MANILA, Philippines — 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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center has intensified its campaign against online sabong as part of a broader crackdown on cybercrime platforms. In declaring an ...

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, Philippines — The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) has begun a campaign to eliminate illegal online cockfighting or online sabong, calling it a growing threat that ...

MANILA, Philippines — Online cockfighting or “e-sabong” remains active on unregulated gambling platforms more than two years after a nationwide ban, underscoring persistent gaps in enforcement, ...

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 ...

The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) vowed to intensify its efforts to “totally eliminate” online sabong or cockfighting games, calling it a growing threat to the country’s ...

AGAP Party-list Rep. Nicanor Briones. Photo: House of Representatives AGAP Party-list Rep. Nicanor Briones on Tuesday confirmed that he is the lawmaker caught on camera watching an online cockfighting ...

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 — Around 52,847 online cockfight betting or “e-sabong” sites were taken down from 2023 until this year, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology ...