MANILA, Philippines-At least 172 individuals were arrested when elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) raided an illegal online ...

The National Police Commission (Napolcom) on Thursday, formally dismissed the complaint filed against operatives of the Criminal Investigation and ...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday expressed readiness to provide security to the families of the “missing ...

MANILA, Philippines — A police major has been placed under restrictive custody amid alleged links to operations of illegal online cockfighting (e-sabong), as well as other illegal activities in Negros ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to ban online cockfighting following outcry over the industry sparked by the disappearance of dozens of workers and concerns about the social costs of ...

The roosters stood inches apart, hook-shaped blades strapped to their legs. Cameras surrounded a dirt ring, streaming the cockfight to thousands of online gamblers huddled over cell phones across the ...

Police operatives bust an alleged online cockfighting (e-sabong) operation, arresting 172 individuals, at Vitas Coliseum in Tondo, Manila on Tuesday night, March 24, 2026. (Photo from Criminal ...

MANILA, Philippines — Divers have spent more than a month searching a lake south of Manila for the bodies of men with links to the Philippines’ bloody national obsession: cockfighting. They were ...

The police have busted a group behind an electronic cockfighting (“e-sabong”) operation conducting around 500 cockfights daily in a Manila coliseum, resulting in the arrest of 174 people, mostly ...

Police rouning up 174 individuals inside the coliseum in Vitas, Tondo, where around 500 cockfights were taking place daily and being shown online. - CIDG-NCR MANILA: The Philippine police have busted ...