Guyanese journalist Perry Woolford is considering a legal challenge to the non-renewal of his contract with Radio Broadcasting Foundation Suriname (SRS), which is pulling his services because he cannot speak Dutch.
According to a report in the Dutch Star Nieuws, Woolford was given notice of the station’s intention late last week. The report quoted Managing Member of the Supervisory Board of SRS Gerolf Vliet as saying that they would assist Woolford in finding a new job. Vlied said, according to the report, that SRS has no room for an English journalist.
“We have not fired (him)…his contract (is) not being renewed,” Vliet was quoted as saying, while further advising that Woolford should look for another job where
