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High poverty led to many in Tondo, Manila to band and form gangs. The gang was born in the 1960s as part of two branching groups of "Sigue Sigue" hoodlums in Tondo, the other one being Sigue Sigue Commandos, who are the Sputnik's most ardent rival. During the decade, they made turfs of many slums and jails in Manila.
Notable criminally-active gangs in the Philippines include: Asian Boyz; Temple Street (gang) True Brown Style; Bahala Na Gang; Vigilante Crips; Budol-Budol Gang [1] Dugo-Dugo Gang [1] Kuratong Baleleng; Martilyo Gang [2] Salisi Gang [1] Zesto Gang [1] Satanas (gang) Sigue Sigue Sputnik; Waray-Waray gangs [3]
Asiong was considered one of the Philippines' public enemies where he reigned and dominated Manila's then-known mob district, Tondo, for several years. Asiong as a gang leader had 12 loyal members in his group, Angustia Gang, [2] with 4 hideouts in Manila (Tondo, Binondo, Quiapo & Pier). Salonga's name had been linked to illegal possession and ...
Additionally, six Waray gang members were killed in a confrontation with the police in Tondo, Manila. [14] Two civilians were also killed in the shootout. In December of that year, a Waray-Waray gang fought the police in a running gun battle in a subdivision in Parañaque that led to the deaths of 16 people. [15]
Nine prisoners were killed when rival gangs clashed with knives Friday in one of the Philippines’ most overcrowded prisons, officials said. It was not immediately clear what set off the violence ...
The Bahala Na Gang was established in the early 1940s in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines, by Divino Talastas, a native of Bulacan who was born in early 1920s and who later moved with his siblings to Sampaloc. Before the forming of the Bahala Na Gang, Divino had a brother known as "Emong" who at an early age of 13–14 was most feared in the area ...
Manila Kingpin: The Untold Story of Asiong Salonga (also marketed as Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story) is a 2011 Filipino biographical-crime film directed by Tikoy Aguiluz and Darryl "Gary" dela Cruz [2] and starring Jeorge "E.R." Estregan in the title role, alongside Carla Abellana, Phillip Salvador, John Regala, Ronnie Lazaro, Baron Geisler, Joko Diaz, Archie Adamos, Yul Servo ...
An explosive hiphop, freestyle gangsta celebration of inner city Manila." [1] Most of the actors were residents of Tondo, and many were active in street gang activities in the area during the making of the film. Fifty-two members of six rival gangs [Note 1] agreed to work together to finish the movie. [2]