[GV Daily] Caribbean: "Earl" Watch

Hello Readers! Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online - shining light on places and people other media often ignore. Visit Global Voices RSS Feeds About Us Our Sponsors More Languages Our Other Sites Monday, August 30, 2010 Caribbean: "Earl" Watch It's that time again: Hurricane season. Regional bloggers, having been affected by brutal storms in the past, are keeping a watchful eye on Hurricane Earl, which has now been classified as a Category 3 storm. Within the next 36 to 48 hours, it is expected to affect the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, among other islands. >>Read more Ghana: Former President Connects With People On Facebook It has been almost a year and half since John Kufuor respectfully handed over power to Ghanaian President Atta Mills. Despite leaving office, Kufuor still sees the need to communicate with the public. Thanks to social networking, Kufuor communicates to Ghanaian citizens using his Facebook account, which has 15,066 followers (at the time of writing this post). >>Read more Russia: Online Cooperation as an Alternative for Government? The role of social networks and the blogosphere is usually approached within a context of transparency and accountability. Social media activists help to expose the state's failures and hold the government accountable. During this summer's wildfires, however, the role of the Russian media was more than that. Bloggers not only exposed the government's unaccountability but demonstrated a high degree of solidarity and self-organization in fighting the disaster. >>Read more Australia Still Waiting for a New Government A week after its election, Australia is waiting for a new government. Neither side won a majority of the 150 House of Representative seats. Bloggers have been busy speculating not only on possible outcomes but also the reasons for the hung parliament. >>Read more South Korea: Government Plan To Increase Cigarette Price Meets Public Backlash South Korea's health department announced on tripling the price of cigarettes to curb the nation's high smoking rate, prompting a new round of cigarette price disputes online. Many Koreans agree that smoking rates should come down, but still doubt the effectiveness of the new move. >>Read more More posts on Global Voices today... Japan: Web Startups Present at WISH 2010 Western Europe: A journey through tech for transparency projects Armenia-Azerbaijan: More dialogue through film Nicaragua: The Result of the 2.0 Meeting of Blogs and New Media Contact us if you would like to learn more about becoming a Global Voices author or translator.  Sincerely,   Deborah Dilley, Digest Editor Global Voices Online

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