Personnel spending of the Judiciary Governor’s Office

THE JUDICIARY

The Judicial Branch of the government spends $4.5 million out of its $5.052 million annual budget for personnel.

Documents showed that the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Miguel S. Demapan, who gets $130,000 a year, spends $1.3 million.

It has 20 funded FTEs and seven vacancies, mostly for marshals.

The High Court has only two personnel getting a pay of $15,000 and one $18,000. All others receive over $30,000.

The Superior Court, headed by presiding judge Robert C. Naraja, who receives $123,000, spends $2.9 million for 62 personnel.

Of 62 people, 16 receive an annual salary of less than $20,000.

The Superior Court has 86 authorized FTEs.

The Law Revision Commission, which has six FTEs, spends $276,328.

The fiscal year 2006 proposed budget wants to raise the judiciary’s budget to $5.7 million.

SUPREME COURT
Demapan, Miguel S. Chief Justice, $130,000
Castro, Alexandro C., associate justice, $126,000
Manglona, John A. , associate justice, $126,000

Kaipat, Crispin M., clerk of court, $50,000
Diaz, Trinidad S., administrative officer, $40,000
Teregeyo, Cherlene, C., administrative officer, $38,808
Babauta Raymond C., building grounds maintenance,$15,000
Guzman, Joseph Reyes, building superintendent, $35,000
Hofschneider, Louise D., deputy clerk of court, $38,000

Law clerk to associate justice:
Appleton, William A. Jr., $40,000
Porco, Christopher, $40,000
Huesman, Braddock J., $40,000

Lee, Jennifer J., law clerk to chief justice, $40,000

Mahmoudi, Roya B., office manager, $26,000
Cepeda, Tonia Lynn V., secretary to associate justice, $32,000
San Nicolas, Irene T., secretary to associate justice, $38,202
Borja, Nora V., secretary to chief justice, $40,000
Cabrera, Steven S., administrative assistant, $18,357

Superior Court
Naraja, Robert C., presiding judge, $123,000
Govendo, Kenneth Lewis, associate judge, $120,000
Lizama, Juan T., associate judge, $120,000
Manglona, Ramona V., associate judge, $120,000
Wiseman, David A., associate judge, $120,000

Lifoifoi-Aldan, Ursula I., chief probation officer, $50,000
Sablan, Bernadita Aldan, clerk of court, $50,000
Diaz, Patrick V., family court manager, $45,000
Butcher, Kelly M., Law clerk, $44,100
Demoux, Benjamin Lee, $44,100
Gerads, Debora K., $44,100
Woodward, Christopher D., $44,100
Worrall, Gerald Charles, $44,100

SECRETARY TO ASSOCIATE JUDGES:
Dela Cruz, Vivian Sablan, $33,100
Fleming, Susana Dlg., $33,100
Indalecio, Cynthia M., $30,000
Villagomez, Marylou C., $33,100

Deleon Guerrero, Katelynn, secretary to presiding judge, $33,100
Camacho, Sonia A., special assistant to presiding judge, $50,000

Tenorio, Maisie B., family court coordinator, $42,000
Mostales, Cid S., systems administrator, $44,000
Calvo, Evelyn Pangelinan, accountant II, $33,345
Santos, Eleonita Elizabeth K., accounting technician I, $13,053
Atalig, Michelle L., administrative specialist I, $19,273
Mendiola, Daisy, clerk I., $12,265
Moore, John, Commonwealth recorder, $44,686
Terlaje, Darrel Q., computer operator I, $10,743
Arurang, Stephen L., computer specialist II, $36,763
Duenas Nieto, Elsa S., deputy clerk I, $22,577
Teregeyo, Esther West, deputy clerk I, $20,485
Lisua, George M., deputy clerk I, $20,485
Villagomez, Luis S., deputy clerk I, $22,577
Mendiola, Winniefreda Dlg., deputy clerk I, $31,758
Deleon Guerrero, Luise S., deputy clerk I (R), $31,758
Pangelinan, Zerlina A., deputy clerk II, $22,577
Santos, Myrna M., deputy clerk II, $30,247
Decena, Theodora San Nicolas, deputy clerk III, $31,758
Benavente, Anthony A., deputy marshal intern, $14,389
Atalig, Juan Edward K., deputy marshall II, $18,584
Mandell, Ronald H., deputy marshal II, $27,437
Santos, Jesus S., deputy marshal III, $27,437
Camacho, Shirley P., probation officer, $20,485
Aguon, Juan R., probation officer II, $27,437
Simram, W. Simram, probation officer III, $35,013
Cepeda, Bernice Borja, records assistant, $10,233
Borja, Norma Deleon Guerrero, records assistant, $10,233
Santos, Marleen E., records assistant (T), $11,842
Ada, Rosie Jane T., records technician, $15,860
Ilo, Julie W., records assistant, $10,233
Wesley, Timothy V., account clerk II, $13,053
Igitol, Kayla S., clerk II, $9,159
Basa, Shirley Inos, computer operator I, $11,279
Roberto, Julie Blas, deputy marshal intern, $14,389
Deleon Guerrero, Juannet Z., records assistant, $10,233
Castro, Pear Babauta, records assistant, $10,233
Palacios, Joaquin U., probation officer, $20,485
Pangelinan, Catherine T.B., computer operator I, $10,742
Sibetang, Maria M., administrative officer II, $35,013
Wallace, Christina, computer specialist I, $30,247
Pangelinan, Arlene H., deputy clerk I, $38,601
Decena, Teodora S.N., deputy clerk II, $31,758
Sablan, Bernadita Aldan, deputy clerk II, $40,531

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Under the continuing resolution, the Office of the Governor spends $10.7 million for personnel out of its total budget of $17.1 million.

