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Negros Daily Bulletin

NIR Solons to Push for Negros Fed State



by Eugene Adiong on Fri, 10/14/2016

Silay City - Congressmen in Negros Island Region will push for a Negros Island Federal State if moves for a shift to federalism will materialize, Rep. Alfredo Benitez (3rd district) said.

Benitez, who held his State of the District Report in this city’s Civic Center, said that he believes that President Rodrigo Duterte is “holding in abeyance the full implementation of the NIR.”

All the district congressmen and party list representatives who hails from Negros will definitely be supporting the inclusion of the NIR as one of the federal states.

He is not dissolving it but waiting for the moves for the Philippines to shift to a federal form of government, he said.

SIDA 2017 Budget Down by P600M



by Eugene Adiong on Fri, 10/14/2016

Negros Occidental Representative Alfredo Benitez (3rd District) yesterday confirmed that the allocation for the sugar industry as mandated in the Sugar Industry Act (SIDA) of 2015 is short by P600 million for next year.

However, Benitez said that there was a gentleman’s agreement with the Department of Budget and Management that the shortfall will be added to the 2018 budget.

Benitez said this will make the 2018 SIDA P2.6 billion.

The SIDA was signed by then President Benigno Aquino III to develop the Philippine sugarcane industry by setting aside P2 billion every year for grants to sugarcane farmers, farm mechanization programs, research and development activities for the sugarcane industry, and scholarship grants for agriculture students.

Albee Turns Over AL-Boards to 21 Visayas Schools



by Eugene Adiong on Mon, 08/15/2016

Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez (3rd district) turned over 21 units of AL-Board (Alternative Learning Board) audio visual package to 21 more schools in the Visayas, including those in Iloilo, Guimaras, Bohol, Capiz, Cebu, Leyet and Southern Leyte, aside from Negros Occidental.

Benitez said he has expanded the project to other areas in the Visayas to improve the delivery of quality education, he said there is need for modern technology in terms of teaching-learning process.

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