Government’s withdrawal of advertising threatens survival of “Stabroek News”
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 25 may 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA protests discrimination in Guyana MIAMI, Florida (May 25, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today gave its support to an open call by the news media in Guyana for the government of President Bharrat Jagdeo to reconsider its position and […]
Daily “Stabroek News” suffers total boycott by state advertisers
(RSF/IFEX) – Guyana’s leading daily, “The Stabroek News”, has learned it is now under a total effective boycott by state advertisers after the Government Information Agency (GINA) on 6 February 2007 cancelled advertising space booked in the paper for the Guyana Revenue Authority. Since November 2006, this was the only body still placing advertising in […]
State-owned companies follow government’s withdrawal of advertising for newspaper
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 6 February 2007 IPI press release: Vienna, 6 February 2007 IPI Says Pressure on Guyanese Newspaper Continues as State-Owned Companies also Withdraw Advertising Following the Guyanese government’s recent decision to halt advertising in the Stabroek News, it now appears that a number of state-owned companies, who have their own […]
Government punishes critical newspaper by withdrawing state advertising
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Guyanese government’s withdrawal of virtually all state advertising from the “Stabroek News”, the country’s leading privately-owned daily, and its refusal to respond to the initiatives taken by the newspaper in response to this discriminatory measure. “Governments must not allocate advertising to some news media as a reward, […]
New information emerges about motives behind the “Kaieteur News” killings
(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is a 22 August 2006 CJFE press release: New information about the Kaieteur News killings Last week the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) reported on the murder of five media workers at the Kaieteur News printing press in Guyana. At the time the motive for the killings was unclear. It […]
Four slain, two wounded in vicious attack on printing plant
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 9 August 2006 CPJ press release: Four slain, two wounded in vicious attack at Guyanese printing plant New York, August 9, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a murderous attack against the Kaieteur News printing plant that came amid a series of violent episodes in Georgetown, Guyana’s […]
Opposition journalist gunned down in Georgetown
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced shock at the news that journalist Ronald Waddell, a former talk-show host on HBTV Channel 9, was gunned down outside his home in the Georgetown suburb of Subryanville on 30 January 2006. Waddell was also an opposition activist who was outspoken in his criticism of the current government. […]
Television station suspended for indefinite period
(RSF/IFEX) – In a 31 January 2005 decision, the High Court ordered the suspension of CNS Channel Six television station, as an interim measure, until the court issues a ruling on the constitutionality of the government’s decision to suspend the station’s licence for one month. “Suspending a news media is an unacceptable act of censorship […]