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

  Top: The birthday celebrant with her loving husband Sergio; Bottom: The Mendezes (Linda & Sergio) celebrating with Veronica and Joe Mauricio. Happy Birthday, Linda!

By: Christine Ledesma My passion for food and entertaining people has a lot to do why Bacolod Chicken Haus came into being. I grew up in a big family. My mother has 17 siblings and we were all living in ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   It was at a Mexico destination wedding last July that my son Kristoffer and I decided to convince his dad to visit his relatives in Germany last Christmas, 2014. With the help of my good friend ...

Plans are busily underway for the Asian American Coalition of Chicago’s 32nd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration, to be held Saturday, February 28, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare, 9300 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Rosemont, Illinois. The theme for the ...

  Officiated by Archbishop Cupich December 23, 2014 at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Chicago Cora Dellota Diaz – Luz Sitjar – Ophelia Allado – Ed Rallos at queen of All Saints Simbang Gabi. (Submitted by Michael Kessler) The ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *What’s your New Year’s Resolution? *Filipinos smile in the face of adversities; a Medic Balikbayan’s heartwarming ‘Odyssey’ *An emotional ‘goodbye’ from IL Gov. Patrick quinn *’I’ve been a success at everything I’ve done’, says new IL Gov. Rauner to ...

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 ...