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St. Kitts & Nevis: Making Financial Progress

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:03:41 +0000

Abeng News Magazine has an update on the St. Kitts debt default, here.

St. Kitts & Nevis: Poor Credit Rating

Janine Mendes-Franco — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:34:45 +0000

Abeng News Magazine notes that “the credit rating of St Kitts and Nevis…took a hit when it defaulted on a bond payment the end of November”, adding: “Maybe because there isn’t an Occupy movement in Basseterre, or because the people of one of the most indebted nations in the world aren’t like Greeks ‘behaving badly’, the news didn’t cause a stir in the region.”

Caribbean: the meaning of identity

Nicholas Laughlin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:59:53 +0000

Creative Commess hosts a blog symposium “about Caribbean people, about West Indian people, about our contemporary experiences … ranging through race & identity to culture, mental health to constructs of beauty and more,” with contributions from seven Caribbean bloggers.

Caribbean: Commonwealth Stories for Online Time Capsule

Janine Mendes-Franco — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:55:00 +0000

The Royal Commonwealth Society is creating the world's largest online time capsule in honour of HM Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and wants regional/Commonwealth bloggers to share their stories. Get involved, here.

U.S.V.I., St. Kitts: On Belonging

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:25:48 +0000

A Nation or Nobody “wonder[s] about the place of writers like Phillips within the Caribbean literary community, and what they might be able to tell us about belonging and diaspora.”

Latin America, Caribbean: Increase in Food Prices

Silvia Viñas — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:53:26 +0000

Bloggings by Boz writes: “The FAO reports that February 2011 was a yet a new high on food prices. This has led to several warnings from organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean including ECLAC [Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean] and the IICA [Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture] that commodity markets are volatile and several countries are very vulnerable to price swings and food insecurity issues.”

Caribbean: environmantal atlas

Nicholas Laughlin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:20:34 +0000

Repeating Islands links to a new Latin America and the Caribbean Atlas of our Changing Environment, published by the United Nations Environment Programme, which “uses over 200 images to highlight the region’s diverse ecosystems.”

St. Kitts & Nevis: Arrow's Day

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:09:06 +0000

Repeating Islands notes that today is an official day of mourning in St. Kitts and Nevis, in honour of the late calypsonian, Arrow.

St. Kitts & Nevis: Jumbie Tree?

Janine Mendes-Franco — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:30:44 +0000

“‘You parked us under a silk cotton tree at NOON?'”: Lifespan of a Chennette reminds us why that's not a particularly good idea.

Barbados, St. Kitts & Nevis: Corruption Watch

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:56:56 +0000

Barbados Free Press has its eyes on St. Kitts and Nevis when it comes to transparency and government accountability.

Curacao: Kayaking through Caribbean

Janine Mendes-Franco — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:23:32 +0000

Repeating Islands blogs about an activist from Curaçao, who “has paddled more than 1600 kilometres in a kayak to raise awareness for the environment.”

St. Kitts & Nevis: Film Festival

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:41:20 +0000

Repeating Islands blogs about the upcoming Nevis Film Festival, which has “a particular focus on the Caribbean region and emphasis on the discovery of first film works by new talent and emerging filmmakers.”

Caribbean: WI Cricket Website

Janine Mendes-Franco — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:10:38 +0000

West Indies Cricket Blog thinks that “the official website of the West Indies Cricket Board…is now a waste of space on the world wide web. An embarrassment and a disgrace…”

Anguilla, St. Kitts: Financial Confidentiality

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:32:53 +0000

“I always thought my correspondence with my bank was supposed to be private”: Corruption-free Anguilla discovers that not every bank is necessarily meeting its confidentiality obligations.

Barbados, St. Kitts & Nevis: Murderer Executed

Janine Mendes-Franco — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:11:23 +0000

Barbadian bloggers Gallimaufry and Barbados Underground take note of the recent execution of a convicted murderer in St. Kitts.