On New Year’s Day Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited honoured first-born babies in Berbice, Essequibo, Georgetown and Linden. A release said that each first-born was visited by representatives of Republic Bank. RightStart Accounts will be set up for each of the infants with a starting balance of $20,000. The mothers of the babies also received a RightStart Baby Care Hamper worth approximately $30,000. In photo: Dewon Mingo receives her hamper from Frederick Rampersaud, Marketing Officer (ag) (right) and Paula Marshall of the Marketing and Communications Department. The presentation took place in the Post-Natal Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital.