Tweeting the Summit: MEP on Twitter (04-17-2009)

• 09:40:09: Ken Corsbie's YouTube: Guyanese-born and bred, Long Island (NY, USA)-based broadcaster, writer and performer Ken.. http://tinyurl.com/ct4u2x
  
• 12:22:59: Applauding: Music mogul laments increase of intellectual piracy #fifthsummit ( http://tinyurl.com/d4y7f5 )
  
• 12:28:39: RT @FifthSummit -- Investment Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean http://tr.im/j3C8
  
• 12:36:08: Noting: "The Americas Summit | BBCCaribbean.com" #fifthsummit ( http://tinyurl.com/cvxn29 )
  
• 12:40:12: Reading: "Caribbean Needs Stepped Up Trade Integration ߝ World Bank | CaribWorldNews.com" ( http://tinyurl.com/cc2dsa )
  
• 12:43:56: Taxonomy of Amphibians of Kaieteur National Park (Guyana): We just got an email from our friend Michelle Kalaman.. http://tinyurl.com/coch66
  
• 13:22:07: @ CaribbeanNetNews: Report shows faltering transparency commitments in several countries, including Trinidad ( http://tinyurl.com/dy86xh )
  
• 13:22:28: Noting: "Caribbean Net News: US mulls asylum for Haitian immigrants, says Clinton" ( http://tinyurl.com/c9jroz )
  
• 13:23:08: Noting: "Trinidad Express: T&T to fulfil 2001 anti-corruption pledge - Transparency International" ( http://tinyurl.com/chuosu )
  
• 16:17:59: @judettepuglisi The Summit website has confirmed he is at the Hyatt
  
• 16:22:12: @Trinigourmet Just updated and reposted: Summit Advice & Info (updated @ DiscoverTnT Blog -- http://tinyurl.com/dbpmv7)
  
• 16:23:22: RT @triniwebdiva: FLOW cable TV dropping channel signals because of #fifthsummit surveillance equipment
  
• 16:27:40: Has anyone found/uploaded video of officials (esp. Obama) arriving or in transit in Trinidad? Please share them with us.
  
• 16:34:46: @georgiap Oh my!
  
• 16:45:35: Noting: "World Leaders touch down at Piarco International Airport | Fifth Summit of the Americas" ( http://tinyurl.com/daat3c )
  
• 16:49:44: @TriniGirlBlue They actually do have Twitter! LOL.
  
• 16:52:40: Summit Advice & Info (updated @ DiscoverTnT Blog -- http://tinyurl.com/dbpmv7) #fifthsummit
  
• 17:08:06: Reports that CTNTWorld.com's stream is inaccessible to anyone now trying to log on. Anyone else experiencing this?
  
• 17:08:36: has received eports that CTNTWorld.com's stream is inaccessible to anyone now trying to log on. Anyone else experiencing this?
  
• 17:21:03: @Trinigourmet LOL, you're more than welcome.
  
• 17:23:30: @momar @cnewslive Thanks. Followers in North America trying to access the CTNTWorld.com feed are complaining it won't load at all
  
• 17:33:39: @brownskingurl @cnewslive We've been having reports of the same problem. Someone in NJ is showing us via Skype #fifthsummit
  
• 17:34:38: RT @FifthSummit: First Picture Of US President Barack Obama as He Steps Off Air Force One http://tr.im/j57V #fifthsummit #sota09
  
• 17:35:03: RT @FifthSummit: "The Beast" at The South Terminal, Piarco International Airport http://tr.im/j5bf #fifthsummit #sota09
  
• 17:40:46: RT @FifthSummit: US President Barack Obama Walks On The Red Carpet http://tr.im/j5bE
  
• 17:49:19: @cnewslive Started working about 5 minutes ago, from all reports. Thanks!
  
