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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 36 NO 32 | AUGUST 5 – AUGUST 11

Quynh Pham leaving VFA

August 7, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Quynh Pham has announced that she is leaving the Vietnamese Friendship Association (VFA). She served as its fund development manager for the past 15 months. Pham told the Northwest Asian Weekly she will continue to work within the Vietnamese and immigrant and refugee community. Her next adventure is with Friends of Little Saigon, an organization […]

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Kin On supportive housing project breaks ground

August 7, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Kin On staff, board members, and project developers celebrated the groundbreaking of Kin On’s new supportive housing project on July 11. This completes a multi-year capital expansion to transform Kin On from a standalone nursing home to an aging-friendly campus. Located adjacent to the existing nursing home, the expansion project will include a 20-unit assisted […]

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LIHI projects win Golden Nugget Awards

August 7, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) and its development partners, Ruberg Architecture, Walsh Construction Co., and BNBuilders, won Golden Nugget Awards for two projects: The Marion West and Abbey Lincoln Court. The Marion West won two grand awards for “Residential Housing Project of the Year,” beating out for-profits, nonprofits, and luxury housing developments, and “Best Affordable […]

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George Tanbara celebration of life

August 7, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A celebration of life will be held on Aug. 5 for Dr. George Tanbara who passed away on July 1, at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center. In 1969, Tanbara founded Community Health Care, which now has five locations. In 1980, Tanbara along with Dr. Lawrence A. Larson, formed Pediatrics Northwest (PNW). Today PNW […]

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Philanthropy Northwest names new CEO

August 7, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Philanthropy Northwest announced the start of its new CEO, Kiran Ahuja, on Aug. 2. She is the first person of color to hold the position. “In Kiran, we found a leader who not only shares our values, but can build strong bridges across the region and within the field—she is a true collaborator,” said Kevin […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Kiran Ahuja, VOL 36 NO 32 | AUGUST 5 - AUGUST 11

Hokkaido Ramen Santouka celebrates grand opening at University Village

August 7, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Hokkaido Ramen Santouka restaurant opened a second location at the University Village mall on Aug. 5. The University Village location is the second Washington and fourth overall, free-standing Hokkaido Ramen Santouka in the United States. Additionally, Santouka has partnered with Microsoft and a Japanese system development company to provide an Al robot, Sota, which uses […]

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Court: Police can’t detain immigrants without charges

August 5, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mark Pratt Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts police officers do not have the authority to arrest someone suspected of being in the United States illegally if that person is not facing criminal charges, the state’s highest court ruled July 24. The Supreme Judicial Court opinion applied specifically to officers who provide security in […]

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Lawsuit: Trafficking scheme lured Filipinos to Oklahoma

August 5, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Adam Kealoha Causey and Ken Miller Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Owners of an Oklahoma hotel and other businesses engaged in a human trafficking scheme that lured workers from the Philippines promising good wages but didn’t deliver as promised, according to a lawsuit. Three Filipino workers brought to Clinton, Okla., about 80 miles […]

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Suspects to plead not guilty in Kim Jong Nam’s assassination

August 5, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two women accused of poisoning the estranged half brother of North Korea’s ruler in a bizarre airport assassination plead not guilty when they appeared in a Malaysian court on July 28, their lawyers said. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong are accused of […]

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Chinese billionaire convicted in United Nations bribery case

August 5, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Larry Neumeister Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese billionaire who wanted to build a United Nations center in Macau was convicted on July 27 of paying more than $1.7 million in bribes to U.N. ambassadors to get it done. The verdict was returned after a day of deliberations in Manhattan federal court […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, NG LAP SENG, VOL 36 NO 32 | AUGUST 5 - AUGUST 11

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