Budget-2026

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

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 countries’ GDP, and single mothers near a Chinese friendship park are being told to pack their bags. Happy Monday!

Today’s menu: Azruddin gets an arrest warrant (briefly), the Haags Bosch money pit deepens, Schoonard residents face eviction, Dr. Frank Anthony can’t catch a break, and the Manickchand/Region 10 drama continues to be absolutely hilarious.

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

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 can park their yachts. Sorry, “exhibitors.”

Today’s menu: A 39-year-old newspaper dies and everybody has an opinion, the Energy Conference takes over Georgetown’s waterfront, and the Budget debate continues to prove that Parliament is where good ideas go to get shouted at.

Uncle Ramesh Take – Friday, February 13, 2026

A Pro-Government Perspective from Queens, NY 🗽🇬🇾

Nephew and Niece Dem,

Happy Friday from Queens! And before anybody start — yes, I read de news about Stabroek News closing. I getting to dat. But FIRST let me talk about what de Brief CONVENIENTLY buried under all de drama.

🏠 $150 BILLION FOR HOUSING! $150 BILLION!

Beta, Minister Croal announce ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BILLION DOLLARS fuh housing in 2026. New housing schemes. Land acquisition. Utilities infrastructure. Regularisation of informal settlements.

📊 Weekly Progress Report: February 5-11, 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 contractors blacklisted.

Uncle Ramesh Responds: 'ONE Point? That's PROGRESS, Beta!'

Uncle Ramesh from Queens celebrates the corruption index improvement, explains why 30 blacklisted contractors proves the government is WORKING, and has strong opinions about the Guyana flag at the Super Bowl.

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

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.

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

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 wearing the Medalha Forte São Joaquim — Roraima’s highest honour — presented by Governor Antonio Denarium. The Chronicle gave it the full red-carpet treatment, naturally.

Ali talked about “removing barriers to trade, improving connectivity, and creating an enabling environment for private-sector engagement” with Brazil. You know, all the things we’ve been talking about since approximately 1966.

Uncle Ramesh Take: Dey Giving de Man Medal and All-You Still Complaining?

Uncle Ramesh read de papers from Brooklyn dis morning and he got PLENTY to say.

Eh-eh! So de President gone Brazil, get de highest honour from Roraima state, talk about trade and food security and energy cooperation — and all-you STILL finding fault? De man building bridges — LITERAL bridges — between two countries and de opposition side chatting bout “we heard this before.”

You know what I hearing from Lethem side? People EXCITED. Brazilian business people coming over, Guyanese going across. Dat is REAL economic activity, not paper talk. When last time de opposition build a relationship with ANYBODY? Dey can’t even get along with deyself, much less a whole country.

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

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 smashes the fastest WI fifty in T20 World Cup history.

Uncle Ramesh Take: Two Guyanese Boys Own de World Cup, But de Brief Want Talk About Auditor General

Uncle Ramesh from Queens celebrates Hetmyer and Shepherd’s World Cup heroics, praises the Bayroc Stadium opening, and wonders why the Brief is obsessed with Christopher Ram.

De Boys Seh: Exxon Collecting Ships Like Sticker Book

De Boys Seh is overheard commentary from a fictional rum shop somewhere in Georgetown. The boys have opinions about everything and expertise in nothing. All characters are fictional.

De boys seh Exxon just buy de fourth oil ship and now dem own ALL four. De boys seh dat is like somebody renting yuh house, buying all de furniture, putting in dey own locks, and den telling you “but is still YOUR house though.” De boys seh de house might be yours on paper but try and sit down in de living room and see what happen.

Sunday Brief: Exxon Now Owns ALL Four Oil Ships, Finance Minister Drops Pablo Escobar Reference, and a Miracle Baby at GPHC

☀️ Good Morning, Guyana! It’s Sunday, February 8, 2026. Mashramani season is building, Black History Month is in full swing, and the Budget debate has wrapped up with the kind of fireworks that make Parliament more entertaining than Netflix. Grab your tennis roll and butter and let’s get into it.

🛢️ EXXON NOW OWNS ALL FOUR OIL SHIPS — CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM, WE GUESS

Kaieteur News reports that ExxonMobil has completed its US$2.3 billion purchase of the fourth and largest Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel in the Stabroek Block. That means Exxon now owns the Liza Destiny, the Liza Unity, the Prosperity, and now the big new one outright. Four FPSOs. All theirs.

Uncle Ramesh Take: Dem Cyant See Progress Even When It Hit Dem in de Face

Uncle Ramesh is a proud member of the Guyanese diaspora who reads all four newspapers every morning and has strong opinions about everything. He is fictional. His opinions are his own.

Eh eh! Good morning, good morning! Uncle Ramesh here, fresh cup of bush tea in hand, Sunday papers spread out on de table like a feast. And what a feast it is!

First thing first — leh me address this Budget debate nonsense. The Opposition Leader get up in Parliament and say the budget “won’t lift the masses out of poverty.” Boy, this man talking like he ain’t see the $100,000 cash grant, the zero-interest loans, the school buildings going up left right and centre. A $298 million primary school going to St. Cuthbert’s Mission! You know how long dem children waiting for a proper school? But no — according to the opposition, nothing happening. Dem could be standing inside a brand new hospital and still say “where de development?”

🇬🇾 Saturday Brief: Opposition Leader Rips Budget, Secret Extradition Revealed, and Linden Gets a 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 declare their gold), and the Windies take on Scotland in the T20 World Cup opener.

👴🏾 Uncle Ramesh: Stadium Opening Day! PROGRESS You Can TOUCH! While Opposition Leader Talks Nonsense!

Uncle Ramesh from Queens celebrates the Bayroc Stadium opening, praises Ali’s mining support package, and has STRONG words about the Opposition Leader’s maiden speech.

Patriots Portfolio: Budget 2026 Deep Dive — Where Is the $1.588 Trillion Actually Going?

This week’s Patriots Portfolio breaks down the biggest budget stories: the $1.588 trillion allocation, tourism boom, gold sector resurrection, cash grants debate, and what it all means for ordinary Guyanese trying to build wealth in the fastest-growing economy in the world.

Uncle Ramesh's Take: The President Standing Strong While They Nitpick Everything

Uncle Ramesh from Queens breaks down why President Ali’s GDF speech was exactly what Guyana needed, the budget debate critics have no alternative plan, tourism is booming, and the opposition should stop complaining and start contributing.

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

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 discovered that the job comes with… well, nothing. No car. No security. Just vibes and an indictment.

Meanwhile, gold is over $5,000 an ounce but apparently we can’t find it, Speaker Nadir is still limiting journalists to a handful, and the government is promising to fix Stabroek Market — finally!

Uncle Ramesh's Thursday Response — 'This Government Building the Future While Opposition Playing Victim'

Uncle Ramesh is a retired accountant living in Queens, New York. He reads all four Guyanese papers every morning and sends his thoughts back home. He supports the PPP/C government and believes in giving credit where credit is due.

Good morning from Queens! 🇬🇾🇺🇸

Alright, alright. Me nephew does write that Daily Brief thing and sometimes he too cynical for he own good. Let me tell you what REALLY happening in Guyana right now.

☕ 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

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 expects US$2.8B this year — and critics say it’ll disappear just as fast. Plus: Panama opening an embassy, 9 million carbon credits, and the T20 World Cup starts Friday.