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A mission to create hope through planning — Filipino American develops new environments and inspiration

May 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Raldi Formantes fights poverty. He designs highly imaginative and habitable places around the world, some reflect hope to the world’s poorest people and those seeking a more prosperous future. Formantes, 53, of Redmond, likes the Benjamin Franklin saying, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail” as […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, ARCADIS, Australia, Benjamin Franklin, Bert Smolders, China, Filipino American, Hong Kong, Iloilo City, James Tabafunda, Josh Pauw, Philippines, Raldi Formantes Photo, Salt Lake City, Seattle-based Callison, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, Wong Ouyang Ltd, poverty

Happy Diwali!

November 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Diwali, the festival of lights, was celebrated for the first time at the State Department on Thursday Oct. 23. The Co-Chair of WASITRAC, Debadutta Dash was among the invited guest among 200 other guests, including a large number of eminent Indian Americans, were present to celebrate Diwali for the first time at the State […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Benjamin Franklin, Debadutta Dash, Happy Diwali, Indian Americans, Nisha Desai Biswal, President Barack Obama, State Department, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, WASITRAC, blog

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