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DPL: Public land to ru.n out fast if ruling followed
By Rene P. Acosta Variety News Staff
PUBLIC Lands Director Bertha Leon Guerrero said government may quickly run out of
"The concern of Public Lands is the limited land resource that. we have. If we are going to be compensating all these possible land exchange recipients, we may not have lands to exchange anymore," said Gu~rrero.
Gov. Tenorio: Eager to work with incoming batch of legislators.
Marshalls voters return Kabua, minus majority
By Giff Johnson For the Variety MAJURO - Marshall Is
lands President Imata Kabua easily won reelection to parliament in his home atoll of Kwajalein, according to election results is·sued Tuesday by the Electoral Administration.
Butfromthe still preliminary and unofficial returns, · Kabua will bereturningwi_thout the slim majority that. he. has held for the past thre~,_years. . Though C:and_ida_tet in two races are>separated .by just a. handful of .votes/and: wiI111ers cannofbe; declared until postal abseriteis are coun~ begiilllirig
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next week Tuesday, the opposition United Democratic Party claims it has the 17 votes necessary to form a government when the parliament convenes just after the new year.
Alik Alik, one of four UDP candidates who swept to victory in the former ruling party-controlled Majuro Atoll, said the opposition party has the numbers to put together a government and has begun discussions to gain agreement on a single presidential candidate and cabinet assignments. . · At least four candidates .for
. president have been· advanced, ' butAJik indicated that the'choice . is now, c~nterin:g ; op ;e(tJler ·. Speaker KessaiNote or~~lar · former ambassadortq Washing-. ton, WUfred)~:~~<,fajl,Jlj~Jiigh-.
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By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff
WITH Rep. Heinz S. Hofschneider (R-Saipan) having been endorsed by majority of the elected House Republicans for Speaker, Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio yesterday expressed confidence his administration can work well with the 12th Legislature on vital bills on economic recovery.
"That's the decision they made. I respect it," said the governor, referring to Tuesday's Republican party caucus which formally endorsed Hofschneider for the top House post by a vote of 10 to two.
"I am sure we can work closely with them. I have always believed that we have a separation of power (between the Legislature and the executive branch). I have confidence that the Legislature will do
public lands if the decision recently is- ' sued by Superior Court Presiding Judge Edward
Manibusan on Bertha Leon aright-of-way Guerrero case is used as basis for other similar pending cases.
Guerrero's concerns were raised in response to the court's ruling on the Leon Taisacan case which effectively obligates government to compensate land claimants for its use of private land.
"In addition to land exchanges, we need to have land for homesteads, for public purposes and for offices," she said.
Guerrero said that while she has no reservations on compensating Taisacan, the division . wants a clarification on what is right or fair compensation as ordered by Judge Edward Manibusan.
The decision on the Taisacan . land case against the former Marianas Public Land Corporation was issued by Manibusan eight days ago.
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DPH studies PCB disease ·patt~rns what it is supposed to do. By Jojo Dass Villagomez, may be headed for
"I've been a member of the Variety News Staff an uphill climb though. Legislature. I have always felt THE DEPARTMENT of Public Villagomez explained that for that members of the Legislature Health is coordinating with con- one, past medical records of the and the administration should cemed federal government agen- residents are now being labori-always work together because we cies in drawing up a pattern of ously scrutinized to determine only have one goal and that is to illnesses among Tanapag resi- abnormal symptoms. make sure that we provide the dentsthatmaybeattributedtothe Another, Villagomez ex-essential services to the commu- cancer-causing polychlorinated plained,PCB-relatediilnessesare nity," Tenorio said. biphenyl (PCB). "very non-specific."
Hofschneider, in an interview The task, according to Health "It could be a lot of things,
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I! NMI honors teacher of the year /i
By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff
SAN VICENTE Elementary School (SVES) teacher Jonas Barcinas was chosen as CNMI Teacher of the Year 2000 (TOY)duringyesterday'sEducation Day celebration at Hopwood Junior High School.
He succeeds last year's win, ner, Barbara Gilles, from
Tanapag Elementary School (TES),
:; The CNMI State Selection f_'..: panel chose Barcinas from f among 13 other outstanding ~l teachers from all public schools
on all three islands. The selection panel was com-
I prised of individuals from both the government and public sector which met three times to come out with the final decision.
As this year's Teacher of the
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next year.
Year, Barcinas will be representing the CNMI in national education forums, including the national convention for teachers in Janu-ary .
He will also have the opporn1-
Furthermore, Barcinas will participate in the national space
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In California
3 killed in bed MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) -Three brothers were shot to death in their beds and their mother was critically wounded at a spacious estate north of Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday. An infant was found unharmed.
Dr. Xavier Caro called police at I I :20 p.m. Monday to report that his wife and children had been shot, said Eric Nishimoto,
spokesman for the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.
Cora Caro, 42, was airlifted to Los Robles Regional Medical Center with massive head injuries. She was in critical but stable condition.
Caro, 52, was cooperative during several hours of questioning, Nishimoto said.
Police said the investigation was focused solely on people in
the household, but would not elaborate. Authorities stressed that a killer was not loose in the Santa Clara Valley area about 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Caro was holding the infant boy in his arms when he met deputies at the door of the two-story mansion after placing the 911 call.
"He was certainly grieving," Nishimoto said. "He was very, very upset."
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. News Briefs · Indonesia rushes police reinforcements to Aceh
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is sending hundreds of police reinforcements to the troubled province of Aceh amid fears of violent protests in early December, police said <;m Wednesday.
Spokesman Colonel Saleh Saaf told Reuters that 876 reinforcements from the police mobile brigade had· been sent to the region.
Members of the unit are frequently used to control demonstrations. Abouthalfof the new officers were replacing others who were being withdrawn, Saaf said. ·
It follows complaints from the military in the region that government orders to scale down their forces had hit their ability to control unrest in Aceh, the northern tip of Sumatra.
P. Rican Democratic leader resigns
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The head of Puerto Ric:o's Democratic Party has resigned amid friction over his endorsement of Vice President Al Gore for president, the party said Tuesday.
Chairman William Miranda Marin, who opposes efforts to make Puerto Rico the 51st state, resigned Monday amid criticism for_ joining pro-statehood Gov. Pedro Rossello in supporting Gore's nomination.
The party's anti-statehood faction has been leaning toward backing Bill Bradley.
Miranda did not immediately return telephone calls for comment on Tuesday.
'No confidence' filed vs. Thai gov't
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's opposition filed a parliamentary no-confidence motion Wednesday, but the government was expected to survive what could prove the sternest test of its two-year tenure.
Varathep Ratanakorn, spokesman for the main opposition New Aspiration Party, accused the government of mismanaging the economy, corruption, nepotism and supporting foreign exploitation of Thailand during its economic crisis.
But with the economy showing signs of recovery, Prime Minister .Chuan Leekpai 's seven-party coalition is expected to survive the motion, the third brought against it in two years.
Reduction of forces on disputed· islands m,:ged
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP)-Taiwan on Tuesday urged countries that station troops on disputed South China Sea islands to replace them with police or civilian units to help reduce the danger of clashes.
Taiwan announced last week that it plans to replace marines with coast guard units on the Pratas archipelago and Tai ping, the biggest · of the Spratly Islands.
Although the coast guard forces will be armed, the government said they could help lower tensions in the area because they will act more like a police force than an occupying army dedicated to fighting off intruders.
Mexico suspends airline MEXICOCITY(AP)-TheMexican airline Taesa, accused of shoddy maintenance practices by its former Jlight attendants, has been grounded by Mexican authorities two weeks after a deadly crash that killed 18 people.
The government announced Tuesday that it was suspending the airline while it conducts a sweeping investigation into the airline's policies, procedures, maintenance, training and operations.
It did not say how long the airline would be suspended, but the grounding just before the busy Christmas season would be a likely blow for an airline that has struggled with financial problems, labor complaints and safety questions.
Government investigators who inspected Taesa planes after the Nov. 9 crash found a "series of anomalies and incidents," said deputy transportation secretary Aaron Dychter Poltolarek.
, reading a statement at a news conference. He did not provide furlher details.
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"It's important to stress that this measure is being taken ... to fully guarantee the security of passengers and crew," Dychter said.
Officials from Taesa could not be inunediately reached for comment.
Taesa came under scrutiny when its Mexico City-bound flight 725, with 13 passengers and five crew membersaboard,crashedintoanavocado orchard near Uruapan in the western state of Michoacan.
Former flight attendants have charged that Taesa planes, including the one that crashed, have had a series of mechanical problems resulting from inadequate maintenance. The flight attendants, who claim they were fired for union activities, had complained about mechanical problems both before and after the crash.
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School bus privatization eyed By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff
INSTEAD of dwelling on the Public School System's (PSS) bus services shortcomings, Education Commissioner Rita H. Inos said the school system is focusing on looking at other means of improving the quality of PSS 's transportation fleet.
PSS is actively looking into the fleet's privatization as one possible solution, according to Inos.
"We continue to eye privatization, as well as other re- Rita H. /nos
Remove 'Agent Orange' at once, Tenorio orders
By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff
GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio yesterday said efforts should be undertaken by concerned federal and local agencies to ensure that containers of Agent Orange buried on the island be "removed immediately as soon as possible."
"I am very concerned on anything that will endanger the life and health of the community," the governor told reporters shortly after signing a proclamation declaring December as anti-drunk and drugged driving month at the judicial complex in Susupe.
"Those issues are being addressed now," he added, noting that The Department of Public Health ·'is meeting with otheragencies to ensure that we are taking all precautionary measures."
Still, the governor said actions need to be expedited so that the contamination is contained.
"We should remove that (buried Agent Orange containers) immediately as soon as possible,"Tenorio said.
Agent Orange is a U.S. military
codename for a chemical mixture of plant hormones mimicking compounds that destroy plants by interfering with their normal metabolism.
Containers of Agent Orange that may have leaked to the soil is feared to cause abnormal patterns on the vegetation as it has been known to cause nutrient loss.
On Tuesday, CNMI Environmental Quality Director Ignacio Cabrera confirmed there are containers of Agent Orange buried in the island. He however failed to say where.
Nevertheless, Cabrera said his office was able verify existence of the chemical compound from Trust Tenitory workers who told DEQ in an investigation that they buried some of the chemicals on the island back then.
The chemical was used in the Korean and Vietnam wars by the U.S. military which did so in defoliation operations meant to expose enemy positions in the jungle.
Soldiers exposed to the chemical compound have reportedly experienced ill-effects.
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RONALD D. Sablari has resigned as member of the Boal'd of Direc. tors of the Marianas Visitors Authority (MV A) where he served for a total of six years under three different governors, itwaslearned yesterday.
The resignation took effect Nov. 22.
Sablan, ina lettertoMV A Board Chaim1an David M, Sablan, said it is "necessary" for him to step down and "concentrate" on the implementation of objectives of theHotelAssociationoftheNorthem Mariana .Islands (HANMJ) where he is currently serviilgthe second year of his second tenn as president. · · · · · ···
Vibi1JresigningfrdrritheB0ard. S~plaj1jaid hev.r9pld stiU. C()ntiry~e \V()fking ••"'im ]v[y'~ j~ .enhaµcing thetoi.irism industry.• ·
''l ..• Iootforwarcl•.·to continue working with MVA through your leadership into the development of the CNMl as a prime tourism destination," he said, as he expre,sed thankfulness to the Board and entire MV A members he had worked with for years in the area oftourism.
lle also pointed out he would want!() spe~d rnofetime and en~ ergy.managingthe•f~nilly-,owned Pacific Gardenia Hotel.
With the recei:Jt election .of. a new set. ofHANMI officers, the group has pledged _to· focus··· on three main goals, including the upliftment of the quality of services provided by hotel employees.
. Sablan also said he will concentrate on the implementation of HANMI' s objectives, · especially at the turn of the new millennium.
HANMI is aprofe~ional association made up of the 20 leading hotels representing over 3,400 r()Oms in the CNMI. It aims to
- support and encourag.e cooperationamongmember-hotels by providing a forurn for sharing ideas on issues ofcommon concern.
sources within our community to offset the deficit of what we have in terms of people transportation," Inos said.
"We have been working with some private bus companies who are looking at what it takes and what are the criteria and qualifications to be able to bus the students safely to and from schools.
"So we don't just leave ourselves to saying we don't have enough buses ... we also recognize that there are so many resources withinourcommunity,"lnossaid.
Inos said CNMI leaders have been very generous in assisting PSS with regard to procuring its current buses.
"So far, our lawmakers have been very generous with us ... they have heard ourrequest and we've shown them data in terms of what it is about out student population right now that needs their assistance and last fiscal year, they gave us the support by allocating their own personal office dollars," she said.
PSS Administrative Services
Officer Jess Sanches, in an earlier interview, said PSS needs seven . additional buses to be able to function in its fullest capacity.
"In order for us to facilitate timely transportation of our students from all over the community, not just Saipan, but Rota and Tinian as well, we would need to add to our fleet.
"So we are working on thaL..and also other efforts within the community to make sure that we are as cost effective as possible with offering pupil transportation," Inos said.
Rotary Club of Saipa_n officers serve food to the island's senior citizens during a luncheon hosted by the club yesterday at the Agmg Center. Pholo by Ferdie de ra Torre
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local.budget forTinian
By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff
GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio has signed a law that will finally get the Tinian Casino Gaming Control Commission back to life.
In approving Tinian Local Bill 7-8 however, the governor said he has "concerns" about a section of the proposed measure which authorizes continuing appropriations until a subsequent budget is signed in the next fiscal year in the event of a failure to pass the budget in time.
The new law appropriates $2.6 million for the Tinian municipal government of which $200,000 goes to the Mayor's Office while another $200,000 is allotted for the municipal treasury, said Tinian Sen. Joaquin Adriano.
The TCGCC gets some $2 million, he said.
Tenorio said the bill is not clear whether it is appropriate to attempt to supplement or amend the existing provision, which was adopted through local initiative by a local law provision.
Nevertheless, Tenorio said he enacted TLB 7-8 into Tinian Local Ordinance 7-4 bearing in mind the financial condition TCGCC is in.
"I signed this measure into law because I am concerned that the staff of the TCGCC has not received their paychecks for the last
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'Outrageous public conduct' complaint under gov't probe
By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff
THE DEPARTMENT of Public Safety and the Attorney General's Office are expected to take immediate action against any police officer to have engaged in criminal conduct against a motorist who was
allegedly beaten up, the Public Defender's Office disclosed yesterday.
Assistant Public Defender Robert T. Torres said upon completion of the investigation, PDO expects that DPS and the AGO will take immediate action to impose appropriate sanctions, including criminal prosecution and termination, against any officer found to have engaged in criminal conduct against William Lazalita.
Torres said PDQ agrees to withdraw Lazalita's motion to dismiss based on outrageous police misconduct to allow the AGO and DPS to complete their investigation regarding Lazalita's complaint.
Court records showed that Lazalita operated a motor vehicle and was involved in an auto-auto collision in Chalan Kanoa District I near Stella's Market last April IO.
The driver of the other vehicle was reportedly Corrections Officer Jose T. Castro. who was not in uniform nor was on duty at the time.
Following the collision, Castro confronted Lazalita and allegedly began punching him·on the face and kicking him while on the
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GVB all set for JATA '99 Variety News Staff
THE GUAM Visitors Bureau (GVB) is all set to send a delegation to represent Guam in the 12th Japan Congress of International Travel Trade Show which is scheduled to take place next week. from Nov. 30-Dec.4 in Tokyo, Japan.
Gov. Carl T.C. Gutierrez is expected to lead the delegation to stress the importance that Guam places on JATA and the Japan travel market.
According to GVB general manlf~y~}\fllr.~f.:1~!~~~-QVB .h.a_s
sold all its allotted 61 booths-· a record high - within the Magnificent Micronesia area of the JAT A trade show.
"We have once again partnered with our members as well as our Micronesia neighbors from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and the CNMI's Marianas Visitors Authority." Nelson said.
Organized by the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) and the Japan Ministry of Transport, the event is considered as
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I artists take limelight By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff
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got another round of recognition yesterday.
Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio noted the decision of the organizers for this year's awards ceremonies to recognize all the past winners in different categories, saying this will make their contributions to CNMI arts and culture more remarkable.
There were some 80 awardees for all the categories from 1985 to present who w;re called on stage to receive their trophies and plaques of recognition during yesterday's 15th Annual Governor's Arts Awards and 3rd Annual Governor's Humanities A wards ceremony held at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe.
At the same time, the chief executive assured awardees, government officials and spectators of continued support from the government to the field of arts and humanities.
Marianas Visitors Authority (MVA) managing director Perry Tenorio speaks before accepting a 1999 Supporter of the Arts award from Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio (from left), DCCA Sec. Thomas Tebuteb, CCAC Board Chair Gus Kaipat (partly hidden) andCCAC Executive Director Robert Hunter (right), as program host Cindy Macsranas looks on. Photo by Haldee v. Eugenio
porters of the arts. Certificates of recognition were
also given to other artists. Perry Tenorio, managing direc
tor of the Marianas Visitors Authority said MV A will continue to contribute to the arts and humanities' enhancement and preserva-tion. ·
MV A was also among those entities who received the 1999 Supporter of the Arts award, togetherwith Teregeyo, LinoOlopai, American Memorial Park, and
· Spectrum Electric. The other 1999 awardees were:
Kevin Atalig (outstanding performing artist); Francisca Celis ( outstanding tradi ti.Qnal craftsperson); Kuniyoshi Ukita (outstanding visual artist); and Scott Russe1I (outstanding literary artist).
Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio huddles with Don Farell, a previous Governor's Arts awardee, during yesterday's ceremonies held at the Multi-Purpose Hall in Susupe. Photo by Haldee v. Eugenio
Certificates of recognition (adult division) went out to John C. Hardy, Rolando Zepeda, Albert Toves, Jr. and Dr. William Flood. "I want to assure you all that this
administration will continue to support the arts and humanities," he said.
Rep. AnaS. Teregeyo, one of the awardees for the 1999 Supporterof the Arts category, said the most significant contribution that the community can make is to support the artists' efforts to learn and showcase their talents.
"Encourage them by buying their art works. attending lhcir shows and perhaps, become a patron yourself ... Provide them the venue to develop their crafts and talents so their creative juices can flow," said Teregeyo, a former executive directoroftheCommonwealth Council for Arts and Culture.
Teregeyo said it is important that
CNMI has been able to improve and enhance its various art fonns, and preserve them for future generations to enjoy and be proud of their heritage.
The governor also made pitch on the special recognition to three individuals who have helped in the preservation of the CNMI history and traditions.
"We are grateful that furure generations will be able to learn abcut our ancient past, as well as how our people practiced their cul tu res, customs, and traditions in earlier times," Tenorio said.
Tenorio and other government officials presented the awards for best pe1forming groups/artists, traditional craftsperson, visual artists, literary artists, as well as to sup-
Some 28 students from Rota, Tinian and Saipan received awards for different categories.
Thomas Tebuteb, secretary of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, noted that the arts and humanities continue to get funding and this has kept the programs up and going.
Hennan T. Guerrero, chainnan of the CNMI Council for the Humanities, said the CNMI will benefit and be enriched when its citizens join together with humanities scholars to explore and interpret the acts, works, and artifacts of human culture.
Cindy P. Macaranas and John Oliver Gonzales hosted the ceremonies which la~ted for two hours.
DEQ awaits next House FFR chair By Rene P. Acosta Variety News Staff
THE DIVISION of Environmental Quality (DEQ) said it will continue to air its concerns with the
· federal government on the passage of shipped radioactive waste materials near the territorial waters of the NMI.
DEQ Director Ignacio Cabrera, said his office will wail for the next chairman of the House foreign and federal relations committee in the 12th Legislature to discuss the matter.
An elected representative from
Tinian, Nonnan S. Palacios, has been named as the new chainnan of the foreign relations committee, replacing defeated incumbent Rep. Melvin Faisao.
"We need to address the issue. We need to see the requirement and try to see if it's all right to see the transportation of the nuclear. waste," said Cabrera the other day.
Faisao, earlier said it is necessary that the government now formulate its own standard concerning nuclear wastes and their transport near the CNMI's territory.
Faisao had taken issue with the radioactive materials and the dangers they pose when they pass by CNMI waters.
Faisao' s move was great! y welcomed by the DEQ which promised to work hand in hand with the legislator in order to face the issue.
Faisao had raised concern that Japan-bound ships carrying processed plutonium coming from Europe have been passingthrough and near the territorial waters of the CNMI without the knowledge of its officials.
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.Torres raps DOLi practices By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff
ASSISTANT Public Defender Robert T. Torres yesterday deplored an alleged extremely disturbing conduct by some officers of the Department of Labor and Immigration in their attempt to shortcut deportation process.
Torres protested to DOLI Secretary MarkZachares the conduct of its officers who obtained a stipulated deportation agreement from a non-immigrant defendant, Steve Anson whom he is representing in a criminal case.
Torres said allowing such custodial interrogation by DOLi officers, especially when a person is detained and is awaiting trial on a criminal case, is deplorable conduct by a law enforcement agency.
Torres urged Zachares to instruct the director of Immigration to conduct supplemental training on basic immigration law and deportation procedures.
The assistant public defender in a letter to Zachares said DOLI
Maninrebar attack charged
By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff
THE ATTORNEY General's Office has charged a man who allegedly assaulted a person with a re bar and resisted police arrest.
Eugene Blas Repeki was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault and battery, disturbing the peace, criminal trespass, and resisting arrest.
According to Assistant Attorney General Ramona V. Manglona in the complaint, the 21-year-old Repeki did unlawfully and purposely cause bodily injury to a man with a rebar last Nov. 11.
Manglona said the defendant"did unlawfully, purposely, knowingly, or recklessly strike, beat, wound, and otherwise cause bodily harm to the victim."
Repeki also allegedly did unlawfully make an unauthorized entry upon the barracks of the victim.
The defendant, the AGO said, then resisted arrest by hitting Police Officer Chris Guerrero who · was in the process of handcuffing him.
One more year for Appleby
By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff
SHAWN Appleby was ordered by the Superior Court to spend one year in jail for entering a guilty plea to escape case.
AssociateJudge Timothy H.Bellas sentenced the 19-year-old Appleby to three years' imprisonment, all suspended except for one year.
Bellas said the one year of incarceration will be served consecu ti vel y to any sentence Appleby is presently serving.
Bellas also required the defendant to obey all U.S. and CNMI criminal laws.
Court records showed that Appleby and co-defendants Jeronimo S. Ada and Melvin N. Basa escaped from the Department of Public Safety's Division of Corrections last Oct. I 0.
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officers obtained the stipulation to deportation from Anson while he was detained in the Department of Public Safety's (DPS) Division of Corrections pending trial in a criminal matter.
At a preliminary hearing last Sept. 24, Torres represented Anson while Chief Prosecutor Kevin Lynch came on behalf of the government.
After the hearing, Anson remained in DOC custody pending the status conference last Oct. 18. During the interim, Torres said, DOLi officers entered DOC and interviewed Anson.
Torres said the officers spoke to Anson after he was represented by counsel and while he remained in the jurisdiction of the Superior Court for the criminal proceedings.
"Your officers had Mr. Anson sign a stipulation to deportation based on prior convictions for two misdemeanors. At no time did your officers inform my office of the stipulation nor was I provided
a copy of the stipulation," Torres told Zachares.
Anson is a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the order to show cause characterizes him as an alien.
"This _is incorrect. FSM and Palau residents· are non-immigrants pursuant to the Compacts ofFree Association. All deportation proceedings for Compact and FAS residents must comport with th€fterms of the agreements, " he pointed out.
Though Anson may be one of the first FAS citizens to be deported from the CNMI, Torres said, DOLi m·uststill comply with the law and procedure regarding his deportation and not shortcut the process with coercive stipulation agreements.
Torres said the officers' conduct may expose the government to civil liability in having Anson sign a stipulated deportation agreem·ent without the benefit of counsel who represents him in criminal proceedings.
"Your officers violated Mr. Anson's Fifth Amendment right to due process. Their conduct was deceptive and coercive," said Torres, adding that DO LI officers served an order to show cause but failed to give Anson the required notice of the basis of deportability.
Torres said his client should have been given the opportunity to appear before an immigration judge and be advised of his right to obtain counsel to assist him in making an informed decision.
Instead, Torres said, DOLI"officers secured Anson's stipulation to deportation without giving him the opportunity to receive due process.
Instead of acting in good faith and affording due process, he said, DOLi officers set out in a deliberate course to mislead Anson into signing a stipulation.
"Your officers corner Mr. Anson while he is detained in DOC, and under color and authority of law ( thanks to their
badges and unrestricted access to DOC) make false representation to him t~ntamount to 'legal advice,'" Torres told Zachares.
Torres said DOLI officers advised Anson that there was nothing he could do to avoid deportation and just accept it by signing the agreement.
Torres said Anson was "advised" that if he didn't fight the case he would be returned to Pohnpei sooner and the case would be over.
The lawyer said merely because conviction documents exist to support a charge of deportability, it does not automatically follow that Anson is deportable.
There are several grounds that may support a collateral challenge to render the convictions useless for purposes of deportability.
Finally, Torres said, DOLi has no jurisdiction over an alien or non-immigrant who is detained pending criminal proceedings.
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COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
W e join our mother country, the United States of America, in celebrating Thanksgiving Day as a day of feast to give thanks to our heavenly Lord for
abundant blessings. Just as the Pilgrims did back in 1621 --- after they struggled in search of and subsequently succeeded in establishing homes in the United States -- we are also forever grateful for the good fortunes that come our way.
As we prepare to commemorate this festive holiday, let us join families and friends to celebrate together. Let us open our doors and our hearts wide to the less fortunate and include those suffering here and afar in our prayers. Above all, remember to · always give thanks to God every day of the year. '
Sophie and Annie join us in wishing you a joyful Thanksgiving Day. May God bless you all.
PEDRO P. TENORIO JESUS R. SABLAN
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A do-nothing session By Tom Teepen
THE FIRST session of the 106th Congress is petered out in vague ignominy and ill grace, having fussed much and accomplished little. But it did do this: It set a new standard for surly partisanship.
Congress first wasted months of its time and the nation's
persisting in an impeachment that was obviously doomed from the first gavel fall, all over a president's attempt to dance - and when that wasn't working, to lie - his way out of admitting to an affair that didn't even have stylishness to commend it to public prurience.
Then, to punish President Clinton for besting them, Congress' Republican leaders spent the rest of the year harrying even his smallest initiatives and pestering his conduct of. foreign policy.
Here's what Congress didn't do: It didn't square Social Security away for the long run. It didn't reform political campaign funding. It didn't help Medicare seniors cover
prescription costs. All three options were on the table. Here·s what it did do: It put anti-environmental riders on
just about every passing piece of legislation. (Clinton used
vetoes and veto threats to unhorse most.) It kited a nearly $800 billion tax cut that would have overwhelmingly gone to our richest. (The public yawned. The plan flopped.) It bored
new tax loopholes for big-business political contributors. (See above, ··Campaign funding reform, failure of.") And
rather than just scraping outdated spending caps, it resorted to goofy budget dodges so it could tender al least meager new support for education, teaching hospitals and economic development in down-and-out neighborhoods.
The session was mainly marked by the palpable Republican
hatred of Clinton; understandable not because the president is the scoundrel Republicans insist he is-mostly he's notbut because he has used his superior political skills to put
them in one after another box and to eke out small victories for his own program. More teachers and cops here, a plan there to protect at least patches of greenery from develop
ment. Expect nothing better next-year. The GOP majorities re
main too thin to dominate. Clinton, facing a no-win game on the Hill, will concentrate on foreign policy, where he has some maneuvering room. Both parties will ballyhoo highprofile legislation meant only to create bugle-call issues for the election. The big, totemistic Republican initiatives won't survive Clinton's veto. The Democratic ones won't get out of
committee. Whether the nation can expect improvement after that is up
to voters. In one of history's longest-running practical jokes, voters in the 1980s elected a Republican presidency and Democratic Congresses; in the '90s, a Democratic presidency and Republican Congresses.
But the biggest bloc was neither Democratic or Republican. It was no-shows. Nothing in the politics of the two decades enticed them to polls. Maybe disgust finally will. It should. If so, this year's Congress can claim a lot of the credit.
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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CAN I USt ONEoFMY LIFELINES?
Ferdie P. de la Torre
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When the phone rings forever
SOME people have been complaining about alleged bad service being provided by the Department of PublicSafety's91 I emergency line. If you happen to drop by at the DPS Central Office where the Hne is installed, don't be surprised if sometim;s you notice that there is only one police officer manning about seven sets of telephone. An officer can entertain two emergency calls using his/her pair of ears at the same time. But wait, that officer has only one mouth. We can't just blame, however, the DPS management if indeed the service is poor considering the department's lack of manpower plus the administration's austerity measures.
*** *** *** A friend once suggested to us that one way to
probably improve 911 assistance is through a volunteer system. We agreed. Karidat for example has 24-hour service hotline. So maybe DPS could set up the same program wherein volunteers or those responsible people are to be encouraged to come forward. Volunteers could be trained as members of auxiliary 91 l unit. Probably two or three volunteers per night or day for that matter will work. Volunteers may offer their free time and sit side by side with a police officer who is manning the 911. In that way, volunteers can assist in answering the calls and even in dispatching police officers and emergency medical technicians to the scene.
*** *** *** Like for example the U.S. Coast Guard. We be
lieve there is only one person assigned to the CNMI. But what we have here is a Coast Guard auxiliary unit which is composed of trained civilians. These civilians are also wearing Coast Guard uniforms and they are provided with one boat. They go out and help in patrolling our waters. The auxiliary unit officers in short, are the extended arms of the U.S. Coast Guard. These guys go out and educate the people about boating safety although they don't have power to
make arrests. Ifwe apply such idea to 911, that will help DPS and the administration as well tremendously.
*** *** *** The volunteer system could be useful especially
nowadays because of the austerity measures that have been taken place or where everybody is fighting for a large piece of a pie. So this is one way to help out the government rather than we keep on crying about inefficiency or asking for more budget. The community should take part by doing something. Pretty sure we can find volunteers such as students and adults alike. Many will be willing to share their time because that is one thing that is being taught in the school. We teach our kids about 911.
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When we c~ll 91 1 and it takes 45 rings to get a response, that 1s no longer an emergency service line. And not only 911. Have you tried calling the Emergency Management Office and the Commonwealth Health Center's emergency room? A lot of times, many say, the phone rings "forever." Probably these agencies have the same problem being encountered by DPS. Operators of emergency lines should jump on the first ring because most of the time the call could be a matter of I ife and death. Operators don't have to wait for the second ring or more. Another problem that we have heard is that sometimes callers could not understand the operators because of his/ her accent. That maybe a minor problem, but let's take note of that aspect where the communication is already broken. Patient operators and not rude officers must be assigned at the emergency lines such as 9_1 I. Remember, they are thelifelink to somebody in distress. That caller, who knows, is your brother, mother, or a relative.
Happy Thanksgiving Day to all Strike That readers!!! See you at the party!!!
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Kids share story of Jakarta poverty
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - In the photo, children scavenge for food in a mountain of trash, their skin stained by filth, their faces covered with scarves against the stench. Occasionally, bulldozers push more trash down the slope, burying those who can't get out of the way.
"We were at work and the bulldozers came. Not everyone managed to escape," reads the caption under the photo - taken by I I -year-old Tariah as part of a project to record the misery of Jakarta's street children through they own eyes.
"I told them this is your chance to tell your story," said British photojournalist Jonathan Perugia, who handed out cameras to about 30 street children for the project. "When you empower them, you see the most amazing work."
The images the children captured, on display in the National Gallery in Jakarta, include a small girl singing at a traffic intersection for handouts from passing cars; a group of children sitting on a curb smoking; a boy sleeping in the morning heat.
The number oflndonesian children begging in Jakarta's streets has soared since the Asian financial crisis erupted in 1997.
The government estimates 17 million families do not have enough to eat, and the United Nations Children's Fund says 50 percent of Indonesian children are malnourished.
"Street children don't think about their futures, and never talk about their dreams, if they have any," said Assuntta Ayerdi, a U.N. official who helped with the project.
Perugia said the aim was to raise the children's self-esteem and encourage them to climb out of the poverty trap.
The children initially received some guidance from professional photographers, who gave them simple assignments: Take 10 different photos of the same person, shoot the same scene from three different angles, photograph colors you like and people you don't like. Later, the children chose their own themes - and stunned everyone with the results. "They came up with really thoughtful work," Perugia said.
"It mostly shows how hard their lives are, but it is also about joy and freedom and camaraderie."
Some of the scenes on display are familiar to any resident of Jakarta: mothers, holding babies, begging; scowling policemen in riot vehicles; dirty, skinny, barefoot boys; crowded buses.
Others are startlingly intimate, providing a pictorial diary of the child photographers and the people who share their lives. In one image, a child bathes in a contaminated canal. In another, a blind woman cares for her baby.
Two girls in a children's ·shelter share a mirror and put on lipstick; a grandmother prays. Tarsana, 14, photographed two of her friends hugging.
"Hugging is not just for couples," she wrote. Sixteen-year-old Moh Agung captured a crippled beggar crawling along the pavement between motorcycles.
"This is a crippled man with his imperfect body begging for money to buy one spoonful of rice. He has been abandoned by his family," the caption reads.
Agung, himself abandoned by his parents when he was 9, says he used to sel I drugs on the streets.
Now he sings and plays the guitar at intersections. Several of his photos were taken during recent anti-government protests. One showed demonstrators overwhelmed by a cloud of tear gas launched by the police.
"Fighting for human rights. Violence will never solve problems," the caption says. A picture by Ucil, 15, shows a truck full of soldiers speeding through an intersection at twilight. "I am very proud of the bravery of the ABRI," he writes, using an acronym for the army. "Too bad I was beaten by the ABRI."
Another photo shows a transvestite Ucil calls his best friend, because, "We have a lot in common. We both sing for money on
the street." A series of photographs by Andre, 12, shows some of his
friends sniffing glue, with the simple caption: "Still some left." Visitors spoke of the emotional impact of the exhibit. "You
can see there is no distance between the photographer and the
subject. I've never seen anything like this," said Eric Prasetya, an
Indonesian photographer. Asked how the project had affected
him, Agung responded without hesitation: 'Tm proud to be a street
kid. But one day, I would like to be a photographer."
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7
• Eddie Cruz A tax incentive should only be given to the "pioneer" business that takes a high investment risk to create or introduce a new industry.
Guam 2000: Ghost town or boom town? WHEN our forefathers created our great nation of the United States of America, they envisioned a land of freedom and prosperity. They intended to create a government that would govern to protect the right of free enterprise. But because of the laws currently being enacted, many businesses are doomed to failure by a system that prevents them from having success.
During the times of the "Wild West," we saw many towns sprout up throughout the country to cater to the pioneers who were migrating to the west coast in search of a way to make money. Some of these cities catered to the needs of miners in search of gold. Many of these towns died with the passing of the gold rush era. But a handful of them survived. The ones that survived found a way to create new industries to keep the local economy going.
