Since last October,Cheap Jerseys From China, former Chief Justice Ian Chang had ordered that businesswoman Vidya Lewis be granted a Broadcast Licence by the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) but to date the woman remains unlicensed.This however will not be for too long as the GNBA said that it has finally poised itself to grant the woman her licence.Director, Anthony Vieira told Kaieteur News that the Board is only left to finalize on which zone she will be placed in.Lewis, the proprietor of Vidya’s Enterprise of Lot 220 South Road, Lacytown, Georgetown, had been embroiled in a court battle with the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), since 2012. That was during the life of the previous Board that was appointed under the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) government. However,Wholesale China Jerseys, even the new Board had qualms with granting Lewis her licence.The businesswoman, who is known for broadcasting religious programmes, had taken the Broadcasting Authority to court following its refusal to grant her a licence under the National Broadcasting License Act of 2011.She was forced to halt broadcasting,NFL Jerseys 2018, leaving her equipment worth millions of dollars idle.Former Chief Justice Chang had ordered that the businesswoman is and was at all material times entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms set out in Article 40 of the Constitution and therefore entitled to be issued a Broadcasting Licence.According to court documents, Lewis had been operating a radio frequency prior to the introduction of the new legislation, but was denied a licence when she was asked to apply to the new authority which came into being in August 2012.The body had requested that all existing broadcasters reapply and satisfy the requisite criterion for fresh certification under the new laws that were in place.Anthony VieiraBut according to Lewis, her application was denied without adequate reason, resulting in a contravention of her fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 40, 142 and 146 of the Constitution of Guyana.In her affidavit, Lewis noted that the GNBA had sent her a correspondence acknowledging receipt of her application.Lewis was represented in court by Attorney-at-Law,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, Abiola Wong-Inniss.Wong-Inniss currently sits on GNBA’s Board of Directors.? Kaieteur News understands that when Chang issued his ruling, some members of the new GNBA Board wanted to appeal the matter. However,Cheap NFL Jerseys, consensus was not reached and so the Board decided to deliberate further. Both Wong-Inniss and Vieira told Kaieteur News that the lawyer had recused herself from such deliberations.The radio licences issue has been a burning one for the nation since it was revealed that former President Bharrat Jagdeo during his final days in office in 2011, gifted several licences to close friends of the party.The beneficiaries of radio licences included the sister of former Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud. Five were given also to the publisher of The Mirror, the PPP newspaper. His close friend, Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop, was the beneficiary of five frequencies.But independent media entities which had applied were sidelined, and were requested to submit fresh applications.This resulted in widespread condemnation of the allocations as several media houses, including Kaieteur News, Stabroek News, Capitol News, CNS 6 and HBTV 9,Wholesale China Jerseys, were all overlooked by Jagdeo.There had been days of protests by the media houses whose applications were not considered by Jagdeo. Members of the international community and Diplomatic Corps had also condemned the actions of the former Head of State. (Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell)