OCT 3, 2021 11:27 AM PHT
INDAY ESPINA-VARONA
BACOLOD CITY, PHILIPPINES
(1st UPDATE) The founder of publicly-listed Leisure and Resorts World Corporation had announced in April his intention to challenge Mayor Evelio Leonardia by filing a transfer of voter’s registration from Victorias City to Bacolod
OCT 20, 2020 3:16 PM PHT
The Brightlight Productions head talks to Rappler about the future of TV entertainment
A few years back, Albee Benitez was slugging it out at the House of Representatives, where he led the Visayac bloc and headed the committee on housing. But in 2020 – and in the middle of a pandemic – Benitez shifted his focus to what may seem like an unlikely venture: media and entertainment.
OCT 18, 2020 5:00 PM PH
MANILA, PHILIPPINES
The former Negros Occidental representative dives into show business with shows top-billed by ABS-CBN's biggest stars
On October 4, Brightlight Productions released teasers of its upcoming shows on TV5. The company is owned by former Negros Occidental representative Albee Benitez.
Benitez, a businessman, made headlines in the entertainment industry when news came out that his company brought blocktime slots from the Kapatid network, chaired by Manny Pangilinan.
AUGUST 22, 2020 5:15 PM PHT
MARCHEL P. ESPINA
BACOLOD CITY, PHILIPPINES
All movement will be restricted during the province-wide 'timeout weekend' while the mass testing will target 10,000 persons with COVID-19 symptoms
The provincial government of Negros Occidental plans to implement a “timeout weekend” from August 28 to 31 to conduct mass testing of 10,000 symptomatic patients.
In a joint press conference of Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia on Saturday, August 22, Capitol consultant and former Negros Occidental representative Alfredo Benitez said that during the timeout weekend, “there will be no movement at all. There will be a lockdown for 4 days, while we test everybody."
President Duterte hopes to convince 1.7 million Negros Occidental voters to send his bets to the Senate in the May 2019 polls
Published 12:58 PM, March 09, 2019
Updated 2:48 PM, March 09, 2019
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte endorsed 5 senatorial bets and 6 guest candidates of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) during their campaign rally in Victorias City here, Friday night, March 8.
Duterte asked the more than 30,000 Negrense crowd to support the bids of Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, Maguindanao Representative Zajid Mangudadatu, former special assistant to the president Christopher Lawrence Go, former top cop Ronald dela Rosa, and former presidential adviser Francis Tolentino.
'We want to better equip the rescue volunteers of San Miguel in order to save lives,' Negros Occidental 3rd District Representative Alfred Benitez says
Jazmin Bonifacio
Published 4:04 PM, January 20, 2018
Updated 4:04 PM, January 20, 2018
LEYTE, Philippines – The town rescue group of San Miguel is getting more ready to help in times of calamity.
Negros Occidental 3rd District Representative Alfred Benitez on Thursday, January 18, delivered 29 sets of head gear and flashlights in support for the rescuers of San Miguel.
Patty Pasion
Published 2:30 PM, November 07, 2017
Updated 3:05 PM, November 07, 2017
JC Tayag Builders is accused of constructing substandard houses for survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
MANILA, Philippines – The National Housing Authority (NHA) said on Tuesday, November 7, that contractor JC Tayag Builders will not be able to bid for the remaining projects in the post-Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) housing program.
The contractor is likely to face charges of perjury and syndicated estafa after making false statements during a House of Representatives probe into the allegedly substandard houses built for Yolanda survivors in Balangiga, Eastern Samar.
Published 7:40 PM, October 08, 2017
Updated 7:45 PM, October 08, 2017
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III says this would give the ruling party time to screen candidates for the 2019 midterm elections
MANILA, Philippines – Politicians wishing to join the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) would only have until next month as the ruling party is set to stop accepting new members by the end of November.
Senate President and party president Aquilino Pimentel III said they need enough time to screen and choose their official candidates for the midterm elections in May 2019.
PDP-Laban is already preparing for the national and local elections. Just last week, Pimentel revealed the initial names on their Senate slate for 2019.
These include Pimentel himself, Negros Occidental 3rd District Representative Albee Benitez, Bataan 1st District Representative Geraldine Roman, Davao City 1st District Representative Karlo Nograles, former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Francis Tolentino, and House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas.
Camille Elemia
Published 1:09 PM, October 06, 2017
Updated 2:12 PM, October 06, 2017
MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Friday, October 6, revealed the initial 6 senatorial candidates of the ruling PDP-Laban’s for the 2019 midterm elections.
Answering questions from the media, Pimentel said that aside from him, the other candidates will include Negros Occidental 3rd District Representative Albee Benitez, Bataan 1st District Representative Geraldine Roman, Davao City 1st District Representative Karlo Nograles, former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Francis Tolentino, and House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas.
Published 12:45 PM, September 06, 2017
Updated 12:45 PM, September 06, 2017
By Bea Cupin
A House committee looks into the progress – or lack thereof – of housing projects for Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivors
MANILA, Philippines – They survived the onslaught of a super typhoon in 2013. But in 2017, almost 4 years after Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) ravaged Eastern Visayas, survivors now have to contend with the lack of housing, or housing units that are either slow to be built or made using substandard materials.
"Victims of the calamity are still suffering today," said Negros Occidental 3rd District Representative Alfredo Benitez in a press conference on Wednesday, September 6. (READ: 3 unresolved issues, 3 years after Yolanda)
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.
