The Philippines' gamefowl industry is estimated to be worth around $900m People watch as a referee officiates a cockfighting match at the San Pedro Coliseum in Laguna province on August 26, 2022. AFP ...
MANILA, Philippines —The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday expressed support for the Criminal Investigation and ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate games and amusements committee will include online cockfighting or e-sabong in its next hearing, following its continued operations in areas such as Batangas and ...
At its peak in Nov. 2021-Apr. 2022 e-sabong grossed P3 billion a day. It was second only to shabu among lucrative vices. The difference was that e-sabong was legal while shabu wasn’t. But e-sabong, ...
MANILA, Philippines — Three bills seeking more stringent regulations for cockfighting operations — including a proposed measure that outright bans any activity related to online cockfighting or ...
MANILA, Philippines—In 2022, a young mother sold her own infant to pay off her online sabong debt—an unthinkable crime for which she was convicted in 2024. The baby—then just eight months old—became a ...