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Tatak Metro 3rd

Pagsaulog Sang Asenso Sa Ika-Tatlo Nga Distrito

Embrace the change and transformation for a better future..

Make ASENSO your goal, your way of life.

This was the core message of Congressman Alfredo Benitez to the more than 19,000 Asenso leaders from all over the Third District of Negros Occidental who braved the day-long downpour last December 20, 2018 and showcased their unity and commitment during the 2nd ASENSO Leaders Assembly held at the stadium oval grounds of the Rafael Lacson Memorial High School in Talisay City.



Sharing Christmas Love with Estado pupils

          With the theme “Thank you for the Love!”  officers  of the Victorias Kaayong Lawas Foundation and the hospital staff shared Christmas gifts with  245 pupils of the Estado Elementary School in Hacienda Mimi, Barangay 10 in Victorias City.



Victorias Kaayong Lawas Foundation President Tricia Anne L. Regino leads distribution of gifts to pupils of Estado Elementary School – Mimi Extension.

TESDA Training for Livelihood for Metro 3rd


            Two hundred seventeen (217) residents of the Third District recently were awarded their completion certificates by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for completing the Special Training for Employment Program (STEP), getting them ready for gainful employment or to start livelihood ventures in the home or in the community.


Beneficiaries of the TESDA STEP during the completion rites held recently in Barangay 5 in Silay City with TESDA Provincial Director Jimm Daoaten, Silay City Mayor Mark Golez and PWU President Dr. Jose Francisco "Kiko" Benitez.

          The skills trainings  were conducted by TESDA in partnership with the office of Congressman Alfredo Benitez who facilitated the community-based training sessions in coordination with the local government units of the Third District.

PhilWomenians in Negros



Alumni from various Philippine Women's University campuses in the country who are now residing in Negros Occidental and Iloilo recently met in Bacolod City with PWU President Dr. Jose Francisco Benitez to drumbeat support and preparations for the PWU Centennial celebration in 2019. Photo shows the Philwomenians in Negros core group with Dr. Benitez (4th from left) and PWU Media Center Director Lyca Benitez Brown (6th from left). Others in photo are (left to right) Elizabeth Hilario, Diana Estela, Ofelia Servando, Dr. Benitez, Marie Ledesma, Mrs. Brown, Annie Diamante, Maricar Dabao, Marietta Laguardia. and Corazon Vinco.

Bayanihan Joins Talisay Al Cinco De Noviembre Celebration

For the first time in Talisay City, the celebration of Al Cinco de Noviembre highlighted the country’s historic legacy in song and dance with the public performance of the Philippine National Folk Dance group, the Bayanihan Dance Company in the Talisay plaza last November 5, 2018.



The Bayanihan Dance Company performers with Talisay City officials led by Mayor Neil Lizares (3rd from left, standing), Bayanihan Folk Arts Foundation Executive Director Suzie Benitez (4th from left, standing), and Bayanihan Chairman & PWU President Dr. Jose Francisco Benitez (5th from left, standing).

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