SEVERAL leaders of the Catholic Church expressed their disgust and opposition to the "e-sabong" bill even as Senator Grace Poe's Public Services Committee scheduled a hearing to tackle the measure this week.

Former Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao highlighted the fact that online gambling, in this case cockfighting, is "still gambling."

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