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Waray-Waray gangs

January 07, 2023

Waray-Waray gangs (also known as Waray-Waray groups) are generic terms used in the Philippines to denote of criminal groups who are of Waray ethnicity. They originated from provinces Leyte and Samar where the majority are of Waray background, later spreading into Luzon. Most of their criminal activities involved armed robberies, but various other gangs have also dabbled in kidnapping, carnapping, gun running, assassinations, gang warfare, and narcotics sale. Their bloody confrontations with the police made them the most notorious gang in the Philippines.[1][2]

Waray-Waray gangs
Logo of one of the Waray-Waray Gangs in Tacloban City known as OG Imba.
Years active1990s–present
TerritoryPhilippines
EthnicityWaray
ActivitiesArmed robbery, Gang warfare, Narcotics, Contract killing, Kidnapping, Carnapping, Gun running
Notable membersJobert Española, Noel Enacmal, Arnel Suellen, Alfredo Mondares

History

Although Waray-speaking criminals have been documented in Luzon since the 1990s,[3][1] it wasn't until 1997 where they first started being called Waray-Waray gangs.[4] In that year, a Waray-Waray gang kidnapped Chinese-Filipino Virgilio and Christine Chua and their maid Analyn Simbajon. The case was dubbed by the Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order (MRPO) as the longest trial in the history of kidnap-for-ransom cases in the country. In 2001, a policeman by the name of Superintendent Eugenio Casalme was killed by a Waray-Waray gang during a hold-up of a bus on route to Pampanga. He was one of the passengers at that time, and when the gang members noticed his police uniform, they shot him in the chest and neck.[5] In 2002, the house of actor and future politician Sonny Parsons was burglarized by a Waray-Waray gang. They tied him and his own family in their house and almost raped his two daughters. The actor managed to trick the gang into thinking that patrolmen were roaming around the neighborhood, which would make their escape more difficult if they stayed longer. As the gang hastily retreated, Parson got off his bindings, grabbed a pistol and shot at the suspects as they were escaping, killing three of them.[6]

In one of the bloodiest robberies in Philippine history, the Waray-Abuyog Gang shot and killed three policemen and a traffic enforcer on April 13, 2002. An unknown van parked itself in the vicinity of a community precinct in Meycauayan, Bulacan, in which a group of armed men wearing military uniforms came out. The gunmen started firing their assault rifles on the police station, killing some while wounding and scattering the others before escaping in their van. Investigators later found out that this was just a diversion.[7] The robbers were actually robbing a large jewelry store in downtown Meycauayan, but they first attacked the precinct not only to take out the cops inside that might respond to the robbery, but also to lure the other policemen into this area while they escape with the loot. Many were killed and captured afterwards a month later.[8]

In 2003–2004, Waray-Waray kidnap gangs started targeting prominent Chinese-Filipino businessmen in several kidnapping cases. Victims include businesswoman Dominga Chu, and Coca-Cola Export Corp. finance manager Betti Chua Sy. The latter died from her injuries while in custody of the gang. A 10-year-old named Martin Guevarra was also kidnapped by gang leader Arnel Suellen. Six more abductions took place, in which each of the families paid P2 million in ransom. At this time, the National Bureau of Investigation named them "the most active kidnap gang in the country", and even got to the point where President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo herself ordered a new crackdown after their series of kidnappings for ransom.[9] Many of these gang members were from Jaro, Leyte. The same year also saw a gunfight between members of a Waray group known as the Sudoy-Sudoy Gang, and the combined forces of the Central Police District (CPD) and a Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team. Five gang members were killed. They were responsible for a P9-million robbery of an armored van robbery on April 5 at the SM City Annex on North EDSA in Quezon City.[10]

In 2006, Noel Enacmal, leader of the Waray-Waray Kidnap For Ransom (KFR), was captured in Barangay Mali, San Mateo, Rizal.[11] He and his group were responsible for the abduction of some 20 people and a string of armed robberies, such as the kidnapping of Betti Chua Sy and the P60,000 payroll robbery in Cubao, Quezon City.

