Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from November, 2007
Jamaica: Our Caribbean
Geoffrey Philp features Our Caribbean: “an anthology of lesbian and gay writing from across the Antilles”.
Trinidad & Tobago: Sustainable Development
Trinbago Forever acknowledges that the outcome of the recently-held elections in Trinidad and Tobago means the country is still entrenched in the ruling party's vision of achieving developed nation status,...
Trinidad & Tobago: A Walk on the Wild Side
In honour of National Game Week, Can Cook, Must Cook fondly recalls her “first taste of wild meat” and posts a Trinidadian recipe for roast leg of deer.
Trinidad & Tobago: Women in Goverment
Caribbean Free Radio‘s response to the Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister's appointment of a record 11 government positions to women: “I’m willing to wait and see whether some of the...
Trinidad & Tobago: Light Over Darkness
Now is Wow is celebrating the Hindu festival of Divali.
Trinidad & Tobago: Not Ad-ing Up
“How do users get anything back from the wanton sale of their interests?’ asks KnowProSE.com, as he blogs about the “new era of advertising”.
Trinidad & Tobago: Hearing Voices
“Vox populi, vox dei. The voice of the people is the voice of god”: Jeremy Taylor fears that the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has taken the phrase literally.
Trinidad & Tobago: Challenges for the COP
Caribbean Public Relations has some advice for Trinidad and Tobago's newest political party that won 25% of the popular vote, but not one seat in Parliament.
Jamaica: Pages of Wisdom
Geoffrey Philp's Blogspot features a new book whose Caribbean contributors include George Lamming, Derek Walcott, Earl Lovelace, Jamaica Kincaid and Edwidge Danticat.
Trinidad & Tobago: Festival of Lights
Roi Kwabena blogs about the upcoming Hindu festival of Divali.
Trinidad & Tobago: Moving On
Nicholas Laughlin comments on the results of the Trinidad and Tobago election: “An eleven-seat majority for Mr. Manning, but thankfully two seats short of the 28 he needs to start...
Trinidad and Tobago: Election results
As general elections in Trinidad and Tobago return the ruling party to government, and a new third party fails to win a single seat in the House of Representatives, bloggers analyse the results and wonder what comes next.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Campaign Trail
The recent elections in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica have Abeni excited about the prospect of “what will happen when the next Vincy election takes place. One thing for sure...
Trinidad & Tobago: Election Overview
Trinidad & Tobago News Blog has a comprehensive roundup of the country's “unofficial” 2007 General Elections results.
Trinidad & Tobago: No. 1 Voter
Elspeth at Now is Wow proudly shows off her index finger – the one she voted with and the one that “bestows intelligence and wisdom.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Voting Process
As the Trinidad and Tobago electorate go to the polls, Jeremy Taylor wonders “about the legitimacy of conventional voting”.
Trinidad and Tobago: Election Picong
With general elections looming on 5 November, bloggers in Trinidad and Tobago respond to the three main parties' campaigns with frustration, anger — and satire.
Trinidad & Tobago: The Thing About Elections
Nicholas Laughlin thinks that Trinidadian journalist BC Pires has succinctly summed up “everything we need to know about this election in one sentence.”
Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname: Who Goes To Suriname?
Antilles features a travel essay by Daniel Titinger about “Suriname's unlikely role in the world of football.”
Trinidad & Tobago: The Politics of Pizza
KnowProSE.com is all for what he calls “pizza politics”.
