Dear Editor,

I am moved to write against an unwarranted and unsubstantiated attack from GINA (press release) on eminent Guyanese journalist Rickey Singh. The issue relates to the ongoing controversy involving the government’s withdrawal of ads to SN. The fact that Singh voiced opposition to the withdrawal of ads does not justify GINA’s attack on the man.

I refuse to believe that President Jagdeo and his administration would approve of a release calling on “Singh to submit founded arguments with a view to reclaiming the level of repute with which Singh was once classified”. Whew?

That is tough language. Since when did Singh lose his repute and to whom?

Rickey Singh has not lost anything about his great reputation as the Caribbean’s most reputable journalist. If anything, he has gotten better over the years. No one of a sane mind would launch an attack on this distinguished son of Guyana. Government leaders and fellow reporters have the greatest admiration and respect for him. I witnessed first hand the deference people have for him.

Rickey Singh is the doyen or dean among Caribbean journalists. No reporter has a greater reputation than he. His columns are carried in virtually all of the Caribbean and several international printed outlets. Radios and TVs depend on him for news reports.

Singh is the most respected journalist in the Caribbean. I went to many Caricom summits as a reporter myself and saw the respect he commanded. He was viewed like a professor supervising a dissertation or thesis. Virtually everyone, including me, went to him for leads, interpretation and clarification of communiqu