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Retiring in Guyana on US$2,000 a Month (2026)
Retiring in Guyana on US$2,000 a Month Guyana is the destination that diaspora returnees keep underestimating in 2026, and the one where the …
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Guyana: 60th Independence anniversary, AK-47 firearms bust in Berbice, Caribbean Airlines cuts Ogle-Suriname route, Region 4 REO sworn in, $10M small business co-financing launched
Guyana marks 60 years since independence from Britain as President Ali leads commemorations in Georgetown, police seize ten AK-47 rifles in a Berbice bust, Caribbean Airlines suspends its Ogle-Paramaribo route citing demand, a new Regional Executive Officer takes charge in Region Four pledging accountable leadership, and a $10 million co-financing facility opens for small businesses.
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Crossfire — Sabina Park Tech Upgrade vs. JCA's CEO Mystery: Who's Really Running Caribbean Cricket?
Leroy, Cheryl, Yardman and De Statsman trade fire over Sabina Park's upgrade, Courtney Francis's disputed exit, and Guyana's FIBA hosting bid.
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Guyana: Salazar slams Caracas at ICJ, immigration tightens, Diamond Jubilee opens, Berbice sentencing, Campbellville shooting
U.S. Congresswoman Salazar issues forceful statement backing Guyana at the ICJ, immigration ramps up entry checks, Independence Day countdown begins with Jacobs promising drone shows, an 18-year sentence in Berbice, and a businessman shot on Dowding Street.
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Guyana's Legal Team Says Venezuela Brought No Evidence to The Hague
Sunday in Georgetown: ICJ hearings, a teen stabbing in Tuschen, a US$27 million PowerChina deal, and a market mother's day at Bourda.
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Sunday Sports Cartoon: Road to Linden
Slingerz FC heads to Linden for closed-door preparation ahead of July's CFU Club Shield. Today's TWB sports cartoon.
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Crossfire: Whose Fight Is The Hague, Anyway?
Day 4 at the Peace Palace and the rest of the region is mostly watching with the volume down. Leroy says the Caribbean has been here before and learned nothing. Cheryl says the Caribbean is doing exactly what a small-state region should do — and Leroy is mistaking quiet for absent.
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Speedeet & Wilar: De Glasses
Speedeet borrows something he shouldn't have. Three days later, a roll of tape and a quiet morning on Pike Street test what friendship really costs.
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Speedeet & Wilar: De Great Mango War
A julie mango falls on the wrong side of the fence. Speedeet says finders keepers. Wilar says actually, that's not how trees work. Pike Street has seen worse arguments — but not many.
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Essequibo Hustlers Arrive in Trinidad, Immediately Decide Drama Is Mandatory
If you're going to tour Trinidad and Tobago, you might as well do it properly.
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Winning by One Run Is Not Sport. It Is Survival.
A one-run cricket win in Trinidad and a quietly broken sprint record at the South American Youth Games — two Guyanese stories that capture the rhythm of Caribbean sport.
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India Is Looking West Again — And the Indo-Caribbean Is Suddenly Back at the Center
For half a century the Indo-Caribbean story has been framed as history — indenture, sugar estates, survival. Now India is looking west again, and the Indo-Caribbean is back at the center of a deliberate diplomatic and economic strategy. What it means for the diaspora.
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The Caribbean Is Attracting Serious Money. The Question Is Who Benefits.
In a single week, the World Bank planted a permanent flag in Trinidad, KPMG opened in Guyana, and the Caribbean Development Bank advanced a US$200 million guarantee with France. Three institutional moves, one clear pattern. The harder question is who actually feels it.
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Afreximbank Expands CARICOM Financing Mandate to $5 Billion as Caribbean Energy Week Convenes in Suriname
The African Export-Import Bank is expanding its CARICOM financing capacity from $3 billion to $5 billion, targeting Caribbean energy, infrastructure, and industrial projects. The announcement landed at Caribbean Energy Week 2026 in Paramaribo.
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The Money Is Coming. The Question Is Where It Lands.
In a single week the World Bank planted a permanent flag in Trinidad, KPMG opened in Guyana, and the Caribbean Development Bank advanced a US$200 million guarantee with France. The capital is moving. The harder question is which Caribbean households actually feel it.
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Two Caribbean Countries, One Week, Opposite Directions on Press Freedom
Within twenty-four hours, Guyana fell three places in the World Press Freedom Index while Trinidad's Court of Appeal struck down a 2020 police raid on a major newspaper. The two stories belong together.
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The Chase
Annandale dominate the Ram Slam final as Mon Repos collapse early. Cricket can be beautiful and brutal.
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Long Weekend Loading
Labour Day tomorrow. Public holiday Monday. Four days. Three stages of holiday planning: the plan, the reality check, and the adjustment.
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Speedeet & Wilar: The Day the Street Stop Movin'
Speedeet and Wilar discover that the entire Pike Street has stopped moving every car, bus, and bicycle frozen in place because of one small, slightly crooked sign. They investigate, they experiment, and they learn somethin' about how the whole world sometimes follows one piece of wood with paint on it.
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Speedeet & Wilar - The Mango Tree That Wouldn't Keep Quiet
Speedeet and Wilar find out Miss Inez big mango tree got opinions. And it don't approve of slipper.
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Speedeet and Wilar: The Great Duckling Championship
Wilar aunty duck hatching twelve eggs (was thirteen, one disappear - duck business). Speedeet and Wilar turn de backyard into a full championship before de ducklings got de chance to open dem eye good.
