Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First Posted : www.pinoywatchdog.com Fresh from spearheading the 4th Annual Event Honoring Men and Women in Uniform held at the LA Convention Center, the ever busy buddies consisting of Maria…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava It may be said that the U.S. engagement with the Philippines can be traced to the Treaty of Paris of 1898. At 8:50 pm on December 10 of…
First posted : pinoywatchdog.com FilAm boxing sensation insists he’s a Filipino first Donaire: I’ll try to make a knockout! Words and photo by: Dionesio C. Grava Nonito Donaire, Jr., aka Filipino Flash and touted as…
By Dionesio C. Grava First posted in: pinoywatchdog.com The cream of Filipino American entertainment will descend on world-renowned Hollywood Bowl with an all night celebration of Filipino music, art and culture on July 8.
First posted in pinoywatchdog.com PinoyWatchDog.com digs deeper into a pervasive, scandal-prone practice as a means to open a discussion, and to professionalize and make transparent the financial aspects of Fil-Am awards events and other Fil-Am…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First posted in pinoywatchdog.com Pearlie Rose S. Baluyut is the author of Institutions and Icons of Patronage: Arts and Culture in the Philippines during the Marcos Years, 1965-1986. This…
By: Dionesio Grava First posted in : pinoywatchdog.com Health Day in Los Angeles Pictorial The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and City of Los Angeles co-hosted a free Health Expo in observance of…
By Dionesio Grava First posted in: pinoywatchdog.com (First of a series) A July 16, 1996 issue of the Los Angeles Times featured a story about how vandals and nature had taken a toll on public…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First posted in: pinoywatchdog.com With beautiful blue skies above and the morning warmth just right, thousands of San Diegans including many veterans, servicemen/women and their families gathered outside…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First posted in : pinoywatchdog.com Words shrinkwrapped into a magic mantra that could very well make most of the estimated eight-to-eleven million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) feel good…
By: Dionesio Grava First posted in : www.pinasglobal.com on September 2011 FORMER Vice President Al Gore, who became a Nobel laureate by virtue of his A Inconvenient Truth advocacy, was in the news again the…
TORRANCE. Kalayaan Inc. will stage a Grand Ball to commemorate the 114th Anniversary of Philippine Independence Day at the Torrance Marriott South Bay Hotel in Torrance, Calif., 3635 Fashion Way, Torrance, CA 90503. CARSON. An…
By Dionesio C. Grava Photos courtesy of Lilia Rabe Grava First Posted in : pinoywatchdog.com There is expectation that vacationers who will travel more than 50 miles in the coming Memorial Day weekend will increase by 1.2…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First posted : pinoywatchdog.com The Philippine tradition of Santacruzan has since become a yearly observance at the Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels located near the junction…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First Posted in www.pinoywatchdog.com A multi-level, multidisciplinary and community network monitoring the well-being of children and families in the Los Angeles County issued a report indicating that there…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First Posted in : pinoywatchdog.com I recall a time when immigrant and labor-rights marchers were so numerous that the main city streets got clogged up and traffic gone bad…
Words and photography by: Dionesio C. Grava www.pinoywatchdog.com A recent poll has indicated that during the past 12 years the white non-Hispanic face of registered voters in California has been taken over by mostly Latino…
First posted in www.pinoywatchdog.com Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava Elections in our part of town is kind of ho-hum. Kababayans, even if they were political animals back in the homeland, are usually not too…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First posted in: www.pinoywatchdog.com A celebration and conversations with friendly FilAms To the uninitiated who thinks that Los Angeles is a vast concrete jungle, a jaunt to some…
By Dionesio C. Grava First posted in balitaangkapamilya.multiply.com It will be a celebration of diversities when the 4th Annual Sheriff’s Show will take the spotlight tonight at the Los Angeles Convention Center starting at 5:30…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First posted in www.pinoywatchdog.com I wrote in her blog Literally Yours: “Our authors help give expression to the soul and aspirations of the FilAm community. We should be…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava The squabble about the date changing of our day of independence from July 4 to June 12 has been muted with the passage of time. In Los Angeles,…