BULACAN – Mayor Ferdie Estrella of Baliwag town commended a garbage collector for his honesty in returning P427,798 cash he found in a trash plastic bag recently.
It was learned that on Black Saturday, garbage collector identified as Emmanuel Romano who is detailed at the Baliuag Municipal sanitation unit found the said cash inside a plastic bag along with trash papers while he and his companions were segregating the collected garbage from the households in Barangay Tangos.
Romano immediately went to the village hall of Barangay Poblacion where he surrendered the money.
Mayor Estrella said a certain Dr. Consuelo de Guzman reported to the municipal sanitation office regarding his money that was accidentally placed in the plastic garbage bag on Friday night which was collected by the garbage collectors of the barangay who regularly picked their waste daily.
Prior to that, Romano has already returned and surrendered the cash to the barangay officials. The amount was returned to the owner.
Mayor Estrella and Barangay Captain Joel Miranda of Poblacion personally presented Romano to De Guzman. Romano received P20,000 cash reward for his honesty.
Estrella said the municipality of Baliuag will recognize the good deed of Romano and will be given a cash incentive and plaque of recognition on their regular flag raising ceremony.
“Dapat lang siya ay kilalanin sa kaniyang magandang halimbawa na ipinamalas bilang isang empleyado ng gobeyerno at isang Baliwagenyo,” Estrella said. –ELOISA SILVERIO