Two dismissed policemen who were implicated in the abduction of an online cockfighting master agent in Laguna when they were still in the service, have surrendered, the police's Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) disclosed on Saturday, Jan. 21. IMEG director Police Brig. Gen. Warren...
At least 18 people were arrested in the province of Cebu as the Philippine National Police (PNP) continue to implement the order of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to put a stop on the operations of online cockfighting, or e-sabong, across the country. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr....
DAGUPAN CITY – Six men were arrested for allegedly engaging in online sabong or cockfighting in Barangay Herrero-Perez in this city before dawn on Sunday, Jan. 15. Police identified suspects as Ian Samayo Suyod, 41; Arsan Tolentino Manawat, 36; Armando Ponce Rosario, 66; Kevin Bustamante...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur’’ Abalos Jr. called as "preposterous" the accusation of Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. that he was plotting a raid in the lawmaker's house and employing dirty methods to be "more popular."...
"Why are you taking it personally against me?" Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnie Teves (left) and DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos (Facebook) Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnie Teves hurled this question toward Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a 23-year-old online cockfighting or e-sabong worker in San Fernando town, southern Cebu on Monday, Jan. 9. The suspect, Donn Caezar Aquino, was arrested during a cockpit raid in Barangay Bugho, a mountain village, said Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, chief of the Police...
The suspension of the operation of electronic-sabong (e-sabong) in the country will continue, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ordered. Cockfighting E-sabong Through executive order (EO) no. 9, Marcos has directed the continued suspension of e-sabong operations, saying it is "urgent."...
The Police Regional Office 7 warned its personnel to refrain from engaging in any guerrilla operation of online cockfighting (e-sabong) amid the ongoing crackdown following an order early this year to stop all online sabong operations. PRO7 director Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba tasked all...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Monday, Dec. 5, a crackdown on what he describes as guerrilla operations of online cockfighting following reports that there are some groups that continue to defy a presidential directive to put a stop on the online...
Anti-cybercrime operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a 31-year old man tagged as an operator of the online sabong (cockfighting) in a follow-up operation in Pasig City on Tuesday, June 21. Online sabong is now illegal after President Duterte ordered the suspension of its...
Better late than never! That was the brief reaction of outgoing Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on the public apology of President Duterte to families of ‘e-sabong’ aficionados whose lives were negatively affected by the multi-billion-peso online cockfighting operations. ‘’Better late...
Outgoing President Duterte has apologized for allowing the operations of e-sabong that led to addiction just like in the case of illegal drugs. Duterte said he did not realize that Filipinos could be drawn into it as he was not a gambler. He explained, he only wanted to generate income for the...
