Port of Spain Gazette
First page of Port of Spain Gazette for 3 January 1914 | |
| Founder(s) | John Holman |
|---|---|
| Publisher | John Holman and Company, T. R. N. Laughlin, A. P. T. Ambard, and others |
| Editor-in-chief | Edward Lanza Joseph, Philip Rostant, A. P. T. Ambard, and others |
| Founded | 21 September 1825 (succeeding The Trinidad Gazette) |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 28 August 1959 |
| City | Port of Spain |
| Country | Trinidad (later, Trinidad and Tobago) |
| OCLC number | 456423442 |
The Port of Spain Gazette was a newspaper based in Port of Spain, Trinidad (and later, Trinidad and Tobago) between 1825 and 1959. The paper took a proslavery position in the 1830s, and later supported the rights of local elites against the Crown colony government. In the twentieth century the paper supported the government and opposed the labour movement.
For most of its existence, the paper was supportive of the French Creole elite and was seen as an unofficial voice for Roman Catholicism. In 1955, the paper was rebranded as the Trinidad Chronicle and Port of Spain Gazette, but after accumulating substantial losses it folded in 1959, ending its 134-year run.