Appreciation Expressed

St. George’s, August 17, 2010 – Grenada’s Consul General to New York, who was one of the organisers of the Diaspora Conference held at the St. George’s University earlier this month, has welcomed the sacrifice of time and material assistance provided for the hosting of the conference by Grenadians at home and abroad.

Consul General Derrick James made the comment after receiving a donation of CAN$500 from the Montreal Support Group (MSG) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The money will help defray the cost of the conference, which was held August 5 and 6 and opened with a keynote address from Prime Minister Tillman Thomas.

The conference was attended by more than 120 overseas-based Grenadians, including Kizzy Gill of the Grenada National Association of Montreal and Byron Cameron of the NDC MSG.

“I know that the Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter David and the government as a whole, are appreciative of all the ideas that came out of the conference from the delegates who were present,’’ said Consul General James, who was presented with the MSG cash donation by Mr. Cameron.

He thanked the MSG and other contributors to the conference, saying he looked forward to their continued support for the Diaspora initiative of the Grenada Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Cameron, known in the music business as “Doggies,’’ also participated in this year’s Groovy Soca Monarch competition. He placed seventh in the competition that was won by Rankin Marvin.