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Republic Day Awards

Postby redmanjp » September 24th, 2022, 2:39 pm

Anyone know what time the awards being given out?

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Postby maj. tom » September 24th, 2022, 3:09 pm


The Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for Distinguished and Outstanding Service to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

1. Dr Roshan Parasram—Chief Medical Offi­cer­—in the sphere of public health

2. Prof Sterling Frost—banker—In the spheres of banking, education and community service.

Chaconia Medal Gold

1. Balliram Maharaj—businessman—business and community service

2. Prof Betty McDonald—head, Professional Development Unit—in the sphere of education

3. Ramdeo Boondoo—farmer—in the sphere of agriculture

4. Dr Avery Hinds—technical director, Epidemiology Division—in the sphere of leadership in public health

5. Dr Michelle Trotman—national Covid-19 co-ordinator and health service lecturer, UTT—in the sphere of leadership in public health

6. Dr Maryam Abdool-Richards—Principal Medical Officer—in the sphere of leadership in public health service

7. Prof Christine Carrington—professor of molecular genetics and virology—in the spheres of leadership in molecular genetics and virology.

Chaconia Medal Silver

1. Professor emeritus Gordon Rohlehr—in the spheres of literature, culture, history and education

2. Jarrette Narine—retired politician—public service

3. Joycelyn Hackshaw—retired registered nurse—health care and public service

4. Victor Edwards—artistic director and playwright—culture and education

5. Hazel Franco—dance co-ordinator—performing arts

6. Rudylynn Roberts-De Four—architect—conservation and preservation

7. Claire Gittens—social worker—social work.

Chaconia Medal Bronze

1. Professor emeritus Edgar Julian Duncan—professor—education and research.

Humming Bird Medal Gold

1. Dr Alfredo Walke—forensic pathologist—in the sphere of medicine

2. Prof Kit Fai Pun—engineering education

3. Martin Terry Rondon—councillor—community service

4. Clement Lue Yat—hair stylist—hair styling

5. Dr Jerome Teelucksingh—lecturer—education and volunteerism

6. Mr Lenny Kumar—wireline operator and cultural ambasador—culture

7. Machel Montano—entertainer, entrepreneur/philanthropist—culture

8. Michael Phillips—managing director—sport

9. Dr Primnath Gooptar—part-time lecturer—­education

10. Nicholas Paul—athlete—sport (cycling)

11. Jereem “The Dream” Richards—professional athlete/sprinter—sport (sprint)

12. Mr Machel Cedenio—athlete—sport (track)

13. Asa Guevara—athlete—sport (track)

14. Dwight St Hillaire—athlete—sport (track)

15. Kashief King—athlete—sport (track)

16. Che Lara—athlete—sport (track).

Humming Bird Medal Silver

1. Marilyn Gordon—sport, education and politics

2. Dr Marina Salandy Brown—president, Bocas Lit Fest—arts and literacy

3. Walid Baksh—retired teacher—community service, culture and education

4. Anthony Lalacksingh—retired assistant manager

—sport (cricket)

5. Charmaine A Archer—retired sport co-ordinator­

—sport (netball)

6. Pundit Gurudutt Haresh Maharaj—pundit, Hindu spiritual priest—culture, religion and spirituality

7. Mark John (Contender)—calypsonian—in the sphere of cultural development.

8. Neil (Iwer) George—entertainer—in the sphere of entertainment

9. Sedley Joseph (Penguin) (posthumously)—calypsonian, cultural administrator/educator—in the spheres of calypso/arts, cultural administration.

10. Ulric Haynes—retired—in the sphere of sport

11. Vanessa Forde—retired teacher—in the sphere of culture.

12. Joseph Vautor La Placelière (Mighty Lingo)—handicraft worker and part-time entertainer— in the sphere of culture

13. Kion Benjamin—athlete—in the sphere of sport (track)

14. Eric Harrison Jr—athlete—in the sphere of sport

15. Mr Jerod Elcock —athlete—in the sphere of sport (track)

16. Akanni Hislop—athlete—in the sphere of sport

17. Kyle Greaux—athlete—in the sphere of sport (track).

Humming Bird Medal Bronze

1. Evans Hinds—security officer—in the sphere of gallantry

2. Master Gregg Mannette—secondary school student—in the sphere of gallantry

3. Otis Morrison (posthumously)—boat engineer— in the sphere of gallantry

4. Noris Ferguson—pensioner—in the sphere of sport.

Public Service Medal of Merit Gold

1. Rudolph Gordon (retired)—teacher/principal—in the sphere of education and community work

2. Esme Raphael—director—in the sphere of co-operative and credit union development

3. Major General Kenrick Maharaj (retired)—Chief of Defence Staff—in the sphere of defence and national security

4. Major General Rodney Smart (retired)—chief executive officer, Office of National Disaster Preparedness and Management—in the spheres of defence and security

