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Island Snapshots – March 2021
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Posted on Mar 02 2021
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- EYESORE This photo submitted by a reader shows trash that have accumulated at the Garapan Fishing Base. In the caption provided by the reader, it said: “So much trash at Pantalan Aleman—the Garapan Fishing Base—right across Kristo Rai Church!” (Contributed Photo)
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- IN THE SPOTLIGHT-Olympio “Oly” Magofna, from Tanapag on Saipan in the CNMI, has been the emergency management officer of Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa since joining CFAO in July 2016. As EMO he is responsible for the establishment, implementation, and sustainment of a comprehensive all-hazard emergency management program in order to prepare for and mitigate the potential effects of, respond to, and recover from natural or man-made emergencies impacting CFAO and its tenant commands spread out over Okinawa. His environmental portrait was taken onboard CFAO at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan on Feb. 19, 2021. (U.S. NAVY/MCS1 DAVID R. KRIGBAUM)
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- TREVALLY DERBY WINNER Raffy Panelo, a Mobil Oil Marianas tanker driver, won the Kristo Rai Trevally Hunters Derby after catching a 6.6-lb trevally, also known as talakitok, at a beach near the Carolinian Utt in Garapan. Derby coordinator Carlos Ballesteros awarded Panelo $700 in cash prize, $50 in gift certificates, and $115 worth of gifts. It was the sixth fishing day of the friendly competition that started last Feb. 1. For the second successive Sunday, Panelo joined the event that drew a record 73 entries. The derby will resume this coming Sunday for the second and third prize pot money, plus other gifts at the Pakpak Beach in San Antonio. (Ferdie De La Torre)
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- BENEFIT DRIVE-Nine-year-old Kate King Manglona, shown here with her art teacher, Victoria Sewell, holds up her watercolor, titled “Frank,” which shows a green sea turtle. Manglona is selling prints of her artwork on Saturday, March 6, 2021, from 3pm to 6pm at Marianas Creations on Saipan to benefit Saipan Cares for Animals, a nonprofit animal rescue clinic serving Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
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- GARAPAN MAKEOVER-A worker repaints the parallel parking markers along Hotel Street last Feb. 24, 2021, as part of the Garapan Revitalization Task Force’s cleanup work in Garapan. The task force, together with other public and private partners water-blasted the streets and repainted the parking markers to prepare for the rerouting of roads that will see new one-way streets in the area. (BEA CABRERA)
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- MISS MARIANAS BETS-Stellar Marianas president Michelle Sablan, center, joins the 2021 Miss Marianas contestants, from left, Vincent Rabasto, Lilly Carillo, Toremy Diaz, Naomi Lizama, Ha’Ane Eugenio, Bernadette Horey, Richelle Ramon, and Savannah Delos Santos Saturday afternoon at the Hyatt Regency Saipan. The 2021 Miss Marianas Pageant is scheduled for this Saturday, March 13, 2021, at 4pm at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom and will be streamed live on www.facebook.com/stellarmarianas. (ISLAND IMAGE & MOTION)
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- WUSHIN DONATION Wushin Corp. donates 20 sacks of rice to Karidat Social Services as the company’s way of helping the community, especially those who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Contributed Photo)
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- MHS DONATION The Saipan Teen Unity Leos Club donated sanitary items to Marianas High School last Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The group donated paper towels, tissues, and hand sanitizers for the school. This service was led by Saipan Teen Unity Leos Club president Victoria Ancheta, Saipan Unity Lions Club president Alicia Barbo, and FVDG Lion Atoy Banting. The donation was received by MHS principal Jonathan Aguon, vice principals Melanie Rdiall and Romolo Orsini, and assigned ZC Lion Eden Mercado. (Contributed Photo)
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- SUP YOGA ON THE BEACH-A group of beachgoers are seen performing a yoga pose as they balance on a stand-up paddleboard in the waters off Micro Beach in front of the Hyatt Regency Saipan. This group is participating in what is called SUP yoga, or standup paddleboard yoga. (NEIL FAMA)
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- NMC TRAINING-CNMI Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services’ Division of Fire Prevention and company commanders recently completed a training activity facilitated by Northern Marianas College’s Community Development Institute. The training focused on report writing for law enforcement officials. In photo with the commanders and NMC-CDI staff are NMC interim president Frankie Eliptico and DFEMS Commissioner Dennis Mendiola. (NMC)
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- NEW BEAUTY QUEEN Newly-crowned Miss Marianas 2021 Savannah Lyn Relox Delos Santos poses for a photograph with Keith Stewart, president of Pacific Rim, which is a title sponsor of Stellar Marianas, the group that organizes the annual pageant. (Island Image & Motion)
