The president and CEO of Uwajimaya, Inc., Denise Moriguchi, was recently elected to AAA Washington’s Board of Trustees. In a news release, the board said it feels strongly that Moriguchi’s “keen business sense and deep roots to the community will greatly contribute to the organization’s leadership.” A Seattle native, Moriguchi stepped into the role of […]
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AAPI appointments by Gov. Inslee
Gov. Jay Inslee recently announced Faith Pettis to the Western Washington University Board of Trustees, Steven Yoshihara to the Spokane Community Colleges Board of Trustees, and Elaine Chu to the Green River College Board of Trustees. Pettis, of Seattle’s Pacifica Law Group, was one of the 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients. Yoshihara, a graduate […]
Timmer leaving CIDBIA
The executive director of the Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA), Jessa Timmer, has announced that she will be leaving at the end of December to pursue new endeavors. Under Timmer’s leadership in the past three years, CIDBIA has increased services to the community, strengthened its financial position, and fostered relationships through her work on […]
MAP Bridging the Gap Breakfast
Cynthia Del Rosario and Manka Dhingra were recognized at the University of Washington (UW)’s annual MAP Bridging the Gap Breakfast last month. Founded in 1994, the Multicultural Alumni Partnership (MAP) is dedicated to promoting diversity at the UW and in the UW alumni community. The annual breakfast celebration recognizes the recipients of the MAP scholarship […]
2018 Women of Color Achievement Awards
100 Black Men of Seattle, Inc. and the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) honored 11 women on Nov. 1, in the 2018 Women of Color Achievement Awards at the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington. The women exhibited outstanding professional achievement and demonstrated exemplary customer service, according to a news release. Phyllis Campbell of JP Morgan Chase along […]
Bill Gates pushes clean-toilet technologies at Beijing expo
BEIJING (AP) — With a jar of human feces on a podium next to him, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates kicked off a “Reinvented Toilet’’ Expo in China. The former CEO of software giant Microsoft said on Nov. 6 that the technologies on display at the three-day expo in Beijing represented the most significant advances in […]
HIV-infected Thai man accused of raping scores of teenagers
BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand have arrested an HIV-infected soldier who allegedly blackmailed and raped more than 70 teenage boys. Police said in a statement they received a complaint that the suspect was using fake social media profiles on Facebook and the gay dating app Blued to win the trust of his victims so […]
Imelda Marcos convicted of graft, court orders her arrest
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court found former first lady Imelda Marcos guilty of graft and ordered her arrest in a rare conviction among many corruption cases that she plans to appeal to avoid jail and losing her seat in Congress. The special anti-graft Sandiganbayan court sentenced Marcos, 89, […]
Naomi Osaka headed for big money with Japan, global appeal
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Naomi Osaka used a powerful forehand and a matching serve to win the U.S. Open against Serena Williams. Off the court — on the marketing front — experts say she could have the same potential as Williams, and maybe more. “It’s very, very rare to find a […]
Doing it H.E.R. way — Singer of Filipino heritage rises as focus remains on music
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Gabi Wilson is H.E.R. — her R&B singer stage name — she is usually rocking big hair and big sunglasses, rarely showing her full face to her fans. The point is to give the public one simple thing to focus on: the music. But […]
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