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Mar 14, 2013 News
– Bobby Ramroop has nine radio, TV channels
Just before he left office, Former President Bharrat Jagdeo distributed the airwaves to his friends, those close to the government and a few others, it was revealed in the National Assembly yesterday.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds revealed that four TV channels are available to Dr Ranjisinghi Ramroop, the man Jagdeo publicly declared to be his best friend.
Further, the very month before he left office (November, 2011) Jagdeo gave Dr Ramroop five radio frequencies.
New Guyana Company Limited, which publishes the Mirror newspaper, and belongs to the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) was also granted five radio frequencies. The contact person for New Guyana Company Limited was listed as Dharamkumar Seeraj, a Member of Parliament for the PPP.
In addition, a certain Telcor and Cultural Broadcasting Incorporated was granted five frequencies. The contact person for that company was identified as Mr Omar Lochan, who is believed to be a relative of a Education Minister Priya Manickchand.
Apart from those, in the month before he left office, Jagdeo gave one radio frequency each to other persons. These are NTNT Radio, Wireless Connections, Hits and Jams Entertainment, Alfro Alphonso and Sons Enterprise, Haslyn Graham, and Little Rock Television Station.
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