenn of Jesus I. Taisaque, which is until Dec. 16, 1999.

resent Rota on the Parole Board. Tenorio said Inos is unable to

accept the position, citing his residency on Saipan and not Rota.

Absolute cap on the number of garment workers given spush

Appointed to the Parole Board was Ramon S. Salas, who would represent Sai pan and serve a sixyear term.

All the nominations require Senate confinnation.

Tenorio said his nominees "are qualified and will be an asset" to the government.

Lt. Gov. Jesus R. Sablan, as acting governor, earlier recalled the nomination of Edward I. Sablan to the Parole Board upon the request of the nominee himself, citing "personal reasons."

The nominee is the brother of fonner Hawaii liaison officer Henry I. Sablan.


THECNMI L.egislatun: 1scyeing the possible 1e-imposition of ,ui absolute quota on the number of nornesident workers in the garment indusny. it was disclosed yesterday.

HousecommerceandtoUiismchair Rep. Oscm· Babauta said the measure is aimed at balancing the number of guest and local workers in the indusny, a proposal em-lier suggested by the federal government.

Babauta said the pr-evious adminisn11tions had imposed the 11.000-iimit to the number of guest workers that can be employed in the Commonwealth's gaiment sector.

There was m1 absolute quota imposed befor-e. However, on the out -set, it looks like the1-e was a circumvention of the law, he said.

··r hope I'm not right by saying that we totally disr-egardcd the provision of that law or rather a misinterpn,tation of that bw which sets the quota." he added.

Babauta said :m unconfirmed Lally of nonresident workers employed in the Commonwealth's g,urnent sector n.mges from 13.lXXJ to I 7.(XXJ, or

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asigniticantdispaiityofaround2,WJ to 6.WJ.

Tm surprised that the deprutment of the government [responsible for this] does not have the exact figure as of this date, other than assumption of figures," he told Variety.

He said the appai-ent absence of official data with 1-egards to the numberof norn-esident workers employed in the garment sector prompted the creation of a Special House Committee that will look into the possible imposition of absolute lJUOUI.

The special committee will wckle two proposed legislation that wou Id impose an absolute quota on the nurn-

Underwood: Surgeon General skipped data from territories

Roben A. Underwood Jacob L. Guerrero Vanery News Staff

TAMUi\INC, Guam (;uam Delegate to LJS ( 'ongn,ss RolxI1 A UnJ~rwood has lam~nted tl1c exclusion of US wnito1ies in tl1e Surgeon General's 1-epo1ton minority tobacco USC.

Underwood in a news rclew;e, expressed concem that the presenwtion contained no data from the insulw· ~u·c,ts.

·111c reJXJI1 outlines. in a very clc:u· mid dramatic !iLshion the nature of the tobacco indusuy and its tmgeLing of minority communities, as well :Ls~increw;es in the use of tobacco by minority youth.

However I was ve1y surprised ,md disappointed to bun Lhat the datll d~, not include the tc11"ito1ics, so I immediately communicated this to Dr. David Satcher. who made t])c presentation," UnderwcxxJ said.

Undc1wlXld is a 1m:mbcr or both Lhe(.'ong1i::ssional ,\si,u1 P:rcilicCaucus ,u1d the l lisp:u1ic Caucus :u1d I 1as been chw·ged witl1 drafting lcgisla-

tion on the Tobacco Settlement with a focus on minority communities.

Both Caucuses have been calling for montl1s for the 1i::lease of the report.

According Lo tl1e 1-eport, smoking is increasing panicularly among Asirn1-J\mericm1, Pacific blande1,, Hispm1ics, and Afric:m-A111e1icm1s.

·111e 11:port is valuable in tl1e sense that it provides us insight into the incre:1sing problem of Leen smokin!!." saiJ UnJerwooJ.

";The only pmblem is Lhal no darn 1·or 1hc lcITiloric\ is incluJed :u1d this 1s 1xu11ctil:u·Jy LXJthcrsume in light ol bric:lings I ctttem.kd at Lhc National lnstitut~ of Health today ,Ls well.

""AL those briefings, I ~vassuqJrised Co lcain that many of the health statistics of the tenitories are inadequate, out-of-date, or not very useful for policy making and policy planning. 1l1is is prnticulai·Iy crucial for some of tl1e &;eases, including diabetes, which disproportionately affecl Gu,m1," UndcrwooJ said.

In addition to the Surgeon Gencrnl, the Congressman plw1s to take up the issue with tl1e U.S. Depmtment of Health &Hum,m Services Depwtmcnt ,md the Center for Disease Conu·ol in Atlm1ta.

-~1ncse me the org,mizations that deal with different public health policy issues and cer1ain disemes on a national level. I ,mi concerned about access, 1csewd1, m1J better data collection 11;:<>mtling the Lcll"itories ,md I am hopcl'~I that ~vc will find a way lo rectify this." t11c Cong1i::ssnrnn said. (JLG)

ber of guest workers in the gwment industry, Babauta added.

He stressed that the special committee can extend the fonnulation of its duties to get official and exact figures with 1-egards to the numberof foreign workers in the Northern Mariana Islands.

'Tm not talking only of the garment industry but it will include tourism-related industry and the construction sector," the congressman said.

He said his committee is waiting for the House Speaker to give the go signal for the special lxxly to expeditiously work on two proposed legislation, one from.the Senate and one from the House.

He said the committee is trying to consolidate infonnation and figures but added that in order for them to make a conct-ete conclusion, "we aic getting the result of our request from the labor and immigration depart -ment by Friday."

"We also made a simi lar1-equestto the division of 1-evenue and taxation because we just can't go on and say that all industries cease right now,"he added.

Babauta said his committee will be conducting a series of meetings ai1d consultations with business leaders to identify the kind of measures tl1at have to be instituted to maintain tl1e Commonwealth 'seconomic growtl1.

Atthe same time, Tenorio infrnmed the Senate that he is withdrawing the nomination of Perry B. Inos to rep-

Tenorio 's other nominee to the Parole Board is Mametto M. Ayuyu, whose appointment was confirmed recently by the Senate.

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DPS help sought on beach burglaries

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

THE MARIANAS Visitors Bureau (MYB) is seeking assistance from rhe Depanment of Public Safety (DPS) to have the ishmd 's beaches mutinely patrolled to curb rising incidents of car burglmies. Anicia Tomokane, MVB Managing Director said.

The move is being considered following reports that burglaries along beaches at the Oby an and Lau lau seafront have become rampant over the past several months.

'"I \\'OU Id like to b1ing tliat up ... witl1 DPS to have it patrolled."" said Tomok,u1c in ,u1 inte1Yiew.

Tomok,me said then? \\ ere supposed to be plainclothes securitymen in ai·eas MYB has classified as "'most frequented by visitors."

These are the Grotto in Marpi. and the Obyan. Tanapag and Laulau beach."

I am very concerned." said the

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visibly bothered MVB head. '"If ... crimes (arc) being com

mitted there in the p1esence of security t-'llw·ds. (that) is something we have 10 serious!) look imo:· she sui:sscd.

CI11e beaches have rcponcd I y gained notoriety over incident, of c;u· burglmies.

ll1ere were no immediately available fi~TU1-es but rdiablc police sources said the burglmies ,u-e "almost common"' especially in the Obym1 ,mJ

Laulau beach. Tomok,U1e herself said "a lot of

vehicles" have been broken into by still unidentified men in Obyan beach.

Victims were usually touristdivers. The burglaries have reportedly

raised concerns among tour agents who had complained about clients' car-s being robbed while hiking. snorkelling or on a dive schedule.

The most recent burglruy incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in Oby an beach where a Japanese tourist lost $300,acameraand wristwatch he left in his cru· before going out to the beach. His vehicle's window was found sm,L~hed.

LL~t Saturday. at least two per-sons who went for an hour-long hike in Liulau beach lost their pager-s, tape recorders, books and importmmlocuments they left in their c.u·.

ll1e two parked the vehicle ne,u· ,m MVB billbom-u mid c,m1e back only to find a portion of their c.u·'s 1ight rc.u·door window s1m1~hed.

Man charged for allegedly shooting neighbor's cat dead

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE ATTORNEY General's Office yesterday charged a m,m who allegedly shot dead a neighbor's cat.

fate\m1DelaCruz Duenas. 34. was charn.ed with criminal mischiefbef~re the Superior Court.

Assistant Atty. Gen. Nicole Forelli in the complaint stated that last Apiil I Duenas '"intentional] y and J...11owingly damaged property belonging to David David

Otiwii, to wit; a cat." No other details were given. The Variety ;(athered that

Duenas alle"e<llv ;hot the cat with ~ ,

an air gun. The defendant was summoned

to appear and answer the charge in court on May 11.

Meanwhile. a man who allegedly robbeJ a prieSt entered into a plea agreement with the government in connection with his other criminal case.

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and counsel S. Joshua Berger signed the agreement with Assistant Atty. Gen. Robert Steinborn.

Sablan agreed to plead guilty ofassaultand battery. In return, the government will recommend a one-year jail term to be served concurTcntly with his previous criminal cases.

Court document showed that on Feb. 8, 1997 Sablan, while a prisoner in the DOC, confronted Officer Joaquin K. Camacho.

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Sablan wants curfew for minors to start earlier

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SAIP AN Mayor Jose C. Sablan wants to expand the present curfew for minors by two hours, or as early as 9pm to5 am.

In his letter to Rep. Heinz S. Hofschneider, the mayor says that expanding the curfew hours will help reduce thenumberof juvenilereleatedcrimesduringthelatchours

of the evening. UnlikeHouseBill 11-6proposed

by Hofschneider which seeks to start the cwfew at IO pm, Sablan said stllrting at 9 pm "will result to a more significant reduction of juvenile-related crimes."

According to Vic Pangelinan, special advisot to the mayor, existing Jaws place the curfew hours from 11 pm to 5 am.

Sablan is also anticipating criticism that the proposed curfew i!l unreasonable because many minors hold jobs thatletoutat or after 9pm.

"This is not necessarily so. Mi.nors holding bonafide jobs may be issued an ID card stating that the holder is employed and may be in a public pl ace, or road, after 9:00 pm," Sablan said.

He added that the details on card issuance can be worked out.

DPH warns public against diarrhea

By Aldwin R. Fajardo

Variety News Staff

DIARRHEA is the major child killer in tl1e world mid the public hea!Ll1 Jepmtment is not taking any chances, as it wruns the public against dehydration that may arise from foodborne and waterborne diseases.

TI1e disease, which is the single cause of child deaths, refers to the increase in the frequency of stools or a change to a watery consistency due toinfectiousomon-infectiousagents.

The disease is endemic, according to DPH communicable disease program manager Elsy Ramon. This means anyone can contract the disease at practically anytime.

Butcasesnom1allypeakdutingthe wet months, mid in some cases during the ve1y dry season when water supply level depletes.

Global statistics showed that 17 dimTheal diseases have killed 2.5 million people in 1996.

DPH said viruses, bactetia, pm·asites, fungi llild upper rcspiratrny infeclmlts are some of the infectious causes of diarrhea, but Ll1e disease is also caused by intolerllilce to lactose

By Zaldy Dandan Variety New Staff

THE HOUSE of Rcpri:scntatives yesterday passed a bill that would allow illegal aliens to seek ,mmesty m1J legal employment.

Alsopa,scdwasSenatcBill l l-45, which would prohibit lhe impo1tation .u1d regis11~1tion of motor vehicles that do not comply with US safety stand.nus.

H.B. 11-76, or the mnnesty bill, now goes to tl1e Senate, while S.B. 11-45 heads toGov.PcdroP. Tenorio for his sii,,'llature.

Introduced by Rep. M,muel A. Teno1io(R-Prec. l,Saipan),H.B. 11-76 would allow illegal aliens who avail of the immunity peiiod to be "fo1-evcr immune" from all prosecution.

The illegal aliens could also be issued a tempor,uy work pe1mit.dur-

or other food and forms of carlxihydrates, overfeeding, reaction to antibiotics ,md poisons.

1l1e Commonwealth Health Center late la~t year placed CNMI on alert against the inc1easing number of dim1"hea cases, with at least30 dian·hea cases being referred to the Center everyday, majority of whom are child.Jen who are most vulnerable to the disease.

A health advisory warned that dehydration may be fatal especially to children below one year old since the infant's body is more prone to disturbances of hydration and acid-based equilibrium.

Infants also dehydrate faster due to their metabolic rate and larger skin area in relation to the volume of their body water.

Health specialists recommend Oral Rehydration Solution [Oresol] as among the best treatment for diarrheal diseases. Oresol replaces lost body fluid. It can be replaced by a home-made solution composed of one teaspoon of salt, r our teaspoons of sugar mixed to one liter of water.

ing which he could seek a permanent job.

111e bi II states that i fu1e alien wishes to be repatriated, the Department of Labon and Immigration (DOU) would a,sist him to obtain money for the air frul!.

Under the bill, DOLi has to provide assist,mce to the alien or any of his family member-s who want to be repaoiatcd.

Those who seek immunity would also be assisted by DOLi to seek sources of humanitaiiar1 relief.

The governor, Lt. Gov. Jesus R. Sablan and Senate President Paul A. Mrn1glona (R-Rota) have expressed supJxirt for the bill.

During yesterday's House session, however, Minority Leader Dino M. Jones (D-Prec. 4, Saipan) said those who have violated Ll1e law should not


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Stayman denies FOi request INSULAR Affairs Director Allen Stayman has denied a request by a Saipan lawyer fora copy of a private investigation report on garment factories and Customs services.

Lawyer Robe1t O'Connor, invoking the Freedom of Information Act, had requested for a copy of the rcpoI1 written by private investigators Thomas E. Gray and James W. Wilkie.

TheGrayRepor1,portionsofwhich were believed to have been leaked to the WashingtonPostandothermedia outfits in the mainland, contained Gray's findings on allegations that the garment sector in the CNMI is engaged in trade fraud, forced abortion and religious persecutions.

In denying O'Connor's request, Stayman said the lawyer has "not shown that your request is in the

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public interest." "Further you have failed to show

that the request is not piimarily in your commercial interest or in the commercial interest of any client you

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may request," Stayman said in his April 23 letter to O'Connor.

The OIA chief, however, said O'Connor may appeal the denial of his request to the Freedom of Infor-

FSM, Marshalls taking the brunt of El. Nifio

By Rick Alberto Variety News StE.ff

THE islands and atolls in the FederatedStatesofMicronesiaand the Marshalls are taldng the brunt of the El Nino weather phenomenon, as the local water supplies there have been almost depleted, a US Geological Survey official said yesterday.

'The most critical areas right now for the FSM are the outlying atolls, especially the atolls of the upstate, seven oreightofwhichare in desperate need of water," said Charles J. Ewart, 'associate district chief for Hawaii and Pacific Islands District of the USGS Water Resources Division.

Ewan is on Saipan officially, havingjustcome from some of the affected areas.

Ewan said Federal Emergency ManagementAgency is providing funding and assistance in supplyingemergencywatertothoseatolls through reverse osmosis, or RO.

Ewart also said that the principal source of water on Majuro, the

capital of M.arshall Islands, was almost city acrording to repor1s received weeks ago.

"Probably it's dly now,". Ewa11 added.

FEMA, he said, has provided RO units to Majuro,which pump a total of about 400,000 gallons of water a day.

ToeROunitsalsoprovidewaterto some of the larger atolls on the Marshalls, he said, adding that those have made life more bearable in the Marshalls.

Even then, "the condition there is much worse than on Saipan and on Guam," he said.

Majurohasapopularionof30,000. Toe water crisis is such that in the

main islands of Majuro, the water system is opened only for 10 hours every two weeks, Ewart said.

People go to the water plant to fill up their containers for most of their drinking water, Ewart added.

Water rationing has also been resorted to in the four FSM states of Chuuk, Kosrae, Yap and Pohnpei.

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In Pohnpei, water is available only for two hours in the morning and anothertwo hours in the afternoon.

The river, which is the source of water supply inPohnpei, was only capable of supplying ffXl gallons per minute when he left the state last week, Ewart said.

''The only (other) thing saving Pohnpei right now is the seven to eight production wells that they have," he added

Ewan said that if the drought continues, "FSM is going to be in a very bad situation."

In Kosrae a lot of springs have dried up and the state has been on waterrationing since February, Ewart reported.

The Yap main island's surface water reservoir has dried up likewise, and RO units have helped ease the situation, Ewart said.

He said d1at in Chuuk, the river water catchment, which provides 25 percent of the state's water supply, is "almost city."

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mation Act Appeals Officer. 0 'Connor, lawyer for some garment mllilu f actuiers in the CNMI, slanuned Stayman 's denial of his request

"'What a charade,'' 0 'Connor said, "Mr. Stay man leaks poI1ions of the report to the national TV shows llild the Wa~hington Post and when we in the CNMI want to see it he claims it is not a public document. That is having your cake and eat it too."

The Gray RepoI1 was prepared weeks before the March 31 hearing at the US Senate Committee on Energy

and Natural Resources which tackled the federal takeover bills filed by Sen. Daniel Akaka and the Clinton Administration.

"Mr. Stayman uses this report to attack and smearthe Commonwealth and then when he is called on it he is the one being investigated, suddenly this report becomes secret and confidential," O'Connor said. "It is OK to give it to ABC News but the people of the Commonwealth Cllill10t see it." (MCM1

Disney Store gets assured by leaders: 'Saipan is OK' GIVING assurance that CNMI has a good business climate, the government has invited a big company in California to invest on Saipan.

Government leaders wrote to Tom Heymann, president of The Disney Store Inc., assuring him that the govemmentiscleaning upthe labormess in theCNMI.

"While it will not be solved overnight, we are pleased to already see evidence of the effectiveness of earnest enforcement," stated April 27 lettersignedbyGov.PedroP.Tenorio, Senate President Paul Manglona and Speaker Diego Benavente.

The government letters urged Heymann to visit Saipan and "decide for yourself whether we are making quick progress in tackling this troubling problem;"

The letter was written upon request by DFS Saipan which asked the government ""to address" any concerns that may be raised by the company which is engaged in sale of Walt Disney items, including toys.

Despite the adverse effect of the Asian economic problem on CNMI tourism, DFS is expanding its business. It is expected to open its new DFS Galleria

Whileadmittingtotheexistenceof labor problems in the CNMI, the government it is "committed to rapid improvement of the alien labor problem."

"If you choose to do business here, we can assure you that we are working hard at tackling our challenges and our efforts wi II not disappoint you," Heyman was told. (MCMJ

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MVB kicks off 'Tourism Month' tomorrow By Laila C. Younis

Variety News Staff THE 1998 'Tourism Month" will kick off with a Block Party tomorrow. and according to Marianas Visitors Bureau officials. the month of May is already packed with plans for community anJ tourisni activities.

··our aim this year is to recog-

nize the importance of tourism in the community. The activities we have lined up not only involve the community but the tourists as well," said MVB Tourism Month Coordinator Martin Duenas.

--we have finalized most of the activities and we are looking forward to a very exciting month." he said

"This is also our way to give back to the community from the benefits we have received from the tourism industry. Different organizations, government agencies and industry members have all pulled together to make this happen," he added.

A summary of May's activities is as follows:

Students take a moment to smile for the camera during the Speech and Orama Festival at Grace Christian Academy yesterday. Photo by Laila c. Younis

Meeting for Chuukese Residents THERE will be a very important meeting for al\ Chuukese residing in the CNMI on May 8. \ 998 at Garapan Central Park from 6:00 p.m. lo 10:00 p.rn.

Governor· Ansito Walter and otherdignit,u-ies from Chuuk State will be in the meeting to brief constituents on Saipan with the new developments.

Everyone is asked to bring up concem(s) and question(s) that need to be addressed.

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May I st-Proclamation signing at Governor's Office; MVB Block Pacty on Hotel Street, Garapan from6:00to 10:00pm. May2ndAyuda Fun Run. May 6thMan'amko Event (Tinian). May 4-7th-Youth Education Familiarization Tour. May 16th-Food Fair. May 17th-GolfToumament. May 15th-Essay Contest winner announced. May 28th-Job Fair. May 30th-Recognition Dinner.

"One activity we are adding this year involves entertaining the touristswithasongattheairport. For the month of May on every Friday, which are peak anivals times, we will havemusiciansgreetingtourists,''said Duenas.

'This is also the first time we have

extended our activities for a month. We used to only plan activities for a week in line with National Tourism Week," he said.

• 'Butnow :we have the opportunity to showcase activities for a whole month. Our theme this year is 'Towards Tourism 2000' ," he added.

Duenas pointed out that this year's theme "focuses on developing longterm goals for tourism".

"Itisalsoabout working together and thinking ahead. We are going to kick off the events tomorrow, and we hope it will be a success," said Duenas.

"The public is invited for the Block Party. There will be food.games and great entertainment, so come and enjoy," he said.

Rota Business Exposition slated

By Marc Hizon For the Variety

ROTA (RDSU)-AN ANNUAL Rota Business exposition is to take placeon the 7th and 8th of May 1998 at the Rota Recreational Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as part of the Department of Commerce's mandate to stimulate, regulate commercial activities, and promote the island's economy.

This two-day event is slated to provide opportunity for the businesses on island to exhibit their products and services to the general public, as well as to potential investors.

The Department of Commerce is doing this project in collaboration with the Rota Mayor's Office and the NMC Business Development Center through its Business Incubator Program.

"Our purpose is to showcase products locally produced or manufactured inorder to stimulate the economy. Also, we will be showcasing various services in the government sector, new or developing business to prospective investors," resident Director of the Department of Commerce Rota, Vicente M. Atalig said.

Local businesses and their counterpart from Saipan and Guam are expected to participate in the event.

The exposition which will be held yearly shall feature various businesses, local and otherwise, and locally made products which Rota is famous for.

"Hopefully, the annual staging of this event amy greatly help and encourage Rota's general public in the field of entreprenuership," Atalig said.

Thomas D. Mendiola of the Business Advisor Department of Commerce also stated that "Businesses on island shall benefit through this exposition, not to mention, a lot of investors are out there exploring viable ventures."

For more information on the registration and for other inquiries, please contact the Department of Commerce Office at (670) 532-9478/9578/9678 or fax (670) 532-9501.

Irrigation Funds availability announced A FARMERS meeting is scheduled for May 6 at 3 p.m. at Plant lndusl!y in Kagman to discuss the Environmental Quality Incentive Progrrun (EQIP) administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Under the EQIP, Kagman Watershed famicrs meeligiblt: for financial and technical assistance funds to install mi inigation system on their crop fields.

The EQIPprogrrunsal\ows NCRS personnel to m;sist fmmers develop and install a water conserving inigation system.

Approvals forfunding will be based on a priority system. The program wil

continue for four years and should have f unc.Js enough to prov idc inigation systems for I 00 acres of crops.

Frumers approved for funds will enter into a five yeru· contract with NRCS ru1d be responsible for installing the necessmy conservation inigation practice and maintaining them for the life of the contract.

Sign up for irrigation funds will begin May 11 and end May 28.

Interested fmmers can apply at the NRCS office in the Horizon Building on Middle Road. Applications will be taken from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday. Farmers may call 233-3415 if they have any questions.

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The Around the Islands section covers community stories, local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a story you would like to share, or an event that needs to

be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341

It's 'Bizarre Week' at Garapan Elementary By Laila C. Younis

Variety News Staff THINGS are a little "bizam:" at Garapru1 Elementmy School.

Wei\, only for this week, a~ it is "Bizarre Weck" at GES and school officials say it is in pmt "to get the studems to read".

"We strutecJ this week with · Mallm·ds Day' with everyone wem· their unifrnms and show school pride. On Tuesday. it was 'Backwards Day' mid everyone wore clothes backwm·ds rn1cl did things backwru·ds," said Bizarre Week Coordinator and GES Second Grade Teacher Josie Peuit.

"lliis week serves as a reminder to

Students_ and leafhers at Garapan Elementary School gather for a photo during their Island Wear Day' for 'Bizarre Week' at GES.

Phoro by Laila C. Younis

students to read because we also started the week with a challenge for the school to read 7,500 books, which meal! thebooksinthelibrary,by May 13th," she said.

"So far, I have passed out 3,CXXJ copies for book reports which the studenL, me required to do aftcrreading. So it looks like we will reach our goal. It has been very exciting," she added.

Penit also pointed out that there will be''prizes"fordiestudent, if they reach the 7,500 mark.

·The srudent, will have a chance to play pranks on the teachers, dress up ourPrincipal,andshaveoffoneofour

teacher's hair," said Pettit. "It seems to be keeping the stu

dents pumped up to read, and that is our goal. The fifth graders are also tying it in with math by taking statistics on who is participating," she said.

"We planned the activities mainly to bring up school pride and to encournge reading," said G ES Ptincipal Ju,m L. Babauta.

"Bizarre Week gives also gives a chance for the students to be more free and creative and I think it is a mmvelous idea," he said.

Accorc.Jing lo Pettit, toe.Jay is .. Inside out Day" and tomorrow will be "Hats Day".

NMC Business exposition to benefit small business

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THE NMC Business Development Center is sponsoring a business expo which will provide local entJ·epreneurs :md established small business ,m opportunity to avail of vm-ious services to slut up new business ventures or exp:md operations throughout the CNMl

Dubbed ,Ls die First Annual CNMI Business Expo, die event is a unique opportunity for cuITent and future business owners because representatives of all govenment depmtments ,md agencies involved in the licensing, regulating, monit01ing and providing assistance to small businesses ,ue present.

'The intent is to make this a One Stop Shop for local small business persons where questions regarding

GES seeks founding graduates GARAPAN Elementary School is neming the end of its 30th anniversary in the Public School System.

This year, the students. staff. and faculty haw chosen to produce a school yearbook to commemorate this occasion.

Within the yearbook, the 6th grade class has decided to rccog;rizc the first sixth grade class 10 graduate from Garapan Elementary School back in \ 968.

The Principal of GES, Juan L. Babauta, as well as the Yearbook and Recognition Committees, are asking all 1968 graduates of Garapan Elementary to contact the school via phone, fax, mail, or personal v isi talion.

Please respond at the Garapan Elementary Office by providing name, address, contact number, occupation, and personal photographs from the 1967/ 1968 school year by May 15, 1998.

Your participation is greatly appreciated to make this a very memornble year.

phone: (670)-234-9832 fax: (670)-234-051 I address: Garapan Elementary

School PO Box 1370, CK c/o Public School System Saip,m, MP 96950

the sta11-up, maintenance ,md growth of p1ivate ventures c,m be ,mswered by experts," said Jack Peters, director of die NMC Business Development Center.

This series of free events is in line with die celebration of die Small Businc~s Development Month in the CNMI. rn1d is co-sponsored by ,m oppoI1unity to avail of the CNMI Dep,u1ment of Fin,mce, Saipan and Tinian Chambers of Commerce, and the Offices of the Mayors of Saipan, Rota and Tini,m.

The first pmt of the expo takes place on the Rota Gymnasium on May 7, from JO am to 4 pm. and on May 8, from 9 ani to 3 pm. The business expo continues on May 9 at the Tinian Gymnasium, from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. The last day of the expo will be held on die Saipan Multipurpose Center on May 17, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.

Interested paities may contact the NMC Business Development Center at tel.# 235-15-51, or the Department of Commerce at tel. # 664-30-14.

A young girl paints one of the "creative" ballons at a booth during the 17th Annual Flame Tree Arts Festival last Saturday. Photo by Frank Manibusan Eliptico

UOG College gets accred.it~d Jacob L. Guerrero

Variety News Staff T AMUNJNG, Guan1-The Uni

versity of Gu am announced ina press release yesterday that, University's College ofBusiness and Public Administration has received notice that it has been granted full accreditation by the

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International Assembly for ColJegi ate Business Education (IACBE).

Specific programs accredited by the Assembly include the Master of Business Administration degree and the Master of Public Administration degree.

On the underg7·aduate level

Bachelor of Business Administration degrees that were accredited include Accounting, Finance/ Economics, Inter-Onational Business, International Tourism, Management, and Marketing.

The notice came ea7Jier this month from IACBEheadquarters in Overland Park, Kansas.

Governor to declare May as Small Business ·Month GOVERNORPedroP. Tenorio is expected to sign a proclamationdecladng the month of May as the first annual "CNMI Small Business Development Month."

The proclamation ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Governor's conference room on Capitol Hill on Friday, a news release from the Northern Marianas College Business Development Center said.

In issuing the. proclamation, Governor Tenorio recognizes the free technical advice and assistance provided to the citizens of the CNMI by the NMCBDC in its efforts to encourage local entrepreneurs to start new business ventures and help established small business owners resolve problems · . confronting their businesses

and/or develop ways to increase the size of their operations.

These efforts contribute to the economic development of locally-owned small businesses which create private sector jobs and provide an alternative to dependence on government employment.

The Governor also will recognize the combined efforts of the Business Development Center, the Department of Commerce, the Offices of the Mayors of Saipan, Rota and Tinian, the Chambers of Commerce of Saipan and Tinian, and the many government departments and agencies that license, monitor, regulate and/ or assist small businesses who will jointly present a series of Business Expo events in May on the islands

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House OKs PSS bill Turtle habitat in peril THE HOUSE of Representatives yesterday approved the new version of a bill that establishes a special financial package for the Public School System.

House Bill l l-186 identifies fuel taxes as the source of the $2 million to be appropriated annually for the special account from which PSS would get the funds to pay its loan obligations.

Ti1e new bill replaced House Bill 11-77 which wa~ vetoed by Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio because of the absence of provisions that identifies the source of funding.

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borrow money from lendlng institutions ru1d allows the CNMI govenunent to act as guarantor.


THE MARIANAS Visitors Bureau (MVB) is planning to fence off the Obyan beach from vehicles following concerns indiscriminate parking has been adversely affecting the area's turtle habitat.

In an interview, Anicia Tomokane, MVB Managing Director, said the habitat, apparently disturbed by human activity, has been moving farther away into the sea.

She said she is bringing the matter up with officials of the Department of Public Safety

(DPS j and the Coastal Resource Management (CRM).

Tomokane explained though that people out on a picnic in the area actually have no choice but to park their vc h ic !es on the beach itself as immediate vicinities are dense with Tangan-tangan trees.

She added th at these people can not leave their cars far behind for fear of burglary which, reportedly, is rampant in the area.

"With the sound of roruing waves, it is difficult t<> hear car windows being smashed,'' she said.

Tomokane said MVB "see the need to clear the place ( ofTangantangan trees), l1avea defined park-

ing space and gate-off cars from entering the sand area."

Tomokane said the concern was brought to her attention by dive operators who have appare~tly noticed how the turtles' breed mg ground appears to have been shrinking.

'The dive operators shared with us their concern regarding the loss of turtle habitats, the destruction of corals and living organism.

"(Obyan beach) was primruily a tu1tle habitat. The observation is that the habitat has moved from neru· the (beach 's)entiy meagoingfartherand farther away into the sea," said Tomokane.

Ti1e bill filed by Rep. Karl Reyes, who is also author of the original bill, seeks to establish the Public School System Building Fund within the Department of Finance.

1l1e PSS Commissioner, however, would have the expenditun: authority over the fund, the bill said.

According to HB I 1-186, the fund would be the source of payment for $15.5 million dollar loan secured by PSS from the California Financial Services for the construction of a new high school on Saipan.

Maps ready for land inventory '"Such funds sh,tll be continu,tlI y

appmpriated to the public school system for the sole pwpose of paying tl1e p1incipal and interest on any financing entered into by the public school system pursuant to House Joint Resolution 10-36," the bill said.

The resolution authorizeS·PS.S to

'Toe funds shall be non lapsing except tl1at upon certification by the secretruy of finance that all p1incipal and interest on all financing has been in full and discharged, any funds remaining in the public school system fund shall lapse to the general fund," the bill said. (MCM)


THE TEAM tasked to complete an inventory of available public lands has come up with preliminary maps identifying possible unoccupied areas.

It has also requested for additional staff saying· the un-

denaking involves a "long tedious process."

In an interview, Vince T. Castro, Chief Planning Officer of the Division of Public Lands (DPL) said the maps are now being verified with the Division of Lari.d Registration (DLR) for accurate accounting.

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Castro said onsite inspectio1:s are now being done by the six-man team.

"We want to finish it this year," he said.

Results of the inventory, Castro said, will be utilized for an updated Land Use Plan, the most current of which was drafted in 1989.

Castro said he has "verbally" asked DPL Director Bertha Leon Guerrero, who assigned him to lead the task, to beef up his staff.

"It will be a long tedious process," he explained.

He nevertheless said the team "is getting all the help."

Guerrero, in an earlier interview, said the inventory project tops the division's priorities.

She had issued a memorandum directing her staff to "concentrate" on the matter explaining that her office has been getting inquiries from the Legislature and the applicants themselves.

The inventory is seen to help policymakers iron out plans for the optima! use of the Commonwealth's land resources.

It was primarily meant to establish whether the Commonwealth still has enough public lands for homesteaders.

Guerrero had said she "personally feels there are still enough lands for homestead."

The division opted to have the inventory done as an inhouse project to save on expenses.

"It may be too costly," she replied when asked why government did not commission the project to p1·ivate organizations.

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FAW.Ns Guam convention ends By Jan Furukawa Variety News Staff

TAMUNING, Guam-After four days of "a good mixtur-e of social activities and work," the 15th convention of the Federation of Asi,m Women's Associations came to a

close Sunday witl1 a luncheon in Merizo, hosted by Mayor Ignacio ··Buck" Crnzaml a tourof select sites.

Dr. Chiu-aGhoush, i mmediatc past p1-esidcm of the International Federation of University Women at the Universil_y of Calcutta, said she thought the rnnwntion .. w..:nt very well. Ve1y nice, imleed. Everyone is ve1y friendly, very hospitable.''

1l1e professor, who said political science is her discipline, teaches in the Women Studies depaitment of tl1e Calcutta university, and guides research at the Institute for Asillil Studies, ,tlso in Calcutta.

Ghoush said the federation "functions as the center of leadership for a united front, ,1united voice for women.

··r w,Lweryimpr-essedwitl1FA WA, pmticuhu·Iy tl1e kind of friendship :1e1-e,'' she s,Lid, adding she would

i\manin. a.woman's world · -By Jan Furukawa Variety News Staff

TAMUNING, Guam - Call RodneyWebbaman'sman. Orea!! him a Lone Ranger.

Whatever you call him, you have to admire the man. He's the one activemalememccroftheSoroptimist International of the Mruianas.

Webb, who is employed with the Guam Finance Comimission at the Office of the Governor, serves as the organization's born·d t1-easu1-er.

He was assisting Evelina McDonald, who chaired the 15th Federation of Asian Women's Associations convention, as she worked to finalize reports and other documents for the closing cer-emony Saturday afternoon. He gladly gave a few minutes to talk with yet another woman.

Webb said he wa5 1-ecruited by a

friend, Jacquie Ronan, who was theSoroptimist'spresident-electat the time, and who had enough vision to work to inc1e,L-;e membership even befon.'. ceginning her term.

He said the !Vlcui,mas group is I 0 vem, old now. with younger mcmbe1,hip thm1 its .. par-ent" organization, tl1e Soroptimist International of Guan,, whicl1 has been ,u-ound twice ,L, long.

"Aftenwoorthr-eeluncheons, I felt comfortable,"Webbsaid. "It was ,m intm:sti11g group ol' women, and I saw it ,L, a good oppo11unily to meet people with similm· w;pirntions."

Webb said he's always had ,m intcn::st in women's issues, rn 1d w:mtcd to take adv :m1agcof tl1c org,mization' s business-01icnted programs.

"It's funny. though: I'm often the only 111,u1, but I don't kcl uncomfortabl~ w1ymo11.:."

1-k noted that there: is onc other man in the urg:miz,1tion. IJ1·. l::trl Sauget, but he is not ,is active:.

Tl1<.! I 0-ycar-old organization is now"50-su·ong. A lotofmcninquirc. hut vc1y few step fo1w,u1.l."

Chitra Ghoush

c:nlist her orgm1ization of e<lucat01a with the federation upon herr-etum to India.

"Wedothesamekindofwork,and this is an oppo1tunity for our members to sort of come to a wider horizon," she said. "I really hope to come back and visit the university. Academics is my first love."

Ghoush said she would welcome more p,u1icipation from men in women's issues. "It is very importam to have their point of view," she said.

"In India, cooperntion is good, but in certain places, we have been left

out. We me not equal with regard to oppo1tunities and chances.

''With awareness and more publicity, they will come," she said assuredly, adding that "convention, tradition rn1d religious sentiment" rn-e opposing forces, as well as women themse Ives.

"Sometimes, women me their own worst enemy. k; mothers, we raise our sons different from our daughters .... It takes time for us to come to this point. It'll take time."

Another pmticipant, Dr. Rechie T. Mrn1col, also said the convention went well. ··Jt w,L, very smooth, an<l successful."

TI1e professorofbiological science at the Centro Escolrn· University in Manila is a memccrofthe Philippine Association of University Women.

She said tl1e workshops on decision-making mid advancement of women we~ especially inter-esting, as discussions "pose a challenge to us as to what we can do to encourage women in decision-making.

"It should cc integrated as prut of the curriculum. Student~ should become independent thinkers: they should utilize higher-order thinking

skills," she said. TI1e mem ccrs in attendanceelected

Lulu Quezon, also from Manila, to pr-eside over the federation for tl1e next two years, according to Evelina McDonald, who served as chairper-

son of this yeru·'s event. The convention in the year 2000

will cc held in Manila, she said. McDonald said women from or

ganizations in the Commonwealth of Continuecfon page 2~0

The Soroptimist International of the Marianas with its President Charlotte Dimarucut in this photo from the just-concluded FA WA conference.

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12-MARIANAS V ARlETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY - APRIL 30, 1998

World expert to help control deadly virus

Micronesian nations seeking to buy plane

CANBERR\(Pacncws}-A world expe11 is to help Auso:11iiui autho1ities conoDI the deadly Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus which has entered nort.hem Australia through the Torres So-a.it islandsfromPapu;New Guinea.

The fo,t case of JE acquired on mainland Ausu·alia was 1ecorded last month but .the preliminary results of

mon: thw1 450 blocxl swnples taken from people in two communities on Cape York at the no11hem tip of Queensland show no evidence of widespread JE infection.

Queensland's heal th minister, Mike Horan, says the 1esults we1e encouraging but stressed that the threatofJE on the Ausu-alian mainland was not over.

He said health expelts had rnled out a massJE vaccination program in Cape York but other long te1m strat -egies would include mosquito conaul and regular tests of pigs.

'lne vims is carried by mosquitoes and spread through pigs.

Two people died in the Ton-es Strait fmm JE in 1995 and subsequent blcxxl tests showed that. 35 people were infected with the virus.

TARA WA (Pacnews)-The Council of Micronesian Chief Executives CMCE, is looking for a plane, the size of the SAAB 2000, to maintain airlinks between Micrunesian countries and possibly Tuvalu.

Kiribati PresidentTeburoro Tito who is the cun-ent chahman of the CMCE, says the decision was made because Air Marshall Island is planning to sell out its SAAB 2000 aircraft to Air Vanuatu, Radio Kiribati reports.

CMCEhas assigned Naurn Presi-

dent Kinza Clodumar to discuss a possible loan with the Asian Development Bank. Clodumar is currently in Geneva for the ADB Board of Governors meeting.

Meanwhile, theKi1ibatiandNauru governments along with Air Nauru have signed an agreement for Air Nauru to com~nsate for cancelled schedule flights to Kiribati.

Earlier this year, Air Naurn 's sole plane was impounded by Phillipine authorities for outstanding debts. President Tito said during the crisis,

Fiji opens info-tech forum SUVA (Pacnews)-Fiji's assistant minister for communic;itions. works and energy, Viliame Cavubati, says expanding the use of computers, email and the Internet is critical to Pacific Islands development.

future." Solomons, Vanuatu delegations offtoArawa

He was speaking Tuesday while operung a three-day meeting on informational technology at the Fonm1 Secretaiiat in Suva.

·Toe impact of info1mational technology already is quite subst:u1tia1:· he said. '"mid only will incre,L'iC in the

Although new technology brings · new challenges and responsibilities, Cavubati pointed out that it will also make the Pacific island nations and territories "less isolated in this shrinking world."

Security of computer stored and distributed information is a problem, he said, one he encouraged the participating Pacific experts representing the r.:gion 's mult.i-national organizations. to resolve

HONIARA(Pacnews}-Solomon Islands foreign minister, Patteson Oti, is leading the country's delegationtothesigningoftheBougainville ceasefire agreement at Arawa on Bougainville Thw-sday.

ThedelegationincludesthechairmanofthePeace Committee, Home Affairs Minister Reverend Leslie Boseto; Special Emissary to Bougainville, MP for Sho1tlands,

~ire of tbe 1 ob '{[raining ,t)artnernbip ~ct ~ice of tl)e ®obernor

PUBLIC NOTICE April 27, 1998

UMMER

Albertt.aore;MPforRanonga-Simlx> FrancisHillyandtheGovemorGeneral Sir George Lepping, SIBC reports.

The other members of the group are the director of information, Johnson Honimae, and a foreign affairs official.

Australia's foreign minister, Alexander Downer, and his New Zealand counterpart, Don

The Governor's JTPA Office is now accepting applicants for the Youth Vacation Employment Training Program for the following islands:

ISLAND Tinian Rota

MI.S 50 50

CONTACT Ann Marie Hocog

Tina Manglona

OFFICE Personnel Office Labor & lmmig.

PHONE 433-0032 532-4003

Furthermore, priority consideration will be accorded to U.S. and CNMI Residents, who are economically disadvantaged pursuant to the Poverty Income Guideline. Depending on the availabili1y of local funds, the Program may accommodate those students who are considered high income to fulfill the 50 slot. Therefore, all Applicants must possess U.S. Passport or other legal documentation such as adoption papers.

