The Government of Suriname on Tuesday invested CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington, with the Republic’s highest national award – the Grand Officer in the Order of the Yellow Star.
A release from Caricom said, the award was bestowed on the Secretary-General by Desiré Bouterse, President of Suriname, at a function in honour of the President’s 65th birthday at the Presidential Palace, Paramaribo.