The 5th Philippine Web Awards (2002)
November 29, 2002
The 5th Philippine Web Awards was held on November 29, 2002 at the Dusit Hotel Nikko in Makati, Philippines. It’s the fifth year that IT enthusiasts, web designers and developers again gather and anticipate who will win the country’s most sought for annual web awards.
Interestingly, the organizers added a theme to this year’s award which revolves around Anime, Robots, Fantasy & Cosplay
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 | Lopez Museum | http://www.lopez.museum.org.ph |
| Banking and Finance | Unionbankph.com | http://www.unionbankph.com |
| Celebrities & Personalities | Regine Velasquez | http://www.reginevelasquez.net |
| Commerce | Rustans Online | http://www.rustans.com |
| Community | Sysads.org | http://www.sysads.org |
| Corporate | Brushnetwork.com | http://www.brushnetwork.com |
| Education & Resource | 2studyit.com | http://www.2studyit.com |
| Government & Law | NAMRIA | http://www.namria.gov.ph |
| Home & Living | Kasal.com | http://www.kasal.com |
| Media | Juice.ph | http://www.juice.ph |
| Music | PhilMusic.Com | http://www.philmusic.com |
| News & Zines | GenerationRice | http://www.generationrice.com |
| Organizations | The Bangsamoro Online | http://www.bangsamoro.info |
| Personal | Skylight | http://nikki.katgyrl.com |
| Portal | PinoyCentral | http://www.pinoycentral.com |
| Recreation | NGETS Studio-PBA | http://www.surfshop.net.ph/pba2/default.asp |
| Services | ClicktheCity | http://www.clickthecity.com |
| Travel | Lakbay Pilipinas | http://www.lakbay-pilipinas.com.ph |
| Weird & Humor | Kubori Kikiam | http://www.kuborikikiam.com |
People’s Choice
| Category | Site Name | URL |
| Arts | PageDown | http://www.pagedown.net |
| Banking and Finance | Unionbankph.com | http://www.unionbankph.com |
| Celebrities & Personalities | Sharon Cuneta | http://www.sharoncuneta.com |
| Commerce | AVSurfer | http://www.avsurfer.com |
| Community | USTExchange.com | http://www.ustexchange.com |
| Corporate | Aboitiz-Container Services | http://www.aboitiz-containers.com |
| Education & Resource | Jose Rizal | http://www.joserizal.ph |
| Government & Law | House of Representatives | http://www.congress.gov.ph |
| Home & Living | Kasal.com | http://www.kasal.com |
| Media | ABS-CBN | http://www.abs-cbn.com |
| Music | PhilMusic.Com | http://www.philmusic.com |
| News & Zines | Inq7.net | http://www.inq7.net |
| Organizations | Ang Dating Daan | http://www.angdatingdaan.org |
| Personal | Inday | http://inday.heyey.com |
| Portal | Grabeh.com | http://www.grabeh.com |
| Recreation | Aqua Fortis Dragonboat Rowing Team | http://www.aquafortis.tk |
| Services | Crush Cow | http://www.crushcow.com |
| Travel | Lakbay Pilipinas | http://www.lakbay-pilipinas.com.ph |
| Weird & Humor | Ispup.com | http://www.ispup.com |
Special Awards
| Category | Site Name | URL |
| Villman Most Innovative Site | To The Games | http://www.tothegames.com |
| Yehey! Most Popular Site of the Year | Ang Dating Daan | http://www.angdating daan.org |
Original link to access list of winners: Internet Archive
Special Awards
The 2002 Philippine Web awards has two special awards — ‘Villman Most Innovative Site’ which was given to To The Games, and the ‘Yehey! Most Popular Site of the Year’ went to Ang Dating Daan which is also the winner in the People’s Choice in the Organizations category
5th year in a row for PhilMusic.com
The 5th Philippine Web Awards had 10 were repeat winners from the past Web awards years. The biggest winner of them, is yes, again PhilMusic.com by Jim Ayson. It won again the ‘Best Website – Music’ category, and also the People’s Choice Music category — now for the 5th year in a row. It now has a total of 10 awards for 5 years. No one still was able to defeat it in both the Best Music Website category and People’s Choice Music category for 5 years now.
