Saipan

My parents are from the Philippines and are foreign contract workers in Saipan and have lived there for more than 25 years. I am an only child. We were not the richest family but I feel like I was spoiled as a child. I was spoiled not in the sense of material objects but with love, attention, etc. In 2013, my father was diagnosed

“Although not all communication is linguistic, language is by far the most powerful and versatile medium of communication, all known human groups possess language” (Gumperz 1968). Chamorro is an Austronesian language spoken by about fifty-thousand people, in the Marina Islands. It is the language of Micronesia with the largest number of speakers and one of Micronesia’s two most endangered languages. The Chamorro language is spoken in the Marina Islands and by many Chamorro’s in the western states

World War II began in 1939 and did not end until 1945. Two of the last battles of the war were the Battle of Saipan and D-Day. The Battle of Saipan was fought between the Japanese and the United States and was fought on the Japanese island of Saipan. D-Day was a battle on the European front and was fought between the United States and Germany. Saipan and D-Day influenced the end of WWII because they both captured significant pieces land, the United States had more power and attack force than

divided into three sections: the invasions of Kwajalein, Eniwetok, and the other islands of the Marshalls which provided an advanced base for invasion of the Marianas group; the carrier battles during the Marianas invasion; and the struggle to capture Saipan, Tinian and Guam. This secured the Marianas as a base for long-range B-29 attacks on the Japanese homeland. The struggle to capture what sometimes amounted to only a few square miles of coral atoll was essential to a grand strategy that had evolved

products were “Made in USA”, under United States labour standards and human right policies; whilst, manufacturing factories were located in Saipan –a U.S. protectorate in Southeast Asia. Although Saipan conformed to majority of U.S labour laws, it was exempt from federal minimum wage laws. Furthermore, the majority of the manufacturing factories located in Saipan are foreign companies from such countries as china and

Islands during the ‘Quadrant Conference’ in Quebec. The intention was to occupy the islands of Saipan, Guam and Tinian from Japanese control. Thus, in June of 1944 the US launched an operation was then termed as the ‘Operation Forager’ with Admiral Chester Nimitz of the Pacific Fleet as the overall campaign commander. The Operation Forager intended to attack Marianas through the Central Pacific with Saipan as the first target then Guam and Tinian to be assaulted thereafter.

During September 8, 2017, Senate session, Senate President Arnold I. Palacios (R-Saipan) and Sen. Justo Quitugua (Ind-Saipan) commended the House for accepting the substitute. “The Senate made very substantive changes to…be sure that the Northern Marianas College and Northern Marianas Trades Institute are included [as beneficiaries],” (Retirees, 2017) said Palacios. Currently, recipients of the casino-generated gross revenue tax funds are the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp., the Medical Referral Program

I do not recall seeing any mushrooms growing on the ground but fungus is known to cause the Betel nut tree to rot in Saipan. There were no deers or squirrels for local consumers living in Saipan. The local consumer that I recall seeing was the Kingfisher bird which eats the insect. I also came across a wild plant known to the locals as the “Makahiya plant” When you touch it, the leaves fold and close. It

islands have a total population 52,300 people (U.S. Department of Interior, n.d.) Land Mass The CNMI is made up of a total of fourteen islands. The fourteen islands amount to a total land mass of 176 square miles. The three main islands of the CNMI are Saipan, Tinian and Rota (Central Intelligence Agency). Land Ownership/Use Not just anyone can own land in the CNMI. According to Article XII of the CNMI Constitution, land ownership is limited to local Chamorro and Carolinians. Additionally, local Chamorros

• Saipan June 1944 US invades Saipan (Part of Mariana Islands). Airfields on Saipan would allow B-29’s to reach Japan. Heavy Losses on both sides out of 30,000 Japanese only around 1,000 survived, (PBS 1). This also marked the start of high rates of civilian suicides when the US conquers Japanese territory. “Loss of Saipan precipitated a political crisis in Tokyo and brought about the Tojo Cabinet” (Pacific Theatre