{"id":30798,"date":"2022-06-15T04:59:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T07:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30798"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:45:52","slug":"duterte-apologises-for-taking-his-time-to-suspend-e-sabong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/duterte-apologises-for-taking-his-time-to-suspend-e-sabong","title":{"rendered":"Duterte apologises for taking his time to suspend e-sabong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The president of the Philippines has said he was late in realising the negative effects of e-sabong operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- More than a month after\u00a0suspending e-sabong operations in the Philippines<\/a>, president Rodrigo Duterte has apologised for not banning online cockfighting earlier. He made the comments in a speech after inspecting the National Academy of Sports in Capaz, Tarlac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duterte said: “I realized very late and\u00a0I am very sorry that it had to happen<\/strong>. I did not think that it is like that, I do not gamble. I do not drink anymore, only water.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March,\u00a023 senators<\/strong>\u00a0signed\u00a0Resolution No. 996\u00a0<\/strong>calling for the suspension of e-sabong after\u00a031 people linked to the industry disappeared<\/a>. at first, Duterte defended\u00a0e-sabong<\/a>, arguing that it was necessary for the economy because of a lack of funds as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duterte finally changed his mind and introduced a ban. The police have since begun a series of operations with the aim of detecting illegal operations. Authorities also asked Meta, the parent company of social media platform Facebook, to\u00a0block pages promoting e-sabong<\/a>\u00a0operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks ago, a report revealed that the people who disappeared were last seen at arenas operated by e-sabong firm Lucky 8 Star Quest. The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs has called for the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate\u00a0employees at the firm.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The president of the Philippines has said he was late in realising the negative effects of e-sabong operations.<\/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":"Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed regret for the delayed ban on e-sabong operations, acknowledging the negative societal impact following the disappearance of 31 individuals linked to the industry. This reversal, initially resisted due to economic considerations, has led to law enforcement actions against illegal operations and an investigation into the e-sabong firm Lucky 8 Star Quest.","focusai_entities":"Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Senate, National Academy of Sports, Philippine National Police, National Bureau of Investigation, Meta, Facebook, Lucky 8 Star Quest","focusai_location":"Philippines, Capaz, Tarlac","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Outlook","query":"What specific enhancements to the Philippine iGaming regulatory framework are anticipated to prevent similar governance failures and ensure operator accountability post-e-sabong ban?"},{"label":"Operator Risk Mitigation","query":"How are licensed iGaming operators in the Philippines reassessing their social responsibility frameworks and compliance protocols in light of the e-sabong incident to mitigate future regulatory and reputational risks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[24019,23911],"class_list":["post-30798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-e-sabong","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30798","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=30798"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30808,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30798\/revisions\/30808"}],"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=30798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}