The Philippine Navy (PN) is waiting for a request from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to help in the retrieval of the remains of missing “sabungeros” (cockfighters), which were allegedly submerged in Taal Lake, Batangas. Navy spokesperson Captain John Percie Alcos said the PN has yet to...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked the Manila regional trial court (RTC) to order the rearrest of six persons charged with kidnapping and serious illegal detention in the 2022 cases of missing "sabungeros" (cockfighting enthusiasts). Sought to be rearrested were accused Julie...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to look into the contents of the mobile phones seized from six arrested persons who have been charged in court in the reported disappearance of cockfight enthusiasts or “sabungeros,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday, Sept. 22. “Ang...
The investigation into the missing cockfighting players is now back on track with the arrest of six men tagged in the disappearance of the “sabungeros” during two separate police operations in Parañaque City, an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin...
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...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has approved the dismissal of five policemen tagged in the kidnapping of a master agent of online cockfighting, or e-sabong, in Laguna last year. PNP chief information officer Col. Redrico Maranan said the dismissal was based...
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...
A video secretly taken through a smartphone became a major breakthrough in the continuous investigation into the missing cockfighting players, or sabungeros, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) disclosed on Thursday, Dec. 1. CIDG director Police Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee said the...
RIZAL, Kalinga -- Thirty-two bettors were arrested as police raided an illegal cockfighting business on Tuesday afternoon, August 2, in Barangay Babalag East, Rizal, Kalinga. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The Kalinga Provincial Police personnel swooped down on the area where the illegal cockfighting or...
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...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday, May 3, the government must continue its probe on the disappearances of missing sabungeros or cockfight enthusiasts even if President Duterte already ordered to stop its operations. Senator Manny Pacquiao (Photo from Pacquiao’s Facebook...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs is seeking to regulate the operations of online cockfighting (e-sabong) and limiting its operations only every Sunday and legal holidays. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said this is just one of the initial recommendations of the Senate...
