THE climax of the Jingles and Song Competition, for which all Guyana was waiting, took place yesterday morning at the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co. Ltd (GT&T) Blackberry Store on Brickdam, Georgetown.

It saw the announcement of the winners of the competition and presentation of prizes at a simple but significant ceremony.
Ryan Hoppie and Bibi Halima Khan won the English and Bollywood segments, respectively, and they both received their prizes of one Toyota Raum motor car and $1M, in that order.
Among those present were Mr. Justin Nedd, Chief Financial Officer; Mrs Faye Wharton, Marketing Manager; Mrs Allison Dundas, Mobile Sales Coordinator; Mrs Allison Parker and Ms. Nadia De Abreu, Public Relation Officers, other members of GT&T staff, family and friends of the final ten contestants.
The following were the positions attained in the English segment, second Michael Small; third Dianna Chapman; fourth Dorian Obumuller; fifth Natasha Yhap; sixth Lerone Savour; seventh Shana Cort; eighth Edward Perez; ninth Lempel Chester and tenth Darren Benjamin.
The Bollywood section saw nine finalists in this order, Andy Rambarack second; Reshma Persaud third; Bunty Singh fourth; Decahedra Ramjattan fifth; Haresh Singh sixth; Yeataindra Singh seventh; Erick Sukrah eighth and Denishwar Bisseswar ninth.
The latter four received $50,000 and a Blackberry Z10 mobile phone each and the top five got between $150,000 and $750,000 in prize money.

BEST POSSIBLE
Nedd, in his brief remarks at the presentation, said GT&T has tried, for over two decades, to provide the best possible mode of communication service to Guyanese.
He said research has shown that countries have improved their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through the use of Internet technology in development and, as such, Guyana will soon become one among the many.
With the increasing network capability to be experienced by Guyanese in the near future, GT&T will be bringing a number of new technologies and greater Internet speed to homes and businesses, he said.
Nedd mentioned that there will be steep discounts on products which would be on sale at all the business offices of the company and the introduction of the GT&T Dedicate Service Line (DSL) to customers on the New Hope (266) network switch.
The contest, which commenced in 2005, has set the platform for the local musical industry to propel to what was witnessed in the rivalry, he remarked.
Some 1,400 persons auditioned to compete in the three counties across Guyana and all those who won shared yesterday’s joyous moment, Nedd observed.