Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from November, 2007
Trinidad & Tobago: Fruits of the Caribbean
My Chutney Garden is reminded of “how lucky we are to have so many delicious things growing around us in the tropics.” Posted with some mouth-watering photos.
Trinidad & Tobago: Come Into My Parlour
“The concept of the ‘parlour’ is a distinctly Caribbean one,” writes My Chutney Garden, as she makes a trip to one of her favourite roadside shops.
Trinidad & Tobago: Murder/Suicide
After a mentally unstable father kills his son, then commits suicide, Media Watch asks: “who is ultimately responsible for his (the child's) death?”
Trinidad & Tobago: Road Rage
“When we repeatedly inflict harm upon each other’s psyches, we must expect the results to be terrible”: Ramblings and Reason blogs about road rage in Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad & Tobago: Notable Caribbean Books
Antilles reports that The New York Times has selected four works by Caribbean authors as part of its annual list of “100 Notable Books of the Year”.
Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica: Art in the Everyday
Thebookmann attends the launch of Jamaica-based artist Roberta Stoddart's exhibition, which “shows a body of work that deals with the subject of discomfort and unseen social obligations.”
Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti: Film Screening
Trinidad's Studio Film Club will be screening the Haitian film Ghosts of Cite Soleil.
Trinidad & Tobago: Disconnect?
Jumbie's Watch posts “a collection of quotations showing the vast distance between brain and mouth.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Crime Talk
“These men choose words that are meant to convince the population that crime is being handled effectively, yet the results show the opposite”: Jumbie's Watch thinks that the people in...
Trinidad & Tobago: Murder Rate
Now Is Wow loses count of the number of murders that have occurred post-elections in Trinidad and Tobago: “There has not been a word from the Government or the Minister...
Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela: Chavez at OPEC
Further Thoughts weighs in on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his open demonstration of religious fervour at the OPEC summit in Saudi Arabia.
Jamaica: Blogging for Literature
Geoffrey Philp reflects on the mission of his blog: “We need to preserve our literature. For what else is literature but memory and promise: who we thought we have been...
Trinidad & Tobago: The Yotel Life
Caribbean Free Radio discovers the value of Yotels…
Trinidad & Tobago: Too Many Differences
“You shouldn't believe everything you read”: Media Watch wonders about the vast fact discrepancies in media reporting in Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad & Tobago: WordPress Woes
Lifespan of a Chennette is in Turkey without WordPress and compares herself to “that cat on the wall, in Antalya, sulking a bit…I had no intention of making any kind...
