EXHIBIT 31.1

               CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Newport International Group,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Cery B.
Perle, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that:

   1. I have reviewed the Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of the Company for the
quarter ended June 30, 2004;

   2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

   3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

   4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
registrant and have:

      (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

      (b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

      (c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
and

   5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and audit committee of
the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):

      (a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and

      (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting.

   Date August 13, 2004                          /s/ Cery B. Perle
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                                                   Cery B. Perle
                                        President & Chief Executive Officer
                                             (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)