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| Photos by the Author | | FILIPINO GANGS
The Sputnik gang is the biggest in the Philippines. It’s so enormous that it’s difficult to keep track of all the smaller, weaker branches at the bottom of its hierarchy. The lowest rungs are more like local vigilantes watching over the neighborhood while their wives and sons cheer them on.
I became chummy with a particular subgroup recently. The slum I was in at the time is called Tondo. It’s in Manila, and it’s really bad. It’s surrounded by a moat, and you can tell from the people’s faces that it is tough living there. The gangs here sell really shoddy drugs for a living—mostly bad marijuana, bad shabu (heroin—for some reason they use the Japanese slang), and bad glue. The kids all carry the glue around in plastic bags and start sniffing at around noon every day. They also sell joints for 100 Japanese yen a piece (that’s about 85 cents). The weed tastes awful.
The people in Tondo eat a lot of rice and chicken. They also fed me dog, even though it’s illegal.
The divide between the rich and poor in Manila has gotten worse since the new president came into power. That said though, Tondo is apparently doing a lot better these days. In the 1960s and 70s it was a completely lawless area with dead bodies strewn everywhere. With the gangs, it’s not really about “joining” or “not joining,” because it all runs in the family. Local gangs are usually run by one big family, so the kids grow up in that kind of environment and it’s only natural for them to become a member too. Everyone is related to each other and inbreeding seems to be pretty damn common.
KEISUKE NAGOSHI
Gang members in their prison cell.
The machete scars on his stomach are from gang fights.
See all articles by this contributor Anonymous, on Nov 21, 2009 wrote:
long live tau gamma phi | | Anonymous, on Nov 21, 2009 wrote:
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Fuck all you bitch ass levas ain’t nothing stopping the PR we be smashing on your bitches catch my drift you fake ass wanna be ganster fagets.
Fuck STS you dick munchers your a disgrace to the flip race.
Don’t fight what’s right we be smashing on your girls tight ass pussy all night Pinoy Real I reside for life throw my P’s up with pride! Don’t talk shit when you can’t hang with my swag bitches. | | Anonymous, on Oct 25, 2009 wrote:
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fuck all of you its all abouth akrho pinoy gang la side foo | | Anonymous, on Oct 18, 2009 wrote:
orale ese loco. im a simon loco 4rm opg thuside13. big pound on og’s BNG south side homie. FUCK TAU GAMMA. | | Anonymous, on Oct 14, 2009 wrote:
FUCK ALL YALL! Obviously mga duwag kayo and cant stand on your own feet mother fuckers. thats why you guys joined a gang right??? COZ YOU BITCHES ARE SCARED!!! AFRAID TO BE ALONE SON?? kaya mga maaangas ngayon nagtitigas tigasan lang pag nanjan trpoa. pero pag ala na, bat naka yuko ka na boy!? and syemre para youre always sure you got people behind you when youre in shit, well im not in a gang, but ive got my crew, just a bunch of my friends and racing buddies..if you wanna be tough, u gotta be rough, but to be rough, you gotta be STRONG BIATCH!! step in the ring wit me and ill show you what a real takedown is, before i start breakin youre face.and trust me, i dont need my friends for that. theyll just stnd around. pointing at you while laughing, as i re-arrange your face, FUCK ALL YOU GANGS, ALL YALL ARE PUSSIES!..kaya ung mga ng aangas angas jan at nagtatapang tapang. wag nyo idaan sa grupo, stand on your own feet niggaaaz! | | Anonymous, on Oct 13, 2009 wrote:
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| | Anonymous, on Oct 13, 2009 wrote:
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West Side Pinoy Re-al Aces.... | | Anonymous, on Oct 4, 2009 wrote:
why dont you "gangsters" grow the fuck up and get an education and be somebody in your family. i feel sorry for your parents and if you guys have kids i feel sorry for them. grow up we all pinoys and we were all raised the same way. so quit frontin already and stop actin like you guys are black/mexicans we gotta stick together. if not then you know what you guys will get what you deserve! | | Anonymous, on Sep 11, 2009 wrote:
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AKRHO PINOY motherfuckers!! fuck all STS! fuck BNG! and Fuck Pinoy Aces!! Its all about AKRHO!! | | Anonymous, on Jul 27, 2009 wrote:
HOY GAGO KANG BAHALA KA !!!!! BAKA BIGLA KA MABAHALA SA MGA PINAGSASASABI MO!!!! MAG-IINGAT KA AT KAYONG KUTONG LUPA NA GANG NYO!!!! WALA KAYONG LUGAR DITO SA OBLO MAN O SA LABAS !!! MGA DUWAG . . TRAYDOR LANG KAYO KUMANA.. | | Anonymous, on May 30, 2009 wrote:
fuck all yall wheenies! SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO STATE SIDE ISLANDER GANG ON MINES BIIIITCH! SO ALL YALL FOBS CAN EAT A DICK! HAHAHAHA | | Anonymous, on Apr 14, 2009 wrote:
Fuck PR them PINK Rangers POwer Rangers Penis Recievers Pussy rankers.. also BAKLA na Gang.. TST fucking Takot sa Tuli. | | Anonymous, on Apr 5, 2009 wrote:
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FUCK ALL YOU IDIOTS. THIS IS OG TEMPER FROM BIG BAD BAHALA NA GANG !!!! | | Anonymous, on Mar 11, 2009 wrote:
BIG BAD SATANAS GANG 187 On PR baby | | Anonymous, on Nov 27, 2008 wrote:
BATANGAS VARSITARIAN IS THE ONLY ONE GANG HERE ALL OVER..FUCK YOU | | Anonymous, on Nov 16, 2008 wrote:
pakis | | Anonymous, on Nov 13, 2008 wrote:
etedry | | Anonymous, on Nov 11, 2008 wrote:
tang ina sts ako bng lolo ko pinsan ko commando | | Anonymous, on Nov 10, 2008 wrote:
FUCK PR,FS13,STS,BNG, AND THE REST OF YOU PUNK ASS FILIPINO GANG.........EXCEPT THE ORGINAL 1968 777 WS TAU GAMMA PINOY GANG.....CANT FADE THE PINOY GANG YOU LOVE TO HATE...... | | Anonymous, on Nov 10, 2008 wrote:
ITS POWER RANGERS BITCH PINK RANGER STUPID FUCKEN SHIT STAINS.... | | Anonymous, on Nov 10, 2008 wrote:
FUCK THE REST OF YOU BITCHES WS TAU GAMMA PINOY GANG........O YAH FUCK SHIT STAINS | | Anonymous, on Oct 29, 2008 wrote:
Posers! Rankers! WannaBees! You know who you are! | | | Next 30 comments > |
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