Georgia Popplewell · January, 2006

Latest posts by Georgia Popplewell from January, 2006

Caribbean: Musical collaborations

  27 January 2006

The Dancehall Blog notes some of the collaborations happening between artists from different Caribbean islands. Among those involved in inter-island projects are Kevin Lyttle of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Spragga Benz, Macka Diamond, Mr. Vegas and Elephant Man from Jamaica, Machel Montano and Denise Belfon from Trinidad & Tobago,...

Bermuda: Character education

  26 January 2006

The Limey reports that a “character education” program called Living Values has proven to be a success in the three primary schools in Bermuda where it was piloted. But he wonders why information on a similar program being piloted in middle school hasn't been forthoming. He also finds some of...

Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidadianness

  26 January 2006

J9 takes a break from some Carnival-related work to think about what makes Trinidadians Trinidadian, while Caribbean Free Radio‘s 41st podcast investigates the truth of the song lyric “Trinidad and Brazil we have the same vibration” by talking to a friend in Salvador da Bahia. Meanwhile, Elspeth Duncan continues her...

Belize: Flooding

  26 January 2006

Belizean – Belize News reports on heavy rains in Belize on Tuesday which led to flooding and disruption of traffic. The western highway, which connects the northern and central parts of Belize with Belmopan, the capital, was shut down for several hours and a passenger bus and a truck were...

Haiti: Election talk

  26 January 2006

The sight of a group of well-coiffed “poor” people demonstrating on television for the release of political prisoners compels Yon Aysien to analyse the strategies of the Lavalas movement. Yon Aysien also posts a list of the web sites for the parties contesting the upcoming elections, while doubting that Haiti...

Aruba & Netherlands Antilles: Status Aparte

  26 January 2006

Aruba's has “status aparte” vis-à-vis the Netherlands, but recent comments from the ruling party denying the existence of poverty in the island have ArubaGirl wishing Aruba would do like the Netherlands Antilles and hold a referendum. Then she could vote to have Aruba made a province.

Guyana: Americas II cable breakdown

  25 January 2006

Both MediaCritic and Guyana-Gyal are temporarily deprived of internet access due to the breakdown of the Americas II fiber optic submarine communications cable.

Guyana: Diaspora blog

  25 January 2006

“It is estimated that there are as many Guyanese living overseas as they are in Guyana,” goes the headline of the Guyana Diaspora blog, which launched on January 23. Among those profiled to date have been a Toronto-based cookbook writer, a US-based women's soccer coach, a US Army Staff Sargeant...

Guyana: Telemarketing & Guyanese blogging

  25 January 2006

Monologist speculates on the shape the new Guyanese telemarketing industry is likely to take, given the country's cultural peculiarities. But she resists being thought of as a “Guyanese blogger”.

Bahamas: Political psychology

  25 January 2006

“Politics in the Bahamas continues to be attractive to precisely the wrong kinds of people partly on account of the aggressive displays of power that it involves,” writes Andrew Allen in his analysis of Bahamian political psychology, probably striking a chord with the citizens of many a nation.

Bermuda: Cricket woes

  24 January 2006

Since qualifying for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the Bermuda team seems to have had its share of ups and downs, reports the Cricinfo blog Beyond the Test World. A recent television broadcast suggests that the players are about to strike over contracts and fees, and another report states that...

Jamaica: Art show in Beijing

  24 January 2006

Simone Champagnie links to an article about an exhibition of Jamaican art and sculpture which opened last week at the Jamaican Embassy in Beijing, China.

Jamaica: Dog-sled team

  24 January 2006

The Caribbean Beat Blog reports that Jamaica now has a national dog-sled team which competed in a meet in Scotland this past weekend.

Belize: No comment on contraband

  24 January 2006

The Belize News Blog is reporting that the Comptroller of Customs is refusing to talk to the media about what appears to be persistent corruption among customs officers working on the Belize-Mexico border, who have been accused of confiscating loads of contraband goods and reselling them to local merchants.  The...

Haiti: Kidnapping fears

  23 January 2006

“I fear receiving a phone call or an email giving me dreaded news,” says Mbayisyen, contemplating the changes wrought upon daily life in Haiti by the recent increase in kidnappings.

DR, Haiti: Deaths at the border

  23 January 2006

Solidaridad Fronteriza reports (ES) that members of religious organizations in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, have carried out religious rites at the mass grave containing the bodies od 24 Haitians who died of suffocation on January 11 in a vehicle in which they were trying to cross the border into the Dominican Republic....

Guyana: Local idioms

  23 January 2006

VSO intern Michiyo notes a few Guyanese idioms she finds strange. As usual, she offers a Japanese translation of the post as well.

Trinidad & Tobago: Carnival critique

  23 January 2006

Caribbean Free Radio posts its 40th podcast, an interview with Trinidadian rapso ground 3canal in which the band's members are highly critical of some of the new trends in the national Carnival.