Sherryl Griffith accepting her award from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley in recognition of her dedicated service as a teacher and since her retirement as a counsellor to many young people, including her long association with the St. Peter Parish Independence Committee.
Road to be renamed
The first black person to be elected as Speaker of Barbados House of Assembly will be honoured later this week when a road is renamed after him.
Member of Parliament for St. Peter, Colin Jordan told the gathering at St. Peter's Parish Church on Sunday night that this will occur on Friday.
Cabinet met and approved a proposal to rename what is now called the Speightstown by-pass road after the late Sir Kenmore Husbands, K.N.R. Husbands.
He added, The Prime Minister and her Cabinet thought it fitting that as St. Peter celebrated its month and as that month coincided quite nicely with our theme of celebrating heritage, but also as it is African Awareness Month, that celebrating the contribution of the first black speaker of the House of Assembly was something that we had to do. So on Friday afternoon we plan to unveil a sign that will indicate that road will be renamed after Sir Kenmore Husbands and the Prime Minister will share a few remarks at that event.
The Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations was at the time addressing the Pride of Barbados Awards Ceremony. This event, which was one of the activities on the national We Gatherin' calendar, was staged by the government in association with the St. Peter's Parish Organising Committee.
Jordan explained to attendees that the late Sir Kenmore, whose full name is Kenmore Nathaniel Rhystone Husbands, was an icon for St. Peter, an icon in Speightstown and an icon for Barbados.
The late Sir Kenmore Husbands died in 1991.