Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from August, 2011
Trinidad & Tobago: Newspaper Prints “Private” Facebook Comments
In a follow-up story in June about threatening emails to journalists allegedly sent from the home of the Prime Minister's advisor, The Trinidad Express quoted from a private Facebook discussion without permission. Since then, there have been two additional stories where Facebook comments were "lifted" without consent.
Trinidad & Tobago: Tech Podcast Launched
TechTT links to a new local/regional tech podcast, which he calls “a pioneering stride for…the region.”
Trinidad & Tobago: The Caurita Stone
Ever heard of the Caurita Stone? Review of the Indigenous Caribbean notes that “among Amerindian communities in Trinidad…etchings on the stone bear spiritual significance. The site of the Caurita Stone is now regarded as an important part of the ongoing quest for knowledge and understanding of Amerindian ancestral occupation and...
Trinidad & Tobago, Bahamas: True Freedom
Is Jamaican dancehall artist Vybz Kartel the “new face of freedom”? Trinidadian Attillah Springer contends that “blackness is the prison that black people fear the most”, while Bahamian Nicolette Bethel says: “For true emancipation, we need to believe in something bigger than ourselves…something like truth, or honour, or service, or...
Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago: Flying High
Two posts in the aftermath of the Caribbean Airlines crash: Jamaica Woman Tongue on “duppy” airlines and KnowTnT.com on the “political circus of BW523.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Lights, Camera, Reality Shows!
From Project Runway to So You Think You Can Dance, MEP Caribbean Publishers notices that “Trinidad & Tobago is…ready for its close-up… on American television, at least.”
