Slain Mayor’s brother reiterates call for justice

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/13/2017

CEBU CITY–The brother of slain Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. welcomed the request of the two Senate committees for the Department of Justice to expedite its preliminary investigation on the criminal case filed against operatives of the…

Espinosa a ‘big loss’ to unmasking officials in drugs — exec

11/06/2016

THE killing of Mayor Rolando Espinosa of Albuera, Leyte, is a “big loss” to the government’s efforts to unmask public officials behind the narcotics trade in the country, a Malacañang official said Sunday. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin…

Espinosa family cries rubout, mayor killed to ‘silence’ him

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/06/2016

The older brother of slain Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. yesterday called on witnesses to come out and shed light on what they believed was a case of a rubout. Ramon Espinosa, the eldest of seven siblings,…

Autopsy report on Mayor Espinosa shows ‘overkill’

Robert Dejon 11/06/2016

RESULTS of an autopsy on the body of slain Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. showed an “overkill,” according to his lawyer, Leilani Villarino, yesterday. Villarino said that based on the autopsy conducted by Cebu-based members of the…

Living in the time of turmoil

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/06/2016

Amid the spate of horrendous killings taking place in our much-loved country, the weekend brought in another devastating news: Mayor Rolando Espinosa of Albuera, Leyte, who in August, surrendered after being publicly linked to the drug trade,…

Kinsay isunod human ni Mayor Espinosa?

Lloyd Suarez 11/06/2016

Dili sa ingon nga milaban ko sa taga Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Region 8 sa nahitabong pagpusil-patay kang Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. niadtong Sabado sa kadlawon sulod mismo sa iyang selda. Sayon kaayo…

TRAGIC ENDING

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Joey Gabieta, Robert Dejon, Vicky Arnaiz 11/05/2016

The man who thought that he would be safe inside a detention cell met his violent end as members of a police unit barged in at dawn and shot him to death while jail authorities were kept…

‘A clear case of EJK’

11/05/2016

Manila, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson is keen to call for a resumption of the just concluded Senate inquiry into the spate of drug-related deaths following Saturday’s killing of drug suspect Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr.,…

Espinosa confined; brother also in Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/09/2016

Controversial Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. is confined in a Metro Cebu hospital since last Saturday, the regional Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7) said yesterday. “He was admitted to a hospital because of chest pains,” regional PDEA…

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