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Retracting the letter that Ms. Alleyne-Persico did not write

May 18, 2008 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am hereby requesting the IMMEDIATE retraction of the piece titled “A Practical Guide to Visiting Guyana for CARIFESTA” published in the letters section of your paper on Saturday 17 May, 2008 and attributed to Malika Alleyne-Persico.

I would like to emphatically and unequivocally state that the piece WAS NOT written by Malika Alleyne-Persico. This piece can be readily accessed online at http://livinguyana.blogspot.com; and someone, whether or not with devious intentions, sent it to your newspaper and attributed it to me.
I would also like to register my deep regret and disappointment at the fact that an item, whether newsworthy, satirical, comical or otherwise, can be published in your newspaper and attributed to a private citizen WITHOUT first verifying the veracity of its content or that of its source.
By your actions you have brought me, my husband and family into disrepute and public odium. We also suggest that you make attempts to identify and find the writer of this piece and attribute it to them, as I am not interested in taking credit, whether good or bad, for someone else’s work.
I have been advised by my attorney-at-law that, in attributing such negative comments to me, you have caused severe injury to my reputation and that I am entitled to sue for libel. Further, insofar as the purported letter illegally and recklessly attributes to me the literary work of another person, I will hold you liable for any damages for copyright infringement that may arise.

Thank you,
Malika Alleyne-Persico

Editor’s note:
We apologise to Mrs Alleyne-Persico for any embarrassment that might have been caused. We hasten to state that the ‘letter’ was sent by someone purporting to be Mrs Alleyne-Persico.

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