HAITI Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

132Media resourcesMedia and telecoms regulatorsMinistry of Communications www.mmc.gouv.htThe Ministry Communications oversees the state broadcasting corporation RadioTélévision Nationale d’Haïti (RTNH) www.tnhtv.ht and the government newsagency L’Agence Haïtienne de Presse (AHP) www.ahphaiti.org.The Minister of Communications also acts as government spokesman.In September 2012, the Minister was Ady Jean Gardy, a career journalist and mediaadministrator.His career has included stints as the Voice of America (VOA) correspondent inHaiti, Executive Director of the TV station Télé Haiti and Executive Manager of thegovernment radio station Radio Nationale d’Haïti (RNH).The Minister’s, deputy, Secretary of State for Communication Joseph Guyler C.Delva, was also a career journalist.Delva served as General Secretary of the journalists’ association Association DeJournalistes Haïtiens (AJH) for many years. In 2005, he founded the pressfreedom watchdog SOS Journalistes.At the time of his appointment to government in August 2012, Delva was theReuters news agency correspondent in Haiti.Secretary of State for Communications – Guyler C DelvaEmail: guyledelva@yahoo.frConseil National des Télécommunications (CONATEL) www.conatel.gouv.htCONATEL, the National Telecommunications Council, is the government body thatlicences broadcasters and allocates radio and television frequencies.It awards licences on technical criteria against payment of a fee, but does notregulate or monitor broadcast content.CONATEL also regulates the mobile telecommunications sector.132