Seven individuals, some of whom were active politicians during the 2015 General Elections campaign, were named to serve on the newly-established National Communications Network (NCN) board which will oversee the functioning of the State-owned TV and radio stations.
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon made the announcement during post cabinet briefing on Thursday at the Ministry of the Presidency.
The persons identified were: veteran journalist and owner of Capitol News; Enrico Woolford, owner of Newssource and a renowned journalist; Gordon Mosely, broadcaster; Margaret Lawrence, Michael Leonard, Kamal Persaud, Dane Gobin and the Director of the Government Information Agency (GINA) Beverly Alert.
Woolford was appointed as Chairman of the board.
Persaud, Alert and Leonard are members of the Alliance For Change (AFC) which is in the governing coalition with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).
Former Chairman, Bishwa Panday resigned from the post in December 31, 2016. Panday, who was appointed back in September 2015, had told media operatives that he was not able to dedicate valuable time to the task as such he said someone who has the time should be appointed to serve in the position.
