Sharma slapped with four-month ban

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CNS Channel 6 will be off the air effective Monday at midnight after President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday handed broadcaster CN Sharma a four-month licence suspension as a sanction for a May 4, 2011 Anthony Vieira commentary in which there were damaging statements about Bishop Juan Edghill.

The suspension was handed down following a scheduled one hour meeting at the Office of the President (OP) between Sharma …..


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