(VIDEO)Pacquiao gives away 1 Million Pesos

Pacquiao gives P1-M cash, Vios to 2 Sarangani residents

SOURCE: ABSCBN NEWS

MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao's brother and mother-in-law were supposed to walk away with P1 million in cash but the boxing congressman just couldn't let them become that happy this Christmas.

Pacquiao, who raffled off P1 million in cash and a brand new Toyota Vios, wanted people outside his family to have a merrier Christmas.

The prizes given away during Pacquiao's 32nd birthday and Christmas party are for everybody, but off limits to his relatives.

 

After giving away the key to a brand new car to a weeping woman from Sarangani province, the crowd at the KCC Convention Center boomed after Pacquiao announced that he was giving away P1 million.

"The lady walked away with keys to brand new Vios. She couldn't stop crying on stage when Pacman handed her keys," ABS-CBN's Dyan Castillejo tweeted.

The multimillionaire boxing icon declared he is giving away the amount in cold cash.

Castillejo tweeted that the stub bearing the lucky winner's name was picked by Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum.

When Arum showed the name to Pacquiao, the boxing icon said he could not give away the money to the man, who happened to be his younger brother, Bobby.

Arum picked another stub, but again, Pacquiao had to waive it. The stub belonged to the mother of his wife, Jinkee.

The 3rd stub picked by Arum did not belong to a relative, but the man was not present.

The 4th and final raffle stub picked by Arum belonged to a man from Alabel town, also in Sarangani Province, and he was present.

Pacquiao gave the man 10 bundles of 1,000 peso bills, each amounting to P100,000.

"The 4th stub picked by Bob finally wasn't a relative and was present, a simple man from Alabel, Sarangani. Bundles of money in his pocket," Castillejo tweeted.

Castillejo reported that the KCC Convention Center remained jam-packed with well-wishers and hopefuls until midnight.

She reported that almost 2,000 people attended the party, including Team Pacquiao, the boxing icon's barong-clad coach Freddie Roach, Puerto Rican champion Juan Manuel Lopez, and Arum.

Pacquiao's friends in politics and his patron, Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson, were also present.

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