In a way, our island is facing such a crisis at the end of this decade. With the new millennium, we must find ways to lessen our dependence on the federal government and make local businesses prosper. New industries should be introduced to our island as long as they complement the established businesses and communities.
Tax incentives should be utilized to entice the new industry to establish on Guam only if the local community and established businesses can benefit from the introduction of the new industry. A new industry should not receive a tax incentive or tax break if it competes with an established local business. A tax incentive should only be given to the "pioneer" business that takes a high investment risk to create or introduce a new industry.
The Guam Economic Development Authority must undergo a reform of its mission and revise its standards to create a game plan that can diversify the types of businesses that Guam needs to have to survive in the new millennium. Unlike the practice that we have now, in which we are giving tax incentives to nearly every hotel developed, we must get the most bang for our buck.
The tourism industry is well established and we must now search to find other industries that will help our economy. We also must help
the local industries that are in trouble because of current federal and local government Jaws and regulations.
One such example of a troubled existing industry is the case of the Guam Shipyard. Because of existing laws and regulations, the shipyard cannot compete with othe.r foreign ship repair facilities. The U.S. Navy claims that it cannot afford to have ships repaired at the Guam Shipyard because of the high costs. The federal government regulates wages and standards, but it cannot protect the shipyard from its loss of the repair jobs.
This is contrary to the reason why the federal government was created by our forefathers. Why must we not provide any protection to ensure that a business enterprise can achieve success on a level playing field?
Another such example is the recent issue on recycling. Without incentives, it would be very expensive to discard our recyclable materials which include junk cars. Local motorists have been paying the Abandoned Vehicle Fee to the Government of Guam for years, but little is said of where the money has been going.
Instead of managing the money wisely to discard the old cars, we attempted to "trick" the federal government in to pick up the disposal costs in the way of typhoon recovery funds. But because the feds found out about this "trick," we might have to pay for it through increased taxes.
Existing salvage companies have been finding ways to turn a profit by collecting the junk cars. But a stateside company, DRC, was contracted to remove the cars at a much higher rate. This action caused damage to the local salvage companies that were barely surviving due to the high shipping costs. Why was a non local company awarded the contract without first offering it to a local company for a competitive price? This industry likewise has an uneven playing field.
There are many more examples of industries that may fail and disappear from our island if the local and federal governments do not take action. If we do not create ways in which other industries can grow on island, we may become a "ghost town" in the new millennium.
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Happy Thanksgiving
MOST people are comfortable enough to recognize our complete dependence on our Almighty Creator. We always think about the many things we are thankful for. The air we breath, the water we drink, the vegetation and meat products we raise, the shelter we enjoy, the clothing we wear, the talent we develop, the intelligence and ability bestowed by God-from the smallest blessings to the greatest blessings we receive everyday.
I think it is high time to also think about the poor. They're the ones in need of moral and financial support from the better off. Some people, fortunately, prefer to give than to receive.
But whether we have enough to give or we have nothing to give, we can still share with others how our lives are blessed by God when we follow his commandments. This is something to be thankful for.
Most people, however, have a hard time to express
thanks to God because their minds are always occupied by many problems. Still, we can never be genuinely thankful to God if we never experience sufferings, heartaches and tribulations, all of which teach us to be more humble.
Riches are temporary decorations in our lives, but treasuring our spirit of gratitude to God is an eternal thing. This is another great thing to be thankful for.
It is through acknowledging God's mercy and justice that makes it easier for us to forget our differences, especially the ';us against them" attitude. All disagreements as well as improper attitudes can be minimized if we all learn to be thankful to God-for what we had received in the past, for what we are enjoying at present, and for what we are promised spiritually in the future.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. GALICANO F. CORVERA Chalan Kanoa, Saipan
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Guam inmates to skip meal as Thanksgiving gift to hungry
By Jay Pascua do to allow a hungry person or family to have a decent meal on Thanksgiving Day," Sablan said.
99 things to be -thankful for on Thanksgiving day
Variety News Staff HAGATNA-Inmates are deciding for the second year in a row to help those in need.
It's the second year that more than 300 Department of Corrections inmates decided to give up their lunch meal on Thanksgiving Day to feed the hungry.
The department said the decision is voluntary. Corrections Director Angel Sablan said inmates are guaranteed three meals a day during the year.
"This is the least they could
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Anyone who would like a meal on Thanksgiving can stop by the Community Corrections Center from IO in the morning until 2 in the afternoon.
The department said the Community Corrections ·Center is located outside the confines of the Mangilao prison and is "very accessible.
Officials add there will be no security checks for those wishing to have a meal.
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THIS/istwasstartedinl995byour soon-to-be Palau correspondent Mar-Vic Cagurangan Munar. It includes things that made us happy, satiated, content, b/issfa/, pleased, gratified, satisfied, delighted, enchanted, blest; b_eatified, ecstatic, overjoyed, enraptured, transponed, fascinated ... and thanliful for the existence of the Thesaurus-1-vhich we can always refer to so we can better sing our praises .on these glorious items, people. commodities, inventions.
Everyone· in the editorial staff was asked to submit his or her thanl.'ful-for list. These are our favorite things. They make us tick. They make us smile. They make us beg for more.
I. Paydays 2. Free e-mail servers, the
Internet, ICQ, chat room 3. Joeten-Kiyu Library 4. Bestseller, Susupe 5. Hollywood Video, Garapan 6. Oysters 7. Sr. Aurora of Mt. Carmel
School, for her patience and excellence as a teacher
8. Adorable kids like Ralph Joseph and Rafaeli
9. Jojo's Gemskie 10. Office of the CNMI Labor
Ombudsman 11. Independent local newspa
pers (see the masthead on page 1) 12. Christina and Howard D.
Sablan' s daughter, Maria Patrice 13. June says she lost 20 pounds 14. Hillary R. Clinton 15.Gene's Barber Shop 16. Jollibee 17. Tere 's meat loaf 18. Honey mustard 19. Hot water 20.Pampers 21. Cinemax After Dark and
Showtime 22. Hollywood Theater 23. Gunter Grass's Danzig tril
ogy 24. Miggy Dandan
To My Dear People Of Rota
25. Tae-bo 26. Gold's Gym, its super shake,
lemon meringue and the ultimate chest machine
27. Viralicci 28. Flame Tree Terrace Apart-
ments 29. Moviehouse 30. Diet Pepsi 31. Laetitia Casta 32. Joseph Conrad 33. Henry James 34. Gore Vidal 35. Isaiah Berlin 36. Palau Horizon 37. The Variety's hardworking
Guam bureau-Eric, Gerry, Jay, Therese H-. Theresa G., Tim, Bobby, Eddie, Tony and Eduardo
38. Diana Krall 40. Raek 41. Miles Davis 42. Sting's "Brand New Day" 43. Dave Matthews Band 44.Hot98FM 45. John Coltrane 45. Flushable toilet 46. Tinian pepper and soba 46. Cha-cha 47. Amazon.com 48. Credit cards 49. The Variety's hardworking art
and production staff-Ross, Gannie, Edmond,Josie,Manny,Louie,Bino, Arsen, Makey, Kapitan, Alex, Sally, Ariel, Tannie, Paul, Robert, Bertha, Ruth, Rita, Greg and Jun A.
50. Lita's kitchen-siornai, burgers, siopao
51. KMCV-7 news 52. Bourbon whisky 53. Marc Christian and Liezl 54. District Court's Lynn L.
. 55. Zeny Javier 56. Rene Acosta's new stereo sys
tem 57. Velma Camacho 57. The beautiful people of the l..eg
islarure, and we mean the staffers and the Legislative Bureau personnel
58. AGO's Erlinda 59. The beautiful people of the
Administration Building-you know who you are, you lovely people you ...
May your Thanksgiving be filled with peace and lasting joy And may you cherish the love of your family and friends.
Happy Thanksgiving! Senator & Mrs. Edward u. Maratita and Family
60. Mar-Vic's "Papa" 61. "South Park" 62. "The Practice" 63. "Spin City" 64. Basketball on Sundays 65. CNMI Chess Association 66. The Variety's. accounting
department · 67. Timmy Murphy, Del and
Mimmy 68. Ken Govendo's letters 69. Froilan C. Tenorio's media
statements 70. Woody Allen 71. Islam . 72. The Holy Roman Catholic
Church 73. Neve Campbell 7 4. Lyric poetry 75. Ozzy Osborne, Rage Against
the Machine and Pearl Jam 76. Weekend garage sale 77. MTV and VH-1 78. The History Channel 79. Chicken pot pie and churros 80. Blueberrycheesecreamcake 81. Rev and Von Dass 82. "Ekis" and "Warat" 83. Government officials who
avoid junkets 84. Beret Strong, John Tweedy,
Paige and Marcus 85. Cinta Kaipat 86. Red wine 87. Meg 88. Tom Jones's "It's Not Un
usual to be Loved by Anyone" 89. Sergei Rachmaninov's pi
ano concertos 90. Ella Fitzgerald 91. Haidee's ex-boyfriend for
making her stronger 92. Tourists 93. Haidee also wants to thank
Heavy Metal and New Wave music 94. Mike White's letters 95. "La Traviata" 96. ''Thi;; Simpsons," "Friends"
and "The X-Files" 97. Sen. John McCain 98. "Chabilita," "MTB's" Pera
or Bayong and "The Buzz," which are on ABS-CBN
99. Our readers and advertisers
Variety News Staff HAGATNA-ThewarinthePacific National Historical Park will be closed today in observance of Thanksgiving Day.
According to Park Superintendent Karen Gustin. the park's Visitor Cent~r and restroom facilities at the Asan Beach Unit and Ga 'an Point will also be closed.
The Asan Beach Unit, Ga'an Point and Asan Bay Overlook will be accessible only for walk-in visi-·. tation. Park operations will resume regular hours of operations on Friday.
The Visitor Center (located on Marine Drive, Asan) is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m., to 4:30 p.m., on weekends and federal holidays (closed for lunch noon to I p.m.).
The park units are open to vehicular access from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily. Visitors may walk in after 6 p.m.
The War in the Pacific park will also be closed on Christmas and ,New Year's Day.
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By Rene P. Acosta Variety News Staff
GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio yesterday officially proclaimed the month of December as this year's Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month.
In declaring the event, the governor encouraged all island residents and all agencies, both private and public, to promote awareness against impaired driving.
Tenorio said such awareness will help promote a safer and healthier community this holiday season.
All throughout the United States, there are 400,000 people killed each year due to motor vehicle crashes while another 3 million people injured.
Out of the death and injury figures, about 40 percent have been attributed to alcohol-related crashes.
In the Commonwealth, DPS information officer Rose Ada said they have recorded a total of eight deaths last year, four of which were attributed to DUI.
As of this year, the DPS has
already recorded at least two such deaths.
The governor said that the December holiday season is traditionally one of the "deadliest times" of the year under the 3D.
But he said communitybased programs involving consumer education, effective laws, and strong law enforcement have been proven to be successful in reducing impaired driving.
"I ask each member of our community to welcome the new millennium in peace and harmony and to make our Commonwealth safe by not driving under the influence of drugs and or alcohol," Tenorio appealed.
The governor also asked the islands residents to drive on Dec. 17 with their headlights on to support the "National Lights on For Life Day" to remember those who were killed or have been injured by impaired drivers.
In support to the 3Ds month which will be observed beginning on the first day of the coming month, DPS will be conducting sobriety checkpoints.
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ONE OF the world's finest names in ice cream, Haagen Dazs, is now on Saipan.
Quality Distributors, the official distributorof the Haagen Dazs line of products on both Guam and Saipan launched over the weekend, the renowned "super premium" ice cream at the Hyatt Regency Saipan.
This week, Hyatt will be the first location to serve Haagen Dazs products before it is made available to other locations on island, said Quality Distributors Marketing Manager for the Haag en Dazs Division, Dennis R. Larsen.
"We originally started out in Haagen Dazs shops, they were only serving cones, in ice cream cones and in cups of the product.But they have since graduated from that and come up with the novelty lines, the cups, and bars, and things that can be sold on the go, out of freezers.
These are now available in restaurants and in different food locations," Larsen said.
Quality Distributors is confident that Saipan will have the same enthusiasm for the "finest ice cream in the world," along with the rest of the ice-cream eating nations, according to Larsen.
"It should be greatly accepted. It's been very popular in Guam and it's a superpremium ice cream that's very very popular with the Asian market so tourists from Japanese, Chinese, and the Komin market, they are all very familiar with the name Haagen Dazs and it should do well here on Saipan," Larsen said.
All over the world, there are close to 700 Haagen Dazs shop locations.
"They have really cornered the market in the super premium industry and there are big big things that are happening with desserts.
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·FSM President Falcam issues 2001 budget call PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSMIS) - President Leo A. Falcam last month, issued a budget call for Fiscal Year2001 to all department, office and agency heads.
The President is required by law to prepare and submit to Congress by April I st each year a comprehensive proposed budget for review and consideration. The budget is for the operations and programs of the FSM National Government.
The President in his budget call communication said, the Fiscal Year 2001 represent the third full year the FSM National Government is implementing an improved performance based budgeting system.
"It is important that we con-
tinue this initiative as we prepare the FY 2001 budget," he said, adding, this is to ensure that all requests are aligned with .the nation's policy and strategic priorities, and that all intended results are clearly defined and stated.
The government must set and meet high standards of performance, efficiency and productivity, said the President. To achieve this, he said, "we must instill discipline in the government by demanding that we establish our budgets and performance targets in accordance with the priority policies and strategies of the nation.'"
This means that expenditures are linked to expected outputs and that levels of accountability are clearly established and monitored.
··············:;•·~1i~~~·•i .. Tab~~rjfa······ ········· .. ···ua;ryJc~~···~ali~n~~.alaM;~~I···· . F()ftM Ywietr \ > .•.•.••.•• · · · ni~~t?We ~nf11r ,rvracall fot a iK.OaOR(Palau Horizon) ~ possmlejointventure with .the Palau wilUurther open Iiphs republid<Jrthe e~tablishtnellf aidineindustry to severa.lair, ofJ>alii.u 1s flag carrier. · · line companies to supplement Talks oflAir Nauru's pos-the routes that remain unserved sible Saipan-PaJap~,tvianila by Continental Mic:ronesia, the routes have. significantly ad-. orilypassenger a11d cargo car~ vanced, achieving at.the most rier doing regular flights for 75percentofthe work, while a Palau. se.corid set of negotiations with .....•. ''We. an<justerifor~~11g our Ai.r ~acau .is. underway; .· belief that we .need to have "Since Air Nauru is serving another ~rlln1 to supple~e~t another route, then the;y ipaybe
· Continental 's routes.where· able to supple111~nt(:ontinen-iliiy a& having dx.cdsi paslie11~ tato~. those.rollte~ where.they gel's,''.· .. •Cpmajer9~ ~nq<;1'rade .. ~r~ hayi.?g ari. e1'cess"p~sse11-~.i11ifter(?l<a.daff~ljit911.~ ti:i]d · · gers li~e Pala.u,. Saipan and .{fafa11JI0rii:o11. 'JJ:'his.j.sp1tto ).'a.p[ Techitcmg said, .·.· . cpmJ?ete wi;lj C::9Niri~pt~J,·.P~~ ~o.rn~>people,. ~1f .. claiming to .. supplewen(t}ie,[outef that · · that '2ontinentalMicro11esia' s Jhey are Jfoing el(ces~.? .· . . airfares are very e/f;perisiv~ am!
The commerce a.nd trade that another airline is needed ~inister g~id hejs jn the. pro- to cqmpete with)he Joone('.to cess .of ~entjin.ginyitations to at leastJowerits rates. differentairlines such as Air Techitong said that Air Macau,Afr Nauru.Cathay Pa- Nauru has been in the discus 0
cific, China Airlines, Far East sion already with Palau, Saipan Air Transportation, Uni Air- and the Philippines to serve lines, Japan Airlines, among particular routes. ''Saipan~ others for an aviation meeting Palau-Manila route is being setin January 2000. served by Continental, but
The meeting is very imper- what we need is to have a more tantbecause allof these carri- direct flights to this route. ers would be able to exchange There are a lot of Filipinos on ideas to find out if there is Saipan of about 25,000 and really a need for another air- 5,000 on Palau and 1,000 in line, Techitong said. Yap who need to be moved in
He added that there are other and out,"- he noted. interested airlines that would Techi tong said he hopes that want to do a feasibility study the Federated States of on Palau's market. Micronesia would participate
Palau government is cur- in the talks for the first time in rently holding separate talks the scheduled meeting in Ma-with Air Nauru to fly the still nila .
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Palau Congress w-ants July presidential election
By Eileen 0. Tabaranza For.the Variety
KOROR (Palau Horizon) - The Senate has passed a bill amending the Election Act, to move the date for the presidential primary election from September to July and to eliminate the President as the election- commissioner.
Senate Bill No. 5-308, authored by Senator Daiziro Nakamura; has already been transmitted to President Nakamura for action.
The Conference Committee, which is composed of members of the House and Senate, has agreed to retain the House amendments to move the primary election date.·
With the general election being held in early November, the committee members believed that persons seeking the important offices of the president and vice president must commit to running for those offices earlier in the election year.
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They reasoned out that by moving the primary election date forward, Palauan voters will have more time to become informed about the candidates for the highest offices in the republic and will be better equipped to make an informed decision on election day.
Although the committee had considered imposing a complete ban on campaign activity on election day, it retained the provision inserted by the House, prohibiting all campaign activity on election day within 1,000 feet of a ballot box and within 50 feet of any public roadway.
The consideration was made on the basis that it appropriately balances an individual's free speech rights embodied in the Constitution and public safety as well.
