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from vulnerable jobs such as en­tertainers and domestic workers.

There appears to have been greatconcern on the part of the RPgovernment over the plight ofFilipina workers abroad not onlyin the CNMI but worldwide.

This seems to have been broughtabout by the uproar over theContemplacion case.

HongkongBank toopen here in 1996

By Ferdie de Is TorreVariety News Staff

HONGKONG and ShanghaiBank (Hongkonglsank), one ofthe world's largest banking or­ganizations, is planning to open .a branch on Saipan by early .1996, a visiting official of thebank announced..

During a cocktail party heldSaturday at, the Hyatt Hotel'sOc~ana room, HongkongBankExecutive Director DavidEldon, also shared his views onhow to .encourage foreign 'in­.vestors to the Commonwealth,saying uncertainties in theCNMI such as land ownership,labor, and taxes, should be im­mediately resolved.

In a speech, Eldon told a groupof businessmen, lawyers, andgovernment officials, they· atealready actively seeking to se­cure suitable premises on the

The commission was created inthe aftermath of the hanging ofFilipina maid Flor Contemplacionin Singapore earlier this year.

Members ofthe Commission inan interview on Saipan Monday,said they are leaning towards rec­ommendations for selective de­ployment, involving the gradualphase out of the bulk of women

Belinda Lon[l. (left, with toddler), widow ofpilot Robert Long speaks with Josephine Nokess (right), girlfriendof the late bIllionaire Larry Hillblom during Saturday's funeral service for the deceased pilot.

has been narrowed down betweenDelegates Guerrero and Camacho.

Guerrero, who was president ofthe Second Constitutional Con­vention has been picked byoddmakers as likely to win thepresidency over Camacho, who isthe CNMI's first governor.

The latter has been dubbed as astrong contender for the presi­dency early into the contest.

But sources within the Conven­tion told the Variety thatGuerrero's presidency is now be­ing supported by at least 16mem-

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tions nor explanations given onwhat specific categories are ex­empted from new scope of theban except saying that all newly­hired female workers, but for pro­fessionals, are covered.

The expanded ban coverage wasdisclosed to the Variety by CNMIPublic Information Officer BruceLloyd Friday.

It came on the heels of an offi­cial visit to the CNMI of threemembers of the RP PresidentialFact-Finding and Policy AdvisoryCommission on the Protection ofOverseas Filipinos last week.

The Commission, better knownas the Gancayco Commission, wasformed by President Ramos inMarch to look after the welfareand protection of about 4 millionFilipinos abroad.

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a.m. with the election of presidentand other officers on top of theorder of business.

Discussion for possible amend­ments to the basic law of the landis expected to span 60 days, withan option to extend for another 15days more, depending on the need.

Under the schedule set by Gov­ernor Froilan C. Tenorio pursuantto Public Law 9-18, proposedamendments to the Constitutionshould be submitted to the elec­torate for ratification by Novem­ber 4, 1995, whether the conven­tion runs 60 days orthe maximum75 days.

Meanwhile, expected to be thehighlight for the ConCan's open­ing day is the election of the Con­vention president and the appoint­ment of three vice presidents, asecretary and the chairpersons ofthe four substantive committees.

Although the contest for t.hepresidency involves four leadingcandidates, namely, DelegatesHerman T. Guerrero, Carlos S.Camacho, Victor B. Hocog andJose Lifoifoi, sources said the fight

The Philippine government twomonths ago banned the deploy­ment of domestic and nightclubworkers and farmers until protec­tive mechanisms for workers areinstituted by the CNMI govern­ment. The lifting of such ban isalso premised on the resolution ofpending worker complaints.

The self-imposed ban wasspurred by reports of labor abuseand human rights violations com­mitted on Filipino workers in theCNMI. It was recommended by aDOLE fact-finding mission sentto the CNMI in March.

Under the new order, a copy ofwhich was obtained by the Vari­ety, the ban now covers all newly­hired female workers from thePhilippines, except professionals.

However, there were no defini-

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THE RACE for the presidency ofthe Third Constitutional Conven­tion reaches its climax today dur­ing opening day ceremonies atthe House Chamber in CapitolHill.

The Convention seeking to de­termine changes in the Common­wealth Constitution opens 10:00

ConCon opens today

By Rafael H. ArroyoVariety News Staff

THE GOVERNMENT ofthe Re­public of the Philippines hasstopped sending Filipina new hiresto the CNMI except for those inthe professional category, this waslearned Friday.

Department Order No. 10-A,series 1995, was issued by actingPhilippine Labor & EmploymentSecretary Jose S. Brillantes lastmonth and has taken effect June1st.

The order in effect amended aprevious Department Order No.10, issued by then SecretaryNieves R. Confesor in March,which suspended the deploymentof new domestic workers, farm­ers and nightclub workers to theCommonwealth.

(Above) Diana" Theresa and''Carl Long comforteach otherIn tightembraceas they weep .in front of the cssket bearingthe remains. of their father;pilot Robert Long who wascremeted in GU;,Jm yesterdaymornmg., '.(Below) The Long siblings,along witha family friend (left,foreground) try to comforttheir 'sfepmother,Belinda(second from right) duringmemorial service held Satur­

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He pointedout thattheissuance ofdeed of exchange W,LS only delayedwhich he therefore has no authoritybut withinthejurisdiction of jv!PLC.

'The signing of agreement is al­lowed andpermissiblebecause thereisno lawgoverningthatitshouldnot

be done. It depends upon the agree­ment set further by the authority."Taisacan said.

Showing a list of a number ofpeopleinvolvedinthelandexchangelikehiscase,Taisacanemphasizedhewas not negotiating the land alter1')87. butthetransaction wasalrcadycompleted in 19iW.

The defendant spccificully citedsection 7 of the statute which pi'(}.tected him from doingsuch 11L'goli~l­

t ion,Section7 ~Iates thai "unv land ex­

changeagreement cntcnxIint,I hytheCL irp. priortothecffecti vcdateofthisAct. which accomplished a publicpurpose ,LS defined in this Act, ishercbydeemed tobelawful andbind­ing agreement in the same mannerand to the same extent ,LS if enteredintoaftertheeffectivedateofthis Actprovidedhowever, this sectionshallnotaffectpendingagreements toex­change all futureclaims pursuant toP.L. 5-5, or exchanges relating to1944 land action, until such claimshave been completed."

"I would like to say AGO isright on that area (moratorium)but there is a provision in thatlaw-section 7. The AGO wasjust citing section 5. he said.

Section 5 (d) states that "For aperiod of 10 years after (he effec­tive date of this Act, land ex­changes shall be made only forland physically located within thesame Senatorial District...as theland for which an exchange is tobe made."

"I respect the AGO. I think it isjust a matter of conflict of inter­pretation," he added.

dangerssubstanceabuse.Utilityem­ployeesfromSaipan,TinianandRotaattendedthe workshops.

Last month, Villagomez calledupontheDepartmentofPublicSafety(DPS)andofficialsfromCustomstoconduct surpriseK-nine inspectionsin the Saipan vehicles and at theSaipan government offices. TheTinian searchsoon followed.

AccordingtoTinianDPSofficials,K-nine Mandy pointed officers toone CUC vehicle and one publicbuildinginTinian.Despiteextremelythorough work by the Tinian lawenforcementofficials,onlyonespeckof a plant-like material was found.

Officials believethatthetinypieceof plantmaterial mayhavebeenvel)'oldmarijuana They saidthatMandyistrainedtodetectfourtypesofdrugsand also gun powder.

Notingthat thedog's nose ismorepowerful than a human nose, theofficerssaidthatsmoke from vari,llIS

drugs can be detected in fabrics, carseatsandmostmaterialseven monthsafter the product is used.

TheCUC isnowfinal izi ngplanstohave the majority of its employeestested for drugs.

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Vanety NewsStaffLEO~ I.Taisacan hasdeniedhe W,L<;

involved inanallegedillegal transferof parcels of land in Saipan in ex­change forhis properties in Rota.

Taisacan pointed out he did notengage in illegal transaction with the\ larianas Public Land Corporationconsidering therewas no negotiationaftertheeffectivity of Public Law 5­33,

The Assistant General's Officecouldhave a different interpretationof me statute (P.L 5-33) which be­came effective in 1987 prohibitinginter-senatorial district landexchangesfora pericxl of 10 years, hesaid.

In an interview with the VarietyFriday, Taisacan said he and theformerexecutive directortor MPLCJesus Villagomez conducted thencgotiation in good faith by !()llowingmeprocedures.

Special Assistant Attorney Gen­eral Richard Folta tiled a civil caseagainst Taisacan after thelatteralleg­edly violated PL 5-33 when hedeeded lo.s in Saipan on July 9,i 993, in exchange for his proper­ties in Rota.

Foltasaidon November 2, 1987.,thedefendant and MPLC signed aLandExchange Agreement whereMPLC agreed to exchange un­specified public lands for thedefendant's Rota property for roadrow.

The execution of deed was aviolation of law considering thatit happened within the morato­rium period under PL 5-33, saidFolta in the complaint.

The government requested thecourt to issue a preliminary in­junction against Taisacan andclear the title on three public landparcels on Saipan exchanged forthe defendant's Rota lands.

Taisacan however, explainedthat the negotiation between himand the former MPLC executivedirector was completed on No-

Taisacan explainshis land exchange

K-nine Mandy, Tinian's drug-sniff­ingdog,movedthroughgovernmentvehicles and buildings on TinianFriday in a surprise inspection of theCommonwealthUtilitiesCorporation(CUC).

The community utility declareditselfa drug free work placeseveralmonths ago afterits Boardof Direc­tors approved a formal anti-drugpolicy.

Thedrug-sniffing dog inspectionsarejust the latest in a seriesofeduca­tional and professional moves by theutility to clean up the public workplace.

