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The Visayan Daily Star

‘Houses for 27,055 in Negros free’



Tuesday, February 26, 2019
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN

Typhoon Yolanda victims in Negros Occidental, who are beneficiaries of the 27,055 permanent housing units, including those in EB Magalona, will no longer pay for them, National Housing Authority official Susana Nonato announced yesterday.

This is for free, Nonito, head of the NHA Project Implementing Team, said, apparently referring to housing units constructed by NHA developers for Yolanda victims in the Visayas.

Each 40-square meter lot housing unit costs P290,000, said Nonito, who turned over yesterday the 1,168 permanent housing units located at Tumandok Village in Brgy. Santo Niño, EB Magalona, to municipal officials led by Mayor Marvin Malacon.

‘Duterte okay of housing dep’t. means more houses for poor’



Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) said the signing into law of Republic Act 11201 creating the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) by President Rodrigo Duterte will allow the building of more and cheaperhousing for the poor,by utilizing idle government properties.

Benitez, who authored the DHSUD bill in the Lower House, lauded and thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for his approval of the housing department that will allow for unified direction and efforts towards shelter delivery to Filipinos.

Visayan Bloc backs sugar industry battle



Friday, February 15, 2019
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ

The Visayan Bloc in the House of Representatives yesterday pledged its support tothe call of the sugar industry stakeholders for a review of the proposed import liberalization of sugar by the country’s economic managers.

The move could lead to the collapse of the sugar industry, the Visayan Bloc congressmen said in a joint statement released by Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District).

The Visayan Bloc members said they will support any government initiatives that will strengthen the local sugar industry and enhance competitiveness through appropriate regulation.

SIDA orientation in E.B. Magalona



Monday, January 28, 2019

Agrarian reform beneficiaries, holders of the Certificate of Land Ownership Awards, and small sugarcane farm cultivators in Barangay Consing, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, were gathered recently for an orientation on the Sugarcane Industry Development Act (SIDA) programs by the Office of Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District), its press release said.

Household electrification on track in Third District



Thursday, January 24, 2019

Lights for the 602 households in the far-flung areas in the Third District of Negros Occidental will soon be a reality under the Department of Energy’s Household Electrification Program, a press release said.


Participants during the coordination meeting on the Household Electrification Program in the Third District, with Jimmy Planas of DOE and Dr. Francisco Benitez (4th and 5th from left, seated)*

In a recent coordination meeting in Victorias City, facilitated by the Office of Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District), Jimmy Planas of DOE briefed the participants of the status of preparing beneficiary households to comply with the requirements to avail of the home-based solar system kit.

‘Lower crime age to ensure reform’



BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

A Negrense solon, who was among the House Committee on Justice members who approved the bill that would lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 years old to 9 years old, said it is geared toward providing reform for offenders.

Rep. Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod partylist) is an ex-officio member of the House Justice Committee.

He said that, under the proposed measure, children will not be jailed with regular inmates but placed in reformative institutions, citing the Bahay Pag-Asa, to which a budget will be allotted.

3rd District has 50,000 informal settler families



BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

There are more than 50,000 informal settler families in the third district of Negros Occidental, Marie June Pavillar-Castro, district coordinator on housing concerns, yesterday said.

Castro said there is an ongoing Habitat housing project in Brgy. E Lopez, Silay City, while Rep. Alfredo Benitez has set aside P4.5 million for land acquisition by local government units in the district.

Albee b-day a political rally of sorts



BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Friday, December 21, 2018

The birthday celebration yesterday of Rep. Alfredo Benitez, who is now on his last term as congressman of the 3rd district of Negros Occidental, in Talisay City, was just short of a political rally, with the presence of senatorial and local candidates for the May elections next year, and 19,008 barangay leaders of Asenso in the 3rd district.




More thsn 19,000 Asenso leaders of the 3rd district, senatorial candidates Ronald dela Rosa and Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos and local leaders joined yesterday the birthday celebration of Rep. Albee Benitez in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Gilbert Bayoran photos

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