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Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« on: July 02, 2007, 12:53:32 PM »
published by Guardian Unlimited (UK) under its BREAKING NEWS INTERNATIONAL section

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - He needed the money for his sick wife and overdue rent, but honesty prevented a motorcycle taxi driver from keeping $17,000 left behind by a passenger.

Iluminado Boc returned the money to police in Tagbilaran city on central Bohol island last week, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported Monday. The woman who lost the bag of cash had just reported it to police when Boc showed up at the precinct.

"It was not mine,'' Boc was quoted as saying.

The owner rewarded him with $32 - about seven times what a motorcycle taxi driver makes a day.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2007, 01:06:31 PM »
this story is also posted in townhall.com (Virginia, U.S.A.)

i haven't read this story in our local headlines. maybe i missed it, but thanks to Guardian Unlimited of the UK - they published this story.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2007, 03:29:13 PM »
You know this story is outrageous to me and it makes my knuckles white with anger....

This reward for honesty is nothing, $32 compared to the lost $17,000 is 0.19%, not even reached 1%....

OK, for gods sake this money is already lost and for honesty, the owner only paid 0.19%? Is this the value of honesty?... The driver made a big mistake... I don’t mean not to return the money, but he should not have accepted that outrageous price for honesty….

Nevertheless, I am pretty sure that woman could not sleep with her conscience by now….and to the driver, please accept my praise...

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2007, 04:45:06 PM »
You are right what is $32 compared to $17,000. If I'm the tricyle driver I will return the $32 to the owner,parang naka insulto sa sarili.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2007, 04:52:38 PM »
It was not the driver's fault that she lost her money.

And this is what she did: she rewarded herself $32 (P1,500) for her "kadanghag."

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2007, 08:01:03 PM »
when i got this topic in my e-mail, i only had two reactions even if i didn't read the complete article yet:

1. the boholano driver is worthy of emulation.

2. the owner is very frugal to give her reward kunohay.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2007, 08:57:04 PM »
[/color]maonay bolanon boutan kaayo ug honest..

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2007, 09:03:02 PM »
Maayo pa ang driver mouli ug P.765 million. Atong mga opisyales (dili tanan) bisan supply sa medisina sa lungsod daginoton ug kawat.

This story should be laminated and placed under every mayor's, congressman's, governor's, and councilor's pillow.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2007, 03:46:00 AM »
a good example of a true and honest citizen.

sakto ka mike, dapat ipaskin ang storya sa kada opisina sa usa ka public servant.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2007, 10:01:22 AM »
yeah, kudos to Mr. Boc for a noble work done despite of crisis we encountered nowadays, kaingon ko ug Safeguard nalang may konsensiya karon, and i want to borrow the term used by Tubag Bohol, he's One of Bohol's Jewel. Salamat pod ni City Mayor Dan Lim sa pag offer ug free education sa iya mga bata, bayran iya bayronon sa balay didto sa Habitat ug hatagan pa ug tricycle aron naay panginabuhian.But in fairness pod sa owner nga nawad-an dili baya $17,000 ang giuli, according to Police blotter, only 17 pieces of $100 each, sa ato pa $1,700 lang ang tanan. Hinuon kadtong $32 dili jud ego bisan pa ug $1,700 lang kay what if wala giuli ang amount, pero wa pod ta kabalo basin naa pay mas importanteng padulngan tong kwartaha.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2007, 10:39:54 AM »
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - He needed the money for his sick wife and overdue rent, but honesty prevented a motorcycle taxi driver from keeping $17,000 left behind by a passenger.

Frenz, the UK newspaper made a mistake in its report.

Thank you for the information.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2007, 11:29:22 AM »
...the same story published by <a href="http://news.yahoo.com>Yahoo News[/url]

MANILA, Philippines - He needed the money for his sick wife and overdue rent, but honesty prevented a motorcycle taxi driver from keeping $17,000 left behind by a passenger.

Iluminado Boc returned the money to police in Tagbilaran city on central Bohol island last week, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported Monday. The woman who lost the bag of cash had just reported it to police when Boc showed up at the precinct.

"It was not mine," Boc was quoted as saying.

Boc, 45, said he was struggling financially because his wife was taken to a hospital the same day he found the money, and they had unpaid rent.

The owner rewarded him with $32 — about seven times what a motorcycle taxi driver makes a day.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2007, 12:17:53 PM »
Morag ingon ana jud mike, pero sagdi lang at least amount lang ang mistake, ang importante diha ang iyang pag-uli, di ba? especially nga matud pa May pa man diay to nabilin sa tricycle, i still don't know if it's really true na May pa, BUT whatever it is, he made a good decision, SALUDO gihapon ko sa iya gihimo, mao unta ni panaminan sa tanan!

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #15 on: July 03, 2007, 12:26:04 PM »
Frenz, the Philippine Daily Inquirer has been quoted by international newspapers that the amount was $17,000.

Basin gilimod lang ang true amount kay uso ra ba tulis sa ato karon. :) Giuli na unta, pero natulis pa gyud.

