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This year, 29 national awards will be presented those who have rendered outstanding service to the country, with three people receiving the nation’s highest honour, The Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ORTT).

The late former chief secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly Hochoy Charles, Professors Emeritus Selwyn Cudjoe and Kenneth Ramchand were chosen for the ORTT, with this being a second national award for Ramchand.