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Renton’s Lita Cruz releases new dance and pop album

January 18, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Lita Cruz’s new album, “Starless Starr: Sing and Dance With Me,” was release the first week of January by independent record label Tate Music Group. Cruz is a teacher and a musician who grew up in the Philippines and immigrated to America in 1991. Also a Dallas resident, Cruz was awarded the Jet Setter and […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Lita Cruz, Philippines, Tate Music Group, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22

Hawaii plantation to stop growing sugar

January 16, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s last sugar plantation is getting out of the sugar-growing business, signaling the end of an industry that once powered the local economy and lured thousands of immigrants to the islands.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Alexander Baldwin Inc, Associated Press, Brian Schatz, CEO, China, Christopher Benjamin, Hawaiian Commercial Sugar, Hawaiian Kingdom, Korea, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa, Philippines, Portugal, United States, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22, West Coast

Clinton woos Asian Americans, slams ‘hateful’ GOP rhetoric

January 16, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (AP) — On Jan. 7, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton courted Asian American voters, telling members of the nation’s fastest growing racial minority that she disagrees with the “hateful rhetoric” of her Republican challengers.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2016, Alma Harrison, Asian Americans, Filipino, GOP, James Sobredo, Karthick Ramakrishnan, Ninio Fetalvo, Pacific Islanders, Philippines, Republican National Committee, Sacramento State University, San Francisco, San Gabriel Valley, Southern California, Suzette Lopez, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22

Top 15 sports stories 2015 – Wins and losses

December 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly 2015 was a big year in sports.  Doug Baldwin and the Seattle Seahawks made it back to the Super Bowl and came one yard from making it back-to-back NFL titles.  Let’s quickly move on. May was a big month.  The NFL Draft was held this month and University of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015, British Open, Cleveland Browns, Doug Baldwin Baldwin, Filipino Australian, Floyd Mayweather, Hishashi Iwakuma Perhaps, Jason Day Day, Kei Tanuguchi Japanese, Lydia Ko, Manny Pacquiao Clearly, NBA, Philippines, Samoan American, Seahawks, Seattle Marathon, Seattle Seahawks, South Korea, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

EDITORIAL: Good job, Abe

December 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It took a lot of bravado for Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to acknowledge and apologize for Japan’s war-time role in South Korean “comfort women” crimes. Why is this acknowledgement such a big deal? First, some history from the (somewhat) reliable source Wikipedia: “Comfort women were women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, China, Chinese, Ikuhiko Hata, Imperial Japanese Army, Philippines, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korean, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

Rick Polintan — Fighting for immigrant rights

December 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Rick Polintan has had over 35 years of community and union organizing experience since his migration to the United States in 1980 from the Philippines. He was a member of the Union of Democratic Filipinos, doing community organizing against the Marcos dictatorship and helping Filipinos in their struggle for immigrant […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, APALA, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, David Della, Filipino, First Quarter Storm, Legislative District Democrats Treasurer, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacita Bunag, Philippines, Rick Polintan Fighting, Seattle, Service Employees International Union, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 50 | December 5 - December 11, Washington State, top contributors

Director Sheila Burrus chosen as APEC Summit delegate

November 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Filipino Community of Seattle Executive Director Sheila Burrus has been chosen as the official White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders delegate to attend the Asian Pacific Economic Council (APEC) Summit in Manila, Philippines, on Nov. 16-18. Initiated in the Philippines in 1996, the APEC CEO Summit is a business forum that focuses […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, Filipino Community, Pacific Islanders, Philippines, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, White House Initiative

Racketeering defendant to testify during his trial

November 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A defendant in a San Francisco racketeering case will take the stand at his trial as prosecutors accuse him of ordering the killing of a rival before taking over his organization in Chinatown. Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow is a reformed criminal whose testimony will be the […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Allen Leung, Associated Press, Chinatown, FBI, Ghee Kung Tong, Leland Yee, Philippines, Prosecutor Waqar Hasib, Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow, San Francisco, Tony Serra, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27

The Latest: China, Japan spar over disputed seas

November 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Leaders from 21 countries and self-governing territories are gathered in Manila for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Nov. 17. The meeting’s official agenda is focused on trade, business and economic issues but terrorism, South China Sea disputes and climate change are also set to be in focus. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, APEC, Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry, East China Sea, Gregory Domingo, Hong Lei, MANILA, Pacific Rim, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert, Philippine Navy, Philippines, South China Sea, Southeast Asian, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, japan

SAFF festival announces new appointees

October 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The South Asian American Film Festival (SAFF) announced that the new Artist Liaison will be Adrian Alarilla. A filmmaker from Quezon City, Philippines, Adrian immigrated to Chicago in 2007 before moving to Seattle in 2010.  His films have been shown at a number of festivals in the Philippines and the U.S. including SAAFF, and he […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Adrian Alarilla, One Reel, Philippines, Quezon City, SAAFF, SAFF, Seattle, Vol 34 No 44 | October 24 - October 30

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