· April, 2008

Stories about Caribbean from April, 2008

St. Lucia: Bring on the Budget

Although she is “yet to get a copy of the estimates of expenditure for the 2008/2009 budget”, Looshan Ramblings has a few things to say: “The present administration has no...

25 April 2008

Bahamas: Waste Disposal

“The biggest problem with garbage is that it never really goes away,” writes Larry Smith at Bahama Pundit, as he blogs about possible solutions to the Bahamas’ waste disposal woes.

24 April 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: Sticker Shock

KnowPRosE.com “was pleasantly surprised to find that the Trinidad Guardian subscription is available on Amazon.com” – and then he saw the price: “I suppose Trinidad and Tobago media just doesn't...

24 April 2008

Barbados, Jamaica: Up In Arms

“Twenty-eight years after Bob performed ‘Zimbabwe’, Robert Mugabe is still holding on desperately to power and it seems that he will use any tactic necessary to continue his dictatorship. Now...

24 April 2008

St. Lucia: Oil and Food Prices

As oil prices hit US $120 per barrel, Looshan Ramblings says: “The…continued rise in oil prices will negate any efforts by Caricom governments to reduce food prices as we are...

24 April 2008

U.S. Papal Visit: The World Reacts

As Pope Benedict XVI makes his first papal visit to the United States, the media and blogosphere are in a frenzy - primarily due to the sexual abuse scandal that shook the foundation of the American Catholic church six years ago. The Pope addressed the issue in Washington D.C. on Thursday, speaking with victims of sexual abuses, which pleased some bloggers but for others was too little too late.

22 April 2008

Jamaica: Earth Day

Jamaican Geoffrey Philp says: “Today is Earth Day, a time to pause and think about the environment and the impact that we are having on our ecosystem.”

22 April 2008

Haiti: Hunger Crisis

“Thirty years ago, Haiti raised nearly all the rice it needed. What happened?” asks Blog de Port-au-Prince, as it examines the causes of Haiti's hunger riots.

22 April 2008

Jamaica: Flood Waters

Montego Bay Day By Day posts photos (not her own) of the recent flood in Jamaica's St. Ann Parish, which also affected the resort town of Ocho Rios.

22 April 2008

Guyana: Back to the 50s

Guyana Providence Stadium posts a series of photos by Godfrey Chin of 1950s Guyana (you'll have to look in the blog's April archives, as there is no photoset) – including...

22 April 2008

Bahamas: Tax Write-Off?

Sidney Sweeting at WeblogBahamas.com was shocked that “the ex-Minister of State for Finance said that Government should write off the almost $410 million (that figure is not a misprint) owed...

21 April 2008

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