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Gang-rape victim tells about ordeal

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

A CHINESE woman narrated yes­terday in court how she and a female companion were kid­napped and gang-raped by four men at the Suicide Cliff last year.

The woman positively identi­fied defendant Jose 0. Rabauliman as one who grabbed her, beat herup, and among those who raped her at the Cliff in the early morning of March 28, 1998.

The victim took the witness stand at the ongoing jury trial against Rabauliman and co-de­fendant Hadley F. Renguul in Superior Court.

The woman said that after she

and a Chinese co-worker left Caesar's Sauna in Garapan where she worked as masseuse, they had a late dinner in a restaurant.

While they were walking on their way back, the victim said, she told her friend to go to the side of the road as she felt something strangeaboutacarfollowingthem from behind.

The victim said several men got out of the car so they ran away and started screaming.

The men then grabbed and forc­ibly put them into the car, said the victim who identified Rabauliman as the one who snatched her.

to let us go," said the victim through an interpreter.

She said the music in the car was too loud and Rabaulimanhit her as she screamed and tried to open the door.

The driver of vehicle, the vic­tim said, asked for her name, but she didn't respond.

When they reached the Cliff, the four men alighted and started dragging them out.

"I didn't want to go ... l'm so scared. I stayed in the car. But the man (Rabauliman) pulled me out and dragged me to the monu-

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House achieves quorum, but fails to pass budget

By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

WHILE the House of Represen­. tatives was able to finally mus­. ter a quorum during yesterday's

session, it failed to pass the fis­cal year 2000 budget as legisla­tors bickered over "lapsed" funds.

Some 25 minutes before the scheduled adjournment at 4:30 p.m., the House took up House Bill 11-508 but was not able to vote on it as discussions zeroed in on the issue of"lapsed funds" which, according to Rep. Rosiky F. Camacho (D-Saipan), should be removed from. the appropria­tions.

Most legislators present, how­ever, disagreed with Camacho.

"We can't just remove every­thing there and say we just ap­propriate directly. We can't

identify how much there is in the lapses until the end of the fiscal year. That, he (Camacho) could not understand and that' s the whole discussion," said Rep. Karl T. Reyes (R-Saipan), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Lapsed funds are automati­cally created when an agency fails to fill up a budgeted posi­tion. Reyes cited the section stating that any lapsed funds will be accumulated so a special ac­count is opened, until it reaches $3 million for payment of sala­ries as called for by Public Law 11-31 since 1992, aiming to in­crease the salaries of govern­ment employees by 14 percent.

The total appropriations for FY 2000, excluding those from public land leases, is pegged at

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PSS retirees to receive bonus checks tomorrow

Cing: Palacios should have waited before committing support to Heinz

By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff

THE PUBLIC School System (PSS) is all set to grant some of its retirees their 30 percent early retirement bonuses tomorrow, Federal Programs Coordinator Bill Matson yesterday said.

Matson called it a positive end to a not-so-positive year.

Earlier in the month, PSS dis­closed it was not expecting any problems with regards to paying the bonus.

"We did get the documents that we needed from Retirement Fund to allow us to know who is qualified for the retirement bo­nus," Matson said.

"So we are processing. those as partofthispayroll,"he added.

Matson reiterated the checks will be available to the retirees tomorrow.

"PSS has verified with the Department of Finance that the funds will be transferred to al­

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By Zaldy Dandan Variety Associate Editor

SENA TOR David M. Cing (D­Tinian) yesterday said his po­litical ally, Tinian Rep.-elect Norman S. Palacios, should have "carefully considered all factors"beforecommittinghim-

l self to the· Republican Party's candidate for House speaker,

i Saipan'sHeinzS. Hofschneider. lj ''That was a mistake-he fl shouldn't have committed right li away," Cing said. "He should fl have met with all the candidates David M. Ging

first, and carefully weighed all options before endorsing any­one."

Palacios, like Rep. Alejo M, Mendiola (R-Rota), is now sup- . porting Rep.-elect Benigno R. I Fitial (R-Saipan) for speaker. .·

Cing said he was never present during the crucial first /j meeting b~tween Palacios and /

1 the two aides of U.S. House t! MajorityWhipTomDeLay(R- fi Texas), who reportedly lobbied .1

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Former Customs officer gets sus1oended sentence

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

A FORMER Customs officer was sentenced yesterday for accept­ing bribe money in connection with the smuggling of cartons of cigarettes into Saipan.

Following a plea agreement. Associate Judge John A. Manglona ordered Antonio S. Reyes to spend 60 days in jail. all suspended for a period of three years.

Manglona placed Reyes under three years of supervised proba­tion and required him to pay $6,220 fine to the Clerk of the Superior Court.

The judge said Reyes must per­forn1 195 hours of community work service to be completed within 30 months of the date of sentencing and shall waive an

appeal in the case. The Attorney General's Office

(AGO) charged Reyes and an­other former Customs officer. Benjamin Delos Reyes. with brib­ery and misconduct in public of­fice.

The charges can-y maximum penalties of six years' imprison­ment or a $6.000 fine or both.

Reyes and counsel Assis1:tnt Public Defender Dan BcJwen signed a plea agreement with 1\1e government represented by t';s­sistant Attorney General MarvJT; J. Williams.

Reyes pleaded guilty to brib­e1y. In return. AGO recommended the dismissal of the remaining charge. to which the court then agreed.

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US denounces hijacking WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department urged India and Pakistan on Monday to stop criti­cizing each other and to work together for the release of 160 hostages held aboard a parked Indian Airlines plane in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

forts to end the hijacking. Officials, the statement said.

should "restrict their public com­ments to those that serve this ob­jective." Although India and Pa­kistan were not named in the state­ment, they were understo9d to be the target of the admonition.

The plane's passengers and crew have been held captive since Friday, and the hijackers threat­ened Monday to begin killing them.

Moving to end the standoff, Indian negotiators flew to Af­ghanistan and opened talks with the hijackers.

The U.S. statement, by Philip Reeker, a State Department spokesman, condemned "in stron­gest terms" the hijacking of In­dian Airlines Flight 814 and hold­ing of the 160 hostages.

::Obviously, the hijackers are responsible for the safety of the hostages they are holding," it said.

The department denounced the jetliner's hijacking as terrorism and an inhuman act. It said Maulana Masood Azhar, whose release reportedly was among sev­eral sought by the hijackers, is affiliated with Harakat ul­Mujahideen. a group known for­merly as Harakat ul-Ansar and designated by the U.S. govern­ment as a terrorist organization.

Hostages' conditions · seen as getting worse

The hijackers are thought to be independence fighters from Kash­mir. the contentious region be­tween India and Pakistan.

In a statement, the department urged the Taliban, the group that controls most of Afghanistan, and governments in the area to coop­erate in closely coordinated ef-

Taliban soldiers offer prayers in front of the hijacked Indian Airlines Airbus at Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan Monday. Indian negotiators and a replacement crew for the hijacked jetliner arrived Monday while hijackers threaten to kill passengers if demands not met. AP

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wa~ hijacked on its way from Nepal to India. the A300 Airbus sits on the tarmac in Kandahar with its engines running, the doors shut, the shades drawn.

No one is allowed inside, where 155 people are trapped with their captors. "It is very bad. The situ­ation for the passengers is getting worse,'' said Rehmatullah Aga, a Taliban spokesman at the airport.

"They are tired and tense and the hijackers are becoming agi­tated." Several times each day. Taliban soldiers pass food and filtered waterto outstretchyd arms thn;>Ugh a small window. The air in the plane ''is very bad ... it smells like people have been sick," said Mohammed Khiber, a civil aviation authority spokesman.

The International Red Cross has been sending medicines onto the aircraft for a doctor who is among the passengers, said Peter Iseli. a Red Cross representative at Kandahar Airport. "We are send­ing in basic medicines that ;you would expect in a situation like this," he said, "medicines for muscular pain because people have been sitting for so long, for headaches, nausea and stress."

It is not known how many people are in need of medical treatment.·"Please get involved:· the pilot of the hijacked plane begged the international commu­nity, speaking via radio contact with the control tower, Aga said.

The passengers' horrific ordeal

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew returned to Earth Monday after fixing the Hubble Space Telescope during a Christmastime mission that gave NASA a badly needed succe;s.

Air Force Col. Curtis Brown landed the shuttle at 7:01 p.m. EST at Kennedy Space Center. "Welcome back to Earth after a fantastic flight," said Mission Control's Scott Altman. NASA passed up the first opportunity for the shuttle Lo land at 5: 18 p.m. EST because of concerns about crosswinds on the runway.

Instead. Discovery made the 13th night landing in the history of the shuttle program. 1l1e mile­age for the eight-day trip was 3.2 million miles.

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Fireworks store manager Dave Wista (in glasses) attends to a customer yesterday at the Wham Bang Fireworks outlet along Middle Road. PhotobyMarlanA.Maraya

3 vie for vacant Senate seat THREE candidates are vying for Tinian 's vacant Senate seat.

Commonwealth Development Authority (CDA) board member Joe Dela Cruz is the Democratic Party's standard bearer.

He is running against Board of Public Lands Chair Manuel P. Villagomez of the Republi­can Party, who was senator

from 1982 to 1990, and Inde­pendent candidate Richard Hofschneider, a former legal assistant of the House of Rep­resentatives.

The winner of the special election, which is scheduled on Jan. 22, will serve the remain­ing two years of Republican Herman M. Manglona's term.

Manglona resigned last Sep­tember after pleading guilty to bribery-related charges.

After serving as Tinian mayor from 1982 to I 986, Manglona was senator from 1986 to I 990. In 1994, he be­came mayor again. Manglona began his second term as a senator in Jan. 1998. (ZD)

House OKs bill to ratify payments for expenditures that DOF refused to pay

By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

THEHOUSEofRepresentatives yesterday passed a Senate bill that seeks to reimburse lawmak­ers for all "public purpose" ex­penses they incmred prior to Dec. 22.

The House, however, deleted the section in the bill which would specify what constitutes a "public purpose" expenditure.

Senate Bill 11-160 returns to the Senate. which ·can either ac­cept or reject the House amend­ment.

"Rather than start getting into ambiguities of any statute, lets just address what we want to do at this time and that is to try and clear all the legitimate expenses of the legislators, especially for the 11th Legislature," said House Floor Leader Ana S. Teregeyo (R-Saipan) during the session.

Under the bill introduced by Senate Floor Leader Pete P. Reyes (R-Saipan), the Department of Finance (DOF) would pay for '"public purpose" expenses in-

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curred and submitted by legislators to DOF prior to Dec. 22.

However, expenditures incuITed for political gain or personal ac­tivities would not be reimbursed.

Legislators, especially those who lost during the recent mid­term elections, said they may have to pay for bills they originally deemed were for public purpose but were turned down by DOF.

Due to the absence of written guidance from DOF, legislators said they had to rely on past practice and procedure which re­sulted in many denied payment of

expenditures. The deleted item from the bill

would define "public purpose" expenditures.

It included "tents, decorations, and other expenses for funerals, death anniversaries, fiestas and pubic novenas, gifts for manamko during Manamko Week as proclaimed by the gov­ernor, food, beverage and re­lated expenses in hosting meet­ings, conferences, and other ac­tivities to discuss public busi­nesses and other expenditures authorized by legislative rnles."

Teregeyo also raised concerns on the effcctivity dale 01· the proposed law.

"It would mean that from July 21 1999 to Dec. 22 1999 is the only time that expenditures by the legislators would be accom­modated or paid for (by the gov­ernment) provided that they are not of any political gain or for personal activities," said Teregeyo.

The Senate is expected to act on the bill during its next ses­sion.

. _ .- . ·FTZ bill up to governor By Haidee V. Eugenio

Variety News Staff

A BILL that would create free trade zones in the CNMI was fi­nally passed by the House of Rep­resentatives yesterday.

The bill now heads to Gov.

Pedro P. Tenorio. House Bill l 1-389 aims to

stimulate the economy by the cre­ation of FTZs, tax incentives and public corporations to administer the FTZs.

The creation of free trade zones

is seen as an economic develop­ment tool to encourage the estab­lishment of new businesses, and industrial and commercial activi­ties in ordertodiversify the CNMI economy.

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By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff

FIREWORKS sales have not been good despite the anticipated grand celebration for the turn of the new millennium. local fireworks ven­dors said.

According to Bang Bang Fire­works manager Dan Basaldua, this year may surprisingly turn out to be the lowest in sales compared to previous years.

He, however, noted sales could pick up as New Year's eve draws to a close.

"We expected it to be really high. We are still recovering from our percentage loss during Christ­mas. But it has been satisfactory although it is not what we have anticipated," Basaldua said.

Wham Barn Fueworks Superstore manager David Wiita has a different perspective on the matter.

"I think there is a stronger de­mand this year compared to other ordinary years. It's just that there are more outlets on island to get the merchandise from. There's more competition," Wiita said.

There are now five to six fire­works outlets on Saipan

Bang Bang Fireworks alone has three outlets on island with booths located in Chalan Kanoa, San Jose, and San Roque.

Wham Barn, Saipan 's pioneer­ing fireworks outlet, first opened in 1996.

The fireworks business is one

that's seasonal, the vendors agree. ··we only open at this time of

the year," said Wiita. Bang Bang Fireworks tried to

entice people to celebrate with fireworks last July 4th.

·'But apparently, it was not such a big deal," said Basaldua.

Manufactured in China, these fireworks go through U.S. Cus­toms before reaching CNMI, Basaldua disclosed.

"And we only sell to individu­als 18 and above. Lots of parents come here with their kids, and that's fine. Our advice is that if kids have to hanc!le these fire­works, they should always be su­pervised by an adult," he said.

Parents are reminded to always keep a close eye on their kids while using fireworks, Basaldua added.

""We don't want anyone to get hurt. We want everyone to have the safest holidays.

·'It's all a matter of precaution and reading instructions carefully. I have been handling fireworks almost all my life, since I was a kid, and I have never been hurt." he said.

Fireworks and drinking defi­nitely do not mix, Basaldua said.

"If you've had some alcohol, designate someone else to handle the fireworks. In the same way that driving and drinking don't mix, it's the same thing with fire­works and alcohol," he said.

Ti.riian ferries meet Y2K port requirements- CPA

By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff DESPITE the risks of sys-

tems breakdown, the two Tinian ferries will follow its daily ferry schedule even at the most critical Y2K hours, it was learned.

But Tinian-bound passen­gers during the critical peri­ods have nothing to fear, ac­cording to. Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) Saipan Seaport Manager Tony Cabrera.

Cabrera said the U.S. Coast Guard has already assured the Port of Saipan that the ves­sels-the Tinian Express and the Saipan Express-have ful­filled all necessary require­ments.

According to the recently re­leased contingency plan for the Port of Saipan, for reasons of safety, tank vessels (any gross tonnage) and passenger ves­sels (500 or more gross ton­nage) will not be allowed to enter or depart the port from 6 p.m. local mean time (LMT) on Dec. 31, 1999, to 6 a.m. LMT on Jan. I, 2000.

The high-speed ferries, how­ever, are· exempted from such requirement, Cabrera said.

.. Because they fall under a different category required by thefederal government, Coast Guard has already told us that they have met all these require-ments," he said. ·

Cabrera further noted that since the vessels operate on point-to-point navigation only, they are excluded from the rule.

The seaport chief also said the ferry operators have already submitted documents to CPA attesting to their Y2K-compli­ancy st<1Ws.

"In case the boat just dies out there because of Y2K, they have already made ar­rangements with the company here to go out and assist them-and that's acceptable to us.

"'I am not saying this to scare anybody but this is something we have no certainty over. No­body has ever experienced this, so we 're just taking extra pre­cautionary measures.

"But as far as the vessels capability, we know that ev­erything will be okay with the Tinian Express.

"I don't think there would be any major problems. If there is a problem, then it would prob­ably be just minor and control­lable," Cabrera said.

Safety, among others, is one of the Port ofSaipan's mission; especially during the much­awaited new millennium rollover.

The port's main objective is to provide safe waterway tran­sit and port use for all com­mercial, government (includ­ing military) and recreational vessel operations.

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Bloody Christmas weekend By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

A CHINESE woman died, I 2 per­sons were hurt, and two others were injured in separate vehicu­lar and stabbing incidents during a bloody Christmas weekend on Saipan.

Police said the fatal auto-pe-

destrian accident happened along a highway near the Adventure Store in San Vicente Saturday evening.

Public Safety Information Of­ficer Rose Ada said Beyong Hoon Chu, a 61-year-old Korean na­tional, told investigators he was driving a van at the shat]J curve

when he saw three women walk­ing along the side ofroad.

Ada said Chu suddenly felt the van hit something so he stopped only to learn he struck the victim.

Ada said Jin Jang Hua, 24, was pronounced dead due to head and body injuries at the Common­wealth Health Center the follow------.,

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police placed the incident under further investigation.

Meanwhile,; truck loaded with sight-seeing contract workers re­portedly fell into a ravine, injur­ing 12 persons near the Banzai Cliff area last Sunday.

The driver reportedly tried to avoid an oncoming vehicle, caus­ing the truck to flip over and fell into the ravine.

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during a drinking session Friday afternoon.

Police said prior to the riot, Paul Torwin and Dohn Aia, both

· 25 years old, were drinking alco­hol at Fishing Base when six men on board a car arrived.

Torwin and Aia invited the group to join them. But later, ar­gument ensued, triggering the stabbing and riot.

PolicesaidTorwinwasstabbedon the left abdomen while Aia suffered facial lacerations and bite marks.

Rodney A. Santos and three other persons were arrested_

Guam's Executive of the Year to be known tonight

Variety News Staff

THE 1999 Executive of the Year will be announced to­night during a gala dinner at the Guam Hilton.

This annual tradition of Guam Business goes all the way back to 1983 when Rob­ert H. Jo.nes was first named executive of the year.

Since that time, 15 other ex­ecutives of the year have been named including John M. Borlas, Philip J. Flores, Doris Flores Brooks, Mark V.

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This year, as always, the ex­ecutive of the year nominees represent the cream of the business world in Guam and the Marianas. The nominees are:

• Mark 0. Fish. executive VP/chief operating officer of BankPacific;

• Frederick E. Lacroix, gen­eral manager of Enron Devel­opment;

• Cesar F. Llarenas. general manager and share holder of McDonald's Guam;

• Henry L. Schnabel. gen­eral manager and executive VP of Calvo' s Insurance:

• John C.J. Shen, general manager and owner of Pres­tige Automobi !es;

• Frank S.N. Shimizu. presi­dent of Ambros Inc.;

• Willie Tan, president of Tan Holdings Corporation;

• David B. Tydingco, presi­dent of the Guam Hotel & Res­taurant Association:

• Emelio Y. Uy. executive general manager of National Office Supply: and

• Abed E. Younis. publisher and president of Younis Art Studio which publishes the Marianas Variety. the Guam Variety and the Palau Hori­zon.·

Entertainment for the black­tie gala event will be provided Power 98 deejays

Ray Gibson and Rick Nauta as well as Sen. Tony Lamorena V (R-Dededo) who will help out in the emceeing.

Proceeds from the gala's si­lent auction and ticket sales will benefit the Guam chapter of the American Red Cross. Aside from Guam Business and First Hawaiian Bank. other sponsors of the gala event arc Northwest Airlines. American Red Cross Guam Chapter. Guam Hilton. Island Wines & Spirits and M.V. Pangilinan Enterprises.

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Fireworks for Tinian arrive TINIAN -AcontainerofClass B fireworks for the "Tinian 2000·· millennium celebration this Friday has arrived and was unloaded at the Tinian Dock last December 23.

··This marks the first time that a container of fireworks and ex­plosives of this magnitude ar­rived on Tinian." said Jose P.

Cruz. overall chairman of the 1999 Tinian Mayor's Holiday Season and Y2K Celebration Committee.

"Now that the fireworks are here, we are feeling the millen­nium fever already," he added.

The fireworks display will be held at Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino.

Members of the Y2K Celebra­tion Committee, Tinian Dynasty officials, and officials of the Emergency Management Of­fice, Customs & Quarantine, Tinian Department of Public Safety, and the Commonwealth Ports Authority were present when the container was finally loaded onto the Tinian Dock.

"The transshipment of cargo from Saipan to Tinian was de­layed at one point, but it did not delay the target date for transshipment to Tinian," said Cruz.

The container was shipped from China to Saipan before ar­rival on Tinian via the MV Su­per Shuttle last Thursday.

Dynasty,Tinian & Aguiguan Mayor's Office, GTE Pacifica and the Korean Association of Tinian.

The fireworks show will start at the stroke of midnight of De­cember 31 outside the Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino grounds.

Tinian gears for biggest party to usher in the new millennium

Importing Class B fireworks which are considered explo­sives, requires compliance with US Coast Guard, AFT License, EMO and the Fire Department regulations for transporting, storing and setting off explo­sives.

The main stage, however, will be on the helipad located on Dynasty ground, and will fea­ture top lighting and sound equipment from Taro Sue Light­ing and Sound, which wiil complement the huge fireworks event. WHAT DO you get when you put

together live entertainment, the Commonweal th' s mostexpensi ve sound and lighting equipment, and a spectacular fireworks show?

Answer: Tinian 's biggest party - the most memorable greeting to the New Millennium in the Marianas - and its all free.

"This party is for the people who have chosen to celebrate the New Year with us here on Tinian," said Francisco M. Borja, mayor ofTinian and Aguiguan, in a press release.

"Tinian 2000" is promises to be one of the biggest celebrations of the holidays, headed by the 1999 Tinian Mayor's Holiday Season and Y2K Celebration Commit-tee.

The celebration will be held December 31, Friday beginning at 6:00 p.m. on the Tinian Dy­nasty Hotel & Casino grounds.

The entertainment segment be­gins at 8:00 p.m.

.. There will be local and pro­fessional performances ranging from high school cheerleaders to a martial arts performance, to

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cultural dance performances by the Filipino Community of Tinian and Young Korean Cul­tural Dancers, and much more," said Jude Hofschneider, chair­man for the Entertainment Sub­committee on the Millennium Celebration.

Two local bands will also fea­ture favorite local tunes.

Other entertainment highlights include guest appearances from Power99FM and a mini-fireworks show also at 8:00 p.m. for chil­dren_

The entertainment will also fea-

ture the Olomwaay Band, one of the most popular bands in the NMI.

Olomwaay means "Thank You" or"Blessings/ Bless You" in Caro­linian. The band's participation is sponsored by Mat]Jac.

The band will begin perform­ing after the midnight fireworks show.

Meanwhile, the Casino is also having its own countdown party especially for its guests as an ad­ditional highlight to the entertain­ment outside.

There will be a Sam Joyner One Love Concert on the Casino floor starting at I 0:00 p.m. leading up to the countdown.

"Our casino players will receive free champagne and party favors to toast the coming of the New Year in style,"said Darell Fair, Special Casino Events coordina­tor for Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino.

Among other performing art­ists inside the Hotel, Ernie Flores will also sing and play old-time piano favorites as well as today's popular songs.

An advanced permit from the Governor's Office must also be obtained for any major fire­works display.

The container will be stored until the celebration, and is un­der strict 24-hour surveillance for safety reasons.

The fireworks display is co-sponsored by Tin~an

A fireworks mini-show fea­turing smaller-type fireworks also promises to be an added excitement for families with young children who want a preview of the big show. The mini-show is sponsored by Tinian & Aguiguan Mayor Francisco M. Borja. It begins at 8 p.m. and will be super­vised by adults.

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Office has opposed a request for reduction of sentence filed by a man who pleaded guilty of sexu­ally abusing a child.

Assistant Attorney General Nicole C. Forelli said pursuant to a statute, the CNMI Legislature has established that a'person con­victed of sexual abuse of a child must serve no less than 20months unless ··unique circumstances" apply.

At the sentencing, Forelli said the Superior Court found that ··unique circumstances" did not apply to defendant Ray Anthony Babauta and sentenced him to 25 months for having had sexual in­tercourse with a minor child.

As such, Forelli said, Babauta is not eligible for a reduction of his sentence based on his alleged good behavior in jail and on his desire to be released. .

Babauta pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse of a child last Aug. 2.

At the Aug. 4 sentencing, the defendant was ordered to spend five years in jail, all suspended except for 25 months on several conditions.

Forelli said the court ordered that Babauta shall not be eligible for parole until he has completed 20 months of incarceration.

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It's the deficit, lai IT IS never too late for this administration and key lawmakers

who will serve in the 12th Legislature to tell the public how they will retire even a portion of the $80.6 million deficit in the

next two years. That amount of government debt-that is, taxpayers' debt-is equivalent to some 40 percent of the administration's yet to be enacted proposed budget for fiscal

year 2000, which started last Oct. I. Perhaps by way of a reply to our editorials' repeatedly urging

it to reveal its deficit-reduction plan, the administration re­

called the contents of the GOP 1997 ticket's campaign brochure ... and again blamed its predecessor, whose term ended

almost three years ago. Not to be outdone, lawmakers pro­ceeded to. well, go on junkets and quarrel with the Department of Finance over their, uh, ··duty" to spend taxpayers' money on

tents and chairs for private gatherings attended by voters-all in the name of '·local traditions" and "public purpose." How­ever. as recent letters to the Variety have shown, the public is

not amused. Particularly now that they have learned-thank you very much Freedom of Information Act-the following:

• The government, which is supposedly observing austerity measures. overspent in FY 1998:

• Taxpayers durir.g the same fiscal year were paid over $3 million in government travel expenses;

• The administration has continued to ignore the Office of the

Public Auditor's recommendations regarding the retirement of the deficit; and.

• Although the administration's hiring of private attorneys and consultants may be defensible, spending $800,000 for vehicles is not.

Which is probably why the administration and the Legisla­ture remain eerily silent about the deficit. They are too busy piling up expenditures that can only increase it.

If Capitol Hill. however. has any concern for the government's financial integrity and how it could affect the already dismal local economy. then retiring the deficit should be a priority beginning 2000. There should be less off-island travels. Those who will insist that their junket is ··crucial to the CNMI" should pay for their airplane tickets and accommodations. but only if

they are concerned about locating funding for vital public

services and helping the government save money. There should be a major overhaul of the government's current policy on

vehicles and gasoline allowances. There should be a real effort

to reduce the size of government. Superfluous agencies and programs that we can no longer pay for should be scrapped. The

size of the Legislature should be reduced. :'vlorwver. the administration and lawmakers should finally

realize that they have to identify new sources of revenues, but

without giving the business community a heart attack.· There are, as we've said. easier said than done. But we elect

leaders and lawmakers precisely to tackle such problems. It is, in other words, never too late for the current officials to

admit that they are not cut for the job-and thus allow voters to bring in those who are.

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• Rlene Steffy "Scholars almost all agree that Jesus Christ was not born in 1

B.C.E. So, when was he born?"

On the end of the millennium HAGATNA-Is the year 2000 is a marked year? Will Jesus return within the next year to the Mount of Olives and the battle of Armageddon, spoken of in the book of Revelation?

The thousand year reign of Christ promises untold blessings. However, before he begins his reign, Jesus must rid the earth of all who oppose his rulership. He will do this at the battle of Armageddon. The Bible however says that the battle of Armageddon will not be confined to a single geographic location. It will reach the far­thest comers of the earth.

Unfortunately, many residents of the U.S. are so convinced of fact that the battle is literal and specific to a geographic location that they have sold their homes and personal belongings and arc moving to Israel. Reports indicate that those who can't travel have an alternative. A prominent U.S. evangelist has promised to broadcast the return of Christ on television.

On the other and, many more people around the world do not believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah and despite the Western world's excitement over the third millennium, are going about their own business without concern.

Still others claim that the third millennium will not begin in the year 2000 but in 200 I. That claim is correct up to a point. That is assuming that Jesus Christ was born in what is now known as I B.C.E. If that were the case, then Dec. 31, 2000, and not (1999) would mark the end of the second millen­nium.

It's all based on the B.C.-A.D. style of dating, that is that events occurred before the traditional time of Jesus' birth are designated ··B .C." years (before Christ); those that took place after are labeled "A.D." years (Anno Domini-"in the year of out Lord.") However, some informed scholars prefer to use the secular designations "B.C.E." (before our Common Era) and "C.E." (of our

Common Era.) Scholars almost all agree that Jesus Christ was

not born in I B.C.E. So, when was he born? Although the Bible does not reveal the exact

date of Jesus' birth, it does say that he was born in the days of Herod the King. Bible scholars believe that Herod died in the year 4 B.C.E. and that Jesus was born before then, maybe as early as 5 or 6 B.C.E.

First-century historian Flavius Josephus said that shortly before King Herod died, there was an eclipse of the moon. There was a partial lunar eclipse on March 11, 4 B.C.E. However, history also shows that there was a total lunar eclipse on Jan. 8 and a partial lunar eclipse on Dec. 27 of I B.C.E .. soJos<:phus' statements alone do not give the precise year of Herod's death to determine the birth of Christ.

The strongest evidence regarding Jesus' birth comes from ~the Bible. The i;spirel record states that Jesus was about 30 when he began his minis­try. John the Baptizer began his career as a prophet in the 15th year of Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar. Secular history confirms that Tiberius was named emperor on Sept. I 5, 14 C.E. so his 15th year would run from the latter part of 28 C.E. to the later part of 29 C.E.

If Jesus was 30 in the fall of 29 C.E., he must have been born in the fall of 2 B.C.E.

Counting forward 2,000 years from the fall of 2 B.C.E .. remembering that there was no zero year, 2 B.C.E. to I C.E. is two years.

Therefore, the second millennium ended and the third began in the fall of l 999.

Accuracy is relative and based on your under­standing and interpretation of the inspired record. Sadly, for many it's still just a mystery.

(Rlene Sallfo.1· Steffy is a business co11s11/1ant. Web page publisher <http://www.rlenelive.com> and K57 daily morning talk radio sho\\' host.)

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Different views of 'nice guy' Bush

By Thomas Ferraro AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Even some of Gov. George W. Bush's toughest critics in Texas admit he seems like "a nice guy." That is what many find most appealing, disarming or even galJing - though not always convincing - about this front-runner for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination.

"I think it's his greatest asset," said Austin native George Christian, who was White House press secretary to Texas Democrat Lyndon Johnson. "He likes people so people like him."

Bush's affable style has helped him win friends, influence voters and amass a record campaign fund of more than $60 million so far for the 2000 presidential race.

··He doesn't twist your arm; he puts his arm around you," said state Rep. Steve Wolens, a Dallas Democrat who worked with the Republi­can governor on a number of bills including one this year to deregulate the Texas electricity industry.

Craig McDonald of Texans for Public Justice, a public interest group that has butted heads with Bush on matters ranging from campaign finance to the environment, said he sees Bush as a backslapper, not a policymaker. "I don't know what he believes in, if anything," McDonald said.

Bush clearly believes in himself. He walks with a strut and exudes a confidence that some see as arrogance. He also wears an ever-present smile, which some see as a smirk.

One of the first things he did when he was elected governor in 1994 was to work the State Capitol crowd. He walked the halls, talking with legislators, lobbyists and reporters.

Perhaps Bush's key move was getting a meeting with then-Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, a Democrat and Texas power broker who had a strained relationship with Bush's predecessor, Democratic Gov. Ann Richards. "I was very, very disappointed, and I still am, in Ann Richards," Bullock reportedly told Bush. "If you 're going to be that kind of pussyfooting, headline-grabbing, television-grabbing governor, forget it."

Bush is said to have replied: "I'm going to work with you." The governor-elect won Bullock over and soon other Democrats reached out to him as well.

"Bullock was wary of Bush while he was running for governor and surprised he won," Christian said. "But after he met him, Bullock told me: 'This is a quality fellow. He'll go far."'

In 1998, Bullock upset the Texas Democratic Party by endorsing Bush for reelection, and he won a second term with 69 percent of the vote, saying, "I'm a uniter, not a divider."

To be sure, Bush has failed to win over plenty of people, even ones who salute him as a top-notch schmoozer.

''Everybody loves the governor," said Tom Smith of the Texas chapter of Public Citizen, a public interest group that had a celebrated 1995 fight with Bush over the governor's drive to curb lawsuits. "He'd be a great guy to go golfing with," Smith said. "I just don't think he has been a good governor, and I don't think he'd be much of a president."

While Smith is critical of Bush's policies, he admires his ability to charm, which Smith first saw up close after issuing a study charging that most companies in the governor's stock holdings would benefit from a Bush-backed tort reform bill.

Several months later, Smith met Bush for the first time when he was in the governor's office for a bill signing ceremony for an unrelated measure. "He shook my hand in the reception line and then, a few moments later, looked back at me and said, 'Hey ,you 're that Smitty who put out a report that was so critical of me,'" Smith recalled.

··He had this angry look," Smith said. "But it suddenly changed into big grin and he said, 'That was a good hit.' He smacked me on the shoulder like we wete friends."

Kyev Tatum, vice president of the Texas chapter of the NAACP civil rights group. opposed Bush this year on anti-hate crime bill that the gov~mor refused to support and let die.

The state NAACP also wrote Bush in October and asked him to seek a prohibition on public schools using the Confederate battle flag. Bush never replied, Tatum said.

"The governor does seem like a nice guy, and I take him at his word that he is a 'compassionate conservative,'" Tatum said. "But his actions have to speak louder than his words. He presents himself as advocate for the less fortunate but just doesn't step up on civil rights issues."

Democrat Glen Maxey, a Texas House member and one of the governor's most outspoken foes, offers what he calls ''a perfect story to illustrate Bush's 'nice-guy image."'

··J never met him until he gave his first state of the state address in 1995," Maxey said. "As he finishes, he steps down from the podium and reaches out and shakes my hand. He knows my name. He is totally personable. I felt like I had known him forever. He comes across as everyone's best friend."

He said Bush has remained warm in public despite a number of skirmishes. "I've been his worst nightmare," said Maxey, the only openly gay member of the state legislature, who pushed a measure this year to let gay couples be foster parents.

Bush opposed the bill, saying gays would be inappropriate parents. At the end of the legislative session, Maxey said, Bush came up to him on the House floor and put his hands on his shoulders. '"Glen, I respect you as a person and as a human being. What I said about gay people does not apply to you personally,'" Maxey quoted the governor as telling him.

David T. Hug hes For the Variety Web page: www.neec1701.net

• Info-Tech Corner

2000: Time to reflect both ways MANY of you will be reading this to me for the first time because you received a new computer from Santa over the holiday. Welcome. We hope to carry you into the next millennium and provide insight, humor and plain old education about the wonder of the Internet.

I've been writing about the world's greatest com­munications medium since before there was such a thing as a World Wide Web or ".com" and I look to the next few years with the wide-eyed wonder of a three-year-old looking under a Christmas tree at my firs tri-cycle. The next three years, possibly two, will see such profound changes in how the Internet is used by the average person that today's eNet will be viewed than as we viewed the old Internet of the late l 980's and early e90's before the World Wide Web.

As each year ends I am very fond of jerking the Wal-Mart plastic sack off my crystal ball and prog­nosticating the coming 12-month 's events. The Year 2000's eve is no exception.

By this time next year high-speed access will be a lot more commonplace in major population centers and it will be the beginning of the end for old­fashioned modem-based Internet access. It's slow and cannot provide the data-rich pipeline needed for tomorrow.

Unfortunately, it will also begin the swan song for the some of the finest folks around - the indepen­dent Internet service provider. Without the thou­sands of mom-and-pop operators - no, visionaries - across this nation the Internet would have never made it to Mule Shoe, Arkansas or Cicely, Alaska.

With their help and dollars there are very few places in our nation that does not have some sort of connection to the Internet. Many of them don 'tmake a great deal of profit, they just wanted to share the eNet with their friends and neighbors.

Today's Internet community owes these folks a debt that cannot be repaid. Unfortunately, they will not survive because tomorrow's eNet will need megabucks to pay for the servers, fiber infrastructure and other gizmos that have yet to be invented. Only corporate America has the deep pockets and credit needed for the "Great Build-out."

The next few years will see the beginnings of higher-

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speed wireless Internet connectivity. The Metricom company-of "Ricochet" fame - has applied to the city of Manassas Park, VA to put in a 128,000 kilobit per second wireless system in place. If that sucker works, it will rival lower-speed DSL connections for speed and will make the weeks-needed lead-time for present wired connections archaic.

Keep an eye on this one. If Metricom' s technology pans out, we could all be packing wireless combina­tion phones, personal digital assistants and Internet · browsers in our pockets that will also allow audio and video connections in real-time.

Dick Tracy would be proud. Other companies are researching delivery of

Internet services through the air and I predict that many of you living in condos, apartments and other high-density housing will be enjoying high-band­width connectivity, as will your country cousins in the boondocks within the next half-decade.

Today, it was announced that Dulles, VA-based bought eNet mapper Mapquest.com. They paid over a billion bucks in stock. According to the venerable Wall Street Journal AOL wanted to buy the company so they broaden their map-centric services to sub­scribers and to develop other markets.

Speculation is that AOL may use MapQuest's technology in their emerging wireless-based busi­ness. Some pundits are saying AOL may try to comer the market on Internet mapping.

Sound familiar? Buy other technology and com­panies instead of developing their own?

Bill Gates would be proud if it wasn't so funny. AOL was one of the torch-waving mob trying to bum Microsoft on the Justice Department's stake just a few short months ago. Now, they have decided maybe his ways are not so bad.

Look for AOL to become a lot bigger player on the Internet in the next 12 months and I will also predict that we may start seeing cell phones and· other communications devices with the AOL logo as they continue to make deals across the spectrum.

How long can they build their communications pyramid before their former Justice Department buddies suddenly switch hats and begin investigat­ing them? Time will tell.

In labor for New Year's? No thanks

(AP) -So maybe the thought of being in labor as the year 2000 begins isn't so appealing after all. Despite the hype - and even some earlier incentives - hospitals aren't forecasting a big birth boom as calendars tum.

··It's an ordinary New Year's Eve," said Dr. Anders Berg. head of gynecology at Dandcryds Hospital in Stockholm. Sweden. Others at many large hospitals around the world say they, too, see no significant increase in the number of women scheduled to go into labor early Jan. I.

Officials are relieved to know they won't have extra births to deal with when New Year's Eve passes and the Y2K computer bug may or may not affect computers and power supplies. Two hospitals in Leicester, England, have advised would-be mil­lennium mothers to bring a flashlight just in case. The hospitals have emergency generators to keep their equipment running, but patient room lights would be low priority in a powerfailure. Dr. Sabastian Faro, chairman of obstetrics at Rush-Presbyterian­St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, said the lack of extra births shows the inherent difficulty in trying to get pregnant on demand. ·

Those hoping to have a millennium baby won't necessarily get special assistance from their doctors. The American College of Obstetrics/Gynecology said it would be unethical for doctors to induce pregnancy for the purpose of giving birth on New Year's Day unless it is medically necessary. Using drugs to induce pregnancy can increase the risk that

the woman will need a Cesarean section. Couples looking to give bi11h at the start of the millennium would have had to conceive around the end of March or first week in April.

At that time, from Malaysia to Norway. and Spain to the Uniteu States. radio stations held first-babv­of-2000 contests. and couples were offered romantic getaways and aphrodisiacs ranging from traditional Malaysian potions to Barry White CDs. Some hos­pitals that traditionally celebrate the first baby of the year with a gift basket of donated diapers and toys are offering larger gift packages for 2000. including savings bonds and limousine rides.

Baseball's Minnesota Twins are promising life­time season tickets to the first set of twins born in 2000 at any one of seven Minnesota hospitals. In Britain, bookmakers William Hill said dozens of pregnant women are staking bets that they wi II give bi11h on Jan. 1.

Though most hospitals said they expect an average number of births, there are some exceptions. Doc­tors at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, are anticipating 38 percent more births in December, and 30 percent more in January. At Dr. Cha's Clinic in Seoul, South Korea, about 350 women are expected to give birth the week surround­ing New Year's Day, a 15 percent jump from last year. One of them is Chung Jong-hwa, 36. who is due on Jan 2. "Once we decided to have a new baby. we said, ·Why not a millennium baby1"' she said.

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Youth New Year's· Dance on tonight

THE NATIONAL Triple D, The Division of ·Mental Health, GIG and Pepsi the Joy of Cola will be sponsor­ing a First Time Youth New Year's Dance today, Wednes­day. from 7:00-10:00 p.m.

Doors will open at 6:30. while tickets sales will begin at 5:30 p.m:.

The event is open to all high school students from ages 14-19, the Division said in a press release.

The purpose of the dance is to provide a block party for the youth, incorporating a sober environment that is safe and fun.

It also aims to educate on

the effects of drinking, driv­ing under the influence, and peer pressure.

It likewise promotes friends who volunteer to drink non alcoholic drinks and chooses to drive.

There will be a $10.00 en­trance fee that will include food, five tickets for non-al­coholic drinks and grab bags that include promo items and health information.

There wiU also be prizes from PIC, DPS, Tinian>Dy­nasty.

For more information please feel free to contactthe Division of Mental Health at tel. no. 323-6560.

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THE DIVISION of Solid Waste Management, Depart­ment of Public Works will be setting up a program to re­cycle the community's Christ­mas trees after the hlidays.

.. The trees will be ground into mulch and used in our parks to improve our plants," the Division said in a press release.

.. Please bring your clean trees to the designated area at the Puerto Rico Landfill after Christmas. Make sure you re­move all nails, wire or other metal. Also any plastic, twine or ornaments must be re­moved." the Division said.

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MICRONESIA

PSS moves for bilingual education federal grants

By Marian A. Maraya Variety News Staff

THE PUBLIC School System (PSS) is in the process of com­pleting two bilingual education grant applications, with hopes of winning over close to l 50 groups and institutions pursuing th~ same grants.

Fed~ral Programs Coordina­tor Bill Matson yesterday said that with the grants being highly "competitive," PSS is taking a "very long shot."

"There are about I 00 to 150 grants maximum for each of these and these are applications from local school districts only. There are about I 0,000 of those in the states so a hundred and I 0,000 potential applications," said Matson.

PSS isconfidentithasachance in securing at least one of five

grants it is applying forund.er the bilingual program, according to Matson.

"I think if we felt we didn't have any chance, we wouldn't even try for it...but they are long shots. TheCommissionerhasen­couraged us to be very aggres­sive, even· for those long shots," he said.

With the programs, PSS is aim­ing to specialize in bilingual read­ing program for English as a second language; according to Matson.

.. We '11 try to do that from first to third grade. We're planning to do something on all our schools, a system-wide effort.

"And then, we'll also shoot for another grant, a separate one, that will actually be targeted pri­marily for their bilingual pro­gram," said Matson.

The Marianas High School cheerleading squad do an awesome pyramid pose during last week's Garapan Street Market where they performed. Photo by Lalla c. Younis

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Patients get holiday cheer

NMBPA Secretary Rena Camacho and volunteer Frank Eliptico are all smiles after preparing Christmas Fruit Baskets for CHG patients and staff members last Thursday. Photo by Lalla c. Younis

By Laila C. Younis Variety News Staff

CLOSE to two hundred Common­wealth Health Center patients and hospital staff members were in good holiday cheer last Friday.

The Commonwealth Health Center Volunteers Association and the Northern Marianas Beauty Pageant Association teamed up to deliverover 146 fruit baskets to patients and hospital staff mem­bers as one of their community projects.

Volunteers gathered last Thurs­day evening at the CHC GiftShop to place fruits purchased by the CHC Volunteers Association in gift baskets.

"We are so thankful for the sup­port we have received from the business community, such as price discounts for the items we pur­chased," said CHC Volunteer As­sociation President Susan Schwarz.

"We do this community project every year and wc look forward to seeing faces light up because of the gifts we are sharing with them," she said.

Although theCHCVolunteers Association has worked with other non-profit organizations such as the American Red Cross and Karidat, this is the first time it has collaborated with the NMBPA with the Christmas Gift Baskets.

"The NMB PA showed a strong interest in assisting us this year, and we were happy to have the opportunity," said Schwarz.

"It is good to see young role models doing good community work. The patients and hospital staff are delighted by their visit, and they will remember it," she pointed out.

1999 Miss NMI Universe Cherlyn Cabrera and 1999 Miss International Friendship Miyuki

Hill joined NMBP A Board Mem­bers Rena Camacho and Becky Cruz and CHC Volunteers Majorie Larsen and Susan Schwarz to deliver the baskets last Friday morning.

"From my own experience, I was hospitalized once and I received a fruit basket and gifts. It made me feel special and it lifted my spirits. This is why I wanted to help give gift baskets to patients here," said Cabrera.

"Being in the hospital can be difficult, and even a simple visit with a gift can help make it a whole lot easier. And what a better time to do that than on Christmas," she said.

CHC Nursing Staff Annie Castro agrees.

"The Christmas Gift Baskets are a wonderful idea. It really helps to boost the patient's health and makes them feel better. I applaud them for making this community ef­fort," she said.

Schwarz also pointed out that the CHC Volunteer Asso­ciation will continue to do this annual community project that it has been doing for over thir­teen years.

"We fundraise for community projects such as this, and for the much needed equipment forCHC. We are currently fundraising for the Pediatric Ward for the chil­dren through Hyatt's 'Children of the World Charity' Sweepstakes," said Schwarz.

"You can still purchase tickets up to New Year's Eve," she said.

"We will appreciate all the help and we can receive and we want to thank all the volunteers and supporters who have helped us throughout the years. Merry christmas and a happy new year from all of us," she said.

CHG Volunteer Association Susan Schwarz (2nd from left) join NMBPA 's Becky Cruz (3rd from left) and Lani Tudela (left), and Ms NM/ Universe 1999 Cherlyn Cabrera for a photo during the activity.

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Elections, Christmas don't mix By Giff Johnson For the Variety

MAJURO - The Marshall Is­lands came alive Saturday with foot-stomping dances and music, as thousands of islanders flocked to the Protestant churches in this central Pacific nation to celebrate Christmas.

Since the American Protestant missionaries first anived in 1857, Christmas has been THE event of the year in the Marshall Islands.

But the Christmas dance and music extravaganza - when his­torically dozens of groups have performed intricately choreo­graphed·fl,Jnces and sung hymns

beginning Christmas morning and often continuing non-stop for the next 24 hours - couldn't shake the shadow of last month's national election in which islanders went to the polls and sent the ruling party of 20 years down to defeat. Stability in elections and avoid­ance of confrontation have been

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hallmarks of this tight-knit island society of 51,000 people. But all that changed with the balloting November 15.

There was plenty of excitement and foot-pounding dancing in the churches that would have brought a smile even to the face of Scrooge.

But last month's acrimonious national election - in which an opposition party for the first time ever won a majority and is ex­pected to form a new government in early January. cast its pall over this year's celebrations.

For generations in this staunchly Ouistian nation, Marshall Islanders beganpracticingnewOuistmassongs and dances as early as two-to-three months before the event Like an Olympic sporting event, Ouistmas is a time of friendly but serious compe­tition among dance groups in the Marshalls.

This year, however, with the heated campaign leading up to the November 15 election occu­pying the nation's attention, few dance groups got started before

the end of November. One letter writer even commented in the lo­cal newspaper in mid-November that the reason there were so many community problems is that hardly anybody was practicing dances for Christmas.

Moreover, with the slow hand­counting of ballots, official re­sults were not issued until De­cember 15, dragging out the elec­tion period.

The election-shortened practice time showed in many of the per­formances, which were less pol- . ished than expected.

"Usually the practices begin in . early November," said local resi-. dent Baron Bigler. "But people were physically and mentally ex­hausted from the election. It's like after the battle, everyone's lick­ing their wounds."

Sylvia Lolin, an organizer of a youth group dancing for Christ­mas, agreed that things got started late. ''Everyone just started prac­ticing recently because of the elec­tion," she said.

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Money laundering Creation of Agriculture Ministry eyed allegations refuted By Malou L. Sayson

For the Variety KOROR (Palau Horizon) -The chairman of the National Task Force on Agriculture De­velopment(NTFAD) is consid­ering organizing and restrucrur­ing the government's agricul­tural policies, which are cur­rently handled by the Ministry of Resources arid Development's Bureau·ofNaturalResourcesand Development.

self-sufficiency. Y ano said the task force is now

in its second phase of studies af­ter havinglooked at various agri­cultural models of different juris­dictions sueh as Hawaii, · New Zealand, Australia and Guam.

This should be emulated, said the senator as he believes that agriculture should principally involve private sector partici­pation. "Thegovemmentshould be supportive of that," he said;

By Malou L. Sayson For the Variety

KOROR (Palau Horizon) -"There just does not appear to be any legitimate basis" forcer­tain international banks, nota­bly Deutsches Bank and Bank­ers Trust, to ban transactions in U. S. dollars with Palau, said legal counsel to President Nakamura in reaction to a Dec. 21 Agence France Presse report that world banks have placed a moratorium on U.S. dollar de­nominated payments involving Nauru, Palau and Vanuatu. Two of the three island nations have been accused of laundering Rus­sian Mafia and South American drug cartel money.

Presidential legal counsel David C. Perrin has informed President Nakamura about the issue last Thursday while in meeting with Japanese officials in Japan during his official visit there.

In a statement issued by Perrin to the Palau Horizon, it was stated: "If the report is true, it is frankly shocking that the banks would take steps described without ap­parent attempt to determine the accuracy of the information on which they apparently made their decision."

The press report said the ban has been in effect since 12:01 a.m. New York time on Nov. 17, but appears to have been retro­spectively introduced and not publicly announced.

"I strongly question the valid­ity of allegations characterizing Palau with the group of Vanuatu and Nauru for the simple fact that Palau does not yet have offshore banking laws and with the ab­sence of such laws, no offshore banks can be established in the country," commented House Speaker Ignacio Anastacio.

Anastacio, who is strongly pushing for legislative mea­sures such as the Foreign Cor­poration Registry Act which is expected to pave way for the establishment of offshore bank­ing on Palau but with stringent safeguard mechanisms, was :1so informed about the press report Thursday

'Tm shocked. I'm surprised," said the speaker, adding that "if there arc problems with Nauru and Vanuatu. they have their own offshore banking laws in place."

Anastacio, however, took the report with a grain of salt and tried to draw some positive in­sights from it. "Perhaps, it is a wake up call for us in as far as assessing what Palau should do in respect to the enactment of these laws," he said.

According to the speaker, House Ways and Means Com­mittee Chair Alan. Seid and Banking Committee Chair Wil­liam Ngiraikelau are conduct­ing a thorough public hearing and soliciting public opinion on the Foreign Corporations Reg­istry Act.

He said Del. Seid had brought up the issue with United States special negotiator Alan Stayman

recently in Hawaii. "'Ifwe have to do it," said the speaker, "it would be in consultation with the U.S. to make sure we won't be considered as an international haven for criminal activities."

Perrin in the statement to the press noted that legislation, which would have allowed "shell" corporations to be set up on Palau, and which the article identifies as a "potential" cause for concern in the U.S., was vetoed in August this year. That, Perrin said, "eliminated even the possible basis for the ac­tions of the banks."

Sen. RomanY ano, whochairs the task force; said the current Agriculture Division can be­come a rninistry considering the potential· of the agriculture sec­tor jn boosting the island eyonomy aswellasfaeati11gfood

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SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji's Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry has denied there is rift with Co-Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tupeni Baba.

Speaking to journalists after returning from an official visit to China, Chaudhry refused to answer some of the concerns raised by Dr Baba, who criticised the Government in the absence of the Prime Min­ister. Chaudh.ry only said that he did not agree with Dr Baba' s statements.

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The tea lady made the alle­gations after receiving a trans­fer letter.

Chaudhry also declined to reveal the cost of the official visit to China by an 18-mem­ber delegation.

A report on the trip will be tabled in the next sitting of Parliament in early 2000.

