MANILA, Philippines — Divers have spent more than a month searching a lake south of Manila for the bodies of men with links to the Philippines’ bloody national obsession: cockfighting. They were ...

MANILA, Philippines — Six persons were apprehended for allegedly placing bets in e-sabong games in Pasig City on Tuesday. Rogert Altiche, Julius Francisco, Monddie Castrono, Rolando Belen, Noe Ronapo ...

MANILA, Philippines — Online cockfighting or “e-sabong” remains active on unregulated gambling platforms more than two years after a nationwide ban, underscoring persistent gaps in enforcement, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center has intensified its campaign against online sabong as part of a broader crackdown on cybercrime platforms. In declaring an ...

SEN. Erwin Tulfo on Sunday slammed the reported continued operations of online sabong (cockfighting), which was declared illegal by the government in 2022. Tulfo said he would summon the Philippine ...

THE GOVERNMENT should legalize online cockfighting operations or e-sabong to generate state revenues, a congressman said on Tuesday, noting that the practice continues despite a two-year ban. The ...

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 ...

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. on Monday ordered all police commanders to intensify the crackdown against the reported “guerrilla operations” of online sabong. Azurin’s ...

Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Wednesday expressed reservations on the possibility of reviving e-sabong or online cockfight betting operations, saying that potential revenues from it were not ...

“THE Case of e-Sabong and the Missing ‘Sabungeros’” sounds like the title of a crime-mystery-thriller novel. It may well become one if some enterprising producers turn this whole affair into a movie.