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Island Snapshots – October 2020
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Posted on Oct 02 2020
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- FINAL PRODUCT FERDIE DE LA TORRE Senate vice president Jude U. Hofschneider (R-Tinian), left, shakes hands with Rep. Ivan A. Blanco (R-Saipan) as they hold the conference committee’s “product” that resolved the Senate’s and House’s disagreements on the government’s budget for fiscal year 2021 during a session in the Senate chamber Wednesday late at night. Hofschneider and Blanco led the Senate and the House teams in the conference committee, respectively. (Ferdie De La Torre)
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- CAMP TINIAN Builder 3rd Class Matthew Best, deployed with the Seabee expeditionary construction and engineering capability of Task Force 75, carries lumber to prefabricated walls in support of Southwest Asia hut construction on Camp Tinian. (U.S. NAVY/MCS2 COLE C. PIELOP)
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- WELCOME TO SAIPAN!-The crew and officers-in-training aboard the Kashima, a Japanese military training vessel, gather on the port side of the vessel to watch special performances, including traditional Chamorro and Carolinian dancers, and the Saipan Awaodori Team. The Kashima, a training vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, dropped anchor on Saipan last Oct. 14 to refuel and resupply and left on Oct. 16, 2020. (NEIL FAMA)
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- Although those aboard the Kashima could not disembark and explore the island due to COVID-19 protocols, they were still treated to a welcome performance by several dance groups at the Charlie Dock of the Port of Saipan last Oct. 15, 2020. (NEIL FAMA)
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- NEW OFFICE-Gov. Ralph DLG. Torres, third from right, Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios, fourth from right, other government officials, TanHoldings and Tan Siu Lin Foundation officials, and guests cut the ribbon for the official opening of the Philippine Honorary Consulate Office under honorary consul Glicerio “Eli” Arago, second from right, last Friday, Oct. 16, at the Sun Palace Hotel in Susupe. (Photos by NEIL FAMA)
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- Guests enter the new office of the Philippine Honorary Consulate Office after the official opening last Friday, Oct. 16, at the Sun Palace Hotel in Susupe.
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- TanHoldings president Jerry Tan delivers his remarks at the official opening of the Philippine Honorary Consulate Office last Friday, Oct. 16, at the Sun Palace Hotel in Susupe.
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- Gov. Ralph DLG. Torres delivers his remarks at the official opening of the Philippine Honorary Consulate Office last Friday, Oct. 16, at the Sun Palace Hotel in Susupe.
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- Philippine honorary consul to the CNMI Glicerio “Eli” Arago welcomes guests to the official opening of the Philippine Honorary Consulate Office last Friday, Oct. 16, at the Sun Palace Hotel in Susupe.
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- BEST MANAGER Congratulations to Jocelyn Asistores of McDonald’s Saipan for being named as one of the best managers of McDonald’s in the United States. Asistores was able to make it to the top 1% out of the 37,000 restaurants from 120 countries in the world for consistently demonstrating an outstanding performance. Greetings come from your McDonald’s family in Guam and Saipan. We are proud to recognize her incredible work and achievement. (Contributed Photo)
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- BEST MANAGER Congratulations to Jocelyn Asistores of McDonald’s Saipan for being named as one of the best managers of McDonald’s in the United States. Asistores was able to make it to the top 1% out of the 37,000 restaurants from 120 countries in the world for consistently demonstrating an outstanding performance. Greetings come from your McDonald’s family in Guam and Saipan. We are proud to recognize her incredible work and achievement. (Contributed Photo)
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- BEST MANAGER Congratulations to Jocelyn Asistores of McDonald’s Saipan for being named as one of the best managers of McDonald’s in the United States. Asistores was able to make it to the top 1% out of the 37,000 restaurants from 120 countries in the world for consistently demonstrating an outstanding performance. Greetings come from your McDonald’s family in Guam and Saipan. We are proud to recognize her incredible work and achievement. (Contributed Photo)
