Can the Ministry of Education & Culture get anything right?
A new sign has been placed at the back of the field: ‘Welcome to E. Walwyn Brewley Softball Park’. It has caught many users and the public by surprise.
Usually, when a public facility is renamed it involves a Cabinet Paper and most often debated in the House of Assembly. A senior source within the Ministry of Education and Culture told our newsroom that they are “not aware of any Cabinet Paper. At least I have not seen one…but I know it was down as one of the Department of Youth Affairs 2016 work plan…. get use to it, that’s how they do things around here.”
We support ‘GM’ but do things right!
A sports enthusiast who works for the Department of Youth Affairs & Sports said: “I think there is unanimous support for the renaming in GM’s honour, but you just have to do things right, wait until the ceremony to unveil the name, not the cart before the horse,” the officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Many in the community support the renaming of the softball field in honour of softball veteran player, announcer, game statistician, long standing President of the Softball Association and former Legislator E. Walwyn Brewley aka “GM” but they are concerned that everything in the Virgin Islands seems to move at the “whims and fancy” of some politicians without going through due process or doing things correctly.
It is our newsroom’s understanding that the intention to carry out the name change was mentioned in the House of Assembly (HoA) by Minister for Education and Culture Hon Myron V. Walwyn, however, it remains unclear if a mention in the House of Assembly is the same as Cabinet Approval and debate on the proposal in the HoA.
VIP & NDP renamed landmarks following protocol
Under the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government, two sporting facilities were renamed between 2007 and 2011: Ellis Thomas Downs- the government owned racetrack- and the Roger Allen Hodge Park located in Sea Cows Bay. Additionally, the dual carriageway in Road Town on the main island of Tortola was renamed James Walter Francis Drive during the VIP’s 1999-2003 term. All three had the approval of Cabinet and were debated in the House of Assembly.
In the first term of the National Democratic Party [2011-2015], three renaming took place, the Methodist Manse Road in the capital City Road Town was renamed the Paul P. Wattley Road and the Baughers Bay Recreation Grounds to the Millicent Mercer Recreation Grounds. In addition, the Purcell Estate Community Centre was renamed in honour of Gertrude and Christiana Warner, with all three having Cabinet’s Approval and were debated in the HOA via a resolution.
It is unclear now if the move to rename the Old Recreation Grounds softball field will stay with the way things are usually done; via Cabinet Paper and a debate in the Parliament, as well as an official ceremony where the new name is unveiled at the ceremony in front of the honouree’s family and the public.
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42 Responses to “Can the Ministry of Education & Culture get anything right?”
Dude/Dudette, do you have proff that people is getting paid to blog for the NDP? You can't call people wicked because of their political preference. I like the NDP and I will continue to back them. They are the only political party that is going to move this Island in the right direction. Just get over yourself
And stop complaining so much. Order you a nice cold pink lemonade and go sit by the water somewhere and Chillax.
GOD BLESS VINO FOR LETTING THE PUBLIC WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY THE GOOD AND THE BAD .THERE IS SOMETHING CALL PRINCIPLE AND THAT IS WHAT THE BALD SHOULD USE WHEN DOING THINGS HE IS WORKING FOR THE PUBLIC AND NOT HIM SELF WE HAVE TO SET STANDARD IN THIS PLACE ELSE EVERYTHING WILL GO TO HELL WE ALL ARE SEEING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS PLACE THE RIGHT HAND DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING AND IF THAT CONTINUE TELL ME WHAT WILL HAPPEN . SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE FOR A PERSON THEY CANNOT DO NO WRONG PEOPLE WRONG IS WRONG AND RIGHT IS RIGHT REGADLESS OF WHO IT IS .WHAT THE >>>>>>> WAS TO DO IS HAVE A CEREMONY BEFORE A GAME AND UNVEIL THE NAME BUT HE THINK HE IS THE PREMIER AND ALSO ACTING AS IF HE OWN THE BVI.
and that is not a Lie ....
yall just dont know how to mind ur own bizness always want to be in someone elses own