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

By: Veronica Leighton   Studies show that 92% of people who set New Year’s resolutions never come to fruition. Why? Due to some external influences and disruptions that take their minds off their set goals in life for the betterment of ...

(The Center Square) – Effective immediately, new rules filed by the Illinois Department of Labor adopt federal vaccine and testing mandates on employers of more than 100 employees. The state agency’s website said the final rules are not open to ...

The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) congratulates the 19 winners of the 2021 Migration Advocacy and Media (MAM) Awards! Winners of the 2021 MAM Awards will be honored by the CFO in a blended ceremony in January 2022 with CFO ...

From bright-red outerwear at Bottega Veneta to baby-pink handbags at Blumarine, a furry frenzy was apparent on the F/W 21 runways. Clearly, despite fashion’s move away from 2020’s comfort-first mentality, designers aren’t ready to turn their backs on that cozy ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   At this time, numbers have been surging here in Illinois, 31.000 new Covid 19 cases after the holidays of 2021. January’s Omicron virus is coming in strong, infecting populations faster both vaxxed and un-vaxxed, the ...

By: Jan Paul Ferrer   The life expectancy for Americans has been marching upwards for decades, reaching 77.8 years in 2020.1 Today, a 65-year-old man will live an average 18 more years, and a 65-year-old woman has an average life ...

Jesus (“Jess”) Guzon father, brother, grandfather and friend to many, passed away peacefully on December 15, 2021. A graduate of Far Eastern University in the Philippines, Jess found success as a medical technologist for many hospitals and clinics in the ...

Thank you from Guzon Family Dear Tita Veronica, I’d like to take a moment to thank you for your many years of friendship that you gave my dad. He was so proud to be a part of the VIA Times ...

By: Sarah   Hello Awesome Readers! Time to turn another page, you can already feel my excitement welcoming 2022. The past 2 years been rough, done and gone; as they say, it can only be better from here on. Serving ...

By: Doug Nguyen   We continue to add more services you can access through your secure my Social Security account. Use your personal my Social Security account to check your Social Security record and complete your business conveniently and securely from ...