BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Saturday, June 15, 2019
The 45-strong Visayan bloc will vote as one for the new speaker of the House in the 18th Congress, outgoing Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) said yesterday.
The representatives of Negros Island form part of the bloc. Senator Loren Legarda, recently elected congresswoman of Antique, was the 45th member to join the bloc, Benitez said.
BY MARCHEL P. ESPINA
Friday, June 14, 2019
Rising star Javier “Javi” Benitez was still working in the corporate world when he was encouraged to give show business a try.
Growing up, he said he liked to watch Chinese action films that starred Jet Li, Jackie Chan, or Bruce Lee.
“I had an inner desire to do something like that, but I never thought I'd enter the entertainment or showbiz industry. My parents said I must finish schooling before getting into it full-time, if ever,” Javi, 22, son of outgoing Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District), said in an interview with the STAR.
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Tuesday, June 10, 2019
We are proud of Negrense beauty titlist Vickie Rushton, Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) and Talisay Mayor Neil Lizares said yesterday.
Rushton, 26, who is from Talisay City in the third district of Negros Occidental, won six special awards, but failed to secure any of the five crowns in the 2019 Binibining Pilipinas competition at the Araneta Coliseum Sunday night.
BY MARCHEL P. ESPINA
Friday, June 7, 2019
In its bid to be economically competitive, the municipal government of EB Magalona has tapped the help of the business sector in Negros Occidental to improve its economic climate.
The local government, led by Mayor Marvin Malacon, initiated a consultation meeting with the leaders of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday at 21 Restaurant in Bacolod City. It was also attended by Vice Governor and governor-elect Eugenio Lacson and representative-elect Francisco Benitez of the third district.
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri and Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) said yesterday they are pushing for a third airline to ply the Manila to Bacolod-Silay Airport route to help bring down airfare rates.
Businessman Eduardo Alunan has been lobbying for the entry of a third airline to serve the needs of Negrenses, saying the airfare rates of the two airlines that fly to the Bacolod Silay Airport are excessive.
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Monday, April 13, 2019
President Rodrigo Duterte Thursday night assured Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) of a slot in the 2022 senatorial race, Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday.
The president “advised Cong Albee to strengthen his leadership in the island,” added Lacson, who is running for governor of Negros Occidental in the May 13 polls.
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Monday, April 8, 2019
Outgoing Rep. Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) is taking on the job of Negros Occidental consultant on economic affairs.
The job of consultant on Investment Promotions, Trade and Export Development was offered to him by Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, who is expected to win the governorship in May, Benitez said Saturday.
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Monday, April 8, 2019
Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. and Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) lauded the officers and members of the Capitol Government Employees Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative for the phenomenal growth of their coop, at their 30th general assembly at the SMX Convention Center in Bacolod City Saturday.
Monday, March 11, 2019
The Philippine Women’s University will soon have a new home in Silay City, Negros Occidental, one of its major development programs as it celebrates its 100th year this 2019.
The new campus will rise on a three-hectare lot in San Diego Dos, Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, donated by the family of the late Pablo Jison, PWU president, Dr. Jose Francisco B. Benitez, said yesterday.
In a deed of donation signing ceremony at the Silay City Civic Center Saturday, the PWU president thanked the family of the late Pablo Jison for their generosity and for their trust, as he committed to continue the legacy of educational transformation that has been the mission of PWU since 1919.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District), chair of the House committee on Housing and Urban Planning, yesterday defended the creation of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, that is being questioned by former President Benigno Aquino III, stressing that it aims to address the big problem of lack housing in the country.
Benitez asked what Aquino was complaining about, the department or its name?
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.
