Nascimento slams granting of licence to China TV

Minister Robeson Benn (left) in his capacity as acting Foreign Affairs Minister cutting the ceremonial ribbon to commission the new CCTV channel. He is assisted by China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Zhang Limin (centre) and Chairman of the board of the National Communications Network, Dr. Prem Misir. (GINA photo)

Broadcast expert Kit Nascimento has expressed shock at the granting by the Guyana Government of a licence and broadcast frequency to the Government of China saying it has given a foreign power the right to transmit here without being subject to regulatory requirements and the principles that should underpin licensing.

It was the latest criticism of the government’s decision to award the frequency which had also been questioned by another veteran broadcaster, Enrico Woolford. Critics have said that