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

A book titled “The Legend of Tessie Agana: Beloved Child Star of the Philippines: An Intimate Portrait of My Mother” is by Scottsdale’s Mylene Richardson. The book will be released on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Tessie Agana, Mylene’s mother, and ...

By: Veronica Leighton   It has been a hectic month for many of us, VT family or not. Isn’t it? Why? It’s because we are saying goodbye to the best and most beautiful summer months and welcoming the cooler and more ...

September marks the beginning of fall, with the Autumnal Equinox on September 22. But the month also holds important national holidays including Labor Day and Patriot Day, also known as 9/11 with vowing words of “never forget” which honors and ...

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Maria Fides Balita, Managing Partner, Maharlika PLLC, Audit. Accounting. Consulting

ALLEN CAVILES Chief Executive Officer, PayMaple LLC Excellence in Entrepreneurship/Philanthropy Allen Caviles was born in Iloilo, Philippines, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1973 at the age of nine. He is one of nine children born to the late Dr. Alfredo ...

SGT. RONALD BONGAT Most Outstanding Asian American in Police Empowerment An offspring of First-generation immigrant parents from the Philippines (Romeo and Cyril Bongat, deceased), Ronald Bongat grew up in the west side of Chicago. After graduating high school from Lane ...

Dr. Marjerie Badilla is back in practice after a brief retirement. She has over 30 years of experience in both the civilian & military services. While in the Armed Forces, she was the chief of Acute Minor Clinic OP of ...

Christine Abuel Pompa is Senior Patent Counsel at The Kraft Heinz Company. She is responsible for developing and managing the strategy for the company’s global patent portfolio. She is also heavily involved in the company’s technology transactions and supply-chain agreements. ...

Philippine-born, award-winning author Maria Victoria A. Grageda-Smith writes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, following an earlier law practice career in Manila distinguished not only by the prestige of the law firm (Sycip, Salazar, Hernandez & Gatmaitan) and company (San Miguel Corporation) ...