Becca named to CBU Hall of Fame

SAN ANDRES ISLAND, COLOMBIA (CMC): The Barbados-based Caribbean Broadcasting Union ( CBU) has inducted two former regional media workers into its Caribbean Media Hall of Fame during its 50th annual general assembly held in Colombia this week.

In a statement, the CBU said late Jamaican sports writer Tony Becca and the Trinidadian media executive Shida Bolai had been inducted into the hall of fame.

Becca, a former Gleaner sports editor, was “hailed as having sports and sports journalism in his blood from the early days as he played cricket, football, hockey and table tennis.

“He was best remembered for reporting on all sporting disciplines with his writings about cricket – and, especially, West Indies cricket – for which he was renowned. He covered more than 125 West Indies Test matches.”

Bolai was regarded “as a strong leader at operational and executive levels in media steadily working across media platforms of print, radio and television” during her employment at the Caribbean Communications Network.