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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Two senators on Tuesday said the Department of Justice’s dismissal of drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim and others was a blow to the government’s war on drugs. In a statement, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Lim had been identified by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte as a “big fish” in the drug industry. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian for his part said Espinosa himself confessed to […]
(Eagle News)—-Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Tuesday said the resolution junking the drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others was not final. “Suffice it to say that the current status of the case against the respondents.. does not mean that it is a final exoneration of their respective criminal liabilities,” Aguirre said in a statement. According to Aguirre, “there are possible avenues to review this case, either by a motion for reconsideration, or ultimately, by […]
(Eagle News) — Ozamiz City Police Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido said Tuesday he was puzzled over the Department of Justice’s dismissal of drug cases filed by the police last year against Kerwin Espinosa. Espenido was chief of police of Albuera, Leyte, when Espinosa’s father, Rolando, then the town mayor, was arrested for possession of illegal drugs and illegal possession of fire arms in August 2016. Expressing dismay, the police official said that the Philippine National […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has dismissed drug trading charges against Kerwin Espinosa. In dismissing the charges also filed against businessman Peter Lim, Peter Co, Max Miro, Lovely Impal, Ruel Malindangan, Jun Pepito, Marcelo Adorco, and others known by their aliases, the DOJ did not give weight to the testimony of Adorco, who they said was an “evidently self-serving witness.” “His contradictory statements on important details simply eroded the integrity and veracity of his […]
(Eagle News) — A regional trial court judge has refused to inhibit himself from the cases filed against Kerwin Espinosa. In refusing to recuse himself from the cases for illegal drug trading, possession of dangerous drugs and possession of firearms, Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 26 Presiding Judge Silvino Pampilo Jr. said a “mere imputation of bias and partiality” was “not enough” for him to do this. It was the prosecution that sought Pampilo’s inhibition, […]
(Eagle News) – The lawyer of controversial drug dealer Kerwin Espinosa was shot dead on Monday, February 19, in an ambush after attending a hearing for his client in Cebu City in one of the busiest sections of the city Lawyer Jan Ungab was declared dead at around 2 p.m. after two unidentified gunman staged an ambush, shooting him twice in the head while he was inside his car just before noon. Ungab, who […]
(Eagle News) — One of the witnesses testifying against Kerwin Espinosa has withdrawn his testimony. Jose Antipuesto told the court on Friday that he was only forced to sign his affidavit against Espinosa, a childhood friend. He said it was Albuera Police Chief Jovie Espenido who forced him to affix his signature on the document. Espinosa is facing a case for drug trading and illegal possession of firearms and explosives. The case was transferred to a […]
(Eagle News) — Not guilty. This was the plea of alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa during his arraignment for illegal drug trading at the Manila Regional Trial Court on Friday. “Wala talaga akong kasalanan kasi mga kagagawan ng mga pulis. Lagi nalang nilang ginagawa na magplant ng scenario para lang sa accomplishment nila,” Espinosa told reporters after the arraignment at Branch 26. His case is being heard at the Manila court and not in the […]
(Eagle News) — The police official who led a raid against drug suspects in a Leyte jail in 2016 but who faced criminal charges after they were killed during the operation has been reinstated. Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa confirmed in a radio interview that Supt. Marvin Marcos was “back to full duty status.” This means, he said, that he could be “utilized again by the PNP for whatever assignment na […]
(Eagle News) — Supt. Marvin Marcos, the leader of the group of supposedly rogue policemen believed to be behind the killing of Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Rolando Espinosa, an alleged drug personality, has posted bail. The Baybay City Regional Trial Court Branch 14 granted Marcos bail after he and his 18 other co-accused—many of them his men from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Region 8—successfully appealed for the original charges of murder the Department […]
(Eagle News) — The 19 policemen tagged in the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. have surrendered to authorities. In a statement on Monday, the Philippine National Police said those who “voluntarily submitted themselves for accounting and investigation” were Supt. Marvin Marcos, Supt. Santi Noel Matira, Chief Insp. Leo Laraga, SP04 Melvin Cayobit, P03 Johnny Ibanez, Chief Insp. Calixto Canillas Jr., and SP04 Juanito Duarte. Also included were P01 Lloyd Ortigueza, Senior Insp. Fritz […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Baybay, Leyte City Regional Trial Court issued a warrant of arrest against Kerwin Espinosa for murder. The arrest warrant does not include a recommendation for bail and was issued last January 5, 2017, bearing the signature of RTC Presiding Judge Carlos Arguelles. A copy of the arrest warrant was sent to the office of Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa. Espinosa is under the custody […]
