Raising Cane’s held its grand opening May 2 for its new restaurant at the Micronesia Mall.

Photos by Justin Green

(From left) Raymond Yeung; area director for Raising Cane’s; and David Martinez; restaurant lead.

(From left) Raymond Yeung, area director for Raising Cane’s from Hawaii; Jodd Autin, new restaurant opening lead from Louisiana; Neil Aglian; operations manager from Hawaii, Marilyn Bersalona; (Multi Unit Manager), Training Advisor from Hawaii, Daisy Lazaro, restaurant lead from Hawaii; and Madaelyn Dela Cruz; new restaurant opener from Hawaii.

Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers hosted a Friends and Family Day May 1 at its new restaurant at the Micronesia Mall. Members of the board of the Guam Chamber of Commerce and family members are shown with Raising Cane’s executives at the event. They are (from left) Jian Qin, Guam area manager for the Panda Restaurant Group; Phillip Santos, account executive with Matson Navigation Co.; Siska S. Hutapea; president, Cornerstone Valuation Guam Inc.; Christine Won Pat Beleto, chief financial officer of Docomo Pacific and master franchisee for Pacific Froots LLC; Kim Anderson Young, president and founder, Guam and CNMI for Security Title Inc.; Ronald M.Young, secretary/treasurer at Security Title and husband of Kim; Maureen N. Maratita, publisher at Glimpses Media; Christopher Duenas, chief financial officer, Triple J Enterprises Inc. and Jodd Autin, new restaurant opening lead for Raising Cane’s.

Cabras Marine Corp. hosted a christening of three tugboats at the Pacific Dry Dock and Integrated Maintenance Facility at the Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port of Guam on May 4. 

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(From left) Teresa Marshall Watkins, chairwoman of Cabras Marine Corp.; Gov. Lourdes A Leon Gurerro; Joseph L. Cruz; president, and William Calori, chief financial officer, both from Cabras.

(From left) Lt. Cmdr. James Schock, prevention division chief, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam; Anthony Wenceslao, wholesale fuels sales manager, and Jimmy T.C. Hau, president, both from Mobil Oil Guam.

Teresa Marshall Watkins, chairwoman of Cabras Marine Corp., christens the M/T Endurance.

(From left) Derek Sadler, general manager of Hanson Permanente; and Bernice N. Valencia, vice president and general manager for Guam and Micronesia for Matson Navigation Co.

Bank of Saipan hosted a VIP night on May 21 as the bank prepared for its grand opening on May 24.

Photos by Kimberly B. Esmores

(From left) Robert H. Jones, chairman and CEO, Triple J. Enterprises Inc.; John Z. Arroyo, president and CEO of Bank of Saipan; and Charles V. Cepeda, general manager of Pacific Trading Co. and Bank of Saipan secretary of board.

(From left) Mustafa F. Shakir, president of Shakir’s CNMI Inc.; former Governor Benigno R. Fitial, also a former president and CEO of Bank of Saipan; Marcia E. Ayuyu; co-owner of McDonald’s of Saipan and McDonald’s of Guam; and former first lady Josepina “Josie” Padiermos Fitial.

The Saipan Chamber of Commerce hosted a golf tournament at Laolao Golf and Resort on May 22 to raise funds for chamber scholarships and presented awards to winners.

Photos by Kimberly B. Esmores

From left to right, Joseph Guerrero, co-owner of Naked Fish and president of the chamber; Marcia Calvo, secretary with the chamber, Anthony Benavente, secretary at the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Land and Natural Resources and co-runner up in the Double Peoria Event; Lee Tenorio, executive director of the chamber; and Shayne Villanueva, operations manager for AB Risk Solutions, chamber board member and tournament chairman.

(From left), Joseph Guerrero, co-owner of Naked Fish and president of the chamber; Ki Yong Kim, tour guide with Mode Tours and co-awardee for the Double Peoria event; Marcia Calvo, secretary, Lee Tenorio, executive director, both from the chamber; and Shayne Villanueva, operations manager for AB Risk Solutions, chamber board member and tournament chairman.

The Guam Power Authority held a ribbon cutting May 14 for its utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems facility at the Agana substation. (From left) Jincheol (JC) Kim, LG CNS project manager; John M. Benavente, general manager of GPA; Pedro Roy Martinez, commissioner, Consolidated Commission on Utilities; Lt. Governor Joshua F. Tenorio, Gov. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, Joey T. Duenas, chairman of the CCU; Sen. Clynt Ridgell, chairman of the Committee on Economic Development, Agriculture, Power and Energy Utilities and the Arts of the 36th Guam Legislature; Jeffrey Johnson, chairman of the Guam Public Utilities Commission; Lorraine O. Shinohara, project manager for the GPA energy storage systems; John J. Cruz Jr., assistant general manager for engineering and technical services at GPA; and Frederick Horecky, chief administrative law judge for the PUC.
Photo by Justin Green

Head of Mission In Kook Kim of the Consulate General of Korea in Guam and Maureen N. Maratita, publisher of Glimpses Media, met on May 11 for a mutual briefing.

Roy’s Restaurant at the Hilton Guam Resort & Spa re-opened for lunch on May 5. Shown in the restaurant that day are (From left) Kim Comia, sous chef at Roy’s Restaurant; Matthew Siegel, director of food and beverage, Joel Aranas, executive chef, both from the Hilton Guam Resort & Spa; Christine Won Pat Baleto, chief financial officer, Docomo Pacific and master franchisee for Pacific Froots LLC; Joe M. Arnett, senior adviser, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Roderick A. Boss, president and CEO, Docomo Pacific, Sheila Baker, senior director of sales – overall, and Hiroki Sugie, general manager, both from the Hilton Guam.
Photo by Maureen N. Maratita