Police swoop on a group of individuals gambling on cockfighting during the Coronavirus lockdown in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Philippines.- More than 20 people in Cagayan, Philippines, have been found illegally gambling under quarantine measures during the Coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to The Manila Times<\/em><\/strong>, the individuals were found at a Cock Farm in the Maddarulug Norte village in Enrile town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Police confiscated two complete sets of gaff, P$68,565 in cash, four fighting cocks and four dead ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cockfighting is legal in the Philippines but illegal gambling under lockdown measures is not, as the country tries to prevent mass-gatherings to halt the spread of Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Col. Ariel Quilang, Cagayan Police Office Chief, said the suspects would be facing many charges for illegal gambling as well as violating quarantine measures which “penalises non-cooperation of persons or entities that should report and\/or respond to notifiable diseases or health events of public concern.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Police swoop on a group of individuals gambling on cockfighting during the Coronavirus lockdown in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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 in Cagayan executed an enforcement action against over 20 individuals engaged in illegal cockfighting gambling during Coronavirus lockdown measures. This incident, involving the confiscation of P$68,565 and gambling paraphernalia, underscores the regulatory imperative to prevent mass gatherings and illegal gambling activities, leading to charges for both illicit gambling and public health protocol violations.","focusai_entities":"Col. Ariel Quilang, The Manila Times, Cagayan Police Office","focusai_location":"Philippines, Cagayan, Enrile, Maddarulug Norte","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What are the long-term implications for the Philippine iGaming sector regarding the efficacy of regulatory enforcement against illegal gambling operations, particularly concerning the intersection of gaming verticals and public health mandates?"},{"label":"AML Compliance Frameworks","query":"How might this incident influence the enhancement of AML compliance frameworks for licensed operators and payment service providers in the Philippines, given the demonstrated prevalence of illicit cash-based gambling?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,161,439,167,16333],"tags":[4503,128],"class_list":["post-5023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-daily-news","category-legal-news","category-news-region","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-legal","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777021191,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023\/revisions\/777021191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}