According to the CUC ExecutiveDirector, TimothyVillagomez, pub­licemployees who usedrugscndan­gerthcmselves.theirco-workers,andthe entirecommunity.

"CUC is a drug-free work place.We want any employeeswith prob­lemstoget help,but if theydon't gethelp, wewantthemoutofthe govern­mentsector,"he explained.

Villagomez has twice stapled thedrug policy toemployeepaychecks.Hecalledon expertsfrom the Com­monwealth Health Center to holdnumerous employee lectures on the

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Firefighterkilled as hedangles fromhelicopterATHABASCA, Alberta (AP) - Amember of a crack firefighting crewwaskilledafterthehelicopterhedangledfrom swung himintoabumingstandoftimber, authorities saidSaturday.

Harro Van Bockel, 30, died in a!(xest tirenearPelicanSettlernent.about250kilometres (150miles) northeastofEdmonton, Alberta's capital.

Thefire wasoneofnearly 250acrosswestern Canada that have wiped outhugetrJCLS of tinder-dry forest. Twoinnorthern Alberta and Saskatchewanhad burned more than 110,000 hect­ares(271 ,(XXl acres) alone.

The accident occurred after VanBeckel and a partner were lowerfromthehe!icopterby ropestobattlea forest fire Friday.

The Royal Canadian MountedPolice said Ilames began to risearoundthedangling firelighters andthe chopper. When the pilot triedtotilt away, the two were swung intothe trees.

The other firefighter sufferedminor injuries.

The man and two women, whowere not identified, will appear atBow Street Magistrates Court onMonday.They werearrested Thurs­day night after anti-terrorist squadofficers seized explosives and fire­armsfromabuildinginwestLondon.

Police said all three are chargedwith one count of possessing explo­siveswithintenttoendangerlifeandtwo counts of possessing a firearmwith intentto endanger life.

The July 26 attack on the IsraeliEmbassy wounded 14 people andleveledan annex between the mainbuildingand consulate. Five peoplewereinjuredinasecondattackshortlyafter midnight that day on BalfourHouse,a north LondonofficeblockoccupiedbyIsraeliandJewishchari­tiesand other groups.

The previous week a car bomboutside a Jewish cultural center inBuenosAires.Argentina, left95dead.

In January, police arrested NadiaZekra, 48, and Jawad MahmoudBoteh, 27, in connection with theLondonattacks.SamarAlami, 29,anengineer originally from Lebanon,was arrestedin March.

All three were charged withcon­spiringto cause explosions likely toendanger life and held in custody.Ms. Zekra was grantedbailon May12and Ms. A1ami on May 19.

The LondonattacksCaI11e thedayafterIsraelandJordansigneda treatyformally ending their 46 years ofhostilities andreopening theborder, asignificant step in the Middle East'sfragile peace process.

annulment from his wife, wholives in Queens, New York. Lastweek, a judge in Quezon Citydelayed a decision on the petitionfor 60 days to allow the wife timeto respond to her husband's re­quest to dissolve their marriage.

There is no divorce in the Phil­ippines although annulments aresometimes granted.

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Palestinians charged inIsraeli Embassy bombingLONDON (AP) - Policeinvestigat­ing bombingsat the Israeli embassyand Jewish offices in London lastyearhavechargedthree Palestinianswith possessing explosives and fire­arms,ScotlandYard saidSunday.

and her daughter because the fa­ther, actor Philip Salvador, ismarried,

Mrs. Aquino said she wouldforgive herdaughterand welcomeher grandchild but that she wouldnever accept Salvador. Mrs.Aquino was in the United Stateson Sunday.

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pointed out he was awaiting aposition paper from the CNMI902 representatives on the citi­zenship issue.

"GovernorTenorio' s represen­tatives and I agreed at our lastround ofconsultations in Decem­ber 1994 that once they completetheir position paper on the citi­zenship issue, I would prepare aresponsive position paper within30 days and we would meet againin Hawaii several weeks later toconclude our discussions," saidCohen.

"I remain committed to thatschedule and will prepare my re­sponse when I receive the Com­monwealth Representative'.s po­sition paper," the US 902 specialrepresentative said.

He stressed that thefederal gov­ernment remains firmly commit­ted to the 902 process and willcontinue to fully respect the time­table to which both sides havejointly agreed.

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The governor in 1994instructedhis 902 representatives Brenda Y.Tenorio and Vicente Salas to pur­sue the possibility of restrictingUS citizenship only to CNMI­born babies with at least onedocu­mented US citizen parent, appar­ently concerned about the fast ratenon-residentworkers intheCNMIhave been acquiring US citizen­ship for their children born here.

Saying he could not wait anylonger, Governor Tenorio said heplans on asking US Congress toamend the Covenant consistentwith his 902 proposal.

"If significant progress is notmade within a few months, I willsend legislation to the Legislatureto amend the citizenship provi­sions 'of the Covenant," said thegovernor in his address.

"When this is enacted, we willsend it to US Congress for actionto comply with the mutual con­sent provisions of the Covenant,"he added.

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902 process. The issues of citi­zenship and the resident repre­sentative are of great importanceto all residents of the Common­wealth," he asserts.

Section 902 of the Covenantprovides for regular consultationbetween the CNMI and the US onall matters affecting their rela­tionship.

Such consultation is to be pur­sued by special representatives ofboth the US President and theCNMI governor who will meetand consider issues in good faithfor the benefit pf both sides.

Tenorio in his annual addressrelated how disappointed, he wasat the pace of consultation undersection 902 of the Covenant al­though he pointed out he waspleased at how the CNMI 902representatives presented CNMIissues relating to citizenship is­sues.

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TERRIFIED passengers had tokick out a jammed escape doorto flee an Air Marshall Islandsairliner which made an emer­gency landing at Nausori airportin Fiji with one engine in flames,the Daily Post reported Friday.

None of the sixteen passen­gers or four crew membersaboard the stricken plane wasinjured.

TheBAe-748 turbo-prop planewasonaflightfrom Fiji to Tuvaluon Wednesday when it turnedback with one engine in flamesand made an emergency landingat Nausori which was put on RedAlert

Among the passengers whoescaped were Henry Naisali,former secretary general of theSouth Pacific Forum; Tuvalu'sminister for health, sports and

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Tafia said when the plane Ilanded the crew could not open !the emergency evacuation door \and he had to kick it out.

The 48-seater aircraft hadtaken off from Nadi at IO.OOamwith 20 passengers and crewaboard on what was tohave beena three-hour flight to Funafuti.But after half-an-hour in the air,the pilot called Nausori Airportrequesting emergency landing.Flames were shooting out of oneengine as the plane landed.

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By Rafael H. ArroyoVariety News Staff

PRESIDENT Bill Clinton's rep­resentative to the 902 consulta­tions, Edward B. Cohen on Fri­day reiteratedhis commitment tothe schedules involving the 902process, as agreed upon by boththe US and CNMI sides.

This was in response to a por­tion of Governor' Froilan C.Tenorio's May 23rd state of theCommonwealth address wherethe latter aired disappointmentover the lack of progress in the902 process on citizenship issues.

"I have just read a transcript ofGovernor Tenorio's state of theCommonwealth address andfound it interesting and provoca­tive," said Cohen in a press state­ment released through InteriorField Representative Jeff Schorr.

"I share Governor Tenorio'sdesire to see progress made in the

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'This reliance upon theJapaneseeconomy for tourism suffers there­fore from concentration risk, or inother words, too many eggs in onebasket," he said.

Inaddition toKorea,Eldon pointedoutthatTaiwanandHongkong mar­ketswouldappear to have potentialformaterial growth. Theawakeningof economic growth in mainlandChinaisalsoof vital importance.

"I would therefore be optimisticthat the success of Saipan's touristindustry is assured, andwill becomemorediverse andlessreliantupon theeconomic condition ofonecountry,"saidthe bankexecutive.

According to the latest rankings,HongkongBank is the largest finan­cialservices group in theworld Olit­sideof Japan,basedon total capitalbase. The bank is currently the fifthlargest company by capitalization tobe quoted on the U. K. stock ex­change.

Eldon explained they currentlybank out their office in Guam anumber of majormultinational com­panies which haveoperationsonbothSaipan andGuam.

Thernainreasonforhavingafluarnbranch,heexplainedisthatthebranchisasuccessfulpartoftheAsianopera­tions of the Group, and Asia is im­mensely important to them.

Saipanhasatropical island's geog­raphy and climateand most impor­tant, location-less than fourhourstravelling timefromthree ofthelarg­estcities inSouth EastAsia.

'These qualities havealready bcenused to great effect to attract highprofile foreign investment into thetourist industry," he said.

Someof thesequalities, headded,have also spawned foreign invest­mentinto asuccessful textiles indus­try,which servestoprovidetheCNMleconomy with valuable diversity.

In 1992, the Commonwealthwas at that time in the throes ofconsidering legislation to openup the local banking industry toforeign banks. .

The major rationale behind thisinitiative was the perception thatthe banking industry as it stoodthen, was not competitive, andthat this in tum was hindering theisland'sgrowth.

HongkongBank wasastrong sup­porterof the bill, realizing thepoten­tial ofSaipantoattract further foreigninvestment in the future.

"Extension is not a prudentmanagement decision to bemade. I have to honor what wehave agreed," he emphasized.

Jones underscored the im­portance of selecting the bestqualified person as early aspossible, citing that the posi­tion "deals with $32 millionin local taxpayers money,$11.8 million in US taxpayersmoney, 8,000 students, 1,162employees and 16 schools."

"These are the importantpoints that necessitate theplacement of contract. Exten­sion could only made if thereare no applicants," he said.

The vice chairman hinted heis impressed with the qualifi­cations of four applicants,three from tge CNMI and onefrom Hawaii.

fiably claim to be one of the majorsources of foreign investment intoSaipan, citing they currently havelent over $45 million into the localeconomy.