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Daily Brief - Monday, April 20, 2026
Your Monday morning rundown three crime stories before breakfast, Exxon's pipeline math gets weirder, the passport portal is almost ready (almost), and the country imports a US firm to teach us how to slaughter a pig properly.
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Speedeet & Wilar: The Sunday the Cricket Ball Went Over the Wall
It was a Sunday morning in Bel Air, and the sun was already hot by the time Speedeet finished his porridge. “Ma, can I go play cricket …
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Sunday Brief: Exxon Keeps $23.6 Billion While We Get the Leftovers, Ali Tells Us to 'Brace' for More Pain, and Apparently the Strait of Hormuz Is Now Our Problem
Good Sunday morning, Guyana. The papers this weekend read like a collective exhale, and not the good kind. The kind where you realize you …
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Daily Brief: Nandlall Wants De Noise Gone, Scotiabank Get a Prize, Two Arrested in Berbice for Guns, and de Chess Players Come to Play
Morning, Guyana. Saturday, April 18. The workweek is technically over but traffic doesn’t know that. Here’s what happened while …
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Daily Brief: CANU Grabs $190M, Cop Gets Caught in Ganja Cupboard, and a Canteen Lady Gets TikTok'd Out of Her Job
Morning, Guyana. Friday, April 17. The sun is up, the traffic is already nonsense, and somewhere a government minister is already blaming …
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Speedeet & Wilar: De Talent Show Disaster
Speedeet signs them both up for the school talent show without telling Wilar. Wilar has one week to learn to juggle. This cannot end well.
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Daily Brief Friday, April 10, 2026
Oil revenues surge past $159B in Q1, Ali eyes Gulf storage deals, police graduate 101 new recruits, and the digital traffic registry is coming whether you want it or not.
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Guyana Daily Brief Thursday, April 9, 2026
Your 5-minute briefing on everything happening in Guyana today cash grants, river wars, and an American banker who flew in to see what all the fuss is about.
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Weekly Progress Report April 8, 2026
This week: US$761M in Q1 oil revenue, the Wales GTE project director linked to Venezuela corruption, GYEITI civil society standoff, 22,000 street lights installed, and a $604M highway begins.
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Speedeet & Wilar De Kite and de Corentyne River
Is Easter Monday on de seawall. Speedeet and Wilar build a kite from scratch, argue about aerodynamics, nearly take out an auntie roti, and lose de kite to Suriname. A perfect day.
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Speedeet & Wilar The Easter Kite
Speedeet and Wilar try to fly a kite on Easter Monday on the seawall. The kite has other plans. A Pike Street Easter adventure.
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Daily Brief Friday, April 3, 2026
Your Good Friday morning roundup Guyana hit with a 38% Trump tariff, government secretly paid US$82M to gas plant contractor, fake tint waiver medical certificates discovered, BOSAI fires the worker who won a pay raise, and Exxon exits the Canje Block.
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Daily Brief Thursday, April 2, 2026
Your Thursday morning roundup tint crackdown begins, Nicaraguan engineers allegedly flee with $13M in aircraft parts, Venezuelan jail finally releases Guyanese boat captain, and the U.S. Ambassador tells Guyana to leave the Exxon contract alone.
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Progress Report Wednesday, April 1, 2026
A frank assessment of where things stand what's moving, what's stalled, and what was announced with great fanfare and then quietly forgotten.
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Daily Brief Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Your Wednesday morning roundup of Guyana's top stories flooding warnings, digital IDs, oil drama, and the AFC demanding government fork over $9 billion.
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Daily Brief Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Oil hits 918K bpd, Georgetown floods, GUYOIL raises fuel prices, a teen is stabbed in Lacytown, and Uncle Sam wants his tax treaty. Your Tuesday briefing.
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Caribbean Brief: Jamaica's Hurricane Budget, T&T Radar Gone, Guyana Plays Football & The US Removes Military Gear from Tobago
Jamaica tables its Hurricane Melissa budget, the US quietly removes military radar from Tobago, Guyana faces Belize in football, and Antigua is hosting the Commonwealth summit in November. Monday Caribbean.
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🎬 YouTube Scripts Tuesday, February 17, 2026
YouTube video scripts for Tuesday February 17 2026 covering Mohamed court drama, NCN cameraman gun incident, Hakeem Olajuwon condo launch, …
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YouTube Scripts February 14, 2026
SCRIPT 1: GUYANA DAILY BRIEF (Short-form 60-90 seconds) [THUMBNAIL TEXT: STABROEK NEWS IS DEAD 💀] [HOOK First 3 seconds] One of …
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🎬 YouTube Scripts Friday, February 13, 2026
60-SECOND SCRIPT (~150 words) [TITLE CARD: GUYANA DAILY BRIEF FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2026] Guyana, it’s Friday the 13th and the news …
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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 …
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Speedeet & Wilar: The Biggest Ship in the Sea
Speedeet and Wilar visit the waterfront and learn about the giant ships pumping Guyana's oil and ask the questions that matter.
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YouTube Scripts Tuesday February 3, 2026 Daily Brief
60-second and 4-minute HeyGen-ready scripts for Tuesday’s Daily Brief covering budget debates, Speaker media lockout, and Ali in …
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Welcome to Funny Take on Guyana Daily News!
Welcome! Your daily dose of Guyanese news with comedy!
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