Kerwin Espinosa is new Albuera, Leyte mayor

Doris C. Bongcac 05/13/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Kerwin Espinosa, the newly proclaimed mayor of Albuera, Leyte, has asked drug suspects to either reform or leave their town or he will have them arrested. Espinosa said that he also intends to…

Kerwin Espinosa for mayor: Albuera residents warned on voting for him

Doris C. Bongcac 04/26/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Retired Albuera Police Chief Jovie Espenido has warned town residents of the possible resurgence of illegal drug operations if Kerwin Espinosa wins as their next mayor in the May elections. Espenido alleged that…

Albuera shooting: CCTV footage shows Espinosa men ‘armed’

04/21/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Photos have surfaced on social media showing the presence of at least five armed men at the covered court in Brgy. Tinag-an, Albuera, Leyte, shortly after mayoral candidate Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa was shot…

7 cops linked to Kerwin Espinosa’s shooting to face admin raps

Joey Gabieta 04/20/2025

TACLOBAN CITY — Administrative charges are being prepared against the seven police officers considered “persons of interest” in the April 10 shooting of confessed drug lord and mayoral candidate Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa. Colonel Dionisio Apas Jr., Leyte…

Comelec: No need to place Albuera, Leyte under ‘red’ category 

Nestor Corrales 04/13/2025

MANILA, Philippines — There was no need to place Albuera town in Leyte under “red category,” or areas with serious armed threats, after confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa was shot during a campaign rally on Thursday, according…

Kerwin Espinosa shooting update: Manhunt against gunman on

Emmariel Ares 04/11/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Law enforcers in Albuera, Leyte have launched a manhunt operation against the gunman who shot self-confessed drug lord and mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa. Espinosa, along with two other individuals, were rushed to the…

Kerwin Espinosa wants to be Albuera mayor, fight drugs

Joey Gabieta 04/02/2025

ALBUERA, LEYTE, Philippines — Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa, once identified by the police as the biggest drug lord in Eastern Visayas, is running for mayor here on a platform of ridding his hometown of illegal drugs. But instead…

Espenido: Bato’s order for Albuera drug war meant killing suspects

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 08/28/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Police Col. Jovie Espenido, a central figure in the Duterte administration’s drug war, on Wednesday claimed that then-Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald Dela Rosa’s order to rid Albuera, Leyte of illegal drugs meant…

5 Albuera, Leyte villages tagged poll hotspots

Inquirer.net 04/25/2018

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…

Espenido vows to solve drug problem in Cebu in a month

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc, Nestle L. Semilla 08/27/2017

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 women die in Leyte quake

Agnes B. Alpuerto 08/23/2017

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.…

Senate report affirms family’s belief that slain Leyte Mayor was ‘silenced’

Joey Gabieta 03/13/2017

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…

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