‘B’ Company – Guyana Defence Force - Colonel R. L. Pope, head of the Guyana Defence Force on April 7, 1966, urged a batch of 66 officers and other ranks at their passing out parade: “Hold your heads up high.”
PPP in ‘pots and pans’ protest –
The Police on April 13, 1966 intervened in a PPP-sponsored demonstration against the 1966 Budget outside the public buildings and took away pots and pans which the demonstrators were using. In photo, Assistant Superintendent William Butts is seen taking away a pot from Mrs Janet Jagan, General Secretary of the PPP.
Barbara Austin – Miss Bartica Beach – On the April 10, 1966, Barbara Austin, a 22-year-old stenotypist won the Bartica Beach contest from a field of nine at the Bartica regatta Sports.
