Wednesday, March 26, 2014

MMDA Traffic Aide with a Heart of Gold Has One Wish: To Become a Regular Employee

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Source: www.newsinfo.inquirer.net

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic constable who was lauded on social media for feeding a starving street-child received on Monday a P5,000 cash incentive, a commendation, a merit badge and medal.

In a simple ceremony held at the agency’s office in Guadalupe, Makati City, MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino also promised Traffic Constable 1 Reynaldo Romano a salary increase on top of college scholarships for two of his children.

The rewards came as a surprise to Romano, a contractual employee of the MMDA for the past 12 years with a daily salary of P400.

“You do something good without expecting anything in return. I did not dream of getting a promotion just because of the children I helped,” he told the Inquirer over the phone.

Romano said he was unaware that he was photographed by a motorist as he was giving food to a child begging for alms. The picture went viral after it was posted on the Facebook page of car magazine Topgear Philippines.

The MMDA constable who lives in an urban poor housing project in Rodriguez, Rizal said he was manning his post on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on March 12 when a child who looked frail and hungry asked him for food.

“I said, ‘It’s already late in the day and you still haven’t eaten.’ I used my last money, the P30 I had in my pocket, to buy food and water,” he said.

“It is not every day that we see civil servants like Mr. Romano going out of his way, spending his last money, to feed a hungry street child that he doesn’t even know. And for this simple deed, he deserves our respect and admiration,” Tolentino said.

Now if only Romano would get his wish: To become a regular employee of the MMDA.

17 comments:

  1. Sir saludo po ako sa inyo! May the good Lord bless you with more

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  2. I salute you kuya. Sana makuha mo na yung wish mo. God bless!


    XO,

    Babaeng Bakla

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  3. God bless you, sir!

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  4. So proud of you! :)

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  5. Contractual for 12 years? Grabe. I hope he becomes a regular employee. Godbless!

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  6. Sana makamit mo yung wish mo sir kasi you really deserve it.

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  7. marami pa din talagang mabuting tao sa mundo. when i read stories like this, my faith in humanity is restored. we might just be ok after all.

    let's put pressure sa kanyang management to make him a regular employee na.

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    1. oo nga. makagawa nga ng petition sa change.org

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  8. Gusto ko din siyang tulungan. Pano siya makokontak?

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    1. Ay. Ako din. :) Sama ako jan! Thank you 1:50 for this great idea. :)

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  9. Oh my! Contractual for 12years. Nakakalungkot. Yan ang dapat nireregular.

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    1. Korek! Ipalit ito sa mga buwaya ng mmda.

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  10. May gaaad! 400?! Kaya madaming nangongotong na mmda e! Mahal mahal ng tax tas yan lang sahod nila?! Dapat taasan na para di na sila mangotong!

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  11. sana maregular na siya sa trabaho. we need more people like him. naiyak ako kasi ung mga taong walang-wala din ang mas may awa sa kapwa.

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  12. pwede ba yun? 12 years na irregular pa din?

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  13. i wonder what happened to the kid? tinulungan din ba yun? or iniwan pa din sa lugar na yun? i know it's DSWD's turf but just asking.

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