VIA Times – October 2017 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 100 guests from the Metro DC community joined the Istorya DC symposium held at the Philippine Embassy Chancery Annex in the evening of 19 October 2017. Promised to be a night of “Music and Motion”, ...

By: Nancy Abiera   “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he” Proverbs 23:7a. KJV There are bad habits, good habits and Godly habits. Habits are ways of thinking, speaking or doing. They are developed as you constantly ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of coconut exporters, together with key officials from the United Coconut Association of the Philippines (UCAP), Virgin Coconut Oil Philippines (VCOP), the DTI Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB), and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) recently concluded ...

By: Rowena Ortac   Across the U.S., millions of middle-aged adults struggle with the dual responsibility of financially supporting a child and caring for an aging parent. In fact, a 2013 Pew Research report found that 33% of baby boomers ...

By: Bob Boyer   Eleven men from Northern Wisconsin who fought in the War in the Philippines have died since my Veterans Day article a year ago. They saw lots of action, mostly in naval battles that marked the return ...

By: Veronica Leighton   Here’s my brief speech delivered at the 23rd annual gala event of the Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame 2017… “I am really honored to welcome this wonderful & distinguished group of 2017 inductees into ...

The Chicago Nightingales (CN), a nurses organization commemorated a vigil when they assembled at their regular board meeting in observance of an occurrence in the Samar Region, nearly 116 years ago next week on September 28, 1901 in the town ...

By: Joe Mauricio   At least 23 weapons were found in the Mandalay Las Vegas hotel suite of the gunman who targeted an outdoor concert just recently, killing 59 people, including himself, and injuring more than 500 others. Authorities found ...

By: Cass Ingram   For centuries mankind has relied on the cannabis plant for its medicinal properties. Ancient Egyptian text from the 2nd century (called Fayyum Medical Papyrus) contains the earliest known record for the use of cannabis as a ...

By: Mayra Salazar   Right now is the perfect time to start planning for a secure, comfortable retirement. And you can count on Social Security to help you begin the process. First, we encourage you to set up an online my ...