{"id":777004654,"date":"2023-04-26T13:36:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004654"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:32:19","slug":"philippines-16-arrested-for-cockfighting-and-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-16-arrested-for-cockfighting-and-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: 16 arrested for cockfighting and gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Himamaylan City claim to have broken up a cockfighting ring and an illegal gambling den.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Police in Himamaylan City have <strong>arrested 16 people <\/strong>for allegedly being involved in illegal gambling activities, including cockfighting. The operation was conducted by the Himamaylan City Police Station led by Major<strong> Ellendie Rebusquillo<\/strong>, the deputy chief of police, at around 2.10pm on Friday (April 21) in Sitio Libon, Barangay Nabalian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects were arrested on suspicion of breaching <strong> <\/strong>Presidential Decree (PD) 449 (the Cockfighting Law of 1974) and Republic Act (RA) 9287 (the Anti-Illegal Gambling Law). Of those arrested, 13 are suspected of cockfighting and three for illegal gambling. According to Panay News, police confiscated PHP960, three fighting cocks, two PHP5 coins and a concrete board, or tumbu-an.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects were being held by the local police awaiting charge. Elsewhere in the Philippines,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-119-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">police arrested 119 people<\/a>&nbsp;for alleged involvement in illegal gambling activities. Officers said that the arrests were made over the weekend, with 72 people detained for allegedly playing<strong>&nbsp;card and tile games<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>33 for illegal cockfighting&nbsp;<\/strong>and e-sabong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Himamaylan City claim to have broken up a cockfighting ring and an illegal gambling den.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Police in Himamaylan City, Philippines, conducted an operation leading to 16 arrests for illegal gambling, including cockfighting, under Presidential Decree 449 and Republic Act 9287. Concurrently, 119 additional arrests were made nationwide for various illicit gambling activities, notably e-sabong. These enforcement actions underscore ongoing regulatory efforts to combat unregulated gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"Himamaylan City Police Station, Major Ellendie Rebusquillo, Panay News","focusai_location":"Philippines, Himamaylan City, Sitio Libon, Barangay Nabalian","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":"Philippines Enforcement Strategy","query":"What is the Philippine government's overarching strategy for mitigating the proliferation of illegal gambling operations, particularly in the context of digital verticals like e-sabong, and how do these localized enforcement actions contribute to that broader objective?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy","query":"Given the continued arrests under PD 449 and RA 9287, what are the current assessments of the efficacy of existing regulatory frameworks in deterring illegal gambling activities, and are there discussions regarding potential amendments or enhanced enforcement mechanisms?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777004654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004654","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=777004654"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004682,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004654\/revisions\/777004682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}