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August 18th, 2008

Jamaica: Woman Power!

Janine Mendes-Franco · 14:22

lingua → fr · es

Jamaica has done it again! If there was any doubt after Usain Bolt's 100m Gold Medal that this Caribbean nation is a powerhouse of Track and Field, the female Jamaican sprinters made sure to underscore the point by placing first (Shelly-Ann Fraser) second (Kerron Stewart) and...second (Sherone Simpson) in the final of the Women's 100m in Beijing. 1 comment · »»

August 1st, 2008

Caribbean: Emancipate Yourselves

Janine Mendes-Franco · 17:00

lingua → pt · mg · es · fr

Today is Emancipation Day in many West Indian territories - the day that effectively celebrates the end of slavery, when all slaves were legally declared free. One hundred and seventy odd years later, a few Caribbean bloggers pay tribute to their forefathers, whose sacrifice has earned them their freedom today... 4 comments · »»

December 23rd, 2007

Caribbean: Christmas Traditions

Karel McIntosh · 18:35

lingua → es

All over the world, people get together with friends and family to celebrate Christmas. They exchange gifts, and invite one another to their homes for parties, lunches or dinners, signifying the trademark Christmas message of peace and goodwill. Karel McIntosh speaks to a few regional bloggers to get a glimpse into what Christmas traditions are like in the Caribbean... 3 comments · »»

November 30th, 2007

Caribbean: Earthquake Update

Janine Mendes-Franco · 12:50

lingua → de · es

Caribbean bloggers provide timely updates on yesterday's earthquake... 4 comments · »»

August 1st, 2007

Caribbean: Emancipation Day

Janine Mendes-Franco · 14:43

lingua → bn · de · fr · es · zht · zhs

Today is Emancipation Day. On August 1, one hundred and seventy three years ago, freedom from slavery was won in the Caribbean - and Caribbean bloggers still have a lot to say about it... Jamaican blogger Geoffrey Philp sets the tone by quoting one of the most beloved lines from ... 2 comments · »»

April 25th, 2007

Caribbean: Farewell to a cricketing legend

Janine Mendes-Franco · 20:39

In the early ’90s, the West Indies' dominance of the international cricket scene entered its long decline. There were fewer victories to celebrate, fewer exceptional demonstrations of the brilliance to which West Indian fans had become so accustomed. And when there were bright spots, they often came courtesy of one man: Brian Charles Lara. Lara played his last ever international cricket match in Barbados on April 21, 2007, in front of thousands of fans and visitors. The Caribbean blogosphere pays tribute to the man some consider the greatest cricketer of all time. 3 comments · »»

March 13th, 2007

Cricket World Cup 2007 through the eyes of the bloggers

Rezwan · 12:37

lingua → bn

The 9th World Cup cricket started with a colorful opening ceremony in the Carribean islands. The tournament is scheduled for 51 matches in a span of one and a half months. The itinerary can be found here, the tickets here, and here is the official website. (via ... 4 comments · »»

June 18th, 2006

Haiti: Telecom Wars

Alice Backer · 21:54

Digicel billboard, Martinique. By blogger Greg at InternetRapide.com. Jamaica-based Caribbean telecom giant Digicel has a presence in over a dozen countries in the region. Digicel officially launched operations on the Haitian market in May to much resistance from local private telecoms Haitel and Comcel but bloggers and other web commentators ... 18 comments · »»

Links about St. Vincent & the Grenadines

August 29th, 2008

Vexed Bermoothes weighs in on the call by Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister for regional territories to move towards economic and political integration: “My advice to Bermuda: stay out of it. As a community, we treasure our cultural and family links to the Caribbean. But there’s little benefit to us economically to get involved in Caribbean federation.”

August 26th, 2008

The women of St. Vincent and the Grenadines are under siege by a serial rapist and Abeni is “very uneasy about the whole scenario…I have now developed an intense hatred for the rapist or rapists who have turned women into prisoners in their own homes. Is it too much to want my life back?”

“The buzz issue in the Caribbean media in recent weeks is whether the CARIFORUM members will sign-on to the CARIFORUM/EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)”: Barbados Underground examines a few of the issues.

August 21st, 2008

A Rhodes Scholar sues the University of the West Indies for failing to give him first-class honours and Abeni from St. Vincent and the Grenadines says: “I really do not know what to make of this.”

August 12th, 2008

Abeni from St. Vincent and the Grenadines pays a visit to the Serious Offences Court and says she felt “sick to (her) stomach at the number of youths facing charges…it appears we have too many angry youths out there who seem to know only one way of resolving conflicts.”

July 25th, 2008

As a young lawyer is shot and killed on the way to his office in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Abeni says: “I am…worried that freedom as we know it is coming to an end. I fear that increasingly we will live behind bars in our homes and be forced to invest in personal security. I fear that even then it may not be enough.”

July 14th, 2008

From St Vincent and the Grenadines, Lullabies, Fairy Tales and Other Self Delusions sees Jane Austen through an Indian film director's eyes—that's when he begins to realise he can't resist the attraction of Bollywood movies.

July 8th, 2008

And Still I Rise comments on the recent rise in the number of rapes reported in St Vincent & The Grenadines, and cautions those who say women's mode of dress is to blame.