The 6th Philippine Web Awards (2003)

The 6th Philippine Web Awards was held in 2003 in Greenbelt Onstage in Makati, Philippines. It’s the sixth year that IT enthusiasts, web designers and developers again gather and anticipate who will win.

The organizers have set this year’s theme to be inspired by The Matrix.

The awards is created and organized by THE WEB Philippines (a bi-monthly publication of WS Computer Publishing Corporation, Philippine licensee of the International Data Group IDG).

Best Web Sites

Category Site Name URL
Arts Inksurge www.inksurge.com
Banking and Finance Union Bank of the Philippines www.unionbankph.com
Celebrities & Personalities Cindy Kurleto-Official Site www.cindykurleto.com
Community PhilMUG www.philmug.org
Corporate Pilipinas Teleserve www.teleserv.com.ph
E-Commerce PC Corner Online www.pccorner.com.ph
E-Government EPIC.org.ph www.epic.org.ph
E-Learning Library Link www.librarylink.org.ph
E-Services Click the City.com www.clickthecity.com
E-Travel Supercat www.supercat.com.ph
Home & Living www.Lovegarden.net www.lovegarden.net
Magazines & Zines maArte ezine www.maarte.org
Music Titik Pilipino-The Online Resource for Filipino Songs www.titikpilipino.com
News ABS-CBN News abs-cbnnews.com
Organizations The UP Mountaineers www.upmountaineers.org.ph
Personal Babytuknene www.babytuknene.com
Portal Grabeh.com www.grabeh.com
Recreation PBA Live 2003 www.pbalive.panelo.com
Schools Ateneo De Manila University www.admu.edu.ph
SMEs I Manila www.i-manila.com.ph
Weird Kubori Kikiam www.kuborikikiam.com

 

People’s Choice

Category Site Name URL
Arts Love Grocery www.lovegrocery.com
Banking and Finance Union Bank of the Philippines www.unionbankph.com
Celebrities & Personalities Cindy Kurleto-Official Site www.cindykurleto.com
Community Global Pinoy www.globalpinoy.com
Corporate Smart Telecommunications www.smart.com.ph
E-Commerce AV Surfer www.avsurfer.com
E-Government Philippine Government Portal www.gov.ph
E-Learning Library Link www.librarylink.org.ph
E-Services Chikka www.chikka.com.ph
E-Travel WG & A Superferry www.wgasuperferry.com/travel
Home & Living Kasal.com www.kasal.com
Magazines & Zines Liberal Philippines Magazine www.inq7liberal-philippines.com
Music Monster Radio RX 93.1 www.rx931.com
News WebTV Webcasting Media www.webtv.angdatingdaan.net
Organizations The UP Mountaineers www.upmountaineers.org.ph
Personal Babytuknene www.babytuknene.com
Portal Grabeh.com www.grabeh.com
Recreation PBA Live 2003 www.pbalive.panelo.com
Schools DE La Salle www.dlsu.edu.ph
SMEs Folded & Hung www.foldedandhung.com
Weird Lawin’s World www.wonderfools.com

 

Special Awards

Most Popular Site of the Year Ang Dating Daan www.angdating daan.net
Best Wireless Application ePLDT-mobile game
*Aramith’s Quest*
www.tothegames.com

Original link to access list of winners:
Internet Archive


Special Awards

The 2003 Philippine Web awards has two special awards — ‘Best Wireless Application’ which was given to ePLDT-mobile game *Aramith’s Quest*, and the ‘Most Popular Site of the Year’ went again to Ang Dating Daan which is also the winner in the previous year.


 

 

 

The year when a new winner emerged for the Music category, Personal category

The 6th Philippine Web Awards finally had an entry that topped PhilMusic.com, the sole winner for the past 5 years in the Music category. TitikPilipino.com by webmaster JayDJ De Jesus won in the Best Website – Music category. Meanwhile the People’s Choice award for the Music category went to RX93.1 by webmaster RG Guanzon. A new personal website category winner emerged which bagged both Best Website and People’s Choice award, BabyTuknene.com, which has taken the winning streak of Inday in the personal website category.

 

Less repeat winners

There were noticeably less repeat winners this year compared to the previous years. Old-timers that won are: LibraryLink, ClicktheCity, ABS-CBN, UP Mountaineers, Kubori Kikiam, UnionbankPH, AV Surver, Kasal.com, and Grabeh.com.