BENITEZ BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘’Albee’’ Benitez recently revealed that a multi-billion company in China is planning to build an electric vehicle plant here. “It was an eye-opener,” Benitez said as he met several big companies in China during the state visit of...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here was installed as the new chairperson of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Western Visayas. BACOLOD City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez, with his wife Dominique, takes his oath as the new chairperson of the Regional...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘’Albee’’ Benitez ordered the contractor and the Department of Public Services (DPS) on Friday, Nov. 18, to fast-track the collection of garbage here delayed by the damaged road leading to the sanitary landfill in Barangay Felisa. A GARBAGE truck...
BACOLOD CITY – Three local officials were among 10 persons who traveled to Japan with Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘’Albee’’ Benitez and tested positive for Covid-19. PHOTO shows Bacolod City officials led by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez and 11 barangay chairmen, among others,...
Mayors Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City and Alfredo Abelardo "Albee" Benitez of Bacolod City have ended their almost week-long word war with reconciliatory words. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (left) of Bacolod City and Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City. (Facebook) “The development of...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez has ordered the monitoring of visitors here for monkeypox following the first confirmed case in the country last month. CITY Health Officer Dr. Carmela Gensoli (left) and DRRM head Dr. Ana Maria Laarni Pornan (right) discuss with Agnes...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here was elected national chairperson of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP). BACOLOD City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (3rd from left), along with other newly elected LCP officials, is sworn in by Interior and...
BACOLOD CITY - Change is indeed coming as former Negros Occidental Third District Rep. Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez revealed his plans in his first 100 days in office and future plans for the city during his inauguration rites on Friday, July 1. Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo “Albee” Benitez takes...
The cast of 'Sunday Noontime Live' (Image by Popoy Guillermo) After three months, Sunday Noontime Live (SNL), the Sunday variety show of TV5, will air its final episode on Sunday, Jan. 17. This was announced by Albee Benitez, CEO, BrightLight Productions, in a statement issued on Jan. 16. The...
How did the former Congressman of Negros Occidental (also producer of Brightlights Productions) Albee Benitez and his townmate/master filmmaker Peque Gallaga (RIP) and storywriter of "Magikland"- choose the young actors who played the folklore characters of Negros, that abound in the theme park—...
John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo If plans do not miscarry, there's a big possibility that the much-awaited reunion movie of John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo would be produced by BrightLight Production, owned by Albee Benitez. "Tuloy-tuloy ang meeting namin ni John Lloyd. So far so good," said Albee,...
Albee Benitez Nevermind the budget. Former Congressman Albee Benitez, owner of BrightLight Production, is happy with the outcome of "MagikLand," one of the 10 official entries to the virtual 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival, which took almost two years to be finished. "The original...