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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…

“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…

I was unable to resist the urge to go out and try to capture the beauty that most of us take for granted. I decided it was time to put one of my dormant investments to work. Going back in, I unearthed from its box a 1300mm zoom lens that I purchased some months back, shaking off the layers of dust …

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…

The sea glittered under the hot afternoon sun as I and two buddies surveyed the long stretch of the rocky beach. It was my first time to set foot on this beach that I always see from up above every time the plane from Tinian approaches the Saipan airstrip. The beach was deserted and silent, save fo…