Bloodiest years

Further information: Parañaque shootout

2008 was the bloodiest year committed by the gangs. In Laguna Hills Subdivision, Rizal, three Waray-Waray gang members were killed in a shootout followed by three other more who were captured. This specific gang was notorious for highway robberies, extortion, “akyat-bahay” and the sale of illegal drugs.[12] Additionally, six Waray gang members were killed in a confrontation with the police in Tondo, Manila.[13] 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.[14] The police were tailing the criminals in a suburb when suddenly, the latter started firing M16 rifles fitted with grenade launchers. Twelve gang members, a Special Action Force personnel, a barangay tanod and two civilians including a 7-year-old girl, were killed. On the same year, two unidentified members of a Waray robbery gang were killed early morning in an encounter with policemen in Caloocan. The unit who fought the gang was composed of NCR-CIDG, ISAFP, and Caloocan police. Chief Senior Supt. Isagani Nerez believed that the group was also involved in the recent gunbattle Parañaque, as well as an armored van robbery in the University of the Philippines.[15]

In 2009, the Waray-Ozamiz Gang robbed a Malaysian national named William Yeo, who owned a moneychanger shop in Ermita, Manila. Three of them were later captured by the police, and among the weapons recovered were two undocumented .45 caliber pistols, a .9mm Intratec machine pistol, M-16 Baby Armalite, two 12-gauge shotguns, three fragmentation grenades, six rifle grenades and two M203 40mm grenade launcher.[16] In 2011, Parañaque witnessed another shootout in a middle-class subdivision where three members of a Waray-Waray robbery gang and a policeman were killed.[17] The year 2012 saw the murder of Robert Edward Armstrong, an American tourist, during a 7/11 robbery that was committed by a Waray-Waray gang.[18] The American was killed as he tried to escape.[19] The police retaliated by killing 3 Waray criminals in separate shootouts, and arresting 5 more, with alleged help from Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.[18]

In November 2012, two Waray-Waray gangsters were killed in a shootout with the PNP-CIDG in San Fernando, Pampanga.[20] In 2013, two leaders of a Waray-Waray robbery group were captured by the NBI in the same city. They were responsible for a series of robberies of banks and moneychanger shops as well as murder. Another leader, Noli del Monti from Samar, escaped.[21] On the same year, three members of the Ozamis-Waray-Waray group were killed during a shootout with law enforcement in a police checkpoint in Quezon City.[22] Police said an intelligence report revealed that the three were planning to rob a pawnshop after a failed attempt to carry out an abduction.

Philippine Drug War

By 2014 however, congressmen submitted House Bill No. 3691 which would make it illegal to name gangs after ethnicity, place, or religion due to racism.[23][24] However, the name and gangs of Waray ethnicity still persisted. In 2015 for example, Waray-Waray gang leader Jobert Española was murdered by unknown assailants in Binondo, Manila.[25] He was once convicted of killing policeman SPO2 Nestor Dela Cruz. The year 2017 saw the individual capture of two Waray-Waray gang members in Caloocan and Valenzuela. This particular group had robbed two Indian nationals, and a Colt M1911 was recovered on one of them.[26]

However, there has been a resurgence in modern times of criminals and gangs who were inspired, and took their name, from previous Waray-Waray gangs. This include a local vigilante gang from Tacloban known as OG Imba: Waray-Waray Gang, who became infamous for their gang warfare.[2][1] They were also one of the premiere vigilante groups in Rodrigo Duterte's War on Drugs.[27] In 2018, remnant Waray gangs were reported by Chief Supt. Edward Caranza as gun-for-hire that targeted local chief executives and potential political candidates. Six of them were killed in a shootout with the police in a buy-bust operation during the height of the Philippine Drug War, in Barangay San Isidro, Rodriguez town of Rizal.[28] They were also involved in carnapping and robbery cases.

A number of Waray criminals were targeted between the years 2019-2020 starting with the killing of Jason Cada on June 3, 2019.[1] A year later, SPO3 Francisco Homeres Jr. was killed in an ambush in Abucay. August 2020 became the bloodiest month of the year, with five murders including former policemen. Those killed include Jason Golong, Pio Peñaflor and his son Alphy Peñaflor, Dennis Monteza and Constantino Torre.[1][29] On the night of December 5, 2020, two members of a Waray-Waray group were killed in a police operation in Quezon City. The members were part of a gun-running and gun-for-hire group who also partake in drug-dealing and kidnapping. One of those killed, Jhonny Radaza, was a former convict.[30][31] A month later, four more members were killed in a rescue operation with the police after kidnapping a Chinese national.[32]

Ties to the Philippine Army

Some of the members of the Waray-Waray gangs were former or active soldiers of the Philippine Army, including Eliseo Barres, Alfredo Mondares and Army Cpl. Pelagio Royera.[16][10] It even came to the point where the police started investigating whether the army and the gangs have ties to each other due to the amount of high-caliber weapons and explosives recovered from these gangs.[16] Most members however, were only thugs who had street training.

