CONGRATULATIONS to our President, H.E. David A. Granger, and all who will be tasked with leadership roles in the governance of our country.May the winds of change cleanse and remove all negative and unpleasant aspects of life in this our land. May these winds be the catalyst that will motivate, propel and sustain an upward movement of economic growth, thus providing the means for a decent standard of living for all.

May our country be governed with integrity, wisdom, honesty and decency. It is wonderful to see that the restoration of our Garden City has begun. The winds of change are beginning to blow away the dirt and squalour of our environment, in the cleaning and rehabilitation of our monuments and the immediate plans to clean our capital city Georgetown and return it to a place of beauty.
Thank you Mr. President for an excellent beginning.
Right now, the beautiful flamboyant trees that decorate many of our streets are aflame in glorious colour. It will be a joy to see their beauty mirrored in clean, free-flowing canals and their petals carpeting well-kept green parapets free of litter.
This is our land, a beautiful blessed land. May each of us feel in our hearts a love for our land as in the song ‘this land is mine, God gave this land to me’, as we join our hearts and hands to help our country fulfill her great potential.

May God guide and protect our leaders and bless our dear, dear land of Guyana.

JOAN COLLINS