October 29th, 2013 AFC launches radio programme at Linden |
The Alliance For Change launched is Linden radio programme 'Change is the Key' on 104.3 Power FM on Sunday, October 27, 2013. Change is the Key is scheduled to be a fortnightly programme where community leaders of Region Ten will sit alongside AFC leaders to discuss matters of specific importance to the communities of Region Ten and Guyana as a whole. At the inaugural programme Chairman of the AFC Nigel Hughes, AFC Region Ten Councillor Audwin Rutherford, Youth Activists Vladimir Glasgow and Member of Parliament Trevor Williams congratulated the owner of the Radio Station and his team for working to bring Region Ten up to speed with the rest of Guyana when it comes to media access. The AFC believes a radio station for the Region was long overdue and 104.3 Power FM is just the beginning of full media access and freedom for Region Ten. The team discussed conditions at Linden including the deplorable state of the roads at Block 22 and youth unemployment. They also discussed how the absence of a safe and reliable ferry service between New Amsterdam and Kwakwani was forcing residents of the riverain communities to abandon their farms and homesteads. The AFC team took the opportunity to share through radio, background on the Party's position on the Anti-Money Laundering/ Countering the financing of Terrorism Bill, the need for Constitutional Reform and the AFC plans to work with residents to revitalise Region Ten. Through 104.3 Power FM, the AFC is able to reach Linden, Wismar, McKenzie, Christianburg, Rockstone, Ituni and other communities along the Berbice Rive and sections of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The next programme will be on November 10, 2013. |