The committee also resolved issues regarding the residency requirements for first time registrants.
Under the current residency
requirements, a person registering to vote for the· first time may be denied the opportunity to register·as a resident of the state where he has familial and traditional connections even if he intends to make his home in that place in the future.
The committee said this situation can be rectified by requiring that first-time registrants spend only five consecutive days in their proposed state of registration and declare an intent to make· a permanent home in that state.
"A minimal five-day requirement is much less burdensome than the current 30-day requirement and could realistically be satisfied by any young person," the committee said.
This provision, according to the committee, satisfies the constitutional mandate that the Olbiil Era Kelulau establish minimum periods of residency for voter registration.
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Warring tribesmen are re- NBC Hagen sa.idthe sudden ported to. have torched. teach- attack on the. schoolmigllt~ave ers' houses and classrooms ~- been planned as it started im-sul ting in the burning.down of m~diately after grade ~igbt · all 24teachers' houses. Tribes0 classes sat for their final ex~
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PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea's Trade and Industry Minister, Michael Nali, is in a serious but stable condition at the Port Moresby General Hospital after being shot with an arrow on his left chest this morning.
Police say Nali was shot after he tried to negotiate a peaceful settlement between two warring factions in the East Boroko sub-
urb. According to a police brief, a
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SUVA(Pacnews)-TheChairman of the South Pacific Forum and President of the Palau Kuniwo Nakamura, has sent a message congratulating New Zealand Foreign Minister Don McKinnon for his recent election to the position of Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
In the message, the importance of the Commonwealth, both at the regional and international
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level, and that Forum member countries constitute one fifth of the Commonwealth's total membership.
Leaders have also warmly endorsed and agreed to promote New Zealand Government's candidate for the position of Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
The Chairman of the Forum added that the unanimous election of Don McKinnon to this important position was a clear recognition of the valuable contribution and strength that McKinnon can bring into the Commonwealth.
This was a most positive gesture of confidence by the Commonwealth Family of Nations which has brought much pride not only to McKinnon and New Zealand, but also to the whole Pacific region.
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Don McKinnon has been endorsed as the next Secretary General.
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but his doctor has advised that his condition has stabilised.
NCD/Central Divisional Pol ice Commander, Raphael Huafolo, said he has spoken to Nali 's relatives who have agreed to let police investigate the matter.
Huafolo has also warned leaders of the two warring groups to bring to police the person involved in the shooting.
Fiji OKs new air service to New Zealand SUVA(Pacnews)-TheFijiGovernment has given its approval to a new, cheaper New Zealand air service between Nadi and Palmerston North.
freedom Air, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, hopes to run two flights a week between the two destinations from March next year.
The Fiji Cabinet approved the route despite opposition from national carrier, Air Pacific., a Cabinet official said. "We are looking at an additional 250 visitors a week from New Zealand as a result," he said.
The Fiji Government is also hoping additional competition on the New Zealand route would bring rurfares down, now considered quite high.
Air New Zealand's Sales Manager in Fiji, Vidhya Lakhan said the airline was offering an inaugural round trip fare of $NZ399 (US$207.6), less than half the nonnal economy rate between Fiji and New Zealand.
Freedom Air now operates between Palmerston North Hamilton and Dunedin. '
Fiji's tourism industry welcomed the news. "It will be good for Fiji to consider an additional canier from New Zealand and to continue the growth from this market," said Fiji Hotel Association President, Robert Wade.
PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) -Papua New Guinea (PNG) has received a $US63 million loan to upgrade roads in the Highlands region which serves about half of the country's population and facilitates close to three quarters of PNG's exports.
The project includes 935 kilometres of road upgrading and 776 kilometres of rehabilitation covering critical national and provincial road links in the five Highlands provinces. The project aims to restore the Highlands road network.
A statement from the ADB said the lack of infrastructure has been identified as a significant constraint to economic growth, poverty alleviation and social development in the J-lighlands Region.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -Philippine economic growth is likely to have slowed in the third quarter because of smaller growth in agricultural output, but industrial production improved, economists said Tuesday.
The average expectation of six economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires is that gross domestic product rose 3.23 percent in the third quarter on year after expanding 3.60 percent in the April-June quarter.
GDP in the first quarter rose 1.2 percent.
The government has forecast GDP expansion of 3.0 percent to 3.6 percent in the June-August quarter. The data is to be released on Friday.
Economists say lower but still robust agricultural production slowed overall growth in the third quarter.
Agricultural production expanded by an unusually high 11.1 percent in the second quarter, largely because of poor harvests
PLDT, Globe, Smart sign access pact MANILA, Philippines (AP) -Globe Telecom Inc. signed Tuesday separate agreements with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and Smart Communications Inc. to improve access to each others' networks.
The agreements came a week after President Joseph Estrada helped mediate a dispute that left more than 2 million telephone subscribers of the three companies inconvenienced.
Under its agreement ..;ith PLDT, Globe will be allowed access to 24 more trunk lines to handle its increased telephone traffic to PLDT, the country's dominant fixed-line telephone company.
Globe had accused PLDT of blocking calls in an apparent attempt to force Globe to link its digital cellular service with that of Smart, a mobile phone company PLDT will soon acquire. PLOT had denied the charge, saying Globe's difficulties arose from PLOT' s efforts to block unauthorized traffic.
In exchange for more PLDT trunk lines, Globe agreed to recognize Smart's digital service access numbers, which will effectively allow subscribers of the two companies to exchange text messages - a key feature of Globe's service that has made it the first choice among teen-agers and young professionals.
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last year caused by bad weather attributed to the El Nino phenomenon.
Growth of agricultural output in the third quarter is expected to have moderated to about 4.5 percent to 5.0 percent.
"Despite the moderate growth in agriculture production, consumption is not benefiting yet from improved farm incomes as fanners continue to pay off debt sustained during the El Nino period," said Salomon Smith Barney in a report.
The manufacturing sector, which is slowly recovering from Asia's financial crisis, is expected to have posted modest gains in the third quarter after output expanded 0.9 percent in the second quarter.
Salomon Smith Barney sees industrial output rising I percent in the third quarter after contracting 0.7 percent in the second quarter, underpinned by the strong electronics sector.
National Bureau of ln'(estigat~on Director Federico Opinion (center) examines some of the 825 pieces of fake. U.S. 20-dollar bl/ls confiscated from suspects Allan Corpuz (left) and Mining Corpuz Tuesday in Manila. Tools and other implement used in the illegal printing of the fake U.S. bills were also confiscated.
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The meetings begin Wednesday at a cultural center complex along Manila Bay and culminate Sunday in a summit of ASEAN leaders and heads of governments from China, Japan and South Korea.
Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado said no major threats have been monitored and police are likely to focus on keeping planned protests from becoming unruly.
Several left-wing groups have announced plans to protest the eviction by police of hundreds of squatters who lived near the meeting site. Several people were injured in the evictions, which occuITed last week.
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US confident about a new trade round WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Though nations remain at odds over farm subsidies and other thorny issues, the United States said on Tuesday it was confident an agreement would be reached next week to launch a new round of global trade negotiations.
"Getting there is always a little messy, but that's the nature of the beast," U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky told reporters ahead of a meeting of World Trade Organisation (WTO) members in Seattle Nov. 30-Dec. 3.
Barshefsky was speaking after negotiators in Geneva gave up trying to shape a clear blueprint for the launch of the new trade round, leaving the task to trade ministers in Seattle.
Like Barshefsky, WTO Director General Mike Moore was confident that ministers in Seattle would succeed where trade envoys in Geneva had failed,
The European Union is pushing for a comprehensive "Millennium" round of trade talks, covering agriculture, services, tariffs on industrial goods, investment and competition rules.
The United States and many other WTO members want a narrower agenda, and want to keep the focus firmly on EU farm subsidies.
Charlene Barshefsky
The major sticking point is agriculture, though other disputes have flared up over U.S. anti-dumping policy and U.S.backed proposals that would boost the WTO's focus on labour and the environment.
EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy told reporters on Tuesday that the EU was willing to negotiate further reductions in agricultural export subsidies, but would not promise to eliminate them as the United States has proposed .
Hoping to smooth over these and other differences, President Bill Clinton had proposed that leaders from the major trading blocs attend the Seattle meeting.
But the White House abandoned the effort. "We have decided that it's impractical given how soon it is and the logistics involved," a White House official said. U.S, officials conceded that tough negotiations lay ahead.
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While there was growing support for a U.S.-backed initiative that would keep the Internet duty-free, Barshefsky said more work was needed to complete the White House's accelerated tariff liberalisation 1n1tiative, known as the A TL.
The A TL calls for WTO members to reduce tariffs quickly in eight sectors, covering items as diverse as toys and jewelry, paper, pulp and prefab housing. Despite these hurdles, Barshefsky said posturing would give way to serious negotiation in Seattle.
"In all of these kinds of negotiations there is something of a pattern, which usually culminates in the greatest darkness immediately before there's final resolution," Barshefsky said. "At the end of the day, all of the world's major trading partners believe that failure is not an option."
NATION 16MARIAN~VARIEnemocrat hits Hill ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A Democratic state lawmaker, who is Jewish. said in a letter to Hillary Rod ham Clinton that he was "ou !raged and shocked'' by her actions during her recent trip to the Mideast and that she should consider abandoning her expected Senate bid.
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The letter from state Sen. Carl Kruger was to be made public at a news conference in New York City at which the Brooklyn Democrat was expected to endorse Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for next year's Senate race.
Mrs. Clinton is expected to face Republican Giuliani in the Sen-
ate race. Word of Kruger's expected endorsement came from sources close to Giuliani, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Kruger, little known outside his heavily Jewish district, was first elected to the Senate in 1994. On Monday, as fallout from the first
lady's recent trip to the Mideast continued, aides to Mrs. Clinton charged that Giuliani was opening the door to running a "negati ;e and nasty" campaign in next year's Senate campaign.
At issue is a television ad that beoan running Monday in New y;'rk City and Washington, fi-
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During this Thanksgiving, we pause to give thanks and praise to our
Lord for all His blessings and joy of life. We, after all, have so much to be
thankful for, our families-- our children, our parents, our relatives, our friends,
our neighbors-- who have been heaven sent and who truly add special
meaning and purpose to the reason we all live. In the spirit of giving, let us
also remember, pray and reach out to those who are not with us today.
As we await the dawning of the new Millennium, let us never forget where we
came from for it is from yesterday that we are better able to chart a brighter
tomorrow. Tomorrow - our children and youth - is only as prosperous as
we make today to be. Let us continue to listen, love, guide and nurture them
in return for blessing us with their innocence and enthusiasm.
Furthermore, it is only proper and fitting that I take this time once again to
extend my utmost Un Dankulo Na Si Yu' us Ma' ase' & Olomwaay to
everyone, individuals, families, businesses, and to the Committee to Elect,
for your encouragement and support throughout this past mid-term election.
With your help and continued support, we shall accomplish much for OUR YOUTH & VILLAGES.
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nanced by the Republican Jewish Coalition and criticizing the first lady for embracing the wife of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat..
"These ads make it clear that the mayor and his allies are going to run the same kind of campaign they always have - negative and nasty," Howard Wolfson, spokesman for Mrs. Clinton's political committee, said.
Bruce Teitelbaum, a top political adviser to the Republican mayor, said Giuliani and his team "have nothing whatsoever to do with the ad." He said the group has a right to run the ad and that it focuses on a legitimate issue.
The coalition's ad accuses Mrs. Clinton of having "sat by silently" during her r.ecent trip to the Middle East while Mrs. Arafat claimed that the Israelis have used poison gas against Palestinians.
Mrs. Arafat spoke in Arabic; Mrs. Clinton heard a halting translation. "When Arafat was finished, Hillary gave her a hug and a kiss .... Arafat spreads hatred and lies and Hillary embraces her," the ad states.
In his letter to Mrs. Clinton, Kruger said "it would have been more appropriate to walk out" on the event. "Your presence at the event was in itself inexcusable," he added.
Kruger wrote that if Mrs. Clinton is having problems balancing her roles as first lady and potential candidate that "perhaps it would be best to postpone your run for Senate until your husband is out of office."
Mrs. Clinton criticized Mrs. Arafat's remarks several hours after the event they both attended on the West Bank.
While there has been some criticism of Mrs. Clinton, a statewide poll commissioned by the New York Post reported Sunday that Mrs. Clinton's support among Jews was even stronger than when she had left for the trip.
In New York, the Jewish vote can be crucial in a close election and polls show the mayor just slightly ahead of the first lady. Jews generally represent about 12 percent of the state's general election voting.
The executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Matthew Brook, said Monday that "we have not communicated, discussed, coordinated or in any way talked to the Giuliani campaign about this ad in any way whatsoever."
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THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 25, 1999-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17
Hillary confirms candidacy NEW YORK (AP) -- Ending months of speculation, Hillary Rodham Clinton said she is seeking the Senate seat from New York.
''The answer is yes," she told supporters. "I intend to run." She left no room for doubt in. a news conference later:
"It's time to get moving and get started," she said. ''I'll be traveling around the state and campaigning." Mrs. Clinton said she would make the campaign official in an announcement early next year.
The first lady and her advisers engineered the announcement today to end speculation that she washavingsecondthoughtsabout seeking the seat.
They hoped that the development temporarily overshadows a string of political gaffes that have hindered her campaign; she came under heavy criticism for embracing the wife of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on a recent trip to the Middle East.
Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) is applauded by Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, after Mrs. Clinton ended months of speculation by announcing that she plans to run for the Senate, Tuesday in New York. She made the announcement during an address to the United Federation of Teachers. AP
Mrs. Clinton has been under pressure from some New York Democrats, including state party Chairwoman Judith Hope and state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, to quickly declare her candidacy and spend more time campaigning in New York.
And, after a series of missteps in recent weeks, some New York Democrats are actually suggest-
ing she should skip the race. Advisers said today's an
nouncement was choreographed to head off Democratic defections.
Her likely Republican challenger is New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Mrs. Clinton played down any connection between her political problems and the timing of today's announcement.
"I believe that this is time for
me to answer a direct question (about her candidacy) and I did so, because I believe that this campaign is about the issues that people are talking to me about," Mrs. Clinton said at a news conference after addressing a teachers' union.
Earlier, Randi Weingarten, head of the United Federation of Teachers, had asked Mrs. Clinton, "Is is yes or is it no?"
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'Theansweris yes,"Mrs. Clinton said, clearly talking about the Senate race. "I intend to run." Senior aides said the word "intend" was not meant to give Mrs. Clinton any wiggle room. She broke the news to Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo this morning.
"She said, 'I'm running,'" Cuomo told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. Senior adviser Harold Ickes said, "She is
running." Mrs. Clinton was in New York
City today for her first campaignlike appearance in the state in two weeks.
She had been in the Mideast and Europe. Looking cairn and composed, Mrs. Clinton took several questions from reporters, including one about the Monica Lewinsky investigation that staggered her husband's presidency.
'Tm not going back," she replied. "I'm going forward." She said President Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea. were returning from a trip to Kosovo today so they didn't know about her announcement.
"But I don't think they will be surprised." She said she would welcome having her husband campaign on her behalf. "I want to build on the progress" of the Clinton administration, she said.
Mrs. Clinton said she will move into her new home in suburban New York as soon as the Secret Service signs off on its security.
After that, she will be in Washington "from time to time," though she will scale back on her duties as first lady.
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EgyptAir data cites h11man cause WASHING TON (AP) - Controversy over what was said in the cockpit of EgyptAir Flight 990 has clouded hard evidence from the flight data recorder that someone aboard the plane caused it to crash.
It is that evidence. among the most detailed the National T;ansportation Safety Board has ever had to work with. that allowed chairman James Hall to make the unusually early pronouncement that the plane did not appear to have beeri brought down by a mechanical problem or bad weather.
The recorder also does not support any theory of a bomb, which some Egyptians have blamed for the Oct. 31 crash of the New Yorkto-Cairo flight. All 217 aboard were killed. Investigators believe the crash may hav; been caused by Gameel El-Batouty. a backup pilo: who apparently was alone in the cockpit shortly before the crash.
The cockpit recorder picked up the sound of the right-seat occupant uttering a statement before the plane began its dive toward the Atlantic Ocean.
What was said, its translation from Arabic to English and its meaning in the Egyptian culture have triggered argument and diplomatic tension between the two countries.
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what was said by the occupant of the right seat in order to have a prima facia case that a human being caused this accident," said John Nance, an airline captain, lawyer and aviation author.
He said that based on data released to date by the safety board, no scenario explains the Boeing 767's flight path otherthan one in which "the occupant of the right seat disconnected the autopilot and aggressively pushed forward on the yoke, holding that big jet in an incredible screaming dive.··
Such analysis is based on information from the Allied Signal Universal rlight Data Recorder aboard the EgyptAir plane.
When TWA Flight 800 exploded in the skies off Long Island in July 1996, investigators were left with a flight data recorder that documented only 19 flight parameters. The unit aboard the EgyptAir plane logged the performance of 55 aircraft systems and over 150 pieces offlight information on a computer chip.
Hall said Monday: ''The board has not found any information to believe that this is a mechanical or weather-related event that occurred. But our investigation is far from complete."
Among the evidence gleaned from the EgyptAi r recorder: -The plane was in a level cruise both before and for eight seconds after the autopilot was switched off,
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indicating it was a normal flight until the nose was pushed downward.
-The plane's master warning alarm was not sounded until 14 seconds after the dive began, the same time the plane exceeded its maximum design speed of Mach 0.86.
The alarm sounds for five reasons, including excessive speed and a cabin depressurization that would likely follow the explosion of a bomb.
While pilots are taught to dive
to a lower altitude in the event of a decompression, the data recorder shows no Joss of cabin pressure.
-The plane's elevator panels, which sit on both sides of the tail and pitch the nose up and down, made an extremely rare in-flight split in direction.
Boeing designs the 767 so the panels go in opposite directions only with a sustained push of over 50 pounds of pressure on either the captain 'sorthe co-pilot 'scontrol stick.
In the case of Flight 990, the
side linked to the co-pilot's control stick remained pushed down - pointing the nose toward the ocean
-while the side linked to the captain's stick was pulled up. Investigators believe the captain may have returned to the cockpit as the dive began and fought with the co-pilot for control of the airplane.
-Twenty-eight seconds after the dive began, the plane's engine control switches weremoved from "Run" to "Cutoff.';
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Amr Moussa answers questions about the ongoing investigations of the recent Egyptair flight 990 crash during a media conference in Cairo Monday. Moussa said there was still no conclusive evidence showing the cause of the crash. AP
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Order out on Gingrich affair WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge on Tuesday ordered a woman linked romantically to Newt Gingrich to provide Gingrich's wife with an array of personal and financial records bearing on their relationship.
But Superior Court Judge Brook Hedge, mediating a dispute between lawyers for
Marianne Gingrich and congressional staffer Callista B isek, issued orders barring public disclosure of any aspect of Ms. Bisek' s telephone and financial records not relating directly to the former House speaker.
"I really don't want to have out in the public domain all of this witness' private life, ex-
cept where it deals with Mr. Gingrich," she said.
Mrs. Gingrich's lawyers are scheduled to question Ms. Bisek for the first time on Dec. 14 in preparation for a trial next year in Georgia of the couple's bitter divorce lawsuit. They have been seeking the documents to review before that deposition.
FBI chief names head criminal investigator
John Mayoue, an attorney for Mrs. Gingrich, said the documents may show that Gingrich used Ms. Bisek' s credit cards and bank accounts to finance their relationship in order to hide it from Mrs.
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WASHINGTON (AP)-Assistant FBI Director Ruben Garcia, a 21-year agent and executive, was chosen Tuesday to head the FBI's criminal investigative division.
FBI Director Louis Freeh announced that Garcia, 48, will succeed Thomas J. Pickard, who becomes the FBI's deputy director, the bureau's No. 2 official, on Dec. I. Since June 1998, Garcia has been assistant director in charge of the administrative services division where he has been responsible for recruiting and hiring all agents and support workers. Prior to his promotion to assistant director, Garcia was special agent in charge of the San Antonio, Texas, field office since August 1996.
He joined the FBI in October 1978 and was first assigned to San Diego, where he investigated violent crimes, including bank robberies, kidnapings and fugitives.
In l 982, he was assigned to Miami where he worked primarily on drug trafficking investigations. Garcia returned to San Diego in 1988 to oversee drug in-
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana State University medical professor who led a national council on disabled children was found stabbed to death in his home.
Police said they had no motive or suspect in the slaying of 51-year-old James David Sexton, whose naked body was found Monday.
vestigations and transferred to headquarters here in 1991 as a superviser, serving in the violent crimes, major offender and organized crime/drug sections.
He took over as assistant chief of the San Antonio office in June l 994, responsible for overseeing domestic terrorism, national security, civil rights and white collar crimes.
Gingrich. Mayoue also suggested that the documents, including notes be tween Gingrich and Ms. Bisek, may be used to question Gingrich's credibility by comparing his actions with his public comments about both his wife and President Clinton's relationship with former White House
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torney, monitored the hearing but did not participate. Afterward, he said Mrs. Gingrich's lawyers appear to be following a strategy of "chase the girlfriend and eventually they'll pay you to stop chasing her."
Mrs. Gingrich also was in the courtroom Tuesday but declined to comment. Mayoue said she was gratified that the
judge gave her "virtually every document and every tangible item she's been asking for since Sept. 10."
Gingrich's lawyers have said his "intimate relationship" with Ms. Bisek began in November I 993, about a year before the Republican takeover of the House led to his election as speaker.
Ms. Bisek's lawye.r, Pamela Bresnahan, would not confirm that statement in court Tuesday.
She said Ms. Bisek told Gingrich's lawyers in a deposition this month only that the two "really started to know each other" in I 993.
She said she would not characterize when or if a physical relationship existed. Gingrich, 56, filed for divorce in July, saying the couple's 18-year marriage was "irrevocably broken." His first marriage also ended in divorce.
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Troops tried for Aceh abuses
Plainclothes police officers watch as residents board buses, fearing vi~lence betwe~n separatist fighters and Indonesian soldiers, at the bus station in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia. AP
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A total of 151 military personnel have been prosecuted this year for human rights abuses against civilians in restive Aceh province, armed forces commander Adm. Widodo Adisutjipto said Tuesday.
He said charges against the· servicemen ranged from torture to killing and rape.
Among those tried by m_i]itary tribunals were five officers sentenced to prison terms of up to six years, Widodo said without specifying when the men were tried.
The government of President Abdurrahman Wahid has promised to bring to justice all those suspected of human rights violations in Aceh.
The military has opposed calls for soldiers to be tried in civilian courts. Critics say the military tribunals only pros-
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Human rights groups in the province say.more than 5,000 people have been killed or have disappeared at the hands of the security forces in the past decade.
They atso accuse Indonesian troops of torturing several thousand Acehnese as part of their efforts to stamp out a persistent insurgency in. the region.
Speaking before a parliamentary commission, Widodo said a total of 171 civilians and 88 members of the security forces had died in violence in the province in the past 15 months.
In August 1998, the mi_litary announced it would suspending operations against the guerrillas of the Free Aceh Movement and withdraw some units from the region.
The cease-fire, however, collapsed within weeks and. clashes have continued ever since.
The Acehnese are demanding independence for their oiland gas-rich province on the northern tip of Sumatra island, some 1,750 kilometers (1,100 miles) northwest of Jakarta.
Earlier this month, some 500,000 people rallied to demand that Wahid allow an East Timor-style independence referendum in the region.
"Separatist activist, arc getting freer to influence and provoke people to secede from Indonesia," Widodo said, according to a report in the official Antara news agency.
He added that· "the condition was being made worse by certain parties from home and abroad (who are) discrediting every effort by the government to settle the Aceh issue." He did not elaborate.
On Monday, rebel leader Tengku Abdullah Syafii accused the Indonesian military of operating death squads in the region. He said they were shooting policemen and civilians, and burning schools and government buildings in an effort to discredit the independence movement.
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 25, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-21 . ..
Macau mob boss gets 15 yrs MACAU(AP)-Areputed mob boss was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to 15 years in prison, in a case the outgoing Portuguese administration can hold up as a major victory in its difficult fight against the enclave's notorious and violent Chinese triad gangs.
Wan Kuok-koi, alias "Broken Tooth Koi,'' burst into obscenities in Portuguese and Cantonese as court officials put him in handcuffs to lead him away after his conviction on numerous mob-related charges.
'Tm absolutely innocent,"Wan shouted. "This is the worst verdict of the century."
Wan then turned and accused the police guards of being crooks. ·'You guys all took bribes. Don't tell me you didn't take bribes," he yelled.
Wan had been acquitted in a separate trial earlier this year, when prosecutors charged he tried to intimidate casino workers but couldn't find any witnesses totestify against him.
This time, the charges stuck, just as Portugal is preparing to hand Macau back to China after 442 years of direct rule from Lisbon.
Defense lawyers complained that Wan and other alleged mobsters were railroaded in an unfair trial that featured, for example, police officers testifying only about what they allegedly had
and stock certificates. Wan insisted he is an honest
businessman who made millions by legal gambling and various otherendeavors. Wan testified he knew about the notorious 14K triad gang he was accused of running, but had nothing to do with it.
Prosecutors charged that Wan 's mob activities were well-known: He had talked extensively about them in interviews with several international and Hong Kong newspapers, and everi produced a film, "Casino," loosely based on his life.
Wan's conviction was a huge success for the Portuguese administrators who have suffered a bad blow to their image as the gang shootings in Macau intensified over the past few years.
Reputed crime boss Wan Kuok-koi, also known as "Broken Tooth Koi" (center) and his brother, Wan Kokhung (left) sit in a police van as they are transported out from a Macau court Tuesday after they were sentenced to be jailed on charges of criminal activities. AP
Across from the courthouse, two men relaxing in a park had differing views on Wan.
"The handover will probably be safer after his arrest," said Yip Pui-chiu, a 58-year-old retired shoemaker. "His associates probably won't do much with their leader in jail."
heard from informants. Wan was convicted of being a
triad gang member, of being a triad leader, money laundering, loansharking and telephone tapping. He was acquitted of just one count: using a fake mainland Chinese identity card.
"It doesn't mean you 're innocent," said the judge, Fernando Estrela. "It just means that we 're not sure whether you 're responsible."
Seven codefendants, including Wan's brother, Wan Kuok-hung, were convicted of various charges. They got sentences ranging from five and one-half years to 10 and one-half years in prison.
Wan Kuok-hung appeared stunned by the verdicts, as friends and relatives broke into tears in the crowded courtroom. Four of the defendants are still at large and were convicted in absentia, while one person was acquitted of
all charges. A lawyer for Wan, Antonio de
Almeida Ferreira, has 10 days to appeal and said he needed to review the verdict in detail and meet with Wan before deciding how to proceed.
The judge also ordered the seizureofWan 's property, but it was unclearwhatauthorities might still be able to confiscate after already taking Wan's seven apartments, fancy cars, bank accounts, cash
Another man, Yip Lun, said Wan had been treated unfairly. "Broken Tooth ·is quite a good man," Yip said. ·'He's always been nice to everyone in the society, but the government had to find a culprit, and they picked him."
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South Korea legalizes militant labor group
Thousands of workers march with union flags in downtown Seoul Sunday. About 20,000 workers gathered at a public park, demanding shorter work hours and a suspension of moves to restructure state companies that will result in mass layoffs. AP
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea legalized a militant labor umbrella group Tuesday in a major shift in its policy toward the country's labor movement.
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the nation's second largest labor group, has led many violent protests in recent years to demand wage hikes, a shorter work week and better working conditions.
About 2,800 members of the confederation have been arrested since 1987 for leading violent protests. Most were released after serving a brief prison term.
The government outlawed the confederation for years, citing a law that allowed only one umbrella labor group. The
controversial law was abolished in 1997, but the government had refused to legalize the group, accusing it of illegal activity.
Another reason cited by the. government for its refusal to legalize the confederation was the status of some leaders standing trial for violent labor movements.
The legal problems of those leaders were recently resolved, because they were either acquitted or charges filed against them were dropped.
"We hope our decision will help promote labor peace and lay the foundation to resolve pending labor issues," said Kini Won-bae of the Labor Ministry.
The government had rejected four requests since 1995
As we go about our busy lives, we so often overlook to appreciate the good works of others, the kindness shown to us, or the many blessings we have received throughout the·year.
On this last Thanksgiving of the twentieth century, we, at KARIDAT take this op-. portunityJo express our:'cleepest appreciation to everyone who have in one way or another assisted us in the fulfillment of our mission.
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trying to woe the group into talks with itself and management to find ways to restructure South Korea's debt-ridden industries.
The confederation so far has refused, saying that restructuring will result in mass lay
offs. Dan Byong-ho, chairman of
the confederation, said his group has no immediate plan to join the talks.
The confederation with a membership 'of 570,000 controls most major unions in the auto, shipbuilding and other key industries. The No. 1 Korea Federation of Trade Unions has 1.5 million members, mostly in banks and light industry.
Execution of · HK crime boss to proceed HONG KONG (AP) - A reputed Hong Kong crime boss and two mainland Chinese accomplices lost their appeals Tuesday in China and w.e.re immediately taken to be executed in a case of murder, robbery and weapons possession, local media reported.
The Supreme People's Court In China's southern Guangdong province turned. down appeals from Ye Chengjian and other purported members of his gang, who were said to have carried out a crime spree in Macau and China, state-owned Radio Hong Kong reported.
Television Broadcasts Ltd. reported Ye and the two other condemned men were driven straight from the court to the execution grounds. China typically executes people by gunshot, although no information about Ye's execution was immediately made available .
A court official contacted by telephone declined comment on the case.
A dozen more alleged accomplices were sentenced to jail, the radio reported.
The defendants were tried in China, though it was unc !ear whether the charges concerned crimes carried out in Macau as wel I.
Television Broadcasts Ltd. reports carried footage from a state-run Chinese station showing Ye calm. with a halfsmile on his face. He was handcuffed and held by two guards amid tight securit v including soldie-rs armed ·with shotguns surrounding the court.
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Anwar urges vote for the opposition KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP)-lnaletterfromjail,Anwar Ibrahim called on Malaysians to vote for the opposition in next week's election, saying Tuesday it was the only hope for greater democracy in their Southeast Asian nation.
"This is the best opportunity. Stand up for justice and defend the fate of the people," Anwaf, the former deputy prime minister, wrote in a seven-page letter distributed by his wife's National Justice Party.
Azizahismail,Anwar'swife,set up the party earlier this year to carry Anwar's political mantle after he was sacked, beaten in police custody and jailed for six years on corruption charges that he denies.
Anwar announced on Saturday that he would not contest in the election, but the coalition insists that Anwar is still its choice for prime minister in the unlikely event that they unseat Mahathir Mohamad, who has ruled Malaysia for 18 years.
Few believe that the opposition coalition will unseat Mahathir. Even the opposition alliance admits that its real goal is to break the ruling coalition's two-thirds majority in Parliament
In his letter, Anwar endorsed the political platform of the fourparty opposition Alternative Front coalition and its vision for the future of Malaysia.
"We put forward the concept of democratic, transparent and responsible rule," Anwar said.
''We should return to the spirit of the constitution, guarantee freedom and justice, as well as respect the law which upholds the division of executive, legislative
and judicial powers." Anwar, who is on trial for sod
omy, says the charges against him were concocted to end his challenge to Mahathir, Asia's longest-serving ruler.
"I've been the victim of evil lies and a heinous conspiracy," Anwar reiterated in his letter.
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China raps Bush over criticism BEIJING (AP) - China on Tuesday rebuked Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush for criticizing China's human rights record.
Healthy China-U.S. relations benefit both sides, as well as world peace and stability, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said when asked about
Bush's remarks Saturday in California.
"Any attempt to have China checked does not conform with the fundamental interests of the people of Asia-Pacific," Sun told reporters.
Bush rejected President Clinton's view of China and Russia as "strategic partners," saying
they should be treated "without ill will, but also without illusions."
He also said a Bush administration would help Taiwan defend itself. Sun reiterated that Taiwan was the most sensitive policy question "at the very core of China-U.S. relations" and said that all Chinese, including those on Taiwan, want reunification.
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Fishing limits 'too ·lo RIO DEJANEIRO,Brazil (AP) -lfthe fate of the Atlantic swordfish depends on the restraint of fishing nations. the future of the specie; may be in trouble.
Delegates at the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of At-
\antic Tunas resolved to reduce catches of swordfish and bluefin nma. But scientists say the new limit isn't low enough to recover the dangerously depleted stocks.
At the weeklong meeting, which concluded Monday, the limit for the swordfish catch next year was
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Although delegates from 26 nations or trade blocs were present, talks were dominated by the European Union, the United States, Canada and Japan. The four account for about 95 percent of the north Atlantic swordfish catch.
Leading the campaign for lower limits were the United States and Canada, which take about 40 percent of the catch.
Opposing them were Japan and the EU, led by Spain, the single biggest catcherof swordfish - and for environmentalists, the No. 1 villain.
A recent report by the World Wildlife Fund stated that more than one-third of the North Atlantic swordfish and 83 percent of Mediterranean bluefin tuna caught by Spain were smaller than the legal limits.
"At the rate that young blue fin
tuna are being caught in the Medi~erranean the population will never recover," Wilmot said.
Environmental groups; which were allowed to attend the meeting for the first time, say the amount of young fish caught is a greater threat than illegal fishing by small nations. Swordfish breed only when the female is five years old and weighs 150 pounds, and the average 90-pound swordfish now going to market show that stocks are being fished out faster than they can be replenished, they said.
One positive sign coming from the meeting was the strong pro0
conservation stance of the U.S. delegation, led by the National Marine Fisheries Service, said Susan Boa of the environmental group Sea Web.
"We had full support in our campaign from the U.S. and Canadian delegations," Boa said. That position reflected a rare consensus among commercial and recreational fishermen, conservationists and 11 states that swordfish stocks should be restored within 10 years.
Argentina fire kills 2
Firefighters battle a fire at a supermarket in downtown Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina Tuesday. Police said two bodies had been pulled from the debris. AP
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina "It all happened so suddenly," (AP) - An explosion and fire said Jose Carrizo, a supermarket destroyed a supermarket in worker, according to the news southern Argentina on Tuesday, report. killing at least two people and ·'Toe fire spread rapidly and injuring dozens, local news re- we started to hear explosions." ports said. Carrizo said he managed to rnsh
The fire gutted the Casa Tia out with a co-worker, but rapidly supermarket in downtown spreading flames blocked escape ComodoroRivadavia, 945 miles through the front door, while south of Buenos Aires, sparking burning wall paneling fell down panic as shoppers fled through all around him. smokeandburningdebris.There "It was hard for us to get out wasnowordonthecauseofthe because of all smoke and the blaze. fire," he added. He said he used
Police said two bodies had a fire extinguisher to put out been pulled from the debris and flames on some of the victims. that 47 injured people were taken Felipe Di Marco, a fire depart-to hospitals, according to the ment spokesman, said the blaze domestic news agency Diaries y began just after l p.m., and that Noticias. firefighters were putting out the
Television footage showed last hot spots an hour later. firefighters on ladders plucking He said rescue workers were a woman, her face sooty, from a searching forothervictims who second-floor window. might have been trapped. Casa
Other firefighters poured wa- Tia is a traditional Argentine ter into the blackened building supermarket chain owned by a or tossed shopping carts to the consortium of Argentine and side of the building while ambu- international interests, includ-lance workers rushed away vic- ing the French group tims on stretchers. Promodes.
