Stories about Caribbean from November, 2007
Caribbean: Earthquake Update
Caribbean bloggers provide timely updates on yesterday's earthquake...
Barbados: Independence Day
It's All Good and Barbados Underground wish their fellow Barbadians a Happy 41st Independence Day!
Anguilla: Invasive vs. Native
As a common beach plant threatens to take over the island of Sombrero and eliminate the remaining native species, Corruption-free Anguilla asks: “Why are they spending money sending people to...
Caribbean: Earthquake Tremors
Just a few hours ago, the Caribbean experienced strong tremors from an earthquake that originated off the coast of Martinique - regional bloggers talk about what it was like.
Bahamas: Renewable Energy
“Since we rely heavily on tourism, we are especially vulnerable to the negative consequences of petroleum use”: Larry Smith at Bahama Pundit thinks that the island has the potential to...
Trinidad & Tobago: Fruits of the Caribbean
My Chutney Garden is reminded of “how lucky we are to have so many delicious things growing around us in the tropics.” Posted with some mouth-watering photos.
Jamaica: My Jamaica
Jamaican Geoffrey Philp blogs about the land of his birth.
Haiti: Reforestation
Haiti Innovation says that “Haiti is not even in the game when it comes to preserving the environment.”
Guyana: Chit-Chat
According to Guyana-Gyal, chatting, or “gyaffing” is “what we live for here…and cellaar-phones ring in the best thing for extra-communication in my lovely native land.”
Jamaica: Colourful Chattel House
Montego Bay Day By Day continues her Wordless Wednesday series by posting a photo of a colourful chattel house in Negril.
Barbados: Paying The Piper?
Cheese-on-bread! suspects that many of the latest developments in Barbados are “all part of the politics game, but I'd rather my Government admit times are tough…than lull us all into...
Trinidad & Tobago: Come Into My Parlour
“The concept of the ‘parlour’ is a distinctly Caribbean one,” writes My Chutney Garden, as she makes a trip to one of her favourite roadside shops.
Haiti: Going Solar?
Denise Green writes in to Haiti Innovation wondering “if the government ever thinks about solar thermal technology as an alternative to electrical power? We should exploit the one resource that...
Bahamas: Paradise Lost?
Craig Butler at Bahama Pundit likens the current state of the island to John Milton's Paradise Lost.
Barbados, Trinidad & Toabgo: Minister Accused of Fraud
Barbados Free Press reports that “Trinidad & Tobago’s new Minister in the Ministry of Finance has been accused of fraud by his former Barbados-based employer.”
Guyana: The Food of Love
“If this be the food of luuuve eat on, go on, have another”: Guyana-Gyal indulges in some “chawklit”.
Trinidad & Tobago: Murder/Suicide
After a mentally unstable father kills his son, then commits suicide, Media Watch asks: “who is ultimately responsible for his (the child's) death?”
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Social Networking
“As the saying goes familiarity breeds contempt,” writes Abeni, as she wonders about the suggestiveness of profile pictures on social networking websites.
Trinidad & Tobago: Road Rage
“When we repeatedly inflict harm upon each other’s psyches, we must expect the results to be terrible”: Ramblings and Reason blogs about road rage in Trinidad and Tobago.
Haiti: Progress against HIV
As World AIDS Day approaches, Haiti Innovation assesses Haiti's progress in the fight against the disease: “I hope that by this time next year, I can write that we've all...
Guyana: Niceties
“We the people of Guyana declare war on bad manners. We the people didn’t really know who we had to fight. We did forget to look in the mirror before...
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