Some wonderful news! The NTFP-EP website (www.ntfp.org) is a semi-finalist in the 11th Philippine Web Awards, the annual search for the best Filipino-owned and developed websites!

NTF-EP gives a huge thanks to our web developers and webhost, i4Asia. NTFP-EP has been working with i4Asia (http://www.i4asiacorp.com) since ntfp.org’s redesign and continues to be our partner with the development of the databases.

As an official semifinalist in the Organizations category (cause-oriented and non-profits), www.ntfp.org will be competing with eight other entries in the pre-finals round.

Judges will be selecting the top five sites based on the following criteria: Design – 25%, Usability- 25%, Functionality – 25%, Content – 25%.

VOTE FOR US! Voting starts on November 10 via SMS (Philippines only) and online voting (open to international votes). The entry that gets the most number of votes in each category wins the People’s Choice Award for that category.

To VOTE: 1. Online voting: Visit the Philippine Web Awards website (http://www.philippinewebawards.com/pages/login.asp) and create an account. Login everyday and cast your vote!

2. SMS voting (Philippines only):
Text WEBBYS(space)VOTE(space)CANDIDATE ID
*74 is the Candidate ID

Just type: WEBBYS VOTE 74

Send to:
2973 for Globe/Touch Mobile subscribers

Visit for details http://www.philippinewebawards.com/pages/sms.asp

Voting ends at 12 midnight on 26 February 2009. Winners will be announced during the awarding ceremonies on February 27 and will be published in the PWA site.

Entries making it to the finals round will be announced on 31 December 2008. Final judging for the best website in each category runs from 15 January – 15 February 2009.

For more information, please see: http://www.philippinewebawards.com/pages/news_entry.asp?id=41