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Island Snapshots – July 2019
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Posted on Jul 24 2019
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- LIBDAY ROYAL COURT-The coronation of the 2019 Liberation Day Royal Court was done last night. The 2019 Liberation Day Queen is Pernalyn Camacho, center. In this photo, from left to right, are Lea Salalila, Kiara Nekaifes, Angel Deleon Guerrero, Camacho, Rhe’ann Tudela, Regiene Babauta, and Nadine Kapileo. (MARC A. VENUS)
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- TREE PLANTING -Volunteers of the “Bring Back Our Trees” campaign pose with Precinct 2 Reps. John Paul Sablan and Tina Sablan for a picture after last Saturday’s final campaign at Sugar Dock. The tree-planting, a project of the Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance, surpassed its initial overall goal and planted a total of 486 trees with the help of more than 200 volunteers. (Contributed Photo)
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- PACIFIC WINDS DOWN UNDER Saipan Pacific Winds members Atsuko Eck and Ted Parker perform with the Tumon Bay Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House last Friday afternoon. Other photos show the orchestra performing inside the opera house. (Contributed Photo)
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- PACIFIC WINDS DOWN UNDER Saipan Pacific Winds members Atsuko Eck and Ted Parker perform with the Tumon Bay Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House last Friday afternoon. Other photos show the orchestra performing inside the opera house. (Contributed Photo)
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- PACIFIC WINDS DOWN UNDER Saipan Pacific Winds members Atsuko Eck and Ted Parker perform with the Tumon Bay Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House last Friday afternoon. Other photos show the orchestra performing inside the opera house. (Contributed Photo)
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- SUMMER CAMP-Participants of the Carolinian Affairs Office and Division of Youth Services Summer Empowerment Camp participate in the beadmaking activities yesterday at the Tanapag Youth Center. (Contributed Photo)
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- SUMMER READING PROGRAM-Participants of Joeten-Kiyu Public Library’s Summer Reading Program Session B participate in an activity with the assistance of JKPL staff yesterday. (Marc A. Venus)
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- NMD MEETING -The Northern Marianas Descent Council Inc. holds a meeting before signing the council’s bylaws and constitution. The meeting was held last Saturday at the Leadership Kiosku in Chalan Kanoa across the U.S. Post Office. (MARC A. VENUS)
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- TREE-PLANTING CAMPAIGN-A participant of the 4-H Marianas Camp Maga’lahi tries her hand at using a post-holer before planting the sapling of a new tree last Friday at Micro Beach. (Contributed Photo)
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- CANOE CAMP-A participant in the 500 Sails Canoe Camp sands a canoe paddle yesterday at the 500 Sails boatyard in Lower Base. (Marc A. Venus)
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- RAFFLE WINNER-Jadrien L. Lotoc, second from right, accepts the $10,000 check as the Liberation Day Raffle grand prize winner at the awarding yesterday at the Saipan Mayor’s Office in Susupe. He is joined here by Liberation Day Planning Committee vice chair Shayne Villanueva, Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang, and Liberation Day Planning Committee chair Joe Ayuyu Jr. (Bea Cabrera)
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- HOUSE RESOLUTION Members of the House of Representatives present House Commemorative Resolution 21-4 to Master Gunnery Sgt. Norvin Camacho Deleon Guerrero (retired) in a presentation with family and friends present in the House chamber yesterday. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Luis John DLG Castro, praises Deleon Guerrero for a distinguished 30-year career as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, eventually retiring as the highest ranking enlisted member of the Marine Corps from the CNMI. A 1987 graduate of Marianas High School, Deleon Guerrero is the son of Jesus Q. and Wilhelma Juanita C. Deleon Camacho and the husband of Paula Sablan Deleon Guerrero. (Contributed Photo)
