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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 – JANUARY 12

Jon Sonoda of ICHS passes way

January 8, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

International Community Health Center (ICHS) pharmacy manager Jon Sonoda passed away on Dec. 23. Sonoda led ICHS’ three service pharmacies at the agency’s Chinatown, Shoreline, and Holly Park locations. ICHS Foundation director Ron Chew said Jon’s generosity extended into the realm of charitable giving. “During our year-end fundraising campaign, he would come by my office […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, JON SONODA, VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12

Seattle artist honored

January 8, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle-based artist Naoko Morisawa was chosen as one of the recipients of The Individual Artist Award 2017 by The Santo Foundation, a nonprofit that recognizes and assist the careers of individual artists. Morisawa received $1,000. The winners were selected by Elyse A. Gonzales, who is Assistant Director and Curator of Exhibitions at the Art, Design […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Naoko Morisawa, VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12

Richardson becomes dean at UC Irvine

January 8, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Dec. 22, the University of California at Irvine (UCI) School of Law named L. Song Richardson as its newest dean. Richardson, who is Black and Asian American, becomes the only woman of color to currently hold the deanship of a high-ranking law school. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, Richardson is […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, L. Song Richardson, VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12

James Ho confirmed to Fifth Circuit Court

January 8, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The U.S. Senate voted on Dec. 14 to confirm James Ho as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ho is the first Asian Pacific American to serve on the Fifth Circuit and the sixth active Asian Pacific American federal appellate judge. “James Ho is nationally recognized for his legal […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, JAMES HO, VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12

NW Asian Weekly Foundation endowment

January 8, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Dec. 7, Northwest Asian Weekly founder Assunta Ng met with Dean Mia Tuan at the University of Washington (UW) College of Education. Ng signed the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation’s (our nonprofit arm) $100,000 endowment to support undergraduate students at the UW College of Education. The funds were raised throughout 2017 in conjunction with the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Assunta Ng, Mia Tuan, VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12

Chinese woman gets 22 years in prison for killing daughter

January 6, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A Chinese woman accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter in a fit of anger has been sentenced on Dec. 28 to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in Ohio. Thirty-year-old Ming Ming Chen was charged with murder, but Stark County prosecutors changed that to involuntary manslaughter under a […]

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Survivor of World War II Bataan Death March dies at 100

January 6, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area man who survived the infamous 1942 Bataan Death March and symbolized the thousands of unheralded Filipinos who fought alongside American forces during World War II has died. He was 100. Ramon Regalado died Dec. 16 in El Cerrito, California, said Cecilia […]

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Changes to Phoenix Chinese Cultural Center blocked for now

January 6, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PHOENIX (AP) — A three-judge panel of the Arizona Appeals Court has blocked — at least for now — lower court rulings that would let a construction company make changes to the distinct exterior of Phoenix’s Chinese Cultural Center. The judges on Dec. 27 stayed enforcement of a Dec. 1 Maricopa Superior Court decision lifting […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12

Retiring refugee leader to visit immigrants’ home countries

January 6, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — He has been the middleman in North Dakota’s refugee resettlement program for nearly three decades, helping thousands of refugees and other immigrants navigate their journey to U.S. citizenship. Now Tri Phan wants to see their native countries, such as Nepal, Bhutan and Sierra Leone. Phan — […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12

China offers tax break to keep investors after US changes

January 6, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China is responding to Washington’s tax overhaul by offering foreign companies a break on Chinese taxes in a bid to retain investment. The measure announced on Dec. 28 is Beijing’s first major reaction to the U.S. decision to cut corporate tax rates. It follows a flurry […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12

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