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

By: Jan Paul Ferrer   Health care costs are rising—especially for retirees, and many will need long-term care. Learn the moves you can make to help prepare yourself. Longer lifespans and rising health care costs are driving investors to control ...

By: Bob Boyer   Our Grandson Kyle had planned to visit us over this past Memorial Day Weekend (2021). That was until his deployment as a sailor with the U.S. Seventh Fleet to the Asian Pacifi c was moved ahead ...

By: Doug Nguyen   Celebrating our nation’s independence every year on July 4 is a point of joy and pride. For more than 85 years, our programs have helped provide fi nancial independence to millions of hardworking people. We have three ...

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   It’s beautiful once again to go outside and see life. People walking their pets, dining in a restaurant, going to the mall, attending parties without masks. What a relief! As I ponder on what transpired over the ...

Joe Biden has, once again, fulfi lled his old promise to the Filipinos that he would honor Filipino veterans of war. When he was Vice President and Senate President, he helped shepherd a bill to fi nally recognize and compensate ...

WHAT: The Archdiocese of Chicago, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and other Cook County offi cials will hold a committal service to bury indigent, unidentifi ed and unborn persons. Cook County, through the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Offi ce, is entrusted with ...

As we celebrate the 123rd Philippine Independence celebration in this month of June (specifically June 12th), the Filipinos’ sense and spirit of pride and joy is always being expressed in kainan {food feast) and inuman (drinking) in many parties or ...

As part of its 21st Century Transformation Plan, the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) today announced a partnership with National Youth Advocate Program, Inc. (NYAP) to provide community-based services to youth in Central Illinois. Founded in 1978, NYAP is ...

BRUNSWICK, Ohio — Recently, there has been widespread reporting of anti-Asian hate incidents across the country. I find it so surprising that this discrimination is being portrayed as new and/or that it just started last year. Unfortunately, this kind of ...