AT least four people were arrested in a raid of an online sabong (cockfight) site in Misamis Occidental on Friday, resulting ...

DILG asked Meta, Facebook's parent company, to take down e-sabong sites after former President Rodrigo Duterte banned online cockfighting operations. (File image from Jerome Cristobal / ...

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 ...

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” ...

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, ...

President Rodrigo Duterte says, 'I make it public now, it’s 640 million a month. In years time, it’s billions plus. Saan tayo mag hahanap ng ganoong pera na kadali?' MANILA, Philippines – President ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...