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

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, ...

By: Richard Mirpuri   There is something deep that’s happening. It’s something more glorious than the universe. Whether you open these pages before dawn, over midmorning coffee, or at the dinner table with family, whenever you read the Bible something ...

Pope Francis arrived in the Philippines, Asia’s most Catholic nation and one hungry for his arrival, last January 15, 2015, for a five-day stay the highlight of which is the visit to Tacloban, Leyte, the island that was hardest hit ...

By: James DC     Line dancing, back, L-R: James, Arizza, Karla, & Mary Jane. Front,L-R: Melody & Robert     From left, Lou, Robert, Joshua, Ashley & Melody Dizon.   Performing a funny scene, Karla Maglantay and Mary Jane Evangelista.

By: Joe Mauricio   If you looked at a crystal ball and asked what would be the 2015 outlook for the Philippines, the answer will bring lots of surprises brought about by several political and economic factors, with some of ...

By: Veronica Leighton   Avery serious “international diplomatic protocol” controvery has occurred at the last PIWC kick-off celeb held last January 10, 2015 at the Wyndham Hotel, which before it magnifies into an international dispute like the PH-China’s Spratly Island ...

By: Jovie Calma   Chicago may have been blasted with arctic cold during this winter, but the generosity and kind hearts of those who were involved in the Live Out Loud Charity’s Annual Fashion Fundraisers brought the summer feel weather ...