The Guyana Press Associa-tion (GPA) supports the view that universal access to information must be pursued as Guyana continues to be challenged by the government monopoly over the granting of radio licences.
“In this country there are still challenges to the free and unfettered distribution of information by governmental policy that has prohibited the operation of any other radio stations other than those owned and controlled by the government,” the GPA said in its message to mark World Press Freedom Day today. The reluctance to open the airwaves over the years has resulted in the stifling of creative talent and has hampered, if not retarded the free access to information.
The GPA urged the government to break the monopoly that it has over the electromagnetic spectrum, particularly with regard to the granting of radio station licences and to allow
