A Fiesta, Holidays and an Accident - a Successful Diyandi Festival 2017 Review Amidst Crisis
A Successful Fiesta Celebration Amidst Crisis September 29. 2017, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. Iligan City in Lanao del Norte is celebrating Diyandi Festival every September 29, honoring the patron Saint Michael the Archangel . But at dawn on this very day, people living nearby the Tubod Bridge were disturbed by an eerie noise of a possible collision. It was then confirmed that a red sedan had accidentally caught the river waters below the freeway instead of passing by the bridge itself. According to witnesses, the driver was drunk and was over-speeding towards the bridge but did not make it to pass thru it and missed the highway bridge, instead, had passed under it. Luckily, the driver is okey and only the sedan suffers the reckless act of its owner. Besides having this scenario the talk of the day in the city, it never affect the day's final preparation of this very day's fiesta celebration. The Crisis. Iligan City has been through tough times becaus...