SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – Col. Cecilio R. Ison Jr. took over the command as the new provincial director of Laguna Police Provincial Office (PPO) at Kampo Heneral Paciano Rizal on Friday, March 25. Ison assumed the position left by Col. Rogarth B. Campo, who was relieved from his post after being...
Online sabong operations must be suspended the "soonest possible time" because it has already brought huge "social cost" to the country, aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo said. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) During the "Kandidatalks" presidentiables series on Friday,...
LAGUNA – Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Director Brig. Gen. Antonio C. Yarra of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 4A has ordered the relief of police personnel linked to online cockfighting or e-sabong abductions. A statement released by PRO 4A on Wednesday, March 23, identified...
Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa on Tuesday, March 22 said he is disappointed that some policemen are blinded by money. During his Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee public hearing on the missing 34 ‘sabungeros’ (cockfighting afficionados) yesterday, dela Rosa warned...
If he would have his way, presidential candidate and UniTeam member Bongbong Marcos would regulate online cockfighting or "e-sabong" in a way that it would become less frequent and inaccessible to children. (Photos from Lakas-CMD, putakputak.com) Marcos was asked during his participation in Go...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday, March 21 chided the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) for allegedly failing to withhold the 20 percent tax from the winning profits of online cockfighting ("e-sabong") operations. "So ang lumalabas...
Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa has no hard feelings toward President Duterte for refusing to heed a Senate resolution signed by him and 23 other senators asking the suspension of the multi-billion-peso "e-sabong" (online cockfighting) operations. During a DWIZ radio interview, Dela Rosa,...
President Duterte has defended anew the continuous operations of online sabong or cockfighting, adding that the government is getting billions of pesos in revenues from it. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the inauguration of the new Leyte Provincial Capitol and distribution...
Malacañang explained that President Duterte only wanted Congress to be cautious before deciding on suspending the operations of e-Sabong (electronic or online cockfighting), reminding them that the activity helps keep the economy afloat amid the pandemic and successive oil price hikes. Acting...
If the Executive Department does not suspend or stop "e-sabong" (online cockfighting) operations, it must at least subject it to strict regulation to address its social costs, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson on Thusday, March 17 said. Lacson said the social costs of e-sabong...
TOL Views Senator Francis N. Tolentino What do the Backstreet Boys, Kobe Bryant, Taylor Swift, the Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant, and traditional sabong have in common? Their events were held at the Araneta Coliseum. This coliseum is one of the largest indoor arenas in Asia. Sabong...
CEBU CITY—The former chief of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission is calling on the government to regulate online cockfighting or e-sabong. Greco Belgica, who is running for Senator, said there is a need to control e-sabong to address the ill-effects it is causing on the community....
