· January, 2008

Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from January, 2008

Caribbean: Obama in Iowa

  9 January 2008

Senator Barack Obama's astounding success in Iowa - the first of the caucuses that will ultimately result in the victorious nominee from each of the two main political parties going on to contest the 2008 US presidential election - has struck a chord with many Caribbean bloggers. Some think he's the perfect candidate for the next US president, others aren't so sure, but there's no doubt that the Senator for Illinois is giving the Caribbean blogosphere something to talk about...

Trinidad & Tobago: Blogging About Books

  5 January 2008

As Nicholas Laughlin blogs about the books that have impressed him this year, Sharon Millar reviews one that's on his list, saying: “Having talked so much about the Diaspora in the last six months, it's ironic that a book written out of the Spanish Antilles is the one that would...

Trinidad & Tobago: Wish List

  4 January 2008

“I want the administrators and politicians to stop playing games with the public good…to remember that ‘minister’ is not a synonym for ‘Lord’ but for ‘servant’, and ‘representative’ means that you're not sitting in the House looking into your own interests”: Keith in Trinidad puts forward his wish list for...

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