‘DEFENSELESS’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inquirer.net 12/06/2016

NBI investigation says Espinosa Sr. was murdered; raiding team charged with multiple murder This is a premeditated killing, superiority of force and defenseless. Helpless ’yong victims dito (The victims here are helpless).” This was the statement of…

Bridges to link Cebu to Bohol, Leyte, Negros Or. pushed

Inquirer, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Leo Udtohan, Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/06/2016

17.5-km Cebu-Bohol Friendship Bridge project gets Neda Board’s nod If plans don’t miscarry, travel to Cebu from Bohol or even as far as Leyte and Negros Oriental on the western side of Cebu will just be one…

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.…

No retraction from Kerwin

Joey Gabieta 12/01/2016

ALBUERA, Leyte — Self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa will reaffirm his earlier statements that Senator Leila de Lima received drug money from him through Ronnie Dayan in 2015 when he appears again during the resumption of the…

CEBU HONORS YOU

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/29/2016

It will be a different way of remembering Gat Andres Bonifacio as seven Cebuanos will be honored today as heroes and martyrs of the martial law regime at the Plaza Independencia. In an event organized by the…

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…

Ormoc students get tech boost

11/25/2016

As Smart donates tablets, laptop, projector, mobile WiFi to Salvacion Elementary School The three preschool children sitting in the front row couldn’t keep still, fidgeting in their seats or suddenly standing up and sometimes talking too loudly…

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…

Leyte prosecutor belies forged signature claim

Joey Gabieta 11/24/2016

Tacloban City — Provincial Prosecutor Arlene Cordovez of Leyte was surprised by the claim of alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa that the signature of his father on his affidavit could have been faked. She said she didn’t…

NBI-Bohol seized P5M drugs, arrested 100 suspects in 11 months

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/24/2016

Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in Bohol (NBI-Bohol) have arrested at least 100 drug suspects and confiscated about P5 million worth of illegal drugs since January 2016. Based on its records, the satellite agency arrested…

‘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…

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