SEVEN OUTSTANDING CAYMANIANS HONOURED IN NEW YEAR AWARDS

Seven Caymanians have been honoured in New Year awards by His Majesty King Charles III and the Office of the Governor of the Cayman Islands.

Five of the awardees are included in the King’s New Year’s Honours list and the other two in awards handed out by the Office of the Governor.

In making the announcement, Her Excellency, Governor Jane Owen, said:

“I am delighted to announce that five members of our community have been awarded honours by His Majesty the King in the New Year Honours list for outstanding services to the Cayman Islands.”

Those five recipients are:

Robert James RJ BERRY, Director, Financial Reporting Authority, Cayman Islands, is made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) ‘For services to the UK Sanctions Regime and Global Financial Standards in the Cayman Islands’.

Moses KIRKCONNELL III, Member of Parliament for Cayman Brac West and Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, is made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) ‘For services to the Caymanian People, to the Tourism Industry and to District Administration in the Cayman Islands’.

Gina PETRIE, Director, Department of Environment, Cayman Islands, is made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), ‘For services to the Environment and to the Community in the Cayman Islands’.

Sharon MARTIN, Educator (retired), the Government’s Public Education System, Cayman Islands, is made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) ‘For services to Education and to the Community in the Cayman Islands’.

Valerie WOOD, Horticulture volunteer, the Queen Elizabeth II Royal Botanic Park, Cayman Islands is awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) ‘For services to the Community in the Cayman Islands’.

For the two honourees recognised locally by the Office of the Governor, Her Excellency explained: “I am also delighted to announce two King’s Certificate and Badge of Honour awardees. These are awarded locally by Governors in some Overseas Territories to those who have made outstanding contributions to our Islands.”

The recipients are:

Melissa Martinez-Ebanks ‘for services to the Cayman Islands Postal Service’

Morgan DaCosta ‘for voluntary service and service to cultural preservation and development’

Caymanian Times congratulates the awardees.