Other Repeat Winners
Other repeat winners are
- Lopez Museum
- UnionbankPH
- PinoyCentral.com
- Sharon Cuneta Online (Ronnie Miranda- webmaster)
- Jose Rizal website (Ronald Guanzon – webmaster)
- Aboitiz
- ABS-CBN
- Inq7.net
- iSpup.com
- ClicktheCity
- Inday (Cheryl Fuerte aka Inday – webmaster)
- Skylight
Here comes the new winners
Engagingly new
There are many new winners this year compared to the previous years. This shows that there are more and more websites being created and honed to excellence that chances of repeat winners are getting less. New notable winners this year include To The Games which also won the Villman Most Innovative Site award, Kasal.com which bagged the Best Website and People’s Choice award under ‘Home and Living’, Ang Dating Daan which received two awards, Rustans Online for Best Website under Commerce, and RegineVelasquez.net as the Best Website under Celebrities & Personalities.
Other new winners include CrushCow, Aqua Fortis, the Philippine House of Representatives’ website, UST Exchange, AV Surver, Pagedown, Lakbay-Pilipinas, Kubori Kikiam, Bangsamoro Online, Juice.ph, Namria, 2studyit.com, Brushnetwork.com, Sysads.org, Grabeh.com, NgetsStudio-PBA.
Performers and presentors
Among the ones announced to present the awards are Akiko Thompson, Amanda Griffin, and Assunta da Rossi along with some industry bigwigs, such as Ver Peņa. Performers lined up are upcoming sultry R&B; artist Nina, the legendary Wally Gonzales of Juan de la Cruz band fame, and alt-pop band Session Road.
Pictures from the Awards
Who are the finalists?
Official list of finalists
Ref: Internet Archive Link
| caffemocha | www.caffemocha.com | |
| darkelephant | www.darkelephant.com | |
| Halfproject | www.halfproject.com | |
| Lopez Museum | www.lopezmuseum.org.ph | |
| PageDown | www.pagedown.net |
| Citibank Philippines | www.citibank.com.ph | |
| East West Bank | www.eastwestbanker.com | |
| Inq7Money | www.inq7money.net | |
| Philippine Stock Exchange | www.pse.com.ph | |
| Unionbankph.com | www.unionbankph.com |
| Darna Superheroine | www.geocities.com/darnasuperheroine | |
| KC Concepcion | www.kcconcepcion.com | |
| Ogie Alcasid | www.ogiealcasid.com | |
| Regine Velasquez | www.reginevelasquez.net | |
| Sharon Cuneta | www.sharoncuneta.com |
| GC Philippines | www.gcphilippines.com | |
| MyAyala.com | www.myayala.com | |
| PC Express | www.pcx.com.ph | |
| Rustans Online Supermarket | www.rustans.com | |
| Villman Computer Systems | www.villman.com |
| Close Up Planet | www.closeupplanet.com | |
| GlobalPinoy.com | www.globalpinoy.com | |
| PinoyExchange | www.pinoyexchange.com | |
| Sysads.org | www.sysads.org | |
| WeAreAnime.com | www.weareanime.com |
| Aboitiz Container Services | www.aboitiz-containers.com | |
| BrushNetwork.com | www.brushnetwork.com | |
| K2 Interactive | www.k2ia.com | |
| k-plast | www.k-plast.net | |
