Filipino of the Year goes interactive

How does one express his or her choice for the Inquirer Filipino of the Year in 140 characters? Simple. Type out the name of the chosen one with the hashtag #FilipinooftheYear. Press Tweet. Boom! That’s it.

How does one express his or her choice for the Inquirer Filipino of the Year in 140 characters? Simple. Type out the name of the chosen one with the hashtag #FilipinooftheYear. Press Tweet. Boom! That’s it.

After a month-long voting process, the public has chosen the late Interior Secretary Jesse M. Robredo as the WikiPinoy for 2012, according to a local online, free content encyclopedia group.

Two of the country’s celebrated personalities who passed away this year were the top newsmakers of 2012, based on the number of times stories about them on search engine Google.com.

Go, Leni! Leni Robredo’s decision to seek a congressional seat in Camarines Sur met with more cheers than jeers from netizens, most of whom also expressed surprise at her sudden change of mind.

Former Chief Justice Renato Corona, the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo and boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao topped the list of most-searched Filipino newsmakers in the first nine months of the year, according to the listing of search engine Google.

An iPad tablet during Mass? Are you serious? Fr. Efren Balistoy, chaplain of the Bureau of Fire Protection, and Fr. Antonio Gerente, chaplain of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, notably used iPad instead of the usual Bible during the mass offered for the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo on Wednesday, according to a report of Radyo Inquirer 990AM.