{"id":26040,"date":"2025-02-01T21:35:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26040"},"modified":"2025-02-01T21:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:35:36","slug":"erc-announces-winners-of-jingle-competition-at-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/erc-announces-winners-of-jingle-competition-at-awards-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"ERC Announces Winners of Jingle Competition at Awards Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon, NCN News \u2013 December 28, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has revealed the winners of its highly anticipated Jingle Competition during an awards ceremony held on Friday at the Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition, launched on November 1st, aimed to promote unity and harmony among Guyana&#8217;s diverse ethnic groups, in line with the ERC&#8217;s mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of fifty-one valid entries were submitted to the competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first-place prize was awarded to Adaiah Griffith, with Alcesa Grenville Wong securing second place and Roger Hinds, known as &#8216;Young Bill Rogers,&#8217; claiming third place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of the top three winners received a trophy and shared nearly $1.5 million in prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The jingles, which feature messages of love, peace, tolerance, and togetherness, are intended to serve as a unifying force, particularly during the election period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the 2025 General Elections approaching, the ERC hopes that these jingles will help mitigate tensions and resonate with citizens across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Ogle, Deputy-Chairman of the ERC, emphasized that the jingles aim to foster unity and strengthen relationships among the country\u2019s citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, ERC Commissioner Neaz Subhan expressed optimism that the jingles would play a vital role in the commission&#8217;s broader efforts to bring Guyanese people together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition is seen as a positive initiative to promote national cohesion and support peaceful coexistence in the lead-up to the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon, NCN News \u2013 December 28, 2024 The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has revealed the winners of its highly anticipated Jingle Competition during an awards ceremony held on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26041,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26040\/revisions\/26041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}