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IN MEMORY OF …: A fond farewell to James Medina (1950-2015)

December 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

James A. Medina (Jim) passed away on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, at his home in Olympia after a hard-fought battle with leukemia. Jim was a loving and dedicated husband, father, and grandfather. Jim was born in Seguin, Texas, on Dec. 29, 1950. He married the love of his life, Patricia Higgins, on Nov. 19, 1977, […]

Filed Under: Obituaries Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Asian Pacific Islander, Business Enterprise, Catholic Church, Executive Director, Gonzaga University, Human Rights Commission, Leilani Pottratz, Medina Jim, Patricia Higgins, Seahawks, Seattle Sonics, Space Needle, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, Washington State University

Mourners pack Orange County church to honor shooting victim

December 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners packed a church near Orange County’s Little Saigon to remember Tin Nguyen, 10 days after she died during the San Bernardino massacre. The 31-year-old was honored in a service conducted in Vietnamese last Saturday at St. Barbara’s Catholic Church in Santa Ana. Her fiance carried a portrait […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Catholic Church, Little Saigon, Orange County, San Bernardino County, Santa Ana, Southern California, Tin Nguyen, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

Filipino Cardinal Tagle gets new high-profile job at Caritas

May 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Filipino cardinal often mentioned as a possible papal contender has just gotten a new high-profile job heading the Catholic Church’s global charity and development confederation. Caritas Internationalis’ 165 members elected Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to be their president Thursday. He succeeds Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodridguez Maradiaga, whose two four-year terms […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Caritas Internationalis, Catholic Church, Filipino Cardinal Tagle, Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodridguez Maradiaga, Philippines, Pope Francis, Vol 34 No 22 | May 23 - May 29, attention

Pope challenges China with Hong Kong bishop ordination

February 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI insisted last week on his exclusive right to ordain bishops as he consecrated a Chinese prelate in an implicit challenge

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Beijing, Bishop Ma Yinglin, Catholic Church, China, Chinese, Hong Kong, Roman Catholics, Rome, Vol 30 No 7 | February 12 - February 18

Ted Choi Tam (1935–2010), father and activist

October 7, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tam majored in business at the University of Washington and served in the U.S. Army. He was a manufacturing engineer before starting Choi Investment Realty.

Filed Under: Obituaries Tagged With: 2010, Brandon St, Broadway Ave, Catholic Church, Chinese American, Choi Investment Realty, Eastlake Community Council, King County Republican Party, Seattle, Ted Choi Tam, Vol 29 No 41 | October 9 - October 15, Washington Asian Pacific American Republicans

Philippine church angered by president’s stance on contraception

October 7, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Just a few months into his tenure, President Benigno Aquino III has angered the powerful Catholic Church by expressing support for

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Benigno Aquino III, Catholic Church, Corazon Aquino, Edwin Lacierda, Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino Americans, MANILA, Melvin Castro, Philippines, President Joseph Estrada, Southeast Asian, United States, Vol 29 No 41 | October 9 - October 15, poverty

Doughnuts and hope pave Cambodian family’s path to the United States

May 27, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — When Phat and Sokhan Ong first started working at a Pendleton doughnut shop, they didn’t know a bismarck from a bear claw.

Filed Under: Business, National News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Cambodia, Catholic Church, East Oregonian, Khmer Rouge, Nita Soeum, PENDLETON, Philippines, Pol Pot, Red Lion, Thailand, United States, Vol 29 No 22 | May 29 - June 4, Wildhorse Casino

In memory of Terri Jamero, community advocate

April 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Teresa “Terri” Elizabeth Romero Jamero, 74, a second generation Filipino and Northern California native, died April 2 after a lengthy illness in a Modesto hospital near her home in Atwater, Calif. Many who knew Terri Jamero considered her to be the conscience of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS). She served in the organization’s […]

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: Catholic Church, FYA, Filipino, Northern California, Peter Madelo Jamero, Seattle, Terri Jamero

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