Island Snapshots – January 2019

By Saipan Tribune

Posted on Jan 03 2019

: TYPHOON DEBRIS CLEANUP Capstone Pacificas, a company based in Branford, Florida, has been hired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency primarily to rid the CNMI of accumulated typhoon debris by incinerating it. The company is on a mission to hire CNMI residents for this and is willing to pay as much as $9 per hour with bonuses. All in all, it would be a $15-per-hour job. Here, Capstone Pacificas’ Ray Land tells interested applicants about their project during a job fair last Sunday at the Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan. (Kimberly Bautista)

: Applicants listen intently as Capstone Pacificas’ Ray Land educates them about their project last Sunday during a job fair at the Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan. About 120 CNMI residents showed up and submitted applications. Land said that Capstone Pacificas will hire anyone who is legally allowed to work in the U.S. (Kimberly Bautista)

: RELIEF HANDOUT An employee of the Lady Diann Torres Foundation prepares donated good from the mainland U.S. for distribution last Dec. 29, 2018 at the Dandan Softball Field. (Contributed Photo)

: HOUSE RESOLUTION-Dr. Bobby Cruz, Ed.D. joins his family and members of the House of Representatives after receiving a special resolution honoring his works and other contributions to the CNMI in the field of education. (Jon Perez)

: DONATION-The Lady Diann Torres Foundation Dandan Marianas and the Music of the Marianas Association present a large amount of donation to the Department of Public Safety-Tinian and the Department of Fire Emergency and Medical Services-Tinian. Eric Reyes, founder of Taotao Taga Dance Academy, led the presentation of the donation. (Contributed Photo)

: GUAM INAUGURATION-Joint Region Marianas Commander Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield attended Guam’s gubernatorial and legislative inaugurations last Jan. 7. Their captions are embedded and can be found. From left, first gentleman of Guam Jeff Cook; Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero; Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, commander, Joint Region Marianas; and Guam Lt. Gov. Joshua Tenorio smile for a photo during Guam’s 13th gubernatorial inauguration at the University of Guam Calvo Field House in Mangilao last Jan. 7. During the inauguration, Leon Guerrero and Tenorio took their oaths of office and delivered inaugural speeches among other ceremonial festivities. (U.S. NAVY PHOTOS BY ALANA CHARGUALAF)

: Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, commander, Joint Region Marianas, Guam Sen. Joe San Agustin and his wife Joanne take a photo opportunity before the 35th Guam Legislature inauguration ceremony at the Guam Congress Building in Hagatna Jan. 7. Chatfield attended the event and congratulated the new legislature upon their installment in office.

: Guam Senator-elect Dr. Kelly Marsh-Taitano, speaks with Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, commander, Joint Region Marianas, before the 35th Guam Legislature inauguration ceremony at the Guam Congress Building in Hagatna Jan. 7. Chatfield attended the event and congratulated the new legislature upon their installment in office.

: GROUNDED A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew flies over the 308-foot Chinese-flagged commercial fish carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6 on Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands on Jan. 3, 2019. The vessel is reportedly a fish carrier targeting squid in the Western and Central Pacific Fishing Commission area now aground in the territorial waters of the Marshall Islands with 24 crew aboard. Weather in the area is reportedly 11-foot seas with 25 mph winds, forecast to degrade to 14-foot seas with increasing winds. (U.S. Coast Guard/HC-130 Hercules 1720)

: LOTTERY WINNER Jin Guang Zhi plays both the Megadraw and the Pacific Gold Lottery games every week. On the morning of Dec. 12, 2017, he had a lucky feeling, so he stopped by the Ming Yang Supermarket that morning on his way to work and bought a Pacific Gold Lottery ticket. The next day, Zhi went back to the store to check if he had won something. And that’s when the cashier handed him a prize claim form and told him that he had won a big amount, and that he had to contact the Northern Marianas Sports Association office to claim his winnings. Sure enough, when he did that, he was told that he had just won $5,000. And just right before Christmas and New Year! Here, photo shows NMSA’s Mike White and Anicia Lisua holding up the ceremonial check for Zhi’s lottery win. (Contributed Photo)

: FIRST ANNIVERSARY The Commonwealth Health Center outpatient pharmacy staff pose for a photo yesterday while celebrating their first year anniversary. (Erwin Encinares)

: OUTGOING BOE MEMBERS-Long-time Board of Education member Herman Guerrero is honored before his last board meeting Friday morning. BOE Tinian representative Florine Hofschneider, also an outgoing board member, was similarly honored despite being off-island. (Erwin Encinares)

: GOVGUAM VISIT Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, right, greets Guam Power Authority personnel assisting in restoring power at the William S. Reyes Elementary School in Chalan Kanoa. (Jon Perez)

