THE Kaieteur News owes the Government of Guyana and Bai Shan Lin, an apology.

For the past few weeks the Government of Guyana and Chinese owned Bai Shan Lin International Forest Development Company have been the victims of numerous and consistent attacks for logging principles, that were made against them by members of the media, particularly Kaieteur News.Kaieteur News even took it to the extent whereby its publisher was photographed standing on one of the logs, while his newspaper continued to attack the Government and Bai Shan Lin. Now after a press conference by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) we have seen Kaieteur News intentions when it comes to the Government and Bai Shan Lin.
At the GFC press conference a lot of facts and verity were presented to the attendees and more so, to the Guyanese people about the sustainable management principles when it comes to forestry harvesting in Guyana, to verify the legitimate activities that are taking place within our forest by Bai Shan Lin.
Officials of the GFC went through several presentations and provided detailed information about the dos’ and don’ts when it comes to forestry harvesting in Guyana, and at the end even answered numerous questions and concerns that the members of the audience had, in order to verify what was presented to them.
Now that the GFC has spoken and presented facts to the public, as I opened the Kaieteur News on August 19, I didn’t notice one article accusing Bai Shan Lin or the Government of illegal forestry activities. It is clear that their intention to deceive the Guyanese people once again was futile and they should be ashamed of their actions
I personally think that Kaieteur News should issue a public apology to the Government of Guyana and Bai Shan Lin.

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