He denied that he had blown his travel budget saying as Prime Minister he had a travel budget of about FJ$150.000 ($76,200) - about FJ$30.000 ($15,240) had been used by his predecessor, Sitiveni Rabuka and about Fl$ I 0,000 ($5,080) by Dr Baba when he attended the South Pacific Fo­rum meeting in Palau.

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PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Nurses in Papua New Guinea have threatened to walk off their jobs unless the government address their out;tanding log of claims backdated to I 997.

The Nurses Association at its annual general meeting last month unanimously resolved to . register the dispute with the Industnal Registrars Office.

The decision was reached following the breakdown of negotiations and continued delay by the Department of Personnel Management for a review of the 1987 Nurses

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Harne said the Association is just waiting for a response from the Industrial Registrars Office after giving a notice of intention to conduct a secret ballot to determine the Indus­trial action.

She said Association Branches in the Provinces have been consulted.

A wage increase and a pro­posed career structure and job reclassification form part of the log of claims by the Nurses Association.

Their counterparts in Fiji have issued a similar ultima­tum to the Fiji Government and have directed members not to work overtime.

Vanuatu seeks more info from overseas bank

about ban SUV A (Pacnews) - The Vanuatu Financial Services Com­mission (VFSC) is extremely con­cerned with reports of a ban by a number of international bankers to process transactions denomi­nated in U.S dollars, on Vanuatu.

The VFSC is responsible for supervising and regulating all companies incorporated in Vanuatu, including all exempted (offshore) banks and insurance companies.

A statement issued by the Com­mission said it has approached relevant banking organisations to determine their concerns, so that they can be addressed, but only one bank responded

·'The concern is over two re­ports about the Pacific region, which made reference to Vanuatu. The report cited three pieces of legislation that exist, which assist in -combating money laundering and noted the establishment of an Offshore Banking Supervision Unit. Since the report, a compre­hensive Financial Institution Act has been passed by the Vanuatu Parliament,'' the statement said.

The other report dealt with seven other Pacific rnuntrics as being potential for possible vul­nerability for finance crime.

This included Internet gam­bling, of which Vanuatu has only issued one licence two years ago.

That operation has yet to pro­duce any cash flow to Vanuatu.

The Commission said." there appears no concrete reason for any discriminatory action by over­seas banks against Vanuatu."

"A direct -approach has been made to the statutory bodies in the U.S who have the power to issue restrictive directives to banks and they have confirmed that no such directive has been issued against Vanuatu." the VFSC said. -

According to an AFP repo1t this week the DeuLs;che Bank and Bank­er.; Trnst, who operate ,m interna­tional money u-ansfcrsystem used by abcut 300 banks, had banned pay­menL~ denominated in US dollars from Palau. Naurn and V anuutu.

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39 die in religious clash in Indonesia AMBON,Indonesia (AP)-Ri­val mobs of Muslims and Chris­tians clashed in Indonesia's troubled Spice Islands on Mon­day, killing at least 39 people, witnesses said.

The main church in the provin­cial capital was set on fire along with a mosque,

The violence, which erupted Sunday evening after a bus driven by a Christian strnck a Muslim pedestrian, continued early Mon­day but had calmed considerably by midday. Security forces pa­trolled the streets, some on foot, others riding in British-made Saladin and Saracen armored cars.

According to official statistics, about 750 people have been killed this year in a series of sectarian clashes in the province, known as the Spice Islands during Dutch colonial times. Indonesian Presi­dent Abdurrahman Wahid visited Ambon earlier this month and called for peace and religious tol­erance.

However, since then nearly 90 people have been killed. Maluku is one of several regions in Indo­nesia where violent ethnic, reli-

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When the mobs bypassed the barriers, the troops opened fire with automatic weapons, wit­nesses said.

Scores of shops, as well as Silo church - the largest in the city -and a nearby mosque were burned in Ambon, about 1,500 miles east of Jakarta.

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East Timor limps towards recovery

DILi, East Timor (AP) -Nearly four months after anti­independence militants burned much of East Timor's capital, its weary people are putting their shattered lives back together.

Thousands still live in make­shiftcamps around Dili, but food stalls and taxicabs are back on the dusty streets. Meat, fish, fruit and vegetables fill roadside mar­kets. "It's getting easier to buy food. I go to the market every day. ·

But we don't have much money," said Manuela da Costa, who worked as a maid before she was forced to flee the violence that erupted after the East Timorese voted overwhelmingly to break from Indonesia.

"We need work so we can feed the family, but there are no jobs." The Roman Catholic Church is trying hard to re-establish edu­cation. The Rev.Jacob Fi lomeno, who heads the Jesuit Refugee Service, said more than 2,000 children.attend classes every day in the garden of his home.

"There is nowhere else. The schools are all destroyed," he said. These are the first steps toward recovery from destruc­tion inflicted across the territory by anti-independence militants, who were backed by members of the Indonesian military. Free of Indonesian rule, East Timor is under U.N. control.

It plans to have its own inde­pendent, democratic government in place within two years. The problems are immense, but citi­zens like Joao Pereira are hope­ful. As a waiter at Dili 's Turismo hotel, he's witnessed dramatic and tragic change.

In I 97 5, after Portugal ended colonial rule, he watched invad­ing Indonesian troops land on the beach across the road at what was the start of 24 years of mili­tary occupation.

For years he saw how the In­donesian military often resorted to human rights abuses to keep control. Then on Sept. 6, he saw the hotel's last guests flee before militiamen we;t on their looting spree.

'"111ey came in and broke ev­erything in the hotel and burned

some rooms and the kitchen," Pereira said. On Sept. 20, more soldiers burst through the gates of the Turismo.

But they were part of an inter­national force, Interfet, which was deployed to restore order. "I was so happy to see them,'' Pereira said.

"Things are betternow." Even though there is no furniture and guests have to bring in their own food and water, the Turismo is fully booked. Although ran­sacked, the hotel survived in­tact. It was lucky.

Aid groups estimate 95 per­cent of the buildings across East Timer were destroyed. "When we first arrived, the towns were deserted," said Interfet's com­mander, Australian army Maj. Gen. PeterCosgrove. "Now they are filling up.

They 're filling up with people who've come back to the wreck­age of their homes, and I guess to some degree, the wreckage of their lives.

"But the one thing you find out early about East Timorese is their wonderful ability to endure and to get on with life."

It's not only families setting themselves up. Restaurants have reopened and are packed every night with aid workers. and other businesses are beginning to re­build.

Trade links with Indonesia are being re-established, bringing in Bintang beer, Klin detergent, cooking oil, clothes and shoes.

And ~hildren are selling dis­carded Indonesian military para­phernalia. The owner of the fast restaurant to open, Pedro Lebre, said he finds it difficult to keep up with demand. "Every night they come, and I have to turn so many away.

I think I need more space.·· he said. But while some prosper, most remain destitute. Thou­sands rely on daily food hand­outs.

Children scavenge through garbage discarded by the peace­keepers. Unemployment is high. Cosgrove's force of 7.500 sol­dier; is to be replaced sometime next year by a permanent 9.000 U.N. pe~cckeeping contingent.

East Timorese people shop at the City Market in ruins in Dili, East Timor. Nearly four months after the militants burned much of East Timor's capital. its weary people are putting their shattered lives back together. AP

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SEOUL, South Korea·­About 1,000 villagers and en­vironmentalists staged a rally Monday to demand that the South Korean government scrap plans to build more nuclear power plants.

South Korea has 15 nuclear power plants in operation and five more under construction. It plans to bui Id 1 1 others by 2015. The country gets 40per­cent of its electricity from nuclear energy.

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"Nuclear power plants can create havoc," said Seok K wang-hoon, a spokesman for Green Korea, an environmen­tal group.

The two-hour rally was held in Wolsong, on the nation's southeast coast, where gov­ernment officials were belat­edly celebrating the dedica­tion of two recently built nuclear plants.

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The two plants have been under close scrutiny since early October, when 12 gal­lons of radioactive water leaked from one of its reac­tors. exposing 22 workers to radiation.

The level of radiation was ncgl igi ble and nobody was injured, but the accident aroused public concern over safety controls at South Korea's nuclear plants.

The leak touched off angry protests by local people and environmentalists. In addition to four nuclear power plants in operation in Wolsong, the government plans to build four more there.

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N. Korea deniesin-th_r_ax~cl-a-illl SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -North Korea on Monday rejected a U.S. claim that the communist country has drastically increased its potential to wage chemical warfare.

The U.S. claim is "the height of impudence," the North's official foreign news outlet, KCNA, said in a commentary.

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Laos gov't u11der fire WASHINGTON (AP) - The disappearance of two Hmong­Americans who were visiting the Laos-Thailand border last April has become something of a Rorschach test for the Lao government and its critics in the United States.

Hmong-American groups and some members of Congress are convinced that Laos' com­munist government kidnapped, imprisoned and possibly killed the men, Houa Ly and Michael Vang.

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Commissioner Of Education OR Attention: E-Rate Fax Number: (670) 664-3798

Commissioner Of Education Attention: E-Rate E-Mail Address: COE@SAIPAN.COM

All proposers who are interested in submitting proposals on the Cabling (Internal School Wiring) portion of the proposal package shall be required to attend the 'Walk Through" Meetings on the island or islands to which they are submitting a proposal on. Listed below are the 'Walk Through" Schedules for each of the three islands. For the Purpose of this 'Walk Through" Meeling, Saipan Schools are divided inlo two Groups-Saipan Northern Schools and Saipan Southern Schools as indicated below:

Saipan Northern Schools ·

Saipan Northern Schools Walk Through Starts at Date of "Walk Through" lime

Saipan Southern Schools

First School Location For Walk Through Meeting Starts at : Date OJ Walk-Through : lime Walk Through Starts :

Rota Schools First School Location For Walk Through Meeting Starts at : Date Of Walk Through : lime Walk Through Starts

Tinian Schools First School Location For Walk Through Meeting Starts at : Date Of Walk Through : lime Of Walk Through :

(GTC Elementary, Tanapag Elementary, Garapan Elementary, Kagman Elementary, San Vicente Elementary, LMA Academy and Oleai Elementary)

Oleai Elementary School December 15, 1999 1:00 p.m.

(Marianas High School, William S. Reyes Elementary, Hopwood Junior High School, San Antonio Elementary, Koblerville Elementary, and _Dandan Elementary

Marianas High School December 16, 1999 8:00 a.m.

(Rota Elementary, Rota High School, Slnapalo School)

Rota Elementary School December 17, 1999 11:00 a.m.

(Tinian Elementary and 7inian High Schoof)

7inian Elementary December 18, 1999 10:00 a.m.

Note: All in attendance at the first school location 'Walk Through" Meeting shall proceed to the next school location after the first school location 'Walk Through" meeting is completed.

The 'Walk Through" Meeting that is to be held at the school locations shall be mand2tory and shall be part of the proposal require­ment on the cabling portion of the proposal package. Therefore, the Public School System cautions all proposers who are submtlting proposals on the cabling portion of the proposal package that none attendance and none completion of the 'Walk Through" meetings for a respective island shall be deemed as not responsive for that particular island.

Any and all question(s) pertaining to any internal cabling portion of the proposal package shall be submitted to the Commissioner Of Education's Olfice Attn: E-Ra!e, situated on the 3rd floor of the Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan, MP, or sent via facsimile, or via, E­Mail no later than 4:00 p.m., local time, December 21, 1999. Listed below are the facsimile or E-Mail information:

Commissioner Of Education OR Attention: E-Rate Fax Number: (670) 664-3798

Commissioner Of Education Attention: E-Rate E-Mail Address: COE@SAIPAN.COM

All submitted written questions that are due on the dateline indicated above shall be responded to in writing no later than two days from the date the questions are due. Any addendum to be issued on the proposal package by the Public School System shall be due no later than December 23, 1999 to interested proposers.

A bid bond of 15% of the total proposed price must accompany the bid proposal on the internal wiring portion of the bid package. This security maybe a certified check, cashier's check, bid bond, or other torm acceptable by the CNMI Public School System and made payable to the PSS Treasurer, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The proposer shall be required to submit with the his proposal package a copy of a current General Contractor's License in compliance with the Contractor's Registration and Licensing Law of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

The awarded proposer on the internal cablling portion of the proposal packa~e shall be required to deliver performance and payment bonds equal to 100% of the price specified on the contract. Liquidated damage shall be assessed in accordance to the stipulation indicated on the proposal package.

Bidders shall understand that the Contracts awarded shall be contingent to the approval of the E·Rate Application by the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Administrative Company and the availability of matching funds from the CNMI Public School System.

The CNMI Public School System reserves the right to award on a single or multiple award or reject any or all proposals if to do so is in the best interest of the CNMI Public School System. Inquiries to this announcement maybe directed to Louise Concepcion at telephone number 664-3752/ 3710.

is/Rita Hocog !nos, Ed. D. Commissioner Of Education

ls/Louise Concepcion Procurement and Supply omcer

partment, which has twice sent a team to Laos to investigate the disappearance, only to be criti­cized by some in Congress for working side.by-side with the government in Vientiane.

Hmong people, who. come · from the mountains of Laos, were recruited by the CIA in the 1960s to fight North Vietnam­ese and Laotian communists.

When the communists took over Laos in 1975, the Hmong went into ~efugee camps, and

. hundreds of thousands eventu­ally settled in the United States.

Among them were Ly, 56, of Appleton, Wis., who fought alongside the CIA; and Vang, 36, of Fresno, Calif.

The two returned to South­east Asia for a vacation early in 1999, and on April 19 traveled to the Thailand-Laos border to attend a water festival. Vang's cousin,

Hue Vang, joined the two that day, then left with a friend to walk around the area. "When we got back 20 minutes later, they were gone," getting onto a boat in the Mekong River, which separates Thailand from Laos, Hue Vang recalled in an inter­view.

He now suspects the men with them were Lao undercover agents. Hue Vang, a former po­lice officer in California who now owns a private investiga­tion firm, employed his profes­sional skills to try to find out what happened.

"I learned later that Michael and Houa had convinced two other Hmong residents from Thailand to go with them - that they had been invited by the chief of police (in the Lao prov­ince of Ban Houxay) to go across the border for a dinner celebra­tion over there, and that they would be returning the same day," Hue Vang said.

The two Hmong residents who went with them escaped back to Thailand and told Hue Vang that Ly and Vang had been arrested in Laos.

The case helped to trigger a House resolution condemning Laos, sponsored by Rep. Brue~ Vento, D-Minn., whose St. Paul district is home to Ly's 23-year­old daughter, Yer Ly. The reso­lution, among other things, warns Laos of ,;serious conse­quences, including sanctions_" for any act of aggression against U.S. citizens, and urges Laos to allow human rights groups to investigate.

The Lao government says it's not about to let any independent groups inside the country. "There are no independent or­ganizations in the world,"

Vang Rattanavong, Laos' am­bassador to the United States. declared in a recent interview. "We are a sovereign nation. We cannot accept another organi­zation to intervene in this case."

"Hmong in the United States try to make noise," he added. ''They want to use the Ameri-

can influence to revenge their country."

Even before the disappear­ances, Hmong groups helped defeat legislation, supported by the State Department, that would normalize trade relations with Laos.

Rattanavong said his country has been working with the United States to try to find the men.

HWe checked all our check­points along the border, but there were no reports of the two Hmong entering into Laos," he said.

But the State Department, in a letter to Vento last month, said it has not been completely satisfied with the cooperation from the Lao government, "which has been slow to respond to our requests for access to the area and has tried to place re­strictions on our investigators."

Rattanavong said cooperation has been slowed by primitive transportation and communica­tions, as well as the need to coordinate with provincial offi­cials.

He said Americans were given access to a Laotian prison, a first for the secretive country. Still, .

Vento, whose state is home to an estimated 60,000 Hmong, said the State Department "is too ready to accept these types of delays and denials."

He agreed with the department's contention that the investigation had to be done jointly with Laotian ·officials, but others have challenged the arrangement. .

"Since so much evidence seems to point to the Laos gov­ernment, I don't believe any joint investigation will bear much fruit," said Rep.· Mark Green, R-Wis., Houa Ly's con­gressman.

Ly's daughter, a translatorfor the Ramsey County, Minn., ju­venile court, agreed. "Even though they have many contacts, they're getting nowhere hold­ing hands with the Lao govern­ment," Yer Ly said.

"I think they should break away and <lo something under­cover."

Ly's family was told origi­nally by a U.S. consular affairs official that he had been killed, but the State Department has since said that was one of sev­eral conflicting and unverified stories.

Yer Ly said she is convinced her father is alive. "But I also believe that if the United States continues to <lo what it's been doing, they won't find him," she said. "They are just listen­ing.

They are not trying to get in and push more." Asked for com­ment, the State Department re­ferred to a Nov. 29 statement by spokesman James Ru bin that "the case has received full at­tention since the disappear­ances.

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1 h11rt in Tokyo explosion TOKYO (AP) - A metal case found inside a locker at a train station exploded today, injuring one man, police said.

The blast occurred outside Urawa Station, just north of To­kyo, when the injured man, an employee of the company that manages the coin lockers, opened the case, local police spokesman Shinji Hirose said.

Hirose identified the injured man . asMitsuoOshima,53.0shimawas taken to a nearby hospital for treat­ment of a broken thumb and a lacerated index finger.

East Japan Railway Co., which operates Urawa Station, said it would temporarily suspend the use of coin lockers and trash cans in about 500 of its stations in the

Tokyo metropolitan area. Police were investigating the

cause of the explosion and check­ing to see if it was linked to fires that broke out Sunday on three trains that service Tokyo's main international airport, or an explo­sion at a station in western Japan on Friday.