: SWORN IN Three Rota and three Tinian and Aguiguan Municipal councilmen and women were sworn into their new positions last Monday morning with Gov. Ralph DLG Torres and Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios at the Governor’s Office on Capitol Hill. (Erwin Encinares)

: LAID TO REST Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, left, hands over the CNMI flag to Lisa Manglona Dela Cruz, the widow of the late representative Francisco S. Dela Cruz during last Saturday’s funeral at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Chalan Kanoa. (Jon Perez)

: VISITORS Philippine honorary consul Glicerio “Eli” Arago and Desolee Calayo (extreme right) join a group photo with visitors from the Philippines, from left, Cebu City chief prosecutor Liceria Lofranco-Rabillas, Betty Quebec, and former Philippines Labor attache lawyer Araceli Maraya at Fiesta Resort & Spa’s Mai Teppanyaki Restaurant last week. Maraya and Quebec were formerly assigned at the Philippine Consulate on Saipan. Lofranco-Rabillas used to work as a paralegal counsel for attorney Joe Hill. Calayo is the mother of Grace Christian Academy student Justine Calayo, who was named as the 2015 Scripps Regional Spelling Bee champion. Friends Maraya, Lofranco-Rabillas, and Quebec toured Saipan after leaving the island more than a decade ago. (Ferdie De La Torre)

: HOUSE TRIBUTE-Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, third left, and first lady Diann T. Torres, fourth left, with Lisa Manglona Dela Cruz, fifth left, the widow and the family of the late representative Francisco S. Dela Cruz after yesterday’s tribute to the former House vice speaker at the House chamber on Capital Hill. (Jon Perez)

: SCHOOL SUPPLIES DONATION-Students who currently reside at the Kagman Emergency Shelter Facility as a result of Super Typhoon Yutu received school supplies from the CNMI Fire and Emergency Medical Services Association and the Lady Diann Torres Foundation yesterday. (Kimberly A. Bautista)

: GAMSUN PROJECT Lead lifeguard course instructor Glenn Policare, second from left, poses with students of 500 Sails’ Gamsun Project, an advanced swim class aimed at training aspiring lifeguards. (Erwin Encinares)

: TINIAN BOE REPRESENTATIVE Philip Mendiola-Long, center, joins Sens. Francisco Q. Cruz (Tinian-Rep), left, and Jude U. Hofschneider (Tinian-Rep) after being sworn in as the Tinian representative to the CNMI Board of Education last Tuesday at the BOE office on Capital Hill. (Jon Perez)

: EXERCISE SEA DRAGON -ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam—A P-8A Poseidon, assigned to the “Golden Swordsmen” of Patrol Squadron 47, exits the flightline following flight operations Jan. 15. Exercise Sea Dragon is an annual, multilateral exercise that stresses coordinated anti-submarine warfare prosecution against both simulated and live targets. (U.S. NAVY PHOTOS BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS KEVIN A. FLINN)

: ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam—Airman Joseph Harding, assigned to the “Golden Swordsmen” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, guides a VP-47 P-8A Poseidon to park following flight operations Jan. 15. Exercise Sea Dragon is an annual, multilateral exercise that stresses coordinated anti-submarine warfare prosecution against both simulated and live targets.

: ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam—Airman Joseph Harding, front, assists Aircrewman (Operator) 2nd Class Kevin Henderson, back, both assigned to the “Golden Swordsmen” of Patrol Squadron 47, while lowering airstairs from a VP-47 P-8A Poseidon following flight operations Jan. 15. Exercise Sea Dragon is an annual, multilateral exercise that stresses coordinated anti-submarine warfare prosecution against both simulated and live targets.

: ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam—Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Ashley Latson, top, passes a sonobuoy expendable to Aviation Ordnanceman Daniel Reed, bottom, both assigned to the “Golden Swordsmen” of Patrol Squadron 47, following flight operations Jan. 15. Exercise Sea Dragon is an annual, multilateral exercise that stresses coordinated anti-submarine warfare prosecution against both simulated and live targets.

: ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam—Airman Joseph Harding, assigned to the “Golden Swordsmen” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, guides a VP-47 P-8A Poseidon to park following flight operations Jan. 15. Exercise Sea Dragon is an annual, multilateral exercise that stresses coordinated anti-submarine warfare prosecution against both simulated and live targets.

: ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam—Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Ryan Murphy, assigned to the “Golden Swordsmen” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, grounds a P-8A Poseidon following flight operations Jan. 15. Exercise Sea Dragon is an annual, multilateral exercise that stresses coordinated anti-submarine warfare prosecution against both simulated and live targets.

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