Pinoys have until 3pm to vote for Vigan as a world wonder

Filipinos have until 3 p.m. Tuesday to text their support for Vigan in Ilocos Sur province as one of the world's new seven wonder cities.

 

State-run Philippine Information Agency said Filipinos can "vote for Vigan until 3 p.m." for the New7Wonders Cities of the World.

 

You can cast your vote via SMS by typing VIGAN and sending to 29290777, or log on to the New7WondersCities website vote.

Vote for Vigan til 3pm today for #New7Wonders Cities of the World. Vote via SMS: VIGAN send to 29290777 & via... http://t.co/wzVymsfmWH

— PIA News (@PIANewsDesk) October 7, 2014

 

Last July, Malacañang urged Filipinos to show their support for Vigan as they did for Puerto Princesa's Underground River.

 

Earlier this year, Vigan advanced to the next round of an international seartch for the world's new seven wonder cities.

 

New7Wonders Cities said Vigan is among the 21 finalists voted through to the next round of the campaign.

 

Aside from Vigan, the 20 other official finalists include:

 

Bangkok, Barcelona, Beirut, Chicago, Doha, Durban, Havana, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, La Paz, London, Mendoza, Mexico City, Mumbai, Perth, Quito, Reykjavik, Saint Petersburg, Seoul, and Shenzhen.

 

Filipinos and tourists who have experienced the beauty of Vigan may want to vote for it in the penultimate voting stage that will run until Oct. 7.

 

After Oct. 7, the list will be further narrowed to 14, and the 7 Official New7Wonders Cities will be revealed on December 7. — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News