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

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *A huge number of Supporters Against Pres. Duterte’s signing of the Anti-Terrorist Bill stand up to fight ‘to stop the rebirth of Martial Law’ * The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP), and a host of other community ...

By: Kyla Tejero   Can you believe that it is already July? Personally, I can’t believe that a little over half of the year has passed by. I am sure most of us are relieved to know that Illinois has ...

By: Jan Paul Ferrer   According to the most recent statistics from the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, more than 43 million people have provided unpaid care to an adult or child in the last 12 months.1 These people ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   I was ready to hunker down and just happily take care of my one-year-old grandson after his mom passed so soon last May, right after the numbers of COVID19 people that tested positive or were sick ...

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   We all know it, we all heard it- wear a face mask when you go out so you will be protected. In the early days of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said ...

By: Joe Marucio   Our children are our future, our pride and joy. They come to the world as innocent babies, free of prejudices and preconceived notions. All of the bad things that happen to them in their later years ...

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: 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 ...