“Down with jargon!” say three Trinidadian bloggers. Taran Rampersad and aka-lol rail against the use of the word “stakeholder”, while Caribbean Free Radio wishes people would stop “speaking to issues”. In the comment thread at CFR JT adds his two cents': “And what about “interrogating”? Couldn’t that be left to the noble folks at Abu Ghraib?”
gspottt says that “for the first time at a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting…in Trinidad & Tobago, there was significant representation of GLBTQ (gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/queer) activists among civil society participants, and a concerted effort to highlight issues of sexual citizenship and rights.”
Repeating Islands has an update on the activity of Montserrat's Soufriere volcano.
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