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signed:

/s/Felix R. Nogis JTPA Executive Director

McKinnon, will also attend the signing along with representatives of the Fiji and Vanuatu governments.

Vanuatu's delegation is led by the assisting minister of foreign affairs, Clement Leo and includes a Foreign Affairs officer Peleai Kalotiti.

They leave Port Vila this after -noon.

PM warned . about-leasing An.uha Isle ·

HONIARA (Pacnews)-The Solomon Islands government has been sternly warned against subleasingAnuhaislandresortinCentral Province for re-development.

The warning is contained in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa 'alu, SIBC reports.

The letter is writ\en by a fonner employee of the island reso11,John Smith, who had provided documentary evidence to prove his insistent claim of power of attorney over the island resort.

In his letter, Smith appealed to Ulufa'alu to uphold and safeguard the legitimate rights of the late Father Pule and his family, who had freely and within the law, gave him irrevocable power of attorney over Anuha island.

Both the Attorney-General's Office and the Tourism Office in Honiara have stated that the claim by Smith has no legal grounds and that arrangements were being finalised with Islands Hotel Limited to re-develop the property.

Teenage crimes up in Tonga NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews)Housebreaking, theft and assault still top the list of crimes most comitted in Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa.

According to police rep011s, most cases of housebreaking and theft arc crn,-ied out by teenage boys during broad daylight, Radio Tonga rcpons.

The police repo1t comes after a I 3-yearold boy broke into a dwelling house last Sunday during the morning church service and stole over I 00 pa' anga ($US65).

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"Bet with your head not over it."

French President Jacques Chirac, right, ushers Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako during a reception at French Ambassador's residence in Tokyo Tuesday. Chirac is in Japan to meet Japanese political and business leaders and to attend Year of France celebrations. AP

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aged 13 and 16 were apprehended by police for breaking into various retails shops in Nuku'alofa.

And on Monday night, thieves broke into a downtown shop and stole 800pa'anga (SUS5 l 9) worth

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be given special treatment. He said the bill might set a bad

precedenc. Representative Tenorio admitted

thatJones's concerns were valid, but added that illegal aliens are not criminals.

He said his bill would not excuse illegal aliens for any crime they might have committed.

Instead, the proposed Jaw would aliow illegal aliens to ··come out ,md be counted." ,eek legal employment ~ll!d p;l} t:t\L'",.

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ofliquor and cigarettes, and some other items from a residential house.

Police say money is always the motive behind most cases of housebreaking and theft.

They summed up the problem for teenagers in Nuku 'aofa as stemming from lack of parental discipline and supervision.

is concerned over the deportation of aliens;' Teno1io said.

"My bill is a humanitarian gestu1e mid a good sum in our effo1ts to refonn our labor and immigration," he added.

Estimates on the number of illegal aliens range from 2,000 to 15,000.

"Every estimate is a guess, but with this bill, we can finally know how many illegal aliens the CNMI has," Tenorio said,

For her pan, Rep. Maria T. Peter (Ind. -Pree. 3, Saip,m) said that though she suppons rhe bill\ intent, the community should be consulted through ,, pulllic h~,urng.

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South Korea, Japan set for fisheries talks SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -A nine-member South Korean delegation left for Tokyo Tuesday to open working talks with Japan on a new fisheries agreement between the two countries.

The meeting Wcunesday anJ Thursday is the first official session between the two countries since Japan unilaterally abrogated an old pact in January.

he South Korean delegation wi II be led by Yoon Byong-sae, a deputy director general at the Foreign Ministry,.

Citing a lack of progress in more than a year of negotiations to sign a new treaty to replace the old agreement, Japan unilaterally abrogated a 1965 fisheries treaty in January,

That touched off angry antiJapan protests in South Korea. Japan ruled the Korean Peninsula as a colony from 1910 until its deieat in World War JI in 1945.

The treaty that Tokyo scrapped sets exclusive fishing rights within 12 naulical miles ( 14 miles or 22 kilometers) of each side's shores.

It remains in effect for a year after either side decides to abrogate it.

A new J apm1-South Korea fisheries treaty is necessmy lo adapt to die 1994 U.N. Convention on the Law of tl1e Sea, which allows a country exclusive fishing rights within 200 nautical miles (230 miles or 370 kilometers) of its shores.

Japan and South Korea are less than 400nautical miles ( 460rniles or 7 40 kilometers) apart, so there are overlapping areas, and the two sides have been unable to come up with a compromise.

Chinese urged to travel to scenic South Korean island SEOUL, South Korea (AP)China will positively consider Scoul'srequesttodesignateaSouth Korean island as an mea where Chinese citizens may tr11vel without 1estrictions, a high-ranking Beijing official said Tuesday.

Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao made the response when asked by South Korean President Kim Dae-jung to encourage Chinese tourist, to visit South Korea's southernmost island of Che ju.

Che ju, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Seoul, is a major tourist destination for foreigners as well as South Koreans.

Beijing so far has designated Hong Kong, Macao, Thailand, Singapo1e, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Australia as free-tr11vel rueas, and Chinese c,m tr11vel there without any restrictions.

Chinese tr11vel to other. nondesignated count:Iies is ve1y hard because of complex regulations and restrictions.

TheSouthKoreanpresidentsaid Cheju Island should be included on the Chinese list so that more Chinese can visit the scenic island.

The issue came up in discussions on strengthening economic and other ties between Beijing and Seoul. which o~ned formal diplomatic 1elations in 1992. China is the h,t major communist ally of

Kim Dae-jung

Seoul's rival, North Korea. Kim noted a heavy travel imbal

ance in favor of China. "A true friend is someone who is

with you when you are in trouble," Kim said, stressing the importance of China'shelptoresolveSouthKorea's economic woes.

Some 580,CXXl South Koreans visited China last year, whileonly90,000 Chinese, mostly ethnic Koreans looking for jobs, came to South Korea.

Hu told Kirn that China would positively consider the South Korean request, and that a working-level agreement on the matter would be enough, government officials said.

Hu anived in Seoul Sunday for a five-day visit, accompanied by 40 government officials.

He earlier met with acting Prime Minister Kim Jong-pi!, Foreign Affairs Minister Pm-k Chung-soo and other leaders.

Hu Jintao

Hu, 55, is the youngcstrnemberof the ruling Communist Party's inner circle.

He was elected state vice president by the National People's Congress, China's legislarure, in March.

Also at Tuesday's meeting with Kim, Hu invited the South Korean president to visit China for talks with President Jiang Zcrnin.

Accepting the invitation, Kim said he would visit China "in the near future," South Korean officials said.

Otherissuesdiscussed at the meeting included ways to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula, officials said.

Since the establishment of formal relations in 1992, two-way trade has increased fivefold to$ 23.5 billion in 1997.

China now is South Korea's third largest tr-adingpartnerafterthe United States and Japan.

A group of 50 Tib.etan Buddhist. nuns pr~y in fro'!t of United Nations headquarters in New Delhi Tuesday. The group rs protestrng to the United Nations to rntervene against China for occupation of their Himalayan homeland. AP

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Taiwan diplomacy irks China BEIJI~G (AP)- China accused BeijingandTai~i,1enewedlastweek ~~~7/r77'~?-:-c~--.----------,---.---.-,...,,.,,-= nval Taiwan on Tuesday of using its after three yems of tensions, could econom1cmuscletoscorediplomatic help determine what channels are v1cton~s with financially troubled appropriate. count:ncs. China and Taiwan have been di-

Chinese Fmeign Ministry spokes- vided since the communists ousted ma11Zhu Bangzaoappealed tocoun- Taiwan's nationalists from the Chi-llies recognizing Beijing to 1efrain nese mainland in I 949. from official contacts with Taiwan While Taiwai1's leaders maintain --:- a con_dition ~hina insists on for they support reunification once the d1plomatrc 1elatJon~. . mainland becomes more pros~rous

Althoug.h Zhu did .not smgle out ,md democratic, Beijing insists the anycountnesforcnt1c1sm, Malaysia, islrnid is a rebel provincewithnorioht weakened by the Asi,m firnmcial tur- to diplomatic relations and to be 7e-moil, seemed to be the intended t:ll'- taken by force if necessruy. ger. Despite its objections to Taiwan's

Taiwanese P1emier Vincent Siew diplomatic tactics, Beijing ha~ also led a 30-member delegation to Ma- been using its growing economic laysia over the weekend for high- suength to coax countries into sever-level political meetings and business ing ties with Taiwan. negotiations. Guinea Bissau switched ties last

"Taiwanauth01itieshavemadeuse week after Beijing reportedly met a of the economic difficulties of some request for financial aid that Taiwan countr·ies to pursue pragmatic mid refused to. dollm·diplornacy,"Zhu said at a rou- 111e change left Taiwan with 27 tine twice-weekly media briefing. diplomatic allies.

"It seduced some countr·ies to cs- Zhu, the Foreign Ministry spokes-tablish orrest01e diplomatic relations man, praised Guinea Bissau's deci-... in an attempt to 1each its goal of sion as one that would help promote splitting the mod1erland." steady development of ties.

~uling Na(ionalist Par!y lawmaker Yang Chi-hs[ung, left, scuffles with Cheng Chao-ming of the opposition b emocr,a~c. Progressive Party durrng a committee meeting at the Taiwan legislature Monday. The men

egan rg trng after Cheng trred to drag Yang away from the podium where Yang was speaking. AP China does not oppose Taiwan's

maintaining economic relations with other countries, and Zhu recommended that the island use such unofficial channels to offer assistance.

I-le suggested that talks between

Jia11g gets · -awardfor-.---11.elping boost food sec11rity·-

BEUING(AP)-ChineseP1esident Jiang Zcmin called Tuesday on industrialized nations to provide funds and technology to help die developing world boost fcxxl production.

Jiang pledged diat his government would continue to give top pliority to agricultuml prcduction torneetChina' s fcxxl needs.

DisputingargumentsdmtChina will have to rely increasingly on imports to fecditsgrowingpopulation,Jiangsaid: 'There is eve1y reason to believe tlmt China has die capability to get its ~ople well-fed and fell-clad through self-1eliance." ~

But Jiang said developing countries also need outside help.

"Developed countries should lake concrete actions and fulfil their due obligations in tcmis of capital and technical ,L,sistm1ce to hdp the developing countJ·ies cnh:uice focxl production capacity," he said.

fomg was s~aking at a ceremony whe1e he was awarded the U .N. Food and Agriculture Organization's Agricola Medal. ~

111e FAQ's di1cctor genernl, Dr. Jacques Diouf, said Jirnig ww; being n::cogr1ized for his "dedication, commitment mid suppo11 to the development of world ag1iculturc :md tl1c promotion of global food secu1ity."

China, with l.2billion people.feeds 22 percent of !l1e world's population on just 7 pcrcenr of tl1e world's m11ble lanJ, Dioufsaid.

China is '"!lie lm·gest actor in !lie mcnaofworld fcx.xl sccuiity," he said.

'Thal national food secuii ty continues lobe at the top of !lie govemment,tl agenda not only ensu1cs enough food for your own ~ople, but also greatly conuibutes to global rood secu1ity."

REPORT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK A subsidiary of First Hawaiian, Inc.

at the close of business the 31st day of December 1997 (In thousands)

ASSETS

Cash and balances due from depository institutions ...................................... $ 307,822

Securities................................................................... 668,289 Federal funds sold and securities

purchased under agreements to resell.. ........ .. Loans and lease financing receivables

Loans and leases, net of unearned income ........................ .

LESS: Allowance for loan and

152,400

5,065,609

lease loses.............................................. 65,184 LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve.............. None Loans and leases, net of unearned ------

income, allowance and reserve ........... . Assets held in trading accounts ................................ . Premises and fixed assets

(including capitalized leases) .......................... . Other real estate owned ............................................ . Investments in unconsolidated

subsidiaries and associaled

5,000.425 None

222,551 28,720

companies........................................................ 23,323 Customers' liability to this bank

on acceptances outstanding............................. 867

LIABILITIES

Deposits ................................................................... $

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase ......... ..

Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ............ . Trading liabilities ..................................................... . Other borrowed money ........................................... . Mortgage indebtedness and obligations

under capitalized leases ............................... . Bank's liability on acceptances

executed and outstanding ............................. . Notes and debentures subordinated to deposits .... . Other liabilities .......................................... , ..... . TOTAL LIABILITIES .............................................. ..

EQUITY CAPITAL Perpetual preferred stock ...................................... .. Common stock ........................................................ . Surplus ................................................................... .

Undivided profits and capital reserves ......... .. Net unrealized holding gains (losses)

on available-for-sale securities ........... . Cumulative foreign currency translation

5,010,852

618,081 None None

97,237

736

867 None

182,800 5,910,573

None 16,227

410,445 305,042

(276)

Intangible assets........................................................ 80,050 adjustments................................................... None ---'-'= Other assets............................................................... 157,564 TOTAL EQUfn' CAPITAL...................................... 731.438 TOTAL ASSETS ........................................................ $ 6,642,011 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CAPITAL. ........ $ 6.642,011

ASSETS

REPORT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK-SAIPAN OPERATIONS

at the close of business the 31st day of December 1997 (In thousands)

LIABILITIES

Loans ................................................................. $ 11 . 655 Deposits ........................................................... $ 327 Premises an·d fixed assets ................................ :... __ .:.:16::..::6 TOT AL ASSETS ................................................ $ 11,821

Due to Head Office ........................................... ___ 1.:...1:.c.4.:..:9::...:4 TOTAL LIABIL\TIES ........................................ =$==1=1,=82:C::1

The audited report of Fi'.st Hawaiian, .Inc. and subsidiaries and ~naudited report of First Hawaiian Bank-Saipan Operations are available for public review al the Office of the Director of Banking, Department of Commerce and Labor, Capitol Hill, Saipan.

® First Hawaiian Bank Gualo Rai Branch, Gualo Rai Commercial Center, Middle Road, (670) 235-3091

Member FDIC

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Alhright to China:

'Freeing dissidents not enough' By BARRY SCHWEID

TOKYO (AP)- Bound for China, tl1e key stop on a week-long tour of Asia. U.S. Secretary of State MaJcJeine AJbiighc says it is nor enough co release a hm1dful of noted dissidents and send them into exile.

In a university lecture, Albright said Tuesday that while China is changing forlhe bener in many ways "we cannot forget what is not right."

And that, she said, includes 1ep1ession of dissenl and nc!ligion and sp1ead• ing dead! y weapons ,md technologies.

"We must continue to speak with ,faity." Albnghr said at Sophia Lini\ersil). "For while some Chinese dissidenbhave ocen rele:.c;ed toe.\ile in recent months. the Chinese govemment's repression of dissent :u1d rd i gious lieedomhas not ceased ...

talked to Albright on !he telephone befo1e she made her statement al a joint news conference with Obuchi.

Albright and Obuchi signed an agreement that strengthens coordina· tion between the anned forces of tlle two countries. In an apparent reassumnce to ·china, which might view the ties as bolstering Taiwan against tlle mainland, Albright said "this is not directed at any particular· region or country."

Obuchi offered] apan 'sassurances, meanwhile, that tllere would be "no drive"toinaeaseexportstotllc United States, which would deepen tlle U.S. a-ade deficit with Japan.

It was $ 12. I billion in February, the largest gap in a decade.

Albiight's praise of the stimulus package was welcomed by tl1e Japa· nese government. While it was couched in careful diplomatic Jan. guage, she told 1eporters "that's about as hot as I can make it."

Ori the other h,01d. Alb1ight said, the Chinese govemment is Jess in· valved in the livesofit.scitizens tl1,U1 at ,my time in tl1e hL~t 50 years. ,mc.1 there are hopeful signs of dialogue ,m10ngChinesesrudents.scholars,md officials.

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright looks at Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto laugh reacting to Albright's joke during their meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday. Albright arrived in Tokyo before leaving for China early Wednesday. AP

Al bright arrived to front-page news that Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga had imposed punitive measures against 112 of his subordinates who were found to have been lavishly entenained by financial institutions.

With the 1elease this monthofWang D,m. a democracy leader, and the freeing earlierofWeiJ ingsheng, tl1c1-e is no "big fish" in Chinese jails. a seniorClinton administration official 10Id TI1e Associated Press l,L,t week.

As :1 resuh. the administration is shifting ge:.u, on human righl,. urg· ing tlle rele:t,e of little-knov.11 political dissidents.

Some 2.0CXJ .u-e imprisoned. ac· cording to U.S. estimates. Alb1ighr 's 1enwk.-; at Sophia Univer· sity undersco1ed tl1is broaderdem,md.

But she couched it in tem1s or improving relations with China. which President Bill Clinton hopes will result from his summit meeting in Beijing inJune with PresidcmJ i,mg Z..:min.

In Tokyo. Albright un(.krscored the development or a "unique ,u1d lasting JXil"tJ1ership'' on tJ1e international front with Jap,m. endorsing the Japanese government's S 128 bi Ilion economic revivul plm1 as tl1e right medicine for batte1-ed Asi,01 economies.

But the Clinton adminisn·ation is not backing away from its admonition that J ap<01 must do more for the 1egion and to keep the world's second-largest economy from descend· ing into deep recession.

Confinning the advice offe1ed Monday by U.S. Treasury Sec1etaiy Rober1 E. Rubin, officials traveling: in Asia wi tllAlbrightsaidsheconcum:d in his judgment tJ1atJap,m ha, to take longer snides to dc1egulate mid to open it, mm"kets to expons.

Albright begm1 a week-long nip to Asia by paying a call on !his shaky and scandal-tainted govemment. From here she flies to China on Wednesday to help lay the ground· work for Clinton's summit meeting with Jiang.

Albright was due to meet Ha,hi moto at tl1e encJ of u busy day that included sessions with Foreign .~1inister Keizo Obuchi and Koichi Kato, a leader of the Libernl Demo-crnts, the major faction in the ruling government.

Since Clinton docs not plan to visit

Japan, as well, Alb1ig:ht is picking: up the slack witll detailed meetings on the economic challenges facing Ja· pan and demands by the Group of Seven industrial countries !hat J ap:m de1egulate its service and retail secto1s <01d open its markets to cheaper foreign goods.

Those demands are due to be underscored when Clinton and tlle other leader, hold tlleir annual meeting, in Birmingham. Engl,md, next month.

The stimulus package approved last week by !he Japanese Cabinet calls for temponuy income tax cuts <01c.l large-scale public works spending.

'The United States government welcomes tJ1e ve1y important ancJ bold steps !he Japanese government took in terms of its economic sirua. lion," Albright said. 'These me sub-st,mtial policy measures m1d we see them as positive steps."

Alb1ight seemed more entllusiastic about the stimulus package tllan Rubin, but State Depanment spokesman) amesP. Ru bin, said while tlle1e

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~ebagtian ;ffienbtola ~an ~irolas (ROTA)

MAY 08, 1930 · APRIL 22, 1998 was called to his eternal rest on April 22, 1998 al/he age of 67.

In his passing, ht now joins his; Partnls: Santiago Taisacan and Carmen Masga Mendiola San Nicolas Falher & Molher in-Law: Vidal Mendiola & Dionicia Aialig Manglona Ht is survi>td by /,is: Wile: .~!aria Manglona San Nicolas Brolhcrs/Spouses: Jose M/VicenLa DLG San 1'icolas (deceased)

Anionic MJOlivia San Nicolas (deceased) Juan M. San Nicolas (dee.) & Carmen M. San Nicolas

Sister/Spouses: lnocensia M. San NicolaSIFrancisco Santos Hildcgardes M. SN Cabrera (dec.VRicardo DLC Cabrera Sis1cr Mary Bcne-0ic1 San Nicolas. RSM Salud M. San Nicolas (deceased)

Children/Spouses: Timothy Ml Adelia R. San Nicolas (Kamille, LeeTed, Margo. Justin. Tammy, TJ.. Precious SN/Blarde Guiawan) Lorina M. San Nicolas/Jose Pocaigue I April Ann. Danise Marie)

Donicio M/Dolores C. San Nicolas (Christina(dec.J. Arthur, Doredonna. Delaisa, Dcyorey. Doris) Clotilde SN/Benny A. Rosario (Jackie, Chevy, Mich.lei, Jason) Patsita SN/Anthony S.N. Pinaula (Corey) Thelma SN/Abraham Paguya (Scott Bryan, Jal:e Ryan) Crisccncia SN/Peler Paul Cruz (Michael Ray, Lee Brandon

Brolhers and S~ters in-Laws: Bernadina (decease) & Aniscar Manglona Rainatdo & Maria Manglona Francisco (decease) & Florida Barcinas Viccnle (decease) & Florccia Manglona

Additionally survived by numerous families & relatives Nightly rosary is being said at 8:00 p.m. at his residence in liyo Housing. last resprc_ts may be paid on Friday,

May 01, 1998; from 9.·00 a.m. to 2:4Sp.m. Funeral mass will be offered at 3:00 p.m. at San Francisco De Borja C/rurc/z. Burial will follow at San Jose Cemetery-Rota.

was "a different emphasis" !he two Cabinet officers did not disagree on the substance of tl1e package.

'1l1is is just a proposal at this poin~ it's not accomplished its objectives," the spokesm<ITT said. "We have to wait to see what effect it will have."

He said the treasu1y sec1eta1y had

One top minister was suspended for four montlls and ,mother had his pay cut 20 percent for six months.

They resigned along with a fo1111er banking bureau official.

China, Kyrgyzstan promise friendly cross-border ties

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, right, shakes hands with Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev at Zhongnanhai in Beijing Tuesday. Akayev arrived in the Chinese capital for a five-day visit. AP

BEIJING (AP) - China and been cracking down on Muslim neighboring Kyrgyzstan enjoy separatists. good relations and agree on op· Members of Xinjiang's main posing separatism, state media ethnic group, the Uighurs, com. reported Tuesday. plain that the region's oil and

Chinese President Jiang other natural resources have ZeminthankedPresidentAskar mainly enriched Beijing and Akayev on Monday for sup- Chinese migrants. porting China's position on Tai- China has tried to improve wan, Tibet and opposition to relations with Kyrgyzstan and national separatism, the offi- the other Central Asian coun-cial China Daily reported. tries that formerly were part of

It quoted Akayev, who ar- the Soviet Union and has urged rived Monday for a five-day their leaders not to support anti. visit, as saying Kyrgyzstan op- Chinese separatists. poses separatism and religious The two countries on Monday extremism and has learned from signed a statement on strength· China'sexperiencesinhandling ening friendly relations and relations among ethnic groups. agreements on trade and eco-

Kyrgystan borders Xinjiang nomic cooperation, Chinese province in China's far north- loans to Kyrgyzstan and extra· west, where the government has dition.

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Hong Kong busts fake CD ring HONG KONG (AP) - The imti· graft agency on Tuesday m1ested six mo1e people allegedly involved in what is believed to be the biggest counte1feit video compact discs sync.Jicate in Hong Kong hist01y.

The Independent Commission Against Conuptionon Sunday seized 7 million video CDs ,md production equipment worth 650 million Hong Kong dollm, (U.S. $ 83 million) in raids on five factories in the New Tenitories bordeiing China.

On Monday, a dozen people were anested, including a senior customs officerwhoallegedlytookbribesfrom the syndicate in return for his protection.

The commission did not identify the officer, but Jcx;al newspapers said he was Aeling Senior Supl Grego1y Wong, head of prosecution, intelligence and investigation.

Commission officers also seized anotl1er two containers filled with I

million suspected pirated video CDs ata public car·go terminal on Sunday.

An investigation was under way, and no charges have yet been filed, said commission spokeswoman Lisa Li.

Authorities in Hong Kong and otller tenitoiies in tile 1egion ar-e under pressure, particulm·Jyfrom the United States, to do a better job of protecting intellectual prope1ty.

U.S. officials say Hong Kong has

HONG KONG (AP) - Police hauled away and detained about 30protesters, investors in a failed local finance firm, for lying across tram tracks Tuesday and halting lunchtime traffic in downtown Hong Kong .

About 60 investors staged a sit· in in a public garden in the central business district, and then marched to the territory's stock exchange to demand their money back from the firm, said a police spokesman. speaking on the cus· tomary condition of anomymity.

Pol ice blocked the entrance of the exchange, and about 30 walked to the tram tracks and blocked them, the spokesman saicJ. Police hauled them away after about :m minutes ant.I detainet.1 rhem for obstructing traffic.

Hong Kong has escaped much of the economic and social lur· moil elsewhere in Asia, but has experienced some problems.

Money-lending company C. A. Pacific Finance ancJ its sister unit, C. A. Pacific Securities Ltc.1., a brokerage firm, collapsed in January. Hundrec.Js of investors have protested to demand 1heir money back.

ln early February. police arrested two people in rnnnccrion with a 373 million Hong Kong dollar ($47.8 million) unsecured Joan made by the company C. A. Pacific Finance.

The collapse or the two com pa· nies followed the liquidation in January of Peregrine, a major Asian investment bank.

become a production center as well as a disllibulion center since officials in mainland China began cracking down.

111ey said Hong Kong is putting its plans to become a hi-tech center at risk by not getting control of pirating.

Hong Kong filmmakers also have demanded stronger action against copyright piracy, which they say me plunde1ing tlle film indusoy.

111e tenitory lost its place as !he world's third-largest film producer last year·.

In response, Hong Kong passed what officials said is one of the tough· est anti-pirating laws in the world.

Last week, cL1stoms officials made another Jm·ge haul, 840,00) pirnted CDs, worth 26 million Hong Kong dollar·s(U.S.$ 3.3 million) in a raid on a plant tllat legally m<01ufactured raw mateiials for the discs.

Customs officers say !hey seized about l .5 million pirated discs of all kinds in the first two montlls of 1998, wortll 53 million Hong Kong dollm-s ($ 7 million).

That number of discs is almost one-third the total seized in all of 1997.

Neil Maloney, a senior official of an anti-graft agency, looks at video compact disc production equipment Monday in a raided factory in Hong Kong. Officials·seized 7 million discs and arrested 18 people, including a senior customs officer. AP

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PUBLIC NOTICE April 27, 1998

UMMER THIS IS TO INFORM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENfS ON YELLOW TRACK THAT THE GOVERNOR'S JTPA OFFICE IS NOW ACCEPTING ONE HUNDRED ( 100) APPLICANTS FOR THE YOUTH VACATION EMPLOYMENT

TRAINING PROGRAM.

PRIORITY CONSIDERATION WILL BE ACCORDED TO IIIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AGES 16 AND UP WHO ARE

BELOW THE POVERTY INCOME GUIDELINE. HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL FUNDS,

THE PROGRAM MAY ACCOMODATE THOSE STUDENfS WHO ARE CONSIDERED HIGH INCOME (WITHIN THE

SAME AGE RANGE) TO FULFILL THE 100 SLOTS.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS FRIDAY, MA_y 08, 1998. No APPLICATION WlLL BE ACCEPTED AFTER

THE ESTABLISHED DATE.

APPLICATION CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE MHS CousELOR's OFFICE OR THE JTPA OFFICE LOCATED

DIRECTLY ACROSS CUC. FOR INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT MR. MARTIN PANGELINAN OR MRS. LAURENT

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Toxic spill ruins crops ByJOHANNATUCKMAN

SM'LUCARDEBARRAMEDA, Spain (AP) - Yolumecrs began ck:Jring away JcaJ fish TucsJay from waters near a mine reservoir that burst anJ speweJ metallic waste, ruining alrnost 12 billion pesetas ($79 million) in crops and endangering wildlife.

The Andalucian regional government warned local authorities to monitor drinking water regularly for contamination.

The toxic liquid spilled near a prized European nature reserve when a dike collapsed Saturday in Aznalcollar, 250 miles (400 kilometers) southwest of Madrid.

'1110ugj1 the waste was diverted frorn th~ reserve. contaminated mud still threatens the 6 million

migratory birds who flock each year to its salt marshes, as well as lynx. otters. eagles and otherwildlifc who live there.

