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• eecnesrape By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE POLICE arrested on Friday a top immigration official on alle­gations he raped a Chinese woman deportee inside the immigration office last Nov. 20.

Top immigration ofilcial arrested, charged rested the victim at 7:45 p.m. November 20.

Investigators transported her to the Immigration Office at Saipan International Airport at 9:20 p.m. after being processed at the Im­migration Office in Afetnas Square building in San Antonio. An arrest warrant was served

against the suspect, Immigration Capt. Isidro T. Cabrera, in Garapan at 7:22 p.m., court docu-ments showed. ··,

Cabrera was charged with five counts of assault and battery, two

counts of criminal oral copula­tion, two counts of rape, and mis­conduct in public office.

Cabrera, a former police of­ficer and Public School System teacher, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

According to an affidavit of Assistant Atty. Gen. Yvonne 0. Lee in support of an arrest war­rant, immigration agents learned

, Judge recuses himself I from Hotel Nikko case ; By Mar-Vic C. Munar · . ~ VarietyNewsStaff : DAVID A. Wiseman has stepped out of the panel that handles an · Article 12 case involving the Hotel Nikko. , Wiseman 's move came five days after lawyer Ted Mitchell asked · the Supreme Court to disqualify him as the special judge for the

.; case. "During my recent trip to the States, I pondered over my desig­

" nation as a Special Judge in the (Hotel Nikko case) and decided that ~ I must recuse myself pursuant to I CMC #3308," Wiseman said in I, a Nov. 26 letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice W. K. Taylor.

Wiseman admitted to having a conflict of interest in that he represented the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Is­lands-of which Hotel Nikko is a member-when the Article 12 legislation was being deliberated in the Legislature.

The hotel association, in 1993, lobbied for the enactment of Public Law 8-32 which provides for a mechanism that allows

· investors to get restitution from owners of properties that were 1;

subjected to Article 12 attacks. In August, Taylor appointed Wiseman to participate as special

judge in the appeal case filed by Mitchell on behalf of Teresita Camacho dela Cruz and others.

Mitchell is seeking the reversal of the Superior Court's Septem-;; ber 1995 order which upheld the eligibility of Hotel Nikko and it~ Ji! I Continued on page 16 i .

about the rape while they were enroute to the victim's residence in Garapan after court proceed­ings.

The agents escorted the Chi­nese woman to get her belongings and prepare herself to depart the CNMI.

While on their way to the resi­dence, the woman started crying and told a translator that she does not want to go back to the airport · for fear that Cabrera would fur­ther rape her.

A joint investigation conducted by the Immigration and the Attor­ney General's Office revealed that immigration investigators ar- Isidro T. Cabrera

The purpose of transporting the woman to the Immigration Office at the airport was to detain her and to await bail hearing proceedings the following afternoon.

According to Lee, the victim claimed in her interview that upon their arrival at the Immigration Office,' Special Agent John T. Taitano, the case agent, released her to Cabrera, the shift supervi­sor.

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CNMI banks doing good By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

BANKS operating in the CNMI have recovered from a slump and are doing good business.

According to the annual report of Banking Director Oscar C. Camacho, banks have hurdled the 18.6 percent decrease in assets that they experienced in 1992 and that they "are experiencing a steadier growth."

Total bank assets increased by 4.7 percent from $418.2 million in 1994 to $438 million last year.

Seven banks were in operation in 1995, of which five are state banks and two CNMI banks.

These banks are the Bank of Guam. Bank of Hawaii, Union

both local banks. Banks, according to Camacho,

are more profitable and are lend­ing out more to commercial, con­sumer, and real estate borrowers.

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Bo1nb explodes on train J!~~g~I~~~aH~AP)- A bomb At least 12 killed in suspected rebel attack exploded on a train among sleep- sibility, but the train was bound

condition were rushed by ambu­lance to Chandigarh, the nearest big city.

ingpassengers Monday morning, for the troubled northern state of destroying two cars of the train Jamrnu-Kashmir, whereKashmiri and killing at least 12 people, po- separatists have tried to blow up lice said. trains in the past by planting

At least 39 people were also bombs on tracks. injured in the explosion that oc- Ambala is 400 kilometers (250 curred as the.train began pulling miles) south of Jammu, Jammu-out of Ambala station after stop- Kashmir'swintercapital,and200 ping there for 15 minutes, said kilometers (125 miles) north of Nirmal Singh, a police official in the federal capital New Delhi. Ambala. Many of the injured were par-

There was no claim of respon- ters and vendors who were stand-

Chinese defense .minister . cl~pa:rts for yisit to the us

China by Defense Sec­retary William Perry in October 1994.

The trip originally wastohavetakenplace in June I 995, but China canceled that plan after Washington allowed Taiwan Presi­dent Lee Teng-hui to

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Bill Clinton the United States. Jiang Zemin

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese De-. fense Minister Chi Haotian left Beijing Monday for a visit to the United States twice postponed because of friction with Wash­ington.

Chi's visit signals China's willingness to reinforce a recent improvement in ties. His depar­ture comes just a week after Presi­dent Clinton and his Chinese counterpart Jiang Zemin agreed at talks in the.Philippines to work on an exchange of state visits within the next two years.

"This time, my visit definitely will not be postponed," Chi told reporters shortly before he left Beijing.

"We have already seen good momentum in the development of relations between our two countries and two militaries," he said, adding that the Jiang­Clinton meeting had "injected new vitality" into China-U.S. ties.

Chi's visit follows a tour of

Tensions intensified through­out the year that followed, as China launched missiles and staged war games intended to discourage pro-independence sentiment on Taiwan, which Beijing considers a breakaway province.

In March, Perry postponed a trip by Chi planned for April, saying that the atmosphere was not right for such a visit.

Since then, Washington and Beijing have worked to smooth over their differences.

Chi was to travel first to Lon­don, where he will recover from jet lag before traveling to the United States on .Thursday. He was accompanied by a 20-mcm­ber delegation, including senior members of the Chinese minis­tries of defense and foreign af­fairs.

The two-week visit is lo in­clude travel to several U.S. mili­tary bases and to conclude with talks at the U.S. Pacific Com­mand in Hawaii on Dec. 16-18.

ing on the platform. Two cars of the Jhelum Ex­

press train were completely de­stroyed by the explosion, and many others were damaged, United News of India news agency said.

The blast blew away part of the roof of a sleeper car toward the end of the train and mangled the adja­centcar, witnesses said. Many pas­sengers were fatally burnt as the entire car was engulfed in flames.

· The explosion also set fire to a stack of cotton bales in the station and the blaze spread to other parts of the station.

'There was smoke all around, and the entire platform was strewn with limbs and body parts," said Jasjit Singh, who had just arrived in Ambala on another train.

Of the injured, 26 were admitted to the main government hospital in Ambala and 11 to the military hos­pital. Two passengers in critical

The train was bound for Jammu from the central Indian town of Pune.

Officials have not yet said whom they suspect of causing the explo­sion and none of the nearly dozen separatist groups fighting in Jammu-Kashmir have claimed re­sponsibility. But police said that Kashmiri separatists have at­tempted to blow up trains before by planting bombs on rail tracks.

With the White House in the background, Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Gore, accompanied by John Betchkal, president of the Christmas Pageant of Peace, waves after placin9 a star Oi1 top of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse in Washington. President Clinton will officially hght the tree on Dec. 5. AP Photo

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A controversial army unit, which served for decades as a political tool of past South Korean military rulers, will be disbanded this week.

The disbandment of the 30th garri­son unit in the heart of Seoul comes as part of President Kim Y oung-sam' s program to end the legacy of past military rule in South Korea.

The unit, which has been based inside an old palace just across the street from the presidential mansion

since 1961, will be folded on Sunday, the Ministry of Administration said Monday.

'The center of honor and disgrace disappears into history," a headline in the local newspaper Moonhwa Ilbo said of the unit's deactivation.

The unit was activated as a batt,tl­ion force a few weeks after Gen. Park Chung-hee seized power in a coup in 1961. ithassince been stationed in one comer of Kyongbok Palace, a spa­cious ancient royal compound in the city center.

sabotage. But many Koreans believed that its main mission was to counter possible coup attempts.

Less than a month after Park was assassinated by his intelligence chief in December, 1979, the unit supported a coup by Gen. Chun Doo-hwan.

Chun later became president and ruled South Korea with an iron fist until he was replaced by another gen­eral, Roh Tae-woo, in 1988.

Reports: Israeli security forces are abusing Palestinian women

The unit has since been gradually reinforced to become a regiment equipped with tanks and even anti­aircraft missiles.

Past military governments said the unit was to guard the presidential mansion from possible North Korean

Chun, as a colonel, once com­manded die unit under Park. Many other officers who served in the unit later emerged as generals or influen­tial politicians. Most of its officers were gmduatesof the Korean Military Academy, a powerhouse of Korean politics for decades.

President Kim is South Korea's first civilian leader in 32 years. JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli

human rights group on Sunday ac­cused Israeli security forces of ha­ra.,sing Palestinian women, some­times forcing them and their chil­dren to undress for security checks while male officers were present.

B 'tselem, which monitors human rights in the West Bank and Gaza, said in a report that it investigated seven incidents of alleged harass­ment umkr the guise of searching for hidden weapons during Novem­ber.

ln one, a male otT1c~r entered a room where a Palestinian woman was naked for a strip search, B 'tselem said. On three occasions women were asked to undress in

front of their children, and in two cases women were asked to un­dress their daughters, it said.

Male family members did not \lndergo strip searches, it said.

The report said the searches took place inside the homes of Palestin­ian families and were often accom­panied by screams, curses and beat­ings. Soldiers ransacked homes, one ~hreatened lo kill a woman's daughter and another threatened to kill a woman if she didn't reveal info1mation about her husband, the repo1t said.

B 'tselem called on the Israeli government lo investigate the inci­dents, which it said were intended .. only to humiliate the women and

their families." 'The fact that almost none of the

residents were detained reinforces the suspicion that the violence and degradation were intentional and totally unrelated to security needs," it added.

The army would not comment on the B 'tselem report, and police spokesmen were not immediately available.

The repo1t comes after two Is­raeli border policemen were re­cently caught on videotape beat­ing, kicking and humiliating six Palestinians at an Israeli check­point.

They were charged last week with assault and abuse of power .

Jailed Mafia boss hangs self in jail MILAN,Italy(AP)-Aformerleader of Sicily's most powerful Mafia clan hanged himselfin his prison cell Sun­day.

Giacomo Giuseppe Gambino, 55, died shortly after guards found him hanging with a bed sheet wrapped around his neck, repons said. He was transferred recently f10m Sicily to a ptivate eel! in Milan after complain­ing of health problems. It was not immediately clear why he took his

own life. Gambino, who had been jailed

since 1994, was convicted ofleading many mob operations. He also was charged in some of the most iuthless attlcks blamed on the Sicilim1 under­world, including tl1e killings of two anti-Mafia judges in I 992.

Gambino was reputed to be one of the Mafia kingpins directly underthe "boss of bosses" Salvatore "Toto" Riina, who is now jailed.

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Tenorio to OK budget By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio yesterday said he will "most likely" sign the fiscal year 1997 budget bi11 passed Friday by the Legislature.

"I hope they didn't mess it up," he said, refening to the Senate amendments to the bill.

When told that most of the amendments concerned Tinian' s funding allotments, the governor said he has an "understanding" with Tinian' s legislative delegation "so if that's the only problem I'll sign it." (See related story on this issue)

The Senate and the House of Representatives in back-to-back sessions Friday passed unani­mously the new budget bill that

would allot $204,981,600 for the government's operations and pro­grams, and would provide for the hiring of 118 new government full-time employees (FTEs).

The bill does not include the Public School System's budget of close to $42.5 million, which was appropriated out of a "piecemeal" budget passed last month.

But the bill, which normally would now go to the governor for his approval, will still be reviewed after House Majority Leader Pete P. Reyes (R-Saipan) pointed out "discrepancies" in the worksheets for the second senatorial district.

The bill would allow the gover­nor to identify or reprogram the $2.9 million funding for the 118

FTEs. However, the bill "exempts" the

funds for medical referral, public health and the Department of Pub­lic Safety from any reprogramming.

The bill also provides for an in­crease in the salary of government employees, to be paid out of a "special account" taken from quarterly unexpended ("lapsed") funds.

Rota and Tinian would get $15 .2 million each, some three million dollars more than their budgets for fiscal year 1996.

