VIA Times – February 2019 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   Decoding the Nutrition Facts panel I tell my patients all the time, “You have got to read the labels at the back of whatever it is you are buying. Everything is listed there –nutrient wise as ...

By: Joe Mauricio   The Chinese Lunar New Year 2019 celebration officially starts on February 5 and runs until February 19, giving honor to the animal pig, according to the Chinese’s annual zodiac cycle. Unlike the universal New Year celebration ...

By: Veronica Leighton   Be The Match is the world’s largest and most diverse marrow registry. Despite more than 19 million people on the Be The Match Registry, only .4% are Filipino – and that means Filipino patients battling life-threatening ...

By: Mayra Salazar   Each year we announce the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Usually, there is an increase in the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit amount people receive each month, starting the following January. Law requires that ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   When my son Kristoffer Wolfgang Wildoer was born, it seemed to me like I was part of something miraculous. Even if he made me go into labor for 13 full hours with half an epidural ...

By: Bob Boyer   Sunday morning, January 27, I received a troubling text from a friend: “What a tragedy in the Philippines! Prayers!” That text was the first news I received about explosion in a Catholic Church in the Muslim ...

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Two different faces. Two different minds. Two different natures. Both trapped in one body. Beginning February 18, GMA Network proudly unveils its most anticipated and ground-breaking primetime soap this 2019 – Kara Mia. A dramatic tale of two sisters facing ...