PHILHEALTH CARDS FOR INDIGENT FAMILIES:House Speaker Jose de Venecia,Jr. as he distribute Philippine Health Insurance(PHILHEALTH) cards to barangay captains in San Fabian, Pangasinan. In photo shows a barangay captain receiving the cards for the indigent families in his barangay. At right is San Fabian councilor Roland Villegas, president of the town's Liga ng mga Barangay.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

RIDING COURSE:Selected policemen from the Traffic Management Group(TMG) in Regions I, II, III, and the Cordilleras undergoes a motorcycle riding training recently in Dagupan City. The activity is part of the preparation of the Philippine National Police(PNP) to provide security on the ASEAN Summit in Cebu late this year.CESAR S. RAMIREZ

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

SAN ROQUE DAM: The mega San Roque Dam project in San Manuel, Pangasinan. The dam is one of the largest dams in Southeast Asia. San Roque Dam reduced the perennial flooding in at least 16 towns in Pangasinan and Tarlac provinces. It also generates more than 300 megawatt of electricity for the Luzon grid.The dam catches the excess waters from the Ambuklao and Binga Dams in Benguet.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 WITH SOME PANGASINAN LEADERS: President Arroyo poses with House Speaker Jose de Venecia,Jr. and Mrs. Gina de Venecia and some Pangasinan officials during her visit to Dagupan City last Wednesday(09 August 2006). With them in photo are (from left,front row) San Jacinto Mayor Rolando Columbres and Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim; (from left, at the back) Manaoag Mayor Napoleon Sales; Lingayen Mayor Ernesto Castañeda,Jr.; San Fabian Mayor Mojamito Libunao; Pangasinan Gov. Victor Agbayani; Dagupan City Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez; Rep. Generoso Tulagan with his son, Jun.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

FLOOD.This young lady wade through the flooded road in Sta.Barbara, Pangasinan last August 1, 2006. Heavy rains brought by tropical depression Henry has caused the floodings of low-lying areas in most parts of the Northern and Central Luzon.CESAR S. RAMIREZ