Sincethebankdoesnotcollect anydepositsherepresently, thelending istotally funded by borrowings fromwithin theirGroup,Eldon explained,

Majority of the money investedintotheisland islenttolocal business­menwhoare CNMIresidents.

'This money helps create localprofits thatremain onSaipanto helpfinance further projects," he said.

While reviewing the prospects ofSaipan with respect to opening abranch, Eldonnoteda slowdown inforeign investment growth inthelastthree years. •

He attributed two factors in suchslowdown-the "uncertainties" onissues on landownership, labor, andtaxes, andslowdown intheJapaneseeconomy.

"If investors are tohe encouraged,then it is important that these uncer­tainties are resolved ,LS quickly ;LS

possible,' Eldon said. "If this GUl heachieved. then the prospects for theCNMI must he bright."

With reg;u'ds toJapaneseeC\ JIll JIllY,theexccutive director saidtheslow­down has harmed thetourism indus­try. affecting U1e growth of touristarrivalsand the numberof develop-

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entire worldwide operation in De­comber this ye..'1f.

TI1e Hongkong and ShanghaiBanking Corporation Limited, ofwhich HongknngBank isamember,hasover3.000oftices in68countriesandassetsinexcessofS286.1 billion.

In 1993. HongkongBankreceivedapproval from the CNMI to com­mencebankingoperationsonSaipan.

Initially, thebankwill concentrateon corporate banking by providingbankingservicestothebusinesscom­muniryontheisland,Eldondisclosed.

As they are doing in Guam,HongkongBank willseek toprovidethevery bestservice available, fromflexible andfastlending decisions, toefficient remittanceservices,andfromproviding Hexagon electronic bank­ingservices, toproviding a thoroughunderstanding of foreign trade andforeign exchange.

Theexecutivedirectorstressedthatthe standard of service fromHongkong BankinSaipan should benodifferent from thatof HongkongBankinTokyo. Seoul,orHongkong.. "Saipan is increasingly lookingwest rather than east for its growth,andwearcideally situated toassistinthisgrowth," Eldon said.

Hes:lid HongkongBank canjusti-

der to have a smooth transi­tion if a new commissionerwiII be selected.

Quitugua explained he be­lieves there is a need for thecommissioner to at least workalongside with the new hiredindividual for a certain period.

The top PSS position will bevacant when Torres' contractexpires on July 30th.

Jones however, claimed heis in support only if Torreswill help the PSS in a differ­ent capacity but not as a com­missioner.

"We cannot have two com­missioners at the same time,"said the vice chairman."Maybe he can assist as a con­sultant or giving technical ad­vi se ."

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The Palauan dancers perform a cultural number during Saturday'sschool carnival at the San Vicente Elementary School.

Mount Carmel School President Sister Angela Perez (extreme right) leads dignitaries during Friday's groundbreaking ceremony for the new highschool building. The new facility is expected to be completed by April of 1996.

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BOARD of Education ViceChairman Dino Jones has ex­pressed opposition of extend­ing the contract of EducationCommissioner William S.Torres.

Jones pointed out that whatis important for the BOE is tobegin reviewing and inter­viewing the applicants for thetop Public School System po­sition.

Jones said the Board mustensure that a four-year-con­tract is in place by July 30th.

"To permit extension ofTorres' contract is not a pru­dent management decision,"the vice chairman told theVariety Friday in a telephoneinterview.

Jones nixes Torres extension

Seventh Day Adventist Church inFiji, PastorRoger Nixon, and he issupportedby twoseniordoctors, Dr.Sachida Mudaliar and Dr. 'MarySchram.

Last week, Australia's NorthernTerritory passed a bill in the stateparliament allowing voluntary eu­thanasia, believed tobethefirstsuchlegislation in the world.

Pastor Nixon said Euthanasiashouldnot be encouraged. He saidthatas a Christian he believed in the"sanctityof life."

Dr.Mudaliar, afonnerpresidentofthe Fiji Medical Association, saideuthanasia was"notanissueinFiji."He said there are no requests frompeople wanting to die because it isillegal inFijiandfamilysupportgiventoterminally-illpatients isverygood.

Dr.MarySchramm,aconsultantatSuva's ColonialWarMemorial Hos­pital,saidshedidnotbelieveinkillinganother person. Dr. Schramm saidshe would not supporteuthanasia...Pacnews

Many Fijians not infavor of euthanasia1HERE appears to be broadagree­mentin Fijithateuthanasia, theprac­ticeof bringing aboutpainless deathfor a person suffering from painfulandincurablediseases, should notbeconsidered as an alternate for incur­able illness, the Fiji TimesreportedTuesday.

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fensive against Sipuru in CentralBougainville to capture the cen­ter which isone o£ the many areasstill under BRA control....Pacnews

island.At the same time the two orga­

nizations say the Papua NewGuinea militarydestroyedtheboatused by the Solomon IslandsChristian Association (SICA) toferry urgently needed medicinesto Bougainville,

The boat was said to have justcompleted an emergencyrunwithmedicines through the PNGblockade from Solomon islandswhen it was spotted on the shoreby the military whodoused itwithpetrol and set it alight.

The incident occurred onWednesday near Koromira. TheBIG and BFM say the incidentillustrates themockeryof thePNGgovernment's pretence that it has.lifted the blockade of the island.

Meanwhile, they say the PNGmilitary is planning a major of-

Hijacker ofplane facesup to 14 yrsA YOUNG man who hijacked aplaneiPapuaNewGuinea's West­em Province two weeks ago isfacing a possible maximum jailsentence of 14years if convicted,the Post-Courier reported Thurs­day.

Police allege that the Mission­ary Fellowship Aviation Cessna206 was hijacked on May 18 on aflight from Tari to Kawito, whena lone passenger held a knife tothe throat of the pilot and forcedhim to divert to Talapa a remoteairstrip in Central province. Onlanding, the man got out of theplane and fled into thebush...Pacnews

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New Caledonia's Committeeagainst Tobacco, TuberculosisandRespiratory Diseasessays su­pennarkets, petrol stations andgroceryshops are free tosell ciga­rettes and there is no ban on salesto minors.

The comments were madeWednesday to coincide withWorld No-Tobacco Day.

In 1994 average cigarette con­sumption per adult in NewCaledoniawaseight perday,com­pared with six in France, but thecommittee says consumptiondropped nearly five percent lastyear.

Medical statistics show one­third of the 368 cases of cancer inthe territory last year were linkedto smoking...Pacnews

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promotea global view of thewarinthePacific. Theinstitute hasaninter­national flavor, including teachersfrom Japan and ~m the UnitedStates," he said.

'1 will have the responsibility oflecturing other professional educa­tors about Saipan and its role, bothhistorically and in today's world. Iwant to focus on social impact, andnotjust on history," Pecorella said.

'This institute will also help meprofessionally, as anyone whocom­pletes it will receive three graduatecredits fromtheUniversity ofMassa­chusetts," he said.

Pecorella has only been teachingUnited States history at MHS forabout one school year, but said he"lovesSaipanandplans tostay." Be­forethat, heearned hisB.S. Degree inEducation from the University ofBuffalo inNewYorkandspent sometimeteaching in theBuffalo area.

Saipan beckoned when Pecorellafound out about the opportunity towork where his father was alreadyworking. Dr.AlanPecorclla, adoctorat Saipan Health Clinic, has beenliving onSaipan forabout five years.

MIlS teacher selected for'War in Pacific' instituteMARIANAS HighSchoolhistoryteacher Marc Pecorella has beenchosenas oneof only25 peopleintheworldtoattendaspecialswnmerinstitute on the history of WorldWar II in thePacific region.

The institute, entitled, "TheWarinthePacific:HistoryandMemory",is beingsponsored by theNationalEndowmentfortheHumanitiesandthe Five College Center for EastAsianStudies.

Theswnmersessions, whichwillbe heldbetween July 16- Aug.9,1995,will beheldatSmithCollegeinNorthampton, Massachusetts.

Readings, discussion, lectures,videosandamuseumvisitwillallbepart of the institute's activities.

"I learned about the programthrough the PSScentral office. Toapply, I had to complete a longquestionnaireandanessay,explain­ingmyplansandabilities," Pecorellasaid.

"The goal of the institute is to

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themedicalstaff,wepayfortranspor­tationand local accommodations, "Mullersaidof the new agreement

An extradition cooperationtreaty was to have been signed,but there was not adequate time toformalize and sign the agreementon this trip, Muller said. It will besigned in the near future, he said.

ersinCanadawherestrippersarecalledto do "lap dancing" for a fee. Lapdancing, in which a nudestripper sitsandrubsherbodyagainst a customer.wasallowedbyajudgelastyear. How­ever.thegovernment is appealing thedecision.

Partof theConsulate's recommen­dation toManila isto personally inter­viewapplicants applying forpositionsdescribed as artistslperfonnerslenter­tainers to screen legitimate artistsfrom would be strippers. She saidthere is no direct-hire of strippersfromthe Philippinesto Canada.butsomeare recruitedfromothercoun­tries including Hong Kong.

She said scientific research onreefs was stilI needed, but that thefocus should be on managing thebehavior of people.

Experts have warned that half ofthe world's coral reefs may be de-stroyed the next 20 years. .

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A second agreement will pro­vide medical doctors, nurses andother health,staff of an as-needed

prohibited practices category of thePhilippineOverseas EmploymentAd­ministration (POEA). ButtheConsu­late said a number are able to slipthrough to Canada because the posi­tions aredescribed as artists/perform­ersor entertainers.

Recently the Consulate recom­mended to Manila to ban the recruit­ment of 100 so-called artists/perform­ersby M-eOR International Servicesandit, Canadian principal, Apollo '92Theatrical Services of Windsor,Ontario.

