VIA Times – March 2019 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Mayra Salazar   If you’re thinking of signing up for Social Security at 62, know that doing so could be a decision you ultimately regret. Here are three reasons it pays to wait. 1. Retirement will probably cost more ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   Pictures of my one and only grandson Kenzo Kristoffer Wildoer who I have been visiting in Palm Springs frequently. I also take these trips to see my son Kristoffer and his wife Svienna just to ...

By: Bob Boyer   I am not often shocked, being of a generation that reached the age of awareness while watching Movie-Tone Newsreels of the liberation of Jewish prisoners from the Nazi death camps late in World War II; but ...

By: Christian L ChaCha M Xavier D   During the month of March we honor and celebrate all women – particularly those that have made contributions to history, culture and society. In just three more days Nancy Drew – one of the most ...

By: Ryan Tejero   UP Alumni groups like UPAAGC has been viewed as “elitists” by the Fil-Am community at large. Being government scholars, who received worldclass education from a university funded by tax-paying Filipinos, alumni owe a debt of gratitude ...

By: Veronica Leighton   (published in MEMORIES III UP Alumni and Friends United) Carmencita Quesada Fulgado, Ph.D., Editor/Publisher, UPAA-New York Looking back at how I started my publishing career, thirtysome years ago, (August 1984), I just can’t help but be ...

By: Elaine Lehman   2019 marks the 45th anniversary of the Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago at Rizal Community Center. As we continue to welcome old and new community, I am heartened to see that we are moving in ...

By: Joe Mauricio   International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8th every year is the focal point in the movement for women’s rights. It is a civil awareness day, anti-sexism day, and anti-discrimination day, for women and girls. This is ...

By: Dominick Geraci   Hello people! It is March, can you believe it? Time marches on and waits for no one. Real estate is so exciting in the Philippines with real deals exploding everywhere, from commercial office property to residential ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   The year 2019 marks the start of the renewed partnership between the Philippine Embassy in the United States, Ayala Foundation, Inc. (AFI) and the Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO) for the yearly immersion program offered ...