The National Awards of Trinidad and Tobago consist of:
The Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago - the country's highest award.
The Trinity Cross - the country's highest award until 2006.
The Chaconia Medal of the Order of the Trinity - in Gold, Silver or Bronze
The Hummingbird Medal of the Order of the Trinity - in Gold, Silver and Bronze
The Public Service Medal of Merit of the Order of the Trinity - in Gold, Silver and Bronze
The Medal for the Development of Women of the Order of the Trinity - in Gold, Silver and Bronze Holders of the various awards are allowed to use the postnominal letters O.R.T.T. (Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago), T.C. (Trinity Cross), C.M. (Chaconia Medal), H.B.M. (Hummingbird Medal) or M.O.M. (Medal of Merit).[ 1]
These awards were introduced following independence in 1962 to replace the Imperial royal honours available to citizens of the British Empire . They were approved in 1967 and first awarded in 1969.[ 2]
The cabinet accepted the decision made by the national awards designs Selection Committee, which selected the designs submitted by the following persons:
1. Ms Wilhelmina McDowell, who designed the Trinity Cross
2. Mrs A. Jardine, who designed the Chaconia Medal
and
3. The designers of Messrs Y. DeLima and Co. Limited, who conceptualised the Hummingbird Medal.
4. Mr Ebenezer Edwards designed the Public Service Medal of Merit
Some of the winners who won medals in past years are listed below:[ 3] [ 4]
Prof. Dave Chadee [posthumous] - Entomologist and Parasitologist, for science (Gold)
Prof. Andrew Jupiter - Former Permanent Secretary/Chairman of the Board of the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago and Director of the National Gas Company, for public service (Gold)
Ramesh Lutchmedial - Former Director General of Civil Aviation, for public service (Gold)
Grace Angela Talma - Management Consultant, for community service (Gold)
William McKenzie - Former Minority Leader of the Tobago House of Assembly, for public service (Gold)
Winston Riley - Civil Engineer, for engineering (Gold)
Winston Rudder - Retired Permanent Secretary, for public service (Gold)
Justin Paul - Retired Permanent Secretary, for public service and education (Gold)
Leston Paul - Musician/arranger/composer, for culture (Silver) Irwin "Scrunter" Johnson - Calypso (Gold)
Timothy Watkins ("Baron") - Calypso (Gold)
Angelo Bissessarsingh - History and education (Gold)
Cornelius Lewis - activist, for community service (Gold)
Brenda Le Maitre - Matron/Registered Nurse, for community service (Gold)
St. Margaret's Boys’ Anglican School Youth Steel Orchestra, for culture (Gold)
Dr. Waffie Mohammed – Educator, for community service (Gold)
Jerry Baptiste - Police Sergeant, for community service (Silver)
Bibi Hallim - Retired Facilitator, for community service (Silver)
Austin Wilson [posthumous] - Retired sound engineer, for culture) (Silver)
Deborah De Rosia - Educator/ Community activist, for community service and education (Silver)
Anstey Lumen Payne (Silver)
Kenneth Paulsingh - Community activist, for community service (Silver)
Keith Campbell [posthumous] - Fireman, for gallantry (Bronze) Public Service Medal of Merit [ edit ] Angella Jack (Gold)
Jacqueline Wilson (Gold)
Dr. Rohit Doon - Medical Doctor (Gold)
Mr. William Wilberforce Daniel - Chartered certified accountant (Gold)
Dr. Vincent Gerald Moe - Retired Permanent Secretary (Gold)
Ms. Margaret Wright – Retired Registered Nurse (Gold)
