The late prime min­is­ter George Cham­bers and labour leader Adri­an Co­la Rien­zi are among three re­cip­i­ents of the na­tion's high­est award, the Or­der of Trinidad and To­ba­go, for the coun­try's gold­en ju­bilee. The third is T&T's sec­ond Olympic gold medal­list Keshorn Wal­cott. The awards are to be pre­sent­ed at a spe­cial cer­e­mo­ny at Queen's Hall, St Ann's to­day. Cham­bers served as prime min­is­ter from 1981 to 1986. He was ap­point­ed to the post by the late Pres­i­dent Sir El­lis Clarke af­ter his pre­de­ces­sor, Dr Er­ic Williams, died in of­fice. Sev­er­al jour­nal­ists are list­ed among the more than 70 re­cip­i­ents of na­tion­al awards. Among them are for­mer T&T?Guardian ed­i­tors-in-chief Therese Mills and Lennox Grant, and Guardian colum­nists Clevon Raphael and Dr Hamid Ghany. Mills was award­ed the Cha­co­nia Medal (Gold). Grant, Raphael, Phoo­lo Dan­ny-Ma­haraj, John Babb and Shar­main Ba­boolal were award­ed the Hum­ming Bird Medal (Gold) while Shamoon Mo­hammed was award­ed the Hum­ming Bird Medal (Sil­ver) for cul­ture.

Oth­er Cha­co­nia Gold re­cip­i­ents are

• Dr Hamid Ghany

• Jus­tice Am­ri­ka Ti­wary-Red­dy, Cle­bert Brooks and An­tho­ny Lucky

• Se­nior Coun­sel Rus­sell Mar­tineau

• Arch­bish­op Joseph Har­ris

Ca­lyp­son­ian Bro Valenti­no (Emer­ald Phillip), ca­lyp­son­ian and chut­ney so­ca singer Sam­raj Jaimun­gal (Rik­ki Jai), show pro­mot­er William Munroe and Liseli Daa­ga (wife of Cul­tur­al Am­bas­sador to Cari­com Makan­dal Daa­ga) are among the re­cip­i­ents of the Hum­ming Bird Medal (Gold). Medal-win­ning mem­bers of T&T's 2012 Olympic team are be­ing award­ed the Cha­co­nia Medal (Gold). They are Lalonde Gor­don, Marc Burns, Ke­ston Bled­man, Em­manuel Cal­len­der, Richard Thomp­son, Ade Al­leyne-Forte, Jar­rin Solomon and De­on Lendore. The Medal for the De­vel­op­ment of Women (Gold) was award­ed to Prof Rho­da Red­dock and at­tor­ney Lynette See­baran-Suite. Pub­lic Ser­vice Medal of Mer­it is to be award­ed to 12 na­tion­als in­clud­ing re­tired Chiefs of De­fence Staff Brig Gen Roland Maun­day and Brig Gen Carl Alphon­so, As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Fitzroy Fred­er­ick, re­tired prin­ci­pal Ru­by Thomp­son and ed­u­ca­tor Mau­reen Man­chook.

NA­TION­AL AWARDS 2012

THE OR­DER OF THE RE­PUB­LIC

OF TRINIDAD AND TO­BA­GO

For Dis­tin­guished and Out­stand­ing Ser­vice to Trinidad and To­ba­go

Keshorn Wal­cott-Ath­lete - Sport

George Michael Cham­bers - For­mer PM -Pub­lic Ser­vice

(Posthu­mous)

Adri­an Co­la Rien­zi - For­mer Labour Leader- Labour

(Posthu­mous)

THE CHA­CO­NIA MEDAL (GOLD)

For Long and Mer­i­to­ri­ous Ser­vice to Trinidad and To­ba­go

Hamid Al­fre­do Ghany- Ed­u­ca­tor -Ed­u­ca­tion

Jus­tice Am­ri­ka Ti­wary-Red­dy-Re­tired Judge-Law

San­dra Mar­chack-For­mer Head of Pub­lic Pub­lic Ser­vice

Jus­tice Cle­bert Rudolph Brooks-Re­tired Judge-Law

Jus­tice An­tho­ny Amos Lucky- Re­tired Jus­tice-Law

Ya­coob Ali -Imam-Re­li­gion

Rus­sell Mar­tineau, SC- At­tor­ney-at-Law -Law

Sel­wyn Ryan-Ed­u­ca­tor-High­er Ed­u­ca­tion

John Gaf­far La Guerre-Ed­u­ca­tor-High­er Ed­u­ca­tion

Therese Mills- Jour­nal­ist-Jounal­ism

Swa­mi Prakashanan­da -Pun­dit-Re­li­gion

Joseph Ever­ard Har­ris-Arch­bish­op of Port-of-Spain-Re­li­gion

Dr George Laquis-Med­ical Doc­tor -Med­i­cine

Han­nah Janoura-Busi­ness­woman- Busi­ness

HUM­MING BIRD MEDAL(GOLD)

For Loy­al and De­vot­ed Ser­vice

Joyce Har­buck­han-Com­mu­ni­ty Ac­tivist-Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