5. Rear Admiral Hayden Pritchard (retired)—consultant—in the spheres of defence and national security.

Public Service Medal of Merit Silver

1. Sandra Tamby-Russell—special education teacher/ consultant—in the spheres of education and rehabilitation training

2. Vel Lewis—retired permanent secretary—in the spheres of public service/heritage preservation.

Medal for the Development of Women Gold

1. Dr Gabrielle Hosein—senior lecturer, Institute for Gender and Advocacy and Development Studies, University of The West Indies, St Augustine—in the sphere of public education

2. Gia Gaspard-Taylor—president of the Network of Rural Women Producers of Trinidad and Tobago—in the spheres of public service.

https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/national-awards-2022/article_e005569c-3bb6-11ed-b3d1-2b4cf137cf86.html

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby paid_influencer » September 24th, 2022, 3:24 pm

congrats to Dr Gabrielle Hosein

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby redmanjp » September 24th, 2022, 3:39 pm

paid_influencer wrote:congrats to Dr Gabrielle Hosein


I hope is not the type of 'Gender Studies' that causing all the controversy.
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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby redmanjp » September 24th, 2022, 3:41 pm

Congrats to the Covid health team. And the Water Lord as well :shock:

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby paid_influencer » September 24th, 2022, 3:46 pm

seeing Iwer and Machel getting their award too

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby bluefete » September 24th, 2022, 4:41 pm

redmanjp wrote:
paid_influencer wrote:congrats to Dr Gabrielle Hosein


I hope is not the type of 'Gender Studies' that causing all the controversy.


That is the same one self!.

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby redmanjp » September 24th, 2022, 4:47 pm

so what time this happening?

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby Cantmis » September 24th, 2022, 5:03 pm

Do they all deserve this ?

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby eliteauto » September 24th, 2022, 5:52 pm

redmanjp wrote:so what time this happening?


'live' on TTT from 6PM

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby timelapse » September 24th, 2022, 6:05 pm

Parasram hands down.I support that.

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby pugboy » September 24th, 2022, 6:15 pm

gg make a lil rant about cops not getting recognized as well for their covid work
quite rightly indeed

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby Mmoney607 » September 24th, 2022, 6:30 pm

I find Rowley look real uneasy introducing Abdool-Richards to his wife

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Re: Republic Day Awards

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby Country_Bookie » September 24th, 2022, 6:45 pm

Sterling Frost getting the same award as Dr Roshan Parasram really cheapens the Order of TT. We know what Parasram did during the pandemic, how he led the country through the crisis, how much pressure he was under and his service to the nation. Are you gonna tell me that equates to a man who is a career banker and worked to advance himself and his organization? He's not even the CEO at FCB. Pale face is really God here yes.


Oh and a man get an award for hair styling?? Best I did nominate my barber and tattoo artist too??

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby pugboy » September 24th, 2022, 6:49 pm

not exactly, if you lookup the guy you will see that he pioneered a lot of hair techniques in particular for colored women hair and was also penny’s hairstylist, not a mickymouse hairstylist

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Oh and a man get an award for hair styling?? Best I did nominate my barber and tattoo artist too??

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby maj. tom » September 24th, 2022, 6:59 pm

pugboy wrote:not exactly, if you lookup the guy you will see that he pioneered a lot of hair techniques in particular for colored women hair and was also penny’s hairstylist, not a mickymouse hairstylist

Country_Bookie wrote:
Oh and a man get an award for hair styling?? Best I did nominate my barber and tattoo artist too??



https://web.archive.org/web/20220924225702/https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.356666.57f6e8fd6f

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby matr1x » September 24th, 2022, 7:19 pm

Lots of circle jerking going on there

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby paid_influencer » September 24th, 2022, 8:16 pm

Some context to the awards from Kirk Meighoo (a political historian by trade)

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UNCOMFORTABLE FACTS ABOUT REPUBLIC DAY

The so-called “National Awards” handed out on Republic Day reflects what a blatantly partisan PNM holiday this is.

Even our highest national award formerly presented on this day (the Trinity Cross) did not reflect the true diversity of our country. It had to be changed via a long, drawn-out court battle (finally implemented in 2008), rather than a simple change of PNM Government policy to acknowledge citizen’s legitimate concerns for inclusion.

Basdeo Panday was right to have removed Republic Day as a holiday way back in 1996, as we instituted two new holidays. Notably, Trinidad and Tobago did not even become a Republic on 24 September. It was 1 August. So why celebrate 24 September?

Similar to independence under the PNM, there are uncomfortable truths about Republic Day of which more citizens should be aware. These events are within the living memory of at least 200,000 citizens.

1.The Republican Constitution was passed when there was no elected Opposition in the Parliament.

2.This was later "rectified" by PNM members JRF Richardson and Horace Charles crossing the floor and creating an "opposition" (which did not survive to the 1976 elections).

