The façade of the provincial capitol building in Lingayen.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

More than 3,000 people from the different towns and cities in Pangasinan trooped Sunday(29 june) to the Urdaneta Cultural and Sports Center in Urdaneta City to watch the 12-round scheduled fight of Filipino boxing icon, Manny Pacquiao, against WBC lightweight champion David Diaz via large screens. Pacquiao knocked down Diaz in the ninth round of the fight.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

DANCING TRAFFICMAN: Vladimir Juliano, one of the three dancing traffic enforcers of the Public Order and Safety Office(POSO) in Dagupan City, dances as he manage the smooth flow of vehicles at the intersection of A.B.Fernandez Avenue and Arellano and M.H.del Pilar streets in the city.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

GIFTS FROM BAGOONG JAYCEES:A woman accompany her child as they receive gifts composed of toys, apples, crackers and pancit from officers and members of the Lingayen “Bagoong” Jaycees(LBJ) in Lingayen, Pangasinan Sunday(23 December). More than 600 children, mostly from indigent families, have benefited from the latest gift-giving project dubbed Pamaskong Handog Para Sa Mga Bata of the LBJ. The gift-giving of the LBJ had served thousands of children since it started 12 years ago initiated by LBJ past president Sonny Verzosa.CESAR RAMIREZ

PATRIMA SPORTSFEST:Mr. Orpheus "Butch" Velasco(left), president of the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association(PATRIMA), poses with some of the winners during the October 26,2007 sporsfest of the club held at the CSI Bowling Lanes in Dagupan City.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

Young chess wizard Prince Mark Aquino(right) in an exhibition game with members of the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association(PATRIMA) led by its president, Butch Velasco, at the opening of the PATRIMA Sportsfest at the CSI Bowling Lanes last October 26, 2007.CESAR S. RAMIREZ
 

NEW PROGRAM: Newscaster Cris Zuñiga with his co-host Ara Hanesh during the launching of the morning show "G.U.K(Gandang Umaga Kapamilya) of ABS-CBN Channel 32 North Central Luzon last October 15,2007. The target viewers of the program are those from the provinces of Pangasinan, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija.CESAR S. RAMIREZ  

Pangasinan Gov. Amado T. Espino,Jr. strikes a pose with some reporters shortly after he delivered his first 100 days report last October 15, 2007 at the gymnasium of the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

MOA FOR TREE PLANTING:Police Sr.Supt. Isagani Nerez,Pangasinan police director, led in the signing of a memorandum of agreement(MOA) prior to the massive tree planting activity at the police provincial headquarters in Lingayen recently. Also in photo are(from left)Romeo Pernia, senior forest management specialist of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office(PENRO); and Rogelio de Vera, coordinator for external affairs of the Lyceum Northwestern University(LNU).CESAR S. RAMIREZ 

BLOOD DONATION:Ashok Vasandani, a Filipino-Indian trader in Dagupan City, as he donate blood to the Philippine National Red Cross(PNRC) in the city last Wednesday(15 August). Some 30 other Fil-Indian traders also donated blood. Vasandani said they will donate blood every three months. The undertaking coincides with the 60^th Independence Day of the Republic of India.CESAR S. RAMIREZ