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

By: Veronica Leighton   Billy Dec, owner of Sunda Chicago and Sunda Nashville and other popular Chicago establishments, hosted the official kick-off of the Chicago celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month for May 2019 last May 1st, co-hosted by ...

By Regine Cabato MANILA — A dictator’s daughter and the commander of President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody drug war were among the winners of the Philippines’ midterm elections, a resounding endorsement for the strongman leader’s policies. Winners of Monday’s vote will ...

Born in Manila, Salina immigrated to the United States at the age of five. She and her next youngest brother Michael at first remained in the Philippines with their grandparents while her parents and older two brothers Francis and Butch ...

By: Melody Dizon   I find it rather amusing to pick a topic nowadays that are not only relevant but relatable and most of all current. I shock myself at what I see, what I read and I share this ...

What a wonderful way to be celebrating Cinco de Mayo historic day with a Sunday brunch feast @Barton G. The Restaurant Chicago, in the heart of downtown Chicago at 415 N. Dearborn. Barton’s new weekend brunch service started May 5th, ...

Dear editor, When I immigrated to the United States on March 25, 1970, my uncle, Celestino B. Banez, a longtime Chicagoan, eldest brother of my father, Major Manuel Banez, Sr. (Ret.) of the Philippine Air Force, mentioned to me that ...

By: Christian L ChaCha M Xavier D   11-year-old youth activist, Jahkil Jackson, is one of the youngest social entrepreneurs and is the founder of the nationally recognized nonprofit, Project I Am, an organization built to spread resources and love to the homeless ...

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas hosted a briefing and reception at her office in Chicago on May 10, 2019 on the occasion of the Asian-Pacific Heritage Month Celebration in honor of the rich cultures, history and traditions of Asia and ...

Houseman/Houselady Wanted Immidiate opportunity for a Houseman/Houselady at Hotel Baker. Duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to: assuring all public spaces are clean and tidy. Must be quick on one’s feet to perfonn variety of duties: vacuuming, mopping, dusting. ...

By: Janice Dantes   While employment law is not my area of expertise, I do occasionally receive questions from employees who were terminated and if they have any cause of action against their employer. To begin, it is not illegal ...