VIA Times – March 2018 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Joe Mauricio President Trump’s new plan to secure schools after last month’s slaughter of 17 students and teachers in Parkland, Fla., is chock-a-block with ideas, some worthwhile (strengthening background checks and restraining orders) and some half-baked (arming teachers). Most ...

The Asian American Coalition of Chicago celebrated its 35th annual Lunar New Year for the Year of the Dog at Hyatt Regency O’Hare, Rosemont, Illinois, on February 24 with the theme “Be United, Stay together,” attended by more than 1,000 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thousands of seafood buyers in every market category, including retail, restaurant, catering, foodservice and processing, and over a thousand exhibitor suppliers from all over the world were brought together by this year’s Seafood Expo North America (SENA ...

09 March 2018, Chicago – The Philippine Consulate General in Chicago initiated moves to encourage greater involvement of the Filipino American youth in the Midwest in its efforts to promote Philippine tourism and Filipino heritage. Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin ...

Candidate for U.S. Congress, 9th District IL (R), Punch 21.

MARCH 3 – SEPTEMBER 23, at the CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER March 3, 2018 -Dog Admission Day at Morton Arboretum, 7 a.m.-sunset March 3- Sept. 23, 2018 – THE CHICAGO MURAL EXHIBITION at the CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER March 8, 2018 – ...

By: Bob Boyer   “In terms of my observations of terrorist activity, I thankfully did not see any terrorists that I was aware of. I can’t say I would recognize a terrorist if I saw one.” Thus did my Nephew ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   Europe. That has always been my dream vacation destination since I was a kid! But since making the USA my second home decades ago, my husband and I decided we must, first, either explore the ...