By Goliath Letterman

(No Relations to David Letterman)

The NaFFAA’s Corrupt Esclamado-Lewis Clique’s “Three Stooges” Continue with their Simple-minded Abuse of Journalistic Tenets

L olo Bobby Reyes and Romeo P. Marquez have “discovered” the amazing “achievement” of three Filipino wannabe writers in the field of three-dimensional entertainment. Lolo Bobby is the Los Angeles, California-based community advocate cum media activist. Romy Marquez is the Toronto, Canada-based investigative reporter and award-winning journalist.

In an exclusive three-way telephone interview, Lolo Bobby says that it was actually Mr. Marquez who first called wannabe writers Pacifico “Pex” Aves and Porfirio “Perry” Diaz as components of the “Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest” trio – along with Rodel Rodis, a columnist of the Philippines News. Mr. Marquez aired this newsvideo about the trio on the YouTube and in the MabuhayRadio.com: “The Rouge, the Bad and the Wiggly”: A Video Featuring the L.A.D.R.O.N. Characters

Mr. Reyes says, however, that Rodel Rodis is more of a dumb lawyer than a dumb “journalist (kuno).” He said that Dionesio “Dioni” Grava, who is the “Pex-man” (sidekick) of Mr. Aves is actually the third wannabe writer in the “3-D Journalism” troika.

Editor’s Note: To read the background data about Messrs. Aves and Diaz, please read How Immigrants Pacifico and Porfirio Got to Have Anglicized Names of “Pex” and “Perry”

T he trio is often referred to as the “Three Stooges” of the dishonored corrupt Escalamado-Lewis Clique of the National Federation of Filipino-American Associations (NaFFAA). Mr. Grava is the nephew of Alex Esclamado, the NaFFAA founder. The three stooges have been parroting what the NaFFAA corrupt clique members have used unsuccessfully in trying to embarrass the persons of critics like Bobby Reyes and Romy Marquez, instead of answering the issues raised in the criticisms.

Lolo Bobby actually coined “3-D Journalism,” which he says is a take-off from Mr. Marquez’s designation of Messrs. Aves and Diaz (and now, Mr. Grava) as the “‘dumb, dumber and dumbest’ journalists.” He says that people browsing the Internet often see the online postings of the “3-D ‘journalists’” come out of the monitor screen – even if the monitor does not have three-dimensional capability. Yes, the murder of the King’s language often jumps out of the monitor in, and from, the writings of Messrs. Aves, Diaz and Grava. He says further that in some instances, obvious cases of plagiarism pops out of the monitor screen when one reads the “3-D ‘journalists’” online writings.

Romy Marquez says that even if the “3-D journalists” like to pass off data that they Googled as their own, often the errors in Philippine history and Filipino-American relations in their writings leap off the monitor screen.

Mr. Marquez adds that the lack of syntax, rhyme and/or reason also magically appears out of the monitor screen in reading the online postings of Messrs. Aves, Diaz and/or Grava.

Will “3-D Journalist” Now Replace the “PNS Journalist” Tag?

R omy Marquez also said during the interview that perhaps members of the Filipino community and the Filipino press would no longer be using the so-called PNS-journalist tag. Chicago-based Joseph G. Lariosa employed first the tag in describing some Filipino wannabe writers in the United States. “PNS” is the acronym for “‘Pinabili lang ng suka’ at pagbalik ay journalist na” (He was merely sent to buy vinegar and when he returned, he was already a journalist). Mr. Lariosa is the dean of Filipino correspondents in the United States; he represents also the National Press Club of the Philippines in Illinois and other states.

Mr. Marquez said that perhaps people would now use the “3-D Journalist” label in describing wannabe writers like Messrs. Aves, Diaz and Grava.

Speaking of Mr. Aves, Romy Marquez came up with this video of an exposé, as could be accessed in this article, YouTube Newsvideo of Pex Aves, the Filipino Impostor of a “Lawyer” and “Journalist” in Los Angeles

Then Lolo Bobby did a funny adaptation of Mr. Lariosa’s description of a wannabe writer when he described Mr. Aves’ “training” in the legal profession, “Pinabili lang ng avocado at pagbalik ay abogado na.”

Mr. Grava gained fame, oops, notoriety, in the Filipino-American community of Southern California after the members of the Media Breakfast Club (MBC) asked him to return the “MBC-Dean Jose S. Reyes Award for Journalistic Excellence” in 2001. The MBC members said that Mr. Grava faked his credentials as a supposed Filipino journalist in Cebu City for almost 30 years. This led some MBC members to change a Filipino idiom, which now reads, “Kuwarta na, naging grava pa.” # # #