Guv bans e-sabong anew (Latest Sabong News)
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO Governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda reiterated his May 2022 order banning online sabong in Pampanga.
This was gleaned in a memorandum he issued to mayors, police chiefs and barangay officials.
This, after the governor received reports of online sabong operations in Pampanga.
“It has come to the attention of this office that despite the suspension by the national government of online/e-sabong operations, unlicensed and illegal online cockfighting operations are still being conducted by some unscrupulous individuals/groups and that the same has victimized and corrupted some of our cabalens,” Pineda said in his December 20 memorandum.
Pineda had directed the local officials concerned to strictly implement the ban on online sabong operations and bring to justice any individual engaged in the unlicensed and illegal online game.
Pineda reminded the local chief executives to comply and observe all the directives of the Office of the President, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and Executive Order No. 16-2022 of the Office of the Governor.
Last May, the governor issued Executive Order NO. 16-2022 implementing the directives of former President Rodrigo Duterte and PAGCOR to e-sabong operators to shut down all gaming websites and cease gaming operations.
Duterte approved the cessation of e-sabong operations upon the recommendation of Secretary Eduardo Año of the Department of the Interior and Local Government last May 3.
