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Driver in Cavite pawns license to buy wife's meds on Valentine's Day

Published Feb 20, 2026 06:40 pm

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  • Several netizens pitched in to help pay the bill, while the pharmacy aid also bought groceries and vitamins for the couple and handed over the remaining cash from the donations.

CAVITE – A driver has gone viral online after pawning his driver’s license to buy his wife’s medicine at a drug store in Imus City on Valentine’s Day.

Pharmacy aid Jim Soriano posted the interesting encounter with a customer identified as Tatay Moises on social media.

“Noong Feb. 14, pumunta dito si Tatay Moises upang magbakasakali na kung pwede makautang ng gamot at iiwan niya nalang muna lisensya niya, ang gamot ay para sa asawa nya na kakalabas lang ng hospital (On Feb. 14, Tatay Moises came here hoping he could get medicine on credit and leave his driver’s license as collateral. The medicine was for his wife, who had just been discharged from the hospital),” Soriano told the Manila Bulletin on Friday, Feb. 20.

A driver pawned his license to buy his wife’s medicine at a drug store in Imus City on Valentine’s Day (Screenshot from Jim Soriano's Facebook reel/MANILA BULLETIN)
A driver pawned his license to buy his wife’s medicine at a drug store in Imus City on Valentine’s Day (Screenshot from Jim Soriano's Facebook reel/MANILA BULLETIN)

“Pinagbigyan ko siya kasi naawa talaga ako sa kalagayan niya. Ayaw ko sana tanggapin yung ID niya kasi nga lisensya 'yun. Pero pilit niya paring sinabi na, ‘Hindi, iiwan ko ‘yan, sir,’ (I agreed because I truly felt sorry for his situation. I did not want to accept his ID since it was his driver’s license. But he insisted, saying, ‘No, sir, I will leave it here').”

Soriano’s TikTok video went viral, garnering more than 15 million views as of writing time.

When Tatay Moises went back to the pharmacy with his wife to pay for the medicine and get his license back on Feb. 16, he was pleasantly surprised.

Several of Soriano’s followers pitched in to help pay the bill. He also bought groceries for the couple and handed over the remaining donation money to them.

Pharmacy aid Jim Soriano hands over the groceries and cash donations from netizens to the driver who pawned his license at a drug store in Imus City (Screenshot from Jim Soriano's Facebook reel/MANILA BULLETIN)
Pharmacy aid Jim Soriano hands over the groceries and cash donations from netizens to the driver who pawned his license at a drug store in Imus City (Screenshot from Jim Soriano's Facebook reel/MANILA BULLETIN)

“Sobrang gaan sa pakiramdam na nakatulong ako kay Tatay, na-realize ko lang na balang araw, tatanda rin tayo at sana may tumulong din sa atin kung walang wala din tayo (It feels very fulfilling to have helped Tatay. It made me realize that someday we will grow old too, and I hope that if we ever find ourselves with nothing, someone will also be there to help us),” Soriano shared.

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