Gordon J. D. Callender dies following MASA drama
A good teacher
According to information reaching our news centre, he died sometime this morning at Peebles Hospital, in Road Town, the capital city. He was 68-years-old having been born on July 15, 1950.
The educator taught countless students and had served in many schools in the educational system including, as Principal of the Joyce Samuel Primary School in Belle Vue. Some of his greatest achievements were while serving as Principal of the biggest Primary School in the Territory, the Althea Scatliffe during 2000-2010, after which he retired.
One man protest
Originally, from T&T it is believed Mr Callender came to the Virgin Islands (VI) as a little boy. He is expected to be buried on Tortola which he considers his adopted home.
Earlier this week, his brother David Callender staged a one-man protest where he alleged that MASA insurance had refused to evacuate his sick brother to Trinidad to be with his family.
MASA side
In a press release, MASA claimed that the transportation was “not medically necessary” and the deceased was “additionally informed that he did not qualify for recuperative transportation under the terms and conditions of the Member Services Agreement, as such recuperative transportations were associated with a member’s return to their residence in the event that they are hospitalised abroad."
MASA via their Director of Compliance further noted, "As Mr Gordon Callender was a Tortola resident and not a Trinidad resident, such recuperative transportation services were not applicable.”
No date for the funeral has been announced.
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13 Responses to “Gordon J. D. Callender dies following MASA drama”
What have this country come to , when immigration officers are telling employers who ho to the airport to pick up their relief workers not to come back to the airport to pick up their workers because they don’t want Haitians and members from the Dominican Republic and Jamaica to come here to work and they are telling you to get people from Venezuela and the philipenes and the immigration department has now taken over the job of the labor department controlling the the people’s work because they do not want these nationalities in our country it is a crying shame what is going on in this country the governed needs to look into these abuses that are been taking of our people in this country our people does not deserve this to the family of Mr Callender my deepest sympathies and for all the people that are being advantage by the people of this BVI god will take care of you it’s juat a matter of time he will never give you more than you can bear .
Now MASA said yesterday that he was fit to be discharged with proper ambulatory care. The unfortunate proof here now is that he was minutes away from his final day. So I also blame Peebles for not recommending him as a patient fit for airlift. Shame on all of you
Quite the saddest things ever - missed opportunities can’t always be made up for! America’s “No child Left behind” should be mirrored with campaign Program for Progress - “Turnover A New Leaflet For Teachers ” For there by the grace of God go I and you!
Rest in Love and Peace