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GDF Officers Conference walkout: Press Association says media profession ‘disrespected’
A group of approximately 19 media operatives on Thursday morning staged a walkout on the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Annual Officers Conference hosted at the Base Camp Ayanganna.
The media – inclusive of both state and private entities- were invited to cover the Annual Officers Conference for 09:30hrs. As such, most of the respective members complied and arrived long before the given time.
However, upon arrival, instead of being directed to the conference room located in the Officers’ Mess, they were diverted into another building and asked to wait in a tiny room- which resulted in overcrowding.
While in the room, the media operatives reminded the GDF’s Communications Officer, Major Earl Edghill that they needed to arrive at the conference room in a timely manner, so as to allow for them to set up cables and cameras to provide the coverage.
Edghill asserted that he was aware of this and maintained that the operatives will be escorted to the room later.
At approximately 09:45hrs, the
