Manila shuts down reflexology center

The Manila city government has shut down a reflexology center and arrested nine men working as “reflexologists” for allegedly engaging in prostitution.

Retired colonel Franklin Gacutan, who heads the Mayor’s Complaint and Action Team, reported to Mayor Alfredo Lim that during the raid on the Blue Palm Reflexology in Bacood, Sta. Mesa, the team found pornographic materials and boxes of unused condoms.

The team also found used condoms that littered the center, “bolstering information that the establishment was being used for prostitution,” according to a statement issued by the Manila city government.

Gacutan said Lim’s office received an e-mailed complaint about the center’s male therapists offering “extra services” to clients, both male and female.  – Sandy Araneta