VIA Times – April 2018 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Mayra Salazar   Deciding when to start receiving your retirement benefits from Social Security is a decision that only you can make, and you should make that decision with as much information as possible. There are a lot of ...

By: James DC   Isn’t this the darn truth………… By today’s standards none of us were supposed to ever make it. Highschool 1957 vs. 2017 Scenario 1: Jack goes duck hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking ...

By: Bob Boyer   I wrote the following article in November of 2012. It strikes me as strangely timely. Mabuhay, congratulations on your re-election. I just came from getting a haircut. My barber said that I should contact you, and ...

By: Jan Paul Ferrer   When it comes time to start withdrawing the money you’ve spent a lifetime accumulating in your retirement portfolio, you want to ensure that you make the right decisions. One that the government makes for you ...

By: Victoria Smith   One could say that the goal of religion is to find, and be united with God. In this connection, some of the holiest days of humankind have recently been celebrated—Easter for Christians, the Passover for Jews. ...

By: Janice Dantes   As one of the few Pinay attorneys who represents many Filipino clients, it saddens me when I am in court waiting for my case to be called when I see a fellow kababayan attempting to represent ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   Springing back from a successful 2017 that concluded with the highly popular launching of “Namamasko Sa Tahanan Nyo” (Caroling In Your Home) where professional singers performed a program of American and Filipino Christmas carols during ...

By: Nancy Abiera   For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Matthew 6:14-15 ...

By: Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin   “What if” is about fear, and has to do with believing that punishment, rejection or deprivation lies ahead. For example: What if I gain five pounds after eating that cookie/ sandwich/soup/banana/cake? What if I go out ...

By: Melody Dizon   Even as menial of task as folding clothes, sweeping the floor or rearranging furnitures in the house, I do fi nd pleasure in it and fi nd it healing. You may think, it’s just all housework, ...