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

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   As I ponder on 2021, in a world that is full of unpredictability and uncertainty, we find ourselves in the season prevalent with fear and losses. In this season where the oppressors try to intimidate believers, ...

By: Lourdes G. Mon   All diversities of personality, character, disposition, or behavior make the world go round. In this issue, I am show-casing a person, who I think is unique by herself. Yes, this is an honest-to-goodness real person. For ...

By: Kayla Tejero   New year – New us – Same dreams – Fresh starts. Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year 2022! I’m sure many of us spent New Year’s Eve and Day with dear friends or family to ...

By: Ryan Tejero   In pursuits of its goal to promote Filipino culture and embrace Filipino’s rich heritage, the Santacruzan Group of Greater Chicago will host a Santacruzan, & Cultural Fashion Show 2022. This is a dinner-show, and will be ...

By: James DC   Don’t like to come out! Brenda and Terry are going out for the evening. The last thing they do is put their cat out. The taxi arrives, and as the couple walks out of the house, ...

By: Edward Cortez   Just when we thought we had a good handle on the pandemic that had been around for almost two years, here came another variant named Omicron – a more highly contagious variant of the COVID virus ...

By: Nancy Abiera   “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have ...