Korean Air bans roosters on US-Philippines routes amid cockfighting outcry - The Straits Times

Korean Air bans roosters on US-Philippines routes amid cockfighting outcry  The Straits Times

Korean Air bans roosters on US-Philippine routes amid cockfighting outcry

Animal rights advocates were crowing on Saturday after Korean Air banned transporting roosters on flights from the United States to the Philippines, which has a huge cockfighting industry. Filipinos wager tens of millions of dollars daily, by some industry estimates, as they watch two roosters armed with metal spurs fight to the death in clashes that can end in less than a minute. The US is an important source of roosters for these fights, according to activists as well as local breeder Eduar...

By none@none.com (News Desk)

Korean Air bans roosters on US-Philippine routes amid cockfighting outcry

The Philippines has a huge cockfighting industry, with Filipinos wagering tens of millions of dollars daily, according to some industry estimates.

Group decries exclusion of minimum wage earners in ‘ayuda’ rollout

BACOLOD CITY — The General Alliance of Workers Association (Gawa) issued a formal letter of protest on Friday, May 1, condemning the national government for excluding private minimum wage earners from emergency cash assistance, or “ayuda,” despite the ongoing economic crisis. Gawa Secretary General Wennie Sancho, signed the protest letter on behalf of the private

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Look: Streets, cars covered in thick ashfall after Philippines' Mayon volcano erupts - Khaleej Times

Look: Streets, cars covered in thick ashfall after Philippines' Mayon volcano erupts  Khaleej Times

Prepare Filipinos’ conscience for 2028 polls, Church leaders told

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