VIA Times – August 2017 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

Front row L-R: Ging Alto, Lilia O. Untalan, Roger R. Odiamar & Fr. Nelson Garcia. Next row L-R: Romy Badiola, Jimmy Alto (vice-chairman), Rosalie De Valle, Vacion Obay, Amor Saenz. Fely Odiamar, Noli Juarez & Lily Racho. The Choir: Seated: ...

Joe Mauricio’s exclusive interview with Amanda Friedeman. She is the Harvey L. Miller Family Youth Educator of Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. Veronica’s interview with Domingo Henare, the author of “The Last Juug”, where Henare tells the story of ...

By: Mayra Salazar   Social Security continues to evaluate and improve how we protect what’s important to you. We take this responsibility seriously, and we have a robust cybersecurity program in place to help protect the personal information you entrust ...

For the Fun of it and for “sentimental reason”.. in one of my sassy conversations with some of our beautiful ladies in our festive Filipino American Community, our “Happy,Talking Happy Talk” touched on recalling some of our past International Beauty ...

By: Ryan Tejero   The Filipino-American Association of Northern Illinois (FAANI) has been in existence since 2006. Although there are no officers in this organization, a lot of volunteers come out together to offer their generous time and commitment to ...

By: Pureza Ramiro Pacis   Dear Tita Eza: Magkapit-bahay kami ni Jim. Sa pagitan ng aming bahay ay ang itinanim kong peach tree .Maliit pa naman noon, pero for the past years makikita mo na umusbong at ang mga branches niya ...

By: Christian L ChaCha M & Xavier D The Rivas Family The Birthday Girl — Isabella Milagros Rivas The Birthday Celebrant with her guests and siblings Isabella with her best friends The Princess with her Mommy Chie

By: Janice Dantes   Lately, I have been receiving many inquiries about living trusts. A living trust is like eating vegetables: everyone knows it’s good for you, but few people know why. Here are some common questions about trusts: “What is ...

By: Joe Mauricio   The Trump administration may quietly revoke the ability of hundreds of thousands of immigrants (almost all women) from legally working in the United States, forcing them to choose between heading back to their kitchen or leaving ...

By: Christian L ChaCha M & Xavier D   Last July 17, celebrated by her two sons, Chris Molina and Justin Maunders and their young families. Front are grandson Toban Maunders, Eva holding Ellysa-Beth Molina and Vienna Maunders. Back are Heidi, ...