VIA Times – August 2020 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Vicente Perez   VICENTE PEREZ is a seasoned concert promoter, director and producer of some of the biggest Filipino live performances all over the US. He is also the creative director for Philippine Times of Southern Nevada and food ...

By: Veronica Leighton   With the arrival of the Covid pandemic, there also rose the concerns about our health safety, number one of which was the wearing of mask. At first, almost everyone was receptive in following the wearing of ...

By: Ryan Tejero   Kiwanis is an international organization that helps children from all over the world. Its strong advocacies, as manifested in its numerous initiatives, had gathered a strong community of volunteers who share the passion to create an ...

By: Janice Dantes   Being an attorney is like any other job: I perform a service and receive payment for that service. While most of my clients are appreciative of the service, no one is happy paying their bills. I ...

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   Where do I begin? My mom, Alice Rabor, born on Aug 4th, 1940 in Pangasinan, is the 5th child of the 7 children of Damaso Morales and Engracia Calimlim. Her early roots emerged from Bohol then permanently ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   It’s a buyers’ dream come true and a silver lining in our COVID infested landscape. Mortgage rates have tumbled to historical lows of under 3% for 30 year fixed home loans and sellers’ acquiescence to ...

By: Kayla Tejero   Happy August! I still cannot believe how fast the time has passed by. We have already gone through a little over three-fourths of the year! As we welcome this month of August, as well as the start ...

By: James DC   UBER Wonder if UBER was started by a bunch of Filipinos…. because they take you UBER here and UBER there. __________ WELCOME TO THE 21st CENTURY PHONES: Wireless COOKING: Fireless CARS: Keyless FOOD: Fatless TIRES: Tubeless TOOLS: Cordless DRESS: ...