TACLOBAN CITY – Police have arrested one of the suspects in a shooting in Albuera town, Leyte province that left two people dead and two others injured, less than 24 hours after the crime. In a statement released Tuesday, the Leyte Police Provincial Office (LPPO) said personnel of the Albuera...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two people were killed and two others were wounded in an ambush on Monday in Barangay Salvacion, Albuera, Leyte. Police identified the victims as Mae, 51, live-in partner of a barangay chairman, and Sonny, 23, a barangay office worker. Mae sustained a bullet wound in the neck and...
ALBUERA, Leyte – To improve healthcare services here, the local government is constructing a rural health unit annex building in Barangay San Pedro. Mayor Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa said they have allocated P8 million for the construction from their development fund. “We will start our dream...
TACLOBAN CITY — Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa is relieved over the dismissal of the murder case filed against him and two others over the killing of a man in Baybay City in 2024. Judge Carlos Arguelles of the Regional Trial Court in Baybay City, Leyte dismissed the murder...
TACLOBAN CITY – Albuera, Leyte Mayor Kerwin Espinosa demonstrated his commitment to making his hometown drug-free through the recent opening of the Balay Silangan Reformation Center in the municipality. In a statement on Friday, the mayor said the center, inaugurated on March 3, is designed to...
TACLOBAN CITY – Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa returned to work on Monday, Feb. 16, after his release from the Cebu City Jail last week. His sister, Vice Mayor Mariel Espinosa Marinay, temporarily assumed his duties after a regional trial court issued warrants of arrest on Feb....
TACLOBAN CITY – Embattled Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation Thursday after the Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 14 issued a warrant of arrest against him and four others on Wednesday for murder. “We will not wait for them...
TACLOBAN CITY — The Regional Trial Court Branch 14 in Cebu City issued a warrant of arrest for murder on Wednesday against Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa and four others. The court recommended no bail for the accused. Espinosa had not been seen in the town since Jan. 20. He...
TACLOBAN CITY – Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa said he is on leave because of an impending arrest warrant for murder against him. A source said Espinosa was indicted for a murder case in Baybay City in September 2024. “Wala pa po kaming nareceive na warrant kung anong kaso....
TACLOBAN CITY – An absent without official leave (AWOL) police officer was shot dead on Sunday in Sitio Gungab, Barangay Poblacion, Albuera, Leyte. The victim was identified as Dexter Patun-og, 47, who had been AWOL since 2007 and a resident of Bliss Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, Leyte. The victim...
TACLOBAN CITY - A barangay chairman and a driver were shot and wounded on Saturday, Aug. 2, in Barangay Tagbas, Albuera, Leyte. The victims were identified as Barangay Captain Enrico Barcelona of Barangay Tinag-an, Albuera and his driver Sabel Gubalane. Initial investigation revealed that the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two children were hacked to death by the live-in partner of their mother due to alleged jealousy on Tuesday, June 10, in Sitio Cayag-ang, Barangay San Pedro, Albuera, Leyte. The victims, aged four (female), and seven (male), were reportedly sleeping inside their house when a...
