📊 Weekly Roundup

All your daily briefs, organized by week for easy catching up

February 2026
18 daily briefs
Tue
17
Feb

☕ The Daily Brief – Tuesday, February 17, 2026

⏱️ 8 min read 🏷️ Guyana, news, satire

Opposition Leader arrested for being 35 minutes late to court. An NCN cameraman brought a gun to the same court. Hakeem Olajuwon wants to sell you a condo for US$150K. Stabroek News mourning …

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Tue
17
Feb

🌴 Caribbean Daily Brief – Tuesday, February 17, 2026

⏱️ 4 min read 🏷️ Caribbean, news, Barbados

US blows up another boat in the Caribbean (133 dead now). Iran-US nuclear talks show progress in Geneva. Barbados FM challenges US due process. Mottley pushes electoral reform. Jamaica’s …

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Mon
16
Feb

Monday's Guyana Brief: Azruddin Shows Up Late to His Own Extradition, the Haags Bosch Office Hits $19.6 Billion, and Single Mothers Get Eviction Notices

⏱️ 4 min read 🏷️ Guyana, News, Satire

Good morning, Guyana! ☕ Welcome to Monday, where the Opposition Leader can’t show up on time to his own extradition hearing, the government’s office complex now costs more than some …

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Sun
15
Feb

Sunday's Guyana Brief: Stabroek News Dies, Nobody Gets Their Money, and Kingston Wharf Belongs to Oil People Now

⏱️ 5 min read 🏷️ Guyana, News, Satire

Good morning, Guyana! ☕ Welcome to Sunday, where we pour one out for Stabroek News, the government pretends to be sad about it, and the entire Kingston Wharf has been commandeered so oil executives …

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Fri
13
Feb

☕ The Daily Brief – Friday, February 13, 2026

⏱️ 7 min read 🏷️ Guyana, news, satire

Stabroek News announces closure after 39 years. Georgetown swamped by 4-inch rainfall. Mohamed’s cambio evidence mounts. Mottley wins AGAIN. Oil boom stealing police officers. And rockets are …

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Thu
12
Feb

SOCU Raids Shut-Down Business, Finds Less Money Than What's In Your NIS Account

⏱️ 3 min read 🏷️ daily-brief, critical-view

The Big Story: SOCU Descends On Lombard Street Like Is D-Day Twenty Special Organised Crime Unit officers. One sniffer dog. A building on Lombard Street that has been closed since 2024. And what did …

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Wed
11
Feb

📊 Weekly Progress Report: February 5-11, 2026

⏱️ 3 min read 🏷️ government, progress, budget-2026

This week’s government achievements: Budget 2026 approvals rolling through Committee of Supply, Gas-to-Energy at 68%, new Amerindian hostel funded, recycling centre launched, and 30 bad …

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Wed
11
Feb

Wednesday's Guyana Brief - Corruption Score: We Moved ONE Point, 30 Contractors Blacklisted, and the Flag That Started a War

⏱️ 7 min read 🏷️ guyana, corruption, gas-to-energy

Guyana crawls up ONE spot on the corruption index, 30 contractors get blacklisted, Ali tours Brazil’s gas plant, sugar promises continue, and the Guyana flag at the Super Bowl has people HEATED.

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Tue
10
Feb

Tuesday Brief: Ali Collects Medal in Brazil While Budget Debate Wreckage Still Smouldering

⏱️ 6 min read 🏷️ Budget 2026, GECOM, Brazil

Your Tuesday rundown from all four papers. Grab your coffee, this one’s spicy. 🏅 Ali Gets Medal, Country Gets More Promises President Ali popped across to Boa Vista on Monday and came back …

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Mon
09
Feb

Monday Brief: Auditor General Goes Silent While Billions Vanish, 77 Cubans Screened for Trafficking, and Hetmyer Breaks a World Cup Record

⏱️ 7 min read 🏷️ guyana, politics, oil

Christopher Ram questions whether the Auditor General is actually auditing anything, 77 Cubans are screened for suspected human trafficking, more than 20 homes bulldozed in Circuitville, and Hetmyer …

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Sat
07
Feb

🇬🇾 Saturday Brief: Opposition Leader Rips Budget, Secret Extradition Revealed, and Linden Gets a Stadium

⏱️ 7 min read 🏷️ Budget 2026, Extradition, Bayroc Stadium

Opposition Leader Mohamed delivers maiden budget speech and it’s a SCORCHER, a secret US extradition request surfaces, Linden opens its shiny new stadium, Ali promises miners the moon (if they …

