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Appointment of MozillaPH Regional Coordinator for Northern Mindanao

With the aim of growing the Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) beyond the reach of existing Mozilla Reps in the country, we started to appoint the very first Regional Coordinator last 2015. Frederick Villaluna, the Philippines’ very first Regional Coordinator has since then evolved to become a full pledged Mozilla Rep. It is with joy and pride that we announce the appointment of Romar Mayer Micabalo as the very first MozillaPH Regional Coordinator for Northern Mindanao effective today. A long time… Read the rest
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New Regional Coordinator for Negros Occidental: Lenuel Betita

We are happy to announce the appointment of Mr. Lenuel Betita as the new Mozilla Philippines Community Regional Coordinator for Negros Occidental replacing Mr. Frederick Villaluna, who is now Luzon-based, effective 01 Dec 2015. Leny, as he is known in the region, is a product of AMA Computer College and is currently teaching at the La Consolacion College – Bacolod handling subjects on Web Development, Mobile Technology, eCommerce and Database Management. Being a developer by heart, Leny’s expertise in this… Read the rest
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Regional Coordinator for Negros Occidental: Frederick Villaluna

It is with pride and honor that we introduce to you the very first Mozilla Philippines Community Regional Coordinator: Mr. Frederick Villaluna. Frederick will be our Regional Coordinator for the province of Negros Occidental. He is a university professor and freelance web developer based in Bacolod City. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from AMA Computer University and a Master’s Degree in Information Technology from the University of Saint La Salle. At present, he is finishing his Bachelor’s… Read the rest
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MozillaPH Regional Coordinators

Mozilla’s mission is to promote openness, innovation and opportunity on the Web. Being one of the Mozilla Reps in a country with more than 7,000 islands, it is rather hard to spread our mission to each and every Filipino when time is not on your side (us, being Mozilla volunteers and there are just 9 Mozilla Reps in the Philippines now). We need to expand our reach. During one of the brainstorming sessions the leadership of MozillaPH had weeks ago… Read the rest
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MozCoffee Cebu 1Q2015

Since Kim and I have a day to spare in Cebu City, we hosted a meetup (MozCoffee) with Mozillians from here tonight. It was rather an informal gathering of old and new Mozillians, especially new FSA (Firefox Student Ambassador) recruits. More photos from the MozCoffee here. All attendees will be receiving a MozCoffee badge via Badges.Mozilla.org. A million thanks to The TIDE Cebu for selflessly hosting the meetup. We enjoyed our day at your co-working space (now we know where… Read the rest
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Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2015

I flew to Cebu City late last night together with fellow Mozilla Rep Kemuel Domanog to attend the second day of Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2015. Global Voices is a volunteer community of more than 1,200 writers, analyst, online media experts and translators. Global voices has been leading the conversation on citizen media reporting since 2005. I was invited as one of the panel speakers to discuss “Filipino Indigenous Languages in Citizen Media.” With me in the panel is… Read the rest