{"id":29070,"date":"2022-04-19T08:58:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T11:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=29070"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:30:43","slug":"the-philippines-7-arrested-over-illegal-cockfighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-7-arrested-over-illegal-cockfighting","title":{"rendered":"The Philippines: 7 arrested over illegal cockfighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police in Pampanga arrested seven people who were involved in illegal cockfighting in Santa Maria village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Operations continue to crack down on illegal cockfighting rings in The Philippines. Seven people were arrested on Easter Sunday in Santa Maria village for alleged involvement in illegal cockfighting. During a raid,\u00a0police seized seven live and four dead roosters, two gaffs, and P10,320 bet money<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspects were arrested at the city’s police station and charged with violating Presidential Decree 1602 and Republic Act 9287, both of which impose aggravated penalties for illegal gambling. Newly appointed Pampanga Police Chief Colonel Alvin Ruby Consolacion has vowed to prosecute those involved in criminal and prohibited activities, including illegal gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, the superintendent of police (SP) Siddharth Kaushal reported that police had\u00a0dismantled 52 arenas readied for cockfights<\/a>\u00a0in various parts of the district.\u00a0Two weeks ago, police arrested 300 people<\/a>\u00a0at a cockfighting pit in the town of Balingasag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philippines president continues to defend e-sabong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President Rodrigo Duterte has continued to defend\u00a0e-sabong operations<\/a>\u00a0in the Philippines. He said the government needs revenue from online cockfighting because other funds have been consumed by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, 23 senators<\/strong> signed Resolution No. 996 <\/strong>calling for a suspension of e-sabong after 31 people linked to the industry disappeared<\/a>. Authorities have so far allowed operations to continue but ordered the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Philstar, Duterte said: \u201cI need the money from e-sabong for those expenses that are not in the budget, which you can\u2019t get in the budget so you need money from the outside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Duterte clarified that, if necessary, he will order the suspension of e-sabong operations<\/strong>, but that will cause the country to lose several billion pesos in revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police in Pampanga arrested seven people who were involved in illegal cockfighting in Santa Maria village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Philippine authorities continue to crack down on illegal cockfighting, with recent arrests in Pampanga. Concurrently, President Rodrigo Duterte defends the continuation of legal e-sabong operations, citing critical government revenue needs despite calls from senators for suspension due to disappearances linked to the industry.","focusai_entities":"Pampanga Police Chief Colonel Alvin Ruby Consolacion, SP Siddharth Kaushal, President Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine National Police, National Bureau of Investigation, Philstar","focusai_location":"Pampanga, Santa Maria village, The Philippines, Balingasag","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"E-sabong Revenue Impact","query":"What is the estimated fiscal impact on the Philippine government's budget if e-sabong operations are suspended, and how might this influence future iGaming regulatory policy?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How might the ongoing investigations by the PNP and NBI into the disappearances linked to e-sabong influence the future governance frameworks and B2C licensing requirements for online gambling in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911,233],"class_list":["post-29070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070","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=29070"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29090,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070\/revisions\/29090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}