VINO responds to Dean Greenaway’s Letter!
Many of our readers and even persons who were at the ceremony have called the news room to confirm what they heard Mr. Greenaway say at the ceremony on July 18, 2013 to welcome home the delegation from the 8th IAAF World Youth Championships.
While we are well aware that as a civil servant he must be careful in what he says about the government of the day and our understanding of the pressures and fear civil servants have on the issues of victimisation and discipline, we find it curious that Mr. Greenaway will deny what he has told the public.
In fact, after reading his letter published on July 22, 2013 on two other online news sites, many persons in the sporting community also called our news room to confirm that Mr. Greenway held that position about lack of adequate government funding for athletes for many years, not only with the current Government but previous Administrations.
So it came as a surprise why a person who has dedicated his life to sports and the youth will at this stage in his career try to undermine his own credibility.
Many have made suggestions as to the reasons, however, it’s not prudent to speculate or to believe all that we are told.
In fact in a recent exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online, Mr. Greenaway [audio clip attached] again raised the issue of the need for proper funding to provide the necessary support for Virgin Islands’ athletes. He mentioned in the interview the need for an athletic trainer, along with medical support and the likes, which will go a far way in helping Virgin Islands’ teams travelling overseas to be successful.
He said in the interview that this would be at an additional cost, making the point yet again that his funding is not adequate, the same premise he repeated in his speech at the welcome home ceremony on July 18, 2013.
Mr. Greenaway also made allegations against our news site that we failed to publish many of his press releases because they are positive!
He will know, as the journalist he claims to be, that all news organisations in the Virgin Islands receive upwards of 10 to 15 press releases per day from local, regional and international public relations firms, private organisations and both Governments and Oppositions.
Therefore, it is the job of our editorial team to decide what is to be posted. Furthermore, on our staff we have a sports reporter. This is the only online news site in the Virgin Islands with such a staff member. Our sports reporter most often would cover Mr. Greenaway’s sporting events thus reducing the need to post his press releases.
The Sports Desk at Virgin Islands News Online has always worked with Mr. Greenaway and continues to do so. On occasions when there are challenges, he would even often call our esteemed Founder and Chairman Mr. Julian Willock.
It has been long cemented within the community that Virgin Islands News Online has no axe to grind with any one, nothing to prove, but just to report the news objectively, professionally, and to remain fair and balanced.
This is why we can boast about being number one in the online news market and having a reputation for accuracy, which is unmatched by any other media house.
As for Mr. Greenaway’s new found praises for the Minister for Education and Culture, we will leave that for others to debate. However, we will continue to work with Mr. Greenaway to get his sports messages out and thank him for his support, thus far and commitment to sports in the Virgin Islands.
Finally, we continue to thank our many readers, staff, advertisers, along with our team of reporters and the many persons who continue to call and offer their wise counsel, information and helpful suggestions. We remain humbled.
Audio clip below of Virgin Islands News Online's recent exclusive interview with Dean Greenaway
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32 Responses to “VINO responds to Dean Greenaway’s Letter!”
DAS Klass, nuff said
Dean and Myron go sit down we want to play and hear our own music and be left in peace and quiet in our country!
G....... bites the hand that feeds him. He is too busy trying to dig in every hole and not getting things done that he is being paid for.
give Dean a break vino the man must have had a lil smoke