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 ...

Cockfighting or sabong in the Philippines has been called the country’s national pastime, an obsession even. It’s a male-oriented blood sport that is as wild as men can be – loud, boisterous, and ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — 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 ...