| Virtual Asia Internet | www.vasia.com |
| 2studyit.com | www.2studyit.com | |
| Bato Balani | www.batobalani.com | |
| Filipinas Heritage Library | www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph | |
| Jose Rizal | www.joserizal.ph | |
| Philippine Communication Centrum | www.comcentrum.ph |
| Government Service Insurance System | www.gsis.gov.ph | |
| House of Representatives | www.congress.gov.ph | |
| NAMRIA | www.namria.gov.ph | |
| National Statistical Coordination Board | www.nscb.gov.ph | |
| Philippine National Red Cross | www.redcross.org.ph |
| Doctor George | www.doctorgeorge.com.ph | |
| iFeelBetter.com.ph | www.ifeelbetter.com.ph | |
| Kasal.com | www.kasal.com | |
| The Wedding Library | www.weddinglibrary.com.ph | |
| Virtual Pub | www.virtual-asia.com/virtualpub |
| 5 and Up | www.5andup.com | |
| Gameplan | www.gameplan23.com | |
| Juice.ph | www.juice.ph | |
| RX93.1 | www.rx931.com | |
| TxTube | www.txtube.tv |
| LiveBands.com.ph | www.livebands.com.ph | |
| PhilMusic.com | www.philmusic.com | |
| Sony Music Entertainment | www.sonymusic.ph | |
| Titik Pilipino | www.titikpilipino.com |
| ABS-CBN News | www.abs-cbnnews.com | |
| Generationrice | generationrice.com | |
| Indie Filipino | www.indiefilipino.com | |
| Inq7.net | www.inq7.net | |
| Maarte.org | www.maarte.org |
| Ayala Foundation | www.ayalafoundation.org | |
| The Bangsamoro Online | www.bangsamoro.org | |
| The Vince Hizon Foundation | www.vincehizonfoundation.org | |
| UP Green League | www.upgreenleague.org | |
| UP Mountaineers | www.upmountaineers.org.ph |
| Cynthia, Inside | www.bauzon.ph/cynthia | |
| Redberger | www.redberger.com | |
| Skylight | nikki.katgyrl.com | |
| swirlcentral50 | www.circa-sys.com/jason | |
| TayM Matsing | www.republihk.org/matsing |
| Cybertambayan | www.cybertambayan.com | |
| Grabeh.com | www.grabeh.com | |
| MyPhilippines.com | www.myphilippines.com | |
| PinoyCentral | www.pinoycentral.com | |
| ThePinoy | www.thepinoy.com |
| Delta Force Sniper Corps | www.geocities.com/dfsnipercorps | |
| Level Up Games | www.level-up-games.com | |
| Milo | www.milo.com.ph | |
| NGETS Studio – PBA | www.surfshop.net.ph/pba2/default.asp | |
| To The Games | www.tothegames.com |
| Buyncell.com | www.buyncell.com/default.shtml | |
| cell.exchange.ph | www.cell.exchange.ph | |
| ClicktheCity | www.clickthecity.com | |
| Jobstreet.com Philippines | www.jobstreet.com.ph |
| Club Noah Isabelle | www.clubnoah.com.ph/ | |
| Lakbay Pilipinas | www.lakbay-pilipinas.coms.ph | |
| SuperCat Fast Ferry | www.supercat.com.ph | |
| Viaje.ph | www.viaje.ph | |
| Wow Philippines | www.wowphilippines.com.ph |
| Abu Sayyaf Online | www.fractalcow.com/abusayyaf | |
| djoks.com | www.dyoks.com | |
| Kubori Kikiam | www.kuborikikiam.com | |
| PLDT.com | www.pldt.com | |
| sapang jologs sa kanto | sakanto.dekarabaw.com |
Who are the semi-finalists?
