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We will never, never return to Guyana
Dear Editor,
I and my friends have been following the upsurge in criminal activities via your online editions, and despite all the readings and warnings from relatives, we persevered in traveling to Guyana to watch the tri-nations series cricket match at the Providence Stadium. We were such an elated group when we organized to make the trip that needed all of us to sacrifice incomes from our jobs and make use of the little vacation days to spend them in Guyana. It was the first trip to Guyana for many years for quite a few of us in the group.
However, all the elations were short-lived when on June 7 after the entertaining game between South Africa and Australia, much to our anger and surprise; the personal bags and luggage of 2 of my accompanying friends were stolen from the vehicle that took us to the stadium. It’s unimaginable and depressing that having paid for parking and ushered in to park by 3 police officers, the vehicle could have been broken into and 3 suitcases and bags removed from it. How could this have happened in a secured parking lot that was as bright as daylight in the night? One could understand the carry-on bags being removed without anyone seeing, but 3 loaded suitcases!
The break-in at the stadium illustrates the insecurity of paid-parking. The parking fee per vehicle was G$1,000 per match, and the people who provided security were not ordinary civilians, but police officers. Seeing these officers gave us a sense of security that it was safe to leave our bags, which ended up not to be.
The bags contained passports, cash in US currency and other valuables. The suitcases contained clothes, personal effects and gifts for the impoverished in Corentyne. Despite all the complaints at the stadium when the items were discovered missing, without any satisfaction, we decided to report the matter to your newspapers at your Georgetown office after leaving the stadium to have a “reward” advertisement be placed, only to discover that a senior government official was there. When we described to him what happened and shared our suspicion on who could be considered the culprits with the hope that he would have rendered valuable and helpful intervention, he did not.
Having placed the ad, we left dejectedly for our hotel. Now in our safe abode and society, we bid farewell to Guyana, and never to return again.
Angry diaspora citizen
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Who Can Blame you. There is no effeort to hold the Police Accountable for things like these, when it is easy to identify which ranks were working in that area at the time. There has been no change since the new Government took over.
“Discretion is the better part of valor” – English proverb.
wat bout d cctv cameras – any evidence