<h3><strong><em>CONGRATULATIONS!</em></strong></h3>

<h4><strong>CACIQUE’S CROWN OF HONOUR</strong></h4>

<p>Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith – Vice-Chancellor</p>

<h4><strong>GOLDEN ARROW OF ACHIEVEMENT&nbsp;</strong></h4>

<p>1) Winslow Marcellous Craig - Lecturer</p>

<p>2) Gwyneth George- Librarian</p>

<p>3) Raymond Mark Kirton – Former Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences</p>

<p>4) Tota Charran Mangar - Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor</p>

<p>5) Barbara Patricia Thomas-Holder - Lecturer</p>

<p>6) Patrick Everton Williams - Lecturer</p>

<p>THIRTY-ONE 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.</p>

<p>The announcement was made hours before Guyana celebrated its 51st Independence anniversary.</p>

<p>According to a Ministry of the Presidency release, leading the list of 69 awardees is acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Madame Yonette Decina Cummings-Edwards, who has been recognised with the Order of Roraima.</p>

<p>Madame Justice Edwards, who boasts an illustrious legal career that commenced in 1988, was sworn in to her current post on March 28, 2017.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>Environmental activist and pilot, Annette Arjoon-Martin,&nbsp;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;&nbsp; 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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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).</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>The President and members of the Advisory Council for the Orders of Guyana offer sincere congratulations to all the persons who have been honoured.</p>

<h4><strong>Order of Roraima</strong><br />
1 Yonettte Decina Cummings-Edwards</h4>

<h4><strong>Cacique’s Crown of Honour</strong><br />
1 Alison Roxane Mc Lean George<br />
2 Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith<br />
3 Moeenul Hack<br />
4 Irwin La Rocque<br />
5 Murtland Raphael Massiah</h4>

<h4><strong>Golden Arrow of Achievement</strong><br />
1 Ramsay Ali<br />
2 Annette Arjoon<br />
3 Lloyd Fitzgerald Austin<br />
4 Everette Lancelot Carberry<br />
5 Rhoda Amelia Stephne Clarke<br />
6 Winslow Marcellous Craig<br />
7 Jose Louis Da Silva<br />
8 Jennifer Dewar<br />
9 Dorothy Fraser<br />
10 Gloria Regina Fraser<br />
11 Ameena Gafoor<br />
12 Samuel Jaidatt Goolsarran<br />
13 Gwyneth George<br />
14 Adam Elias Harris<br />
15 Hilton Gregory Hemerding<br />
16 Sandra Hooper<br />
17 Julia Ann Johnson<br />
18 Sandra Valerie Jones<br />
19 Raymond Mark Kirton<br />
20 Hemraj Kissoon<br />
21 Doris Ann Lewis<br />
22 Tota Charran Mangar<br />
23 Hyacinth Gloria Massay-Thomas<br />
24 Julie Andrea Matthews<br />
25 Coretta McDonald<br />
26 George Gladstone McDonald<br />
27 Ann Elizabeth McLennan<br />
28 Marie June Mendes<br />
29 Abena Nkenge Moore<br />
30 Cecil Norman Murray<br />
31 Vibert Virnen Parvatan<br />
32 Jawahar Persaud<br />
33 Karen Pilgrim<br />
34 Andrew Godfrey Proctor<br />
35 Khakan Ally Ramjohn<br />
36 Gem Ann Rohlehr<br />
37 Sonya Indira Roopnauth<br />
38 Pradeep Parmanand Samtani<br />
39 Godfrey Steve Statia<br />
40 Barbara Patricia Thomas-Holder<br />
41 Desmond Trotman<br />
42 Patrick Everton Williams<br />
43 Enrico Mortimer Woolford<br />
44 John Carlson Yates</h4>

<h4><strong>Medal of Service</strong><br />
1 Sandra Michelle Adams<br />
2 John Andries<br />
3 George Rupert Barclay<br />
4 Erma Hyacinth Bovell<br />
5 Camille Patricia Carrington<br />
6 Patrick Nigel de Groot<br />
7 Denise Dias<br />
8 Merlene Ellis<br />
9 Joan Anges Fredericks<br />
10 Heeralall Makhanlall<br />
11 Jenevieve Jenny Murray<br />
12 Julio Perreira<br />
13 Ryan Perreira<br />
14 Emelda Sandy</h4>

<h4><strong>Military Service Medal</strong><br />
1 Lt Col Lawrence Anthony Fraser<br />
2 Lt Col Ramkarran Doodnauth</h4>

<h4><strong>Disciplined Services Medal</strong><br />
1 Assistant Commissioner of Police Nigel Anthony Hoppie<br />
2 Acting Director of Prisons Gladwin Andrea Samuels<br />
3 Deputy Chief Fire Officer Winston Michael McGregor</h4>

<p>Article adapted from:&nbsp;<u><a href="http://guyanachronicle.com/2017/05/25/31-women-to-receive-national-awards">http://guyanachronicle.com/2017/05/25/31-women-to-receive-national-awards</a></u></p>
