President Rodrigo Duterte MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he might be forced to order the suspension of e-sabong (online cockfighting) operations if the situation gets out of hand. Duterte made the statement in a speech delivered in Lapu-Lapu City, as he took note of more Filipinos getting addicted to online cockfighting. He said he would not hesitate to halt the operations of e-sabong, if the issues concerning the betting game become "very serious." "Just study if it is true or not. It's getting to be a very serious problem for the Filipino," Duterte said. "Pag-aralan muna natin then kung totoo 'yan, hintuin ko 'tan kung ang problema ibigay lang (if it would only give us trouble)." This, as he lamented that online cockfighting lure many Filipino families, as well as police officers and minors. Duterte, however, said the possible suspension of e-sabong operations could not be done in haste because the government is earning m