Police General Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), directed a thorough investigation into the alleged “secret meetings” involving relatives of missing sabungeros or cockfight enthusiasts and dismissed police officers tied to the high-profile...
Two police officials were sacked from their posts after allegedly facilitating a meeting between the families of the missing sabungeros and the policemen being linked to the disappearance of their kin. One of them was assigned to the Highway Patrol Group while the other one was the head of the...
The National Police Commission (Napolcom) dismissed 11 personnel of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) after finding them liable for kidnapping and other grave administrative offenses linked to the disappearance of missing sabungeros. In a...
Fugitive gambling magnate Charlie “Atong’’ Ang remains very elusive, running rings around pursuing authorities while travelling in small groups barely escaping arrests in the Calabarzon area, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla disclosed on...
Authorities are verifying intelligence reports that gambling tycoon Charlie “Atong” Ang has already left the country and is now hiding in Vietnam. But Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla expressed doubt that Ang would be able to establish gambling...
The government will not allow a powerful individual implicated in a heinous crime to evade justice, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro made the statement when asked about the government 's confidence in holding fugitive businessman Atong Ang...
The National Police Commission (Napolcom) on Friday, Jan. 16, recommended the dismissal of a one-star police general while 11 other police officers were removed from the service due to their alleged involvement in the controversial missing sabungeros case. Recommended for dismissal was Police...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, Jan. 16, issued a stern warning to family, friends, and associates of businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang against providing shelter or assistance to him as manhunt operations were strengthened to find him in connection with the case of the missing...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna - The Laguna Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 26 here has issued an arrest warrant against businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang over his alleged involvement in the disappearance of dozens of sabungeros or cockfighting enthusiasts. Ang faces kidnapping with homicide and kidnapping...
President Marcos assured justice for the families of the missing cockfight enthusiasts, or sabungeros, promising that perpetrators will face the full extent of the law regardless of their positions in society. During his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa on Monday,...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte finds it “preposterous” that he is being linked to the case of the missing cockfight enthusiasts as it was being alleged that some of the policemen involved in the case were linked to his administration’s brutal war on drugs campaign. This was shared by Vice...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) finally used its remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to hasten the search for the remains of missing cockfighting enthusiasts (sabungeros) in Taal Lake, Batangas on Tuesday, July 15. The submersible drone arrived at the diving site in Brgy. Balakilong, Laurel, Batangas...
