1917-1929

• Incorporated on June 28, 1917 with a paid up capital of $23,000.
• First published on Sunday, September 2, 1917 and consisted of 12 pages. Page one contained only advertisments.
• Fifteen thousand copies were published for a population of 350,000.
• The printing equipment was purchased from The Mirror, founded in 1898 and closed in 1916.
• First located at the south eastern corner of St Vincent Street and Queen Street in the former Carlisle Hotel.
• First editor - EJ Patrige.
• As a celebration of Allied victory in November 1918, the Trinidad Guardian organised and sponsored a Victory Carnival at the Queen’s Park Savannah in 1919. This continued year after year and the Trinidad Guardian kept playing a key role in presenting this Carnival until the Government-run Carnival Development Committee took it over in 1957.
• In mid-1920s the introduction of guest columnists.
• In 1929 the introduction of the Talk of Trinidad column. It is still published today.
• On Sunday June 2, 1929, the front page no longer consisted only of advertisements but only news was published.
• Tuesday June 5, 1929, the first banner headline ever to have appeared in the Trinidad Guardian.
• The first clear picture to have appeared in the Trinidad Guardian was on March 24, 1929.
• In 1929 the company rebuilt its premises on what was once the old Carlisle Hotel building.
• In 1929 the old Brenner Press was replaced with a Cossar High Speed Press which printed 4,000 copies an hour.

1929-1980

• In 1934 the Guardian Neediest Cases Fund began.
• In 1934 the Guardian sponsored Mannie Dookie to the British Empire Games.
• In 1935 set up a fund for the establishment of a chest hospital in Caura. This fund contributed $53,000 to the construction of the Caura Sanatorium.
• In 1936 the publication of the Evening News begins.
• A San Fernando Office was opened in 1943.
• In 1947 the Sunday Guardian competition for short story writers started.
• In the late 40s, the start of Voice of the People.
• January 6, 1958 was the first Monday issue of the Guardian.
• In April 1961 the Thomson Group of Canada bought out the shares of the principal stockholders.
• In 1975 the Thomson Group sold its shares to local owners, with the majority being held by the McEnearny Alston Group, now the Ansa McAL Group.

1980-2007

• On Sunday, April 27, 1980 fire completely destroyed the wooden historic home of the Trinidad Guardian. Seven months later operations resumed.
• On Saturday, September 22, 1984 the present building was opened.
• In 1980 a partly new and partly refurbished Goss Urbanite Press was installed with ten printing units. Previously there were five printing units; three were destroyed in the fire.
• In 1989 desktop publishing was introduced.
• In 1990 production of the Evening News ends.
• In 1994 the company achieved full pagination capability.
• In 1996 Internet Guardian launched.
• In 1998 TPCL acquires the Trinidad Broadcasting Co Ltd by merger.
• In 2000, Guardian in Education Schools Business Project is begun.
• In 2002 the Guardian goes from broadsheet to G-Sized.
• In 2004 Guardian in Education—Making a Difference Project is begun, with Ato Boldon, Brian Lara and Wendy Fitzwilliam as spokesmen.
• In 2005 TPCL opens its first TV station, Cable News Channel 3, CNC3.
• 2007: Guardian set to open its new press in Chaguanas. It serves a national population of over 1.3 million and the paper goes global via the Internet.

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