{"id":286313,"date":"2018-10-10T06:06:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T20:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=286313"},"modified":"2018-10-10T06:06:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T20:06:05","slug":"ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"IPI\u2019s active role during 2nd CNMI Indigenous Cultural Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_286314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286314\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IPI-pix-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IPI-pix-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286314\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-286314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IPI Corporate Social Responsibility team members Martin, Alex, and J.R. create plates made out of banana leaves for food tasting. (Contributed Photos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC through its Corporate Social Responsibility played an active role in the successful staging of the recently concluded 2nd Annual CNMI Indigenous Cultural Expo last Oct 8.\u2029Imperial Pacific International\u2019s CSR\u2014the community outreach arm of the largest private sector employer in the region\u2014joined more than 50 key individuals, government and private sector organizations in the event held over-the-weekend, which also attracted its largest number of participants yet again. The expo celebrated and promoted the indigenous culture.  \u2029IPI-CSR staff Chandis Cooper also served as vice chairperson on the event committee. (PR)\u2029<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-286313 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\/ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo\/ipi-pix-2-8\/'>IPI pix 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286315'>\n\t\t\t\tAnother highlight, food baskets woven from coconut fronds were stuffed with lemai and sweet potatoes. (Contributed Photos)\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\/ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo\/ipi-pix-3-8\/'>IPI pix 3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286316'>\n\t\t\t\tMedicinal plants were given away to students.\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\/ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo\/ipi-pix-4-6\/'>IPI pix 4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286317'>\n\t\t\t\tWeaved traditional hats and baskets by Steven Van Winkle and Pete Matagolai.\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\/ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo\/ipi-pix-5-5\/'>IPI pix 5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286318'>\n\t\t\t\tLocal taro, sweet potatoes, and yam on display.\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\/ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo\/ipi-pix-6-4\/'>IPI pix 6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286319'>\n\t\t\t\tJ.R. Brel, an IPI-CSR staff, prepares plates made from banana leaves.\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\/ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo\/ipi-pix-7-4\/'>IPI pix 7<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286320'>\n\t\t\t\tIPI\u2019s Maria Manalo, second left, assist with the registration.\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\/ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo\/ipi-pix-8-3\/'>IPI pix 8<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286321'>\n\t\t\t\tIPI\u2019s Corporate Social Responsibility also assisted in the water station. From left to right, Jowl Naputi, Melina Salas, Jaclyn Litulumar, and Martine Pnagelinan.\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\/ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo\/ipi-pix-9-2\/'>IPI pix 9<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286322'>\n\t\t\t\tCoconut oil and shell jewelry by Mike Naputi.\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\/ipis-active-role-during-2nd-cnmi-indigenous-cultural-expo\/ipi-pix-10-2\/'>IPI pix 10<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286323'>\n\t\t\t\tScotty Leon Guerrero setting up Imperial Pacific International\u2019s feather flag.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC through its Corporate Social Responsibility played an active role in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":286314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[22939,7868,9661,12497],"class_list":["post-286313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-chandis-cooper","tag-corporate-social-responsibility","tag-imperial-pacific-international","tag-ipi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}