Latest posts by Georgia Popplewell from October, 2006
Guyana: Reality Shows
Providence Stadium puts forward a few ideas for Guyanese reality shows.
Cuba: Havana in photos and video
Flickr user silvertopixel has a series of lovely art photos of street life in Havana. And Lisetcruz posts a YouTube video with views of Havana's famous Malecón and a matching photo of her own.
Trinidad & Tobago: The globalisation of Second Life
Trinidad blogger and Second Life player Taran Rampersad looks at Second Life in the context of the global economy: “Issues of Digital Divide are as much of a factor as the dominant cultural trends within SecondLife itself, but as more people come online – more people will enter virtual worlds....
Bermuda: Green Day
Adjustah provides a roundup of the recent commentary from his fellow Bermudian bloggers, noting that today several of them are observing “Green Day” in protest of the preservation of the Botanical Gardens in Hamilton. The Save the Gardens blog has posted photos of people wearing green, holding “Save the Gardens”...
Trinidad & Tobago: Folk wisdom
Christopher Yee Mon dishes out some Trinidadian folk wisdom gleaned from his Auntie Kim. An example: “To Cool You Down in the Sun (Heat Stroke?): Drink Maryshutyuhdoor. Maryshutyuhdoor is the grass in the savannah whose leaves close up when you walk on it. (Could Kill You)”
Bahamas: The Nassau Institute
Bahamian Sir Arthur Foulkes is highly critical of the Nassau Institute's anti-Kyoto Protocol stance: “it is quite foolish of them and others who are similarly inclined, to sling the charge of “anti-Americanism” against Bahamians who dare to criticize the policies of the US Government.“
Bahamas: Represent
A blog post by a fellow Bahamian causes Nicolette Bethel to consider questions of representation: “How do we collectively decide who represents our nation? When we choose people to send abroad to represent us, what criteria are foremost? And do we use different criteria for different arenas?“
Caribbean: Photo quiz
The Caribbean Beat Weblog launches a “Where in the Caribbean?” photo quiz.
Barbados: Environment Minister to address conference
Barbados Free Press is optimistic about the Barbados Environment Minister's attendance at a UN conference in China.
Barbados: Party Monarch photos
Pictureinfocus has a Flickr photoset devoted to the Barbados Party Monarch concert, held at a breathtaking location on Barbados’ east coast.
Cuba, USA: 44th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Luis M. Garcia notes that today (October 16) is the 44th anniversary of the Cuban Missile crisis, and explains how the event which affected even his little hometown of Banes, Cuba.
Bermuda: What's so special about the gardens?
An anonymous contributor to the Save the Gardens blog writes an eloquent defense of Bermuda's Botanical Gardens.
Guyana: Mondegreen Queen
Guyana-Gyal's cousin Analis is the “master of mondegreens.”
Guyana: Invasion of the four-leaf clovers
Contrary to popular belief, in Guyana-Gyal's garden, four-leaf clovers aren't so rare. . . .
Cuba: Internet penetration
Luis M. Garcia reviews an article on internet penetration in Cuba published in the Cuban Communist Party's publication Juventud Rebelde.
Bermuda: Save the Gardens harnesses the WWW
Bermuda's “Save the Gardens” campaign, which aims to stop the government from building a hospital on the site currently occupied by the botanical gardens in Hamilton, have harnessed the power of the internet to help their cause. In addition to a blog, they've organised a Virtual March and a MySpace...
Barbados: Souls from Idiotville
Bim has an “I hate Barbados” moment attending a planning meeting for an upcoming heritage festival: “Ah Barbados…Why are you so hung up on sourcing your souls from Idiotville?”
Barbados: Offshore patrol vessel
Barbados must get a new offshore patrol vessel, says Barbados Free Press, or else scrap any pretense of having sovereignty over its waters.
Bermuda: Online pioneer
Sean looks back on his days as a teenaged sysop and online pioneer in late 1980s Bermuda.
Bermuda: The sound of independence
Valentine Michael Smith reports on a meeting convened in Bermuda to discuss the subject of independence, where 23% of the attendeed were “confused expats thinking they were attending a screening of The Sound of Music”.
Bermuda: Bishop takes a stand
A Bermudian bishop earns points from the Limey for his refusal to support an interdenominational church service he believes excludes homosexuals.
