Angel will be leaving the island on March 8 to Honolulu, Hawaii for a follow-up and surgery on both eyes.
The hot lunch, which costs $5 each, will be red rice, barbecue chicken and ribs, coco and a drink.
The side order, which also costs $5 each: pig fritada, saibok banana and saibok suni/taro.
Please come and join Angelray’s family and friends. Come meet Angelray.
Attention guest workers
IF your name is on the Department of Labor and Division of Immigration’s recently published “Overstaying” or “Overstayers” list, contact attorney Robert Myers at 234-3184 ext. 104, e-mail [email protected], or visit his Web site www.Lwyr4u.com, to learn more about your legal rights.
NMC offers course to improve Praxis score
(NMC) — Northern Marianas College, through the Division of Community Programs and Services’ Community Development Institute, is offering short-term courses to individuals preparing to take the Praxis I and II examinations.
The courses are offered as part of the college’s mission to provide customized, continuing educational and professional development opportunities in response to community needs.
Additionally, the courses are designed to give potential test-takers an idea of what to expect on the Praxis I and II exams.
The Praxis I Review will cover Pre-Professional Skills Test Math, PPST Writing, and PPST Reading, while the Praxis II Review will cover Literature & Language Arts, Mathematics, History & Social Studies, and Sciences.
Both courses are open to all elementary teachers in the private and public school systems.
• Praxis I Review
Instructor: Bertha De Leon Guerrero, Eric Johnson
March 21 (Saturday)
8 a.m. to 12:30 noon
Room D-1(NMC Campus)
Fee: $60 (Course materials included)
• Praxis II Review
Instructor: Bertha De Leon Guerrero
March 28 (Saturday)
8 a.m. to 12:30 noon
Room D-1(NMC Campus)
Fee: $60 (Course materials included)
For a more detailed description of the course, contact 234-5498 ext. 1010 or log on to www.nmcnet.edu.
All interested individuals should register at least seven days before the day of the course. Certificates of participation will be awarded to registered students who complete all course requirements.
Full payment is required for admission to a class.
To register or for more information about the courses, visit the CDI office at Building P on the NMC campus in As Terlaje or call John Manalo at 234-5498 ext. 1010 or e-mail [email protected].
Johoku High School students visit Saipan
FOUR students and one teacher from Johoku High School located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan visited Saipan on Feb. 19, for a school exchange program with Kagman High School, a media release stated.
Kagman High School students hosted their Japanese counterparts for five nights of home stay and built friendship with the visitors.
Three years ago, Kagman High School students visited Johoku High School.
The Japanese students who visited Saipan this year are Daisuke Ebata, Taku Yanagibashi, Kaoru Inoue, and Manami Saruta.
On the second day of their visit, the Japanese students attended classes at Kagman High School with the host students.
During weekend, the host families brought the visitors to the beach and the stores as well as to the other tourist attractions on island.
On Monday and until lunch time on Tuesday, they went to school to attend some classes.
Daisuke Ebata has visited Kagman High School for the second time and really likes Saipan.
He said he will come back to the island someday.
The other students said they would like to live in Saipan.
Their teacher, Ms. Onoda, said they really had a great time here.
She said they appreciated the hospitality of Kagman High School and the host families who accept their students every year.
They hope students from Kagman High School will again visit Johoku High School.
The Japanese visitors left Saipan on Tuesday.
National Weather Service declares Tinian ‘tsunami and storm ready’
(NOAA) — Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service have recognized the island of Tinian in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as the third western North Pacific location to become TsunamiReady and StormReady.
Tinian joins Guam, Saipan and 60 other TsunamiReady communities in ten states and 1413 StormReady communities in 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the CNMI.
“On behalf of the island of Tinian, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Emergency Management Office and our partners in the emergency management and response community, we are very pleased to receive the TsunamiReady and StormReady recognition,” said Mayor San Nicolas. “It acknowledges our experiences in dealing with disasters, particularly typhoons, our commitment to public safety, and the value we place on education and preparedness.”
“The municipal government of Tinian has worked hard to earn the TsunamiReady and StormReady designations, making it the third location in the western North Pacific to achieve this status,” said Jeff LaDouce, director of the National Weather Service Pacific region.
“Through the StormReady program, Tinian will be better prepared to help protect the lives and properly of its residents and visitors during severe weather events. The island should take great pride in having gone the extra mile to provide its residents and visitors with the added measure of protection that the StormReady and TsunamiReady programs afford.”
Island officials were presented with a recognition letter and special TsunamiReady and StormReady signs during a ceremony at the Tinian Dynasty Hotel.
These special designations must be renewed every three years.
To be recognized as TsunamiReady and StormReady, community must:
• Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center;
• Create a system that monitors local weather and ocean conditions;
• Develop multiple ways to receive tsunami and severe weather warnings, and alert the public in a timely manner;
• Develop a formal hazard plan and conduct emergency exercises; and
• Promote public readiness through community education.
Tinian’s history of typhoons and earthquakes and its geographical isolation have spurred a commitment and determination on the part of CNMI government agencies to do everything possible to prepare for, protect from, and mitigate against the threat of disasters for Tinian residents and visitors alike. They have a great track record.
Over the years, Tinian has experienced considerable typhoon activity — over 150 in the last 40 years.
Dozens of high-wind and storm surge events from typhoons have caused millions of dollars of damage.
The Mariana islands also have a history of tsunamis. Three have caused damage at more than one location — 1849, 1892 and in 1993 — and up to six other locally generated tsunamis have been observed in the islands in the past 200 years.
Of particular concern are the volcanoes to the north and the Marianas Trench to the east, one of the world’s deepest trenches with a history of strong seismic events.
A small section of the Trench near Tinian has a shallow subduction plate, the type that can produce earthquakes that trigger tsunamis.
The magnitude 8.1 Aug. 8, 1993, earthquake occurred not far from there.
“While no community can be tsunami proof, the TsunamiReady program provides Tinian the means to minimize the threat to the public,” said Charles “Chip” Guard, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Guam.
“Some 10 years ago, residents of Tinian were having a quiet picnic in San Jose, when the water began to rise. In about 15 minutes, the water reached waist-level before it began to subside. Fortunately, that wave was not a catastrophic, violent one.”
