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

  By: Jan Paul C. Ferrer   It’s no secret that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sales have been on a tear in recent years. Assets invested in ETFs have grown sharply and now total more than $1.7 trillion.1 What’s more, the number ...

Our Via Times senior editor Elsie Sy-Niebar, who writes feature stories from her heart, sent a follow-up note to Dr. Angelina Bhandari who lives in Texas; eldest daughter of the late Aster Glimane Bhandari, whose touching life story was VT’s ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   It seemed that most of the Chicago’s social set came out in full force to see, hear, greet and meet our 15th Philippine President, “His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III,” per the huge vinyl banner ...

The greater Chicago’s biggest Filipino American festival in celebration of the Philippine Independence Day returns to Bolingbrook for the second year this summer. Join us for a massive 12-hour festival, Saturday, June 20, 2015 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. ...

By: Veronica Leighton   My favorite month, May, is a CELEBRATION month, from all kinds of commemorations from Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month to Memorial Day, and Santacruzan Catholic religious pageantry honoring the blessed Virgin Mary, not counting the fact ...

Superberries, they produce freshly grown aronia berries and aronia berry based products. Aronia has 4 times the antioxidants as blueberries and works well in recipes or on their own. www.Superberries.com You may love adding the 100% aroniaberry concentrate in your ...

Pasta Chips are lighter, healthier and better for dipping than any other chip on the market…pasta normally gets a bad rap for being heavy…but that’s not true with Pasta Chips…get all the pasta flavor with none of the carbfilled guilt. Quick Facts: 5 delectable flavors inspired by the sauces ...

  By: Jovie Calma   In celebration of International Women’s History Month last March, I am incredibly honored, humbled, and boundlessly grateful to have been inducted in the roster of 2015 Circle of Empowered Women of National Federation of Filipino ...

By: Veronica Leighton So many quips, jokes, criticisms, remarks, nuances, and serious attacks have been heard from all corners of Chicago on President Aquino’s visit last May 6th. There was excitement and gossips galore, and just so enjoyable hearing them ...

By: Ramon Lazaro   The Met Gala, formally called the Costume Institute Gala and also known as the Met Ball, is an annual fundraising gala for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City. ...