{"id":218122,"date":"2016-01-07T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=218122"},"modified":"2016-01-07T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T20:00:02","slug":"island-snapshots-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Snapshots &#8211; January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-218122 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-january-2016\/apatang-pix-3\/'>Apatang-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218123'>\n\t\t\t\tMEET THE MAYOR  \t\t\t\t\t      \nTwenty-three students from South Korea met with Saipan Mayor David Apatang last Tuesday as part of their Costa World Tour English Camp. The students will be on island for a month and will attend English classes at Eucon International School while also doing outreach and recreational activities.\n(Frauleine Villanueva-Dizon)\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-january-2016\/court-interns-pix\/'>Court-interns-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219001'>\n\t\t\t\tCOURT INTERNS\t\t\t\t\t\t     \nSuperior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho and court officials gather for a photo with six Marianas High School cooperative training program interns on Friday, the last day of the students\u2019 internship.\n(Ferdie De La Torre)\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-january-2016\/ncd\/'>NCD<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219211'>\n\t\t\t\tSURVEY TRAINING: Enumerators will be going out from house-to-house starting tomorrow for the pilot and hybrid Non-Communicable Diseases\/CNMI Behavioral Health Survey. They have finished their final training this week with the various agencies involved in the survey. (Frauleine Villanueva-Dizon)\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-january-2016\/bsi-pix-1-2\/'>BSI-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219514'>\n\t\t\t\tVILLAGE PRIDE: Best Sunshine International, Ltd. majority shareholder Margaret Cui Lijie, third left, is flanked by Gov. Ralph DLG. Torres, First Lady Diann Torres, BSI chief services officer Tao Xing, Reps. Vinnie Sablan and Ralph Yumul, and BSI Corporate Social Responsibility director Geralyn Dela Cruz, among others, during the Village Pride Project in Tanapag. (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-january-2016\/bsi-pix-2-3\/'>BSI-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219515'>\n\t\t\t\tVILLAGE PRIDE: Tanapag children and their parents enjoy the picnic-style Village Pride Project. (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-january-2016\/bsi-pix-3-3\/'>BSI-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219516'>\n\t\t\t\tVILLAGE PRIDE: Residents of San Vicente and nearby villages gather during Friday evening\u2019s Village Pride Project of BSI\u2019s corporate social responsibility team. (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-january-2016\/bsi-pix-4-3\/'>BSI-pix-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219517'>\n\t\t\t\tVILLAGE PRIDE: The weekly BSI Village Pride Project is open to the public. (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-january-2016\/bsi-pix-5-2\/'>BSI-pix-5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219518'>\n\t\t\t\tVILLAGE PRIDE: The Talaabwogh dancers grace the stage to perform a traditional dance as one of the highlights of Friday\u2019s Village Pride Project in Tanapag. (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-january-2016\/bsi-pix-6-2\/'>BSI-pix-6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219519'>\n\t\t\t\tVILLAGE PRIDE: Cui beams with House Floor Leader George Camacho and BSI chief services officer Tao Xing, among others. (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-january-2016\/human-pix-1\/'>Human-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219520'>\n\t\t\t\tHUMAN TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP\nLauri Ogumoro, executive director for Karidat, and Aatorney Pam Brown, a member of the CNMI Human Trafficking Intervention Coalition, share the story of a specific case of human trafficking in the NMI as part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness month. (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-january-2016\/human-pix-2\/'>Human-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219521'>\n\t\t\t\tHUMAN TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP: Maisie Bermudes Tenorio, the executive director for by Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic &amp; Sexual Violence, leads Mount Carmel School students in the \u201cIn Their Shoes\u201d activity.Maisie Bermudes Tenorio, the executive director for by Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic &amp; Sexual Violence, leads Mount Carmel School students in the \u201cIn Their Shoes\u201d activity. (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-january-2016\/human-pix-3\/'>Human-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219522'>\n\t\t\t\tHUMAN TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP: Mount Carmel School students participate in the \u201cIn Their Shoes\u201d activity. (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-january-2016\/math-pix\/'>Math-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219523'>\n\t\t\t\tNUMBERS GAME                                        \nCNMI MathCourt individual champion Bei Bei Chen, left, joins coach Frederick Guintu, second right, and fellow Agape Christian School students, from left, Claire Song, Rebecca Xu, Andrea Feng, En Jie Hu, Guintu, and Allan Zhao for a group photo. Chen, Song, and Zhao are members of Team CNMI while three of their schoolmates are alternates. (Jon Perez)\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\/tree-planting-dandan\/'>Tree-planting-dandan<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218047'>\n\t\t\t\tTREE PLANTING: Fifty seedlings of crotons and palms from the Division of Agriculture were planted yesterday at the Dandan Homestead Children\u2019s Park by employees of Best Sunshine International Ltd.\u2019s corporate social responsibility team. It is part of the company\u2019s \u201cVillage Pride\u201d beautification campaign. (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\/basketball-court-fence\/'>Basketball-court-fence<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218046'>\n\t\t\t\tFENCING IT: Employees of Best Sunshine International Ltd.\u2019s corporate social responsibility team gathered in Kagman 2 to restore the area\u2019s basketball fence, which has been totally damaged by Typhoon Soudelor. Recently, BSI\u2019s CSR team restored back the court and its fence to its original look. (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-january-2016\/pcf\/'>PCF<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219671'>\n\t\t\t\tCLASS OF 2015: Members of the Pacific Century Fellows Marianas Chapter program\u2019s graduating class of 2015 listen as House Speaker Rafael Demapan reads a House Resolution honoring their achievement. The 12-member class graduated last Tuesday during a simple ceremony at the Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa\u2019s Hibiscus Hall. 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