In the past Guyanese looked forward to the announcement of national honours on Republic Day. Even though after 1992 they were announced on Independence Day in an effort to restore the celebration of Independence to pride of place, Republic Day has remained the larger event because of Mashramani. Today is a good day to reflect on the subject of national honours.
Since the awards were established, thousands of mostly deserving Guyanese have been honoured. However, the two past PPP/C Governments have awarded national honours only once each in 2002 and 2011. This government has made no awards. Those Guyanese
