Angeles trike drivers most exposed to STDs

ANGELES CITY — Guess which male group in this Pampanga city, long dubbed as "Sin City" due to its red light district, has been found to be most vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Not the male tourists who continue to flock all year round to the bars on Fields Avenue which used to cater to American soldiers, or young professionals who earn enough money for some "good time," or homosexuals.

A study conducted by the city health office has revealed that the city’s tricycle drivers, owing to their "high-risk behavior," topped the list of male groups most vulnerable to STDs and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which leads to the fatal Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

The findings prompted Mayor Carmelo Lazatin to order tricycle drivers to undergo seminars on HIV and STDs. — Ding Cervantes