SOUTH KOREA一MAMA 2017 (Mnet Music Awards) is stopping votes in their online voting system due to alleged corrupt, hacked votes. “2017 MAMA online voting involved more than 180 countries around the world and received high interest. During the following period: October 26 – November 1, 2017, there was a high number of illegal, malicious voting. We are going to revert the voting made between that period and check the voting system to prevent this from happening again. We will stop the voting system and services will be suspended during the system inspection period. Voting services in QOO10, the official sponsor of MAMA will also be suspended until further notice. During this period, we will go through various measures to ensure “clean” voting. We will delete all votes made through malicious, illegal means and block the IP address and permanently delete the accounts of those responsible. — MAMA 2017 The voting will be back online after the maintenance period is co...
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said some of the female soldiers who fought Islamic State-inspired terrorists in Marawi City are now in Hong Kong enjoying their well-deserved vacation. “Nandoon na sila. Ano ka man. Nauna pa sa amin… Nag-asawa na nga ang iba pagbalik eh,” Duterte told reporters in Davao City in a news conference upon his arrival from Japan. Duterte had promised to give all-expense paid Hong Kong trips to soldiers who risked life and limb to eliminate members of terrorist groups Abu Sayyaf and Maute. According to the President, low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific offered to give free flights to the soldiers. "Somebody, but sabihin ko na lang, and it should really be made public," he said. "It was Cebu Pacific who answered for… Nung nalaman niya na… na sabi ko, sabi niya, 'Sige, ako na lang ang --- iyo na lang ang baon pati hotel.'" The government declared an end to the hostilities in Marawi last October 23, when lead...