The Dumaguete City Council has commended a church pastor, who also drives a tricycle, for returning $7,435 Canadian dollars (more than P300,000) to its owner.
The City Council passed a resolution of commendation last Tuesday lauding Pastor Junrey E. Cadeliña’s honesty in returning the money, which sets an example for others to follow, noting that such a huge amount can be a temptation for many to keep the money instead.
Cadeliña found an unattended bundle of money along Perdices Street fronting the Cathedral in this capital city last Tuesday.
Cadeliña reported the finding to the police, who traced the rightful owner of the money, a person engaged in currency trading, through the City’s CCTV cameras.
Col. Joeson Parallag, Dumaguete City police chief, said the pastor’s example comes at a time when we were observing National Crime Prevention Week from Sept. 1 to 7, and is laudable that he came to the police station to ask assistance in identifying the owner of the money.
Parallag reassured that the owner’s identity was positively established, as all details and information gleaned from the video clip and the local currency trader’s description had matched.
The money fell out of a pocket of the owner’s cargo pants while he was driving his motorcycle, the police chief said, which could be seen in the video footage.
“Having CCTV cameras around the city is a big help to the police because they actually help us solve certain crimes and other offenses,” Parallag noted. (Judy F. Partlow/PNA)
