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Order Of Roraima (Guyana) Ribbon
The Order of Roraima of Guyana is the second highest National Award of Guyana, and is limited to only thirty five living Guyanese recipients. Established in 1976, it is awarded to any citizen of Guyana who has given outstanding service to the nation. Citizens of foreign nations who are deemed eligible may be appointed as honorary members of the order. Recipients * Désirée Bernard * Harold Bollers * Viola Burnham * Martin Carter * Kim Jong-il * Edward Luckhoo * Mary Noel Menezes The Integrationist Caribbean. Retrieved 2 September 2022. * * |
Order Of Roraima (Guyana)
The Order of Roraima of Guyana is the second highest National Award of Guyana, and is limited to only thirty five living Guyanese recipients. Established in 1976, it is awarded to any citizen of Guyana who has given outstanding service to the nation. Citizens of foreign nations who are deemed eligible may be appointed as honorary members of the order. Recipients * Désirée Bernard * Harold Bollers * Viola Burnham * Martin Carter * Kim Jong-il * Edward Luckhoo * Mary Noel Menezes The Integrationist Caribbean. Retrieved 2 September 2022. * * |
Martin Carter
Martin Wylde Carter (7 June 1927 – 13 December 1997) was a Guyanese poet and political activist. Widely regarded as the greatest Guyanese poet, and one of the most important poets of the Caribbean region, Carter is best known for his poems of protest, resistance and revolution. He played an active role in Guyanese politics, particularly in the years leading up Independence in 1966 and those immediately following. He was famously imprisoned by the British government in Guyana (then British Guiana) in October 1953 under allegations of "spreading dissension", and again in June 1954 for taking part in a People's Progressive Party (PPP) procession. Shortly after being released from prison the first time, he published his best-known poetry collection, ''Poems of Resistance from British Guiana'' (1954). Life Martin Carter was born in Georgetown in what was then British Guiana (now Guyana) to Victor Emmanuel and Violet Eugene Carter (''née'' Wylde) on 7 June 1927. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freundel Stuart
Freundel Jerome Stuart, OR, PC, SC (born 27 April 1951) is a Barbadian politician who served as seventh Prime Minister of Barbados and the leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013; and from 21 February 2013 to 25 May 2018. He succeeded David Thompson, who had died in office on 23 October 2010 from pancreatic cancer. Biography Personal life and education Stuart was born in Saint Philip, Barbados. He is the father of one daughter. Stuart was elected as 1st vice-president of the Democratic Labour Party (Barbados), DLP and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in 1995. He served in that position until 2004. Stuart was also appointed in 1995 as shadow deputy prime minister, shadow attorney general and shadow interior minister to serve in the Shadow Cabinet of David Thompson. He held those three positions until 20 January 2008. In 2004, Stuart was elected as the leader and president of the DLP in a leadership election. Stuart narrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Phillips-Gay
Jane Phillips-Gay, CCH (2 November 1913 – 21 February 1994) was an Afro-Guyanese trade unionist and an ordained minister. She was an advocate of women's rights, formed one of the first women's political organizations in the country and served as one of the first women to be elected as a Member of British Guiana Parliament. She was recognized with the national service honor, the Cacique Crown of Honor in 1975. Early life Jane Henrietta Phillips was born on 2 November 1913, in Georgetown, British Guiana, to James Adolphus Phillips She attended St. Ambrose Primary, Brickdam Roman Catholic School and Christ Church Anglican School, winning the primary school scholarship in 1925, which allowed her to continue her schooling. She attended Collegiate High School, completing her Junior Cambridge certification in 1929. Career That same year, Phillips preached her first sermon, "Blessed are thou among women", at St. Stephens Church. She began preaching regularly and laid the foundation fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sase Narain
Sase Narain (27 January 1925 – 25 August 2020) was a Guyanese politician and lawyer. He served as List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Guyana, Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana from 1971 to 1992, becoming the longest serving Speaker in Guyana. Early life Sase Narain was born in Pouderoyen, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, British Guiana, and attended the Modern Educational Institute in Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown. After finishing high school, he went to the United Kingdom to study law. In 1957, he graduated from the City Law School in London. When he returned to Guyana, Narain became the President of the Sanātanī, Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha. Speaker of the National Assembly In 1991, Narain became the first Speaker of Guyana’s National Assembly to expel a Member of parliament, Member of Parliament after Minister of Agriculture Isahak Basir threw a drinking glass at Narain. Later career After leaving the National Assembly, Narain resumed his law practic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Mottley
