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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 – September 27

EDI participant takes leadership program in Philippines

September 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Maria Bea Querido, a current Leadership Discovery participant with the Executive Development Institute and a Boeing employee, was one of 10 young Filipinos from the United State to take part in the second annual Filipino American Youth Leadership Program. The program, hosted by the Embassy of the Philippines, took place in July of 2013 in […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Benigno Aquino, Consul General, Executive Development Institute, Filipino American Youth Leadership Program, Jose Cuisia, Leadership Discovery, Leon Jr, Maria Bea Querido, Melissa Medina Philippine Consul Mario Lopez, Nico Barawid, Philippine Ambassador, Philippine Sect, Philippines, Spain, Vice President Jejomar Binay, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

Andrea Akita joins InterIm CDA as director of community and housing services

September 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

InterIm Community Development Authority (InterIm CDA) added Andrea Akita as director of community and housing services, effective Sept. 10. She will have oversight of InterIm CDA’s direct housing and homelessness prevention services, the Danny Woo Community Garden program, the Wilderness Inner-City Leadership Development (WILD) program, and sustainable neighborhood planning activities.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Andrea Akita, Danny Woo Community Garden, Human Services Department, Impact Capital, Seattle, Southern California, UCLA, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

Esther Kia’aina nominated as Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas

September 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Esther Puakela Kia’aina was nominated to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas at the U.S. Department of the Interior by President Barack Obama on Sept. 11. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Kia’aina would lead the Department’s efforts to coordinate federal policy for Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, American Samoa, Assistant Secretary, Esther Kia, Esther Puakela Kia, George Washington University Law School, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, President Barack Obama, Southern California, Virgin Islands, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

WASITRAC hosts India Ambassador to U.S. Nirupama Rao

September 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Washington State–India Trade Relations Action Committee (WASITRAC) hosted a reception to welcome India Ambassador to the United States Nirupama Rao on Sept. 13 at the Westin Seattle. Rao was appointed ambassador in September 2011. Previously, she served as the second-ever woman Indian Foreign Secretary, the top diplomat for Indian foreign relations, from 2009 to […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2009, 2011, 2013, Consul General, India, Indian Embassy, Jim McDermott, United States, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27, WASITRAC, Westin Seattle

Japanese soldiers train with Army in Yakima

September 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Adam Ashton The News Tribune YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A 360-degree view from Col. Paul Mele’s hilltop vantage point in central Washington’s high desert gave him a lot to smile about this week as a new Army brigade commander.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Afghanistan, Andrew Anthony, Chad Quillia, Chief Warrant Officer Kazunori Fukayama, Combat Aviation Brigade, Evergreen State, Hirofumi Hamamoto, Infantry Division, Iraq, Japan Ground Self Defense Force, Japanese Self Defense Force, Mount Adams, Munetsugo Matsubo, North Korea, Operation Rising Thunder, Paul Mele, Stephen Lanza, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27, Yakima Training Center

US poverty rate stuck at 15 percent

September 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hope Yen The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s poverty rate stood still at 15 percent last year, the sixth straight year that it has failed to improve.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, Census Bureau, David Johnson, Democratic Senate, GOP, John Iceland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Penn State, President Barack Obama, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27, poverty

Beijing rejects democracy for next HK leader

September 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan The Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong has rejected letting the public nominate candidates to run for leader, in the strongest sign yet from China that it won’t allow the former British colony to freely choose its next leader. Zhang Xiaoming said in an open letter […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Basic Law Hong Kong, Beijing, China, Chinese, HK, Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kongers, National People, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27, Zhang Xiaoming, letter

4 men given death sentences in India gang rape

September 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Shivani Wawat and Katy Daigle Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court Sept. 13 sentenced to death four men for the December gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack that riveted India, where it became a symbol of the rampant […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Akshay Thakur, Associated Press, High Court, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, India, Judge Yogesh Khanna, Mukesh Singh, New Delhi, Pawan Gupta, Ram Singh, Singapore, Supreme Court, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

S Korea hoists national f lag in Pyongyang

September 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — South Korean weightlifters marched with their national flag at the start of an international competition hosted by bitter rival North Korea — something of a milestone for two countries that were trading war threats this spring. It’s the first time South Korean athletes have attended […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2013, Asian Cup, Associated Press, Hyung-jin Kim, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, PYONGYANG, South Korean, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

Cambodia opposition pressures with rally

September 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang and Justine Dreannan The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s main opposition leader kicked off a new wave of demonstrations against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government Sept. 15, warning the protests would not stop until the nation’s post-election deadlock is resolved. The mass rally comes one day after Cambodia’s king […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Human Rights, King Norodom Sihamoni, National Assembly, Ou Virak, Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

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