Dr Scotland, Sheriffudeen, Gaskin and Panchu receive RHTY&SC awards
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland on Friday last headed a list of five outstanding Guyanese to receive the Dolphin Award of Excellence – -the highest award of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC), MS. The others were Mahadeo Panchu, Noreen Gaskin, Radesh Rameshwar and Safraz Sheriffudeen and together they receive the award from RHTY&SC President Keith Foster.
Long-serving Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster, at the presentation ceremony, disclosed that the Dolphin Award of Excellence was the highest of the Club’s 12-award scheme and was specially reserved for only 30 awardees. The awardees are selected by a five-member panel headed by Foster and Vice President Mark Papannah based on their contribution to Guyana’s development, role model status and relationship with the Club.
The Secretary/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) stressed that the number of awardees could only be increased by a two-thirds majority vote of Club members at a Special Meeting. Earlier awardees include President David Granger, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Ministers Volda Lawrence and Amna Ally, Bakewell General Manager Rajiv Ganga, Busta General Manager Robert Selman, ANSA McAL Country Manager Beverly Harper, Namilco General Manager Bert Sukhai, ScotiaBank Marketing Executive Jennifer Cipriani, Journalists Franklyn Wilson, Claude David, Sean and Avenash Ramzan and Gregory Rambarran.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland receives his award from RHTY&SC President Keith Foster
Dr Scotland, apart from being the Speaker of the National Assembly, also had a long and successful career as a Guyanese diplomat, while Panchu has served Guyana well in the rice sector and is now the CEO of KSM Investments, a company that is making a massive contribution towards the construction sector in Guyana.
V Net Communication CEO Safraz Sheriffudeen receives his award
Gaskin is the CEO of Sentinel Security and a long-time sponsor of the Club, while Rameshwar is the Managing Director of Kares Engineering Inc and recently donated the prizes for the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Green Economy Tournament. Rameshwar also donated close to $1 million worth of school bags towards the Patron’s Fund. Sheriffudeen is the visionary behind V Net Communication and currently serves as its CEO. All of the awardees along with Engineer Satyna Kishun and Marketing Consultant Azeeze Khan were also inducted as honorary members of the dynamic organisation.
The Club, Foster stated, strongly believes in honouring heroes in their lifetime and also honouring its sponsors for their support of the Club’s numerous activities.
All of the awardees expressed gratitude to the Club for the honour and stated that they were proud to be inducted as honorary members of such a progressive organisation, which on a daily basis changes the lives of youths, the less fortunate, and the elderly.
