NAIA Janitor Returns 634.807 Philippine Pesos

It hasn't been the first honest person on the International Airport in Manila. A janitor has returned a bag containing assorted documents and 634.807 Pesos in cash he found at the terminal 2 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport late Monday afternoon.

Marie Cherrie Lyn Cruz, of the NAIA T2 Lost and Found Section, reported that Janitor Ronald Gadayan first noticed the black bag unattended at the Gate 1 of the pre-departure area around 3:30 pm.

After 30 minute, the janitor still found the black bag prompting him to retriee it and inform authorities who consequently turned it over to the lost and found section.

At around 4 pm, a certain Manuel Manahan appeared before the office of the lost and found section to inquire if someone had found a black bag owned bis his employer, a passenger of PAL flight PR 849 leaving for Cebu.

Manahan, who claimed he was authorized by his employer identified only as Francis Chua, thanked Gadayan for returning the bag containing also the cash amount.

Davao City International Airport's Anti-trafficking Desk

An anti-trafficking in persons desk was finally opened last July 20, 2012 at the Davao International Airport. The desk is initiated by the Regional Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking-Integrated Action Network.

According to Regional State Prosecutor Antonio Arrellano, concurrent Regional Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking chair, the establishment o an airport desk is an urgency with Davao City becoming more accessible to air travel being the primary entry and exit point in the region.

The desk will be manned by the Airport Security Group, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and the regional Public Safety Battalion. It is aimed as mechanism of integration and coordination between all member agencies.

By June 2012 the network has rescued and intercepted 111 trafficking victims. About 94 victims were rescued in Davao City.

The launching ceremony was graced by the presence of City Mayor Sara Duterte who expressed full support to the initiatives. She also expressed the possibility of opening a similar anti-trafficking person's desk in the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal.