UNTV, Razon, Soriano sites top 10th Philippine Web Awards

11/25/2007 | 10:24 PM

Three websites associated with religious leader Eliseo Soriano dominated the 10th Philippine Web Awards (PWA) Friday night – www.angdatingdaan.com, the official site of Soriano's The Church of God International; www.danielrazon.com, the official site of broadcaster Daniel Razon, Soriano's nephew; and www.untvweb.com, the official site of UNTV 37, where Soriano's Ang Dating Daan is among the top programs.

The Church of God official site won, through SMS voting, as the Most Popular Website, on top of being named the People's Choice in the Organizations category.

Razon's site won in the Celebrities and Personalities category, getting the People's Choice award as well. The site edged out the Alaska Aces website and the Blaze of Glory site of GMANews.TV.

In the News and Media category, the UNTV site also edged out GMANews.TV, last year's winner. It also grabbed the People's Choice award for the category.

The People's Choice award in each category is determined by SMS voting. The main award for each category is picked by judges, both foreign and local, composed of veteran web artists, content writers, and designers, have evaluated all the 69 Web site finalists.

The finals round ended last November 15 and the scores of each finalist were tabulated by the auditors of Punongbayan & Araullo accounting firm, the 10th PWA official auditors.

The other winners in each category:

• Arts and Portfolio - Einsteinarts (www.einstenarts.com)
People's Choice - Einsteinarts (www.einsteinarts.com)

• Blogs - Touched by An Angel (www.aboutmyrecovery.com)
People's Choice - Pinoy Mone Talk (www.pinoymoneytalk.com)

• Community and Portal - e-Yellowpages (www.eyp.ph)
People's Choice - Kaanib.net - Christian Community Online (www.kaanib.net)

• Corporate - Ayala Land International Sales Inc. (www.atayala.com)
People's Choice - ChinaBank Online (www.chinabank.ph)

• E-Commerce - PinoyDVD (www.pinoydvd.biz)
People's Choice - Sulit Community (sulit.com.ph)

• E-Local Government Unit (City) - Marikina City Government (www.marikina.gov.ph)
People's Choice - Marikina City Government (www.marikina.gov.ph)

• E-Local Government Unit (Municipality) - San Rafael (Bulacan) Municipal Government (www.sanrafael.gov.ph)
People's Choice - San Rafael (Bulacan) Municipal Government (www.sanrafael.gov.ph)

• E-Local Government Unit (Province) - Bulacan Provincial Government (www.bulacan.gov.ph)
People's Choice - Bulacan Provincial Government (www.bulacan.gov.ph)

• Lifestyle and Leisure - Levelup Games (levelupgames.ph)
People's Choice - Levelup Games (levelupgames.ph)

• Organizations - Ilustrador ng Kabataan (ink.group.ph)
People's Choice - Church of God International (www.angdatingdaan.org)

• Personal - Project Typecast (www.seening.org)
People's Choice -Philippine Website (philippinewebsite.com)

• Schools - Enderun Colleges Inc. (www.enderuncolleges.com)
People's Choice - Smart Schools Program (www.smartschools.ph)

• SMEs - Bos Coffee Club (www.boscoffeeclub.com)
People's Choice - IT Group Inc. (www.itgroup.com.ph)

The awarding ceremonies, hosted by Donita Rose and Gelli Mateo, were held at the Teatrino Theatre and Bar in Greenhills, San Juan. Two bands – The Brass Monkey and Join The Club – provided music for the party after the awarding. - GMANews.TV

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