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: 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: 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 ...

By: Ryan Tejero   June is the month that the Filipino American community observes the commemoration of the Philippine Independence. This annual historic event has been a long-standing tradition that every Fil-Am looks forward to. Typically, a line-up of cultural ...

By: Mark Javier   On March 12, FALA Chicago formally installed its officers and board members for the 2015 term during a ceremony held at the law firm of Sidley Austin LLP. Congratulations to all those who took the oath ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona “Ladies and gentlemen, mga minamahal kong kababayan, Magandang Gabi po sa inyong lahat. And I apologize to our American friends; it is my custom to talk to my countrymen in our native tongue.” The President of ...

By: Robert Gard   President Obama’s Executive Actions — Status of Implementation & Political Infighting — Part 4 Two key pieces (expanded “DACA” without age limits and “DAPA”) of President Obama’s Executive Actions Program, announced on November 20, 2014, were ...