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Fri
06
Feb

Caribbean Daily Brief: Jamaica Gets $415M IMF Lifeline, Barbados Election Heating Up, T&T PM Blasts CARICOM, and Haiti Under Fire

⏱️ 4 min read 🏷️ Caribbean, Jamaica, Barbados

Jamaica secures emergency IMF funds, Barbados gears up for February 11 election, Trinidad’s PM doubles down on CARICOM criticism, CARICOM rebukes Haiti’s leadership, and the T20 World Cup …

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Fri
06
Feb

Friday's Guyana Brief - Venezuela Still Scary, MP Falls in Parliament, 53,000 Weed Plants Burned, and the Budget Debate Rolls On Like a Runaway Canter

⏱️ 8 min read 🏷️ Guyana, News, Satire

President Ali tells the army ‘don’t blink’ on Venezuela, an MP fractures her ankle falling in Parliament, police burn 53,000 cannabis plants in Linden, Kaieteur calls the budget …

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Thu
05
Feb

Thursday's Guyana Brief — Four Dead on Vessel, Mohameds Lose Court Fight, Opposition Leader Gets No Car or Security, and $2 Billion to Fix Stabroek Market

⏱️ 7 min read 🏷️ Guyana, News, Satire

Good morning, Guyana! ☕ Welcome to Thursday, where four families are mourning men who went to work and never came home, the Mohameds just lost another legal battle, and the Opposition Leader …

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Wed
04
Feb

☕ Wednesday Brief: Budget Day 2 Turns Into WWE SmackDown, Speaker Nadir's Press Crackdown Gets EVERYBODY Vex, and the Oil Fund About to Get US$2.8 Billion It Won't Keep

⏱️ 9 min read 🏷️ Budget-2026, media-freedom, oil-fund

Budget Day 2 delivers absolute chaos as government and opposition clash over everything from sugar to Amerindians. Speaker Nadir’s media lockout draws fire from every direction. The Oil Fund …

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Tue
03
Feb

Tuesday's Guyana Brief — Budget Debate Opens With Animal Noises, Speaker Locks Out Press, and President Flies to Belize to Tell Them How Great Guyana Is

⏱️ 8 min read 🏷️ Guyana, News, Satire

The 2026 budget debate opened with heckling and bizarre animal noises, Speaker Nadir brought back COVID rules to limit journalists to five, Ali told Belize to follow Guyana’s lead on food …

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Mon
02
Feb

☕ Monday Brief: Budget Debate D-Day, Mohameds Ruling Today, and Georgetown Gets a Fancy New Hotel

⏱️ 5 min read 🏷️ Budget-2026, Mohameds, extradition

Budget 2026 debate opens in the National Assembly, the Acting CJ rules on the Mohameds extradition challenge TODAY, Georgetown’s newest hotel opens, Mashramani gets $120M, and cattle rustlers …

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Sun
01
Feb

☕ Sunday Brief: Budget Debate Opens Monday, Cement Truck Kills on Demerara Bridge, and the Government Discovers 'Late Movers' Advantage'

⏱️ 6 min read 🏷️ Budget-2026, Demerara-Bridge, Development-Bank

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 …

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January 2026
14 daily briefs
Fri
30
Jan

Friday Brief: GRA Officers Fired Over Mohamed Vehicle Transfers, RUSAL Returns, and Christopher Ram Prescribes Fiscal Ozempic

⏱️ 5 min read 🏷️ GRA, Azruddin Mohamed, RUSAL

Your 5-minute satirical summary of Guyana’s Friday papers. We read the news so you can laugh at it! 🇬🇾 🎯 THE BIG STORY: GRA Officers Fired Over Mohamed Vehicle Transfers Well, well, well. The …

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Thu
29
Jan

De Daily Brief – Wednesday, January 29, 2026

⏱️ 5 min read 🏷️ Guyana, Politics, Budget 2026

Your daily dose of Guyanese news, served with a side of pepper sauce 🌶️ 💰 GRA Officers Getting Lock Up Over Azruddin Mohamed’s Fancy Cars Well, well, well… remember how everybody was …

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Wed
28
Jan

Wednesday Brief: The Fugitive is Official, Budget Bonanza Continues, and Mia Mottley Goes for the Three-Peat

⏱️ 5 min read 🏷️ Azruddin Mohamed, Opposition Leader, Budget 2026

Azruddin Mohamed is now officially Guyana’s Opposition Leader despite US indictments. Meanwhile, Budget 2026 promises keep rolling out and Barbados prepares for another Mottley landslide.

