VIA Times – July 2014 Issue Vital News, Vibrant Views for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

The official website of the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago will migrate to the Philippine Government Webhosting Service (GWHS). Effective 11 July 2014, the Consulate will stop using www.chicagopcg.com and its new official web address or Uniform Resource Locator (URL) ...

By: Veronica Leighton   The start of summer makes everyone jump almost in unison to go out and enjoy the warm breeze, the lovely parks and beaches made so exhilarating and embracing by the warmth of sunshine. Our community does ...

Ed Cabanayan, Chicago Juzz Danz Club founder & president, with his wife Tess. From left, Teri Cruz, Janet Guinsatao, Carol, Celso, & Mar La Pena. From left, Gatsby ladies Elsa Castillo, Neneth Miranda, Carmen Estacio and Evelyn Tolledo, Bicol USA ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *Happy 238th Birthday, America! My Home for 38 years this year! *Hats off to the Bolingbrook Filipino Americans for their successful ‘Pyesta Pinoy’with close to 5000 guests! *Rose Tibayan vies for “Mrs. International” crown *Congratulations to ...

By: Robert Gard   Is Comprehensive Immigration Reform (“CIR”) Dead This Year or Is It Just on Life Support? The best chance in three decades to rewrite our Nation’s immigration laws has slipped away. One year ago, the Senate cobbled ...

By: Mark Javier   The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Riley v. California, held that the police generally may not, without a warrant, search digital information on a cell phone seized from an individual who has been ...

By: Bob Boyer   My nephew Ted recently experienced a country visit to the farmland and house of Clara, his Filipino girlfriend. It is a trip that I will probably never attempt at my age. I envy Ted his youth ...