CEBU CITY -- Mayor Michael Rama revoked the permit and ordered the closure of Jaguar KTV Bar on St. Michael Street in Barangay Kasambagan.
He issued the closure order in keeping with Section 11 of City Ordinance 2163, which cancels the business permits and licenses of establishments involved in trafficking.
The order came seven weeks after the Regional Intelligence Division Central Visayas, Regional Anti-Trafficking Force, Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking and the Department of Justice raided the bar and rescued 146 girls.
The raid was conducted after authorities received reports that some minors worked in the establishment owned by Vinson D. Young, who remained at large since the April 9 operation.
Jocelyn B. Hinayon, Mary Jane P. Seno and Judith Q. Amancio, all employees of the bar, were arrested during the raid and were charged with violating Republic Act 9208, or the law against trafficking in persons.
Rama said it was the Cebu City Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking, represented by its vice chairperson Councilor Leah Japson, who recommended Jaguar's closure.
