Monday, April 28, 2008

Bohol's Chocolate Hills Sabotaged in New 7 Wonders?

Written by Rey Anthony Chiu of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) - Bohol

Why Bohol's Chocolate Hills was deleted off the list of nominees in the current search for new seven wonders of the world, local officials and tourism stakeholders here want to know.

  To compound the problem, not only is the Chocolate Hills off the list of nominees, it also could not be re-nominated either. 

  Several Boholanos presumed that it could be a nasty job of a computer hacker. 

  A hacker intentionally gains access to a secure internet website, navigates and controls any information therein as he taps into the system website. 

  But Boholanos, again united in campaigning for votes to finally put the wondrous hills into the top seat were all speculations about the de-listing, as of Tuesday.

  The Chocolate Hills was just recently nominated and saw a dramatic climb from nowhere to number 6th last week. 

  But just how fast it rose, was how it got off the list Monday, when online voters and noted the sudden disappearance of the hills from the list.

  "The thing is, we could probably understand if the nominee loses its place in the top seven in a day, but to be totally out of the list is unthinkable," claimed an web-surfer who was about to cast his vote.

  He also confirmed that, attempts to re-nominate the Chocolate Hills also prove to be another problem as online nominations seemingly get bounced out.

  Wanting answers, Bohol Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Tourism Committee Chair and Board Member Ester Corazon Galbreath prodded the provincial lawmakers to launch an appeal to the search organizers. She said the organizers should explain how Bohol's marvelous Chocolate Hills and Mayon Volcano were deleted from the list. 

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