Condoms Outsells Chocolates on Valentine’s Day Love Making Marathon

02/19/2015 – Manila | DTK Health, the country’s leading condom manufacturer is celebrating after the company sold almost a million condoms during Valentine’s Day and the day after, the company’s head of marketing Emmanuel Alfonso told AFP.
The unusual surge on condom sales has attracted the attention of the Catholic Church who is against in using contraceptives.

“Christians should remember that the Valentine’s Day is all about love and not sex”, Catholic Bishop Tagle told reporters on Monday morning following the news that DTK Health was distributing 40,000 free condoms to people who are buying flowers.

“We have frustrating sales this year. Our total gross sales have dropped by 13.6% compared to the previous Valentine’s Day sale”, RSM Corporation marketing manager Julie Silvestre said on Monday’s press conference. RSM is one of the country’s leading chocolate manufacturers.

Quezon City motels also reported tremendous sales during the love day. A SOGO Hotel official told TPP that around 47 customers were not served because they ran out of rooms. They were fully book a day before the Valentine’s Day, the employee said.

“People are getting aware of the consequence that’s why they use contraceptives”, Alfonso said.

In the past, the Government gave-away thousands of free condoms but it did not repeat the activity this year to avoid the Catholic Church’s nagging.

“On a special day like the Valentine’s Day, I think sex is more important than chocolates. I can have chocolates everyday but having sex on a romantic day is extra special, but of course one must be very careful”, 24 years old commercial model Charry Rubio told TPP. Rubio has been engaged for 6 months.

“My girlfriend prefers to receive it all. Condom, chocolate, and roses so I gave her all”, Tony Boy of Makati said.

“You cannot tell people what to do especially if it is very personal. The Catholic Church should stop meddling on RH bill. It does not make any sense. The church should focus only on religious doctrines and not on people’s sex life”, said by the pretty woman who was hired by DTK to give-away free condoms at Dangwa terminal in Sampaloc.

“Regardless of who sells big, this year’s Valentine’s Day was a big help to both customers and vendors so it doesn’t really matter”, DTI employee told TPP.

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/Virgina Dogoen/ Assisted Press Manila

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