VIA Times Filipino American Lifestyle and Culture in the Greater Chicago Area

Dr. David P. Calimag started from very humble beginnings. David was born in Aparri, Cagayan on December 20, 1947, the fifth of six children, to two loving parents, Placido Calimag Sr, an elementary school p r i n c i ...

Mark is the President/Owner of The Javier Law Firm, P.C., located at 3029 N. Kedzie, Chicago. He writes a Law column for VIA Times monthly publication. He is a graduate from The John Marshall Law School JD in 2006 and ...

T h i s e n e r g e t i c n e w l y – e l e c t e d President of Philippine Nurses of Illinois Inc (PNAI) graduated from St. Anne’s Hospital School ...

Dr. Rufino Crisostomo has devoted himself to do humanitarian w o r k a s a m e d i c a l m i s s i o n a r y, e s t a b l i ...

Vernie Velarde-Morales is the Philippine Department of Tourism’s Director for the Central Region of North America (USA and Canada). Her office’s area of coverage encompasses 19 states of the U.S.A. and 2 provinces of Canada. Vernie is a Philippine Career ...

Vinson Villena has been practicing Taekwondo for almost 30 years and has over 20 years of experience teaching this martial art at several universities, schools, fitness centers and park districts in the Philippines, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Some of his ...

Greg Vanderlaan is a Senior Vice President with ARCADIS, a world-wide engineering consulting company. He holds a B.A. in Biological Science from Southern Illinois University, an M.S. in Environmental Science/Air Pollution from Washington State University and an M.S. in Environmental ...

Starting out as one of the participants in 2012 PASS (Pilipino American Social Service) Calendar Moms, an annual social service fundraising activity for the purpose of sustaining its noble objective of giving assistance to our aging population, Angie instantly saw ...