Fmr. Stabroek News EiC leads new ‘Kiskadee Watch’ online newspaper

See below the full Kiskadee Watch press release: 

Kiskadee Watch, an online daily Guyanese newspaper is to be launched on Sunday, June 14, 2026, at www.kiskadeewatch.com. Its content will be freely available to all readers.

The new digital newspaper will be led by Anand Persaud who served as Editor-in-Chief of the former Stabroek News. Mr. Persaud will be aided by a team drawn from the former Stabroek News whose professional excellence and integrity over 35 years built the legacy of the recently closed newspaper.

We chose the kiskadee for our masthead as this bird is common and familiar up and down Guyana. Guyanese are surrounded by the familiar loud cries which gave the bird its name. The kiskadee is hardy and adaptable, as we Guyanese are: it survives the pesticides sprayed indiscriminately on fields and streets, the rarity of clean water in our garbage- infested trenches, the relentless replacement of fruits and flower plants with fence-to- fence concrete. The kiskadee (zoological name Pitanga sulphuratus from its yellow
feathers) has survived, and, with the support of fellow citizens and all who love Guyana, so will the Kiskadee Watch.

Following the closure of Stabroek News and concerns about the void in credible reporting that this created, a group of Guyanese here and abroad, along with others who care about the future of Guyana, worked together for the launching of Kiskadee Watch.

The vision for Kiskadee Watch is the reestablishing in Guyana of a trusted, independent, fact-based news institution that safeguards editorial freedom and strengthens democratic discourse. The production of a high-quality, weekly printed newspaper is expected before the end of the year.

Kiskadee Watch will draw on the financing model of the UK Guardian and the National Public Radio, USA. It is a hybrid model that is based on share ownership and contributors – individuals, organizations/foundations, civil society and the business sector.

The defence of press freedom and free expression comes at a significant cost. We invite Guyanese, here and abroad and all others who care about Guyana and the wider Caribbean to contribute to ensuring press freedom and accountability.

Members of the public can contribute/ subscribe to the newspaper
at www.kiskadeewatch.com or via its bank account, which will be publicised at a later date. Your support will also allow us to keep kiskadeewatch.com free for all readers across Guyana and in the diaspora.

Press freedom, accountability and accessibility require us all to be involved.
If interested in subscribing / advertising and or donating, please send us an email at sales@kiskadeewatch.com and our Marketing department will contact you for follow-up.

We welcome your support!
* Janette Bulkan
* Rhett Gordon
* Jocelyne Josiah
* GHK Lall
* Cheryl Springer
* Alissa Trotz

On behalf of the Steering Committee for Kiskadee Watch.

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