Spotlight | A “complete success” was how Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas described the return of the Dinagyang Festival to a face-to-face celebration after two years of restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. READ:
Hala Bira! Lifestyle columnist Tessa Prieto, TV Personality Tim Yap and broadcaster Karen Davila at the Dinagyang Exhibit with SM Supermalls president Steven Tan.
“Everyone wanted a strong comeback…It was a complete success and this showed that Dinagyang and our Sto. Niño are beyond politics,” added Treñas. Treñas congratulated the Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Inc. , organizer of Dinagyang 2023, the participating tribes and corporate sponsors, among others. The festivities were graced by no less than First Lady of the Philippines Atty. Liza Araneta Marcos and some prominent government officials including House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Senators Risa Hontiveros, Jinggoy Estrada, Mark Villar, Francis Tolentino, Bong Revilla, former senator Franklin Drilon, among others.
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