{"id":365648,"date":"2022-04-05T06:02:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T20:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=365648"},"modified":"2022-04-05T06:02:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T20:02:46","slug":"island-snapshots-april-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-april-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"ISLAND SNAPSHOTS &#8211; April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-365648 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-april-2022\/vp-week-poster-karen-manuel-111\/'>VP-Week-Poster-Karen Manuel 111<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-365649'>\n\t\t\t\tVICE PRINCIPAL\u2019S WEEK                  \nGratitude is extended to Hopwood Middle School vice principals Karen Manuel and Ben Seman, who are being honored this week as part of the celebration of National Vice Principal\u2019s Week (April 4-8), when school systems nationwide recognize vice principals who have\u00a0demonstrated unwavering leadership\u2014becoming a source of strength and inspiration for us all. Thanks to Manuel and Seman for their dedication, leadership, and contributions to our school. (Contributed Photo)\n\t        \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-april-2022\/national-library-week-pix-11\/'>National Library Week pix 11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-365650'>\n\t\t\t\tNATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK\nThank you to Hopwood Middle School\u00a0librarian Janet Sablan for your guidance and support, as the nation marks National Library Week (April 3-9) to celebrate our nation\u2019s libraries, library workers\u2019 contributions and to promote library use and support. The theme this year is\u00a0\u201cConnect with Your Library.\u201d\u00a0(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-april-2022\/erin-overcash-pix11\/'>Erin Overcash pix11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-365774'>\n\t\t\t\tF-18 FIGHTER PILOT    \t\t\t\t\t       \nErin Overcash, the only female F-18 fighter pilot in the Navy\u2019s Carrier Air Wing\u00a05,\u00a0stands inside a cell of the Old Japanese Jail in Garapan, Saipan, where local lore holds that famed aviator Amelia Earhart was held by the Japanese military after her 1937 disappearance. Other photo shows Overcash standing in the corridor of the Old Japanese Jail. (Walt Goodridge)\n\n\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-april-2022\/erin-overcash-pix22\/'>Erin Overcash pix22<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-365775'>\n\t\t\t\tF-18 FIGHTER PILOT    \t\t\t\t\t       \nErin Overcash, the only female F-18 fighter pilot in the Navy\u2019s Carrier Air Wing\u00a05,\u00a0stands inside a cell of the Old Japanese Jail in Garapan, Saipan, where local lore holds that famed aviator Amelia Earhart was held by the Japanese military after her 1937 disappearance. Other photo shows Overcash standing in the corridor of the Old Japanese Jail. (Walt Goodridge)\n\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\/nmi-govt-to-celebrate-may-2-6-as-public-service-recognition-week\/public-service-recognition-week-pix-11\/'>Public Service Recognition Week pix 11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366228'>\n\t\t\t\tPUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK \nGov. Ralph DLG Torres is joined by the CNMI Office of Personnel Management director of Personnel Frances T. Torres-Salas, members of the Public Service Recognition Week Committee, dignitaries, and representatives of CNMI government departments and agencies for a souvenir picture after Torres signed yesterday the designation of the week of May 2-6, 2022 as Public Service Recognition Week. (Office of the Governor)\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-april-2022\/st-stations-01w-3\/'>ST-Stations-01W<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366389'>\n\t\t\t\tMount Carmel School kindergarten student Yzzabella Fernando Vergel de Dios reads \u201cThe First Station: Jesus is Condemned to Death\u201d during the Stations of the Cross.(MCS )\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-april-2022\/st-stations-02w-3\/'>ST-Stations-02W<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366390'>\n\t\t\t\tMount Carmel Schoo(MCS)\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-april-2022\/st-stations-03w-3\/'>ST-Stations-03W<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366391'>\n\t\t\t\tMount Carmel School students position themselves with candles during \u201cThe Tenth Station: Jesus\u2019 Clothes are Taken Away\u201d during the Stations of the Cross.