· June, 2007

Stories about Caribbean from June, 2007

Guyana: Customer Service

“Customers are doing a business a favour by gracing that establishment. Is it too much to expect a smile, pleasant service and a ‘thank you for your business’ as the...

25 June 2007

Guyana: Jumbies

“Guyanese blame every event, behaviour or sign that we can’t explain on jumbies…ghosts…dead people spirit.” Guyana-Gyal explains.

22 June 2007

Bahamas: Dialogue on Race

“It’s damn easy to assume stuff about the world, history, other people. What is hard to do — and to accept — is listen to other people’s realities.” Nicolette Bethel...

22 June 2007

Barbados: Philanthropist Moves On

A philanthropist who poured millions into the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary is pulling out of Barbados because of the government's failure to formalize its support for environmental preservation initiatives. Barbados...

22 June 2007

Bahamas: Understanding Race

Nicolette Bethel maintains that productive discussion about race cannot happen “without understanding, and making peace with our past”. And Rick Lowe at WeblogBahamas.com joins the debate.

21 June 2007

Jamaica: Trusting Walcott

“A battle over individuality, morality, divinity, and spelling was being fought on a Caribbean beach. I loved it.” A passage from Omeros inspires Jamaican Geoffrey Philp to write about why...

20 June 2007

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