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January 27th, 2008

Brazil: Countdown to Carnival

Paula Góes · 13:09

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There is a popular belief that in Brazil the year only starts after Carnival. Be this an exaggeration or not, there is not much else being talked about on the country's blogosphere: everyone is dusting off their costumes, getting into the mood and counting down the days for the biggest street party on Earth. Here's a round up of bloggers expectations in Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Pernambuco, and the lesser known carnival in Minas Gerais. 4 comments · »»

May 30th, 2007

One Caribbean; Many Identities…

Karel McIntosh · 20:55

Calypsonian Lord Nelson once sang, “all ah we is one family”. Optimists in the Caribbean may well agree with these words, but the reality is that if you were to describe Caribbean states as a family, you would have to call it a complex unit - and one in which there is much sibling rivalry. Trinidadian blogger Karel Mc Intosh discusses the intricate subject of Caribbean unity with Jamaicans Geoffrey Philp and Francis Wade and Guyanese blogger Media Critic. 11 comments · »»

April 25th, 2007

Caribbean: Farewell to a cricketing legend

Janine Mendes-Franco · 20:39

In the early ’90s, the West Indies' dominance of the international cricket scene entered its long decline. There were fewer victories to celebrate, fewer exceptional demonstrations of the brilliance to which West Indian fans had become so accustomed. And when there were bright spots, they often came courtesy of one man: Brian Charles Lara. Lara played his last ever international cricket match in Barbados on April 21, 2007, in front of thousands of fans and visitors. The Caribbean blogosphere pays tribute to the man some consider the greatest cricketer of all time. 1 comment · »»

June 18th, 2006

Haiti: Telecom Wars

Alice Backer · 21:54

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 Haitian market in May to much resistance from local private telecoms Haitel and Comcel but bloggers and other web commentators ... 18 comments · »»

June 6th, 2006

Global Voices, Caribbean Accents: report on Caribbean blogging roundtable

Nicholas Laughlin · 00:15

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, Trinidad, last week, with the theme "The Caribbean in the Age of Modernity: the Role of the Academy in Responding ... 3 comments · »»

May 22nd, 2006

Montserrat volcano watch and West Indies cricket

Nicholas Laughlin · 18:07

A woman looks at the rear window of her car, broken by a flying rock from the nearby Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, on Saturday. Photo from the Trinidad Express website Nearly eleven years ago, Montserrat’s long-dormant Soufriere Hills Volcano began erupting for the first time in the island's recorded history. A ... 2 comments · »»

April 28th, 2006

West Indian literature online

Nicholas Laughlin · 14:51

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 from London on the BBC's Caribbean Service and produced by Henry Swanzy. Caribbean Voices featured stories and poems by West ... 16 comments · »»

April 17th, 2006

Village cricket match, Caribbean-style

Georgia Popplewell · 14:58

Easter Sunday cricket match -- Howsen Village, Trinidad. From caribbeanfreephoto At this time of year, thoughts in the English-speaking Caribbean turn to the game of cricket. Travel around any of the region's former British colonies and you're likely to come across greens like this one, located in Howsen Village, Trinidad. This ... 0 comments · »»

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March 13th, 2008

Corruption-free Anguilla blogs about “Anguilla’s newest landscape features”.

February 27th, 2008

“We live in a time when coping with corruption is high on the agenda of all countries. It is therefore important that we take the opportunity to discuss transparency and accountability in procurement”: Corruption-free Anguilla leads the discussion.

February 4th, 2008

Corruption-free Anguilla is impressed by the Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute's speech at the 27th General Conference of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.

January 31st, 2008

January 14th, 2008

Corruption-free Anguilla refers to recent developments in Bermuda to answer the question of whether blogging makes a useful contribution.

January 10th, 2008

“We would all have heard by now that the Ministers have agreed to give the 'swim with the dolphins' company a licence…for their new facility”: Corruption-free Anguilla raises some questions.

December 31st, 2007

“This victory is so huge given the history of South African tours”: Abeni is thrilled that the West Indies cricket team have finally won a test match.

December 14th, 2007

“Does anyone actually know of any (other) company where this sort of thing happens and the persons responsible are not seriously reprimanded?” asks West Indies Cricket Blog, on hearing news of the West Indies Cricket Board's latest bungle.