Of Tinian' s $15.2 million bud­get, $1 million would be used for the hiring of 44 ( 66 according to Reyes) new FfEs for the Office of the Tinian Mayor-a provision

Froilan C. Tenorio

strongly criticized by Sen. David M. Cing (D-Tinian) and, during the House session, by Reyes.

Tinian would also get to use all its lapsed funds for the island's road improvement projects, as pro­vided by an amendment proposed by Sen. Esteven M. King (R­Tinian).

Saipan Senators Juan P. Tenorio and Thomas P. Villagomez were the only ones who voted against the amendment.

Two other senators told this re­porter that they were voting "yes" only because King's amendment "doesn't matter anyway."

"There would be no lapsed funds."

The original budget bill, which the governor branded as "not bal­anced," was vetoed early in Octo­ber.

Hotels asked to prepare for Russian tourists By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

CNMI hotels should better be prepared for an expected "in­flux" of Russian tourists, the Marianas Visitors Bureau said yesterday.

Some three hotels in fact have

Russians in their staff to help bridge the language barrier for non-English-speaking Russian visitors.

In a press conference attended by a CNMI delegation who had just come from the first ever MVB Travel Industry and

Agents City Seminar in Khabarovsk, Russia, MVB Managing Director Anicia Q. Tomokane said she sees the need for hoteliers to be prepared for visitors from Russia by includ­ing at least one Russian in the hotel staff.

MVB Managing Director Anicia Q. Tomokane is interviewed tor a Radio Moscow report by Nataliya T. Visilyeva who is also a correspondent for CNN in Russia. Looking on is Natalia Medevdeva of Romantic Tours of Khabarovsk who has pioneered sending tour group to the CNMI.

Gast~o says ·Carlsmith billings in Hillblom .case 'unreasonable'

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By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE SUPERIOR Court issued yesterday an order reducing Carlsmith law firm's billings against Lairy Hillblom's estate when it found out that the attor­neys' fees and costs were unrea­sonable.

Presiding Judge Alexandro Castro ordered that Carlsmith' s fees and costs for services ren­dered to the appeal in the Su­preme Court, be reduced from $139,000 to $100,000.

Carlsmith was the former counsel of Hillblom's estate's executor.Bank of Saipan:

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Judge Alexandro

'finds that Carlsmith' s fees and costs,· although necessary to the

estate, were unreasonable," said Castro in the order.

The hearing on Carl smith's pe­·tition for payment of fees was held during Friday's regular

· scheduled Hi11blom's probate proceedings.

David J. Lujan, Kaelani Kinney's counsel, has opposed the payment of the billings in its entirety stating that not all the services and costs rendered were for the benefit of Hillblom' s es­tate.

"Kinney submits this consti­tutes fraudulent billing and an exploitation by a firm that knows the well has dried up on them," said Lujan in his opposition.

"It appears that they (Russian tourists) are coming on strong and fast. It would take probably into mid-'97 for this (Russian arrival) to mature, enough to pick up more information about them. I would see the need for hoteliers to be prepared and be fast on it. In other words, get a staff. .. just one each. Other par­ticipating industry members would have to do the same thing and act fast," Tomokane said.

Another member of the delega­tion, Kanae Quinn, public rela­tions director of the Pacific Is­lands Club, said PIC already has a Russian staff.

The Hyatt Regency reportedly has one, too, and the Saipan Grand Hotel has several Russian staffs

MVB board member Vicente Camacho said a certain individual is in the process of setting up a tourist guide office to cater to Russian visitors here.

Tomokane said they hope to lure the Russians who want to escape the winter cold from mid­December through January.

One advantage that the delega­tion dangled to some 50 travel agents that attended the seminar

was the fact that Russians can enter the CNMI with no visa.

Another is the competitive round-trip fare of $600.

Russian visitors now come to Saipan via Seoul and the trip takes about six.hours.

Tomokane said a Moscow-Ja­pan-Saipan route is very likely in the future .

Everyone in the delegation was optimistic about the prospects of getting Russian tourists in big numbers.

Bruce Lloyd of the MVB Pub­lic Information Office and Camacho likened the tapping of the Russian market to that of Ja­pan, which was "once a far­fetched market" and Korea a few years ago.

Members of the delegation also included Norman C. Berg, MVB marketing manager; Tho­mas Gorech, Hyatt director for sales and marketing; Michael Stiefel, owner of Saipan Sunset Cruises; and Lino Tenorio, deputy commissioner for operations of the Department of Public Safety.

The seminar was held last Nov. 25 at the Intourist Hotel in Khabarovsk.

'Man· dies· i"n 3-vehicle,· smashup i~- Gualo ~ai.· By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

A 28-year-old man died while his two women passengers were in­jured during a mishap involving three vehicles along Middle Road in Gualo Rai Saturday before dawn.

Frederick Mangarero Sablan, of Garapan and an employee of the Depaitment of Finance, w.:,.s pro­nounced dead at 5:20 a.m,

Public Safety Information Ot~ ticer Sgt. Franklin Babauta said Sablan suffered possibk internal injuries as no signs of serious inju­ries were noted.

Babauta said Sablan was under the influence of alcohol and just came from a club when the acci­dent happened.

Sablan's two passengers-Bar­baraLG. Delgado,40, and Deborah Lynn Toves, 34, both residents of Guam-suffered injuries and were

taken to the Conunonwealth Health Center.

The accident was reported to the DPS at 1 :20 a.m.

Police said initial investigation showed that a garbage collector truck which was heading north di­rection on Middle Road signalled to make a left tum towards Town and Country.

A Mazda four-door sedan trav­elling on the same direction driven by Sablan, slammed inro the truck· s rear.

A red car then hit Sablan's v.:­hicle on the rear. The red car, how­ever, iled after the collision, police said.

The accident occurred a few hours after hundreds joined the candle light vigil procession in Garapan to kick off the CNMI Drunk and Drugged Driving Pre­vention Month .

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'JR'4 rrtGfliana4 by: John DelRosario

Iridan Polinka I HALOM tario' politika, gadon yan mitituka'. Yangin un' atotga humatme, pues aksepta na siempre un' talon chumuot' hagas paladafig osino nuebo na irida. Lamegai para u fan iridao kulan iridan daibetes ni mapot magofig. Estague' chinatpagofia i praimeri (primary) gi politikan Marianas. Taya' otro chalan fuerake este 'nai para u madetetmina pot ut'timo besis pareho interes dos kabayeros.

Na' triste, piot ya ti listo hao umaksepta hafa gi uttimo besis disposision botadot. Komprendiyon, sa' deste tutuhon un'Iagnos todo i nina' sifiamo diaramente· para un'kegana i konfiansan publiko. Todo familia yan parentela mafigalamten gi un 'inetnon yan pareho diniseha, haane yan pueiige, uchan, Iamlam, mafiglo' yan katma. Maseha taiminagtos este siha na animo, guaha ha'. (gi fino' man amkota) na finachocho'ta, ti para hi ta.

Ha chuot'yo' 'nai hulie madisgrana amesta yan respeto gi entalo' familia siha yan man atuiigo'. Ti bonito este na sinesede sa' hagas ha i konsepton praimeri ti patte gi kustumbren taotao tano'. Lao patte gi_sisteman demokrasia ya solu listo hao umaksepta hafa mamamaila', dinanchefia yang in un 'suhaye deste tutu hon. Solu preparao hao umembrasa i disposision publiko 'nai sifia un'hatme dibuenamente un 'offisio 'nai siempre u guaha mangana yan mapede gi hilo' kinemprende.

Gi silensio yan humidde na patte gi korasonmo, kao propio na pot asunton politika para un 'funas todo ayo siha na tiempo 'nai mames na amesta gumuguot' relasionmo yan megai na man-atufigo'mo? Kao propio na checho' kilisyano i para un 'mattrata i prohimumo pot politika? Hafa na para un 'guot ennao na sentimento gi korasonmo kontra i otro? Yangin para un' fan guot mahetog, hago ha' mismo para unna' tailaye hao sa' ennao na minalaet' siempre kontodo hinemlo'mo hana' dafio sin presiso.

Goflie'on todos kabayeros gi todo atmos bandan pattida guine. Matto talo' ayo na tiempo 'nai i tasen san mena giya Saipan madibiden dos pot para u fan malofan todos kabayeros esta otro bandan tano' politika. Ti na'manman yangin guaha kuatro na Moises politika u fanacho gi hegso' Tagpochau deste hinalom 1997 ya hatutuhon mansetmon sa' hafa na este na leblon lai maulegfia ke otro. Mana' fan impirao talo todo i kinilo guennao na hog so'.

I dicho asunto siempre pot tolai. Yangin mauleg yan fitme na tolai hinatsamo antes, pues rikonose kao ha nesesita malimienda i rehas yan pisu. Yangin manhatsa hao tolai lokue', pues espiha kao atmayon sa' sifia ha' mape' ya umadisapatta i pisu. Pago yangin nuebo na tolai hinatsamo, ebalua kao safo yan pot sa' hafa na ni mismo taotaomo ti manmalago krumusa yan hago mismo. Yan gin trabiha ti manhahatsa hao tolai, pues basso kao guaha tiempo estake para u fonhayan entalo' pago yan otro sakan.

I taotaota, trabiha ti preparao para tatkilo' na eskaleran politika. Mas ha' gi kao mauleg sifiienten niha giya hago komo kandidato. Ayo siempre u giniot' mayotmente gi botadot i hagas bumesisita siha piot guihe na ora 'nai tinetpe guaha achaken niha. Na magof giya siha i gaige hao tumatacho gi fihon niha guennao siha na ora. I chinatsaga yan pininite makat na kontrario gi linalata. Tai male fa i taotao 'nai un'fatoigue guihe na momenta. 'Nai matto tarehamo, manmatto yan gineftao kanai niha ya ileg niha, "maila' sa tarehan mame pago". Estague' sustansian politika guine gi tano'ta.

I taotao, uno ha' hana' presiso gi haanifia: Minagof. Todo otro siha piot ya kontra chinatsaga yan achake, ni para u basso pot un' segundo. Ha suhaye amano i sifia sa' makat na hinanao. Lao todos finaposfia 'nai hasoda hinagoiigiia siempre ha espiha pot para u kontinua ennao na eksperiensiaiia. Achog ha' patgon neni, nae' fina mames sa' ha kano' ensegidas. Nae' fina' maasen osino pika sa' gotpe umiba' osino kumate. Hafa mohon na achogha' amko', yana ice cream? Sa' mames, pat lacheyo'?

I karera chago yan baranka chalaniia. Toda kabayeros siempre u fanmalofan guennao na chalan. Kulan peskadot, debi u liof gi halom tadoiig na tase pot para u kone' i mange' na guihan. Achogha' u gaige i halu 'u, debi u batbaruye sa' gaige gi fondun tase i guihan, ti supen tase. Sen mas, Si Yuus Maase!

JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

Mexicans seek sibling drug lords SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Mexican federal offi­cials have promised that an enormous manhunt, involving the army and federal police, will bring into custody four brqthers, two of whom control the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico.

But U.S. intelligence officials confess that they aren't holding their breath over the possible cap­ture of the Arellano brothers. They have "es­caped" capture several times in the past, and our law enforcement sources fear that the Tijuana­based clan will once again elude justice.

Drug Enforcement Administration sources have described the brothers as follows:

-Benjamin Arellano, the second oldest, is one of the two primary leaders of the cartel. A confi­dential DEA profile says he uses six aliases in­cluding Alberto, "the Millionaire" and "El Min." Born in either 1952 or 1953, he is 5-foot-10 and moviestar handsome. He was indicted here in 1989 on charges of operating a continuing crimi­nal enterprise which involved the importation and the distribution of cocaine. The DEA consid­ers him a fugitive.

-Equally handsome and equally powerful is the third oldest brother, Ramon Arellano. Born in 1956, he is 6 feet tall and uses five aliases accord­ing to a DEA profile. Wanted on the same charge issued against his older brother, he also remains a fugitive from the DEA.

-The youngest brother, Javier, was born in 1969 uses two aliases, and is not considered as important as his older brothers. He is wanted in Mexico on drug related charges.

-The oldest, Francisco Arellano, was arrested in 1993 on fireanns charges and is currently in prison in Mexico. He is no longer a factor in the Arellano organization, but his case is a point of contention between the U.S. and Mexican gov­ernments. Federal officials in Southern Califor­nia want to try him on drug charges, but Mexico refuses to extradite him.

