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MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue City government will close down all clubs and bars that stage lewd shows.
“We will give them (establishments) the time (to reformat). After that, I will no longer sign their permits,” Mayor Jonas Cortes said.
He said he received reports that various bars and night spots in Mandaue continue to hold lewd shows.
The warning came after 12 women from Mandaue City were rescued from a prostitution ring in Iloilo City.
The women from Mandaue were recruited as waitresses at a restaurant in Iloilo City last October but were brought to a prostitution den.
The women are residents of barangays (villages) Opao, Mantuyong, Alang-Alang and Paknaan in Mandaue.
Charges of illegal recruitment and trafficking of persons were filed against the three who recruited the women. /Reporter Dale G. Israel
