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A young professional slain in the prime of her career

Oct 16, 2008 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
It is with profound sadness and despair that I pen this letter of both condolence and deep concern for what can only be described as yet another savage and cowardly act perpetrated against a harmless young professional.

The incident I refer to is the brutal slaying of 26-year-old Senior Environmental Officer Alicia Foster, who was senselessly executed at her residence on Sunday 12 October, 2008.

This model young woman was undoubtedly in the prime of her career, in a vastly developing and internationalized area of work. Those behind her murder have certainly robbed Guyana of a promising expert in the growing field of environmental studies.

Her brutal end reminds us of the dangerously criminalized state in which we live, or merely exist. We seem to be vulnerable whether we are free citizens or whether we are guests of the state, locked away in a prison cell; whether we are professionals, union leaders, politicians, ministers, judges, homeless, destitute, or just an average citizen trying to get by.

The fact is, the state of our security has deteriorated at a level where our constitutionally guaranteed “safety and protection” seem to be meaningless.

If the report that she was threatened by a businessman for diligently performing her job is accurate, then there are serious questions to be answered.

If Foster had made such a report to the police, what action was taken? Was there an inv

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