VIA Times – May 2020 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   My brother Boyet, or “Diko” as I used to call him, was brother and sibling number two amongst my parents’ brood of six children, I being the third and only girl growing up in the small ...

By: Janice Dantes   With COVID-19 impacting our lives, I am receiving more inquiries about estate planning. Most people know about wills. Fewer people know about powers of attorney. Powers of attorney allow you to appoint an agent to make ...

By: Doug Nguyen   With more than 80 years of service, the Social Security Administration has helped secure today and tomorrow with fi nancial benefi ts, information, and tools that support you throughout life’s journey. In May, we recognize Older ...

By: Ryan Tejero   While everybody in America is affected by the COVID 19, Filipino Americans share their unique way of responding to this pandemic. There are individuals and organizations that are genuinely sincere in giving back to the hardworking frontliners ...

By: Veronica Leighton   We cannot stop honoring our Filipino American health care professionals for their courage, alertness and professionalism that they have shown in their rescue and professional efforts to save many lives in this pandemic crisis 2020. I ...

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   If it’s not the unknown, the uncertainty of what tomorrow brings, the nonstop blaring news on every channel of the pandemic statistics of lives claimed, loss of a job, for others the painful loss of a ...

By: James DC   Mom’s Pantie The mother had washed her hair and just put rollers in–but she didn’t have a hairnet for them, so instead she used a pair of panties to keep them in place. Her 4-year-old son ...

By: Reign C, ChaCha M, Xavier D   SPRINGFIELD – Knowing that effective, skilled, and diverse early childhood educators are a lynchpin to classroom quality, Gov. JB Pritzker has awarded the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) $1.3 million in grants to strengthen ...

By: Kayla Tejero   Happy May! I can’t believe that it is already May. These past few months have fl own by! Ever since the start of the quarantine I have had to adjust to many changes. For example, I ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   The annual FYLPRO immersion program, the signature piece of the partnership between the US Embassy in Washington D.C. and the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, the Ayala Foundation Inc. and the U.S. based not for ...