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Trinidad & Tobago: CHOGM

Janine Mendes-Franco — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:00:37 +0000

KnowTnT.com would like to know what the point of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting actually is: “I am forced to wonder if the CHOGM meeting isn't anything but a group of dinosaurs discussing the tar pits.”

Trinidad & Tobago: On Sex

Janine Mendes-Franco — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:39:20 +0000

As a prelude to World AIDS Day, Alien In The Caribbean is “doing a thorough three part exploration of sex and sexuality, particularly in the Caribbean.”

Trinidad & Tobago: Responsible Drinking

Janine Mendes-Franco — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:25:37 +0000

KnowTnT.com's Edmund Gall suggests ways in which clubs and bars can “do more to encourage responsible drinking.”

Bahrain: Making Rumours Viral

Amira Al Hussaini — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:26:13 +0000

Bahraini Ammaro talks about how fast it takes to spread rumours in Bahrain and make them ‘viral.'

Puerto Rico: No. 35

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:15:21 +0000

Gil the Jenius has something to say about Puerto Rico's #35 ranking on Transparency International's 2009 Corruption Perception Index.

Trinidad & Tobago: Social Media Crimefighting

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:11:45 +0000

Taran Rampersad is glad “to see that social media is being seen as a tool for fighting crime in Trinidad and Tobago”, but says there are more effective ways in which to do it.

Barbados: Mini Monaco?

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:08:31 +0000

Barbados Free Press and Barbados Underground question the vision of the island being transformed into another Monaco.

Cuba, U.S.A.: Questions for Obama

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:01:43 +0000

Cuba's Generation Y sends a questionnaire to U.S. President Obama “with some of the issues that keep [her] from sleeping” and publishes his responses.

Cuba: Courting Change

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:01:49 +0000

“There are a good number of ministers still under sixty, but the largest share of power is concentrated in the hands of septuagenarians and octogenarians”: Cuba's Generation Y suggests these veterans are unable “to hear the new generation knocking at the door, coming like a whirlwind to dismantle everything.”

Barbados: Crunch Time

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:54:18 +0000

“Barbadians have become alarmed at the prospect of having its investment paper perched at the brink of junk rating, a status most unfamiliar to Barbadians through the years”: Barbados Underground says it's economic “crunch time”!

Barbados, Jamaica: Corruption Perception

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:49:16 +0000

The 2009 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index is out and although Living in Barbados always takes the results “with a pinch of salt”, he notes that “greasing palms is unfortunately seen as a part of doing business worldwide.”

Taiwan: Introducing Best English Blogs

Portnoy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:29 +0000

David on Formosa publishes a series of posts introducing some of the best Taiwan blogs in English(bridge bloggers).

Japan: Top 60 Expressions of 2009

Tomomi Sasaki — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:36:37 +0000

Pink Tentacle has translated into English all of the “Top 60 Japanese words/phrases of 2009″, released by publisher Jiyu Kokuminsha: Included are plenty of references to Japan’s recent political shake-up, the ailing economy, and the blurring of traditional gender roles.

Suriname: Welcome to the Jungle

Janine Mendes-Franco — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:37:21 +0000

For Paramaribo SPAN, Christopher Cozier visits artist Daniel Djojoatmo, whose work “discuss[es] the predicament of certain narratives of development which are, at their inception, ill-fated and at the disposal of the jungle.”

Barbados: Another Downgrade

Janine Mendes-Franco — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:24:19 +0000

“Barbados' debt may be headed for the dread ‘junk' status if it is downgraded another notch,” says Living in Barbados, adding: “To change things needs more than a shift in confidence. It needs policies that attack rapidly the size of the debt.”