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

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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? ...

By: Pureza Ramiro Pacis   Dear Tita Eza: Salamat at nakadalo ka sa aking birthday na siya rin ang housewarming ng bagong residencia ng aning anak na si Vina at Jun at ng kanyang pamilya. Thank you for your kind ...