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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 – MARCH 24

ICHS’ Shahbazian named CFO of the Year

March 20, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Hermes Shahbazian, chief financial officer at International Community Health Services (ICHS), is the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2017 CFO of the Year for large nonprofits. Since joining ICHS in 1994, the nonprofit has grown from 15 employees to nearly 500. The key to keeping stride with that change, Shahbazian said, is efficiency. “This strive to […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, HERMES SHAHBAZIAN, VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 - MARCH 24

Chin is new Boys & Girls Clubs of King County CEO

March 20, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dr. Lisa Chin is the new president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County. Previously, Chin founded and served as executive director of Year Up Puget Sound, a job training and internship program that helps low-income young adults with education and career opportunities. She’s also served as executive director of Jubilee […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, DR. LISA CHIN, VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 - MARCH 24

Client appreciation at Wing Luke

March 20, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Buckley & Associates hosted a client and referral appreciation event for its clients at the Wing Luke Museum on Feb. 23. More than 60 people attended. Buckley has offices in the International District and Tacoma. Its CEO, Erica Buckley, is a member of the Junior League of Seattle, and a member of the Treehouse […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Erica Buckley, MARY ZHU, VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 - MARCH 24

Now-fired Preet Bharara boasts of ‘absolute independence’

March 19, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan federal prosecutor who says “absolute independence” was his touchstone for over seven years as he battled public corruption announced on March 11 that he was fired after he refused a request a day earlier to resign. Preet Bharara, 48, made the announcement on his […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 - MARCH 24

Two critically ill in San Francisco after drinking toxic tea

March 19, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two people are critically sick in San Francisco after drinking tea from the same Chinatown herbalist. The tea leaves bought at Sun Wing Wo Trading Company contained the plant-based toxin Aconite, the Department of Public Health said on March 10. A man in his 50s last month and a woman in […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 - MARCH 24

On Trump trademarks, China says it treats applicants equally

March 19, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By GERRY SHIH Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China assesses all applications for trademarks equally in a transparent process, a top Chinese regulator said on March 10, after Beijing awarded U.S. President Donald Trump preliminary approval for a trove of trademarks in a move that has drawn scrutiny. The process by which Trump and a […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 - MARCH 24

Dozens mark birthday of Indian engineer killed in America

March 19, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Dozens of people held a candlelight vigil in southern India on March 9 to mark the birthday of an Indian engineer shot dead last month in Kansas in an attack the FBI is investigating as a possible hate crime. In addition to marking Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s 33rd […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 - MARCH 24

Hawaii teacher: ‘I won’t teach’ undocumented immigrants

March 19, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONOLULU (AP) — A teacher for Hawaii’s largest high school has been harshly criticized for sending an email to staff at his school saying he was refusing to teach immigrant students in the U.S. illegally. Campbell High School teacher John Sullivan used his work email on March 8 to reply to a group of messages […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 - MARCH 24

Seattle homeless told to leave for new shelter

March 17, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle homeless shelter is trying to figure out alternative sleeping arrangements for 75 men who will be displaced once the city takes over the building and puts a new homeless shelter there. KOMO-TV reported on March 14 that Operation Nightwatch offers men a place to stay overnight in the lobby of […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2017, Rev. Rick Reynolds, VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 - MARCH 24

Police, FBI seek tips, offer reward in shooting of Sikh man

March 17, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KENT, Wash. (AP) — Police in suburban Seattle and the FBI are asking for the public’s help in the shooting of a Sikh man, who says the gunman told him to go back to his country. Authorities said on March 9 that they’re offering a $6,000 reward. The FBI is offering a reward of up […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 36 NO 12 | MARCH 18 - MARCH 24

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