· October, 2007

Stories about Citizen Media from October, 2007

St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Busybody PM?

  11 October 2007

Caribbean Lionesse wonders why St. Vincent and the Grenadines prime minister Ralph Gonsalves is so involved in the domestic politics of other Caribbean states. Is he a regional diplomat or just a busybody?

Barbados: “Oedipal complainers”?

  8 October 2007

Barbados Free Press comments on an op-ed piece written by Barbados's commissioner for Pan-African affairs, who suggests that Barbadians are “Oedipal complainers”.

Bahamas: Death of the neighbourhood

  6 October 2007

“The neighbourhood — that locale which is a citizen's larger home … is dying in Nassau,” writes Nicolette Bethel at Bahama Pundit, as she urges a rethinking of urban planning policy in the Bahamas.

Guyana: Newspapers online

  5 October 2007

Guyana Providence Stadium compares the websites of the three daily Guyanese newspapers and finds the government-owned paper lacking in savvy.

Barbados: Visiting the Concorde

  5 October 2007

Notes from the Margin reports on a visit to the decommissioned Concorde supersonic jet preserved at the Barbados airport (there were once weekly Concorde flights between London and Barbados).

Barbados: Email snooping?

  5 October 2007

Is the Barbados government reading citizens’ emails looking for evidence of opposition? Barbados Free Press thinks so.

Bermuda: New property law

  4 October 2007

Christian S. Dunleavy comments on proposed legislation which would change property law in Bermuda. “There is a fundamental principle here of how much you want the Government in your life and your wallet.”