Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has said e-sabong will continue despite calls from 23 Senators to suspend the activity amid the disappearance of 31 people linked to the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- Despite calls urging PAGCOR to\u00a0suspend online cockfighting<\/a>, e-sabong operations will go on, the Philippines’ president has said. Some 23 senators<\/strong>\u00a0signed\u00a0Resolution No. 996\u00a0<\/strong>calling for a suspension after 31 people disappeared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Duterte said: \u201cI appeal to congressmen to stop meddling with it. It is generating revenue, no one is benefitting there except PAGCOR and the big players.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n PAGCOR chairman Andrea Domingo <\/strong>had previously said: “Although we do respect the resolution from the senators for us to suspend immediately e-sabong operations, we have to look into the repercussions. In the final analysis, it would be PAGCOR that would be responsible for the final decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A bill to tax online betting on sabong events<\/a>\u00a0held in legal cockpits was approved in November 2020. In May 2021,\u00a0PAGCOR issued the first licences<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has said e-sabong will continue despite calls from 23 Senators to suspend the activity amid the disappearance of 31 people linked to the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, has affirmed the continuation of e-sabong operations despite a resolution from 23 Senators urging suspension due to the disappearance of 31 individuals linked to the industry. Citing significant revenue generation for PAGCOR and \"big players,\" Duterte dismissed legislative intervention, a stance echoed by PAGCOR Chairman Andrea Domingo who highlighted potential repercussions of a suspension.","focusai_entities":"Rodrigo Duterte, PAGCOR, Andrea Domingo","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"What specific enhancements to the regulatory and governance frameworks for e-sabong will PAGCOR implement to address the public safety concerns and legislative pressures, beyond merely continuing operations?"},{"label":"Fiscal Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR and NGR contribution of e-sabong to PAGCOR's fiscal targets, and how does this revenue stream compare in stability and growth potential to other regulated gaming verticals in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,158,16333],"tags":[24019,23911],"class_list":["post-28202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-e-sabong","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28202"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28211,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28202\/revisions\/28211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}