MANILA, Philippines — Five Laguna police officials allegedly involved in the kidnapping of an e-sabong executive were dismissed from the Philippine National Police (PNP), according to a police ...

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 ...

The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) on Tuesday filed administrative charges against 11 cops linked to the missing ...

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 ...

Cockfighting competitions in the Philipines have been streaming on Twitch. Though the streaming site tries to take them down quickly, more pop up in their place. The ...

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” ...

A PEDICAB driver drives past a shuttered Pitmasters Live outlet in Pasay City, businessman Atong Ang’s e-sabong franchise. (NONIE REYES) PHILIPPINE Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) asserted ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...