Following the order of President Duterte to close esabong operations, Pitmaster along Quirino Avenue in Baclaran, Paranaque shut its doors today.
But for how long nobody knows. The government hesitated to shut online cockfighting (esabong) because of the revenues to be derived from it. But the social cost where even youngsters get addicted to this online game which takes only a few seconds to lose a P100 bet especially from farmers and fisherfolk in the remote areas, has been too great to ignore.