THE Philippine National Police (PNP) vowed on Thursday, February 12, 2026, to intensify its campaign against the resurgence of illegal online cockfighting, or e ...

DESPITE a government ban, illegal online cockfighting, or “e-sabong,” continues to operate in parts of the country, senators revealed during a joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Games and ...

In clandestine dirt rings all over the country, or private, secret patches of earth, game fowls are still fighting – day and night, 24/7 – and these fights are streamed to thousands of online gamblers ...

Senators on Wednesday criticized law enforcement agencies as online cockfighting operations continue across the country, ...

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, ...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga—Governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda on Tuesday ordered local chief executives in the province to ban “e-sabong” or online cockfighting operations, particularly the unlicensed ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is facing renewed pressure to crack down on remaining “e-sabong” operations in the country almost two years after the online ...

It seems some lawmakers are not above gambling away the nation’s future in their all-consuming appetite for profit. Or at least that’s what it sounded like when we heard the outrageous proposal from ...

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 expressed her opposition to bringing back e-sabong or online sabong operations, noting that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. ‘s revenue remains strong ...

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Alan Peter Cayetano recently said that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s executive order maintaining the suspension of e-sabong operations nationwide is a “necessary step” ...