VIA Times – January 2017 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Melody Dizon   Aby-product of incomplete burning of coal, wood, charcoal, natural gas, fuel oil, kerosene, gasoline, fabrics and plastics, CARBON MONOXIDE or CO is the leading cause of poisoning deaths in the United States. It is called the ...

By: Joe Mauricio   Strangers and friends alike have wondered how a highly-educated Filipino American could possibly support a man widely considered as racist, sexist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and Islamophobic. It is not that complicated, really. I like the man and ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *Outgoing PRESIDENT OBAMA delivered a highly-emotional ‘FAREWELL SPEECH’ in Chicago, Jan. 10 *SIX CLERGY from various Faith will preside the INAUGURATION of PRESIDENTelect DONALD TRUMP *Former PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON and wife, HILLARY, who lost to Trump ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   As we greet the New Year with an abundance of hope, optimism, creative resolutions and an eye towards the next twelve months, I would like to take this time to express my humble gratitude to ...

By: Jovie Calma   Last month, Lyric Opera of Chicago launched the astonishing production of “The Magic Flute” in time for the holidays. Mozart’s comic opera about love and brotherhood has gathered together an incredible cast who enchanted the cold ...

By: Robert Gard   First, a little background history, from an April 30, 2011 article in the Daily Caller by Steven Nelson: “President Barack Obama’s father was forced to leave Harvard University before completing his Ph.D. in economics because the ...

By: Christian L & ChaCha M & Xavier D Happy new year to our bata readers, ako po si Xavier Divinagracia, your Bata Korner Columnist, son of former Bata Korner Columnist, Kayvee Divinagracia. Birthday celebrant Chazzy Patron just turned five. From Elsie Sy-Niebar, Via ...

By: Nancy Abiera   We’ve all heard the phrase: “Nobody is perfect”. I agree with this phrase, because I know God alone is perfect. Perfection is God’s job not ours. On the other hand, there is another common phrase we ...

By: Veronica Leighton   Number one in many people’s agenda and minds in the “changing of the guards” in the White House soon (our deadline could not wait for the transition of the presidency) is the health insurance issue. The ...