Three persons have been awarded the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country’s highest honour.

They are: former NGC President Mark Loquan, UWI engineer Professor Patrick Hosein, and veteran attorney Russell Martineau, SC.

Also awarded were: 11 Chaconia Medals (Gold), seven Chaconia Medals (Silver), 18 Hummingbird Medals (Gold), 15 Hummingbird Medals (Silver), eight Medals of Merit (Gold), one Medal of Merit (Silver), one Medal for Development of Women (Gold) and one Medal for Development of Women (Bronze).

See the full list of awardees:

Order of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago

• Mark Loquan
• Russell Martineau
• Prof Patrick Hosein

Chaconia Medal (Gold)

• Dr Anne Marion Osborne (posthumously) – Music (Pianoforte and Steelpan)
• Anon Naipaul – Business
• Christopher Laird – Film Industry
• Eustace Nancis – Business and Community Service
• Karen Darbasie – Banking and Finance
• Marilyn Stollmeyer – Health and Education
• Mohan Persad – Business and Community Service
• Lt Col (Ret) AR Morris Baden Semper – Public Service
• Dr Robert Jeffrey Edwards – Medicine/ Community
• Dr Ruth Lindyann Bodden-Rich (posthumously) – Culture and the Arts (Music)
• Sandra Pyke-Anthony – Community Development

Chaconia Medal (Silver)

• Dr Andrew Dhanoo – Health care and Volunteerism
• Imran Khan – Business
• James Philbert – National Security and Public Service
• Stephen Williams – National Security and Public Service
• Joanne James – National Security and Public Service
• Linda Hewitt (posthumously) – Statistics and Community Service
• Nazir Khan – Business

Hummingbird Medal (Gold)

• Amjad Ali – Business
• Arlene Alleyne-Daniel – Culture/Arts/Community Development
• Beverly Ramsey-Moore – Culture/Arts/Community Development
• Dr Elaine Iton – Health and Community Development
• Dr Gillian Paul (posthumously) – Education
• Glen De Souza – Culture
• Dr James Armstrong – Arts and Public Service
• Kenwyn Crichlow – Arts
• Dr Khamedaye Basdeo Maharaj – Dermatology
• Dr Krishna Kumar Sundaraneedi – Public Health/Research and Development
• Merissa Aguilleira – Sport (Cricket)
• Navin Stewart – Sport (Cricket)
• Dr Richard Clerk – Medicine and Community Service
• Dr Ronnie Bhola – Medicine (Eye care)
• Sr Roberta O’Flaherty – Education and Community Service
• Prof Sanjay Bahadoorsingh – Engineering and Education
• Stanford Callender – Public and Community Service
• Solaiman Juman – Medicine and Research

Hummingbird Medal (Silver)

• Cindy Ramnarine – Education
• Derek Phillip – Education
• Duvone Stewart – Culture and the Arts
• Maj (Ret) Edourd Wade – Music and Culture
• Phillip Fraser – Education and Sport
• Kathryn McConnie – National Service
• Dr Jennifer Rouse – National Service and Social Work
• Michael Bradshaw – Youth Development and Community Service
• Nasser Khan – Education and Literacy
• Naomi Adonis-Woodsley – Education
• Roger Boothman – Culture and the Arts
• Romeo Gunness – Education
• Rhonda Jones – Community Service and Sports
• Rhondall Feeles – Community Service
• Zena Ramatali – Education

Medal of Merit (Gold)

• Jacqueline Sampson Meiguel – Public Service (Governance)
• Dr Janet Stanley-Marcano – Education
• Nadira Maharaj – Health care (Medical Laboratory Service)
• Narieman Hosein-Ahamad (posthumously) – Public Service
• Raj Badhal – Public Service
• Shaheed Allaham – Education and Community Service
• Sonia Mahase-Persad – Education/Nation building
• Stephanie Lewis – Public Service

Medal of Merit (Silver)

• Fitzgerald Jeffrey (posthumously) – National Service

Medal for Development of Women (Gold)

• Rowena Martineau Pitt – Development of Women

Medal for Development of Women (Bronze)

• Giselle Granger – Development of Women in Agriculture