{"id":357499,"date":"2021-12-13T06:03:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T20:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=357499"},"modified":"2021-12-13T06:03:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T20:03:53","slug":"dela-cruz-donates-1k-to-jkpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/dela-cruz-donates-1k-to-jkpl\/","title":{"rendered":"Dela Cruz donates $1K to JKPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_357500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357500\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dela-Cruz-pix.jpg\" alt=\"Former NMI chief justice Jose S. Dela Cruz\" width=\"600\" height=\"292\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-357500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former NMI chief justice Jose S. Dela Cruz, eighth from right, donates $1,000 to the Friends of the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library on Dec. 2, 2021. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former NMI chief justice Jose S. Dela Cruz donated $1,000 to the Friends of the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library last Dec. 2, 2021, with the money being a portion of the sale of Dela Cruz\u2019s new book.<\/p>\n<p>Dela Cruz accompanied by his daughter, Roxanne Dela Cruz, presented a check for $1,000 to the Friends of the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library as part of the celebration of JKPL\u2019s 30th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n<p>Dela Cruz, who launched his latest book, The Fundamental Issues Affecting the Northern Mariana Islands, at the library last Nov. 20, 2021, donated 50% of the proceeds from his book.<\/p>\n<p>The new book documents historical accounts of the CNMI and serves as a sequel to Dela Cruz\u2019s book, From Colonization to Self-Government: the Northern Marianas Experience. Both books are available for check out and curbside pick-up at the JKPL by visiting www.cnmilib.org. <\/p>\n<p>Contact Roxanne Dela Cruz at (670) 788-1957 or email nmifundamentalissues@gmail.com to purchase either book for $20 each. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUn dangkulo na si yu\u2019us ma\u2019ase. We humbly thank you, Honorable Jose S. Dela Cruz and family, for your continued patronage and support of the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library. Your donation will assist the JKPL\u2019s programs and services for the CNMI,\u201d said library director Erlinda C. Naputi. <em>(PR)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NMI chief justice Jose S. Dela Cruz donated $1,000 to the Friends of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":357501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[191,412],"class_list":["post-357499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-dela-cruz","tag-jkpl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357499","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=357499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}