Most of the deaths linked to this cartel are the result of bloody turf battles with the Sinaloa cartel, which is headed by Hector Luis Palma and Joaquin Guzman. The rival cartels are locked in a blood feud arising from a brutal punish­ment ordered by the "Godfather" of the Arellano clan against Palma.

The Arellanos inherited their cocaine­smuggling empire from Miguel Angel Felix, also known as "El Padrino" ("The Godfa­ther''), who has been jailed since 1989.

As Mexican officials outlined the story to our associate Dale Van Atta, Felix was once Palma's boss. But believing that Palma had

been disloyal, Felix ordered a brutal reprisal against him.

As the story goes, Felix recruited a Ven­ezuelan hitman to seduce Palma's wife who ran off with him to San Francisco. Once there, she emptied a personal bank account of$7 million before the Venezuelan strangled her to death and dumped her headless corpse beside a freeway. Her head was delivered in a box to Palma.

Once back in Venezuela, the hitman tossed Palma's toddler son and daughter off a bridge. He was arrested there, imprisoned and bru­tally murdered, probably at Palma 's orders.

The Arellanos, in turn, tried to exact re­venge against Palma in a bloody shootout at Guadalajara Airport on May 24, 1993. Dur­ing the melee, the Arellanos also allegedly killed Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas, the drug­fighting Catholic leader of the city. The Car­dinal was shot point blank 14 times in his car. It was the most headline-grabbing assas­sination in Mexico in decades -immedi­ately putting the Are llanos on that country's most-wanted list.

The Arellanos have also become known in Mexico for a series of fortuitous escapes. In November 1992, for example, Ramon and Javier were partying at the Christine disco­theque in Puerto Vallarta when Sinaloa car­tel thugs descended on the club like com­mandos.

Having made sure the city's federal police agents were out of town, they cut the disco's phone lines and burst into the club claiming to be police. They then opened fire with machine guns, emptying hundreds of rounds into the club and fleeing crowd. Six inno­cents were killed, but the Arellano brothers happened to be in the restroom at the time, and escaped unharmed through an air condi­tioning duct.

In March 1994, when key Tijuana cartel members were surrounded by federal police on a Tijuana street, state police came to their defense and opened fire on the federal po­lice. Five officers died, including the federal police commander.

Recently, Mexican officials have deployed hundreds of new officers against the Arellanos due to a humiliating series of as­sassinations of federal and local officials that are believed to be the work of the cartel. The latest was last month's slaying of the head of a drug intelligence agency in Tijuana.

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By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

LIEUTENANT· Governor Jesus C. Borja yesterday said he has narrowed down his list of possible running mates from five to three. ·

He said he will announce his choice "soon."

Asked if he is already "lean­ing towards a particular per­son," Borja said he is· still keeping his options "open."

Borja was also mum on whether his list of running mates include persons from Tinian or Rota.

"No comment," he said when asked if women were included in the list.

Among those reportedly in Borja' s list of possible run­ning mates are Board of Edu­cation Vice Chair Esther S. Fleming, former constitutional convention delegate Frances M. Borja, former Supreme Court chief justice Jose S. Dela Cruz and Maria T. Pangelinan.

But in earlier interviews with the Variety, Fleming, Dela Cruz and Frances said they are not yet prepared to enter politics.

Borja has also confirmed that Land and Natural Resources Secretary Benigno M. Sablan is in his list, but Sablan, in an interview, said he is not inter­ested in running.

Sablan is also the Demo­cratic Party chairman.

Borja, in an earlier inter­view, said he has a list of pos­sible running mates, "fqr quite some time, since the governor said he won't run, but the names were those that (my supporters recommended to me)."

Borja will run against Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio in a Demo­cratic Party primary that will choose who would be the party's gubernatorial candi­date for 1997.

In a media conference last month, the former Supreme Court associate justice said he told the governor that "I have concluded, based on advise and recommendations from my family and supporters, that I could not accept his offer to run with him in 1997."

He said his family and sup­porters "felt" that Tenorio would not win even if he (Borja) teamed-up again with the governor.

NANCY "Bo" Flood will sign her new children's book "From the Mouth of the Monster EEL, Stories from Micronesia" Satur­day December 7, 1996 at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library from 10:00 until 2:00.

The Saipan author, psycholo­gist and teacher has joined with illustrator Margo Vitarelli from Palau to present this unique col­lection of creation legends from Micronesia.

Jesus C. Borja

Asked if he believes he has better chances of winning against the Republican guber­natorial candidate, former governor Pedro P. "Teno" Tenorio, Borja said "Yes."

Borja added, however, that he has no "ill-feelings at this point in time" toward the gov.­ernor.

Both said there will be. no "negative campaigning," and that they will support who­ever wins in the primary.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party's central executive com­mittee postponed its meeting last Friday.

Included in the meeting agenda are the date for the primary and the guidelines for the campaign.

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Tenorio on FTEs for Tinian mayor, senator:

'They .said they_ needed ein' By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio yesterday said he is aware that signing the fiscal year 1997 budget bill would legiti­mize at least 44 new full-time government employees hired by Tinian Mayor Herman M. Manglona despite the limits set by law on such hiring.

Tenorio said he already has an "understanding" with Tinian's legislative delegation.

He did not elaborate. Asked why Sen. Esteven M.

King's (R-Saipan)l4 excess full-time employees (FTEs) are being paid by funds drawn from the Office of the Governor, Tenorio said King needed "those people."

"These are some of the people on Tinian who can't find jobs over there," he said.

"I was assured that once the casino indus'try gets going then they'll be working for the casi­nos."

Variety sources earlier saiq that Tinian will need additional FfEs for police, firefighters, nurse, doctors and immigration workers once the casinos are already operating.

However, Sen. DavidM. Cing (D-Tinian) and House Majority Leader Pete P. Reyes (R-Sl!,ipan)

Frida}'. said that Manglona should be "penalized" for al­leged illegal hiring of govern­ment employees in the Office of the Tinian Mayor.

In separate speeches during Friday's "back-to-back" ses­sions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Cing and Reyes said the practice of hiring YfEs-despite the limits set by law. on the number of such employees and the absence of funds-should stop.

"l'm ... asliamed that Tinian is asking (to legitimize the hiring of illegal FTEs)," Cing said, re­ferring to an amendment to the fiscal year 1997 budget bill which would give $1 million for the hir­ing of an additional 44 (or 66, according to Reyes) new FTEs forthe Office of the TinianMayor.

Cing said if the illegal hires were to be legitimized, "don't be surprised if next year would be worse. I expect them to be."

He said the $1 million for the FfEs would have been betterused for Tinian's road improvement projects.

Reyes, for his part, called the alleged illegal hiring an "insan­ity."

He said he and Ways and Means Committee Chair AnaS. Teregeyo (R-Saipan) even found out that at least one FrE for Tinian held

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Reyes also pointed out that while King has 14 excess FTEs working in his staff at the cost of half-a-million dollars a year, Sena­tors Juan P. Tenorio (R-Saipan) and Thomas P. Villagomez (R­Saipan) make do with a far lesser number of employees in their staffs.

The House majority leader asked for more time to review the Senate-arnende_d fiscal year 1997 budget bill which he called "con­fusing and incornp lete ."

Reyes singled out the amend­ments on the funding for Tinian as in need of further review.

"We have to stop abuse," Reyes said. "Let's help Tinian and Rota, but let's do it right."

All the House members present eventually voted for the budget bill's approval but with eight of them-including Reyes-doing so with "a lot of reservations."

However, it was agreed by the House that the Tinian' s fund­ing allocations in the budget bill will be reviewed further before transmitting the bill to the Of­fice of the Governor.

If there were to be any dis­crepancies found, House Speaker Diego T. Benavente (R­Saipan) said he will call for a Senate-House joint conference.

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Carolinian history in book By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

IN 1727, there were only three Carolinians in the entire Marianas. By 1884, their number grew to 760 on Saipan, 449 on Rota and 231 on Tinian.

"Their history is a crucial part of our herit!}ge, one that every student should know by heart," Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio said yes­terday.

A comprehensive historical record of the Carolinians' first settlement in the Mariana Islands is now available-courtesy of Marjorie Driver and Omaira

Bruna! Perry, editors of the "Caro­linians in the Mariana Islands in the 1800's."

The book was presented yester­day to Tenorio during a simple ceremony held at the Carolinian Utt in Garapan.

"This day has been 10 years in coming," Tenorio said upon re­ceiving the book, "but at least we have a permanent bilingual record, available to anyone, of the Caro­linian presence in the Marianas in the 1800s."

Tenorio said the "onslaught" of "everybody else's music video, and fast foods" in the CNMI,

makes it more imperative for the local people to "become truly dedicated to observing our heri­tage."

There's a lot of work that needs to be done, Tenorio said.

"I understand that there is a great deal of archival material that awaits translation," Tenorio said. "There is an oral history of de­scendants of the original Carolin­ian settlers in the vernacular, which needs to be made avail­able. There is much more oral history that needs to be collected."

The government has earmarked funds for these activities, Tenorio

said. While the task is in the hands of

the Office of Carolinian Affairs, Tenorio said it also requires the

participation of the people by "en­couraging their children to learn about their history and telling them stories about their ancestors."

CNMI government officials led by Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio pose for a photo with University of Guam regents and other people who helped make the production of the new book on Carolinian history a reality. Editor Marjorie Driver explains to Gov. Tenorio an interesting aspect

of Carolinian culture as chronicled in the new book.

DIVISION OF LABOR

PUBLIC NOTICE ATTENTION FORMER S.M.I. EMPLOYEES

This is to announce that former Saipan Manufacturing Inc. (SMI), employees who are holding active temporary work authorizations (TWA), and who are not partiss to the Aguilar, ET. AL. VS SMI C.A. #96-1177, now on review in the Commonwealth Superior Court, are cautioned that the temporary work authorization in their possession is revoked effectjve December 13, 1996.

Affected SMI employees who are found working under these revoked TW~s may face deportation proceedings.

ls/FRANCISCO M. CAMACHO Director of Labor

CPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NOTICE OF MEETING Pursuant to Public Law 8·41, Section 11, Governor Froilan C. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus C. Borja, through !he Commonweallh Ports Authority Board of Directors, hereby give notice, !hal lhe regular meeting of !he CPA Board of Directors will be held on Monday, December 16, 1996 at 10:00 a.m. at the CPA Seaport Office Conference room, Charlie Dock, Puerto Rico, Saipan.

The following items are on the agenda lor the above-re1erenced meeting:

I. PRELIMINARY MATTERS 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Adoplion of Agenda 4. Adoption of Minutes (November 8, 1996)

II. CORRESPONDENCE Ill. COMMITTEES REPORT

1. Finance Committee a. Adoplion of Financial Statements

2. Seaport Facilities Committee 3. Airport Facilities Committee 4. Olher Committee (if any)

IV. EXECUTIVE REPORT V OLD BUSINESS

1. Jack Alalig's Relocation 2. Taxi Operator Dress Code

VI. NEW BUSINESS 1. Bid Award· Parallel Taxiway A

VII. PUBLIC COMMENT(S) VIII. (Execulive Session) LEGAL COUNSEL'S REPORT IX. ADJOURNMENT

All interested persons are welcome to a\lend and to submit written or oral testimony on the above agenda ilems.

/sNictorS. Hocog November 27, 1996 Chairman, Board of Directors

DLNR sends staffer to US for training on Brown Tree Snake

Benigno Sablan

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

TIIEDEPARTMENTofLandsand Natural Resources has sent one of its staff to Washington DCtoparticipalC in a conference on how to detect the presence of the Brown Tree Snake.

BenignoSablan,DLNRSecrelal)' said, the conference will enable his office to determine what dogs to purchase and how to adequately sus­tain them.

The move is part of a list of activi­ties concerning Brown Tree Snake infestation prevention in light of the DLNR'sreceiptofsome$189,000in federalgovernmentti.indingearlythis month.

The DLNR 's participation in the confe1ence, Sablan said, is expected to be a boost to the Snake Conuul Program in the CNMI.

'The fund was meant to help us in the interdiction of the snake from Guam," said Sablan.

"As part of this, I've sent off my staff to Washington DC to participate in the conference for the dog sniffer program. I want him to be involved in this conference ... for him to know what dogs weshouldhave,''headded.

He explained that he opted to send oneofDLNR 'sveterinarian since the DLNR staff involved in the Brown TreeSnakeeffortdoesn'tknowmuch abcut the kind of canine appropriate for the control program.

The DLNR is purchasing at least six Brown Tree Snake detecting ca­nines. These will dispersed equally into the CNMI's three islands, slrate­gically to be stationed at ports of entry.

