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 ...

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 ...

“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.

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 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 — Sen. Erwin Tulfo is urging an alleged congressman caught watching online sabong on his phone during the voting for House speaker ahead of the State of the Nation Address last ...

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 ...

Some people who have been involved in the "death squads" that figured in the drug war under the past administration may also be involved in the deaths related to the e-sabong or online cockfights ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate games and amusements committee will include online cockfighting or e-sabong in its next hearing, following its continued operations in areas such as Batangas and ...

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, ...