Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano with Pasay police chief Col. Samuel Pabonita (Photo courtesy of Pasay PIO)
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has padlocked a spa that offered “extra services” and was operating without the necessary business permit on Saturday, June 8.
Rubiano said five therapists, three women and two male, were rescued while a cashier was arrested during the raid conducted at Relaxense Sircon Welness Spa located along F.B. Harrison St., Pasay City.
She said the team, composed of members of the local police under the supervision of Col. Samuel Pabonoita, City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD), and the Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) raided the spa after receiving information that aside from massage it also offers “extra services.”
Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano with the rescued therapists. (Photo from Pasay PIO)
The rescued therapists were identified as alias Anna Marie, alias Christine, alias Aldin, alias Mary Anne, and alias Jonathan.
The cashier/maintainer was identified as alias Clarissa, 29, and a resident of Saint Francis St., San Augustine Village, Moonwalk, Parañaque City, while the owner, alias Raymond, was not around during the raid.
The mayor said the raiding team found a naked customer and a therapist having sex during the raid conducted at around 10:30 p.m.
Rubiano said the raiding team also discovered a box of condoms allegedly being sold to customers who wanted to avail of the “extra service” from a therapist.
She said the police filed charges of RA 10364 or the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act at the Pasay City Prosecutors Office against the cashier and the spa owner.