Fearing that birds wou Id eat the comami;,llcd · dead fish, volunteers fanned out to gather them up.Environmental activists joined the cleanup, arriving in a Greenpeace boat under a banner that depicted a gasping fish.

Fishermen waited gloomily at the docks in. Sanlucar de Barrnmeda, a tourism and fishing village on the Atlantic Coast.

"Nothing has ever happened like this here. ltcould be our ruin," said Juan Maria Lopez, 49, as he stood in a light drizzle and stared across the river toward the thick, green forest of the Donana Park

Volunteers prepare for US airlift to Iraq

By JAMAL HALABY AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - U.S. humanitarian aid for Iraq was loaded onto two Jordanian aircraft on Tuesday as volunteers prepared for the first American airlift to Baghdad. ·

Guy Smith, a vice chai1man at AmeriCares, said his group was informed through its liaison with the Iraqis - the International Committee of the Red Cross - that AmeriCares had to obtain a permission for the airlift directly from the Iraqis.

This was obtained early Tuesday, said Smith, adding that the planes would soon leave to Baghdad. Approval came from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry via the Jordanian government, Smith said.

Earlier, Smith said AmeriCares had accommodated Iraqi "requirements by conveying these materials by civilian transport."

Officials at the Iraqi Embassy in Jordan declined comment. Amid last-minute preparations, the I 9-strong group of reporters

and volunteers. including actor Val Kilmer waited in an outdoor cargo area at Amman airport under a cool desert breeze since shortly before daybreak.

American actor Val Kilmer, left, and Guy Smith, a vice chairman of the US charity AmeriCares, stand in front of one of the two Jordanian planes which carried aid from the United States, at Baghdad airport Tuesday. Kilmer went to Baghdad on a mercy mission to deliver the first shipment of US humanitarian supplies to sanctions-hit Iraq. AP

reserve. Lopez said the perils of the At

lantic Ocean were nothing compared to the approaching toxic waste.

ln Sanlucar, fishing. has been a family affair for generations, with everyone from 10-year-old children to 65-year-old grandfathers working on private boats.

Anders Bulow, president of Boliden Ltd., the Canada-based company that owns the mine, toured the area Tuesday.

T11e Confederatioh of Farmers and Livestock Organizations, which represents 200,000 farm owners in Spain, on Tuesday estimated initial losses at 12 billion pesetas ($79 million), mostly from rice, cotton and vegetables.

ltsaid J3,300acres(5,390hectares) of cropland will be left bar-

ren for 25 years because of the spill.

"It's not only an ecological disaster, it's a big social disaster as it affects people and their sustenance," confederation spokesman Jesus Larena said.

He said the group wou Id seek compensation for its members from the government and was considering legal action against the mine operator. He did not say how many farmers were affected.

Makeshift dikes diverted the 176 million cubic feet (5 million cubic meters) of waste away from the Donana Park reserve and toward the Guadalquivir River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles ( I 00 kilometers) downstream at Sanlucar.

The waste contains residues of cadmium, zinc and other metals.

Environment Minister Isabel Tocino said she expected "enormous" ecological and agricultural damage. She said the park was safe.

The Andalucia provincial environmental office insisted Tuesday there was no evidence of contamination in the waters of the Guadalquivir.

But Ricardo Aguilar, one of the Greenpeace activists, said Tuesday: "Of course it's going to get to the sea, the question is, in what quantity and how much damage it will cause."

Boliden said a sliding layer of earth beneath the reservoir had caused its walls to break.

It said the reservoir had been repaired and that its copper, lead and zinc mining operations had been temporarily suspended.

Kremlin says new Russian Cabinet to be announced soon

BySERGEISHARGORODSKY MOSCOW (AP)-Prime Minister Sergei Kiri yenko was set to present his list of new Cabinet ministe1-s to P1esident Boris Yeltsin on Tuesday, and the Kremlin said appointments might be announced immediately afteiwa.rd.

Presidential spokesman Sergei Ya.su-zhcmbsky said dem:es naming "tJ1e most obvious" candidates would likely be issued Tuesday night.

Ki1iyenko, who won a month-long confinnation battle with Communistled parliament over the weekend, spent the last several days out of the limelight while working on the compositic'in of the new Cabinet.

He was to meet Yeltsin at a p1esidential counlly residence outside Moscow in the afternoon, Y asu-zhembsky said, according to the Inte1fax news agency.

Ki1iyenko is expected to replace some Cabinet members 1esponsible for economic policies.

But Yeltsin has already indicated that several key ministe1-s, including Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov and Defense Minister Igor Scrgeyev, will stay in office.

Also expected to 1etain tJ1eir posl~ are Pinance Minister Mikhail ZadomovandlntcriorMinistcrSergei Stepashin.

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The overall makeup of the government's economic team, however, remained unclear.

Russian media have 1epo1ted a vmiety of alternatives for the post of first deputy prime minister for economics, including Boris Nemt~ov, who now holds the post, deputy premier Yakov Urinson and Sergei A\exa.,henko, first deputy chairman of the Central B:mk.

ll1e president ha.~ said he w,mt~ a young,energeticterun to speed up the pace of refonns, which have yet to revive Russia's economy.

Many parl iamcnt leaders mshed to meet with Kiiiyenkoon Monday in a last-minute attempt to get Cabinet seats.

"We would not like to be late and hear them say they have only the job of a deputy minister of tourism left," said ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

Russia's interim government has been handling only routine business since Yeltsin dismissed the previous Cabinet on March 23 for failing to produce tangible economic and social progress.

Kiriyenko can expect a tough fight with the opposition-dominated State Duma, parliament's lower house, when he tries to push his economic refo1ms.

The Duma confomed Kiriyenko on the third and final ballot Friday.

Manymemberschangedtheirvotes rather than risk the disbandment of parliament that would have followed a third rejection ofKiriyenko.

Duma 's Communist speaker Gcnnady Seleznyov warned on Monday that the battle was not over.

He said parliament would propcse a no-confidence motion if the economy did not improve.

ll1e Yeltsin adminisu·ation ;md prnfo1mem 1emain at odds over several vit.al issues, such as ratification of the ST ART II nuclc1u-,ums1eduction Ueaty,,md pl:UJS t01evise thecounll}' 's unwieldy tax system.

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Delta-United alliance pushed By DAN SEWELL

ATLANTA (AP) - Delta Air Lines and its pilots union are working on an agreement that wou Id allow a proposed global alliance with United Airlines to go forward.

"We still consider this a doable agreement," Delta spokesman Bill Ben-y said Monday. "We 're talking and we remain hopeful. We're working with our pilots to resolve the issues and feel good about the prospects."

United, the nation's No. I carrier, and No. 3 Delta were within hours of announcing an alliance - including frequent flier com-

binations and code-sharing on each other's route systems - in New York last Friday.

The talks, however, were suspended after Delta pilots demanded a voting board seat as a condition forfurthernegotiations. Both can-iers' pilots unions had to approve the plan before it could go forward.

Delta's chief executive, Leo F. Mullin, flew Friday from New York to a pilots group meeting in Portland, Oregon. to discuss pilot concerns. He was in Florida on Monday for a long-scheduled event.

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Association group at Delta told more than 8,000 members Monday that union leaders would be available to them this week to talk about the proposed alliance.

"The best interests of the Delta pilots will be protected. Period," union group chairman Denny Dolan said in a taped message to ALPA members.

"While the (union leadership) understands the strategic implications of this potential alliance, we are still awaiting resolution of the issues addressed with Mr. Mullin," urJion spokeswoman Karen McGuffey said.

Ben-y said Delta has assured

A specialist casts a worried look at the numbers on the trading board at the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday in New York. Stocks were recovering Tuesday as investors shrugged off a sudden bout of interest rate worries that sent the market tumbling on Monday. AP

Analysts claim it is still too early to raise interest rates

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER W ASIDNGTON (AP) - The inflation-wruy Federal Reserve may be starting to wrnry abcut inflation dm1-gers down the road, bu tpri va te economists doubt the cenn-al bank has enough evidence to stmt raising interest rntes.

ll1ese wialysts ,ue betting the cenu~il b,u1k will leave interest rates unchanged when tl1cy next meet 011 M,1y2 l ,dclayi11g:u1y inrn:asc to July at the e:u-Jicsl.

Some economists said tJ1cy still believe the Asi,ui cunency crisis, which is expected to cause a significmlt jump in Ame1ica 's u-ade deficit, could keep tJ1e Fed on hold for much longer, especially if inflation p1esswes1emain as low ,L, Ll1ey have been so far this year.

"It would be vc1y difficult political! y for Ll1e Fed to raise intc1est rates now, witJ1 inflation so low," said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at Norwest Corp. in Minneapolis.

But tJ1at wasn't t11c view in fin:mcial mm-kets Monday. whc110 a published 1epo1t about the FeJ 's closeddoordiscussions scntstocks:md bond p1ices skidding.

'!he Dow Jones indusu"il1I avc:ragc dropped by moric: than 220 poinl, at one point mid ended tht: day down I 46.98 at 8,9 I 7.64.

P\u11gingdemm1d for bonds pushed Ll1c yield on T1casu1y 's benchm,u-k

30-year bond above 6 percent for the first time since early March.

The Wall Street Journal said the central bank's rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee at its last meeting March 31 adopted a policy di1ective le,ming towm-J a boost in inte1est rates if conditions wmTm1ted.

Since December. tl1c Fed had been in a ncumtl stance. rrn:aning tl1c next !llOVC: w,L, just ,L, likely to be a rate cut as ~1 rate increase.

In practical tc1111s. tl1c orx:rational di1ccti vc has taken on less me,ming since 1994, when the Fed begm1 ,Ul

nouncing rate actions at the conclusion of its meetings.

However, fimmcial mm'kcts still watch the di1ectivc l,mguage forem·Jyw,uning sik'llsof a possib\echm1ge in ccno·al bank sentiment.

But mm1y private economists said that m1 even better indicator of Fed thinking in 1ecent ye,u-s In, been to listen to the public comnienL, made by Chainmm Al,m G1ccnsp,m, who signaled that Fed rate inc1cases we1e in;mincnt in 1994 and again in I 997 with public comment, well in adv,mcc or the Fed actions.

"It's signific,mt that we haven't hcmJ from G11.:c11spm1 yet,·· said Ly le Gnunley, a fo1rner Fed board member and now an economist with the Mongage B:mkc1-s Association.

"He docs not like to move witl10ut p1cprn·ing the 1mu-ket so Ulal it is not

shocked by a change in policy." The Fed lastchangedratesin March

I 997 whenitnudged the federal funds rate, the inte1est that banks charge on overnight loans, up by one-quarter point.

Various Fed members have made comments in 1ece11t weeks about conccms the cconom y may now be gmwing too rapidly. But G1eenspm1 h:L, not ueviateJ frnm 1ic:rnm·ks he maue

to C'ongn,:ss hL,t montl1 that tl1e forces working on the U.S. economy wm:e4uallyba\m1ccdbetwcenstrong domestic demm1d m1d tJ1e lh1eat Lliat the Asian cu1Tency crisis would shmply cut into U.S. expo11S.

Greenspan ,md other policy-makers have bcenexpectingtJ1e impact of th.: Asi,m cunency c1isis to slow Ll1e U.S. economy enough to make a 1:11e i ncre,L,C unnccesS,U}'. B Lil so f,u· tl1e IC

me kw signs tJiatslowdown is occurring.

·n1c govcmment will issue its first look at overall growt11 on 'Il1ursday.

ll1ecxpectation is it will rqxi1t that the economy's output of goods ,md se1vices was1isingat m1 :umual rate of 3.4percentinthcfirstqumterof 1998, little d1,u1ged from the 3.8 percent inc1ease in tJ1e gross domestic product for all of I 997.

Analysts said :mother the Fed will also be watching llm1-sday 's rele,L-;c of employment costs fonhe 11!-stqu,u·ter.

the union the alliance would not reduce flights or pilot jobs.

"In fact, it should stimulate growth," he said.

The union has long sought a voting member on the I 2-member Delta board of directors.

It also wants full, ongoing access to all information about the proposed code-sharing and has expressed concern about the possible impacts on job security and advancement opportunities.

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Last Thursday, American Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. announced plans to merge their frequent-flier programs and work with their unions on expanding the pact to include code-sharing.

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the Nmthem Mmiana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and RepublicofBelau attended this yem·' s convention. and tl1ose from theCNMl exp1essed an interest in joining the federation. "The CNMI now qualities a~ having obse1vcd one convention," she noted.

Jud!!illl! from the teedb.1ck sl1ewa., getting, McDonald said this ye.u·'s was a "!!rem confen:nce ... ··we hud gocxl s~akers... It was productive.

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tate executor Bank of Saipan, the Trust, the California AG and the other heir claimants first work on a deal among themselves and then to negotiate separately with Hill broom's counsel.

Such strategy, he added, gave Hill broom's legal camp a pivotal position in the negotiations and resulted in their having an effective veto over any negotiated term.

As a result, Hill broom obtained an option to purchase Hillblom 's interest in the Bank of Saipan at a very favorable price, said Mair.

The lawyer said one of Lujan 's principal negotiating goals was to

memorable and comfmtable for them (participanL~). Ourlineupof speakers provided m1 opprntunity to see different views. They're from India, Bar1gkok, Singapore, the Philippines.

'This is not just a social event. We wanted to make sure the workshops are good and that we can do something to improve your own life and yourneighbor's," she said.

··we have accomplished somethinl! here," she suid. "Let's celebn~e and then go home and put these resolutions into action."

preserve for Hillbroom the right to pa11ici pate in one or more of his father's businesses.

"Counsel beiieves that one of the best legacies for Junior (Hillbroom) is to participate in one of his father's assets and the Bank seemed ideal for this purpose," Mair said.

Mair said Lujan and Israel took the lead in resolving the negotiations with Hillblom's long-term girlfriend, Josephine Nocasa, who was claiming an interest in onehalf of the estate.

"Rather than taking one half of the estate, she settled for slightly more than $3 million through Junior's counsels' efforts." he said.

