Sheila Holder eulogized for tireless consumer rights, political activism

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Late Alliance For Change (AFC) Vice-Chairperson Sheila Holder was yesterday remembered by relatives, friends and colleagues as a selfless woman who worked tirelessly as a consumer advocate and politician to ensure better lives for Guyanese.

While Holder’s political colleagues remembered her as a forthright politician who advocated the cause of the ordinary citizen, her sister, Lynsyd Holder, in an emotional tribute, described her as a family-oriented person who was her role-model. Sheila, she said, …..


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