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Benitez assures Negrenses Visayan Bloc to back Negrosanon Federated Region




Monday , May 21, 2018
BY TERESA D. ELLERA

NEGROS Occidental Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez assured his fellow Negrenses yesterday, May 20, that the Visayan Bloc in the House of Representatives is supporting the propped Negrosanon Federated Region (NFR) under the proposed shift to federalism.

He said he believes that the recommendation of the members of the Consultative Committee (ConCom) tasked by President Rodrigo Duterte to study the shift to federalism is sufficient enough.

Duterte leads groundbreaking of housing project in Negros Occidental




Monday , May 21, 2018
BY TERESA D. ELLERA


Negros Occidental officials led by Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (first row, right) in a photo opportunity with President Rodrigo Duterte (7th from left) at the groundbreaking ceremony for the AFP and PNP Housing Program at Vista Alegre Homes in Barangay Dos Hermanas, Talisay City on Sunday, May 20. (Carla N. Cañet Photo)

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte led yesterday, May 20, the groundbreaking and laying of the time capsule of the P1 billion worth of housing project for the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) at Vista Alegre Homes in Barangay Dos Hermanas, Talisay City, Negros Occidental.

Duterte breaks ground for P1B housing project



Monday, May 21, 2018
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ

President Rodrigo Duterte led the groundbreaking of a P1 billion housing project for the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Philippine National Police personnel in Negros Occidental at Barangay Dos Hermanas, Talisay City, yesterday afternoon.


MERGE President Rodrigo Duterte (7th from left, second row) with (l-r) Sipalay City Mayor Oscar Montilla, Himamaylan City Mayor Ernesto Bascon, PNP chief Oscar Albayalde, Talisay City Mayor Neil Lizares, Moises Padilla Mayor Magdaleno Peña, HUDCC chair Eduardo del Rosario, Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia, NHA general manager Marcelino Escalada Jr., Rep. Alfredo Benitez, AFP chief of staff Carlito Galvez, Toboso Mayor Richard Jaojoco, Silay City Mayor Mark Golez and Valladolid Mayor Enrique Miravalles and (1st row, l-r) Kabankalan City Mayor Isidro Zayco, San Enrique Mayor Jilson Tubillara, Pontevedra Mayor Jose Benito Alonso, Manapla Mayor Lourdes Escalante, Calatrava Mayor Araceli Somoso, Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran and Vice Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson in Dos Hermanas, Talisay City, yesterday* (Andy Alvarez photo)

The president said the 15-hectare Vista Alegre Homes in Dos Hermanas will be home to 1,000 families of soldiers and police officers by 2020 when the 1,000 duplex-type housing units will be completed.

Solon wants NHA to mete out sanctions on cheating contractors



Published May 19, 2018, 10:00 PM
By Ben Rosario

The chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development wants the National Housing Authority (NHA) to suspend contractors charged with fraudulently constructing substandard housing units and facilities for victims of natural and man-made disasters.

Negros Occidental Representative Albee Benitez made the call while heading a congressional inquiry that is looking into irregularities that attended the development of housing communities for victims of the 2013 Zamboanga City siege.

‘Let informal settlers take 55,000 gov’t housing units’



Published May 18, 2018, 5:17 PM
By Ben Rosario

A senior administration lawmaker on Friday demanded the immediate implementation of a congressional initiative allowing informal settlers to be beneficiaries of 55,000 unoccupied housing units intended for men and women in uniform, saying that this will save the houses from deterioration.


Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez (albeebenitez.ph / MANILA BULLETIN)

Negros Occidental Rep. Albee Benitez aired the call as he lauded President Duterte’s approval of Joint Resolution No. 2 authorizing the National Housing Authority (NHA) to award over 55,000 unoccupied housing units to informal settler families.

Admin awards AFP/PNP houses to poor





posted May 16, 2018 at 11:00 pm by Vito Barcelo and Maricel V. Cruz

More than P20 billion worth of government-built housing units for personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and Bureau of Corrections which were not occupied since 2011 will be awarded to qualified beneficiaries, according to a Joint Resolution signed by President Rodrigo Duterte.

The President has approved the congressional resolution authorizing the National Housing Authority to award unoccupied housing units to other qualified beneficiaries.

Also covered by the joint resolution were units whose ownership and possession are surrendered by awardees and respective awards were cancelled.

The resolution cited that the Department of Budget and Management released a total of P20.779 billion for the implementation of the AFP/PNP/BFP/BJMP/BuCor Housing projects with a target of 74,195 housing units.

NHA blames residents for footbridge collapse



Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star) - May 18, 2018 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — After blaming the contractor for the collapse of a wooden footbridge at a resettlement site in Zamboanga City last month, the National Housing Authority (NHA) is pointing to the residents as the culprits. 


In a paper submitted to Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, House committee on housing and urban development committee chairman, the NHA Zamboanga office said structural components of the footbridge, such as cross bracings, had been removed by some of the residents.

In a paper submitted to Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, House committee on housing and urban development committee chairman, the NHA Zamboanga office said structural components of the footbridge, such as  cross bracings, had been removed by some of the residents.

The House panel conducted an inquiry after Benitez, Zamboanga City Rep. Celso Lobregat, Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar and local NHA officials and their staff fell into murky water when the footbridge collapsed.

NHA: Contractor of Zambo housing project liable for footbridge collapse



By: Pathricia Ann V. Roxas - Reporter / @PathRoxasINQ INQUIRER.net / 04:29 PM May 16, 2018


BRIDGE FALLS DOWN Representatives Abelardo Benitez (in striped shirt) and Celso Lobregat, Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar and other officials clamber up the footbridge that collapsed into murky water. The bridge leads to the relocation site at Sitio Hongkong in Barangay Rio Hondo. —PHOTO COURTESY OF RMN ZAMBOANGA

It was the contractor of the Zamboanga housing project that was principally responsible for the collapse of a wooden footbridge in Brgy. Rio Hondo, an official of the National Housing Authority (NHA) said on Wednesday.

NHA blames contractor for Zamboanga bridge collapse



Leizel Lacastesantos , ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 2018 04:44 PM

MANILA—The National Housing Authority (NHA) on Wednesday blamed the contractor who worked on the faulty bridge in Zamboanga City for the project.

This as the House of Representatives Committee on Housing began an inquiry into the collapse of the bridge last month while officials were on it.


A footbridge that collapsed just as lawmakers and local officials were inspecting housing units is seen rebuilt a day after the incident. Leizel Lacastesantos, ABS-CBN News

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