After just a month of existence, we are proud to say that the Belo Medical Group blog is making waves in cyberspace! The Digital Filipino Club named us the Best Corporate blog at the recently held Digital Filipino Web Awards.

The awarding ceremony happened last November 5, 2008 at Taste Asia, SM Mall of Asia. The event was graced by Digital Filipino club members, last year’s winners, as well as the current winners from the different categories.

1. Apparel / Fashion Category – Tesoro’s Philippine Handicrafts and Barongs
2. Art Category – Hiraya
3. Association / Organization Category – Information Technology Association of the Philippines
4. Auction / Shopping Portal Category – KabayanCentral
5. Automotive Category – AutoIndustriya
6. Beauty Category – Godiva
7. Blog – Corporate Category – The Belo Medical Group Blog
8. Blog – Personal Category – The D Spot
9. Blog – Professional Category – Tech at Hand
10. Books Category – OMF Literature
11. Community Category – TipidPC
12. Computer / Consumer Electronics Category – Villman Computers Philippines
13. Consumer Banking / Bills Payment Category – Philippine National Bank
14. Corporate / Professional Category – Syntactics
15. Events / Conferences Category – WordCamp Philippines
16. Financial Services Category – Absolute Traders
17. Food Category – Filipino Recipes
18. Games Category – RF Online Philippines
19. Gifts Category – Express Regalo
20. Guides / Review Category – ClickTheCity.com
21. Home Furnishings / Improvement Category – Philippine Interior Design & Feng Shui Tips
22. Jobs / Employment Category – MyNimo
23. Magazine Category – Candymag.com
24. Music / Movie/ Film Category – TitikPilipino
25. Newspaper Category – Inquirer.net
26. Pharmaceuticals Category – GlaxoSmithKline Philippines
27. Podcast Category – The Daily PCIJ
28. Politics Category – Filipino Voices
29. Real Estate Category – BF Homes Properties
30. School / University Category – De La Salle University – Manila
31. Services Category – Load.com.ph
32. Social Networking Category – GreatPinoy!
33. Tourism Category – Cebu CeBoom CeBlog
    
34. Travel Category – Philippine Airlines

The criteria for judging was explained thoroughly by Digital Filipino Club founder Ms. Janette Toral. In between the distribution of awards, short talks were conducted by the event sponsors. It was an interesting afternoon where people behind websites and blogs got a chance to mingle and share success stories. Belo is proud to have been a part of the event.

We would like to express our innermost thanks to the Digital Filipino club members headed by Ms. Janette Toral, the Belo Bloggers Barkada, Jehzeel Laurente and all the visitors of this blog.

Photo Credits: Carl Valenzona and Azrael Colladilla