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?√ß ^ Ib Ws3d,TPige Jmnocraey Study says that while democracy is expanding, progress of human rights doesn't keep pace Nakamura intends to prosecute Palau officials connected with Ting Hong bribery case. < ?√ß Jan. 2 deadline: Borja tells commission 850 of 9,366 applicants have paid $50 fee By ADRIENNE LQERZEL Daily News Staff Thousands of applicants for leases from the Chamorro Land Trust Commission will be out of luck if they do not pay the $50 ap- plication fee soon, Land Trust Di- rector Joe Boija said yesterday. ?╟úIf they don?╟╓t pay within 30 days, they are taken off the list,?╟Ñ Boija said. During the com- mission?╟╓s first meeting since the applica- tion period opened on Dec. 2, Boija told commissioners that 9,366 applications have been submitted for land trust proper- ty ?╟÷ but only 850 applicants have paid the fee. Although the commission did not accept the application fee with the application forms, Bor- ja said applicants are responsible for paying the $50 fee within 30 days of turning in their forms. Boija said the majority of ap- plicants submitted forms on the first day of the application peri- od, so they must pay the $50 fee by Jan. 2. Any applicants who missed the deadline for the fee would then have to reapply* he said, and would be assigned a new umber and place in line. Boija told commissioners that LANDFILL BREAKDOWN - Yon. business owner, Jerry Pocaigue sorts through the Malojloj The Mak?╜ 18 California police investigate *94 slaying of freed Guam ?╟ ice?╟╓ suspect?╟╓s daughter Bv BERNADFTTP STBDMB nnn^tL^J_,?╟≤ - V :;- . . "S* LAND, Page 4 By BERNADETTE STERNE Daily News Sta ff California police have not yet solved the drug-related slaying of the daughter of a Guam man arrested this weekend in con- nection with drugs. Anaheim, Calif., police officials said yesterday that the body of Sherri Cabaccang was found on June 21,1994. Police said no ar- rests have been made and it ap- pears that drugs were a motive in the shooting death. No other in- formation on the California homi- cide was available yesterday. Her father, 43-year-old Roy T. Cabaccang, of Yona, was arrest- ed Friday during a drug bust in- volving 104 grams of crystal methamphetamine, otherwise known as ?╟úice,?╟Ñ at the Lucky Too Restaurant and Lounge. He was arrested in connection with con- spiracy to import a controlled substance, conspiracy to dis- tribute a controlled substance and conspiracy to possess a con- trolled substance. Police believe Cabaccang is re- sponsible for importing 90 percent of the ?╟úice?╟Ñ distributed on Guam. Although police booked and confined Cabaccang following his arrest, he was later released from jail and never appeared before a judge. Police later said they were concerned and disappointed about the decision to release him and they consider Cabaccang a danger to the island. According to Territorial De- tention Center documents, Cabaccang was ordered released by Assistant Attorney General Andrew Artero-Boname. Artero- ?√φ See CABACCANG, Page 4 ??1995 Guam Publications, Inc. VOL. 26 NO. 323 AGANA, GUAM, DECEMBER 21,1995 A Gannett Newspaper 60on Guam Legal opinion faults Orsini Cites consulting contract; senators question procurement, employee interest Bv JOE COCHRANE __-j xi ^ ?╟ú Wm By JOE COCHRANE__ T)aity News Staff Sen. Sonny Orsini violated the Guam Legislature?╟╓s standing rules when he awarded a $135,000 consulting contract without Rules Committee ap- proval, a legal opinion issued yesterday stated. Unpaid applicants face end of line Lawmakers also said they want to know if the contract vi- olated standing rules governing procuring services from the low- est bidder. They also expressed concern that David Bell, who is part own- er of the firm that was awarded the contract, works for Orsini. Orsini, D-Barrigada and Rules Committee chairman, last night was unavailable for com- ment. Legislature legal counsel Therese Terlaje stated in her opinion that a contract given to Dynamic Marketing Group Inc. earlier this year ?╟úwas not ade- quately indicated in the legisla- tive budget, and therefore did not have the approval of the Committee on Rules, as required by standing rules.?╟Ñ' The company was contracted as a consultant to the Legisla- ture on computerizing its fiscal operations and implementing the installation of a computer network. Orsini, during a meeting of lawmakers on Monday, asked ?√φ See RULES, Pace 4 ?√ß Santos asks to convene Ethics Committee. Page 4