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Mosque row in Nazareth NAZARETH, Israel (AP) -Thousands of triumphant Muslims on Tuesday unveiled a cornerstone for a mosque next to a major Christian shrine in the heart of Jesus' boyhood town -a ceremony that set off bitter recriminations between the Vatican and Israel.
The Vatican said Israel, by allowing the mosque to be built, was "laying the foundation" for division. Israel hinted that the Holy See's protests were motivated in part by anti-Semitism.
Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority backed the churches. The Muslim ceremony in the shadow of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, replete with defiant chants and fervent prayers, prompted church leaders to close Christian shrines across the Holy Land. Many pilgrims were dismayed or confused.
The dispute over the mosque forged odd alliances. The Palestinian leadership, which is predominantly Muslim, sided with the churches, while Israel was accused of favoring the Islamic movement in the government's attempt to ·broker a compromise.
The coalitions were apparently chosen with an eye toward coming negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians on the future of another holy city, Jerusalem.
In Tuesday's ceremony, several thousand Islamic activists cheered when a green cloth was lifted from the cornerstone, a beige marble slab.
Hundreds shook their fists and chanted, "With our blood and spirit, wewillredeemyou,Shihab el-Din," a reference to the 12th century anti-Crusader cleric they believe to be buried at the site.
Fireworks lit the late afternoon sky, and activists passed around trays overflowing with the sticky sweets thick with nuts and sesame oil that are traditional to the region. Christian shopkeepers in the area closed early.
Responding to the Muslims' show of force, the Vatican said Israel bore responsibility for "creating the basis for instigating division."
"The decision of the Israeli government seems to lay the foundation for future conflicts and tensions between the two communities, Christian and Islam," said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.
Israel's Foreign Ministry rejected the charge, saying it "unfortunately recalls the ancient practice of pointing the finger at the wrong cause" - an allusion to anti-Semitism. At the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, believed to be the site of Jesus' crucifixion, pilgrims were disappointed to find gates shuttered.
The Vatican had taken the lead, but other denominations, including Greek Orthodox and Armenians, also backed the decision to close churches on Monday and Tuesday.
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name of God and they can't come up with an agreement," said D.J. Droege, of Denver, on a weeklong visit with her husband and mother.
The two-year dispute over the mosque has raised tensions between Muslims and Christians in Nazareth, one of Pope John Paul II's expected stops during a visit in March. Palestinians want the pope to use his visit to affirm a Vatican position that it does not recognize Israeli control over east Jerusalem, which the Palestinians claim as the capital for a future independent state.
A senior Palestinian official, speakingonconditionofanonymity, told The Associated Press that the Vatican made it clear to Arafat that it expected his support on Nazareth as a quid pro quo for its support on Jerusalem.
Saudi Arabia, the guardian of Islam's holiest shrines, supported Arafat's efforts, offering to pay for a new mosque at an alternate spot in Nazareth, away from the basilica, to avoid friction.
Nazareth Muslims, who see the mosque as repudiating years of perceived discrimination by the city's largely Christian middle class, were stung by Arafat's interference.
"This is not Arafat's business," said Khaled Abu Ahmed, a garage mechanic. "We are citizens of the state of Israel."
Muslims said the Saudi offer was also out of place. "We have money, that's not a problem," said Salman Abu Ahmed, a leader of the Islamic movement in Nazareth.
"I told (the Saudis) this is holy land for Muslims and we cannot leave it and we have the right to build the mosque beside the church."
The Nazareth confrontation began two years ago when Mayor Ramez Jeraisi, a Christian, announced plans to build a tourist plaza next to the basilica to make the congested downtown area more appealing to millennium tourists.
The Islamic movement claimed the half-acre plot and set up a protest tent on the site, demanding the entire area for a huge mosque.
The tensions erupted into riots on Easter Sunday, with much of the violence targeting Christian property.
The Israeli government- fearin~. an_ increase in tensions
would mar its plans for the millennium - stepped in, brokering a compromise that would allow a mosque on one-third of the land, and the plaza on the remainder.
Christian officials suggested that Israel tried to please the
Muslims because they are the bigger voting bloc.
The vast majority of Israel's l million Arab citizens are Muslim. Shimon Peres, Israel's elder statesman and former prime minister, said both sides in the town of 72,000 would have to
accept a compromise, however hard it might be.
"Politics is the art of compromise, religion is the expression of holiness," Peres said. "And where holiness begins, reason ends and you cannot argue with holiness."
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In Kosovo
Clinton 11rges forgiveness UROSEV AC, Yugoslavia (AP) - In a plea met with scant applause and silent stares, President Clinton told ethnic Albanians in Kosovo Tuesday that "you must try" to forgive Serb neighbors and stop punishing them for the terror campaign of Slobodan Milosevic. 'The time for fighting has passed," Clinton said.
"Teach your children that life is more than the terrible things that are done. It is how you react to them."
Guarded by armed troops and tanks, Clinton ended a IO-day European tour by sweeping into wartorn Kosovo to urge reconciliation instead of revenge and to give a Thanksgiving boost to U.S. peacekeeping forces.
American aircraft shared runways with Russian helicopters at the jointly controlled Pristina airport, patrolled by guard dogs and soldiers armed with automatic rifles. Clinton flew over snow-covered fields and homes with fireblackened windows, signs of the destruction caused by Yugoslav President Milosevic' s forces until they were expelled by 78 days of NATO air attacks.
Orthodox Christian Bishop Artemije, a leader of Kosovo's dwindling Serb minority, complained to Clinton about reprisals. "He said that freedom has not been returned for the Serbs, that there still continue to be Serbs being killed, continue to be Serbs being kidnapped," National Security Adviser Sandy Berger said.
"Eighty churches have been destroyed." Accompanied by his daughter, Chelsea, Clinton went to
President Bill Clinton is surrounded by U.S. troops at Camp Bondstee/, Kosovo, Yugoslavia Tuesday President Clinton was mobbed by the troops and earlier he met ethnic Albanians. AP
Camp Bondsteel, the sprawling fire base that is home for most of the 6,000 U.S. troops in Kosovo.
Smiling and shaking hands, Chelsea got at least as much attention as her father. The Clintons stayed for a Thanksgiving dinner; Chelsea had a vegetarian plate while the president feasted on a drumstick, stuffing and sweet potatoes.
The president addressed the troops in a huge tent, telling them that racial, ethnic and religious ha-
tred is "the number one problem in this whole world today." ·
Looking out at hundreds of Americans of different races, Clinton said they were models of cooperation and tolerance for Kosovars,particularlythechildren.
"Even if they don't speak our language, even if they never met any African-Americans or Hispanics before, even if they don't know any Asians before, they can see," Clinton said. 'They have eyes.
They 'II get it "He said "the power of your example will show them that they do not have to be trapped in the pattern ... of slaughter" that has crippled Balkan nations. Six months after the air war stopped Milosevic, abuses against ethnic Albanians have been replaced with revenge attacks against the remaining Serbian minority.
Berger said 50,000 to 100,000 Serbs have fled Kosovo, while an equal number remain. Clinton
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"You can never forget the in justice that was done to you," Clinton told the audience. He p~sed as his comment was translated, and the words were met with applause. "No one can force you to forgive what was done to you," the president said.
Again, the audience applauded. "But you must try," he continued. This time, there was a subdued response.
"You cheered for us when we came in because when you were being oppressed, we stood by you," Clinton said. "We won the war, but listen: only you can win the peace."
An 8th-grader, Ramadan Ilazi, introducing Clinton, said, "You promised that you will bring us to our homes safe.
You kept your promise." Despite the largely unenthusiastic response, there was some support for Clinton's call for reconciliation. Pranvera Pajaziti, resident of a village called Spring, said, "I lost my father.
I have to forgive and to forget because I like to live in peace, not war." Earlier, Clinton received an update from American and United Nations military leaders on the chaotic process of rebuilding Kosovo.
He was told the numberofhornicides in Kosovo dropped to seven last week, and 32 the week before, compared with 114 when U.N. troops took control of the province.
Troops greet Chelsea warmly CAMP BONDSTEEL, Yugoslavia (AP) - "Where's Chelsea?" The question rocketed around this huge military base Tuesday in the Americancontrolled sector of Kosovo as word spread that Chelsea was accompanying President Clinton on his morale-boosting visit.
The first daughter drew all the attention when she preceded her father into a tent where he was about to give a speech. Within moments, the 19-yearold college sophomore was in the midst of U.S. troops, smiling and reaching out to shake their hands.
She was such a hit that the president's arrival failed to stir much notice. Taking the stage with little fanfare, Clinton said, "From the reception you gave my daughter, I thought he (the introducer) was going to say I was Chelsea's father, too."
Chelsea, taking a break from classes at Stanford University, accompanied the president throughout his 10-day trip to Turkey, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria and the Yugoslav republic of Kosovo.
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UN seeks $2.3B for world crises GENEVA (AP) - The United Nations appealed Tuesday for $2.34 billion to help ··millions of souls" around the world suffering from war, earthquakes and other disasters. Places that will need more help next year include those that have received the most attention in recent weeks - Kosovo, East Timar, Turkey and Chechnya, said U.N. Secretary-
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the largest travel and consumer show held in Japan.
According to Nelson, the travel show organizers will come up with an even bigger show this year due to the fact that tourism is expected to become the key industry of the 21st century.
Held every two years, the travel show provides a forum for Japanese and international travel agents and travel industry-related representatives to gather and exchange information.
The theme for the upcoming show will be "The New Age of Opportunity." Heralding the imminent arrival of the 21st Century, the theme is intended to emphasize the formidable and definitive challenges that await the industry given the constantly changing market and business
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Lazalita was arrested and slapped with several traffic charges.
PDO filed a motion to dismiss based on alleged outrageous pQlice conduct by police officers, including Castro.
Torres in a press statement yesterday said Chief Prosecutor Kevin Lynch and DPS Commissioner Charles Ingram have indicated to him that they are taking immediate and appropriate action to investigate Lazalita's complaint.
Torres said Lynch has gone on record stating that DPS and the AGO investigate all claims of police misconduct and mistreatment.
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lated agreement to deportation, the lawyer said, the deportation order from Superior Court would have no effect since the court could have no jurisdiction until the criminal case is completed.
Only after the case is com-. pleted would the immigration
could have jurisdiction to enter a deportation order, Torres stressed.
Indeed, Torres added, the Criminal Division of the AGO appreciates his concern over the issue and has filed a motion to dismiss Anson's criminal case so
General Kofi Annan. But, he added, "as we struggle to catch up and provide the assistance needed in those places, crises are lingering, emerging, resuming or intensifying in many other places around the globe."
This year's launch, named "World Humanitarian Day," marks a renewed effort by the United Nations to improve fund-
conditions. "We are very excited in that our
presentation is directly in-line with JATA 's theme of 'The Age of Opportunity. We know that the costto participate in J AT A can be costly. However, we must also take into the account our strategy of providing information on the various facilities and attractions found on Guam," Nelson said.
During the four-day trade and consumer show, Nelson said GVB will be promoting Guam and the many new as well as existing attractions and facilities of the island's tourism industry.
"Additionally, with outbound travel profiles changing, we hope our promotions will reflect a 'new Guam' that will entice both first time and repeat travelers," Nelson said.
In addition to Guam's travel trade show area, G VB will also be sponsoring two coffee breaks and the closing ceremony's Congress Highlights Slide Presentation.
·'Upon the completion of any investigation, the AGO will file criminal charges against any police officer found to have engaged in criminal conduct," Torres said.
The assistant public defender said DPS will also take administrative action against any police officer, including termination or suspension, for criminal misconduct or violations of standards of conduct for police officers.
Torres said Ingram during their meeting reiterated his commitment to maintaining the public trust and confidence in the DPS · by demanding that all police officers maintain the highest standards of professionalism and ethics.
Torres said Ingram assured Lazalita that any claims of abuse by law enforcement will be investigated thoroughly and will receive the highest priority and attention by DPS and AGO.
that he could be deported pursuant to the stipulated deportation agreement.
Torres said he considers the stipulated deportation agreement to be a disingenuous attempt to fastrack deportation proceedings in disregard of a person's right to counsel and right to due process.
Torres said while an immigration judge may not have authority to allow voluntary departure, he certainly has the authority to ensure that a respondent receives due process in deportation proceedings.
He said private counsel and attorneys within the PDO have been
.advised to watch for similar conduct by DOLi officers on all aliens and FAS citizens.
ing for its aid operations. The campaign combines all cri
sis areas to keep the little-known or long-forgotten ones - many in Africa-from losing out in the competition for donor dollars.
The list runs from Afghanistan and Angola through North Korea to Uganda. Among the countries least popular with donors are North Korea, Guinea-Bissau,
GVB will also hold a special travel agents seminar that will invite major Japan travel trade executives, to obtain more detailed information on the island.
Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, chairman of British Airways Pie., has been tapped as the keynote speaker for the event and is expected to touch on travel trends in the new millennium.
According to GVB, JATA '97 had over 702 organizations from 70 countries and regions participating. This year, GVB said the organizers expect a bigger presence.
With that in mind, Nelson said Guam must be aggressive in this promotion to ensure Guam's success in the coming century.
"The bureau continues its mission to derive maximum benefit for our people through the tourism industry. Therefore, creating public awareness of tourism is essential," he added.
PDO has urged any mernberof the public who has been mistreated by law enforcement personnel to bring forth these complaints to the attention of the commissioner and the AGO.
Torres said on behalf of its clients, PDO will continue to forward all complaints of police mistreatment to the commissioner for investigation and action.
"PDQ as a government agency is also committed to ensuring the fair and equal enforcement of the laws. Every citizen's right to due process must be protected and respected, especially by law enforcement personnel entrusted with the protection of such a right," he said.
PDQ, Torres added, will continue to review all cases to make sure police officers respect each citizen's civil and constitutional rights.
Torres said sanctions may be imposed against DOU by the Immigration Court for disregarding the process and procedures leading up to a deportation order, including the basic requirement of jurisdiction.
The assistant public defender said DPS would be well-advised to note that agents from DOU cannot be allowed unfettered access to detained defendants represented by counsel while those defendants await criminal proceedings.
"DOU officers arc law enforcement personnel. DPS should not allow DOU officers to violate a detainee's right to counsel anymore than its own officers," he pointed out.
Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone.
"For the mi II ions of souls who have been through the nightmare and needourhelptodare to dream again - I ask you today to send a signal of hope," Annan said.
The support is based on country-by-country contributions in addition to whatever is paid in regular U.N. dues.
Annan acknowledged that he wasaskingforalotfor2000. "But it is far less than what the world spends on military purposes in a single day," he told representativesofthe world's wealthy countries, urging their governments to go much beyond theirregularU.N. dues. The United Nations held its first combined appeal last year, seeking $2.21 billion for its worldwide aid operations in 1999.
With one month of the year to go, donors have pledged $1.47 billion, leaving a shortfall of almost one-third.
"We have a duty to look carefully at the needs of all victims -wherever and whoever thev mav
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be - and judge them by the same humanitarian standard," Annan said. ''We must do better."
The United Nations enlisted a public relations firm in addition to its regular staff of spokespeople in presenting regional appeals, each of which ends with a warning: "What happens if we do not get the resources."
The appeal seeks $71.3 million for Congo for next year. "Lack of funds would mean that millions would be exposed to death or extremely inhuman conditions for survival," itsaid. U.N. officials said they have no precise figure for the publicity costs for this year's campaign, but that donors agreed to them.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
MICROL CORPORATION, dba TOYOTA RENT A CAR, Plaintiff. -v-
CARMELITA PALACIOS, Defendant.
CIVIL ACTION NO. 98-292A
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and notified to file any answer '{ou wish to make to the Complaint, a copy o wh.ich is served upon you hereby, within twenty--one (21) days after the founhJ)ublication of this Summons, and to deliver or mail a copy of your answer to White, Pierce, Mailman & Nutting, the Plaintiff's Auomcys whose address is P.O. \!Ox 5222. Saipan°, MP 96950, as soon as prac11cable after fifm_g your answer or sending it to the Clerf of Courts for filing .
