Giving recognition and paying respect are two ways of ensuring the eradication of ignorance, which hampers cohesiveness, President David Granger said yesterday in an address at Arrival Day celebrations held at Plantation Highbury Memorial Site, in East Bank Berbice.
Noting that May 5th, which marks Indian Arrival Day, has been set aside to commemorate the arrival of all Guyana’s peoples, the President remarked that diversity is a precious asset, which must be prized and protected by ensuring that everyone could co-exist in peace and mutual respect for the validity of each other’s culture.
He noted that Arrival Day commemorates the transformation of the country by
