Last week, we published letters from Manila Cockers Club, Inc. (MCCI) and Games and Amusement Board (GAB) chair Abraham Mitra explaining their respective positions on the legality of live “sabong” ...

It is one thing for government and elected officials to say the right thing versus actually doing the right thing. As I read and listened to the statements of Senator Bato dela Rosa regarding the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The continued operations of e-sabong or the online betting on live cockfights is now prohibited, with violators facing arrest and legal charges, the Department of the Interior ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to ban online cockfighting following outcry over the industry sparked by the disappearance of dozens of workers and concerns about the social costs of ...

MANILA, Philippines—As sabong (cockfight) went online in 2018, the House of Representatives already expressed its concerns, but as COVID-19 lockdowns were implemented in 2020, the craze even went ...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday, April 27 said it will probe police operations in Talisay City, Negros Occidental against illegal online ...

PROPOSALS to revive online cockfighting, or e-sabong, as a way to make up for the foregone revenues due to the recent ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) represent a resort to a “worse ...

GLOBE Fintech Innovations Inc. (GFII) admitted in a statement it has no power to “completely prevent individuals with criminal intent” in engaging minors to participate in e-sabong. A lawmaker, ...

Going strong: An employee of a cockfighting arena holding a wager machine during a cockfight in Bulacan province, north of Manila. Cockfighting has long been a national obsession in the Philippines, ...

IN A Senate hearing on the mysterious disappearance of 34 persons allegedly involved in e-sabong fixing, Atong Ang made legislators’ jaws drop as he revealed how much his online cockfighting firm ...