Prado said, "The sad truth is thatthese so-called artists/performerswillsurely endupa, exotic nudedane-

Pacific conference in RPsees consensus on reefsAN INTERNATIONAL conferencein the Philippines has agreed that thebest way to save the world's coralreefs is through management ofpeople rather than scientific re­search. Radio Australia reportedFriday.

The conference chairwoman,PeuepoleWensleyofAustralia,saidthis consensus has emerged amongdelegates at the meeting in the cen­tral city of Durnaguete.

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and a fishing agreement allowinglongliners to fish in the Marshalls ­two new agreements will bring thefirst Chinese grant to the Marshallsand increase the number of healthstafffromChinaworkinginMarshallIslandhospitals. according toMuller,who accompanies the President onhis trip.

"The Chinesewill be providing agrantof about$660,000 thatwill be

TIIE DEPARTMENTofForeign Af­fairs Friday (June 2) warned Filipinowomen against applying forpositionsin Canada described a, "artists, per­fanners or entertainers" which maytum out to be jobs for exotic nudedancing.

Consul Ruth Prado.officer-inchargeof thePhilippine Consulate General inToronto. reported that one Filipinoworking ata local stripjointtold CIVNews ona national newsprogram thatshedid notshewould beemployed asanexotic nudedancer.

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capability." he said. "It involves adifferent country."

A treatybetweenthe U.S. and theMarshalls guarantees the Marshallsquota-free exports to the U.S. oncertain types of garments, but doesnotprovidepreferential tax treatment.PRC companies. that are subject toquotas. seeexpandedaccesstoAmeri­can markets through the MarshallsIslands.

"We're movingforward,"Mullersaid, adding that while in Beijingrecently. President Kabua receivedassurancesfromthehighestlevelsofthe Chinesegovernment that the na­tional PRCgovernmentwillencour­agethestateorganization involvedinthe Marshalls garmentfactory to [)C­

solvetheissuessothattheprojectcanmove forward.

Fouragreements betweenthePRCand theMarshall Islands weresignedduring the trip, cementingthestrongrelationshipbetweentheworld'slarg­est countryand oneof the smallest.

"Relationswith the PRC are verygood." Foreign Minister PhillipMullersaid. "A lot is developing inthe relationship."

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Agarmentfactory built in Majuroisreadyforhandoverto theMarshallIslands. but difficulty in completingthetermsofajointventure agreementhas led the government to hold offaccepting the new plant, Foreign~1inister Phillip Muller said Thurs­day (June I).

Hesaidthata teamrepresenting rilegovernment's Marshall Island, De­velopment Authority will be travel­ing to Hong Kong in early June tomeet with Chinese officials in aneffort to ironout theagreement.

"Wewantto makesureeveryoneishappy before we accept rile build­ings."~ fuller said.

The main obstacle to signing thejointventureagreement isah';{ minuteChinese request for guarantees ofquotasand special accessto the L' .S,market,he said. "This is beyondour

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strongly applied, can never sub­due the basic human desire forfreedom," the Dalai Lama said,

Tiananmen Square wascrowded Sundaymorning,as it ismost every weekend, with pic­ture-taking tourists and kite-fly­ing families.

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and has become a big problem inSino-US relations," the officialEnglish language China Dailyquoted Ou Huarongof the Minis­try of Foreign Trade and Eco­nomic Cooperation as saying.

Also on Saturday, the DalaiLama, the exiled spiritual leader

In an unrelated incident, one ofDenny's assailants Antoine EugeneMiller, 23, was convicted by a juryFridayofbeing afelon inpossessionofafirearm and breaking the terms ofhisprobation.

Miller had been sentenced to twoyc<u~ and three months of probationafter pleading guilty to three crimesstemming from the riots: grand theftfor rilling through Denny's pockets,receiving stolen pro[Jt:lly. and felonyassuult.

Clinton again renewedChina'sMFN statuson Friday. A Chinesetrade official on Saturday calledthe annual wrangling over MFNstatus outdated and called onWashington to halt the reviews.

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than 2,000 people reportedly re­main imprisoned from the ensu­ing political crackdown.

Chen was convicted of being a"black hand" behind the massdemonstrations centered onBeijing's Tiananmen Square. Heserved part of a 13-year sentencebefore being released last year onmedical parole.

Last month, police warnedChen he would be sent back toprison if he signed any petitionsor open letters and told him not toleave his home.

Chinese authorities have de­fendedthisyear's detentions,say­ing all steps taken are within thelaw. The leadership also, main­tains that a hard line on dissent isnecessaryfor husbandingtheeco­nomic boom that benefits mostcitizens.

Human rights groups sayChina's suppressionofdissidents,Christians and Tibetans hasstrengthened, in part becausePresident Clinton last year re­moved improvedhuman rightsasa condition for granting Chinamost-favored-nation trading stu-

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Denny beating suspectconvicted of gun rapsLOSANGELES (AP)- Aman con­victed in the videotaped beating oftrucker Reginald Denny during thecity's 1992 riot,was found guilty ofcarrying agun inviolation of his pro­bation.

The footage of Denny beingdragged from his truck and beat un­conscious atan intersection wasone ofthe most inflamatory incident, duringthe riots that ravaged apoorsection ofLos Angeles inMay 1992, Dennywaslater rescued byonlookers.

Beijing dissident stages hunger strikeMONDAY, JUNE5,1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-II

By CHARLES HUTZLERBEllING (AP) - A dissident theChinese government accused ofmasterminding pro-democracydemonstrationsin 1989planned ahunger strike Sunday to mark thesixth anniversary of the militaryassault on unarmed protesters.The announcement by ChenZiming is the latest act in a waveof resurgent activism. But Chi­neseauthorities have been just asdetermined to quash dissent, de­taining about three dozen activ­istsnationwidein the weeks lead­ing up to the June 4 anniversary.

Ina letterreceived and releasedonSundaybytheNewYork-based

:sroup Human Rights in China,Chen said he would stage a 24­hqurfastbeginningjust after mid­night.

He called for the release ofpoliticalprisoners taken into cus­tody in 1989 and this year and ahalt to the surveillance and ha­rassment of their families.

Chen's act and its timing havesymbolic res-onance. Some stu­dents who took part in the 1989protestsat Tiananmen Square re­fusedto eat to try to persuade thegovernment to listen to their de­~ands for political reforms.

In the early morning hours ofJune 4, 1989,Chinese troops andtanks fought their way into cen­tral Beijing, slaughtering hun­dredsofunarmedprotesters.More

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expressed hopes that the presi­dency will indeed be given tohimby the delegates.

"I feel my experience as presi­dent ofthe Second ConCon givesme a better perspective than mostother members. Besides, I knowIcan workwith anybody,dealwitheverybody and lead the Conven­tion well," said Guerrero.

Accordingto Guerrero,hisstintas presidency of the last ConConhas given him insights as to whatis needed to be done by the ThirdConvention.

Heexpressed optimism that thecurrentConventionwilldobetterthanthelast

''1couldsaythecurrent scenario ismuch better. We have much morecapable andconscientious delegatesthistimearoundnot to mention thatwe are supported by a better staff,"saidGuerrero.

"Furthermore, we have a betterlegal team to help us. We are alsoprivileged to have wider supportfrom from government, the pri­vate sector and the general pub­lic," he added.

Meanwhile, ConCon insiderstold the Variety that shouldGuerrero be named as president,he willbe namingthreevicepresi­dents for each of the three majorislands of the Commonwealth.

Expected to be named vicepresidents are Delegates JustoQuitugua (lst VP, Rota), DavidQ. Maratita (2nd VP, Tinian)andFrances DLG. Borja (3rd VP,Saipan).SaipanDelegateJohnOliverDLR. Gonzales maybe named con­vention secretary.

The same sources also said theConvention has already agreed toform four substantive committeesnamely:

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tionof the said committees will beknown laterduring today's sessionafterwhich the Rules of Procedurewillalsogetvoted on.

The 19 delegates for Saipan areGuerrero, Camacho, Lifoifoi, Borja,Gonzales, EstherS. Heming,MarianAldan-Pierce, Bemadita T. Seman,Lillian A. Tenorio, JuanS. Tenorio,HelenTaro-Atalig,MarylouA.Sirok,Joaquin P. Villagomez, MarianoTaitano, Vicente Aldan, Donald B.Mendiola,TomasB.Aldan,DavidL.Igitol andFelixR. Nogis.

For Rota, the four delegates areHocog, Quitugua, Benjamin T.Manglona andTeresita Santos.

For Tinian, the delegates areMaratita, James M. Mendiola, JoeyP. San Nicolas and Henry U.Hofschneider.

DARLENE BASAUZAMA,dllughterofPedroSN.LiZIlTl/Il andMaria B. Lizama issponsored byDepartment of Public Works. ASenior at Marianas HighSchool;Darlene likes tolisten tomusic fJ1u1dancing. Her[uture goal is tofurtherhereducation

LERINA M. VILLAZON,daughter of .loseph AldanVillazon and Sbruc MongkeyaVillazon is sponsored by CrystalPalace. A Seniorat MarianasHigh School, Lerina enjoysdancing and playing baseball.Herfuture plan is tobeaflightattendant.

TEHANI-LIEMALIUSELEPEO KIRBY, MughterofJacques and Florence S. Kirby issponsored by tbeRefalawasch GolfAssociation. Tebani is currentlv1/ Senior at Marianas-Higl:School. He/' bobby is playin.v;t'ol/eybl/l/llddancing. Tebani sfuture goal is to bea pilot.

ANN CASTRO BORJA,dallgbterofEusebio C. Borja and.~[an;m1ta C. Borja isa Seniorat l'vIarianas Higb School. Annis sponsored by CommonwealthUtilities Corporation. Sbelovesto meet new people, dance, andbeinvolved inspOI1S. Herfuttl1'Cplansare to attend college, beastev.:ardess anda model.

set to dissolve today.But even if Guerrero is being

given the edge, Camacho couldprove predictions wrong, espe­cially since the election of presi­dent isdone through secret ballot­ing.

