One of Guyana’s Leading Newspapers to Cease Publication

Stabroek News, one of Guyana’s leading daily newspapers, will cease print publication on March 15, according to a statement issued Friday.

The decision was announced to staff by Brendan de Caires, chairman of Guyana Publications Inc., who said the company has been struggling with declining circulation and falling revenues. The company is expected to begin voluntary liquidation in the coming weeks.

Founded in 1986 by attorney David de Caires and his wife, Doreen de Caires, Stabroek News became a daily newspaper in 1994 and has been a prominent voice in Guyana’s media landscape for nearly four decades.

“So, in a sense, we exit as we entered. Unbowed. Heads held high. Beholden to none. It will be for others to take the full measure of this newspaper’s contribution to the democratic process in Guyana and to the nation’s ability to talk and listen to itself in civil tones, without invective, rancor, or malice. Stabroek News has nurtured a generation or two of readers, writers, thinkers, and pundits. It is time to hand over the baton,” wrote Brendan and his sister Isabelle de Caires in an article titled “The End of an Era.”