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2013 Independence Day Honours List

His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave, G.C.M.G., K.A., has consented to the announcement of National Honours on the occasion of the Forty-seventh Anniversary of the Independence of .

The Barbados National Honours and Decorations system was instituted by Letters Patent dated July 25, 1980.

The Letters Patent provide inter alia for the establishment of the Order of Barbados in which there are four (4) classes of awards:

a) Knight or Dame of St. Andrew b) Companion of Honour of Barbados c) The Crown of Merit in two grades – the Gold and Silver d) The Barbados Service Award in two grades – the Star and Medal

The Barbados Star of Gallantry, the Barbados Bravery Medal and the Services Medal of Honour were also instituted by Letters Patent dated July 25, 1980.

Over the years, awards have been made to persons in various fields of endeavour. This year, the public and private sectors are represented in the areas of business, education, public service, medicine, entertainment, culture, community service and sports.

AWARDS OF NATIONAL HONOURS FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY 2013

KNIGHT OF ST. ANDREW

For extraordinary and outstanding achievement and merit in service to Barbados or to humanity at large. (Number of Awards available: 3)

1. Dr. Sir Trevor Austin Carmichael, K.A., LVO, SCM, Q.C. For his outstanding contribution to the financial services sector, international business law practice and his several exceptional, philanthropic and voluntary activities.

2. Professor Sir Trevor Austin Hassell, K.A., GCM, MBBS, FRCP, FACC. For his significant contribution to the medical profession in particular Cardiology.

COMPANION OF HONOUR OF BARBADOS

For distinguished national achievement and merit. (Number of Awards available: 3)

1. Professor The Honourable Bishnodat Persaud, CHB In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Public Service both regionally and internationally.

2. The Honourable Mr. Peter David Hutson Williams, CHB, Q.C. In recognition of his public service contribution to the legal profession and the Judiciary.

GOLD CROWN OF MERIT

For highly meritorious service or achievement in science, the arts, literature, sports, civic duties or any other endeavour worthy of national recognition. (Number of Awards available: 4)

1. Professor Violet , GCM In recognition of her invaluable contribution to gender and development.

2. Keith McPherson Franklin, GCM In recognition of his meritorious public service. 2.

3. Dr. Shirley Sookrie Hanoman-Jhagroo, GCM, MB, BAO, BCH D (OBS/GYN), For her dedicated service to medicine particularly breast cancer awareness in Barbados.

4. Mr. Grantley Worrell Smith, GCM, BCH In recognition of his long and distinguished public service.

SILVER CROWN OF MERIT

For meritorious service or achievement in science, the arts, literature, sports, civic duties or any other endeavour worthy of national recognition. (Number of Awards available: 4)

1. Dr. Eslie Herman Alleyne, SCM In recognition of his sterling services to the fields of agriculture and science.

2. Mr. Andrew Gordon Lewis, SCM, J.P. For his contribution to tertiary education in Barbados through his meritorious institution-building work at the University of the West Indies.

3. Mr. Clevedon Francis Decourcey Mayers, SCM For his invaluable dedication to the community in particular Barbadians with disabilities.

4. Mr. Michael Rudolph Roett, SCM For his unswerving dedication to the development of music in Barbados, the Caribbean and the United States of America.

BARBADOS SERVICE STAR

For meritorious work in the civil, fire, military, police, prison or other protective services or any other similar field of endeavour. (Number of Awards available: 5)

1. Dr. Marcia Patricia Annette Burrowes, BSS In recognition of the invaluable contribution made to cultural development in Barbados by way of tracing the contribution made by the Barbados Landship to Barbados’ intangible heritage.

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2. Mr. Garnet Rudolph Cossey, BSS In recognition of his dedicated service to the Royal Barbados Police Force.

3. Mr. Ulric Oswald Denny, BSS For his contribution to the development of the Trade Union movement in Barbados.

4. Miss Deborah Yvette Holder, BSS In recognition of her meritorious judicial service.

5. Ms. Esther Onita Larrier, BSS, J.P. For her contribution to education and the community.

BARBADOS SERVICE MEDAL

For meritorious work in the civil, fire, military, police, prison or other protective services or any other similar field of endeavour. (Number of Awards available: 5)

1. Mr. Chester Randolph Layne, BSM For his sterling contribution to the Public Service in particular the Meteorological Department.

2. Mr. Aubon Earl Maynard, BSM In recognition of his meritorious achievement in sport, in particular, the field of body building.

3. Mr. Anthony Sargeant, BSM, J.P. For his long and meritorious service in the field of education and his outstanding contribution as a musician to the development of the Annual Junior Calypso competition.

4. Mrs. Ocie Sintelene Springer, BSM, J.P. For her outstanding service to education, church and community.

5. Miss Gwyneth Theresa Squires, BSM For her outstanding contribution to the development of the Crop Over Festival particularly as bandleader and designer.

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BARBADOS BRAVERY MEDAL

For acts of bravery in hazardous circumstances. (Unlimited awards available)

1. Mr. Mark Stevenson Martindale, BBM In recognition of his act of bravery in rescuing a Canadian visitor from drowning off the coast near Sam Lord’s Castle, St. Philip.

2. Mr. Lennux Robert Ferdinand, BBM In recognition of his heroic contribution in the rescue of a Canadian visitor from drowning off the coast near Sam Lord’s Castle, St. Philip.

AWARD OF THE SERVICES MEDAL OF HONOUR AND CLASPS

Under the provision of the Services Medal of Honour Regulations, 1980 as contained in the Schedule to the Letters Patent of July 25, 1980, His Excellency the Governor-General has made the following awards to the persons indicated, to take effect from November 30, 2013:

PRISONS SERVICE

Services Medal of Honour

Prison Officer II Angela Waldron Prison Officer II Selwin Alleyne Prison Officer II Lanette Waithe Prison Officer II Ricardo Applewhaite Prison Officer II Ishmael Hinkson Prison Officer II Grenville Jordan Prison Officer II Stephen Cumberbatch Prison Officer II Roderick Haynes Prison Officer II Nigel Newsam Prison Officer II Roy Charles Prison Officer II Heather Bostic Prison Officer II Edward John Prison Officer II Cordelia Niles Prison Officer II Terry Small Prison Officer II Kyle Mascoll Prison Officer II Selwin Lovell Prison Officer II Dale Maynard

BARBADOS FIRE SERVICE

1st Clasp to the Services Medal of Honour

Fire Officer Grantley Griffith Fire Officer Hartley Miller

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BARBADOS DEFENCE FORCE Services Medal of Honour

Captain Carlos Andrez Lovell

Lieutenant Derrick Arrundel Brathwaite Lieutenant Graham Allan Rocheford

Sergeant Louis Leroy Chase Sergeant Timothy Anderson Leacock Sergeant Malcolm Carlyle Oughterson Sergeant Charles Junior Sealy Sergeant Malcolm Andre Thompson Sergeant Andrew Cleophus Worrell Sergeant Kirk Tito Macartmey Holder

Corporal Venita Juanita Greenidge Corporal Edmund DaCosta McCollin Corporal Alistay Mark Vaughan Corporal Hadfield DeCourcey Ward Corporal Havarian Lorenzon Forde

Lance Corporal Lascelles Uriah Austin Lance Corporal Juliette Sharon Bailey Lance Corporal (Retired) Mark Anderson Benskin Lance Corporal Tina Louise Clarke Lance Corporal Shahein Lavona Forde

KNIGHT OF ST. ANDREW

For extraordinary and outstanding achievement and merit in service to Barbados or to humanity at large.

DR. SIR TREVOR AUSTIN CARMICHAEL, K.A., LVO, SCM, Q.C., was born in Barbados on February 9, 1945 to Elliston and Olga Carmichael and received his secondary education at Harrison College, Barbados and University of the West Indies, and in the United States. Dr. Carmichael read law at the College of Law in London and was called to the Bar as a Member of the Middle Temple in November 1977.

