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 →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 students stranded in Cuba. Aer Lingus launches first direct Caribbean flights.
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.
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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 →De Boys Seh is Speedeet and Wilar’s weekly kid commentary on the news. They’re 12. Their opinions are their own. No politics.
Speedeet: “So they build a big big training college in Berbice. Like, HUGE. To train people fuh work on de oil rigs.”
Wilar: “How big?”
Speedeet: “Twenty BILLION dollars big.”
Wilar: “…Dat is more than my school spend on we in my entire life.”
Speedeet: “Dat is more than EVERY school spend on EVERY student in de history of schools.”
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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 →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 →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.
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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!
Read More →The US military campaign in Caribbean waters has killed over 117 people, Barbados elections are 8 days away, Jamaica secured $415M in IMF emergency aid, Trinidad’s PM praised the boat strikes, and CARICOM can’t agree on anything except that things are complicated.
Read More →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 security, WIN and APNU both trashed the budget for different reasons, and a beloved Rupununi tour guide was murdered over cattle rustling.
Read More →60-second and 4-minute HeyGen-ready scripts for Tuesday’s Daily Brief covering budget debates, Speaker media lockout, and Ali in Belize.
Read More →Your daily satirical roundup of Guyanese news. We read the papers so you don’t have to — but yuh still should!
Happy Saturday, people! January done already? We barely finish swallowing de Budget numbers and the month gone just so! But before we close out January 2026, we got one PACKED edition for yuh. Grab yuh bake and saltfish, settle in, and leh we run through what happening in de land of many waters!
Read More →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.
Read More →Your satirical summary of Guyana’s news — Read all four papers in 5-6 minutes so you don’t have to!
The Headlines:
The Brief: So Monday’s the big day, right? Wrong. We’ve been saying “Monday’s the big day” since September. Azruddin Mohamed, the US-indicted gold dealer who somehow controls a quarter of the National Assembly, is apparently “scared” about the Opposition Leader vote. Scared of what? Losing? Winning? Having to explain to his American lawyers why he’s running a country instead of running from an extradition warrant?
Read More →Opposition Leader election finally set for Monday, Police Academy sexual exploitation scandal rocks the force, and Georgetown garbage crisis deepens as Mayor backs out of meeting.
Read More →Your 5-minute Guyanese news circus — now with 100% less cash grants ☕🇬🇾
What Happened: President Ali declared that future cash grants are “not sustainable,” warning that “some people would use this as a political opportunity.”
The Backstory: Just one year ago, the government was “committed to making future cash grants.” What a difference 365 days makes!
The Math:
Dem Boys Seh: “When election coming, cash grant sustainable. When election done, cash grant unsustainable. Is like magic — de money just disappear!”
Read More →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 Conquerors lose their president after 11 months.
Read More →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 lights!
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