{"id":777018587,"date":"2024-08-29T09:41:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T12:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777018587"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:39:04","slug":"tucp-opposes-proposal-to-regulate-e-sabong-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tucp-opposes-proposal-to-regulate-e-sabong-in-the-philippines","title":{"rendered":"TUCP opposes proposal to regulate e-sabong in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It raised concern about the negative impact of e-sabong on working people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the largest national trade union centre in the country, has issued a statement opposing a <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-deputy-proposes-regulation-of-e-sabong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposal by house deputy speaker\u00a0Jay-jay Suarez<\/a> to bring back regulated online cockfighting, known as e-sabong, to make up for revenue lost from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-president-orders-ban-on-offshore-gaming-operators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">banning offshore gaming operators<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The TUCP expressed concern about the negative impact of e-sabong on the working class, including heavy debt, criminal activity and loss of lives. It urged the Department of Finance secretary Ralph Recto to ensure that the government pursues &#8220;sustainable and ethical ways and means to generate revenue&#8221;. It urged the government to prioritise the creation of permanent jobs with living wages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Budget Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-budget-secretary-dismisses-proposal-to-regulate-e-sabong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amenah Pangandaman is also against regulating e-sabong<\/a>. She said such a move would not be necessary and that efficient government operations and improved tax collection could compensate for revenue loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It raised concern about the negative impact of e-sabong on working people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman have voiced strong opposition to House Deputy Speaker Jay-jay Suarez's proposal to re-regulate e-sabong in the Philippines. This stance is driven by significant concerns regarding the potential negative socio-economic impact on the working class, including increased debt and criminal activity, advocating instead for sustainable and ethical revenue generation to offset the fiscal void left by the POGO ban.","focusai_entities":"Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), Jay-jay Suarez, Ralph Recto, Amenah Pangandaman, Department of Finance","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"E-sabong Fiscal Impact?","query":"What is the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) potential of a re-regulated e-sabong market, and how does this compare to the fiscal gap created by the POGO ban, considering the proposed ethical revenue alternatives?"},{"label":"Regulatory Governance?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance and governance frameworks would be implemented for a re-regulated e-sabong market to effectively mitigate the identified social and economic risks, including responsible gambling and AML provisions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[24019],"class_list":["post-777018587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-e-sabong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018587","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=777018587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018615,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018587\/revisions\/777018615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}