Skills revolution needed to underwrite future Caribbean growth
Opinion October 1, 2021 | 5:56 pm
By David Jessop It is no exaggeration to say that education has made the Caribbean what it is today. From rebellion, through emancipation, to the creation of unions and political parties, in revolu[...]More drug traffickers in Dominican Congress?
Opinion September 20, 2021 | 10:01 am
Alfredo Freites (Listin Diario) The number of deputies linked to drug trafficking is a reality that shames the country and perhaps many congressmen who perceive the fetid stench that spreads from t[...]Why is the Caribbean letting others shape its future?
Opinion August 15, 2021 | 3:26 am
The Long View David Jessop A few days ago, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, delivered a speech marking the anniversary of the birth of Simo[...]Something’s hempening here
Opinion August 12, 2021 | 2:45 pm
Renn Loren From conversations with Gregory Ricker Gregory Ricker’s appeal to the decency of humanity is [...]Movie stars, hemp farms, prosperity, and a tragic lack of vision
Opinion August 7, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Movie stars and celebrities such as Martha Stewart, Melissa Etheridge, Montel Williams, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tommy Chong, and business par[...]
Reimagining the Caribbean
Opinion July 4, 2021 | 5:15 am
The Long View David Jessop Today a younger generation of Caribbean women and men have begun to challenge many of the assumptions that exist in and beyond the region. They are in government, busine[...]Difficult choices for the Caribbean
Opinion June 25, 2021 | 7:16 pm
The View from Europe David Jessop Can the Caribbean avoid being caught up in the accelerating east-west struggle for global influence? Is the r[...]Cryptocurrencies, central banks, and the Caribbean
Opinion June 22, 2021 | 10:28 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contribuitor In less than three months’ time, El Salvador intends becoming the first country in the world to make Bitcoin its of[...]Israel and Palestine: Is it complicated?
Opinion May 31, 2021 | 11:10 am
By Manuel Armenteros It is claimed that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “complicated”. In a sense this is trivially true: human beings are the most complex creatures in the known universe. [...]Clean and Green – The New Economy set to transform the Caribbean
Opinion May 19, 2021 | 10:02 am
by Deodat Maharaj A new economic turn Seismic shifts are taking place in the global economic architecture as countries accelerate efforts to transition clean and green economies. In 2015, at the[...]Gather round the hemp fire: but the fire won’t burn the hemp houses down, that’s for sure
Opinion April 11, 2021 | 8:06 am
Renn Loren In conversations with Gregory Ricker Isn't it amazing that if you build a house from hemp, and there's a [...]Easter is here, and the hemp Easter baskets are worldwide!
Opinion April 3, 2021 | 12:06 pm
Renn Loren In Conversations with Gregory Ricker Yes, it's great to see that people worldwide are getting back to bei[...]Waxing philosophical about mother hemp
Opinion March 27, 2021 | 12:08 pm
Renn Loren
In conversations with Gregory Ricker
Let's get off the math for a[...]Some math for hemp’s sake
Opinion March 20, 2021 | 7:13 am
Renn Loren Conversations with Gregory Ricker CHC proposes a hemp cultivation pilot program for the Dominican Republic March 7, 2021 | 12:00 pmRenn Loren Caribbean Hemp Company would like to propose a hemp cultivation pilot program here in the Dominican Republic, which would stand to gain untold collateral benefits and unprecedented finan[...]The cash registers are ringing all around the Caribbean!
Opinion February 28, 2021 | 2:32 pm
From fields of green in turquoise seas to a world of hope
Renn Loren Today in 2021, island nations are enjoying a new source of revenue throu[...]Hemp is NOT Marijuana: but it is a potential windfall for the Dominican Republic
Opinion February 21, 2021 | 1:12 pm
Renn Loren Industrial hemp has a less than 0.3% THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive agent in Marijuana) level. Furthermore, hemp was removed from its classification as a controlled substan[...]A new US initiative for the Caribbean is needed
Opinion February 12, 2021 | 9:08 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor When the economies of the Caribbean and Central America finally exit the pandemic, m[...]Has the EU-CARIFORUM EPA worked?
Opinion February 5, 2021 | 9:44 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor More than a decade has passed since the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement[...]China, the US and a new world order
Opinion January 29, 2021 | 8:42 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor A few days ago, China’s President, Xi Jinping, addressed the opening of this year[...]
