National Awards of Trinidad and Tobago

The National Awards of Trinidad and Tobago consist of:

• The Trinity Cross Medal of the Order of the Trinity - the country's highest award.
• The Chaconia Medal of the Order of the Trinity - in Gold, Silver or Bronze
• The Humming Bird Medal of the Order of the Trinity - in Gold Silver and Bronze
• The Public Service Medal of Merit of the Order of the Trinity - in Gold, Silver and Bronze

Holders of the various awards are allowed to place the letters T.C. (Trinity Cross), C.M. (Chaconia Medal), H.B.M. (Humming Bird Medal) or M.O.M. (Medal of Merit).

These awards were introduced following independence in 1962 to replace the honours available to citizens of the British Empire. They were approved in 1967 and first awarded in 1969.

Awardees

2004 Awardees

Trinity Cross

• none awarded

Chaconia Medal

• Stephen Ames (Gold)
• Arthur Lok Jack (Gold)
• Zadia Rajnauth (Gold)
• Sarah Whiteman (Gold)
• Malcolm Jones (Gold)
• Joan Massiah (Gold)
• George Bovell (Gold)

• Fenrick De Four (posthumous) (Silver)
• Malick Folk Performing Company, Dance Company (Silver)
• Clico Shiv Shakti Dance Company, Dance Company (Silver)

Humming Bird Medal

• Cynthia Bell (Gold)
• Alyson Brown (Gold)
• Roy Cape (Gold)
• Barnabas Ramon-Fortune (Gold)
• Felix Roach (Gold)
• The WR Torres Foundation for the Blind (Gold)
• Edward Williams, (Posthumous) (Gold)
• Jacqueline Koon How (Gold)

• Veera Bhajan (Silver)
• Vishwanath Arjoon (Silver)
• Raj Karan Jadoo (Silver)
• Emmanuel Juman (Silver)
• The Lara Brothers Parang Group (Silver)
• Albert 'Al' Ramsawack (Silver)
• Chandardath Sookram (Silver)
• Rhonda Charles (Silver)

Medal of Merit

• Joseph Allard (Gold)
• Cislyn Baptiste (Gold)
• Pamella Benson (Gold)
• Carl de Souza (Posthumous) (Gold)
• Kenneth Phillip (Gold)
• Frank Porter (Gold)

2003 Awardees

Trinity Cross

• none awarded

Chaconia Medal

• André Tanker (Gold) (posthumously)

Humming Bird Medal

• George Bovell (Gold)
• Winston Bailey ("Shadow") (Silver)
• Jean Talma (Silver)
• Wayne Crooks (Silver)

Medal of Merit

• Shireen Dewan-Mc Ken (Silver)