Tag: Orange County

Vhong Navarro (MNS Photo)

Filipino Comedian Vhong Navarro with Kakai Bautista, Osang to Perform, May 9, at Pala

(PALA, CA.)Popular Filipino comedian Vhong Navarro will make a special appearance with fellow comedians Kakai Bautista and Osang Thursday, May 9, in the Infinity Showroom at Pala Casino Spa & Resort. VHONG NAVARRO KAKAI BAUTISTA OSANG 8 p.m. Thursday, May 9 Infinity Showroom Tickets: $60, $50, $35 Tickets on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, March [...]

2013/04/15 More
Natural History Museum teams up with Balita Media for the Easter Egg Drawing Contest

Natural History Museum teams up with Balita Media for the Easter Egg Drawing Contest

On March 6, 2013 Balita Media, Inc. and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County collaboratively launched their Easter Egg Drawing Contest. In celebration of the upcoming Easter holiday, participants can create and draw their own personal rendition of the classic “Easter Egg.” The drawing should be done on a standard 8.5 X 11 [...]

2013/03/07 More
Abe Lagrimas Jr.

“A Holly Jolly Christmas!”exciting concert of Pop, Jazz and Choral Artists

Benefit Concert is on December 22 at 6pm at the Alex Theatre in Glendale Christmas time certainly won’t be complete without requisite holiday music! Come and hear angelic choirs and heartwarming voices in“A Holly Jolly Christmas!” The talents range from jazz cats Mon David and Abe Lagrimas Jr, to pop singers Erwin Andaya and Annie Nepomuceno, to conductor Robert Shroder, classical tenor Pete Avendaño, [...]

2012/12/13 More
TORRESIAN FUNDRAISER:  Torres High School Class’74 and their friends joined in the fundraising effort for their alma mater at the Corona residence of Fred and Susan Paguio (6thfrom left, 3rd row, 5th from left, 2nd row) recently. The effort is preparatory to the grand reunion of THS alumni slated in 2014 in Manila.  California residents of THS Class of ’74 had been consistent in sharing their blessings to their former schools through various means.

Thanksgiving ushers in Newport Beach’s water spectacle

by: Rey Andres California eagerly awaits the Pasadena Annual Tournament of Roses that users in the New Year and draws admiration to the artistic floats that serve as monuments to the creative attributes of thousands of men and women who fashion God’s wonderful resources into works of art. Millions remain glued to their TV sets [...]

2012/11/27 More
AUDIOPHILE PREFERS VINTAGE: Rey Havana of Orange County, a certified audiophile, monitors the oscilloscope for his “vacuum tube” amplifiers in his garage. After 20 of restoring sound equipment as a happy, he is just more than happy to have more time for his passion now that he is retired as a medical equipment maintenance

Audiophile turns garbage into gold restoring vintage systems

by: Rey Andres In this age of miniaturized sound technology, collectors still prefer the high-fidelity rendition the tube in their sound systems. The technology that many baby-boomers grew up with still commands a following in this high tech, user-friendly world of gadgetry. Rey Havana of Orange County is a throwback to the good old days [...]

2012/10/30 More
Pacquiao wwept up in Linsanity

Pacquiao wwept up in Linsanity

Boxing champ to meet with Jeremy Lin in New York  tomorrow By Nimfa U. Rueda LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 – Like much of America, Fighter of the Decade Manny Pacquiao has been swept up in Linsanity. “I’m so proud of Jeremy Lin,” Pacquiao told Balita Media after a press conference on Tuesday at the Beverly [...]

2012/02/24 | 0 Comments More
Pinoywatchdog executive editor admits that Atty. Joel Bander is financing their tabloid, Pinoywatchdog, which has been maligning Atty. James G. Beirne.

Joel Bander faces more legal problems as more victims surface

By Rhony Laigo JOEL BANDER, the lawyer who now claims to have been set up probably by his own victims or by those who have an axe to grind against him in what is turning out to be a celebrated sex scandal that he allegedly committed in the Philippines, may yet face more legal problems [...]

2012/02/23 | 0 Comments More
Dr. Manny Calayan: We were never shut down

Dr. Manny Calayan: We were never shut down

Dr. Manny Calayan speaks to the media and says operations at the Calayan clinic in Los Angeles never stopped despite a sting conducted by the Medical Board last year.

2012/02/21 | 0 Comments More
‘We were never shut down’ – Dr. Manny Calayan

‘We were never shut down’ – Dr. Manny Calayan

By Rhony Laigo LOS ANGELES – Contrary to reports, the Calayan Surgicentre Corp. never stopped operations despite a reported sting last August by the California Medical Board that alleged that the clinic of the famous Filipino plastic surgeon was conducting illegal surgical procedures at their Los Angeles clinic. In a news conference held Wednesday at [...]

2012/02/17 | 0 Comments More
Bartolome Bautista, deputy director of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), points to the epicenter of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake which hit central Philippines on Monday Feb. 6, 2012 during a news conference at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Officials said the quake in central Philippines killed at least five people as it destroyed buildings, triggered landslides that buried dozens of houses, trapping residents and listed 29 more as missing. (MNS photo)

Philippine quake kills 43

MANILA, February 6, 2012 (AFP) – At least 43 people were killed when a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed homes and smashed bridges across the central Philippines on Monday, authorities said.   The 6.8-magntiude quake hit a narrow strait between the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu around lunchtime, with aftershocks nearly as [...]

2012/02/06 | 0 Comments More