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DHSUD, legacy ng aking ama



Last updated Oct 15, 2018
By Albee Benitez

Bilang isang anak, isang malaking karangalan na maipagpatuloy ko ang iniwang legasiya ng aking ama na si Jolly Benitez, ang Deputy Minister ng Human Settlements simula noong 1970 hanggang 1980.

Ipinagmamalaki kong tatay ko si Jolly Benitez na idolo at tinitingala kong ehemplo. Mahirap gayahin at sundan ang kanyang nasimulan kaya sinisikap kong maipagpatuloy ang lahat ng kanyang napasimulan lalo na sa usa­ping pabahay na ilang dekada ng problema sa ating bansa.

Metro 3rd Coastal Road soon a reality



Mon, 10/15/2018

The need to improve mobility and to decongest the national highway; provide opportunities for shoreline protection; development of more land reclamation; and ensure flood control measures.



Consultative Meeting for Metro 3rd Coastal Road Project. (left to right) EBM Mayor Marvin Malacon, Victorias Mayor Wantan Palanca, Silay Mayor Mark Golez, Cong. Albee Benitez, Talisay Mayor Neil Lizares, Board Member Manman Ko, DPWH RD Lea Delfinado, and Victorias Vice Mayor Jerry Jover.*

Study starts for P15-B coastal road



Saturday, October 13, 2018


EB Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon, Victorias Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, Silay Mayor Mark Golez, Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, Talisay Mayor Neil Lizares, Board Member Manuel Frederick Ko, DPWH Regional Director Lea Delfinado, and Victorias Vice Mayor Jerry Jover (l-r) at the stakeholders meeting in Talisay City, yesterday*

A feasibility study and detailed engineering design for a proposed P15 billion Bacolod–Victorias Coastal Road Project has started, Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Director Lea Delfinado said yesterday.

She said they expect to start actual work on the project that is part of the Bacolod–Negros Occidental Economic Highway Program by 2020.

The proposed coastal road will have an approximate length of 37 kilometers from the Bacolod Junction point to the proposed Victorias Roro Port, and will traverse eleven bridges from Talisay to Victorias, she added.

Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) said the coastal road will improve mobility and decongest the national highway, provide opportunities for shoreline protection, develop more land reclamation, and ensure flood control measures.

Proposed P15-B Bacolod-Victorias Coastal Road soon a reality



October 13, 2018

THE need to improve mobility and to decongest the national highway, provide opportunities for shoreline protection, development of more land reclamation, and ensure flood control measures.


TALISAY CITY. Negros Occidental Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez (4th from left) leads the coordination and consultative meeting with the Department of Public Works and Highways and key stakeholders at the DPWH 1st District Engineering Office in Talisay City Friday, with (from right) Mayors Neil Lizares of Talisay City, Mark Golez of Silay City, Marvin Malacon of E.B. Magalona and Francis Frederick Palanca of Victorias City. (Contributed Photo)

These are the advantages that the Bacolod-Victorias Coastal Road Project will bring not only to the constituents of the Third District, but to all Negrosanons as well, according to Negros Occidental Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez, who led the coordination and consultative meeting with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and key stakeholders at the DPWH 1st District Engineering Office in Talisay City Friday.

House ratifies bicam report on creation of Housing department



Updated October 12, 2018, 12:25 AM
By Ben Rosario


The House of Representatives has ratified the bicameral committee report on the creation of a Department of Housing and Urban Development (DHUD), a regular government department that will rationalize and coordinate the functions and powers of various housing agencies of the state.

Strongly endorsed for ratification by Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, the report of the bicameral panel consolidated the two versions of the DHUD measure.

Cong. Albee Supports Habitat Housing Project in Silay



Fri, 10/05/2018


Third District Congressman Alfredo Benitez assured Habitat for Humanity his full support for their innovative housing project in Silay City, as well as their advocacy for green technology.



Habitat for Humanity Project in Brgy. E. Lopez, Silay City. Housing Coordinator Marie June Castro, Cong. Albee Benitez, Habitat VP Rick Hathaway and Silay Mayor Mark Golez.

TFP complements quality education in 3rd district



BY GILBERT BAYORAN
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Teach for the Philippines (TFP), a non-government organization, is now complimenting the promotion of quality education in two public schools in the cities of Victorias and Talisay, Negros Occidental, after signing a memorandum of agreement with two local government units and Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd district)


Rep. Alfredo Benitez, a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Virginia, United States, served as a guest teacher of Mathematics to Grade 8 students at a public high school in Victorias City, Negros Occidental.*

Albee mends political squabbles in Third District



TERESA D. ELLERA
October 4, 2018

NEGROS Occidental Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez mended some political squabbles in his district so there will be no major political contest in the 2019 election.

Benitez confirmed Wednesday, October 3, that former Talisay City mayor Eric Saratan has already accepted to be the second nominee of Abang Lingkod party-list, meaning he will not challenge anymore Talisay City incumbent Mayor Neil Lizares in the 2019 elections.


Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez (left) and Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (right), endorse the candidacies of Silay City Mayor Mark Golez and Acting Mayor Tom Ledemar for mayor and vice mayor, in the midterm elections. (SunStar Bacolod)

Unega and Love Negros merger realized



TERESA D. ELLERA
October 4, 2018

THE two major political groups in the province, the United Negros Alliance (Unega) and the Love Negros, made another breakthrough in the political history of the province through its merger that was officially sealed Wednesday, October 3, with the nomination of their common candidates for the top two provincial positions - the tandem of Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and former Fourth District representative Jeffrey Ferrer.

Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez made the official announcement of the merger and nomination of Love Negros of Lacson as the official candidate for governor while Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. made the official announcement on the backing of Unega of Lacson's nomination and nominated Ferrer as the official candidate for vice governor.

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