Golden jubilee logo unveiled

Golden Jubilee logo: The winners of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary logo competition, Christopher Taylor (right) and Compton Babb (left), pose with Junior Education Minister Nicolette Henry in front of their winning design. (Photo by Keno George)

The Ministry of Education’s Department of Culture yesterday unveiled the logo for Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary.

The winning design, which will be the emblem of Guyana’s Golden Jubilee celebration, was created by Christopher Taylor and Compton Babb and was selected from amongst 64 entries that reportedly came from nearly every region of Guyana and in the diaspora.

“The final design that has emerged is quite simply very representative of our country Guyana in a way that no other logo possibly could have been, and I think that alone gives it its significance,” said Russell Lancaster, the programme chair, at the unveiling at the National Cultural Centre. Lancaster later stated that the design,