Stories about Guyana from November, 2007
Caribbean: Earthquake Update
Caribbean bloggers provide timely updates on yesterday's earthquake...
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.
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.”
Guyana: The Food of Love
“If this be the food of luuuve eat on, go on, have another”: Guyana-Gyal indulges in some “chawklit”.
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...
Caribbean: Blogalization
What does the term "blogalization" mean to the Caribbean? In this post, a few regional bloggers weigh in. Guyana-Gyal said: "I don't know who coined it…I first used it in June, then found others have been using it before. In some small way, can blogging for the Caribbean be like globalization?..."
Barbados, Guyana, Venezuela: Mining Attacks
Notes From The Margin has been “monitoring reports of Venezuelan soldiers blowing up mining barges in the Guyana interior” and wonders how the two countries’ ongoing border dispute will play...
Guyana: Rock of Ages
Parking problems give Guyana-Gyal an idea for a new business…
Jamaica: Our Caribbean
Geoffrey Philp features Our Caribbean: “an anthology of lesbian and gay writing from across the Antilles”.
Guyana: Violence Against Women
“It is time for men to change their attitude toward women – and it needs to start with the nation’s supposed leaders,” writes The Guyana Groove, as she tackles the...
Guyana: Look-See
“Oh, the wonderful things you can see when you look, look, look”: Guyana-Gyal‘s eyes are opened after a visit to the courthouse.
Guyana: Live and Let Live
As the debate over the homosexual lifestyle heats up in Guyana, Stella Ramsaroop says: “Sexual preference continues to be at the forefront of the ‘get rid of them because they...
Guyana: Wicked Dessert
Guyana-Gyal invites you to take a taste of a dessert with “a name that connote ruckshan-ness…that is, bad-girl-ness”…
