MANILA, Philippines — Illegal online cockfighting or e-sabong continues to flourish on unregulated gambling platforms despite a nationwide ban, according to a new study by sociocultural research firm ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 – Admitting that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is struggling to crack down on online cockfighting operations or “e-sabong,” its chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. on Monday ...

Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman dismissed the revenue contribution to government of online cockfighting (e-sabong) as miniscule, dousing calls for its revival after the recent ban on Philippine ...

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 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 ...

For those familiar with the online platform, Sabong, particularly the streaming of cockfighting matches, the Ultimate Sabong Championship 2024 is the newest edition the board is looking forward to.

“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.