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- HOUSE RESOLUTION Members of the House of Representatives present House Commemorative Resolution 21-4 to Master Gunnery Sgt. Norvin Camacho Deleon Guerrero (retired) in a presentation with family and friends present in the House chamber Wednesday. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Luis John DLG Castro, praises Deleon Guerrero for a distinguished 30-year career as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, eventually retiring as the highest ranking enlisted member of the Marine Corps from the CNMI. A 1987 graduate of Marianas High School, Deleon Guerrero is the son of Jesus Q. and Wilhelma Juanita C. Deleon Camacho and the husband of Paula Sablan Deleon Guerrero. (Contributed Photo)
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- NMTI SUPPORTER Supertech Inc., which does business as White Coconut Computer Services, donates $600 to Northern Marianas Trade Institute to help train and build the local workforce in the CNMI. (Contributed Photo)
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- RAINED OUT-Tour boats make their way into the Garapan Fishing Base dock as weather conditions worsen as a result of the Marianas’ transition into the rainy season. Although rainy season approaches, the National Weather Services anticipates relatively dry weather to prevail in the next few days. (Kimberly A. Bautista)
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- HOUSE SESSION House of Representatives members discuss amendments while in recess during Thursday’s session. (Erwin Encinares)
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- THE FIRST STEP-Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios joins Commonwealth Casino Commission chair Juan Sablan, Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC CEO and chair Mark Brown, and other IPI and Imperial Casha officials during the Imperial Casha Saipan’s groundbreaking ceremony last Saturday at the Sinopan grounds in Tanapag. (Marc A. Venus)
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- AGRICULTURE FAIR Spectators check out replicas of sea turtles as a Department of Lands and Natural Resources program manager explains the life of the sea turtles during last Saturday’s 36th Annual Agriculture Fair at the Garapan Central Park Roundhouse. (Marc A. Venus)
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- AGRICULTURE FAIR Spectators look at the chickens and ducks on display at last Saturday’s 36th Annual Agriculture Fair at the Garapan Central Park Roundhouse. (Marc A. Venus)
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- AGRICULTURE FAIR Spectators check out the cattle and pigs during last Saturday’s 36th Annual Agriculture Fair at the Garapan Central Park Roundhouse. Marc A. Venus)
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- AGRICULTURE FAIR This was the winning entry in the goat portion of the livestock division at last Saturday’s 36th Annual Agriculture Fair at the Garapan Central Park Roundhouse.
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- MPLT LOAN BILL Acting governor Arnold I. Palacios signs House Bill 21-44, HS1 into law last Friday, as Marianas Public Land Trust trustees Martin Ada and Frica Pangelinan look on. The new law authorizes a loan between the Commonwealth government and the MPLT in the amount of $15 million. The bill now becomes Public Law 21-3. (Office of the Governor)
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- MPLT LOAN BILL Acting governor Arnold I. Palacios, seated center, is joined by Marianas Public Land Trust trustees Martin Ada, seated left, and Frica Pangelinan, seated right, and members of the 21st Legislature at the Office of the Governor’s conference room last Friday after signing House Bill 21-44, HS1 into law. (Office of the Governor)
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- NMTI GALA Many from the island’s private sector come out to support the Northern Marianas Trades Institute’s fourth annual fundraising gala last Friday at the Hyatt Regency Saipan ballroom. (Kimberly A. Bautista)
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- NMTI GALA Hyatt Regency Saipan general manager Nick Nishikawa, middle, is joined by other hotel executives after being presented with plaques of recognition during the NMTI’s fourth annual fundraising gala last Friday at the Hyatt Regency Saipan ballroom. (Kimberly A. Bautista)
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- LANTERN CEREMONY-Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang accompanies high priest Kansho Kayaki, consul for the Consular Office in Japan Ono Kazuhiko, and his wife, to watch the many lanterns that were launched into the ocean last Sunday at Kilili Beach. This ceremony marks the Sanpoen group’s 41st annual visit to the CNMI. The group performs this ceremony to offer peace to those who perished during the Battle of Saipan. (Marc A. Venus)
