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,…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava Just 13 days to the day of the 70th Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor), Guillermo Rumingan, a disabled Philippine Scout, joined comrades
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava People use figures of speech to convey words in distinctive ways. Or to make light of things. Hyperboles for example. That’s precisely what this writer thought of the…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava You thought you’ve seen enough of them before, those folk art forms that manifest the colorful cultures and history of our ancestors. But time and distance from home…
By Dionesio C. Grava Photos: Maria Teresa Martinez “And my other problem was that I was already forewarned by the PSU/NSA that if I bring my complaint of no support to the media, my son…
Aside from educating the younger generation about Honesty, Accountability, Good Governance, Integrity and Transparency (HAGIT), it is also our objective to give tribute to those who stood up and fought for the HAGIT principles. Dear readers, we…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava Some said she was going 25-plus mph easy. I thought it could have been faster, the image a blur as the demon jammer whizzed by. Didn’t get her…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava It was time to holler words of encouragement as the beat and the well-choreographed routine ratcheted up. A time to ogle at each broad smile, the studied gait…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava It’s a yearly event but that doesn’t mean we don’t honor them everyday. March 8 every year has been designated International Women’s Day and for that PWD takes…
By Dionesio C. Grava One of the stumbling blocks regarding President Noynoy Aquino’s “matuwid na landas” commitment is the perception that his administration is quite selective regarding the choice of guilty officials to prosecute. While…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava First posted in Pinoywatchdog.com In a talk I had the other day with PWD’s managing editor, Rene Villaroman, he expressed surprise that despite unflattering talks and spats among…
By Dionesio C. Grava The grapevine had been abuzz with talks about the Pambansang Kamao being motivated lately by ethical things and the Bible. He reportedly had renounced his sins and bad habits on the…
By Dionesio C. Grava Photos courtesy of Barangay Los Angeles In time for Valentine’s Day, Gov. Chris Gregoire of Washington signed into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage. Washington, D.C. has now joined New…
By Dionesio C. Grava Chief of Reporters (http://www.pinoywatchdog.com) A court in Los Angeles has mandated that five directors dismissed from the Filipino American Community of Los Angeles (FACLA) be reinstated. FACLA to court: Not just…
Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava January 21, 2012 – It was a big day to be generous to those in need. The two-pronged event that started with an art auction and capped with…
(Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava) There was this Facebook gab supposedly about an instruction for employees of one hospital to indicate their respective countries of origin by sticking a pin each on a…
By Dionesio C. Grava In the allegory about the battle of the ants in “Brute Neighbors,” Henry David Thoreau, American author, poet, philosopher and historian drew on the unequal combat between the red ant against…
By Dionesio C. Grava – The immense misfortune and anguish suffered by countrymen in parts of Mindanao and Negros Oriental as a result of the Sendong typhoon disaster are matched only by the magnitude of…