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Philippine militants free 2 kidnapped Germans

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By Oliver Teves Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two Germans freed after being held for six months in the southern Philippines by a militant group that threatened to behead […]

August reading recommendations

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By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Pioneer Girl By Bich Minh Nguyen Viking, 2014 Ever since she received the box set from her grandfather when she turned 8, Lee Lien […]

Filipino protesters denounce China’s “bullying”

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) —  About 100 Filipinos carrying mock missiles marched Thursday to the Chinese consulate in Manila to protest China’s actions in asserting its territorial claims in the South […]

Romson Bustillo / BIMA / “Dugay na” exhibition

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By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “I always knew.”<!–more–> This was Roman Bustillo’s response when he realized that he wanted to be an artist. Bustillo was born and raised in […]

BLOG: My Hong Kong diary — World’s highest bar, Ozone! (Part II)

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If you want to impress someone visiting Hong Kong, take him or her to Ozone, the world’s tallest bar.

Filipino activists call for end to U.S. defense pact

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By Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Protesters clashed on July 4 with police near the U.S. Embassy in Manila, where about 100 of them marched to mark Philippine-American Friendship […]

Alex Tizon: One Asian man in search of self

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By Daria Kroupoderova Northwest Asian Weekly In the dimly lit basement of Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Company on the evening of June 18, Alex Tizon, author of “Big Little Man: […]

Filipino mayor: Typhoon was ‘something we never imagined’

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By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Typhoons are a normal, generally accepted part of life in the Philippines, except for one.