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

By: Christian L, ChaCha M & Xavier D   According to the just released 2017 Virta Health Prediabetes Report: >> 42% of Americans are worried they’re going to develop prediabetes. >> 11% of Americans have prediabetes. >> 16% of Americans have ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *OCTOBER is FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH in AMERICA *Filipino-Australian ‘girlfriend’ of Las Vegas shooter Stanley Paddock became ‘instant news celebrity’ *First, ‘Feuding Trump’; now ‘Feuding Ivana and Melania’ *For love of Country, join the FAHRA or ...

gBy: Victoria G. Smith   Man of a Thousand Faces they called him—I wonder if he also had a thousand feelings to go with them, or was he merely a master of disguise? Did his heart wear a mask—made him laugh ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   Temperatures are dropping and days are growing shorter! Yes, it sounds like right time to take out your snuggies and fleece blankets and get caught up on what’s on Netflix. But before you put together a ...

  By: Veronica Leighton Let me share with you, dear readers, the special message that I wrote on our souvenir book for the occasion of the recent 23rd year celebration of the Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame 2017 ...

Chicago’s very own Nora Tsai receiving her recognition award for Humanitarian Service at the University of Santo Tomas Nurses Association International’s (USTNAI) 21st annual convention held in San Antonio Texas on Sept 30, 2017, shown with Jean Uy, President of ...