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Tue
27
Jan

The Guyana Daily Brief - Tuesday, January 27, 2026

⏱️ 4 min read 🏷️ satire, news, guyana

Budget 2026 aftermath: $1.588 trillion in promises, 15,000 house lots, a school for autistic children, and the opposition still can’t find the door to the National Assembly.

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Mon
26
Jan

Monday Brief: Budget Day Showdown, Opposition's 'Fugitive' Gets His Day, and Berbice Gets a Stadium

⏱️ 3 min read 🏷️ Budget 2026, Opposition Leader, Azruddin Mohamed

It’s the Super Bowl of Guyanese politics: Budget 2026 drops while the opposition elects an ‘international fugitive’ as their leader. Plus hotels, stadiums, and that $100,000 cash …

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Fri
23
Jan

Friday Brief: US Ambassador Says Nadir Can Have His Opinion, APAD Warns Against Fugitive Opposition Leader, Tourism Minister Takes River Cruise

⏱️ 5 min read 🏷️ US-Ambassador, APAD, opposition-leader

US Ambassador Theriot diplomatically sidesteps the Speaker drama, APAD joins the chorus against electing Mohamed, Minister Rodrigues cruises the Demerara, and over 200 Guyanese now certified in fibre …

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Sun
18
Jan

Sunday's Guyana Brief - Hotels Multiply, Health Goes Digital, and Cricket Women Keep Winning

⏱️ 4 min read 🏷️ Guyana, News, Satire

Another US$18M hotel opens, your medical records go online, President Ali says cash grants aren’t sustainable (after promising one), Women’s cricket squad stays undefeated, and Fruta …

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Sat
17
Jan

Saturday's Guyana Brief: Toy Guns Guarding Your Groceries, Solar Power Rising, and Guyana Women Battle Jamaica Tonight!

⏱️ 6 min read 🏷️ Guyana, News, Satire

Security guards caught with toy guns at supermarkets, US$8.14M solar farm lights up Charity, GBTI launches private banking for the rich, and Guyana Women seek redemption against Jamaica under the …

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Fri
16
Jan

Friday's Guyana Brief - Oil Wells Racing to Empty, Speaker Races to India

⏱️ 6 min read 🏷️ Guyana, News, Satire

Good morning, Guyana! ☕ Welcome to Friday, where our oil fields are being liquidated faster than a closing-down sale, our Speaker fled to India while Parliament remains closed, and Exxon’s 75% …

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Thu
15
Jan

🔍 [CRITICAL] Wednesday Brief: Guyanese Takes IICA Helm, Census Controversy, and Cybercrime Crackdown

⏱️ 4 min read 🏷️ news, politics, government-promises

Muhammad Ibrahim becomes IICA Director-General, census data sparks housing debate, cybercrime law faces criticism, and AG slams courts for ignoring legislation.

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Wed
14
Jan

Tuesday's Guyana Brief: Apps, Laws, and Courtroom Drama

⏱️ 5 min read 🏷️ Guyana, News, Satire

Attorney General scolds magistrates for ignoring laws, government promises 87 new apps, and President Ali discovers swamps can become highways (who knew?). Welcome to Tuesday in paradise!

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Tue
13
Jan

🔍 [CRITICAL] Monday Brief: Crime Stats, Search & Rescue Upgrade, and Traffic Chaos

⏱️ 4 min read 🏷️ news, crime, infrastructure

Murders up 11% despite overall crime drop, new $123M search and rescue system launched, over 3,100 traffic offences in one week, and financial system reforms promised.

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Tue
13
Jan

Tuesday's Guyana Brief - Census Drops After 4 Years, Democracy Still Missing

⏱️ 10 min read 🏷️ Guyana, Satire, Parliament Drama

Good morning, Guyana! ☕ Welcome to Tuesday, where census data finally arrives (only 4 years late!) and Parliament continues its record-breaking streak of doing absolutely nothing. Today’s menu: …

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Mon
12
Jan

Monday's Guyana Brief: The Week Starts With a Yelling

⏱️ 6 min read 🏷️ Guyana, News, Satire

Good morning, Guyana! ☕ Welcome to Monday, where last week’s problems are this week’s problems with a fresh coat of optimistic denial. Nothing got fixed over the weekend. Shocked? You …

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