Official list of semi-finalists
Ref: Internet Archive Link
| caffemocha | www.caffemocha.com | |
| Celsius | www.celsius.com.ph | |
| darkelephant | www.darkelephant.com | |
| Eyeball Design | www.eyeball-design.com | |
| Halfproject | www.halfproject.com | |
| HPESOJ : Transkript | www.hpesoj.com/hpesoj/transkript | |
| Jose Illenberger Online Portfolio | www.joseillenberger.com | |
| Lopez Museum | www.lopezmuseum.org.ph | |
| Minimumorder | www.minimumorder.com | |
| PageDown | www.pagedown.net |
| Asian Development Bank | www.adb.org | |
| Banco de Oro | www.bdo.com.ph | |
| BPI Direct | www.bpidirect.com | |
| Citibank Philippines | www.citibank.com.ph | |
| East West Bank | www.eastwestbanker.com | |
| Inq7Money | www.inq7money.net | |
| Philippine Stock Exchange | www.pse.com.ph | |
| Philstocks.net | www.philstocks.net | |
| UCPB Connect | www.ucpb.com | |
| Union Bank of the Philippines | www.unionbankph.com |
| Darna Superheroine | www.geocities.com/darnasuperheroine | |
| Jannelle So | www.jannelleso.com | |
| KC Concepcion | www.kcconcepcion.com | |
| Ogie Alcasid | www.ogiealcasid.com | |
| Regine Velasquez | www.reginevelasquez.net | |
| Sharon Cuneta | www.sharoncuneta.com |
| Asianmoves.com | www.asianmoves.com | |
| AVSurfer.com | www.avsurfer.com | |
| Divisoria.com | www.divisoria.com | |
| GC Philippines | www.gcphilippines.com | |
| Island Rose | www.islandrose.net | |
| Learning is Fun! | www.learningisfun.ph | |
| MyAyala.com | www.myayala.com | |
| PC Express | www.pcx.com.ph | |
| Rustans Online Supermarket | www.rustans.com | |
| Villman Computer Systems | www.villman.com |
| Chikahan | www.chikahan.com | |
| Close Up Planet | www.closeupplanet.com | |
| GlobalPinoy.com | www.globalpinoy.com | |
| Peyups.com | www.peyups.com | |
| PhilOtaku.net | www.philotaku.net | |
| PinoyExchange | www.pinoyexchange.com | |
| Sysads.org | www.sysads.org | |
| Tsinoy.com | www.tsinoy.com | |
| USTExchange.com | www.ustexchange.com | |
| WeAreAnime.com | www.weareanime.com |
| Aboitiz Container Services | www.aboitiz-containers.com | |
| BrushNetwork.com | www.brushnetwork.com | |
| Caliraya Recreation | www.caliraya.com | |
| Ford Philippines | www.ford.com.ph | |
| K2 Interactive | www.k2ia.com | |
| k-plast | www.k-plast.net | |
| Radioactivemedia Design Technologies | www.radioactivemedia.biz | |
| Virtual Asia Internet | www.vasia.com |
| 2studyit.com | www.2studyit.com | |
| Bato Balani | www.batobalani.com | |
| Filipinas Heritage Library | www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph | |
| Halabira.com | www.halabira.com | |
| Jose Rizal | www.joserizal.ph | |
| Philippine Communication Centrum | www.comcentrum.ph |
| Bureau of Customs | www.customs.gov.ph | |
| Department of Agrarian Reform | www.dar.gov.ph | |
| Department of Health | www.doh.gov.ph | |
| Department of Science and Technology | www.dost.gov.ph | |
| Gov.ph | www.gov.ph | |
| Government Service Insurance System | www.gsis.gov.ph | |
| House of Representatives | www.congress.gov.ph | |
| NAMRIA | www.namria.gov.ph | |
| National Statistical Coordination Board | www.nscb.gov.ph | |
| Philippine National Red Cross | www.redcross.org.ph |
| Doctor George | www.doctorgeorge.com.ph | |
| FemaleNetwork.com | www.femalenetwork.com | |
| Cream Cooking | www.creamcooking.com | |
| iFeelBetter.com.ph | www.ifeelbetter.com.ph | |
| Kasal.com | www.kasal.com | |
| lutongbahay | www.lutongbahay.com | |
| Moms World | www.momsworld.com.ph | |
| Shopcrazy | www.shopcrazy.com.ph | |
| The Wedding Library | www.weddinglibrary.com.ph | |
| Virtual Pub | www.virtual-asia.com/virtualpub |