(MCS)\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-april-2022\/st-stations-04w-3\/'>ST-Stations-04W<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366392'>\n\t\t\t\tMount Carmel School students position themselves with candles during \u201cThe Thirteenth Station: The Body of Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross\u201d during the Stations of the Cross. (MCS)\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-april-2022\/st-stations-masterw-3\/'>ST-Stations-MasterW<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366393'>\n\t\t\t\t LENTEN CELEBRATION As part of Mount Carmel School\u2019s Lenten celebration, the entire Mount Carmel School family gathered in the school\u2019s quad on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, to pray the Stations of the Cross. Each grade level took turns reading each station and participated later in activities that highlighted the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. (MCS)\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-april-2022\/2022-uog-cis-11\/'>2022-uog-cis-11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366471'>\n\t\t\t\tCONFERENCE ON ISLAND SUSTAINABILITY Saipan\u2019s Rep. Sheila Babauta (D-Saipan) encourages the audience to build solidarity with each other throughout the Mariana Islands as a featured CIS Seed Talks speaker of the 2022 University of Guam Conference on Island Sustainability on April 8 at the Hyatt Regency Guam. Babauta is an environmental justice movement fellow with The New School (N.Y.) and is a representative in the 22nd\u00a0Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature.\u00a0(UOG)\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-april-2022\/2022-uog-cis-22\/'>2022-uog-cis-22<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366472'>\n\t\t\t\tCONFERENCE ON ISLAND SUSTAINABILITY Austin Shelton, director of the Center for Island Sustainability, speaks on a panel about harnessing opportunities for Guam from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, at the 2022 University of Guam Conference on Island Sustainability on April 8 at the Hyatt Regency Guam. (From left) Moderator Melanie Mendiola, CEO and administration, Guam Economic Development Authority; Carlotta Leon Guerrero, chief adviser on military and regional affairs to the governor of Guam; John Miller, president, Mana Pacific Inc. (Hawaii); and Shelton. (UOG)\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-april-2022\/2022-uog-cis-33\/'>2022-uog-cis-33<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366473'>\n\t\t\t\tCONFERENCE ON ISLAND SUSTAINABILITY University of Guam president Thomas W. Krise and Guam Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero answer questions during a press conference to open the 2022 University of Guam Conference on Island Sustainability on April 5 at the Hyatt Regency Guam. This marks the third year the governor and UOG president have served as co-chairs of the conference.\u00a0(UOG)\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-april-2022\/2022-uog-cis-44\/'>2022-uog-cis-44<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366474'>\n\t\t\t\tCONFERENCE ON ISLAND SUSTAINABILITY Conference on Island Sustainability keynote speaker Suzanne Vares-Lum, the new president of the East-West Center in Hawaii as of January, shares what her father told her after surveying various Micronesian islands with the Army in 1962: \u201cWe have a lot to learn from those who live there \u2026 there\u2019s no such thing as an orphan, there\u2019s no such thing as someone who\u2019s homeless\u2026 there was no such thing in 1962. There wasn\u2019t an idea that you wouldn\u2019t share everything you had with someone else.\u201d She spoke at the University of Guam conference on April 7 at the Hyatt Regency Guam.\u00a0(UOG)\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-april-2022\/2022-uog-cis-55\/'>2022-uog-cis-55<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366475'>\n\t\t\t\tCONFERENCE ON ISLAND SUSTAINABILITY Heidi Kujawa, CEO of ByFusion Global Inc. based in California, explains her company\u2019s development of construction-grade building blocks made from recycled and unrecyclable plastics. She was a featured speaker of the 2022 University of Guam Conference on Island Sustainability on April 7 at the Hyatt Regency Guam.