VIA Times – August 2019 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Victoria Smith   I am happily writing this month’s column from Venice! To celebrate our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, my husband and I are on an almost month-long tour of the great cities of Italy—something we’d long dreamed of, but ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   The good news came in hard and fast. My generous patroness, my classmate from College of the Holy Spirit wanted to fly me to Manila to emcee her 60th birthday celebration at the Club Filipino Membership ...

By: Bob Boyer   Daniel Immerwahr’s recent book, “How to Hide an Empire,” focuses on the U.S. as a colonial power, an empire in fact, in ways surpassing even the Spanish, French, and (yes!) the British. The book is alternately ...

By: Jan Paul Ferrer   Starting early can help even small amounts of money set aside grow into a healthy nest egg. When retirement is decades away, it’s easy to postpone saving for it in favor of the more immediate ...

By: Pureza Ramiro Pacis   Dear Tita Eza, Hangang-hanga ako kay Angelita (“Luluhod ang mga Tala” (June issue). Hindi ko yata kaya ang kinaya niya. Upon graduation ni Mama sa Philippine Normal College (PNC), at nakapasa sa Cvil Service Exams, na-assign ...

By: Christian L ChaCha M Xavier D   In a recent study conducted by Owlet Baby Care – the maker of the award winning Smart Sock – the company discovered parents are having babies at an older age in the city of Chicago ...

By: James DC   Wife is cute, When she is mute, And Husband is honey, When he gives money. __________ DEAR GIRLS, Madonna is 57, Her boyfriend is 27, Tina Turner is 77, Her boyfriend is 27, JLO is 44 Her boyfriend is 28, Still single? Relax. Your boyfriend is not Even born ...

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   “The hair is the richest ornament of women” (Martin Luther) The effect of hair loss came real to me when I saw my sister who has been battling with Lupus for nearly 20 years have balding ...