No conjecture

Editorial 12/05/2016

There has to be even a minimal sense of disbelief after hearing Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III claim that reports of extrajudicial killings are conjectures or theories and that all drug suspects killed in police operations resisted…

Transcript of Mayor Vicente A. Loot’s speech at the Senate hearing

12/05/2016

The Honorable Chairman and Members of this Joint Committee: I am Retired PCsupt Vicente A Loot, now Mayor of the The Municipality of Daanbantayan, province of Cebu. I retired from the PNP after 33 years of Service,…

A town in grief Hundreds join funeral rites for Espinosa Sr.

Joey Gabieta 12/04/2016

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…

Death threats keep Kerwin away from father’s funeral

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Joey Gabieta 12/03/2016

  Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Rolando Espinosa Jr. will be laid to rest today, a month after he was shot dead inside his cell at the sub-provincial jail in Baybay City, Leyte. His son Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr.…

Villarino: There is nothing to retract or backtrack

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/29/2016

CEBU CITY–The lawyer of confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa clarified that her client never linked Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, police chief of Albuera town in Leyte, to the illegal drugs trade. Cebu-based lawyer Leilani Villarino was surprised…

Public shaming

Editorial 11/29/2016

Last Thursday’s congressional interrogation of Ronnie Dayan, while somewhat instructive, is known more for its attempts by lawmakers to ferret out the salacious details of his seven-year affair with Sen. Leila de Lima rather than verifying whether…

Complaint needed at PB to probe Loot

Nestle L. Semilla 11/24/2016

WITH no complaint filed, the Provincial Board could not investigate Daanbantayn Mayor Vicente Loot on his alleged links to the drug trade of alleged drug lord Roland “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale said that the…

‘SOP’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inquirer 11/23/2016

Kerwin Espinosa exposes how it has become a standard operating procedure (SOP) for him to spend millions of pesos in  drug money to buy the protection of police officers, their middle men and government officials. The culture…

Kerwin reveals distributing drugs in Cebu City barangays; Tomas ‘not surprised’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/23/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he was not surprised by the statements of suspected drug lord Kerwin Espinosa that he was supplying illegal drugs in some of the barangays in Cebu City. In fact, the mayor…

Loot denies illegal drug trade link, will file case against Kerwin

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/23/2016

CEBU CITY–Retired police general and now Daanbantayan Mayor Vicente Loot is set to file charges against Eastern Visayas’ top drug personality Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. and other persons who linked him in the illegal drugs trade. In…

Kin fear Kerwin might be killed, too

Joey Gabieta, Robert Dejon 11/18/2016

NOW that the alleged biggest drug lord in Eastern Visayas is back in the country, the family of Kerwin Espinosa fears that he will follow the fate of his father, slain Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. of Albuera…

Taliño ready to assist probe on Kerwin’s coddlers

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/18/2016

WHO are Kerwin Espinosa’s protectors? Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), said he’s expecting the big-time drug lord to reveal names of government officials and policemen who were part…

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