European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes thursday August 1, 1991 Philippines lifts ban on Imelda Marcos sex first lady faces charges if she returns Home Manila Philippines apr the government wednesday lifted its five year ban on former first lady Imelda Marcos and said she May return from . Exile to face tax fraud charges Feut without her husbands  in new York family spokesman Roger Deyuan said Marcos received the news calmly. But her attorney James Linn said she was bitterly disappointed to learn she could not take the body of Ferdinand Marcos Home for burial. He said she would probably decide on wednesday whether to return. In Honolulu Marcos family Friend Joe Lazo said he doubted she would return without the body of the former president who died in september 1989 in  presidential executive Secretary Franklin Drilon who announced the lifting of the ban said tax fraud charges would be filed against her and her three children by thursday. They would be the first criminal charges filed by the Philippines against the late presidents family since Ferdunand Marcos was ousted from Power in the 1986 a people Power  the revolution propelled president Corazon Aquino to Power. The philippine Constitution bars trials in absent a and the government has stalled for More than five years on filing charges for fear the Marc oses would invoke their right to return and face their accusers. A this option is being undertaken so that Justice will take its due course and in the Hope that with the return and prosecution of Imelda Marcos the Philippines will be ridding itself finally of the remaining ghost of the Marcos dictatorship a Drilon said. He said no restrictions would be placed on Marcos and that she would be free to run for president if she wishes in the National. Elections scheduled for May 1992. Aquino has ruled out seeking re election and Linn said Marcos had no intention of running. But philippine sen. John Osmena said the two widows could be pressured by their supporters to enter the race and turn the election into a a hair pulling  Aquino a husband Benigno the main of Marcos position Leader at the time was assassinated in 1983 while returning to the country to Challenge Marcos who had ruled the country since 1965. Drilon said that in addition to the tax cases the government would file charges by oct. 20 in connection with millions of funds that the Marcos family allegedly stashed in Swiss Bank accounts. The Swiss Federal court has ruled that the Money cannot be returned to the Philippines unless criminal charges Are filed in that country by december. Solicitor general Francisco Chavez said he urged Aquino to file charges against Marcos even if it meant allowing her to return because a we Are running out of  Chavez said he would file 11 tax fraud counts against Marcos two against daughter Imee Mantoc eight against daughter Irene Araneta and eight against son Ferdinand Jar Linn said by Telephone from Oklahoma that the impending tax charges had a never been a concerns to Marcos. Quot a a she a simply not guilty of anything and says so a he said. A a that a just her position and always  for years Aquino has justified Banning the Marc oses by claiming they were a threat to National Security. Aquino has faced at least seven coup attempts though not All of them were clearly linked to Marcos or his followers. A a _ the Marc oses were indicted in 1988 by a Federal grand jury in new York on racketeering charges in connection with the Purchase of real estate and other valuables with funds allegedly embezzled front the philippine  Marcos died before the trial began. Imelda Marcos went on trial and was acquitted of All charges in july 1990. Philippine official confident Subic Bay pact to be approved Manila Philippines up1 a foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus expressed Confidence wednesday that the philippine Senate will ratify the new agreement allowing the United states to remain at the Subic Bay naval facilities for to years. A Straw vote called tuesday by Senate president to Vito Salonga showed that at least 13 senators opposed the arrangement reached july 17 by Mang Lapus and special envoy Richard Armitage after 14 months of sometimes contentious negotiations. The agreement requires two thirds support or 16 of the 23 members of the Senate. A i think its premature to judge a treaty that has not been signed a Mang Lapus said pointing out that details of the pact had not been completed. A a we re hopeful that we can show to the senators. That All their apparent objections can be answered and we re hopeful when the time comes namely the ratification process begins that there will be acceptance of the treaty a Mang Lapus told reporters. Under the agreement the United states will withdraw from Clark a in one year but will remain at Subic for 10 More years beginning upon the expiration in mid september of the 1947 bases treaty. Washington agreed to provide $360 million in fiscal 1992 and promised to secure for the Philippines not less than $203 million annually for the remaining years of