Tuesday's Guyana Brief: Wheelbarrows, Oil Greed, and the Death of a Newspaper

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Mohameds went to the CCJ, Exxon wants more oil, and somewhere in the background, a newspaper quietly died. Tuesday's 5-minute Guyana news circus.

Daily Brief – February 14, 2026

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day, Guyana. Love is in the air. And so is the smell of flooding, budget drama, and the slow death of print journalism. Romantic.

📰 STABROEK NEWS IS SHUTTING DOWN

The biggest news today isn’t in any newspaper. It IS a newspaper. Stabroek News will cease print publication on March 15, 2026, after nearly 40 years. Parent company Guyana Publications Inc. (GPI) is entering voluntary liquidation. Chairman Brendan de Caires blamed global digital disruption — print advertising dropped 75% worldwide since 2004, and apparently even Guyana isn’t immune to people getting their news from WhatsApp forwards and TikTok videos of people falling off things.

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Tuesday's Guyana Brief: Wheelbarrows, Oil Greed, and the Death of a Newspaper

Daily Brief – February 14, 2026

📰 STABROEK NEWS IS SHUTTING DOWN