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Media ejected from Joint Services’ Appreciation Day for Jagdeo
November 18, 2011 | By KNews | Filed Under News

Members of the media were persona non grata at yesterday’s discipline services Appreciation Day ceremony for Commander-in-chief, President Bharrat Jagdeo.

The function was held at the Officers’ Mess, Eve Leary and was attended by heads of the various Law Enforcement agencies.

In attendance and among the top ranking officers of the Guyana Defence Force, were Chief-of-Staff, Commodore Gary Best; Police Commissioner, Henry Greene; Guyana Fire Service Chief, Marlon Gentle and Head of the Guyana Prison Service, Dale Erskine.

This ceremony comes days before the Disciplined Services Forces cast their ballot and less than two weeks before a new Commander-in-Chief is elected.

About 30 minutes into the ceremony, after the Fire Chief completed his presentation, and while Erskine was delivering his remarks, the media was asked to leave by Public Relations Officer of the Guyana Police Force, Ivelaw Whittaker.

Prior to the expulsion, Whittaker inquired from journalists which media houses they were representing. Present were reporters from the Kaieteur News and the Guyana Times.

He left and returned to where the media were seated and informed them that they had not been invited.


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Media ejected from Joint Services’ Appreciation Day for Jagdeo
November 18, 2011 | By KNews | Filed Under News

Members of the media were persona non grata at yesterday’s discipline services Appreciation Day ceremony for Commander-in-chief, President Bharrat Jagdeo.

The function was held at the Officers’ Mess, Eve Leary and was attended by heads of the various Law Enforcement agencies.

In attendance and among the top ranking officers of the Guyana Defence Force, were Chief-of-Staff, Commodore Gary Best; Police Commissioner, Henry Greene; Guyana Fire Service Chief, Marlon Gentle and Head of the Guyana Prison Service, Dale Erskine.

This ceremony comes days before the Disciplined Services Forces cast their ballot and less than two weeks before a new Commander-in-Chief is elected.

About 30 minutes into the ceremony, after the Fire Chief completed his presentation, and while Erskine was delivering his remarks, the media was asked to leave by Public Relations Officer of the Guyana Police Force, Ivelaw Whittaker.

Prior to the expulsion, Whittaker inquired from journalists which media houses they were representing. Present were reporters from the Kaieteur News and the Guyana Times.

He left and returned to where the media were seated and informed them that they had not been invited.


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Mits, I'll use this article in another thread for asj. I'm kinda confused here. First we're hearing that the Police Force is in bed with the APNU/PNC and here we have the PR of the Force kicking the media out at Jagdeo's funcion. What gives?
cain
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Originally posted by Mitwah:
Please pay attention and don't allow your allegiance to a political party blind your vision to what's happening to democracy.


Pre 1992 you didn't know how democracy feel or look in Guyana. Post 1992, you're defending democracy in Guyana. Let's say thanks to the PPP for giving us that privilege.
FM
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Originally posted by Cobra:
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Originally posted by Mitwah:
Please pay attention and don't allow your allegiance to a political party blind your vision to what's happening to democracy.


Pre 1992 you didn't know how democracy feel or look in Guyana. Post 1992, you're defending democracy in Guyana. Let's say thanks to the PPP for giving us that privilege.


in the PNC days nuff ah these so called mouth men we see now would have been 7 feet in the ground...Thanks to the PPP we can say what we want and not scared of our lives...long live the PPP....come the 28 the Guyanese voters will put them back into office so Guyana can continue down it's road to further development....investments coming from all over the world..Guyana is on the move..PPP all the way.
FM

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