Citing the 20th anniversary of Stabroek News’ first failed application for a radio licence, the Trinidad Express newspaper has criticized the Guyana Government for its “blatant” favouring of “friends and family” in the allocations.
Noting that SN has not gotten a licence, the Express editorial of May 10 said that when the PPP government eventually ended the radio monopoly after many years of broken promises licences went virtually without exception to those connected to the ruling party and government.
“So the PPP has expanded the media in Guyana solely for the purpose, it seems, of increasing the