Cebuano filmmaker Kerwin Go’s ‘Mina-Anud’: A timely crime comedy film

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “The movie is not a political statement.” This was the clarification of Cebuano filmmaker Kerwin Go on his debut movie, “Mina-Anud.”  Go said that the movie was not in any way an attack…

Kerwin Espinosa’s alleged hitman killed in Leyte rest house

Inquirer.net 10/18/2018

ALBUERA, Leyte – An alleged former hitman of self-confessed drug lord Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. and his wife were found dead inside a rest house in Barangay Talisayan here past 1 p.m. on Thursday. The body of…

DOJ reverses 2017 findings, orders filing of case vs Kerwin, et al.

Inquirer.net 07/19/2018

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered the filing of drug charges against self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa, convicted drug lord Peter Co and four others. In its resolution, the DOJ panel of prosecutors reversed last year…

OSG submits more evidence in bid to nail Peter Lim, Kerwin

Inquirer.net 04/30/2018

THE Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has submitted various pieces of evidence to strengthen the government’s case against Cebu-based businessman Peter Lim, self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa, convicted drug-lord Peter Co and several others. During Monday’s…

Kerwin convicted of gun ban violation

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Futch Anthony Inso 02/19/2018

A Cebu City judge has convicted self-confessed drug lord Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. of violating the 2010 election gun ban. Espinosa was meted a penalty of one year imprisonment by Judge Generosa Labra of the Regional Trial…

PETER LIM: A NO-SHOW

Inquirer, Nestle L. Semilla 08/14/2017

Businessman wants accuser to appear before prosecutors Cebu businessman Peter Lim skipped on Monday the start of the preliminary hearing of the drug trafficking charges filed against him at the Department of Justice (DOJ). But his no-show…

‘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 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…

HOW SAFE IS KERWIN?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Robert Dejon 01/07/2017

“Ambot uy. Naglibog pud mi (I don’t know. We also do not understand what is going on),” said Kerwin’s aunt Emma Espinosa in a phone interview yesterday. She said the Espinosa family would want to live a…

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.…

Include Cebu as rehab site

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/28/2016

WITH over 37,000 drug surrenderers recorded, the provincial government urged the Department of Health to include Cebu as a site for building a drug rehabilitation and treatment center. During the inauguration of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical…

Goma hits back at ‘ninja cops’

Connie E. Fernandez 11/13/2016

ACTOR turned Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez is fighting back, saying he is also going to expose “ninja cops” involved in the illegal drugs trade. In a statement sent to Inquirer on Sunday, Gomez welcomed the move…

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