{"id":777001396,"date":"2023-01-09T11:22:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001396"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:42:23","slug":"the-philippines-6-arrested-over-illegal-cockfighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-6-arrested-over-illegal-cockfighting","title":{"rendered":"The Philippines: 6 arrested over illegal cockfighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group conducted a raid in Toledo City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The <strong>Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)<\/strong>, and the <strong>Cebu Provincial Field Units (PFU)<\/strong> have arrested six people accused of conducting an illegal cockfight. The raid took place in Purok Siete Pump House, Barangay Bagakay, <strong>Toledo City<\/strong> on January 7.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers received information about the illegal cockfight in the area, which motivated the raid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Sun Star, the people arrested were: Jesus Duran (60), the operator of the \u201ctigbakay\u201d; Ernesto Dionaldo (33), cockfight referee; Marlon Dojaras (40); Darwin Pantonial (49); Fernando Engaling (56); and Archie Iwayan (36).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects will be charged with violating <strong>Presidential Decree (PD) 449<\/strong>, or the Cockfighting Law of 1974, as amended by <strong>PD 1602<\/strong>, or illegal gambling (GPL),<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Major Nazarino Emia<\/strong>, chief of the CIDG Cebu PFU, said the operation was conducted with members of the Provincial Intelligence Unit of the Cebu Police Provincial Office and the Toledo City Police Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emia said they recovered two fighting roosters, 12 sets of a gaff, several gambling paraphernalia and P5,820 in cash believed to be proceeds from illegal gambling, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-e-sabong-ban-to-continue\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-e-sabong-ban-to-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philippine e-sabong ban to continue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group conducted a raid in Toledo City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":33583,"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 law enforcement, specifically the CIDG and Cebu PFU, conducted a raid in Toledo City, leading to the arrest of six individuals involved in an illegal cockfight. The suspects face charges under the Cockfighting Law of 1974 and illegal gambling statutes, with authorities recovering cash and paraphernalia. This incident underscores ongoing enforcement efforts against unauthorized gambling operations, particularly in the context of the broader e-sabong ban in the Philippines.","focusai_entities":"Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), Cebu Provincial Field Units (PFU), Jesus Duran, Ernesto Dionaldo, Marlon Dojaras, Darwin Pantonial, Fernando Engaling, Archie Iwayan, Sun Star, Major Nazarino Emia, Provincial Intelligence Unit of the Cebu Police Provincial Office, Cebu Police Provincial Office, Toledo City Police Station","focusai_location":"Philippines, Toledo City, Cebu","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.7), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on e-sabong ban?","query":"How do continued enforcement actions against traditional illegal cockfighting influence the efficacy and public perception of the ongoing e-sabong ban in the Philippines?"},{"label":"Regulatory enforcement trends?","query":"What broader trends in regulatory enforcement against illegal gambling, both online and offline, are evident in the Philippines, and what are their implications for licensed operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777001396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001396","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777001396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001401,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001396\/revisions\/777001401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}