\u00a0(UOG )\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\/people-may-soon-self-select-sex-marker-on-ssn-records\/tau-gamma-phi-pix-11\/'>Tau Gamma Phi pix 11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366551'>\n\t\t\t\tCOMMUNITY SERVICE      \t\t\t\t    \t   \nMembers of the Tau Gamma Phi Northern Mariana Islands Council continue their community service of handing out refreshments during the annual Mt. Tapochao Good Friday service. (Contributed Photo)\n\n\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-april-2022\/dfs-pix11\/'>DFS pix11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366623'>\n\t\t\t\tWELCOME BACK!\t\t\t\t\t                       \nSome of the staff of \u00a0T Galleria by DFS line up inside the luxury mall to welcome guests as they await the opening of the doors last April 8.\u00a0(Leigh Gases)\n\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-april-2022\/earth-day-beach-cleanup-pix-11\/'>Earth Day beach cleanup pix 11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366960'>\n\t\t\t\tEARTH DAY CLEANUP Island Keepers CNMI volunteers clean up the Sugar Dock last April 22, as part of the islandwide cleanup organized by the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality to celebrate Earth Day and Environmental Awareness Month. ( Island Keepers CNMI)\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-april-2022\/earth-day-pix11\/'>earth Day pix11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-367191'>\n\t\t\t\tEARTH DAY CLEANUPS      \t\t\t\t                \nPrecinct 5 Rep. Richard Lizama (D-Saipan) provided trash hauling services for the Marine Beach cleanup organized by Miss Northern Marianas Earth. Photo courtesy of Miss Northern Marianas Earth. (Contributed Photo)\n\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-april-2022\/earth-day-pix22\/'>Earth Day pix22<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-367192'>\n\t\t\t\tEARTH DAY CLEANUPS\n2022 Earth Day Cleanup at Marine Beach organized by Miss Northern Marianas Earth, in partnership with the CNMI Youth Affairs, Tan Siu Lin Foundation, and the CNMI Women\u2019s Affairs Office. Photo courtesy of Miss Northern Marianas Earth. (Contributed Photo)\n\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-april-2022\/earth-day-pix33\/'>Earth Day pix33<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-367193'>\n\t\t\t\tEARTH DAY CLEANUPS \nEarth Day beach cleanup. Salty Skin Pacific keeps true to their mission to help protect the ocean as they cleanup Obyan Beach, as part of the Earth Day Islandwide Cleanup last April 22. Photo courtesy of Salty Skin Pacific. (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-april-2022\/ite-pix-11-2\/'>IT&amp;E pix 11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-367327'>\n\t\t\t\tARTS FESTIVAL SPONSOR      \nIT&amp;E is a proud partner and sponsor of this weekend\u2019s Flame Tree Arts Festival festivities. From left, Rob Harrell, IT&amp;E executive director of Customer Operations; Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Secretary Joseph P. Deleon Guerrero; Parker Yobei, executive director of Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture; and Velma Ann M. Palacios, IT&amp;E director of Network Operations and Engineering. (IT&amp;E)\n\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-april-2022\/proclamation-pix11\/'>Proclamation pix11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-367353'>\n\t\t\t\tPROCLAMATIONS\t  Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, joined yesterday by Department of Corrections Commissioner Wally F. Villagomez, Department of Corrections officers and employees, Department of Public Safety Commissioner Robert A. Guerrero, dignitaries, and community members, proclaimed the week of May 1-7, 2022 as CNMI Correctional Officers and Employees Week. (Office of the Governor)\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-april-2022\/proclamation-pix22\/'>Proclamation pix22<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-367354'>\n\t\t\t\tPROCLAMATIONS Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, with Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Priscilla M. Iakopo, MVA board members and staff, dignitaries, and community members, yesterday proclaimed May as Marianas Tourism Month. (Office of the Governor)\t      \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-april-2022\/jpg-4\/'>.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-367355'>\n\t\t\t\tPROCLAMATIONS Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, joined yesterday by Office on Aging director Walter Manglona, Department of Cultural and Community Affairs Secretary Joseph P. Deleon Guerrero, the man\u2019amko, Office on Aging staff, dignitaries, and community members, proclaimed the month of May as Older Americans Month in the CNMI. 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