Speedeet & Wilar: De Day De Kite Get Away

Speedeet and Wilar are two twelve-year-old best friends from Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown. Their stories are pure adventure no politics, no current events, just the business of being twelve years old in Guyana.

DE DAY DE KITE GET AWAY

De kite was Speedeet idea.

Not de buying part he didn’t have enough money for dat but de BUILDING part. He had been saving newspaper and bamboo strips for two weeks, watching YouTube videos on he uncle phone when he uncle wasn’t looking, calculating angles.

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

🇬🇾 THE GUYANA BRIEF 🇬🇾 Your 5-Minute Tuesday News Circus Tuesday, March 24, 2026 ⏱️ 6 min read

Good Morning, Guyana!

Welcome to Tuesday, where our Opposition Leader is now fighting extradition on three continents simultaneously, Exxon wants to pump even MORE oil out of our seabed, and the $100,000 cash grant is making its way into bank accounts across the land like a very slow, very welcome river.

Also: somewhere in the background, a wheelbarrow full of coins is still being argued about.

YouTube Scripts March 24, 2026: Wheelbarrows, Oil, and the CCJ

YOUTUBE SCRIPTS TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026

🎬 SCRIPT 1: 60-SECOND QUICK BRIEF

[INTRO upbeat music, flag graphic]

Good morning Guyana! It’s Tuesday March 24th and here’s your 60-second news blast.

TOP STORY: The Mohameds have taken their extradition fight to the CCJ the Caribbean Court of Justice after losing at the Court of Appeal last week. A Case Management Conference is set for TOMORROW. The legal saga continues.

ALSO: Exxon wants to pump even more oil out of Yellowtail. They’re asking the government to increase production from 263,000 barrels per day to 290,000. Because apparently there’s still oil left.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Science Experiment

A Speedeet & Wilar Story

It started, as most things did, with Speedeet having an idea.

“Wilar.” He appeared at the gate with a plastic bag and an expression that Wilar had learned to treat as a warning. “You know how vinegar and baking soda does make dat explosion thing?”

Wilar looked up from his book. “It’s not an explosion. It’s a chemical reaction. Carbon dioxide gas is released when an acid meets a base, creating”

🌴 Caribbean Daily Brief Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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.

🎬 YouTube Scripts Tuesday, February 17, 2026

YouTube video scripts for Tuesday February 17 2026 covering Mohamed court drama, NCN cameraman gun incident, Hakeem Olajuwon condo launch, and Energy Conference opening.

Caribbean Brief: Carnival Tuesday Approaches, Barbados Cabinet Sworn In, and Maduro Pleads Not Guilty in New York

Good morning, Caribbean! 🌴

Carnival Tuesday is tomorrow in Trinidad, Barbados has a brand new cabinet, Maduro pleaded not guilty in New York, and the US is making it harder for Caribbean nationals to visit. Your Monday regional roundup.

🎭 Trinidad: J’ouvert Done, Parade of the Bands Tomorrow

Carnival Monday is winding down in Trinidad after a J’ouvert that started before dawn and a full day of revelry through Port of Spain, Tunapuna, and beyond. Police confiscated an impressive collection of weapons during early morning exercises because some people apparently think Carnival is a medieval tournament.

YouTube Scripts: Monday February 16, 2026

60-SECOND SCRIPT Monday Headlines

[INTRO 5 seconds]

Good morning Guyana! Here are your Monday headlines in 60 seconds.

[BODY 45 seconds]

Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed showed up twenty-five minutes late to his own extradition hearing. Magistrate Latchman issued an arrest warrant, then recalled it when he finally arrived. She warned him not to let it happen again. The matter is adjourned to Wednesday.

The Haags Bosch government office complex is now projected to cost nineteen-point-six billion dollars, with nine-point-eight billion already spent.

Caribbean Brief: Trinidad Carnival Monday Madness, Barbados Swears In a Government, and Cuba Can't Catch a Break

Good morning, Caribbean! 🌴

It’s Carnival Monday in Trinidad, election aftermath in Barbados, and Cuba is still trying to keep the lights on. Your weekly regional roundup of who’s partying, who’s governing, and who’s wondering where the fuel went.

🎭 Trinidad Carnival Monday J’ouvert in Full Swing

It’s Carnival Monday in Trinidad and the streets of Tunapuna are packed with revellers covered in paint, mud, and questionable life decisions. J’ouvert started before dawn and will not stop until Trinidad collectively decides it’s had enough which historically takes about 48 hours.

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!”

