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Philippines elects first transgender politician to Congress

May 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The first transgender politician elected in the Philippines said she hopes her win in a congressional race shows that people like her can contribute to nation-building in a country where LGBT people are still sometimes publicly ridiculed.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Geraldine Roman, LGBT, Manny Pacquiao, Philippine Senate, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27

Pacquiao says he may fight in Olympics if pros allowed

April 8, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tim Dahlberg AP Boxing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Manny Pacquiao says he’s thinking about fighting for his country in the Olympics this summer if the boxing competition is open to professional fighters. His promoter, though, thinks the idea of any pro fighting in Rio — much less the eight-time world champion — is […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Bob Arum, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao, Olympics, Philippines, Timothy Bradley April, Trainer Freddie Roach, VOL 35 NO 15 | APRIL 9 – APRIL 15

Tacoma family keeps up search for downed Korean War pilot

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Adam Ashton The News Tribune TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – As a boy, Albert Paffenroth Jr. walked to the edge of a fence around the runway at Johnson Air Force Base in Japan to watch his dad and other pilots lift into the sky in their B-26 bombers. Almost 70 years later, Paffenroth is trying […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Albert Paffenroth Jr, Albert Paffenroth Sr, Central Pacific, DNA, Gig Harbor, Johnson Air Force Base, Korean Peninsula, Korean War, North Korean, Philippines, TACOMA, United States, Vol 35 No 14 | April 2 - April 8, japan, technology

American tests positive for Zika virus after Philippine trip

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An American woman who visited the Philippines in January has tested positive for the Zika virus in the United States, the Philippines’ top health official said March 6. Health Secretary Janette Garin said her department was coordinating with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get more information about […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Disease Control, Health Secretary Janette Garin, Lyndon Lee Suy, MANILA, Philippines, United States, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

Sister says don’t make missing Flight 370 pilot the fall guy

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Time has not eased the pain for the family of Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the senior pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Nearly two years after the plane disappeared, they must cope not only with his loss but with the theory that he was to […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Anwar Ibrahim, Associated Press, Beijing, Dark Ages, Fariq Abdul Hamid, France, Indian Ocean, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Airlines Boeing, Malaysia Airlines Flight, Mozambique, Philippines, Reunion Island, Sakinab Shah, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, Zaharie Ahmad Shah

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

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

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

The Layup Drill — A New Year talking Doug B, a new Mariner, and … Manny’s last fight?

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to a new edition of The Layup Drill! This month, we revisit the great year by Doug Baldwin, a return home for a new Seattle Mariner — and is this the last fight for Manny Pacquiao? Despite coming up short, Seahawks’ Baldwin has a career year The feeling is […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2014, 2016, Andre Berto, Carolina Panthers, Doug Baldwin, Father Time, Filipino, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, National League, Philippines, Pro Bowl, Russell Wilson, Seahawks Baldwin, Seattle Mariner, Super Bowl, Timothy Bradley, Travis Ishikawa, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, World Series

King County Council declares January Human Trafficking Awareness Month

January 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Jan. 19, the Metropolitan King County Council declared January Human Trafficking Awareness Month in recognition of the ongoing effort to call attention to this form of modern day slavery. “In order to stop the scourge of human trafficking in our county, we need a coordinated and unified response,” said Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles, a co-sponsor […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2016, January Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Kathleen Morris, King County Courthouse, Metropolitan King County Council, Philippines, Phoebe Dizon, Program Manager, State Department, State Rep, Susan Remerata Blackwell, Velma Veloria, Veronica Laureta, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, attention

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