ENJOYING THE SIGHT—Two boys peer through the railings from the top of the newly-built bridge across the Pantal River as fishing boats, adorned with commemorative buntings, pass below to begin their fluvial parade to Bonuan that kicked off Dagupan’s Pista ng Dagat. (Photo by Willy Lomibao)

SAVING THE AVRC—Social welfare secretary Esperanza Cabral announces during her visit to Dagupan her commitment to help relocate and save the Area I Vocational Rehabilitation and Training Center in Tondaligan Park whose location is under serious threat from erosion that would eventually wipe out the facility. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)

BANGUS RODEO—Competitors vying for the fastest deboner award demonstrate their skills during the Bangus Rodeo event of the Bangus Festival at the Malimgas Market. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)

LINING UP FOR NFA RICE—Residents of Alcala who bear with the long queue daily for a chance to buy their daily allocation of 1-2 kilos of government rice as they look forward to the National Food Authority’s promise that more rolling stores will be set up in the town. (Photo by Joan Rachel Reyes) 

MAPANDAN’S PRIDE—Members of the Mapandan dancing crew, representing the ‘Pandan Festival’, gyrate to the tune of their own music that made them win the grand prize of P150,000 for Category 1 in the ‘Festivals of the North’ held at the city plaza. The P20,000 special prize for being best in costume was also awarded to them. (Photo by Willy Lomibao)

BAYAMBANG SHOOTOUT—SPO3 Jesus Ramos, desk officer of the Bayambang PNP, checks out the car of five unidentified men who engaged the police in a shootout before dawn Wednesday along the national road in barangay Wawa, Bayambang. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez).

DINENGDENG DANCE—Members of the Agoo street dancing group, representing the “Dinengdeng” Festival, execute their winning choreography during its focal presentation at the city plaza on April 30 night which earned for them the top prize in Category 2 of the ‘Festivals of the North’ during the Dagupan Bangus Festival.  (Photo by Willy Lomibao)

BANGUS HARVEST—A fisherman unloads his catch of milkfish at the Magsaysay Fish Market in Dagupan against the back drop of the Pantal River where big fishing boats were gathering for the start of fluvial parade to Bonuan. (Photo by Willy Lomibao)

HEAVYWEIGHT BANGUS CHAMP—Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. watches Westly Rosario, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources research center chief, hold up the 6.8-kilogram milkfish adjudged the ‘Heaviest Bangus’ during the Bangus Rodeo event of the Bangus Festival. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)

CALASIAO’S WHITE GOLD—(Upper photo) Rufo “Rudy” dela Cruz, head of the Calasiao Puto Producers Multipurpose Cooperative, demonstrates the tedious steps for making the popular Calasiao puto. (Lower photo) A popular tourist stop, the line of stalls at the Calasiao town center serves as the retail venue for the puto produced by members of the cooperative. (Photos by Joan Rachelle Reyes)