World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 all around the world. This year marked the golden jubilee anniversary of this occasion. Students and youngsters came together to show their love for the environment and several clean-up drives and other such activities were carried out throughout the state
The GHRA of today is far removed from the organization that was formed in 1979. This point was clearly made by General Secretary of the PPP, Bharrat Jagdeo at the Cheddi Jagan memorial event at Babu Jaan on Sunday. While no one doubts that GHRA played an important role in exposing the sustained attacks on human rights in Guyana under Burnham and the PNC, it must be noted that the organised had changed beyond recognition since those days of endemic state repression.