VIA Times – July 2019 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

Time really flies! We, Filipinos and Filipino Americans in Chicagoland just celebrated the 44thyear of the “founding” of the PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE WEEK COMMITTEE or PIWC,then under the Flagship of the Philippine Consulate General of Chicago. Headed by the late Mr. ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   Every year, Filipinos in Chicagoland and all over the Midwest eagerly await the announcement of the Celebrity guest making their appearance at the annual Piyesta Pinoy in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Since 2014, we’ve had the opportunity to ...

By: Joe Mauricio     In the presidency of President Trump, even the Fourth of July has become controversial. Controversies arise because of two reasons, because of Trump’s extraordinary way of doing things and because of the overblown reactions of ...

Birthday celebrant Beatriz Calalec Pagal was given a surprise birthday party by her friends and relatives at the Crowne Plaza Downers Grove last June 22, 2019. Beatriz Calalec Pagal flanked by her daughter Nica and husband Walter Pagal, taken during ...

Beauty Queen Joi Hunter (Mutya ng Pilipinas of Illinois) crowns Christa Maree. Ms. Julie Berkowitz, Will County Board, District 11, guest speaker. “Mr. Entertainer” and promoter Gene Flores, entertains the guests. Th e Queen’s Court who did the honor on the sash, ...

By: James DC   I just discovered my own age group. I am a SEENAGER (Senior Teenager). I have everything that I wanted as a teeanger, only 55-60 years later. I don’t have to go to school or work. I get an allowance ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   Some years ago, when I was a part-time college instructor at the largest community college in Iowa, the sight of my young adult students, many of them fresh out of high school, arriving at our first ...

By: Veronica Leighton   Great news for me, coming from the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) stating that I will be awarded one of the Distinguished Alumni In Mass Communication on September 1, 2019 in San ...