As Guyana mourns the death of its first female President, Janet Jagan, the Guyana Press Association (GPA) has stated that it is deeply saddened at the passing of Mrs. Jagan, who they described as an indomitable fighter for press freedom and one of the longest-serving journalists in the country.According to the GPA,NBA Jerseys From China, as editor of the Peoples Progressive Party’s? (PPP) Mirror newspaper, Mrs. Jagan lived through those terrible years of State-repression of the privately-owned media characterized by restrictions on the importation of newsprint and the acquisition of a modern printing press.Until her death, she was the editor of the PPP’s official organ, Thunder,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, and a weekly columnist in the Mirror newspaper.“The entire media fraternity expresses its deepest condolences to her family-members, the staff of these two publications; the executives, members and supporters of the PPP and the Government of Guyana,” the GPA stated yesterday.The press association added that while recognizing the importance of party-unity and collective decision-making, on occasions, Mrs. Jagan fearlessly let her position be known on media-related issues such as the then withdrawal of advertisements from the privately-owned Stabroek News newspaper.“Mrs. Jagan will also be long remembered for her indefatigable work in the preservation of Guyana’s oral,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, written and cultural history; a significant part of which was inextricably linked to her party’s role in the fight for Guyana’s independence,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, adult suffrage and women’s rights. With the overwhelming majority of media workers being women,Nike Air Max 95 White, the passing of Mrs. Jagan offers the women of the media an opportunity to pause and reflect on the role that she had played in fighting across the political divide for equality of opportunity and the best available treatment of women.”The GPA believes that Mrs. Jagan will certainly be etched in local and international history as a role model, demonstrating to all political leaders,Cheap Jeseys NFL, activists, advocates, non-governmental and governmental actors that political and advocacy journalism, particularly through the print-medium, are priceless tools in the achievement of objectives.