VIA Times – November 2018 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Nancy Abiera   F Favorable-Character A Acknowledged and M Moving-Publicly-in E Excellence Via Times/CPR-TV honor men/women for 2018-2019 Hall of Fame for their service, gifts and talents offered to the community. We congratulate all of you HOF awardees. Thank ...

Chicago, IL – Fox Valley Auto Group’s CEO and President Emir Abinion accepted the Better Business Bureau’s 2018 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics on November 1st. The Auto Group was selected from among hundreds of nominations. The Torch Award for ...

By: Joe Mauricio   The island nation of the Philippines was colonized by the Americans for fifty years. But the beauty of all these, the Americans left us with the beautiful traditions and holidays that were accepted by the Filipinos ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *TWO ILLINOIS BILLIONAIRES fought over the GOVERNOR’s CROWN: Richer PRITZKER WON after pouring in $179 Billions vs. incumbent Gov. Rauner’s $70 Billions; the most EXPENSIVE Election ever held in America! *BILL DALEY, FOR MAYOR: ‘I am ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   And so goes the line to Dione Warwick’s Grammy award winning tune written by 80’s icon Burt Bacharach with Carole Bayer Sager. As life takes us through mountains and valleys, beautiful sunsets and magnificent sunrises, one ...

By: Christian L, ChaCha M, Xavier D   ChildServ Will Celebrate Former Homeless Young Adult at Annual Gala ChildServ, Chicagoland’s leading human service agency for children and young adults, has a balanced budget for the first time since October 2015 when the current ...

By: Mayra Salazar   While it may be best known for retirement, Social Security is also here to help you get back to work if you are disabled. For millions of people, work isn’t just a source of income, it’s ...

By: Victoria Smith   One of my favorite pre-bedtime rituals especially at the end of a grueling day is reading poetry. Poetry could ground you to what’s essential, reminding you of what’s most important to you, thus bringing you back ...

By: Veronica Leighton   November 10, 2018 was quite a hectic weekend spent for the 24th annual gala awards event of the Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare that was hailed a huge ...

GMA Network brings home honors for the Philippines anew after Atom Araullo’s Philippine Seas won at the prestigious Association for International Broadcasting Awards (AIBs) 2018 in London on November 7. Araullo’s first-ever documentary special in the Kapuso Network was named ...