VIA Times -February 2018 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Philippine Embassy announced today the launch of the 12th Ambassador’s Tour, which will feature the top tourist attractions in Manila, Cebu and Bohol on 9-15 July 2018. A joint undertaking of the Philippine Foreign Service Posts ...

By: James DC   A little girl asked her mother: ‘How did the human race appear?’ The mother answered, ‘God made Adam and Eve; they had children; and so was all mankind made.’ Two days later the girl asked her ...

The Consulate General of the Philippines will be holding a Meet and Greet with Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin on Thursday, 22 February 2018, 5:30 – 6:30 PM, at the Consulate General’s Kalayaan Hall located at 122 S. Michigan Avenue, ...

The Winter Olympics are a spectacle of athletes from throughout the world whose breathtaking skills on snow and ice focus attention on sports that, for the most part, are otherwise obscure. The Olympics also are an appropriate stage to focus ...

By: Jan Paul C. Ferrer   As the next generation of wealth is busy building startups or running projects for major corporations they are also being confronted with new challenges. Explore several ways in which individuals coming into wealth from low- ...

By: Ryan Tejero   Dinagyang Festival is trademark festival in Iloilo, Philippines. Rich in historical significance, this festival portrays a festive thanksgiving celebration among our ancestors to honor Senyor Santo Nino (Holy Child, Jesus), and the purchase of Panay Island ...

By: Janice Dantes   Lately, I have been receiving many phone calls from young, Filipina women desperate to divorce their husbands. The vast majority of these women married a U.S. passport, who visited the Philippines to find a wife and discovered ...