Pagadian City –
Mayor Samuel S. Co, serving his last term and celebrating his last Christmas as
the city’s hizzoner gave his all to make the city’s Christmas celebration
meaningful and surrounded by festivities amid an atmosphere of liveliness and
carefree as throngs of visitors from neighbouring towns and cities and even
provinces are expected to come and have a view of city’s famous and upgraded
dancing fountain; that now blows fire as multi-colored water jets towards the
sky.
The
mayor feels it is the best way to make people, victimized by the financial scam
which operated in the city forget the traumatic incident and move on. It is
also a way to express the Pagadianon’s gratitude to the Almighty for sparing
the city from the devastation brought about by natural calamities that hit and
ravaged other places in the country.
The Paskohan 2012 was planned a month
ahead. It involved the Tourism Council’s head of office and staff. Various
departments of the city coordinated with the city tourism office. It kicked off
last December 8, 2012 with the lighting of the giant Christmas tree that rises
100 feet from where it stood and lanterns, as well as a display of fireworks
lasting for several minutes. Lanterns of varying designs were displayed as entries
in a competition that gives handsome prices. The activity ended on December 31,
2012.