Police did not elaborate, but national broadcaster NHK said authorities suspect leftist radicals opposed to expansion of the air­port were involved. The blast Fri­day at a train depot in Osaka was apparently caused by a home­made device.

Nobody was injured in that in­cident. Oshima and a fellow em­ployee used a master key to open the locker, which should have

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been vacated a week earlier, Hirose said.

When they opened the case in­side the locker, it blew up, injur­ing Oshima, Hirose said. Hirose said the case was made of <luralu-

min, a strong. lightweight alloy of aluminum.

A battery and wire had been installed in the case, though its role in the explosion was n~t yet clear, said another police official.

who only gave his surname, Urano. Police have been increasing

vigilance amid concerns that po­litical radicals or religious cults may be planning acts of terrorism around the New Years holiday.

Police officers _examine outside of Urawa Station, north of Tokyo, where one man was injured in an explosion Monday morning when he opened a case inside a coin locker at the train station. Police are investigating the cause of the explosion. AP

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18-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- DECEMBER 29, 1999 ;,1~"",~§l'

Okinawa mayor OKs new US base TOKYO (AP) - A mayor in Okinawa on Monday approved a plan to relocate a major U.S. Ma­rine Corps airfield from another part of the island to his city.

But Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto also said the base can only stay there for 15 years, a time limit few believe Japan's central government or the United States

would accept. The U.S. government had no

immediate comment about Kishimoto 's decision and the time limit he proposed for the new base.

A spokesman at the U.S. Em­bassy in Tokyo declined to com­ment on specifics of the Nago decision. In July, Nago, a seaside

city of 55,000 people in northern Okinawa, will host the Group of Eight summit of the world's lead­ing industrialized nations.

President Clinton plans to at­tend, becoming the first U.S. presi­dent to visit Okinawa since America relinquished the island's postwar administration to Japan in 1972.

COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY

THIRD REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

FOOD & BEVERAGE CONCESSION FOR WEST TINIAN AIRPORT

The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) is soliciting proposals from interested firms and/or individuals to operate a food and veberage concession at the West Tinian Airport. Interested firms and/or individuals are encouraged to specify in their proposals the types of products and/or services they intend to offer lo the traveling public and how to best use the space available. The area of the space available is 430 square feet, and is centrally located at the newly renovated West Tinian Airport. This space is available for inspection between 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Proposal packages can be obtained at the Office of the Executive Director, Saipan International Airport, P. 0. Box 501055, Saipan, MP 96950, or at the office of the Ports Manager West Tinian Airport Tinian, MP 96952. A set of the proposal package may be obtained for a fee of S30.00. Checks shall be made payable to the Commonwealth Ports Authority.

The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) must receive all proposal no later than 2:00 p.m. January 7, 2000 in order to be considered for the award. In evaluating proposals, CPA will consider (but not limited to) the following criteria:

1. Financial Proposals 2. Management Team 3. Capital Investment 4. Design Rendering 5. Services or Merchandising Mix 6. Customer Services 7. Pricing

The successful and unsuccessful Proposers will be notified within thirty (30) days after January 7, 2000.

Should you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Mr. Herman R. Bermudes al 664-3500.

The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) reserves the right 10 reject any and/or all proposals in accordance with Section 3.2 (7) and 4.1 of its Procurement Rules and Regulations.

Isl CARLOS H. SALAS Executive Director

December 28, 1999 Date

OUTSIDE GROUND MAINTENANCE SERVICES INVITATION TO BID NO. ITB00-0017.

.· . . AlVIEND·ED · . ·

GOVERNOR PEDRO P. TENORIO AND LT. GOVERNOR JESUS R. SABLAN,

THROUGH THE DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY, ARE SOLICITING SEALED BID FROM INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED VENDORS FOR THE OUT­

SIDE GROUND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLIC HEALTH.

SPECIFICATIONS AND BID APPLICATION FOR THE ABOVE MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY,

LOWER BASE, SAJPAN, DURING THE HOURS OF 7:30 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M.,

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EXCEPT HOLIDAYS.

ALL BIDS MUST SIGNED, ONE (I) ORIGINAL AND FOUR (4) COPIES MUST

BE SUBMITTED. IN A SEALED ENVELOPE MARKED ITB00-0017 TO THE

DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN, BEFORE 10:00 A.M., JANUARY 11, 2000. ANY BID RECEIVED LATE WILL NOT BE

ACCEPTED. THE CNMI GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE ANY IMPERFECTIONS IN SAID BIDS IN

THE BEST INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT.

ls/HERMAN S. SABLAN

Director, Procurement and Supply ls/JOSEPH K.P. VILLAGOMEZ

Secretary of Health

Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto announces Monday he will ac­cept a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Sta­tion from Ginowan to his city in Okinawa. AP

On Monday, JOO people vis­ited Kishimoto's office in Nago just before he announced his de­cision, demanding that he refuse to allow the new airfield to be moved to the city. .

Three years ago, Washington and Tokyo agreed to move the unpopular airfield from Futenma, where it is currently located.

The sprawling heliport and air­strip have long been the focus of complaints over noise and poten­tial danger to residents.

Efforts to reduce the burden of U.S. military facilities on Okinawa also have been intense since an outpouring of public an­geroverthe 1995 rape of a school­girl by two U.S. Marines and a sailor. In Tokyo on Monday,

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi quickly welcomed Kishimoto's decision, although he said it amounted to a "new burden to local residents" in Nago.

Obuchi, who did not mention

the proposed 15-year time limit_in his statement, pledged to assist with the economic development plans of the city in southern Ja­pan.

Earlier, his government said it would spend the equivalent of $970 million over the next I 0 years to spur economic develop­ment near the new U.S. military base.

Obuchi 's Cabinet is scheduled to meet Tuesday and is expected to accept the city's decision. .

In a nationally televised news conference, Kishimoto said Nago already has a large U.S. military facility but that he decided to ac­cept another one after "consider­ing a long history of base issues in Okinawa and many factors."

Kishimoto 's decision also came four days after the Nago City Council voted 17-10 to build the heliport in the city.

The mayor accepted an earlier proposal by Okinawa Prefectural Gov. Keiichi Inamine to limit the facility's use to 15 years.

The Marine Corps Air Station at Futenma is a heliport and air­strip first used by U.S. troops in 1945 as a B-29 base.

It is located 25 miles southwest of Nago in the more populated southern part of Okinawa island.

Roughly 3,700 personnel and 71 aircraft, mostly helicopters, are deployed at Futenma, which is one of only two U.S. Marine air­fields outside of the United States.

The other is on the Japanese island of Kyushu.

About two-thirds of the more than 50,000 U.S. military person­nel stationed in Japan are in Okinawa, a small island on Japan's southern fringe, 1,000 miles southwest of Tokyo.

Residents of Nago in Okinawa raise thier clenched fists, opposing a U.S. heliport relocation plan at Nago Citizens Hall Monday. AP

U.S. helicopters hover at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Ginowan city, Okinawa. AP

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Forbes offers Social Security plan LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) - It was a picture worthy of a political Christmas card: On the right, a tree with all the trim­mings.

On the left, three generations of the Shannon family. In the middle, Steve Forbes, praising his plan to reform Social Security.

The Republican presidential candidate set up a microphone in the family's living room on Mon­day to explain his proposal to allow workers to invest their pay­roll taxes in private retirement accounts.

Workers also would have the option of staying in the current system. "It helps every single gen­eration," Forbes said, pointing to the family, "And every succes­sive generation gets more of an opportunity than the previous one.,,

The publisher said his plan en­courages younger workers to save for their retirement, knowing the money will be there. Retirement account information would be available daily, he said.

"From the time they take a part­time job, they will get a piece of paper proving they are not just working for now, but for the fu­ture," Forbes said. Arizona Sen. John McCain, a rival for the GOP presidential nomination, also sup­ports allowing workers to invest some of their payroll taxes in pri-vate accounts.

In new television ads that began airing Monday in New Hampshire and South Carolina, he emphasizes his commitment to protect Social

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Security, promising not to let money earmarked for the program be used for anything else.

"It won't be easy, but being president isn't supposed to be easy,"McCain says. At the Forbes living-room campaign event, Paul Shannon, a lab technician, said he likes the idea of having his own retirement account.

"You'd have a claim to what you saved," he said. "I don't un­derstand why this country is lag­ging behind.

The sophistication of the mar­ket is such that we ought to com­mit to a true retirement system."

Forbes' two-day campaign trip to New Hampshire coincides with the airing of two new ads in which he explains his proposals to im­prove Social Security, education and health care.

Neither ad mentions any of his opponents for the GOP nomination, although Forbes ran a TV ad last month accusing Texas Gov. George W. Bush of betraying the American people over Social Security.

Clinton to attend economic forum

Bill Clinton

WASHINGTON (AP) President Clinton, the most widely traveled U.S. presi­dent, resumes his globe-trot­ting early next year with a visit to Switzerland.

The White House announced Monday that Clinton will go Jan. 29 to Davos, Switzerland, for the 30th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, a gathering of political., business and academic leaders.

"The president's visit represents an important opportunity to dis­cuss his vision of globalization as we enter the 21st century," said White House spokesman Joe Lockhart. The trip kicks off the final full year of Clinton's presi­dency.

In his +even years in office, he has made 63 trips to other countries and territories, in­cluding repeat visits.

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0 COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS For The Preparation of the FY 1999 Traffic and Earnings Report.

The Commonwealth Pons Authority (CPA) is soliciting sealed proposals from qualified finns or individuals to prepare its FY 1999 Traffic and Earnings Report in accordance with subsections 6.06 and 6.07 of the Airline Use Agree­ment (AUA). The purpose of the report is to provide the signatory airlines with an annual rate base determination as measured by the aeronautical and non-aeronautical costs related to Commonwealth airport system. This rate base in compared to the aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenues in order to asses the sufficiency thereof to cover the costs. From the analyses and related report, airline user fees and charges can be judged for the adequacy or used as a basis for future rate adjustment. A review of past reports can be made at the Comptroller's office.

The CPA reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason, if in its sole opinion to do so would be in its best interest.

Interested proposers should submit proposals no later than 4:30 p.m., Decem­ber 31, 1999. Late proposals will not be entertained.

Send information to: Mr. Carlos H. Salas Executive Director Commonwealth Ports Authority P.O. Box 501055 Saipan, MP 96950

is/ROMAN S. PALACIOS Contracting Officer/Board Chainnan

'99 breaks box-office records LOS ANGELES (AP)-Record box office receipts, the best atten­dance in four decades, and one of the most diverse lineups in a long time. Even that clairvoyant kid from "The Sixth Sense" could not have foreseen the year Hollywood had.

The movie industry is putting the wraps on its second straight record-breaking year.

Ticket sales in the United States totaled $7 .5 billion, up from $6. 95 b'Jl' . 1998 T ki . flt'

into account, the movie business in 1999 fell well below Hollywood's golden years in the 1930s and '40s. But 1999 ticket sales of roughly 1.5 billion were the highest in 40 years.

"People are going to movies in numbers we've not seen in four decades," said Jim Kozak, spokes­man for the National Association of Theatre Owners.

Seventeen movies, led by the latest "Star Wars" installment, t d th $100 'JI' k.

1999. compared with 11 at the same point last year.

Not bad for an industry that has had to compete with home-enter­tainment choices via video and the Internet.

Some credit the wide range of film choices this year.

"We often talk about periods of filmmaking, and the '70s are re­ferred to as a particularly potent time for creative movies," said Kevin Spacey, star of Oscar con-t d "A . B t "

Death Announcement. FRANCISCO PANGELINAN

VILLANUEVA Born: September 13, 1945 • Died: December 27, 1999 He now joins his Father: Antonio A. Villanueva Father-In-Law: Manuel B. Blanco Brother-in-Law: Carlos C. Blanco Sister-in-Law: Margarita Villanueva

His memory will live in the hearts of his Wife: Basilisa Blanco Villanueva Children (Spouses): Wilma, Frankie (Lori), Soreen (Inoske) and Nathan Grandchildren: Shayne, Niobe, Blanco, Skalan, Matthew, Ryan and Alexa Mother: Antonia P. Sablan Step-Father: Eulogio Sablan Mother-in-law: Asuncion C. Blanco Brothers & Sisters (Spouses): Joaquin Villanueva (Margarita), Antonio Villanueva (Agnes), Delgadina Santos (Nick), Patricia Sablan, Alex Sablan (Mila) Eulogio Sablan, Diane Salas (Bill), Ana Yutig (Romeo) Alicia Diaz (Peter) George Sablan (Akina) Sister in laws and spouse: Jovita and Antonio Tomokane, Orfa and Larry Deck, and Ema and Larry Johnson

Nightly rosary is being held at San Antonio Church at 8:00 p.m. The mass and burial will be announced at a later date.

Joint Anniversary Mass

Gregorio T. Camacho 10th

We, the family of the late

Elizabeth B. Camacho 21st

Pedro B. Camacho 30th

would like to invite all our relatives and friends to join us in prayers as we commemorate the Tenth, Twenty First, and

Thirtyth Death Anniversary of their passage into eternal life. Daily Mass of Intention is being offered at the following Churches beginning

December 30, 1999. Please join us in prayers.

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Daily Mass Schedule

Tanapag Church San Roque Church San Roque Church San Roque Church San Roque Church Tanapag Church San Roque Church Tanapag Church San Roque Church

6:00 PM 8:00 PM 7:30 AM 7:30 AM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 4:30 PM

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A U.S. Customs officer searches the underside of a truck at the San Ysidro Border Crossing in San Ysidro, Calif., where a heightened security level is in effect. AP

7 border arrests, but no terror link EA TTLE (AP) - Seven Jorda­nians were arrested at the Cana­dian border on what officials on Monday called routine illegal im­migration charges - not terrorist suspicions, as originally an­nounced.

Three men, two women and two children were taken into cus­tody by U.S. officials Sunday af­ternoon near the checkpoint at Blaine, Wash .. about 100 miles north of Seattle. The crossing was shut down for more than two hours.

One of the women, who was with a toddler and was legally in Canada, and a man in the process of becoming a Canadian citizen, left a car at a duty-free shop on the Canadian side and walked across the border in a nearby park, au­thorities said.

U.S. Border officials picked them up and then found four other people who were waiting to meet them - the woman's husband and

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The bill states that the types of businesses. industrial, and com-111ercial activities that arc in the best long-tem1 interests of the CNMI are those that require sig­nificant capital investment, are low labor-intensive, have negli­gible impact on the environment, and are compatible with tourism.

examples of such types of de­sirable business activities are pro­duction of computer hardware and software, I icensing and distribu­tion of intellecmal property, com­puter programming services, data base storage and retrieval. and financial and trade-related ser­vices.

The bill also seeks to make available for lease public lands at reasonable rates and to provide incentives in the fom1 of tax relief fordesirable businesses establish­ing operations within the free trade zones .

a couple and their toddler, said Deputy Chief Gene Davis of the U.S. Border Patrol at Blaine.

"It's real common. When we catch people coming out of the park, we immediately begin looking around the area to see if anyone's waiting to meet them," said Davis, noting that his agency caught 2,500 people from 70 countries that way last year.

Hours after the arrests, Con­stable Archie Alafrizofthe Royal Canadian Mounted Police had reported that at least one of the men who was arrested ··had an affiliation with a known terrorist group."

But the FBI said Monday that authorities had misinterpreted a criminal record in Philadelphia that said the man once made "ter­roristic threats," a phrase that can be applied to several kinds of vio­lence.

"It looks like. in reviewing that

record, it is in connection with assault or domestic violence," FBI agent Roberta Burroughs said. "We have no reason to believe at this time that these people have any ties to terrorist organizations."

The woman who had been in Canada legally with her child, and the man who accompanied her were arrested for crossing the border illegally, Davis said.

The woman and two men who were already on the U.S. side had overstayed theirvisas, said Sharon Gavin, spokeswoman for the west­ern region of Immigration and Naturalization Service based in Laguna Niguel, Calif., south of Los Angeles.

The INS will process the entire party to determine their status is, Gavin said.

Some then may be processed for deportation to Jordan, she said, though those who entered from Canada may simply be returned there.

Younis Art Studio, Inc.

HAFA ADAI AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

IN CELEBRATION OF THIS YEAR'S HOLIDAY

SEASON, YOUNIS ART STUDIO, INC. WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE MARIANAS

VARIETY AND GUAM VARIETY NEWSPAPERS WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED ON THE

FOLLOWING DATES:

• DECEMBER 27, 1999 (MONDAY)

• DECEMBER 28, 1999 (TUESDAY) • JANUARY 3, 2000 (MONDAY)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSfANDING

AND HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISfMAS AND

A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

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22-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- DECEMBER 29, 1999 BUSINESS & TRADE

Interest ra~s on Cigarette firms call Treasury bills fall .e I ·t d. • al

WASHINGTON(AP)-Interest was5.410. 1.0r awsu1 ISIDISS rates on short-term Treasury securi- The new discount rates under-ties fell in Monday's auction. state the actual return to inves-

The Treasury Department sold tors - 5.463 percent for three-$9 billion in three-month bills at month bills with a $10;000 bill a discount rate of 5.300 percent, selling for $9,866.00 and 5.757 down from 5.400 percent last percent for a six-month bill sell-week. An additional $8 billion ing for $9,721.70. was sold in six-month bills at a In a separate report, the Fed-rate of 5.505 percent, down from era! Reserve said Monday that 5.600 percent. the average yield for one-year

The th_ree-month rate was the Treasury bills, the most popular !~west smce Dec. 13 when the index for making changes in ad-bills sold for 5.210 percent. The ju stable rate mortgages, rose to six-month rate also was the low- 5.97 percent last week from 5.85 est since Dec. 13 when the rate percent the previous week.

