Georgia Popplewell · July, 2006

Latest posts by Georgia Popplewell from July, 2006

Barbados: PM backs Venezuela's UN bid

  11 July 2006

Linda Thompkins quotes a RadioJamaica.com report stating that Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur has decided to support Venezuela's campaign for the vacant UN Security Council Seat over Guatemala's. Among the reasons quoted: “He says it would be unethical for Barbados to side with a country that has fiercely opposed the...

Barbados: Concerns about regional police team

  10 July 2006

Barbados Free Press sees the usefulness of the regional police team that is being formed among Caricom nations to provide security for the Cricket World Cup and will become a permanent fixture in the region thereafter, but cautions against the potential misuse of the force by Caricom countries less “stable”...

Guyana: Government ignores Caricom?

  7 July 2006

Demeraralighthouse sees the non-attendance of Guyana's President and Security Minister at two key Caricom meetings as a sign that “the Guyana government has apparently embarked on a policy-position to ignore the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom), sacrificing the regional organisation for its own partisan domestic political agenda . . . .”

Puerto Rico: Cycle of violence

  7 July 2006

For Gil the Jenius, an incident involving the shooting of four young men by the father of a 17-year-old girl underscores the cycle of violence that is becoming more prevalent in Puerto Rico.

Caribbean: Reimbursing US travellers

  6 July 2006

Simone Champagnie reports that, in light of the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative on January 1, 2007, the Caribbean is “looking at implementing a program by which the destinations will offer to reimburse Americans visiting them for the cost of the passports required to reenter the US.”

Guyana: With new eyes

  6 July 2006

A new pair of glasses highlights the interesting domestic dynamic of an Amerindian couple, as witnessed by Guyana-Gyal.

Jamaica: At the US Embassy

  6 July 2006

Scratchie is displeased with the way the US Embassy in Kingston treats those awaiting appointments, but acknowledges “the roaring business opportunities that have been created surrounding the rules that one must abide with when visiting the Embassy. There are cellphone holders and baggage handlers and. . .”

Jamaica: A reggae novel

  6 July 2006

“I would write a reggae novel, and I would call it, Benjamin, My Son,” writes Geoffrey Philp in his two-part account of the genesis of his first novel.