VIA Times – July 2022 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Lourdes G. Mon   In 1776, to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail that the signing should be celebrated with “pomp and parade, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from ...

By: Bob Boyer   The news organization Rappler is once again in danger of being closed down. To paraphrase one observer, Rappler is being “shut down and its editor Maria Ressa is being shut up”. The Philippine Securities and Exchange ...

The prestigious Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas (PAFIOO) were presented recently to 56 recipients in simple ceremonies at the Manila Marriott Hotel. Presented by the Office of the President of the Philippines through the Commission on Filipinos ...

By: Richard Hanus   Over the course of the pandemic, people in the U.S. and around the world have gotten used to all kinds of inconveniences and delays. There is a new normal out there and we humans have by and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has reappointed H.E. Jose Manuel G. Romualdez as the Philippine Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, with concurrent jurisdiction over the Commonwealth of Jamaica, Republic of Haiti, Republic of ...

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   Ashley Simone Dizon, known as “Jassie” to family, born on March 6, 2004 the youngest child, only daughter to Melody and Dino Dizon. My child – for the past 18 years I have watched you grow up. ...