"Anything could still happen,"said Guerrero in a telepphone in­terview with the Variety Friday."It's prematureto sayI' 11 be presi­dent until the ballots are counted.Let's not count the chicks beforethe eggs are hatched," Guerrerosaid when asked about hischances.

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ber-delegateswhohave been par­ticipating in several recent cau-cuses. ,

Thereareatotalof27 delegates,19 from Saipan and four eachfrom Rota and Tinian. Only 14votes are needed for any candi­date to become president.

Guerrero is currently chairmanof the Pre-Convention Commit­tee which has been doing the nec­essary preparations for the con­vention proper. The Pre-Con is

apart from "corrupt lawmen,"are protecting sex peddlers.

"That is why many of them(sex peddlers) continue to plytheir nefarious with impunity.Apparently, they have no fearof being arrested by the po­lice," he said.

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SHARLEEN MENDIOLACEPEDA, daughter ofloaqllinCabrera Cepeda andMariaMendiola Cepeda issponsored bytheAmigosGolfClulJ. Sharleenis a studentat Marianas HighSchool. She loves to dance lindplay softball and' volleyball.Sharleen's future plan is tojointhe military.

MANDA CHARITYBINGKELANG, Mughter ofAnderson .\laep and jane C.BfTlf{e isa Junior at XlarianasHif{h School. ;\laT/da 101'/'.1 tolisten to music, dancing,reading, and playing baschall.Herfuture plansarc tofurtherher education, be a poiiticianand also has interests in hotelmanagement. Her sponsor isPena House.

ANTONETTE MARIEMATAGOLAI ARRIOLA,daughter ojAntonio A. Arriolaand Maria .\l. Arriola issponsored by o·J's Enterprise.Antonette ,'1ar'ic is currentlvattending .\lilriilnils Hig"hSchool. SI.1C loves toplavbascbal!and herfliturc endeavor is to bea doctor in the[ieldofmedicine.

peared."Worse, the NBI men did

not even bother to conduct anyfurther investigation, or atleast make a report thereof,"he said in a press statementaddressed to bureau chief An­tonio Aragon.

The bureau was not imme­diately available for comment.

A few years ago, authoritieslaunched a crackdown againstforeign pedophiles amid anuproar but the campaignseemed to have simmered.

Various groups have saidAustralian, European andNorth American pedophilesfind prey easily on children,both male and female, fromimpoverished rural families,hoping the foreigners wouldbail them out of poverty.

Herrera also alleged thatpowerful local politicians,

.' Food and 'Drink~ are soid from each ofthe booths located along ,. " . Beach Road from Susupe to Garapan. .'. • " J • '.

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. Filipino children for sex tothe United Kingdom.

Citing complaints reachinghis ofrice, Sen. ErnestoHerrera said some NationalBureau of Investigationagents, including a "rankingregional official," were "tip­pi;g off' the sex ring whoseactivities were being moni­tored by a citizens' group.

He said that when the groupasked an NBI team to helpthem conduct surveillance onthe "pedophile syndicate" op­erating in Manila andOlongapo, 80 kilometers (50miles) west of Manila, the sus­pects and the children disap-

RP senator says polIcebehind sex export ring

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1 OPERATION AGENT - College grad.,2 years experience. Salary; $4.00 perhour.Contact: AMBYTH SHIPPINGMICRONESIA, INC., P.O. Box 3681,Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 322-0970(6/19)M/19535.

1 LEGAL ASSISTANT - College grad.,2 years experience. Salary: $14.00 perhour. Must have graduated law schoolwith an LLB or JD Degree.Contact: DAVID A. WISEMAN dba Ser­vices Unlimited, P.O. Box 2607. Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No. 234-7520(6/5)M/2614.

1 DESIGNER (JEWELRY) - Highschoolequiv., 2yearsexperience. Salary: $2.75per hour.Contact: WAN YUAN JEWELRY(SAl PAN) INC., Caller Box AAA N-32B,Saipan. MP 96950. Tel. No. 235-7464(M/19542.

1 DELIVERER (DELIVERY MAN) ­High schooi grad .. 2 years experience.Salary: $2.75·S3.63 per hour.Contact: SAIPAN SU~JZEN CO., LTD.,P.O. Box 2561. Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.NO. 322-7857(6/5)M/19396.

1 CARPENTER - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2.75-$3.00per hour.1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2.75-$3.25per hour.Contact: TRANSPACIFIC CORPORA­TION dba Transpacific Construction,P.O. Box 756, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.No. 234-3181 (6/19)M/19537.

1 OPERATION MANAGER - Collegegrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $3.00­$5.50 per hour.Contact: 0 & S ENTERPRISES, INC.dba T-Shirt WorldfThe House Of CoralSango No IEfTiffany Saipan. P.O. Box5503 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.No. 234-7786(6/19)M/19539.

2 HEAVY EOUIPMENT MECHANICS12 HEAVYEOUIPMENTOPERATORS10 CABLE SPLICERS- High schoolgrad ..2 years experience. Salary: S3.00­56.00 per hour.Contact: KEY COMMUNICATION(SPN). INC .. P.O. Box 2273, Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No. 234-5819(6/19)M/19538

1 MANAGER, RESTAURANT -Collegegrad., 2 years experience. Salary:$2,500-S3,000 per month. Proficiencyin English and Japanese Language.1 JAPANESE CUISINE, ASSISTANTCHEF - High school equiv.2 years expe­rience. Salary: $6.94-$11.54 per hour.Contact: SAl PAN HOTEL CORP. dbaHafa Beach Hotel, P.O. Box 338, Saipan,MP96950. Tel. No. 234-6495 ext. B06(M/269B.

1 AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC - Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $600 per month.Contact: TABORA ENTERPRISES,INC. dba Saipan Car Care, P.O. Box1096, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234­5601 (6/19)M/19544.

2 BEAUTiCIAN - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2.75 per hour.Contact: AMPHEE INCORPORATEDdba Amphee's Beauty Shop, P.O. Box3257, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234­1196(6/19)M/19541.

1 CARPENTER - High school grad .. 2years experience. Salary: $2.75 per hour.Contact: JOSE T. TAROPE dbaChemiboy Enterprise, P.O. Box 1970.Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 235-2815(6/12)M/19484.

1 MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN - Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: S2.75 per hour. Plus S140 foodallowance per month.Contact: TROPICAL PLAZA. LTD., P.O.Box 5769 CHRB. Saipan, MP 96950.Tel. No. 322-099fl(6/12)M/2484.

2 UPHOLSTERERS - High school grad.,2 years experience. Salary: $2.75 perhour.Contact: PEDRO T. & MIRIAM BORJAdba P & M Enterprises, P.O. Box 302,Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 256-1442(6/12)M/19477.

1 ADM. ASSIST. SYSTEM / 0 & B1 SUPER ACCTG. INTL AVIA. BILL­ING1 ADM. ASSIST. SYSTEM/CNMI OP­ERATION- College grad .. 5 years expe­rienceinan oil company. Salary: $1,000­$1,800 per month. Full knowledge andproficient in utilizing JDE AccountingSystem and other computer softwarematerials. 5 years experience in impor­tation and exportation of petroleum prod­ucts.Contact: MOBIL OIL MARIANA is­LANDS, INC., P.O. Box EU, Agana.Guam96910. Tel. No. 234-7796(6/12)M/19485.

2 AUTO PAINTERS - High school grad.,2 years experience. Salary: S600-$BOOper month.2 AUTO BODY REPAIRERS (BODY &FENDER) - High school grad .. 2 yearsexperience. Salary: $2.75 per hour.Contact: KIM ENTERPRISES. INC. dbaAuto Repair Shop & Safety Insp .. POBox 1550. Sarpan. MP 96950 Tel No322-0469(6/12)M/19482

1 DECK ENGINEER - High school grad:and Marine Engineer College grad., 2years experience required in Marineengine operation and overhaul and deckseamanship. Salary: $1.500 per month.Contact: Captain Paul M. Irvin: SAl PANCREWBOAT, INC. Mailex 48B, P.O.Box 10005. Saipan. MP 96950. Tel. No.322-7346(6/12)M/19475.

1 TRAVEL COUNSELOR - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $480per month.Contact:NTAMICRONESIA&SOUTH­ERN PACIFIC TOUR dba Mach TourSaipan, c/o Saipan Grand Hotel, P.O.Box 369, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No.234-9309(6/12) M/19480.

2 COOKS - High school grad., 2 yearsexperience. Salary: $2.75 per hour.3 MAINTENANCE WORKERS - Highschool equiv., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $2.75 per hour.Contact: SOFIE B. DELA CRUZ dbaGintrex Enterprises, P.O. Box 7525,Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 233-3644(6/12)M/19478.

2 STOCKCLERKS6 MAINTENANCE WORKERS - Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $2.75 per hour.Contact: TIRSO J. ADRIATICO dbaMicronesia Woodcraft Ent., Inc., P.O.Box 2805, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No.235-7631 (6/12)M/19479.

10 CUTTERS, MACHINE10 MACHINE PRESSERS2 COOKS15 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKERS30 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS- High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $2.75-$3.00 per hour.2 ACCOUNTANTS2 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT3 MECHANICS (MAINTENANCE) ­High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $2.75-$7.50 per hour.10 SEWING SUPERVISORS - Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $2.75-$3.50 per hour.5 PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS ­High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $2.75-$4.00 per hour.Contact: MARIANA FASHIONS, INC.,P.O. Box 1417, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.No. 234-8607(6/5)M/19411.

1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2years experience. Salary: $900 permonth.Contact: NESTOR R. ABLOG dba Gen­eral Fashion Center, P.O. Box 1447,Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234-7539(6/5)M/19405.

