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After covering the solemn ceremony for Veterans Day at the Court of Honor, I ventured near the wharf to cool off and noticed with new eyes this monument that marked the end of one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific. Stepping on the tiled cement, I approached the tablets and read for the first …

If there is something that a lot of people from other parts of the world are envious of, it is the island’s spectacular cloud formations especially over the beaches. Yes that’s right, beaches and cloud formations. I have been posting photos of cloud formations taken on Saipan, Tinian and Rota for t…

After their arrival yesterday, the 86 students from Excellence High School led by principal Hidehiko Gomi, four teachers and two tour coordinators visited GCA and the Aging Center. At the school, Grace Christian Academy principal Marsha Owens and student council president Lauren Hofschneider welcom…

“As a result of this, patients can be malnourished, overweight, or have tooth decay,” said Edmister, who conducts free vegetarian food preparation and cooking demonstrations. The objective of the class is to help educate people in choosing the healthiest food, she said. The SDA Church’s vegetarian …

I saw the collection right away at the left side of the airport but had to curb the itch to walk over for a closer look and start snapping photos of these artifacts that continue to attract tourists and history buffs from all over the world. It was my first time to set foot on Rota and I had no spa…

The center was temporarily closed last year for renovation, according to Michael Manglona, special assistant for youth affairs of the governor’s office. On Tuesday, volunteers from the offices of Reps. Ray Yumul and Ramon Tebuteb joined parolees in cutting overgrown vegetation in area surrounding t…

Standing near the railing at the view deck of Suicide Cliff on a Friday noon was not in my plan but there I was last week, cameras slung around my neck ready to take another batch of photos of the place where thousands of Japanese soldiers and civilians choose to jump to their deaths than to surren…

The training was held on Oct. to 19 at the Jesus Is Lord Church in Dandan and was focused on “Restorative Justice Advocacy.” The event was a follow-up on the conference on Restorative Justice Advocacy in 2008 attended by Prison Fellowship-affiliated churches in Palau, Guam, the Federated State of M…

Fighting the urge to curl up on one of the benches and go to sleep last Monday, I had time on my hands with nothing to do. I left my Kindle at home, which would have come handy that time and it was no use wishing I had called earlier to reconfirm my flight back to Saipan. Otherwise I would have spe…

Donaven Deleon Guerrero, 9, said the program helped him remain in school. To maintain his scholarship, Deleon Guerrero said he “studies hard and do good things.” The 32 students met the Saipan SDA Clinic board of directors led by its chairman Louie Torres, who is also the Guam Micronesia Mission pr…