by Dr Garrie Michael Dennie Last week, the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves accomplished a feat without precedent in modern Caribbean history. And for that matter, Latin American history too. He averted a war. The scale of Dr Gonsalves’ achievement merited attention by the international media. The BBC and CNN led the global media in telling the story of how Guyana and …
Finally de Emancipation Memorial Lecture in honour of de legacy of Oscar Allen, for his contribution to the socio-political, cultural, and religious life in St Vincent and the Grenadines and de region took place last Tuesday night August 22. De event was hosted by the UWI Global Campus, in collaboration wid The Friends of Oscar Allen and the Diamonites Organisation. Ah watched de entire program on You Tube entitled: “Emancipation …
by Dr Garrey Michael Dennie In July 1974, when I was barely fourteen years old, Dr Cyrus saved my life. And by then, he had already established himself as the greatest doctor in the history of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Unfortunately, about a month before I met Dr Cyrus, I stepped barefooted on a broken bottle in the playground at Rose Place and sustained a severe gash to the …
A local historian is of the view that Vincentians ought to be astonished that they live in a country that has been inhabited for thousands of years. Dr Garrie Michael Dennie made the declaration on Monday, while handing over to the Ministry of Culture, a draft of the first three chapters of the History of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on behalf of himself, Dr Arnold Thomas, Dr Adrian …
AS THE St Vincent Grammar School (SVGS) continued activities to mark its 114th anniversary,on Wednesday, the institution welcomed a group of outstanding academics among whom were two past students. [caption id="attachment 159138" align="alignnone" width="1024"] AFI MARTIN, history teacher at the St Vincent Grammar School addressing one of the classes during the visit[/caption] Dr Garrie Michael Dennie and Dr Cleve Scott, both historians, spoke to fourth and fifth form students about the …