VIA Times – July 2021 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   It was a year of extreme changes. Last year, 2020, the fear of the COVID virus reigned supreme when Illinois mandated health measures to halt the spread of this debilitating virus. Businesses, schools, restaurants, factories and ...

By: Nancy Abiera   We just celebrated July 4, the “Declaration of Independence” for the United States of America. We celebrate and believe strongly that it is truth. The word DECLARATION means proclamation/announcement with conviction and/or belief with truthful authority. ...

By: Jan Paul C. Ferrer   The life expectancy for Americans has been marching upwards for decades, reaching 77.8 years in 2020.1 Today, a 65-year-old man will live an average 18 more years, and a 65-year-old woman has an average life ...

By: Janice Dantes   As a long-time fan of Britney Spears and a lawyer who has handled Adult Guardianships here in Illinois, it is a complete travesty what has happened to her. No reasonable person would believe that a young, ...

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   Current statistics show: • More than 60% of adults had undesired weight changes since the beginning of pandemic. Overeating, under exercising if not no exercising at all and excess drinking that lasted for months had many of ...

By: Kayla Tejero   Traditionally, July 4th is celebrated with festive parades and lots of fun fair events in the parks. With the tail end of the pandemic, this year’s celebration is a big break for everyone to get out and ...

By: Bob Boyer   People who have been following the news about Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will know that Pope Francis appointed him head of the Congregation for the Evangelization of People in December, 2019. Tagle, of course, had to ...

By: Vicente Perez   Ihave been asked numerous times to share my laing recipe and over time I experiment new ways to cook it. My experiment to use KALE became very popular and now I decided to go back to the original TARO ...

By: Richard Hanus   With 12 million or so foreign nationals residing in the U.S. without lawful immigration status, agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement department have no shortage of work to carry out. Indeed, ...

By: Boom Boom Cabalona, “X” Divinagracia, Christopher Miranda   The inventor of the mRNA technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines is warning that Americans don’t have enough information to decide whether or not the benefits of getting the shots outweigh the risks. Dr. Robert ...