ANOTHER feather in the distinguished career of Guyana’s President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo was added when he was conferred with the Honorary Doctorate of Literature by the Padmashree Dr. DY Patil University in Mumbai. This award follows on the heels of the conferring with another Honorary Doctorate by the Patrice Lumumba People’s Friendship University in Moscow, Russia.
Add this to the prestigious UNEP’s Champion of the Earth award and being named as Times Magazine ‘Hero of the Environment’ and we have someone who we could truly be proud to label as the son of the soil.
When opposition political leaders in Guyana are too busy plotting to stagnate this country’s upward thrust, Dr. Jagdeo offers the hope of what we as a nation can achieve. He has and always led by example, just look at his handling of the 2005 great flood and also his fight to mitigate the effects of climate change. He has tirelessly fought for the betterment of the people of this country and today, we salute you Dr. Jagdeo!