• 17:56:55: And T&T falls under Obama's spell... Will it last? ;) #fifthsummit
  
• 18:00:09: @triniwebdiva LOL. True -- and he didn't get a standing ovation, though Manning did. Interestingly. #fifthsummit
  
• 18:06:02: @georgiap There is on the C News feed...Is the translation not accesible in the venue/on TV locally? Ah, it's just dropped out. #fifthsummit
  
• 18:06:48: @triniwebdiva It's in and out on the CTNTWorld.com feed. #FifthSummit
  
• 18:08:59: @georgiap We're hearing both Spanish and English (sometimes at once) on the CTNTWOrld.com feed #fifthsummit
  
• 18:25:15: is slightly distraught at the typos which emerged from fast-typed #fifthsummit tweets. Arks pardon, as we say in T&T. ;)
  
• 18:33:30: Applauding: "Chavez and Obama share handshake and big smiles" #fifthsummit ( http://tinyurl.com/dayu4j )
  
• 18:42:16: Love it! RT @Trinigourmet: @ricksanchezcnn hope you're also taking in the #FifthSummit ;)
  
• 18:54:15: @sanman_ish LOL
  
• 19:06:43: RT @FifthSummit: Up next at the Opening Ceremony: The Prime Minister of Belize - The Honourable Dean Barrow #fifthsummit
  
• 19:07:42: is giving kudos to Mr. Ortega's translator for keeping pace! #fifthsummit
  
• 19:14:07: @triniwebdiva They're not tagging it. You have to look in your Friend feed. #fifthsummit #sota09
  
• 19:17:09: @j9 Two more after this one.
  
• 19:17:48: RT @FifthSummit: The Honourable Dean Barrow is speaking at the Opening Ceremony now. Up Next is US President Barack Obama #fifthsummit
  
• 19:19:03: @triniwebdiva Or hor... You using TweetDeck? Just look in your "All Friends" pane. #fifthsummit #sota09
  
• 19:22:01: @keifel :-P :-) #fifthsummit
  
• 19:22:18: @derren43 Yes he does! #fifthsummit
  
• 19:24:13: @j9 Actually: Obama next and then Chavez last. #fifthsummit
  
• 19:26:36: @j9 Indeed!! #fifthsummit
  
• 19:27:10: is trying to eat and tweet at the same time... :-S #fifthsummit
  
• 19:27:21: @jovanreid You've got it! #fifthsummit
  
• 19:31:07: Enter Obama! What will he say? #fifthsummit
  
• 19:35:46: Aha. Thanks to the hosts, "equal partners" in "sustained engagement"... and gracious reference to Ortega's tongue-lashing! #fifthsummit
  
• 19:44:41: Obama "not interested in talking just for the sake of talking" but interested in "moving in a new direction" #fifthsummit
  
• 19:45:17: Obama: "It is not just the responsibility of the United States to change. All of us have [that] responsibility." #fifthsummit
  
• 19:49:02: @j9 I guess I was right the first time and Manning was to speak after all...But Chavez still scheduled to speak, I believe... #fifthsummit
  
• 19:51:52: T&T Prime Minister Patrick Manning on the podium. #fifthsummit
  
• 19:52:04: @triniwebdiva Agreed. #FifthSummit
  
• 20:01:05: @j9 ROTFLOL #fifthsummit
  
• 20:05:55: @Trinigourmet LOL #fifthsummit #trinidad
  
• 20:11:27: "Bring down de power"! #fifthsummit
  
• 20:12:33: Is that Malick? #fifthsummit
  
• 20:13:26: Oh dear, web stream can't handle all this movement and dancing! Video stuck #fifthsummit
  
• 20:16:19: @keifel Ent? #fifthsummit
  
• 20:16:46: @redibis The synthesised music really leaves a lot to be desired, given the instrumentalists we have locally #fifthsummit #sota09
  
• 20:17:09: @cnewslive But the feed has been frozen for several minutes now. #fifthsummit #sota09
  
• 20:19:26: Lula looking bored. LOL. #fifthsummit
  
• 20:27:18: RT @judettepuglisi: David Rudder and Machel, up next #fifthsummit
  
• 20:31:12: Enter David Rudder (if I could see the feed...) #fifthsummit
  
• 21:05:08: Opening ceremony complete. Let us see what the next few days yield. #fifthsummit
  

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