Flora Thomas

1 month ago | globalvoices.org | Janine Mendes-Franco |Flora Thomas |Candice Stewart |Mong Palatino

On March 12, the UK government instituted changes to its visitor visa requirements for nationals of Trinidad and Tobago. The Caribbean nation is a former British colony and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, a political association primarily comprised of former territories of the British Empire.

1 month ago | globalvoices.org | Janine Mendes-Franco |Carolina Pichardo |Flora Thomas

Towards the end of the 1960s, as Black Power branched off from the U.S. civil rights movement, the fundamental values it was fighting for — which went far beyond simply demanding equal rights to issues of economic empowerment, pride in Black identity, economic empowerment, political self-determination and the dismantling of racist systems that had kept Black people powerless — spread well beyond American borders, including to Trinidad and Tobago.

2 months ago | globalvoices.org | Carolina Pichardo |Flora Thomas |Janine Mendes-Franco

The Dominican Republic's hotel sector is advancing towards a more sustainable model by integrating renewable energy into its operations, although significant obstacles persist in some regions. Electrical engineer Luis Jonas Ortiz, former project manager for biomass hybridisation at the country’s National Energy Commission, says that the transition to solar power in hotels has been slow, especially in isolated areas where electricity concession companies impose restrictions.