Stories about Caribbean from June, 2006
Martinique: Joseph Zobel, Author of Sugar Cane Alley, Dies
Le Blog de [Moi] announces (Fr): “Martiniquan writer Joseph Zobel, author of the novel Rue Cases-Negres [a.k.a Sugar Cane Alley or Black Shack Alley in English] (brought to the big...
Jamaica: Anti-gay groups
Francis Wade notes the arrival of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship and the National Church Alliance, the first organised anti-gay groups in Jamaica, and quotes a Jamaica Observer article which states...
Trinidad & Tobago: Labour Day
Attillah Springer checks out the Labour Day festivities in Trinidad on June 20, and observes that “the labour leaders seem stuck in a 1930's groove, they speak with a microwaved...
Trinidad & Tobago: Rules for the dreadlocked
Dreadlocked Trinidadian blogger CunningLinguist draws up a series of guidelines to assist others who follow, or who are considering, the dreadlocked lifestyle. Two examples: “you are expected to be a...
Trinidad & Tobago: All about T&T
Jeremy Taylor publishes a Table of Contents with links to his very substantial series of articles on Trinidad & Tobago.
Jamaica: Dealing with the police
Francis Wade overcomes some hesitation and writes about a few recent encounters he's had with the Jamaican police, and the things he learned about himself in the process.
Jamaica: Why I read
With characteristic eloquence, Jamaican writer Geoffrey Philp explains why he reads.
Haiti: Women prisoners
Archivex Haiti publishes a list of women imprisoned in Haiti compiled by the Haiti Information Project. According to the post, “the vast majority of the women prisoners on this list...
Guyana: Life without a compooter
“Like a piranha without teeth…nah, worse, like a donkey without a bray, that was how I been feeling without this compooter,” writes Guyana-Gyal in her account of the temporarily un-wired...
Cayman Islands: Expat exodus
Cayman Bobby is concerned that the high cost of living in the Cayman Islands is driving expats like himself away, including some of his potential colleagues at the Royal Caymanian...
Caribbean: Boycott Pirates of the Caribbean
Indigenous issues blog The CAC Review calls for a boycott of the Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, in a post which also recounts some of the...
Caribbean: BLP role in CSME
The Barbados Labour Party blog gives its political leader — and Prime Minister of Barbados — Owen Arthur a pat on the back for the role he has played in...
Anguilla: Cycling success
Bob Green's Anguilla News celebrates the success of the island's cyclists at the OECS Championships athletics meet.
Haiti: Telecom Wars
Digicel billboard, Martinique. By blogger Greg at InternetRapide.com. Jamaica-based Caribbean telecom giant Digicel has a presence in over a dozen countries in the region. Digicel officially launched operations on the...
Fed Up with Soccer Office Talk
Oliviermr2 writes (Fr): “Thank God for the weekend! I can finally take a break from all my “soccer specialist” co-workers who feel obligated to comment in detail on all of...
Haiti: Banking in 1946
From Haiti, Marcel Salnave of Parlons Peu posts an article written by his father, also Marcel Salnave, in 1946 on the Haitian banking system. Excerpt (Fr): “Banks have become very...
Bahamas: “Brokeback” and censorship
Nassau Bahamas Vacation reports that a group of lecturers at the College of Bahamas were refused permission by the Plays and Films Control Board to screen the film “Brokeback Mountain”...
Trinidad & Tobago: Coming home
Club Soda and Salt responds to fellow Trinidadian blogger Seldo's post about returning home: “I’d like to raise a family there. I’d like to not have to deal with snow....
Trinidad & Tobago: A quick history
Jeremy Taylor has posted Part Five of his “A quick history of Trinidad and Tobago”, a multi-part capsule history of the twin-island state.
Jamaica: Hangin’ with Bob Marley
Geoffrey Philp overcomes his hesitation about writing about the experience of meeting and playing football with Bob Marley.
Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Canada: Watching the game
Canada-based Barbadian blogger Jdid recounts the experience of watching the Trinidad & Tobago v. England World Cup match in a store in Toronto where everybody is transformed for the occasion...
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