The Best of Pinoy Web (week ending 01/08/10)

Every day, I scour the Pinoy web to find the most interesting Philippine-related and Filipino-grown articles, tweets, pictures and videos of the week. Then every Sunday, I share my best finds here. If you think I missed something really cool during the past week, please write about it in the comments. ^_^

There’s a new section devoted to links related to the upcoming Philippine elections.

For The 2010 Philippine Elections

How to Vote in An Automated Election (Updated 1/5/10)

(Photo) Quiapo parish priest tells politicians who are not devotees to stay away from this year’s festivities

Philippine politicians now hiring bloggers and managers for facebook and twitter

“i’d like to understand how can a presidentiable can overlook a simple matter such as intellectual property. command responsibility.”
~ 1ricoblanco on Twitter regarding the use of his song “Posible” on Gibo Teodoro’s political TV ad

Newsworthy

Philippine holidays and long-weekend schedule for 2010

Lourd de Veyra on 2010: “I predict a riot”

(Photos) News in Pictures: Victims of Ondoy and Pepeng Celebrate New Year

Longest solar eclipse to be seen January 15

(Photo) Blood from the 4 injured shoppers stains the floor of the Block in SM City North EDSA after portions of the glass ceiling fell.

Yoko Ono donates P2.5M to ‘Ondoy’ victims

Entertainment: Music, Movies and TV

Should Efren Peñaflorida be criticized for publicly expressing his intent to court Angel Locsin? Why?

Carmina Topacio – THE NEW WONDER GIRL?

(Photo) Ramon Bautista: Habang kinakanta ko ang awiting “Dreaming of You” ni Selena

(Photo) Julius Babao: Duet kami ni mike enriquez he he

Concerts, plays, and shows to watch in 2010

Technology

WordTrotter Becomes the First Filipino Video Game on Facebook!

Globe Tracker GPS helped recover Hijacked Truck

Notable Tweets

Survival tip #1 for new year: Live below your means.
Survival tip #2 for new year: Junk what does not serve you.
Survival tip #3 for new year: In everything you do, create value or awesomeness.
~ jimparedes

Kuya Efren (on Angel Locsin) : “Limang taon ko siyang ipinagdasal, sana siya na nga talaga”
~ juliusbabao

Dear MMDA: Please stop wasting my money on a metropolitan-wide paint job! There are exponentially worthier causes. #epicfail
~ random_salt

To Cebu Pacific: Selling cheap tickets doesn’t give you the right to discriminate and insult special children.
~ tonyocruz

Time, I’ve been passing time watching trains go by… – Guard sa MRT.
~ tyroncaliente

What do we call the Efren&Angel loveteam? PEN-SIN (Penaflorida-Locsin)? Heroic Angel (He’s a hero/She’s an angel)? Pwede rin ito: HER-gel!
~ jovefrancisco

Search Yahoo! for “pre-marital sex” (with the dash) – it will suggest “bibliography of jose rizal” – ???
~ mparaz

If you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. http://bit.ly/6JXlXp
~ arnoldgamboa

Life

New Year. Same Fear?
by Rodney Garcia

We, the living (Method To Madness)
by Patricia Evangelista

(Photos) Manila in the 60’s. Beautiful!

3 Simple Ways to Teach Children About Charity
by Rodge Bucao

A Quiapo Feast
by Jenny Orillos