The canine component of the pro-

gram has been shelved for lack of funding.

The Brown Tree Snake, a native of Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia, is believed to have reached the CNMI through cargo"es dropped off from the ports of entry.

Its presence on the island is feaied to disrupt the biodiversity and island ecology of the CNMI.

Sablan said at least four such snakes have been captured this year. 1l1ere have been at least 40 sightings of the snake since 1986. These sightings were concentrated in Tanapag, Chalan Laulau, Chalan Kanoa, Susupe and the vicinities near the Saipan International Airport.

·RP postmater rejects nude stamp designs MANILA. Philippines (AP) -The on the advice of the Arts Association Philippine postmaster-general has of the Philippines. rejected four proposed stamps fea- But Postmaster-General Irineo luring nude paintings by Filipino IntiaJr. rejected the designs because artists. to avoid controversy in the they might invite complaints from predominantly Roman Catholic church leaders who might consider country, an official said Monday. the paintings indecent, Divina said.

November is normally eel- "'These paintings are works of art ebratec! as national stamp col- that can be viewed in museums but lee ting month. But because of some Filipinos may not be willing to the stamps' rejection, the month see them on stamps," he said. ''The passed without any new issues, said postmaster-general decided not to Alfonso Divina, the chief stamp de- issue the stamps to prevent creating signer. problems that may later cause him

Divina said his office had recom- trouble." mendeddesignswithnudepaintings The postmaster was not immedi-byfouroutstandingFilipinopainters ately available for commi;nt

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Pay hike a turning point for education

Don Farrell

WITH a new law assuring a salary increase and an equi­table pay structure foF teach­ers and teacher aides in the Public School System, stu­dents attending PSS schools. are sure to benefit, the system said in a news release.

In signing Public Law 10-35 into law, acting Gov. Jesus C. Borja sanctioned the Board of Education's decision to raise salaries, while at the same time eliminating hous­ing allowances at PSS.

Boara of Education Chair­man Don Farrell hailed the new law as a major accom­plishment, saying it "broke new ground in terms of com­mitment by the Legislature

· and the Governor's Office in prioritizing education and working together as partners for quality education."

Commissioner of Education William S. Torres agreed and added, "Now that we are able to offer teachers better com­pensation, it will certainly re­sult in attracting more local residents to the teaching pro­fession and in being able to recruit higher quality teachers. With this law,· teachers will be offered higher salaries than be­fore, and teachers will be treated equally, whether they are hired on-island or off-island ."

The increase for teachers is structured so that even with the elimination of housing al­lowances, all teachers will get

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salary increases. To imple­ment the increase, .\:ach Board certified teacher will get a $700 per month salary in­crease.

Each teacher aide will re­ceive an increase of $350 per month, with additional incre­mental salary increases for every 15 credit hours that the teacher aide earns toward a Bachelor's degree. This ap­proach provides an incentive for teacher aides to complete their college degrees and be­come full-fledged classroom teachers, the PSS said.

During the Board's meeting on Oct. 30, the Commissioner of Education said that due to budget constraints and adminis­trative requirements, the salary increases are expected to take place during the first week of March 1997. · Torres said that the higher sala­ries should boost the morale of teachers and teacher aides because the higher salaries recognize their importance to the people of the CNMI.

Farrell said that the approval of the salary reclassification for teachers an1 teacher aides was just part of the successful partnership approach for edu­cation improvement.

"All of these moves are very encouraging to our current and future teachers, and it can only lead to better quality service for our children," the Board chair­man said.

DLNR optin1istic on protection for caves

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

LANDS and Natural Resources Secretary Benigno Sablan yester­day said he is optimistic a lead agency can be assigned to the task ofprotectingtheCommonwealth's caves.

He said a !Ileeting will be held within the week between represen­tatives of the Departments of Pub­lic Safety and Cultural and Com­munity Affairs as well as of the Marianas Visitors' Bureau to tackle the issue on which office should the assignment be officially rel­egated.

·:1 am very optimistic we can arrive at an agreement. We will have one agency which will be in charge [of the caves' protection]," Sablan said.

He said he has drafted a letter inviting representatives to the meet­ing.

The move- came after Sablan learned that no particular govern­ment agency is looking after the caves which now face degradation due to destructive methods being used by novice cave explorers.

Sablan explained that DCCA has a role in that it is mandated to preserve the Commonwealth's culture and keeping artifacts in­tact is among them.

The DPS, he said, also has a role since its operatives should be on the look out for vandals and spelunkers lost inside the caves.

For its part, Sablan said the MCB 's role is to regulate the num­ber of tourists coming into the caves.

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FROM Marianas Visitors Bureau to "During one staff meeting, we "we have to revamp the whole thing NorthemMarianasTourismBureau? talked about possibly giving a new (bureau)."

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'This is just talking amongoursel ves, just brainstorming, among other things."

Two other suggested names were Northern Marianas Tourism and TradeBureauandHafaAdai Bureau.

Themanagingdirectorsaidshefelt any new name should emphasize the factthat"weareaNorthemMarianas tenitory. I washopingthatwewould put the name Northern Marianas .. .to

be consistent with the rest of the government"

Tomokane said the Hafa Adai Bu­reau "sounds nice" but that "we have to do a lot of explaining. Hafa Adai clicks with us but not with the outside world"

Hafa Adai is a Chamorro greeting meaning Hello, Welcome, How are you, or just an expression of good wishes for someone. '

MTC upgrades cellular service ONLY a few MTC cellular custom­ers may have noticed the brief service disruption Saturday morning but work crews have moved the company's Mount Topachau trans­missionsitetothegovemment-owned Emergency Management Office tower.

And after the early morning work was completed,. customers immedi­ately began receiving improved call transmission service from the new higher transmission site, a news re­lease from MTC said

''By moving to the new location, our cellular customers can now use their phones in almost all the urban and residential areas around Saipan without bumping into blind spots," said Sandy Barry, an MTC network engineer.

MTC Cellular customers will see additional improvements to their ser­viceinmidDecemberwhen the com-

pany moves its Garapan transmis­sion site from the Hafadai Beach Hotel's Crystal Tower to the new, taller tower.

Bany said that since the new tower began to rise above the older build­ing, cellular customers using their telephones along Beach Road and north along the island's western coast­line have been experiencing service disruptions.

''What'sbeenhappeningisthatthe signals have been blocked by the new building from traveling nortli."

Bany added that not only will that phenomenon cease when the Garapan transmission site moves to the roof of the new building, but that the signals coming from the new Emergency Management Office tower on Mt. Topachau will create stronger connections for cellular users driving on the west side of Saipan.

RP next Asian tiger, says Newsweek mag·

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

TIIE PlfillPPINES is no longer the "economic laughing stock" of the Asianregion,accordingtoNewsweek magazine.

The Philippines-which used to be called the "sick man" of Asia-is predictedtobetheregion'snext"eco­nomic tiger," said the international publication.

The Philippines is Newsweek's cover story in its Nov. 25 issue.

"Filipinos used to despair of their poor,corruptcountry.Nowtheythink itcanbethenextAsiantiger.Andthey may be right," said the Newsweek article entitled "From the Ashes."

The Philippines still suffers from an extreme poverty with its avemge incomes far less than a tenth of those in neighboring Taiwan, but Newsweek said its 7 percent annual growth rate makes the country "this year's fastest-growing Asian economy."

Despite the still prevalent "un­imaginablepoverty,''Newsweeksaid, the "new boom towns are just as obvious."

Thearticlementioned, forexample, the proliferation of new factories around Cebu's international airport.

Planters in Negros are diversifying into more profitable mango planta­tions and food processing.

General Santos City in the southern Mindanao is becoming a mini-boom town with investments pouring in

from the United,J apan, and Australia The fonner base site in Subic Bay

has attracted more than $1 billion foreign investments since the last American navy men sailed out of the Philippine tenitory four years ago.

Among the huge companies that have established business in Subic include Taiwan's Acer, and FedEx which has based its regional hub in Subic.

'There wa~ this notion that ambi­tion was a bad thing, that our country should wallow in humility and pov­erty," Newsweek quoted Subic offi­cial Richard Gordon as saying.

"We're tired of that. We're saying. 'Hey world, it's our turn,"' adds Gordon,chairman of the Subic Bay Management Authority.

Newsweek attributes all these developments to, among other things, President Fidel Ramos· move to dismantle the crony sys­tem that ruled the country· s economy during the regime of the late dictate Ferdinand Marcos.

Ramos has liberalized the economy leaving room for everyone to compete.

"Former Marcos buddies still run many business-but todny they have to compete. Gmdually, the more open economy is leading to democratic reforms," Newsweek said.

"Now that Filipinos have adopted free enterprise and !n.'C thinking. they have tigers on their minds-big Asian tigers."

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Army official praises Rota, Tinian ROTC

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

ROT A and Tinian schools have earned high ratings during the Department of Anny's recent inspection of their Junior ROTC units, according to army offi­cial.

Doroteo Aguigui, the Anny's JROTC program coordinator, said Rota's unit has in fact rated the highest among the 54 schools inspected since 1993.

He said both Rota and Tinian are potential candidates for the "Honor Unit with Distinction" national award.

The inspection was conducted on Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 on Tinian and Rota, respectively, by Sgt. Patrick Lee from the 1st Brigade of the Cadet Command based in Fort Lewis, Washing­ton.

It was part of the Department of Anny's annual Formal In­spection.

"The end result for Tinian and Rota regarding this inspection placed them with the rating re­markably meeting the require­ments of the Army in the imple­mentation of the program in both schools," Doroteo Q. Aguigui said in a letter to the Public School System's deputy commissioner for instruction,

Aguigui said Lee "was highly

pleased of the impressively state of readiness and cooperation both schools displayed for and during the inspection."

''.Rest assured that Sgt. Major Lee brought bacl~ to the Brigade and region Headquarters noth­ing but praise and laudatory comments on behalf of both CNMI JR OTC schools," Aguigui said.

He added: "In my observa­tion, the cadets were proud and highly motivated, very recep­tive, and completely knowl­edgeable of the program."

Grades were based on cadet records for adequate posting of training completed, general knowledge of the JROTC cur­riculum, personal appearance, drill performance, and cadet in­terviews among others.

Aguigui said unofficial results showed that Rota and Tinian nearly reached the maximum at­tainable points which is 600.

Tinian earned a total of 573 points and Rota, 584.

"Both schools are potential can­didates for the prestigious national award 'Honor Unit With Distinc­tion,'" Aguigui said.

Among the54 schools inspected since 1993 were American Sa­moa, Hawaii, Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, Korea, Japan, and Guam.

Tinian coalition not yet supporting anyone in '97

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

CONTRARY to earlier reports, the Unity of Tinian-Tinian Democratic and Republican Parties has yet to decide who to support in the 1997 guber­natorial election, Unity Chair­man Joaquin H. Borja said yes­terday.

Unity's "major concentra­tion," he said, is on Tinian poli­tics, but the coalition group will eventually support a can­didate for governor.

The former Democratic member of the House of Rep­resentatives also denied that most of Unity's supporters are returning to their original par­ties.

Borja-speaking, according to him, for Tinian' s Democratic Party president Gary P. Aldan and Tinian's Republican Party president Elias M. Borja-said Unity is currently expanding its membership and "getting stronger."

It has already been agreed upon, he said, that the Unity ticket will be made up of a Republican candidate for mayor, a Democratic candidate for the House of Representa­tives. Likewise, the Republi­can and Democratic parties will each have ·one candidate for the two open Senate seats of Tinian.

Borja said that, at present, only former senator Francisco M. Borja, a Democrat, and in-

cumbent Rep. Joaquin G. Adriano, a Republican, have submitted their letters of can­didacies.

Republican Mayor Herman M. Manglona. on the other hand, is already the coalition group's official candidate for mayor.

The Unity chairman also con­firmed that former councilman Joe Hocog, a Democrat, is eye­ing Unity's slot for the House of Representatives. ·

Former senator Ramon Dela Cruz on Friday told the Vari­ety that he will run for senator in the 1997 election.

A Republican turned Demo­crat, Dela Cruz said he will run as a Unity candidate.

Aside from Borja, Adriano and Dela Cruz, Henry Hofschneider of the Public School System is also report­edly interested in running for the Senate.

The two incumbent Tinian senators up for reelection, Esteven M. King and Henry DLG. San Nicolas, both Re­publicans, may not be in con­tention.

King on Friday said he is "75 percent sure" that he won't run, while San Nicolas is report­edly eyeing the mayor's of-fice. ·

Asked for a comment, San Nicolas on Friday said his run­ning for mayor is a "rumor."