Infamous gangs

Many Waray-Waray gangs are differentiated from each other through unique names, primary activities, ethnicity or place of origin.[2] Some of the most notorious are:

  • Waray-Waray Kidnap-For-Ransom Gang (aka Waray-Waray KDP)[4]
  • Waray-Abuyog Gang[8]
  • Waray-Ozamis Gang[22]
  • Sudoy-Sudoy Gang[10]
  • OG Imba[27]

Legacy

The heyday of the Waray-Waray gangs gave birth to the negative stereotypical belief in the Philippines that the Waray people are a violent ethnic group compared to others.[24] In an opinion column for a newspaper written on July 25, 2011, Prof. Gerry B. De Cadiz of the Eastern Visayas State University condemned the actions of the Waray-Waray gangs and their effect on the image of the Waray people. He stated, "Much to our embarrassment, being brave or mag-isog has been perceived by the nation to be associated with brutality, callousness and getting involved in criminality. So that the periodic broadcast in national networks and publication in widely-circulated broadsheets of the notorious activities of the so-called Waray-Waray Gang moulded an image so repulsive and damaging to the dignity of both prominent and ordinary Waray."[33]

The popular ABS-CBN show S.O.C.O.: Scene of the Crime Operatives aired an episode in December 2016 entitled "SOCO: Waray Abuyog Gang Strikes Terror in Meycauayan, Bulacan" that depicted the bloody shootout and heist in Meycauayan.[34] The Parañaque shootout was featured in an episode of Case Unclosed entitled "The December Shootout".[35] The 2000 action film Waray starring Gary Estrada, Daisy Reyes and Gino Antonio depicted a Waray-Waray gang.[36] It told the story of a group of young Waray in South Manila who came to the city in search of a better life. The film depicted them as being daring and defiant who often rob to help the poor, creating themselves an image of modern-day Robin Hoods. On one faithful day, they made the mistake of kidnapping the daughter of a powerful politician who owned a private army, which led to shootouts and killings between the two parties.[37]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Mercusio, Laram. "Waray-Waray Gangs: Philippine's Most Dangerous Gangsters". Medium. August 1, 2020
  2. ^ a b c Bulaong, Louis. Bandido: The Story of the Most Notorious Filipino Gang. August 30, 2020. Afterword, pp. 121-122. ISBN 979-8586961815
  3. ^ PHILIPPINES: MANILA: ARMED BANK ROBBERY ATTEMPT FOILED
  4. ^ a b "Kidnap suspects charged guilty after 18 years". Philippine Canadian Inquirer. August 27, 2015
  5. ^ Laude, Pete. "Cop killers hunted in Pampanga". PhilStar. May 26, 2001
  6. ^ "Sonny Parsons kumasa sa 'Waray-waray gang', 3 suspects todas". PhilStar. July 19, 2002
  7. ^ Scene of the Crimes Operatives. Episode: Waray-Abuyog Gang strikes terror. November 26, 2016
