He served as press secretary for Prime Minister Maurice Bishop from 1981–1983, until a Bishop power-sharing dispute led to fighting and Bishop's death.
On 13 March 1979, while Gairy was at the UN, the New Jewel Movement led by Maurice Bishop launched an armed revolution and overthrew the government.
In October 1983, the United States led an invasion of Grenada, code named Urgent Fury, after the overthrow and murder of the leader of Grenada, Maurice Bishop, by the Bernard Coard.
On 29 May 2009, which would have been his 65th birthday, Grenada's international airport (formerly Point Salines International Airport) was renamed Maurice Bishop International Airport.
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He initiated a number of projects, most significantly, the building of a new international airport on the island's southern tip (that in May 2009 was renamed in his memory).
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