Speedeet & Wilar

Speedeet & Wilar: De Newspaper Wha Close Down

Speedeet and Wilar are 12-year-old best friends from Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown. Speedeet is Black, Wilar is East Indian. They get into adventures every Sunday.

Wilar was sitting on de front step reading something on he phone when Speedeet come running down Pike Street like he late fuh school.

“Yo! Wilar! You hear wha happen?”

Wilar look up slow. “Wha happen now? Somebody goat get loose again?”

“No, man! De newspaper close down! Stabroek News! Ma was reading it on she phone and she start crying!”

Speedeet & Wilar: De Mango Tree War

Everybody on Pike Street know dat de BEST julie mango tree belong to Miss Doreen. Everybody also know dat Miss Doreen does guard dem mango like gold. So when Speedeet come up wid a plan to ’liberate’ some mango… well, yuh know how DIS gon end.

De Boys Seh: Development Bank Loans, Mash Prep, and Why Big People Love de Word 'Ambitious'

Speedeet and Wilar try to understand interest-free loans, wonder who is paying for Mash costumes, and discover that big people use de word ‘ambitious’ for everything.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Mash Costume Crisis

Speedeet and Wilar try to figure out Mashramani costumes on a budget of exactly zero dollars. Wilar has a plan. Speedeet has doubts. Miss Sharma’s clothesline has feathers.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Chinese Restaurant Adventure

When Wilar’s uncle knows the owner of a Chinese restaurant near Kitty Cinema, the boys get a behind-the-scenes tour that changes everything Speedeet thought he knew about fried rice.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Hospital Cat Hunt

Speedeet brother Derek get bite by carpet labaria at Tumatumari and end up in Georgetown Hospital. But while de family visiting, Speedeet and Wilar find a different kind of adventure in de hospital compound.

De Boys Seh: Oil Talk, Border Soldiers, and Birthday Party Entry Fees

Speedeet and Wilar from Pike Street, Kitty try to understand oil contracts, wonder why soldiers watching de border, and complain about paying to attend birthday parties.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Solar Panel Mix-Up

Every Sunday, join two 12-year-old friends as they navigate life in modern Guyana.

De Visitor from Rupununi

Speedeet: Bai! BAI! Guess who reach yesterday!

Wilar: Who? (mouth full of tennis roll)

Speedeet: Me cousin Derek from Lethem! He come to stay whole school vacation!

Wilar: De one wid de stories?

Speedeet: De SAME one! And bai, he got stories THIS time. You know de government give dem solar panels?

Wilar: Solar panels? Like wha TV does run on?

De Boys Seh: Hotels, Digital Records, and Why Adults Confusing

Speedeet and Wilar from Pike Street, Kitty break down fancy hotels, digital health records, and why de women cricket team is de real MVP.

Speedeet & Wilar and the Mystery of the Missing Medical Records

When Speedeet’s grandmother can’t find her medical file at the clinic, the two friends discover that going digital isn’t as simple as pressing a button.

De Boys Seh: Wha Speedeet & Wilar Talking About Dis Week

Speedeet and Wilar share dem thoughts on cricket, video games, school lunch, and why adults always saying ‘back in me days.’ Short takes from two 12-year-olds!

Speedeet & Wilar: De Mango Tree Incident

Speedeet got a plan fuh get de biggest mango from Mr. Chan shop yard, and Wilar know is trouble but he going anyway. Wha could go wrong?