VIA Times – May 2015 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Richard Mirpuri   N – Narrow your focus to what’s important spiritually. . .what’s important to your family. . .what’s important in you. By narrowing your focus on what you want, you can get more specific and remember our ...

By: Bob Boyer   Perhaps a better title would be “Insights into Philippine Culture Through Selected Language Tidbits.” The following examples are the ones I chose from my book, “Sundays in Manila,” as part of an introductory lecture about the ...

By: Christian & Maya Leighton   For the Philippine Independence celebration, I am sharing with you an essay about the Philippines which I wrote for a school assignment. Our teacher gave us an assignment to write about a country we want ...

By: Joe Mauricio   Although Filipino Americans are one of the oldest immigrant groups in America, remarkably little attention has been paid to their collective history. Focusing instead on either wildly successful aspects of their integration into American society or ...

PIWC Picnic – June 7th, Sunday @ Prossel Park, Lincolnwood (chairperson, Evelyn Tolledo) PIWC Gala Nite – June 13, Sat @ Crowne Plaza, Rosemont Flag Raising/Cultural Presentation – June 12, Friday …Chicago, (chairperson, Brenda Stevens) Senior Citizens Day – TBA but 3rd ...

Boca Raton, FL – Tabañero Hot Sauce, a 100% all-natural gourmet hot sauce is now being carried in over 30 Pepper Palace locations across the U.S. and Canada. The expanding retailer who specializes as a “one-stop-shop for everything spicy” has ...

By: Unchained Melody   As I welcome this new venture in my life, allow me to say that creating awareness, education and sharing knowledge has always been in the forefront of why I became a nurse in the first place. ...

By: Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, U.S. Surgeon General Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective public health tools we have for preventing disease and death. They not only help protect vaccinated individuals, but they also help protect entire ...

By: James DC Cinderella is divorced… Snow White has not been so lucky… Sleeping Beauty is still asleep… Little-Red-Riding-Hood hasn’t seen the Wolf since… Barbie celebrated her 50th Birthday this year…   The Little Mermaid has met a sad fate… ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *Some Americans and Filipinos born-in-America who attended Philippine President Aquino’s reception last May 6, were UNHappy over his Tagalog/Pilipino-all-the-way message. Some said the speech ‘ was insulting’! *Why did PNoy’s Malacanang Bright Boys who coordinated the visit disregard the Fil-Am ...