PPP wants media regulated

The PPP wants the establishment of a special body to monitor and regulate the local press and is accusing some sections of a blackout of coverage of the party and its government.

“The PPP is of the firm view that there should be a special body established to oversee the operations of the media and to defend the public against malpractice in the media,” PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said at a press conference yesterday at Freedom House.

He said that currently the independent media in Guyana, such as Stabroek News,