By Freddie G. Lazaro
VIGAN CITY, July 8 (PNA) — Now is the time for Filipinos to be more active in the voting process and campaign to make Vigan City one of the New7 Wonder Cities of the World.
Vigan City, the only world’s heritage city in the Philippines and the only representative of the country in the search for the New7 Wonder Cities of the World, now made it to the top remaining 21 finalists after the consolidation of votes last Monday during the first stage of the selection process.In a press statement, Bernard Weber, founder-president of N7W, said the diversity of the remaining cities in contention for the “Canon of 7″ is “remarkable in terms of regional geography and urban culture.”As with all N7W campaigns, voting is via new7wonders.com, via the iPhone and Android apps, via the international telephone voting lines, and, where available, via national SMS.
“The N7W cities campaign now enters its penultimate voting stage, which will run from July until 7 October, when the list of 21 will be reduced to 14. The seven official N7W cities will be revealed on December 7, 2014′”‘Webber said.
Meanwhile, Vigan City’s officials and residents led by Mayor Eva Marie S. Medina expressed elation over the entry of Vigan to the next stage of the finalists’ phase of the on-going search for N7WC of the world.“The more difficult task is ahead of us though as all the contenders are determined to be included as one of the new seven wonders cities of the world. We sincerely hope that the national government plays a more active participation in the campaign and voting process,” she added.
This developed as the lady mayor reiterated her appeal to all the Filipinos here and abroad and even foreign friends all over the world to support Vigan in its quest by voting using cellphones, ipad and the Internet.Meanwhile, the Philippine embassies and consulate offices all over the world also allowed Vigan to post campaign materials for Vigan in the N7WC of the world. (PNA)