The Aquinas University of Legazpi took home the People’s Choice Award for Best School Website at the 11th Philippine Web Awards ceremonies in Makati City last Friday, February 27, 2009. The AQ website bested several other nominees in the Best School Website to clinch the title via SMS and online voting. The Philippine Web Awards or the “PWA” is given annually to honor the best Filipino-made websites, their designers and developers.

This is the first time Aquinas University of Legazpi has joined the PWAs and emerged triumphant in its category. For the 11th PWAs, there were 100 websites across 18 categories including Corporate, SMEs, Organizations, Schools, E-Commerce, News & Media, Lifestyle & Leisure, and Blogs, that made it through to the semi-finals. Seventy nine websites made it to the finals and 37 were named the best and most popular in their categories.

The awarding ceremonies were held at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City last February 27, 2009.

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