Stories from 12 September 2007
Trinidad & Tobago: New Police Logo
“The new logo…is ‘To Protect and Serve with Pride’. Is the problem…really due to a lack of pride or is there way too much of it? How about serving with...
Trinidad & Tobago: Traffic Woes
“This gridlock and this standstill is a daily symbol of where this country will go if it continues on its current path. i.e. Nowhere.” Elspeth at Now is Wow is...
Trinidad & Tobago: Porterfield Passes On
The Soca Warriors Supporters Club acknowledges the passing of Ian Porterfield, former coach of the Trinidad and Tobago football team.
Introducing Global Voices in Malagasy
The Malagasy language is spoken by 17 million people, and is the national language of Madagascar. It is only the 55th most spoken language in the world, but it is still one of the 69 macro languages. Welcome to the latest new Global Voices language in the Lingua translation project. With the Global Voices amin’ny teny Malagasy project we hope to reach even more previously "unheard" voices.
Jamaica: Reverse Colonisation
Marlon James blogs about what he calls his “colonisation in reverse”, and why he felt he needed to leave Jamaica: “I love my country but I’ve never missed it, perhaps...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Book Launch
“Here in St Vincent, unlike the larger islands there is not a huge amount of printed material put out by our citizens.” Abeni attends a book launch in honour of...
Jamaica: Election Court?
Moving Back to Jamaica asks: “What happens if the PNP is successful in its attempts to have 2 elected candidates disqualified because they are U.S. citizens? The situation…cries out for...
Grenada: Remembering the Coup
“This time in the island's history is still not openly discussed or taught in schools”: Free Spirit laments the fact that the only public memorial to the Grenadian coup seems...
St. Kitts & Nevis: Volcano Hike
“Mt Liamuiga is St Kitts tallest mountain at 3,792ft, and a ‘potentially active’ stratovolcano with a very well defined crater…” Steve's Dominica goes hiking.
Bahamas: Cannabis Conundrum
“I believe that far too many young Bahamians go through life with a criminal record for smoking marijuana when the Police could expend their energy solving more serious crime.” Rick...
Indonesia: Quake Hits Indonesia, Felt in Singapore and Bangkok
An earthquake measuring 7.9 struck near Sumatra Island in Indonesia. Officials in Malaysia, Indonesia and India have issued tsunami warnings. South East Asians are already blogging about the tremors they felt.
Korea:Debating the Adultery Law
What do you think about ‘adultery’? Is it a world used to justify marriage and maintain the marriage system in society? In Korea, adultery is illegal. Debates are now raging...
Niger: The Yellowcake Conspiracy
The Yellowcake Conspiracy is an African spy thriller for 11 to 14 year-old boys: “The Yellowcake Conspiracy is about a group of malcontent Tuareg fighters mounting a ‘second rebellion’ in...
Sierra Leone: Preliminary results of presidential election
Sandra writes about preliminary results of the run-off election in Sierra Leone and how the run-off election works.
South Africa: Amatomu wins Highway Africa Award
Amatomu, the South African blog aggregator, has won the Highway Africa New Media Award in the Corporate category.
South Africa: Columnists are “dinosaur bloggers”
Rebecca Wanjiku writes about columnists vs. bloggers debate at the Highway Africa conference: The discussion was spiced up by the presence of Freddy Khumalo, a columnist who thinks bloggers are...
Africa: Cyber-activism and its legal implications
Arthur Chatora reports about a lecture on cyber-activism and legal lessons presented at the Digital Citizen Indaba: “The example of the South African “male prostitute” who anonymously blogged and claimed...
Philippines: Communist Insurgency in Philippines
Since 1968, the Communist Party of Philippines is fighting to create a Maoist society in Philippines. Mong Palatino blogs about this longest running insurgency in South East Asia.
Philippines: Best Dive Sites
The letsgophilippines blog features the top dive sites in the Philippines.
Japan: Protecting the Kyoto Cityscape
While many countries around the world are struggling to tackle Kyoto at home, the city the environmental accord was named after is caught up in its own struggle. The capital...
Japan: Prime Minister Abe Resigns
DeOrio at Trans-Pacific Radio has been one of the first bloggers to write about the breaking news that Japanese Prime Minster Abe Shinzo has decided to resign. On the news...