MANILA, Philippines (AP) - With his wife in the hospital and the rent overdue, he really could have used the money. But a taxi driver in the Philippines did the honest thing.

A Philippine newspaper says the man returned $17,000 in cash after a female passenger left it behind.

The 45-year-old motorcycle taxi driver (Illuminado Boc) showed up at a police station just about the time the woman reported her loss to police.

The driver said simply: "It was not mine."

The woman did give the honest cabbie a reward: $32. That's about seven times what a motorcycle taxi driver in the Philippines makes in a day.

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