On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of Guyana, National Awards were Wednesday evening announced at the Golden Jubilee celebrations. Below is the full list of awardees.

Order of Roraima

For his dedication and commitment to the Caribbean Community and his unflinching support for the rights of Small Island Developing States: The Rt. Hon. Freundel Jerome Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados

For long, dedicated and outstanding service as a legal practitioner: Rex Herbert McKay, Attorney-at-law
For his commitment and service to Guyana in the diplomatic, parliamentary and legal fields and in the public service: Dr. Barton Umax Adolphus Scotland, Speaker of the National Assembly

Cacique’s Crown of Honour
For his outstanding service to Guyana in the field of diplomacy: Ronald Mortimer Austin, former Ambassador of Guyana
For long and outstanding service in the field of business: Inderjeet Beharry, Director, Edward B. Beharry and Company Limited
For long and outstanding service in the field of business and in the management of a major charitable institution: Paul Chan-A-Sue, Chairman, Food For The Poor Incorporated and Businessman
For his long and outstanding service in the fields of business and management: Leslie Chin, Chairman, Sterling Products Limited
For his commitment and dedicated service in the field of politics: Robert Herman Orlando Corbin, former Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform
For her outstanding service in the administration of the law: Yonette Decina Cummings-Edwards, Chief Justice
For her long, dedicated and outstanding service in the field of medicine: Enid Lucille Denbow, Doctor of Medicine
For his long and dedicated service in the fields of education and the public service and as a major consumer advocate: Patrick Parbhu Dial, retired Public Servant and Consumer Advocate
For long and outstanding service in the field of business and commerce: Christopher Fernandes, Chairman, John Fernandes Group of Companies
For his outstanding service in the Guyana Foreign Service: Keith Linden George, Ambassador
For long and outstanding service in the field of medicine: Carl Alton Hanoman, Doctor of Medicine

For his dedicated service in the field of diplomacy: Bayney Karran, Ambassador
For his long and outstanding service in tertiary education, in industrial relations and trade unionism and in jurisprudence in Guyana and the Caribbean: Harold Alexander Lutchman, former Vice Chancellor, University of Guyana
For her outstanding service in the field of education and religion: Maureen Mae Massiah, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Guyana and former Headmistress, the Bishops’ High School
For long and dedicated service in the field of religion: Malcolm Rodrigues, Catholic Priest
For long and dedicated service to the judiciary of Guyana: Beasraj Singh Roy, Justice of Appeal
For his long and dedicated service in the field of religion: John Oswald Smith, General Superintendent, Assemblies of God in Guyana
For long and dedicated service in the Guyana Foreign Service: George Wilfred Steir Talbot, Ambassador
For his long and dedicated service in the field of politics: Jeffrey Ronald Thomas, former Minister of Government
For long service with exceptional dedication in the Guyana Foreign Service: Audrey Theresa Waddell, Director-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Golden Arrow of Achievement
For his unflinching commitment in the safeguarding of the rights of the indigenous peoples of Guyana and his research in the Arecuna language: Lawrence Anselmo, former Toshao of Paruima Village
For his outstanding role in the field of education and in trade unionism: Lancelot Arthur Baptiste, General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union and Retired Headmaster
For his long and dedicated service in the field of dentistry: Samiran Bera, Dental Surgeon
For his dedicated involvement in contributing to the preservation of Guyanese culture in Guyana and in the diaspora: Vibert Compton Cambridge, Social Historian and Cultural Activist, Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University
For his long and dedicated service in the field of agriculture: Bernard Wylde Carter, Former Chief Agricultural Officer and General Manager of the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary Scheme
For his outstanding service to the Ministry of the Presidency: William Victor Cecil Cox, Senior Public Servant and Political Assistant to the President
For her long and outstanding service as an educator, especially in the area of science: Florine Emily Desiree Dalgety, Co-Founder and Teacher of Dominion Schools
For her long and outstanding service as a music educator: Marilyn Patricia Dewar, Music Teacher and Accompanist of the Woodside Choir
For her long and outstanding service in the field of education: Blanche Emmeline Duke, Former Acting Principal Cyril Potter College of Education
For his long and outstanding service as a parliamentarian and as a Minister: Philip Duncan, Former Minister of State for Amerindian Affairs

