Website offers girls for nude massage in Iloilo (‘Starlet-quality,’ vows unknown ‘broker’)

NOTICE to Iloilo City law enforcement officers and government officials concerned.  And to parents, wives, girlfriends and boyfriends as well.

Be forewarned that a supposed male “broker” cum agent is offering escort and massage services for its Iloilo City clientele.  With “girls” as highlight of the offer. And it is not your every day “regular massage” albeit with the same promise of relief and relaxation.

This, as a post was made on a popular website with free community advertisements promising a “relaxing and beneficial” massage while in Iloilo City.

The relaxation and benefit being “a full body nude naturist massage in a naturist environment.”

“A naturist massage is practiced totally nude, the client and the masseur or, masseuse are both naked…This helps both the recipient of the massage and the masseur or masseuse to be on a more equal level, making the massage more relaxing and beneficial,” the full text of the advertisement read. It is also offered for both male and female clients.

 

Posted as “Post A2360,” the advertisement is titled “Iloilo City Young Escort with Lingam Massage Services (Iloilo City).” Further check showed that it was first posted 10am of November 14, 2011 and updated in the afternoon of November 24th.  The webhosting being free, it carries only until morning of December 14th as deadline of free post. As of press time yesterday, 714 “visitors” have been recorded.  No specifics are readily known though as to how many have thus far actually responded to the advertisement.  A separate “order form” is provided at the end of the post and secured by the user of said site. A certain “Niel” is the contact person with mobile phone number (SMART account withheld at the moment) given alongside a Cebu-based landline. Choices are up for any takers albeit with a price. For instance, “Starlet Girls” are priced P12,000 (about US $300) per service while “Secondary Girls” are P8,000 (US $200) and “Ordinary Girls” P3,500 (US $83). Added offer is sex-pill Viagra priced at P500 each.  As to how and why a Viagra can boost the massage is not explained. Lingam Massage is known as an “exotic massage” justified by a Cebu-based spa operator as the same with other kinds of massage. Authentic Lingam Massage employs techniques that primarily involve stroking the male sexual organ. Lingam is a Sanskrit word for the male sex organ. It has since divided the spa industry in Cebu as objections and criticisms were hurled by “regular” spa owners against it. A widely-accepted form of wellness massage all over the world particularly in Muslim Malaysia, Egypt, Thailand, United States and London, it is not the same for Iloilo City.  However to date, no clear distinction is made nor any local Ordinances actually prohibit such. The concern then in Cebu was that spas claiming to offer authentic Lingam Massage are not clear on the qualifications of their therapists.  Yet a staunch supporter of it has issued a challenge to critics saying “get to know the massage first before condemning it.” The clear problem though with offers such as the one supposedly available in Iloilo City is the use of “girls” as massage therapists.  Or at least as passed off by “Niel” the broker.

Oil slick spotted in Visayan Sea

AN oil slick from the ill-fated M/V Asia Malaysia was monitored in the Visayan Sea near Negros Island.

According to Commodore Athelo Ybañez, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commander in Western Visayas, an aerial inspection Tuesday morning revealed that at least 200 meters of bunker fuel was seen along the coast of Manapla town, Negros Occidental.

The ship, which originally sank off the coast of Ajuy town in Iloilo province last Sunday morning, was swept away by the sea’s strong current towards the coastal water of Manapla.

Ybañez said the oil slick was quickly contained by PCG teams who sprayed dispersants. As of Tuesday afternoon, the oil slick was no longer visible.

PCG is trying to determine if the oil slick came from the fuel cargo area which contains 21,000 liters of fuel.

Ship-owner Trans-Asia Shipping Lines Inc. will deploy its privately-hired salvaging team to assess the leakage and how to remove the remaining fuel.

PCG also cordoned the area where the ship was found with oil spill booms to stop another oil leak from spreading.

Ybañez assured that PCG will be able to contain another leakage before it spreads into other parts of the Visayan Sea, which is considered to be a rich fishing ground.

All coastal areas in northern Iloilo, especially in the town of Ajuym are on alert for the possibility that bunker fuel may reach the shorelines.

On August 2006, Western Visayas was hit by the worst oil spill disaster in Philippine history. The more than 2 million liters of Petron bunker fuel from the sunken oil tanker M/T Solar 1 destroyed marine life in the provinces of Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental.

MULTI-BILLION PESO INVESTMENTS IN LIMBO

BACOLOD City – The Twentieth Division of the Court of Appeals in Cebu City granted the 60-day Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) sought by SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SMPHI) against the Ayala Land Inc. purchase and lease of the Negros Occidental provincial government’s 7.7-hectare prime property.

The TRO came a day after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved the endorsement of the Committee on Awards and Disposal of Real Property (CADRP) of the provincial government awarding the sale and lease of the property to Ayala Land.

In its resolution dated July 20 signed by Associate Justices Victoria Isabel Paredes, Edgardo Delos Santos and Ramon Paul Hernando, the CA stated that “after a careful scrutiny of the record, the court finds petitioner’s prayer for a temporary restraining order to be meritorious.  Hence, so as to preserve the rights of the parties during the pendency of the instant petition, as well as to prevent the judgment that may be promulgated in this case from being rendered ineffectual, the application for the issuance of a TRO is granted.”

SMPHI filed the petition for certiorari with prayer for TRO and or writ of preliminary injunction against respondents Judge Estefanio Libutan Jr. in his capacity as Presiding Judge of Regional Trial Court Branch 50, Governor Alfredo Marañon  Jr. as chairman of  of the CADRP, CADRP members Patrick Lacson, Atty. Mary Ann Manayon-Lamis, Nelda Generoso, Lucille Chavez-Pines, Merlita Caelian, Enrique Pinongan, Ernie Mapa and SP members.

The CA further stated, “Consequently, respondents are required to file their comments on the petition (not a motion to dismiss), within ten 10 days from notice thereof, and to show cause why the writ of preliminary injunction prayed for by the petitioner should not be granted. Should the petition be given due course, the comments may be treated as the answer.  Petitioners may file its reply within five days from receipt of the comments.”

The TRO is effective for 60 days, unless sooner lifted, conditioned upon the posting of a bond in the amount of P50 million by the petitioner.

The CA enjoined all parties concerned to refrain from enforcing and/or implementing the July 14, 2011 ruling of the RTC denying the TRO application of SMPHI.

SMPHI claims that it won the July 7 competitive bidding for the 7.7-hectare property. Such bidding was declared a failure by the CADRP because the bid price of both SMPHI and Ayala Land fell below the floor price certified by the Commission on Audit.

Thereafter, CADRP held a negotiated bidding but only Ayala Land participated, thus it was declared winner by the committee.

Both Ayala and SMPHI envision multi-billion investments in the property with Ayala offering a more attractive development package and bigger capital exposure.

Ayala Land promised to pour in P6.6 billion to develop the property which is several billions bigger that what SMPHI offered.

Ayala Land plans to build hotels, buildings for the business process outsourcing industry, and other commercial and business infrastructures in the area.