Mozilla Reps News Regional

MozillaPH Governance Structure Formalized with the MozillaPH Council Launch

The Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) has been operating as the local arm of the global non-profit Mozilla, makers of the Firefox web browser and other awesome web stuff, for more than a decade now. From 2009, MozillaPH had three (03) Community Managers: Regnard Raquedan, Eusebio “Jun” Barrun, Jr., and Faye Tandog. When the last Community Manager left the organization a couple of years ago, the MozillaPH, as a community, has been operating under the guidance of existing Mozilla Reps, active… Read the rest
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New Female Mozilla Rep for the Philippines Named

The Mozilla Philippines Community is happy and proud to announce the acceptance of Ms. Erika Aurea Gatmaitan (simply Erika to most tech communities in the Philippines) as the latest addition to the roster of Pinoy (or shall we say, Pinay) Mozilla Reps in the country. Erika’s journey of being a Mozillian started around four years ago when she joined the Firefox Student Ambassador (FSA) Program while still studying at the Far Eastern University (FEU) Makati. It was during her stint… Read the rest
Mozilla Reps News

Frederick Villaluna: New Mozilla Rep in the Philippines

The Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) is proud and happy to announce the acceptance of Pinoy Mozillian extraordinaire, Frederick Villaluna to the Mozilla Reps (ReMo) Program. Frederick hails from Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. He is a Computer Science graduate from Asia’s first IT university: AMA Computer University and finished his postgraduate studies at University of St. La Salle. Frederick has been instrumental for the growth of the local Mozilla community in his locale as part of MozillaPH’s experiment to have greater… Read the rest
Events Firefox

Mozilla at RightsCon Southeast Asia 2015

Every other year, Access brings RightsCon outside of the Silicon Valley. This year, Manila plays host to the summit with a goal to produce measurable outcomes by convening the most influential voices across stakeholder lines on topical and current issues on the protection and future of the internet. Mozilla is one of the sponsors of RightsCon Southeast Asia Manila 2015. This edition of RightsCon Southeast Asia was attended by more than 600 delegates from over 50 countries (tickets were sold… Read the rest
Events

MozTour Bacolod

Team Mozilla Philippines (MozillaPH) held its very first MozTour in Bacolod City earlier today; the very first time Team MozillaPH visited the province of Negros Occidental (around 468 kilometers south of Manila). This MozTour was based on an invitation from La Consolacion College – Bacolod and an awesome team of Mozillians headed by our dear friend Frederick Villaluna. Team MozillaPH for this MozTour was headed by yours truly, with Mozilla Reps Kim Domanog & Tina Verbo. The team left Manila… Read the rest
Firefox Localization

First L10n Team Bi-Monthly Meeting for 2015

It has been weeks already since the last meeting (face-to-face) of Pinoy Localizers (during L10n Wednesdays). I decided to call for a Vidyo chat earlier tonight to discuss things related to the translation of Firefox and Firefox OS to Tagalog.   The online meeting was attended by around seven (07) localizers (with some being disconnected from time to time) and the following items were included in the discussions: L10nPH updates Creation of an Online Dictionary for Tagalog L10n purposes People… Read the rest