PNP monitors 2 more active e-sabong websites despite ban

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday that it has monitored two more e-sabong websites, bringing the  total to 14 online cockfighting pages despite the ban on the activity.

At the Laging Handa public briefing, PNP spokesperson Police Colonel Jean Fajardo added that eight Facebook pages promoting e-sabong have also been monitored.

Likewise, Fajardo said that the PNP has already asked the Department of Information and Technology (DICT), and Facebook to take down these sites and pages.

“Nakipag-ugnayan na rin po tayo sa DICT pati na rin sa pamahalaan ng Facebook para po i-take down po nila at tanggalin yung na-monitor po natin na website pati na rin po eight na Facebook pages,” she said.

(We have coordinated with the DICT and the management of Facebook to take down the websites and pages that we have monitored.)

Fajrado told GMA News Online that only two of the 12 websites are registered in the country while the rest are offshore.

On May 25, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said that seven illegal websites streaming e-sabong operations have been taken down.

Following reports on the disappearance of 34 sabungeros, Duterte earlier approved the recommendation of the DILG to stop e-sabong.

Duterte’s decision came after a survey conducted by the DILG in cities and provinces regarding e-sabong operations, which is being blamed for the deterioration of moral values among many Filipinos. —LBG, GMA News