Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolan "Kerwin" Espinosa was released from Cebu City Jail after the court recalled his warrant of arrest due to a lack of jurisdiction.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Mayor Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa led the conduct of random drug test for Albuera, Leyte municipal officials, employees, and barangay captains. The drug testing conducted from July 2 to 7, 2025 was part of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
