Glenn Lall
Telecor Company Secretary/ Director Dharamchand Depoo has accused the Kaieteur News of waging a campaign of lies, distortions and personal attacks against the business entity which is among new entities that were granted radio licences to broadcast.
Depoo said that the newspaper continues to engage in yellow journalism despite public rebuke from National Broadcasting Authority Chairperson Bibi Shaddick.
Shaddick had debunked the articles published by the newspaper which sought to suggest that Telecor was in breach of several express provisions of the National Broadcast Authority Act, and therefore was unfairly granted a radio licence to operate in the sector.
Depoo had noted that his company does not expect a cessation of the newspaper’s campaign of misleading the public due to its intention of pursuing a political agenda on the matter.
He reminded that an application was made for a radio licence since 1997 by Depoo, who then transferred his interest to Telecor. According to the company secretary, this was one of the first applications for a radio licence in Guyana. He insisted that Telecor was incorporated as a Guyanese company several years prior to the granting of the licence.
Further clarifying the company’s legitimacy, he explained that the companies was always in compliance with the Company’s Act of Guyana and was never in default or struck off.
Depoo went to lengths to explain that the company is wholly Guyanese-owned despite one of the five directors residing outside of Guyana. This means that 80 per cent of the directors who would have voting rights for the company would be resident Guyanese.
It also rubbished a recent report carried in the newspaper which suggested that Attorney Jaya Manichand had withdrawn her services.
Meanwhile, the company has also dismissed reports which suggested that the company was in haste to get itself in order after being granted licences to operate.
Having failed in its misinformation about the bonafides of the company and qualification, the Kaieteur News has now turned to personal attacks on the investors/ directors of the company, many of whom are remigrants and prominent and longstanding media entrepreneurs involved in various aspects of the electronic media.
