The goal of word-of-mouth marketing did not go well for operators of online sabong in Misamis Occidental as the information was passed on to the wrong target bettors—the cops. On Friday, June 26, Misamis Occidental policemen raided a cockfighting arena which was confirmed to be hosting an...
There are truthful allegations, and then there are fake ones. And in the case of the raid on an online sabong site in Tondo, Manila, the National Police Commission (Napolcom) said the cases filed against the operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) are plain and simple...
The police major who was tagged as protector of online sabong in the Visayas was sacked from his post and is now under restrictive custody amid the ongoing investigation into the extent of the network of the illegal gambling activity, an official of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police units to intensify the campaign against online sabong hubs as part of the efforts to dismantle all organized illegal gambling networks across the country. “We are intensifying...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Tuesday, September 30, exposed a massive network of illegal online gambling in the Philippines—revealing more than 1,000 unlicensed gambling websites and over 100 social media influencers promoting illicit operations. CICC’s Threat...
BACOLOD CITY – A 30-year-old woman was recently arrested in Barangay Cabug here for embezzling around P900,000 from her former employer for online “sabong” or cockfighting. Police Capt. Glenn Montaño, head of Police Station 10, said the suspect worked in a virtual marketing company here for...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Police arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly engaging in illegal online sabong or cockfightng on Saturday night, September 7, in Gloria town, this province. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Oriental Mindoro Provincial Field Unit...
Resurrecting online cockfighting, or “e-sabong,” would be far worse than defeating Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), Senator Joel Villanueva said. Villanueva pointed out that “e-sabong” directly targets Filipinos from all walks of life. “We have just defeated an...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has further intensified the monitoring of various online platforms and mobile applications that could be used in the continuous operations of electronic sabong which was already declared illegal by the government. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the...
A total of 217 websites and other online platforms catering to illegal operation of online cockfighting have been blocked and deactivated in the continuing campaign against online sabong, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Monday, Jan. 30. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said they...
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....
