SANTACRUZAN TRADITION — The regal ‘Empereatriz Elena’ Dyna Andrea Palaganas and his consort ‘Emperador Constantino’ Gabriel Pilayan move slowly around the city’s main streets during the traditional Santacruzan May Flower Festival parade organized by the Parish of St. John the Evangelist Cathedral.  As usual, most parents end up carrying their tired…

ROSALES— SM City Rosales through SM Foundation served some1,024 indigent patients through its medical-dental mission on May 24. The mission that included forty volunteers, among them, eight doctors, five dentists and several nurses, treated patients that mostly consisted of senior citizens who are beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program….

HUMANIZED RED CROSS – (Upper panel) Some 5,000 volunteers in blood red shirts and caps trooped to the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen to fill every inch of the space on the ground to give the Red Cross icon (Lower panel) a human face on the occasion of…

MAGICAL QUEEN – Gwendoline Meliz Soriano of Lingayen (center), wearing the Miss Magic 2017 crown, is flanked by (L-R) Gerina Chanel Ancheta of Urdaneta (4th runner-up), Cris Doctolero of San Fernando LU (2nd runner-up), Keesha Maye Abad of Mangaldan (1st runner-up), and Catherine Embuido of Mapandan (3rd runner-up). Soriano also bagged the Miss…

BONSAI WINNERS — The winners from the Pangasinan Bonsai Society, Inc. are joined by Provincial Tourism Officer Ma. Luisa A. Elduayan and Provincial Agriculturist Dalisay Moya during the Pangasinan Tourism & Trade Expo awarding ceremony held at the Pangasinan Training & Development Center last April 28. (Photo by PTCAO)

SAND SCULPTING FOR PISTA’Y DAYAT– A team of  sculptors participating in the sand sculpting competition rush their work of art “Legleway Karakelan” in this year’s edition of the Pista’y Dayat in Lingayen last April 30. It won the contest. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)

ASEAN TO BANGUS FESTIVAL. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) float, the logo “ASEAN 50 PHILIPPINES, Partnering for Change, Engaging the World” and bedecked with flowers and balloons, joins the Festivals of the North parade to create further awareness on the hosting of the ASEAN Summit by Philippines….