VIA Times – July 2017 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Mark J. Mabaquiao   A handful of clients over the years have expressed surprise to see that the ID number on their Medicare card is iden – tical to their Social Security number . This is of concern to or ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   The proposal was romantic—a weekend getaway to the beach, a confidante to photograph the event, and voila! Plans started to materialize for Michael Jon Cuenca and the new Mrs. Yvonne Wong Cuenca after he got ...

By: Veronica Leighton   Contrary to what many thought and heard circulating around the community lately, Dr. Rufino Crisostomo, Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago (FACGC) President, is very, very sick and has actually decided to join the FACC’s splinter ...

By: Bob Boyer   I confess that I have not yet seen the movie, “Wonder Woman,” but I plan to do so, maybe even before it comes out on the Netflix dvds. Wonder Woman comic books fascinated me, along with the ...

By: James DC   People often ask for a simple explanation of “Marketing.” Well, here it is: * You’re a woman and you see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and say, “I’m fantastic in ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   The bus revs up, taking me away from where I’ve been. I have become a multo—ghost haunting from the tinted window, watching the world of the living: cars, trucks, joggers, cyclists, mothers with strollers, dogs with ...

By: Christian L, ChaCha M & Xavier D  

By: Ryan Tejero   DALAW 2017 is the first missionary venture of Fil-Am church in suburban Plainfield, IL. It took about a year-long of preparation before this mission was eventually launched in from June 15-19. Dalaw 2017 covered the areas ...

By: Joe Mauricio   Over the last few years, I have noticed an oddly consistent trend in small Asian business advertising habits—business owners who are doing things completely backward. Surely, you can’t be one of them too, right? Do you ...

By: Jan Paul C. Ferrer   Intergenerational wealth planning is best achieved as a team in order to plan for the things and people you love most. Over the next three decades, we are poised to witness the largest wealth transfer ...