Freedom Day at Esoteric Templetown
BUNKER SHOT. By DAVID CASUCO It was an exceptional day on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at esoteric Templetown, a pueblo established by the warlocks from the north in the mid-nineties and populated by the most intriguing creatures on planet Earth. On this day, they celebrated “Araw…
Philippines Coruption Perception Index Improves
By DAVID CASUCO (First of a Series GLOBAL WATCHDOG Transparency International (TI) (www.transparency.org) profiles the Philippines as a country that suffers from widespread corruption. The term corruption invariably encompasses graft, bribery, backdoor deals, nepotism, patronage politics and embezzlement of public funds. The Philippine center on transnational crime estimates…
INVISIBLE SCARS – PART 3 OF 3 (CONCLUSION)
By: Alma Luna-Reyes Part I and Part II, dealt with the author’s bout with physical abuse, how it affected her children and the possible causes of her ex-husband’s behavior. The present state of the issue on Domestic Violence and Physical Abuse was also presented using data…
The Purple Thumb: A New Political Culture Emerging
By DAVID CASUCO, Manila Bureau Chief MANILA – After Monday’s Philippines mid-term elections, a lot of scenarios took form; some reflective of a new political culture emerging, others are throwbacks of the old patronage politics that features violence, intimidation, vote-buying, and political dynasties. A closer look…
NURSE, MOM… HEROINE -HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
By: Joe Arciaga If you’ve spent any time at all in California, chances are that most Filipino-Americans kids you meet will tell you that their mom is a nurse, or if not the mom, an aunt or other close relative or friend. You can walk into any…
PUSONG PINOY Sets The Gold Standard of Non-Profit Organizations
By Ivy Antonio & Bernie C. Kimmerle It was a simple idea. Promote literacy through reading by ongoing book drives from the U.S. to the Philippines. This month marks the 4th anniversary of the founding of Pusong Pinoy (PP), an all-volunteer California-based non-profit organization dedicated to helping…
INVISIBLE SCARS – PART 2 OF 3
By Alma Luna-Reyes In Part I, we went through my personal bout with domestic violence. We also got a chance to see the present state of things through data from Domestic Violence Statistics. According to available data, there are million other women who are in the same…
GRADUATION HANGOVER
By Francis Johann Verdote My gruesome final exam drained, exhausted, and overheated my brain. Thought processes had been banned in my head for the night. I submitted my blue book, questionnaire included. I picked up my dirty tangerine backpack and walked out of the white classroom…
EDITORIAL – Dividing The Filipino Community
Dividing the Filipino Community PinoyWatchDog.com is ‘Dividing the Community.’ That’s the charge when we take a stand on an issue, or one of our exposes reveal wrongdoing. In reality, the charge always emanates from the targets, benefactors, or friends of those individuals or institutions that are the…
Judge makes Darna Umayan Admit No Laude Honors
By PWD Investigative Team It took a series of PinoyWatchDog.com Exposes in the summer of 2012, some serious journalist investigation, a…
Darna Umayam’s Change of Heart
In Los Angeles Superior Court filings this week, Darna Umayam admitted having no facts to support her accusations of the summer of 2012 that Attorney…
A MESSAGE FROM THE PWD PRESIDENT
By BERNIE CORTES-KIMMERLE “If they can’t swallow facts, let them eat fiction.” Rain Bojangles “The best ammunition against lies is the truth,…
AN ACT OF FAITH WORTHY OF PUBLIC VENERATION
By Fr. ROBERT VICTORIA Last year of World Mission Sunday, October 21, 2012 the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI canonized seven new saints: Jacques Berthieu, Pedro Calungsod, Giovanni Battista Piamarta, Maria Carmen Salles Barangueras, Marianne Cope, Kateri…
Report says Philippines is 6th fastest growing economy in the world
By Melissa Salvador, PWD Manila Business Correspondent Despite catastrophic global economic problems, the Republic of the Philippines is experiencing rapid economic…
