They were murdered by rogue police, a government witness says, allegedly for rigging matches at the height of the country's pandemic-era craze for betting on live-streamed cockfights, or "e-sabong".

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — A congressman denied participating in online cockfighting, or e-sabong, after being caught watching what appeared to be a cockfighting video on his phone right when the 20th ...

MANILA, Philippines — More than 52,000 e-sabong sites, or online cockfighting betting, have been taken down from 2023 to 2025, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology ...

“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.

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—Any potential disciplinary action against the lawmaker photographed watching a video of a cockfight on his cell phone during a House plenary session must wait until the House ...