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equately documentthe impact of open migrationundertheCompactsofFree Association cetweentl1e United States and the governments of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.

Guam Gov. Carl T. C. Guite1rez was one of the first to join Guerrero in the lawsuit.

On me first meeting of the Council of Micronesian Chief Executives, Guitenez was able to secu1e a commitment from tlien CNMI governor Froilan C. Teno1io to join the suit The state ofHawaii eventually joined the suit at Sen. Guerrero's urging.

This is the first time a state, a commonwealth and a tenitory of the United States have sued the Federal Government as co-plantiffs.

The lawyers on the case aie Jeny Hogan from Guam, Robelt Dunlap from the CNMl and Madeleine Austin from Hawaii.

Under U.S. Public Law 99-239, the United States is responsible in documenting the effects caused by the open doorpolicy of the Compacts on the US-affiliated islands.

The US is also required to report such impacts expeditiously to ConQ:Jess which will men 1eimburse island governments, mainly Guam, tlie CNl'v1I and Hawaii.

The Government of Guam has estimated the cost of tlie compacts at $66 million as ofFiscal Year 1995.

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lrinidad C. Duenas 8th Year

Francisco SN. Cabrera 24th Year

Regina B. Cabrera 21st Year

We, the family, would like to invite all our relatives and friends to join us in prayer as we commemorate the death anniversaries of our loved ones.

Nightly rosary will be said beginning April 30 thru May 7, at 7:30 p.m. al the residence of Ms. Agnes T. Cabrera in Chalan Piao. On the last day, Friday, May 8, rosary will be said at 12:00 noon. Holy

Mass will be offered at 5:00 p.m., at Mt. Carmel Cathedral. Dinner will be served after Mass at the family residence.

Daily mass will be offered at 6:00 a.m. at Mt. Carmel Cathedral.

Please join us as we remember them in our prayers.

Si Yu'us Ma'ase/Thank You The Family

Ms. \gnes T Cal)rera & Children Ms. Andrea 13. Cabrera & Children Mr. Ignacio P Duenas & Children WM Ignacio P. Togawa ( Connie) & Children

M/M Stanlevl Torres (Arlene) & Children M/M Henuan B. Cabrera (Abbie) & Children M/M Antonio B. Cabrera (Arna) & Children

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Dist1ict Cou1t granted a summruy judgment March 6, 1997 in favor of the plaintiff island govemmenL~. ordeiing that the Compact Impact 1epo1ts be issued.

The Federal Government has appealed that decision.

The appeal will be heard May 4, 1998 in the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit Court in Honolulu, Hawaii.

"'The cost of tlie migration allowed

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the Commonweal th' s economy as well," he said.

As memberof the 1985 Constitutional Convention and as chair of the island'sDemocraticPartyinthe 1989 elections, Cing said he campaigned tireless] yfortheapproval of the initiative that allowed Tinian to have a casino.

As senator, Cing blocked legislation that would have permitted casinos to open on Saipan and Rota.

It was his adamant opposition to one such bill that led to his I 995 break up with a long-time political ally, then governor Froilan C. Tenorio, who, at one point, toyed with the idea of legalizing casino gambling on Saipan.

Cing argued that a Saipan casino would only kill Tinian 's casino. The bill was not passed.

ln 1996, Rota Democrats considered legalizing casino gambling on their island, but nothing came out of it after Cing, once again, registered his strong-and loud-opposition.

As chair of tl,e Senate Committee on Executive Appointments and Governmental lnvestigation, Cing conducted widely publicized over-

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all up," said Castro in a phone interview.

He said the "conservative" plan i, "attainable and time-bound ...

More homestead lots, he added, :u-e plm1ned to be developed upon completion of the 2,CXXl loL, next ye:u·.

Ca,tro also exp1essed optimism government cm1 come up with the funds needed for the unde1taking. He estimates it to be "between $4.6 million mid $6.5 million" excluding expenses on sewer and utilities.

"We have m'Olmd 1,8m to 1,900 homestead lots, including those alloted for puhlic facditics," Castro said.

He said the planned homestead sites me in Kagman III Phase IV. Maipi, Tanapag and Koble1ville.

Some 200 lots aie seen to be available in Kagman III Phase IV "in tl1e next few months," according to C,L,tro.

Roadwork on the site, he said, aie

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tcr ,md springs ·-.uc able to cm1y us through this c1isis."

He said Rota has to take steps immediately to find alternative resources.

·1hc1-e has yet been no hydro logic infrnmation collected on Rota. 'Il1ey

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by the U.S. Government under the Compactsisve1y1eal."saidGuitcnez.

"In 1998 our tax dollars are paying for the equivalent of three schools of students from the Compact nations. The U.S. Government said it would assess the impact of migration and pay us for these cost. This suit is about keeping the U.S. Government true to its word and obligation." Guiterrez said. !JLG>

sight hearings to clean up Tinian 's casino commission, which oversees the indusny.

"For Tinian's casino to succeed," he said during one such hearing, "the commission should be worthy of trust and res[)2Ct."

But Cing said Tinian should also be cautious now that the casino has opened.

'This humongous industry can change the people overnight, and we should worry about its impact on the community," he said.

"I don't really like casinos," he added. "It's just that after we gave up '2/3 of our island so that the people of the Northern Marianas's could get US citizenship, I had to think of ways to improve our economy."

Tinian oveiwhelmingly voted to join the US, Cing said, "because our people thought they'd be rich US citizens once the US military personnel were stationed on Tinian."

But the US military didn't anive, Cing said.

"I thought then that a casino would help us become a more attractive tourist destination," Cing said.

After convincing Tinian 's leading politician at that time, Felipe C. Mendiola, to support the idea of a casino, Cing asked the help of his brother William in the resulting campaign to pass the initiative.

neming completion. Accordingtotlieplan,muund 1,013

lots will be developed in two sites in Mmpi ,500 in upperTanapag arid 230 in Koble1ville.

Some 2CXJ more loL\ Ca,a-o said, will be made available from "scat· tered public lands" across the islund.

Govemmentissettocommissiona study of the 'J\u,apag site to determine if m1 abm1doned World War II militaJy dump in the m-ca poses a th1eat to would-be homesteaders in the aiea.

CL,u·o said government is working on acquiring funds from the federal government for the cleming of World Wai· II bombs in one of Ll1e Mmpi sites. Some 523 homestead lots have been alloted for the area.

Casu·o said DPL is coordinating with tlie Commonwealth Utilities Crnp. 1egm·ding the Koblcrville site a, the area, he said, ha, been found to be sitting atop a water table.

l11ere are now muund 3,(X)O existing homestead lots, 2,CXXl of which have already been issued hmd deeds.

l11e 1emaining 1,0:Xl ar-e ceing occupied by pe1mitholdm.

vc1y likely do have water resources similm·toSaipan m1dTinim1, but they need to be explrncd ,u,d defined. When that is done, Ll1cn tl1e CUC cm go in ,md put in p1·oduction wells," Curnth said.

Curnth said that CUC is in fact submitting a federal gnmt application this week to .. step up the c1Trn1s for water 1csources development" on Row. Saipm1 mid Tini:m.

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01 GUIDE TOUR-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: B & P INCORPORATION Tel. 287-7007 (5/14)Th26373

08 BUILDING MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Salary: $3.05 per hour 01 MASON-Salary: S3.05 per hDur 01 SUPERVISOR-Salary: $3.05 per hour 02 ELECTRICIAN-Salary: $3.05 per hour 01 CONSTRUCTION WORKER-Sal· ary: $3.05 per hour 03 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary: S3.05 per hour Contact: UNITED INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Tel. 235-6888(5/ 14)Th26371

01 CONSULTANT-Salary: $25,000.00 per year Contact: PETE A. TENORIO ASSOCI· ATES dba Tenorio Consulting Services Tel. 234-8380(5/14)Th26375

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal· ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: JOMARS ENTERPRISES Tel. 288-6116(4/30)Th262D7

01 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER-Salary:S4.0D per hour Contact: HIBERNIA, INC. Tel. 234-0550(4/30) Th26208

11 STEVEDORE 2-Salary:S3.25 per hour Contact: SAIPAN STEVEDORE COMPANY, INC. Tel. 322-6469(4/ 30)Th71787

01 TOUR COUNSELOR-Sal-ary:$1,100.00 per rnonth Plus $350.00 housing allowance (monthly) Contact: HST SAIPAN INC. Tel. 234-6052(5/7)Th26275

01 MECHANIC, AUTO-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour Allowance: Gasoline Allow: $50.00 & housing allow: $110 per month taxable 01 AUTO PAINTER-Salary:$5.00-6.00 per hour Allowance: $50.00 gasoline allow: per month taxable. 02 TOUR GUIDE-Salary:$5.00-7.50 per hour Allowance: S5D.OO gasoline allowance per month taxable Contact: STS ENTERPRISES, INC. Tel. 235-3760(5/7)Th26273

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01 SALES SUPERVISOR-Sal-ary:$1 ,400.00-1,800.00 per month Contact: LOUIS VUITTON, INC. dba Louis Vuitton Saipan, Inc. Tel. 233-D637(5/7)Th26271

01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Salary:S3.25-4.25 per hour Contact: MINA DE SAIPAN, INC. dba Salt & Pepper Rest. Tel. 322-3377(5/ 7JTh26272

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01 PARALEGAL-Salary:$ 1,600.00· 2,500.00 per month Contact: O'CONNOR BERMAN DOTTS & BANES Tel. 234-5684(4/30)Th71773

01 MAINTENANCE BUILDING REPAIR-Salary:S3.25 per hour 02 IRONING WORKER (MACHINE PRESSER)-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: UNITED INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Tel. 235-6888(5/ 6)W26260

01 MANAGER, TRAVELAGENCY-Salary:$1,500. 00-3, 1 OD.OD per month Bilingual in Japanese Language Contact: GUAM TOKYU EXPRESS, INC. Tel. 235-7621(5/7)Th26269

02 DENTAL ASSISTANT-Sal-ary.'$680.00·820.00 per month Contact: GENTLE GRIN CORPORATION dba Smile Saipan Dental Clinic Tel. 235-3720(5/7)Th71910

01 OPERATION MANAGER-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: LUZVIMINDA S. INDALECIO dba Mendez Iron Works Tel. 288· 1251 (5/7)Th26291

01 DENTAL ASSISTANT-Salary.'$3.50-8.00 per hour Contact: SAIPAN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CLINIC dba Family Dentistry/Optical Clinic Tel. 234-6008(5/ 7)Th26290

01 OFFICE MANAGER-Sal-ary:$1,600.00 per month Contact: PEDRO A. TENORIO dba Pete A. Tenorio & Assoc. Tel. 234-8555(5/ 7)Th26289

01 DIVISION MANAGER, FOOD & BEVERAGE- Salary: S2, 500. OOS5, 150.00 per month 01 RECREATION FACILITY ATTENDANT-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour 01 CLEANER HOUSEKEEPING-Salary:S3.05-3.55 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:S3.05-3.55 per hour Contact: HOTEL NIKKO SAIPAN Tel. 322-3311 (5/7)Th26286

01 MASON-Salary:S3·.o5 per hour 02 CARPENTER-Salary:S3.D5 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: MR. BIDENCIO C. AMADO dba ABC Ent. Tel. 256-0221 (5/ 7)Th26285

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01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:$820.00 per month 01 SALES PERSON-Salary:S3.80 per hour Contact: SALA INTERNATIONAL SAJPAN CO., LTD. dba Sala Crystal Tel. 322-812 6 ( 5/7) Th26282

01 TOUR COUNSELOR-Salary:S6.17 per hour Contact: NIPPON TRAVEL AGENCY MICRONESIA, INC. dba Mach Tour Tel. 234-93D9(5/7)Th26281

01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: LUIS P. & MARIA S. CRISOSTOMO dba APC Company Limited Tel. 235-5847(5/7)Th26279

01 SHEET METAL WORKER-Salary:S3.15-3.25 per hour 01 MASON-Salary:S3.20-3.50 per hour 01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:$950.00-t, 100.00 per month Contact: TANO GROUP, INC. Tel. 235-6652(5/7)Th71928

02 BODY FENDER-Salary: S3.2513.75 per hour 01 PROJECT ENGINEER-Salary: $9.50-10.00 per hour 05 CARPERNTER-Salary: S3.0c 0 per hour Contact: PACIFIC DRILLING LIMITED Tel. 288-8531(5/14)Th26377

01 OFFICE SUPERVISOR-Salary: $3.25 per hour 01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: KWEK'S ENTERPRISES, INC. Tel. 234-7243(5/14)Th26378

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BORN today. you are a su-ong. powerful and notewo1thy individual with ui:mendous potemial in a wide vaiiety of professional endeavors. Despite all the talents you may have, you are far more interested in personal contentment and innerhwmony than in any worldly success. You will find, much to your deJighr, that the more you develop your talents and allow them to pay off for you professionally, the more likely you are to enjoy the kind of contentment you seek. Your happiness is the di1ect result of doing everything you can to develop yourself.

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Athletics top Devil Rays ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) - Rickey Henderson and Ryan Christenson hit back-to-back home runs Tuesday, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 4-3 victory over the slumping Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Christenson hit his first major league homeroff J asonJohnson ( 1-1) with one out in the fourth inning. Hende1son, who hit a grand slam at Baltimore on Sunday, followed with atoweringhomertoleftfora4- l lead.

The Devil Rays chased Oakland starter Dave Telgheder in the fourth when Fred McGriff led off with his third homer in two games and Mike Kelly doubled and later scored when Bobby Smith was caught in a rundown between first and sec.and base.

Aaron Small (1-0} pitched 2 1-3 scorelessinningstogetthewin. Tampa Bay loaded the bases against T.J. Mathews in the seventh, but the A's got out of the jam when Mathews retired Miguel Cairo on a foul ball and Buddy Groom got pinch hitter Jerome Walton to fly to left.

Billy Taylor pitched two i:;erfect innings for his fifth save.

Tigers 7, Red Sox 5 In Boston, the Detroit Tigers

pounded Pedro Martinez and avoided setting a record for their worst start ever with a win over the Boston Red Sox.