On his return to Barbados, he entered Private Practice and after a successful practice in Family Law, Criminal and Civil litigation together with Employment Law, he pioneered the development of Barbados' international business sector, domestic and international charities and environmental law. He was one of the parties responsible for establishing a Barbados Chapter of the International Fiscal Association of which he is Charter President. He was the Barbados Country Chairman of the International Litigation Committee on Business Law as well as a former Deputy Secretary-General of the International Bar Association.

Dr. Carmichael has addressed a wide range of audiences on international, commercial and tax matters and has also been twice the keynote speaker at the Canadian Condominium Institute's Annual Meetings in Toronto, Canada. In 2006, he was the after-dinner Speaker at Jesus College, Oxford at the Offshore Investment September Convention. He has authored over one hundred articles and monographs in the areas of Law, Economics and Public Policy, and he serves as a Panel Member of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes of the World Bank in Washington. He is also a Certified Arbitrator within the panel of the International Conference of Museums.

Dr. Carmichael's civic involvement encompasses his past role as President of the Barbados National Trust for five years and his current Presidency of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society since 1989. He is the Chairman of the Duke of Edinburgh Trust in Barbados and the Founder Chairman of the Barbados Youth Business Trust and for over twenty years, he has been the Chairman of the United World Colleges Selection Committee for Barbados. Dr. Carmichael sits on the Legal Affairs and Properties Committee of the International Council of Museums in Paris, France, is a recently retired Chairman of the Duke of Edinburgh International Award World Fellowship. He has been the Honorary Consul of Mexico accredited to Barbados for over twenty-five years.

In November of 1992, Dr. Carmichael was appointed to the Order of Barbados in the Grade of Silver Crown of Merit for his contribution to law, financial services and the preservation of the national heritage. In 2012, he was awarded the Governor-General of Canada's Medallion for his contribution to the strengthening of relations between Canada and Barbados. In 2012 he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Barbados' Commonwealth Country Representative on the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust. In March of 2013, he was appointed by the Governor- General of Barbados as an Independent Senator to Barbados' Upper Chamber; and in June 2013 he was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order by Queen Elizabeth for his contribution to the Royal Household and particularly for his service to the Duke of Edinburgh International Award. He is also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Dr. Carmichael is married to Sharen and they are the proud parents of one son, Giles.

The Accolade of KNIGHT OF ST. ANDREW is being conferred in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the financial services sector, international business law practice and his several exceptional, philanthropic and voluntary activities.

PROFESSOR SIR TREVOR AUSTIN HASSELL, K.A., GCM, MBBS, FRCP, FACC, was born in Barbados on April 20, 1940 to the late Captain Eric Hassell and Doris Hassell. He received his secondary education at Harrison College, Barbados before proceeding to the then University College of the West Indies (a College of the University of London, England) where he obtained his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Degree. He was awarded a Commonwealth Medical Scholarship tenable in the United Kingdom in 1968. He became a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology in 1981 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1982.

Professor Hassell was a Consultant Physician and Cardiologist for many years at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and held several senior positions at that institution, including Founder and Head of the Cardiac Unit, Head of the Department of Medicine, and Director of Medical Services. He was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. In these several positions, Professor Hassell played a leading role in the development of cardiology and general medicine, both at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and nationally, and trained many medical students and young doctors.

He has served in various capacities both within and outside of his medical profession. He was Founding President of the then Heart Foundation of Barbados, and has held the positions of Vice-President of the World Heart Federation, President of the Inter-American Heart Foundation and President of the Caribbean Cardiac Society. He has served as Chairman of the Boards of Management of Harrison College and the Barbados Community College and was a member of the Campus Council, University of the West Indies (Cave Hill).

Professor Hassell continues to render further outstanding service to Barbados and the Caribbean in the response to the epidemic of chronic diseases in his capacities as Chairman of the National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Commission, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Chronic Disease Research Centre, and President of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition - a regional civil society network aimed at tackling chronic diseases.

In 1996, Professor Hassell was appointed to the Order of Barbados in the Grade of Gold Crown of Merit in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the medical profession and in particular to the Cardiac Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Professor Hassell is married to Lucinda and they are the proud parents of Yonette, Andrew and Christopher.

The Accolade of KNIGHT OF ST. ANDREW is being conferred in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the medical profession in particular Cardiology.

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COMPANION OF HONOUR OF BARBADOS

For distinguished national achievement and merit.

PROFESSOR THE HONOURABLE BISHNODAT PERSAUD, CHB, was born in Guyana to Dhwarka and Dukhni Persaud on September 22, 1933 and received his secondary education at the Berbice High School. He came to Barbados in 1964 and served as a Research Fellow at the then newly established Institute of Social and Economic Research of the University of the West Indies (ISER Eastern Caribbean), which was set up by the University to serve Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean islands. In 1973 he became a citizen of Barbados.

Professor Persaud received his University education in the United Kingdom—at Queens University, Belfast where he obtained his first degree (1960) and at Reading University, where he obtained a Post-graduate Diploma in Agricultural Economics and later a Ph.D in Agricultural Economics (1973). His Ph.D thesis was on the Barbados sugar industry.

On leaving the ISER (now Institute of Social and Economic Studies), he went on to international work at the Commonwealth Secretariat from 1974 to 1992. He became Director and Head of the Economic Affairs Division in 1982, the largest technical Division of the Secretariat. He returned to University of the West Indies as Alcan Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of its Centre for Environment and Development (1992-1996). On leaving the University, he was awarded an Honorary Professorship in recognition of his work on sustainable development. A major lasting contribution of the Centre was securing in 1996, with strong support from the Barbados Government, a multi-million dollar grant from the Global Environmental Facility, to initiate work in the Caribbean on Climate Change. That project, based in Barbados, led eventually to more permanent regional institutional arrangements, now located in .

During Professor Persuad’s period at ISER, he was involved in pioneering national income estimates and in feasibility studies on major infrastructural projects for the Eastern Caribbean islands. He served on many technical investigation teams and Commissions of Enquiry, some of which he headed. He was a member of the Anguilla Commission of Enquiry set up by the British and St Kitts’ governments, under the Chairmanship of the late Sir Hugh Wooding and the Wickhan’s Caye and Anegada Commission of Enquiry under Sir Derek Jakeway, set up by the British and the British Virgin Island governments. He was also a member of the Commonwealth Commission on Commonwealth Studies. He served in two Sugar Industry Commissions of Enquiry - in Belize and Grenada, chairing the latter.

Beyond his research duties, Professor Persaud sat for a period on the Boards of the Barbados Central Bank and the Barbados Marketing Corporation and on the Committee, which recommended a severance pay scheme for Barbados.

His headship of Economics from 1982 to 1992 in the Commonwealth Secretariat, led to substantial contributions to the Commonwealth and the wider international community. He served as Secretary to the annual meetings of Commonwealth Finance Ministers and supervised the preparation of economic papers for these meetings as well as for the biennial meetings of Commonwealth Heads of Government and many Commonwealth Expert Groups. On a wider international basis, he served as Chief Technical Adviser to the former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Sir Shridath Ramphal.

Professor Persaud has co-edited and co-authored two books — Developing with Foreign Investment (1987) with Dr Vince Cable and Economic Policy and the Environment (1995) with Dr Mark Griffith. He has published many articles in academic journals. He has been an external examiner for post-graduate studies in Universities in the UK and . He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and was an Associate Fellow of the Warwick University Research Institute.

Professor Persaud is married to Lakshmi and they are the proud parents of Raj Avinash and Sharda.

The award of COMPANION OF HONOUR OF BARBADOS is given in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Public Service both regionally and internationally.

THE HONOURABLE PETER DAVID HUTSON WILLIAMS, CHB, Q.C., son of the late Hutson and Enid Williams, was a Justice of Appeal from 2003 to 2012 sitting in the Court of Appeal where he heard many cases and wrote a considerable number of judgments some of which have been reported in the West Indian Law Reports. He has also acted as Chief Justice on a number of occasions.

He received his secondary education at The Lodge School and Harrison College before proceeding to study law at King’s College, University of London, where he graduated with the LL.B degree. He was then accepted at Hertford College, Oxford University and graduated with a BA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. On graduation he worked as an Associate Economist at the International Sugar Council in London.

