| Newspaper Name: |
The Guyana Chronicle |
| Owner: |
The Guyana National Newspapers Limited |
| Country / Region: |
Guyana (Georgetown) |
| Language: |
English |
| Format type: |
Newspaper |
| Category: |
Government press |
| Political alignment: |
Pro-government |
| Frequency: |
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| Publication Years (print version): |
1953 — now (70 years) |
| Circulation: |
4,000 (2015) |
| Official Pages: |
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| Website: |
guyanachronicle.com [read with translation] |
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«The Guyana Chronicle» is the main state-owned daily newspaper of Guyana, known since 1953. The newspaper's slogan is «The Nation's Paper». It is published by the state-owned publishing company «The Guyana National Newspapers Limited», formerly known under the other name «The Guiana Graphic Limited». The publisher specializes in publishing daily and weekly newspapers: «The Sunday Chronicle», «House Organs», «The Green Beret», «The Copper», «The Hinterland Highlights», «The Development Digest», «GUYSUCO News»). The main edition of the editorial office is the daily «The Guyana Chronicle», which has only 3 sections and many subsections: News (news: national and regional, international, politics, economy, business, accidents, safety, health, sports), Opinions (information and analytical, readers' letters: 4 minutes 4 change, Book Review, Letters, Oil, Gas & You, OP-ED, Perspectives in Public Health, Towards a Good Life), Pepperpot (Society, Culture: Arts & Culture, Beyond the Runway, Big Little Voice, Consumer Concern, Direct Answers, For the love of the arts, Focus On The Village, Psychologist). Like all other official state publications, the newspaper offers readers an overview of news and events in the vision of their official government. Various official reports are also published here. In the 1990s, its daily circulation was about 15 thousand copies, but in the wake of the development of private newspapers, it significantly lost its position and today its circulation is only 4 thousand copies.