Japan industrial output rises TOKYO (AP) - Japanese in­dustrial production rose 3.8 per­cent in November from October, the government announced Mon­day.

The November rise, measured after adjustment for seasonal fac­tors, was slightly larger than the forecasts by economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires.

They projected on average that . industrial output would increase 3. 7 percent compared with the prior month.

Output is expected to fall 1.7 percent in December from No­vember and then increase 3.1 per­cent on month in January, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said.

WASHINGTON (AP) -Cigarette makers asked a fed­eral court Monday to dismiss the federal government's law­suit seeking billions of dol­lars for the cost of treating smoking-related i11nesses.

The government has no claim under federal law and is trying to ignore settlements the industry reached with all

· 50 states, tobacco industry lawyers said in papers filed in U.S. District Court.

"The government is assert­ing causes of action for Medi­care recovery that have never been recognized by any court before, that it has never as­serted before, that it has pub­licly stated it does not have, and that it has to this date never asserted against anyone other than this· group of de­fendants," the industry's law­yers said.

Canadian Justice Minister Anne Mclellan and Health Minister Allan Rocke (right) announce in Ottawa, Canada the federal government's suit filed Tuesday in U.S. Federal Court against tobacco firms. AP

The Justice Department's lawsuit alleges the companies conspired since the 1950s to defraud and mislead the pub­lic about the dangers of smok­ing.

~ •DRr~ ~\Reh

l~. ~ Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ~ · l~1 Office or Vocational Rehabilitation t~J1

O/Flr:IA.l ~, ~\. .

PUBLIC NOTICE !his is to inform that the general public that the State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) will be having its 1st quarter meeting on December 29, 1999 from 10:00 a.m. to 1 :00 p.m. at the Dai-lchi Hotel Azucena II in Garapan. Interested individuals are welcomed to attend.

I. 11.

111. IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII. IX.

AGENDA

Welcome Review and Adoption of Agenda Review and Adoption of Minutes of September 10, 1999 Meeting Chairman's Report

Trip Report Committee Reports:

Consumer Satisfaction Policy Fiscal

Director's Reports Trip Reports Program Status Budget/Fiscal

Carryover FY99 FY 2000

1 ST FY98-2000 Status 1 ST FY2001-2003 Progress Case Service

FY 1999 Cumulative Caseload FY 2000 (Oct-Nov)

Old Business: SRC Membership/Nominations Proposed Annual SRC Calendar of Events

New Business: Proposed Generic Agenda Visit of RSA Officials Schedule of Next Monitoring Visit

Announcements/Miscellaneous Adjournment

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individuals who wish to attend this meeting, but requires accessibility such as large print or sign language interpreters must call 664-6537 /6538 (voice) or 322-6449 (TDD).

ls/Ramon Dela Cruz Chairman

When the lawsuit was filed in September, Attorney Gen­eral Janet Reno said federal health plans spend more than $20 billion a year treating smoking-related illnesses, which take 400,000 lives a year in this country.

Asked for reaction to the industry's motion Monday, Justice Department spokes­woman Kara Peterman said, "We will respond in court." The government's response is due Feb. 25.

The tobacco industry's fil­ing said Reno acknowledged in April 1997 that the govern­ment lacked authority to sue the companies. Reno has said she was talking only about the state-administered Medicaid program.

The state lawsuits involved Medicaid payments the states made for health care for the poor. The federal suit involves Medicare for the elderly and military and veterans' health insurance paid directly by the federal government.

When the Justice Depart­ment sued the industry in Sep­tember, it also closed, without bringing charges; a nearly 5-ye·ar-old criminal investiga­tion of whether tobacco com­panies lied to Congress or regulatory agencies about the addictiveness of nicotine.

The industry's lawyers said Monday the civil lawsuit was "based on precisely the same allegations that the govern­ment has determined do not permit it to maintain a crimi­nal ... action."

Much of the non-financial relief the federal government seeks already is required by the industry's settlements with the 50 states, the companies' lawyers said, citing as an ex­ample a ban on any attempts to target children in advertis­ing and marketing.

"The tobacco industry of to­day is much, much different from the one portrayed in the government's lawsuit,"' said an industry news release. "The settlements with the states in. 1997 and 1998 established a comprehensive regulatory framework that the Justice De­partment is simply ignoring."

The industry's legal papers said the government's lawsuit did not show a likelihood of future violations, as required under the federal anti-rack­eteering law that is the basis for part of the lawsuit.

The papers were filed by lawyers for Philip Morris Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co., Lorillard Tobacco Co., British American Tobacco Ltd., the Counci I for Tobacco Research- USA and the To­bacco Institute,

Employment Wanted

.till\Aitt · · Job Vacancy -

Announcement 01 GOLDSMITH-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: ARPIL L. MIRANDA dba Pawnsave Buy & Sell Tel. 235-7296(1/ 12)W33989

01 INDUSTRIAL MANAGER-Salary: $800 per month Contact: ELEPHANT INTERNATIONAL, INC. dba Sugarking Production 'rel. 288-1886(1/ 12)W33987

01 AIRCON TECHNICIAN -SALARY: $3.15 per hour 02 COOK HELPER -Salary: $3.05 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $3.60 per hour Contact: KAN PACIFIC SAIPAN, LTD. Tel. 322-0770(1/12JW82377

40 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary: $3.05-4.00 per hour 15 CUTIER-Salary: $3.05-4.00 per hour 15 IRONER (PRESSER)-Salary: $3.05-4.00 per hour 01 TRIMMER-Salary: $3.05-4.00 per hour Contact: MICHIGAN, INC. Tel. 234· 9555(1 /12)W33985

01 MAINTENANCE, BUILDING REPAIR-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: JARIDON , INC. Tel. 235-2158(1/12)W33980

01 DRESS MAKER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: JESSIE A. ARIZALA dba Johara's Boutique Tel. 235-1095(1/ 12)W33981

01 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED dba Cost & Save Wholesale Tel. 288-0202(1/ 12)W33982

02 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR· Salary: $3.25-3.85 per l1our 01 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary: $3.50-4.00 per hour Contact: MARIANAS REPAIRS CO., INC. Tel. 234-9083(1/12)W33983

01 GROUND(MAINT.) KEEPER­Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: RAINALDO C. AGUON dba 3A's Ground Maintenance Tel. 235-1853( 1 /12)W

AVON PRODUCTS Presently seeking Independent SALES REPRESENTATIVES Flexible hours. Earn up to 50% commission. Will Train ..• No experience necessary. To inquire call or fax (6TI) 653-1910.

FIVE (5) BEDROOMS, TWO BATHROOMS WITH

GARAGE AND FOUR (4) BEDROOMS,

TWO BATHROOMS WITH GARAGE, LARGE YARD CLOSE

TO THE OCEAN AT LOWER ASTEO ARE AVAILABLE FOR RENT.

!'LEASE LEAVE YOUR NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AT TELEPHONE NO. 235-1839

CUSTOMER SERVICE/SALES REPRESENTATIVE There is ,:m immediate opening for the above pos1\ion.

Applicants should hav!; tr.c !a!lal'i1ng abililies: • Quick te,nncr • Eflective written and or.ii communication skills • Good customer relation skills , Sell-moti~aled • Reliable and arnbiliOlJS , Likes a ct1atlenge and c1eal1vc selling Please conlacl A1!0Cnu al 235-7482 for an appointment

01 OFFICE MANAGER-Salary:$8.50 per hour Prepares legal papers and correspondence of legal nature, such as summonses, complaints, motions and subpoenas, using typewriter, word processor; must be proficient in computer such as Office 2000 system, Corel WordPerfect, Timeslips, Quickbooks, Quicken; review law journals and other legal publications to identify court decisions pertinent to pending cass and submit articles to lawyer, schedule appointments, gives information to callers, relieves lawyer of clerical work and minor administrative and business details; reads and routes incomin!) mail; located and attaches appropnate file to correspondence to be answered by lawyer; can take dictation by shorthand at 120 wpm or by machine stenotype; transcribes !ram voice recordings or dictaphones; composes and types routine correspondence, such as notes, reports, etc., revise documents; files correspondences and other records, statistical tables, addresses and forms, from rough draft, corrected copy, recorded voice dictation, or previous version displayed on screen or computer; answers telephone and gives information to callers or routes call to lawyers and places outgoing calls; greets visitors, ascertain nature of business and conducts visitors to appropriate lawyer; arrange travel schedules and reservation; oversee clerical workers; records minutes of stockholder/directors meetings, if needed; make copies of correspondences or other printed matter, using copying or duplicating machine; prepares outgoing mail; supervises and coordinates activities of staff engaged in taking and transcribing . dictation of correspondence and reports; records examination, testimony, record proceedings of hearings or depositions, formal and informal meetings; compiles material to be typed; reads instructions accompanying material or follow verbal instruction from lawyer; determine format desires, number of copies needed, priority and other requirements; analyzes and organizes office operations and procedures, such as typing, bookkeeping, preparation of payrolls, flow of correspondence, filing, requisitions of supplies and other clerical services. Evaluates official production, revises procedures, or devices new forms to improve efficient of workflow, reviews clerical and personnel records to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timeliness; coordinates collection and preparation of operating reports, such as time and attendance records, terminations, new hires, transfers, may interview job applicants, conduct orientation of new employees and plan trainin9 programs direct services such as maintenance, repair, supplies, mail and files compile store and retrieve management data using computer; files pleading with court clerk; prepare affidavits of documents and maintains documents mes; delivers or directs delivery of subpoenas to witnesses and parties in action; direct and coordinates activities of law office employees; prepare orfice accounts and tax returns; keep and monitor legal volumes and ensuring legal volumes up to date. 01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT­Salary:$3.05 per hour Directs and coordinates activities or collecting delinquent accounts or client's customers; prepare legal action and collection for worthless checks and delinquent bills, promissory notes; prepare collection reports and ascertain status of collections; and balances outstanding; aids lawyer in staff capacity by coordinating office services, such as personnel and records control; reviews and answers correspondences, pleadings; take dictation by using d1ctaphone; takes dictation by using shorthand; files correspondence and other records·, answers telephone .and gives information to callers and debtors or routes calls to appropriate personnel and places outgoing calls to clients and client's debtors; makes copies of correspondences or other printed material using copying or duplicating machine; prepare outgoing mail; keeps records of financial transactions using calculator and computer; input lawyers' daily time changes into computer, verifies, allocates, and posts details of business transactions to each clients' files; reconciles and balances accounts; prepare withholding, social security and other tax reports; must be proficient in computer such as OHice 2000 system, Corel WordPerfect, 1imeslips, Quickbooks, and Quicken. Contact: ERIC S. SMITH Law Offices Tel. 233-3334(1/4)T82261

WANTED IMMEDIATELY .. I-Mason/file Setter I-Finishing Carpenter 1-Pnintcr

- ..

Please cull: 235.5434 or 483-9939 Between 12:30 -1:00 pm & 6:00.7:00 pm Salary Negotiable

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-23

PU BLXC N_C>TXCE .

Pursuant to P.L. 8·41, Section 11 Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus Sablan through the Board of Professional Licensing (BPL) arc hereby giving nntice that it will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 4, 2000 at 10:00 AM at the Boards office located on the 2nd Floor of the Island Commercial Building, Gualo Ra 1, Saipan. Agenda for the board meeting 1s as follows:

1. Call to Order 2. Determination of Quorum 3. Review and Adoption of Agenda 4. Review a~d Adoption of Minutes- December 1999 Board Meeting Minutes 5. Commun1cat1ons from Governors Office & Legislature

A. Governor's Office B. Legislature

6 Chairmans Report 7. Board Administrator's Report B. Investigators Report 9. Committee Report l 0. Old Business

A. Application for Board's Revrew 11. New Business

A: Draft Bill for Licensing of Contractors 12. Miscellaneous Business /s/ Francisco Q. Guerrero 13. Adjournment of Meetrng Chairman

NOTICE TO ALL OUR SAIPAN, ROTA AND TINIAN ACCOUNTS

BEN PITEG of Micronesian Sales Company Saipan is no longer affiliated with the company. Any transactions conducted with Mr. Piteg on behalf of Micronesian

Sales Co. after December 23, 1999 will not be honored.

The Management MICRONESIAN SALES COMPANY SAIPAN

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

@ SHELL SAN ROQUE AND SHELL GUALO RAI are seeking qualified customer service representatives for Full & Part time positions. Must be wiling to work weekends and evenings. Must have transportation.

Customer service skills.outgoing personality and proper grooming helpful.

EMPLOYMENT REFERENCES & POLICE CLEARANCE REQUIRED APPLY IN PERSON AT SHELL GUALO RAI ONLY.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE LOCAL HIRE ONLY

SPECTACULAR VIEWS House Lots for Lease• 1,500 sq. m. lots•

Mt. Tapuchao • View Managaha Islands •

Road Access• Electricity• Water

• Payment Accepted • 54.9.5 year lease

Please call Lisa at Tel. 234-5684

APARTMENT /HOUSE FOR RENT I I

2-3 & 4 BEDROOM HOUSE 1 & 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: TEL # 322-3366/5558 FAX: 322-3888

In Need of Administrative Clerk Must be very proficient, fast (min. typing speed of 60

wpm) and accurate in typing using word perfect windows 95. Must have pleasant personality and fluent

in English, answers telephone and route calls to respective personnel. Knowledge in excel and timeslips is an advantage. Employment is good only for 90 days.

Salary is $6.00 per hour. Contact Law Offices of O'Connor Berman Dotts & Banes Law offices

Tel. #234-5684.

APARTMENT FOR RENT Quiet Two (2) Bedrooms • Swimming Pool Tennis Court

1~~~~r~iliij:J.~tJ 235-5686 f8:30 AM lo 5:30 l'M, W~kda s) 235-9620, 2.14.534916:00 PM 10 9:00 PM, Emyd,y lncludint Sat. & Sun.)

FOR SALE

FORKLIFT *Great Working Condition

*$2,900.00· Contact: Ites at 233-7625

( office hours only)

. .

VIDEO STORE FOR SALE Good Income, More than

1,500 video tapes. Sources for new release

' Filipino tapes, posters, etc. available. Space also available for rent.

Call 235-7298.

IIIIOVIN& SALE 1996 Nissan Sentra, 2-door, 5-speed

manual, 24k miles, $5500.00. Full size bed, entertainment center,

macintosh computer, printer and zip drive, HP5100, flat bed scanner

Call: 235-7826

APARTMENTS FOR RENT Mail ree lo appreciale

ONE BEDROOM APT.-$350.00/mo. "'ldc.o.l for couple or single

·;~~h:.:1r~~~e~ •wnter Henter

-Trash Service Included Loclllion: As Lito (close to Lucky Supt'rllllU°kct)

Farin uiritscal1:288-7525or235-386-I

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE 1',;0R"nlERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

BANK OF GUAM. Plaintiff. vs. HENRY CABRERA. PETRA CABRERA and JOSE ADRIANO. Defendants. Ci1i/ Action ,'!o. Y9-000+E

'.'\OTICE OF FORECLOSlRE SALE

By virtue of a Defauil Judgmem and Fore­closure Order entered on July 30. 1999. in favor of Plaintiff. Bank of Guam. a~ainst Defendants. Henry Cabrera. Petra C;brera and Jose Adriano. 1he Court ordered on Sep­tember 30. 1999 thal the undersigned. to sal­i,fy 1he sciiu Default JuJgment. sd ai pub­lic :rnrtion. for cash. Dt'!L'r1Jant\ ir:tcresl in Lot No. lXI IT 6S (fom1erll Lot 6. Blocl ;0>. comaining an are~ of 1.1104 square meters. more or les. :mu Lot No. 006 T 173. contain· ing· an area of 971 square meters. more or less. on the island ofTinian. Commonwealth of the Northern \lariana Islands.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN lhat a pub­lic auction to be held at 1he hour of .l.!!iJll i1J!b on Thursd;w. llmmhcr 311, 1999 in the vicinity of the Office of the \fayor, Tinian. San Jose Village. Commonwealth of the Northern M,rriana Islands. the mort~a~ed interest ofDefenoants in 1he aforememio~ed properties will be sold hy me pursuanl 10 2 C'MC Seclion 4537[el to the highes1 bidder for cash.

The sale will be open 10 the general pub­lic.

DATED this 91h Jay ofDecember. I 999.

sJOHN B. JOYNER .. ~uclionw (6701 235-S0561(TelJ 2.\5.S()7111Fa,l P.O. Bo, 50(151JS. Saipan. ~IP 96950

24-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY-DECEMBER 29, 1999

DEADLINE: 12:00 noon the day prior to publication

• • NOTE: If some · reason your advertise;;,ent Is incorrect, call us immediately to make the necessary correciions. The Mananas Vartely News and Views is responsible only for one incorrect Insertion. We reserve the right to edit. refuse. reject or cancel any ad at any time .. Classified Ad·s Section. ·.

