Last week, we published letters from Manila Cockers Club, Inc. (MCCI) and Games and Amusement Board (GAB) chair Abraham Mitra explaining their respective positions on the legality of live “sabong” ...

The agency tasked to regulate POGOs, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., had opposed the ban, saying all that was needed to prevent their criminal activities was better regulation. Having ...

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 (AFP) – 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 ...

Without a congressional franchise, all online “e-sabong” betting is deemed illegal, administration PDP Laban Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III warned on Tuesday. The lawmaker asserted that operating ...

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MANILA, Philippines — A National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) official on Wednesday claimed that he was threatened by suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. after an e-sabong (electronic ...

Gaming tycoon Charlie “Atong” Ang on Friday claimed other e-sabong licensees, including a retired national police chief and former and incumbent congressmen, are “conspiring” against him over his ...

Manila - 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 ...