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Source: Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA)    JULY 15, 2021 FINANCIALLY NONCOMPLIANT BROADCASTERS The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) over the years has incorporated a number of mechanisms to assist broadcasters to become financially compliant. The Authority has been very patient and lenient. This notwithstanding, GNBA continues to face an arduous task of obtaining Broadcast […]

Press Release – CDEMA Deploys DDSA Team to Assist in the La Soufriere Volcano Emergency Relief Efforts

  Bridgetown, Barbados April 15, 2021 – CDEMA deployed a Detailed Damage Sectoral Analysis (DDSA) team on April 14, 2021 in support of the humanitarian efforts in St. Vincent and the Grenadines following the explosive eruptions of La Soufriere volcano that commenced on April 9, 2021. The DDSA team will support the government by providing an […]

GNBA to develop Information and Resource Centre

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) invites UNESCO Consultant, Pioneer Multimedia Librarian, Mrs. Maureen Webster-Prince to Guyana with the mandate to train and guide executives of the Authority in the development of its Information and Resource Centre.  Throughout the past week our UNESCO Consultant met with a number of relevant stakeholders, with the aim of […]

 Launch of Citizen Monitoring Pilot Programme

    PRESS STATEMENT – CHAIRMAN OF THE GNBA BOARD    November 27, 2019 Guyana National Broadcasting Authority is pleased to announce that today November 27, 2019 marks the commencement of its Citizen Monitoring Programme. At our first stakeholder engagement for this year 2019, we had indicated that this citizen monitoring programme forms part of […]

GNBA meets with GECOM to discuss collaboration for upcoming elections

Executives of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority, comprising the Chairman of the GNBA Board, Mr. Leslie Sobers, Board Member and Chair of the Monitoring and Compliance Committee, Ms. Jocelyne Josiah, Board Secretary, Mrs. Violet  Boyal, Head of the Monitoring and Compliance Department, Ms. Christina Bianchini and Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joel Ally, met yesterday with […]

E.U. Representatives engage GNBA on broadcasting sector in light of impending elections

Representatives of the European Union recently visited the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority and met with Chairman of the governing Board Mr. Leslie Sobers, as part of their exploratory and fact finding mission to determine whether they should propose additional (monitoring) support to Guyana at the upcoming General and Regional Elections. The primary focus of the […]

Press Release

NOTES OF MEDIA BRIEFING HELD ON MAY 17, 2019 GNBA REFUTES “REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS” ASSESSMENT OF GUYANA WITH RESPECT TO THE RESTRICTION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) takes note of a recent mischievous report carried by the Guyana Times Newspaper of April 21, 2019 purportedly taken from the 2019 Reporters […]

PRESS RELEASE MARCH 05, 2019 GNBA EXECUTIVES VISITED LINDEN BROADCASTING NETWORK TO EXAMINE FACILITY   Executives of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority visited the Linden Broadcasting Network yesterday (March 04, 2019) in the Mining town of Linden. This type of outreach is a customary exercise that is conducted to ascertain the readiness of new broadcasters […]

Press Release- GNBA issues approval letter to Linden Broadcasting Network

  GNBA ISSUES LETTER OF APPROVAL TO LINDEN BROADCASTING NETWORK TO OPERATE TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATION MARCH 01, 2019 The Chairman of the governing Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority, Mr. Leslie Sobers on Friday (March 01, 2019) issued a letter of approval for Linden Broadcasting Network to be the recipient of a television broadcasting […]

Special Investigative Committee (SIC) of the GNBA conducts preliminary hearings with errant broadcasters

The Special Investigative Committee of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority recently conducted a series of preliminary hearings, with errant broadcasters, in breach of the Broadcasting Act of 2011 and the Authority’s published Guidelines for Broadcasters. The Committee conducted hearings with six errant broadcasters. Those preliminary hearings were conducted to address the issue of broadcast violations […]