Guest Editorial – Guyana Chronicle – May 26. 2018
TODAY May 26, 2018 marks the 52nd Anniversary of our country’s attainment of political independence from Great Britain.
On this historic day in 1966 a new nation, Guyana, the only English-speaking one on the South America continent, achieved national sovereignty to become the 24th member of the-then British Commonwealth of Nations, thus bringing to an end several decades of British colonial rule.
Guyana’s road to political independence was indeed turbulent. For a brief period in the early 1950s its nationalist movement, the original People’s Progressive Party (PPP), under the leadership of the late Presidents, Dr Cheddi B. Jagan and Mr Forbes Burnham, enjoyed overwhelming support from the working class and the masses in general, as they pursued the noble objectives of national unity and internal self-government. Their resounding victory at the 1953 general elections under adult suffrage astounded many, including local reactionaries, the Colonial Office and more so the U.S. State Department. Continue reading
New York: Interfaith Service Marks Guyana’s 52nd Anniversary
Interfaith Service Marks Guyana’s 52nd Anniversary
Guyana’s Consul General Calls for Unity
By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
An interfaith service was held at York College in New York to mark the 52nd Anniversary of Guyana’s independence. The service drew a cross-section of the Guyanese community and was held under the patronage of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations and the Consulate General of Guyana to New York.
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