The first checkpoint will be conducted on Chalan Pale Arnold Road 2w Puerto Rico along the Army Reserve Center on the southbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 10 p.m. and will be terminated at 11:15 p.m.
The second checkpoint will be conducted on Beach Road Chalan Kanoa in front of the Super Fresh Market, on the northbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 12:30 a.m. and will be terminated at 1:45 a.m. (early Saturday morning)
The third checkpoint will be conducted on Chalan Pale Arnold Road, 2w Chalan Laulau in front of the IT&E building on the southbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 2:45 a.m. and will be terminated at 4 a.m. (early Saturday morning)
The fourth checkpoint will be conducted on Beach Road Susupe in front of the Minatchum Adao pavilion on the southbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 4:30 a.m. and will be terminated at 5:45 a.m. (early Saturday morning)
Dec. 25 (Saturday):
The first checkpoint will be conducted on Beach Road San Jose in front of the Morgan’s Building on northbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 8:30 p.m. and will be terminated at 9:45 p.m.
The second checkpoint will be conducted on Chalan Pale Arnold, Gualo Rai in front of the CRM Office building on the southbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 11 a.m. and will be terminated at 12:15 a.m. (early Sunday morning)
The third checkpoint will be conducted on Beach Road Chalan Laulau, across from Dr. Kaipat’s residence on the southbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 1:30 a.m. and will be terminated at 2:45 a.m. (early Sunday morning)
The fourth checkpoint will be conducted on Chalan Pale Arnold, 2w Gualo Rai north of Pizza Hut, on the northbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 3 a.m. and will be terminated at 4:15 a.m. (early Sunday morning)
Dec. 26 (Sunday):
The first checkpoint will be conducted on Beach Road Chalan Laulau, across Dr. Kaipat’s residence on the southbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 3 p.m. and will be terminated at 4:15 p.m.
The second checkpoint will be conducted on Chalan Pale Arnold, 2w Garapan across the Upper Miha Estate on the southbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 5:30 p.m. and will be terminated at 6:45 p.m.
The third checkpoint will be conducted on Chalan Monsignor Guerrero, 16Hwy Chalan Kiya by the CUC Waterloo on the westbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 8 p.m. and will be terminated at 9:15 p.m.
The fourth checkpoint will be conducted on Beach Road Susupe across from the Winchell’s Donut, on the southbound lane. This checkpoint will commence at 10:30 p.m. and will be terminated at 11:45 p.m.
In addition, police officers will be conducting highway criminal interdictions, saturation patrol, aggressive driver interdictions, and laser activities.
If you know you can’t drive, call the 3D hotline at 989-HELP (4357) or 989-SAVE (7283).
MVA named most active tourism office in South Korea
(NMI) — The Marianas Visitors Authority has been recognized by Korea’s leading travel weekly Global Travel News as the Most Active National Tourism Office in proportion to budget, besting 21other international NTOs.
MVA Korea was selected by GTN based on NTO assessments for 2010. The Northern Marianas shares the top honor with Hawaii, also represented in Korea by AVIAREPS Marketing Garden.
“The Marianas Visitors Authority has been very strategic in our spending due to our limited budget, and it’s an honor to be recognized for our efforts,” said MVA Managing Director Perry Tenorio. “The MVA office in Korea was highly evaluated for maintaining strong partnerships with our trade partners in Korea and also for extending its marketing efforts to other parts of Korea beyond Seoul. I credit our Korea-based and NMI team for their hard work on behalf of Northern Marianas tourism.”
GTN is a leading trade weekly in Korea and featured the selection as a front page article earlier this month. GTN evaluated eight Asian NTOs, (China, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Macau), six American NTOs (Hawaii, Canada, Alberta, Las Vegas, New York, Mariana Islands), two Oceanian NTOs (Australia, New Zealand), four European NTOs (France, England, Norway and Munich) and three other NTOs (India, Egypt, Israel) in order to choose the winner.
Marianas Agupa
(Marianas Agupa) — This Saturday, on Christmas, Marianas Agupa will close this year with a “bang” by featuring Michael Sablan, representative of Sandy Beach Homes LLC, the developer of a $28 million housing development project. The show starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 10:30 a.m. on Magic 100.3 FM.
The Chamorro talk show program is hosted by Glenn H. Manglona. It can also be heard on the Internet via www.magic100radio.com.
