VIA Times – January 2022 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

From left: Lino Vestidas, Direk Gerry Rebello and Allan Tidy. Lino and Allan are both Managing Directors of Innocare USA, LLC.

By: Veronica Leighton   For the new year’s beginning, it makes us feel good and right to look back at the recent past, time for reflection and walk down memory lane. Our ups and downs, challenges, battles, losses and certain ...

Has your business been affected by COVID-19? There is some relief available from the government in the form of the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC), which allows you to receive up to $26,000 per qualified employee! Who qualifies for this ...

By: Bob Boyer   Iam in Washington, D.C. for the 2021-2022 holidays this year and away from my office resources, and I am experiencing separation anxiety. But I am also excited to share my nephew’s insights on two of the ...

By: Faye Mendiola   Dr. Virgilio (Vio) Jonson THEN: FEU Manila Philippines GRADUATE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE 1965 NOW: Recipient of President Lifetime Meritorious Community Service Award 2021 from PIWC Board of Trustees   Dr. Franklin Montallano THEN: A four-year-old toddler taken ...

NBC and E! announced that entrepreneur, fashion and beauty mogul Kim Kardashian West will receive the “Fashion Icon Award” at the 2021 “People’s Choice Awards.” Kardashian West will be honored for her keen fashion sense, her unprecedented entrepreneurial success, and ...

We cannot talk about the new year without touching on “resolutions” or “goals”, depending on which nomenclature an individual follows. As the word “new” is a powerful word, it is more associated with excitement, happiness, beauty, luxury, anything in this ...

Betty White, the trailblazing television star whose more than eight-decade career saw her go from unforgettable roles on “The Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” to becoming a cultural icon in her 80s and 90s, has died less ...

Kapuso stars will ring in the new year with a special meetand- greet spearheaded by GMA Pinoy TV. Happening this January 5, 10 AM (Manila time), this online Zoom meeting is loaded with fun and surprises from the casts of ...

By: Boom Boom Cabalona, “X” Divinagracia, Christopher Miranda   As we enter year three of the pandemic, it is absolutely absurd that scores of schools are closing again for in-person learning because of the vastly overhyped Omicron variant. First and foremost, data show ...