Lotto winner plays Santa in Borongan
TACLOBAN CITY—One of the two winners of the record-high P1.18-billion lotto jackpot played Santa Claus way ahead of Christmas, giving away P5,000 each to his former coworkers in the city government of Borongan, Eastern Samar province, early this week. The winner, a middle-aged man who has since left town with his family after claiming half of the Ultra Lotto 6/58 prize, also handed out cash to several tricycle drivers amounting to P1,500 each. One of the beneficiaries was Dorothy Abenis, a staff member of Mayor Ma. Fe Abunda, who received her P5,000 on Wednesday. “We are really very thankful to him because he never forgot about us in sharing his blessings. As far as I know, he was the second lotto winner from Borongan but he was the first to share his winnings,” Abenis said in a phone interview. ‘Early Christmas bonus’ According to Abenis, close to 1,000 regular and casual workers at City Hall received P5,000 each from the instant multimillionaire, the money coursed through t