VIA Times – September 2020 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

Group of Filipino Christians representing different churches welcome Pastor Commisioner Herman Martir of Dallas, Texas, in a fellowship heldat Tita Mia’s Filipino restaurant in Niles last Sept. 6, 2020. Some pastors present were: Archie Agngarayngay (Ret.), Bert Villaluz, Ferdinand Belga, ...

June 30, 1938 – August 19, 2020 Chicago, Illinois Alexander N. Gonzales, affectionately known as Alex to all, passed away early Wednesday morning, August 19, 2020, in a nursing home under hospice care. He was 82 years old. His memory ...

By: Veronica Leighton   So excited to report that CPRTV (Chicago Philippine Reports TV), Via Times’s sister broadcast media and the only Filipino TV show in Chicago, is now back, alive and kicking, premiering its post-Covid lockdown shows, featuring our ...

In the late 1990’s, looking to fuel her backcountry adventures, Kate Schade, a skier living in Jackson Hole, WY. went searching for an energy bar that was wholesome, functional and also great tasting. To her surprise, she was unable to ...

By: Joe Mauricio   Thank you’s for the people in my life who threw a surprise birthday “festival” at Cucina di Biagio in Harwood Hts last August 23 rd (my real birthday falls on August 19 th). I have never ...

By: Doni Nguyen   The Social Security Administration announced a new service for people awaiting a hearing decision. In addition to telephone hearings, Social Security will offer the opportunity for an online video hearing using the Microsoft Teams platform beginning ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *A BRIEF PERSONAL INTRO OF CANDIDATES FOR USA PRESIDENT, REPUBLICAN DONALD TRUMP and His VP, MIKE PENCE; DEMOCRAT FOR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN and His VP KAMALA HARRIS *Our AMERICAN SCENE: the PRESS BIASES towards President DONALD TRUMP is WINning him a new ...