December 9, 1998. This day is a memorable day in the Internet history of the Philippines. The first national award-giving body for excellent websites, the 1st Philippine Webby Awards (brought to you by IDG, and The Web) is happening on this very day, and yes, the Donna Cruz website is a part of this event.
The Donna Cruz website won as People’s Choice for Best Film/Celebrity site (it is also one of the 5 finalists). Thank you to all the site visitors who supported and voted for this site.
The night was full of people that are considered very cool and ‘gods’ of the Philippine internet industry then: Ronnie Miranda (the webmaster of The Sharon Cuneta website) is there, Jim Ayson, creator of PhilMusic.com, and many more. They make these really cool and sophisticated websites.This is the "We've been nominated!" nominee icon of the 1998 Philippine Webby Awards.
The full list of winners of the 1st Philippine Webby Awards can be found in the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20110107081940/http://www.theweb.com.ph:80/1st-philippine-web-awards-1998/