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PIWC Chaor Announces Philippine President Bong Bong Marcos to be PIWV+C Keynote Speaker Exciting News! I am beyond thrilled to announce that yesterday, the Office of the President officially confirmed that His Excellency President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved our request to be the Honorary Speaker at the PIWC Grand Ball on June 28, 2025! […]

  New Breed Training Center celebrated their 20th Anniversary. Coach Mark Vives started New Breed Training Center with his brother Myles in 2004. He has been running the successful school and competition team since then. Not only is he the Head Instructor, he is also New Breed’s most active competitor. Mark’s constant dedication has consistently […]

Many lovers’ favorite classic poem or sonnet is “How Do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Here it goes.. “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and […]

Left to right…New Breed team members: Russell DePaz, Mykee Vives and Kenjo Pallarca.

By: Veronica Leighton   Happy St. Valentine’s Day to all our readers, friends, advertisers and associates on this love month of February. The special day of February 14th celebrates all forms of love—romantic, familial, and platonic—not just romance. Although being termed as a “commercialized celebration,” research suggests that celebrating Valentine’s Day can have positive effects […]

By: Veronica Leighton   4723 / 2025 Celebration Extravaganza February 22, 2025 – Hyatt Regency O’Hare Every year, a different Asian community takes turn playing host of the Lunar New Year gala. This year, it is the Indonesian American Community, which has twice before (2006 and 2015) held the gavel for the Asian Pacific American […]

Martino Tangkar. President, Asian American Coalition of Chicago Lunar New Year Celebration 2025. Irene (ENERI_Rieny) Cualoping, JD. Managing Partner. Jashon Chavez. CIPS Realtor Berkshire Hathaway Home Services; Operations Manager AREAA Greater Chicago. Elad Inbar. RobotLAB’s CEO; Author of “Our Robotics Future”. Louella Rose Cabalona. Multi-talented artist, writer, singer, model and entrepreneur; founder of Sama Sama […]

Maria Girlie Pascual. Via Times Columnist, CPRTV Anchor, Success Illinois Realtor. Lion Hina Trivedi. Chicago Indo-US Lions Club, SOS Specialist Illinois over 38 years. Rowena Salas, co-owner of Hotel Baker in St. Charles, IL. Nirmla Johnson. Community and healthcare advocate, trailblazer, artist, writer, and visionary businesswoman.

By: Veronica Leighton   Saying goodbye, particularly to an old year, is always hard to muster, and welcoming the new year is always an exciting thing to do. Here we are, bright and early, delightfully looking forward to the new year, resolving so many things to do until the finish line, and be triumphant and […]

By: Veronica Leighton   As I have mentioned in Publisher’s Notes on page 4 regarding New Year’s resolutions that get broken or result in unfulfillment after gyms fill up, people would stay off from booze, sugar, and eating out, after a few months into the new year, we dig up the reasons why. What are […]