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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...