He qualified as a Barrister-at-Law and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1968. He was a pupil in the Temple prior to returning to Barbados where he was admitted to practise in October 1969. Thereafter he was in continuous private legal practice until he was appointed as a Judge. First, he practised on his own until he was invited to join the law firm Yearwood & Boyce as a Partner in 1981. He was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 1990 and became Head of the Firm in 1996. Seven years later in June 2003 he was appointed as a Judge of the Court of Appeal.

Justice Williams was President of the Barbados Bar Association for three years and sat as Chairman of a number of Tribunals including those dealing with National Insurance benefits and Town Planning Applications. He was a member of the Board of Management of two secondary schools. He is a member of various legal organisations and a former President and member of an international service club.

He was Chairman of the Community Legal Services Commission for three years. He has recently been appointed a Commissioner of the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission of the Caribbean Court of Justice. He is currently a Legal Consultant with a special interest in arbitration.

He is married to Marcina and they are the parents of Marion, Christina and Alicia.

The award of COMPANION OF HONOUR OF BARBADOS is being made in recognition of his public service contribution to the legal profession and the Judiciary.

GOLD CROWN OF MERIT

For highly meritorious service or achievement in science, the arts, literature, sports, civic duties or any other endeavour worthy of national recognition.

PROFESSOR VIOLET EUDINE BARRITEAU, GCM, was born in Grenada on December 10, 1954 to Charles ‘Fred’ and Mabel Barriteau. She migrated to Barbados on October 24, 1966 and received her secondary education at Ellerslie Secondary School. She earned the Erdiston Teachers’ College Two Year Teacher Training Certificate in 1975. In 1980 she graduated from the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill) with a BSc degree, Upper Second Honours in Public Administration and Accounting, and from New York University, New York, in 1984 with an MPA in Public Administration where she was a LASPAU (Latin American Scholarship at participating American Universities)\ Fulbright Fellow 1982-84. She completed the six month Certificate in Editing and Publications Training in Scholarly Publishing at the International Rice Research Institute, IRRI, at Los Banos, Philippine in 1986. At Howard University, Washington DC, where she graduated with a PhD in Political Science in 1994, she was a Margaret McNamara Scholar Recipient, 1991, and an American Association of University Women Scholar 1991-92. She was the first woman from the Commonwealth Caribbean to be awarded both scholarships.

She taught at St. Georges Secondary, Grenada (1972-78) and counts that as one of her most rewarding working experiences. During the period 1980-1988, she held the posts of Research Assistant, Junior Research Fellow and Research Fellow at the then Institute for Social and Economic Research, Eastern Caribbean at the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill). She was the Executive Officer/Publications Specialist, UNESCO/CARICOM, Educational Publishing Project, 1988-1989 and on return to Barbados in 1992 from postgraduate studies, rejoined the UWI, Cave Hill as a temporary lecturer until her appointment in 1993 as Lecturer and Head of the newly established Centre for Gender and Development Studies, Cave Hill. Eudine Barriteau was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1999 and Professor of Gender and Public Policy in 2003. In 2004 she became the first woman in the University of the West Indies to be appointed Campus Coordinator, School for Graduate Studies and Research, and in 2008 the second woman at the Cave Hill Campus to be appointed Deputy Principal, the post she currently holds.

Professor Barriteau was a Staff Fellow, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands, 7-28 August 1996, the Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Women in Development and Community Transformation Inaugural Fellow, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, , August - December 1997, and a Senior Fulbright Fellow, Howard University, Washington, DC, July to October, 2000. Her edited collection, Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the Caribbean, won the University of the West Indies Press Inaugural Award for the best-selling text book published by the Press for the year 2004. She was an International Fellow, Centre of Excellence in Research on Gender, GEXCEL, Örebro University, Sweden, April 12 - 30, 2008 and again in November – December 2010. In March 2013 GEXCEL appointed her International Fellow on its core group of researchers, Centre of Excellence in Research on Gender GEXCEL Örebro University, Sweden. In 2011, CARICOM awarded her the 10th CARICOM Triennial Award for Women.

Professor Barriteau has served nationally, regionally and internationally on a number of Boards and Committees besides service to UWI at the executive management level. She was a member of the National Advisory Council on Gender, Government of Barbados throughout the 1990s, represented the UWI on the Board of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital , 2004-2008, and the Governance Advisory Board, Office of the Prime Minister, March 2008 – January 2011, March 2011 – February 2013. She was the Caribbean Coordinator for DAWN, (Development Alternatives of Women for a New Era), 1996-1999, and President of the International Association for Feminist Economics, IAFFE, 2000-2010. She is a member of the Board of Directors, Cave Shepherd Group of Companies, 2008 – present, and a member of the Boards of the following international journals; International Advisory Board, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2012 – 2015, International Advisory Board, Palimpsest Journal, 2012 – present, and Editorial Board, Journal of Women of Africa (JWOA), August 2011 – present.

Professor Barriteau has authored, edited or co-edited six books and has published 34 book chapters or peer reviewed journal articles in the fields of political economy of development, feminist theory, and gender analysis of Caribbean societies.

Professor Barriteau is the proud parent of Cabral.

The award of GOLD CROWN OF MERIT is being made for her invaluable contribution to gender and development.

MR. KEITH MCPHERSON FRANKLIN, GCM, the second last of eight children, was born at Marchfield, St. Philip on December 4, 1948 to the late Wilton and Constance Franklin. He received his primary education at the St. Martin's Primary School - now the Reynold Weekes Primary - and later moved on to the Combermere School. On completion of his secondary education Mr. Franklin joined the Civil Service in 1968 as a temporary Clerical Officer in the Inland Revenue Department. He was later assigned to the Audit Department and took a short break between February and April 1971.

On rejoining the Service in May 1971 he was assigned to the Ministry of Trade in its Price Control Division for six years. During that period he pursued a degree programme, on a part time basis initially, at the University of The West Indies at Cave Hill, graduating in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Language with Social Science. That same year he was assigned to the Government Training Unit - now Training Administration- as a Training Officer. That assignment provided intimate insight into a cross section of the operations of the Public Service and lasting contacts with personnel at all levels.

At the Training Unit Mr. Franklin developed and presented a range of training courses aimed at improving the knowledge, skills and attitudes of employees in the Public Service ranging from - Maids, Messengers and Drivers to Heads of Department. In 1978, in furtherance of his training skills he undertook a one year intensive training course in Public Administration Training Methodology at Manchester University, England and specialised in the evaluation of training interventions.

In 1985, Mr. Franklin was recruited to the Barbados Foreign Service and was assigned to the Embassy at Caracas, Venezuela as Counsellor in January 1986. This began a 22 year career in the Foreign Service which included postings as Counsellor at the High Commission in London, Consul at the Consulate-General at New York and as Barbados' Ambassador to Venezuela with concurrent accreditation to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay (2004 to 2008).

Mr. Franklin returned to Barbados in August 2008 and assumed responsibility as the Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office until February 2012 when he was reassigned as Secretary to the Cabinet until his recent retirement.

In addition to the foregoing, Mr. Franklin served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministries of Tourism, Agriculture, Trade and Commerce, Environment, Housing and Foreign Affairs on various occasions. Over the years Mr. Franklin had been actively involved in the work of youth groups and has played an important role in the Bluebirds Club which had its locus in Six Roads, St. Philip.

Mr. Franklin was also one of the early award winners in the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts having won an Award of Merit in 1974 for Creative Writing.

In addition to the Bachelor of Arts Degree and the Diploma in Public Administration Training Methodology, Mr. Franklin holds a Diploma in International Relations (UWI), and an MBA (UWI).

Mr. Franklin is the proud father of two children – Lora-Ann and Brian Franklin.

The award of GOLD CROWN OF MERIT is given in recognition of his meritorious public service.

DR. SHIRLEY SOOKRIE HANOMAN-JHAGROO, GCM, MB, BAO, BCH D (OBS/GYN), was born in Guyana on October 31, 1941 to George and Darphi Hanoman.

She received her secondary education at Berbice High School in Guyana. She later entered Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland U.K, where she obtained her medical degree. Her post graduate training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology was in Belfast and Dublin, Ireland.

Dr. Hanoman-Jhagroo’s love for the Caribbean led to her return in 1974, where she worked in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Guyana and Trinidad, finally settling in Barbados in 1979.

In 1981 she was very involved in the planning and implementation of the Family Planning Program in the government polyclinics and is one of the pioneers who still offers her service in sessional Family Planning consultation at Branford Taitt and Eunice Gibson polyclinics.

Her interest in women cancers goes back to 1979 when at Queen Elizabeth Hospital where she realised the incidence and mortality of uterine cervical cancers were exceedingly high in Barbados. This motivated her to return to Belfast for formal training in Colposcopy, later becoming a British Registered Colposcopist and a member of the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. Her commitment to the land of her birth and her passion for the fight against women cancers has also led to her founding the Early Detection (Pap Smear) Cervical Cancer Programme of the Guyana Society in 2000.

Dr. Hanoman-Jhagroo was a council member of the Barbados Cancer Society and 1st Vice President for a number of years; she has been Chairperson of the Breast Screening Program, a sub-committee of the Barbados Cancer Society from its inception.

In 1999 she was one of the pioneers that started the Breast Cancer Awareness and Early Detection Program of the Barbados Cancer Society, their objective being to reduce premature deaths from breast cancer by early detection. This Early Detection Program was launched in 2002 and by October 2013 had completed 56,816 mammograms.

Dr. Hanoman-Jhagroo is the proud mother of George, Ranita and Lecia.

The award of GOLD CROWN OF MERIT is given in recognition of her dedicated service to medicine particularly breast cancer awareness in Barbados.

MR. GRANTLEY WORRELL SMITH, GCM, BCH, was born in St. Judes, St. George on October 15, 1947. He is a graduate of St. Giles Primary; Combermere Secondary; the Cave Hill and Mona Campuses of the University of the West Indies and the International Monetary Fund Institute.

He has a BA General from the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill), a Diploma in Public Administration from the University of the West Indies (Mona) and a Certificate in Public Finance from the IMF Institute. Mr. Smith joined the Civil Service on September 1, 1966 and retired on October 14, 2013. He served in the Audit Office, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Tourism and Industry and the National Insurance Department.

He went to the National Insurance Department as acting Director in 1987 before being subsequently appointed to the post. During his time with the Department he represented the Caribbean Islands on the Bureau of the International Social Security Association and was National Insurance's first representative on the Board of the Barbados Light and Power Company. Prior to his efforts, notwithstanding the Fund's holdings of over 20 percent of the Company's shares it did not have a seat on the Board.

Mr. Smith played an integral role in the modernization of the management of the National Insurance and related Schemes and the restructuring of the Unemployment and Severance Payment Schemes with the implementation of the Pelekanos Report. He was one of the driving forces in the establishment of the CARICOM Social Security Reciprocal Agreement which had been under discussion since the early seventies.

He returned to the Ministry of Finance as its Permanent Secretary in 1996 and subsequently served as Director of Finance and Economic Affairs from 2000. On retirement he also was Head of the Public Service.

On his return to the Ministry of Finance he was involved with the introduction of the Value Added Tax System, the establishment of the SmartStream Computerised Accounting System and gaining approval for the establishment of the Financial Services Commission and the Central Revenue Authority. As Director of Finance and Economic Affairs, Mr. Smith has served on the Board of the Barbados Central Bank as well as the country's Alternate Governor on the Boards of the Caribbean Development Bank; the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank. He also was involved in Barbados becoming a larger shareholder in LIAT (1974) Ltd. when the company was experiencing significant financial difficulties and was one of Barbados' directors on its Board at his retirement.

He has represented the island on the Board of the Malta-based Small States Network for Economic Development, and as the Network's Chairman, was its representative on the Isle of Man-based Small Countries Financial Management Centre which was established in 2009. The purpose of the Centre is to contribute to the growth and prosperity of small countries through capacity building in the governmental financial sector.

Mr. Smith is married to Melba and they are the proud parents of twin boys, Stephan and Machel.

The award of GOLD CROWN OF MERIT is given in recognition of his long and distinguished public service.

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SILVER CROWN OF MERIT

For meritorious service or achievement in science, the arts, literature, sports, civic duties or any other endeavour worthy of national recognition.

DR. ESLIE HERMAN ALLEYNE, SCM, was born in St. Philip, Barbados on March 12, 1941. He attended Shrewsbury Boys’ Primary School and won a full scholarship to the Modern High School where he received his secondary education.

After leaving school he taught for three years at the Princess Margaret Secondary School in St. Philip. He received a Teacher’s Scholarship to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in the Natural Sciences at the University of the West Indies (Mona). On graduating, he accepted an American Foundation Award to pursue postgraduate studies at the same campus, leading to a Master of Science degree in Zoology specializing in Entomology. He returned to Barbados in 1970 and was employed by the Ministry of Agriculture as an Entomologist.

In 1971, Dr. Alleyne received another scholarship to further his training as a professional Entomologist at McGill University, Canada, where he pursued a doctorate in Economic Entomology, graduating with honours in 1975.

He returned to Barbados and rejoined the Ministry of Agriculture where he remained until 1992 when he became Director of the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST). He retired from the Public Service in 2001.

Dr. Alleyne has conducted research on almost all of the major insect pests associated with agricultural crops in the region, as well as on many household pests. He has published extensively on a wide range of entomology and plant protection issues and has also made many presentations before regional and international scientific bodies. Dr. Alleyne has served for many years in the capacity of external examiner to students pursuing studies in plant protection and applied and advanced entomology at the Agriculture Department of the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies. He has also supervised postgraduate students in the areas of plant protection and entomology. He has represented Barbados and the Caribbean region on many committees covering a wide range of different scientific and technological areas. He served as a member of the Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO) panel of World Experts on Integrated Pest Management and Plant Breeding from 1983-1990.

He has represented the Caribbean region on the OAS Non-permanent Specialized Committee (CENPES) which selects and recommends funding levels for all hemispheric projects in science and technology submitted to the organization and has been recruited by many agricultural regional and international organizations to assist Caribbean countries in the control of their insect pest problems. He received the FAO World Food Day Special Achievement Award in 1989 for his contribution to chemical control of economic pests. As Director of the National Council for Science and Technology, he conceptualized and implemented the first science exhibition Scitech-Xpo for secondary school science students. This biennial exhibition encouraged science students to identify everyday problems and find practical workable solutions.

Since retiring in 2001, Dr. Alleyne has been involved in a wide variety of activities. He set up the headquarters office of the Caribbean Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) in Barbados in 2003. He served as a member of the National Committee for Sustainable Development (1995-2001), and chaired the Board of the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC) (2003-2006). He also chaired the National Advisory Committee for Sustainable Development in Agriculture (2008-2010) and currently serves as Chairman, Investment Committee of the Innovation Fund and is a member of the Pesticide Board.

Dr. Alleyne is married to Cecily and they are the proud parents of two children, Michael and Karen.

The award of SILVER CROWN OF MERIT is being made for his sterling services to the fields of agriculture and science.

MR. ANDREW GORDON LEWIS, SCM, J.P., was born in Barbados on August 25, 1938 to Arrindell H. Agard and Stella Lewis. He attended the St. John Mixed School, winning a scholarship to Combermere. In 1963, he was among the first matriculants of the College of Arts and Sciences at the Harbour Site, earning honours in Economics and History, and a postgraduate scholarship. He was elected President of the Guild of Undergraduates and named UWI/BWIA Student of the Year in 1967. He later gained the MA (Political Economy) at the University of Toronto, and received specialist training in Air Transport Economics and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He has given long and distinguished public service to Barbados: in the Civil Service, in education, and in the wider community. Beginning in 1956 as a Long Grade Clerk in the Civil Service, he later served as a Development Planner, and as its first Chief Tourism Development Planner. In these roles, he contributed to Barbados' National Development Plans, coordinated the design of the first National Tourism Development Plan, and the outline of the Carlisle Bay, Pier Head and Careenage Development projects. He managed the design of the Heywoods Holiday Village Project and the negotiations for its World Bank loan financing.

He was a member of the Barbados Board of Tourism, and later its Deputy Chairman, and led several of its promotional tours to the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe. He has also served on Barbados' teams negotiating Air Services and Air Rates Agreements.

