Is sabong ok in Cebu City? 

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—With a series of fiesta celebrations expected in the city this May, a member of the Cebu City council wants the city government to tackle the legality of “sabong,” the local term for cockfighting, in…

Cebu guv: Sabong OK if LGU allows

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/19/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Sabong, the local term used to describe cockfighting, is allowed in Cebu province as long as it has secured approval from the local government concerned, according to Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia. Garcia made…

CV’s e-sabong crackdown: Alba orders one-strike policy for non-performing police chiefs

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 12/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police officials in Central Visayas, who will fail in the implementation of the e-sabong crackdown, will no longer get a second chance. They will immediately be relieved from their post, according to Police…

Cockpit organizers in Cebu City told: Police your own arenas

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 03/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cockpit organizers in Cebu City are asked to police their own arenas as the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) could not assign individual police to do so. Police Lieutenant Janette Rafter, chief of…

Cebu City Police: No directives yet on suspension of ‘E-sabong’

Jewil Anne M. Tabiolo 03/04/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — E-sabong, or online cockfighting, is still okay in Cebu City. Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) deputy director for operations Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla said during a press conference that no E-sabong operations…

Labella orders study on possible reopening of licensed cockfighting pits

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the study of guidelines for the possible reopening of licensed cockfighting pits here. There are at least four or five licensed cockfighting pits that were closed…

Sabong Elementary School dominates 400m Hurdles

Intern 09/01/2018

  The Sabong Elementary School took home both gold and silver in the 400m hurdles competition in elementary girls division in the Milo Little Olympics Visayas Regional Finals at the Cebu City Sports Center. Miequin Rose Flores…

Man mauled over missing fighting cock

Apple Ta-as 09/24/2014

Four men including three brothers were arrested after they allegedly mauled a man whom they accused of stealing a fighting cock in barangay Poblacion, Cordova town in Mactan Island, Cebu. Arrested were Jestoni Ulgasan Baguio and Biongcog…

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