By: Doug Nguyen   The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has started to issue second economic impact payments (EIP). Remember, the IRS, not the Social Security Administration (SSA), issues EIPs. SSA cannot answer EIP questions about your specifi c situation. The IRS is providing a status of EIPs with its Get My Payment tool at www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment. […]

Here’s everything you need to know about tracking your payment, and what to do if it doesn’t arrive soon. Bankrate.com • January 11, 2021 For the millions of Americans eligible for a second coronavirus stimulus check, staying on top of your payment will be even more crucial this time around. That’s because the Internal Revenue Service […]

By: Veronica Leighton   Awww! 2020, how am I supposed to be describing you to welcome 2021? At first, I thought you were going to be like the other past glorious years that I have celebrated in my life, since as young as I could remember until my present waning and wrinkling years. The year […]

By: Bob Boyer   The following is an update of a “VIA Times” article I wrote in 2013. I was pleased to discover that the forthcoming nonfi ction book I refer to in the article was published in 2014. I had missed seeing it. After reading some reviews, I’ve decided that I will have to […]

By: Elaine Lehman   Yesterday, Filipinos around the globe commemorated the martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal, one of the most revered figures in Philippine history. A multi-talented man with a brilliant mind, he was a physician who trained in ophthalmology under two prominent European ophthalmologists, Louis de Wecker and Otto Becker. As a political activist, he […]

By: Reign C, Xavier D   Department partners with federal, state and private agencies to prevent child human trafficking CHICAGO – January 11 is Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is reminding the public that human trafficking is not something that only happens to people in other countries but […]

Pappas: Are you a senior citizen struggling to pay Cook County property taxes? This tax relief program can help. Senior citizens having a hard time paying their property taxes can take advantage of a loan program administered by the Cook County Treasurer’s Office, Treasurer Maria Pappas said today. Seniors whose annual household income is $55,000 or less […]

By: Janice Dantes   A home purchase is probably the single most expensive purchase a person can make during their lifetime. I think most people here in the United States would have gone through the process of purchasing a property at least one time in their lives. While homeownership is a goal many people strive for, […]

By: Joe Mauricio   With 2020’s exceptional challenges brought about by a deadly pandemic, economic calamity, bitter political divisions, and a fuller societal awakening to the systemic racism in our country, the long dark year of 2020 has ended, mercifully. 2021 has taken its place with an outlook for a full spectre of optimism and […]

Thank you and Farewell Dear Friends The Time Has Come To Say Goodbye… It is with a sense of sadness, and thankfulness, that I write to let you know that at the end of this year we will be closing the Culture of Life Foundation . Since March of 1997, with the direct blessing of […]

The Department of Illinois 9th District Commander Dale Tippett, is interviewed by Veronica Leighton, Executive Producer of Chicago Philippines Reports TV (CPRTV). They discuss the history and the mission of the American Legion, the history and remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day, and the close association between the United States and the Philippines. Chicago is home […]

By: Nancy Abiera   “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfi lled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 Happy New Year-2021!!! Goodbye Year-2020 (Covid-19 too) !!! Let us all welcome and cheer Optimism as a great choice for 2021 with new perspectives that could be our GPS for the present and future. Pessimism […]

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Multiple award-winning novelist Liza Gino wrote Imelda’s Secret in the hopes to inspire and empower those who read about the Filipino “comfort women” and their continued struggle to find peace and justice decades after the end of World War 11. After learning about the “comfort women,” Liza embarked on a mission to build awareness of […]

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   When the world quarantined March of last year, there were only two paths for non-front liners like me. If you were lucky enough not to be furloughed, you would have abruptly shifted into working from home — for the rest of the year and beyond. Suddenly humankind had to quickly […]

By: Richard Hanus   Approximately 80 million foreign nationals visit the U.S. annually. They come to see family and friends, attend special celebrations, visit tourist attractions and conduct business meetings. They enter on B-1/B-2 visitor visas issued by U.S. consular posts abroad or without visas, if they are Canadian or pursuant to the Electronic System […]

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *FLASH! Wednesday, Jan. 6, Protestors stormed the U.S. Capitol; House and Senate evacuated; Electoral Vote Count stopped! *Dr. Fauci’s Warning on ‘New COVID Strain’ *Being ALONE to Celebrate the Holidays… *An Erratum to Edith Ardiente’s candid reply to an ‘on the spot’ question Wednesday, January 6, celebrated among the Christians as “THREE KINGS DAY,” […]

By: Joe Mauricio   Let’s talk about a most special day that’s full of excitement in the calendar, a universal tradition for the whole wide world, including the Filipino tribe. December 31, New Year’s Eve: A big deal of a celebration in the Philippines to celebrate the year’s end and to welcome the new year. […]

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   Pondering on what Covid 19 has done for me instead of to me? 2020 to say the least changed all our lives. Covid 19 in retrospect affected each of us regardless. It was unforgiving and spared no one on its path. Numbering our losses, restrictions, travel ban, its toll on our mental […]

Ever since I was a kid I have always had a passion for photography and I was so glad that I was able to join FreshLens Chicago. My passion for photography helps me see the world in a way that makes ordinary objects and scenes extraordinary. In the past, I had my photos in the […]