Taxi driver took Maegan Aguilar's guitar unintentionally – operator

The operator of the Nimble Taxi company said on Tuesday that musician Maegan Aguilar should apologize for accusing her cab driver of being a thief who stole the musician's guitar.

According to the taxi company's operator, Rosalinda Gigante, Aguilar's guitar had been left in the cab inadvertently and the driver had every intention of returning it.

"Sinara ng driver 'yung compartment, sabi niya [kay Aguilar] 'Oh, ma'm, clear na ba tayo?'" Gigante recounted. "'Ah oh, sige. Salamat ah,' sabi pa nga daw ng babae."

And when they driver realized the guitar was still in the cab, she informed Gigante of this and said he  expected someone to call for it.

"Itong gitarang ito, hindi niya kaagad nahatid 'yon dahil hinatid niya yung anak niya sa school. Kasi first day ng anak niya sa school 'nung araw ng Monday," Gigante explained.

The operator added that a radio broadcaster could vouch for her driver's character, given that in two previous occasions during which passengers forgot their property in the cab, the driver had asked the radio broadcaster to find and return the items to their proper owners.

Gigante also expected Aguilar to apologize publicly through social media, as she had also allegedly maligned the driver through social media.

"Ang ibig kong sabihin, kahit mag-apologize si Maegan sa driver ko, dapat sa social media siya mag-apologize at bawiin niya ang sinasabi niyang magnanakaw 'yung driver. Kawawa naman 'to, at sana 'wag mabasa ng mga anak niya 'to," she said.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board's Technical Division Chief Joel Bolano had gotten in touch with Gigante and asked her to come to the office and return the guitar.

She and her driver did so on Tuesday. "Pinicturan namin 'yung mga items na sinurrender namin sa LTFRB, initemize, tapos pinirmahan namin," Gigante told GMA News Online.

Aguilar was not present at the LTFRB offices when her guitar was returned as she was ill.

However, despite the return of her property, Aguilar still insisted that she had been victimized by the cab driver.

— Margaret Claire Layug/DVM, GMA News