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- FIRST COMMERCIAL MARIJUANA PRODUCER LICENSEE-Victor Cabrera, owner of T-Marianas, shows his commercial marijuana producer Class 1 license that the CNMI Cannabis Commission issued last Friday during a press conference in the governor’s conference room. Also in the photo from left are CCC board chair Nadine Deleon Guerrero, Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, CCC board secretary Journie Hofschneider, CCC board vice chair Matthew Deleon Guerrero, and acting CCC managing director Janina Maratita. (FERDIE DE LA TORRE)
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- FULLY VACCINATED Philippine honorary consul to the CNMI Glicerio “Eli” Arago is injected with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over the weekend at the Medical Care and Treatment Site behind the Commonwealth Health Center in Garapan. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is a one-shot regimen, so people inoculated with this vaccine need to be injected just once. (Contributed Photo)
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- IN WITH THE NEW NMTI CEO Jodina Attao, third from left, poses with the Northern Marianas Technical Institution’s board of trustees after being named NMTI’s interim chief executive officer last Saturday in Lower Base. (Justin Nauta)
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- HARBOR PROJECT-Equipment Operator Constructionman Michael Gray, left, and Builder 2nd Class Peyton Dyer, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, compact base material to prepare the excavation for a mooring bollard concrete foundation in support of the Tinian harbor repair project, enhancing the Port of Tinian for future operations. (U.S. NAVY/WENHAN FAN)
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- COLLISSION AT QUARTERMASTER-A white sedan with a severely damaged bumper is seen being towed away at the Quartermaster Road intersection. At left, a black pickup truck can be seen also being towed away with a damaged rear. This photo was taken early afternoon yesterday, just moments after the car collision between the white sedan and black pickup truck occurred. It was reported that both drivers of the two vehicles were not injured. More details on the incident will follow. (NEIL FAMA)
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- CAMP TINIAN-Construction Electrician Constructionman Jose Silva, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, wires electrical lines providing power to berthing buildings on Camp Tinian to test electrical receptacles. The camp will support future Naval Construction Force and U.S. Marine Corps operations on Tinian. NMCB-4 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region and United States ready to support major combat operations, theater security, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. Seabees provide general engineering and civil support to Navy, Marine Corps and joint operational forces globally. (U.S. NAVY/CM2 WENHAN FAN)
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- CLEANING UP THE BEACHES-Organizers and participants of the Kristo Rai Trevally Hunters Derby gather for a group photo near the Atkins Toyota intersection in Oleai/San Jose after they collected a truckload of trash from the Garapan Fishing Base to Oleai last Friday morning. The group took time out from the fishing derby and picked up trash to help the government and the community in cleaning up the beaches. (FERDIE DE LA TORRE)
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- COLLABORATION WORK Northern Marianas College interim president Frankie Eliptico and Education Commissioner Dr. Alfred Ada and their teams recently met to talk about strengthening the alignment of NMC and PSS programs. From left, Tayna Belyeu-Camacho, Jackie Quitugua, Manny Castro, Frankie Eliptico, Alfred Ada, Bill Torres, and Jessica Taylor. (Contributed Photo)
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- LAB WORK-Northern Marianas College nursing instructor Min Jung “Mindy” Song explains a medical procedure to her students during a skills laboratory work. The college is working to meet increasing health care workforce needs in the CNMI, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. (NMC)
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- CAMPUS VISIT Members of the CNMI House of Representatives’ Education Committee, chaired by Rep. Leila Staffler (D-Saipan), third from right, recently visited Northern Marianas College and met with NMC interim president Frankie Eliptico, rightmost, and members of NMC’s leadership team. The visit included a tour of the different sites of where new buildings will be constructed. The campus visit included a tour of recently-renovated spaces and the Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Service agricultural experiment station in As Perdido. In photo with Eliptico and Staffler are Reps. Ed Propst, Donald Manglona, Richard Lizama, and NMC interim vice president for Learning and Student Success Charlotte Cepeda. (NMC)
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- EDUCATION TALKS-The CNMI Senate Committee on Health, Welfare, and Education, which is chaired by Sen. Justo Quitugua (R-Saipan), recently visited the Northern Marianas College and met with NMC interim president Frankie Eliptico and members of the college’s leadership team. The discussion focused on updates with the college’s spring semester, accreditation, and the new facilities that will be built on the As Terlaje campus. In photo with Eliptico are Sens. Karl King-Nabors (R-Tinian), Frank Cruz (R-Tinian), Vinnie Sablan (D-Saipan), Quitugua, and Edith Deleon Guerrero (D-Saipan). (NMC)