Fishing management meeting
THERE will be a fishing management meeting on Dec. 28, at the multi-purpose center in Susupe from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This meeting’s objective is to provide the public information on the federally mandated annual catch limits and catch shares with regard to the CNMI’s management unit species and to receive public comments and concerns.
For more information, contact Richard B. Seman at 484-4986 or Jack T. Ogumoro at 287-9482.
SVES Motheread/Fatheread
(SVES) — Last Dec. 21, 2010 the completion of the Motheread/Fatheread adult course was celebrated at San Vicente Elementary School.
Debbie Canete, SVES 1st grade classroom teacher and certified Motheread trainer, facilitated the 8-week once a week class sessions.
The nine parent participants who completed the course were: Maryvel Perez, Noemi Borromeo, Dhalian Salas, Normie Faura, Nedy Sagum, Maria Luisa Rufo, Ma. Bella David, Lorna Arcega, and Elena Dariguez.
Motheread program is a nationally acclaimed family literacy program that combines the teaching of literacy skills with child development and family empowerment issues. In the CNMI, it is a literacy program of the NMI Council for the Humanities, in partnership with the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, the CNMI Public School System and other generous donors.
Registered Fiduciary
(Sherman Consulting) — Sherman Consulting’s Phillip Mendiola-Long has successfully completed his fourth Fiduciary Accreditation, a combined effort that was initiated in 2002.
Mendiola-Long completed the training, validation and testing necessary to become a Registered Fiduciary.
His previous designations are Accredited Investment Fiduciary, Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst and Master Trustee.
The Registered Fiduciary designation identifies financial professionals and organizations as competent fiduciaries that have achieved pertinent educational qualifications and licenses, learned required skills, and have passed a background check.
DSL, landline service interruption in Chalan Kanoa
(IT&E) — IT&E landline and DSL customers in the Chalan Kanoa area experienced a service interruption Wednesday afternoon as a result of an unplanned cable cut that occurred during a water line repair project.
The interruption occurred when the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. inadvertently sliced through the cables that provide DSL and landline services to residents of Chalan Kanoa. IT&E crews responded to the scene and restored service as of Thursday evening.
Early Wednesday morning, CUC sliced into two cables (6 pair and 300 pair) during an excavation to repair a water leak in Chalan Kanoa near the Head Start Center. As a result, William S. Reyes Elementary School and nearby homes and offices were without phone and DSL services.
CUC was able to complete the repairs to the ruptured water line by midnight Thursday. IT&E crews remained on standby until the CUC completed the repairs.
Immediately following the incident, IT&E service crews opened a splicing pit to restore services to the affected customers and pressed on through the day until repairs were completed early Thursday evening.
IT&E, the Marianas communications leader, would like to remind all contractors, homeowners, and building owners of the importance of contacting IT&E prior to any type of digging.
According to IT&E plant technical service manager Velma Palacios, the CNMI has been experiencing a large number of unnecessary cable cuts to the fiber lines that connect the islands to the world. Often times these cable cuts result in costly damage or service interruptions.
When a cut to the cable occurs, offenders are charged as required by P.L. 9-4,or the Commonwealth Utility Damage Prevention Act of 1994.
Palacios said that repairs carry a hefty price tag and deprive customers of their services.
“IT&E cables are not the only underground utilities (water, power, and sewer), and those services might also be jeopardized if they are unintentionally cut,” said Palacios..
Unlike other telecommunication companies, IT&E does not charge a fee for cable location that occurs during regular business hours.
For more information or to request a cable locate, call 611 or contact IT&E Customer Care at 682-4ITE (4483).
Tourism partners net 550 lbs. of trash
(MVA) — The Japan-Saipan Travel Association, in collaboration with the Marianas Visitors Authority, conducted its annual clean-up drive on Tuesday in the Garapan hotel district.
More than 95 members of JSTA, the Northern Marianas Dive Operators Association, MVA, the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Paseo de Marianas Promoters, as well as private volunteers, participated in the cleanup. Beginning at 6:30 a.m., the energetic participants cleaned streets in the hotel district and Beach Rd. south to the Carolinian Affairs Office, netting 550 lbs. of trash.
“On behalf of the MVA, I wish to thank you and the JSTA members for your untiring efforts in keeping our island clean and beautiful,” MVA Managing Director Perry Tenorio conveyed to JSTA President Takahashi Masa in a letter.
MVA provided drinking water and coordinated with the Division of Parks and Recreation for disposal of the trash and debris collected.
