Global Voices is an international community of bloggers who report on blogs and citizen media from around the world. Learn why »
“Annoyed”, writing at the Talk Antigua blog, has serious reservations about the attention showered by Antigua upon Michael Perham, the 14-year old British boy who sailed solo across the Atlantic England to Antigua: “I do agree he put the country’s name in the guinness book of world records again. But what about our own local youth that have done commendable things?”
With Global Voices, you see the world through the eyes of real people.
In Consent of the Networked, internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that the purpose of technology is to serve humanity, not the other way around. It’s time to wake up and act before the reversal becomes permanent.
Buy your copy through this link and support Global Voices! »
For the past decade, the tight historical and geographical bonds between the West Indian islands of Antigua and Guadeloupe have been analyzed by historians. A recent conference entitled “Antigua: From the Amerindians to an Independant Nation” [Fr] was organized in Guadeloupe by the group Yo Té Pou Nou Sé. Bloggers at PerspeKtives [Fr] explain the importance of this project.
“What it has become and where it is going?”: The TnT River looks at the history - and the future - of Trinidad Carnival.
A man dies after being shot during a robbery at an ATM; Active Voice wonders “why Jamaican media seems to be conspiring with the bank concerned to keep the exact location of the ATM a secret”, adding: “Such an omission raises serious questions about the media and exactly whose watchdogs they are…”
Perhaps the best (or worst!) recommendation letter ever - diaspora blogger CunningLinguist shares.
TRIUNFO DI SABLIKA pays tribute to the late Elvio Carmela, “a man who stood up for the unemployed, the welfare recipients and kept defending the rights of senior citizens as president of the pensioners association.”
Ukrainian harm reductions activist and a blogger Victoria Lintsova in an e-mail interview shared with Rising Voice her thoughts and ideas on... More »
god bless iranian people and I hope this tiranny of mullah will end soon
It was mainly because of some disagreement between the two and also because Lijun knew...
Translation of the Quran passage for our English speaking readers, just so they know the...
This site is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Please read our attribution policy to learn about freely redistributing our work.
Based on the Wikipedia list of countries, details.
i was there and i saw michael sail into the harbour at antigua. he deserves all the attention he got. and–what about the local youth that have done commendable things?..did any of them set a world’s record??if so they deserve attention too…