For his long service with exceptional dedication in the maritime and transport sectors and in the field of education: Ivor Burnett English, Principal, Critchlow Labour College
For her long and dedicated service in the field of politics: Jennifer Ann Ferreira-Dougall, Counsellor and Community Worker
For her long and outstanding involvement in the field of education as a teacher and administrator: Ingrid Jennifer Fung, Education Consultant, former Headmistress, St. Joseph’s High School
For her long and dedicated service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more particularly in the Protocol and Consular Affairs Department: Esther Dawn Griffith, former Chief of Protocol and Consul General

Designate
For her commitment and advocacy in the fields of labour, human rights and education: Dr. Mellissa Abigail Ifill, Lecturer, University of Guyana
For his long and dedicated service to Guyana, more particularly in the bauxite industry: Horace Heyman James, Officer-In-Charge, National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited
For his advocacy for the rights of the indigenous peoples at the village and national levels: Tony Rodney James, former Toshao of Aishalton Village and Farmer
For his unflagging commitment to the development of Guyana in the fields of business and infrastructure: Cyril Stanley Ming, former Member of Parliament and Businessman
For his long and outstanding service in the field of technical and vocational education and as a Regional Chairman: Allan Ewart Munroe, former Chairman of Demerara/Mahaica Region Fourand Deputy Chairman, Teaching Service Commission
For her long and outstanding service in the field of health and nursing at the national, regional and international levels: Gloria Elizabeth Noel, Public Health Consultant
For his outstanding research as a scientist in the rice industry resulting in high yielding varieties with consequential increased rice production: Mahendra Persaud, Chief Scientist/Plant Breeder, Guyana Rice Development Board
For her long and outstanding involvement in culture, human rights, gender and the environment: Vanda Radzik, Adviser on Social and Sustainable Development
For long and dedicated service as a political supervisor in Essequibo Islands, West Demerara Region, Member of Parliament and as a teacher: Bissoondai Beniprashad Rayman, former Teacher
For her long, dedicated and outstanding service to Guyana in the field of art: Doris Elrina Rogers, Professor and Senior Lecturer, University of Guyana
For her dedicated service in the fields of education and music: Wendy Orinthia Rudder, Director of Music, St. George’s Cathedral
For his long service with exceptional dedication in the field of medicine, more particularly in the hinterland areas: Edward Francis Sagala, Regional Health Officer, Cuyuni/Mazaruni, Region Seven
For his long and outstanding service to Guyana, in the fields of finance, auditing and education at the tertiary level: John Michael Seeram, former State Auditor and Financial executive
For her long, dedicated and outstanding service in the field of religion: Glenna Leris Denise Spencer, Bishop, District President of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas, Guyana district
For service of an exceptionally high quality in the Guyana National Service and in the field of banking: Joycelyn Cleo Patricia Wilson, Businesswoman

