WALK-IN APPLICANTS:These male students fills-up their application forms last August 26 as Philippine Military Academy(PMA) cadets looks on. The University of Pangasinan (U.Pang) in Dagupan City is one of the PMA entrance examination testing centers nationwide last August 27. Thousands of young men and women took the said exam hoping to study and undergo rigid military training at the PMA in Baguio City considered as one of the Asia’s premier military schools.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

KAPIHAN: Ferdinand Jose Merrera, representative from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration(POEA) office in Region I, answers the questions during the regular Pangasinan Tri-Media Association(Patrima) Kapihan forum last Thursday(10 August 2006) at the Philippine Information Agency(PIA) office at the Dagupan City People’s Astrodome. Others in photo are Mr. Bernie Errasquin(left), Patrima president and station manager of DZMQ, and Ms. Violeta Buenaventura, a representative from the Pangasinan office of the Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE).CESAR S. RAMIREZ

GMA IN DAGUPAN CITY.President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as she deliver her speech after the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Pantal Bridge project in Dagupan City last August 9,2006.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

PANTAL BRIDGE:President Arroyo led other officials as they lower the time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Pantal Bridge project in Dagupan City last Wednesday(09 August 2006).With Mrs. Arroyo are House Speaker Jose de Venecia,Jr., Japanese ambassador Ryuichiro Yamazaki, Public Works secretary Hermogenes Ebdane,Jr., Reps. Amado Espino, Jr. and Generoso Tulagan, Immigration commissioner Alipio Fernandez,Jr., Pangasinan Gov. Victor Agbayani, Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim and other government officials.CESAR S.RAMIREZ

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

ART EXHIBIT.Art enthusiasts visit the booth of young Pangasinan artists at the exhibit of their works like paintings at the provincial capitol compound in Lingayen, Pangasinan during the Pista'y Dayat celebration.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS.These students from Mapandan, Pangasinan dances as they showcase the town's Pandan Festival druing the presentation of Pangasinan Festivals which highlights the 2006 Pista'y Dayat(sea festival) celebration in Lingayen, Pangasinan. Also taking part in the street dance exhibition were the students in Calasiao(Puto Festival), San Carlos City(Mango Bamboo Festival), Anda(Binongey Festival), Alaminos City(Longaniza Festival), Manaoag(Galicayo Festival), Lingayen(Pista'y Dayat), and Balungao(Goat Festival).CESAR S. RAMIREZ