The struggling driver and the bag of cash

Manila - He needed money for his sick wife and overdue rent, but a Filipino motorcycle taxi driver was honest enough to return $17 000 (aboutR120 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 on Monday.

The woman who lost the bag of cash had just reported it to police when Boc showed up at the precinct, the newspaper said.

"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 1 500 pesos (about R225), about seven times what a motorcycle taxi driver makes a day. - Sapa-AP
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