Medal of Service
For her dedicated service over the past twenty years in caring for destitute children from all parts of the country: Gladys Accra, Manager, Joshua House Children’s Home
For his outstanding involvement in the establishment of the Iwokrama Rain Forest Project: Robert Frederick Allicock, former Operations Manager and Consultant, Iwokrama International Centre of Rainforest Conservation and Development
For his long service in the fields of cooperatives, local government, community development and farming in Region Nine, Upper Takatu/Upper Essequibo: Muacir Baretto Former Regional Chairman and Farmer.
For his long and dedicated service in the forest industry and as a sportsman and youth leader: Winston Alvin theodric Bentham, Retired Officer, Guyana Forestry Commission
For his long and dedicated service as a community worker, a regional councillor and as a businessman: Perry Orlando Birbal, PTO, Businessman
For his long and outstanding contribution in the arts, especially as an illustrator and folklorist: Barrington Christopher Godfrey Braithwaite, Artist
For her long, dedicated and outstanding service in the fields of education and health: Gloria Britton Retired Headmistress and District Education Officer, Counsellor Linden Hospital and Lay Minister in the Anglican Diocese of Guyana
For his long and dedicated service as a public servant: Reginal Agustus Brotherson, Permanent Secretary, Department of the Public Service, Ministry of the Presidency
For his long and outstanding service as a land surveyor and land administrator, Aubrey Charles; General Manager, Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary Agricultural Development Authority
For her long and outstanding service as a community health worker: Esther Melvina Charles-Elliot, Health Worker, Moshabo Village, Essequibo, Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region Two)
For her long service with exceptional dedication in the field of politics: Marjorie Eleanor Charles Retired coordinator, People’s National Congress Reform, PTO
For long and dedicated service in the field of communications: Kim Alana Chung, Communications Supervisor, People’s National Congress Reform
For her long and dedicated service as a public servant: Lilawatie Coonjah, Former Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly
For her long and dedicated service in dance education: Vivienne Cecilia Daniel, Director, National Dance Company
For her long service with exceptional dedication in the Ministry of the Presidency: Nancy Ferreira, Senior Confidential Secretary to the President
For her long and dedicated service in the Ministry of the Presidency: Ingrid Cecilia Forde, Office Manager, Ministry of the Presidency
For his outstanding service in the field of art, promoting the use of indigenous material in art and as a former public servant: Gerald Leroy Gittens, Artist/Designer
For long service of a consistently high quality in the field of tailoring: Leslie Jacobs, Tailor and Cutter, PTO
For his effective service in hospital management and for long and dedicated service in the Guyana National Service: Allan Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation
For her long, dedicated and outstanding service in the field of education, women’s affairs and politics: Shirley Daphne Klass, Retired Education Officer
For his long and dedicated service as a public servant, rice farmer, businessman and politician: Anthony Pitamber Singh Mipal, Rice Farmer and Politician
For his long and dedicated service as a driver in the Ministries of Public Infrastructure and Public Health: Eric Wilfred Mosley, Retired Public Servant
For his consistent and outstanding role in implementing innovative measures in successfully increasing the yield of rice: Mohindra Persaud, General Manager and Director Nand Persaud and Company Limited
For her long and dedicated service in the field of politics: Alshazi Baksh Ramlakhan, Regional Councillor, PTO
For her long service with exceptional dedication in the Public Service, more particularly in the Ministry of the Presidency: Maureen Lynette Stephenson, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet
For his long and outstanding service in the fields of crops and livestock around Guyana, more particularly in the hinterland regions: Allan john Carlwin Woolford, Retired Technical Manager, Ministry of Agriculture

Military Service Medal
For his distinguished service beyond the normal call of duty as an Officer in the Guyana Defence Force: Paul Anthony Arthur, Colonel, Guyana Defence Force
For his distinguished service beyond the normal call of duty as an Officer in the Guyana Defence Force: Nazrul Hussain, Colonel, Guyana Defence Force, Disciplined Services Medal
For her sustained and dedicated service of a high order in the Guyana Police Force: Maxine Lavern Graham, Senior Superintendent, Staff Officer, Administration 1 Guyana Police Force, PTO
For his sustained and dedicated service of a high order in the Guyana Police Force: Brian Linden Alexander Joseph, Assistant Commissioner of Police/Head of the Presidential guard
For her sustained and dedicated service of a high order in the Guyana Fire Service: Bernadette Monica Adams, Retired Divisional Commander, Guyana Fire Service
For his sustained and dedicated service of a high order in the Guyana Prison Service: Trevor Oliver Small, Retired Senior Superintendent of Prison