Thursday, December 21, 2017
BY CARLA GOMEZ
The economic highway being built from Silay City to Victorias City is expected to be almost totally completed next year with about P800 million allocated for 2018, Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3 rd District) said yesterday.
With its completion, he said, travel time from Bacolod City to Victorias will only be 17 minutes.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
BY CARLA GOMEZ
Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) yesterday said he is holding in abeyance his call for a congressional inquiry into complaints of sugar price manipulation with the recent increase in prices.
He said some industry stakeholders had asked him to call for a House investigation but shortly after he announced it, the prices of sugar started to go up.
December 21, 2017
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga
Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez is expected to announce the endorsement of his brother, Jose Francisco, as his preferred successor when the congressman’s term expires in 2019, during a meeting in Talisay City today before 25,000 local politicians.
Last month, Benitez deployed his elder brother throughout the district to get a pulse of the electorate; to see if they would like the seat to remain within their family.
The congressman is also expected to reveal his ‘Asenso’ slate for the 2019 polls.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
BY CARLA GOMEZ
Rep. Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, who is announcing the third district candidates for 2019 today, said the elections two years from now could already be under a federal form of government.
Benitez, who celebrated his 51 st birthday in Victorias City yesterday, also said he will support Vice Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson for whatever post he will run for in 2019. Lacson is expected to run for governor of Negros Occidental.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Teresa D. Ellera,
Carla N. Cañet
NEGROS Occidental Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez said about 25,000 political leaders in the district will gather Thursday and the “Asenso” slate for the 2019 elections will also be announced during the assembly at Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School in Talisay City.
Simply Red by Isah V. Red
posted December 18, 2017 at 05:40 pm
Tomorrow, Alfredo Abelardo Bantug Benitez (a.k.a. Albee Benitez), a Filipino businessman and politician and congressman representing the 3rd District of Negros Occidental, turns 51 years old.
Thursday, December 14, 2017
BY CARLA GOMEZ
All of Negros Island's representatives, except Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano of Sipalay City, yesterday voted to extend martial law in Mindanao for the entire 2018 .
They along with the majority of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, in a joint session, granted President Rodrigo Duterte's request to extend martial law and suspend the privilege of writ of habeas corpus from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2018.
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
BY CARLA GOMEZ
The members of the Visayan bloc are expected to join the majority in the Lower Housetoday in voting in favor of President Rodrigo Duterte's request for a full-year extension of martial law in Mindanao.
Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3 rd District), when asked yesterday how he and the majority of the Visayan bloc will vote on the extension of mayor law, said “in favor”.
Wednedday, December 13, 2017
LOVE NEGROS. Sipalay Mayor Oscar Montilla, Silay Mayor Mark Golez, Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District), Rep. Mercedes Alvarez (Neg. Occ., 6th District) and Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (l-r) were among the Love Negros members at the Bacolod Pavillon Monday night for their Christmas party, where they said political plans for 2019 were not tackled.*
Tue, 12/12/2017
The Negros Farm Workers & Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Producer Federation (NEFARB) commends 3rd District Rep. Albee Benitez for filing House Resolution No. 2017, acting promptly on the call to investigate the continuous drop of prices of sugar.
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.
