Author: Alex Vidal

NOW that the Iloilo Dinagyang Festival 2023 is history, let’s revert back to the most controversial topic the Ilonggos love to discuss and loathe for a good reason these past months: the scandal-ridden Iloilo flyover project.

WE don’t understand why some national media networks continue to treat the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City with willful indifference.  

POLITICIANS who mulct from DPWH contractors are partly to blame if some infrastructure projects are substandard or “ghosts.”

The biggest scandal in Iloilo in 2022 does not involve public officials caught with their hands in the cookie jar for there was not a single known earthshaking expose made by investigative journalists; no more opposition firebrands in the local legislature willing to slug it out with capitol and city hall and capable of risking their political future fighting the political behemoths and dynasties.

The one who is crowned to wear the title of Miss Universe during the actual competition is chosen by the panel of judges based on a combination of luck and performance; all contestants deserve the title except there’s a need to crown only one person to represent the organization in various outreach and ambassadorial programs and activities all year long.