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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 – AUGUST 17

PeaceTrees director

August 13, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The new in-country director for PeaceTrees Vietnam is Ha Pham. Pham has worked for PeaceTrees for the last 16 years and she calls it her second home. “My biggest goal is to continue growing PeaceTrees as an organization. This will include maintaining and developing the values and trust that PeaceTrees has cultivated for the past […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2018, HA PHAM, VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 17

AARP AAPI Hero Award finalists

August 13, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Angela Wan of International Community Health Services (ICHS) is one of five nonprofit staff finalists named in AARP’s Asian American & Pacific Islander Hero Award. The annual awards honor individuals who serve AAPIs over age 50. Wan is going up against Denny Chan of Justice in Aging, Johnny Chen of Florence Fang Asian Community Garden, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2018, Angela Wan, VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 17

Shibayama, civil rights champion, dies

August 13, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Art (Isamu) Shibayama, civil rights champion of the Japanese Latin Americans, died peacefully with family by his bedside on July 31 in San Jose, Calif. He was 88. Born in Lima, Peru in 1930, Shibayama was 13 years old when he, along with his family, was kidnapped and transported to the United States. Immediately upon […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 17

Seattle native plays key role in U.S. Navy mission

August 13, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Lt. Cmdr. Francis Montojo, a Seattle native and Fairfield High School graduate, serves in the U.S. Navy at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. As a strategic weapons officer, Montojo is responsible for overseeing training, operations and certification of the submarine force with expertise in strategic weapons systems matters. “I enjoy the people I work with,” said Montojo, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 17

Valedictorian Chu delivers speech

August 13, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ozelleona Chu graduated on June 12 as valedictorian from North Mason High School. She, along with three other members of the senior class, spoke about their high school experiences, before a full house of family and friends. Her father told the Northwest Asian Weekly that Chu doesn’t easily give up on goals and loves to […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2018, OZELLEONA CHU, VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 17

PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi latest high-profile female CEO to exit

August 12, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) — With Indra Nooyi exiting PepsiCo as its longtime chief executive, the circle of CEOs in the Fortune 500 is losing one of its highest profile women. Nooyi, who was born in India, is a rarity on Wall Street as a woman and a minority leading a Fortune 500 company. She oversaw […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Cheryl Shaw, VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 17

Nguyen returns home after release from Vietnamese jail

August 12, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HOUSTON (AP) — An American man who was convicted by a Vietnamese court of disturbing public order after he took part in a rare protest is back in the United States. The Houston Chronicle reports William Nguyen returned to his home in Houston on Aug. 3 after spending 40 days in detention before being deported […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Cheryl Shaw, VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 17

Man who shot 2 Indian men sentenced to life

August 12, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas man who opened fire a suburban Kansas City bar, killing an immigrant from India and wounding two other men, was sentenced on Aug. 7 in federal court to three consecutive life prison sentences for what federal prosecutors said was a hate crime. Adam Purinton, 53, of […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Cheryl Shaw, VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 17

Chinese missionary fatally shot in Kansas City

August 12, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Christian missionary from China who was visiting Kansas City with his wife and four children was shot to death after he crossed paths with an 18-year-old who was shooting at people while high on drugs, police say. The victim, Xindong Hao, had just arrived in the city late last […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Cheryl Shaw, VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 17

Starbucks, Alibaba announce China delivery venture

August 11, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Starbucks and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced a coffee delivery venture on Aug. 2, joining the growing competition in China’s booming delivery industry. Starbucks Coffee Co. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said the venture starts next month in Beijing and Shanghai. It will expand to 30 cities by the end of […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Cheryl Shaw, VOL 37 NO 33 | AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 17

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