on Wed, 08/09/2017
By Carla P. Gomez
It looks like Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3 rd District) is more likely to run for senator, paving the way for fellow Love Negros member, Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, to go for the governorship in the 2019 polls.
Lacson confirmed yesterday that he and Benitez met over breakfast Friday.“There was an agreement but I cannot divulge any details,” he said.
Wednesday, August 09, 2017
Duterte signed Executive Order 38 on August 7, revoking EO 183 that created the NIR on May 29, 2015.
Negros Oriental will revert to Central Visayas (Region 7) and Negros Occidental to Western Visayas (Region 6).
Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr., who launched #Save NIR Movement together with Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo last year, said he was dismayed, but has to accept and respect the decision of President Duterte.
on Thu, 08/08/2017 By Arman P. Toga
Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson yesterday hinted on the more likely political scenario in the province in 2019.
Lacson, acknowledged as the “strongest successor” for governor in 2019, said Friday’s meeting between him and 3rd District Congressman Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, along with other Love Negros (LN) officials, was a positive one.
Tuesday, August 08, 2017
MARCHEL P. ESPINA
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives are pushing to move the barangay elections next year.
Lawmakers from Negros Occidental confirmed that during their caucus Monday, majority of the congressmen have agreed to postpone the village and youth polls, both slated this coming October, to May 2018.
Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez said the proposed new election schedule will coincide with the referendum of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
BY CARLA GOMEZ
Majority of the members of the House of Representatives agreed in a caucus yesterday afternoon to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections set in October this year to May 2018, two Negros solons said.
They also agreed that the incumbent barangay officials elected in October 2013 will be retained in a holdover capacity, Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3 rd District) and Rep. Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod Partylist) said.
CEBU DAILY NEWS
August 7th, 2017
By: Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer, Jose Santino S. Bunachita
Village officials may have to stay in their seats a little longer.
The members of the House of Representatives agreed to postpone the barangay elections for another seven months to May 2018.
Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said lawmakers reached a consensus during a Monday afternoon caucus to synchronize the barangay elections with the plebiscite for Charter change and the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law.
August 7, 2017
Visayan Bloc members led by its lead convenor Rep. Albee Benitez
on Fri, 07/28/2017
The Sugarcane Industry Development Act (SIDA) is the first law designed to support the farm structure to become efficient. It was created to overcome the challenges of sugar prices in worst situations, said Congressman Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, 3rd District of Negros Occidental at the Sugar Summit of Mill District Development Council held at the Natures Village Resort and Restaurant in Talisay City on Wednesday, July 26. Theme was “The Strategic Role of Mill District Development Councils in Sugarcane Industry Development”.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
BY CARLA GOMEZ
Love Negros aims to hold a convention before the year ends to discuss the plans of its members for the 2019 polls, Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) said yesterday.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
BY CARLA GOMEZ
The annual allocation for the sugar industry in the 2018 national budget is short by P1 billion as it does not include funds for infrastructure, Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) said yesterday.
Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (2nd from left) with SRA Administrator Anna Rosario Paner, and Sugar Board members Roland Beltran and Hermenegildo Serafica (l-r) at the SRA-MDCC Summit yesterday*
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.