As the University of the West Indies’ Planning Officer, he managed the design of its strategic plans, and the design and construction of several of its physical development projects in a process that produced considerable savings. As Campus Registrar, he held responsibility for its day-to-day management and served on several of its management bodies. For his distinguished service, he was awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Special Award of Excellence. He was named Alumnus of the Month for January 2013. The University's Council recently announced that the Cave Hill Students' Union would be named in his honour.

Mr. Lewis serves as a Justice of the Peace and as Vice-President of the Rock Dundo Park Development Association. He was a member of the National Scholarships and Student Revolving Loan Committees; a member of the Barbados Workers Union Labour College Advisory Committee; and is Chairman of the Frank Walcott Trust Fund.

Mr. Lewis is married to Fern Lewis and they are the parents of Peter and Sean.

The award of SILVER CROWN OF MERIT is being made in recognition of his contribution to tertiary education in Barbados through his meritorious institution-building work at the University of the West Indies.

MR. CLEVEDON FRANCIS DECOURCEY MAYERS, SCM, was born on August 24, 1938 to Vivian and Darnell Mayers. He was educated at the St. Mary’s College in St. Lucia and returned to Barbados in 1958 where he joined the teaching service at St. Giles Boys’, Bay Primary Boys’ and Parkinson Memorial.

He later joined the Civil Service in 1960 as a Long Grade Clerk and worked at the Magistrates Court District A. In 1964 he had a career change and joined the staff of BWIA as a Cargo Attendant and rose through the system to become the Area Manager for Barbados and the Windward Islands.

During the twenty-six years of his employment with BWIA he founded the Bristol Rangers Club now known as the COW Rangers.

His career path in tourism led him to key top posts such as Chairman of the Barbados Board of Tourism, Commissioner General for Barbados in Canada and South Korea and a Diplomat in Brussels. He was a member of the Advisory Body of BIMAP, Executive member of the Barbados Workers Union, member of the Transport Board, Chairman of St. James and St. Michael North Constituency Branch of the DLP, founding member and former President of the Young Democrats, member of the Advisory Board of the Government Industrial Schools, member of the Inter-American Development Bank’s Civil Society Consultative Group and a member of the St. Michael North Constituency Council for the past four years.

Mr. Mayers lost his sight in 1996 and has comported himself, as with the whole tenor of his life, without a sigh. No groan escapes his lips. He has learnt to retard that which he cannot repel; and palliate that which he cannot cure. He remains the serenely confident and philosophical leader and became President of the Barbados Council for the Disabled in 1999. Under his Presidency the following were achieved:

· Subventions from Government for groups affiliated to the Council · White Paper on Persons with Disabilities · Strategic Document for the Barbados Council for the Disabled · Bus Transportation for persons with disabilities · Survey on Attitudes of and for persons with disabilities · made recommendations in the changes to the Barbados Constitution Amendment · strengthening of relationship with Organizations locally and internationally.

He was instrumental in the introduction of the game of blind cricket to Barbados and the West Indies in 2001 and this is currently played in five countries of the Caribbean namely, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the Windward Islands. He saw Blind Cricket not only as a game of sports, but as a catalyst to build up the self-esteem of persons and have their full integration back into society, he was the President of the Barbados Blind Cricket Association, the West Indies Cricket Council for the Blind and was the second Vice President of the World Blind Cricket Council. For his community mindedness and unswerving support of blind cricket, Clevedon was awarded the Mirror Image Award and the James Alves Award respectively.

He is married to Mariel and they have one son, Richard.

The award of SILVER CROWN OF MERIT is being made in recognition of his invaluable dedication to the community in particular Barbadians with disabilities.

MR. MICHAEL RUDOLPH ROETT, SCM, was born in Barbados on September 13, 1951 to Rueben Griffith and Adina Roett and received his secondary education via correspondence courses offered by colleges from the U.K. and the U.S.A. Mr. Roett also attended the Kingsborough Community College and the City University of New York (C.U.N.Y.) as a second year student after one year at Kingsborough. He went on to complete a Bachelor of Science in Music Education (Bsc.) at Herbert H. Lehman College (1990). Mr. Roett went on to complete a MA.in Music Education at Brooklyn College (1995).

Mr. Roett became a music/band teacher with the Department of Education (D.O.E) at The Gladston Atwell Intermediate School in 1994 where he remained until 1996. He was transferred to The Bilingual Center Public School/Intermediate School to teach music/band until present, here he also is the Chapter Leader representing the United Federation of Teachers (U.F.T.). This is a position he was elected to by his peers for the last seven (7) years. Mr. Roett provides representation and much advice regarding any disciplinary matters at the school.

As a musical arranger, musician, band leader and leader of the Festival Band Mr. Roett has rendered outstanding service to Barbados. Under his direction the Festival Band has been elevated to the position of ‘premier accompanying band’ in the Caribbean. It can be said that Mr. Roett is responsible for setting the high musical standard as it relates to musical arrangements in Barbados in the genres of Spouge, Ballads, Calypso/Soca having arranged music for most of Barbados’ premier calypsonians who have won the Calypso Monarch and Tune of De Crop/Road March titles on many occasions. He has also led the “Battleground Calypso Tent Band for three years and the “House of Soca” Calypso Tent band for twenty- five years.

In 1983, 1984 and 1986 Mr. Roett was awarded “Arranger of the Year” by the Music Entertainers Guild of Barbados (M.E.G.O.B.). He was acknowledged for arranging The Mighty Gryner's Tune of De Crop/Road March Compositions. He received plaques and trophies from Kool Bajan Promotions, Friends of Barbados, DLP Association of New York and the Council of Barbadian Organizations of New York (CBO).

On the international scene, Mr. Roett has performed with several outstanding calypsonians and bands such as Shadow, Ed Watson, the late Art De Coteau, Stalin, Sugar Aloes, Baron, Swallow, Beckett, Errol Ince, to name a few. In addition, he has trained young musicians and arrangers in Barbados, U.S.A. and several Caribbean countries, several of whom are making invaluable contributions to music in these countries.

He has served in various capacities outside of his musical practice. He is a past President of The Barbadian Ex-Police Association Inc., USA and he is currently the 1st Vice President.

The award of SILVER CROWN OF MERIT is being made in recognition of his unswerving dedication to the development of music in Barbados, the Caribbean and the United States of America.

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BARBADOS SERVICE STAR

For meritorious work in the civil, fire, military, police, prison or other protective services or any other similar field of endeavour.

DR. MARCIA PATRICIA ANNETTE BURROWES, BSS, was born in Barbados and raised solely by her mother, Hazel Burrowes, now deceased. She attended the St. Michael's Girls School, the Barbados Community College and the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. She taught History and Drama at Queen's College for a number of years before travelling to the UK to study at the University of Warwick. There she was awarded both her Master of Arts and Doctorate in Cultural Studies. She has won a number of awards including the Errol Barrow Memorial Trust Scholarship, the Commonwealth Scholarship and the Leverhulme Visiting Fellowship, the latter enabling her to be resident in the Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick, U.K.

She is presently Campus Coordinator/Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. She designed and implemented the taught graduate programme (MA, MPhil, PhD) in Cultural Studies at Cave Hill, a programme that was subsequently adopted by the other UWI campuses. She is also the Chief Examiner for Caribbean Studies in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) that is administered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

Her research interests include issues of identity formation as debated in migration and diaspora studies. As a result she is currently engaged in a joint History and Cultural Studies project on Barbadian - UK Migration: 1950-1970 and the impact of the return of these early migrants to Barbados. She is also especially interested in researching the African Continuum in the Caribbean and the resulting creolised cultural forms and practices as manifested in the performance culture, such as forms of traditional masquerade. Her research on, for example, the Landship in Barbados, speaks to this.

Dr. Burrowes has given several public lectures and conference papers based on her research. Her most recent publications include articles on Crop Over, Barbadian Traditional Masquerade and the Landship. She is the lead editor of a forthcoming publication entitled Collecting the Memories: Voices of the Journey: Barbados – UK Migration. She is also the Coordinator of a national project on the Landship, which seeks to recover the many histories of Landships in Barbados.

