Global Voices Online

Cayblogger responds to a mainstream media editorial by examining the Cayman Islands' attitude towards homosexuality and crime: “There have been, what… five murders in Cayman this year to only one ‘gay kiss?' Which means that we, as a society, are less tolerant of a gay kiss than of a murder.”

Bermudan blogger Vexed Bermoothes, on learning that the Cayman Islands is updating its Constitution following “rigorous public consultation”, asks: “Are we just so used to corrupt governance that normalcy seems unusual?”

Living in Barbados says that it's time for Caribbean countries to get serious about their energy consumption.

All Marlon James wanted to do was go to the beach…instead, he finds himself negotiating Caribbean Tourism’s “tricky racial dynamics”.

“Unless our leaders can come to understand the economic value of our environment, they will be unable to make good decisions about projects and policies,” says Corruption-free Anguilla.

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?

“I have been as relentless as the Paparazzi stalking their prey, all with a view to collate seemingly scandalous and cutesie photos with which to torture the child with embarrassment later in life”: Mighty Afroditee reflects on the true joy of parenthood.

Notes From The Margin applauds the Cayman Islands for passing a Freedom of Information Act and would like to see similar legislation introduced in Barbados.