MANILA, Philippines — At least six websites used for betting on online cockfighting games are still operating despite the ban on “e-sabong” imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte earlier this month, the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite the nationwide ban on online cockfight betting or e-sabong since December 2022, such activities continue to proliferate on unregulated platforms, a new study said.

THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) on Wednesday rejected a proposal to revive online cockfighting operations or e-sabong, saying the government has enough revenue to fund next year’s ...

BACOLOD CITY — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Board) of Negros Occidental on Tuesday passed an ordinance prohibiting online or remote betting for cockfights in the province. Provincial ...

It seems some lawmakers are not above gambling away the nation’s future in their all-consuming appetite for profit. Or at least that’s what it sounded like when we heard the outrageous proposal from ...

MANILA, Philippines — The taxman has reminded e-sabong operators and related businesses of their tax obligations after a recent Senate inquiry found them earning billions of pesos per month from ...

In file photo: GAMING capitalist and e-sabong operator Charlie “Atong” Ang appears before the Senate probers under the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs. (IMAGE CREDIT: Photo courtesy of ...

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) raided last week a cockpit arena in Quezon City and arrested 10 employees for allegedly operating online sabong. Agents of the NBI ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. highlights the need to pursue an aggressive crackdown on illegal electronic cockfighting operations MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the ...

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