Iverne Ebenezer Yearwood [posthumous] - Former medical public service social worker (Silver) Medal For The Development Of Women (Gold)[ edit ] Monica Rosalind Williams - Retired Director, Gender Affairs
Angela Martin - journalist [posthumous] Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] Daphne Bartlett - businesswoman (Gold)
Selby Wilson - Telecommunications Authority chairman and former Finance Minister (Gold)
Reynold Cooper - retired Head of the Public Service (Gold)
Victor Mouttet - businessman (Gold) Dil-e-Nadan (Gold)
Harrypersad Maharaj - President of the Inter- religious Organisation (IRO), for community service (Gold)
Nobel Khan - former President of the IRO, for community service (Gold)
Fred “Composer” Mitchell - calypso (Silver)
Kelwyn Hutcheon - calypso (Silver)
Andrew “Lord Superior” Marcano - calypso (Silver)
Anthony “All Rounder” Hendrickson - calypso (Silver)
Sharlene Flores - parang singer (Silver)
Sherman Maynard [posthumous] - Policeman, for loyal service (Bronze)
Kal-el Alleyne - 4 year old, for bravery
Fernando Smith - soldier, for bravery
Edric Hargreaves - Coast Guard, for bravery Michael Ronald Als – Trade unionist/community activist (Silver) [posthumous]
Rudolph Charles (Silver) [posthumous]
Velma Jardine - Educator (Bronze) John Gillespie – architect (Silver) Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] Desmond Allum (Silver) [posthumous]
Susan Craig-Jones (Silver) Medal for the Development of Women [ edit ] Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] Harripersad Dass - Chairman (Silver) Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] The 2006 World Cup squad and management (Gold)
Professor David Picou MD (Gold)
Professor Hubert Daisley (Gold)
Glenn Erwin Tucker (Gold)
William Laurence Chen (Silver) Anetta Archer (Gold)
Feroza Rose Mohammed (Gold)
Indi-Art Orchestra Musical Orchestra (Gold)
Soroptimist International of Port-of-Spain (Gold)
The Toco Foundation Organisation (Gold)
Elizabeth Helena Percy (Silver), (posthumous)
Cousilla Persad (Silver)
Carlton Phillip (Silver)
Ralph St Clair Davies (Silver)
Kelvin Guy Choy Aming (Silver)
Gary Straker's Pan School Organisation (Silver)
Edwin Joseph Skinner (Silver)
Dudnath Ramkeesoon (Silver)
Renny Quow , sprinter (Silver)
Rhonda Watkins (Silver) Public Service Medal of Merit [ edit ] Deosaran Jagroo (Gold)
Andrew Llewellyn Tyson (Gold) (posthumous)
Carol Clark (Gold)
Victoria Mendez-Charles (Gold)
Paula Hazel-Dawn Daniel (Gold)
Jagdeo Maharaj (Gold)
Valerie Minnie Foster (Silver) (posthumous)
Irma Sanowar (Silver) Keith Chiang Awong (Gold)
Prof Andrew Madan Ramroop (Gold)
Justice Lionel Jones (Gold)
Dr Aleem Mohammed (Gold)
Carol Keller (Gold)
Bertille St Clair, football manager (Silver)
Francis Mungroo (Silver)
Rudranath Indarsingh (Silver)
Edward Henry Sealey (Silver) Noble Douglas (Gold)
Elise Joseph (Gold)
Edward Beharry (Gold)
John Frankie Asche (Gold)
Sedley Joseph (Gold)
Trinidad Steel Percussion Orchestra (Gold)
Heeralal Rampartap (Silver)
Wayne Naranjit (posthumous) (Silver)
Molly Boxhill (Silver)
Bill Trotman (Silver)
Kirk Fakira (Silver)
Michael Marcellin (Silver)
Alix Archer De Silva (Silver)
Peter Samuel (Silver)
Ria Ramnarine (Silver) Public Service Medal of Merit [ edit ] Yolande Gooding (Gold)
Sr Petronella Joseph (Gold)
Hyacinth McDowall (Gold)
Ahmed Ali (Gold)
Annette Alfred (Gold)
John Antoine (Gold)
J. David Ramkeesoon (Gold)
Nature Seekers (Gold)
MOMS for Literacy (Caribbean) (Gold)
