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

By: Veronica Leighton   So many people in our community were shocked and in utter disbelief when they read about the sad news in this column last month about the fatal van accident in Cebu that killed Chicago’s noted physician ...

By: Joe Mauricio   By: Louella Cabalona, writing a guest column for Joe Mauricio, currently recuperating from influenza at the hospital. She thought the article would be appealing to all Masons out there, including her husband, Baron Cabalona and her ...

By: Boy Boyer   My nephew Nick returned from his most recent visit to his Filipina Fiancée Clara this January, 2018. I use pseudonyms for both of them for privacy reasons. In fact I made up new ones for this ...

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 ...

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: 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 ...

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: Nancy Abiera   Failure may end but may be the beginning of success. It may surprise us to great possibilities to start anew while saying goodbyes to end the old past. It is a great teacher challenging/stretching us towards ...

By: Mayra Salazar   A lot of people have a difficult time understanding the difference between Medicare and Medicaid. Both programs begin with the letter “M.” They’re both health insurance programs run by the government. People often ask questions about ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *Gong Hei, Fat Choy! (Happy New Year!) *Ley Ho Mah? (How are you?) According to the Chinese Zodiac, this is the Year of the Dog; President Trump is a ‘Fire Dog, Intelligent, hardworking, and sincere’; comes out ...