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reeders warn the ban could disrupt supply in a country with a large cockfighting industry.

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The Senate games and amusements committee will include online cockfighting or e-sabong in its next hearing, following its continued operations in areas such as Batangas and Central Luzon despite a nationwide ban.

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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.

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Rep. Nicanor Briones (AGAP Party-list) could face a House ethics probe after he was caught watching a cockfight practice video on his phone during a plenary session.

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A congressman denied participating in online cockfighting, or e-sabong, after being caught watching what appeared to be a cockfighting video on his phone right when the 20th Congress first convened.

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Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said there may be a connection between the perpetrators of the drug war killings and e-sabong.

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Tycoon Atong Ang and actress Gretchen Barretto may be considered suspects in the case of the missing sabungeros, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said.

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Isinangkot ng isa sa mga suspek sa kaso ng nawawalang mga sabungero ang kilalang negosyanteng si Charlie “Atong” Ang.

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Alias "Totoy," the whistleblower in the case of the missing sabungeros or cockfight enthusiasts, lacks credibility to qualify as a state witness, according to the lawyer of tycoon Charlie "Atong" Ang.

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Iniutos ni Pangulong Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ang masusing imbestigasyon sa kaso ng 34 nawawalang sabungero.

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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.

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Rep. Nicanor Briones (AGAP Party-list) could face a House ethics probe after he was caught watching a cockfight practice video on his phone during a plenary session.

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A congressman denied participating in online cockfighting, or e-sabong, after being caught watching what appeared to be a cockfighting video on his phone right when the 20th Congress first convened.

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Tycoon Atong Ang and actress Gretchen Barretto may be considered suspects in the case of the missing sabungeros, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said.

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Isinangkot ng isa sa mga suspek sa kaso ng nawawalang mga sabungero ang kilalang negosyanteng si Charlie “Atong” Ang.

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Alias "Totoy," the whistleblower in the case of the missing sabungeros or cockfight enthusiasts, lacks credibility to qualify as a state witness, according to the lawyer of tycoon Charlie "Atong" Ang.

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Iniutos ni Pangulong Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ang masusing imbestigasyon sa kaso ng 34 nawawalang sabungero.

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