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The Court of Appeals rules that Gomez did not have the legal standing to push through with his complaint

THE Court of Appeals (CA) junked the administrative complaint filed by actor-turned politician Richard Gomez against several policemen who implicated him in the illegal drug trade of the Espinosa clan in Albuera municipality in Leyte. In a 12-page decision penned by Associate Justice Eleuterio Bathan, the CA’s Thirteenth Division affirmed…

Kerwin Espinosa (left) and Peter Co (right). MANILA - A Makati court has dropped the drug charges against members of the so-called Espinosa drug cartel, including Rolan "Kerwin" Espinosa, and Wu Tuan Yuan a.k.a. Peter Co. In a 13-page order dated December 17, Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 64 Judge Gina M. Bibat-Palamos dismissed the charges "for failure of the prosecution to adduce evidence to overturn the presumption of innocence enjoyed by the herein accused." The court ruling granted the demurrers to evidence filed in July by Kerwin, Co, witness Marcelo L. Ado...

Makati court drops drug raps v. Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co

A Makati court has dropped the drug charges against members of the so-called Espinosa drug cartel, including Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa, and Wu Tuan Yuan a.k.a. Peter Co. In a 13-page order dated December 17, Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 64 Judge Gina M. Bibat-Palamos dismissed the charges “for failure…