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SELF-CONFESSED drug lord Rolan \u201cKerwin\u201d Espinosa on Tuesday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for mayor of his hometown, Albuera in Leyte.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a Facebook post, \u201cCare Win,” Espinosa was seen holding a copy of his COC filed on October 1.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Espinosa also posted photos and videos of his supporters who accompanied him in the COC filing.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joining him are candidates under the Bando Espinosa-Pundok Kausaban (BE-PK) party.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He said he is running to help those who are oppressed regardless of age and economic status.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kerwin is reportedly running against incumbent Mayor Sixto Dela Victoria.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The self-confessed drug lord was released from jail after the Regional Trial Court in Baybay City junked a case against him for lack of evidence.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kerwin was one of the personalities linked by then President Rodrigo Duterte to the illegal drug trade in Eastern Visayas.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Duterte accused Espinosa and his father, Rolando Espinosa Sr., then mayor of Albuera, of their involvement in the narcotics trade.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a police raid, some P11 million worth of shabu was found near the family\u2019s house in Albuera town.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 2016, the elder Espinosa surrendered but was later killed inside his jail cell in Baybay City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SELF-CONFESSED drug lord Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa on Tuesday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for mayor of his hometown, Albuera in Leyte. In a Facebook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8970"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8973,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8970\/revisions\/8973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}