‘STAGGERING AMOUNTS’

/INQ.net, Benjie B. Talisic, Inna Gian Mejia, Nestle L. Semilla 08/02/2017

Complaint filed by CIDG says Peter Lim supplied kilos of shabu to Kerwin Espinosa Cebu businessman Peter Lim supplied narcotics in “staggering amounts” to alleged drug kingpin Kerwin Espinosa for more than two years. This was according…

Senate may reopen probe on Espinosa slay case — Koko

Inquirer.net 06/21/2017

Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday saw the need for the reopening of the Senate probe on the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. to find out why the murder charges against the…

Espinosa family worried over release of suspects

Nestle L. Semillla 06/18/2017

THE family of slain Albuera, Leyte mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. will file a motion for reconsideration at the Department of Justice which downgraded the murder charges against the 19 suspects in the killing. Lawyer Leilani Villarino said…

Case vs cops in Espinosa slay downgraded to homicide

Inquirer.net 06/08/2017

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has downgraded from murder to homicide the case against police officers led by Superintendent Marvin Marcos for the killing of Albuera, Leyte, mayor Rolando Espinosa and another inmate inside their detention cell…

More support aired for beleaguered parish priest

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/02/2017

THE parish priest of Sto. Niño Church in Santa Fe, Bantayan Island has gained a new supporter in his fight to stop a music festival from being held in the town at the height of Holy Week.…

‘They’ll kill me like Mayor Espinosa’

Inquirer.net 03/31/2017

The senior police officer who was arrested by narcotics operatives during an alleged pot session claimed on Friday he may get killed while inside his detention cell in Las Piñas police station. Supt. Lito Cabamongan, the former…

Witness in Kerwin Espinosa’s case shot dead

Robert Dejon 01/06/2017

ORMOC CITY—A witness in the cases filed against policemen accused of protecting suspected drug lord Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. was shot by still unidentified armed men on Juan Luna Street, Ormoc City, Leyte on Friday night. Ferdinand…

Presidential protection

Editorial 12/11/2016

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)…

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…

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…

About Ronnie and Kerwin

Ricky Poca 11/28/2016

Last week my good friend and kumpare Arleigh Sitoy succumbed to embolism after his kidney transplant. I knew for a fact that the kidney transplant operation was not easy on Sitoy’s part because a day before the…

Cheers greet exoneration of Leyte officials

Joey Gabieta 11/24/2016

TACLOBAN CITY — While Leyte officials applauded Kerwin Espinosa for clearing their names of any involvement in his drug trade, a police general was left shocked that the drug lord would accuse him of receiving payola. Chief…

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