Despite lagging behind in the Social Weather Station (SWS) surveys, Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn is confident he can win a Senate seat through the support of local government officials.
Now that he is a reformed environmental champion, Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn has no qualms about admitting during campaign rallies that he used to destroy Palawan’s forests.
Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. and former Palawan City Mayor Edward Hagedorn lead the awardees in the 9th Tourism Awards to be handed out by the Rotary Club of Manila (RCM) on April 18 at the Manila Polo Club, Forbes Park, Makati.
Evangelist Eddie Villanueva and Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn on Tuesday both welcomed the idea of joining forces with Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy Casiño and forming an “alternative team” to boost their chances of winning in May’s senatorial elections.
An undisclosed number of Manila-based media entities, including the Inquirer, failed to cover the Easter Sunday motorcade of independent senatorial candidates Bro. Eddie Villanueva and Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn in Bulacan province.
Both facing an uphill battle in their senatorial bids, independent candidates Bro. Eddie Villanueva and Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn have agreed to join forces and hopefully, make it to the Magic 12 in the May midterm elections.
Bayan Muna Rep. Teodoro Casiño said he would remain an independent candidate despite earlier reports that the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) was considering adopting him after dropping its three guest candidates.
Six partylist groups and two senatorial candidates have so far been notified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) regarding election propaganda posted in prohibited areas, a Comelec official said Friday.
Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn suspects a conspiracy in the transfer of the remaining state witness in the January 2011 murder of Palawan broadcaster Gerry Ortega to the same jail where another state witness was killed last week.
Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn officially kicked off his Senate campaign by going around Manila in a motorcade from his campaign headquarters along Osmeña Highway in Manila to Sto. Niño de Tondo Church.
Puerto Princesa Mayor Edward Hagedorn on Thursday called for tighter protection of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) and hailed the agreement between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) to intensify the biodiversity conservation efforts and ensure that they would not be compromised by ongoing tourism development projects.
The P2-million reward each for brothers Joel and Mario Reyes, wanted for the murder of environment advocate and broadcaster Gerry Ortega, is still in effect, according to the lawyer of the family of the murder victim.
Of the candidates filing their candidacy papers Wednesday, the names Hagedorn in Palawan and Villafuerte in Camarines Sur stood out.
