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

This Monday, July 28, 2014 marks World Hepatitis Day. 400 MILLION people around the globe are living with viral Hepatitis. Hepatitis is a liver disease usually spread through contact with an infected person’s blood. It can lead to severe liver damage, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Only a few undocumented Filipino youths have taken advantage of the opportunity made available for them to temporarily stay and find work in the United States under the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, according to the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Philippine Embassy and the Philippine Consulate General in New York are asking the Filipino Community in the United States to offer prayers for a Filipino-American couple who lost their lives after a tornado struck a camping site in ...

24 July 2014 – The Consulate General of the Philippines in Chicago celebrated yesterday, 23 July 2014, the 150th birth anniversary of Apolinario Mabini. Post by Consulate General of the Philippines in Chicago. A short lecture was conducted by Vice ...

WASHINGTON, DC—After a successful run in Chicago and New York, Noli Me Tangere, an opera based on Philippine national hero Jose Rizal’s best known novel,will go on stage at the prestigious Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts here next month. The Philippine ...

Very popular Filipino Healing Priest Rev. Fernando Suarez’s scheduled visit and services in Chicago last July 10 at St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish Church and July 11 at St. Eulalia Parish Church in Maywood, IL. was suddenly and mysteriously aborted that ...

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) ...