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A sad day for Guyana
Mar 15, 2026 Front Page Comment, News
(Kaieteur News) – The final edition of the Stabroek News will be published today. It is a sad moment not only for the newspaper itself but for the nation. Yet even as that newspaper closes its doors, it can do so with its head unbowed. For decades, it stood as a flag-bearer of press freedom in Guyana, and its disappearance marks a profound loss to the country and especially to the cause of a free and independent press.
Stabroek News has defended the principles of independent journalism with persistence over the years. That tradition is not easily replaced.
Its closure also dramatically reshapes the country’s media landscape. With the end of Stabroek News, Kaieteur News becomes the only independent newspaper remaining in Guyana, in a media environment now heavily populated by outlets that openly align themselves with the government. That reality should concern anyone who values balance, scrutiny and the democratic necessity of competing voices.
For decades, Kaieteur News enjoyed a healthy rivalry with Stabroek News. We were competitors, certainly—but we were also fellow travellers in the difficult business of independent journalism. Like Stabroek News, we have faced attacks and pressures for doing our work, and often even more intensely. Yet that rivalry pushed both newspapers to dig deeper, report harder and serve our readers better. It is a rivalry we will miss.
What makes this moment even more troubling is the timing. Guyana today stands in the midst of an unprecedented oil boom. By all economic logic, this should be a period when institutions—including the press—are strengthened and sustained. Yet the opposite is happening. At a time when national wealth is said to be expanding, the independent press is shrinking.
That contradiction should alarm every citizen. A country growing richer while its free press grows poorer is not a sign of democratic health.
Guyana has lost more than a newspaper today. It has lost a vital voice. And the vacuum left behind should trouble us all.
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