| 5 and Up | www.5andup.com | |
| ABS-CBN | www.abs-cbn.com | |
| Crossover 105.1 | www.crossover.com.ph | |
| Gameplan | www.gameplan23.com | |
| iGMA.tv | www.igma.tv | |
| Juice.ph | www.juice.ph | |
| Killerbee | www.killerbee.fm | |
| Mowelfund Film Institute | www.mfi.com.ph | |
| RX93.1 | www.rx931.com | |
| TxTube | www.txtube.tv |
| LiveBands.com.ph | www.livebands.com.ph | |
| PhilMusic.com | www.philmusic.com | |
| Sony Music Entertainment | www.sonymusic.ph | |
| Titik Pilipino | www.titikpilipino.com |
| ABS-CBN News | www.abs-cbnnews.com | |
| Candymag.com | www.candymag.com | |
| Generationrice | generationrice.com | |
| Indie Filipino | www.indiefilipino.com | |
| Inq7.net | www.inq7.net | |
| Maarte.org | www.maarte.org | |
| Manila Bulletin | www.mb.com.ph | |
| Philippine Business | www.philippinebusiness.com.ph | |
| Shoeboxed | www.shoeboxed.com | |
| Those Brown Eyes | www.thosebrowneyes.com |
| Ang Dating Daan | www.angdatingdaan.org | |
| Ayala Foundation | www.ayalafoundation.org | |
| Makati Business Club | www.mbc.com.ph | |
| Rico Yan Youth Foundation | www.ricoyan.com | |
| The Bangsamoro Online | www.bangsamoro.org | |
| The Vince Hizon Foundation | www.vincehizonfoundation.org | |
| Tri Tech | tri-tech.tripod.com | |
| UP Computer Society | upcompsoc.deep-ice.com | |
| UP Green League | www.upgreenleague.org | |
| UP Mountaineers | www.upmountaineers.org.ph |
| blacksoulsunday | www.blacksoulsunday.com | |
| Cynthia, Inside | www.bauzon.ph/cynthia | |
| I See | www.patricktan.tk | |
| Inday | inday.heyey.com | |
| Redberger | www.redberger.com | |
| Romelo | www.romelo.com | |
| Skylight | nikki.katgyrl.com | |
| swirlcentral50 | www.circa-sys.com/jason | |
| TayM Matsing | www.republihk.org/matsing | |
| Yoru | jiyoru.tripod.com |
| Cybertambayan | www.cybertambayan.com | |
| Grabeh.com | www.grabeh.com | |
| MyPhilippines.com | www.myphilippines.com | |
| PinoyCentral | www.pinoycentral.com | |
| ThePinoy | www.thepinoy.com |
| Aqua Fortis Dragonboat Rowing Team | www.aquafortis.tk | |
| Delta Force Sniper Corps | www.geocities.com/dfsnipercorps | |
| Disc13 | www.disc13.com | |
| Level Up Games | www.level-up-games.com | |
| Milo | www.milo.com.ph | |
| NGETS Studio – PBA | www.surfshop.net.ph/pba2/default.asp | |
| Philippine Basketball Association | www.pba.com.ph | |
| To The Games | www.tothegames.com | |
| University Belt | www.universitybelt.com | |
| UPFight.com | www.upfight.com |
| BayanHost | www.bayanhost.com | |
| Buyncell.com | www.buyncell.com/default.shtml | |
| cell.exchange.ph | www.cell.exchange.ph | |
| Chikka Instant Messenger | www.chikka.com | |
| ClicktheCity | www.clickthecity.com | |
| CrushCow Moobile Personals | www.crushcow.com | |
| EYP.ph | www.eyp.ph | |
| JobsDB.com.ph | www.jobsdb.com.ph | |
| Jobstreet.com Philippines | www.jobstreet.com.ph | |
| PinoyKards.com | www.pinoykards.com |
| Club Noah Isabelle | www.clubnoah.com.ph/ | |
| Davao City | www.davaocity.cjb.net | |
| El Nido Resorts | www.elnidoresorts.com | |
| Lakbay Pilipinas | www.lakbay-pilipinas.coms.ph | |
| SuperCat Fast Ferry | www.supercat.com.ph | |
| Surigao | surigao.tripod.com | |
| TravelSmart | www.travelsmart.net | |
| Viaje.ph | www.viaje.ph | |
| Wow Philippines | www.wowphilippines.com.ph |
| Abu Sayyaf Online | www.fractalcow.com/abusayyaf | |
| djoks.com | www.dyoks.com | |
| iSpup.com | www.ispup.com | |
| Kubori Kikiam | www.kuborikikiam.com | |
| Nuda Veritas | www.pixelworks.com.ph/nudaveritas | |
| PLDT.com | www.pldt.com | |
| sapang jologs sa kanto | sakanto.dekarabaw.com |
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