Gov. Juan N. Babauta’s office uses $1.5 million out of $1.8 million total budget for personnel, while Lt. Gov. Diego T. Benavente’s office spends $676,959 for personnel out of its $810,123 total budget.

Likewise, the governor gets $201,500 in discretionary funds while the lieutenant governor receives $127,774 in discretionary funds.

Other offices under the Office of the Governor are: Management and Budget, with $1 million total budget; Administration, with $951,557; Public Information Office, with $256,127; Programs and Legislative Budget, $177,297; Emergency Management Office, $1.5 million; Office of Youth Affairs, $89,303; Board of Parole, $263,622; Personnel Management-Saipan, $1.6 million; CNMI Scholarship, $4.2 million; Guam Liaison, $267,632; Honolulu Liaison, $524,230; Public Defender, $692,090; Carolinian Affairs, $450,488; Vocational Rehabilitation, $63,676; Indigenous Affairs, $204,579; Veteran’s Affairs, $133,624; Women’s Affairs, $392,045; Labor Immigration Identification System, $575,002; Environmental Protection, $102,788; Division of Environmental Quality/Litter Control, $244,454; Ground Water Protection, $128,712; and Criminal Justice Planning Agency, $313,133.

These agencies are headed by the following:

* Edward S. Tenorio, special assistant for management and budget, $54,000.
* Thomas A. Tebuteb, special assistant for administration, $54,000.
* Jose P. Villagomez, deputy special assistant for administration, $50,000.
* Peter A. Callaghan, press secretary, $50,000.
* Nace N. Soalablai, special assistant for programs and legislative affairs, $45,000.
* Rudy M. Pua, EMO director, $45,000 and 20 percent hazard pay.
* Florence Kirby, special assistant for Youth Affairs, $45,000.
* Juan I. Tenorio, acting director of personnel, $60,000.
* Frank L. Gibson, personnel management special adviser, $50,000.
* Public Defender Masood Karimipour, $70,000.
* Victorino N. Igitol, executive assistant, Carolinian Affairs Office, $48,000.
* Juan M. San Nicolas, resident executive director, Indigenous Affairs Office, $43,200.
* Vianney B. Hocog, special assistant for veterans affair’s, $45,000.
* Emerenciana P. Palican, special assistant for women’s affairs, $45,000.
* Doris S. Chong, CJPA executive director, CJPA, 48,000.
* Jeannette D. Sablan, Honolulu liaison officer, gets $43,200.
* Pamela S. Brown, attorney general, $80,000.

DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES:
Andrew S. Salas, secretary, Department of Commerce, $52,000
* Juan L. Babauta, secretary, Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, $52,000.
* Fermin M. Atalig, secretary, Department of Finance, $54,000.
* Joaquin A. Tenorio, secretary, Department of Labor, $80,000.
* Richard B. Seman, secretary, Department of Lands and Natural Resources, $52,000.
* James U. Hofschneider, secretary, Department of Public Health and Commonwealth Service, $140,074
* Santiago F. Tudela, commissioner, Department of Public Safety, $54,000
* Juan S. Reyes, secretary, Department of Public Works, $54,000.

GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
Gov. Juan N. Babauta, $70,000

Newman, Steven M., legal counsel, $70,000
Babauta, Celina R., administrative specialist IV, $45,000

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS:
Benavente, Frances S. $22,000
Masters, Marzorie Moses, $21,000
Sablan, Benigno O., $25,000
Scruggs, Estefania P., $16,000

Guerrero, Jessica S. administrative officer, $36,000
Pangelinan, Francesca S., administrative specialist, $30,000
Towai, Tracy C., administrative specialist III, $35,000
Reyes, Jean-Paul B., assistant public liaison officer, $38,000

COMMUNITY WORKERS:
Kapileo, Vicente O., $23,000
Palacios, Anthony T., $17,500
Palacios, Pilar M., $16,000
Repeki, Joaquin T., $25,000
Sablan, Pedro I., $20,000

Berdon, Trinidad T., governor’s personal assistant, $50,000
Kiyoshi, Michael John, Honolulu liaison supervisor, $40,000
Cabrera, Jesus S., mail and file supervisor, $30,500
Ayuyu, David, office manager, $42,000

Babauta, Ann Doris M., Passport Officer, $35,000
Barcinas, Joseph T., public relations, $31,000
Hill, Frances P., public relations specialist, $20,000
Schwalbach, Robert J., senior policy advisor, $65,000
Deleon Guerrero, Galvin S., special assistant for special projects, $50,000
Bermudes, Mariano R., special assistant for Public liaison, $50,000
Taitano, Francisco I., special assistant to the governor, $60,000
Camacho, Edward C., special assistant for military affairs, $50,000
Meriang, Fermin R., special assistant for Micronesian Affairs, $48,000
Manglona, Rose Q., Women’s Affairs Office Rota, $30,000
Camacho, Carmen B., community coordinator, $26,000

LT. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
Lt. Governor Benavente, Diego T., $60,000
Kara, Maya B., legal counsel, $67,200
Sablan, Felix M. executive assistant, $65,000
Sablan-Cepeda, Catherine S., special administration research assistant, $40,000
Camacho, Joseph Richard, community service coordinator, $32,000
Sanchez, Fernando Guerrero, community service officer, $20,000
Pinuala, Diego C., community service officer, $25,000
Dela Cruz, Edward C., field supervisor, $40,000
Lizama, Yolanda P., office manager, $39,000
Limes, Darlene I., secretary, $30,000
Quitugua, Antonio O., special assistant for projects and community service, $35,000
Weaver, Gerald E., office manager, $35,000
Pangelinan, Tanja B., assistant for special projects, $21,000
Ramirez, Estefania R., community service officer I, $25,000
Manalo, Henry A., community service officer I, $28,000