Press body urges Board, PM’s office to review NCN’s operations

Some members of the media and civil society protesting outside of the NCN compound on Homestretch Avenue.

Following a meeting between the Guyana Press Association (GPA) and the management of state broadcaster National Communications Network (NCN), journalist Natasha Smith, who was reportedly pulled off air because of her pregnancy, has agreed to resume anchoring duties, while a call has been made for the agency’s board and the Office of the Prime Minister to look into its operations.

Following a meeting with NCN’s management, where Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lennox Cornette maintained that he did not issue any directive to replace Smith due to her pregnancy, the GPA called for the intervention of the NCN Board and the