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

By: Veronica Leighton   Hailed as a huge success, the 20th UPAAA Grand Reunion and Convention 2019 held at Crowne Plaza Hotel SF last Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2019 was concluded with its attending UP alumni feeling the old UP Spirit ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   Looking through the blue-framed glass windows of ROOH, you’re almost sure you discovered a newly- opened bar in Chicago. That’s if you happened to miss the words “Progressive Indian” stamped on the glass, declaring a firm ...

By: Jan Paul C. Ferrer   In celebration of the Filipino-American History Month of October, the International Society of Filipinos in Finance and Accounting (ISFFA) Chicago Chapter in partnership with the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) of Chicago will be organizing the ...

By: Joe Mauricio   When I heard that the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) was accepting nominations for outstanding UP alumni for its Distinguished Award selection for its 20th annual Convention and Grand Reunion to be held ...

Celebration takes place Friday, October 4, 2019 (Champion, Wis.) – The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help along with St. Gianna Clinic will come together on Friday, October 4 for the first Faith Forward Celebration, in honor of ...

By: Doug Nguyen   Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security recently announced four new Compassionate Allowances conditions: CDKL5 Defi ciency Disorder, Pitt Hopkins Syndrome, Primary Peritoneal Cancer, and Richter Syndrome. Compassionate Allowances is a program to quickly identify severe diseases ...

– It’s Easy: Huel is a perfectly balanced and nutritionally complete meal that you can prepare in under one minute – Nutritionally Complete: Huel Powder is a nutritionally complete food that is high in protein and fiber, low in sugar ...

By: Elaine Lehman   “Nulla dies umquam memori vos eximet aevo.” “No name shall erase you from the memory of time.” -Virgil, The Aeneid The passing years do not lessen the rawness of the tragic events on Tuesday 11 September 2001. ...

MANILA, Philippines — Kapuso actress Michelle Dee has won the Miss World Philippines 2019 crown at the coronation night held in Araneta Coliseum last Sunday. Michelle, daughter of actress and Miss International 1979 Melanie Marquez, also bagged special awards such ...

Court of Appeals Associate Justice Elihu A. Ybanez and currently the Supreme Commander of the Knights of Rizal (KOR), was received by Philippine Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin at the Consulate on 03 September 2019. Justice Ybanez was accompanied by ...