Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from December, 2009
Trinidad & Tobago: Do the Math
Jumbie's Watch does the math on Trinidad and Tobago's murder rate: “While the CoP was bleating in public about the 3.65% murder solve rate (for last year), he neglected to...
Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago: Fave Islands
Lifespan of a Chennette gives a comprehensive virtual tour of the Spice Isle, Grenada.
Trinidad & Tobago: Partly Solved?
Jumbie's Watch is not impressed with the solve rate for murders in Trinidad and Tobago.
Jamaica: Over Hills and Valleys
Trinidadian diaspora blogger Afrobella blogs about reggae superstar Buju Banton at his best and worst, prompting Jamaican Annie Paul to respond: “Just as you…have pointed out the good and bad...
Trinidad & Tobago: Facebook Assault
KnowTnT.com reports on “the first documented Facebook related assault” in Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad & Tobago: 500
Trinidadian bloggers comment on the country's record murder rate – Jumbie's Watch: “The message is clear. We’re screwed.” B.C. Pires: “Not even when Mr Manning and Mr Panday achieve Trinidad's...
Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean: Sorrel
Learn about the one of the Caribbean's favourite Christmas drinks, here.
Trinidad & Tobago: Beginning of the End?
Diaspora blogger Jumbie's Watch wonders about Trinidad and Tobago's political future.
Trinidad & Tobago: Preserving Lion House
Repeating Islands reports that “the Lion House in Chaguanas [Trinidad], the ancestral home of the Capildeo family (maternal relatives of writer V. S. Naipaul)” has been nominated for the upcoming...
Trinidad & Tobago: Tax Lover
This Beach Called Life writes a letter to the Trinidad and Tobago government concerning the proposed amendments to the Property Tax.
Trinidad & Tobago: Climate Responsibility
Blogging from Trinidad, Coffeewallah says of the climate change talks: “In Copenhagen world leaders debate over what they will and will not sign, but truthfully, it is all about commerce...
Trinidad & Tobago: Poor Packaging
Trinidad and Tobago's This Beach Called Life is livid that a brand of silicone is being sold in bottles best known for packaging a popular children's soft drink: “I have...
Trinidad & Tobago: Baby Face
Of a Danish study which suggests that “baby-faced people live longer”, B.C. Pires says: “Any Trini could have told the world that…it have a reason ogly people does look ogly:...
Trinidad & Tobago: Twitter's the Thing
“The man came across as feeling he was a celebrity, shouting for the whole stationery store to hear that he was ‘on Facebook and Twitter’. Better yet that the woman...
Jamaica: Buju Arrested
Regional bloggers react to news that dancehall star Buju Banton has been arrested on cocaine possession charges.
Trinidad & Tobago: Under Pressure
“The visible signs of success in Trinidad and Tobago used to be having a big foreign-used car, a thin cell phone and a plane ticket to Miami, but the list...
