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

By: Dominick Geraci   Hello people! It is February, can you believe it? Time marches on and waits for no one. Real estate is so exciting in the Philippines with real deals exploding everywhere, from commercial office property to residential ...

Bar Association, one of the largest and oldest metropolitan bar association in the country with over 22,000 attorney members and served on the board of the Chicago Bar Foundation. Aurora was recently elected President of the Lawyer’s Trust Fund of ...

Registration for the May event is underway Celebrated Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble Kodo Returns For Symphony Center Presents Special Concert Kodo’s Program, Evolution, Features Japanese Drumming, Dance, Song and Bamboo Flute with Stunning Visual Effects Thursday, February 28, at 7:30 ...

By: Christian L, ChaCha M, Xavier D   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eight (8) outstanding Filipino-American students from the DMV area were recognized at the annual Dr. Jose Rizal Youth Awards held at the Philippine Chancery Annex on 09 February 2019. The ...

By: Elaine Lehman   Dr. Rufino Crisostomo, then FACC chair, and I spent a lot of time together, processing plans for the Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago: to affect transformative change and to rebuild community at the Rizal Community ...

By: James Dc   Three sisters age 92, 94, and 96 live in one house together. One night the 96-year-old draws a bath, puts her foot in, and pauses. She yells down the stairs, “Was I getting in or out of ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   February. Coined as the Love Month, it has, over the recent years, seen a push back from happily unattached folks claiming another day of the month, the day after Valentine’s, as Single Awareness Day. February ...

Traveling can be a messy business. Having a big tote bag that you can toss snacks into and other items that you want to have easily accessible might seem efficient until you unpack and find the bottom of the bag ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Philippine Embassy and the US-Philippines Society co-hosted a forum on the “Return of the Balangiga Bells: A Historical Perspective and Significance” at the Philippine Chancery Annex in the afternoon of 22 January 2019. The forum brought ...

Official Hashtag #CAS19 No. 1 Trend on Twitter for 7th Year Running CHICAGO (Feb. 14, 2019) – As the nation’s largest auto show, the Chicago Auto Show serves as the venue where automotive and technology trends are identified, not just ...