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: 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 ...

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 ...

By: Veronica leighton   Lulu & Edward Navarro, Subway & Taco del Mar owners Just like what I said in my Publisher’s Note, page 4, we were off to Vancouver, Canada for the main purpose of a pursuit for rest & ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   Oh calm sublime, oh sacred time: How elusive you are to this mortal scribe! Might you appoint your charms to bless, This creator-soul’s restlessness? Poet’s Notes: I have had great luck lately in having more ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   Two women are coming out of the US Citizenship naturalization ceremony. One lady recognizes the other as a kababayan (fellow countryman) so she walks next to her, inquiring, “Huy, Pilipino ka?” (Hey, are you Filipino?). ...

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon This time of the year always excites me because this is when I get the chance to repeat, clarify or “unchain” some misconceptions we may all have about certain things. With myself included, I have to make sure ...

By: Joe Mauricio   When I left the Philippines in 1959 for America, China was a soft power, militarily and economically. They were depicting policymakers that were respectful of other’s opinions, willing to listen, humble to a fault, and very ...