"And rumors are not neces­sarily true," he said.

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LABOR and Immigration chief Thomas 0. Sablan yesterday ex­pressed remorse over the rape case filed against one of his offi­cials.

"The Department of Labor and Immigration, and I are shocked, outraged, and saddened by these allegations," Sablan told report­ers in a statement he read during a press conference held at his office.

Asked if the incident could tar­nish the Department of Labor and Inunigration' scredibility coming at a time when the DOLi is sup­posedly shaping up, Sablan heaved, laid back on his swivel chair, crossed his arms, looked at the ceiling, and remained speech-

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less in deep thought. He did not answer the question.

Lawyers from the Attorney General's office working on the case however went quick to the rescue of the embattled chi_ef stressirfg that the manner by which the Department handled the inci­dent should indicate that DOLi means business.

"I think the Secretary is en­couraged by the fact that a mem­ber of our own Immigration En­forcementstaffthat brought it [ the incident] to the attention of the legal counsel, and consequently to the Secretary's attentiont said lawyer Nancy Gottfield.

"I think that is indicative of how far the Department really has come," she stressed.

Sablan, in his prepared state-

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ment, said the incident "was im­mediately reported, investigated, and brought to the attention of the AG's Criminal Division by the Division oflmmigration Enforce­ment personnel."

"This rapid response," the state­ment further read,"demonstrates that we take such allegations seri­ously and are · determined tom move forward with our reforms."

Sablan said the DOLi is "closely working" with the AG' s office on the matter ..

"As you know, I am still going through a lot of reforms within the Department, and this [rape case] is just one of those things that I have not expected," he s:;iid.

Capt. Isidro Cabrera was ar­rested by police operatives last Friday after a Chinese woman deportee cried foul alleging that she was raped by the former at the DOLI's airport office last Nov. 20

The woman's deportation was held back, lawyers said, pending the completion of the ongoing investigation.

Sablan stressed that Cabrera should still be presumed innocent until proven guilty by the court.

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By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

THE recently signed extradition treaty between the Philippines and the United States will make it easier for both the CNMI and the Philip­pine governments to deal with mat­ters that involve possible flight of criminals fromeitherterritory, Phil­ippine Consul Generoso Calonge said yesterday.

He said the treaty covers the Commonwealth since foreign af­fairs is under federal rules.

"The CNMI is a member of the American family and when the treaty took effect, it also took effect here," Calonge said.

Last week in Manila, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo Siazon and US State Secretary Warren Christopher ·signed and exchanged instruments of ratifica­tion for the Philippines-US Extradi­tion and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties.

The treaties took effect Nov. 22. The two countries began negotia­

tions for the treaties three years ago. The Philippine Senate ratified the exlradition treaty in November 1995, and the US Senate only in August

Calonge pledged the Philippine government's commitment to coop­erate with the CNMI government when the need arises.

"As long as we receive a request and a court warrant is issued, we will cooperate," Calonge said.

The treaty covers common crimes such as murder, estafa, and drug traficking. Political crimes are not covered.

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. 12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND vrnws·-TuESDAY- DECEMBER 3, 1996

Tight security at US embassy By ROBIN McDOWELL

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The U.S. ambassador was warned late Sunday of possible "threat" to his and other Western embassies, and was provided extra security by the Cambodian govern­ment, embassy and govern­ment officials said Monday.

"The government informed us last night that they had in­formation that there might be an incident targeting the West-

em embassies," said embassy spokesman Frank Huffman. "They took the initiative of increasing security. We appre­ciate their effort."

Reasons given for the pre­cautions ranged from Khmer Rouge terrorism to activities by an anti-communist group.

Some observers speculated · the concerns might be linked to the arrest and detention on Friday of 28 members of a group allegedly advocating the

overthrow of the communist government in· Vietnam.

The group, which includes one Vietnamese-American, is being held in a detention cen­ter here and may be deported if they confess to their plot­ting, the chief of the Interior Ministry• s immigration police Pok Saroeun said Sunday.

The group is believed to be connected with Vietnam Tudo, or Free Vietnam, an under­ground movement which has

Cambodia King Noro<jum Sih~nouk, escorted by his Korean bodyguards, waves from his car upon his arrival at the Phnom Penh alfport. Sihanouk who has suffered over the past few years from cance~ arteriosclerosis glaucoma and other ailments, returned from Beijing that day after his two-week medical treatment. AP Phot~

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allegedly been advocating the Vietnamese regime and has reportedly operated in Cam­bodia since 1994, officials said Sunday.

Last March, 13 ethnic Viet­namese with allegedly links to the group entered the U.S. Embassy grounds to seek pro­tection from feared deporta­tion to Vietnam.

French Embassy spokes­man Franck Ge\let declined to comment when asked if the mission had received similar warnings from the Cambodian government. The Australian ambassador said he had been no­tified of the reports by his Ameri­can counterpart.

"We are monitoring the situa­tion carefully," Australian Am­bassador Tony Kevin said.

Several Cambodian police were deployed on streets lead­ing to the U.S. Embassy Mon­day morning.

But no extra security ap­peared to have been provided

other foreign missions. Gen. Peng Savong of the In­

terior Ministry said security had been tightened following warnings that Khmer Rouge hardliners, belonging to an alleged underground terrorist network, had threatened to stage an incident during the visit of Malaysia's royal couple.

King Tuanku Ja' Afar Abdul Rahman arrived in Cambodia Monday morning for a two-day state visit. ·

Earlier this month IO men al­leged to be members of an un­derground Khmer Rouge ter­rorist network said they were part of a network established in 1993 to strike against Western embassies and kidnap of Ameri­can, French and Australian na­tionals.

While the Khmer Rouge have engaged in kidnapping in remote upcountry areas, the guerrillas have not engaged in urban terror­ism.

World's largest McDonald's gives way to shopping mall BEIJING (AP) - The largest McDonald's hamburger res­taurant in the world has closed to make way for a shopping center in central Beijing.

McDonald's 700-seat outlet on Wangfujing, the Chinese capital's premier shopping street nearTiananmen Square, ended operations Sunday night, ~aid Zhang Ziyun, pub­lic relations manager for Beijing McDonald's Food Co: Ltd.

Marvin Whaley, president of McDonald's China Devel­opment Co., said a new McDonald's restaurant would open at another location on Wangfujing in the near future.

The fate of the Wangfujing restaurant was under dispute for more than two years. When first ordered to leave the pre-

mises, the fast-food giant re­fused, saying it had a 20-year lease on the site.

Whaley said McDonald's was discussing with the city government an agreement that would benefit both sides.

At this point, it's unclear whether the new McDonald's restaurant - one of 29 in Beijing - will be as large as the one vacated. ·

The McDonald's building, which by Monday had already been sealed off by a brick wall, will be torn down and replaced by a section of the dlrs 1.5-billion Oriental Plaza shop­ping, housing and office· com­plex.

Oriental Plaza is backed by Hong Kong tycoon Li Kai-shing and his flagship company, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd.

China honors workers in fight against AIDS BEIJING (AP) · In a cer­emony on World AIDS Day, China honored 160 people who have played a major role in the country's fight against the disease in the past two years, newspapers reported on Monday.

The Ministry of Pub) ic Health gave the awards on Sunday to people who have done outstanding work to pre­vent and control the disease, the People's Daily reported.

At least 5,157 people in China were infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS as of the end of October, a

report from the ministry said on Sunday. Among them, 133 people have developed AIDS, it said.

The People's Da{Jy said that although the rate of in­fection was clearly rising in China, the country still had a relatively low number of AIDS cases compared with other parts of the world.

The cost to China of health care and lost labor due to AIDS could rise to $ 2 bil­lion annually by 2000, the China Daily reported, citing a study by the United Na­tions Development Program:

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Perry discloses reforms for US bases in Okinawa

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By ERIC TALMADGE TOKYO (AP)-Hoping to im­prove security ties with one of Washington's most important allies, U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry announced a major package of reforms M:onday to make America's nearly 30,000 troops on Okinawa less of a burden.

The package includes the larg­est reversion of land in (24 years) decades. It would return U.S. Ma­rines' Futenma Air Station, lo­cated in a densely populated area, within seven years, and study the possibility of building an offshore platform that would replace most of the station's helicopter opera­tions.

The plan is the culmination of an intense series of nego­tiations with Tokyo after the rape of a schoolgirl by three U.S. Gls on the southe·rn Ja­pan island in September 1995. The three were convicted and are serving time in a Japanese prison.

The rape prompted quick ac­tion from Washington - Presi-

dent Clinton offered an apol­ogy to Okinawans, and the United States and Japan set up the joint committee.

That committe.e held its fi­nal meeting Monday morning, and presented its recommen­dations to Perry, who arrived in Japan on Sunday night for a news conference Monday an­nouncing them.

The main components of the plan are:

The return of approximately 4,800 hectares (12,000 acres) of land, or more than 20 per­cent of the total now used by the U.S. military on Okinawa.

Within one year, U.S. and Japanese officials will develop a plan to return within five to seven years the Futenma Air Station, which occupies 481 hectares (I, 188 acres) in th~ densely populated city of Ginowan.

The plan will seek to · re­place it with an offshore plat­form strong enough to resist storms such as typhoons.

Noise reduction measures, including restrictions on night flight training and the transfer of some aircraft off Okinawa.

Move a major live-fire drill off Okinawa.

Provide more timely infor­mation of aircraft accidents.

The decision to return Futenma was widely hailed on Okinawa, where it has long been a source of friction. Is­land residents had balked at several proposed on-land sites.

So moving the air station to an offshore platform would be seen as a compromise.

For decades, the Okinawa

Case agairJ.~~lJSifirm dismissed ••. i1t·B0mbay· BOMBAY, India (AP) -A court dismissed a case against the U.S. Enron Development Corp: Monday, clearing the way for. resu111ption of work at$ two billion power stat.ion. that wm be India's l=,irgest private electricity project.

"We are very happy. the case has been dismissed,., said Sanjay Bhatnagar, managing director Enron's subsidiary. Dhabcil Power Co. after the Bombay High Court an­nounced its decision.

He said the suit had been the only obstacle and work at the project site on .the west­ern coast would be resumed soon.

A leftist group opposed to private ownership oflarge in­dustries had filed the case against Enron Corp. in April challenging the grounds on which the· Maharashtra state gove~nment approved the

. 2,184 megawatt power project. Among other things, it a.sked the court to set aside a state government agreement to buy power fron:i the project •.

.Enron has majority stake in the Dhabol Power Co. Two other· companies, Bechtel Enterprises Inc. and a unit of General Electric Co. own small amount of shares.

The project had been seen by many observers as a lit­mustest of India's ability to move ahead with big, foreign­funded · infrastructure projects.

It won state and national government approvals in 199.3, but work was later halted by political disputes

_ in Maharashtra state and by · the lawsuit.

An Enron spokeswoman said that the company has in­vested more than 200 million on the project so far.

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bases have been a key to U.S. military strategy in the Pacific, providing a staging area dur­ing the Vietnam War and prox­imity to Communist giant China and North Korea.

But the burden on Okinawans - whose crowded, subtropical islands were the site of one of World War !I's bloodiest battles - has been heavy.

Okinawa is home to two­thirds of all the U.S. troops in Japan, and 75 percent of all the land used for U.S. bases is located there. But the island makes up less than I percent of Japan's total area.

Its governor has called for com­pletely withdrawing the troops by 2015.

Even so, the U.S.-Japan secu­rity relationship remains one of the closest in.the world.

Japan spends more than $ 5 billion a year to support the troops here, covering roughly70percent of the total cost.

Japanese officials have repeat­edly stressed their continued support for the presence, say­ing the troops are a stabilizing factor in an otherwise volatile region.

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Deatff and runerul ~nnouncement Fre;dri~k ... - '' """ - ·- ' ... ' '

IBPl'@fO; Sablan 1 : 1

August 04: 1968- November 30, 1996 Ii I Was called to his eternal rest on Saturday,

November 30, 1996, at the tender age of 28 years.

