Army sergeant finds, returns P350,000 in checks

From InterAksyon (Feb 27): Army sergeant finds, returns P350,000 in checks



Kiko Loresco of Manila Water receives the check from Sgt. Braga. PHILIPPINE ARMY PHOTO

Army Sergeant Raffy M. Braga did not think twice to inform his superiors about what he found while driving Wednesday afternoon along McKinley Hill near Emperador Stadium in Taguig City: two lost checks amounting to P350,000 payable to Manila Water Company.

Braga, currently assigned at the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Military Operations (OG7) of the Philippine Army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, was sent on an errand and was on his way back to camp when he noticed two pieces of paper with a check attached to it that flew across his vehicle.

He alighted to verify it and found two Landbank of the Philippines checks, one amounted to P182,702.73, and the other P165, 506.06.

Braga immediately informed his senior officer about what he found and the office immediately telephoned Landbank to identify the owner of the checks.

Shortly after that Mr. Kiko Loresco of Manila Water arrived at the Army office to claim the lost checks.

Loresco thanked Braga for his honesty.

Braga, 38, is from Valencia, Bukidnon. He has been in the service for 17 years now. He is married and has two sons.

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