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« Reply #16 on: July 03, 2007, 12:40:54 PM »
Congratulations! Nice people . Good Christian and GOD will reward him for the good things he have done. Its a good Karma.  :)http://

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« Reply #17 on: July 03, 2007, 12:43:19 PM »
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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #18 on: July 03, 2007, 12:58:15 PM »
Hey, buenavista,

Iluminado Bok is from your town of Buenavista.
You know him, huh? :)
Good fellah, just like yah

I hope everyone has a Bok in him or her
When a thing if found, return to owner

(If a demand letter, return to sender ;D)

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #19 on: July 03, 2007, 02:32:00 PM »
Kung taxi driver yon sa Manila, naku, wag nalang.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #20 on: July 03, 2007, 03:17:50 PM »
yeah, kudos to Mr. Boc for a noble work done despite of crisis we encountered nowadays, kaingon ko ug Safeguard nalang may konsensiya karon, and i want to borrow the term used by Tubag Bohol, he's One of Bohol's Jewel. Salamat pod ni City Mayor Dan Lim sa pag offer ug free education sa iya mga bata, bayran iya bayronon sa balay didto sa Habitat ug hatagan pa ug tricycle aron naay panginabuhian.But in fairness pod sa owner nga nawad-an dili baya $17,000 ang giuli, according to Police blotter, only 17 pieces of $100 each, sa ato pa $1,700 lang ang tanan. Hinuon kadtong $32 dili jud ego bisan pa ug $1,700 lang kay what if wala giuli ang amount, pero wa pod ta kabalo basin naa pay mas importanteng padulngan tong kwartaha.

Here's the headline from GMA 7 TV News: Wife sick, rent overdue: Pinoy driver returns passenger's $17,000

You mean the Associated Press, newspapers in England, and media outlets all over the world are wrong in their figures? And our very own GMA 7 is wrong, too?

I don't think so. Frenz, you must have read in our local papers the rampant robbery cases in Bohol.
Perhaps the authorities just want to protect the owner of the money, that's why they really don't want to reveal the true amount.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #21 on: July 03, 2007, 03:54:47 PM »
Hey, buenavista,

Iluminado Bok is from your town of Buenavista.
You know him, huh?
Good fellah, just like yah

i dont know him,basin sa lungsod ang ilaha...ug tungod sa iyang gibuhat mapasigarbuhon mi sa iyang ka honest..
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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #22 on: July 03, 2007, 08:09:52 PM »
Until now, I am still puzzled on why that woman gave only $32 reward, why not $30, why she gave $2 extra?…. Is there any superstition behind the number 32?…. maybe that woman is a fairy in disguise…. maybe that money could grow into a giant bean stalk…

Or maybe that woman is a believer of Jim Carey’s movie Number 23, which runs around a myth of the Biblical scriptures from the Book of Numbers, specifically Chapter 32, Verse 23 which reads in its relevant part: "Be sure your sin will find you out."

I am still puzzled of this 32 dollar question….


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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #23 on: July 04, 2007, 12:31:45 AM »
Di ba ang number 32 is part of the number sequence sa TV series nga LOST?

The number that that fat guy got at the mental asylum
Which is the same number of his winning lottery ticket
which is the same number at the side of the metal hull on the ground

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« Reply #24 on: July 04, 2007, 12:35:18 AM »
You're right!

Which also means, it's a bad number.

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #25 on: July 04, 2007, 05:32:21 AM »
oist, dili jud pud bad number oi... and maybe, gikinahanglan pag-ayo sa tag iya ang kwarta..

I admire the driver.. even wala pa siya hatagi reward sa tag-iya sa kwarta.. I know that God will reward him for his honesty..

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2007, 12:45:45 PM »

Frenz, the Philippine Daily Inquirer has been quoted by international newspapers that the amount was $17,000.

Basin gilimod lang ang true amount kay uso ra ba tulis sa ato karon. :) Giuli na unta, pero natulis pa gyud.

I don't think natulis to Mike in fairness pod sa tarong natong mga police,a Police Officer was interviewed over a radio program in our local radio stations stating the whole contents of the blotter dated May 21, 2007, our media collegues assigned at the city police station happens to be the witness when the desk officer and the driver counted the dollars. In addition to that, the driver really denied when asked during the live interview that he knows the exact amount he returned to the police. Therefore, i can say maybe something wrong with the news items printed in our local news papers who printed this news last Sunday

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #28 on: July 05, 2007, 12:49:46 PM »
Frenz,

I see an irony here.

Newspapers all over the world picked up the story and placed it under Breaking News... International Headlines...

But this story was buried in the inside pages of our local newspapers. You cannot read it in the websites of Bohol newspapers. I found the story in a UK daily newspaper.

Why?

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #29 on: July 05, 2007, 01:19:03 PM »
in Bohol Chronicle it's printed at the backpage last Sunday pero gamay jud dili pareha sa political stories  :(, but in Sunday Post it's the banner headline but sayop gihapon ang amount.The driver was already interviewed in Tagbilaran By Night last May 21 when reported by Willy,  pero wa lang matagad dayon sa print that time kay natabunan tingale sa election results ;)

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #30 on: July 06, 2007, 12:10:46 AM »
Siguro gi hubog-hubog na to sa driver kay pila ra god to nga amount...

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Re: Bol-anon driver returns lost $17,000 to owner
« Reply #31 on: July 06, 2007, 10:34:57 AM »
Ya thats definately messed up how the lady only gave him $32 bucks. She should have at LEAST given him 10%. God bless the guy for being so generous and honest.  :-[

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