{"id":370750,"date":"2022-06-20T06:02:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T20:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=370750"},"modified":"2022-06-20T06:02:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T20:02:48","slug":"gcea-unveils-35-mvp-marianas-village-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gcea-unveils-35-mvp-marianas-village-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"GCEA unveils 35 MVP Marianas village flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-370750 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><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\/gcea-unveils-35-mvp-marianas-village-flags\/basic-rgb-5\/'>Basic RGB<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/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\/gcea-unveils-35-mvp-marianas-village-flags\/basic-rgb-3\/'>Basic RGB<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Residents of the Marianas have another reason to celebrate at the Taste of the Marianas Festival this month. The Governor\u2019s Council of Economic Advisers has unveiled the new Marianas Village Flags at the opening of the Taste of the Marianas festival at the Garapan Fishing Base last Saturday, June 18, 2022. The village flags are installed along the Beach Road side of the festival, and the community is invited to attend this free event. <\/p>\n<p>The Marianas Village Flags are the products of a Marianas Village Pride art contest hosted by the Governor\u2019s Council of Economic Advisers in partnership with the CNMI Public School System and the Saipan, Tinian, and Rota mayors\u2019 offices. The islands\u2019 villages were identified by their respective mayors and middle and high school students throughout the Marianas were invited to submit artwork and a short essay describing the essence of their villages. More than 800 entries were received, and 35 student works of art were selected to inspire the final flag designs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Marianas Village Flags are the embodiment of village and hometown pride,\u201d said Jerry Tan, co-chairman of GCEA. \u201cThe council realized that there was a need for village flags to showcase what makes each village so special. Students of the Marianas accepted the challenge and thoughtfully designed flags that captured the best of home and what makes their villages unique. Join us in congratulating the 35 student artists, and let us all celebrate our village pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-370750 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><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\/gcea-unveils-35-mvp-marianas-village-flags\/basic-rgb-7\/'>Basic RGB<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/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\/gcea-unveils-35-mvp-marianas-village-flags\/basic-rgb-6\/'>Basic RGB<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Education Commissioner Dr. Alfred Ada said, \u201cWe at the Public School System continue to explore and promote various opportunities for our students to grow and learn not only within the classroom but outside of it too. With the support from our State Board of Education, student activities and engagement has taken the front seat in our goal to ensure that our PSS students are college and career ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GCEA congratulates all MVP Village Flag Art Contest winners from Rota, Tinian, and Saipan:<\/p>\n<p>ROTA VILLAGES<br \/>\n\u2022 I CHENCHON &#8211; PRINCESS C. BATO-ON<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SINAPALO &#8211; SAYEMA A. SIDUR<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SONGSONG &#8211; MIKAYLA P. MASGA <\/p>\n<p>TINIAN VILLAGES<br \/>\n\u2022 CAROLINA HEIGHTS &#8211; PEVIKA DELA CRUZ<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 MARPO VALLEY &#8211; MIYAKO SAN NICOLAS<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SAN JOSE &#8211; LLOYD RIVERA=<\/p>\n<p>SAIPAN VILLAGES<br \/>\n\u2022 AS LITO &#8211; TAYLOR JOHN HALLY<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 AS MATUIS &#8211; RANDY RABAGO<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 AS PERDIDO &#8211; SARIM OMAR<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 AS TEO &#8211; ARSYNL TAGABUEL<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 CAPITOL HILL &#8211; DA-HEE CLAIR KIM<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 CHALAN KANOA &#8211; REV DOCA<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 CHALAN KIYA &#8211; ERIC MAHINAN<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 CHALAN LAULAU &#8211; BWILITOMWAR ELIAS RANGAMAR<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 CHALAN PIAO &#8211; JULIE ANN CAPAYAS<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 DANDAN &#8211; MA. ISABELLE ACHAS<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 FINASISU &#8211; MELINA MAE FAIMAW<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 GARAPAN &#8211; CHARLIE WANG<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 GUALO RAI &#8211; ISAAC Y. HAN<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 KAGMAN &#8211; ROSEMARIE FAISAO<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 KANNAT TABLA &#8211; KRISTINA ACHAS<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 KOBLERVILLE &#8211; DESTINY CAMACHO<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 MARPI &#8211; JAPHET J. DINO<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 NAVY HILL &#8211; JEMIMA A. CORPUZ<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 OLEAI &#8211; HOPE ODOSHI<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 PAPAGO &#8211; JUSTIN WEAVER<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 PUERTO RICO &#8211; MARVIN CABRERA<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SADOG TASI &#8211; JOZEL SANCHEZ<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SAN ANTONIO &#8211; CHRISTANELLE MERCADO<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SAN ROQUE &#8211; ANDREI ARELLANO<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SAN VICENTE &#8211; MIKAYELA ARRIOLA<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SUSUPE &#8211; SHERRY ZHU<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 TANAPAG &#8211; RAIANA FERDOUS<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 TAPOCHAU &#8211; KALISTA KLAVER<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WIRELESS &#8211; ALLEN TAMBIGA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGCEA has become a perfect platform, among others, in the CNMI in supporting our initiatives in the school district. On behalf of the PSS family, I express our most profound appreciation to GCEA for promoting this lifelong opportunity [for] our students. It\u2019s the partnership and collaboration with our community partners to ensure our success,\u201d Ada said.<br \/>\nGCEA thanks the leadership, administrators, and teachers of PSS for their support and the students of the Marianas who participated in the Marianas Village Flag contest. The Marianas Village Flags will be showcased during the Taste of the Marianas festival and will be displayed during the upcoming Liberation Day Parade. The designs can be viewed on the GCEA website (cnmieconomy.com) and Facebook and Instagram pages (@cnmigov.economy). <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of the Marianas have another reason to celebrate at the Taste of the Marianas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":370752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370750","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\/370750","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=370750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}