Tag: ronacin

January 31, 2017

‘Our crumbling streets can be rebuilt later, our humanity cannot’

As advocates for safe streets, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has spent a lot of its efforts lobbying, campaigning and building support for infrastructure investments. So with lots of local transportation funding at risk if the Trump administration succeeds in its threat to pull federal funding from so-called “sanctuary cities,” where does Seattle Neighborhood Greenways stand? “Our…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, kshama sawant, one america, resist, rich stolz, ronacin, seattle neighborhood greenways
January 24, 2017

Dad killed while biking to 2nd job, leaves 5 kids orphaned in Philippines

Ronacin Tjhung was working more than 60 hours a week at two jobs to send money back to support his five children in the Philippines. Those children, between 9 and 16, lost their mother in the terrible typhoon Haiyan (also known as “Yolanda”) in 2013. Now, they have lost their father an ocean away in Seattle.…
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tagged: beacon hill, deaths, rainier valley, ronacin, s graham street
January 17, 2017

Dad from Philippines critically injured in collision at MLK/Graham + How you can help – UPDATED

UPDATE 1/22: Family reports on his GoFundMe page that Ronacin died Saturday evening after more than a week in Intensive Care: Today has been by far the most hardest day for us. Ronacin passed away this evening at 7:50 pm along side him was our whole family and some close friends. No more suffering. We…
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tagged: injuries, mlk way, rainier valley, ronacin, s graham street