{"id":234026,"date":"2016-08-11T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=234026"},"modified":"2016-08-11T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T20:00:22","slug":"island-snapshots-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-august-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Snapshots &#8211; August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-234026 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-august-2016\/chacha-pix\/'>Chacha-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-234056'>\n\t\t\t\tCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP \t\t\t\t\t\t\t          \nThe Office of the Mayor of Saipan spent the whole of Thursday last week preparing and sprucing up the surroundings of Chacha Oceanview Middle School in preparation for the reopening of classes. Principal Vince Dela Cruz said this is part of a strong community partnership.  (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-august-2016\/bsi-pix-13\/'>BSI-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-234863'>\n\t\t\t\tSUPPORTING AN ANNUAL TRADITION                               \nBest Sunshine International, Ltd. extended its assistance to the Team Sufa Softball Association\u2019s quest to participate and win the 2016 Labor Day tournament in Las Vegas, an annual tradition for CNMI residents in the mainland to gather together. Yesterday, BSI\u2019s executive director for Corporate Social Responsibility Geralyn Dela Cruz presented the company\u2019s sponsorship donation of $1,500 to Jovita Flores, Tom Camacho, and Edward Flores, officers of Sufa Softball Association. \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-august-2016\/mcs-pix-15\/'>MCS-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-235154'>\n\t\t\t\tALUMKNIGHTS GIVE BACK TO ALMA MATER\nThis year, Mount Carmel School\u2019s 1976 AlumKnights held joint 40th class reunion activities with their friends from the Marianas High School Class of 1976, in which they raised funds to donate to their alma maters. Representatives from the Class of 1976 recently dropped by to present their donation to Mount Carmel School. From left, Principal Frances Taimanao, Absalon Waki, Maggie Villagomez, Nita San Nicolas, Dianalyn Tesiro, Juan Borja, Prescilla Dela Cruz, and president Galvin Deleon Guerrero.  (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-august-2016\/chinese-association-donation\/'>Chinese-Association-Donation<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-235189'>\n\t\t\t\tBSI DONATES \nTO CHINESE \nASSOCIATION\nBest Sunshine International, Ltd. extended its assistance to the Chinese Association of Saipan\u2019s ongoing advocacy and education program through their Chinese Education Center. Best Sunshine Corporate Social Responsibility executive director Geri Dela Cruz presented the company\u2019s donation of $1,000 to Chinese Association of Saipan board director Ta Bun Kuy and staff Owen Ji. 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