VIA Times – July 2017 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest
By: Veronica Leighton In mid-July, we’ve realized that we have already done a lot of summer partying, attending, participating and observing of different special occasions in this very, very busy community of ours. Done and gone from our calendar of events are the Philippine Independence Week Committee celebration, the July 4th American Independence Day, the Santacruzan festivals in many churches, Dr. Jose Rizal’s birthday celebration by the Knights of ...
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Chicago’s Wish is Granted!
The North American Tour Launch of Disney’s Aladdin Now Playing Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace...
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Paid Sick Time Is Now The Law In Chicago and Cook County
Ordinances went into effect on July 1, giving workers the right to up to fi ve days of paid sick tim...
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Wiley Announces Wiley PLUS Student Partner of the Year Award
HOBOKEN, NJ—May 23, 2017—John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), announces Jonathan Montano...
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Moroccan Magic Launches its Argan Oil Lip Balm bestsellers at CVS “The Smoothest Lip Balm in the World!”
BOSTON, MA (June 19, 2017) – Moroccan Magic, a USDA certified argan oil-infused organic lip balm, is...
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Confraternity of Our Lady of Penafrancia & Devotees 2017 Novena Schedule
Friday, September 8 NAGA CITY Sinagtala Choir Fr. Nelson Garcia 6:45 P.M. – Procession from Sh...
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Beetology
Introducing new beetology beverages: Simple, nutrition-packed juices made from nature’s superfood &#...
Publisher's Notes
About Our Cover
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Cheers to the PIWC 2017 Chair Lourdes Corbo Livas, the Committee Chairs and of course, to the Beauty Queens!
Looking more relaxed after the Gala Night of the Phil-ippine Independence Week Committee 2016, I threw in a quick “how are feeling now”question to Lourdes CorvoLivas, Executive Chair of the PHILIPPINE INDE-PENDENCE WEEK COMMITTEE (PIWC) 2017. With her trademark smile, Lourdes replied: ‘Firstly, I want to thank God for giving me the op- portunity and challenges to serve our Nativeland, the Philippines, as Chairperson of our 119th Philippine Independence Day ...
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Editorial Cartoon
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U.S. On World Economic & Climate Change Meets
By: Joe Mauricio The group of twenty (G20) major economies of the world failed, for the first time (in Hamburg, Germany last July 7-8, 2017), to have a full consensus on their joint statement. The United States put in a note of dissent regarding the support of the Paris Agreement on climate change. This is a path-breaking on a negative sense for two reasons. One, the G20 was created ...
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CPRTV Channel
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CPRTV (Chicago Philippine Reports TV) Interviews/Features…
Veronica’s exclusive interview with young talented singer Samantha Ratliff . She is the winner of Junior Division of Skokie Idol. Joe Mauricio on a one-on-one interview with Meagan O’Connor-Roossien, Manager, Education & Outreach at Alzheimer’s Association. Veronica’s interview with her long time great friend Lirio Arkoncel-Sevilla, former Miss Mindanao 1963. Joe Mauricio’s exclusive interview with Riz Villasenor, CEO/ President of MedPro Health Providers. An interview with CPRTV Host Joe Mauricio, Holly Baker, ...
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Columnists
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Brett Weiss
Brett Weiss, author of “Just Give Them A Hug…And The Rest Is Easy”. He is also the Founder and Director of The Bernard and Elsie Weiss Dago Scholarship Fund.
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NAAAP’S Annual Career Fair
NAAAP’S Annual Career Fair will be held on August 18 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Swissotel Chicago.
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