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Janine Mendes-Franco

Regional Editor, Caribbean

About Janine Mendes-Franco

4102 posts · joined 2006-11-19

I am a media producer based in Trinidad and Tobago. I blog at Francomenz.

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February 9th, 2010

Americas

“Yes carnival is here, the greatest show on earth. The music, the [mas], the freedom and…babies at fetes”: Media Callaloo is appalled at the irresponsibility of some of the parents in Trinidad and Tobago.

Americas

Sidney Sweeting at Weblog Bahamas shares his thoughts on birth control.

Americas

KnowTnT.com takes issue with a point in the recent amendment to the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act: “Nowhere does it state that someone accused of being drunk can volunteer to take a blood alcohol test. When you fail a blood test for alcohol, you're nailed. There's no way out of it. But a breathalyzer? It's an estimate.”

Americas

A Caribbean Garden posts an array of photos from 2010 Kiddies Carnival celebrations in Trinidad and Tobago.

Americas

The Liming House is incensed by a campaign from Virgin Atlantic designed to “help the Caribbean”: “Both Virgin and the Travel Foundation appear to think that the only opportunities for ‘disadvantaged youth’ in the Caribbean are in ‘craft making, beekeeping and fishing.’ Gosh, development has just passed those backward-but-smiling natives right by!”

February 8th, 2010

Americas

Bagay Dwol Journal is convinced that “Heroes are everywhere in Haiti, including the USNS.”