 congratulations ug staff members to receive national awards congratulations ug staff members to receive national awards congratulations ug staff members to receive national awards webmaster sun 5282017 1358 congratulations  cacique s crown of honour ivelaw lloyd griffith vicechancellor golden arrow of achievement  1 winslow marcellous craig lecturer 2 gwyneth george librarian 3 raymond mark kirton former dean faculty of social sciences 4 tota charran mangar former deputy vicechancellor 5 barbara patricia thomasholder lecturer 6 patrick everton williams lecturer thirtyone women from various fields are among those who will be conferred with national awards by president david granger for their outstanding service and sterling contributions to national development the announcement was made hours before guyana celebrated its 51st independence anniversary according to a ministry of the presidency release leading the list of 69 awardees is acting chancellor of the judiciary madame yonette decina cummingsedwards who has been recognised with the order of roraima madame justice edwards who boasts an illustrious legal career that commenced in 1988 was sworn in to her current post on march 28 2017 she served as a judge on the court of appeal of guyana for several years and is now the second woman to be appointed to the position of acting chancellor of the judiciary acting chief justice madame alison roxane mc lean george who was admitted to the bar in october 1990 for service as a senior state counsel assistant director of public prosecution deputy director of public prosecution and director of public prosecution has been named among the recipients for the cacique s crown of honour along with secretary general of the caribbean community caricom ambassador irwin la rocque environmental activist and pilot annette arjoonmartin who has been a driving force in marine conservation and mangrove replanting projects has been named as a recipient of the golden arrow of achievement alongside secretary general of the guyana red cross society dorothy fraser chief librarian of the university of guyana gwyneth george veteran journalist julia ann johnson general secretary of the guyana teachers union gtu coretta mcdonald veterinarian dr karen pilgrim and veteran educator gem ann rohlehr among others meanwhile veteran journalists enrico woolford and adam harris artist and sculptor winslow marcellous craig human resources management and organisational development specialist sandra jones are all among the recipients for the arrow of achievement among the medal of service recipients are businessman patrick nigel de groot camille patricia carrington and george barclay a guyana chronicle journalist with more than 50 years of service in the media president david granger has said that the conferring of national awards is recognised as a mechanism provided under the constitution of guyana to give due national recognition to outstanding citizens the regular conferral of national awards is a commitment made by president granger under the current administration 51 guyanese women have already been conferred with national awards in 2015 19 women from a total of 53 received national awards the order of roraima was received by one person three received the cacique s crown of honour cch seven received the golden arrow of achievement aa five received the medal of service ms and three received the disciplined service medal dsm in october 2016 a total of 32 women received awards four received the cch 14 the aa 12 the ms and two received the dsm a total of 86 individuals were conferred with awards additionally 12 groups were conferred with the ms insignia on the occasion of guyana s 46th republic anniversary in february earlier in 2016 the president and members of the advisory council for the orders of guyana offer sincere congratulations to all the persons who have been honoured order of roraima 1 yonettte decina cummingsedwards cacique s crown of honour 1 alison roxane mc lean george 2 ivelaw lloyd griffith 3 moeenul hack 4 irwin la rocque 5 murtland raphael massiah golden arrow of achievement 1 ramsay ali 2 annette arjoon 3 lloyd fitzgerald austin 4 everette lancelot carberry 5 rhoda amelia stephne clarke 6 winslow marcellous craig 7 jose louis da silva 8 jennifer dewar 9 dorothy fraser 10 gloria regina fraser 11 ameena gafoor 12 samuel jaidatt goolsarran 13 gwyneth george 14 adam elias harris 15 hilton gregory hemerding 16 sandra hooper 17 julia ann johnson 18 sandra valerie jones 19 raymond mark kirton 20 hemraj kissoon 21 doris ann lewis 22 tota charran mangar 23 hyacinth gloria massaythomas 24 julie andrea matthews 25 coretta mcdonald 26 george gladstone mcdonald 27 ann elizabeth mclennan 28 marie june mendes 29 abena nkenge moore 30 cecil norman murray 31 vibert virnen parvatan 32 jawahar persaud 33 karen pilgrim 34 andrew godfrey proctor 35 khakan ally ramjohn 36 gem ann rohlehr 37 sonya indira roopnauth 38 pradeep parmanand samtani 39 godfrey steve statia 40 barbara patricia thomasholder 41 desmond trotman 42 patrick everton williams 43 enrico mortimer woolford 44 john carlson yates medal of service 1 sandra michelle adams 2 john andries 3 george rupert barclay 4 erma hyacinth bovell 5 camille patricia carrington 6 patrick nigel de groot 7 denise dias 8 merlene ellis 9 joan anges fredericks 10 heeralall makhanlall 11 jenevieve jenny murray 12 julio perreira 13 ryan perreira 14 emelda sandy military service medal 1 lt col lawrence anthony fraser 2 lt col ramkarran doodnauth disciplined services medal 1 assistant commissioner of police nigel anthony hoppie 2 acting director of prisons gladwin andrea samuels 3 deputy chief fire officer winston michael mcgregor article adapted from  http guyanachroniclecom 2017052531womentoreceivenationalawards awards national awards 