VIA Times – June 2015 Issue Vital News, Vibrant Views for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Richard Mirpuri   I got excited thinking about how our first SUNDAY NITE LIVE of the year should be a positive, uplifting and motivating message. So you can imagine our surprise when we were led to teach the seven ...

By Elsie Sy-Niebar   “As President of the Chicago Magnificent Lions Club, I humbly accept the responsibilities to SERVE. To all CMLC Officers and Members – I pledge to you to give my best! For our CMLC to be successful, ...

By: Aeron Lancero   Magandang Araw sa inyo lahat and sana na enjoy ninyo ang magandang panahon. Summer is here?! It sure as heck does not feel like it, but I am sure there are quite a few pinoys who don’t mind ...

Dear Editor, When destruction ripped through eastern Nepal in late April, our courageous volunteer team geared up to deliver solar light relief and love to those in need. Equipped with lifechanging solar light and loving support from our partners in ...

From left: Teresita Lagman Tianco, Chaz Patron, Baby Sales, Jane Cannon, Elsa Castillo, Lilibeth Castagna, Neneth Miranda (Chicago Dance Power founder). (1) June birthday celebrant Elsa Castillo, posing by her tall pink bday cake; L-R: Chaz, Baby, Susan and Tessa. From left: ...

By: Christian & Maya Leighton   Here’s from Maya…I am very happy to report that I participated in the Essay Writing Contest sponsored by the the Philippine Independence Week Committee (PIWC) 2015 held last May 16th at WilburWright College, and, amazingly, I won ...

By: Mark Javier   On Thursday, June 4, 2015, history was made at the Radisson Aqua Blu Hotel as the first Asian president of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) was installed in front of an audience of more ...

By: Ryan Tejero   The Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago (FACGC) is considered to be one of the pillars of earlier Filipino Americans in Chicago. Organized in 1963 under its original name, Filipino American Council of Chicago, it served ...

“To grace the cover of VIA TIMES NEWSMAGAZINE, Illinois’ top FIL-AM newsmagazine, is a privilege and a distinct honor that I accept with deep humility. This would have been an opportune time to “plug-in and promote” corrESthetiques by JENOR & ...

By: Joe Mauricio   Today, the United States is at a crossroads, remarkably similar to the times of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan (opposition candidate against Roosevelt) in 1900, where commercial and corporate interests dominated American ...