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

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By: Veronica Leighton   When I was a little girl, I really enjoyed listening to the song, “The Autumn Leaves,” and it was one of my dreams growing up to see, feel and play with the “autumn leaves.” Coming to ...

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   You’ve heard it. You’ve read about it. You’ve seen posts regarding what’s good and not good with it, truth be told there’s no other way to it. VAPING – The dangers of vaping are surfacing everywhere. As ...

By: Christian L ChaCha M Xavier D   KHELAH CASTRO, daughter of Sheryl and Mike Castro of Makati, Philippines, getting ready for their school program celebrating Buwan ng Wika or National Language Month. Khelah’s proud grandparents are Regina and Roselo Villanueva, brother of ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   I’m writing this fresh from our monumental tour of Italy in celebration of our silver wedding anniversary. I feel challenged to describe the effect this trip has had on me. To say it’s “life-changing” would seem ...

Chicago, 11 September – Led by Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin, the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago joined in the commemoration of the 77th Annual Memorial Service for Maywood Bataan Day at the Maywood Park Veterans Memorial on 8 September ...

By: Joe Mauricio   For almost three months, thousands of people have braved the sweltering summer heat in a series of well-orchestrated rallies against an unpopular bill that has come to symbolize concerns about encroachment of the mainland Chinese government ...

By: Dominick Geraci   “Welcome to Pampanga, sir, you have to try Tocino here before you go back to Manila.” A middle-aged woman at small shop tells me. There are so many things to experience in Pampanga. It’s an hour-and-half drive ...

Hindi pinalampas ni Sharon Cuneta ang pambabatikos ng ilang netizens sa ibinahagi nitong litrato kung saan nakasuot ng uniform ang dalawa niyang kasambahay habang kumakain sa isang restaurant. Komento ng netizen, “Ang panget lang sa public na kasuot ng uniform ...

By: Nancy Abiera   “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.” John 15:18 “When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.” Psalms 27:10 Have you experienced being rejected? ...