Thursday, July 27, 2017
MARCHEL P. ESPINA
TALISAY CITY -- The fate of Negros Island Region (NIR) remains uncertain as there are still government agencies that do not recognize its existence.
“As of now, there is no direction yet on how to treat NIR. We’re still in the status quo mode,” Negros Occidental Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez said Wednesday.
By Dolly Yasa
on Thursday, July 27, 2017
BACOLOD City – Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez (3rd district, Negros Occ.) said the Iloilo-Guimaras-Negros bridge is feasible amid observations that it is a pie in the sky.
“Then the pie in sky will come down” Benitez said when asked for his reaction.
Published July 26, 2017, 3:17 PM
By Ben Rosario
As threats of more destructive natural disasters mount, the chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development has underscored the need for government and private housing developers to locate their projects away from geo-hazards, particularly earthquake fault systems.
Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Housing Forum 6, Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo (Albee) Benitez aired this call as he strongly pushed for the prioritization of a housing and urban development legislative agenda that would address the huge housing backlog that could balloon from two million to 6.6 million when the country elects its next president in 2022.
on Thu, 07/27/2017
In a historic move to further strengthen the Philippine Sugar Industry, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) held the Sugar Industry Summit July 25 to 26, 2017 at Nature’s Village Resort, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Carrying the theme “The Strategic Role of Mill District Development Councils (MDDcs) in Sugar Industry Development,” the summit will specifically engage a key industry partner, the MDDCs. The Summit seeks to build consensus on how the MDDCs could perform their strategic role in the implementation of projects under the R.A. No. 10659 of the “Sugar Industry Development Act of 2015” (SIDA).
From left: SRA Administrator Atty. Anna Rosario Paner, Cong. Albee Benitez, Sugar Board Member Hermenegildo Serafica, and Sugar Board Member Roland Beltran
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
BY GILBERT BAYORAN
MANILA – The approval of tax reform package in full, including taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, as endorsed by President Rodrigo Duterte, may face rough sailing in the Senate, although majority of its members are his allies.
Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri and JV Ejercito, staunch supporters of the sugar industry, yesterday said that they will push for its amendments.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
By Carla N. Canet
THE Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. (Bredco), through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), is eyeing a 2,000-hectare reclamation project in Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
Talisay City Mayor Nilo Jesus Antonio Lizares on Monday, July 24, said he and Vice Mayor Samuel Siote and the members of the City Council are set to hold a preliminary meeting with the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA).
Thursday, July 27, 2017
NEGROS Occidental Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez said the Visayan Bloc plans to Aklan as the cruise liner ’s home port in Asia.
Benitez, who leads the Visayan Bloc, noted it is part of their efforts in organizing a Special Committee on Visayas Development to ensure the development especially in terms of tourism industry.
July 25, 2017
Cong. Albee Benitez speaking at the Asia Pacific Housing Forum organized by the Habitat for Humanity. — at Novotel Manila Araneta Center.
BY GILBERT BAYORAN
Tuesay, July 25, 2017
MANILA- The two opposing local political parties in the 2016 elections in Negros Occidental appear to be heading for unity in the 2019 polls.
Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3 rd District), who has yet to decide if he will run for senator or governor of Negros Occidental, yesterday said the Love Negros members have not yet met as a group.
BY GILBERT BAYORAN
Tuesay, July 25, 2017
The feasibility study to connect Iloilo, Guimaras and Negros through bridges is now starting, Rep. Alfredo Benitez(Neg. Occ., 3 rd District) said yesterday.
Benitez said the feasibility study also includes the coastal road in the 3rd district of Negros Occidental. But the study will include first the bridge connecting Iloilo to Guimaras, he said.
China, the best bridge builder in the world,will fund the project, Benitez added.
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.
