Who’s the Sportsman? And where did he get that name? The search for a suitable name for his broadcasting debut as a Sports Caster on ZROD 103.7 FM over 20 years ago began unexpectedly for Dean Greenaway. With a desire to broaden his sports repertoire while writing for the BVI Beacon, he met with ZROD […]
Mr. Elliot Walwyn Brewley’s name is synonymous with softball in the Virgin Islands simply because he has dedicated many, many years of his life to the sport. Now a retired auditor at 75, Brewley’s involvement in the sport began from a young boy when he played with coconut bats and balls made from young coconuts, […]
You ever saw someone and thought they were just another person until someone tells you something phenomenal about them? I am guilty! This was the case with Alberto Francis. I saw him being hospitable with tourist and said that’s what Taxi men do. Then someone said he is 89 years old and I was blown […]
Another son of the virgin soil, Dr. Charles Hugo Wheatley was born right here in Tortola on February 16, 1938 and was the oldest of 12 children of the late Alturo Wheatley and Marie Durante-Wheatley. The foundation for what has been a lengthy educational career started at the East End Methodist School and continued at […]
