The Media Association of Jamaica has sent a tribute to Doreen de Caires who has announced her retirement as the Managing Director of Guyana Publications Inc., publishers of the Stabroek News. In its tribute, the Association said she had taken the newspaper from its formative stage with about twelve employees in 1986 “to the icon it has become as a champion of press freedom in the Caribbean.”
The tribute, signed by Dr. David Mc Bean, the President of the association said that her recent US Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award recognised the significance of her work with the Stabroek News.
Mr Mc Bean said her title had changed over the years, from General Manager at the inception of the Stabroek News to the title of Managing Director but she had continued to provide the kind of visionary leadership that had kept the newspaper vibrant and true to its mission “in a political atmosphere in which an independent media company with less effective leadership, would have failed. ”
As fellow Caribbean publishers, the tribute said, the members of the organisation assured her that she had earned a place among the stalwarts in Caribbean media development and wished her success in any projects she may undertake in her retirement.
