VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon--Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa said he has been scolded by his daughters because of the online cockfighting (e-sabong) issue. Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (left) and Gretchen Barretto (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) More specifically, it's his spat with actress and...
President Duterte justified his decision not to suspend the operations of online sabong in the country as it is generating billions of income for the government and not because he has connections in the industry. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with key...
Verbal exchange involving actress Gretchen Barretto and Senator Bato dela Rosa is getting hotter by the minute. After Bato refuted her allegations he is involved in e-sabong, Gretchen retorted she is "very willing" to present "evidence" pertaining to the same. On Instagram, the 52-year-old even...
A single mother is now in critical condition in a hospital after she was allegedly stabbed 10 times by a neighbor who sneaked into her house at Sucol Gitna, Barangay San Sebastian in Hagonoy, Bulacan on Sunday night. Police identified the victim as Aileen Dalora Fernando, 43. According to police...
CEBU CITY – Despite the controversies surrounding the online cockfighting, Cebuano cockfighting aficionados are pushing for the restoration of the industry through e-sabong. Victor Sierra speaks during the launching of the Visayas Finest Cockers on Saturday, March 26. (Photo by Calvin D. Cordova...
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,...