As an actor, director and producer, she has found that her work on the stage allows for another and more tangible way of negotiating the discourses of culture that she engages with on the page. She has worked with several Barbadian and Caribbean theatre groups and conducted numerous theatre and drama workshops for schools, churches and communities. While studying in England she also conducted a number of Caribbean cultural workshops for West Indian communities in Oxford and Coventry.

She has been a Drama Adjudicator for N.I.F.C.A. as well as an Adjudicator for Junior and Grand Kadooment in the Crop Over Festival. Her most recent performances as an actor can be seen in the feature length film entitled A Handful of Dirt (2010), directed by Russell Watson and as the lead in the film short entitled Auntie (2012), directed by Lisa Harewood. Auntie addresses key migration narratives, allowing for more personal access to her research and distribution of the discourse in a more popular form.

The award of BARBADOS SERVICE STAR is being made for her invaluable contribution made to cultural development in Barbados by way of tracing the contribution made by the Barbados Landship to Barbados’ intangible heritage.

MR. GARNET RUDOLPH COSSEY, BSS, was born in Barbados on April 6, 1952 to Carpus and Carlotta Cossey and received his education at the St. Catherine's Primary and the St. Mark's Senior Schools.

He entered the Regional Police Training Centre on October 16, 1971 and on graduation was assigned to the Central Police Station to uniform beat and patrol duty.

Mr. Cossey kept himself updated on the latest policing techniques and associated administrative skills by successfully completing many courses focusing on a range of subjects including criminal investigation methods, senior criminal investigation, sergeant's general duties, public corruption, electronic interviewing and traffic management and accident investigation.

During his 41 years in the Royal Barbados Police Force, Mr. Cossey has worked in most areas of policing but he excelled in the Criminal Investigation Department where his dedication to duty and sharp detective skills shone through and saw him breaking many tough cases.

This did not go unnoticed, as he won several commendation certificates for special and meritorious police duty; commitment and dedication to duty; and outstanding performance. These accomplishments also led to promotion and he is currently a station sergeant.

Like many men of his era, Mr. Cossey loves cricket and has played with the Police team mainly in the lower divisions of the Barbados Cricket Association but he had a brief stint in the Division One as a wicketkeeper batsman.

Mr. Garnet Cossey is married to Doris and is the father of four children: Jennifer Fields, Lisa, Katrina and Greg Cossey.

The award of BARBADOS SERVICE STAR is being made for his dedicated service to the Royal Barbados Police Force.

MR. ULRIC OSWALD DENNY, BSS, was born in Barbados on November 7, 1933 to the late Winifred Denny and MacDonald Francis and received his elementary education at St. Silas Boys' School in Orange Hill, St. James. Beginning at age thirteen Mr. Denny served the next thirty-seven years as a Cadet in the Barbados Police Force Band (1947), a Police Constable (1952), a Highways Superintendent with the Ministry of Transport and Works (1964), Assistant Valuer (1971) and Valuer (1973) with the Land Tax Department. During those working years Mr. Denny studied at the former Barbados Evening Institute gaining Ordinary and Advanced Level passes in several subjects from the Cambridge Examinations Board and the London Chamber of Commerce. In 1969 under the auspices of the , Mr. Denny was trained in Cartography and Land Valuation. He studied Management and Industrial Relations with the Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity (BIMAP) and the Industrial Society in London, England. In 1976, Mr. Denny entered U.W.I (Mona Campus) where he completed a Certificate in Public Administration, and in 1981 he completed a B.Sc. Econ (Hons) degree at the Cave Hill Campus.

Mr. Denny was a founder member of the Barbados Police Association and served as its Secretary from 1956 to 1961. In 1972 he was elected an Executive Officer of the National Union of Public Workers and served as its President from 1975 to 1977. He was appointed a member of the National Insurance Board from 1975 to 1977 but resigned in 1976 to take up studies at Mona. For three years he served as an Executive Officer of the Caribbean Public Services Association (CPSA) and as its President for the period 1977/78.

Mr. Denny retired from the Barbados Public Service in 1984 and migrated to the U.S.A. where he taught in the New York public school system for fifteen years while gaining a M.Sc (Education) degree from Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY). In 1988 he joined the Barbadian Ex-Police X Association of New York and on Saturdays, together with Coleridge Bispham and Lennox Price, freely tutored children from the neighbouring districts in various elementary and middle school subjects. Mr. Denny was elected president of that Association and served from 1994 to 1998. In 1999, he retired for the second time and returned to Barbados.

On returning Mr. Denny continued his activities with the N.U.P.W. and serves as a member of its National Council and for the last twelve years as Chairman of the Retirees Division. He is a member of the local Ex-Police Association and served as President from 2005 to 2007 during which time its membership increased exponentially.

Mr. Denny has been awarded throughout his life. He won the Shield for the Most Proficient Band Cadet (1950) and the Baton of Honour for the Best Police Recruit (1952/53). He has been honoured for his service by the Barbados Police Association, the local Barbados Ex- Police Association, the Barbadian Ex-Police Association of New York, the Principal and Staff of P.S. 271 in New York, the National Union of Public Workers, the Caribbean Public Services Association, the National Insurance Board and the Independent United Order of Mechanics, Western Hemisphere of which he is a Past Grand Master. In 2006 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace by the Barbados Government.

Mr. Denny is married to Magenta and is the father of five daughters.

The award of BARBADOS SERVICE STAR is being made for his contribution to the development of the Trade Union movement in Barbados.

MISS DEBORAH YVETTE HOLDER, BSS, is the daughter of William Atkins, her mother is deceased. She grew up in the parish of St. Michael in this island and was educated at Grace Hill Primary School, Washington High School and the Barbados Community College.

She completed the Induction Course at Erdiston Teachers’ Training College, and in March 1977 was assigned to the St. Silas Primary School, St. James; as a teacher, she remained there for approximately three years.

In 1977 she entered the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill) where she studied Sociology, Political Science and Law. In 1981 she graduated from that faculty with a Bachelor of Science, Lower Second Class Honours.

Miss Holder then entered the Public Service where for a short period of time she worked as an Administrative Officer in the Establishments Division of the Prime Minister's Office and as a Research Officer in the Ministry of Community Services and the Ministry of Culture, Bureau of Women's Affairs.

She returned to full time studies and in 1984 received her Bachelor of Laws, Upper Second Class Honours, from the Faculty of Law at Cave Hill. She then proceeded to the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad where she received her Certificate in Legal Education in 1986.

After admission to the Bar, Miss Holder spent a few months in private practice in the Chambers of the late Melvin Atwell, Attorney-at-Law. In 1987 she made history when as Crown Counsel, she became the first female prosecutor in the Department of Public Prosecution. In 1992 she was appointed to the post of Magistrate. Over the past two decades on the Bench she has served in every magisterial jurisdiction in this island.

The award of BARBADOS SERVICE STAR is being made for her meritorious judicial service.

MS. ESTHER ONITA LARRIER, BSS, J.P., was born in Barbados on November 05, 1945. She was educated at St. Martin’s Girls School, the Industry High School and later entered Erdiston Teachers’ Training College where she obtained distinctions in Practice Teaching and Social Studies. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Education from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. In addition, she obtained the Teachers’ Advanced Professional Certificate – Social Studies, Certificate in Educational Management and Administration, Certificate in Church Management-University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.

Ms. Larrier chose teaching as her vocation and began her teaching career at St. Martin’s Girls’ School. Her elevation to the post of Principal at St. Martin’s Four Roads Primary School in 2003 was a natural progression in keeping with her qualities of leadership. She held this position for six years prior to her retirement. Throughout her teaching career Ms. Larrier instructed children gratuitously for entry to secondary schools, many of whom have filled eminent posts in the community. Remuneration could never suffice for the extracurricular activities she taught her charges assiduously.

