Latest update March 21st, 2025 7:03 AM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

The PS has slandered my name

Oct 02, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am responding to a letter in Kaieteur News in which the acting Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Works and Transport accused me of a criminal violation of which I am not guilty.
I hope this gentleman knows he is in the vicinity of libel. I did not tell anyone that Minister Benn Gave me permission to visit the site neither was I asked to leave. Here are the facts. I approached the gate with senior Kaieteur News reporter Dale Andrews and the Head of the UG Student Society, Jason Benjamin. I spoke for the group and I identified each of us for the gate security. We told him we are doing a story on the plant. He asked to see some form of ID and I showed him my press pass.
He allowed us to drive in. Inside the compound, Dale Andrews engaged the engineer on the machine and requested permission to have a photograph. We then left. There was absolutely no hostility on the part of anyone there. It is absolutely untrue to say that I told the security detail at the gate that Minister Benn gave me permission to visit the plant. Once inside we were treated professionally and no one was hostile to us. We left after Dale snapped the machine
As to a retraction of the article and an apology, that will be forthcoming when the PS does the professional thing. I will await his invitation to visit his office. I cannot retract the article and apologise based on a letter written by an interested party. My lawyers have advised me that a retraction must be done when proof is supplied that the published information was wrong.
My lawyers have further advised me that since the PS is an interested party that I must fully apprise myself of the documentation involved. I will request to see all the documents myself that substantiate the total cost of $36 million. Even if I want to apologise, my lawyers have said that I should only do so on verifying the information the PS wrote about. The PS has my assurance that will be done once I am supplied with the proof that would have proven me wrong. I await his reply
Frederick Kissoon

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show|| March, 17th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

NSC, Office of the DPP to host Criminal Law and Sexual Offences Act meeting tomorrow

NSC, Office of the DPP to host Criminal Law and Sexual Offences Act...

Mar 21, 2025

Kaieteur Sports– In a proactive move to foster a safer and more responsible sporting environment, the National Sports Commission (NSC), in collaboration with the Office of the Director of...
Read More
Lucas Chung maintains strong standing at 2nd Qualifier

Lucas Chung maintains strong standing at 2nd...

Mar 21, 2025

Farm Supplies Ltd. supports Bartica Regatta 2025

Farm Supplies Ltd. supports Bartica Regatta 2025

Mar 21, 2025

Legislation and Investment: Trinidad to Brazil, Guyana finds new lifeline

Legislation and Investment: Trinidad to Brazil,...

Mar 21, 2025

Three more matches billed for this weekend

Three more matches billed for this weekend

Mar 21, 2025

CM Khan rules at 2025 National Blitz Chess Championships

CM Khan rules at 2025 National Blitz Chess...

Mar 21, 2025

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]