By: Maria Girlie Pascual Birth, baptism, high-school graduation, the first driver’s license, are all milestones for teenage boys and girls; however, for a young lady, there is the coming- out party, an introduction to the world with its roots in high-society gatherings called the “Debut.” In Mexico, the party to introduce a young […]
Kansas City, MO – Peppermint Twist, a new etsy boutique, recently opened their virtual doors for those who want to put a stamp on their style. Bringing you everything from monogrammed pillows to raincoats to baseball caps, hashtag onesies to pumpkins and door or wall hangings, Peppermint Twist is jumping on the personalization trend with […]
By: Mayra Salazar Wright Brothers Day, observed on December 17, marks the day in 1903 that two adventurous brothers in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina took to the air for the first time. It was a modern miracle at the time and a catalyst for the age of intercontinental travel. Over a hundred years later, […]
By: Elsie Sy-Niebar *After two months of globetrotting, thank God, I’m safely back ‘Home to My Chicago’! *Remember, our Primary Elections on March 15. Meet a few Asian American candidates… *I met Philippine Vice President Binay at Silliman U Forum. Didn’t you know, he is Veronica’s UP Brod? *’Pakaon Pasko’ in Dumaguete by […]
By: Joe Mauricio Afew months ago, we wrote that the 2016 Philippines national election looked to come down to BLOODY versus BORING. The presidential race would be bloody, half a dozen candidates scrapping for attention, trying to gain traction, and pounding each other. The administration candidates would be boring, the long and lone glide […]
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-The Arboretum is the first public garden in the country to join Museums for All program – LISLE, Illinois –The Morton Arboretum announced that it has joined Museums for All, a program of the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), designed to encourage families of all backgrounds […]
By: James Dc Man receives telegram: Wife dead–should be buried or cremated? Man: Don’t take any chances. Burn the body and bury the ash. ——- Prospective husband: Do you have a book called ‘Man, The Master of Women’? Salesgirl: The fiction department is on the other side, sir. —– Q: Why dogs don’t marry? A: Because they […]
By: Veronica Leighton Lose weight, manage finances better, stop smoking/drinking/gambling (all kinds of vices under the sun), exercise religiously and stick to it, are just some of the most popular new year’s resolutions that people make and break around this time of the year. Now that the first month of the new year 2016 […]
CHICAGO – ComEd is warning customers to be on the alert for scam artists claiming to be a ComEd representative seeking payment. Over the last few weeks, the company has seen a tremendous increase in reports from small businesses and some residential customers who have been contacted by scam artists. From November to December 2015, […]
Newly-opened B.Bim Asian Eatery located at 1324 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, last January 16th. Shown in picture are owner & VT Fil-Am Eats columnist Aeron Lancero (2nd from right), and from left, Lori Bernardino Leonardo and husband Lorenzo Leonardo, Aeron & Veronica, VT Publisher. B.Bim Asian Eatery is a fast casual Korean inspired restaurant, featuring […]
By: Richard Mirpuri If a quarterback’s timing is off. . .he’s going to have a bad day with more interceptions than touchdowns. That’s clearly evident in some of the National Football League games you watch each week. If a basketball player, whether high school, college or professional, has his timing off. . .he won’t be […]
By: Melody Dizon Dropping temperatures are already here. People are more indoors, people are sneezing, coughing or calling off work. Sounds like the theme for the flu months. I often get this question a lot. How do I know if I have the flu or just the common cold? What medications should I stay? […]
By: Christian & ChaCha Miranda Opening the Christmas gifts at Lolo Joe’s and Lola Veronica’s house are, from left, Christian, Bobby, Veronica, Christy and Maya Leighton. Happy new year from the Rivas family, from left: Nicole, David, Isabellla, Chie and Jaime Rivas, front: Rafael Rivas. Happy new year from the Rubio family […]
By: Joe Mauricio 2016 is the birth of Filipino Dream. — a dream of a land of Paradise or Shangrila, in which life should be better, richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunities for each achievement and achiever. It is difficult for Fil-Am middle class to interpret adequately the Filipino Dream, and too many […]
By: Lou Maningas Cabalona Scanning the room as soon as I entered, I looked for a woman I distinctly remember from an audition video that became viral which I saw a couple of years ago. The video captioned, “Pinay Caregiver gets standing ovation on X Factor Israel,” showed a Filipina in her mid- 40s, […]
By: Mark Javier Illinois rings in 2016 with many new laws that go into effect this year. Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office initiated several key laws of note, in a December 29, 2015 press release her office announced the following: This year Illinois will become the fourth state to explicitly allow electronic monitoring devices to […]
The only ethnic print/broadcast combo media founded and managed by a woman in North America, VIA TIMES (VT) & CHICAGO PHILIPPINE REPORTS TV (CPRTV) have evolved, surpassed and succeeded in its mission and vision of serving the Filipino/Asian/Hispanic communities in the Chicagoland area for many years.
