''De Ware Tijd'' (English: The True Time) is one of four daily newspapers in

Paramaribo Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's po ...

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. , it was the largest-circulation paper in the country, ahead of its rival, ''

De West ''De West'' is one of the main newspapers of Suriname. ''De West'' was founded in 1892, and in its early years was a conservative paper that had a somewhat antagonistic rivalry with the left-leaning ''Suriname'', the other leading newspaper in wha ...

'', and was described as taking a "staunchly independent stance" politically. It is published in the

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language, and privately owned. The '' Kondreman'' cartoon is published by the newspaper since 2005. 'Taxi' was published earlier. The newspaper publishes also an online edition. De Ware Tijd is known for its literary section called ''De Ware Tijd Literair'' which was started in 1986 by

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, and from 1992 to 2016 edited by

Els Moor Els Moor (17 May 1937 – 9 March 2016) was a Dutch-born Surinamese educator, editor and book publisher. She is best known for ''Fa yu e tron leisibakru'', a literary education method for secondary education. Moor was the chief editor of ''De Ware ...

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