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Asenso Metro 3rd Burial Assistance Program

Asenso Metro 3rd Burial Assistance Program Launched



on Wed, 07/05/2017

The Asenso Metro 3rd Burial Assistance Program provides access to funeral and burial services to qualified residents of the Third District of Negros Occidental. The Program brings together the resources and efforts of the Local Government Units (LGUs) of the Third District with the leadership of Congressman Alfredo Benitez, formalizing the district-wide implementation with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

The Program is open to all bona-fide residents of the cities of Talisay, Silay and Victorias , and the municipalities of E.B. Magalona and Murcia. The claimant is the resident who requests for burial assistance for a deceased immediate family member. The beneficiary who is the deceased must also be a bona-fide resident of the Third District. It will start today with the signing of the MOU and formal launching. The MOU sets the duration of the program for two years, July 2017 to July 2019.

Benitez leads launching of ‘Tabang sa Kalisod’




By CARLA N. CAÑET
Tuesday, July 4, 2017

THIRD District Representative Alfredo Benitez on Monday, July 3, led the launching of the “Asenso Metro 3rd Burial Assistance: Tabang sa Kalisod” program aimed to institutionalize burial assistance for the district’s less privileged residents.



BACOLOD. Negros Occidental Third District Rep. Alfredo Benitez (center) and Abang Lingkod partylist Rep. Stephen Paduano (3rd from left) with (from left) Mayors Andrew Montelibano of Murcia, Neil Lizares of Talisay City, Francis Frederick Palanca of Victorias City, Mark Andrew Golez of Silay City, and Marvin Malacon of E.B. Magalona show the memorandum of agreement for the burial assistance program. (Carla N. Cañet)

In rites held at Nature’s Village Hotel in Talisay City, Benitez signed a memorandum of agreement with Talisay Mayor Nilo Jesus Antonio Lizares III Lizares, Silay City Mayor Mark Andrew Golez, Victorias City Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, E.B. Magalona Mayor Marlon Malacon, and Murcia Mayor Andrew Montelibano to formalize the implementation.

POLITICS SIMMERS EARLY IN NEGROS OCC. – 3rd district mayors endorse Albee for guv



By Dolly Yasa
on Tuesday, July 4, 2017

BACOLOD City – Midterm election is two years away but five mayors in the 3rd district of Negros Occidental believe that the early bird catches the worm.

This, as Mayors Frederick Palanca of Victorias City, Marvin Malacon of EB Magalona, Mark Golez of Silay City, Mayor Neil Lizares of Talisay City and Andrew Montelibano of Murcia all endorsed 3rd district Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez to replace Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr.

The mayors expressed their support during the signing of a memorandum of agreement on the Asenso Metro 3rd Burial Assistance Program at the Nature’s Resort and Restaurant, July 3, 2017.