Ano dawla an sunod? ( What will be the next move? )
Secretary Vince Dizon’s recent visit to Eastern Visayas was more than a routine inspection—it was a test of government credibility. For decades, our region has been promised roads and bridges that would connect communities, spur commerce, and ease disaster response. Yet too often, these promises have been delayed, derailed, or tainted by corruption.
By walking the Maharlika Highway and inspecting projects firsthand, Dizon sends a clear message: accountability cannot be outsourced. His words—lamenting the plight of “kawawa” citizens left waiting for basic infrastructure—resonate deeply in a region where progress is often measured by whether a bridge finally opens, or a road becomes passable during typhoon season.
After walking that embattled, moon walk of a road in the Daang Maharlika Secertary Vince Dizon had a personal journey of batsi and lubak, buho and lapok! I certainly wish that he also had his share of untog, rang-ol and bagok for his head! Just to emphasize and empathically recall that like the rest of the country our own battlefield of corruption is also alive and bumping here in the Sta. Rita, Pinabacdao and Calbiga. That it is a pity politicians sleep over that area when they pass by , cushioned by the foams on their seats and the bulk on some areas off their attire.
Still, visits alone are not enough. Transparency must translate into completed projects, fair bidding, and strict oversight. Eastern Visayas deserves more than sympathy; it deserves results. If Dizon’s reforms succeed, his trip will be remembered not just as a tour, but as the turning point when Eastern Visayas finally saw roads paved with integrity. We need infrastructure reforms from procurement to monitoring of projects and road maintenance, we need reforms not sympathy, not occasional visits but deliberate changes for the better!
