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Island Snapshots – July 2020
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Posted on Jul 02 2020
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- DONATIONS McDonald’s and Triple J Saipan donated yesterday to the Saipan Mayor’s Office for the celebration of the Liberation Day that will be held on Saturday, July 4, at the airport field. The celebration will also be streamed live for a virtual commemoration of the event. Photo shows Joe Ayuyu Jr., McDonald’s area supervisor for Guam and CNMI, center, presenting a $1,000 donation to Saipan Mayor David Apatang. In a later statement, Triple J said it upholds a strong commitment to giving back to the island community. “Although 2020 has proven to be more challenging than any other time in history, Triple J’s commitment remains unchanged. We are pleased to be able to again support the mayors of Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and the Liberation Day Committee, who, together, coordinated the upcoming virtual festivities to honor those who made our freedom possible and to remember the resiliency of our local people 74 years ago,” said Mike Sablan, vice president for Triple J Enterprises, Inc. (Krizel Tuazon)
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- LIBERATION DAY MOTOCADE-Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Saipan still managed to push through with its 74th Liberation Day commemoration with its first community motorcade last Saturday, July 4, from Marpi all the way to the Airport Field, where a virtual Liberation Day celebration was held and broadcasted online. Tinian also held its own separate motorcade and virtual commemoration. (KRIZEL TUAZON)
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- BEACH CLEANUP The Tau Gamma Phi Northern Mariana Islands Council recently did a three-hour beach cleanup from the Garapan Fishing Base to Quartermaster Road—a distance of 2.5 miles. (Contributed Photo)
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- ROTARIAN OF THE YEAR Past Rotary Club of Saipan officials Marcia Ayuyu, right, and Uncle Dave Sablan, left, present Das Krishnan with the Rotarian of the Year award during the club’s installation of new officers last June 30 at the Surf Club in Chalan Kanoa. Krishnan was also sworn in to lead the Rotary Foundation. (Krizel Tuazon)
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- NEW GRADUATES McDonald’s Saipan honors its new graduates: Dhalian Salas, who just graduated from college, and Angel Mae Oropesa, Micah Joy Batallones, Tobey Brian Manalo, and Shella Sibetang, who just graduated from high school. Here, McDonald’s general manager Jocelyn Asistores, left, and other managers, flank three of the new graduates. (Contributed Photo)
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- CONGRATULATIONS! Mount Carmel School congratulates 2016 AlumKnight, Jonathan Pangelinan, son of Joseph and Maricel Pangelinan, who graduated with magna cum laude honors from Seattle University with a degree in Computer Science. As a student at Mount Carmel, he was active in National Honor Society, Dance Club, Theatre Club, Mock Trial, and American Red Cross. At Seattle University, he was active in the United Filipino Club, Marianas Taotao Tano Club, and Computer Science Club. He has also distinguished himself with internships and work at leading tech firms like Astronics AES and Avanade. (Contributed Photo)
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- SEABEES ON TINIAN-Equipment Operator 3rd Class Thomas Jung, from Philadelphia, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion-3, moves a slab of concrete with a front-end loader for building an expeditionary-style camp on Tinian. U.S. Navy Seabees from NMCB-3 have taken over from NMCB-5’s Detail Tinian during a relief in place/transfer of authority last June 29. (U.S. NAVY/MARCUS HENLEY)
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- REPAIRED The Mihaville Estate sign has now been fixed since the incident where a runaway vehicle crashed into the sign. (Krizel Tuazon)
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- YOUTH VOLUNTEERS-Young volunteers of a group that calls itself Saipancleanup collect trash during one of several cleanups they did over several weeks in different sites on the island. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
