MANILA, Philippines — A party-list congressman on Monday stressed the benefits of online cockfighting or e-sabong, adding that it is a source of livelihood for many Filipinos. This came after the ...

E-Sabong has quietly resurfaced and is now operating nationwide with an estimated 200 betting sites “under new mismanagement.” Yes, online sabong is back, but without Mr. Charlie “Atong” Ang or his ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte apologized for the effects of e-sabong operations around a month after he ordered to end the online cockfighting activities, following Senate probes ...

PROPOSALS to revive online cockfighting, or e-sabong, as a way to make up for the foregone revenues due to the recent ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) represent a resort to a “worse ...

MANILA, Philippines — Over 2,400 websites accessible for electronic-sabong or online cockfighting purposes have been blocked under an executive order issued last year to ensure its suspension, PNP ...

The suspension of online cockfighting or e-sabong may have impacted the livelihood of about 3.2 million Filipinos that come from the various businesses built around the game fowl industry. Aside from ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite the nationwide ban on online cockfight betting or e-sabong since December 2022, such activities continue to proliferate on unregulated platforms, a new study said.

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 murdered by rogue police, a ...

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it has already shut down more than 53,000 websites linked to illegal online cockfighting or e-sabong, underscoring government ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The taxman has reminded e-sabong operators and related businesses of their tax obligations after a recent Senate inquiry found them earning billions of pesos per month from ...