12 September 2007

Stories from 12 September 2007

Trinidad & Tobago: New Police Logo

  12 September 2007

“The new logo…is ‘To Protect and Serve with Pride’. Is the problem…really due to a lack of pride or is there way too much of it? How about serving with humility instead?” Manicou has a few issues with the new logo of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.

Trinidad & Tobago: Traffic Woes

  12 September 2007

“This gridlock and this standstill is a daily symbol of where this country will go if it continues on its current path. i.e. Nowhere.” Elspeth at Now is Wow is fed-up of Trinidad's traffic situation.

Introducing Global Voices in Malagasy

  12 September 2007

The Malagasy language is spoken by 17 million people, and is the national language of Madagascar. It is only the 55th most spoken language in the world, but it is still one of the 69 macro languages. Welcome to the latest new Global Voices language in the Lingua translation project. With the Global Voices amin’ny teny Malagasy project we hope to reach even more previously "unheard" voices.

Jamaica: Reverse Colonisation

  12 September 2007

Marlon James blogs about what he calls his “colonisation in reverse”, and why he felt he needed to leave Jamaica: “I love my country but I’ve never missed it, perhaps because I have never forgotten the reasons I left.”

St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Book Launch

  12 September 2007

“Here in St Vincent, unlike the larger islands there is not a huge amount of printed material put out by our citizens.” Abeni attends a book launch in honour of a late local author.

Jamaica: Election Court?

  12 September 2007

Moving Back to Jamaica asks: “What happens if the PNP is successful in its attempts to have 2 elected candidates disqualified because they are U.S. citizens? The situation…cries out for a peaceful and amicable solution.”

Grenada: Remembering the Coup

  12 September 2007

“This time in the island's history is still not openly discussed or taught in schools”: Free Spirit laments the fact that the only public memorial to the Grenadian coup seems to be a wall of graffiti.

St. Kitts & Nevis: Volcano Hike

  12 September 2007

“Mt Liamuiga is St Kitts tallest mountain at 3,792ft, and a ‘potentially active’ stratovolcano with a very well defined crater…” Steve's Dominica goes hiking.

Bahamas: Cannabis Conundrum

  12 September 2007

“I believe that far too many young Bahamians go through life with a criminal record for smoking marijuana when the Police could expend their energy solving more serious crime.” Rick Lowe at WeblogBahamas.com posts video of a British television debate to stimulate discussion on whether marijuana should be legalised in...

Korea:Debating the Adultery Law

  12 September 2007

What do you think about ‘adultery’? Is it a world used to justify marriage and maintain the marriage system in society? In Korea, adultery is illegal. Debates are now raging over whether the law should be repealed. A blogger (non-Korean) summarizes the appeal against the adultery law and the real...

Niger: The Yellowcake Conspiracy

  12 September 2007

The Yellowcake Conspiracy is an African spy thriller for 11 to 14 year-old boys: “The Yellowcake Conspiracy is about a group of malcontent Tuareg fighters mounting a ‘second rebellion’ in Niger under the leadership of a man known only as ‘the Teacher’ (the first rebellion ended back in 1995).”

South Africa: Columnists are “dinosaur bloggers”

  12 September 2007

Rebecca Wanjiku writes about columnists vs. bloggers debate at the Highway Africa conference: The discussion was spiced up by the presence of Freddy Khumalo, a columnist who thinks bloggers are not necessarily journalists/columnists and Vincent Maher, who is of the opinion that newspaper columnists are “dinosaur bloggers.”

Africa: Cyber-activism and its legal implications

  12 September 2007

Arthur Chatora reports about a lecture on cyber-activism and legal lessons presented at the Digital Citizen Indaba: “The example of the South African “male prostitute” who anonymously blogged and claimed “he” had sex with 50 so-called clients is an interesting case study of cyber-activism and its legal implications.”

Japan: Protecting the Kyoto Cityscape

  12 September 2007

While many countries around the world are struggling to tackle Kyoto at home, the city the environmental accord was named after is caught up in its own struggle. The capital of Japan for over 1,000 years (794-1868), Kyoto was once a picturesque ancient city surrounded by mountains. Today it is...

Japan: Prime Minister Abe Resigns

  12 September 2007

DeOrio at Trans-Pacific Radio has been one of the first bloggers to write about the breaking news that Japanese Prime Minster Abe Shinzo has decided to resign. On the news that Abe may be replaced by his colleague Aso Taro, DeOrio writes: “If Abe is followed by Aso, more competent,...