Your answer should be in writing and filed wi!h the Clerk of 1his Court at Susupe, Saipan. It may be prepared and signed for Y.qu ~ your counsel and sent to the Clerk of this Court by messenger or mail. It is nQ1 necessary for you to aQP.t;ar personally until further notice. If you fail 10 answ~r in accordance with this Summons, judgment by default may be taken ngninst you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
By Order of the above court:
isl Deputy Clerk of Court
DATED, this 9th day or November, 1999
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01 COOK-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: EXPRESS MANUFACTURING INC. Tel.3224'743(11/25)Th33433
01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $4.50 per hour Contact: GLOBAL TRADERS, INC. Tel. 234-7415(11/25)Th33435
01 SALES CLERK-Salary $3.05 per hour Contact: JAMES B.K. JUN dba Jun's Enterprises Tel. 235-1763( 11 I 25)Th33436
01 LAWYER (w/ SPECIALIZATION IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES)Salary: $3,000 per month Contact: JOSEPH A. ARRIOLA, Attorney at Law dba The Law Offices of Joseph A. Arriola Tel. 233-5501 (11/ 25)Th33438
01 MAINTENANCE (MANAGER)-Salary: $600.00-975.00 semi-monthly 01 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER-Salary: $3.05-3.20 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $4.20 per hour 01 BARTENDER-Salary: $3.10 per hour 01 COOK HELPER-Salary: $3.10 per hour 01 COOK-Salary: $3.10 per hour 03 WAITER (RESTAURANT)-Salary: $3.05 per hour 03 WAITRESS, (RESTAURANT)-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: KAN PACIFIC SAIPAN, LTD. Tel. 322-0770 ext. 409(11/25)TH81561
01 OPERATIONS MANAGER-Salary: $4.00 per hour Contact: ISLAND HOME PHARMACY· CORPORATION dba JPA Homecare & Medical Supplies Tel. 233-7404(12/ 2)Th81722
02 WAITRESS-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: CITY CORPORATION dba CNMI Jock Restaurant Tel. 287-2878
01 COOK HELPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: BOBBIE'S AMUSEMENT CO., INC. Tel. 235-2624
02 WASHING MACHINE OPERATORSalary: $3.05 per hour 01 WELDER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: HIP SHING (SAIPAN) Tel. 322-8989
01 CONSTRUCTION WORKER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: SAIHON DEVELOPMENT, INC. Tel. 2344>832(12/2)Th81695
03 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORSalary: $3.05-3.30 per hour Contact: WESTERN EQUIPMENT, INC. Tel. 322-9228(12/2)Th81704
01 COOK HELPER-Salary: $3.20 per hour 02 COOK-Salary: $3.05-3.55 per hour 01 JANITOR-Salary: $3.10 per hour Contact: PACIFIC MANAGEMENT, INC. dba Mariana Restaurant Tel. 322-3324(12/2)Th81715
01 ALUMINUM FABRICATOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: RICHARD P. KAUTZ, JR. dba Kautz Glass Tel. 322-9282(12/ 08)W33619
01 WAITRESS-Salary: $550.00-1,000.00 per month Contact: I.I. CORPORATIOIN dba Bistro Tel. 234-9367(11/25)Th33448
01 (ASSISTANT) MANAGER-Salary: $600.00-2, 750.00 per month plus $750.00 housing allowance per month 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Salary: $3.05-4.50 per hour plus $300.00 housing allowance per month Contact: SAIPAN MUGEN INC. dba Octopus Army Tel. 233-2010(11/ 25)Th33449
01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: MODESTA ANTONIO dba Chequita Avon Co. Tel. 288-1681(11/ 25)Th33450
01 SWIMMING POOL SERVICER-Salary: $3.05-3. 10 per hour 02 WAITRESS, FORMAL (RESTAU· RANT)-Salary: $3.0~.30 per hour 01 COOK HELPER-Salary: $3.05-4.10 per hour 01 GROUNDSKEEPER (GARDENER)· Salary: $3.05-3.10 per hour 01 COMPUTER, OPERATOR-Salary: $3.05-7.15 per hour 02 SALES PERSON-Salary:$3.05-7.15 per hour 01 COOK-Salary: $3.05-4.60 per hour Contact: MICRO PACIFIC DEVELOP· MENT, INC. dba Saipan Grand Hotel Tel. 234-6601 (11/25)Th81581
01 MAINTENCE REPAIR-SALARY: $3.05 per hour 10 SEWING MACHINE REPAIRER-Salary: $3.05 per hour 01 TRUCK DRIVER-Salary: $3.05-425 per hour 01 DATA CLERK-Salary: $3.05-5.25 per hour 01 (ASSISTANT) MANAGER (FACTORY)-Salary: $1,675.00-1,770.00 per month 02 ELECTRICIAN-Salary: $3.05-4.25 per hour 10 TAILOR-Salary: $3.05 per hour 06 HAND PACKAGER-Salary: $3.05-3.50 per hour 05 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary: $3.05 per hour 01 MASON-Salary: $3.05·3.50 per hour 10 IRONING (PRESSER MACHINE)· Salary: $3.05 per hour 25 PATTERN GRADER CUTTER-Salary: $3.05 per hour 250 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORSalary: $3.05 per hour Contact: UNITED INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Tel. 235-6999(11/ 25)Th33446
01 COOK-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: CELESTE MARIA JOCSON dba Dea's Store Tel. 433-6888(11/ 25)Th33445
08 TRIMMER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: LI QUN CORP. Tel. 288-0548(11/25)Th33443
02 DENTAL ASSISTANT-Salary: $1,100.00 per month Contact: TODD K. JOHNSON dba Toothworks Tel. 234-3810(11/ 25)Th33444
05 JANITOR-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: PHILIPPINE GOODS CONST., I NC. dba Help Supply Service Tel. 234-6485(11/25)Th81562
04 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER BLDG.Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: BIRD ISLAND DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED Tel. 235-6888(12/08)W33616
01 MAINTENANCE BUILDING REPAIR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: GOOD DAY COORDINATING INC. Tel. 234-2101(12/08)W33620
02 BEAUTICIAN-Salary:$3-35-3.60 per hour Contact: STANLEY C. & JUANNET G. TORRES dba Juanny's Beauty Salon Tel. 288-7686 33604
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01 WELL DRILLER-Salary: $3.50 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $3.65 per hour Contact: ALEXANDER INCORPORATED Tel. 234-5117(12/2)Th33538
02 TRIMMER, HAND-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: MAN ON ENT., INC. Tel. 235-9107(12/2)Th33539
01 MAINTENANCE REPAIR-Salary: $3. 05 per hour Contact: AMERICAN KAI HUA CORPORATION dba Kai Hua Farm & Kai Hua Restaurant Tel. 235-8228(12/ 2)Th33540
01 SCREEN PRINTER HELPER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: EVERBRIGHT CO., LTD. Tel. 235-8228(12/2)Th33541
01 WAITRESS/WAITER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: UNIVERSAL (U.S.) DEVELOPMENT, INC. Tel. 235-4492(12/ 2)Th33542
01 FOREIGN CLERK-Salary: $3.25-4.00 per hour Contact: CNMI CURRENCY EXCHANGE, INC. Tel. 234-3318(12/ 2)Th33543
03 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $325-7.00 per hour Contact: PETER MICHAEL P. TENORIO dba Equitable Consulting Services Tel. 23443676 (12/2)11133544
01 BUILDING MAINTENANCE REPAIR-Salary: $3.30 per hour Contact: PLAZA CORPORATION dba Highway Market/Coin Laundry Tel. 233-0386( 12/2)Th33545
01 DRESSMAKER-Salary: $3.05 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $3.05-5.20 per hour Contact: SERVILLANA B. MENDOZA dba Celebrity Enterprises Tel. 234-2056(12/2)Th33548
01 SUPERVISOR, RETAIL-Salary: $3.05 per hour 02 ELECTRICIAN-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact:HANMl, INC. Tel. 233-2211(12/ 2)Th33550
01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $3.05-5.75 per hour 01 QUARRY SUPERINTENDENT-Salary: $1,725.00 per month 03 PLANT TENDER-Salary: $3.05-3.25 per hour 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORSalary: $3. 05-3.25 per hour 04 MASON-Salary: $3.05-4.65 per hour 02 PLUMBER-Salary: $3.05-4.70 per hour 01 CONSTRUCTION WORKER-Salary: $3.05-5.20 per hour 02 CARPENTER-Salary: $3.054l.55 per hour 02 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICSalary: $3.05-3.25 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary: $3.05-3.40 per hour 01 BLOCK MAKING MACHINE OPERATOR-Salary: $3.05-3.35 per hour 01 LUBRICATION SERVICER-Salary: $3.05-3.25 per hour 02 DISPATCHER (QUARRY)-Salary: $3.05-3.55 per hour Contact: CONSTRUCTION & MATERIAL SUPPLY, INC. dba CMS, Inc. Tel. 234-6136(12/2)Th81710
01 SUPERVISOR GARMENT-Salary:$1,675.00 per month 02 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER BLDG.-Salary:$3.05 per hour . 10 IRONING (PRESSER MACHINE OPER.)-Salary:$3.05 per hour 10 PATTERN GRADER CUTIER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 80 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORSalary:$3.05 per hour 01 FIRST AID ATTENDANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: UNITED INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Tel. 235-6888(12/ 08)W33618 - - - . . . -~--~--~·
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01 ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour Plus $100.00 housing allowance. Plus $100.00 food allowance. Contact: LEE'S INC. Tel. 234-3848(12/ 08)W33610
01 WELDER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 03 WASHING MACHINE OPERATORSalary:$3.05 per hour Contact: HIP SHING (SAIPAN) Tel. 322-8383(12/08)W33611
01 WAITRESS (RESTAURANT)-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: FENG ZE CORPORATION dba Yong An Restaurant Tel. 233-49D8(12/08)W33609
01 AUTO MECHANIC (MASTER)-Salary:$6.50 per hour Contact: JUAN M. BORJA dba MS Car Care Tel. 288-2281(12/08)W33608
01 AUTOBODY REPAIRER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SAPPHIRE ENTERPRISES, INC. dba Salyn's Beauty Shop Tel. 235-4603(12/08)W33606
01 (ASST.) F&B MANAGER-Salary:$500.00-785.00 per month 01 (ASSISTANT) FRONT OFFICE MANAGER-Salary:$500.00-785.00 per month Contact: PACIFIC MICRONESIA CORPORATION dba Dai-lchi Hotel Saipan Beach Tel. 234-6413(12/D8)W81801
01 (ASST.) MANAGER (OPERATION)Salary:$750.00-2,900.00 per month 01 WAITRESS, RESTAURANT-Salary:$3.0~.85 per hour 01 (ASSISTANT) MANAGER-Salary:$750.00-2,400.00 per month 02 SALES CLERK-Salary:$3.05-8.00 per hour 02 BARTENDER-Salary:$3.05-3.85 per hour 03 MASSEUSE-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: SUWASO CORPORATION dba Coral Ocean Point Resort Club Tel. 234-7000(12/08)W81794
06 VIDEO CAMERA OPERATOR-Salary:$550.00-1,700.00 per month Contact: SAIPAN TV PRODUCTION, INC. Tel. 234-0386(12/08)W33612
01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICSalary:$4.50 per hour Contact: HAWAIIAN ROCK PRODUCTS CORPORATION Tel. 322-0407(12/D8)W33614
01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SAIPAN SDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Tel. 234-7326(12/08)W33615
75 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORSalary:$3.05 per hour 10 SEWING MACHINE REPAIRERSalary:$3.05 per hour 10 IRONING (PRESSER MACHINE OPER.)-Salary:$3.05 per hour 10 PATTERN GRADER CUTTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: HSIA-LING H. LIN dba Net Apparel Company Tel. 235-6888(121 08)W33617
01 STORE (SUPERVISOR)-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: ARLENE CHRISTINE M. BUNIAG dba Red Tag Convenience Store Tel. 235-1944(12/9)Th33636
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03 SECURITY GUARD-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MARDE DLC. PALACIOS dba Marvin's Tailoring, Janitorial and Security Services Tel. 234-2815(12/ 9)Th33635
01 DRESSMAKER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MEUTON P. VILLAFUERTE dba MV Enterprises Tel. 235-0835(12/ 9)Th33638
01 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.05-4.70 per hour Contact: JAPAN WATER SYSTEMS
. CNMI dba JWS Saipan Tel. 322-8602(12/9)11133633
01 GENERAL MANAGER-Salary:$5.00-10. 70 per hour Contact: ROSA CORPORATION dba Rosa One Way Mart Tel. 235-2949(12/ 9)Th33630
01 GRAPHIC ARTS TECHNICIAN (PRINTER)-Salary:$3.05-6.00 per hour 01 REPORTER-Salary:$3.05-5.00 per hour 01 EDITOR WRITER-Salary:$5.00-11.00 per hour Contact: ROSA (PAULOR) CORP. dba Happy Days Tel. 235-2007(12/ 9)Th33629 .
02 DELIVERY ROUTE DRIVER-Salary:$3.0~.25 per hour Contact: ANNABELLE LEE B. MAGSAYSAY dba Mican Group Intl./ Aquabest Tel. 235-2782(12/9)Th33627
01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: KESY INT'L TRADING co. LIMITED dba Kesy Wholesale Tel. 234-1336(12/9)Th33626
01 MANAGER, BEAUTY SHOP-Salary:$1,500.00 per month Contact: O'OSAKO CORP. dba Beauty Parlor Tel. 233-3783(12/9)Th33623
02 ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN-Salary:$4.00-5.00 per hour Contact: MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT CONSULTANT dba D's Gameroom Tel. 235-9446(12/9)Th81848
01 (HEAD) PHOTOGRAPHER-Salary:$5.00 per hour Contact: LIGHTNING DEV. LTD. dba Flametree Flash Foto Tel. 234-7353(12/ 9)Th81847
01 PHYSICAL THERAPIST-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MEI SAN MINI MART, INC. dba Friendship Clinic & Mei San Mini Mart Tel. 234-5518(12/9)Th33625
01 MERCHANDIZER (SALES REP.)Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 CUTIER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 27 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORSalary:$3.05 per hour 03 SEWING MACHINE SUPERVISORSalary:$3.05 per hour 01 PRESSER OPERATOR MACHINESalary:$3.05 per hour Contact: EUROTEX (SPN) INC. Tel. 234-5273(12/9)Th81831
03 GROUNDSKEEPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 SECURITY GUARD-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MANAGER-Salary:$1,500.00-2,500.00 per month 08 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour 08 JANITOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MARIANAS HOTEL SERVICES CO., LTD. Tel. 233-2150(12/ 9)Th81840
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YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you have such a vivid, colorful, and imaginative sense of humor, and such a keen insight into the hearts and minds of others, that you are sure to attract a receptive audience wherever you may go. Always eager to share your opinions with those around you, and always eager to hear what they have to say in return, you will find that talk will forever be one of the greatest joys in life. You are able to capture the imaginations of others with a word or phrase. Your gift for language will surely be one of your strongest professional and personal attributes.
You are in danger, at times, of overlooking your own personal needs in favor of professional opportunities, and in such cases you may encounter your greatest hardships in life. You must always maintain a balance between your career and emotional needs. Don't let yourself suffer in the name of success.
Also born on this date are: Carrie Fisher, actress; Ursula K. LeGuin, author; Whitey Ford, baseball player and manager; Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Dizzy Gillespie, baseball player; Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26 LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22)
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - Business affairs are Ii kely to produce surprising gains today, but you won't know the true effects on your lifestyle for some time to come.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Different strokes for different folks, and today you 'II have an opportunity that is only for you. You mustn't expect others to understand.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Don't deny the irresistible urge to relax today. You absolutely deserve some time to yourself to fuel up for what lies ahead.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - You don't ,vant to be late for anything, especially today! There are many who depend upon you for your influence and your impeccable timing.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - You must be quick on your feet today or you might
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miss your chance. You' 11 be a winner as long as you take advantage of current opportunities.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Don't be so blunt when giving advice today that you turn a friend off of you for some time. It's not what you say, but how you say it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)-Take each moment as it comes today. Don't try to prepare too much, for analyzing and plotting it all out may backfire on you later on.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - This is a good day for hitting the road, provided you've got a firm destination in mind. Bring yourself up-to-date on another's affairs.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) - This is a good day for you to bring all your talents to bear, especially when someone in authority looks to you to take on a new responsibility.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -You are in need of a Ii ttle more information Loday bdore you put the pieces of a complex puzzle into place. Some secret investigation is necessary.
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NFL bans throat-slashing gesture NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL cracked down on the throat-slash gesture Tuesday, threatening fines and penalties for an increasingly popular taunt that the league said depicted "an unacceptable act of violence."
A letter was sent to all 3 I teams to ban the gesture, in which a player draws~ his finger across his throat after making a big play on an opponent. Sometimes, it is aimed at opposing fans.
The gesture has been used in recent weeks by such stars as Green Bay's Brett Favre, Tampa Bay'sWarrenSapp,theNewYork
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Yokohama Watermates Swim Clubs, in coordinating this event.
In May of 2000, the best swimmers will again compete in the Pacific School Games to be held in Sydney, Australia, at Homebush Swimming Pool, home of the Sydney Olympics. And in June, will go to the New Zealand for the Oceania Swim-
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In the singles competition, Gabe Boyer has a tough semifinal match against his son Gerald wi11J1ing 6-4, 6-4 and then topped Alex Martin 6-3, 6-2 in the final in the Men's 4.0 bracket. Newcomer Merle Hudkins playing in her first tournament showed impressive
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est vote-getter in the UDP sweep of Majuro.
In unofficial results, three cabinet ministers and two other government party backbenchers lost their seats in the election to UDP or independent candidates.
Previously the government party held a slim 18 seat majority in the 33 seat Nitijela (parliament). The UDP Jost just one seat, and could pick up at least one more depending on the outcome of postal absentee ballots.
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In his decision, the judge ruled that the claimant is entitled to "just compensation" as a result of government's acquisition of his property for public purpose, regardless of any previous payments under the War Claims Act.
"My understanding of the decision was that the family has to be compensated - additional just compensation. That's what the court finds and that's what we have to do, it's just that we don't know to what degree is fair compensation," Guerrero said yesterday.
She: said the division does not know how to draw the line and
Jets' Keyshawn Johnson and Seattle's Ricky Watters.
"I like to come up with something new every week," said Johnson, who did in full view of the "Monday Night Football" cameras last week. "!just try to be original."
He 'II have to be more original and less objectionable from now on, unless he wants to incur a 15-yard penalty and a fine. The league made that clear.
"We know ofno interpretation of this act by which it would not be considered threatening or insulting," wrote George Young,
ming Championships. Again, the team would like also to compete in the Hawaiian Invitational Waterpolo Tournament in August in Hawaii.