3.Former Chief Justice Hugh Wooding was appointed to lead the Constitution Reform discussions. They produced a radically different, very progressive constitution for Trinidad and Tobago. It included a single-chamber National Assembly replacing the Parliament, ending of the unelected Senate, a President elected by members of the National Assembly and Local Government, Proportional Representation, and many other innovations. Had this been implemented, it would have taken us significantly away from one-man rule, maximum leadership, and our colonial Crown Colony system which Eric Williams re-instituted in 1961.

4.Instead, Williams lambasted the Wooding Commission for nine hours in Parliament, among other things saying it was a "dagger aimed at the heart of the PNM".

5.In its place, Williams pushed forth a Republican Constitution which was almost exactly like the Independence Constitution, with the Governor-General replaced by a largely ceremonial President elected by the Parliament.

6.One one of the only differences in the new Republican Constitution was that the Prime Minister had more power over Cabinet. This was because the Republican Constitution removed the previous limitation that only two (appointed) Senators could be Cabinet Ministers. Now any number could be Ministers, and dismissed from Parliament altogether at will.

5. This unilateral bulldozing of our Constitution through Parliament was similar to the passing of the Independence Constitution, when the Opposition DLP and even John Broome's (ANC) African National Congress walked out of the Queen's Hall Conference in protest, as the PNM ignored their inputs and concerns, and pushed through their own Constitution.

7.The PNM’s Republican Constitution was proclaimed on 1 August. However, the Republic Day holiday was set for the seemingly arbitrary date of 24 September (the day the Parliament sat).

8.The 24th of September 1976, it so happens, was also the 20th anniversary date of the PNM's coming to power. As a result of this choice, the whole country inadvertently celebrates the first day the PNM won elections (narrowly, without a legislative majority, in 1956), rather than the day the country became a Republic. However, it is called “Republic Day”.

9.The Republic Day holiday was removed in 1996 by the Basdeo Panday administration to make way for Shouter Baptist Liberation Day (a holiday which the PNM opposed, incidentally).

10.However, when Patrick Manning returned to power in 2001, he re-instated the September 24th “Republic Day” holiday.

Not many citizens understand that Republic Day celebrates the dismissal of the progressive Wooding Constitution and commemorates the date of the PNM election victory in 1956, rather than the day we became a Republic (under a unilaterally-imposed PNM Constitution).

We need a true understanding of our history, and our holidays, to reflect Trinidad and Tobago as a whole, and not just the PNM.

Dr. Kirk Meighoo
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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby DMan7 » September 24th, 2022, 8:21 pm

At this point there's "uncomfortable facts" about every holiday not just in Trinidad but around the world. The origins of holidays tend to have its roots in alot of negative connotations.

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby paid_influencer » September 24th, 2022, 8:24 pm

DMan7 wrote:At this point there's "uncomfortable facts" about every holiday not just in Trinidad but around the world. The origins of holidays tend to have its roots in alot of negative connotations.


kirk on the ball though. i always wondered why we have two holidays for the same thing. now it makes complete sense

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby pugboy » September 24th, 2022, 8:33 pm

that’s some interesting info there indeed
holidays are a political gift to the masses

williams was certainly a genius to craft and engineer all these constitutional frameworks to steer the masses his way and forever onwards and to the demise of things now

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby redmanjp » September 24th, 2022, 9:59 pm

Aug. 1st is already a holiday so they had to come up with another one- 24th Sept was the 1st sitting of parliament after we became a Republic.

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby Dizzy28 » September 24th, 2022, 10:13 pm

pugboy wrote:that’s some interesting info there indeed
holidays are a political gift to the masses

williams was certainly a genius to craft and engineer all these constitutional frameworks to steer the masses his way and forever onwards and to the demise of things now
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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby Mmoney607 » September 24th, 2022, 10:30 pm

Wow, our senate is really a joke. Imagine if we had elected senators and no stupid independent senators. Trinidad parliament really has nothing to do with lawmaking.

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby pugboy » September 24th, 2022, 10:33 pm

it’s an engineered circus of clowns

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby matr1x » September 24th, 2022, 10:56 pm

Kirk is a clown

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby pugboy » September 25th, 2022, 9:18 am

imagine Gregg Mannette get a humming bird medal for saving somebody from drowning
but the 2 who saved somebody in petrotrin get nada

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby matr1x » September 25th, 2022, 9:29 am

pugboy wrote:imagine Gregg Mannette get a humming bird medal for saving somebody from drowning
but the 2 who saved somebody in petrotrin get nada



Look at the color of the skin. Also it would highlight something that the speaker wants ppl to forget.


So we giving these puppets awards?

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Re: Republic Day Awards

Postby De Dragon » September 25th, 2022, 2:48 pm

Republic Day awards have become a sham for sometime now.
Brazenly, the awards were handed out on a day in which the Constitution is supposed to be commemorated, by two of the highest office holders who just wiped their arses with it. T&T really isn't a real place

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