Dinagyang Festival – one of the Philippines most popular Festival was launched yesterday by this years Organizers in SM City Iloio.

Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (Idfi) Vice President Ricardo Andrada said the different activity groups of the Working Committee are led by veteran hands, ready and committed to work under the pressure of time.

Dinagyang Festival has been awarded the Best Tourism Event by the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines for three consecutive years and the festival is now in the hall of fame. This popular festival is also the first festival in the world to get the support of the United Nations for the promotion of the Millennium Development Goals. The national launch of Dinagyang 2009 will be held in Tendercitas, Greenhills and Malll of Asia on December 12 – 15, 2008. Read the full story