T&T: The marish and the parish, the whores and the maccoes

Carnival brings out all kinds.

Despite several raids and police patrols to clamp down on prostitution in the Woodbrook, Port-of-Spain area, residents are still unhappy about what continues to plague the neighbourhood. Frequent police patrols have contained the problem to a certain extent, but residents said there are still prostitutes out at night, even though their numbers have been reduced. The Carnival season, however, is a major attraction and residents fear the situation will cause problems. One resident said he was fed up of  the problem but agreed that the police were doing a fairly good job. He said, however, they need to patrol the area more frequently, if the problem of prostitution is to be totally eradicated. A spokesperson for the area said: “Police have been making raids regularly but they still come out around only at month end.”