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10 October 2009

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day: Amplifying Voices

Written by Juhie Bhatia · Health

With hot button issues such as swine flu dominating the headlines, it can be easy to overlook an equally vital, though less attention-grabbing, health issue: palliative care. World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, which takes place today, seeks to change that.

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30 April 2009

Caribbean: Keeping Track of Swine Flu

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Health, Travel

As concerns over the Swine Flu outbreak continue to mount, Caribbean bloggers are educating themselves, just in case...

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28 April 2008

Guatemala: Celebrating Earth Day and Ways to Preserve

Written by Renata Avila · Environment

Guatemala's forests and natural beauty are a source of pride for many Guatemalans. However, environmental neglect and destruction are also a concern, and local bloggers provide thoughts on how to ensure their preservation.

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1 March 2008

Total lunar eclipse inspires vloggers

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Environment, Science

Videos from different countries show the total lunar eclipse, just in case you missed it or wish to relive the moment.The only total lunar eclipse for 2008 and the last one until Dec 21st 2010 took place last February 20th.

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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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17 August 2007

Caribbean: Bracing for Hurricane Dean

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Breaking News, Freedom of Speech

The Caribbean blogosphere is abuzz over the impending arrival of Hurricane Dean, the first official hurricane of the season: Steve's Dominica reports: “Dean will be passing over us around 6am...

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12 September 2006

Five years on from 9/11, the world remembers

Written by Rachel Rawlins · Disaster, Education

The mainstream media in many countries have been preoccupied with events in the United States to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon...

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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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28 April 2006

West Indian literature online

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Arts & Culture, Literature

One of the crucial elements in the rapid development of the literature of the Anglophone Caribbean in the 1940s and 50s was a weekly radio programme called Caribbean Voices, broadcast...

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Updates about Belize

15 December 2011

English

Globewriter notes that some of the more homophobic nations are getting “their knickers in a twist” over the Obama administration's statement at the UN “that it is standing up for the rights of LGBT people worldwide”, calling the Belizean Prime Minister “about as enlightened to human rights as a lamppost…so sad that LGBT people – the operative word being PEOPLE – have to live surrounded by such ignorance and hate.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

20 September 2011

English

“Belize’s founding father and first prime minister has died at the age of 92,” notes Repeating Islands; Life in a Banana Republic writes about her memories of the man, saying: “I shared a historical moment with the first Prime Minister of Belize with Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price, and I thank him for that wonderful lifetime memory.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

18 August 2011

English

Ever wondered what a typical Belizean breakfast is like? Diaspora blogger Rice and Beans shows us, here.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

25 July 2011

English

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.

• 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

30 June 2010

English

Repeating Islands reports on a landmark court ruling “in favor of 38 Mayan Communities in the Toledo District”, which confirms their rights to the land surrounding their communities.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

26 February 2010

English

Teachers are on strike in an effort to secure a pay raise: Belizean reports.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

12 February 2010

English

Belizean reports that the country's Prime Minister “has urged caution on the part of Belize Defense Force army activities on the southern border with Guatemala” in the context of an ongoing border dispute.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

4 January 2010

English

Caribbean bloggers bid 2009 farewell - BeachLime says: “The only sure thing that's going to happen in 2010 is that it will prove to be a challenging one for Bermudians”; Belizean provides a comprehensive end of year review and Caribbean Free Radio tells the story of her year in pictures.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

26 August 2009

English

The threat of rising sea levels is of concern to CARICOM [the 15-nation Caribbean community]. Repeating Islands explains.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Comments on "Belize"

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

It was a religious time with Good Friday being served fish. The day was a holiday for the country...

No matter what happens i think it is utterly important to be prepare for what this flu may bring. This report...
It seems to me that the whole flu is being blown out of proportion. I'm not alone, More people die...
How many times have we all heard in the last few weeks of continual swine flu news: WASH YOUR HANDS?...