Every year the Saipan Swim Club swimmers provide lessons to all interested persons, with one session during the summer and another in the fa) I.
As you can see from the schedule, the team will travel, and that is the bulk of our expenses. This off island competition, however, is vital to the success of the NMI's
form against three different opponents to take the winner's trophy in the Women's 3.0 division while Gin Gin Sleight took second place.
The fourteen year-old Kana Aikawa continued to establish her reputation as the top women's player in the CNMI winning the Women's open 6-2, 6-1 over Matty Buenaventura. Rafael Guamzon stroked his way to his
Kabua was the highest votegetter in last Monday's election at Kwajalein, where he is the ranking traditional chief for the island that hosts the U.S. Army's missile testing range. He received 755, while newcomer Sato Maie came in second with 440 votes.
Voter dissatisfaction with the government party has, for the first time in the 20 years of constitutional government, resulted in the balance of power in the Nitijelu shifting away from the dominant political party, headed first by PresidentAmataKabua, who died in 1996, and now by his cousin,
where to go in regards to "fair compensation."
Taisacan 's private lot- titled 177 4-locatcd in Chalan Lau I au was annexed by the government for public use in exchange for another land which was not deeded until 1997 or up to the filing of the case.
The government, however, contended that since Taisacan has been awarded or paid under the War Claims Act for the land, there's no more need for him to be compensated for a second time by MPLC.
Taisacan 's lawyer, Jane Mack, said Manibusan 's ruling could award her client's with half a million dollars.
Admitting that the Taisacan land claims was a test case, since it was DPL's first legally adju-
the league's vice president for football operations in the letter. "In fact, it appears to depict an unacceptable act of violence."
The gesture has been around in sports for a while but it has been occurring with increasing frequency this season in the NFL.
After leading a game-winning drive earlier this season in Cleveland, Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback Akili Smith pounded his chest at the Browns' bench and taunted the fans in the Dawg Pound by making the throat-slash gesture.
swimming program, and to the team members themselves. This is the reason for the Swim Marathon and we need everyone's support. Please help your swimmer be the best he or she can be, while ,,. representing the people of the CNMI in international competition.
If a swimmer has not contacted you and you are interested in helping the Saipan Swim Club please call Bill at 234-1001, or Jean Sakovich at 234-6323 for more information.
first tournament victory in the Men's 2.0 with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Ronny Sotto.
In the Men's 3.0 action, Jess Pacheco took home the hardware over Louie Fontillas. In the Men's 40 and over, Eli Buenaventura added to his list of titles with a 6-0, 5-3 of Lupe Padilla.
In the big match of the tournament, Jeff Race overcame a slow start to beat Aaron Burch 6-4, 6-4.
Imata Kabua. Kabua will have to lure the 011e
or two fence-sitters or engineer a defection from the UDP to maintain his control of the Nitijela and government.
The stakes are high for both sides because the UDP is promising that ifit gets into power, it will be moving to deliver on campaign promises to clean up corruption within the government.
While the UDP appears to have a majority at this stage, whoever is able to form a government in January will not have many - or any - votes above the 17 member minimum majority.
dicated case under the War Cairns Act, Guerrero said her office is mandated only by the Constitution to undertake land exchanges and not to give out monetary awards.
"When it comes to cash compensation, it becomes the responsibility of the government to identify cash for cash compensation because the Division of Public Land's responsibility is strictly lands," said Guerrero.
As to the possible effects of the landmark ruling on government efforts to build pubI ic infrastructure, the di vision head said she would have to yield to the Department of Public Works or the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation for their responses.
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Runs: (18) J.Diaz, T.Camacho (17) G.Martin (14) G.Camacho, J.Reyes, TOll<ong, M.Sakisal, J.Diaz Doubles: [5) G.F.Camacho (4) Camey Mobet, P.Sakuma, T.Camacho, D.Ngeskebei Trtples: (2) J.Pangeinan, J.Attao, A.Tawanipy, N.Nonta, J.Pua, P.Masaharu, J.Dru, G.camachO, T.Guerrero, J.Reyes,G.Martin,F.Yoshida Homeruns: (9) G.Martin, J.Guerrero, (IJ J.Diaz, C.Ngiraidong, J.Attao, P.Sakuma, T.Camacho RBI: (22) J.Diaz (21) G.Martin, J.Anao (20) G.Camacho, J.Guerrero (19) T.CamachO
Stnkeout: (12) John Diaz, (7) John Blas , Wise Augon, WilbEr Ngotet, Sam Kapileo, Tony Camacho
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camp for hard-on-hearing kids in Texas in April.
'"This is the greatest honor that a teacher like me can receive. I thank all the support staff, teacher aides, and other teachers. I also would like to thank the Lord for all the blessings he has bestowed upon me.
"I dedicate this award to my family and of course, my students. .. without them, I wouldn't be a teacher," Barcinas said.
Gilles at yesterday's festivities gladly turned over the title she proudly held for one year to the new teacher of the year.
Having represented the CNMI in numerous Teacher of the Year activities, Gilles shared with yesterday's audience, many of the lessons she has acquired in her interaction with various teachers.
According to Gilles, despite the diversity in their cultures, the con-
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What could be PCB-related disease does not seem too severe like rashes," said Villagomez.
Leukemiaandothercancerforms may not immediately be tied to PCB, as it may have been caused by a range of factors, which may include the banned chemical.
Washington Resident Representative Juan N. Babauta has raised concerns about illnesses and deaths in Tanapag with causes that are "not common."
"Unfortunately," said the health secretary, "we need to have it scientifically supported."
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shortly after the caucus, said the 12th Legislature will have its eyes trained on easing the burden on business in the Northern Marianas, an announcement that, officials noted, signaled what could well be the start of moves giving more support to the business community.
Hofschneider noted that members of the business sector, espe- .
sistency of everyone's purposeeducation-more than made up for the cultural differences.
"This has been a full, exhilarating, thought provoking, and yes at ti mes, exhausting year.
"One of the things I learned as a participant in Teacher of the Year activities was, it doesn't matter if the teacher I am talking to teaches French in High School, Science in Singapore or first grade in Harlem - our understanding of the problems and what must be done to solve them is consistent," said Gilles.
"I want to thank the teachers, support staff, teacher assistants, and Administrators for the privilege of being able to represent the CNMI," she added.
"I also want to honor each of you, teachers and children, for the many extra hours you are willing to give, for the risks you are willing to take, for the energy, wisdom, and love you share," Gilles told participants at yesterday's celebration.
Villagomez said his department is also in the thick of logistical planning to determine the coston human and financial resources -it will take to put up the recommended on-site clinic in Tanapag.
At least four doctors too will be trained to detect PCB contamination on humans. The doctors -two _from the private sector and two from the Commonwealth Heal th Center - will be manning the clinic.
"That (clinic) is the goal. If we are ready to get going, we will move the clinic out into the community. And so, we are doing the (study on required) logistics now. We are going to plan it out," said Villagomez.
ciall y those engaged in small- and medium-scale establishments, are burdened with fees imposed on top of each other.
He said these establishments, which he considers the real workhorses of the economy, should be given air to breathe.
The administration recently lamented that important bills on economic recovery have remained pending at the Legislature, a situation that blocks efforts to implement measures to revive the economy.
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Cavaliers beat Blazers A TL ANT A (AP) - Isaiah Rider scored 32 points in his return to the Atlanta lineup, leading the Hawks ... . ··. ·.· .... ··
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Atlanta became ·. . . the first team since the 1996-97 season to score more than 110 points against the Heat.
Rider, who has been fined several times by the Hawks and served a one-game suspension a week earlier for failing to show up at practice, started for the fourth time this season after serving in a sixthman role the last two games.
Jason Terry added 21 points for Atlanta, scoring 10 in the fourth quarter when the Heat tried to clamp down on Rider.
Alonzo Mourning led the Heat with 26 points, his sixth straight game with al least 20 points.
Cavaliers 103, Trail Blazers 100
In Cleveland, Shawn Kemp made fourjumpers and set up Lamond Murray's crucial 3-pointer in the final 4:41 as the Cleveland Cavaliers snapped Portland's six-game winning streak.
Kemp had 28 points and I 0
rebounds as Cleveland became the first team to score I 00 points against Portland this season.
The Cavaliers ended a threegame losing skid. Portland, playing its fifth straight road game, lost for just the second time in 12 games and made just 5-of-21 on 3-point attempts.
Murray scored 20 points in his first start of the year. Detlef Schrempf led the Blazers with 22 points.
Rockets 119, Mavericks 99 In Houston, Charles Barkley
scored 26 points and the Houston Rockets finally won a home game, beating the shorthanded Dallas Mavericks.
Houston had been the NBA 's only winless home team at 0-6, but Barkley's inspired performance was enough to beat the Mavericks.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 31 points and Michael Finley 29 to lead Dallas, reduced to an eight-man lineup by injuries and illness.
Wizards 89, Grizzlies 87 In Washington, Mitch Rich
mond scored 19 points and Isaac Austin added 16, including three free throws down the stretch, as the Wizards defeated the Vancouver Grizzlies.
Austin sank one of two free throws with 2:01 left to put
7 6ers' Iverson to be out 3-6 weeks
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -All-StarguardandNBAleading scorer Allen Iverson will be sidelined three to six weeks with a fractured right thumb on his shooting hand, the Philadelphia 76ers announced on Tuesday.
Iverson, who is averaging 30.8 points per game along with 5.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists, suffered the injury in the second halfofPhiladelphia's94-9 l loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.
An X-ray taken on Tuesday revealed the fracture.
"I don't anticipate any longterm or residual problems with the thumb," said team physician Dr. Jack McPhilemy. "I think it will heal and Allen will be back to the Allen Iverson we all know and love."
The injury-plagued Sixers (5-7) have been without starting centre Matt Geiger, who underwent arthroscopic surgery dur .. ing the preseason, and key players Theo Ratliff and Tyrone Hill also have missed games due to injuries.
"I knew immediately that it was broken," Iverson said. "I broke my other thumb in high school so I knew what it felt like. This isn't the right time for this to happen. I need to be playing, and I can't do my team any good by sitting on the sidelines."
Philadelphia 76ers' assistant coach John Calipari (left) talks to Allen Iverson in a recent game. AP
The first pick in the 1996 draft, Iverson, 24, captured the scoring title with a 26.8 average in the strike-shortened 1998-99 season, and earned First-team All-NBA honours. He also ranked among the NBA leaders in minutes and steals and led the Sixers to their first postseason appearance in eight years.
Iverson sparkled in the playoffs, scoring 30 or more points in three of the four games against the Orlando Magic in the first round. He set an NBA postseasonrecord with 10 steals in Game 3 and scored 37 points in the series-clinching win in Game 4.
the Wizards ahead for good at 86-85, and added two free throws with 6.6 seconds left to clinch the victory.
Vancouver, which led by as many as 12 points in the third quarter, scored just one basket over the final three minutes and lost its 26th straight road game dating back to Feb. 6, 1999.
Bryant Reeves led Vancouver with 25 points, but missed five of six s~ots in the fourth quarter.
Suns 94, Raptors 93 In Phoenix, Jason Kidd had
15 assists and 16 points, including two free throws with 1.3 seconds left that gave the Phoenix Suns a comeback victory over the Toronto Raptors.
With Toronto leading by a point, Doug Christie missed two free throws with 5.1 seconds left. Cliff Robinson grabbed the rebound off the second miss and Phoenix called time with 4.8 seconds remaining to set up the final play.
Kidd was fouled by Antonio Davis while taking a hook shot in the lane, and made both free throws for the winning margin.
Portland Trail Blazers forward Scottie Pippen (33) dunks the ball against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first quarter Tuesday at the Gund Arena in Cleveland. AP
Vince Carter scored 19 points for Toronto, including a basket that put the Rap tors up 93-86 with I :22 left. Penny Hardaway scored I 7 points and Tom Gugliotta 16 for the Suns.
Love advances to finals m.atch POIPU, Hawaii (AP) -Davis Love III is making Payne Stewart proud.
Love, picked to fill out the four-player field following the death of his close friend, breezed into the championship match of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf on Tuesday by defeating Jose Maria Olazabal, 6-and-5.
In Wednesday's finale, Love will meet PGA player of the year Tiger Woods, who pulled away on the back 9 to turn back British Open champion Paul Lawrie, 4-and-2.
The 36-hole match play tournament was to bring together the winners of the four majors, but Stewart, who won the U.S. Open, was killed in a plane crash in South Dakota last month and Love gained the invitation based on his performances in this year's majors.
Love didn't waste any time in running up a big lead over Masters winner Olazabal.
It started on the second hole at the 6,957-yard Poipu Bay Resort course on Kauai and it was Olazabal who appeared to have the upper hand, landing his second shot on the 524-yard hole to within 8 feet.
Love, meanwhile, was looking at a tough 15-foot recovery from the frontside bunker.
But Love chipped it in and the run was on. He rolled in consecutive birdies over the
Davis Love Ill tees off as his tee flies through the air on the first hole during the first round of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf Tuesday in Kauai, Hawaii. Love defeated Jose Maria Olazabal to advance to the final round. AP
next four holes and added another at the eighth to make the tum in 7-under-par 29.
He added birdies on the I 0th and 12th before closing out the match on the 13th.
Woods, meanwhile, was in a battle with Lawrie with the match even through 11 holes. But Woods, .who arrived only
a couple of hours before the start of the match from the World Cup matches in Malaysia and a stopover in Japan, birdied four of the next five holes to end the match.
Woods went I-up twice on the front 9, but couldn't pull away. Lawrie never led in the match.
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SPORTS Saipan es Palau derby
By EIieen 0. Tabaranza For the Variety Speaker Benavente, Lifpi_foi hauls in 439 lb. marlin and nice. It was awesome. It
was the biggest fish that I caught," said Benavente, a first timer in this particular tournament on Palau.
KOROR (Palau Horizon) -The Rotary Club of Palau's 4th Annual Fishing Derby on Saturday drew a good turnout with 24 boats that went off shore.
Rotary Club President John DeVivo described the derby as "successful," as the Rotary members had fun while raising money at the same time.
"We gave a very exciting activity and safe tournament. Everyone had a good time. Everyone won something. In the tournament, we don't just reward the best fishermen, but we also have a way to reward everybody," De Vivo said.
He added that it took them about one hour and forty five minutes to land the fish in the boat 25 miles South East off Koror.
Other winners in the biggest fish category are Ngirakesol Maidesil with 143.5 lbs. blue marlin and Lazarus Inacio with 38.35 lbs. wahoo. In the most weight category, Belau Boaters Association President Herman Omelau grabbed the first place by turning in a 289 lbs. wahoo. Jose Rengechel and Sam's Dive Tours owner Sam Scott followed with 285 lbs and 276 lbs. wahoo and .. barracuda, respectively.
Shimbros Resident Manager and Fishing Derby Chairman Joe Salas partly attributed the success to the cash and in-kind donations from major sponsors such as the Budweiser and the Bank of Hawaii and all the people.
He said they gave out a total Joe Lifoifoi's group with Saipan House Speaker Diego Benavente on board the "Malang" boat.
"The Rotary Club's fishing derby is improving every year. We had fun and we made some more money. We're becoming consistent in doing it well. With the money that we've raised we will put it right in the community in the form of our leadership program and breast cancer awareness project," DeVivo said.
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The 439-lbs. blue marlin fish caught by Lifoifoi and Benavente's group during the Rotary Club of Palau's 4th Annual Fishing Derby last Saturday. Photo by EIieen o. l'abaranza
of $5,700 in cash prizes and about $1,000 in in-kind dona-tions.
Saipan House Speaker Diego Benavente and Joe Lifoifoi group on board a Saipan-based "Malang" boat, who came back first at 11: 30 a.m., breaking the record made by Senator Joshua Koshiba's 402 lbs. blue marlin last year by turning in a 439 lbs.
Photo by Eileen O. Tabaranza
of the same type of fish. Lifoifoi 's group received a to
tal of $2,500 in cash prizes, $1,000 of which was given by Penthouse owner Christina Salii for whoever beat the record of Koshiba. A total of$1,500came from the Rotary Club and its sponsors.
"We 're just very very fortunate that the waters are calm
De Vivo said bulk of the fish was bought by Palau Commu.~. nity College and restaurants, while a portion of it was given away to the hospital.
Fall Tennis Classic draws top players THEFall Tennis Classic, played at American Memorial Park, ended this past weekend of November 20 and 21. In the first weekend, there were junior singles and Men's and Ladies doubles competitions. The second weekend featured the men's and ladies singles.
In the biggest draw of the tournament, there were sixteen 10 and under youngsters competing for the winner's trophy. Ron Sotto earned top honors with a win over Keith Gabaldon, 6-3. Ann Marie Petty came from
behind to beat Lila Mailman, 7-5. Gerald Boyer slipped past Jung Mun Chung 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the Boys under 14 category. In the Boyerunder 18 group, Hee Seung Kim dominated play with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Gerald Boyer in the final.
The doubles competition was very exciting. In the Women's Open Doubles, Sally Wong and Mrs. Son defeated Sonia Kreul and Atsuko Yamagishi 6-3, 6-0. In the Men's 3.0 Doubles, Louie Fontillas and Alex Martin downed Steve Nutting and Dick Pierce 6-
1, 6~2. In the Men's 4.0 Doubles, the
father and son pair of Gabe and Gerald Boyer took the title over Kris Cho and Sung Won Yoon. In the Men's Open Doubles, in a thrilling match, Jeff Race and Don Dunlop defeated Aaron Burch and Dan Weaver 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
Lastly, in the Men's 40 and Over Doubles, Nicky Nichols and Don Dunlop prevailed against Eli Buenaventura and Charles Jordan 7-5, 7-5.
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