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Rota to host AG’s Cup
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Posted on May 02 2006
Seven students representing different high schools in the Commonwealth will be competing on May 5, 2006, in the 23rd Annual Attorney General’s Cup Speech Competition.
This year the speech competition is being held for the first time on Rota, at the new Rota Judicial Center.
This year’s competitors are Katherene Rose T. Taylor from Calvary Christian Academy, Nicole Torres from Grace Christian Academy, Keala Mikala Boyer Peters from Kagman High School, Racheal Reyes from Marianas High School, James Ryan Benavente from Mt. Carmel High School, Ray Anthony B. Duenas from Saipan Southern High School, and Julvana Maratita from Rota High School.
The Attorney General’s Cup Competition provides high school students the opportunity to research a topical legal issue, form positions about the issue, and present arguments for their positions to a panel of judges drawn from the community. Each high school may select one student to compete. The A.G. Cup winner will have his or her name engraved on a plaque mounted on the base of the cup itself, which will be displayed at the winning student’s school for the coming year.
This year, students are asked to formulate immigration policy for the CNMI. Students will describe their vision of the CNMI’s immigration policy, including answering the question of who is a foreigner and who is local, then describing the circumstances under which immigrants—including refugees—should be allowed to relocate to the CNMI, and answering the question of what duties are owed to immigrants in the CNMI.
For more information about the 23rd Annual Attorney General’s Cup Speech Competition, contact Arin Greenwood or Bernadita Dela Cruz at 664-2341. (PR)
