{"id":203512,"date":"2015-06-05T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=203512"},"modified":"2015-06-05T06:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T20:00:40","slug":"island-snapshots-june-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-june-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Snapshots &#8211; June 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-203512 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-june-2015\/cnmi-youth-congress-pix\/'>CNMI Youth Congress<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-203516'>\n\t\t\t\tYOUTH CONGRESS MEETS WITH LAWMAKERS  \t\t\t\t\t     \n15th CNMI Youth Congress speaker Thomas Manglona II, vice speaker Roselyn Tanghal, legislative secretary Reynafe Aniga, and clerk Christ Castro meet with Lt. Gov. Ralph Torres, Senate President Victor Hocog, and House Speaker Joseph Deleon Guerrero on Monday to discuss their partnership in addressing the critical issues youth in the islands face. The youth leaders and lawmakers discussed the Public School System\u2019s budget, a possible Youth Congress leadership scholarship fund, War on Ice educational outreach, a \u201cLawmakers in the Classroom\u201d project, and mandatory service hours for all high school students.\n(Contributed Photo)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-june-2015\/pacifica-insurance-2\/'>Pacifica-Insurance Winning Photo<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-203747'>\n\t\t\t\tWINNING PHOTO: Pacifica Insurance Underwriters Inc.\u2019s Hashtag Choose My Picture winning photo entry No. 1 is from Instagrammer Malyssa Castro as @maalyboo with caption \u201cWe got yo back, CNMI!\u201d 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.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-june-2015\/bsi-rota-donation-pix\/'>BSI Rota donation pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-203784'>\n\t\t\t\tBEST SUNSHINE DONATES TO ROTA \t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \nThe Rota Legislative Delegation led by Senate President Victor Hocog and Rota Mayor Efrain Atalig accepts a donation of 25,000 lbs of rice from Best Sunshine International. Senior vice president Donald Browne represented Best Sunshine at the presentation. \u201cImperial Pacific International CNMI LLC., and Best Sunshine International are proud to provide assistance to the residents of Rota as they struggle with the aftermath of Typhoon Dolphin,\u201d said Browne. \u201cOur hearts go out to all the residents of Rota as they rebuild their lives.\u201d\n(Contributed Photo)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-june-2015\/ite-pix-jpg\/'>IT&E pix.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-204191'>\n\t\t\t\tCAGE SPONSOR \t\t\t\t\t\t       IT&#038;E is proudly sponsoring annual Emon Lodge No. 179 Basketball Tournament with a $1,500 cash donation. From left, Rob Harrell, IT&#038;E executive director of Customer Operations; Pepe Crisostomo, Emon Lodge No. 179 member; Bong Malasarte, Emon Lodge No. 179 member; and Veronica Acosta, IT&#038;E Product manager. (Contributed Photo)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-june-2015\/shirleys-pix\/'>Shirley's pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-204629'>\n\t\t\t\tSHIRLEY\u2019S BEACH CLEANUP      \nShirley\u2019s Coffee Shop held its quarterly beach cleanup last June 8 at the beach behind the Aquarius Beach Tower Hotel in Chalan Kanoa. Staff and their family and friends were able to haul several trash bags full of garbage from the site. (Contributed Photo)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-june-2015\/hanmi-pix-1-2\/'>HANMI pix 1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-204804'>\n\t\t\t\tHANMI LOGO CONTEST WINNERS   \t\t\t       \nTricia Salcedo and Kiana Florendo received their prizes after finishing first and third in the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands logo contest. Salcedo and Florendo are joined in the photo by Kanoa Resort general manager Wendy Herring, second left, HANMI chair and Mariana Resort &#038; Spa general manager Gloria Cavanagh, and two Kanoa Resort staff.\n(Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-june-2015\/hanmi-pix-2-3\/'>HANMI pix 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-204805'>\n\t\t\t\tHANMI LOGO CONTEST WINNERS   \nHANMI logo contest second placer Pearl Cataluna receives her prize from HANMI chair and Mariana Resort &#038; Spa general manager Gloria Cavanagh while two Kanoa Resort staff hold the HANMI banner.\n(Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-june-2015\/bankpacific\/'>BankPacific<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-205387'>\n\t\t\t\tROTA FUND DRIVE: Guam Gov. Edward Calvo\u2019s office recently raised funds through a \u201cBoot Drive\u201d for Rota victims of Typhoon Dolphin. BankPacific team members helped with the fund-raising drive by donating to Calvo\u2019s campaign. In photo are Governor\u2019s Office\u2019s Cecile Suda and Evelyn Claros join bank employees Leah Vilante, Vayda Aldan, Patrice Apiag, Jesse Sanchez, and Tanya Cruz in posing for a group photo. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-june-2015\/bridge-capital-2\/'>Bridge-Capital<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-205388'>\n\t\t\t\tBRIDGE CAPITAL DONATION\nBridge Capital, LLC recently made a donation to 2015 Royal Court Liberation candidate Stephanie Camacho, left. Also in photo are, from left, Bridge Capital, LLC chief of operations Jody R. Jordahl and Camacho\u2019s mother Katherine Casil. 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