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Bibi Shadick to chair Broadcast Authority

Sep 06, 2012 News

Applications for broadcasting licences pending at the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) may be processed shortly.
Cabinet has approved the appointment of the Governing Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority subsequent to the commencement order identifying that the Broadcast Act of 2011 has come into force.
Dr. Roger Luncheon made this announcement yesterday during post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President.
Former Minister and Attorney-at-Law Bibi Shaddick will be chairperson of the board, while the other six members are UG lecturer, Sherwood Lowe (nominee of the leader of the Opposition) and presidential nominees, Project Manager of the One Laptop Per Family Project, Margot Boyce; Captain Gerry Gouveia; former army chief, Major General Norman McLean (ret’d); Head of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), Dr. Dindyal Permaul and Charles S. Ramson Jr, a lawyer at the Office of the President.
Dr. Luncheon related that the Board is tasked statutorily with licencing in the Broadcast Sector and ensuring compliance of broadcasters with the provision of the Broadcast Act. Unaware of the number of applications for broadcasting licences that accumulated over the years, he opined that there have been a “tidy few” sent to the NFMU for processing.
Dr. Luncheon added that the initial location for the Governing Board would be the National Frequency Management Unit, but there are plans to establish an office. It would house the Broadcasting Authority and provide office space for the Governing Board.
“The opportunity would of course be used to build, to accommodate expanded services to be offered by the successor to the National Frequency Management Unit, but that would be a matter subsequent to legislation that is before Parliament right now – the Telecommunications Amendment Bill,” he said.

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