Mother's Union Children's Home (Gold)
Louise Angelina Mc Intosh (Gold)
Myra Catherine Greaves (Silver)
Daisy Maria James McClean (Silver)
Gloria Elizabeth Nurse (Silver) Stephen Ames (Gold)
Arthur Lok Jack (Gold)
Zadia Rajnauth (Gold)
Sarah Whiteman (Gold)
Malcolm Jones (Gold)
Joan Massiah (Gold)
George Bovell , Olympic swimmer (Gold)
Fenrick De Four (posthumous) (Silver)
Malick Folk Performing Company, Dance Company (Silver)
Clico Shiv Shakti Dance Company, Dance Company (Silver) Cynthia Bell (Gold)
Alyson Brown (Gold)
Roy Cape (Gold)
Barnabas Ramon-Fortune (Gold)
Felix Roach (Gold)
The WR Torres Foundation for the Blind (Gold)
Edward Williams (posthumous) (Gold)
Jacqueline Koon How (Gold)
Veera Bhajan (Silver)
Vishwanath Arjoon (Silver)
Raj Karan Jadoo (Silver)
Emmanuel Juman (Silver)
The Lara Brothers Parang Group (Silver)
Albert "Al" Ramsawack (Silver)
Chandardath Sookram (Silver)
Rhonda Charles (Silver) Joseph Allard (Gold)
Cislyn Baptiste (Gold)
Pamella Benson (Gold)
Carl de Souza (posthumous) (Gold)
Kenneth Phillip (Gold)
Frank Porter (Gold) Shireen Dewan-Mc Ken (Silver) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Prof. Hylton McFarlance
Professor Thomas Ainsworth Harewood
Trevor Michael Boopsingh
Arthur Reginald Roberts (posthumous) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Vindar Rabindrath Dean-Maharaj
Dr Iqbal Mohammed
Dr Rajandaye Ramkissoon-Chen
Mr Colin Laird Archbishop Anthony Pantin [posthumous] Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Annette Des Isles
Dr Neville Jankey
Courtney Andrew Walsh
Patrick Brennan Burke
Professor Harrinath D. Maharaj
Dr Norbert Masson Dr Henry Wesley Moulton Collymore MBBS, FRCS
Chief Eleazar Chukwuemeka Anyaoku, Con Adazie of Obosi, Ogwumba of Idemili (Honorary) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Justice Zainool Hosein
Trevor A. Lee, SC
Dwight Yorke , footballer
Lawrence Duprey
Dr Tim Dhanraj Gopeesingh Bowles, Sylvan ]posthumous] Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Sharma, Justice Satnarine (Mr)
Ibrahim, Justice Mustapha (Mr)
Fitzwilliam, Wendy (Miss)
Sabga, Anthony Norman (Mr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Boldon, Ato Jabari (Mr), athlete
Davis, James Anthony (Hon. Mr Justice)
Gopeesingh, Lloyd Balraj (Hon. Mr Justice) [posthumous]
Hubah, Clarence Evans (Dr), MBE
Lalla, Kenneth Ramsanta (Mr), SC
Thomas, Christopher Roy (Mr), Ambassador
Tim Pow, Ainsley Vincent Maurice (Mr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Public Service Medal of Merit (Silver)[ edit ] Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Bobb, Euric (Dr) - Ph.D.
De Leon "Roaring Lion", Rafael (Mr)
Pitt-Miller, Phyllis Leonora (Dr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Barrow, Russell William (Dr)
Barsotti, Frank Andral (Mr) - M.A. Cantab
Francisco "Mighty Sparrow", Slinger (Mr), calypsonian
James, Alphonso Philbert Theophilus (Mr) [posthumous]
Jorsling, Mc Donald Phillip (Mr)
Roopnarinesingh, Syam Sundar (Professor)
Sawh, Lall Ramnath (Dr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Addo, Edward Adotey (Dr)
AMOCO Renegades Steel Orchestra
Griffith, Elton George (The Most Reverend His Grace Dr)
Henry, Mervyn Ulrick (Dr)
John, Selwyn Alfred (Mr)
Marshall, Bertie Lloyd (Mr)
Murray, Lance Esme Hamilton (Mr)
Vyas, Ramdath (Pundit)
WITCO Desperadoes Steel Orchestra
Wong Sang, Joyce Angela (Mrs) The Regiment of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Freeman, William E. (Mr) [posthumous], B.Sc. (Lond), A.R.C.S.
