No need for a long introduction, you know what I post on Sundays here on PinoyBlogero. Here’s another batch of the Pinoy blogosphere weekend recap for the second Sunday of this month.

• Senator Loren Legarda has urged law enforcement agencies to shut down a certain Philippine-based adult website called BoyBastos.com. For news sources: Go here and here.
• Yuga from Yugatech.com reports that the NBI had been issued a clearance to search Mike Verzo’s house (Owner of BoyBastos). He then shares some tips on how bloggers could avoid getting the BoyBastos treatment from those people from up high.
• Want more on BoyBastos? Here are some articles about it from other blogs in the Pinoy blogosphere:
  • BoyBastos: The First Philippine Problogger to be arrested
  • Boy Bastos Under the Scrutiny of Philippine Authorities
  • Freedome of Expression and BoyBastos.com
  • Does Mark Verzo Stand A Chance?
• The people over at Blogger’s Kapihan held their very first Kapihan event, “Blogging Beyond the Basics” talk last September 8, 2007 at the Advanced Sciences and Technology Building AVR of Philippine Science High School. Speakers of the event were Abe Oladres, Victor Villanueva, and Manuel Quezon III.
• Pinoy bloggers voice out their concern on the horrible fate of Chris Mendez and frat violence inside school communities.
  • Apathy: The Most Cold-Hearted Murderer of Them All
  • Cris Mendez, DEAD - Justice for the Boy, When?
  • Hazing, a culture issue
  • A Boy is Dead
  • Dying Young… in the hands of your “Brothers”
  • Aboloshing Fraternities: Why it wont work
• Pinoy Top Blogs, one of the most well-known blog ranking site here in the Philippines, is now under the watch of Enthropia Philippines after an agreement with its previous owner, Abe Olandres, that they will be handling the operations of the said ranking site.

• The Winners of PinoyBlogosphere.com’s Wika2007 has already been announced. Congratulations to all the winners:

Grand Prize: Tungo sa pagbabanyuhay by Ding Fuellos

Second Prize: Naykupu! by Ynon

Third Prize: Ang Obra by Feddie Marc S. Perez

Misteryosa Awards: 1. ‘THE’ Filipino Language: WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS MEAN??? by Frances Paola G. Doplon 2. A Language We All Need to Learn by Ayel

Participants’ Choice Award: Pista ng Wikang Filipino/The Spectacle of the Filipino Language by Marocharim

Consolation Prizes: 1. Ang paradigm shift at ang mga erehe ng KWF by Willy Prilles, Jr. 2. Wika at Musika by Garry Victor Urbi

• On the other side of the blogosphere, Paolo from PaoloMendoza.com has also announced the winners of his very own blog awards which he calls “The Pinoy Evil Blog Awards”

Top 10 Emerging Influential Blog by Reflective Thinking most controversial blog

Marco, the site guy and Mike Villar, sidekick evil blog of the year

Harsh Poetic Chaos philosophical bastard award for machiavellian theories

Happyslip coolest pinoy video blogger

Helga hot hot hot as jalapeno pinoy blogger award

Jessica Zafra most kick ass writer of the year

Sagot! Sagot! Supot! best blog rant of the year

Saging Lang Ang May Puso crackhead video award

Batang Yagit boy bastos writing award

Erase-Her.net poop award

See you guys next week! Happy Blogging!