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In the News

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez slows down Charter change train



By Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star) | Updated January 23, 2018 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — In a change of tack, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez yesterday stepped back from the House of Representatives’ original plan to hold a plebiscite simultaneous with the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on May 14.

Alvarez also said he was just joking when he warned congressmen and local executives that the House would cut off funding for those who refused to support the shift to federalism.

Alvarez: Roque, two solons shoo-ins in PDP-Laban Senate slate



Published January 22, 2018 9:46pm
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Monday confirmed the candidacy of presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and two other incumbent congressmen as senators under the banner of the ruling party PDP-Laban in the 2019 midterm elections.

In a television interview, Alvarez said Roque, a former Kabayan party-list representative, is already part of PDP-Laban's senatorial slate for 2019.

Lawmaker: Charter change process not being railroaded




Monday, January 22, 2018
By Teresa D. Ellera



BACOLOD. Kabankalan City Mayor Isidro Zayco (left) welcomes Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez (center) and Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson at the 42nd Sinulog Festival celebration on Sunday, January 21. (Carla N. Cañet)

NEGROS Occidental Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez said on Sunday charter change is not being railroaded by the House of Representatives because it is going through the proper procedure.

“This has been talked about by President Rodrigo Duterte when he was still campaigning. This is not being railroaded,” said Benitez, who was the guest speaker during the 42nd Sinulog Festival in Kabankalan City, Sunday, January 21.

Leyte town gets new rescue tools after Urduja, Vinta

'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.


RESCUERS' TOOLS. Negros Occidental 3rd District Representative Alfred Benitez delivers 29 sets of head gear and flashlights on January 18, 2018, for the rescuers of San Miguel.

House presents ‘best version’ of bill creating housing department




Published January 19, 2018, 12:07 AM
By Ben Rosario

After nearly three decades of futile bid to enact a bill establishing a Department of Housing and Urban Development, the House of Representatives has finally come up with what is considered the finest version of the many bills filed since 1989 for the creation of a government department that would address the worsening housing problem in the country.

Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, made this assurance as the Lower House launched Tuesday night the plenary debates for House Bill 6775 that consolidated five legislative proposals for the creation of the DHUD.

Silay gets 546 Habitat houses



Friday, January 19, 2018
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

The Habitat for Humanity Philippines Foundation Inc. is building 546 earthquake and storm-proof homes for informal settlers in Brgy. E Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental, that are being targeted to be completed in 36 months.

Habitat for Humanity Asia-Pacific Area Vice-President, Rick Hathaway, said yesterday that they will use an engineered bamboo-design, which is earthquake resilient, and could survive anything that can happen in the community.

Hathaway, who led the groundbreaking yesterday of the multi-million disaster resilient housing project at the Bonbon Phase 3 resettlement site in Brgy. E. Lopez, Silay City, said the construction of the 546 homes, will be done in phases, with 86 housing units to be initially constructed.

The groundbreaking was also attended by local government officials led by Silay Mayor Mark Golez. Dominique “Nikki” Lopez-Benitez represented her husband, Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3 rd District), who chairs the House committee on Housing and Urban Development.

Ledac measure for DHUD creation endorsed for House plenary approval




By Jovee Marie de la Cruz - January 18, 2018

A Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (Ledac) priority measure for the creation of the proposed Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHUD) is now inching its way to become a law with the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development’s endorsement for plenary approval.

Committee Chairman and Rep. Alfredo Benitez of the Third District of Negros Occidental said House Bill (HB) 6775, would address the worsening housing problem in the country.

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