DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) --- A tricycle driver in Dumaguete City was awarded for his honesty after he turned over a cell phone a passenger left inside his pedicab to the Traffic Management Office on Feb. 2, 2012.
Driver Miller Rio Janayan, who drives pedicab number body 1026, received a P1,000 cash award from the owner of said cell phone, Carminda Arevalo.
Arevalo is the Acting Deputy Executive Director of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP).
The NHCP official rode in Janayan’s pedicab when she visited Dumaguete for the unveiling and turnover to the city government of the historical marker of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal.
Janayan only noticed the mobile phone, a Blackberry, that Arevalo left inside his tricycle when it rang.
“I did not answer it but I immediately went to the TMO to turn the cellphone over to them so they can return it to the owner,†said Janayan.
TMO personnel returned Arevalo’s cellphone to her. Before leaving Dumaguete for Manila on Feb. 3, the NHCP official left with the TMO staff a cash reward for Janayan placed inside an envelope.
TMO Chief Danny Atillo said the cash award was handed over to Janayan at the office of Dumaguete City Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria who witnessed the turnover along with City Tourism Officer Woodrow Maquiling, Jr.
Mayor Sagarbarria expressed admiration for Janayan’s honesty, saying that he is an example to the other tricycle drivers in the city.
The Dumaguete Information Office quoted the mayor as saying that Janayan proved that ordinary people are capable of doing “extraordinary deeds for the betterment of society.â€
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