Latest posts by Janine Mendes-Franco from November, 2022
Cry me a river: Trinidad faces more serious flooding and anguish
Steady rains have caused rivers across the island to reach their limit and overflow, bringing major flooding to plains and other low-lying areas.
Trinidad & Tobago placed under a ‘weather emergency’ alert
The wet season, which typically runs from June to December, has been a particularly active one this year; citizens are being encouraged to stay indoors under “very threatening circumstances.”
Disgraced former FIFA vice president Jack Warner loses US extradition appeal, but Trinbagonians remain sceptical
"The Privy Council has unanimously determined that no procedural or substantive unfairness has taken place preventing Mr. Warner's extradition to the USA."
Thora Dumbell, a cornerstone of dance education in Trinidad & Tobago, passes on
Dumbell was a polestar, a place to call home for thousands of graduates from The Thora Dumbell School of Dance — her “girls,” as she called them.
Misdirected outrage over U.S. actress Lala Anthony wearing a Carnival costume for Halloween was pretty scary
"[Conflating] Carnival with this image culturally, essentially waters down all the other things that make up our Carnival that we do truly consider traditional and cultural."
