MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the immediate termination of e-sabong (online cockfighting) operations in the country. Duterte's decision was based on the recommendation of Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano to stop the operations of e-sabong. "And the recommendation of Secretary Ano is to do away with e-sabong. He cited the validation report coming from all sources. So, since it's his recommendation and I agreed with it and it is good, so e-sabong will end by tonight," he said in his taped Talk to the People delivered Monday night but aired Tuesday morning. Duterte earlier directed Ano to conduct a survey on the "social impact" of e-sabong on the Filipino people. His directive came in the wake of the still unresolved disappearance of some e-sabong aficionados in the country. One of the findings, Duterte cited, is that aficionados are deprived of sleep because they are getting addicted to online cockfighting. "It might no
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the immediate termination of e-sabong (online cockfighting) operations in the country. Duterte's decision was based on the recommendation of Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano to stop the operations of e-sabong. "And the recommendation of Secretary Ano is to do away with e-sabong. He cited the validation report coming from all sources. So, since it's his recommendation and I agreed with it and it is good, so e-sabong will end by tonight," he said in his taped Talk to the People delivered Monday night but aired Tuesday morning. Duterte earlier directed Ano to conduct a survey on the "social impact" of e-sabong on the Filipino people. His directive came in the wake of the still unresolved disappearance of some e-sabong aficionados in the country. One of the findings, Duterte cited, is that aficionados are deprived of sleep because they are getting addicted to online cockfighting. "It might no