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Farewell to Mark Loquan, a beacon of energy and culture in Trinidad & Tobago

'Mark’s contribution to the world of steelpan is enormous. His actions were consequential in ways that will impact for generations'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

8 April 2025

As Trinidad & Tobago’s Court of Appeal reverses buggery law ruling, does the colonial grip persist?

Savings law is a fairly common concept in Commonwealth legal systems, whereby restrictive colonial-era laws are carried over into post-independence legal frameworks

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

29 March 2025

Trinidad & Tobago's moko jumbie master, ‘Dragon’ de Souza, takes his last stride

'His impact on the growth of the Moko Jumbie art form in Trinidad and Tobago is too immense to be measured'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

19 March 2025

From visa-free to visa fees, the UK's new requirements for Trinidad & Tobago nationals stir debate

'[O]ur colonists have found another way to extract our wealth ...'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

14 March 2025

On International Women's Day, a call for Jamaica to combat systemic barriers that hold women back

'This is not optional'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

9 March 2025

Rex Lasalle, a leader of Trinidad & Tobago's 1970 army mutiny in support of the Black Power movement, has died

'[People] want a relationship based on respect, unity, and moral authority'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

27 February 2025

How the Caribbean views the Trump administration's mass deportations

The language used around deportation often leads to negative perceptions of those involved

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco, Candice Stewart

14 February 2025

Two lost boats recovered in the Caribbean speak to the tragic side of African migration

African migration can be driven by economic, political, safety, or environmental concerns

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco, Zita Zage

12 February 2025

Why Trinidad and Tobago artists are up in arms about the country’s attempt to ‘decolonise’ its coat of arms

'A coat of arms is a story stitched from emblems. [...] A clumsily edited story, it is shaping up to be!'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

26 January 2025

Guided by the light: Photos from Latin America and the Caribbean, with love

'January days are just special around the Caribbean'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco, Estefanía Salazar, Emma Lewis

16 January 2025

‘I didn’t set out to be extraordinary': Trinidad & Tobago mourns veteran journalist Jones P. Madeira

'There is no history of regional media to be written without mention of his name'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

13 January 2025

Trinidad & Tobago's Roger Boothman remembered as an extraordinary musician

'One of our finest songwriters passed [and] his passing continues the decimation of legacy in the arts ...'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

12 January 2025

A proud Trinidad & Tobago awaits Guinness Record ruling on young steel pannist’s musical marathon

'[There] were people who knew [there] would be a million moments [when] a discarded oil drum could make a tiny broken place feel whole'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

8 January 2025

Year in review: Climate justice remained a pressing issue for the Caribbean in 2024

'[Beryl is] evidence of the entrenchment of the Caribbean region as the canary in the coal mine of the climate catastrophe'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

28 December 2024

Global Voices Summit 2024: Where have all the bloggers gone?

‘I saw the space change entirely’

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

20 December 2024

A secondary school in rural Trinidad hopes that community-based acts can help combat the climate crisis

'We are [...] hurtling towards catastrophe unless we act now'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

22 November 2024

Americans voted and the Caribbean has reacted

Diplomacy, celebration and outrage in the wake of Donald Trump's convincing win in the US elections

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

7 November 2024

A venue debacle at cricket's Caribbean Premier League shines a spotlight on how ‘the biggest party in sport’ is run

'Bizarre,' 'ridiculous and crazy'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

7 October 2024

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley lays global issues bare in a stunning speech at the UN

'We need a reset'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

29 September 2024

Trinidad & Tobago renames its premier performance auditorium after trailblazing pianist Winifred Atwell

Internationally, she was a household name, but Atwell was less well known in her own country

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

27 September 2024

Why aren't Caribbean artists better funded?

'The continued impact of the colonial project [means] it's very difficult for artists to get support'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

14 September 2024

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