VIA Times – March 2021 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

Renowned Hollywood business manager Chi Muoi Lo has created a way for the thousands of aspiring actors to learn the behindthe- scenes business side of acting. Mastering the Business of Acting (now available to purchase here) was an authentic idea ...

CHICAGO, IL — On December 28, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited the public to comment on its plan to terminate the Filipino World War II Veterans Parole (FWVP) Program. Accordingly, NFALA submitted a comment reflecting its ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   As Covid cases decline and Spring draws near, it was a nice idea to get away for a few days from all of these stressors so I said yes to being Salvy Marino’s roommate in ...

By: Bob Boyer   My February column introduced the “Frontline” public television documentary (“A Thousand Cuts”) and the “Fresh Air” public radio interview with Maria Ressa, both presented in January, 2021. Both are about Ressa, founder and editor of the ...

By: Doug Nguyen   In March, we celebrate Women’s History Month. Social Security has served a vital role in the lives of women for more than 80 years. Women have longer life expectancies than men, which means they live more ...

By: Elaine Lehman   In February 2021, a group of more than 20 senators reintroduced legislation designed to allow some immigrants with temporary protected status to apply for legal permanent residency. The SECURE Act would, according to the lawmakers, allow ...

Beauteous Brigitte Carino Cueter is the new Via Times News Reporter, and she is loving it! News reading on CPRTV is a very new exciting IF thing for her and she looks forward to doing it for the Filipino weekly ...

By: Janice Dantes   Most Filipinos I encounter work in healthcare. They encounter people who have to sign “do not resuscitate” (DNR) documents and other legal documents prior to surgery. However, many Filipinos I meet do not have their affairs ...

By: Reign C, Xavier D   Morse appeared in a segment “America’s Top Kid Entrepreneurs” NEW YORK, March 10, 2021 – 15-year-old Alina Morse (of Michigan), inventor of candy that cleans your teeth, may have already appeared on the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine ...

Washington (February 18, 2021) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) top Democrat on the East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), released the following statement regarding the acquittal of Senator Leila de Lima in ...