The Dominican Republic can help Haiti collect its due
Economy March 25, 2019 | 4:20 pm
Port-au-Prince (Le Nouvelliste).- One island, two states, but there is a world of difference between the Republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The socioeconomic disparities, the asymmetry of t[...]Sugar producers right to complain about import tariffs being waived
Economy March 22, 2019 | 10:05 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor It is probably without precedent for a major Caribbean industry to declare that [...]Open letter to American tourists and the Dominican Republic tourism industry
Opinion March 20, 2019 | 9:58 am
This week I went on Spring Break with my friends to the Dominican Republic. Our group is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. We stayed at all-inclusive hotel in the resort town of Punta Cana, the eastern-most provi[...]The Caribbean’s cybersecurity response must evolve
Opinion March 15, 2019 | 11:44 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor A few days ago, the British Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, a Conservative, bega[...]Washington owes the region an explanation
Opinion March 8, 2019 | 9:41 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor From Iraq, through Libya to Syria, the approach to regime[...]The challenge of developing health tourism
Opinion March 1, 2019 | 10:40 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Health tourism is an enormous and highly competitive global business. Rel[...]Mirror Mirror on The Wall…
Opinion February 26, 2019 | 3:59 pm
By Manuel Armenteros The English novelist Samuel Butler once said, “… [T]here are few of us who are not protected from the keenest pain by our inability to see what it is that we have done, wha[...]PetroCaribe, sanctions and collateral damage
Opinion February 22, 2019 | 9:48 am
By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor As this is being written an uneasy calm prevails in Haiti following nearly two weeks of widespread demonstrations against the Government of[...]The private sector needs a unified external voice
Opinion February 15, 2019 | 8:55 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Caribbean private sector organisations are important. They like the media, academia and non-governmental organisati[...]Venezuelan crisis requires a planned humanitarian response
Opinion February 8, 2019 | 8:41 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor In the years following the Arab Spring, Europe learnt that without prior planning and consideration, large numbers [...]Tourism should not be taken for granted
Opinion February 1, 2019 | 11:46 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor According to the Central Bank of Barbados, the island’s tourism output slowed in 2018 to an estimated 0.6 per cen[...]Dialogue not ideology required to address the crisis in Venezuela
Opinion January 25, 2019 | 1:23 pm
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Last Wednesday Juan Guaidó, the President of Venezuela’s National Assembly, took an informal oath of office and [...]Brexit: the long view
Opinion January 18, 2019 | 10:57 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Despite the British electorate having voted to leave the European Union (EU) two[...]Venezuela will continue to divide the hemisphere
Opinion January 11, 2019 | 10:11 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Speaking on January 10 after being sworn in for a second six-year term, Venezu[...]Major daily says Environment Minister is lying
Opinion January 9, 2019 | 10:47 am
Someone lies ... "Newspaper Diario Libre, in the heels of complaints from environmental groups that harvests in Valle Nuevo continue, sent a team of reporters to the area equipped with a drone, to [...]Complex international outlook reinforces the need for regional integration
Opinion January 4, 2019 | 8:48 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor On New Year’s Day, Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s new neo-conservative President took office. Populist, a[...]Caveat Emptor
Opinion January 3, 2019 | 11:33 am
By Miguel Terc In the Latin language, caveat emptor means ‘let the buyer beware’ and this warning should be inscribed in all of the Dominican Republic’s commercial contracts and diplomatic re[...]Washington’s new Africa policy suggests a changed Caribbean relationship
Opinion December 21, 2018 | 8:45 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor What should one make of the recent announcement by the US President’s National Security Adviser, John Bolton, out[...]At last a time for action on the CSME
Opinion December 14, 2018 | 9:10 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor At the conclusion of the recent special summit in Trinidad, CARICOM Heads of Gov[...]A new approach to tourism analysis is long overdue
Opinion December 7, 2018 | 11:13 am
The View from Europe By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Since the mid-2000s the ability of the Caribbean tourism sector to generate rapid economic growth has been widely[...]