In another unprecendented show of unity amidst adversity, city and town mayors in the Province of Cebu all agreed that a new set of winners will be declared for the ritual showdown of the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2023.
In a meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at the Capitol Social Hall, the mayors including the urbanized cities of Mandaue and Lapulapu agreed that the online voting will not be included in the overall scoring of all the contingents instead, it will rely on the judges’ raw scores.
The reason is that the based on the figures collated from the online results, online voting was affected with the intermittent internet signal encountered in most part of the province and the decreasing number of online voters.
The rule that initially assigned 15% weight to the online votes in the tabulation of final scores for the mayors’ introductory videos, ritual showdown, and festival queen competitions, will be nullified.
Instead, a special award will be given to the contingent with the highest online votes.
The announcement of winners will be on Sept. 6 and there will be no repeat performances.
Instead, a special award will be given to the contingent with the highest online votes.
The online raffle draw for voters will still push through. | PIO