Latest posts by Nicholas Laughlin from October, 2007
Jamaica: Talking to Imani
Jamaican writer Geoffrey Philp interviews litblogger Imani.
Cuba: Che, forty years later
October 9 is the fortieth anniversary of Che Guevara's death. HCV Analysis posts a short biographical video on the Cuban hero.
Barbados: “Oedipal complainers”?
Barbados Free Press comments on an op-ed piece written by Barbados's commissioner for Pan-African affairs, who suggests that Barbadians are “Oedipal complainers”.
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago: Naming places
Trinidadians seem comfortable naming places after living heroes, says Moving Back to Jamaica, but Jamaicans seem to prefer their heroes safely dead — why?
Bahamas: Death of the neighbourhood
“The neighbourhood — that locale which is a citizen's larger home … is dying in Nassau,” writes Nicolette Bethel at Bahama Pundit, as she urges a rethinking of urban planning policy in the Bahamas.
Bermuda: At the Music Festival
The Devil Island reports on the highlights of the Bermuda Music Festival, celebrity encounters included.
Guyana: Newspapers online
Guyana Providence Stadium compares the websites of the three daily Guyanese newspapers and finds the government-owned paper lacking in savvy.
Barbados: Visiting the Concorde
Notes from the Margin reports on a visit to the decommissioned Concorde supersonic jet preserved at the Barbados airport (there were once weekly Concorde flights between London and Barbados).
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Petroglyphs threatened
And Still I Rise is astounded by news that ancient Carib rock carvings may be destroyed in the construction of the new international airport in St. Vincent.
Barbados: Email snooping?
Is the Barbados government reading citizens’ emails looking for evidence of opposition? Barbados Free Press thinks so.
UK, Caribbean: Cuisine questions
Why isn't Caribbean food more popular in the UK, wonders Can Cook, Must Cook. She responds to online commentary.
Cayman Islands, Jamaica: Citizen of the air?
News of a Jamaican woman who gave birth on a Cayman Airways flight prompts The Mad Bull to wonder: what country will the baby be a citizen of?
Trinidad and Tobago: Airport musings
Waiting at the airport in Trinidad for a flight to Suriname, Taran Rampersad falls into a conversation about technology, Caribbean regionalism, and food.
Bermuda: New property law
Christian S. Dunleavy comments on proposed legislation which would change property law in Bermuda. “There is a fundamental principle here of how much you want the Government in your life and your wallet.”
Barbados, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago: Year of elections
2007 has been a great year for politics junkies in the Caribbean, says Caribbean Lionesse, with elections in St. Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and probably Barbados. She offers a concise analysis.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Homeless in hospitals
“A debate is heating up the airwaves re homeless people who are kept in the General hospital as wards of the state,” writes And Still I Rise from St. Vincent. She weighs in on the use of hospitals as temporary accommodation.
Barbados: Big banks vs small ones
Notes from the Margin reacts to news that a major regional Caribbean bank has been bought by a much bigger Canadian bank.
Dominica: Creole time
October is the month for celebrating Dominica's Creole heritage. Living Dominica gives a run-down of key upcoming events.
Trinidad and Tobago: Saving the Savannah, eight years on
Coffeewallah recalls an incident eight years ago, when activists protesting the paving of the Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain had a truckload of gravel dumped over them. “Unless you are willing to do something, you lose your voice and sometimes even your rights.”
Bahamas: More homeless people?
“There seems to have been an increase lately of people aimlessly wondering the streets,” writes Craig Butler at Bahama Pundit, as he contemplates the growing number of homeless people in the Bahamas.
Barbados: Recycling problems
Living in Barbados describes the difficulties of trying to recycle household waste in a small island with limited landfill capacity.
