April 11, 2026 • 2 min readBack-a-Truck
Back-a-Truck: the things Guyanese people actually say. Overheard, reported, and presented without further comment. Every Saturday.
AT STABROEK MARKET, TUESDAY MORNING
“De cash grant reach?”
“Not yet.”
“Dey say Region 9 getting it now.”
“I ain’t in Region 9.”
“Well.”
“Well.”
EAST BANK, MORNING TRAFFIC, WEDNESDAY
“Move de car nah man!”
“Where I moving it to?!”
“I don’t know — ANYWHERE.”
“Is one lane! Where you want me go — de canal?!”
“At this point, yes!”
Read More → April 10, 2026 • 4 min readTraffic Report
🚗 DJ ROADBLOCK — Friday April 10, 2026 🚗
Spinning the hits and dodging the potholes since forever
Goooood morning Georgetown! It is FRIDAY and DJ Roadblock is LIVE in your ears, your eyes, and unfortunately also in your windshield because traffic is not playing today, people. Buckle up. Literally. It is the law and also survival.
🔴 EAST BANK DEMERARA: FULL LOCKDOWN ENERGY
People. East Bank this morning is what the government would describe as “a dynamic transportation situation” and what everyone sitting in it is describing as something I cannot print. The usual suspects: school drop-off traffic converging with people heading to Georgetown for work, construction equipment parked in a way that suggests the operator believes cars are optional, and that one minibus that has decided its personal schedule supersedes all traffic laws and the concept of lanes.
Read More → March 30, 2026 • 3 min readDaily Brief
Monday, March 30, 2026 | Guyana Daily Brief
The Irony Was Not Subtle
Days after Guyana positioned itself as a voice of authority on climate resilience — advising Caribbean neighbours to “climate-proof” their infrastructure — the country spent the weekend wading through its own floodwaters. Georgetown and its outskirts became, in the words of Kaieteur News, “a flat sea.” The Civil Defence Commission is now warning that heavy rainfall is expected to intensify through Tuesday, with flooding likely to worsen. The drains remain the drains.
Read More → March 29, 2026 • 3 min readSpeedeet & Wilar
A Speedeet & Wilar Story
De rain start Friday night and didn’t stop.
By Saturday morning, Pike Street was a river.
Not a deep river. Not a dangerous river. But enough water that Little Sanjay from down de road was already wading through it with he shorts hiked up, looking absolutely delighted.
Speedeet press he face against de window and watch him.
“Bai,” he say to Wilar, who was sitting at de kitchen table doing absolutely nothing dangerous, “you see what I see?”
Read More → March 29, 2026 • 2 min readUncle Ramesh
Uncle Ramesh Doodnauth, 67, retired civil servant, Brooklyn, NY. Calls home every Sunday.
Bai, me read de Brief dis morning and me nearly choke on me paratha.
Dem write de whole ting like Guyana is falling apart! Flooding? Every capital city in de WORLD flood when rain fall fuh 24 hours! You ever see New York after a storm? People kayaking on Flatbush Avenue! Dat is a WORLD PROBLEM, not a Guyana problem. But de Brief doh want to tell you dat.
Read More → March 29, 2026 • 3 min readDaily Brief
Sunday, March 29, 2026 | Guyana Daily Brief
Georgetown Goes Underwater (Again)
Almost 24 hours of continuous heavy rain on Saturday left Georgetown streets severely flooded, with citizens reporting health concerns and general inconvenience across multiple communities. Minister Manickchand toured affected areas on the East Bank. The drains did not tour themselves, but we appreciate the effort.
The Powerships Are Not Going Anywhere
Guyana is set to extend its contract with Karpowership — the Turkish company renting two powerships to the country at a daily rate — because the Wales Gas-to-Energy project is delayed. Again. The AFC has been sounding alarm about the ballooning cost of the Wales project and the government’s continued silence on how much it has actually cost so far. GPL launched a “Solar Express Lane” this week to help customers integrate solar faster. One lane going in, one lane going further into Karpowership’s pocket.
Read More → March 27, 2026 • 3 min readTraffic Report
Disclaimer: DJ Roadblock’s Traffic Report is satirical commentary on Guyana’s road infrastructure and general traffic situations. No specific individuals are referenced or targeted. This is entertainment about SYSTEMS and SITUATIONS, not people.
🎙️ WAAAAAH GWAAN GUYANA! Is ya boy DJ Roadblock comin’ at you LIVE from de dashboard, Friday afternoon edition — and bai, is a special week because the GOVERNMENT just CLAIMED twenty-two streets in Georgetown and now everybody arguing about who responsible for de potholes!
Read More → March 27, 2026 • 5 min readDaily Brief
Your five-minute briefing on everything happening in the Land of Many Waters. Served fresh, slightly spicy, and completely unsponsored.
GOVERNMENT TAKES 22 GEORGETOWN STREETS — CITY HALL CALLS IT ILLEGAL
In a move that has Georgetown politicians reaching for their lawyers, the government quietly gazetted 22 major city streets as public roads under central government control — transferring authority from the Mayor and City Council to the Ministry of Public Works, effective March 21. Regent Street, Robb Street, Camp Street, Lamaha Street, and the Eastern Highway are among the corridors now under Minister Juan Edghill’s portfolio. Mayor Alfred Mentore called it “unlawful governance” and “arbitrary centralisation of local assets by executive fiat,” noting there was zero prior consultation with the elected Council. The M&CC summoned an extraordinary statutory meeting today to deal with the matter, and Mentore has threatened legal action if the decision isn’t reversed. The government, for its part, has not yet offered a public explanation.
