AKYAT-BAHAY GANG: A colloquial
term for groups of home-invasion thieves in the Philippines, with a variety of
modus operandi, including opportunistic breaking-and-entering when the homes
are temporarily uninhabited, usually during long holidays.
In contrast,
this AKYAT-BAHAY GANGSTER operates alone, takes nothing but photographs,
and leaves nothing but footprints, all in the service of Philippine built heritage
conservation and documentation.
ABOUT THE AKYAT-BAHAY GANGSTER
By day, the Akyat-Bahay
Gangster is Leo D. Cloma, a professional senior corporate finance manager. See his LinkedIn profile here: www.linkedin.com/in/leo-d-cloma
Outside of
his professional role, he has broad interests in Philippine heritage including
antique furniture, religious art and customs, and heritage structures including
churches, cemeteries, and, particularly, ancestral houses.
His
Akyat-Bahay Gangster blog reflects these interests, with the biggest portion of
the articles focused on ancestral houses but several as well on the other
aforementioned subjects. The blog,
originally started on the Multiply website in 2006, migrated to Blogspot in 2012
when the former ceased operations.
The first
article, originally published on 7 August 2006, provides a comprehensive
background to the blog and its purpose:
