VIA Times – Dec 2016 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Veronica Leighton   The feeling/spirit of Christmas is not actually complete without undergoing again and again, year after year, the stories or legends of Christmas through songs or carols, dances, plays and dramas, that reverberate throughout the Christian world. ...

By: Nancy H. Abiera   One of my favorite Christmas songs is “Joy To The World,” a part of which goes like: Joy to the world, the Lord has come Let earth receive the King Let every heart prepare Him ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   Two incongruous events that I had been invited to make up my column for December. The first is a first birthday party for one of the prettiest babies I know, whose beaming and proud parents, ...

By: Joe Mauricio   We just celebrated the annual Via Times/CPRTV Christmas Party and attended some friends’ merriment with reasons for gettogether for the season, like the MedPro Health Provider’s Christmas party, not realizing that it’s that time of the ...

By: Christian L & ChaCha M & Xavier D   Greetings 2016, from siblings Christian & Maya Leighton; (2) ChaCha Miranda, singing Maligayang Pasko with Grandma Neneth at the VT Christmas party. Greetings from the Patron family: L-R, CLARIZZE, CRISZA, CECE, JHUN, ...

By: Victoria Smith   I don’t know what triggered it: Karen Carpenter singing Silver Bells on the radio, or the vintage colored light bulbs framing a display window. I pull over and stop the car till I could see the ...

By: Jan Paul Ferrer   Preparing for an annual financial review may be easier than you think. With a checklist in hand and your Financial Advisor by your side, review key considerations and together discuss any potential corrective actions to ensure ...

By: Mayra Salazar   It’s healthy to be skeptical in a world of uncertainties. Major news networks sometimes broadcast conflicting facts that require a bit of research to verify. There’s even a day in October dedicated to skeptics. So, this ...

By: Jovie Calma   “People making lists, buying special gifts. Taking time to be kind to one and all. It’s the time of year when good friends are near, and you wish you could give more than just presents from ...

By: James DC   Maureen Dowd, the redhead, captured it perfectly when she wrote in her column in NY Times the other day: “Here is a final word to my Democratic friends: The election is over. There will not be ...