  8. ^ a b Alcantara, Efren. "13 suspek sa pagpatay sa 3 pulis, nasakote". PhilStar. May 8, 2002
  9. ^ Sisot Jr., Bebot. "'Waray-Waray' said to be most active kidnap gang". PhilStar. February 16, 2004
  10. ^ a b c Adraneda, Katherine. "5 rob gang suspects killed in QC raid". PhilStar. October 12, 2004
  11. ^ Macairan, Evelyn. "NBI captures Waray-Waray gang leader in Rizal". PhilStar. June 28, 2006
  12. ^ Alquitran, Non. "7 Waray-Waray gang members nabbed in Rizal". PhilStar. January 30, 2008
  13. ^ "6 slain 'Waray-Waray' gang members identified". GMA. April 27, 2008
  14. ^ Ramos, Marlon (December 7, 2008). . Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  15. ^ Castro, Doland. "Two Waray-Waray gang members killed in Caloocan". ABS-CBN Corporation. December 8, 2008
  16. ^ a b c Etolle, Nestor. "Cops seize arms, grenades from 3 robbery gang suspects". PhilStar. March 21, 2009
  17. ^ "Parañaque subdivisions asked to tighten security after robbery". Alabang Bulletin. June 10, 2011. June 9, 2011
  18. ^ a b Francisco, Nina. "AFTERMATH OF ROBERT EDWARD ARMSTRONG'S DEATH". Pinas. September 25, 2012
  19. ^ Bajo, Ramil. "American killed in 7-11 robbery". PhilStar. September 4, 2012
  20. ^ Cantos, Joy. "2 'Waray-Waray' holdup gang napatay". Alabang Bulletin. November 23, 2012
  21. ^ Punay, Edo. "2 alleged rob gang caught". Pressreader. May 13, 2013
  22. ^ a b "3 alleged Ozamis-Waray-Waray group members killed". ABS-CBN Corporation News. June 21, 2013
  23. ^ Viray, Patricia Lourdes. "Bill bans naming gangs after hometowns, ethnic origin". PhilStar. January 7, 2015
  24. ^ a b Bill filed to stop naming rob gangs after hometowns
  25. ^ Basilio, Leonarado. "Lider ng Waray-waray gang itinumba". Hataw Tabloid. March 3, 2015
  26. ^ "2 Waray-Waray Group member kalaboso". Abante Tonight. September 8, 2017
  27. ^ a b Stalgrand, Bill. "5 Real-life Masked Vigilantes". Telegra. September 2, 2020
  28. ^ "6 gun-for-hire gang men killed in Rizal shootout". Tempo: News Flashes. October 10, 2018
  29. ^ Marticio, Marie Tonette. "2 ex-cops, 2 companions dead in Palo ambush". Manila Bulletin. September 13, 2020
  30. ^ Andrade, Jeanette I. "2 suspected gunrunners killed in QC shootout". Philippine Daily Inquirer. December 7, 2020
  31. ^ Pascual, Jekki. "2 hinihinalang miyembro ng 'Waray Waray' gang, patay sa umano'y engkuwentro sa QC". ABS-CBN. December 6, 2020
  32. ^ "4 miyembro umano ng Waray-Waray gang' napatay". ABS-CBN. January 24, 2021
  33. ^ De Cadiz, Gerry B. "Waray's Mistaken Identity". ResearchGate. July 25–31, 2011
  34. ^ SOCO: Waray Abuyog Gang Strikes Terror in Meycauayan, Bulacan
  35. ^ "Parañaque shoot out". GMA. October 14, 2009
  36. ^ Waray (2000) IMDB
  37. ^ Waray (2000) Worldcat