Predeceased by his Mother: Maria Mangarero Sablan

1 I His spirit and memories will live within the hearts of his family who include his:

Father: =Ii.'~

ii;;i:c: E. SABLAN (Emery/Becky-DanieVEmery Jr .. ,........,.1''-" "'t Antonio, Mariano, Nicholas, Maria Carmela) '''-"''.::: ERNEST M. & ELIZABETH C. SABLAN (Sonny, Eric, John Peter, Ernest Jr.) ELEANOR S. & HERMANS. CRUZ (Rodney/Yvonne, Gordon, Jeffrey, Yulin, Yvette, Gar;, Yolanda) JEANNETIE S. & ELI MESA (lrene-Braydayn Elijah, Alma, Nalene, Katherine) ESTHER S. & MICHAELA. FLEMING (Chancie, Colleen, Mikey, Thomas) FELIX M. & CATHERINE I. SABLAN (Jared, Sean, Justin, Seth) LOUISE SABLAN CONCEPCION & WILLIAM ADA (Shannette, Naomi, Keith-Sean Cody, Joanne-Richard, Aileen) . HERBERT M. SABLAN (Samantha) · ~~.;-1 VICTORIA S. & BRIEN S. NICH00S (~rien Jr., ~rando~, Cameron, Efren) :~.'~ LILLIAN S. & JAMES A. ADA (April, Jamilyn, Alexia Martina) ~h,r ifi;'/l"'-AGNES M. SABLAN (SAM) "'% W?f~ CARLOS M. SABLAN · '11''\

He will also be missed by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Daily mass is being said at 6:00 a.m. at the Kristo Rai Church in Garapan. Rosary is being said at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Herman S. & Eleanor S. Cruz,

at 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. daily.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later time.

14-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- DECEMBER 3, 1996

Howard assails land claims of aborigines CANBERRA,Australia(AP)-The prime minister warned aborigines on Monday not to file extravagant land claims after one indigenous group announced it would seek ownership of state land, public parks and beaches in and around Australia's most north­ern city, Darwin.

The Larrakia aboriginal people announced on Sunday they would file the claim under a law that al­lows indigenous people to lay claim to land currently controlled by the state.

Exact details of the claim have not been released, but a spokes­man for the group said it would include a park in downtown Dar­win as well as land earmarked for a major port and railroad devel-opment. _

The Northern Tenitory govern­ment, which currently holds title to the land worth millions of dollars, has labelled it as a "greedy money grab."

asking for what is rightfully theirs. Under the Native Title Act, ab­

origines must prove to a tribunal that they have a long and ccintinuouscon­nection with land they lay claim to.

Only state land can be claimed. Private land is exerripL

Dozens of claims have been filed under the law, which was enacted in I 992. Most are in remote rural areas.

Prime Minister JohnHoward, who is under pressure from conservative legislators to tighten up the law, de­clined to criticize the Larrakia claim directly.

However, he told Parliament that land claims in cities could harm racial reconciliation among aborigines and the descendants of European settlers.

'There is a danger that such claims can have the effect of undermining, rather than enforcing, the reconcilia­tion process," Howard told Parlia­ment.

However, Galarrawy Yunupinggu, who chairs the aborigi­nal Northern Land Council, coun­tered that the Larrakia people are only

'These are the sort of claims that can have the impact of encouraging those in the community who would denigrate and destroy the native. title process."

Korea's last Crawn Prince Yi Kao, 65, right, walks ta offer warship at the ancestral shrine at the Chongmyo Park in Seoul, Monday, Nov. 25, 1996. Lee returned home tor the first time, 90 years after his father, Crown Prince Yi Keun, was taken to Tokyo by the Japanese colonial rulers. AP Pholo

Conference told: Australia having difficulty becoming financial hub SYDNEY, Amtralia(AP)-Austra­liafacessignificanthurdlestobecom­ing an Asian financiaJ center, Sydney FuturesExchangechiefe,cecutiveles Hosking said Monday. .

In a speech to a business confer­ence, Hosking criticiz.ed the govern­ment for not supporting Australia's financial marl<ets as much as Asian govemmentshavedoneinSingapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Tai­wan.

''I wantOW"govemments, state and federal, to show a recognition that they fully support our financial mar­kets and that they are doing things to

develop our markets into a regional presence," he said . . .

Hoskin said financial rnarkets in g -- . Australiaalsolagbehindindeveloping non-Australian dollar cash rnarkets.

He said this is one area where the Sydney Furures Exchange.is "off the pace" in tennsofnotbeingabletoo:ffe.r futurescontractsorbeapartnerina~ in 1his area.

"l suspect that although Australia hasbeenmatch-fittomarketinAustra­lian dominated instruments we are yet to be part of the daily game being playedbetweenSingapore,HongKong and Tokyo in multi-currency financial

markets and commodities," he ~d. Atistralian FmancialMarkets As­

sociation diainnan Michael Hawker also warned. Australia riskt:d •. \)eing Ieftbehindin attracting g1oo.a1 organi­zations to move their regional centers to Australia. -

"Sydney is, in fact, the most CIOS£­cu1tural Asia city in wbi"ch to be located. And this fact needs to be heavily marketed and publicized," he said.

Hawker said Australiahas not lost its chance to become a regional finan­cial center, but a proactive approach is required to give the counuy an edge.

BEATH ANNl'll1NeEMENT

Oscar Ocampo Olarte Born on October 7, 1933

was called to his Eternal rest on November 28, 1996

Predeceased by his: Survived by Brothers & Sister~n law: Chiklren'Sons & Daughter in law: Maria M. Olarte - Wife Francisco Olarte - Father Leona 0. Olarte - Mother Oscar B. Olarte Jr. - Son

Granchildren

Rodolfo 0. Olarte Ernesto 0. Olarte MIiagros C. Olarte

Edwin Ogo & Mila Olarte-Hocog Eddie B. Olarte & Nenette Delos Santos Maira M. Olarte Ding & Ella Olarte-Malonzo

Evonnie Hope. Elton "'E.J." John, Ma. Michelle, Peter Michael, Ma. Edlynn. Mary Grace, Audry Alphard, Aila Alpheratz. Allyssia Ashley & Shawn Michael.

Niece & Nephews: Frances. Bubot & Jojo Olarte

We. the family invites you. all our families and friends to /oln us In our prayers at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Juan C. & Vivian Hocog-Lizama at San Jose. Saipan. at 7:00 In the evening.

Last respect (viewing) will be at San Jose Church and mass will be offered at 4:00 p.m. on December 07, 1996 (Saturday). Internment will be at Chalan Kanoa Cemetery.

Refreshments will follow at Llzama's residence.

~~ Thank you ~ The Family

Mother Teresa improves, but condition still critical

By CHANDRA BANERJEE CALCUTTA, India (AP) -Doctors monitored a weakened Mother Teresa's kidneys and I ungs Monday, concerned about complications following a heart attack and surgery on her arter­ies.

Her condition was described as slightly improved after a sud­den deterioration Sunday, but

· her doctors remained cautious. "Mother is comparatively

better at the moment than what she was yesterday," said Dr. De".i She tty, chief heart surgeon at Calcutta's B.M. Birla Heart Research Center.

"She had a good sleep, but is still not out of danger," Shetty said.

The 86-year-old nun was alert and chatting with her doctors Monday morning, and break­fasted on orange juice and fruit. Her mood contrasted with her poor physical condition, reflect­ing what doctors have called her astounding "spiritual strength."

Sunday, doctors repro­grammed a pacemaker im­planted in 1989 to bolster her heartbeat. But they postponed planned drug treatment to make the heartbeat more regular, be­cause of a slight risk such treat­ment could worsen the other problems.

At Mother Teresa's Mission­aries of Charity complex in Calcutta, the West Bengal state minister led Roman Catholic nuns and Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Buddhists in prayers for her recovery Sunday. Mother Teresa makes her home at the complex, and from their oper­ates a worldwide charity.

The I 979 Nobel Peace Prize winner suffered a mild heart at­tack on Nov. 22, and has been hospitalized ever since.

It is her fourth hospitalization this year alone - the second for

heart problems. Two others were for injuries from falls.

In her third such procedure since 1991, doctors performed an angioplasty Friday to remove blockages from two arteries.

The procedure went so well that doctors thought they would be able to begin drug treatment Sunday for an irregular heart­beat - and Mother Teresa thought she would be able to go home.

Her condition was stable when she awoke Sunday, but weakened in the afternoon.

Doctors responded by repro­gramming her pacemaker to strengthen her heartbeat so that her kidneys function better, Shetty said. Her urine output has been low, he said.

Mother Teresa suffered a chest infection and pneumonia last August.

The lung and kidney prob­lems "continue to be a major concern which could compli­cate her condition and recov­ery," the heart center said a state­ment.

Mother Teresa has insisted on being home by Thursday, when a ceremony is planned for 64 women taking their vows as nuns, said Dr. Patricia Aubanel, one of seven doctors treating her.

Aubanel said Saturday that it was likely that deadline would be met. It was unclear whether Sunday's complications changed that.

Aides have taken over more and more of the day-to-day running of her Missionaries of Charity since Mother Teresa's health began to fail.

The order operates 517 orphan­ages, homes for the poor, AIDS hospices and other charity centers around the world, including 169 in India. Its headquarters are in Calcutta, where Mother Teresa openedherfirstslumschoolin 1947.

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Jewish settlers return to shrine By JACK KATZENELL

NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -Jewish settler students returned Sunday to a shrine in this autono­mous town.for the first time since September violence here killed six Israeli soldiers and one Pales-

tinian. The move came as Arab lead­

ers convened in Cairo to discuss how to counter Israel's policy of settlement expansion, which Ar­abs oppose as contradictory to peace tal~s.

17 burned -to death in bus mishap DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Sev­enteen people, including six chil­dren, burned to death and 20 people were injured after their bus blew a tire, overturned and caught fire, a newspaper reported Sunday.

The accident occurred Satur­day on the Aleppo-Hasaka high­way in northern Syria, the Al-

Baath newspaper said. In addi­tion to the six children, 11 women were killed.

Last Wednesday, 13 people were killed and four wounded af­ter a mini-bus carrying school teachers blew a tire and collided head-on with a truck on a highway south of Damascus.

About IS observant Jews ar­rived at Joseph's Tomb on Sun­day in an Israeli army truck and entered the seminary with a re­frigerator.

Israeli paramilitary police in full battle gear stood guard inside the gate and Palestinian police with Kalashnikov assault rifles were posted outside.

Joseph 'sTomb, the only part of the West Bank city ofNablus still under Israeli military control, is believed to be the grave site of the biblical figure Joseph. Israeli sol­diers have remained there to pro­tect the Jewish seminary students.

In September, six Israeli sol­diers were killed protecting the

Guatemala's civil war nears end By BILL CORMIER

AGUACATAN,Guatemala(AP) - To marimba music and crowing roosters, the last of about '1:75,0CJJ government-backed militiamen laid doV'!TI their guns Sunday ina prelude to a permanent cease~fire in Guatemala's civil war.

In Oslo, NOIWay, Guatemalan government and rebel leaders will meet Monday and Tuesday to final­ize the cease-fire ~ment, which is the center of a peace pact ending the Central American nation's 36,. year war.

The cease-fire agreement is due to be.signed on Wednesday. A pact on constitutional and electoral re­fonns is to be signed in Stockhohn on Dec. 7 and one 011 reintegrating soldiers into civilian life in Madrid onDec.9; _ • A co111prehensive peace pact is sche<!uled to be signed in Guate­mala Gty on Pec. 29, officially -enctwgLatiriAmerica •s longestcivil war,Atleast l40,COOpeople, mostly civilians, have died in the fighting.

Some 40 peasants in dusty cow­boy hats, representing about 4,700 of their comrades, marched with · their aged rifles onto a soccerfield in Aguacatan, 75 miles ( I 20 kilome- · ters) northwest of the capital, in the

last two days of demobilization cer­emonies.

"May these rifles never have to be used again and may you take up shovels and spades on your farms instead,"Col.CarlosAgostodel..eon Cabrerasaidasheacceptedtheweap-­ons.

Army musicians in camouflage played at the event held in the cloudswept mountains of western Guatemala. ~ya Indian women in bright native dress looked on, baskets of firewood on their heads.

The ceremony in this town of 42,COO,andanotheronelikeitnearby onMonday,arethelastofaseriesthat beganinAugusttodisann theanny­backed militias.

Hurnanrights groups have blamed the militias-organized in 1981 under military rule - for massacres, toi:ture and other abuses during the last half of the war.

But army leaders on Sunday hon­ored the men as paniots, saying they put their lives on the line against a rebel menace.

"We must be among the first to forgive our brothers," .local militia commanderHugoBaltirneroHerrera told his men as they lined up behind the blue-and-white Guatemalan flag.

