By Nelson A. King
Since the formation of the
Brooklyn-based Marriaqua
Secondary School/St. Joseph’s
Convent Marriaqua (MSS/
SJCM) Alumni Association of
North America, Inc., one of its
goals was to foster the educational
growth of the second
school in St. Vincent and the
Grenadines by giving back in
every possible way.
The school in the Marriaqua
Valley in St. Vincent and the
Grenadines has been renamed
St. Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua.
On Sept. 16, which marked
the school’s 52nd anniversary,
the association presented to the
principal and students muchneeded
science lab equipment,
which included Bunsen burners,
voltmeters, Carolina balance,
burettes, copper metal
electrodes and microscopes.
MSS/SJCM Alumni Association
said in a statement on
online
com
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Science teacher Nikisha Primus stands beside a Ripple
Tank donated by the Brooklyn-based Marriaqua Secondary
School/St. Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua (MSS/SJCM)
Alumni Association of North America, Inc. MSS/SJCM Alumni
Association of North America, Inc.
Monday that the handing-over
ceremony was incorporated
into the school’s 52nd Anniversary
celebration with present
and past students in attendance.
“The science equipment was
very much needed,” said science
teacher, Nikisha Primus, who
also indicated that she no longer
needed to find
innovative ways to demonstrate
certain science processes
as she now has the necessary
equipment to do so.
MSS/SJCM Alumni Association
said it was represented at
the ceremony by Andre Bailey,
who presented the equipment to
Sis. Jacintha Wallace, principal
of the school.
According to MSS/SJCM
Alumni Association, in his
remarks, Bailey urged students
to “honor and cherish the equipment,”
and hoped that the equipment
will foster their education.
He also reminded students
that the equipment is not just
for current students but for
future ones as well, the association
said.
Phyllis Coard dies
in Jamaica
By Vinette K. Pryce
Jamaica-born Phyllis Coard
lost her battle with cancer on
Sept. 6 at age 76.
The former Central Committee
member of Grenada’s
People’s Revolutionary Government
succumbed following
decades of cancer treatment
she sought in her homeland
after serving partial sentence
in a Grenada prison for the
role she played as an accomplice
to the murder of Prime
Minister Maurice Bishop in
1983.
The convicted traitor of her
party leader and co-conspirator
to a bloody coup reportedly
was pronounced dead after
doctors at a Kingston hospital
failed to detect a pulse.
“She was not breathing
when they got to her,” Coard’s
daughter reportedly said. She
added that doctors “tried to
revive her unsuccessfully.”
According to reports while
incarcerated in a Grenada prison,
the wife of Bernard Coard,
was diagnosed with malignant
cancer and because of that
was given temporary reprieve
in 2000 to be treated off the
island.
With assurances from family
members and compassionate
friends that she would be
cared for Coard was allowed
incremental reprieve from her
prison sentence which required
six-months extensions.
In Jamaica she was able to
reunite with her three children
and also benefit from oncology
specialists there.
Vincy group
donates lab
equipment to
alma mater
Phyllis Coard. Jamaica Gleaner
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