–?? ?MP insists she will not be bulliedThe Guyana National Broadcasting Authority has no mandate or legal power to revoke broadcast licences,
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China Jerseys Cheap, everyone who has a licence, including those who were granted one by Jagdeo, must meet the requirements under the new Broadcasting Act.As such she said she will not bow to pressure being exerted by protests against the Jagdeo-issued licences.“I have never succumbed to bullyism, don’t expect to succumb to bullyism and I will not head a Board which will buckle to those things,” she declared.Shadick took a swipe at one broadcaster who was granted two licences under the pre-1992 government of the PNC. She said the current government has not made accusations against those who were granted licences before the PPP took office.She said that entity, which she did not name, is among those broadcasters who are yet to comply with the new Broadcasting Act. However, she explained that broadcasters are being given time since the regulations are new and persons need time to comply.Shadick asserted that when the Broadcasting Act came into effect on August 28, 2012, broadcasters had 21 days within which to seek permission to continue to broadcast.She said everyone who wrote asking for permission to continue was granted such permission.Shadick stated that all entities, including those issued licences by Jagdeo, were asked to reapply for new licences and comply with requirements under the new Act.AFC’s Moses NagamootooShe said that there are currently 36 continuing broadcasters, 14 of whom have complied with all the requirements under the new Act and are on their way to being granted licences.Shadick said that others are yet to meet all the requirements but are being given time.With regard to the Region Ten administration, which has been clamouring for its licence to broadcast, Shadick said that the board is only authorized to grant licences to a company or trust.She said that the Region Ten administration has been urged to get some persons to set up a company or trust and apply for a licence and once they do so, “a special meeting” of the Board would be called to review the application.Alliance for Change Parliamentarian Moses Nagamootoo has called for the withdrawal of all the radio frequencies that were handed out by Jagdeo, declaring that there will be no compromise on the matter.“It is disgraceful and scandalous. This is naked nepotism,
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Wholesale China Jerseys, was granted five radio frequencies in November, 2011.New Guyana Company Ltd., publishers of Mirror newspapers also got five frequencies.“This is the company for which I worked as a journalist for some 22 years,” Nagamootoo told the National Assembly.According to the AFC Member of Parliament, at present, the Mirror’s press is non-functional. The newspaper has been out-sourced for printing by Guyana Times, owned by Jagdeo’s best friend Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop, “and the printery to Ed Ahmad, another friend of Mr. Jagdeo.”In addition, multiple frequencies have been allocated to Dr. Ramroop. Then in 2010 there were cable licences given to Brian Yong and Vishok Persaud,
Cheap Jeseys NFL, he added.Nagamootoo reminded the National Assembly that except for a few, all the recipients of radio frequencies are connected with the PPP; are themselves high state officials, and are