Stories from 4 November 2008
Trinidad & Tobago: Gingerbread House
“Trinidad's vernacular architecture is a reflection of its patchwork history”: My Chutney Garden blogs about “the most beloved of all the local architectural styles…The Gingerbread House design with its extensive fretwork and high ceilings.”
Jamaica: Accidental Shooting
YardFlex.com and A Fe Me Page Dis Iyah blog about the untimely death of a Jamaican schoolgirl who was accidentally shot by her father while he was trying to defend the family from bandits.
D.R. of Congo: Life at the Ranger Refugee Campa
Description of life in a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “Yesterday afternoon I was at the camp with Diddy, checking on our Rangers and their families. The water situation is now under control, and we have not had another outbreak of cholera since Friday.”
North Caucasus: Circassian girls
The Tbilisi Blues pays homage to Circassian girls, apparently among the world's most beautiful women. The blog posts some early photographs of what it calls Moss-haired Girls and says that many were to be found in the harems of Turkish sultans.
Kenya: I feel like an american
Kenyan blogger, Abantu, feels like an American: “AMERICA VOTES! i have never been an American, probably never will be, but this morning i feel like an American.”
Africa: Top 45 Female African Bloggers
Afrigator's list of top 45 female African bloggers: “Ever wondered who the top female bloggers are in Africa, or which women you should be following online? We did, so we compiled the following list. For us compiling this list was an interesting excercise as we didn’t explicity know which blogs...
Singapore: School facilities during the 1960s
Times of my life posts pictures of classrooms, school desks and other school facilities of Singapore during the 1960s and 1970s.
Myanmar: Traditional medicine
Myat Thura uploads an e-book about Myanmar's traditional medicine practices.
Vietnam: Saigon Development and Construction
A blog was set-up to document the new infrastructure projects in Ho Chi Minh City.
Bomb blasts in south Thailand
Three bomb blasts were reported in the southernmost province of Narathiwat, Thailand. More than 60 people were injured.
Philippines: Cebu bloggers
Cebu-based bloggers have set-up the Cebu Bloggers Society. Cebu island is located in central Philippines.
Japan: Halloween party train
Joe Jones from Mutantfrog posted a youtube video on the Halloween party train.
Martinique: California's Proposition 8 ‘a violation of civil rights. Period.’
From Martinique, le blog de [moi] discusses Proposition 8[Fr], a proposed amendment to the California constitution that would prohibit same-sex marriage and is expected to pass in a referendum on Tuesday. She writes that denying gays and lesbians the right to marry is a “violation of civil rights. Period,” and points...
Ecuador: Abolish Mandatory Social Security Contributions
Libertad Ecuador [es] states that mandatory contributions to social security should be abolished, and writes that this will ensure that the funds are out of the hands of politicians, as is the case in the current system.
Peru: The Passing of Yma Sumac
Blogging Somnio [es] writes about the passing of Peruvian sorpano singer Yma Sumac.
Montenegro: Dependency on Russia
Central Europe Activ reports that “the Russian aluminum king” Oleg Deripaska may close down his Podgorica aluminum plant, “which gives a half of Montenegro’s export capacity.”
Costa Rica: Citizen Journalism Has Yet To Reach Its Full Potential
From local bloggers to professional journalists to those that simply follow the media, everybody is waiting for the The First International Encounter of Citizen Journalism to be held in San José on November 17th. Despite the fact that a considerable percentage of Costa Ricans have access to internet and related communication tools, citizen journalism is still not being developed at its full potential, and many hope that this event may help generate interest.