Ms. Larrier has an outstanding record of involvement in community work in St. Philip and beyond. Her service and community affiliations include:

 Founding member of Sunrise Community and Cultural Movement  Chairperson of the St. Philip South District Emergency Organisation for several years  Department of Emergency Management: Volunteer, Damage Assessment Officer  Girl Guides Association of Barbados as Guider, District Commissioner and Divisional Commissioner  An influential member of Industry High School Old Scholars Association and President 1995-2000.  Humanitarian service as a Charter Member of Lions Club of Barbados East from 1988 -present. She served on all committees and as President.  Parish Independence Committee, where she worked on several committees and was Project Coordinator for two years.

Without exception Ms. Larrier has been lauded for her outstanding reliability, commitment, devotion and dedication to consistently high standards of service. Consequently she has been the recipient of several awards for outstanding achievement in the Lions’ Club and has been honoured as a Melvin Jones Fellow which is the highest award in recognition of humanitarian service. Awards were also received from Foul Bay Community Group and St. Philip South Constituency Council, as tokens of appreciation for leadership and community service. Tourism Award for invaluable service in the area of Tourism Development and The Sheila Murrell Community Award 2013 were also given by the Kiwanis Club of Barbados Central.

The community minded and public spirited Ms. Larrier is an icon. She was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 2000 and is recognized as a mother-figure, mentor, educator, colleague, motivator and friend, who has dedicated her life to the service of others and Barbados. She is still an active community worker and epitomizes the motto “To Serve”

Ms. Larrier is the mother of one daughter, Kerry.

The award of BARBADOS SERVICE STAR is being made for her contribution to education and the community.

BARBADOS SERVICE MEDAL

For meritorious work in the civil, fire, military, police, prison or other protective services or any other similar field of endeavour.

MR. CHESTER RANDOLPH LAYNE, BSM, was born in Barbados on October 7, 1945 to the late Mr. James Fields and Miss Ianthe Layne and received his early education at the St. Bartholomew Boys’ and St Patrick’s Boys’ Schools. He entered the Boys’ Foundation School in 1957.

His first experience in the world of work after the completion of his secondary education commenced on October 25, 1965 at the Customs Department, The Wharf, and after one week he was attached to the Analytical Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Crumpton Street where he spent the next three and a half months.

From February 1966 he was attached to the Department of Meteorological Services until August 31, 2010 when he retired from the Public Service. After graduating in 1978 from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill with a B.Sc. (Second Class Honours - Upper Division) in Meteorology and Mathematics, he progressed steadily through the professional ranks to become Director of Meteorological Services, a position he occupied for eleven and a half years.

During his tenure at the Department of Meteorological Services in Barbados, Mr Layne served as Permanent Representative of Barbados with the World Meteorological Organization, and performed the role of national focal point on meteorological and related matters. At the national and regional levels, he actively participated in the work of a number of organizations, including Technical Standing Committee on Coastal Hazards, the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology and the Advisory Council of Department of Emergency Management (DEM).

He interacted with and provided guidance to community groups, neighbourhood watches, church groups, service clubs, and Parent Teacher Associations in an effort to build the national capacity, so necessary for the reduction of risk associated with the impact of meteorological and hydrological hazards.

Mr. Layne has also served on Standing Committees of Barbados’ Emergency Management System, including those dealing with Public Information, Education and Telecommunications. He also assisted as a resource person for a number of workshops and seminars co-ordinated by the Department of Emergency Management.

Additionally, he has contributed to the overall national disaster management effort in the related geo-science fields of earthquakes, tsunamis and other coastal hazards. He assisted in the identification and mapping of critical facilities and functions located in the vulnerable coastal zones, which may be required to be evacuated, in the event of threats from coastal hazards.

As the national coordinator of all the activities associated with the implementation of the Regional Weather Radar Project, he facilitated the installation and functionality of the Weather Radar at Castle Grant, St. Joseph which represents a vital and critical development to a more effective weather early warning system.

On numerous occasions over the last twelve years during the annual hurricane season, Mr. Layne functioned as a meteorological adviser and resource person to the UNDP’s Eastern Caribbean Donor Group. Even though now retired, Mr. Layne remains a committed advocate for national disaster management, and is the voluntary meteorological adviser to Barbados’ National Emergency Operations Centre. He also continues to render voluntary assistance to other national and regional agencies.

Mr. Layne is married to Sheila and they are the proud parents of two sons Brian and Greig.

The award of BARBADOS SERVICE MEDAL is being made in recognition of his sterling contribution to the Public Service in particular the Barbados Meteorological Services Department.

MR. AUBON EARL MAYNARD, BSM was born in Barbados on November 28, 1935 to Oscar and Waple Maynard, of Carrington's Village. At a very early age he moved to England and graduated from the Same Institute, Leatherhead, Surrey. Shortly thereafter he joined the Royal Air Force and was a projectionist, preparing documentaries and training films for servicemen. He also was involved in stage productions. He became heavily involved in fitness and bodybuilding, which the Royal Air Force greatly supported, using his name and photographs in various recruiting programs. He was the winner of the Television Adonis of Great Britain Competition which was used extensively by the Royal Air Force. After relocating to the United States, he was Honourary Consul for the Government of Barbados at Los Angeles, California, USA.

A legend of the bodybuilding and the professional wrestling arena, Earl Maynard has posed his way to the top of the field being awarded the ‘MR. UNIVERSE’ title, twice. He also won the ‘MR. EUROPE’ and ‘MR. ENGLAND’ titles earning his place in the HALL OF FAME both in the United States and England. While stationed in the Royal Air Force in Cyprus, Earl started wrestling, becoming a professional wrestler, with fights taking him all over the United States and Canada. He has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to fitness and bodybuilding from the World National Bodybuilding Federation and similarly, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Not content to make only sporting contributions, this legendary Barbadian extended his talents to movie producing and acting, featured in films such as ''Black Belt Jones'' and ''The Deep'' and twenty other feature films.

Earl and his wife Sydney are the proud parents of five children and nine grandchildren.

The award of BARBADOS SERVICE MEDAL is being made in recognition of his meritorious achievement in sport, in particular, the field of bodybuilding.

MR. ANTHONY SARGEANT, BSM, J.P., was born in Barbados on June 23, 1954 to Edwin Alleyne and Muriel Sargeant, and received his primary and secondary education at Ebenezer Primary and Harrison College respectively.

Mr. Sargeant was employed at Standard Distributors as an Office Clerk in the Accounts Department from 1971 until early 1975, soon after which he entered the teaching service assigned to the St. Philip Boys’ School in May 1975 and subsequently St. Philip’s Primary.

During that year, he successfully completed the Preliminary In-Service Course, followed by an Education for Teachers’ Course at Erdiston Teachers’ Training College from 1977 to 1979, the Organization of American States Mathematics Project –Teaching of Mathematics in Primary Schools 1982 – 1984 and the Values Education 1995 – 1996.

Mr. Sargeant is a Senior Teacher currently attached to the Curriculum and Assessment Unit of the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation as a Peripatetic Teacher for Music, a post which he has held since January 2000.

He was the coordinator of schools’ calypso, steel pan and choir competitions, as well as the National Cultural Foundation’s Junior Calypso Monarch Programme from its inception in 1986. His versatility spreads to being composer of poems, songs and jingles for school use, and five (5) winning entries in the Junior Monarch competition. Mr. Sargeant has been actively involved within the Brereton community, notably the Brereton Sports and Social Club for several years in the capacity of Scorer, Secretary/Treasurer, President and recently, member of the Planning Committee.

He has been Guitarist with Secret Force Band; as well as The Battleground, Conquerors, Hit Parade and Warriors Calypso Tents and is still a member of the Junior Monarch Band and the Pinelands Creative Workshop Folk Group.

In April 2010, Mr. Sargeant was appointed Justice of the Peace. He is also the recipient of many awards for his contribution to educational and cultural development in the community.

Anthony Sargeant is married to Judy and they are the parents of one son Antoine.

The award of BARBADOS SERVICE MEDAL is being made for his long and meritorious service in the field of education and his outstanding contribution as a musician to the development of the Annual Junior Calypso competition.

