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

BY MARK TAPSCOTT December 2, 2020-THE EPOCH TIMES So much misinformation and exaggeration about the lethality of the CCP virus—also known as the novel coronavirus—has been broadcast by government officials and the media that many Americans are suffering from a ...

Pearl Harbor forever altered my Mom’s life, Visitation Carmela Salva Barnaby, a Filipina. She was only five years old when the Japanese invaded the Philippines during World War II. The entire village in a small island where her family lived, ...

Dr. Sam Do Flores, DDS, DMD, died November 15, 2020 from Covid-19 complications. Dr. Flores was finishing his junior year in dental school when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. As a reservist in the Philippine Commonwealth ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   Yes, everybody agrees 2020 sucks. But it doesn’t mean, its all bad. Inspired by a series of thanksgiving posts I started on Facebook, before the year ends, here’s 20 things I am grateful for in ...

Driver’s licenses and ID card expirations are extended until June 1, 2021; Online renewals have been expanded to reduce facility visits for in-person services; Select facilities open to serve new drivers and CDL applicants only Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is ...

Three semi trucks carrying the first shipments of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine left a factory in Michigan early Sunday, Dec 13, kicking off a historic project to stop a surging pandemic that is claiming more than 2,400 lives a day ...

• As Zoom classes replace the quad, half of surveyed colleges maintain policies that impermissibly restrict online speech — including almost 200 public institutions • National survey of 478 institutions finds 9 in 10 colleges restrict free speech in some ...

By: Ryan Tejero   Limitless Faith Church (LFC) is a newly-formed community of believers that was established in July 2020. By the end of August, LFC opened its doors to the public for worship services. Its humble beginnings that started ...

Elements of The American Legion 9th District assembled at Monument Park in Chicago’s Edison Park neighborhood on December 7 to honor the memories of those killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. 9th District Commander Dale ...