Christmas wishes: Republic Bank rewarded the first nine customers whose loans were approved in its “Make All Your Wishes Happen Christmas” Loan Campaign $10,000 each. In a press release the bank said it is offering cash prizes “exceeding $1,500,000 and big discounts on interest rates and down payments” in the campaign which started on October 1 and will end on December 31. In picture: Personal Loans Officer Marva Lopes (second, left) gives a beaming Vreed-en-Hoop branch customer Ingrid Halley her prize as staff members Anjanie Panchai and Christopher Bernard look on. The other winners are: Phoenix Josiah of the Anna Regina branch, Edgar Mendonca of the Linden branch, Sylvia Luke of the Water Street branch, Vanessa Whyte and Julian Seecharran of the Camp Street branch, Venkat Narasan of the Corriverton branch, Natasha Mendonca of the Rose Hall branch, Jan Michael Tahal and Mayon Persaud of the New Amsterdam branch and Wycliffe Moore of the Rosignol branch.