Employment Wanted

.llltttli · ·Job Vacancy Announcement

PUBLIC NOTICE All Interested resident workers are

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

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

you are qualified and available. For further assistance,

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

01 MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN­Salary:$1,200.00-1,400.00 per month Contact: J.C.A. INC. dba McDonald's of Saipan Tel. 235-9761 (12/31)T82161

01 (CHIEF) ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$10.00-11.53 per hour Contact: SAi TRANS COMPANY LTD. Tel. 236-2055(12/29)W33857

01 MANAGER, AUTOMOBILE SERVICE-Salary:$800.00-1,600.00 per month Contact: TASI TOURS & TRANSPORTATION INC. Tel. 235-9373(12/29)W82171

01 WAITRESS-REST.-Salary:$3.05 per hour Con:act: MARGARITA R. TENORIO dba Dr. Jack's Bar & Grill Tel. 234-8296(1/5)W33939

01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT­Salary:$4.00-5.00 per hour Contact: LORENZO LG. CABRERA dba Hafa Adai international Travel Agency Tel. 234-7134(1/5)W33940

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$4.38 per hour Contact: ANTONIO S. CAMACHO dba Westpac Freight Tei. 322-1212(1 / 5)W33941

03 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05-3.30 per hour 02 ELECTRICIAN-Saiary:$3.05-4.25 per hour 02 FORKLIFT OPERATOR-Salary:$3.05-3.75 per hour 01 GENERAL MAINTENANCE REPAIR, BLDG.-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour 04 MASON-Salary:$3.05-3.75 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$3.05-3.35 per hour 01 SALES ENGINEER-Salary:$3.05-6.95 per hour 02 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Salary:$3.05-3.60 per hour Contact: SABLAN ENTERPRISES, INC. Tel. 234-1558(1/5)W33945

02 CARPENTER-Salary:S3.05 per hour 07 MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: HUGH HARGROVE dba Landmark Limited Tel. 235-1257(1/ 5)W33947

01 BAKER HELPER-Salary:$3.05-3.55 per hour Contact: HOTEL NIKKO SAIPAN, INC. Tel. 322-3311(1/5)W82299

01 MATERIAL COORDINATOR­Salary:$3.50-4.00 per hour 01 SALES MANAGER-Salary:$4.00-5.00 per hour Contact: GUANGDONG DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. dba Guangdong Hardware Tel. 288-2288(1/ 5)W82297

01 BLDG. MAINTENANCE-REPAIRER­Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: CREDENCE INC. dba Credence Sari-Sari Styles Tel. 233-6046(1/5)W33946

01 (ASSISTANT) MANAGER-Salary:$600.00-2,750.00 per month Contact: SAIPAN MUGEN INC. dba Octopus Army Tel. 233-2010(1/ 5)W33943

01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$630.00 per month 01 (BODY BUILDER) OR AUTOBODY REPAIR-Salary:$630.00 per month Contact: CERON HEAVY EQUIPT. & PARTS LTD. dba Retail of HE Units and Parts Tel. 234-8128(12/29)W33850

01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE­Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MARIANAS PARAMOUNT CORP. (12/29)W33855

01 MANAGER (OFFICE)-Salary:$1,200.00-1,600.00 per month 02 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT­Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: ROYA CROWN INSURANCE CORPORATION Tel. 234-2256(12/ 29)W33856

01 MASON-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: BRIAN P. REYES dba Reyes Planning & Consulting Firm Tel. 234-9127(12/29)W33860

01 OFFICE CLERK-Salary: $3.05-5.25 per hour Contact: UNITED INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Tel. 235-6888(12/ 29)W33861

02 NC TECH. -Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: JUAN B. CEPEDA dba JBL Aircon/Ref. Shop Tel.235-5826(12/ 29)W33862

03 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary: $3.05-7.00 per hour 02 CIVIL, CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT-Salary: $3.05-4.00 per hour 03 CARPENTER-Salary: $3.0S-3.50 per hour Contact: PACIFIC DRILLING.LTD. Tel. 235-8531 (12/29)W33863

01 MECHANIC, HEAVY EQUIPMENT­Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: CHUNG BU YOO dba Hwang Jae Corp. Tel. 234-8107(12/29)W33866

01 MAINTENANCE BUILDING RE­PAIRER-Saiary:$4.00 per hour Contact: EFRAIN F. CAMACHO dba EFG Services Tel. 322-7814(12/ 22)W82064

01 COMPUTER OPERATOR-Saiary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: PINOY EXPRESS (PX SPN), INC. Tel. 235-5006(1 /5)W33937

01 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 COOK HELPER-Salary:$3.15 per hour Contact: PACIFIC MANAGEMENT, INC. dba Mariana Restaurant Tel. 322-3324(1/5)W82283

01 MECHANIC-Salary:$3.44 per hour 01 MECHANIC,AUTO-Salary:$3.44 per hour 01 ARCHITECT-Salary:$3.69-6.73 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.44 per hour 01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BLDG.-Salary:$3.44-4.13 per hour Grace Christian Academy is a non-profil, tax-exempt Evangelical Christian reli­gious organization closely connected with Grace Christian Ministries. It is im­perative that every employee, both ad­ministration and academics, concurs and subscribes to our evangelical Chr's­tian tenet and they should also share the same vision and philosophy that we promulgate. Contact: GRACE CHRISTIAN ACAD­EMY dba Grace Christian Academy of Saipan Tel. 322-332D(12/29)M82155

01 WAITER, FORMAL-Salary:$3.05-3.20 per hour 01 COOK-Salary:$3.05-3.70 per hour 01 GROUNDKEEPER (GARDENER)­Salary:$3.0S-3.1 O per hour 01 EXECUTIVE CHEF-Salary:$850.00-1,700.00 per month Contact: MICRO PACIFIC DEVELOP­MENT, INC. dba Saipan Grand Hotel Tel. 234-6601(12/29)M82135

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$4.50 per hour Contact: WESTERN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, INC. Tel. 235-8744(12/ 29JM82134

01 FOUNTAIN SERVER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: 3'S, INC. dba Hula Girl Tel. 235-4710(12/29)M82153

01 PAINTER-Salary:$3.25-3.80 per hour Contact: PACIFIC MICRONESIA COR­PORATION dba Dai-lchi Hotel Tel. 234-6412(12/29)M82141

02 WAITRESS, RESTAURANT-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: PARK'S CORPORATION dba Kung Chun Restaurant Tel. 234-1249(12/29)M33825

01 DELIVERY ROUTE TRUCK DRIVER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: D.L.Z. AMERICAN CORP. dba Xin Hua MarVXin Hua Auto Shop Tel. 288-1388(12/29)M33829

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: DR. TODD K. JOHNSON dba Toothworks Tei. 234-3810(1/3)M33916

01 AUTO PAINTER-Salary:$3.75 per hour Contact: MOTION AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP Tel. 235-3481 (1/ 3)M82253

01 TOUR COUNSELOR-Salary:$14.95 per hour plus $300 housing allow.Imo. Contact: NIPPON TRAVEL AGENCY -MICRONESIA, INC.dba Mach Tour Tel. 234-9309(1/3)M33910

01 WAITRESS/REST.-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MICHAEL S2E PRODUCTS, INC. dba Hong Kong Chinese Rest. Tel. 234-7384( 1 /3) M33907

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ary:$3.05-4.00 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour Contact: NIPPON GENERAL TRADING CORPORATION dba Country House Restaurant Tel. 233-8223(12/ 29)M33828

01 CONTROLLER, COST-Salary:$3.50 per hour 01 SALESPERSON-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MANAGER, AUTO SPECIALTY SERVICES Tel. 233-3323(12/ 29)M33830

01 STEEL WORKER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour 03 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: E.C. GOZUM & CO., INC. Tel. 256-0754( 12/29)M33832

01 REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN­Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: HUA JIAN CORP. Tel. 234-6175(1/3)M33911

01 PHYSICAL THERAPIST-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MP CORPORATION dba Mercy's Beauty & Barber Shop Tel. 235-1990(1/3)M33913

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: EASTERN HOPE CORPORATION dba Keeraku & Rakuen Rest. Tel. 233-4242(1/ 3)M33914

02 SALESPERSON-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: EVERTRUST CORPORATION dba 123 Discount Store Tel. 233-4242(1/3)M33915

01 COOK HELPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 GARDEN WORKER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: KAN PACIFIC SAIPAN, LTD. dba Mariana Seaside Circuit/Mariana Resort/Mariana Country Club Tel. 322-4692(1/3)M82255

01 MANAGER (BOUTIQUE) STORE­Salary: $3.30-4.40 per hour Contact: YCO CORPORATION dba YCO Servislar Hardware/Liberty Plaza/ YCO Construction Tel. 233-3112(1/ 12)W82388

02 TRIMMER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 03 CUTTER MACHINE-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 MARKER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 31 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER­Salary:$3.05 per hour 04 PRESSER MACHINE-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: EXPRESS MANUFAC­TURING, INC. Tel. 322-6743(1/ 3)M33908

02 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT­Salary:$3.05-4.05 per hour 03 WAITER (RESTAURANT)-Salary:$3.05-4.05 per hour 04 WAITRESS (RESTAURANT)­Salary:$3.05-4.05 per hour 02 ELECTRICIAN, MAINTENANCE­Salary:$3.05-4.05 per hour 05 HELPER, KITCHEN-Salary:$3.05-4.05 per hour 01 GARDENER-Salary:$3.05-4.05 per hour 03 CLEANER, COMMERCIAL­Salary:$3.05-4.05 per hour 01 CASHIER-Salary:$3.05-4.05 per hour 03 COOK-Salary:$3.05-4.05 per hour 02 COOK (CHINESE)-Salary:$;3.05-4.50 per hour 02 COOK (JAPANESE)-Salary:$3.05-4.50 per hour 01 (ASSISTANT) ACCOUNTING SU PERVISOR-Salary:$3.05-4.50 per hour 02 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.05-4.50 per hour Contact: HOTEL NIKKO SAIPAN, INC. Tel. 322-3311 (1/3)M82248

01 WAITRESS-Salary: 3.05 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $700.00 per month 01 DANCER-Salary: S3.05 per hour Contact: WESTERN PACIFIC ENT., INC. dba Kimchi Cabana Night Club Tel. 234-6622(1/4)33906

01 MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN­Salary:S 1 ,200.00-1,400.00 per month Contact: J.C.A. INC. dba McDonald's of Saipan Tel. 235-9761(12/31)T82161

02 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­Salary:$3.05-4.00 per hour Contact: SHINTANI MANGLONA CORPORATION Tef. 532-0316(12/ 29)T33849

01 GAMEROOM ATTENDANT-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASST.-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: ANTHONY CAMACHO dba Bic and Chai Gameroom Tel. 323-735(12/ 29)T33835

01 AUTO-BODY REPAIRER-Saiary:$3.05-3.20 per hour 01 AUTO-PAINTER-Salary:$3.05-3.20 per hour 01 AUTO-MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05-3.35 per hour Contact: PHILIPPINE EAGLE CORPORATION dba Philippine Eagle Auto Repair Shop Tel. 288-0928(12/ 29)T33845

01 GRAPHIC ARTIST-Salary:$1,000.00-2,000.00 per month Contact: SUNSET ADVERTISING GROUP, INC. Tel. 234-6449(1/4)T82280

01 ALUMINUM (INSTALLATION) FABRICATOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: GOLDEN BELL ENT., INC. Tel. 234-0393(1/4)T33930

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$750.00 per month Contact: DASAN CORPORATION dba Downtown Market Tel. 233-7755(1/ 4)T33929

01 FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER­Salary:$700.00-950.00 per month 01 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER­Salary:$1,700.00-2, 150.00 per month Contact: SAIPAN COMPUTER SERVICES, INC. Tel. 234-9110(12/ 29)T33846

01 CUSTOMER COMPLAINT CLERK­Salary:$3.50-6.50 per hour High school graduate. Housing allowance $425.00 per month. Contact: DFS SAIPAN LIMITED Tel. 234-6615(12/29)T82159

02 BOWLING PIN MECHANIC­Saiary:$3.05 per hour 01 BOWLING PIN MECHANIC (SUPERVISOR)-Salary:$800.00 per month Contact: CAPITAL ENTERPRISES CORP. dba Capital Bowling Center Tel. 23-7820(12/29)T33839

02 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC­Salary:$3.05-4.50 per hour 04 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­Salary:$3.05-4.20 per hour 03 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05-3.70 per hour 01 MECHANICAL ENGINEER-Salary:$3.50-4.20 per hour 01 LATHE OPERATOR-Salary:$3.05-. 3.50 per hour 01 SECURITY GUARD-Salary:$3.05-3.30 per hour Contact:WESTERN EQUIPMENT, INC. Tel. 322-9228(12/29)T82157 .

02 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.0S-3.50 per hour 01 CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT -Salary:$700.00-800.00 per month 03 CABLE SPLICER-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: ORIENTAL ENTERPRISES, INC. dba Marianas Communication Services Tel. 234-7878(1/4)T82272

02 PHOTOGRAPHER-Salary:$3.05per hour Contact: RENATO G. AZUCENAS dba Sunshine Photo Shop Tel. 234-1058(1/ 4)T33925

01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 WELDER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: TARO SUE CORPORATION dba Taro Sue Store Tel. 234-5416(11 4)T33917

01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­Salary:$3.0S-3.50 per hour Contact: KANG CORPORATION Tel. 288-9366(1/4)T33918

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: KESY INT'L TRADING CO. LTD. dba Kesy Wholesaler Tel. 234-1336(1/4)T33919

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER· Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: JAIME G. AGLIPAY dba Good SamaritarvCocktail BarTel. 234-1118(1 / 4)T33920

01 STOCK CONTROL CLERK­Saiary:$3.05 per hour Contact: NAINA ENTERPRISES INC. dba Roshis Variety Store Tei. 234-6533(1/4)T33921

02 FOUNTAIN SERVER-Salary:$3.05-3.45 per hour 01 SALES CLERK-Saiary:$3.05-3.85 per hour Contact: 3'S, INC. dba Island Souvenirs Tel. 235-4710(1/4)T82263

01 MANAGER-Salary:$1,800.00-2,500.00 per month Contact: WATABE SAIPAN, INC. dba Watabe Wedding Tel. 235-4710(1/ 4)T82262

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01 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: EASTERN HOPE CORPORATION dba Keeraku & Rakuen Rest. Tel. 233-4242(1 / 4)T33923

02 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE­Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05-5.00 per hour Contact: KAIZOKU CORPORATION dba Kaizoku Restaurant Tel. 233-5304(1/4)T33924

01 BEAUTICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 05 COOK HELPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: AIDA L. GARONG dba MJ Kitchenette Tel. 234-6857(1/4)T33926

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The game was hyped as per­haps the final performance in Miami by the 38-year-old Marino. who hasn't said whether he wants to play next season. He showed flashes of the talent that has made him the most prolific passer in National Football League history. but at times he looked ready for retirement.

Marino went 29-for-52 for 322

Cing.· .. Continued from page 1

··No matter how bitter the con­test for the speaker's post. I will nevertum my back to [Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio· s] administration." Cing said. He did not elaborate.

The senator said he doesn 't"con­trol" Palacios. a Republican who ran as a Democrat in the last elec­tions but was endorsed. together with Cing, by key CNMI Republi­cans.

PSS. . . Contin~ed from page 1

low us to release the paychecks on Thursday.

"There's only a handful of them so it's a very small financial im­pactforus. And so we 'II be able to

yards and three touchdowns. but his interceptions gave New York J 4points. Marcus Coleman scored on a 98-yard return, and linebacker Roman Phifer's interception at the Miami 5 set up another touch­down.

Marino's scoring passes cov­ered 1 yard to Ed Perry. 3 yards to Stanley Pri!chett and 32 yards on a flea-flicker to Tony Martin.

Lucas led the Jets totheirfourth win in a row, completing l I.of23 passes for 190 yards and three touchdowns. The scoring throws

"It's all up to him. We may be­long to the same ticket during the last elections. but I don't tell him what to do," the senator added.

Cing said "right now. as it stands," Palacios and Mendiola are "sticking with Fitial."

He said the two believe that Fitial could use his "connections" in Washington, D.C. to obtain more federal aid for Tinian and Rota.

Asked if the congressional aides could be accused of interfering in local politcs, Cing said, "If I am

accommqdate that," he said. He noted that if any retiree

should not get his/her 30 percent bonus this year, it would not be due to lack of funds.

··Jt may be that there is some­one out there whom the Retire­ment Fund still has not verified or certified eligible for such a bo­nus. We would know if they're

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in the fourth quarter were the long­est of his three-year career.

J.J. Johnson's I-yard touch­down dive early in the final pe­riod gave Miami a 28-24 lead. But on the next series, Lucas threw long to a wide-open Chrebet, who shook Patrick Surtain on third­and-5 and put New York ahead to stay.

Miami's Olinda Mare missed a potential tying 54-yard field goal with nine minutes left. On the next play, Ward beat Terrell Buckley deep for another score.

being endorsed by key U.S. Demo­crats-why not? What's wrong with that?"

Excluding Palacios, who now wants to be considered a Demo­crat, the Republican Party will have 11 members in the 18-seat 12th House of Representatives.

There will be six Democrats, in­cluding Palacios, and one Indepen­dent.

To become speaker, Fitial is re­ported! y counting on the support of these seven members and Rep. Oscar M. Babauta (R-Saipan).

entitled to 30 percent or not if those calculations come in," said Matson.

"This is good news," he added.

Earlier reports had PSS saying it has enough resources to accom­modate the payment of all its re­tirees' 30 percent bonuses in the coming year.

House. . . Continued from page 1

$208,716,419. The total projected available resources 1s $211,144,567.

