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Philippine leader seeks laws to end rebellion, dynasties

August 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president asked Congress on Monday to pass a troubled Muslim autonomy bill at the heart of efforts to end a bloody rebellion in the country’s south and legislation that aims to lessen the stranglehold on power of entrenched political families, which include his. In […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Associated Press, Benigno Aquino III, Calling Filipinos, Corazon Aquino, Ferdinand Marcos, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, MANILA, Philippines, Roman Catholic, South China Sea, South Korea, Teresa Cerojano, United States, Vol 34 No 33 | August 8 - August 14, poverty

Filipino devotees nailed to crosses in Good Friday rites

April 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Joeal Calupitan Associated Press SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) — Screaming in pain, Filipino devotees had themselves nailed to wooden crosses to mimic the suffering of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation. Church leaders have spoken against the annual practice mixing Catholic devotion with folk belief, but it continues […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Associated Press, Councilor Harvey Quiwa, Filipino, Good Friday, Jesus Christ, Marvin Tao, Painter Ruben Enaje, Philippines, Roman Catholic, San Pedro Cutud, Teresa Cerojano, Tracy Sengillo, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17

Catholic bishop detained in China for past 14 years has died

February 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A secretly appointed Roman Catholic bishop detained by China for the past 14 years due to its feud over authority with the Vatican has died at age 94, a Roman Catholic website said Friday. Chinese officials informed the family of Bishop Cosmas Shi Enxiang on Jan. 30 that he had died, but […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Beijing, China, Chinese Catholics, Communist Party-controlled Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, Mao Zedong, Roman Catholic, Sheshan Seminary, Thaddeus Ma Daqin, Vol 34 No 8 | February 14 - February 20

Filipino extremists face new foe: fellow rebels

February 16, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — After years of fighting the government from hidden jungle bases in the southern Philippines, an Al-Qaida-linked militant group is facing a new adversary, fellow Muslim insurgents who can match their guerrilla battle tactics and are eager to regain their lost stature by fighting the widely […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Abu Sayyaf Group, Filipino, Jolo Island, Khabier Malik, Khadaffy Janjalani, MANILA, MNLF, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Moro National Liberation Front, Philippines, Roman Catholic, Southeast Asia, Sulu Provincial Governor Abdusakur Tan, Vol 32 No 8 | February 16 - February 22, attention, language, poverty

Lady Gaga faces protestors in Philippines protests

May 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Pop singer Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to cheers from fans and protests from young Christians calling for the cancellation of her upcoming concerts. About 200 Christian young people marched in Manila for a second straight day, holding placards urging the singer to […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Biblical Christians, Indonesia, Jesus Christ, Lady Gaga, MANILA, Philippines, Roman Catholic, Ruben Abante, South Korea, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1

After a rough presidency, Arroyo fights to stay free

November 26, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hrvoje Hranjski The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — With a sense of entitlement and a life of privilege familiar to a scion of the political elite, former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo successfully weathered coup attempts and corruption scandals during her nine years in power. She once even banished her husband abroad when he […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Andal Ampatuan Sr, Gerard Finin, Gerry Rimorin, Jose Miguel Mike Arroyo, Malacanang Palace, Pasig River, Philippines, President Benigno Aquino, President Bill Clinton, President Diosdado Macapagal, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President Joseph Estrada, Raul Lambino, Roman Catholic, Supreme Court, TV, Vol 30 No 48 | November 26 - December 2

Jan. 10: A. Gabriel Esteban is first Filipino American president of an American university

February 3, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A. Gabriel Esteban is now the 20th president of Seton Hall University, in South Orange, N.J. He is the first Filipino American president of an American university.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Filipino American, Gabriel Esteban, Philippines, Roman Catholic, Seton Hall University, South Orange, Vol 30 No 6 | February 5 - February 11

Immigration could change the politics of a Georgia district

July 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Sitting in a crowded strip mall office, about three dozen Gwinnett Country Republicans — mostly white — voted down a newspaper ad

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Census, Chinese American, Chuck Efstration, Clay Cox, Democrat Doug Heckman, GOP, Garry Guan, Georgia, Gwinnett Country Republicans, Gwinnett County, Korean American, LAWRENCEVILLE, Republican John Linder, Rich Carithers, Roman Catholic, Vietnamese, Vol 29 No 30 | July 24 - July 30

Editorial: Cao getting a lot of unfair flack

November 25, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Some are speculating that it could be one vote that ends U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao’s career. Cao was the only Republican who voted for President Obama’s health care plan, HR-3962.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2008, 2009, Cash Cao, Editorial Cao, Eric Cantor, GOP, Hurricane Katrina, Joseph Cao, New York Times Magazine, President Obama, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, Roman Catholic, Rush Limbaugh, Though Cao, Vietnamese American, Vol 28 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Washington Times

Pope creates 4 new saints, including Indian woman

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday, Oct. 12 gave the Roman Catholic church four new saints, including an Indian woman whose canonization is seen as a morale boost to Christians in India who have suffered Hindu violence.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Colombia, Ecuador, Gaetano Errico, Immaculate Conception, India, Jesus Martillo Moran, Roman Catholic, Sister Maria Bernarda, Switzerland, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

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