The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has requested that the withdrawal of advertisements from Stabroek News by the government of Guyana be placed on the agenda of the meeting of Caricom heads of government in Port-of-Spain in April.
In a letter to Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, dated 26th March, 2008, Gonzalo Marroquin, Chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information of IAPA noted that since November, 2006, the Government of Guyana has withdrawn advertisements from Stabroek News by some 29 government ministries, agencies and state-owned corporations. The boycott has been extended to ads placed by the Auditor General, the police force and the Guyana Defence Force.