Tinian • • • Continued from page 3 ing being able to draw a large crowd despite the absence of direct flights, Dynasty management remains optimistic it will reach flights agreements with Continental Micronesia and Pacific International.

"We are still speaking with Continental and Coral International, but I can say that we are already in the final stages of the discussion," Liu said.

He added that the casino-hotel

HANMI ... Continued from page 3

Visitors from Japan, which 1s Saipan 's major source of visitors, totaled 34,759 last month, posting a 12 percent drop from the figure reported same month last year.

Despite the discouraging figures,

All ... Continued from page 3

"We hope things would be better by that time," he said.

Quarterly tax collection would start pouring in, including the revenues from Tinian's casino,

Heat ... Continued from page 24 player, and he made about th1ec or four great eff01t plays on blocks mid 1ebounds and stuff. If we cw1 get that out of hiin, that's all that's imp:irtw1t."

Mouming knew what the difference had been.

"Weduga little deeper," he said. "We played extra well defensively down the stretch. The fouls didn't matter,. You do what you can do."

Mourning got in foul trouble early with two personals in the first

Martinez left with the score 4-4 after six innings, and the Tigers went ahead against Jim Corsi in the seventh on Andy Tomberlin 's single, his first RBI this season. Brian Hunter's third homer, a two-run shot off Corsi, made it 7-4 in the eighth.

Detroit broke losing streaks of I I games on the road and five games overall despite leaving runners at third in four innings. The Tigers entered the game with baseball's worstrecord, 4-17, matching the 1952 team for the worst record after 21 games.

The Red Sox had won their previous seven games and 14of 15.

Martinez, who is taking medication for gastritis, began the day with a 1.69 ERA. But he allowed four runs and nine hits before being replaced by Brian Shouse (0-1) to start the seventh.

Angel'l 6, Orioles 5 lnBaltimore,JasonDicksoneamed

his first win since August and Cecil Fielder homered as the Anaheim Angels beat the struggling Baltimore Orioles for their sixth slraight victory.

Dickson (1-3), who came in with an 11.77 ERA, finally displayed the foim that enabled him to win 13 games and go to the All-Star game as a rookie last season.

The right-hander allowed one run and eight hits in 6 2-3 innings to

management is anticipating definite answers from the two airline companies in the next two weeks. "When the talks are finaliz.ed, we hoi:;e to have direct flights between Guam and Tinian," he said.

Dynasty management has ruled out the p:issibility of Continental offering direct international flights in the next couple of months due to the airport's runway. But Liu said they are optimistic direct flights linking the island to major cities in Asia will

MVB managing director Anicia Tomokane said her office will continue to create opportunities to meet mrne media and travel agents, adding that she is encouraged by the oi:;ening of the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino as this will bring a larger level of exposu1e fmm the members of the media and travel agents.

Sablan said. "But if we want to submit a

b~lanced budget (tomon-ow, May I), cuts are unavoidable," he said.

The fonneradministration 's FY 1998 budget proposal amounted to $262 million, but was later scaled dowl) to $252 million,

quarter and played just 12 minutes in the first half. Without him, the Heat built a lead that extended to 12 points at halftime.

The Knick.~ mac.le n.ms but never caught Miami.

"We were able to keep the lead," Mourning said. "We were able to maintain. We got great bench play. We lucked that in the last game. It takes a collective effort to win on the roml in the playoffs.

"Five or six guys, after a while you wear down. You need some help. We challenged each other in a private meeting. Everybody's got to contribute."

1ecord his first win in IO starts since Aug. 23.

The Angels' two-game sweep left the Orioles with IO losses in their last 13 games. Baltimore has lost it~ last five seiies.

Fielder's second homerof the season, a three-run shot, put Anaheim ahead 6-0 in the fifth. He also doubled and walked three times in his fourth straight two-hit game.

Blue Jays 5, Yankees 2 In New York, Tony Fernandez

lined a three-run double and Ed Sprague hit a two-run homer as the Toronto Blue Jays became the first visiting team to win at Yankee Stadium this season.

The Yankees had won six in a row overall and 14of15.NewYorkalso had been 7-0 at home, including one game that was shifted to Shea Stadium because of repair work at Yankee Stadium.

TheBlueJays, whohavestruggled to get key hits all year, ended their three-game losingstreakanddefeated the Yankees for the first time in eight tries since last season.

Woody Williams (2-1) pitched 5 2-3 innings and allowed four hits, onlyoneofthemafterTmoMartinez 's RBI single made it 1-0 in the first Five relievers blanked the Yankees the rest of the way.

eventually take place. He said Continental can still offer

direct international flights to Tinian by using 727 aircraft, which he said, can land on the airport's existing runway without the need to change equipment

He also said that Coral International, at this point, is also considering flying Guam-Tinian-Guam routes only. "With theopportunitywithCoral to lease or oi:;erate larger planes, then we can expand to international operations."

'"ThesimultaneousturmoilinAsian financial markets has suggested that majorchallenges are ahead if tourism is going to maintain its status as the most valuable induslly in the CNMI and if we are to continue to position ourselves as a destination of quality andcostcomi:;etitiveness,''Tomokane said.

which is still the largest budget outlay in CNMI history.

However, the Legislature did not act on the budget bill, with key legislators saying that they doubt the accuracy of the figures submitted byTenorio's predecessor.

Palacios • • • Continued from page 24

finishing at I :55.44, just being out touched by the guy he out touched in the nials.

Palacios continues to train .ind play at UOP umil he returns for the summer to compete for the NM! in the much-awaited

·Micronesian Ga·mes to be held in Palau in early August this year.

However, the other 19 Saipan Swim Club members will compete for the Pentahlon Championships this weekend in Guam.

Marpac • . . Continued from page 24

Tkel hitonemoreofhis trademark niple to helpAirai get back in the win column. Vinnie Sablan was 2 for 3 with a double and a run and Fred Kai pat hit a towering 2 run homer to lead Tarzans.

JET Turtles 13, Peleliu 4 Bernard Edward hit a 3 run homer and Edwin Agoun was 3 for 4 with 3 runs

scored and 3 rbis to lead Turtles to their 5th victory and a tie for second place in the "A" Division. Francis George hit a run scoring triple and played a flawless defense and Kaleb Du lei had a 2 run single and scored 2 times for JET Turtles. Sal Hesus single-handedly led Peleliu hitting a towering 3 run homer to score Peleliu 's first 3 runs and singled a score their last run of the game.

Koror Tigers 7, Hustlers 0 Hustlers was tied with Koror Tigers in the 5th inning when the game was

called dut to "short-handed player" forfeit Joss due to an injury. Tanapag Brave 7, Chelus 0

Chelus manager told his players that the game was at 2 p.m. when in fact the game was scheduled for 1 p.m., the result a rare forfeiture by Chelus.

Action Red Torch 17, Ngeaur Comets 7 . Ngeaur Comets was in first place for only a week after upsetting Aimeliik

Enforcers a week earlier. Action Red Torch's only loss of the season was to Aimeliik, so Comets was favored to win, Red Torch however, scored 7 runs in the first, 4 in the 2nd and 6 in the 3rd and held Ngeaur to only 7 runs enroute to a 5 inning mercy rule victory over Comets. Georgy Matsuda was 3 for 3 with a lriple and 3 runs scored, Wilber Kamerang was 2 for 2, reached on an error and scored 3 times, Hoover Ngirchongor hit a 3 run homer and Jolmny Sokay was 2 for2 with a walk, a solo homer and scored 3 times for Red Torch. BJ Cruz was 3 for 3 for Ngeaur, Sid Sablan hit a 2 run homer and Dermis Ngeskebei was 2 for 2 for Ngearu Comets which dropped to 3rd.

I Luv You Man 7, Senyevins 0 Senyevins dressed only eight players so they had to forfeit the game.

Aimeliik Enforcers 21, 7-Up Kabekel 11 A week after suffering their first loss of the season, Enforcers came out ready

and during the process defeated 7-Up Kabekel in 6 innings. Leading 15 to 11 in the bottom of the 6th, Enforcers sent 8 batters to the plate and scored 6 runs to end the game in 6 innings. In the bottom of the 6th, Riang Yoshino, Paul Ogomuro and Tony Moreham all hit 2 run hoi:iers. Nie Guenero hit a 3 i_un homer in the first, &l Cepeda hit a 3 run homer m the 2nd and Joe Saures hit a solo homer in the 5th. Riang Yoshino led the whole team going 4 for 4 with 4 runs scored and added 2 rbis to his record. Brian Lettinga doubled and hit a 2 run homer to lead 7-Up Kabekel.

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SPORTS

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Eastern playoffs series

Heat wins to leadKnicks

By Hal Bock NEW YORK (AP) - On a night when he missed 1 Oof 13 shots, spent long stretches on the sideline with foul trouble and turned the ball over four times, Alonzo Mourning still found a way to lead the Miami Heat past the New York Knicks.

Mourningbecarneadefensivepresenceunderthe boards, swatting away desperate Knicks shots and altering others as Miami defeated New York 91-85 Tuesday night to takes a 2-1 lead in their best-of-5 Eastern Conference playoff.

"In the last quarter, with five fouls, I was thinking of winning, of doing everything I possibly could to help us win," Mourning said. "We had an

opportunity here. Let's seize it" Mourning, who pulled downnine

rebounds, had blocks on consecutive New York possessions with 2 1/2 minutes left and then a steal in the final minute.

And there was a crushing pick that sent Chris Childs flying -without a sixth foul being called. In the end, his seven points were strictly secondary.

Coach Pat Riley saluted Mourning on what was an off night offensively for the big man.

"He struggled," Riley said. "He struggledoffensively.He'sanhonest warrior that sometimes wants it too much and tries to squeeze the life out of the ball. But he is simply an effort


rs~pr;;";J~~7e;1 Palacios competes in Big West meet · DULUTH, Georgia (AP)- Top-seeded Pete Sampras struggled to a : j

6-2, 7-6 (7-5) victory Tuesday night over unseeded Alex O'Brien to , i advance to the second round of the $315,CXX) AT and T Challenge. i ;

No. 3 seed Jim Courier met Marcia Carlsson in another night match. [ .I

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Sampras, the top-ranked player in the world,easily won the first set and ; -; took a 3-0 lead in the second in his first match against O'Brien, who is ranked 110th in the world. [ :

O'Brien took advantage of a double fault and l;,ackhand error to break .. to trail 4-3, then held serve to even the set 4-4.- fcj

O'Brien forced a tiebreaker, but Sampras rode a strong serve to a 6-0 .· · lead. O'Brien got back to 6-5 before Sampras closed it out on his sixth I:

m~;~:!~~~le scary at the end," said Sampras, who got58 percent of his fl first serves in, including three aces.

"When he broke back in the second set, he seemed to feel he could go the distance against me," Sampras said. "I feel like lean play better. These were tough conditions to get through. It was cold and windy out there, but I did it."

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Marpac/Palau League roundup Division "A" 1. Pepsi SPEC 2. G. Force 3. JET Turtles

Win Loss 7 0 5 2 5 2

Division "B" Win Loss 1. Aimeliik Enforcers 6 1 2. Action Red T arch 6 1 3. Ngeaur Comets

4. Tanapag Braves 4 2 4 3

4. LA Bombers 6 2 5 2

5. Warriors 6. I Luv You Man 7. Peleliu 8. Team Chelus 9. Senyevins

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5. Koror Tigers 6. Stevedore Tarzans 7. Airai Aces 8. 7-UP Kabekel 9. Hustlers

Warriors 16, G. Force 6

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A week after a herut-breaking last inning loss to Tanapag, W aniors got back on the winning track defeating a tough G. Force in a game shortened to 5-innings due to a mercy-mle. Mabel Ngimgemelas and Benacio Agoun both went 3 for 3 with 3 runs scored each, Ray Towai hit a 2 run homer and Stanley Santos hit a 2 mn triple to lead Waniors. Marco Peter and Ray Seman both went 2 for 2 with a run scored for G. Force.

Airai Aces 13, Stevedore Tan.ans 10 Ainu Aces finally broke their 4 game losing streak, defeating Stevedore

Tamms 13 to I 0. The game was close throughout the 7 innings and wasn't decided until the very last inning. Morei Secham1idal hit a Grand Slam in the 5th inning to help take the lead for good, in the fourth inning, he hit a triple.

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1HE FORMER Saipan Swim Club member David Palacios recently competed in the Big West Conference Swimming Championships representing the University of Pacific.

Palacios who recently grad1:1-ated from Northern Mananas Academy has been competing for . the University of Pacific in Stock-

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· SSAWomen's .-Softball· games slated tonjght

THE SAIPAN Softball Association Women's Island-Wide Softball Night League's Playoff and Championship continues this week with the Island Girls playing Adil Yakau in the first game tonight at 6 p.m. and Sakau versus Starters at 7 p.m.

Depending on tonight's game results, the games will resume Tuesday between Sakau and the Starters at 6 p.m. and the Island Girls vs Adil Yakau at 7 p.m.

Winners are to advance to the Championship game slated for next Thursday, May 7.

Chamorro Golf Club Qualifier THE CHAMORRO Golf Club yesterday announced itwill hold its qualifying game for May Ace of the Month tournament this Saturday, May 2, at the Marianas Country Club (MCC) in Marpi.

Tee off time is- 6:37 a.m. but golfers are asked to show up by 6 a.m.

ton, California for several swimming meets now while completing his first academic year in UOP.

TheBigWestConferenceinwhich Palacios has recently participated in is made up of respected universities such as Boise State, UC Santa Barbara, UC Itvine, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Fullerton, i~o. Long Beach State, Nevada, New MexicoState,NorthTexas, Utah State and Pacific.

Palacioscompetedinthreeevents ·· in the Big West Championships. He placed high in two of those events.

Palacios finished the 100 yards Butterfy categoxy in 52.78. In the 200 yards Backstroke event, he finished at 1 :56.56 and placed third in the consoles, while .in the 200 yards Butterfly event, he came out as a second in the consoles by


A smiling Anthony Elliot II received his trophy from Bob Rawson for his 123 score in last weekend's Junior golf qualifying championship.

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