An honest tricycle driver here returned a pouch bag containing PHP170,000 to its owner who lost it along the major thoroughfare of downtown Laoag.<\/p>\n
Willie Pascual, 49, a resident of Barangay 59-A Dibua South, in this city, said in a media interview on Thursday that it never crossed his mind to take the money for himself.<\/p>\n
Pascual said he was making rounds looking for passengers when he noticed a wallet on the street, prompting him to pick it and put the same into the money box of his sidecar.<\/p>\n
But when he saw what was inside the pouch bag containing two bundles of 1,000-peso bills with no identification marks, he got nervous and decided to inform the president of his tricycle driver association at the passenger terminal.<\/p>\n
\u201cImbagak, cousin, adda problemak. Adda napidotko a kuarta ket adu (I told him, cousin, I have a problem. I found a lot of money,\u201d Pascual narrated, citing his fellow drivers hardly believe him at first until he showed them what he found.<\/p>\n
Since there was no identification inside the pouch bag, Pascual said he reported the incident to a radio station personnel Nora Root Tomas, who happens to be his neighbor and announced it over DZJC Aksyon Radyo.<\/p>\n
His instincts, Pascual said, told him that the owner needed the money and that returning it was the right thing to do.<\/p>\n
It was learned that the money has been claimed by the owner after the latter aptly described the contents of the pouch bag.<\/p>\n
As this happened, many residents here lauded Pascual for his honesty amidst the difficult situation nowadays and did the right thing to return the bag to its owner.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am proud of my neighbor for doing the right thing. May he inspires more others to do good things for others,\u201d said Dennis Alipio, also a Laoag resident. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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