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

Squatting: Rev. Fr. Leoncio Santiago, Karlos Silva, Romy Badiola & Angelo Alto. Standing: Cyd Marie Llaneta, Rick & Aida Joseph, Alice Llames, Virgilio & Delia Silva,Monette Calderon, Lilia O. Untalan, Roger & Fely Odiamar. Teresita Curry, Jimmy & Ging Alto, ...

McCafé has expanded its ready-to drink (RTD) offerings to include a multi-serve 40 oz. bottle in its popular Frappé flavors – Caramel and Mocha. Made with McCafé’s 100% Arabica beans and blended with real milk, sugar, natural flavors and other ...

By: James DC   Me: (Sobbing my heart out, eyes swollen, nose red)…I can’t see you anymore. I am not going to let you hurt me like this again. TRAINER: It was just a sit up. It was just 1 sit ...

By: Elaine Lehman   May. It’s Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Yet amidst the celebrations of our cultures and place in American society, there is one group that has received scant attention. More so, this one group has received little ...

By: Dominick Geraci   “Welcome to Pampanga, sir, you have to try Tocino here before you go back to Manila.” A middle-aged woman at small shop tells me. There are so many things to experience in Pampanga. It’s an hour-and-half ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   This tribute was posted on the Dignity Memorial website of Chapel Hills Garden West, where his body was interred after he struggled, then died suddenly while at a wedding shower for his good friend Dr Nel ...

Dely Villalon Under Chair of Golden Life Achievement Award Chicago Philippine Lions Club

By: Bob Boyer   “Please call me ‘Butch’—it’s ugly but I’m stuck with it.” Butch made this request in one of our earliest exchanges of letters, in 1992, thereby introducing me to the cultural mysteries of Filipino nicknames. I had ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– More than 10,000 Washingtonians and visitors to the US capital had the chance to experience the Philippines during Passport DC’s Around the World Embassy Tour – Philippine Embassy Open House held in both the Chancery and Chancery Annex ...

By: Joe Mauricio   Asian Pacific American Heritage Month takes place in May. It celebrates the culture, traditions and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United State. The history of North America is shaped by the stories ...