· February, 2013

Stories about Caribbean from February, 2013

Jamaica: Superpower!

  6 February 2013

Don’t mind the IMF. Thanks to Volkswagen of America, Inc., we’ve been reminded yet again that Jamaica is a cultural superpower. Jamaica Woman Tongue reminds us that “the Jamaican presence at the Super Bowl wasn’t just the VW ad. It was Beyoncé doing the dutty wine, to the invigorating beat...

Jamaica: Bob's Birthday

  6 February 2013

Today is the anniversary of reggae icon Bob Marley's birth; a couple of Jamaican bloggers pay him tribute.

Trinidad & Tobago: Questionable Résumés

  4 February 2013

Trinidad and Tobago-based bloggers weigh in on the latest political controversy, in which Hafizool Mohammed, who serves on the Commission of Inquiry into the 1990 attempted coup, had many indiscrepancies on his résumé, but was appointed to his post in spite of them.

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