Stories about Caribbean from February, 2008
Barbados: National Strike?
As Barbados seems headed towards a national strike tomorrow, Cheese-on-bread! says: “Well, well. The last time I saw this level of adamance a whole Government fell.” Notes From The Margin...
Bahamas: Legalize It?
“The legalization of this habit will not lead to an exponential rise in the number of gamblers. It will, however, allow government to fund programmes that can have a positive...
Bahamas: Thoughts on Bribery
“One of the clichés about the so-called third world is that nothing can get done without some money–personal money–changing hands. One of the fortunate things about living in The Bahamas–so...
Trinidad & Tobago: Vision for Development?
“You turn old Port of Spain into a slum, you block off the city from the sea (you leave the sea in such a mess that no one would want...
Trinidad & Tobago: Protecting the Ocean
“Whether it's the Buccoo Reef, the Gulf of Paria, Mayaro, or Cap-de-Ville and Otaheite, there has long been concern about the delicate marine ecologies of Trinidad and Tobago's bodies of...
Guyana: Massacre in Bartica
As reports of another massacre – this time in Bartica – reach bloggers, Living Guyana asks “How many more?”
Bermuda: Budget Review
Bermuda Longtail, New Onion and Vexed Bermoothes all comment on Bermuda's 2008-2009 Budget.
Bahamas: Bailouts
Two issues have caught the attention of Rick Lowe at WeblogBahamas.com “like a red flag to a bull.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Saving “Gingerbread House”
“There are so many things to be anxious or angry about in this country these days–crime, corruption, smelters, steel mills, dolphin-slaughter, traffic–that the fate of an old house may seem...
Trinidad & Tobago: Canboulay
Caribbean Beat Blog gives an account of Canboulay – “one of the foundational elements of Trinidad's modern carnival” – and is amazed to discover that “over 100 years later, with...
Dominica: Information Overload?
“Dominica is still at a primitive stage when it comes to information technology,” writes Dominica Weekly, providing some tips on how to “recognize the disadvantages the information age brought to...
Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago: Airline Alliance?
Blogging from Barbados, Notes From The Margin says that the latest proposed merger of regional airlines sounds like something he's heard before.
Kidnapping in Haiti
NoteDor writes about kidnapping in Haiti [Fr]: “Kidnapping has entered our morals and seems to be ingrained in them. The authorities are powerless, or rather indifferent; often it is they...
Bahamas: Power Plant Problems?
“For all our concerns for our environment, no one seems to be perturbed about the potentially serious consequences of the proposed power plant by the Bahamas Electricity Corporation“: Dave Ralph...
Bermuda: Tourism Feels the Love
“So, it’s time for the Love Festival, Dr. Brown’s annual Valentine’s bacchanal,” writes Vexed Bermoothes, blogging from Bermuda – then adds: “I am not damning the Department of Tourism for...
Dominica: Going Green
“Stores must spend a small fortune on black plastic shopping bags (Dominica imported US$1.3 million of plastic products last year)” writes Steve's Dominica, but says: “All is not lost.”
Jamaica: “InI”
Through the music of Bob Marley, Jamaican Geoffrey Philp examines the roots of Rastafarianism.
Trinidad & Tobago, U.S.A.: Fired For Blogging?
Trinidadian blogger Further Thoughts has only one thing to say about the firing of a CNN producer who was allegedly sacked for blogging.
Trinidad & Tobago: Commonweath Writers
As the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize shortlists are announced, Antilles writes: “I'm sure some…will share my disappointment that more Caribbean writers were not shortlisted for the only major writing prize...
Trinidad & Tobago: “Twittering” the Earthquake
Caribbean Free Radio feels the earth move under her feet in Trinidad – and immediately posts to Twitter.
Barbados: Thoughts on Privatization
Pull! Push! wonders what would happen if Barbados were to privatize its police force.
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