Stories from 14 November 2007
Malaysia: Spring Cleaning The Parliament
Mahaguru writes “If this nation is to progress and be a fully developed nation by 2020, the people of Malaysia need to spring clean Parliament“
Malaysia: Advantage Opposition
Ktemoc figures out the winners and losers in the last weekend's rally in Malaysian capital city.
Vietnam: Catching Crocodiles
Beware of the crocodiles if you are taking a trip to central Vietnam.
Peru: Microsoft Celebrating Free Trade Agreement
Tinta Fantasma [es] writes that Microsoft is celebrating the Free-Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Peru because the deal will help protect copyrighted material targeting pirated copies of their software.
Serbia: Belgrade the “Party City”
Belgrade 2.0 corrects the Sunday Times on their view of Belgrade: “Milan is the fashion city, Amsterdam is the weed city, Paris is the love city, Berlin is the wall city, and New York is New York” – and Belgrade is the “party city.”
Serbia: Laptops for Politicians
Each deputy of Serbia's national assembly might be given a laptop – “in order to replace paper comsumption and increase effectiveness.” While many Serbian bloggers don't think it's a good idea, Viktor Marković of Belgrade 2.0 thinks it is. He also believes that the war in Yugaslavia could've been avoided...
Serbia: Domestic Violence
LimbicNutrition Weblog writes about witnessing a domestic violence incident in Belgrade.
Brazil: Gender equality is still a dream
Cynthia Semírami [pt] comments on the latest Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum covering a total of 128 countries, representing over 90% of the world’s population. Brazil is 74th position in the ranking: “It is interesting to note that women are the expressive force behind social movements,...
Serbia: “Political Analysts” on (Anti-)Fascism
Anegdote writes about Serbian “political analysts” and some of their views on fascism and anti-fascism.
Serbia: Slavija
Dejan Čabrilo of Anegdote writes about Slavija, a Belgrade neighborhood he grew up in: “Seen the kids who offer to wait in line for visas at the German embassy in exchange for a small fee? That was us, and probably still is – the perks of living in the capital...
Mozambique: Talking about the lynch law
Carlos Serra from Diário de um Sociólogo spreads about [pt] a seminar on the lynch law, that happens today in Mozambique. The talk is promoted by the UDS blog [pt].
Environment: ‘Endangered Planet
Omar Basawad is encouraged by the news media's coverage of climate change, citing the programs from CNN, BBC and Al-Jazeera. In watching the CNN special ‘Planet in Peril’ Omar is pertubed and shocked in part because…”Most saddening of all, is that – the poorest part of the World: Africa, which...
Barbados: Bajan-Speak
Cheese-on-bread has a few tips on how to speak like a Bajan.
Nigeria: The rise and fall of Festac Town
Adeola writes about the rise and fall of Festac town in Nigeria: “This year 2007 marks the 30th Anniversary of Festac Town as a residential area. Festac is still one of the largest residential estates south of Saharan Africa. When I started living in Festac Town in 1977 with the...
Jamaica: Our Caribbean
Geoffrey Philp features Our Caribbean: “an anthology of lesbian and gay writing from across the Antilles”.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: A Friend In Need
Abeni‘s heart goes out to a grieving friend whom she only knows through blogging, making her realise “that just maybe friendship needs no definition, no qualifiers”.
Cuba, U.S.A.: Cuban-American
Babalu Blog posts a poem by Marielena Jané-Prats about what it means to be a Cuban-American.
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, but says: “A thriving economy…is untenable, if we are constantly ever fearful of bandits…Development is untenable, without healthy citizens, healthy...
Kenya: The political advertisement TV stations will not air
Kumekucha posts a video of an advertisement that, according to him, Kenyan TV stations have been warned against airing it: “The following advert was reportedly intercepted by government agents who warned media houses in Kenya, especially TV stations, of dire consequences should it find its way onto the airwaves.”
Kenya: Mobile phones give new relevance to rural folks
Rebecca Wanjiku shows how mobile phones give relevance to rural folks: “…woman had received an SMS indicating that she has been entered into a draw and she could win shs 6,000. But the sight of the figures spured new excitement as they thought they had hit a minor jackpot.”
Jamaica: Revolutionizing Corporate Culture
Chronicles from a Caribbean Cubicle is convinced that “companies…are good as how they treat their vendors.”