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.
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.
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.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Habitat for Humanity Philippines Foundation Inc. and the Silay City government will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 2 p.m. today, to start the construction of the multi-million disaster-resilient housing project at the Bon Bon Phase 3 Resettlement Site in Brgy. E Lopez., a press release said
Habitat's Vice President for Asia Pacific Rick Hathaway, Managing Director Michael Meaney, and Project Director Lily Fuentes will join Silay Mayor Mark Golez at the groundbreaking rites.
January 17, 2018
Habitat for Humanity Philippines Foundation, Inc. and the Silay City Government will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 2 p.m. on Thursday, January 18, to start the construction of the multi-million disaster-resilient housing project at Bon Bon Phase 3 Resettlement Site in Brgy. E Lopez.
Arriving in Silay City to join Mayor Mark Golez for the groundbreaking are Habitat’s Vice President for Asia Pacific Rick Hathaway, Managing Director Michael Meaney, and Project Director Lily Fuentes.
on Tue, 11/14/2017
Silay City Government and Habitat for Humanity Philippines Foundation, Inc. signed a memorandum of agreement yesterday for a multi-million housing project in Brgy. E Lopez, Silay City.
The MOA signed by Mayor Mark Andrew Arthur Golez of Silay, and Michael Meaney, Managing Director of HHPF, covers the construction of an initial 100 units of cement-bamboo frame housing units in 10 months, with an estimated cost of about P45 million.
Third District Representative Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, who is the chair of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, and Lili Fuentes, project director of Habitat, signed as witnesses.
on Tue, 11/14/2017
Silay City Government and Habitat for Humanity Philippines Foundation, Inc. signed a memorandum of agreement yesterday for a multi-million housing project in Brgy. E Lopez, Silay City.
BACOLOD. The signing of the memorandum of agreement Monday between Silay City and Habitat for Humanity Philippines Foundation Inc. for the construction of a multi-million housing in Barangay E. Lopez was led by Mayor Mark Golez (seated, 3rd from right) and HHPFI Managing Director Michael Meaney (2nd from right), in the presence of Third District Rep. Alfredo Benitez (3rd from left) and HHPFI project director Lili Fuentes (right) with Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (2nd from left) and Francisco Benitez (left). (Contributed Photo/Jujean Aboy)
on Tue, 11/14/2017
Silay City Government and Habitat for Humanity Philippines Foundation, Inc. signed a memorandum of agreement yesterday for a multi-million housing project in Brgy. E Lopez, Silay City.
MOA Signing: From right, Lili Fuentes and Michael Meaney of Habitat for
Humanity Philippines, Silay Mayor Mark Andrew Arthur Golez, Cong. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, Vice Governor Eugenio Lacson and Francisco Benitez holding
signed the memorandum of agreement between Silay City and HHPFI. Standing behind
are housing stakeholders and legislators of Silay City, Habitat, and I-HOME
Bacolod.*
July 25, 2017
Cong. Albee Benitez speaking at the Asia Pacific Housing Forum organized by the Habitat for Humanity. — at Novotel Manila Araneta Center.
on Thu, 07/20/2017
Focusing on the other “H” in his METRO 3RD ASENSO –IHELP (infrastructure-health & housing-education & environment-livelihood-policy) PROGRAM, Congressman Alfredo Benitez initiated an inventory of informal settler families (ISF) and a review of the various housing programs of local government units in the Third District.
Marie June Pavillar Castro, women’s rights advocate, civic leader and former Silay City councilor who was tasked as District Coordinator for Housing Concerns DCHC), said the initial inventory recorded close to 50,000 informal settler families in Victorias, EB Magalona, Silay, Talisay and Murcia. As she works closely with the LGUs to assist fast-tracking their housing programs and other related concerns, the listing and mapping of ISFs continue to generate an accurate data-baseline for appropriate interventions and provide relevant inputs to policy initiatives to address the housing backlog and other issues.