See also

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Waray Waray gangs also known as Waray Waray groups are generic terms used in the Philippines to denote of criminal groups who are of Waray ethnicity They originated from provinces Leyte and Samar where the majority are of Waray background later spreading into Luzon Most of their criminal activities involved armed robberies but various other gangs have also dabbled in kidnapping carnapping gun running assassinations gang warfare and narcotics sale Their bloody confrontations with the police made them the most notorious gang in the Philippines 1 2 Waray Waray gangsLogo of one of the Waray Waray Gangs in Tacloban City known as OG Imba Years active1990s presentTerritoryPhilippinesEthnicityWarayActivitiesArmed robbery Gang warfare Narcotics Contract killing Kidnapping Carnapping Gun runningNotable membersJobert Espanola Noel Enacmal Arnel Suellen Alfredo Mondares Contents 1 History 1 1 Bloodiest years 1 2 Philippine Drug War 2 Ties to the Philippine Army 3 Infamous gangs 4 Legacy 5 References 6 See alsoHistory EditAlthough Waray speaking criminals have been documented in Luzon since the 1990s 3 1 it wasn t until 1997 where they first started being called Waray Waray gangs 4 In that year a Waray Waray gang kidnapped Chinese Filipino Virgilio and Christine Chua and their maid Analyn Simbajon The case was dubbed by the Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order MRPO as the longest trial in the history of kidnap for ransom cases in the country In 2001 a policeman by the name of Superintendent Eugenio Casalme was killed by a Waray Waray gang during a hold up of a bus on route to Pampanga He was one of the passengers at that time and when the gang members noticed his police uniform they shot him in the chest and neck 5 In 2002 the house of actor and future politician Sonny Parsons was burglarized by a Waray Waray gang They tied him and his own family in their house and almost raped his two daughters The actor managed to trick the gang into thinking that patrolmen were roaming around the neighborhood which would make their escape more difficult if they stayed longer As the gang hastily retreated Parson got off his bindings grabbed a pistol and shot at the suspects as they were escaping killing three of them 6 In one of the bloodiest robberies in Philippine history the Waray Abuyog Gang shot and killed three policemen and a traffic enforcer on April 13 2002 An unknown van parked itself in the vicinity of a community precinct in Meycauayan Bulacan in which a group of armed men wearing military uniforms came out The gunmen started firing their assault rifles on the police station killing some while wounding and scattering the others before escaping in their van Investigators later found out that this was just a diversion 7 The robbers were actually robbing a large jewelry store in downtown Meycauayan but they first attacked the precinct not only to take out the cops inside that might respond to the robbery but also to lure the other policemen into this area while they escape with the loot Many were killed and captured afterwards a month later 8 In 2003 2004 Waray Waray kidnap gangs started targeting prominent Chinese Filipino businessmen in several kidnapping cases Victims include businesswoman Dominga Chu and Coca Cola Export Corp finance manager Betti Chua Sy The latter died from her injuries while in custody of the gang A 10 year old named Martin Guevarra was also kidnapped by gang leader Arnel Suellen Six more abductions took place in which each of the families paid P2 million in ransom At this time the National Bureau of Investigation named them the most active kidnap gang in the country and even got to the point where President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo herself ordered a new crackdown after their series of kidnappings for ransom 9 Many of these gang members were from Jaro Leyte The same year also saw a gunfight between members of a Waray group known as the Sudoy Sudoy Gang and the combined forces of the Central Police District CPD and a Special Weapons And Tactics SWAT team Five gang members were killed They were responsible for a P9 million robbery of an armored van robbery on April 5 at the SM City Annex on North EDSA in Quezon City 10 In 2006 Noel Enacmal leader of the Waray Waray Kidnap For Ransom KFR was captured in Barangay Mali San Mateo Rizal 11 He and his group were responsible for the abduction of some 20 people and a string of armed robberies such as the kidnapping of Betti Chua Sy and the P60 000 payroll robbery in Cubao Quezon City Bloodiest years Edit Further information Paranaque shootout 2008 was the bloodiest year committed by the gangs In Laguna Hills Subdivision Rizal three Waray Waray gang members were killed in a shootout followed by three other more who were captured This specific gang was notorious for highway robberies extortion akyat bahay and the sale of illegal drugs 12 Additionally six Waray gang members were killed in a confrontation with the police in Tondo Manila 13 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 