VIA Times – July 2018 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   “America is para los dreamers”. I recently come across a picture of an artwork that flashes this quote in neon green enclosed by an orange rectangular border. It was displayed as a collection of statements in ...

Happy Birthday to Ted Yee (85, 1933); Robert Yee (80, 1938); Henry Yee (75, 1943); and Dr. Emma Yee-Salazar (70, 1948); Entertainer: Ester Hana

By: Bob Boyer   Readers of this column, even occasional ones, will be familiar with a series of articles I have done over the years on the topic of “Strong Filipino Women.” For readers who may be less familiar with ...

By: Joe Mauricio   President Donald Trump is more popular than most NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) country leaders who think they are better than he is. NATO is an international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North ...

By: James DC   Teacher: “If I give you two rabbits and two rabbits and another two rabbits, how many rabbits have you got?” Boy: “Seven!” Teacher: “No, listen carefully again. If I give you two rabbits and two rabbits and another ...

By: Victoria Smith   I noticed it during my first Philippine homecoming in 2008, fourteen years after I’d immigrated to the U.S.: a building frenzy everywhere, with no apparent rhyme or reason, as it was impossible to deduce any sort ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *Philippines’ PONY (Protect Our Nation’s Youth) represents ASIA PACIFIC at SU PONY World Series, July 18-21, at Mt. Vernon, Illinois *One more Youth Sport Hero: Fil-Am gymnast Brandon Briones, 17, is 2018 Junior Pan American AA ...

By: Margarita Holmes   Dear Dr Holmes and Mr Baer: My boyfriend of 4 yrs and I are not active in sex because of him. At first, that was ok for me: he is a good man and I know he ...

 July 3-8, 2018 -7TH ANNUAL UFC INTERNATIONAL FIGHT WEEK TAKES OVER LAS VEGAS July 4, 2018 –  Proclaimed “National User Freedom Day” July 4, 2018 – Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Celebrate 4th of July and the 31st ...

The rise of authoritarian or authoritarian-leaning political figures has been accompanied, in some cases driven, by calls for both sanctioned and extra-legal government violence in their crime and drug policies. The most noted example is that of extrajudicial drug war ...