VIA Times – January 2015 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

Feb 17-22, 2015: CHICAGO AUTO SHOW, McCormick Place, Chicago FEB. 28, 2015: Asian American Coalition of Chicago Annual Lunar New Year Celebration, Hyatt Regency O’Hare, Rosemont MARCH 15, 2015, starting from noon till 4PM: Philippine Celebration (Piyesta Pinoy), Crystal Gardens, ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   You cry to me, Hope! Hope! Give us hope! That you’d give anything for a sputter of meaning to your lives. I’m sorry to disappoint. A poet rises no higher than her source. Poet’s Notes: ...

“I liked to express my very deepest gratitude to our veterans and our service men and womenhere today and around the world. God bless you. Thank you for your service to our country. As governor, I will do everything in ...

By: Mark Javier   Every new year brings fresh opportunities to find prosperity and success, to repair things in our lives that have been broken or damaged, and to restart ambitions and endeavors that may have begun down a road ...

By: Bob Boyer   Melanio Viuya is a Philippine missionary who ministers to a diverse immigrant population in Los Angeles, USA. I met him just this past September. It was “Mission Appeal” Sunday at the campus church, the St. Norbert ...

By: Joe Mauricio   “Tacloban Rebirth” stalls as foreign donations and aids vanished a year and six months after the strongest Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda, Filipino name) hit the country. Bodies till unidentified, surviving victims still live in tents, and the ...

By: Mayra Salazar   Happy New Year from Social Security! Put down the champagne and ring in the New Year with a COLA! And we don’t mean the soda. In 2015, nearly 64 million Americans who receive Social Security or ...

MARY JANE EVANGELISTA Founder & Ownerwner, U.S. Nursing Review “VIA TIMES has proven itself to be the leader in our community’s publishing arena as it has served and established itself for many years. I salute VT and its sister company, ...