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

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: 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 ...

Kayco is proud to introduce Beetology, a new line of craft beverages made from one of nature’s untapped nutritional powerhouses, beets. These sweet, organic, cold-pressed juices are a delicious choice for today’s health-minded consumer, and they’re leading the pack of ...

Celebrating Community! Community members gathered to celebrate Sinulog 2018 at Rizal Community Center this past Sunday, January 21, 2018. The event was marked with reflection on community and the need for dialogue and cohesiveness. It was also marked with song, ...

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 ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   Have you experienced being in a situation where you felt continuously challenged by feelings of unease, despite having made the best decision you could have made under the circumstances you were in? Then you began to ...