MRS. OCIE SINTELENE SPRINGER, BSM, J.P., a synonym for the word teacher in the community of Welchman Hall, St. Thomas and its environs, was born on June 23, 1922 in Carrington’s Village, St. Thomas to Lionel Chapman and Etheline Brooks. She was educated at Holy Innocents Girls’ school, and it was at her alma mater, at the tender age of 14 that she became a teacher. Ocie Springer was taken out of the class as a student and offered a three month stint as a teacher of infants. On successful completion of this three month stint she was transferred to Clifton Hill Primary School. Mrs Springer continued in the teaching profession at Airy Cot/Hillaby and St. Saviours, before being transferred back to Holy Innocents Boys’ School.

In 1960, Ocie Springer completed the Department of Education Teachers Certificate B Examination. She entered Erdiston Teachers’ Training College in 1961 and was awarded the Certificate in Education for Teaching from that institution in 1962. Ocie continued as the specialist infants’ teacher at Holy Innocents Primary School until her retirement in 1983, having given 46 years of excellent service. Mrs. Springer, on retirement, joined the staff of the Challenor School in Cane Field, St. Thomas where she continued to teach for another five years.

Mrs. Springer is widely recognized in her community for outstanding service in the areas of education and philanthropy. This recognition is not only in the eyes and hearts of the alumni of Holy Innocents Primary School but throughout the parish of St. Thomas. The Welchman Hall Community Action Group awarded Mrs. Springer for her outstanding contribution to the teaching profession. The staff of Holy Innocents Primary School presented her with their distinguished teacher award in 1993. In March of 2003 the Centre for Gender and Development Studies of the University of the West Indies in collaboration with the Community Development Department of the Ministry of Social Transformation presented her with an award for outstanding community service. The Heart of Barbados Community Award was presented to her in 2004, and the Church of the Holy Innocents also awarded her for her contribution to community work and service to the church. Mrs Springer was made a Justice of the Peace in 1996. The St. Thomas Parish Independence Committee created the “Ocie Springer Library and Resource Room” at Holy Innocents Primary School in 2005.

Mrs. Springer is also an asset to the Church of the Holy Innocents, a former chorister, Sunday school teacher, member of the Parochial Church Council and coordinator of special events for several years. A special service of thanksgiving was held in her honour at the church in July 2013 on the occasion of her 90th birthday.

Apart from her life as a teacher, community worker, church worker, matriarch of the Welchman Hall Community, she is also a family woman. She was married to Albert Springer on 8th December 1946 and is the mother of two girls, Carlie Belle and Dale Springer. She is the grandmother of three and great grandmother of one.

Mrs. Springer’s philosophy is “I only pass this way but once, if there is any good that I can do let me do it now for I will never pass this way again.”

The award of BARBADOS SERVICE MEDAL is being made for her outstanding service to education, church and community.

MISS GWYNETH SQUIRES, BSM, was born in Trinidad and Tobago to Errol and Rita Squires and she comes from a family of twelve - five sisters and seven brothers.

Gwyneth received her education at St. Roses Girls’ Catholic School and Burke’s High School in her homeland Trinidad.

One of her biggest loves was cricket and in 1963 while visiting Barbados with the Queensland female cricket team she fell in love with the island. Three years later she returned to Barbados and formed a female cricket association of which she was the youngest member.

With Barbados now being her second home, she extended her cricketing skills and knowledge to the young players of her new Bajan community and went on to manage the Erdiston Boys’ Cricket Team for ten years. Her sterling efforts with those young players have resulted in producing such star cricketers as Craig Brathwaite, Raymond Reifer, Diego Stewart and many more.

Gwyneth’s love for children was expressed by many of the young ones in both her Pine and Dayrells Road Communities who called her "Auntie Gwyneth”. She never turned away any of them who came to her for assistance with bus fare or lunch money. She was loved and respected by young and old alike.

From a young lady living in her native Trinidad, Gwyneth developed a love for mas and honed her costume making skills in the many mas camps around the island. Her experience in Trinidad Carnival from year to year made her contribution to Crop Over one which helped her set standards of mas that were comparative to those in the Twin Island Republic.

In 1980 she made her entry onto our cultural landscape when she brought her first Kadooment band called "Baygon Revellers" and then in 1985 with her first large band called "Fancy Sailors".

Over the years the name Gwyneth Squires has become synonymous with the success story of the Crop Over Festival from the decorated cart parade to Junior Kadooment, King and Queen of the Bands right through to Grand Kadooment. Her unbroken record of 19 victories at Junior Kadooment and 17 at Grand Kadooment stand revered by those at home and abroad. She has emerged in the public's eye as a cultural icon and has to date found her way into Barbados' Hall of Fame as a Bandleader/Designer Extraordinaire – a status she has maintained for the past twenty-eight years.

She has produced bands for the Barbados Tourism Authority at Notting Hill and Miami Carnivals, and has also been the creative force behind the lighting of many of the roundabouts around the island.

Gwyneth Squire's philosophy is reflected in the passion she places in her designs at Grand Kadooment “all life is joyous and beautiful and should be enjoyed to the fullest”. No wonder the late Olga Lopes Seale, another Barbadian icon, bestowed upon Gwyneth Squires the most fitting and respected title of "Madam Kadooment",

She is the mother of one son Nathan, and the grandmother of two boys - Lamar and Vidal.

The award of BARBADOS SERVICE MEDAL is being made in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the development of the Crop Over Festival particularly as bandleader and designer.

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BARBADOS BRAVERY MEDAL

For acts of bravery in hazardous circumstances.

MR. MARK STEVENSON MARTINDALE, BBM, was born in Barbados on August 15, 1966 to Errol Edghill and Arindelle Martindale. He received his secondary education at the Princess Margaret School, St Philip.

Mr. Martindale after leaving school in 1981 joined the landscape designing firm Growing Things of Barbados and was involved in several of their projects, including the plantings along the ABC Highway.

In 1987 Growing Things was appointed landscape contractor for the winter home of Bill and Jan Wesson at Long Bay, St Philip. The Wessons were so impressed with Mr. Martindale’s work, that when he asked whether they would consider him when appointing a full time gardener they jumped at the idea. Twenty-six (26) years later, Mr. Martindale is not only responsible for the gardens, but manages the entire property. He is able to deal with whatever needs attention, be it carpentry, electrical or plumbing. In addition to his duties at Coral Cove Mr. Martindale also supervises the maintenance of several other gardens in the Long Bay area. In his spare time he enjoys cooking, and his home at Jessamy Lane is a popular gathering spot for his many friends.

Mr. Martindale has one daughter, Aslim, who graduated from Princess Margaret School in 2013.

The award of BARBADOS BRAVERY MEDAL is being made in recognition of his heroic act of bravery in rescuing a Canadian visitor from drowning off the coast near Sam Lord’s Castle, St. Philip.

MR. LENNUX ROBERT FERDINAND, BBM, was born in the United Kingdom on November 30, 1962. Mr. Ferdinand was the first boy and third child born to Mr. Saville Ferdinand and Mrs. Carmel Samuel formerly Ferdinand.

Mr. Ferdinand began his education at the Rose Hall Primary School in St Vincent & the Grenadines and attended the Beech Hill Secondary School in Luton England.

He left school in 1979 and took up a full-time post with a building construction company called Early Brothers Building Construction. He worked for the firm for two years and then moved on to a government training scheme as a welder. After the program was completed he was employed as an optical engineer for five years until the company was forced into liquidation.

Mr. Ferdinand acquired his training skills and gained his certificate as an Information Technology Consultant in 1990 during his stint at a computer manufacturing firm, Computacenter in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. On leaving Computacenter in 1999, Mr. Ferdinand became a self-employed Information Technology Consultant.

In 2008 Mr. Ferdinand established his own football academy in St Philip and St James (Lafida Academy). In 2011 he coached Nulook 360 Connection in the Lime Pelican first ever $100,000 competition and guided them to the runners-up spot. Last year he was the Head Coach of Britton’s United FC and guided them to the runners-up spot in the domestic league and cup.

Mr. Ferdinand has three biological children and one adopted child – Leon, Luke and Dean Ferdinand and Jourdyn Lashley. He has been married to Ms. Catherine Joseph since September 2007.

The award of BARBADOS BRAVERY MEDAL is being made for his contribution in rescuing a Canadian visitor from drowning off the coast near Sam Lord’s Castle, St. Philip.

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