1998: San Miguel Draft Beer

San Miguel Draft Beer goes online. This is the first full e-commerce site operating from the Philippines.  The proponents were World Port (an Internet services consulting firm), IBM, San Miguel Coporation, nd Equitable Card Network; with the support of Intelligent Wave Philippines, and Infocom Technologies Incorporated; working with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the E-Commerce Promotion Council of the Philippines (ECPC).  This showed that the Philippines is capable of facilitating online commerce.

San Miguel Draft Beer in 1999

February 1998: Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operating Technology

Local ISP´s  IPhil Communications, Mindgate Systems and Worldtel Philippines host the third APRICOT (Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operating Technology).  This technical conference was held at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.  Internet Engineering experts from all over the world came to hold technical sessions and tutorials.  This conference has been held every year since 1996, and is hosted by a city in the Asia-Pacific region.  The event is also an important face-to-face social gathering for industry professionals.

APRICOT in 1996