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

By: Pureza Ramiro Pacis   Five years na kaming retired ng aking kabiyak – siya from the USPS, ako sa hospital. Ngayon. nakaka-concentrate na kami sa aming gardening ng flowers at veggies. Ang only child namin, nag-ma-Masters na. Isang hapon nang ...

By: Doug Nguyen   Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 69 million Americans will increase 1.6 percent in 2020, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 1.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable ...

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Eric Owens Co-Founder of Delos Therapy

Birthday celebrant Carmie Ayap with Nieves Bologa and Blessida de la Vega Carmie, Pura and Nancy Left to right: Nancy Balantac, Praxedes Des, birthday celebrant Carmie Ayap, Pura Nano, Blessida de la Vega and Rhodora Gutierrez. Carmie and Des Carmelita Ayap and Mauricia ...

Standing, from left : Gabriel Sanchez, Carmelita Ayap, Nieves Bologa, Mauricia Eusebio, Pura Calo, Praxides Nano, David Maanes, Peter Serna; Sitting, Loretta Ongkiko, Ellen Maanes, Rhodora, the honoree, Nancy Balantac. Th e Filipino residents of Heiwa Terrace for a send-off ...

By: Ryan Tejero   Rarely, we encounter a younger group of Filipino Americans or Asians who are in college, and yet, they are able to organize themselves as a group to create their own support system. This is the case ...

Joe Mauricio’s special on-site interview with Sophia Wong Boccio, Founder & Executive Director of Asian Pop-up Cinema. Veronica Leighton’s special on-site interview with Salina West, CEO/Owner of Space Stage Studios, Awardee of 2018 Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame. Joe Mauricio’s special ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   “What is a weekend?” Ever since the Dowager Countess of Grantham (played by Maggie Smith) first questioned the concept of having “work days” to take a break from, hit TV series Downton Abbey‘s propriety gripped matriarch ...