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The Investiture ceremony for the 2011 National Awardees is scheduled to take place on October 21, next, at the National Cultural Centre, Homestretch Avenue. In the post-1992 era the investiture ceremony was held on October 5, to mark the accession of the People’s Progressive Party to power.President Bharrat Jagdeo will affix the various insignias to the awardees. The ceremony will begin at 13:00hrs.The list of National Awardees was advertised in May with Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, heading it with the Order of Excellence (OE), the nation’s highest award.He was followed by Minister of Legal Affairs, Charles Ramson and Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Carl Singh with the Order of Roraima (OR) – the second highest.Receiving the Cacique Crown of Honour besides Dr. Desrey Fox were Bank of Guyana Governor, Lawrence Williams; Chief Statistician, Lennox Benjamin; Donna Yearwood; Clyde Roopchand; Acting Chief Justice, Ian Chang; GRA Commissioner-General, Khurshid Sattaur; Professors Nigel Harris and Clement Sankat; Malcolm Parris; Phillip Moore; Miles Fitzpatrick; and Clinton Collymore.The Golden Arrow of Achievement (AA) went to Dr. Edward Green of CARICOM; Dr. Cyril Solomon; former ambassador to Suriname, Karshanjee Arjun; Thakur Danny Doobay; Brentnol Evans; Ambassador Elisabeth Harper; Brian Tiwari; Captain Gerald Gouveia; Deo Persaud; Alfro Alphonso; Chunilall Baboolall; Sean Hopkinson; Edmond Vieira; Glen Khan; Aubrey Stephenson; Professor David Dabydeen; Dunstan Barrow; Carvil Duncan; Dr. Arlington Chesney; and Swami Vidyanand.The Medal of Service (MS) went to Yvonne Hinds; Dorothy Faria; Diane Ferreira James; Nicolette Fernandes; Victor Ferreira; Winslow Craig; Ameena Gafoor; Stephanie Fraser; Don Gomes; Hugh Ross; Michael Charles, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dr. Vindihya Persaud, James Wren Gilkes, June Griffith, Aliann Pompey, Andrew Lewis, Michael Parris,Cheap Jerseys, Elfrieda Bissember, Frank Woon-a-Tai, Paloma Mohamed, Phillip Gajedhar, Al Creighton, Egbert Carter, Shirley Edwards, Parbhu Dyal Sattan, Yvonne Pearson, Bishop Juan Edghill, George Subraj, Ramnarine Ramroop, Indra Chandarpal, Randy Choo-She-Nam, Derek Williams, Vibert de Souza, Reuben Gilbert, Aleema Nasir, Gharpaul Persaud, John Palmer, Jenny Ribeiro, Irene Wilson, Pooran Persaud, Joycelyn Anderson, Desiree Wyles-Ogle, Yvonne Raghoo, Mohandatt Goolsarran, Juliet Persico, Dr. Faye Clarke, Ann Greene, Ulric Donald Jacobs,NFL Jerseys From China, Mohamed Osman Ali, Wilfred Success, Yvonne Hercules, Maydha Persaud, Deeneshwar Persaud, Monica-Fraser Carmichael, Ramdat Nandkishore, Colleen Anderson, Marva Hawker, Dr. Holly Alexander, Panday Persaud,Cheap Jerseys From China, Cedric Smith, Richard Verbeke,Wholesale China Jerseys, Ramsahai Ramnarine (Hardat), Ramesh Ramlakhan, David Mangra and Keith Emmanuel Crawford.Group Awards for the Medal of Service (MS) went to Help and Shelter, Food for the Poor, Sisters of Mercy, the Guyana Relief Council, the Salvation Army Guyana Division, Phoenix Recovery, Mothers in Black, the National Library, the Guyana Women’s Artists Association, President’s Youth Award Republic of Guyana, Kashif and Shanghai and the Indian Cultural and Social Organisation of West Demerara.For the military top honours, Commodore Gary Best received the Military Service Star (MSS), while Colonel Bruce Lovell was accorded the Military Service Medal (MSM), along with Colonel Mark Phillips, Captain John Flores,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Captain George Lewis, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Abraham, Commander Godfrey George, Lieutenant Colonel Windee Algernon, Lieutenant Colonel Khemraj Persaud and Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Gaskin.For the Disciplined Services top honours, Commissioner of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Henry Greene received the Disciplined Services Star (DSS),NFL Jerseys Supply, while Assistant Commissioners Leroy Brummel, Seelall Persaud, Gavin Primo and George Vyphius, along with Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle and Senior Superintendent of Prisons, Colin Howard received the Disciplined Services Medal (DSM). (GINA) |
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