Glean, Vernon (Mr)
Knox, Wilfred Sidney (Mr)
Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago
Naraynsingh, Vijay (Dr)
Neehall, John Edward (Dr)
Norton, Noel Patrick (Mr)
Richards, Rolf (Professor)
The Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service
The Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service Chaconia Medal (silver)[ edit ] Anand Yankarran (Mr) [Entertainer] Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Aziz, Mohammed Ali (Dr)
Busby, George Oliver David (Dr)
Campbell, Alton A. (Mr)
Des Iles, Gerard Emmanuel (Hon. Mr Justice)
Deyalsingh, Lennox (Hon. Mr Justice)
Lai-Fook, Arthur E. (Rev. Fr)
Mahase, Anna (Dr)
Ratan, Premchand N. (Dr)
Sinanan, Ashford (Mr) Hummingbird Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Beddoes, Andrew
Connor, Maurice
Eckels, Juliet Mary
Griffiths, Jason
Hanoonmansingh, Hans
Saidwan, Dean
Sealey, Joslynne
Taylor, Gretta Patricia Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Boswell-Inniss, Kathleen Sheila (Mrs)
Capildeo, Simbhoonath (Mr)
Ghouralal, Samuel (Dr)
Ince, Winston Edghill (Dr)
National football Team (Strike Squad) Hummingbird Medal (Silver)[ edit ] Marshall, Stanley Laurie (Mr) - Drama (Silver) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Public Service Gold Medal of Merit [ edit ] Charles, Randolph T, Former Commissioner of Prisons Public Service Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Chaconia Medal (Silver)[ edit ] Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Alleyne, Doddridge Henry Newton (Mr)
Lewis, James O'Neil (Mr) (Awarded in 1974)
Rampersad, Frank Budhoo (Mr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Braithwaite, John (Mr)
Seukeran, Lionel Frank (Mr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Wooding, Hugh Arthur Selby (Mr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Cross, Ulric , (Mr)
Rees, Evan (Mr)
Sosa, Thomas Gregorio (Mr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Annisette, Emmanuel B. (Mr)
Besson, Herman Alexander (Mr) [posthumous]
Bramble, Cecil (Mr) [posthumous]
Crichlow, Verna Mercedes (Mrs) [posthumous]
Lewis, Anthony Clyde (Mr)
Noel, Claude Benjamin (Mr)
Pollonais, Rene Joseph (Mr)
Richardson, Reginald Kenneth (Dr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Corbin, Maurice (Mr)
Date-Camps, Ada (Dr)
Harnarayan, Percival (Mr)
Kirton, Gertrude (Mrs)
Padmore, Marjorie (Miss) [posthumous]
Scott, Garvin (Mr) Bruce, Victor (Mr) - H.B.M.
Burroughs, Randolph (Mr), M.O.M.
Gregoire, Errol (Mr)
Williams, Mervyn (Commander), M.O.M. Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Bonnett, Lionel (Mr), Chairman, Tobago County Council
Chadee, Dalton (Mr), Former Alderman and Deputy Mayor of San Fernando Borough Council
Mahabir, Bisram (Dr)
Quamina, Elizabeth (Dr)
Roopnarine, Errol (Mr) [posthumous]
Scott, Winfield (Mr)
Spence, John A. [Professor]
Wilson, Oswald (Mr) Montano, Gerard (Mr)
Phillips, Clement Ewart Gladstone (Mr)
Pierre, Eugenia Theodosia (Mrs), C.M.T., H.B.M.
Sinanan, Mitra G. (Mr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Blackman, Ingrid (Mrs)
Burke-Browne, Angela (Mrs)
Castagne, Patrick Stanislaus (Mr), composer
Castanada, Peggy (Miss)
Charleau, Heather (Miss)
Charles, Cyrenia (Mrs)
Dimsoy, Marcia (Miss)
Gatcliffe, Thomas (Mr)
Lutchman, Solomon (Mr) [posthumous]
Nurse, Jennifer (Miss)
Peters, Sherril (Mrs)
Phelps, Harry Orville (Professor)
Pierre, Eugenia Theodosia (Mrs)
Prescod, Veryl (Miss)
Sellier, Robert (Mr)
Stollmeyer, Jeffrey (Mr), cricketer and footballer
Thomas-Luces, Althea (Mrs)
Williams, Jennifer (Miss) Serrette, Joffre Charles Harold (Brigadier)
Solomon, Patrick Vincent Joseph (Dr)
Wharton, Joseph Algernon (Mr), QC Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Dolly, Reynold Cartright (Dr)
