The Office for Transportation Security (OTS) has commended one of its screening officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for good conduct in returning money owned by a local traveler last week.
Security Screening Officer Dian Mahinay returned the P40,000 cash to a 73-year-old passenger at NAIA Terminal 4 while conducting a screening.
Mahinay found the cash which inadvertently fell under the X-ray conveyor belt and immediately coordinated with the lost-and-found section of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to seek the owner of the money.
The owner Andres Laforteza Gutierrez expressed his gratitude to Mahinay for her honesty and prompt action.
OTS Administrator Undersecretary Ma.O Aplasca commended and expressed his appreciation for the honesty of Mahinay and other OTS personnel who did similar honest acts for returning lost items at the security screening checkpoint.
Two months ago, the OTS praised a screening officer in Clark International Airport (CIA) in Pampanga, also returning a wallet with a huge amount of money owned by a foreign traveler.
Screening officer Lalaine Anciado returned to a 53-year-old Korean passenger a wallet containing cash amounting to P54,000 which was “left behind in the tray on 19 August 2022, at the Final Security Screening Checkpoint at CIA in Pampanga.”
The passenger Seong Bae Lee, a Korean national and passenger of JinAir flight LJ-024 bound for Incheon, South Korea,was identified to be the legitimate owner of the lost item after the SSO team made the standard verification process.
Lee thanked Anciado for her honest and prompt action to return his valuables.