Mayor Albee Benitez spends personal funds for grand raffles, one for city employees and another open to all adult residents who like and follow his Facebook page.
BACOLOD, Philippines – More than 15,000 residents of Negros Occidental’s independently administered capital city have registered for a grand New Year raffle that will give away a brand new car and five motorcycles.Mayor Albee Benitez, a billionaire who founded the gaming and entertainment conglomerate Leisure and Resorts World Corporation, used personal funds for the prizes.
NEW CAR. Bacolod Mayor Albee Benitez presents the key of a brand new Mitsubishi Mirage to Luzviminda Gerada of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology’s city office on December 19. Albee Benitez Facebook pageBenitez told reporters on Wednesday, December 28 that an identification card showing resident status is needed to register for the raffle. Registrants need to be at least 18 years old.
As of Thursday, December 29, the mayor’s official Facebook page had 209,000 followers, almost 65% of the 327,403 registered voters in theBenitez, a former Negros Occidental 3rd District representative, trounced the city’s longest serving mayor, Evelio Leonardia, by more than 64,000 votes.
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