Stories from 15 December 2009
Jamaica: Buju Arrested
Regional bloggers react to news that dancehall star Buju Banton has been arrested on cocaine possession charges.
Uganda: Ugandan Bloggers Happy Hour
Walkonby blogs about Ugandan Bloggers Happy Hour this Friday: “May I nkow whether you’re going to show up? Say Ay, if you are. Would you mind carrying your own drink, I can organize a couple of mixers. And the kitchen lovers, would you mind agreing who’ll prepare what?”
Armenia: Music Awards
Ianyan covers the 10th annual Armenian Music Awards in Los Angeles. The blog also live tweeted the event on her Twitter account.
Japan's Companies CSR Reports
Martin J Frid discusses about corporate social responsibility commitment of Japan's companies in reducing CO2 emission and environmental protection.
Twitter in Japan
Fumi Yamazaki tells her readers how Twitter is quickly increasing its presence in Japan nowadays.
Japan and South Korea: Prostitution
Robert Koehler from The Marmot's Hole blogs about sexual service in South Korea that targets at Japanese male.
Russia: Google Bus Stop Ads Hacked
While Russia and the U.S. were holding meetings on cyber warfare, Russian activists took the process of hacking from virtual space to real bus stops in Moscow where they slightly altered original Google ads.
Featured Author: Lina Ben Mhenni
Lina Ben Mhenni is a Tunisian blogger and has been writing about the Tunisian blogosphere for Global Voices. She is also an activist using the internet to raise awareness of the recent cases of a jailed student.
El Salvador: Pixels Animation Awards
In El Salvador, the winners of the Pixels 2009 animation awards were recently awarded and Dulce Limón Partido [es] features the winners.
Honduras: Recent Findings in Latinobarometro Study
Aaron Ortiz of Pensieve looks at the recent findings regarding Honduras in the most recent Latinobarometro study.
Guatemala: Preserving Atitlán Lake
The blogger S@kis of Una Hoja de Papel [es] describes a hypothetical conversation with his future granddaughter who wants to know what the Atitlán Lake in Guatemala was like, and why it is no longer that way. He answers because Guatemalans did nothing to preserve it.
