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

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   The fourteen-hour flight from Chicago’s O’Hare to Narita, Japan was not so bad, nor was the three-hour layover. In fact, after two years from my last visit, it felt good leaving the snow covered runway ...

By: Jovie Calma   It was one cold and dreary night when I had the opportunity to meet Connor Smith, a fitness model, personal trainer, NPC physique competitor, and a star of MTV’s reality show, “Are You The One? Season ...

By: Christian & Chacha Miranda   Very young, pretty and talented well-acclaimed singer Kayla Tejero, flanked by Elsie Niebar, Dad Ryan Tejero, Grandma, Pressian Tejero & Veronica at Baby & Mario Sales’ wedding anniversary party. From Brisbane, Australia with Love: We’d would ...

By: Ryan Tejero   Majayjay is a town in Laguna, Philippines, which is becoming a fast-rising tourist destination in the country. Famous for its waterfalls, this town is beautifully located at the foot of Mount Banahaw, and strategically standing 1,000 ...

By: Jan Paul C. Ferrer   As part of last year’s Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Congress approved some major changes to Social Security which could impact your benefits. Designed to eliminate “loopholes,” the new rules will mostly impact married dual-income ...

  By: Joe Mauricio   Remember the 80’s election? Remember Reaganphobia, when we heard that Ronald Reagan was a member of John Birch Society, whose credo was “Better Dead Than Red”? He rejected “Mutual Assured Destruction,” the bedrock stretegy of ...

By: Nancy H. Abiera “Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at Him (Jesus). “Aren’t You the Messiah? Save Yourself and us! ” But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you ...

By: Bob Boyer   Two items in particular caught my attention in the January 2016 issue of “VIA Times Newsmagazine.” One is an amazing feature I call “the Medical Mayugas.” It’s about the six members of the Mayuga family. Both ...

By: Veronica Leighton   The official United Nations theme for International Women’s Day in 2016 is Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality focusing on new commitments under UN Women’s Step It Up initiative, and other existing ...