Responding to Washington’s new hemispheric thinking
Opinion January 15, 2021 | 9:13 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor In a few days’ time, Joe Biden will become the forty-sixth Pr[...]Dominican highlands under frigid temperatures
Opinion January 15, 2021 | 8:04 am
Constanza, Dominican Republic.- Winter has arrived colder than in the recent past in Constanza, this highlands municipality nestled 1,200 meters above sea level, with the difference that now COVID-19 [...]Full Caribbean tourism recovery possible post 2021
Opinion January 8, 2021 | 8:23 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Last year was a disaster for Caribbean tourism. Estimates suggest that visitor arri[...]Britain and Europe: the moment of truth
Opinion December 18, 2020 | 9:15 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Very soon, possibly by the time that this colu[...]What future now for Venezuela?
Opinion December 11, 2020 | 10:48 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor It is hard to know what the future holds for Venezuela, its opposition leader Juan [...]Democracy alone is not enough
Opinion December 7, 2020 | 12:06 pm
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor This was the year when much of the Caribbean went to the polls. General elections were held in Anguilla, Belize, Jamai[...]Pact targets sarassum seaweed on beaches and coasts
Opinion November 24, 2020 | 9:26 am
Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader on Mon. said his administration "does not wait for the storm to pass, but we learn to dance in the rain," during the signing of two agreements to recover the co[...]The US and the Caribbean: time to seize the moment
Opinion November 13, 2020 | 10:08 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor It is easy to share the excitement felt across the Caribbean at [...]Cruise lines facing a much-changed future
Opinion November 6, 2020 | 8:50 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor From Bridgetown’s Carlisle Bay to England’s south west coastal town of Weymouth,[...]Partnerships are always better than hostility
Opinion October 30, 2020 | 11:17 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor A few days ago, the US Ambassador in Kingston, Donald Tapia, gav[...]Reassessing relations with a post-Brexit Britain
Opinion October 23, 2020 | 8:15 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contribuidor By mid-November, the outcome of the saga of Britain’s withdrawal from the [...]Who will deliver the structural changes the pandemic has highlighted?
Opinion October 16, 2020 | 8:21 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor A little earlier this month, the University of the West Indies’ Shridath Ramph[...]Under US leadership the IDB develops an ‘Americas First’ strategy
Opinion October 9, 2020 | 9:20 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor “The IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) will work with the region to boost investment through greater integration[...]Can mineral extraction ever be environmentally acceptable?
Opinion October 2, 2020 | 9:14 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor In August, the price of gold reached a record high of US$2,073 per ounce. It did so as investors concerned about the i[...]Washington consolidates it position in the Caribbean
Opinion September 25, 2020 | 9:51 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Speaking recently at Bocas Lit Fest, Jamaica’s former Prime Minister, P J Patterson, observed that in recent years t[...]A hurdle to foreign investment in the Dominican Republic
Opinion September 23, 2020 | 10:24 am
By Fernando González Nicolás The purpose of this article to draw attention to a case that is hindering the attraction of foreign investment, is damaging the international image of the Dominican R[...]The pandemic offers the opportunity to transform tourism’s role
Opinion September 18, 2020 | 8:32 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Despite the understandable desire by some in tourism to talk up a ‘return to normal’, it is hard to avoid the conc[...]Time to repurpose Caribbean public sector
Opinion September 11, 2020 | 8:34 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Over the last twelve months the Caribbean has been able to demonstrate through the ballot box that its democracies rem[...]Dominican Republic’s most pressing challenge
Opinion August 24, 2020 | 9:52 am
Miguel Terc, Dominican Today Op-Ed contributor An inheritance that cushions our journey through life is a form of financial bonanza. So is ignoring the acts of corruption from previous governments [...]
