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TACLOBAN CITY – Five villages in the hometown of self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa in Albuera town, Leyte province, have been identified as possible hotspots for the May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. One of…
President Rodrigo Duterte may have said he will solve the illegal drug problem in the country within six months. Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido yesterday made a similar pronouncement: that he would solve the illegal drug trade in…
TWO people died after a 5.1 magnitude quake jolted Albuera, Leyte early morning on Wednesday, August 23. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the epicenter of the earthquake northeast of Albuera at 6:26 AM.…
TACLOBAN CITY-The family of slain Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. of Albuera town in Leyte felt vindicated by the Senate report that his killing was meant to “silence” him. Speaking on behalf of the family, lawyer Jonah John…
Police officers accused of murder for the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. branded as reckless the complaint filed by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against them. First, Atty. Roland Inting, speaking for the…
“Ambot uy. Naglibog pud mi (I don’t know. We also do not understand what is going on),” said Kerwin’s aunt Emma Espinosa in a phone interview yesterday. She said the Espinosa family would want to live a…
ALBUERA, Leyte –Two trusted henchmen of suspected drug lord Kerwin Espinosa were arrested by the police in separate operations in nearby Ormoc City on Saturday morning. First to fall was Brian Anthony Zaldivar who was cornered by…
What to do when the people you’re prosecuting is being protected by the president of the republic? That predicament facing the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is now being shared by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)…
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will not interfere in the investigation and legal proceedings involving the policemen accused of killing Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Albuera, Leyte,Sr., but he will do everything to spare them from being put behind bars, Philippine…
On hearing President Rodrigo Duterte talk about not allowing the Albuera police officers to land in jail for the death of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., I was reminded about the confession scene in the 1989 action…
ALBUERA, Leyte- Around 1,500 supporters, family and relatives formed a kilometer-long funeral procession that brought the remains of mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. to his final resting place at the Catholic Cemetery yesterday afternoon. A poignant aura pervaded…
ALBUERA, Leyte — Self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa will reaffirm his earlier statements that Senator Leila de Lima received drug money from him through Ronnie Dayan in 2015 when he appears again during the resumption of the…
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