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...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) slammed Facebook on Friday, June 3, for its "much delayed" takedown of accounts engaged in illegal e-sabong operations. PNA photo DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya recognized Facebook’s takedown of the illegal e-sabong pages on June 2...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) issued on Wednesday, June 1, a final appeal to Meta Platforms Inc. to immediately remove Facebook pages that cater to illegal online sabong (cockfighting) operations. In a statement, DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya also urged the public...
Senator Joel Villanueva asked his colleagues whether they should allow state-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) to remain both as e-sabong (online cock-fighting) regulator and as operator. Viillaueva raised this issue after asking his fellow lawmakers after manifesting his...
Temporarily set aside because of the wall-to-wall coverage of election news was the fact that President Duterte ordered the immediate termination of e-sabong (aka online cockfighting) operations in the country, days after extolling its benefit in helping raise funds for our economy. The change of...
Online cockfighting or "e-sabong" operators might just let the situation "cool down" first before mounting their big comeback. (Photo from putakputak.com) Senatorial candidate and former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano gave this warning as he mentioned possible ways that the gambling activity...
Malacañang expressed confidence that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) can find alternative sources of revenue following President Duterte's order to end e-sabong (online cockfighting) operations in the country. 81598 Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said this after...
The ill-effects of addiction to online sabong was the reason why President Duterte decided to halt its operation, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Wednesday, May 4. "Sobra talaga (ill effects) kapag nalulong sa e-sabong. Hahanap at hahanap ng...
