{"id":316405,"date":"2020-01-28T06:04:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=316405"},"modified":"2020-01-28T06:04:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:04:33","slug":"scc-business-person-of-the-year-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/scc-business-person-of-the-year-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"SCC Business Person of the Year Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-316405 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\/scc-business-person-of-the-year-gala\/byop2\/'>BYOP2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-316406'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom left, former lieutenant governor Diego Benavente, Labor Secretary Vicky Benavente, Vicki Izuka, and Dave Guerrero attend the Saipan Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year Gala last Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Saipan ballroom in Garapan. (Photos by Bea Cabrera)\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\/scc-business-person-of-the-year-gala\/byop3\/'>BYOP3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-316407'>\n\t\t\t\tGloria Cavanagh and her husband, Joseph Cavanagh, are surrounded by Cavanagh&#8217;s friends and colleagues from Pacific Island Club Saipan where she is the general manager.\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\/scc-business-person-of-the-year-gala\/byop4\/'>BYOP4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-316408'>\n\t\t\t\tSeated are Roman &#8220;Bo&#8221; Palacios and Jose Quan. 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