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Letters to the Editor…Banks DIH at odds over article published in KN

Dec 20, 2012 Sports

 

 

Dear Sir,
The article published by your newspaper captioned ‘Pele will not be playing in Banks/GFA tournament says Club President’.
We refer to an article published by you on page 60 of your newspaper (Kaieteur News) dated Sunday December 09, 2012, under the caption Pele will not be playing in Banks/GFA tournament says Club President.  The said article, which alleged an offer was made by a purportedly very senior official of Banks DIH Limited to certain players of Pele Football Club (PFC), was written by Mr. Cecil Jacques.
We wish to state unequivocally that at no time did any senior official at Banks DIH Limited offer the Players of Pele Football Club (PFC) any monetary reward as much as $800,000 or any other amount. Such form of conduct is not associated with any senior official of Banks DIH Limited.
Further the article is “false, defamatory, libelous, and malicious” and is likely to disparage the reputation of the said senior official and ultimately Banks DIH Limited.
Under the laws of Guyana, it is unlawful to engage in defamation of another person’s character and reputation. We are enormously dissatisfied at your conduct as we expected a higher level of research and investigation of the facts from your newspaper.
We are therefore asking for a printed apology from your newspaper and for a correct statement of the facts to be published regarding our position within 48 hours of receipt of this letter or we will be left with no other option but to institute the necessary legal actions befitting your conduct.
All for your information and guidance.
Kavorn Williams (Mrs)
Corporate Legal Officer

Editor’s Note: We published the comments expressed by Mr Cecil Jacques and as such rendered ourselves liable to any action. We retract the comments we published and offer Banks DIH a sincere apology.

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