{"id":326025,"date":"2020-07-07T06:06:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=326025"},"modified":"2020-07-07T06:06:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T20:06:44","slug":"sunday-beach-cleanup-nets-125-bags-of-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/sunday-beach-cleanup-nets-125-bags-of-trash\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday beach cleanup nets 125 bags of trash"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_326026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-326026\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Beach-cleanup-pix1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-326026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Beach-cleanup-pix1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-326026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers pick up the trash that had been washed up by the tides at the Old Man by the Sea beach. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A group of volunteers spent time picking up trash that had been washed up by the tides at the Old Man by the Sea beach last June 28, collecting 125 bags that would be equivalent to 800 lbs of garbage.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jingle Moss, who organized the cleanup, she and the husband, Mark Moss, were saddened by the amount of trash that had been washed ashore. \u201cA lot of bags of trash piled up on one side of the beach,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 50 volunteers were there to help clean up. \u201cWe were only expecting 10 of our friends to show up. Surprisingly, when we arrived, we saw a group of friends whom we just met had already started cleaning up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>TanHoldings president Jerry Tan, who is co-chair of the Governor\u2019s Council of Economic Advisers, thanked and praised the volunteers for taking the initiative. \u201cDuring this pandemic, beaches, hiking trails, and other sites on our island serve as refuge for residents looking for worthwhile activities while still observing safety guidelines set by authorities,\u201d Tan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTourists speak highly of our islands, how they are in awe of the lush greens covering our jungles and the crystal-clear waters of our beaches. We are a proud tourist destination and tourism drives our economy,\u201d added Tan. \u201cWe are very fortunate to have these beautiful places and we must do our part to maintain its cleanliness so we, and our visitors, will continue to enjoy Mother Nature\u2019s creations. We hope that these volunteers\u2019 work will inspire others to do the same to protect our environment. This is our island paradise, let\u2019s keep it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is extremely important to keep our beaches clean, not only for the residents but to visitors as well to show how much we care for the environment. We keep our house clean, we have to keep our environment clean as well,\u201d Moss added. (Chevy Alipio)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of volunteers spent time picking up trash that had been washed up by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":326026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326025","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}