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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

3 former execs of utility charged in Fukushima disaster

March 6, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Three former Japanese utility executives were formally charged Monday, Feb. 29 with negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, becoming the first officials from the company to face a criminal trial. Five court-appointed lawyers indicted Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric power Co. at the time of the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2016, Associated Press, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Ichiro Takekuro, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, Kyodo News, Ruiko Muto, Sakae Muto, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric, Tsunehisa Katsumata, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, culture, japan

Chinese celebrities warned not to mix with exiled Tibetans

March 6, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Watt Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media have criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities’ warnings that actors and singers must “serve the people and socialism.” An article on China Tibet Online last week that was widely carried by […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Beijing, Bodh Gaya, Central Tibetan Administration, China Tibet Online, Chinese, Faye Wong, Gyalwang Karmapa, Hong Kong, Hu Jun, India, Jamphel Shonu, Karma Namgyal, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhists, Tony Leung, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, commentary

Asian Americans debate support for convicted NYC cop, Peter Liang

March 5, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Deepti Hajela Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a nation accustomed to demonstrations over police shootings of unarmed Black men, this was something completely different: more than 10,000 mostly Chinese Americans rallying in support of the Chinese American officer who pulled the trigger. The rally last weekend for Peter Liang, a rookie New […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Akai Gurley, Annie Tan, Asian Americans, Associated Press, Chinese Americans, Korean, Mayor David Dinkins, NYC, New York City, New York Police Department, Peter Liang, San Francisco, Seattle, Steph Yin, Steve Chung, Vincent Chin, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, Yan Sun

Leland Yee sentenced in racketeering case

March 5, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge sentenced former California state senator Leland Yee on Feb. 24 to five years in prison after he acknowledged in a plea deal that he accepted thousands of dollars in bribes and discussed helping an undercover FBI agent buy automatic weapons from the Philippines. Senior […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, California State Senate, Chinatown, Chinese, FBI, Ghee Kung Tong, Keith Jackson, Leland Yee, Philippines, Prosecutor Susan Badger, Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow, San Francisco, Senator Yee, Senior District Court Judge Charles Breyer, Sudhin Thanawala, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11

Japanese lawmaker criticized for linking Obama to slaves

February 28, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese lawmaker is being criticized for saying President Barack Obama was a descendant of Black slaves and so would have been an unthinkable presidential choice in America’s early history. Kazuya Maruyama, a lawyer-turned-lawmaker in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party, apologized hours after making the remark […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Democratic Party, Kazuya Maruyama, Kenya, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, United States, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, Yosuke Kamiyama, japan

Philippine bishops back pope’s remarks on Zika contraception

February 28, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Despite their staunch opposition to contraceptives, Philippine Roman Catholic bishops expressed their full support Feb. 20 to Pope Francis’ remarks suggesting artificial contraception can be used by women threatened by the Zika virus. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines also backed the pope’s uncompromising position […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Archbishop Socrates Villegas, Associated Press, Belgian Congo, Brazil, Edcel Lagman, MANILA, Mexico, Philippine Roman Catholic, Philippines, Pope Francis, Risa Hontiveros, Supreme Court, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4

Seattle experiments with new solutions to ease homelessness

February 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Phuong Le Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — As homeless deaths mounted last fall in Seattle, elected officials declared an  emergency, resorting to a tool often reserved for natural disasters to confront the burgeoning population of people living on the streets. The mayor opened a new city-sanctioned homeless encampment and committed millions more dollars to […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, 2016, Associated Press, Cindy Pierce, Danny Fletcher, Mark Putnam, Mayor Ed Murray, RV, Real Change, Richard Swope, Sara Rankin, Seattle City Council, Social Security, Steve Berg, Timothy Harris, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, parking

Asian American NYC officer guilty of manslaughter

February 20, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Colleen Long and Jennifer Peltz Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie police officer who shot an unarmed man dead in a darkened public housing stairwell was convicted Feb. 11 of manslaughter in a case closely watched by advocates for police accountability. The courtroom audience gasped and Officer Peter Liang, who had broken […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Akai Gurley, Associated Press, Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch, Brian Conroy, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, Chinese American, Mayor Bill, Michael Brown, New York City, New York Police Department, New Yorkers, Officer Peter Liang, Ousmane Zongo, Robert Brown, Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun, Sylvia Palmer, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

Angelina Jolie’s film ‘Unbroken’ finally opens in Japan more than a year later

February 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Angelina Jolie’s “Unbroken” opened Feb. 6, more than a year after the rest of the world, in Japan, where the main character endures as a prisoner of war and where some have called for a boycott of the movie. There were concerns that right-wing extremists may try […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Angelina Jolie, Associated Press, Berlin Olympics, David Bowie, Imperial Army, Katsuyuki Miyata, Korea, Louis Zamperini, Merry Christmas, Nagano Olympics, Nagisa Oshima, POW, Tokyo, Vol 35 No 7 | February 13 - February 19, japan, social media

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