VIA Times – October 2022 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Ryan Tejero   Recently chartered in early 2020, Chicago Nurses for Diabetes Lions Club (CNDLC) was created right around the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. It was a timely birth of a very important community organization which was inspired by the ...

By: James DC   A crowded United Airlines fl ight was canceled. A single agent was re-booking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly, an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket on the counter ...

By: Lourdes G. Mon   What is this penchant of Filipino parents when it comes to their children’s education? Children have to follow in their parent’s footsteps. At least one of the kids has to grow with a degree as a ...

By: Doug Nguyen   Changes are coming next year for when Medicare Part B coverage starts. What is not changing: If you are eligible at age 65, your Initial Enrollment Period (IEP): • Begins three months before your 65th birthday. ...

By: Boom Boom Cabalona, “X” Divinagracia, Christopher Miranda   (CHICAGO) September 14, 2022 – Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group ThirteenthFloor.com, producers of world-class live events and location-based entertainment experiences, returns with The Old Joliet Haunted Prison for the 2022 haunting season. Officially open to ...

By: Jan Paul Ferrer   If you tell the average twenty-two-year-old that the best time to start saving for retirement is yesterday, they may throw you an incredulous glance. “Are you kidding?” they may say, “I’m not due to retire ...

By: Kayla Tejero   Wishing everyone a very Happy October! I feel like we did not have any transition from summer to fall. One day it was sunny and in the 80s, and the next morning it was in the mid-40s! ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   It was quite the hectic weekend for the first weekend in October, end of September, 2022. September 30th, approximately 450 guests showed up en masse for EDITH and NESTOR ARDIENTE’S 50th Golden Wedding anniversary, as ...

By: Edward Cortez   To be forgotten and never to be remembered can be the worst feeling in the world. Ask the homeless man on the street and he could probably tell us that it’s not the absence of a ...

By: Faye Mendiola   Dr. Jesse Corres THEN: College graduation at Cebu Institute of Medicine, Class 1966. NOW: The beautiful Corres Family 2022. Front: Reese Leighton, Chase Jenson. Back:Caden Jesse, Elise Christine, Avery Cayla, David Champion, Christine, Nora, Dr. Jess, Jennifer, Jason ...