Investiture ceremony billed for October 21

Georgetown : The Investiture ceremony for the 2011 National Awardees is scheduled to take place on October 21 at the National Cultural Centre, where President Bharrat Jagdeo will affix the various categories’ insignias to the awardees.

The list of National Awardees was advertised in May with Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, heading it with the Order of Excellence (OE), the nation’s highest award.
He was followed by Minister of Legal Affairs, Charles Ramson and Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Carl Singh with the Order of Roraima (OR) – the second highest.
Receiving the Cacique Crown of Honour besides Dr. Desrey Fox were Bank of GuyanaGovernor, Lawrence Williams amonh others.

 

Other awards are The Golden Arrow of Achievement (AA), The Medal of Service (MS)  and Group Awards for the Medal of Service (MS).