FOUR winners were on Friday awarded with their prizes won from the ‘Chronicle’s Christmas Giveaway’ organised by the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL).

Emerging the winners from a pool of over 1500 entries garnered from the month-long competition, were Nicola Softly, who won a fruit basket; Rajendra Khemraj, who copped a printer; Mobeena Amin, who won a $10,000 gift voucher and Kenneth Assanah, who copped a cake hamper.

Softly said that she usually buys the daily Chronicle to “keep updated” with the news and the Sunday Chronicle because it’s filled with “a little bit of everything”. Since the competition was launched, she has collected more than 20 of the promotional ads and submitted them, hoping to win.

Khemraj expressed many thanks to the newspapers and commended it on giving back to its customers. He too is an ardent supporter of the newspapers. “Together, my mom and I submitted over three dozen entries,” he said.

“For years I’ve been reading the papers,” winner Assanah said and related that upon seeing the promotion he decided to “take a chance”. When he found out that he won, he was surprised but grateful. And finally, Amin who won the voucher related that it was her husband, Sheik Persaud who encouraged her to enter the competition after he had won a printer in last year’s competition. Reading the newspapers every day at home and at work, she was able to amass over 50 entries to position her to score a prize.

The prizes were donated by the Guyana Chronicle staff and affiliated Guyana Chronicle customers.

V-net communications located on Delph Street, Campbellville sponsored the gift voucher; D. Singh Trading located at 36 Delph Street, Campbellville, donated the fruit basket; Riaz Computers of Church Street, South Cummingsburg donated the printer; the cake hamper was donated compliments of the Advertising Department of the Guyana Chronicle.

GNNL Marketing Coordinator, Akash Persaud said the competition is in its fourth year and the reception from customers has increased significantly from 300 in 2015, to 1200 entries last year and now to over 1500 this year. Persaud stressed, “The response we’ve been receiving is overwhelming,” and stated the newspapers commitment to interacting with its customers. He pointed out that the publication has launched few of these promotions and will be seeking to add a Mashramani giveaway to its promotions in the New Year.