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In the News

Albee falls as bridge collapses



BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Friday, April 27, 2018

Rep. Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3 rd District) fell into murky water when a National Housing Authority funded wooden footbridge leading to houses on stilts collapsed in Barangay Rio Hondo in Zamboanga City yesterday.



Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez was among the officials who fell into murky water in Barangay Rio Hondo in Zamboanga City as shown in this photo posted on his Facebook wall*

Benitez, chairman of the  House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, told the DAILY STAR he sustained a few scratches and bruises.

Benitez, Lobregat, other officials fall off collapsed wooden footbridge




Friday, April 27, 2018
By Teresa D. Ellera

NEGROS Occidental third district Representative Alfredo Benitez was among the officials who fell into a muddy water after the wooden footbridge collapsed at Sitio Hongkong in Barangay Rio Honda, Zamboanga City, on Thursday, April 26.

A video of the incident went viral on social media. It also made the top stories in the national media.

The officials were conducting an inspection of the housing projects in the area.

Will Benitez opt out politics in 2019?




Thurssay, April 26, 2018
By Teresa D. Ellera

WILL Negros Occidental third district Representative Alfredo Benitez finally bare his political plans this week? 

Benitez has yet to confirm if he will run for senator, or governor in the 2019 elections or may opt out politics. 

During the Health Summit last week at the Bacolod Pavillon Hotel, the lawmaker said he will make an announcement about his future political plans this week.

Moises Padilla mayor endorses Benitez for governor




Thurssay, April 26, 2018
By Teresa D. Ellera

MOISES Padilla Mayor Magdaleno Peña endorsed Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez to be the next governor of the province.

In a press statement, Peña said that in his campaign against drugs with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), he did a background check of most of the provincial officials and that he did not find Benitez or any of his family members to be directly or indirectly involved in drugs.

PhilHealth pays Neg. Occ. P2.4B 



BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Monday, April 23, 2018

Faster and more Philippine Health Insurance Corp. services for Negros Occidental were pledged at a provincial health summit held at the Convention Hall of the Bacolod Pavillon Hotel in Bacolod City yesterday.



Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr., Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (l-r) share alight moment at the provincial health summit yesterday* Richard Malihan photo

Doing resettlement differently



COMMENTARY By: Anna Marie A. Karaos - @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:04 AM April 21, 2018

One of the infrastructure projects in the government’s “Build, build, build” program which is certain to bring great relief to commuters and travelers is the North-South Railway Project. The South line consists of a 68-kilometer commuter line that will run between Tutuban in Manila and Los Baños in Laguna and a 595-km long-haul line, between Tutuban and Matnog in Sorsogon, that will carry freight and cargo aside from passengers.  The rail reconstruction project will be implemented by the Philippine National Railways and financed through loans from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (commuter line) and China (long-haul line).

Pimentel names potential senatorial bets of PDP Laban




Published April 19, 2018, 4:34 PM
By Vanne Elaine Terrazola

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Thursday bared the names of those being considered for the Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas-Lakas ng Bayan’s (PDP-Laban) senatorial slate in the 2019 midterm elections.

Pimentel, PDP-Laban president, in a phone interview, said he has compiled some 20 names, including a media practitioner, who could be in the ruling political party’s ticket for the May 2019 polls.

Albee for governor



Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Matè Espina

Social media is abuzz after former Board Member Patrick Lacson posted an unsolicited endorsement for Rep. Albee Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3 rd District) to be the province’s next governor.

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@senso for A BETTER BACOLOD

Ang isa sa akon mga handom para sa Bacolod.

Ako ang kapitan sg sini nga barko. Indi ini magkadto sa wala ukon sa tuo, kundi derecho sa direksyon sang pagbag-o sang gobyerno para sa kaayuhan sang Bacolodnon.