SAN JOSE, Antique – Two hundred forty eight persons were caught engaging in an illegal cockfight in Barangay 1.
They were nabbed around 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 when police chanced upon them. Recovered from their possession were 39 game fowls, 213 metal gaffs and cash amounting to P860.
They face charge for violation of Presidential Decree 449, or the Cockfighting Law of 1974.
Under the law, “cockfighting shall be allowed only in licensed cockpits during Sundays and legal holidays and during local fiestas for not more than three days. It may also be held during provincial, city or municipal, agricultural, commercial or industrial fair, carnival or exposition for a similar period of three days upon resolution of the province, city or municipality where such fair, carnival or exposition is to be held.”/PN
