{"id":224012,"date":"2016-03-28T06:06:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T20:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=224012"},"modified":"2016-03-28T06:06:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T20:06:19","slug":"2016-mt-tapochau-good-friday-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/2016-mt-tapochau-good-friday-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Mt. Tapochau Good Friday Trek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTOS By JON PEREZ<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-224012 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\/2016-mt-tapochau-good-friday-trek\/mt-tapochau-pix-1\/'>Mt.-Tapochau-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-224015'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the TAU GAMMA PHI\/SIGMA-Northern Mariana Islands Council (NMIC) give out water and milk to all who trekked up Mt. 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