Prostitution in Bacolod

What's funny is that a nation of Catholics is full of so many prostitutes and nothing is done about it. Nothing is done to help them get out of their profession. Nothing is done to keep them safe. And nothing is done to keep them safe.

Just about everyone knows you can get a prostitute at the Plaza or at Goldenfields. Of course, the Plaza you pretty much have to do at night while Goldenfields is an all day free for all. Then, of course, you also have the rugby kids who are willing to prostitute themselves for a little bit of money or for drugs.

So what does the police do? About once every 6 months they round up about 20 of the prostitutes, give them HIV tests (usually a large number of them come out positive) and then send them on their way. They might receive a talking to by one of the officers (and possibly receive a couple offers).

The only reason prostitution isn't legal is because of the Catholic church. That's fine. Except if they want to keep it illegal, they should do something to help the women out.

Instead, the city does nothing. They don't have the man power to. They let them do their thing and continue to call it "bad" and "illegal".