Sir Godfrey GreggPM DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF LACK OF SUPPLIES AT HOSPITAL Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said that the recent complaint that there was no plaster of Paris at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital is baffling. “I don’t know how they can’t have plaster of Paris. I don’t know if there…
Sir Godfrey GreggCharge of mail fraud In a memorandum dated 11 October 1919,[36] J. Edgar Hoover, special assistant to the Attorney General and head of the General Intelligence Division (or “anti-radical division”)[37] of The Bureau of Investigation or BOI (after 1935, the Federal Bureau of Investigation),[38] wrote to Special Agent Ridgely regarding Garvey: “Unfortunately, however, he [Garvey]…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggSt Vincent, Trinidad sign trade agreement JULY 26TH, 2017 GIS: –The OECS Agri-Export Initiative Aims to Help Lower the Region’s Food Import Bill. A new EC$20,000 a week trade agreement has been signed to export produce from St Vincent and the Grenadines to Trinidad and Tobago as part of…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggIt was a nail biting day when her mom was in the hospital waiting for delivery. Being hundred of miles away, and my only child I was waiting to hear the good news or that she was OK. After hours of waiting for the phone beep and the good…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggSOUTH AFRICAN CHILD ‘VIRTUALLY CURED’ OF HIV A nine-year-old infected with HIV at birth has spent most of their life without needing any treatment, say doctors in South Africa. The child, whose identity is being protected, was given a burst of treatment shortly after birth. They have since been…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggConflicts with Du Bois and others On 4 October 1916, the Daily Gleaner in Kingston published a letter written by Raphael Morgan, a Jamaican-American priest of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, together with over a dozen other like-minded Jamaican-Americans, who wrote in to protest against Garvey’s lectures.[25] Garvey’s views on Jamaica, they felt, were damaging to…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggMarriage and family At the age of 32 in 1919, Garvey married his first wife, Amy Ashwood Garvey. Amy Ashwood Garvey was also a founder of The UNIA-ACL. She had saved Garvey in the Tyler assassination by quickly getting medical help. After four months of marriage, Garvey separated from…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggViews on communism “Fundamentally what racial difference is there between a white Communist, Republican or Democrat?” —Marcus Garvey[23] Garvey is known as a leading political figure because of his determination to fight for the unity of African Americans by creating the Universal Negro Improvement Association and rallying to gather supporters to…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggLet me go back a few years and remember the loss we had in our family. I speak of the Greggs and Bynoes whom I am a great part of the family. This is in memory of all those we have lost. With death, there is pain and sometimes…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggOrganization of UNIA In 1914, Garvey returned to Jamaica, where he organized the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). In an article titled “The Negro’s Greatest Enemy”, published in Current History (September 1923), Garvey explained the origin of the organization’s name: Where did the name of the organization come from? It was while…
Read moreSir Godfrey Gregg1932 The First Aircraft To Land In St. Vincent Michael Cipriani was the first pilot to land an airplane on the island of St.Vincent. Michael flew from Trinidad landed in St. Vincent on the 29th July 1932 and later continued his flight to Barbados. The de Havilland Moth airplane…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggEarly years Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. was born as the youngest of eleven children in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, to Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Sr., mason, and Sarah Jane Richards, a domestic worker. Only his sister Indiana along with Marcus survived to adulthood.[7][8] His family was financially stable given the circumstances of this time…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggThanking God for another day and for the family is alive and well. It is truly amazing how the little ones catch up so fast like Shamie who I haven’t seen in the flesh or hold. However, whenever she sees her Grandpa on the chat she gets so excited.…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggNo gay marriage for the Caribbean, West Indian archbishops say The Church of the Province of the West Indies will not follow the American lead and agree to solemnize gay weddings, Archbishop John Holder, Bishop of Barbados declared last week. Speaking in the wake of the U.S. Supreme…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggMarcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940),[2]was a proponent of black nationalism in Jamaica and especially the United States. He was a leader of a mass movement called Pan-Africanism and he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).[3] He also founded the Black Star Line, a shipping and passenger…
Read moreSir Godfrey Gregg2-Day Escape to Union Island St. Joseph’s Guesthouse It was the end of June and after months of waiting, the time had finally come for my Union Island getaway! I rose early that morning to be greeted by windy, rainy, grey skies, but they could not dull my anticipation. This…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggLIFE WITH AUNTY G. The Beauty of SVG with Aunty G St.Vincent and The Grenadines Oldest Citizen Ms. Estelle Young Davis Celebrates 109 Years Today. She was born on July 20th, 1908 My last visit to her in June 2017 was very impressive from this loving lady who always…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggPraise the Lord and good morning to the family. I trust that you are spared by the tropical storm with the exception of a little rain. So take courage that the greater part of the system stayed south. So wishing everyone a blessed day. New York is very hot…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggPOSTED BY:Â ADMINÂ JANUARY 28, 2016 Peace and tranquility were hard to come by in early St. Vincent. If hurricanes and earthquakes were not enough to shake up the growing population, restless natives were another. Those natives were called Caribs, and St. Vincent had been their home for hundreds of years…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggOk, the Supreme Court was ready to hear the petitions and an attorney pulled out the “joker” card and the argument began as to the timing of the hearing. There were the legal suggestions and arguments of law for a postponement for a week to be fully briefed on…
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