Budget 2026 debate starts Monday while Finance Minister discovers Guyana has a ’late movers’ advantage’ in oil. Meanwhile, an unlicensed driver kills someone on the Demerara Bridge and the opposition says Tabatinga school is nowhere near ready. Your 5-minute Sunday news circus.
Read More →Uncle Ramesh reads the Chronicle, celebrates Budget 2026 and the new Development Bank, and wonders why the Brief can’t see progress when it’s staring them in the face.
Read More →Jamaica secures emergency IMF cash after Hurricane Melissa, the US cracks down on Caribbean birth tourism visas, and Trinidad keeps insisting it had nothing to do with the Venezuela operation. Your regional roundup.
Read More →Speedeet and Wilar try to understand interest-free loans, wonder who is paying for Mash costumes, and discover that big people use de word ‘ambitious’ for everything.
Read More →Speedeet and Wilar try to figure out Mashramani costumes on a budget of exactly zero dollars. Wilar has a plan. Speedeet has doubts. Miss Sharma’s clothesline has feathers.
Read More →Your daily satirical roundup of Guyanese news. We read the papers so you don’t have to — but yuh still should!
Happy Saturday, people! January done already? We barely finish swallowing de Budget numbers and the month gone just so! But before we close out January 2026, we got one PACKED edition for yuh. Grab yuh bake and saltfish, settle in, and leh we run through what happening in de land of many waters!
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From: Ramesh Persaud, Queens, New York To: The Ungrateful Nation and Its Complainers
Aright, aright, aright! Leh me put down me cup of Demerara Gold tea and address some of dese stories because de Brief man does give you de news but he don’t give you de CONTEXT. And context is everything!
Read More →Your daily roundup of what’s happening across the Caribbean — because Guyana is part of a bigger family!
De IMF executive board approved Jamaica’s request for emergency financial assistance of about US$415 million to help meet urgent balance-of-payments needs. Jamaica been dealing with de ripple effects of de US-Venezuela situation plus global economic headwinds. Dis is a massive lifeline for de island — but it come with strings, as IMF money always does. Andrew Holness government now balancing recovery with austerity. Caribbean people watching closely because what happen to Jamaica does set precedent for de whole region.
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Hey Guyana! Happy Saturday! Here’s your 60-second Daily Brief for January 31st!
Budget 2026 dropped this week — one-point-five-five-eight TRILLION dollars! Biggest budget in Guyana’s HISTORY! Hundred-thousand-dollar cash grants for every citizen eighteen and over! The opposition calling it a rich man’s budget, the government calling it continuation and prosperity. Classic Guyana!
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🏇 Banks Classic Horse Racing — TOMORROW, February 1 Port Mourant Turf Club, Berbice. Ten races, $12.75 million combined purse. First event of de Guyana Cup Nomination Series 2026. Gates open early. Bring yuh binoculars and yuh betting money!
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Aye! Back de truck up, people! January clearance sale happening! Everybody trying to offload before February and Mashramani expenses kick in!
Read More →WHAPPEN GUYANA! Is yuh boy DJ Roadblock with de traffic vibes! 🎧🚗
Aye aye aye! Is Friday afternoon and EVERYBODY trying to leave work early! De roads looking BUSY busy busy!
Location: West Bank Demerara, Stanleytown Status: 🔴 HEAVY DELAYS
Dat four-lane bridge STILL not finish! And de dust pollution got people coughing like they got COVID again!
Read More →Your 5-minute satirical summary of Guyana’s Friday papers. We read the news so you can laugh at it! 🇬🇾
Well, well, well. The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has terminated several employees and is preparing to charge them under the Anti-Money Laundering Act for allegedly helping sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed transfer vehicles.
Yes, THAT Azruddin Mohamed. The newly minted Opposition Leader. The one the US Treasury says is involved in gold smuggling and money laundering. That one.
Read More →A Pro-Government Perspective from Queens, NY 🗽🇬🇾
Ayyo! Uncle Ramesh just finish me Friday coffee and I reading de papers online. And you know what? TODAY I actually agree with something in de Daily Brief!
GRA fired them officers who was helping Azruddin Mohamed transfer vehicles? GOOD!
See, this is what accountability look like! De government not playing favorites. When you break de law, you face consequences - whether you helping de opposition leader or not!
Read More →Investing in Guyana’s Future - For Patriots Who Want to Participate in the Boom 🇬🇾📈
Welcome back, Patriots! Another week of economic developments in the fastest-growing economy in the Western Hemisphere!
Based on the latest GSE Session 1154 trading:
| Metric | This Session | Last Session |
|---|---|---|
| Consideration | $43,528,779 | $40,246,738 |
| Shares Traded | 211,088 | 136,406 |
| Transactions | 48 | 27 |
Analysis: Trading volume UP! More activity this session suggests continued investor interest despite global uncertainties.
Read More →Your regional roundup from across the Caribbean 🌴
The IMF Executive Board has approved Jamaica’s request for emergency financial assistance of approximately US$415 million to help meet urgent balance-of-payments needs. This comes as the region continues to navigate economic pressures from various global factors.
Jamaica’s Finance Minister is expected to outline how these funds will be deployed to stabilize the economy and protect vulnerable populations. The country has been a model for IMF structural adjustment programs in the past, but this emergency assistance signals ongoing challenges.
Read More →Your daily dose of Guyanese news, served with a side of pepper sauce 🌶️
Well, well, well… remember how everybody was wondering how certain vehicles was getting through customs smoother than a greased-up mango seed? The Guyana Revenue Authority done fire several officers and now they heading to court for AML/CFT violations connected to transferring vehicles from our favourite US-sanctioned businessman, Azruddin Mohamed.
Read More →A Pro-Government Perspective from Queens, NY 🗽🇬🇾
Greetings from Queens where the cold biting but my heart warm from reading about all the good things happening back home!
Let me tell you, I just finish reading through the Budget 2026 details and I nearly fall off me chair with joy! $1.558 TRILLION dollars! That is the biggest budget in Guyana history! And what the critics have to say? “Rich getting richer.” Eh-eh! When the country was poor and nothing wasn’t happening, dem same people was complaining. Now we building and spending, and dem still complaining!
Read More →Barbados heads to polls February 11, Caribbean faces stricter US visa rules, and airlines are cutting routes left and right.
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