Mia Amor Mottley, (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position. She is also Barbados' first prime minister under its republican system, following constitutional changes she introduced that abolished the country's constitutional monarchy. Mottley has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Saint Michael North East since 1994. From 1994 to 2008, she held a succession of ministerial portfolios including the post of Attorney-General of Barbados becoming the first woman to be appointed as such. She is also a member of the Inter-American Dialogue. Mottley was twice the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly of Barbados first from 2008 to 2010 then from 2013 to 2018. In 2018, the Mottley-led BLP won a historic landslide victory in the 24 May general election, sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Noel Menezes
Sister Mary Noel Menezes OR (14 July 1930 – 31 August 2022) was a Guyanese Roman Catholic nun and historian. She was involved with the University of Guyana from 1967 to her death in 2022, as a lecturer, head of department, full professor, and professor emeritus. She specialised in Guyanese history, particularly that of Amerindians and Portuguese Guyanese. Early life Menezes was born on 14 July 1930 in Georgetown, British Guiana, to a family of Madeiran origin. She entered the Sisters of Mercy at the age of 17, moving to Pennsylvania for her religious training. She returned home in 1950 and taught at St Joseph High School until 1952, when she moved to Jamaica to attend Saint Joseph's Teachers' College. She then graduated with a diploma in education in 1954, and then until 1963 taught at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School in Georgetown. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Luckhoo
Sir Edward Victor Luckhoo OR (24 May 1912 – 3 March 1998) was a Guyanese politician that was the last Governor-General of Guyana, and briefly the acting head of state of the Co‑operative Republic of Guyana on its formation in 1970. Family and education He was born in New Amsterdam, Berbice, the son of British Raj immigrants Evelyn Maude Mungal-Singh and Edward Luckhoo Alfred, a solicitor of Indian extraction, and educated at Queen's College, Guyana and St Catherine's College, Oxford, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. He studied law at the Middle Temple, where he was called to the bar in 1931. Admitted to practice in 1936, he was made Queen's Counsel in 1965. His grandfather Moses Luckhoo came from India as labourer on sugar plantations. He was the brother of lawyer and diplomat Sir Lionel Luckhoo, who was the British High Commissioner for Guyana and Barbados. Career He was appointed a Justice of Appeal in 1966 and Chancellor of the Judiciary in October 1969 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim Il-sung, the first Supreme Leader, until his own death in 2011, when he was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong-un. In the early 1980s, Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and assumed important posts in the party and army organs. Kim succeeded his father and DPRK founder Kim Il-sung, following the elder Kim's death in 1994. Kim was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), WPK Presidium, Chairman of the National Defence Commission (NDC) of North Korea and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the fourth-largest standing army in the world. Kim ruled North Korea as a repressive and totalitarian dictatorship. Kim assumed leadership duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viola Burnham
Viola Victorine Burnham (née Harper; 26 November 1930 – 10 October 2003) was a Guyanese politician from People's National Congress, and wife and widow of Forbes Burnham. Early life Burnham was born in New Amsterdam, Berbice, the youngest of eight children of schoolmaster James Nathaniel Harper and his wife Mary (née Chin). After her father died the family moved to Georgetown, where she attended Bishops’ High School on scholarship. After a brief job at The Argosy, she became a teacher, which led her to obtain a scholarship for university abroad. She earned a B.A in Latin at University of Leicester then her M.A. in Education at University of Chicago. She returned to teach Latin at Bishops High. Political sphere In 1967 she married then-Prime minister Forbes Burnham (his second marriage) and they had two daughters. In 1967, she accepted the position of Vice-Chairperson of the Women's Auxiliary of the PNC, where she was involved in reorganization and assuming more respo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Decoration
A state decoration is an object, such as a medal or the insignia of an Order (distinction), order, that is awarded by a sovereign state to honor the recipient. The term includes: *Civil awards and decorations *Military awards and decorations See also * State order * List of military decorations * List of civil awards and decorations Orders, decorations, and medals Public administration {{Orders-medals-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Bollers
Sir Harold Brodie Smith Bollers (5 February 1915 – 26 December 2006) was a Guyana, Guyanese born lawyer, who served as Chief Justice of Guyana. Bollers was born in Georgetown, Guyana, educated at Queen College, Guyana and read law at King's College London. From 1966 to 1980 he was the first Chief Justice of Guyana following Guyana's independence. His honours include Knight Bachelor (KB) in 1969, the Orders, decorations, and medals of Guyana#The Cacique's Crown of Honour, Cacique's Crown of Honour (CCH) in 1982, and the Order of Roraima (OR) in 1991. References 1915 births 2006 deaths Alumni of King's College London Knights Bachelor 20th-century Guyanese judges Lawyers awarded knighthoods {{Guyana-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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