1 AUTO MECHANIC2 AUTO BODY REPAIRER - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $2.75per hour.Contact: STO. NINO ENTERPRISES,INC., P.O. Box 1447. Saipan, MP 96950Tel. No. 235-0684.(06/05)M/19408

1 MARINE ENGINEER - College grad.,2 years experience. Salary: $829.33 permonth.Contact: CLEW ENTERPRISES, INC.dba Saipan Launch Service, P.O. Box5147 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.No. 322-0608(6/5)M/2615.

1 ACCQUNTANT - College grad., 2years experience. Salary: $1,390 permonth.Contact: JETOUR SAl PAN INC., P.O.Box 860, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No.234-6152(6/5)M/19413.

1 CIVIL DRAFTER - College grad .. 2years experience. Salary 5695 per hour.1 DRAFTER1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ­College grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $3.30 per hour.Contact: HENRY K. PANGELINAN &ASSOC., INC., P.O. Box 1531, Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No. 234·5236(6/5)M/19404.

1 TOUR COUNSELOR/COORDINA­TOR - Hi~:l school grad .. 2 years expe­rience. Salary: $480 per month.Contact: NTA MICRONESIA& SOUTH­ERN dba Mach Tours Saipan, P.O. Box369, Saipan, MP 96950. (6/5)M/19402.

1 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC ­High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $3.00 per hour.2 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS- High school grad .. 2 years experience.Salary: $3.50-$3.75 per hour.1 WELDER/COMBINATION - Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $3.50 per hour.Contact:CMGENERALFABRICATOR,INC., P.O. Box432, Saipan, MP 96950.Tel. No. 322-5203(6/5)M/19403.

1 FRONT OFFICE MANAGER - Col­lege grad .. 2 years experience. Salary:$2,000-$3,000 per month.1 FRONT DESK CLERK - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $800­$1.500 per month.Contact: CHANGSHIN RESORTSAIPAN CORP. dba Hotel Riviera Re­sort Saipan, Caller Box AAA928. Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No. 235-2111 (6/12)M/19483.

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1 GENERAL MANAGER-College grad.,2 years experience. Salary: $1,500 permonth1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2years experience. Salary: $900 permonth.Contact: PHILIPPINE EAGLE CORPO­RATION, P.O. Box 1900, Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 28B-0928(6/12)M/19486.

1 OPERATION MANAGER - Collegegrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $1 ,000per month.Contact: MARCELINA B. ERMITANIOdba AJ'S Enterprises, P.O. Box 793,Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 235-2229(6/5)M/19410.

Brittan, Vice President of theEuropean Commission, who willhave an audience with EmperorAkihito. The group also plans tomeet Prime Minister TomiichiMurayama, Foreign MinisterYohei Kono and other officials.

The corporate leaders are ex­pected to discuss possible busi­ness with Japanese counterpartsat a time when the United States isthreatening Japan with trade sanc­tions for failing to import enoughautos and auto parts. A separateUS-Japan feud over airline rout­ing also may cause the two sidesto slap sanctions 011 each other.

Both sides are preparing autocases against each other at theWorld Trade Organization.

In April, Japanese exports tothe European Union amounted tonearly $ 6.3 billion, up 20 percentfrom the same month last year.April imports from the EU surged42 percent to almost $ 6.3 billion,according to Japanese figures.

or prostitutes for front-line WorIdWar II Japanese soldiers.

Many Koreans, especially theelderly, still' harbor ill will to­wards Japan, and certain importsfrom Japan are illegal.

The main coalition partner ofWatanabe'sparty,theSocial Demo­craticParty, hascalledfor a govem­ment resolution to apologize forJapan's colonial rule and "war ofaggression," but the LDP objects tothe wording,saying it would insultfamilies of Japanesewar veterans.

Asiannationswhichweresubjectto brutal Japanese rule before andduringthewar-particularlytheKoreasandChina - havebeen watching theJapanese debate over the resolutionto see whether Japan will expressremorse for itsactions.

ers arrived in Tokyo Sunday on afour-day visit.

The group from II Europeancountries is led by Sir Leon

colonial rule were written,"Kyodo News Service quotedWatanabe as telling a meeting ofhis Democratic Liberal Party Sat­urday.

His comments came a day af­ter talks among his party and thetwo other ruling coalition partiesbroke down over whether toapologize for Japan's actions be­fore and during World War II,including a debate about whetherto refer to "colonization" of partsof Asia.

During its rule of Korea, Japanbrutally suppressed the Koreanculture and language and forcedKoreans to take Japanese names.

Tens of thousands of Koreanswere sent to Japan and other partsof Asia to work as forced laborers

Adela Ileyes San Nicolas(Adelan Julio)

We, the family of the late Adela R. SanNicolas would like to invite our relatives andfriends tojoin us for the Fourth Anniversary Ro­sary of our beloved mother & grandmother

beginning Monday, June 5, 1995.Nightly Rosary will be saidat 8:00 p.m. at Joseph R. San Nicolas

(son) residence in Chalan Kanoa Dist. # 3.On the final day Tuesday, June 13, 1995 Rosary will be said at 12:00

noon.Mass of Intention will be offered the same day June 13, 1995,

5:00 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Cathedral, Chalan Kanoa, Saipan. (£~Dinner will follow immediately at her son's residence in lt~Chalan Kanoa Dist. " 3. M~Please joinus in prayers. . (1'''''1.'.'

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ED leader arrives in JapanTOKYO (AP) - Seeking to cutsome deals while Japan and theUnited States bicker over trade, agroup.of European business lead-

European Union Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan, Jeft, laughs during the annual ministerial meeting ofthe 25-nation DECO summit in Paris as he looks at a photo taken by Japanese Trade Minister RyutaroHashimuto. right, showing Brittan and U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. on a boat. (AP Photo)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ­South Korea on Sunday de­nounced former Japanese For­eign Minister Michio Watanabefor allegedly denying that Japancolonized the Korean peninsula.

"We cannot suppress nationalanger over the reckless remarks,"ForeignMinistryspokesman YooGwang-suk said in a statement."It is an indisputable historicalfact that Korea was annexed toJapan against its will."

Japan ruled the Korean penin­sula as a colony in 1910-1945.Watanabe reportedly said Koreawas annexed under a treaty Ko­rean leaders signed willingly in1910.

"It was a treaty fanned peace­fully, in which no words about

Dangkulo na si yu'us rnu'asc.Ginen i familia.

VILLAGOMEZ

Th e family of the late Vicente A. Sablan cordiallyinvites all relatives and friends to join us and share

our prayers in rnernorv of our beloved one for thecommemoration of his Fifth Anniversary Rosary.

Rosary will be said nightly at 8:00 p.m. heginningTuesday, May 30, 1995 through June 6, 1995 at theresidence of the ~'1/M Crispin M. Sablan located in

Dandan.Final Rosary will he saiJ at 12 noon on June 7 and

Mass of Intcntim"\ will offcrc\.\ in the cve n iru; ~\t SanVicente Church at 6:00 rU T\ .

Our nppreciat ion dinner will he sen'ed at ~v1/\1

Crispin \1. Sablan's residence tdll)wing the ~bss.

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~ Carmen Santos '~~ Reyes j• •· .~ .• •• DO ~ Jon 1R. 1'111 _Ai" . ·~ ;;:,;~::~,;";,;;:~;:;::';:~O::; ;;'::) ~... ~• I·

o She now joins her family: •o Her Hushand' bteh,ln Alif; Rl'yes 0

: Parents: lo,e Matern; Santo,. Mafl,llait"ino S,mlos :G Brothl'rs: Vicente & lose 1. Santo, •• SISters: Ignacia T. Santos, [ranCisea S. l'angl'ltrlan 0

• Daughter: Maria-Elisa Reyes Cama( ho •o Grand Daugther: Janice M. Reyes •

: She is Survived by Children and Spouse: :• Maria Elisa R Camacho (dec) & Pedro and Jeanette r.arnarho •

: Raymond and"Maria San NicolasReyes (Guam) Antonio and Isabell.l Man,llo R('Y[~S,:• David and Dolores Reyes, Diana and Joseph Sas.imoto (Cal if.). •• Juanand Florenrina Mendiola Reyes, Virginia and David f),lil, •• Manuel and Adora R. Reyes, Lillian and Inrnas M;ltSUIl.lga. •• Edward and Judy Demapan Reyes, Andrew S. Reyes •• Esteban Jr. and Bernadita Igisiar Reyes, WiliiamReyes and lrone Iudula. •• Florence and George Fleming [r. Richard 5 Reyes . •• •• Sisters: Rosalia Santos Cepeda (Tomas) 0

• Maria Santos Salas (Alanacio dec.) 0

• 0• 47 Grandchildren:, 12 great-Grand Children •• Additionally survived by numerous Aunl, Uncle, Nieces & •

• Nephew & God Children •• •• Rosary is being said nightly at 8:00 p.m. at their home in Tun Herman Pan 0

• Road in Dandan. Last Respect may be paid on Tuesday [unc 6, 19'J5 starting al •• 8:00 a.m. Catholic Funeral Mass will be offered at 4:00 pm. at the Catholic •• Cathedral Chalan Kanoa Church, Burial will follow at Chalan Kanoa. ~• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 •••••••••

Ji/lli cftnnivel'sQry &OSQry

Vicente A, Sablan

We, the family of the lateRomana Lizarna VillagomezWould like to invite all ourrelatives and friends to join us L-_. ---'

for the First anniversary Rosary of our beloved. BeginningThursday June 08,1995.

Nightly rosary will be said at 8:00 pm at th~ family's residencein Marpo Valley, Tinian on the final day, Friday, l.une 1.6,1995rosary will be said at 12 :00 noon. Mass ,?f !ntentlon will beoffered at b:OO pm at San lose Church, Tinian.

