LIONS DONATION Saipan Centennial Lions Club members; Arceli Lizama (president) Ruth Reyes (Vice president) Nenita Marquez (director) along with former Rota Lions Club members, Antonio Quiambao, Joseline Dionisio Shirley Villanueva, and Ruth Suela gave donations to the victim of Typhoon Mangkhut on Rota. (Contributed Photo)
INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS EXPO -A participant of the 2nd Annual Indigenous Affairs Expo tries his hand in cleaning a parrot fish yesterday at the Civic Center in Susupe.
NEW LOCATION
Natural Nail Spa owners Merle Costelo-Hudkins and Rhea Backe with their staff at the formal opening in their new location on Gualo Rai last Sunday. “We started the business three and half years ago in Garapan and now we moved to a bigger location to better serve our customers. Aside from our usual services such as nails services, hair salon with various color treatment, makeup, waxing, and massage we are adding facial treatment, microblading, and body scrub,” Hudkins said. “We cater to what our customers need and want especially with pricing. We are not expensive, we are not cheap, we are just in the median but guarantee customer satisfaction,” Backe added. For more information and reservation, call (670) 233-NAIL (6245) or go to their Facebook and Instagram accounts. (Bea Cabrera)
PROUD PARENTS
From left, mother Rell, Frank A. Villagomez Jr., Michael Villagomez, and dad Frank. Both brothers now have engineering degrees from California State Polytechnic University. Frank graduated on June 10, 2018, with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. His brother has an electrical engineering degree. (Contributed Photo)
FIELD OF HEROES-Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, seated third left, joins organizers of the Field of Heroes Recognition Week, members of the Department of Fire and Emergency Management Services, and other government officials in yesterday’s proclamation signing at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center. (Jon Perez)
FIELD OF HEROES SPONSOR
The Rota Mayor’s Office is a field sponsor and Hotel Valentino is a Stars & Stripes sponsor of the 2018 Field of Heroes. In photo, Rota Mayor Efraim Atalig, fourth from left, Hotel Valentino operations manager Lupe Flores, fifth from left, Ramon Rosario of Hotel Valentino, and Rota Mayor’s Office staffers Mannex Hocog, and Jane Atalig. (Contributed Photo)
FIELD OF HEROES SPONSOR
Bank of Hawaii is a patron sponsor of the 2018 Field of Heroes. In photo, from left to right, TanHoldings vice president for corporate affairs/human resources Catherine Attao, Bank of Hawaii officer and assistant branch manager Joseph Fujihira, TanHoldings community relations director Carline B. Sablan, Bank of Hawaii vice president, and branch manager Rose Sumor and Tan Siu Lin Foundation administrative officer Mel Naputi. (Contributed Photo)
FIELD OF HEROES SPONSOR
Nora Sablan, health plan manager for TakeCare, together with administrative assistant Leilani Pangelinan and referral coordinator Melanie Santos, present a check for TakeCare’s sponsorship of the 2018 Field of Heroes to event organizers Catherine Attao, TanHoldings vice president for corporate affairs/human resources, and Carline Sablan, TanHoldings community relations director. (Contributed Photo)
HEALTH CENTER TALKS
Kagman Community Health Center executive director Vince Castro, left, talk with Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation chair Rep. John Paul Sablan, center, and House of Representatives Speaker Rafael Demapan, right, on the next steps for the proposed Susupe Community Health Center. ((Contributed Photo)
TRIBUTE
Pete Tenorio, the grandson of late governor Pedro P. Tenorio, performs a number as a tribute to his grandfather during the American Red Cross-NMI Chapter’s 40th Annual Club 200 celebration last Saturday at the Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan. (Kimberly A. Bautista)
ANCESTOR WORSHIP-Japanese Consul to the CNMI Kinji Shinoda bows at the Okinawa Peace Memorial in Marpi to pay his respects to Japanese soldiers who died fighting for their country during World War II. Members of the Japan War Bereaved Families Association also held a similar ceremony on Tinian over the weekend. (Erwin Encinares)
CONGRATULATIONS! The House of Representatives presents a resolution congratulating the CNMI Senior League baseball team for winning the Asia Pacific Regional Tournament, earning them the right to represent the region in this year’s World Series in Easley, South Carolina. (Jon Perez)
EXPORTING OPPORTUNITIES
From left, former Guam public auditor and former senator Doris Flores Brooks, CNMI House Speaker Rafael Demapan (R-Saipan), and Guam Sen. Wil Castro meet to discuss agricultural exporting opportunities and other partnerships between Guam and the Northern Marianas. (Contributed Photo)
HONORARY CONSUL-Federated States of Micronesia President Peter M. Christian swears in former lieutenant governor Diego Benavente as the first ever FSM honorary consul for the CNMI in a ceremony held Saturday at the Garapan Round House. Besides Benavente is CNMI Labor Secretary Vicky Benavente. (Erwin Encinares)