House Speaker Diego T. Benavente (R-Saipan) told legislators to be present dur­ing today's afternoon session after calling for a recess yes­terday.

It took the House at least four sessions before finally having a quorum needed to pass important legislation, in­cluding the FY 2000 budget.

Benavente earlier said he will have to call in the ser­geant-at-arms. even the police, to compel the members to be present during the sessions.

1\1 THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

TINIAN CASINO GAMING CONTROL COMMISSION

Plaintiff, vs. PAULA. PALMER, Defendant. Civil Action No. 99--07181n

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

FROM: The Superior Court of the Common­wealth of lhe Northern Mariana Islands

TO: The above-named Defendanl

You are hereby summoned to appea, within lwenty (20) days after final publication of this Summons and completion of posting, and de­lend in lhe above-captioned action in the above­entitled Court, and answer lhe Complaint of Plaintill, Tlnian Casino Gaming Control Com­mission. You shall serve a copy of your an­swer, upon the Plaintiff's attorney: The Law Offices of Robert C. Naraja, PC, P.O. Box 1960, Saipan, MP 96950. If you Jail to do so, judg­ment by delault will be rendered against you according to lhe reliefs demanded in the Com­plaint which has been filed wilh the Clerk of said Court.

ls/JOVITA C. FLORES Clerk of Court

Mare made a 37-yarder with 2:20 to go. setting an NFL record with his 38th field goal of the season. Coleman recovered his ensuing onside kick. and the Jets ran out the clock.

Two bad throws by Marino kept the Jets ahead most of the night.

With New York leading I 0-7 in the second quarter, Coleman stepped in front of intended re­ceiverO.J. McDuffie for an inter: ception, easily juked past a flail­ing Marino and sprinted the rest of the way untouched.

The interception was the sev-

Cook ... Continued from page 28

proposed games, Cook Islands Sports & Olympic Association secretary-general David Lobb acknowledged that changing the school holidays would be a major problem and hopes to meet with the Education secretary, Eric Ponia to discuss the issue.

"We 're conscious of the fact · that a decision has to be made and the realisation now is that it has to be cleared through the bureaucrats first - government will then work on an endorse­ment from the Education secre­tary", Lobb said.

The games is one of a number · ofissues included in a paper which

NMI ... Continued from page 28

initially set at$ I ,000forfirstmale and female, $500 for second place and $250 for third.

This race will be followed by a Salt and Pepper Man Triathlon in Saipan on March 5. This is also ah Olympic-distance triathlon.

There are about 262 days left for the Summer Olympic Games. It will be held Sept. 15 to Oct. I.

Former ... Continued from page 1

erate with the government on any further investigations into the same scheme as well as providing truthful testimony at trial.

Cour1 records showed that on or about last April 8 on Saipan, Reyes, "using his position as a Customs officer, unlawfully and voluntarily received a sum of U.S. currency which was less than SI 0.000 but more than $250 as a wrongful and corrupt payment for

enth returned for a score against Miami this season, tying an NFL record. Five of the interceptions were thrown by Marino.

Comets ... Continued from page 28

12 runs of the game for a J 4-6 lead. They went on to out score the Local Force 11 -6 in the next 2 I /2 innings for the shut-out.

The win is Power Factors' eight in 10 games, and dropped Local Force to 3-7.

was prepared for the new Minis­ter of Sport, Ngamau Munokoa, and Lobb said CISOA is hoping to meet with the incoming minis­ter before the new year.

A similar paper was forwarded to the previous minister, Tupou Faireka, however no formal dis­cussions were held with CISOA. with Lobb adding that the recent political uncertainty has contrib­uted, in a way, to the delay in finalising dates for the games.

At a Cook Islands Games Organising Committee meeting held in Mauke late last year, it was proposed that the games be staged around the same time that the Olympic torch flame is ex­pected to arrive in the country, to enable all Cook Islanders the op­portunity to view the event.

So far no Guam competitors have qualified for Olympic triathlon slots.

Rota is scheduled to host a two­day, multi-stage mountain bike race on Feb. 26-27. And an open water swimming race, at a dis­tance of 3.5 miles, is scheduled for late March.

For more information, please contact the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Liaison Office, behind Blockbuster Video in Tamuning, at 649-0688/9147.

an official act not done." AGO charged Reyes and Delos

Reyes reportedly after four Ko­rean nationals were mrested for sneaking· approximately 1,900 cartons ofundeclared and untaxed cigarettes. The tax is supposedly $5 per carton.

AGO claimed that the defen­dants accepted bribe money from the alleged smugglers.

To avoid tax, it was reportedly agreed thal the then Customs of­fi::ers Reyes and Delos Reyes would be paid for allowing the entry of untaxed cigarettes.

Gang-rape. . . Continued from page 1

ment," ,he recalled, adding that her friend was also taken away.

"I beg to let me go. But the man (Rabauliman) hit me on the head and pushed me to the ground." the woman said.

She said she was screaming, crying. and kicking her left foot, but Rabauliman held her down with his elbow on her chest as two other men removed her pants.

The Chinese said Rabauliman choked her and made her per­formed a sex act as two other men "gang-raped'" her.

As of press time, the victim was still on the witness stand.

Court records showed that the two defendants along with Jake Amalei Ito and Sheldon R. Yano kidnapped the victims in front of Horiguchi Building.

The suspects brought the hap­less women to the Cliff where they raped and forced them to perfrnm sexual acts.

When responding police offic­ers pursued the vehicle, it ran off the roadway and struck a tele­phone pole.

Then 21-year-old Renguul was mrested after a chase. Y ano and Ito were apprehended during fol­low-up operations while Rabauliman surrendered.

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·ors· fire Carlesi1no OAKLAND, California (AP)­P.J. Carlesimo, whose tenure at Golden State was marked by Latrell Sprewell choking him two years ago, was fired by the War­riors, team sources told The As­sociated Press on Monday.

Carlesimo, whose coaching style was questioned after the attack on Dec. 1, 1997, was a victim of his own poor record. Carlesimo was let go midway­through his third season with the Warriors after the team's 6-21 start, the second-worst record in the league.

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took over as interim coach, ac­cording to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. St. Jean's tenure began Monday night against the San Antonio Spurs.

Carlesimo, who was 46-123 with the Warriors, came to Golden State in June 1997 soon after be­ing fired by Portland.

He led the Trail Blazers to three straight winning seasons but was dismissed because of clashes with his players over his sometimes abrasive coaching style.

That in-your-face approach be­came an issue almost immedi­ately upon his arrival at Golden

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State with tensions quickly de­veloping between Carlesimo and Sprewell, his star player.

The emotions boiled over at a practice Dec. I, 1997, when Sprewell responded to· Carlesimo 's terse command of "put a little mustard on that pass" by choking his coach. It took sev­eral players and team officials to break up the attack, which an an­gry Sprewell renewed 15 minutes later. .

Sprewell initially had his con­tract terminated by the Warriors ·and was suspended for a year by the NBA, but the sanctions were

Bucs must beat the Bears, not weather TAMPA,Fla.(AP)-Saywhat you want about Tampa Bay's futility in cold weather. Tony Dungy just doesn't want any of his players to confuse what stands between the Buccaneers and the NFC Central title.

"We've got to beat Chicago," the coach said Monday. "We don't really to have to beat the weather."

The Bucs (10-5), who've won seven of eight games after a 3-4 start, can capture their first divi­sion title in 18 years and give themselves a first-round bye in the playoffs with a victory at Soldier Field on Sunday.

The weekend forecast for Chi­cago includes chilly tempera­tures, which is why Dungy spent as much time during his weekly news conference answering questions about the team's woes in bad weather as the previous day's disfI!antling of the Green Bay Packers.

The Bucs are 0-17 when the temperature at kickoff is 39 de­grees or below, including six losses at Soldier Field, where Tampa Bay has won just three times in 20 visits.

Since Dungy arrived in 1996, the team is 0-2 in cold-weather games. The coach insisted, though, that far too much has been made about the streak be­cause most of the losses oc­cuned in games the Bucs would not have been favored to win. even in good weather.

"I just go back to how many times we've gone up there with outstanding teams and lost games late in the year ... So. it's not always the weather that's caused you to lose," Dungy said.

··r think if we go up there and play better than the Bears, we 're going to win. If they play better than us, they'll win. What we've got to do is have it in our minds that we 're not going to go up there and make the errors that we've made in the past that have let those games get out of hand."

The Sues will fly to Chicago a day earlierthan·usuaJ because the NFL is requiring teams that play on the road Sunday to leave home Friday in hopes of avoid­ing any potential Y2K prob­lems that might affect air travel on New Year's Day.

reduced by an arbitrator to a 68-game suspension that still cost the All-Star guard dlrs 6 million in wages.

Following his reinstatement, the Warriors last January traded Sprewell to the New York Knicks, where he has become a star and fan favorite.

Last month, Carlesimo and Sprewell met on the basketball court in Oakland for the first time since the attack. There has been no reconciliation between the two and neither spoke to one another during their meeting in Oakland and a later one in New York.

Former Broncos owner files suit ·

DENVER (AP) - A former ownerofthe Denver Broncos filed a lawsuit against current owner Pat Bowlen on Monday, charging that Bowlen never intended to buy the team for himself and broke his promise to let him decide whether to later buy all or a por­tion of the team.

In the lawsuit, Edgar F. Kaiser Jr. said Bowlen agreed to give him the right of first refusal on any future sale of the team or a portion of the team when Bowlen bought the Broncos in 1984.

But the suit said Bowlen was acting as the front man for a Texas company when he bought the Broncos and then sold or trans­ferred interests in the team with­out notifying Kaiser.

Under the agreement. Kaiser said Bowlen was supposed lo no­tify him if he intended to sell or transfer pa.rt of the Broncos. Kai­ser would have 14 days to decide whether he wanted to buy it.

In a written statement. Bowlen dismissed Kaiser's claims.

"The claims put forth by Edgar Kaiser are completely without merit. I intend to vigorously de­fend these unfounded allegations. I am confident that we will pre­vail in this baseless and frivolous

Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne (33) tosses a football during team stretches before practice at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles Monday. Wisconsin will take on PAC-1 O Champions Stanford at the Rose Bowl Jan. 1. AP

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SPORTS

Saipan's Boyer clinches two junior tennis titles on Guam

NMI to host major sports events early in year 2000

By Eddie Siguenza · Variety News Staff

TIIBNorthem Mariana Islands will get into the:spirit'of the new sports.millennium begin~ ning with a three-sport test on Jan. 22, 2000.

SAIP AN 'S Gerald Boyer captured two Guam junior tennis titles this month to conclude a great year in 1999.

Boyer cruised to victory over Chris Kang 8-2 in the Guam Junior Championship Boy's 14 and un­der division.

It was the Boy's 14 and under doubles final that provided the most drama, however, as Boyer teamed with training partner Tim Quan.

Quan and Boyer jumped out to an early 3-1 lead but were over­taken 3-6 by a hungry team of KangandGuam's#l 14andunder player Dean Dedicatoria.

Boyer and Quan fought back to regain a 7-6 lead in the first-to­eight-sudden-death format, but Dedicatoria held serve to even the

match at 7-7 with Boyer to serve for the title.

Things quickly went wrong for the Saipan duo as they fell to 15-40, allowing their surging opponents three chances at victory.

The next point went their way though as the Guam pair got tight in anticipation of taking the title themselves.

Then at 30-40, Dedicatoria sent up a sky high lob to the younger Quan,hopingforanerror,butQuan never hesitated, sending a blister­ing and untouchable overhead smash up the middle.

It was now down lo the final point in the highly pressurized match.

At 40-40 in sudden death the next point would determine the

Comets, Sedi Kau win to share lead in SSA softball THE NGEAUR Comets and Sedi Kau both won their ninth game in IO outings to share the lead with an identical 9-1 record at the Saipan Softball Associa­tion Men's Slowpitch League.

The Comets hammered Team Familia, 13-5, while Sedi Kau stopped in five innings the Camacho Roots, 19-9.

Team Power Factor also won their eight game with a fifth inning, 19-9 shut-out over the Local Force while the Jets sur­vived a possible upset with a 15-14 thriller over the Rangers.

Joe Guerrero hit two homeruns, his 15th of the sea­son and Jojo Attao continued to run away from the pack for the batting crown going 2 for 2 with a homerun to lead the Comets.

John Reyes' four RBI's with a triple and a homerun, and Joe Guerrero's two-run blast gave the Comets a 9-0 lead after three innings of play.

Team Familia managed to cut the lead to, 9-5, scoring the next five runs of the game, but the Comets went on to score the last four for the victory.

The loss dropped Team Fa­milia to, 4-5.

The Jets rallied for four runs in their last at-bat and then played excellent defense in the bottom of the seventh to retire the side for al 5- l 4come-from­behind victory.

Peter Sablan and Roy Celis each knocked in three runs to lead the victors to their sixth consecutive win after dropping

their first three, and handing the Rangers their eighth loss in nine games.

Although they didn't win the game, the Rangers showed the power hitting squad that they too possess the power to hit it out as they hammered six homeruns to the Jets one.

NedNoritaandEricKani both hit two homerunsdriving in five and four runs respectively and Jess Taitano, Mario Aguon, and Bruce Nerita each hit one as the Sedi Kau stopped the Roots, I 9-9.

Although it was a team effort by Sedi Kau, the highlight was the father & son combination of Leo Kani and Eric Kani.

Father Leo went the distance giving up just 13 hits and held the two power brother duel of Greg and Tony C. Camacho to just one run for run-score leader Tony, and just one RBI for league-leader Greg. Eric Kani hit two homeruns, including a memorable two-run shot, that brought in 'dad-Leo' for the winning runs.

Gloyd Martin kept pace for the homeruns lead with Comets Joe Guerrero with 15 with two homeruns to go along with his two triples and Clark Ngiraidong drove in four runs to lead the Power Factors over the Local Force, 24-14.

Local Force jumped on top, 6-2, after one inning of play but the much experienced ballclub then cruised along with the next

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held their breath. Boyer, who had served conser­

vatively throughout the contest, lofted the ball into the air, and unleashed a sizzling bullet up the middle to a stunned opponent, thus taking his final title of the year.

Although it was Boyer's shot­making ability that won the match, it was his increased consistency that took him to seven finals in 1999, winning five.

These include the Guam titles, UMDA-CNMI Junior Champion­ships, Fall Classic Men's 4.0 doubles and boy's singles titles.

But his highest achievement of the year was a string of six straight wins over other Boy's 14 and un-

der national champions from the region that took him to the 1999 ITF North Pacific Qualifying Events finals.

This earned Boyer a spot on the ITF-North Pacific Team to the JTF Pacific Oceania Junior Cir­cuit in Samoa, American Samoa and Fiji.

"It was a good year because I did more than I ever had. "said Boyer, a 14 year-old student at Marianas Baptist Academy. He will have a challenge ahead as he faces, bigger, strongeropponents in the 18 and under for the next four years, but Boyer looks. for­ward to it.

His goals for 2000, "get to the finals of eyery local 18 and under event and the top six in."

An Olympic distance triathlon.is scheduled this day in Tinian, a race that could serve as a tune-up for the Sum- · mer Olympic · Games in Sydney, Australia.in Septem­ber 2000. ·

The Tinian race will consist of a l :5 kiloineter swim, a 40-K bike and 10-K run, the equivalent distance of the Olympic event.

Cook Islands Games in 2000 still uncertain

Special racing clinics will be held in conjunction witp this race. An eight-day clinic will be .held prior to the race, while a four-day clinic will be held immediately aftertheJan. 22event.

Japanese professionals are scheduled to conduct the train­ing clinics.

RAROTONGA (Pacnews)­Political instability over the past six months has led to a delay in fixing the dates of next year's Cook Islands Games in Rarotonga.

And with the 1999 school year already ended, there has been no indication as to whether next year's terms will be al­tered to cater for the proposed

games - planned to coincide with the arrival of the Olympic torch flame on May 31.

The 2000 school terms have already been set by the Minis­try of Education, with the first term running from January 31 to April 21, and the second from May 8 to July 28.

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Guam participants can pick up applications at all Hornet Sporting Goods outlets. Entry forms will be sent to the Tinian triathlon coordinators starting Jan. 3. Information on tr:avel packages and possibly a char­tered flight is available with the application.

Prize money for winners is

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Jets topple Dolphins, 38-31 MIAMI (AP) - If the Miami Dolphins fail to make the play­offs, they can blame the New York Jets.

Dan Marino threw two costly interceptions, Ray Lucas threw two fourth-quarter touchdown bombs Monday night and New York beat Miami for the second time in 15 days, 38-31.

The Jets (7-8), playing only for pride, came from behind twice in the second half. Lucas' SO-yard scoring pass to Wayne Chrebet put New York ahead 31-28 with I 0:41 left, and his next pass less than two minutes later went to Dedric Ward for a 56-yard touch­down and a 38-28 lead.

The Dolphins (9-6) lost for the fifth time in seven games. But even if they lose again Sunday at Washington, they can still back into a wild-card playoff berth if Seattle or Kansas City lose.

With Miami's defeat, the Buf­falo Bills clinched a playoffbe11h.

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New York J.ets quarterback Ray Lucas (left) scrambles for a first down Monday as Miami Dolphins defenders Daryl Gardener (92) and Jason Taylor (99) attempt to make the stop in Miami's Pro Player Stadium. Lucas' run set up the Jets' first touchdown. REUTERS

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