PATRIMA KAPIHAN:Dr. Anna de Guzman(center), assistant provincial health officer, answers questions during the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association(PATRIMA) Kapihan forum in Dagupan City last August 3, 2006. Others in photo are(from left) Bernie Errasquin, Patrima president and station manager of DZMQ; Dr. Jesus Canto, center chief of the Region I Medical Center; Elaine Fernandez, acting information officer of the Philhealth Region I; and Dr. George Calugay, DOH representative in Pangasinan.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

MEDICAL MISSION.Ms. Rachel Arenas, daughter of Philanthropist Rosemarie “Baby” Arenas, welcomes these elderly women during the medical mission last July 29,2006 at the gymnasium in San Carlos City, Pangasinan. The Father Pio Lend A Hand Foundation headed by its president, Philanthropist Rosemarie “Baby” Arenas, and St.Luke’s Medical Center conducted the medical mission which served more than 1,000 individuals. Some 55 doctors and nurses from the said hospital rendered free services during the said mission which was coordinated with the city government.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

RADIO STATION INAUGURATION.Ms. Rachel Arenas(right), daughter of Philanthropist Rosemarie “Baby” Arenas, is assisted by Pangasinan Sangguniang Panlalawigan member Danilo Uy as she cut the inaugural ribbon of the radio station, Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan, last June 20, 2006 in Dagupan City. At center is Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz who led the blessing of the said radio station. The radio station is a sister-station of DZRH of the Manila Broadcasting Company(MBC). Also in photo is the station manager, Gabriel Cardinoza(2nd from left).CESAR S. RAMIREZ

WELCOME.Pangasinan Vice Gov. Oscar Lambino(right) welcomes Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo during the latter's visit to Dagupan City last May 21. Obiang's visit to the city particularly at the residence of House Speaker Jose De Venecia, Jr. and the at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) compound in the city is part of his four-day state visit in the Philippines. Below photo shows children waving Philippines and Equatorial Guinea flaglets warmly welcomes Obiang in the city.CESAR S.RAMIREZ

BONE OF CONTENTION.Participants to the fastest bangus(milkfish) deboner as they debone the fish as fast as they can during the Bangus Rodeo. The rodeo is part of Dagupan City's Bangus Festival 2006.

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TALABA FESTIVAL.Thousands of residents in Alaminos City, Pangasinan are seen busy grilling talaba(oysters) at the 500-meter grills lined-up along the main road in the city early this month(March 2006) during their 2nd Talaba Festival. The festival coincides with the the city fiesta and the Hundred Islands Global Homecoming.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

WATER PUMPING STATION. House Speaker Jose de Venecia,Jr. and his wife, Gina, cuts the inaugural ribbon of the newly-constructed water pumping station of the Dagupan City Water District(DCWD) in barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City last 5 March 2006. The P5-M water pumping station, named after the House Speaker, will serve the people of the said barangay. Others in photo are City Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez(left, front row), Binloc barangay captain Pedro Gonzales(right, front row), and Land Bank of the Philippines(LBP) director Albert Balingit(left, second row), and other officials.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

House Speaker Jose de Venecia,Jr. take a look at the machines of the newly-constructed water pumping station of the Dagupan City Water District(DCWD) in barangay Bonuan Binloc last March 5, 2006. De Venecia led in inaugurating the said P5-M facility which will serve the people of the said barangay.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

House Speaker Jose de Venecia,Jr. as he takes a look at the clear water shortly after he inaugurated the newly-constructed water pumping station of the Dagupan City Water District(DCWD) in barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City last March 5, 2006. The P5-M water pumping station, named after the House Speaker, will serve the people of the said barangay.CESAR S.RAMIREZ

MOU SIGNING. Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim(3rd from right) and Ms. Laura Coughlyn(3rd from left), mission disaster relief officer of the United States Assistance for International Development(USAID) in the Philippines, led in the signing of a memorandum of understanding(MOU) during last Tuesday's(7 March) project orientation and workshop of the Program for Hydro-Meteorological Risk Mitigation in Secondary Cities in the Philippines(PROMISE-Philippines) at the Dagupan City Museum. Also signing the memorandum are(from left) Lawyer Gil Fernando Cruz, executive director of League of Cities of the Philippines(LCP); Eufemia Castro-Andaya, president of the Center for Disaster Preparedness(CDC) Foundation; Edgar Nigel Lontoc, regional director of the Office of the Civil Defense(OCD) in region I; and Dagupan City vice mayor Alvin Fernandez.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

This is one of the landmarks in San Carlos City, Pangasinan.Below photo shows the marker of the said landmark.CESAR RAMIREZ

SAN CARLOS CITY PLAZA.The public plaza of the City of San Carlos in Pangasinan.CESAR S. RAMIREZ