CHAIRMAN of Queen’s Atlantic Inc., Dr. Ranjisingh Ramroop, has ‘put on notice the directors and owners of the Stabroek News, citing the newspaper’s constant malicious attacks on the Guyana Times and other sister businesses.’ Under a banner headline on page one of its yesterday issue, the Guyana Times said, “The latest salvo from the Robb Street-based outfit was on Sunday in an editorial which sought to link the Guyana Times and Channel 28 with the government, also allowing a vicious letter by Alliance For Change (AFC) member, Sasenarine Singh, to be published.
Dr. Ramroop ,speaking to Guyana Times, said beginning in 2008, the Stabroek News began to viciously attack the Queen’s Atlantic Group of Companies and the New GPC Inc., in a series of sensational articles and letters, all based on distortion of facts or outright lies.
“Our companies had long been in operation, and we sought to understand their rationale: was it a coincidence that we launched the Guyana Times that year?” Dr. Ramroop queried.
In the Guyana Times article, Dr. Ramroop observed that Stabroek News was the recipient of a foreign grant to finance its launch, and later willingly became a member of the cabal in pursuit of a single-minded vendetta to once again remove the present People’s Progressive Party/Civic Government from office — seemingly by any means necessary.
“It abandoned any pretence to objectivity, descended into gutter journalism and widened its sights to malign individuals deemed friendly to the administration, in this instance, Queen’s Atlantic, its affiliates and its Chairman”
Dr. Ramroop said Guyana Times, as a member of a business conglomerate that is dedicated to developing Guyana with fresh energy and vision, is obviously seen as a threat to the Stabroek News’ effete, obsolete and decadent business model and pretentions.
“We reject this arrant arrogance and declare that all Guyanese must have an opportunity to develop our motherland,” Dr. Ramroop said.