Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from October, 2009
Caribbean: Blogging About Climate Change
October 15 is Blog Action Day 2009 and Caribbean bloggers are adding their voices to the global conversation about climate change.
Trinidad & Tobago: Celebrations
This is a busy week for Trinidad and Tobago, according to Repeating Islands, as the country celebrates both Amerindian Heritage Week and the Hindu festival of Divali.
Trinidad & Tobago: Set Up?
Jumbie's Watch is “vex enough to fart fire” over developments in a court case involving the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, which he believes “was a set up designed to have the case thrown out.”
Caribbean: Celebrity Twitter
“Celebrities on Twitter; it’s the new fan mail – with direct, instant, and real-time contact”: Caribbean Public Relations has the scoop on how regional celebrities fare on the social networking site.
Trinidad & Tobago: Media & the People
“There is a growing seed of discontent that the government of Trinidad and Tobago has planted through its actions and lack of action. There are more people…being vocal through weblogs and other social media, and it doesn't take a licensed geologist or former trade union leader or economist to know...
Trinidad & Tobago: Paper Guns
Reflecting on the crime situation, Trinidad artist Marlon Darbeau examines how “a simple sheet of copybook size page with lines that when folded makes a hand gun” – fellow blogger Tattoo comments: “That which is innocent and weak, seeks something else, but ends up being a paper gun. ”
Trinidad & Tobago: Following the Law
A blatant traffic violation in Trinidad and Tobago prompts This Beach Called Life to say: “We are so accustomed to what is wrong we have no idea what is right or red.”
Trinidad & Tobago: What Town Say…
A new literary magazine, based in Trinidad and Tobago, also has its own blog, here.
Trinidad & Tobago: Yes, Mr. Prime Minister
From Trinidad and Tobago, Gab Hosein posts another installment of her video series, “If I were Prime Minister…”
Trinidad & Tobago: Red Light
“We are a nation that takes too long to get anywhere and when we do get there we are met with No Parking signs, wreckers and gun-toting bandits who already have a sale for your car”: This Beach Called Life calls Trinidad and Tobago “the land of the Traffic Light.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Thinking Out of the Box
Innovative design by Trinidadian artist and blogger Marlon Darbeau, here.
Trinidad & Tobago: Monstre Sacre
Repeating Islands notes that on the heels of Roman Polanski's arrest, V.S. Naipaul has made the Washington Times‘ list of 5 “sacred monsters—artists who have misbehaved in on a grand scale.”
Trinidad & Tobago: The Energy of Money
From Trinidad and Tobago, Now is Wow Too shares her perspective on money.
Trinidad & Tobago: Law or Ethics?
“I tend to come at things from an ethical standpoint whereas most seem to come from a legal standpoint”: Trinidad-based KnowProSE.com examines the law as opposed to ethics and politics versus real issues.
