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Newspaper still better than dem phone yuh head bury in whole day

Mar 30, 2026 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh de best part of waking up used to be a hot cup of coffee and a fresh newspaper on de veranda. Yuh foot up, de sun just peeking out, and yuh flipping through de pages fuh see who dead, who thief, and who lie. Nowadays, everybody want instant news—like instant coffee. But dem boys seh both does leave a bitter taste when yuh rush it.

Long ago, people used to look forward to de newspaper like is Christmas morning. Is like finding out what yuh neighbour do yesterday with some proper writing, commentary, and lil fact-checking—not one man post pon Facebook claiming he see a UFO fly over Mon Repos and everybody run wid it.

Dem boys remember one President, every morning he used to sit in de back seat of he car, chauffeur driving speeding through de city while he eye stuck to de front page. People by de roadside waving like mad, but he ain’t looking up. Not because he rude, but because he want fuh know wah GECOM do, wah GPL didn’t do, and wah de opposition seh ‘bout wah de government seh. That was a man who start he day informed—not misinformed.

Nowadays, everybody got dem neck twist like parrot watching phone whole day. Scroll, scroll, scroll. Half de time dem don’t even read, just glance at de headline and share it faster than gossip in a hairdresser salon. Some people does spend two hour every day pon TikTok but claim dem too busy to read de newspaper.

One man tell dem boys he does read he paper every morning pon de toilet. He seh is de only time he does get peace from de wife and children. Another seh he does go sit by he gate with he dog, and as soon as de paper man throw de paper over de fence, he dog does bring it fuh he—better than de post office.

Dem boys seh newspaper like stew—it does taste better when it simmer down and get all de facts. Social media like cube—quick, salty and sometimes poisonous. So pick up a newspaper tomorrow morning. Sip yuh tea. Read a lil story. Laugh at a cartoon. Muse on Dem Boys Seh. Cry if yuh must. But at least yuh ain’t gonna scroll yuh way into madness. Dem boys seh, “Yuh head can’t be buried in a phone and expect to see de bigger picture.”

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