For the nth time again, we shall be on our annual ritual of not seeing the Sandugo street dancing today as we anchor its live coverage over Station DYRD starting at 9 o'clock this morning.

This time, it would be a different broadcast as we are heard worldwide through the website www.dyrdam.com as the Sandugo festivities reaches its climax.

The street dancing will start at 9:30 a.m. according to Loy Palapos, Sandugo Foundation executive director. This is the earliest schedule so far after how many years of street dancing.

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As we cover live the street dancing activity this morning, we shall also cover the ring battle of our very own Czar Amonsot as he takes a crack in the world title against WBO interim lightweight champion Michael Katsidis in Las Vegas, Nevada this morning as one of the supporting events in the Hopkins-Wright fight.

Amonsot spoke to the city mayor yesterday morning and the Tagbilaran ring fighter appears to be ready for the battle this morning.

This is the biggest opportunity for Amonsot to make big time in boxing. And may we say this is the best chance he gets after that humiliating defeat against a Thai foe right here in the city last year.

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Back to the Sandugo Festival, it's always heartening to note that despite the National Historical Institute's resolution declaring Hinawanan, Loay as the site of the Blood Compact between Datu Sikatuna and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, it is still Tagbilaran that holds main Sandugo festivities.

NHI Chairman Ambeth Ocampo also tried recently to encroach into the autonomy of local government units by having the old Melrose Theater declared as a cultural heritage to the extent of altering the city's stonewall stance of a 17.5 meters set back requirements.

As long as the Aumentado law declaring Bool District, Tagbilaran City as the site of the blood compact remains, no amount of NHI acrobatics can alter the tradition and heraldry of the Blood Compact.

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For almost 15 years, the Agora stood as a symbol of government efficiency right in the heart of Tagbilaran. It is not only an eyesore but it has become the world's largest comfort room.

More than P40 million has been poured to that infrastructure but it remained to be a white, not giant, elephant after how many years.

Now that the present city dispensation pursued for its completion, we cannot understand why there appears to be a "blocking force" along the way.

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We got a copy of Engr. Celestino Adlaon's letter to the city mayor asking for the suspension of the on-going works at the Agora as per a long distance call of the OIC Regional Legal Officer of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

For several years, DPWH did not lift a finger for the completion of the Agora. Now that the city has decided to pursue its completion, DPWH came into the picture.

We do not want to believe that the regional DPWH acted motu proprio in intervening with the Agora construction. There's more than meets the eye here.

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SP NOTES. The 10th Sangguniang Panlungsod held its regular session last Wednesday led by Majority Floorleader Edgar R. Bompat as Vice-Mayor Jose Antonio Veloso was acting mayor in view of the short trip of Mayor Dan Neri Lim to the United States last week.

The city council received the flight stewards from Singapore Airlines who conducted an outreach program in the city last week.

Then the city councilors passed separate resolutions giving authority to the city mayor for the renewal of the contract of services of Dr. Nestor Virtusio as radiologist in the city health office and for the hiring of former Vice Mayor Nuevas Montes as senior adviser of the city and former City Councilor George Olario as consultant on barangay affairs.

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