VIA Times – January 2018 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Janice Dantes   In my experience, Filipinos have a strong cultural belief that c ouples should remain married. Interestingly, infidelity is incredibly rampant in our community. Nearly all of the divorces I have done involving Filipinos involve infidelity. Illinois ...

By: Christian L, ChaCha M & Xavier D   In the spring of 2018, The Field Museum will unveil a cast of the largest dinosaur ever discovered. The 122-foot-long titanosaur will take up a third of the Museum’s main Stanley ...

By: Margarita Holmes   Dear Dr Holmes: I am a lawyer, and thus well read, well educated and sophisticated in the ways of the world. My problem is the similar to “Insecure in Indiana” (V Times, Oct 2017). I wonder why ...

By: Veronica Leighton   News of killings, accidents and deaths are bad enough, worse if it involves friends or family members. Thus, it was shocking and devastating for us to receive the sad news about the fatal van accident in ...

By: Joe Mauricio The flu lands hundreds of thousands of people in the hospital each year and kills tens of thousands. But flu that leads to pneumonia is even deadlier. Startling statistic: Flu-plus-pneumonia ranks eighth in leading causes of death ...

By: Cass Ingram   For centuries mankind has relied on the cannabis plant for its medicinal properties. Ancient Egyptian text from the 2nd century (called Fayyum Medical Papyrus) contains the earliest known record for the use of cannabis as a ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   Welcome to the maiden edition of my new VIA Times column! Its name, “Notes From the Sound”, was inspired by my and my family’s recent move to a beautiful island in the Puget Sound, off the ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar *MARCH 20 IS PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IN ILLINOIS! *Former IL Gov. Pat Quinn (D), is making a come back as IL State Attorney General; please… let’s get him on the ballot on the March 20, primary election ...

By: James DC   It was jazz an ordinary day. The skies were clear, the birds were chipping. Ang ganda-ganda ng araw! Nasa SM ako noon at katatapos ko lang mamili ng groceries. Timing naman nasa foodcort si Angel Locsin, ...

By: Nancy Abiera   Most people misunderstand what faith is making it more complicated for a TCF. In simple terms, I will present a comparison between TCF and FCF. In my 20’s, I had FCF expecting always that 1. God ...