Published September 5, 2017, 10:00 PM
By Fred Lobo
Concerned congressmen have deplored multi-million peso irregularities in the implementation of the housing project for victims of super-typhoon “Yolanda,” and recommended the fiing of criminal charges against public officials and contractors involved.
Materials used were substandard and their style is “bulok.”
September 5, 2017
By: Charissa M. Luci-Atienza
Heads will roll over the alleged anomalous and delayed implementation of Yolanda housing projects.
The House Committee on Housing and Urban Development has vowed to look deeper into the alleged substandard construction of Yolanda housing projects.
Published September 5, 2017, 12:06 AM
By Ben Rosario
The chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development yesterday asked the National Housing Authority (NHA) to explain why it failed to address anomalies in the construction of houses for super -typhoon ‘Yolanda’ victims notwithstanding the agency’s snail-paced delivery of completed housing units.
Citing a Commission on Audit (COA) report, Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez disclosed that the NHA accomplishment record in delivering housing units for ‘Yolanda’ victims and other resettlement program for informal settler families has been dismal.
By Jovee Marie de la Cruz - SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
A party-list lawmaker on Monday asked the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a special audit on all housing projects under the Yolanda rehabilitation and recovery program.
This, after the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, chaired by Rep. Alfredo B. Benitez of the Third District of Negros Occidental, uncovered an alleged substandard construction of Yolanda housing projects during the two-day inquiry of the panel in Tacloban City on August 31 and September 1.
Published September 3, 2017, 10:00 PM
By Nestor L.Abrematea
Tacloban City – The House of Representatives committee on housing and urban development is eyeing criminal charges against individuals and officials involved in the anomalous implementation of various housing projects intended for victims of super- typhoon Yolanda in Eastern Visayas.
Rep. Albee Benitez, House committee chairman, the results of the investigation on the supposed housing project anomalies, wherein substandard materials were allegedly used, will be forwarded to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Negros Occidental Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez rallied Lions Clubs International District 301-B1 of Negros and Panay to “get our acts together” in addressing problems of urbanization.
Congressman Benitez was guest speaker at the 1st Cabinet Meeting and District Convention’s Governor’s Ball and Induction Ceremony September 2 at SMX in Bacolod City.
As chair of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, Congressman Benitez reported on the latest developments regarding initiatives to re-create a Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, a vital move that will integrate government efforts to solve the growing housing backlog in the country as well as address problems of urbanization as population explosion critically continues.
September 3, 2017
Former Senator Joey Lina, host of DZMM TeleRadyo's #SagotKoYan discussed housing issues with Cong. Albee Benitez, chairman of House Committee on Housing and Urban Development.
posted September 03, 2017 at 12:01 am
by Mel Caspe
TACLOBAN CITY—Rep. Albee Benitez, chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, has urged the government to fast-track the construction and completion of permanent houses for the victims of Super Typhoon “Yolanda” during the committee’s public hearing in the municipality of Hernani and this city.
Rep. Alfredo ‘Albee’ B. Benitez (fourth from left), chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, and Rep. Ben P. Evardone of the Lone District of Eastern Samar, lead the Public Hearing on House Resolution No. 599 on Friday at the Community Center in Tacloban City. Mel R. Caspe
September 03, 2017 By: Rhommel Balasbas
Ibinunyag ni Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez na may milyun-milyong pisong iregularidad sa housing projects na ginagawa para sa mga biktima ng Bagyong Yolanda.
Ayon kay Benitez, ang mga itinatayong housing units ay ginamitan ng substandard na construction materials.
Updated September 3, 2017, 7:34 AM
By Ben R. Rosario
Borongan, Eastern Samar – A senior administration congressman yesterday deplored multi-million peso irregularities in the implementation of the shelter project for victims of super-typhoon “Yolanda,” noting that the housing units were built using substandard construction materials.
Hundreds of government-funded housing units for Yolanda victims will have to be inspected after contractors who won the heavily-financed shelter project have reportedly tapped unqualified sub-contractors to do their job, Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez revealed.