The militiamen were the eyes and

ears -and sometimes theexecution­ers-ofthe arrny inthemountainsfor more than a decade. Service was officially voluntary, but many have said privately over the years that they joined out of fear of being considered subversive if they did not

A schoolteacher, Eduardo Arriaga,39, watched the men march throughstreetsjarnmedwithsmoke­belching buses and said, "I hope the peace sticks."

Arriaga recalled rebel attacks on Aguacatan in the early 1980s and heavy street fighting that forced many villagers to flee. He said he thought the patrols had risked their lives to defend the people. .

"When the guenilla war started, it was just terrible. We had to leave for several months in 1981 and 1982," Aniaga said, refening to a timeofscorched-earthmilitarycam­paigns against rebels.

But other villagers said they felt terrorized by both sides.

"Here we weren't sure which wastheworstofthetwogroups.We were in the middle of the fighting," said one peasant leading a mule. He didn't want to give his name and stood his distance from the cer-

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tomb from Palestinians who marched on the shrine and even­tually ransacked it, destroying Jewish holy books. One Palestin­ian was also killed.

Palestinian neighbors of Joseph's Tomb protested the set­tlers' return and warned that built­up anger could spill .iver once again into violence.

"We don't want them to return to this place because they're mak­ing it a settlement. They don't

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"The people attacked this place because they feel it is a settlement inside Nablus. It could happen again," he said.

Many merchants whose shops lie near the tomb also complain that the settlers' presence discour­ages business since Palestinian police guarding Jewish seminary constantly stop passersby.

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Zaire recalls envoy to France PARIS (AP) - Zaire recalled its ambassador to France Sun­day, a week after he killed two 13-year-old boys in a car acci­dent, the French Foreign Min­istry said.

The removal of Ambassador Ramazani Baya followed pub­I ic outcry over the accident, in which witnesses said the diplomat was driving at excessive speed en route to meeting Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko at his French Riviera villa.

"Following requests made by France, the Zairian authori­ties made it known to us that they were immediately recalling their ambassador to Paris," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on customary anonymity.

Recalling the ambassador is the normal diplomatic sanction in this kind of situation, diplo­matic sources said. As an accred­ited ambassador, Ramazani was covered by diplomatic immu­nity and thus could not be pur­sued by French criminal or civil law in the case.

The boys' families and the mayor of the coastal town of Menton, where the accident

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demanding that Ramazani' s diplomatic immunity be with­drawn.

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While being detained at the Immigration detention area, Cabrera ak.a. Sid Cabrera befriended her by showing pictures ofhis past girlfriends.

Cabrera allegedly said he got rid of his girlfiiends because "they can 'tmake babies." He promised he would talk to Tai tano to let her go back to her house.

Thedefendantthensentoutafemale inspector assigned to watch over the victimtobuysoftdrinkswhiletheother inspectors were out of the office, it was alleged.

While she was left alone sitting on a chair, the woman said Cabrera came from behind and fondled her private parts.

The victim stood up and pushed Cabrera away and ran to the other side of the table. He, however, grabbed her head and raped her, the affidavit said.

The defendant instructed her to go to the restroom andcleanherself up. When the woman came out and went back into the room she noticed that Cabrera had lea

Moments later, the lady inspector

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Migrant Workers' Act of 1995, requires that employers shoulder housing and food allowance of their Filipino employees.

"The POEA imposes that [re­quirement] in other jurisdiction," he said.

He said such should also be imposed in the Commonwealth.

"It is but right that the CNMI

Judge. • • Continued from page 1

co-defendants to own a property under the provisions of Article 12 of the Constitution.

Last Nov. 21, Mitchell ran to the high court and sought Wiseman's disqualification from the case, citing among others things Wiseman 's financial inter­est in Hotel Nikko, his profes­sional relationship with HANMI, and his personal position on PL 8-32.

Moreover, Mitchell was wor­ried that Wiseman's alleged "per­sonal bias" against him might in-

CNMI ... Continued from page 1

Real estate loans increased at a higher rate than the commercial and consumer loan categories, although they represent about 5 percent of the total loans.

Real estate loans "reached a new high" of $16.5 million last year and have, for the last six years, grown at an average of 66 percent annually, Camacho's report said.

The report said 62 percent of total loans are commercial, while 30 per-

arrived with the softdrinks. Cabrera entered the office, took a soda and walked out, read Lee's affidavit

It added that Cabrera sexually as­saultedherforthe second time when all the inspectors had left the room to clear the passengers from the flight that had just arrived.

The victim narrated she was in the detention room when she heard the inspectors leaving the office. She went out of the detention room but bumped in Cabrera outside the room. . It was then that Cabrera grabbed her, pulled her panties down and sexually assaulted her again, the affidavit said.

An inspector who arrived and saw her fixing her skirt covered his face with a hand to avoid seeing her.

Investigators transported the woman to the Commonwealth Health Center where she was examined. The Guam Police Department Laboratories con­cluded that spermatozoa was observed from the woman's clothing and body swabs.

During yesterday's hearing, Supe­rior Court Associate Judge Timothy BellasallowedCabreratopost$100,CXXl bail in property bond.

Cabrera through counsel Robert Narajapleadednotguiltytothecharges.

also abide by the Act," he stressed. Calonge said the Philippine

Consulate office, through Labor Attache, Jesus Varela, has started negotiations with counterpart CNMI officials on the matter.

Calonge, who's term ends this year, yesterday went to see Labor and Immigration Secretary Tho­mas Sablan on an official "fare­well visit."

He said he "believes" he has "set the tone for vital relations" with the CNMI government.

fluence his vote on the case. Wiseman's decision to take his

hands off the case, however, did not seem to make Mitchell calm down.

"It is appalling that it took Mr. Wiseman over three months to remember that three years ago he was instrumental in getting the anti-Article 12 legislation passed which is one of the major issues in this lawsuit," Mitchell said yes­terday.

"Mr Wiseman has absolutely no ethical sense if it took him this long to find out that we were right when we filed the motion on the 21st (of November) to force him out of this case," Mitchell added.

cent are consumer loans. "We are seeing that banks me

more inclined to lend out theirdepos­iL~ rather than frnward them to their head office," Camacho said.

He said that in the past ma jmi ty of the banks' asset~ "due from head­quaiters.'· In 1995 loans tep1esemed 49 percent of total asset, while a,set, due from headquaners tepn:sented only 39 percent.

Deposits were also noted 10 have "steadily" been increasing at ubout 5 percent since 1993. Deposit, in­creased by 4 percent from $408.5 million in 1994 to $42'i.2 million in 1995.

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YOUR BIRTHDAY By Stella Wilder

Born today, you have an unusu­al, unorthodox and often unpre­dictable view of the world, and your outlook may actually change radically from time to time, mak­ing it impossible for those arowid you to anticipate what you are thinking or feeling. In fact, you are so emotionally connected to the rhythms of the world that you seem to be in a constant state of flux, just like the world itself. This may make things difficult for you socially, but creatively you will have a great advantage over those who are not tuned in as closely.

Despite the fact that you may be in turmoil at times, you have a way of expressing yourself that puts others at ease. This is the source of your greatest content­ment, because you thrive on help­ing others when they need you most.

Also born on this date are: Joseph Conrad, novelist; Gilbert Stuart, painter; Rick Mears, auto racer; Ozzy Osbourne, singer and musician; Andy Williams, singer.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresl?onding para­graph. Let your birthday star be

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -You may have to balance precari­ously on top of a mountain of emo­tional baggage today. You have been trying too hard lately.

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Your romantic ideal may be slip­ping away from you at this time, but there is much you can do to keep it from disappearing com­pletely.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -It is never too late, so take care not to give up before you've given yourself a chance to succeed. Try to keep going!

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VIRGO (Au~. 23-Sept. 22) -Look to your childhood for the an­swers you seek at this time. You will discover, much to your delight, that you know everything you need to know.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) -Doing someone a favor at the wrong time and in the wrong way may be worse than not lending a hand at all. You should be sure that you're doing the right thing.

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National Football League

Broncos clinch home advantage NEW YORK (AP) - Denver gels to enedtocomebackinthefourthquarter, stay home for the playoffs. Pittsburgh ex-Steeler Eric Green caught a 3-yard and Buffalo should have stayed there TD pass from Testaverde to seal the on Sunday. victory.

The streaking Broncos won their Elsewhere Sunday, it was India-ninthstraightgame,andclinchedhome napolis 13, Buffalo 10 in overtime; field throughout the AFC playoffs with Carolina 24, Tampa Bay O; Green Bay a34-7batteiingSundayofSeattle.And 28, Chicago 17; Philadelphia 24, the thevictory,combinedwithPittsburgh's New York Gianls O; Minnesota 41, loss at Baltimore and Buffalo's over- Arizona 17; and Jacksonville 30, Cin-time defeat at Indianapolis means a cinnati 27. first-round playoff bye for the Broncos In Sunday's other late games, it was and home games for the remainder of Houston 35, the New York Jels 10; St the postseason. Louis 26, New Orleans 1 O; and Oak.-

Pittsburgh was all set to clinch a tie land 17, Miami 7. for a third straight AFC Central title NewEnglandroutedSanDiego45-until a couple of old pals spoiled the 7 on Sunday night party. InMondaynight'sgame,SanFran-

The Ravens stung the Steelers 31-17 cisco plays at Atlanta. as Vinny Testaverde racked up 259 The weekend got under way on yards and became the first quarterback Thanksgiving Day, when Kansas City to throw for three touchdowns against defeated Detroit28-24,and Dalla<i beat the Steelers this season. Barn Morris, Washington 21-10. playing for the first time against his Broncos 34, Seahawks 7 fonner team, carried 28 times for 100 Denver beat Seattle as John Elway yards- the firstrwming back to gain that threw for two touchdowns and ran for many yards against the Steelers this another, and Vaughn Hebron set up season. And when Pittsburgh threat- two scores with long kickoff returns.

The Broncos, 12-1 andonanine-game winning streak, will have a first-round bye and then play their remaining post.season games at at Mile High Sta~ dium.

Ravens 31, Steelers 17 Derrick Alexander caught seven

passes in a driving rain for a career-high 198 yards and a touchdown a<i Balti­more ended a four-game losing streak and stalled Pittsburgh's playoff drive. Testaverde completed 17 of24 passes against a defense that was leading the NFL, allowing a league-low 186 yards per game. Jerome Bettis ran for 1 OS yards on 24 carries for Pittsburgh. It was his 10th JOO-yard game of the season.

Colts 13, Bills 10, OT Cruy Blanchard, who missed two

attempls earlier in the game, kicked a 49-yard field goal 8: 14 into overtime as Indianapolis jolted Buffalo. The vic­tory kept the Colts in the race for an AFC wild-card spot, two games be­hind the EastemDivision-leading Bills (9-4). Blanchard

also kicked a 25-yarder that tied the

game in the fourth quarter. His winning kick, his 31st field goal this season, set a franchise record.

Panthers 24, Bucs 0 Carolina won its fourth straight and

ended a three-game Tampa Bay win­ning streak. The Panthers kept Trent Dilfer orr the run, sacking him five timesandknockinghimdown 13 times. There were two interceptions and a fumble that Shawn King turned into a 13-yard touchdown.

Packers 28, Bears 17 Antonio Freeman, back in the lineup

after mis.sing a month with a broken ann and playing with a cast, set career highs with IOreceplionsfor 156yardsinGreen Bay's victory over Chicago. It was the sixth straight victory for the Packers over the Bears and 14th straight overChicago at Lambeau Field. The Bears have not wonaDecemberroadgamesdwingthe regular sea,on since 1987.

Eagles 24, Giants 0 Philadelphia ended a three-game

losing streak as Ty Denner threw for three touchdowns and 284 yards. The win moved the Eagles into a first-place

tie with Washington and Da1la<i in the NFC East and eliminated the Gianls from playoff contention.

Vikings 41, Cardinals 17 Brad Johnson threw for a career­

high four touchdowns and the Vikings stayed in the playoff hunt by drilling Arizona It was a turnaround for Min­nesota, which had lost six of ils la<it eightgamesandnotwonathomesince Oct 6. Johnson, starting his thirdstraight gameinplaceofinjuredWarrenMoon, finished 19-for-26 for 238 yards.

Jaguars 30, Bengals 27 Mark Brunell threw for356 yards in

a driving rain, and Mike Hollis kicked a team record five fie Id goals a<i Jack­sonville kept ils wild-card hopes alive. It was the sixth 300-yard game this season for Brunell.