Read More → March 27, 2026 • 4 min readPatriots Portfolio
📊 PATRIOTS PORTFOLIO
Tracking the Business of Guyana
Week of March 27, 2026
MARKET MOOD: COMPLICATED OPTIMISM
Global oil markets remain volatile against the backdrop of Middle East conflict. Guyana’s production — past 900,000 barrels per day — is insulated from the worst volatility by long-term offtake agreements, but the private sector is watching the Gulf situation closely. The Guyana Chronicle reports the local private sector is “closely tracking developments in the Middle East.” That is the polite way of saying everyone is nervous and nobody wants to say so publicly.
Read More → March 27, 2026 • 4 min readThe Guyanese Horizon
The Guyanese Horizon is a monthly feature celebrating Guyana’s progress, heritage, and future. Published on the last Friday of each month.
THE CITY AND THE STREETS
Georgetown, March 2026
Walk down Main Street today and you will see something that did not exist five years ago: cranes.
Not one or two. Multiple. Against the Georgetown skyline — that low, wooden, Victorian skyline that survived colonial rule, independence, and decades of economic contraction — there are now steel arms reaching upward. Hotels under construction. Office buildings going up. A capital city remembering that it is supposed to grow.
Read More → March 27, 2026 • 2 min readUncle Ramesh
Opinion
Uncle Ramesh is a retired accountant from Berbice, now living in Queens, New York. He reads only the Guyana Chronicle. He has opinions.
Listen, I read the Chronicle this morning and I feel good. I feel GOOD.
Now everybody vex because the government take over twenty-two streets in Georgetown. Take over? TAKE OVER? You mean RESCUE. You ever drive down Robb Street? You ever see what City Hall does with a pothole? They put a cone next to it and leave it for six months. Now the Ministry of Public Works has those streets and people acting like is a coup d’état. The same people who complain the roads bad are now complaining that somebody is going to fix the roads. Make it make sense.
Read More → March 24, 2026 • 4 min readBack-a-Truck
Weekly Feature
🚛 BACK-A-TRUCK
What’s Moving, What’s Worth It, What to Watch
Week of March 24, 2026
Back-A-Truck tracks market conditions, price movements, and notable deals across Georgetown and beyond. All prices are observational and may vary. Not a shopping service. Just a guide.
🛒 THIS WEEK’S MARKET WATCH
PRODUCE
Bora: Price contested this week at multiple markets. Vendors holding firm. Worth shopping around. Quality is good right now — dry season conditions have been kind to the bora.
Read More → March 24, 2026 • 4 min readBounty Board
Weekly Feature
📌 THE BOUNTY BOARD
Community Notices, Events & Things Worth Knowing
Week of March 24, 2026
The Bounty Board collects community notices, upcoming events, and things happening around Guyana. Submissions are fictional/illustrative — if you have a real notice, contact us at guyanadailybrief@gmail.com.
📅 EVENTS THIS WEEK
EAST BANK INTER-VILLAGE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Ongoing through the week at Eccles EE Ground. Day three action has been underway. Several upsets reported — underdogs showing up. Football fans in the area should check the schedule and get out to the ground.
Read More → March 24, 2026 • 4 min readDJ Roadblock
Weekly Feature
🎵 [Air horn sound effect] 🎵
GOOD MORNING GUYANA! DJ ROADBLOCK IN DE BUILDING!
It’s your boy, spinning the hits AND the hazards, every week, right here on the Guyana Daily Brief. Buckle up — or don’t, apparently some people don’t — because we have ROAD NEWS.
🛣️ THIS WEEK’S ROAD CONDITIONS
GEORGETOWN CENTRAL
Status: CHAOTIC AS USUAL
Brickdam: Moving, but barely. Peak hours (7-9AM, 4-6PM) are still a test of patience and faith. DJ Roadblock recommends leaving earlier. DJ Roadblock knows nobody will leave earlier.
Read More → February 6, 2026 • 4 min readDJ Roadblock
Entertainment
DJ Roadblock brings you the Friday traffic chaos report — Dem Boys nailed it: more road just means more traffic. Plus the Eccles roundabout is still a parking lot, and the East Bank corridor has drivers questioning their life choices.
Read More → January 30, 2026 • 3 min readDJ Roadblock
Traffic
WHAPPEN GUYANA! Is yuh boy DJ Roadblock with de traffic vibes! 🎧🚗
🔴 FRIDAY AFTERNOON - EXPECT CHAOS!
Aye aye aye! Is Friday afternoon and EVERYBODY trying to leave work early! De roads looking BUSY busy busy!
📍 STANLEYTOWN BRIDGE - STILL A DISASTER
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 → January 27, 2026 • 7 min readSpeedeet & Wilar
Fiction
When Wilar’s uncle knows the owner of a Chinese restaurant near Kitty Cinema, the boys get a behind-the-scenes tour that changes everything Speedeet thought he knew about fried rice.
Read More → January 23, 2026 • 2 min readDJ Roadblock
Traffic
DJ Roadblock brings you the Friday evening traffic situation and weekend road conditions across Guyana.
Read More → January 21, 2026 • 4 min readThe Rumor Mill
Entertainment
The completely fictional whispers making rounds in Georgetown this week. All names changed, all situations imagined, all entertainment guaranteed.
Read More → January 19, 2026 • 5 min readTraffic Report
Disclaimer: DJ Roadblock’s Traffic Report is satirical commentary on Guyana’s road infrastructure and general traffic situations. No specific individuals are referenced or targeted. This is entertainment about SYSTEMS and SITUATIONS, not people.
🎙️ WAAAAAH GWAAN GUYANA! Is ya boy DJ Roadblock comin’ at you LIVE from de dashboard, dodging potholes like is a video game! Sunday edition, baby — even de roads need a day of rest, but dem ain’t getting one!
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