Galt, Kenneth Victor (Mr) [posthumous]
Garcia, Ignacio Adrian (Mr)
Murray, Eric Hugh (Mr)
Patrick, Alan Leslie (Dr)
Rostant, Louis Gerald (Mr)
Seemungal, Lionel Augustine (Mr), S.C., M.A., LL.B. (Cantab.) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Bailey, Emmanuel McDonald (Mr), athlete
Duprey, Cyril, OBE, businessman, founder of CLICO
Ghany, Noor Mohammed (Mr)
Holder, Joseph Hamiltion (Mr)
Inglefield, Geoffrey Robert (Mr)
Murray, Arthur (Mr)
Richards, George Maxwell (Mr) Barcant, Malcolm (Gold)
Beaubrun, Michael Herbert (Gold)
Dieffenthaller, Raymond Edwin (Gold)
McNish, Althea [ 7] (Mrs John Weiss) (Gold)
Reece, Erna (Gold)
Ward, Joshua Emmanuel (Gold)
Hingwan, Edwin (posthumous) (Silver)
Melchor, M. NACION GOLD CROSS MEDAL P/C SOLDIER G,O.627 Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Bartholomew, Courtenay (Dr)
Crichlow, Nathaniel (Senator) - trade unionist
Dymally, Mervyn (Senator)
Henry, Zin (Dr)
Hudson-Phillips, Henry, QC
Lloyd, Clive , CBE, AO - West Indies cricketer (Honorary)
Murray, Deryck (Mr)
Poon King, Theodosius (Dr)
Robinson, Sir Harold
Walls, Victor (Rev. Dr) Public Service Gold Medal of Merit [ edit ] Beard, Eugene Edwin
Beckles, Agatha
Bruno, Winzey Anthony
Busby, Arthur Hamilton
Clemendore, Anthony
D'Abadie, Raymond Joseph
Duncan, Vincent Gregory
Hargreave, Evelyn Victoria
Holder, George Ethelbert
Kalloo, Emmanuel Nicholas
McShine, Irene Umilta
Maraj, James
Mitchell, Lionel Paul
Munroe, George
Pyles, Oscar Emmanuel
Sawyer, Olive Theodore
Shepherd, Gertrude Enid
Simon, Winston "Spree"
Siung, Oswald Horace
Smith, John Lyon
Telemaque, Harold Milton
Thomasos, Theodora
Wellington, Oswald Elrick Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Blackman, Fitzgerald (Alderman) [posthumous]
De la Bastide, Karl Phillipe De Jacques (Justice)
Gibbs, Lance (Mr) (Honorary)
Julien, Bernard (Mr)
Kanhai, Rohan (Mr) (Honorary)
Pierre, Joseph Henry (Sir)
Rowe, Lawrence (Mr) (Honorary)
Wattley, George Hippolyte (Dr) La Borde, Charles Harold (Mr)
La Borde, Mary Kwailan (Mrs)
Boos, Werner James (Sir), CBE [posthumous]
Hyatali, Isaac (The Honourable Sir) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Archbald-Crichlow, Beryl May (Mrs)
Armoogam, George Victor (Mr)
Atteck, Sybil (Miss)
O'Connor, Quintin (Mr) [posthumous]
Vaucrosson, Walter Ferdinand (Dr)
Waite, Joan Teresa (Sister) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Boucard, Dennis (Mr)
Girwar, Norman (Mr)
Mc Naughton-Jones, Cynthia (Mrs) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Francis, Aldwin Gerard (Dr)
Hoyte, Ralph Allan St. Clair (Dr)
Johnstone, Helen May (Mrs) - CBE
Julien, Kenneth (Professor)
Julien, Mark Thomas Inskip (Senator)
Lewis, Leon Ferdinand Earle (Dr) Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Wilfred D. Best (Mr)
Edwin Lee Lum (Mr)
Grant E. Pilgrim (Mr)
Elbert Robertson (Dr)
David A. Wyke (Dr) Chaconia Medal (Silver)[ edit ] Lystra Charles
Stephen Moosai-Maharaj
Clive Spencer Chaconia Medal (Bronze)[ edit ] Eileen Douglas-Shaw
Talbot Paul Hummingbird Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Hummingbird Medal (Silver)[ edit ] Allan Aaron
Henry Archer
Allan Carr
Errol Dickerson
Clement A. Moonsammy
Jocelyn Pierre
Kelvin "Mighty Duke" Pope
Stephanie Scipio-Pollard Hummingbird Medal (Bronze)[ edit ] Public Service Medal of Merit (Gold)[ edit ] George L. Bowen
Joffre Serrette Public Service Medal of Merit (Silver)[ edit ] Cyril Barnes
David Bloom
Keith Brathwaite
Clebert Grayson
Marjorie Guy
Claud Anthony May
Eric Mc Carthy
Ignatius Mc Phillip
David Munro
Victor Noel
Wallace Pedro
Ernest Pierre
Victor Rique
Louis J. Rodriguez
Enos Sewlal
Julian A. Spencer
Evelyn Tracey
Leslie Oliver Weekes
