VIA Times – March 2016 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *EXPLETIVES, name-calling, mudslinging, explode on national television from the mouths of 2016 America’s presidential candidates! *Donald Trump’s presidential slogan, “This Country will be great again’ was the very same slogan used by the late President Marcos during ...

By: Lena Remigio   Dear Ate Lena, Tulungan mo ako at masyadong naguguluhan ang aking isip sa aking current life situation. Ako ay 59 anyos at ang aking bagong asawa ng isang taon pa lamang ay 55 years old, pareho ...

By: James DC   Good News, Bad News After Friday prayers an Imam announced to the people: “I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   As millions of people around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year, the Asian American Coalition of Chicago (AACC) marked the beginning of the Year of the Monkey with a festive Dinner Gala and Awards Ceremony ...

By: Aeron Lancero   Magandang araw sa inyong lahat, and hope you are staying warm and are excited for warmer weather. It is the month of March and we are getting closer to warmer weather. Soon, it will be that time ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   I cannot ponder upon your poem, for you speak too much the language of the mind and I, the heart. I cannot ponder upon your poem, for you fly to heights of abstraction and hide ...

  By: Mayra Salazar   It’s that time of year again: time to start preparing to file your taxes. If you receive Social Security benefits, one of the documents you will need when filing your federal income tax return is your ...

By: Robert Gard   Over the past year or so, I’ve been following and writing about the political and legal maneuvering surrounding the two key pieces (expanded “DACA” without age limits and “DAPA”) of President Obama’s Executive Actions Program, announced on ...

By: Gilbert Dizon   Many people make the mistake by not planning for the inevitable. Benjamin Franklin once said, “The only things certain in life are death and taxes.” Estate planning is a process whereby a person can make legal ...

By: Melody Dizon   Perhaps the most challenging yet for a writer is to expose her vulnerability in print. Though, over the course of time, I may have given Via Times’ Melody Unchained followers’ tips, infos, things to watch out ...