Oct 19, 2009 0
140 Jamaicans Get National Honours / Awards
Hundreds gathered on the lawns of King’s House in Kingston earlier today, for the annual presentation of National Honours and Awards. 140 awardees received honours ranging from the Order of Merit and Order of Jamaica, to the Badge of Honour for Gallantry.
The two most notable awardees were probably track superstar Usain Bolt, who received the Order of Jamaica for outstanding performance in the field of athletics at the international level, and young eighth grader Colin Anthony Foster, who received the Badge of Honour For Gallantry, for his courage in saving the life of his bed-ridden Great-Grandmother, when their house was completely destroyed by fire on December 6, 2006.