BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Three more Negros Occidental solons were given committee chairmanships by House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
Negros Occidental Third District Rep. Jose Franncisco Benitez retained his chairmanship on Housing and Urban Development committee, while former House Minority leader Stephen Joseph Paduano of Abang Lingkod partylist group has been named as chairperson on the Committee on Public Accounts.
Second District Rep. Alfredo Marañon III was also designated as chairperson of the Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources
Benitez thanked the House leadership for the trust and support.
Lawyer and Fourth District Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer was earlier named as chairperson of the House Committee on Justice.
Ferrer will also serve as an ex-officio member of the Judicial and Bar Council sharing the seat with the Senate Chair of the Justice committee.
Paduano, on the other hand, said that Abang Lingkod is committed to work even harder, as he vowed the implementation of more programs and projects in the grassroots level.*
