Call to Ban Quickies
• Sex Workers
A Philippino politician wants to stop prostitution by forbidding renting rooms by the hour.
A councilor wants to ban "short time" in motel rooms in hopes of putting a stop to prostitution and other illicit sexual activities in Quezon City.
Short-time rates in motels "promote promiscuity and illicit sexual activities among the populace, particularly minors," Councilor Edcel Lagman Jr. said.
They also offer unfair competition to legitimate hotels, according to the councilor.
Or maybe those hotels are generous campaign contributors.