Oilers 35, Jets 10 Rookie Eddie George ran for 141

yards and two touchdowns and Hous­ton stayed in the playoff hunt by batter­ing the Jels, who dropped to 1-12 with t11eir 10th strn.ight home loss. There were55,985no-sl1owsonardiny, windy Jay.

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I Jazz »rms 10th straight e 1HE best strn1 mJ azzh1stoiy goteven . rebotindsandGary Payton had l 8 poinls better as Karl Malone had 30 points · for the Sonics. rn1d 13 rebounds and UrahbeatSe- Laker.; 104,Nuggets 96 attle for the second time this season; Shaquil!e O'Neal scored 24 poinls,

The Jazz, who lost to the Sonics in grabbed 16 rebounds and riiatch(X) his the Western Conference finals -last career high with eight assists as Los

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I Chris Morris 12 and rookie Shandon rebounds and seven assists and 1 Anderson I l. . .. Eddie Jones and Elden Campbell

ShawnKemphad29pointsand 13 had 14 points each for the Lllkers,

Wheels ... Continued from page 20

the Cruisers to just two points while scoring 17 points in tl1e sprn1 of two minutes and the score pegged at I 08-36.

Despite tl1e big deficit, theCmisers continued to put up a fight witli Kuki Alvarez, Diego Masgia, Ian Can· mid Ja<;0n de Guzman scoring on severnl occasions.

The Wheels simply coasted to­wards tl1e end of the game.

Sabl,m credited the team's open­ing victo1y to tl1eir excellent ball movement and superior rebounding, offensively and defensively.

"I think the win was a good start for the team. The boys moved the ball pretty well, we were able to execute good plays and I guess our big guys really had a field day inside the paint."

Bubosled the Wheelswith29points

scs ... Contin_ued from pc1ge 20

(boys mid girls); 2(X)M individual medley; 50M freestyle; the IOOM f1ecstylc; the SOM b1i~astroke; l(X)M breasu-oke; 200M freestyle; SOM fly; SOM backsu-oke; t11c 4(X)M freestyle; :md 200M ftee 1elay (sep:m1tc event for both boys mid girls).

In deciding the overallchampions incachcategrny, poinL, we1e given to

while Chesley, one of tlie latest addi­tions to the ternn chipped in 19 mrn·k­ers. Palacios added 18.

The Wheels' two other new play­ers, Dr. Richard Brostrom scored I 0 points in his Toyota debut while 1996 Youth Summer League Most Valu­able Player Luis Cepeda finished with nine mm·kei,.

l11e 1est of tl1e Wheels scrned four points or more to complement Toyota's b:uanccd offense.

FortlieOuisers,Alvrn-cztopscored with 22 ]Xlints, Masgia added 12 while Can- wm good for eight.

Toyota's team manager Abner Venus, however, downplayed his teams opening success. "Although wereallyplayed well, the tournament ha~ just started. We haven't seen the rest of the teams yet."

l11e result of the second game be­tween defending champions UMDA AcesandNapu'sGctCoveredSu1fis not yet available as of presstime.

a school depending on the placings of it~ enuics.

In the individual races, seven points will be awarded for first place; five for second; fourfortliird; th1ec f orfou1th; two for fifth; mid one ]Xlint for sixtl1.

In tl1c 1elays, tl1e top finishing tcmn will get 14 1xi1nl; tl1e second will be aw,u·dcd IO ]XlinL~; tl1ird will have eight points; fourth place will ocgood for six poinL~; lifth place will get four ]Xlinls; mid tl1e sixtl1 will 1eccivc two point~.

who led an theway and held the Nuggets to 11ine points in the first 18 minutes. of play.

Antonio McDyess led ... Denver with 26 points. Dale Ellis added 20 point,; arid Bryant Stitl1 had l 4 •

Pistons Steamroll 95 . Kings 66 The Detroit Pistons held tbeSac­

ramentoKingsto 16 points in each of the first tbreeqmirters and Grant Hill had 23 points and 14 rebounds in a 95-66 victory Sunday night.

JTG ... Continued from page 20

Kan Pacific improved one notch higher in the team stand­ings after crushing heavy fa­vorite Country House after an opening game loss with se­ries of 786, 810, 769 for a total of 2,365 pins. Kan Pa­cific is in sixth with 42.5-45.5 record.

Country House, on the other

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par 74. AGC decided to award the Ace

titles for the top two finishers in the Kingfisher tilt because of two postponements of its last two monthly aces tournaments. AGC postponed the November Ace Tournament to give way to the Jocten Memorial Golf CltL~sic two weeks ago. TI1e December Touma­men~ which wassettounfold on Dec. 8, W,L~ likewise cancdkd to support Rcfalawasch Golf Association's 4th Sid K. Peter Memorial GolrTouma­ment which will be held tl1is coming weekend at the Lao Lao Bay Gott" ResOI1 and Kingfisher Golf Links. -

'lliese developments prompted AGC officials lo hold the November and December Ace ToumamenL~ in a single golfing event with tl1e winner

Hill, who played only 3 I min­utes, had nine points in a 21-2 run that helped the Pistons to a 3 I-16 lead after the first quarter.

The lead grew to 26 in the sec­ond quarter and 35 in the fourth quarteras the Pistons he 1d the Kings to the second-lowest point total ever by a Detroit opponent.

Grant Long added J S points for Detroit and Lindsey Hunter had 13. Corliss Williamson led the Kings

hand, couldn't keep the lead after winning the first game with series of 795, 682 and 706 for a 2,183 aggregate.

Martha's Poker saw its two win advantage for the third slot reduced to a single win after absorbing a 1-3 defeat from Shirley's Coffee Shop. Shirley's, which was the cel­lar dweller team in the 12 team filed at the start or the 22nd week, jumped to tenth with 40-48 tally. Martha's retained

getting the November Ace while !lie mnner-upbag_gingtheDecen1berAce.

A total of 11 members showed up forthe tournament last Saturday. A guest.Joe Lizama, the RGA's Dec. Ace winner, also competed.

All four top finishers in the tourna­ment won cash prizes each.

JoeCmnachofinished fifth witli 77 while three players finished the tour­nan1ent tied for the sixth, seventh and eighth slots.

Jack Taitano, Ben Lizama and Jack Lizama toured the greens with identical 78s. Man~1y C. Tenorio came in at ninth with a net 81, the same tally put up by Jesse Stoll. Tex Naog and Joe Lizama submitted an 82 and an 85 to finished in 11th aml I 2th posi­tio1:s respectively.

The AGC will hold its season and year-ending golf tournament on Sunday, Dec. 1 S atthc M:uimias Counuy Club.

with 15. Warriors 98, Trail Blazers 70 In Sun Jose, California, Latre!J

Sprewell scored 28 points and Jo,~ , Smith had JO points and 11 re­bounds as Golden State defoated Portland 98-70.

TI1e Trail Blazers shot a sea­son-low 30 percent after shooting 52 percent over their previous four games. Portland also tied its sea­son-low for points scored.

third with an even 44-44 slat~. V &J moved two rungs up al

fourth after ripping O'Doul"s, 3-1. V&J, with 43-45 record, sent their opponents nearer to the bottom of the standings with a 39-49 mark.

IT&E also had a rousing week after routing EPC' Inter­national, 4-0. IT&E had games of 815. 838 and 753 for a 2,406 pin total. EPC could only come up with 789, 750, 731 for a 2,270 aggregate. IT &E improved from I I th to seventh with 42-46 tally. EPC dropped from fifth to ninth with 40-48 slate. .

In the last pairing, CMPG retained its hold of eighth slot by hacking a 3-1 win over Paras Enterprises. CMPG, 41-46, rolled 786, 810. 802 for 2,30 I pins. Paras, 42.5-45.5. fell one rung below after only coming up with 795,682. 706 for a 2,183 total.

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SP0BTS~;'1LD 1996-1997 Islandwide Men's Basketball League

Wheels crush Cruisers, 145-61 By Ere! A. Cabatbat ValietyNewsStaff

TI-IEWYOTA Wheels launched its second season campaign on a scintil­lating fashion by routing Reliable Collection Agency Cruisers 145-61 in the opening game of the 1996-1997 Island-Wide Men's Basketball League last night at the Gilbert C. AdaGym.

The Wheels, who paraded three new recruits, were never threatened as they displayed excellent motion offense throughout the match.

With more height and better team­work, the result of several changes in the Wheels' lineup, the Wheels opened the first eight minutes of the game by erecting a 26-8 advantage. In the next five minutes, the Cruisers were able come closer by pouncing on the Wheels' consecutive errors to score eight straight points against a lone jumper by the Wheels to cut the lead into 12, 28-16. The 12 point deficit, however, was the closest the Cruisers could come with as the Wheels went on full throttle. The

Wheels went on to 22-7 blast to push the momentum towards their their

· favor. With 3:25 left in the ballgame, the

Wheels went on another scintillating 19-4 blitz to end the halftime with a whooping 42 point advantage, 69-27.

Tony Sablan, the Wheels playing coach when asked regarding the big margin at the end of the first period said that "the only reason for that big lead is that we are playing good team basketball."

In the second half, things were not much different as the Wheels, scor­ing at will and controlling the boards, scored 22 points as against the Cruis­ers' seven markers. With top gunner Edwin Bubos, prized find David Chesley, playmaker Felix Palacios and Noel Remolano at the forefront ofToyota'sattack, the Wheels put the outcome of the game beyond RCA 's reach at 91-34, with still 15:25 left in the ballgame.

The Cruisers, bleeding for every point, couldn't solve the Wheels'

perimeter defense and superior de­fensivereboundingas they could only managed to have one shot at the basket each time they were on the offensive. Several errors and poor shot selection further compounded RCA'swoes.

Sablan wisely shuffled his team. giving every one on the bench z chance to contribute to the team.

From a 91-34 advantage, Toyou continued to dominate the game frorr

· both ends of the court as they limite( Continued on page 1!

SCS, NMA top 1996 All Schools Swim Meet By Ere! A. Cabatbat

' ValielyNewsSlaff ~ SA1PANCommunitySchool(SCS) ~ made a successful defense of its \) overall titles in the elementary and

/ ~ junior high school divisions while 'i Northern Marianas Academy :i (NMA) dethroned last year's titlist :: Grace Christian Academy (GCA) J in the high school category of the \! 1996 Annual All Schools Swim­:] ming Championships last Saturday .i at the Kan Pacific Pool.

SCStallied 162pointsora whop­:: ping 1 I 7 advantage over distant

second Whispering Palms School . in retaining its elementary crown.

Whisperings Palms tallied 45 or just five points ahead of third placer GCA. Oleai Elementary finished fourth with 25 points while Mt Cannel wound up fifth with 17.

Saipan International School, Koblerville Elementary and San VicenteElementarycameinatsixth, seventhandeighthpositionsrespec­tively.

In the junior high school cat­egoiy, SCS reasserte(] its supremacy by retaining the overall crown with 78points. WhisperingPalms,again, was second with 54. Hopwood finished third with 22 while Marianas Baptist Academy came

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wound up with 10 points, edging Saipan futemational by one point for the fifth slot

NMA clai!Tled the overall title in

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the·high school division by posting a runaway 140 points to 'deposed de­fending champion GCA. GCAfin­ished second with 42 points, or 98

behindthenewchampions. Marianas High School wasµ-rird with25 points.

The All Schools Swim Meet fea­tured individual and team relays in

freestyle, breastroke, backstroke and buttertly. Events included the 200M medley relay~ombined

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~aul Strickhart (second from left), coa~h. of the Saipan Comf!l~~ity School, accepts a plaque from Saipan Swim Club president Bill Sakovitch after his team won the overall champ1onsh1p 1n the elementary d1v1s1on of 1996 All Schools Meet over the weekend at the Kan Pacific Pool.

(Photo courtesy of Ann Jordan)

JTG ties Country House for lead By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff

JTG ENTERPRISES scored a scintillating 4-0 over hapless Joker's while Kan Pacific pulled the rug under erstwhile

· solo leader Country House, 3- I in the highlights of week 22 of the Adam and Eve Mixed Bowling Tournament at the Saipan Bowling Center.

With JTG's awesome show and Country House's surprise losses, both teams are now tied at the top of team standinos with identical 57-31 win loss slates.

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JTG, composed of Vicky Butteris, Alice Guerrero, Jenny Palacios, Lucy Salas, Joe Guerrero, Wally Guerrero, Mark Halstead and Frank B. Palacios, rolled a three game series of 821, 824 and 785 to finished the week with a 2,428 pinfall total. The Jokers could only come up with 635. 744 and 690 for a 2,069 pin total.

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