Honest immigration officer returns $10K to Canada-bound Filipino
Overcoming the temptation to use the money for his cancer-stricken mother's hospital bills, an airport immigration officer returned the $10,000 left on his desk by a Canada-bound Filipino passenger.
Immigration officer Amando Amisola admitted in a radio interview Monday he was tempted to keep the money but eventually decided he had to do the right thing.
"Honestly naalala ko mother ko na Stage-4 cancer itatakbo that morning sa hospital. Kalalabas lang sa PGH kaya lang naghihingalo na. Pinakita ko sa kasamahan ko, parang sinasadya ng tadhana, parang pagsubok. Naisip ko di akin yan kaya isauli ko sa may-ari," Amisola, 37, said in an interview on dzBB radio.
(Honestly I thought of my mother who is suffering from Stage-4 cancer. She was to be rushed to the hospital that day. I showed the envelope with the $10,000 to my work colleagues and remarked fate must be testing me. But in the end I decided the money was not mine, so I decided to return it.)
Amisola said the incident occurred on Saturday when Patricio Francisco accidentally left behind a brown envelope containing some documents and $10,000.
Francisco and his family were heading for Canada to start a new life there. Amisola said Francisco was overjoyed to see the money returned to him.
Amisola said he knew he would not be able to pay for his mother Rosita's hospital bills but he was sure she would be happy because he did the right thing.
He said his mother is suffering from ovary cancer and had been brought out of the Intensive Care Unit at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital in Manila because his family could not afford to pay the hospital bills.
She had been moved to an isolation room, he said.
"Masaya siya sa ginawa ko dahil tama ang ginawa ko ... Marunong po ang Diyos (My mother would be happy because I did the right thing. I know God will provide)," he said. – VVP, GMANews.TV
Immigration officer Amando Amisola admitted in a radio interview Monday he was tempted to keep the money but eventually decided he had to do the right thing.
"Honestly naalala ko mother ko na Stage-4 cancer itatakbo that morning sa hospital. Kalalabas lang sa PGH kaya lang naghihingalo na. Pinakita ko sa kasamahan ko, parang sinasadya ng tadhana, parang pagsubok. Naisip ko di akin yan kaya isauli ko sa may-ari," Amisola, 37, said in an interview on dzBB radio.
(Honestly I thought of my mother who is suffering from Stage-4 cancer. She was to be rushed to the hospital that day. I showed the envelope with the $10,000 to my work colleagues and remarked fate must be testing me. But in the end I decided the money was not mine, so I decided to return it.)
Amisola said the incident occurred on Saturday when Patricio Francisco accidentally left behind a brown envelope containing some documents and $10,000.
Francisco and his family were heading for Canada to start a new life there. Amisola said Francisco was overjoyed to see the money returned to him.
Amisola said he knew he would not be able to pay for his mother Rosita's hospital bills but he was sure she would be happy because he did the right thing.
He said his mother is suffering from ovary cancer and had been brought out of the Intensive Care Unit at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital in Manila because his family could not afford to pay the hospital bills.
She had been moved to an isolation room, he said.
"Masaya siya sa ginawa ko dahil tama ang ginawa ko ... Marunong po ang Diyos (My mother would be happy because I did the right thing. I know God will provide)," he said. – VVP, GMANews.TV
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