Mayor Rolando Espinosa Killed
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in NewsAfter Senate hearing on Espinosa’s death, Duterte still believes CIDG’s story
On Friday, November 11, President Rodrigo Duterte stated in a televised press conference in Davao City following his visit to Malaysia that he believes in the account of the CIDG-8 officials. “I believe the police’s version of the story. Until it is proven otherwise.” Duterte claims, “Kasi utos ko ito. This war against drugs is […] More
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in NewsLacson suspects EJK in Espinosa’s death due to loopholes in CIDG testimonies
On Thursday’s probe regarding Albuera Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa’s killing, Senator Ralph Recto asked the police officials as to who shot the late mayor. To this question, Supt. Marvin Marcos, who was the head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Eastern Visayas (CIDG-8), answered it was not him. When asked again, Chief Inspector […] More
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in NewsDuterte not puzzled by Espinosa’s death, inclined to believe CIDG’s story behind jail raid
President Rodrigo Duterte maintains that he is going to stick with the version of the police, wherein Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. engaged the police in gunplay, despite the apprehensions of lawmakers and other sectors. In his press briefing at the airport before his departure for Malaysia, the President said, “You have here a guy, […] More
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in NewsMayor Rolando Espinosa: Killed in a suspicious jail “shootout”
He thought he was safe being detained right inside a jail. But Rolando Espinosa, mayor of Albuera, Leyte, was wrong. Instead, he was killed in an alleged shootout with policemen right in his cell at the sub-provincial jail located in Baybay City, Leyte early Saturday morning. He died of 4 gunshot wounds. Operatives of CIDG-8, […] More