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Congratulations to 2nd Philippine Blog Awards Finalists

Congratulations to 2nd Philippine Blog Awards Finalists

2nd Philippine Blog Awards Logo

Good news! Finalists for 14 categories in the Best Blog Division of 2nd Philippine Blog Awards are out! Congratulations to PWAG members who are included in the list. BEST BLOG – ENTERTAINMENT Screensucked [http://www.screensucked.com] – Regnard Raquedan BEST BLOG – CULTURE & ARTS Dalityapi Unpoemed [http://www.dalityapi.com] – Sonny Villafania (PWAG Secretary) BEST BLOG – SPORTS Big Lakers Fan [http://biglakersfan.blogspot.com/] – […]

July 28, 2008Comments are Disabled
PWAG Website Receives Talking Hands Awards

PWAG Website Receives Talking Hands Awards

PWAG Logo with Talking Hands Gold Edition Logo

After passing their rigid criteria, the PWAG Official Website recently received the Gold Edition of the humble yet noteworthy Talking Hands Awards for 3rd Quarter of 2008 for being a freshly presented teaching site! It also received the Visual Delights Award under the Key Teaching-Learning Element. Based on the collective judgment of the awards committee, PWAG website merited the award […]

July 25, 2008Comments are Disabled
CICT-NCC Requested to Deputize PWAG to Check Web Accessibility Compliance

CICT-NCC Requested to Deputize PWAG to Check Web Accessibility Compliance

The National Council on Disability Affairs Board recently approved a resolution “Requesting the Commission on ICT/National Computer Center to Deputize the Philippine Web Accessibility Group (PWAG) to Undertake Web Accessibility Assessment of Websites”. Here is the complete Board Resolution No. 13 Series of 2008: “Resolution Requesting the Commission on ICT/National Computer Center to Deputize the Philippine Web Accessibility Group (PWAG) […]

PWAG Online Evaluator Ready for Testing

PWAG Online Evaluator Ready for Testing

Good news! Our fellow member, PWAG’s Internal Auditor and multi-awarded web designer Arielle Cruz has recently developed the first ever PWAG’s Online Web Accessibility Evaluator. He did it in less than two weeks. This is still in beta stage so expect some minor glitches in the results. What this evaluator is does NOT: It does NOT validate a document against […]

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PWAG Website tops Google Directory Resource on Web Accessibility as Egroup members reach 165

PWAG Website tops Google Directory Resource on Web Accessibility as Egroup members reach 165

Google Web Accessibility Directory Snapshot

The PWAG Official Website is now one of the Top 25 Websites worldwide ranked by Google that focus on Web Accessibility category. The ranking was based on Google’s popular PageRank System. PWAG is ranked number 25 among the list of 167 websites listed under the Computers->Internet->Web Design and Development->Accessibility Sub-category above Accessify Resources, Royal National Institute for the Blind Resources […]

July 23, 20081 comment
PWAG Website Updated

PWAG Website Updated

PWAG website now has 29 individual web pages including nine new entries inside the Resources page of all the important items discussed in Accessibleweb Yahoogroup. Before, a person must be a member of PWAG egroup first in order to access the contents. But now they are freely accessible to anyone on the Internet. This is also an easier way to […]

July 22, 2008Comments are Disabled
We had a bang at CSS Workshop

We had a bang at CSS Workshop

Successful CSS trainees pose together with Rey and Jojo (middle), Maam Grace and Nelia (seated).

Successful trainees pose with (standing middle) Jojo, Rey, (seated middle from left) Ma’am Grace and Ma’am Nel. The CSS training and workshop that PWAG pioneer Rey Mendoza conducted at National Computer Center from June 19-20 was successful thanks to the assistance of National Computer Center, National Council on Disability Affairs and PWAG. Special mention goes for Ma’am Grace Amberong and […]

July 21, 2008Comments are Disabled
Malaysia, Vietnam interested to use PWAG Design Recommendations

Malaysia, Vietnam interested to use PWAG Design Recommendations

Vietnam and Malaysian visitors pose with ATRIEV staff

(From left) Jojo, Lourdes, Julius, Mr. Phuc Hoai Dang of Vietnam, Mr. Silatul Rahim of Malaysia and Rene Last June 17, PWAG president Jojo Esposa was invited by ATRIEV to attend a meeting in their office and to meet with guests from Malaysia and Vietnam. Mr. Silatul Rahim Bin Dahman, a top ranking official and an ICT Department Manager of […]

July 20, 2008Comments are Disabled