{"id":373122,"date":"2022-07-28T06:06:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=373122"},"modified":"2022-07-28T06:06:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T20:06:34","slug":"9th-cycle-academy-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/9th-cycle-academy-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"9th Cycle Academy Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After months of training, the 29 new Division of Customs and Biosecurity officers from the 9th Cycle Academy received their badges and their Basic Law Enforcement Certificate of Completion at their graduation ceremony on Monday, July 25, 2022, at the Saipan World Resort\u2019s Royal Taga Ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>The academy was coordinated in partnership with the Northern Marianas College. The officers received training in multiple subjects that included constitutional and criminal law, report writing for law enforcement, officer survival skills, homeland security, transportation and border security, emergency vehicle operations, and firearms safety.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-373122 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\/9th-cycle-academy-graduation\/1-144\/'>1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-373123'>\n\t\t\t\tFinance Secretary David DLG Atalig addresses the 29 graduates of the Division of Customs and Biosecurity 9th Cycle Academy. (Photos by NMC)\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\/9th-cycle-academy-graduation\/2-126\/'>2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-373124'>\n\t\t\t\tThe graduates stand at attention during the ceremony.\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\/9th-cycle-academy-graduation\/3-118\/'>3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-373125'>\n\t\t\t\tThe 29 graduates present arms at the Division of Customs and Biosecurity 9th Cycle Academy graduation ceremony.\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\/9th-cycle-academy-graduation\/4-119\/'>4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-373126'>\n\t\t\t\tNMC vice president for Administration and Advancement Frankie Eliptico gives his remarks during the 9th Cycle Academy graduation ceremony and encourages the graduates to pursue their college education.\u00a0\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\/9th-cycle-academy-graduation\/5-117\/'>5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-373127'>\n\t\t\t\tDivision of Customs and Biosecurity 9th Cycle Academy graduate Frederick Ricky Encabo salutes his drill instructor, officer Mark Manaluz, upon receiving his badge and diploma.\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\/9th-cycle-academy-graduation\/6-101\/'>6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-373128'>\n\t\t\t\tBon A. Balce, one of the 29 Division of Customs and Biosecurity 9th Cycle Academy graduates, receives his badge from his mother.\u00a0 Balce and fellow graduate Alvin A. King represented Rota.\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\/9th-cycle-academy-graduation\/7-92\/'>7<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-373129'>\n\t\t\t\tDivision of Customs and Biosecurity 9th Cycle Academy graduate and leadership awardee Kane Ybanez shakes drill instructor Manaluz\u2019s hand during the ceremony. \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\/9th-cycle-academy-graduation\/8-79\/'>8<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-373130'>\n\t\t\t\tGabrielle Coloma, a graduate, takes a photo with her family members after receiving her badge.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of training, the 29 new Division of Customs and Biosecurity officers from the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":373131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373122","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\/373122","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=373122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}