· May, 2011

Stories about Caribbean from May, 2011

Jamaica: Hyde – Art Pioneer

“He was possibly the first of Jamaica’s artists to develop the idea of working ‘serially’- creating a series of works based on a single theme”: National Gallery of Jamaica Blog...

12 May 2011

Barbados: REDjet and Regional Travel

“For decades our political leaders and intellectuals…have pontificated about the importance of freedom of movement to the success of the regional integration movement. However they have all failed to deliver...

11 May 2011

Bahamas: Education Failure

Weblog Bahamas‘ Rick Lowe thinks “it's time for the teachers and administrators of the public school system to stand up and be counted for the failure of the educational system.”

9 May 2011

St. Lucia: Views on Bin Laden's Death

Regional bloggers weigh in on different aspects of the death of Osama Bin Laden. Tattoo considers the “moral dimensions to Obama's actions”, while Lullabies, Fairy Tales and Other Self-Delusions suggests...

9 May 2011

Guyana: Chanderpaul & the WICB

WICB Expose says that “Shivnarine Chanderpaul is just the latest in a long line of great West Indies cricketers to be mistreated by the West Indies Cricket Board” and links...

6 May 2011

Suriname: Street Art

Srananart's Blog says that “Suriname has known a flourishing culture of street art, with the painted buses and the colorful shave-ice carts as eye catchers that make a lasting impression...

4 May 2011

Bahamas: Safer Prisoner Transport

“We should not have our lives or property put at risk to accommodate the prisoners”: Weblog Bahamas‘ Jerome Pinder thinks that “the current practice [of transporting prisioners] remains a dangerous...

4 May 2011

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