YouTube Scripts: Sunday February 15, 2026

60-SECOND SCRIPT Sunday Headlines

[INTRO 5 seconds]

Good morning Guyana! Here are your Sunday headlines in 60 seconds.

[BODY 45 seconds]

Stabroek News announced it’s closing after 39 years. The last edition will print on March 15. The family cited declining revenue and eighty-four million dollars in unpaid government advertising. The Guyana Press Association called it a significant loss to democracy.

In better news, President Ali commissioned the twenty-billion-dollar Guyana Technical Training College in Port Mourant a facility that’s already placing certified Guyanese workers on offshore oil platforms.

Caribbean Daily Brief February 14, 2026

Valentine’s Day across the Caribbean: Mia Mottley is in love with winning, the US Navy is in love with shooting boats, and Trinidad’s PM is about to sweet-talk an energy conference. Let’s go.

🇧🇧 MIA MOTTLEY SWEEPS BARBADOS AGAIN

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has won every single seat in Parliament for the third consecutive election. She is now only the second Caribbean leader in history to achieve a 30-0 sweep three times, joining former Grenada PM Dr. Keith Mitchell.

Daily Brief February 14, 2026

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.

YouTube Scripts February 14, 2026

SCRIPT 1: GUYANA DAILY BRIEF (Short-form 60-90 seconds)

[THUMBNAIL TEXT: STABROEK NEWS IS DEAD 💀]

[HOOK First 3 seconds] One of Guyana’s oldest newspapers just announced it’s shutting down forever.

[BODY] Stabroek News nearly 40 years old will stop printing on March 15th, 2026. The parent company is entering voluntary liquidation. Chairman Brendan de Caires blamed the global collapse of print advertising, which dropped 75% since 2004. The digital age finally caught up with Guyana’s press.

🌴 Caribbean Brief Friday, February 13, 2026

Mottley’s historic third sweep. Caribbean takes centre stage in Panama. US tightening visa screws on Caribbean nationals. Italy wins at cricket. And Trinidad’s energy billions.

🎬 YouTube Scripts Friday, February 13, 2026

60-SECOND SCRIPT (~150 words)

[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?

Progress Report: Budget Estimates, Bridge Acquisition & Gold Sector Reforms

Budget 2026 Estimates: Committee of Supply Update

The Committee of Supply continues consideration of the $1.558 trillion national budget. Key allocations examined this week:

• Ministry of Labour and Manpower Planning: $1.7 billion approved by the House
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: $269 million for advocacy services, including payments to US lobby firms totaling US$90,000/month
• President’s Youth Advisory Council: $75 million allocated, opposition questions performance measures
• First Lady’s Office: $50 million allocated, with plans to raise additional $35 million through fundraising
• Guyana Technical Training College: $78 million budgeted for establishment

The budget debate phase has concluded. The Committee of Supply phase is where line-by-line examination occurs, producing the detailed spending revelations that the debate phase typically lacks.

YouTube Scripts: SOCU Raids, Lobby Firms & Barbados Votes

60-Second Script: “SOCU Raids Closed Building”

[AVATAR ON SCREEN]

Twenty SOCU officers and a sniffer dog raided Mohamed’s Enterprise on Lombard Street yesterday a building that’s been closed since 2024.

They found less than two million dollars in cash and some documents. Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed, who is US-sanctioned and facing extradition, says it’s political payback for his Parliament speech where he claimed he bankrolled the PPP with hundreds of millions.

Caribbean Brief: Barbados Votes, Trinidad Talks Energy, Cuba Still Running On Fumes

Barbados: Election Day

Barbados went to the polls on Tuesday in snap elections called by Prime Minister Mia Mottley. Pre-election polling showed the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) leading in all 30 constituencies with approximately 78% voter support. The DLP leader reportedly did not vote in his own constituency’s elections which tells you everything about the state of the opposition.

Reports from across the island described voting as “smooth and steady.” The BLP manifesto focused on childcare, jobs, and development. Mottley has pledged 100% renewable energy for Barbados by 2030 under her Mission 2030 initiative. Results are expected shortly if not already declared.

SOCU Raids Shut-Down Business, Finds Less Money Than What's In Your NIS Account

The Big Story: SOCU Descends On Lombard Street Like Is D-Day

Twenty Special Organised Crime Unit officers. One sniffer dog. A building on Lombard Street that has been closed since 2024.

And what did they find? Less than $2 million in cash and some documents.

Let we put this in perspective. Twenty armed officers could not find twenty million dollars. They found less money than what most Guyanese keep in their mattress for emergency.