Dinner VI/ill follow immediately at the family's residence in~~Marpo Valley, Tinian.m Please join Us in Pr~~er Thank-You ~"l~ the Families ~~

. (Batltang)

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSNMC RFP 95·129

A. CALL TOORDERB. ADOPTION OF AGENDAC. ADOPTION OFTHEMINUTES: May 17, 1995

1. Sakovich HearingD. REPORT OFTHEHEARINGE. REPORT OF THE LEGAL COUNSELF. REPORT OFTHE ADMINISTRATORG. CORRESPONDENCEH. OLD BUSINESS

1. CPA - Update2. Commonwealth Credit Union - Update3. Fund's OHice Building· Update4. WCC - Proposed Regulations5. Resolution6. I.A. Sablan - Decision7. Adoption ofAmendments 10 Rulesand Regulations· Part4

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K. NEXT MEETINGL. ADJOURNMENT

Northern Marianas College reserves the right to reject any or allproposals for any reason and to waive any defects in proposals ifdetermined by the College to be in its best interest, All proposals shallbecome the property of the NMC.

The NMI Retirement FundiWorkers' Compensation Commission will hold its regularmeeting onWednesday, June 7,1995, at 6:00 p.m. in the Fund's Conference Room,located onthefirst floor ofthe Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan. Interested persons arewelcome toattend. For more information, please call 234-7228.

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COMPREHENSIVE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A REGIONALTOURISM LEARNING CENTER

PUBLIC NOTICE

Northern Mariana College (NMC) is soliciting competitive sealedproposals from qualified parties to compile, analyze, interpret, anddevelop a physical, legal, and financial written feasibility study of aRegional Tourism Learning Center to be located on the As TerlajeCampus, Saipan.

Proposals must be submitted in sealed envelops marked NMC RFPNo, 95-129 to the NMC Procurement and Property ManagementOHice, P.O. Box 1250, Saipan, MP 96950 at the above location, nolater than 4:00 p.m., Friday, June 23,1995. Proposers will be notifiedof seleption decision no latter than two (2) weeks after the aboveclosing date. Copies of the RFP Guidelines and additional information'may be obtained from Malinda S. Matson at telephone number (670)234-5498 ext. 1030 or fax number (670) 234·0759

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Leading by eight points, Iglesiasended the game with a three-pointera couple of feet from the back of thecourt with ease.

The defeat was the first for theSNE/FT team in the playoff series.

KathrynSinclaire, 34,wonthe30 to39bracketwitha recordof57 minutesand 50 seconds, while Burr won theopen category.

In the male division, ThomasGipson, 24, ruled the open categorywith a record of 58 minutes and 8seconds; Lorenzo Divino, 30, cap­tured the 30 to 39 age bracket in 55minutes and 17 seconds; DanielLamar completed the the race forthe 40 to 49 age bracket in I hour,5 minutes and 2 seconds; whileRon Smith, 58 finished the eventfor the 50 to 59 age group in 50minutes and 51 seconds. (See tablefor complete results).

Proceeds of the $2 entry fee willbe donated to the CNMI Track andField Federation, SDA Clinic stafferErnie Lacoste said.

1.ErnieVillarinofFun & Gameswon

Budweiser'sMaleBowlerofthe Weekwith a 674 high series with handicap.

Irma Torres of Chern/Owens wonBudweiser's Female Bowler of theWeek with a 647 high series withhandicap.

Inaddition,winnersofWhimsy giftcertificatesfor rollingfour strikesin arow were Med Magtipon and PabsAmog of Mark Shark, and ErnieVillarinof Fun & Games.

PBA/Budweiser 13th SeasonStandings As of Week # 15·June 3, 1995

Team Win Loss Pct GB PinsFun &Games 400 200 .667 44102Budweiser 390 210 .650 1 43391ChBm/Owens 340 260 .567 6 34230Magnolia Ice Cream 32.0 280 .533 8 43245CS.Colls 310 290 .517 9 43270Marpac Ice Draft . 30.0 30.0 .500 10 40718RP Enterprise 280 32.0 .467 12 42693Taxi 27.5 32.5 .458 121/2 43114Mark Shark 270 330 .450 13 43216RB Electrical 24.5 355 .408 151/2 43210R.V. Enterprises 240 36.0 .400 16 42482

CMSlnc. 210 39.0 .350 19 42429

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Althoughthird in the mixed overallstanding, Robb's record placed him .second in the male division,followedin thirdby Ronald Dimaun, 27, whocompletedtheevent in49 minutesand51 seconds.

WithBurron topof the femaledivi­sion, Patricia Halsell came in secondplace with a recordof 54 minutesand28 seconds. Halsell, 38, bested thirdfemale finisherLynn Corolla,40,by aminuteand 29 seconds.

CategorywinnersAudreySmith,56,dashed the finish

line after I hour, 8 minutes and 57seconds in the female 50-and-aboveage category.

Corella's record also edged ChrisSantos' 58 minutes and 10 minutestime tocapturethe female40 to 49 agebracket.

games, 951-855, 974-937, and 1001­978.-

DaniloRobles,BenBenig,andWillyEgipto led C.S. with series scores of581,532and506,respectively. DongEparwa led Magnolia with a 545series, but did not get support fromhis teammates in fighting off theColts' assault.

In other games, Taxi blankedRP Enterprises, 4-0 and RB Elec­trical upended R.V. Enterprises, 3-

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Surprisingly, lady bowler IrmaTOIre; outscored her male teanunatestoleadChern/Owenswitha509 series.Ontheotherhand,Monching Angelesrolled a strong 562 series to lead thelosers,

C.S. Colts swept Magnolia IceCream,4-0, and climbed up the stand­ingsin fifth place,nine games behind.

2, Spraying with weed ki Iler for adistance of at least two feet on both sides of all exterior fencing.Any and all ~h.e~lcals to be used must be certified and approved by the Environmental Protection Agency andthe CNMI DIVISion of Environmental Quality. Bidders shall submit alisting of proposed chemicals intendedto be used.

3. In addition to the five miles of perimeter and interior fencing an additiona/355 715 square feet ofarea must also be maintained. "

All bids shall be ~ade i.n accordance with this notice to bidders, and the specifications of areas to be maintained,and, contract on file With the ,Deputy Director,. Mr. Jose B. Aldan at the Saipan International Airport FencingMaintenance Contract. All bids must be received by the CPA on or before the above stated time and date.

Bids shall be opened by the Executive Director of the CPA at the closing time and dated above and shallremain on file until afinal contract is entered with the lowest successful bidder.

The Commonwealth Ports Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids pursuant to CPA ProcurementRules and Regulations Section 3.2(7).

/s/ JOSE B. ALDANActing Executive Director

AMENDMENT TO NOTICE TO BIDDERSFENCING MAINTENANCE CONTRACT

Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) 01 the Commonwealth of the NorthernMariana Islands is soliciting bids from qualified individuals or business to maintain the exterior fencing atand surrounding the Saipan International Airport. The CPA shall received sealed bids at the Office of theCommonwealth Ports Authority at the Saipan International Airport until 4:30 p.m. on June 2, 1995.

The perimeter and interior fencing to be maintained extends a distance of approximately five miles andmaintenance shall be performed at teast every month and shall include at aminimum:

1. Moving of all grass and weeds for a distance of at least two feet on both sides of all exteriorfencing,

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I-mileage categorywinnersThe top femalerunner in the 40-49

category was 40-year-old RebeccaTalon.Her time was 17minutesand 3seconds.

DerlyFodra,33,shinedinthe30-39fernalecategorywithanidentical recordwithTalon,

Rebecca Holtry, 25, ruled the fe­male open category (13:10), whileKimberly Bentjen wonoverother run­ners in the 16-underage group.

With Gilman and Justin Pierce aswinners inthemaleopenand 16-undercategories, respectively,GlennBentjen,36,toppedthemale30to39bracket(9minutes, I second).

Dick Pierce was the sole runner toyin the40-49 male age bracket.

Malabed, who placed thirdoverall,bested AlexBUIT inthemale59-abovecategory.

Overall Io-K eventThe lO-K event re-lived the

Tagaman"Triathlon results two weeksearlier.

Like in the Tagarnan, Smith andSusan Burrrespectively ruled the 10­K Smile Run's maleand femaledivi­ions.

Smith, 38, edged Burr. 25, in theoverall by 4 minutesand 42 seconds.Hecompleted the race in 38 minutesand 32 seconds, while Burr finishedthe event in 43 minutes and 14 sec­onds.

Darrel Robb, came in third with arecord of 47 minutes and 57 seconds

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By Stella Wilder

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point, 2830-2802. Boy Reyes couldnotduplicate hisbrilliantgamecffsllin Budweiser's previous outing andhadtosettlefora497series, whichledBudweiser'sscorers.

Meanwhile, Chern/Owensjumpedto third place by beating MarpacIceDraft,3-1.Chern/Owensplayedstrongfirstand thirdgameswinning994-890and 1019-991 to win the series point,2880-2802. IceDraftprevented beingshut-out with a victory in the secondgame,92I-867.

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.Glenin eightplace,by3 seconds."""The younger Bentjen completedtheeventin 8 minutes and 58 sec­onds,whileher fathercamein nextwitha recordof 9minutes andonesecond.

Kimberly Bentjen's time' alsobestedthefemale16-and-lIndercat­egory,

Thesecondfemalefinisher wasJill Pierce. She clocked9 minutesand 22 seconds, 2 minutes and 23seconds ahead of youngest com­petitor and third female finisherLaurenHartshorn.LaurenHartshorncompleted the event in 11 minutes

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Mona Palacios who fouled out inthe game. Thelma Flores, BlecilleJardinico, and Keyzia Madluktcombined 18 points.

In the second game, Bud Lightcharted the outcome of the gameearly in the first half by closing thetop of the game with a comfortable9-point margin, 41-32.