Ansar Ali - Con­sul­tant- Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

Phoo­lo Dan­ny-Ma­haraj- Jour­nal­ist-Jour­nal­ism

Mr Wen­dell Ever­s­ley-Com­mu­ni­ty Ac­tivist-Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

An­tho­ny Gabriel Ma­haraj -Pro­mot­er and Busi­ness­man-Cul­ture

John Babb-Jour­nal­ist- Jour­nal­ism

Clevon Raphael-Jour­nal­ist - Jour­nal­ism

Lennox Ce­cil Grant- Jounal­ist-Jour­nal­ism

Lau­rence Fe­lix Bartholomew -Busi­ness­man-Busi­ness

Flem­ming Em­manuel Joseph-Busi­ness­man-Busi­ness

Bertrand Kel­man-Pan Mak­er/Tuner-Cul­ture

Ramdeo Ram­bal­ack-Busi­ness­man-Busi­ness

An­tho­ny Em­rold Phillip-Ca­lyp­son­ian-Cul­ture

(a.k.a. Broth­er Valenti­no)

Su­ru­jdeo Man­ga­roo-Busi­ness­man-Cul­ture

Liseli Daa­ga-Ed­u­ca­tor-Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

William Munro-Pro­mot­er and Busi­ness­man-Cul­ture

Sam­raj Jaimun­gal-Artiste and Busi­ness­man- Cul­ture

(a.k.a. Rik­ki Jai)

Ack­bar Khan- Jus­tice of the Peace-Pub­lic Ser­vice

Lalonde Gor­don-Ath­lete-Sport

Marc Burns -Ath­lete-Sport

Ke­ston Bled­man- Ath­lete-Sport

Em­manuel Cal­len­der-Ath­lete-Sport

Richard Thomp­son-Ath­lete-Sport

Ade Al­leyne-Forte- Ath­lete - Sport

Jar­rin Solomon-Ath­lete-Sport

De­on Lendore- Ath­lete-Sport

Shar­main Ba­boolal - Jounal­ist - Jour­nal­ism

HUM­MING BIRD MEDAL (SIL­VER)

For Loy­al and De­vot­ed Ser­vice

Win­ston Nanan-Busi­ness­man- Busi­ness

Hugo Fran­cis-Ath­lete-Sport

(Posthu­mous)

Pa­tri­cia Turpin-En­vi­ron­men­tal­ist-Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice/ En­vi­ron­men­tal Ser­vice

Shamoon Mo­hammed-Jour­nal­ist-Cul­ture

Liam Teague-As­so­ciate Pro­fes­sor-Cul­ture

San­dra Sookdeo-Artiste -Cul­ture

Du-Marouis Hors­ley-Busi­ness­man-Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

Jen­nifer Daulat-Arau­jo-Wel­fare Of­fi­cer -Pub­lic Ser­vice

Ed­ward George Hart-Games Coach-Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

The Har­vard Club- Sports Club-Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

Beat­riz Ra­moutars­ingh-Busi­ness­woman-Busi­ness

Rox­bor­ough Po­lice Youth Club-Non-Gov­ern­men­tal - Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

Har­ri­lal Kissoon -Crick­et Coach-Sport

Pe­ter Elias-Busi­ness­man-Fash­ion

Bal­dath Ma­habir-Busi­ness­man-Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

HUM­MING BIRD MEDAL (BRONZE)

For Loy­al and De­vot­ed Ser­vice

Paul Reg­is- Re­tired Pub­lic Ser­vant

Ty­ron Best -Fire Ser­vice Ofi­cer

Vic­tor Cur­tis Cow­an-Re­tired Ed­u­ca­tor

PUB­LIC SER­VICE MEDAL OF MER­IT (GOLD)

For Out­stand­ing and Mer­i­to­ri­ous Ser­vice

Fitz­james Williams-Re­tired Ed­u­ca­tor-Pub­lic Ser­vice

Roland Maun­day-Ret Chief of De­fence Staff-Pub­lic Ser­vice

Carl­ton Al­fon­so-Ret Chief of De­fence Staff -Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

Mau­reen Myr­na Man­chouck-Ed­u­ca­tor -Ed­u­ca­tion

Dr Michael Leong Poi-Med­ical Doc­tor - Med­i­cine

Dr Ra­jen­dra Prakash Ma­haraj- Med­ical Doc­tor-Med­i­cine

Dr Joyce­lyn Ram­per­sad-Ed­u­ca­tor -Ed­u­ca­tion

Mr Lal­man Nanan-Ed­u­ca­tor-Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice

Mrs Ru­by Es­la Thomp­son-Re­tired Prin­ci­pal-Ed­u­ca­tion

Mr Fitzroy Fred­er­ick-As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er-Pub­lic Ser­vice

Kr­ish­na Ma­haraj-Re­tired Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent-Pub­lic Ser­vice

Mrs Haseena Ali-Re­tired Pub­lic Ser­vant-Pub­lic Ser­vice

MEDAL FOR THE DE­VEL­OP­MENT OF WOMEN (GOLD)

For Out­stand­ing Con­tri­bu­tion to the De­vel­op­ment of Women"s Rights and Is­sues

Rho­da Eliz­a­beth Red­dock-Ed­u­ca­tor-High­er Ed­u­ca­tion

Mrs Lynette See­baran-Suite-At­toney-at-Law-Law