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 continues. Ali wants a 6-week health campaign. And the US just blew up another boat in the Caribbean.
Read More →Uncle Ramesh reads the Chronicle from Queens and sets the record straight on Energy Conference, telemedicine, airports, health campaign, and Hakeem Olajuwon’s investment in Guyana.
Read More →YouTube video scripts for Tuesday February 17 2026 covering Mohamed court drama, NCN cameraman gun incident, Hakeem Olajuwon condo launch, and Energy Conference opening.
Read More →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.
Read More →Uncle Ramesh is a retired accountant from Berbice, now living in Queens, New York. He reads the papers — especially the Chronicle — and provides his perspective.
Monday morning and the Brief leading with Azruddin showing up late. That’s the headline? A man who is US-indicted, facing extradition, and can’t be bothered to arrive on time to his own hearing — and the Brief treating it like comedy instead of asking why the Opposition Leader has such contempt for the judicial process?
Read More →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.
Read More →Uncle Ramesh is a retired accountant from Berbice, now living in Queens, New York. He reads the papers himself — especially the Chronicle — and responds to the Brief’s coverage with his own perspective. He is unapologetically pro-government when the government deserves it.
Alright, alright. Everybody crying about Stabroek News like the whole country falling apart. You know what else happened this weekend? A US$120 million training college opened in Port Mourant. Thirty-five young Guyanese already working offshore. Certified. Employed. Earning real money.
Read More →[THUMBNAIL TEXT: STABROEK NEWS IS DEAD 💀]
[HOOK — First 3 seconds] One of Guyana’s oldest newspapers just announced it’s shutting down forever.
[BODY] Stabroek News — nearly 40 years old — will stop printing on March 15th, 2026. The parent company is entering voluntary liquidation. Chairman Brendan de Caires blamed the global collapse of print advertising, which dropped 75% since 2004. The digital age finally caught up with Guyana’s press.
Read More →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 launching from our backyard.
Read More →[TITLE CARD: GUYANA DAILY BRIEF — FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2026]
Guyana, it’s Friday the 13th and the news matches the energy.
Stabroek News — thirty-nine years of independent journalism — is shutting down. March 15th. Done. Not because of politics. Because Facebook killed the advertising model. Two thousand US newspapers already went the same way. Now it’s our turn.
Georgetown flooded again. Four inches of rain in four hours. Ministers rushed to the field. Pumps activated. But here’s the question: trillion-dollar budget, same flooding problems?
Read More →Your weekly economic snapshot. Budget 2026 allocations rolling in. Oil production steady. Stabroek News closure signals media market shift.
Read More →DJ Roadblock’s Friday traffic and infrastructure report. Today: flooding edition.
Read More →A Pro-Government Perspective from Queens, NY 🗽🇬🇾
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.
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.
Read More →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.
Read More →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.
Read More →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.
Read More →Speedeet and Wilar are two 12-year-old best friends from Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown. Every week they have an adventure that teaches them something new about Guyana.
The breeze was blowing strong off the Demerara River when Speedeet and Wilar parked their bicycles by the seawall and looked out at the brown water stretching toward the Atlantic.
“You know what out deh?” Speedeet said, pointing toward the horizon where the river met the ocean. “Way, way, way out deh?”
Read More →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 →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 ‘matchless propaganda,’ and Dem Boys Seh more road just means more traffic. Your 5-minute Friday news circus.
Read More →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.
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