Speedeet & Wilar: De Newspaper Wha Close Down
February 15, 2026 • 3 min readSpeedeet 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!”
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