By: Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnetInquirer Visayas / 11:44 AM October 07, 2021
BACOLOD CITY––Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has given the go-signal for the rapid antigen testing in Negros Occidental to speed up contact tracing efforts and stop the spread of COVID-19.
Provincial consultant Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said Wednesday, Oct. 6, that they aimed to begin the rapid antigen tests in the province this weekend.
By: Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet02:02 PM October 05, 2021
BACOLOD CITY—The Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) has dismissed the petition of three Grupo Progreso allies to exclude former Rep. Alfredo Abelardo ”Albee” Benitez from the list of voters of this city for lack of merit.
Judge Francisco Pando of the MTCC Branch 4 dismissed on Oct. 1 the petition filed by Hector Yula, Teodoro Abao, and Jonah Tornea Abao to exclude Benitez from the list of registered voters of Precinct No. 0629A in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City.
By: Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnetInquirer Visayas / 06:16 PM July 27, 2021
BACOLOD CITY––Negros Occidental provincial economic consultant Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez led a pre-power summit Monday to explore ways to bring down the cost of power in the province.
By: Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnetInquirer Visayas / 01:50 PM April 13, 2021
BACOLOD CITY –– More Sinovac vaccines for Negros Occidental and Bacolod City arrived on Monday, April 12.
Former Rep. Alfredo Benitez flew in 11,400 Sinovac vaccines for Negros Occidental and 3,000 for Bacolod City from the Department of Health (DOH) in Manila on his private jet that landed at 4:46 p.m. at the Bacolod Silay Airport.
By: Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnetInquirer Visayas / 07:49 PM January 05, 2021
BACOLOD CITY—Negros Occidental may have to wait until February to get access to coronavirus vaccines.
A former legislator, Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, said he was coordinating with Carlito Galvez, COVID-19 response chief enforcer and vaccine czar, for the supply of vaccines for the province in addition to those that would be provided by the national government.
By: Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnetInquirer Visayas / 07:20 PM December 20, 2020
BACOLOD CITY – A former lawmaker expressed hopes that Negros Occidental will be among the provinces in the country to avail of COVID-19 vaccines.
Former Rep. Alfredo Benitez, who turned 54 on Sunday, said his birthday wish is for people in the province to have the coronavirus vaccines by the first quarter of 2021.
By: Carla Gomez - Inquirer Visayas 07:45 PM November 19, 2020
BACOLOD CITY—Negros Occidental and two other provinces on Thursday (Nov. 19) signed an agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a safe water project worth nearly P900 million.
Patrick Wesner, USAID acting mission director, said the aid agency would give technical assistance to help communities in the provinces of Negros Occidental, Palawan and Sarangani build clean water facilities.
By: Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnetInquirer Visayas / 03:58 PM August 23, 2020
BACOLOD CITY — A four-day “time-out weekend” will be held in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City in a bid to test and isolate individuals who contracted the coronavirus.
From August 28 to 31, former Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez said 10,000 polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, which detects the SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in the body, will be conducted for free.
By: Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnetInquirer Visayas / 06:18 PM August 11, 2020
BACOLOD CITY—A former congressman called on President Duterte to declare a national period of mourning to honor health care workers who died in the line of duty in the battle with COVID-19.
Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, former member of the House of Representatives, said the simple act of flying the Philippine flag in all government offices at half-staff would be a recognition of the sacrifice being made by health workers who persist in caring for COVID-19 patients despite the risks.
By: Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnetInquirer Visayas / 07:49 PM April 18, 2020
CEBU CITY — Negros Occidental will soon have its own testing laboratory for the novel coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2, which causes the highly contagious respiratory ailment COVID-19.
Former Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez said the Department of Health (DOH) has informed them that the TB testing facility at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH ) in Silay City, is capable of handling the new coronavirus tests.
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.