Mervyn Williams Public Service Medal of Merit (Bronze)[ edit ] Aubrey Adams
William Charles
Hubert Cox
Franklyn De Gale
Fitz James Demas
Hansley Greaves
Oscar Joseph
Sieunarine Maraj
Francis Rigaud
Percival Roach
Ethelbert Sorzano
Evans Cornelius Wilson Rudranath Capildeo (Dr)
Ellis Clarke (Sir), CMG, QC
Solomon Hochoy (His Excellency Sir), GCMG, GCVO, OBE
Finbar Ryan (His Excellency Count), OP, (former Archbishop of Port of Spain)
Hugh Wooding (The Right Honourable Sir), PC, CBE, QC Chaconia Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Lloyd Brathwaite (Professor)
Leonard Joseph Graf (Reverend Father)
Kenneth Lindsay Grant (Sir), OBE
John A. V. Harper (Mr) [posthumous]
Audrey Jeffers (Miss) [posthumous]
Karoo Ojah Maharaj (Pundit) MBE
Louis Anselm Halsey Mc Shine CBE
James A. Waterman (Dr) OBE Chaconia Medal (Silver)[ edit ] George Bowen
Margaret Bynoe
Harry Joseph
Ralph Kelshall
Cevella Niki McBride
Cleopatra Romilly Hummingbird Medal (Gold)[ edit ] Hummingbird Medal (Silver)[ edit ] Hummingbird Medal (Bronze)[ edit ] Public Service Medal of Merit (Gold)[ edit ] M. P. Alladin [ 8]
Randolph Burroughs
Stanely Johnson
Mathieu Lee Sing
Sylvester Nicholas
Carlton Ottley
James P. Reid Public Service Medal of Merit (Silver)[ edit ] Norbert Brown
Helen De Verteuil MBE
Reginald V. Hogan
Eric James MBE
Lystra Lewis MBE
Fitz G. Maynard
James Mc Donald
George Mose
Marjorie Padmore
Sydney Ramdial
Mary M. Scandella
Sydney Turpin
Raymond Watkins
Willoughby Weekes
Charles F. Worme Constitutional controversy [ edit ] On 17 April 2008 the Cabinet agreed that the name of the highest national award should be The Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago , that the name of the Society to replace the Order of the Trinity should be The Distinguished Society of Trinidad and Tobago , that the highest national award should be re-designed so as to replace the Cross with a Medal and that the Letters Patent should be amended to give effect to those decisions.
Subsequently, in Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha of Trinidad and Tobago Inc & Ors v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2009] UKPC 17 (28 April 2009) the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, on appeal from the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago, held that the creation of the Trinity Cross of the Order of the Trinity breached the constitutional rights of non-Christians to equality and to freedom of conscience and belief. However, the council also made a declaration that the judgment should not have retrospective effect: "nothing in this judgment should be taken to apply to any awards of this high honour that were made under the system that the Letters Patent established before the date of the.. judgment." (per Lord Hope of Craighead at para 42).
^ "Trinidad and Tobago Government News - National Awards" . News.gov.tt. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2012 .
^ Press releases from the Office of the Prime Minister, Trinidad and Tobago, Public Relations Division. Press release No. 374 dated 4 July 1969.
^ National Awards Database , The Office of the President, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
^ "40 Years of National Awards 1969–2009 . Government Information Services Ltd.
^ "Top honour for Chambers" , Trinidad and Tobago Guardian ,31 August 2012.
^ "National Awards 2011" . Trinidad and Tobago Government News . Retrieved 17 December 2022 .
^ "Althea McNish"
^ (Gold)Pemberton, Rita; McCollin, Debbie; Matthews, Gelien; Toussaint, Michael (2018). Historical dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield . pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-1-5381-1145-1 . OCLC 1012682700 .
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