Paranaque that led to the deaths of 16 people 14 The police were tailing the criminals in a suburb when suddenly the latter started firing M16 rifles fitted with grenade launchers Twelve gang members a Special Action Force personnel a barangay tanod and two civilians including a 7 year old girl were killed On the same year two unidentified members of a Waray robbery gang were killed early morning in an encounter with policemen in Caloocan The unit who fought the gang was composed of NCR CIDG ISAFP and Caloocan police Chief Senior Supt Isagani Nerez believed that the group was also involved in the recent gunbattle Paranaque as well as an armored van robbery in the University of the Philippines 15 In 2009 the Waray Ozamiz Gang robbed a Malaysian national named William Yeo who owned a moneychanger shop in Ermita Manila Three of them were later captured by the police and among the weapons recovered were two undocumented 45 caliber pistols a 9mm Intratec machine pistol M 16 Baby Armalite two 12 gauge shotguns three fragmentation grenades six rifle grenades and two M203 40mm grenade launcher 16 In 2011 Paranaque witnessed another shootout in a middle class subdivision where three members of a Waray Waray robbery gang and a policeman were killed 17 The year 2012 saw the murder of Robert Edward Armstrong an American tourist during a 7 11 robbery that was committed by a Waray Waray gang 18 The American was killed as he tried to escape 19 The police retaliated by killing 3 Waray criminals in separate shootouts and arresting 5 more with alleged help from Federal Bureau of Investigation agents 18 In November 2012 two Waray Waray gangsters were killed in a shootout with the PNP CIDG in San Fernando Pampanga 20 In 2013 two leaders of a Waray Waray robbery group were captured by the NBI in the same city They were responsible for a series of robberies of banks and moneychanger shops as well as murder Another leader Noli del Monti from Samar escaped 21 On the same year three members of the Ozamis Waray Waray group were killed during a shootout with law enforcement in a police checkpoint in Quezon City 22 Police said an intelligence report revealed that the three were planning to rob a pawnshop after a failed attempt to carry out an abduction Philippine Drug War Edit By 2014 however congressmen submitted House Bill No 3691 which would make it illegal to name gangs after ethnicity place or religion due to racism 23 24 However the name and gangs of Waray ethnicity still persisted In 2015 for example Waray Waray gang leader Jobert Espanola was murdered by unknown assailants in Binondo Manila 25 He was once convicted of killing policeman SPO2 Nestor Dela Cruz The year 2017 saw the individual capture of two Waray Waray gang members in Caloocan and Valenzuela This particular group had robbed two Indian nationals and a Colt M1911 was recovered on one of them 26 However there has been a resurgence in modern times of criminals and gangs who were inspired and took their name from previous Waray Waray gangs This include a local vigilante gang from Tacloban known as OG Imba Waray Waray Gang who became infamous for their gang warfare 2 1 They were also one of the premiere vigilante groups in Rodrigo Duterte s War on Drugs 27 In 2018 remnant Waray gangs were reported by Chief Supt Edward Caranza as gun for hire that targeted local chief executives and potential political candidates Six of them were killed in a shootout with the police in a buy bust operation during the height of the Philippine Drug War in Barangay San Isidro Rodriguez town of Rizal 28 They were also involved in carnapping and robbery cases A number of Waray criminals were targeted between the years 2019 2020 starting with the killing of Jason Cada on June 3 2019 1 A year later SPO3 Francisco Homeres Jr was killed in an ambush in Abucay August 2020 became the bloodiest month of the year with five murders including former policemen Those killed include Jason Golong Pio Penaflor and his son Alphy Penaflor Dennis Monteza and Constantino Torre 1 29 On the night of December 5 2020 two members of a Waray Waray group were killed in a police operation in Quezon City The members were part of a gun running and gun for hire group who also partake in drug dealing and kidnapping One of those killed Jhonny Radaza was a former convict 30 31 A month later four more members were killed in a rescue operation with the police after kidnapping a Chinese national 32 Ties to the Philippine Army EditSome of the members of the Waray Waray gangs were former or active soldiers of the Philippine Army including Eliseo Barres Alfredo Mondares and Army Cpl Pelagio Royera 16 10 It even came to the point where the police started investigating whether the army and the gangs have ties to each other due to the amount of high caliber weapons and explosives recovered from these gangs 16 Most members however were only thugs who had street training Infamous gangs EditMany Waray Waray gangs are differentiated from each other through unique names primary activities ethnicity or place of origin 2 Some of the