| The Guyana Press Association (GPA) and the two Parliamentary Opposition parties have joined the many persons expressing condolences on the death of veteran broadcaster and administrator, Terence ‘Terry’ Holder.GPA yesterday said that as a General Manager and as a Programme Manager of the Guyana Broadcasting Service (GBS), Terry was instrumental in the development of radio broadcasting in Guyana.Terence ‘Terry’ Holder“He nurtured a cadre of commentators,Wholesale Jerseys From China Supply, announcers, producers and reporters to pay particular attention to getting the right story out. To many, Terry was a guide and a mentor and broadcasting in Guyana and the Caribbean is better because he played his part. However,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys China, he was a stickler for standards and lamented to various members of the GPA his concern about falling standards in the media.”According to GPA,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, Holder believed that people needed to know what was occurring in their societies so that they could make informed choices and decisions.“He believed that the reporters must “live the story to tell the story”. He insisted that broadcasters understood that they were speaking to that one person out there who needed to know. He encouraged broadcasters to get out in the field,Wholesale Jerseys, wherever the story took them. He wanted announcers and producers to connect with their radio audiences all the time.”GPA said that Holder’s tenure as Secretary General of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) resulted in a similar vision and management style.“He took pride in the production of the Caribbean Song Festival, CaribVision and CaribScope. Terry had helped to establish the CBU and laboured indefatigably to make it work.”Although Holder had a larger broadcasting vision for the Caribbean he never forgot his native land,Nike NFL Jerseys China, Guyana. He returned to serve as Deputy General Manager of GT&T and continued to promote and push the media to higher standards.“He also immersed himself in sport, particularly cricket and table tennis and was well respected for his loyalty, diligence and vigilance in those arenas. He was ever so polite, unflappable, suave and an inspiration to so many in the media and sporting fraternities. The Guyana Press Association shall miss his counsel and Guyana has lost a good and gentle soul.”Meanwhile, the seven-seat Parliamentary Opposition,Wholesale Jerseys From China, Alliance For Change, joined in the tributes.“The AFC, like the Guyanese people recognize Mr. Holder as a stalwart and a son of the soil who led an exemplary and remarkable life. His service,Wholesale Jerseys China, to broadcasting in Guyana and the Caribbean, media, sport and society and as General Manager for Public Relations with the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), has been outstanding in every regard.”AFC noted that Holder pioneered GBC’s Action Line and Man in the Street programmes along with the CBU’s CaribScope and CaribVision programmes.“He also led the negotiations which led to the first live television broadcast of international cricket in the Caribbean in 1990.”AFC also said that it regrets that Holder was not recognized formally with a national award for his service to Guyana and the Caribbean and looks forward to such an appropriate honour being bestowed posthumously.Meanwhile, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) in its statement said that in addition to Terry Holder, Guyana also lost Grenville Felix and Carlotta Dodson.The faction noted the key positions Holder held in broadcasting and the communications sector of the country.Regarding Felix, age 96, of Canefield, Settlement, Canje, East Berbice who passed away at the Anamaya Memorial Hospital, Corentyne, APNU pointed out that he had a long and distinguished career in the sugar industry where he started working as an apprentice at age 16 and retired in 1977 as Assistant Factory Manager- Engineer.“The Partnership also expresses condolences at the passing of Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Ms. Carlotta Dodson D.S.M. Ms. Dodson was 66 years old. She served in the Executive Leadership of the Assemblies of God in Guyana. She was also Administrator of its educational institution “Generation Next” and a Deaconess of the church. In recognition of her long and distinguished service in the Guyana Police Force, Ms. Dodson was awarded the Disciplined Service Medal (D.S.M.).” |
