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Philippine commission urged to stop Pacquiao fight due to too much publicity

March 6, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Teresa Cerojano Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — World boxing star Manny Pacquiao’s April 9 bout with Timothy Bradley came under a cloud Feb. 22 when the Philippine elections commission was asked to stop the Las Vegas match because it would give the Filipino slugger and senatorial candidate massive publicity. Former Rep. Walden Bello, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Fair Elections Act, Filipino, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Former Rep, Las Vegas, MANILA, Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, TV, Timothy Bradley, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, Walden Bello

Republican race rips bandage off Nevada immigration detente

March 5, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Republicans thought they had put their immigration problems behind them. After Sen. Harry Reid held onto his seat in 2010 by defending immigrants’ rights and in 2012 President Barack Obama handily won a state that is only 52 percent white, the state’s Republicans backed off […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, 2016, Arizona Sheriff, Assemblyman Ira Hansen, Attorney General Adam Laxalt, Brian Sandoval, Ed Horn, Fernando Romero, GOP, Harry Reid, Joe Arpaio, Las Vegas, Marco Rubio, Mario Sevilla, Mexico, PAHRUMP, Pew Hispanic Center, President Barack Obama, Robert Uithoven, Ted Cruz, United States, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11

A new prize in Nevada: the Asian American vote

February 20, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cynthia Ameli stopped her car, shocked at what she saw: A group of young Asian Americans waving Obama campaign signs on the side of a Las Vegas thoroughfare. A Chinese American who grew up in Chicago, Ameli was used to Black Americans and Latinos organizing for […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Asian American Democrats, Asian American Pacific Islanders, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Initiatives, Derek Uehara, Donald Trump, Filipino American Catholics, GOP, Huma Abedin, Jason Chung, Las Vegas, Lisa Changaveja, President Barack Obama, Republican National Committee, Rozita Lee, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, Zaffar Iqbal

Filipino Miss Universe winner says next dream is to be a Bond girl

January 30, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The reigning Miss Universe has her eyes set on her next big dream: being a Bond girl. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach returned home to the Philippines for the first time since her crowning — and that awkward moment when host Steve Harvey mistakenly announced Miss Colombia as the winner instead of her. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, AIDS, Filipino Miss Universe, HIV, James Bond, Las Vegas, MANILA, Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, Miss Philippines, New York, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, Steve Harvey, United States, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, attention

Chong Dameron — Contributing to the Korean community on multiple levels

November 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Kim Northwest Asian Weekly Nearly three decades ago, Chong Dameron was a busy lady working at North Pacific Bank (now Heritage Bank) in Tacoma. In addition to working at the bank, she was raising two daughters and running her own separate property management business. While working at the bank, she couldn’t help but […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Kim, Chong Dameron, DMV, International Place, KWA, Korean Women, Las Vegas, NUAC, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Chapter, Senior City Apartments, Vice President, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, Washington State

COMMENTARY: Mike Huckabee tweets racist anti-Asian joke

November 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jenn Fang For Northwest Asian Weekly Several of the candidates for the GOP nomination took the opportunity of the Democratic Party’s first presidential primary debate of the season to live-tweet. And, by live-tweet, I mean troll. In stark contrast to the nuanced policy debate taking place on stage in Las Vegas where candidates were […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Although Trump, Chinese, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, East Asian, GOP, Las Vegas, North Korean, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, culture

Missions, mysteries, mathematics

November 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Sun Gods By Jay Rubin Chin Music Press, 2015 It’s the late 1950s and Bill Morton is about to graduate from college. He’s with a young woman he loves and is considering marrying, and the two of them have plans to do missionary work abroad after they graduate. […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Although Decoded, Bill Morton, Chin Music Press, Las Vegas, Norton Company, Purple Code, Rong Abacus Lillie, Rong Jinzhen, Samantha Pak, Seattle Japanese, United States, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 46 | November 7 - November 13

Celebrating 40 years of teaching hula

July 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Melissa Tanji AP Wire Service WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — In a single-car garage on Vineyard Street in Wailuku, a young Iola Caldito learned the hula. Taught by the late Elizabeth Lum Ho, the 6-year-old found a passion and never let go. “I loved hula from the very start,” said Iola Caldito Balubar, now 68, […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Aunty Iola, Becky Kaopuiki, Big Island, Canada, Elizabeth Lum Ho, Guiller Evangelista, Iola Balubar Polynesian Dance Studio, Iola Caldito Balubar, Las Vegas, Maui County Council, Maui News, Philippines, Richard Balubar, Tahitian Terrace Restaurant, Tihati Productions, Tinker Bell, Val Fernandez, Vineyard Street, Vol 34 No 29 | July 11 - July 17, WAILUKU, Westin Maui

Hokoyama to receive JACL Presidential Award

June 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) announced J.D. Hokoyama as a recipient of the 2015 JACL Presidential Award. Hokoyama served as a founding board member and President and CEO for Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc. for over 30 years, a national, non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization founded in 1982 in Los Angeles to achieve full […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, CEO, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, NV, Peace Corps, Sayonara Banquet, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

The Layup Drill — Pacquiao loses; Munoz retires and UFC in the Philippines

May 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Pacquiao loses “Fight of the Century” to Mayweather Manny Pacquiao dropped a unanimous decision to Floyd Mayweather on May 2nd in Las Vegas in the biggest money fight in the history of boxing. An estimated 4.4 million people purchased the inflated $100 pay-per-view event ($90 if you did not […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Filipino, Floyd Mayweather, HBO, Jason Cruz, Las Vegas, MMA, Manny Pacquiao, Mark Munoz, Nevada Athletic State Commission, Northwest Asian Weekly, Oklahoma State, Philippines, Southern California, UFC, Vol 34 No 22 | May 23 - May 29

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