SIX winners of the 2018 Sinulog puppet and higante contests received yesterday P10,000 as compensation on top of the remaining balance the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) owes them.

Two weeks ago, a pair of puppet makers complained that they didn’t receive the full amount of the cash prize that the competition had promised.

In an earlier report, Analyn Cuyos said that her husband Ryan was supposed to receive P30,000 for placing third in the puppeteer competition, but he only got P20,000.

In the past years, SFI used to give away a cash prize of P50,000 for first place; P30,000 for second place; and P20,000 for the third placer of the higante and puppet contests.

But in last January’s Sinulog Grand Parade, the prizes were increased to P75,000, P45,000 and P30,000.

The SFI paid the remaining amount, plus a financial compensation. The turnover was headed by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña.

Aside from Cuyos, puppet makers Orly Johnson Fuentes and Angelique Aranas also received the remaining balances of their respective cash prizes. Fuentes and Aranas won first place and second place, respectively.

Jerald Billones (first place), Esteria Pañares (second place) and Arnie Enjambre (3rd place), winners of the higante contest, also received the amount. (RTF)