VIA Times – July 2020 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

WASHINGTON, D.C. – To join the celebration of National Coconut Day in the United States, the Philippine Embassy, through the Office of the Agriculture Attaché, is raising awareness particularly of the uses of virgin coconut oil, including where it can ...

By: Veronica Leighton   As our annual tax return filing has been moved from April 15 deadline to the current July 15 deadline due to Covid-19 pandemic, we have met some people with some financial questions that need to be ...

By: Nancy Abiera   “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in ...

By: Doug Nguyen   The future can be uncertain. However, Social Security’s new Advance Designation program can help put you in control of your benefi ts if a time comes when you need a representative payee to help manage your ...

BY GQ PAN Foreign students won’t be able to stay in the United States if their universities decide to entirely rely on remote learning, according to new plans released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday. Foreigners are usually ...

Aida Cruz Former Chicago resident & owner of AMC Travel, Inc. She is currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By: Vicente Perez   I have never met this dish till I was treated to a nice dinner by the Puno family ( owners of Doon Thai Restaurants) in MANAM in SM last November 2019. The new experience of sinigang with ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   After eight years and two months, it’s with some sadness I’m now having to close this column. It had a good run, if I may say so myself. But like all good things, it must now ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Philippine Embassy in Washington DC resumed Overseas Voters Registration on 29 June 2020. OV services, in line with consular services, were temporarily suspended on 16 March 2020 in view of the declarations of states of emergency ...