Communications Minister Symon de Nobriga has sought to clarify statements he made recently about coverage of government events by state media house TTT. The full text of the minister’s statement follows.
“I have seen the news report circulating and it is unfortunate that Kejan Haynes took seriously a statement made by me lightheartedly and supposedly off the record at the repatriation exercise on Saturday.
Given the large numbers and in keeping with the health protocols it was determined that only TTT and the information Division would have access; however, the Director of Government Communications had been instructed to ensure that all footage of the event be made available to all media houses once they requested same.
As Mr Haynes knows very well there is no policy that provides or affords the state-owned-media -TTT or any arm of the Information Division – preferred or exclusive access to any events or activities and I am surprised that Kejan Haynes should infer otherwise.”