More than sixteen months after a landmark deal was signed between the government and Region 10 to end five weeks of unrest on electricity tariffs which saw police killing three protesters, none of the committees set up have produced results and the long-awaited TV station is still not on air.
Region Ten (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) officials say that they have all the equipment and financing required to get the region’s TV station going but that government is unduly stalling the licensing process.
Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon on Friday told Stabroek News that the region held a Radiothon