VIA Times – January 2021 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...