PROBE LAUNCHED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/11/2016

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has constituted a panel to investigate the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., on the heels of a Senate investigation that called the killing a premeditated act of the police. “We, in…

Cop in Espinosa raid who called Soco refuses to turn over phone

Inquirer.net 11/11/2016

The cop, who called the scene of the crime operatives (Soco) even before Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Rolando Espinosa was killed, has refused to surrender his cellular phone to his superiors. Supt. Santi Noel Matira, a member of…

‘PREMEDITATED’

Inquirer.net, Robert Dejon 11/10/2016

The likelihood that the killing of Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. was a case of a rubout grew stronger yesterday, even as names of prominent personalities tagged as drug protectors of the Espinosas also emerged, including…

Goma to sue police chief

Connie E. Fernandez 11/10/2016

Mayor Richard Gomez of Ormoc City in Leyte has ordered his lawyers to file a case against the chief of police of Albuera town, Leyte, for linking him to the illegal drugs operation of the Espinosas. In…

Toledo to host big duathlon meet

John Carlo Villaruel 11/10/2016

OVER a hundred duathletes will converge in southwest Cebu on November 20 as they battle for fame and glory in the 1st OffRoad Toledo Adik sa Dagan (TAD) Duathlon competition in Brgy. Bato, Toledo City. “We are…

Mayor Espinosa, a vital witness, is dead

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 11/10/2016

Surrender or die.” No less than President Rodrigo Duterte gave the late Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Rolando Espinosa, Sr. such choices with the grace period of 24 hours from his announcement. Duterte did not say “Surrender and die.”…

‘2 cops talked to mayor inside his cell before he was killed’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Robert Dejon 11/09/2016

Palo, Leyte — Minutes before Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. of Albuera town, Leyte was killed, two members of the raiding team went inside his cell and talked to him. Inmates in the adjacent cell were transferred to…

Journalist urges Ombud: Probe Albuera police chief

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/09/2016

A JOURNALIST based in Ormoc City, Leyte has filed a string of complaints against the police chief of Albuera town for allegedly coddling a drug suspect connected to Eastern Visayas’ top drug personality Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr.…

The courts

Raymund Fernandez 11/08/2016

Except for this tragic decision to bury Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, it seems rarely now that the courts are called upon to determine the contentious truth of things important. And that’s a big shame…

Journalist fights back, sues cop who tags her under Kerwin’s payroll

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/08/2016

CEBU CITY–A journalist based in Ormoc City, Leyte, has filed a string of complaints against the police chief of Albuera town for allegedly coddling a drug suspect connected to Eastern Visayas’ top drug personality Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa…

3 YEARS AFTER YOLANDA: World Vision joins typhoon survivors in celebrating life and resilience

PR 11/08/2016

Life moves on for most Leyteños as they commemorate Supertyphoon Yolanda’s third anniversary today. Three years after Yolanda, survivors slowly rise up and build back what they had lost. Rogelio Pagobo, a 66-year-old baker from Tacloban, has…

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…

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