the agreement. Senators have objected to the length of the pact and the compensation package pointing out that Manila had earlier proposed a seven year Extension for $825 million annually that included Clark a. President Corazon Aquino has said the agreement reached was the Best her country could achieve after the eruption of mount Pinatubo in june. The eruption forced the closure of Clark and crippled operations at Subic a repair and logistics Center for the 7th Fleet. More than 18,000 . Nationals from the facilities had been evacuated to the United states leaving 2,400 at Clark and 5,600 at Subic. Worl Canada cancer Agency wants bark exports banned from wire reports Vancouver British Columbia officials of the British Columbia cancer Agency want the province to scrap its decision to allow exports to the United states of a rare Type of bark found effective in treating cancer. They said it could deprive patients in Canada of tie resource. I researchers in the United states and Europe have found Taxon derived from the bark and Needles of the Pacific Yew tree effective in treating ovarian breast and lung cancer and some types of leukaemia. The Pacific Yew is found almost exclusively in forests in British Columbia and the Northwest United states. Orders signed by Premier Rita Johnston and forests minister Claude Richmond would allow 341,600 pounds of Yew bark to be exported before dec. 31. That would produce about 24pounds of Taxon australian High tech City gets go ahead Adelaide Australia up1 a a japanese australian plan to develop a futuristic High tech City was approved wednesday officials said. Technology and Commerce minister John Button and the head of the South australian state Cabinet John Bannon signed an agreement giving Federal and state government approval for the multifunction Polis or map. _ a the agreement Means a development firm will be set up to oversee the project funding will be sought from australian and overseas investors and a Commonwealth environmental Protection Agency Center will be established at the proposed site near Adelaide to take charge of environmental research and related map activities. The signing in Adelaide culminated four years of feasibility studies and controversy Over claims that the City could become a japanese or migrant workers enclave within Australia dominated by foreign owners. The map originally suggested in 1988 by Japan a ministry for International Trade and Industry would House an estimated 50,000 people at the Core site and create More than 40,000 additional jobs by 2008, one feasibility study said. Core industries would revolve around information technology education and environmental management. Political observers said the governments were eager to promote Australia As an innovator among nations. The australian government will contribute $9.8 million Over the next three years for Start up costs. The South australian state government already owns most of the land along with local authorities on reclaimed areas on the outskirts of Adelaide. But Rannon said the project would a require substantial commercial investment  Button said private concerns in the United states the United kingdom and Japan would Likely invest in the project. The three nations Are the largest investors in Australia. A we would look to each of those sources for overseas investment a he said. A and of course  Button said an International advisory Board would be set up in december by the state and Federal governments to help promote map and to attract overseas investment. The Board would include representatives from Japan Germany the United kingdom South Korea and the United states. Enough to treat about 6,000  puts Man on stamp London a the former lord mayor of Birmingham has become the first living commoner to share a postage stamp with Britain a Monarch. He a delighted but almost everyone else is rather embarrassed. Queen Elizabeth. Ii Prince Philip and the smiling face of Harold a Linenthal All appear on a two Dollar stamp issued by Grenada a former British Colony. The design came from a Public appearance by the Queen in 1989 in Birmingham when Blumenthal was the lord mayor. But the stamp commissioned to Mark the Queens 65th birthday defied the convention that one must be Royal or dead to be depicted on British or Commonwealth postage. =. Buckingham Palace said the stamp went through the approval process and therefore must somehow have been  enforcer sentenced port a Prince Haiti Roger Law Imant former head of the brutal to tons Machutes bogeymen Security Force of the Duvalier dictators and 17 accomplices have been convicted of plotting to overthrow the government and sentenced to Fife in prison. Four other co defendants Drew 10-year terms for lesser convictions. After the sentence the government of president Jean Bertrand Aristide declared tuesday a Public Holiday. The brutal to tons Machutes helped Francois a papa Doc Duvalier Rule Haiti with an Iron fist from 1957 until his death in 1971. His son Jean Claude a baby Doc Duvalier succeeded him but was overthrown and fled the country in 1986