The SNEIFT team tried to have agood start in the first half. But keyshots by Bud Light's LloydHartman from the field and the restof the team's offensive play andfoul-baiting ball handling spelledthe difference in the first half.

Bud Light posted 7 points fromthe foul line but its lead could havebeen even wider in the first half ifall 12 free shots were converted.

Magcalas, Ed Casino, andLizama tried to stage a rally in thelast half, but theshooting prowess

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witnesses' accounts indicated iluuHamel could not have avoided theaccident. It was not immcdi.uclyknown whether an)' charges wiIIbe filed against the motorist.

The l'xcnt Saturday was the261h running or the O'T-ro:ld racefor cars and mOf(;rcyck's, whichhegins on a slrl'lch or puvcd roadand eventually winds over theruggL'd Baj:l lL'rrain. '

team's'68-point total.As Unified tried to pull away in

the first half, Magofna convertedthrice from outside and a jumperfrom the field, while Valerie Will­iams, Jovie Omar, and BrendaHaddoxconnected 17points to keepUnified within rally distance.

OmarandWilliams led their teamto catch up with the Unified team inthe second halI'but Bingham' s ac­curate shots from the stripe andfrom the field kept Bud Dry at bay.

Bingham unleashed 21 points inthe last half, four of them out offour tries from the foul line.

Top scorers for Bud Dry were:Magofna 18 points, Williams 16points, and Omar had 15 points.Haddox, EmyQuitugua, and JennyGermance combined 14 points.

Top scorers for the Unified teamwere: Bingham 31 points andNgirmidol 20 points.

2 tiewith last-placed CMS.The Beermenfieldedbowlerswith

high handicapin an attemptto mini­mize theCMS bowlershigherhandi­cap. The strategy appeared to havepaidoffas BudweiserroutedCMS inthefirstgame,982-906. But that wasallforBeermenastheywentcoldinthesecondandthird games.CMScapital­ized on thisand went on to win, 922­937and 926-959.

However, Budweiserescaped de­featastheirbigmargininthefirstgamewas enough to give them the series

39, 40 to 49, and 50-year-old andaboveage brackets.

Male l-Mile eventTwentyseven-year-oldGilmanhad

JustinPierceas his closestcontenderfor top honors in the men's I-mileevent

Pierce's showingalso toppedboththemaleandfemale16-and-undercat­egories.. GilmanedgedJustinbyoneminute

and thirteen seconds. Gilman com- /......pleted the race in 6 minutes and 22 ­

seconds, whilePiercedashedthroughthefinish line after7 minutes and 35seconds.

Comparing hisagewithhis closestrivals,basketballreferee.lesslvlalabed,50,cameinstrongasthirdoverallafter7 minutes and51 seconds.

Female I-mile event

TAGAMANveteran StuartSmithbested 21runners inthe 1Q-kilome­terrunwhilefzicGilmantopped26runners in conquering thenne-milefunrun bothsponsoredb~ theSev­enth Day Adventist-yesterday inGarapan. .-

Despite themorning drizzle, tenfemale and 12 malerunners com­peted in the 1Q-K runthatstretchedupto theAmerican Memorial ParkfromQuartermaster Road.

Fourteenmaleand13femalerun­nersjoinedthe l-rnilefunrun.Bothrunsstarted and endedat the SDAClinic.

Therunners in bothevents com­peteq foroverall honors, maleandfemale divisionoverall records, andtheir age brackets which included16-and-under, opencategory, 30to

ENSENADA, Mcx ico (AP) ­Five-time Baja champion DanuyHamel was killed Saturday W!JL'1lhis motorcycle collided with thecar of a motorist who strayedonto the race course, Hamel'steammate said.

Hamel, 23, of [1ouldcr City.Nevada, was In kilometers (10miles) into the Baja SOO and illthird place when a car driven byan unidentified driver turnedsuddenly onto the paved section

UNIRED team defeated Bud Dryla­dies quintet. while BudLightwonoverSNEJFT inthe Lite Basketball Leagueplayoff games, Thursday at the AdagyminSusupe.

Unified team defeated Bud Dry inthe openerby 5 points, 68-63, whileBudLight downed SNEJFT byelevenpoints, 92-81.

Intheopenermatch, Unifiedgainedan upper-hand in thesecond halfbyclosing the top of thegame witha4­point advantage, 32-28.

Bud Dry's Brigid Magofnasparkled at the rainbow area withfiveconversionsspreadin thegame.but her performance was overshad­owed by Unified's Hui Binghamand Nally Ngirmidol.

Although Bingham andNgirmidol earned no points frombeyond the perimeter, the two play­ers powered their team to victoryby combining 51 points out of the

Unified, Bud Light post win in Lite cage playoffs

F&G attack and the champs won,1004-%9.

VilIarin led Fun& Games scorerswith.a 587 seriesand was ably sup­portedbyTeamCaptainZapanta,TanandCabigaowithseriesscoresof570,559 and545, respectively.

On the-other hand,Team CaptainMando Guban, Pabs Amog, MedMagtipon, and NestorHopilosrolledseries scoresof560,536,509 and502respectively.

Heavily-favoured towin thegame,Budweiserplayedtoanunexpected 2-

Burr. Bentjen top female runners -.'

Smith, Gilmanrule 10-I(, J-mile Smile Run

bowling tokeepMarie Shark's attackatbay.FmieVilIarinandRosszapantarolled211 and 205 games to pull thechamps to a 1018-1014 squeakerinthe firstgame.

In the secondgame,Villarin, ReneCabigao, and Jeny Tan combined to

.give F&G the win, 1024-998, outdo­ing Pabs Amog and MandoGuban's211 and 199gamesfor theSharks.

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DEFENDING champion Fun &Games regained thelead in thePBAIBudweiser BowlingLeague as theyshutout Mark Shark, 4-0, in the re­surnption of play last Saturdayat theSaipan Bowling Center.

Erstwhile leaderBudweiser, on theotherhand.was forcedintoa 2-2tiebycellar-dweller CMS, a news releasefrom theleague said.

Fun & Games played excellent

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Seventh Day Adventist CliniclO-K 1 -mile Smile Run results,

Name Age F/M Time Event Frisby, ROXie 26 F1:0502 10KGilman. EriC 27 M 622 1-M Lamar, Daniel 43 M1:05:02 10KPierce. Justm 13 M 735 1-M Corpero. Myer 29 M1:0702 10KMataWl. Jess 50 M 751 l-M Smllh. Audrey 56 F1.0857 10KWon, Oh lee 28 M 801 l-M Samelo, LUIS M 35 M116.45 10K&le, Jong 29 M 809 l-M verzon, Rolly 35 M 1.1646 10KHardt. Josh 10 M 844 l-M O'hara, Kathy 26 F11709 10K8enlj€n, Kimberly 12 F 858 1-M DewIII, LOIS 31 F ONF 10K8entJ€fl, Glenn 36 M 901 l-M OPfIlPierce, Jill 10 F 920 1-M Burr.Susan 25 F 4314 10KCreet,Oavld 36 M 944 l-M Frrsby, ROXie 26 F10502 10KPlerce,O,c' 49 M 951 1-M O'hara, Kathy 26 F11709 10KBurr.Alex 63 M 958 1-M 30-38Kartshorn, Lauren 7 F 1143 1-M Dewln.Lois 31 ONF 10KHardl, Auslin 8 M 1/12 l·M Sinclair,Kathryn 34 5750 10KGalrndez, Glr~:la 49 F 1224 1-M Pierce.Caol 37 5625 10KBentjef1, Diane 43 F 1234 l·M Halsell,Patrlcla 38 5428 10KHoltry, Rebecca 25 F 1310 1-M 4jH8Hernandei, Judy 25 F :3.33 1-M Corella. Lynn 40 55.57 10KPayaban, Ruel 31 M 1340 1-M Sanlos,CIIIIS 5810 10KFocra. Jesscm,e 25 F 1357 1-M 5D-AboveBentjen, Kent 10 M 1431 1·M Smlth,Audrey 56 F10857 10KVan taren Amanda 15 F 1558 1·M OpenTalon,Rebecca 40 F 1703 1·M Gipson, Thomas 24 M 5808 10KFodra, Derly 33 F 1703 1-M Manaslerll.Taher 25 M 5750 10Kllaldt. Carmen 33 F 1915 l·M Hernandez, Rick 25 M 5527 10KHartshorn, Denise 40 F 1915 1-M O,maun, Ronald 27 M 49:51 10KVan Lanen, Ryann 12 M 19.42 1-M Corpero, Myer 29 M 10735 10K

3Il-38SITllth, Stuart 36 M 3832 10K Smith, Sluart 36 M 3832 10KBurr,Susan 25 F 4314 10K Robb, Darrell 37 M 4757 10KRobb,Oarrell 37 M 47:57 10K Divino, Lorenzo 30 M 5517 10KDimaun, Ronald 27 M 4951 10K Sameto,LUls M 35 M 116:45 10KSmith, Ron 58 M 50:51 10K Verzon, Rolly 35 M 11646 10KHatsell, Patricia 38 F 54:28 10K 4{H(jDivino, Lorenzo .'lO M 55:17 10K Larnar, Daniel 43 M 105.02 10KHernandez, Riel< 25 M 55:27 10K 1lO-5iCorella, Lynn 40 F 55:57 10K Smith,Ron 58 M, 50:51 10KPielce, Carol 37 F 56:25 10K 16-UnderSinclair, Kalhryn 34 F 57:50 10K Pierce, Justin 13 M 7:35 1-MManasterll, Taher 25 M 57:50 10K Hardt, Josh 10 M 8:44 1-MGipson, Thomas 24 M 58:08 10K Hardt. Austin 8 M 12:12 1·MSames, Chris F 58:10 10K Benljen, Kenl 10 M 14:31 1-M

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