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Island Snapshots – July 2015
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Posted on Jul 08 2015
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- ROTA-BOUND : Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Commissioner Claudio Norita, extreme right, and other DFEMS personnel pose for a photo with six firefighters from Saipan who were deployed to Rota on Friday to assist the island’s DFEMS during Tropical Storm Chan-Hom’s approach. (Derek Gersonde)
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- Six firefighters from the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Saipan prepare for their deployment to Rota on Friday to assist the island’s response team during Tropical Storm Chan-Hom’s approach. (Derek Gersonde)
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- GREEN GALA DONATION: Bridge Capital, LLC has agreed to become a major sponsor of the Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance’s 2015 Green Gala. From left, MINA CRI intern Anathalia David, Bridge Capital, LLC chief operating officer Jody R. Jordahl, MINA board member Eleanor Cabrera, MINA board member Ron Smith, MINA board member Fran Castro, MINA CRI intern Nikkie Ayuyu, and MINA project manager Kodep Ogumoro-Uludong pose for a group photo during the check presentation. (Contributed Photo)
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- NMDOA, MVA BEACH CLEANUP Northern Marianas Dive Operators Association and the Marianas Visitors Authority joined forces to clean up Laulau Beach on June 29, 2015, where they cut grass, cleared brush, and picked up trash and debris. NMDOA and the MVA jointly adopted the popular dive spot several years ago. (Contributed Photo)
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- NMDOA, MVA BEACH CLEANUP Northern Marianas Dive Operators Association and the Marianas Visitors Authority joined forces to clean up Laulau Beach on June 29, 2015, where they cut grass, cleared brush, and picked up trash and debris. NMDOA and the MVA jointly adopted the popular dive spot several years ago. (Contributed Photo)
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- TRAPPED TRUCK A delivery truck of Saipan Ice & Water Co. gets stuck on a huge hole along Beach Road near the Tasi Tours yesterday. Another motorist a couple of years back also suffered the same fate after her car also fell and got stock on the hole. (Jon Perez)
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- FERDIE DE LA TORRE Perhaps unmindful about the change of Typhoon Nangka’s direction, some people are seen still preparing the booths with canopies at the Liberation Day Festivities’ venue as of 3pm Wednesday at the Garapan Fishing Base. After an hour, workers started removing the canopies. (Ferdie De La Torre)
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- HOMESTAY PROGRAM Host families, members of the 2015 Liberation Royal Court, and Japanese students from Kokusai Seishonen Kenshu Kyokai join in a group photo shortly after arriving at the Saipan International Airport for a cultural and homestay program on Saipan. A total of five host families are hosting the students and the students will leave Aug. 4. Saipan Mayor’s Office will be conducting outdoor activities for the KSKK group during their visit to Saipan. (Jayson Camacho)
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- PACIFICA WINNER Pacifica Insurance Underwriters Inc.’s Hashtag Choose My Picture winning photo entry No. 11 is from instagrammer Rachel Abrams as @rdlka_ with caption “My baby girl.” Winner will be entitled to a free pizza. Pacifica welcomes anyone from the CNMI to tag an infinite amount of photos and videos through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter the following in order to be eligible: #choosemypicture or #choosemyvideo; #pacificainsurance and #restassured. For further details log on to www.pacificains.com/choosemypicture. (Contributed Photo)
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- THEIR TIME TO SHINE Acting governor Ralph DLG. Torres, center, joins Chief Justice Alexandro C. Castro and judges for a group photo with probation and parole officers during Friday’s proclamation signing for Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Officers’ Week at the CNMI Supreme Court. (Ferdie De La Torre)
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- CELEBRATING FREEDOM An exuberant fireworks display lights up the night sky as part of the CNMI’s Liberation Day festivities on Saturday. (Joel D. Pinaroc)
