Remembering And Never Forgetting

By: Veronica Leighton

 

America has witnessed the 25th anniversary of 9/11 this year, and must continue remembering and never, never forgetting. Generation after generation, we must keep telling what happened that morning, and we must keep saying the names of the people (pilots, stewardesses, policemen, firefighters, employees, employers,
passengers, sons, daughters, parents) who never came home. Some tragedies must never be forgotten, 09/11’s best lesson we’ve learned.
On the other hand, we salute the American workers on the Labor Day event (first Monday of September), whose historical battles for workers’ labor laws are being enjoyed and celebrated this month. Please read our September Editorial with regard to Labor Day and September 11 historical observances.
From the proud Via Times family, well-deserved congratulations to the following columnists: Senior Columnist Ryan Tejero for being selected as a panelist at the Conference organized by the Society of Professional Journalists Region 8 held in League City, Texas; Ryan’s daughter, Kayla Tejero, (Asian Americans on Campus columnist) who has recently embarked on an exciting tour of Europe starting in Rome, Greece, and Turkey with her mom Pressian’s CPU organization; loving duo GMail’s Girlie Pascual and Let’s LOL columnist James DC, for their annual trek to play golf at the annual Interstate Golf Tournament (IGT) held this year in Charlotte, North Carolina; and to VT’s health and fate warrior, Lourdes G. Mon (Lourdes Insights), for an update on her health talking about Implant Loop Recorder (ILR) for her heart.
Enjoy our beautiful September cover of awardees of NVP1 World Entertainment Honors Award 2026, in its premier presentation, with follow-up cover story on page 7. VT congratulates the organizer, Dr. Alvin Tan (NVP) and the well-deserved awardees.
Enjoy reading and following up on your favorite columnists’ articles who devotedly and passionately bring you your favorite topics for the month. Happy memorable September to all!

Congratulations to our Senior Columnist Ryan Tejero for being selected as a panelist at the Conference organized by the Society of Professional Journalists Region 8 held in League City, Texas! We are so proud of you!

Kayla with her Mom traveling in Europe.

Lovely couple James DC and Girlie Pascual.