Michelle Loubon

Do­mini­ca's Dr Lennox Ho­ny­church and T&T's Dr Kim John­son and Prof Su­ru­j­pal Teelucks­ingh have been con­ferred with The An­tho­ny N Sab­ga Caribbean Awards For Ex­cel­lence at a grand cer­e­mo­ny at Hilton Trinidad, St Ann's.Among those present at last evening's func­tion were Michael K Man­soor, chair­man Re­gion­al Em­i­nent Per­sons Se­lec­tion Pan­el and Dr An­tho­ny Sab­ga, chair­man of the ANSA McAL Foun­da­tion.In his ad­dress, Man­soor paid trib­ute to past and present lau­re­ates in­clud­ing St Lu­cia's Adri­an Augi­er and Prof Dr Kath­leen Coard.

He said: "The Foun­da­tion has pro­vid­ed them with $6.0 mil­lion to fa­cil­i­tate their work. We know all our lau­re­ates have con­tin­ued to be as pro­duc­tive and en­er­getic as they al­ways are. We know their work has borne great fruit."Sab­ga said: "Dr Kim John­son has made his life's work in our col­lec­tive imag­i­na­tion, pre­serv­ing our mem­o­ries and an­ces­tral sto­ries. Prof Teelucks­ingh had made his life's work in look­ing at the every­day things that af­fect our lives. Dr Ho­ny­church has de­vot­ed his life to en­sur­ing his is­land coun­try Do­mini­ca and the Caribbean re­mem­ber their past and pre­serve their her­itage."Sab­ga al­so paid trib­ute to the late Sir El­lis Clarke, first em­i­nent per­sons pan­el chair­man.