most notorious are Waray Waray Kidnap For Ransom Gang aka Waray Waray KDP 4 Waray Abuyog Gang 8 Waray Ozamis Gang 22 Sudoy Sudoy Gang 10 OG Imba 27 Legacy EditThe heyday of the Waray Waray gangs gave birth to the negative stereotypical belief in the Philippines that the Waray people are a violent ethnic group compared to others 24 In an opinion column for a newspaper written on July 25 2011 Prof Gerry B De Cadiz of the Eastern Visayas State University condemned the actions of the Waray Waray gangs and their effect on the image of the Waray people He stated Much to our embarrassment being brave or mag isog has been perceived by the nation to be associated with brutality callousness and getting involved in criminality So that the periodic broadcast in national networks and publication in widely circulated broadsheets of the notorious activities of the so called Waray Waray Gang moulded an image so repulsive and damaging to the dignity of both prominent and ordinary Waray 33 The popular ABS CBN show S O C O Scene of the Crime Operatives aired an episode in December 2016 entitled SOCO Waray Abuyog Gang Strikes Terror in Meycauayan Bulacan that depicted the bloody shootout and heist in Meycauayan 34 The Paranaque shootout was featured in an episode of Case Unclosed entitled The December Shootout 35 The 2000 action film Waray starring Gary Estrada Daisy Reyes and Gino Antonio depicted a Waray Waray gang 36 It told the story of a group of young Waray in South Manila who came to the city in search of a better life The film depicted them as being daring and defiant who often rob to help the poor creating themselves an image of modern day Robin Hoods On one faithful day they made the mistake of kidnapping the daughter of a powerful politician who owned a private army which led to shootouts and killings between the two parties 37 References Edit a b c d e Mercusio Laram Waray Waray Gangs Philippine s Most Dangerous Gangsters Medium August 1 2020 a b c Bulaong Louis Bandido The Story of the Most Notorious Filipino Gang August 30 2020 Afterword pp 121 122 ISBN 979 8586961815 PHILIPPINES MANILA ARMED BANK ROBBERY ATTEMPT FOILED a b Kidnap suspects charged guilty after 18 years Philippine Canadian Inquirer August 27 2015 Laude Pete Cop killers hunted in Pampanga PhilStar May 26 2001 Sonny Parsons kumasa sa Waray waray gang 3 suspects todas PhilStar July 19 2002 Scene of the Crimes Operatives Episode Waray Abuyog Gang strikes terror November 26 2016 a b Alcantara Efren 13 suspek sa pagpatay sa 3 pulis nasakote PhilStar May 8 2002 Sisot Jr Bebot Waray Waray said to be most active kidnap gang PhilStar February 16 2004 a b c Adraneda Katherine 5 rob gang suspects killed in QC raid PhilStar October 12 2004 Macairan Evelyn NBI captures Waray Waray gang leader in Rizal PhilStar June 28 2006 Alquitran Non 7 Waray Waray gang members nabbed in Rizal PhilStar January 30 2008 6 slain Waray Waray gang members identified GMA April 27 2008 Ramos Marlon December 7 2008 Girl 7 among 16 killed in shootout Philippine Daily Inquirer Archived from the original on December 8 2008 Retrieved May 7 2020 Castro Doland Two Waray Waray gang members killed in Caloocan ABS CBN Corporation December 8 2008 a b c Etolle Nestor Cops seize arms grenades from 3 robbery gang suspects PhilStar March 21 2009 Paranaque subdivisions asked to tighten security after robbery Alabang Bulletin June 10 2011 June 9 2011 a b Francisco Nina AFTERMATH OF ROBERT EDWARD ARMSTRONG S DEATH Pinas September 25 2012 Bajo Ramil American killed in 7 11 robbery PhilStar September 4 2012 Cantos Joy 2 Waray Waray holdup gang napatay Alabang Bulletin November 23 2012 Punay Edo 2 alleged rob gang caught Pressreader May 13 2013 a b 3 alleged Ozamis Waray Waray group members killed ABS CBN Corporation News June 21 2013 Viray Patricia Lourdes Bill bans naming gangs after hometowns ethnic origin PhilStar January 7 2015 a b Bill filed to stop naming rob gangs after hometowns Basilio Leonarado Lider ng Waray waray gang itinumba Hataw Tabloid March 3 2015 2 Waray Waray Group member kalaboso Abante Tonight September 8 2017 a b Stalgrand Bill 5 Real life Masked Vigilantes Telegra September 2 2020 6 gun for hire gang men killed in Rizal shootout Tempo News Flashes October 10 2018 Marticio Marie Tonette 2 ex cops 2 companions dead in Palo ambush Manila Bulletin September 13 2020 Andrade Jeanette I 2 suspected gunrunners killed in QC shootout Philippine Daily Inquirer December 7 2020 Pascual Jekki 2 hinihinalang miyembro ng Waray Waray gang patay sa umano y engkuwentro sa QC ABS CBN December 6 2020 4 miyembro umano ng Waray Waray gang napatay ABS CBN January 24 2021 De Cadiz Gerry B Waray s Mistaken Identity ResearchGate July 25 31 2011 SOCO Waray Abuyog Gang Strikes Terror in Meycauayan Bulacan Paranaque shoot out GMA October 14 2009 Waray 2000 IMDB Waray 2000 WorldcatSee also EditIllegal firearm trade in the Philippines Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Waray Waray gangs amp oldid 1126790866, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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