Filipino cab driver’s honesty impresses Romanian tourist

First posted 07:25pm (Mla time) April 19, 2006
By Veronica Uy
INQ7.net




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A GRATEFUL Romanian tourist expressed thanks to a Filipino cab driver who returned the bag she left in the taxi, and politely declined when she offered a reward.
“I had a wonderful time staying in your country, and I have also learned more about Filipino culture and history,” Rodica Ramona Tufan of Bucharest, Romania wrote Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo about her recent trip to the Philippines.

“Furthermore, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Melvin B. Caymo,” Tufan said in her March 26 letter the Department of Foreign Affairs released to media.

She said Caymo, a taxi driver from Manila’s Tondo district, returned her bag with its contents intact last March 20.

“I offered him a reward for his honesty but he politely declined,” Tufan said, adding she was impressed by Caymo’s integrity.

“Mr. Caymo’s singular act of uprightness captures me and thus earned [my] respect and admiration for the Filipino people. I also appreciate the Filipino’s work ethic and hospitality,” she said, promising to encourage friends and relatives “to come and see Manila, Philippines.”

Tufan also thanked the Philippine embassy in Bucharest for “attending immediately” to her needs before her travel to the Philippines.

She closed her letter by saying, “May your active pursuit continue [to be] of the highest quality of service in everything you do. I am confident that the Philippines will become a prime tourist destination in Asia.”

Caymo will receive a letter of commendation from the DFA “for his exemplary act of honesty.”

wow ang galing! parang istorya ni tinay. yung batang nakakita ng 5 million peses ata yon? at isenoli sa may-ari.

dapat naman ganyan. we should all be virtuous & honest, di ba?

Congratulations!

Despite being a poor country , we can still be proud of these people who are honest !

Oh come on if she insisted he would have taken it. You know what im talking about lol.

i bet that cabies wife wasnt happy about him turning down a reward though. ..you know how pinay wifes are.