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8 May 2010

Video: Kids News Network turns to web

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Arts & Culture, Education

Through the Kids News Network in different countries throughout the world, children now have the opportunity to watch TV news magazines which are specifically geared towards them, also giving them a space to voice their opinions and find out about current events.

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11 March 2009

Dominican Republic: Upset at World Baseball Classic by Dutch Team

Written by Eduardo Avila · Sport, Citizen Media

The 2nd edition of the World Baseball Classic tournament is underway and features Major League baseball players representing traditional baseball powers like the the Dominican Republic whose roster was filled with professional All-Star talent. The tournament also features countries with less tradition playing this sport, such as the Netherlands, who pulled off two improbable victories over the Dominican team eliminating them from the competition.

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17 October 2008

Caribbean: Omar Rains Down

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Environment, Travel

The Caribbean is officially in the midst of its wet season, but many regional territories are battling more than their fair share of sogginess, thanks to the torrential rains that accompanied Tropical Storm Omar - a storm that was soon upgraded to a Category 3 Hurricane as it forged a path through the northern Caribbean.

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22 November 2007

Caribbean: Giving Thanks

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Arts & Culture, Migration & Immigration

Thanksgiving may be a traditionally North American holiday - but more and more, the Caribbean seems to be taking notice - so much so that many regional bloggers have been paying a warm West Indian tribute to Thanksgiving…

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18 June 2006

Haiti: Telecom Wars

Written by Alice Backer · Development, Governance

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...

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6 June 2006

Global Voices, Caribbean Accents: report on Caribbean blogging roundtable

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Education, Technology

THE CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION (CSA), one of the major assemblies of scholars of the history, culture, and society of the Caribbean region, held its annual conference in Port of Spain,...

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15 April 2006

Don't go near the sea on Good Friday, and other Caribbean Easter traditions

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Arts & Culture, Food

The Easter Weekend in the Caribbean arrives at the height of the dry season, with gorgeous weather and Christian traditions conspiring to make it a time both solemn and fun-filled....

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31 January 2006

The Caribbean Single Market

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Development, Governance

It's rare to find Caribbean bloggers across different islands talking about the same issue at the same time, but one would have thought that yesterday's historic signing in Jamaica of...

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13 January 2006

11 key moments in [Anglo-]Caribbean blog history

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Citizen Media

THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS preserving copies of many early blog pages, but most bloggers are too busy posting to think about otherwise documenting what they're doing. The history of the...

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10 December 2005

The week in the Caribbean blogosphere

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Weblog

I'm starting to write this on Wednesday 7 December, as tomorrow I leave for London to attend the Global Voices ‘05 Summit, so apologies in advance for not including anything...

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Updates about Aruba

7 November 2011

English

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.

• Nicholas Laughlin

23 March 2011

English

The lawyer as orator? Karel's Legal Blog discusses “a sensitive subject.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

4 March 2011

English

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.”

• Silvia Viñas

27 October 2009

English

Dominica's Gourmet Global is getting ready for fruit cake season and posts a mouth-watering recipe!

• Janine Mendes-Franco

5 October 2009

English

Arubagirl reflects on the country's recently concluded elections.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

28 September 2009

English

“It's still sinking in. It was an incredible night. I'm fairly sure that this government is, at one point going to disappoint me, but today I'm very happy”: Arubagirl reports on the outcome of elections in her country.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

3 August 2009

English

“Could it be that the recession has hit the political parties and they're less inclined to print up flags and such? Are people still undecided and have therefore refrained from putting a sticker on their cars?”: Arubagirl notices that all is quiet on the election front.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

20 July 2009

English

“It was so incredibly beautiful. The big trees rising from the gorges. The river flowing seemingly endless past the jungle…”: Arubagirl visits Suriname and posts some photos from her trip.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

21 May 2009

English

As Aruba gears up for this year's national elections, Arubagirl says: “I don't mind campaigns. What I do mind is that pronunciations made by politicians who are clearly campaigning are presented as ‘fact'.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

15 May 2009

English

Repeating Islands profiles Dr. Edward Cheung, an Aruban of Chinese descent who is the Principal Engineer of the Hubble Space Telescope Service Project.

• Janine Mendes-Franco