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)…

Bato: Duterte only expresses support for accused cops

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Dominic D. Yasay, Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/08/2016

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will not interfere in the investigation and legal proceedings involving the policemen accused of killing Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Albuera, Leyte,Sr., but he will do everything to spare them from being put behind bars, Philippine…

NO JAIL TIME FOR ESPINOSA KILLERS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Joey Gabieta 12/07/2016

Just as the wheels of justice started moving, President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he would not allow the policemen who allegedly killed Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. to go to jail. The statement from the country’s…

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…

The Emirates is no haven for Kerwin

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/14/2016

Less than a month after he was arrested in Abu Dhabi, Kerwin Espinosa, the alleged biggest drug lord of Eastern Visayas, is expected to arrive in Manila on Thursday to face charges linking him to the illegal…

IT WAS MURDER

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/12/2016

Sen. Richard Gordon to recommend the filing of appropriate charges against policemen involved in the killing of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr.  Without a doubt, Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. of Albuera town in Leyte was killed to…

‘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…

TRAGIC ENDING

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Joey Gabieta, Robert Dejon, Vicky Arnaiz 11/05/2016

The man who thought that he would be safe inside a detention cell met his violent end as members of a police unit barged in at dawn and shot him to death while jail authorities were kept…

Espinosa ‘confined’ in Cebu hospital

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/08/2016

Is suspected drug protector Albuera Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. confined in a hospital in Cebu City? Police officials on Monday scrambled for answers following radio reports that the mayor arrived in Cebu last Saturday to have…

Duterte to Leyte mayor, son: Surrender or ‘die’

08/02/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called on Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. and his son to surrender or risk being killed if they attempt to resist arresting officers. “President Rodrigo R. Duterte demanded the surrender of…

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