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Sep 05, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
The SN and Kaieteur News must not be intimidated by remarks recently made by Bharrat Jagdeo at the PSC gathering.
The President lashed out at the Kaieteur News and seemed pretty upset at the general reporting trends of the two mentioned newspapers. It means that these newspapers are doing their job. Over the past couple of weeks, Guyanese have seen an unfolding of various matters, issues and events which if were not brought to the forefront by these newspapers might’ve been ignored and even hidden from the nation and even the world.
The exposé reporting regarding the Pumps owned by the Ministry of Agriculture by the Kaieteur News must be commended. It has brought a refreshing image to that newspaper after being labeled by many as controversial, inaccurate and even insensitive to readers.
Continue your fearless journalism, Kaieteur News, and let no man even the President of this country instill fear into the vital work you do for the Guyanese people. Let’s move over to the SN. Its analysis reporting of the Lindo Creek massacre last year has earned it very good points in my book. It is the SN that has been championing the cause of the people of the Northwest District who frequently use the MV Kimbia that plies the Georgetown to Northwest route. Maybe we on the coast are not bothered by the problems and difficulties faced every time the Kimbia departs Georgetown or the Northwest, because we have our floating bridges and harbour bridges — it’s not our business, right? Well the SN has made it a national issue and rightly so.
Many who utilise the steamer service there are our Amerindian brothers and sisters, and the total ignorance of the government towards this issue, although it is being raised over and over in that newspaper, totally disgusts me. What a way to treat these people as Amerindian Heritage month comes again. I get the feeling that this is another Slave Trade type of travel for these people — being cramped up, with poor ventilation, improper facilities etc —using this ferry system.
They are human beings too, and because they may not have a voice to speak out on this matter, does not mean it is not a front-burning issue. People’s health is at stake. Will it take a disaster of epic proportions to ultimately bring about a change for those people?
Money is certainly not an issue for this government, so why are they procrastinating in solving the travel woes of the people using the Georgetown to Northwest steamer service? Bharrat Jagdeo and his people stay at the most expensive hotel in New Amsterdam every time they visit Berbice.
I wonder if some of the money used there cannot be used to acquire a new vessel. Maybe they should start using the white elephant State House they have in New Amsterdam instead of fancy hotels.
The SN of Friday reported that a new vessel would replace the Kimbia finally all thanks to the constant reporting by the SN on this issue I’m sure.
Citizens can hardly depend on the other newspapers publications to highlight corruption and the plight of the people when their raison d’êtres are to polish the stories and issues they carry daily and make things look surreal.
If the Kaieteur News and SN have to publish one “incriminating” photograph on their front pages every day, then so be it. I’ve always been told to always seek after the truth — Guyanese depend ever so much on these two newspapers for that truth.
Leon Suseran

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