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  • Responding to the coming trade disorder

    Opinion March 10, 2017 | 1:48 pm

    David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor A few days ago, an astute observer of the US political scene told me: “Watch what the new administration and Congress does, not what the Pre[...]

  • Has Caribbean sugar a future?

    Opinion March 4, 2017 | 1:45 pm

    David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Unless the sugar industry in CARICOM can develop in the coming months a co-ordinated and concerted plan of action, it is quit[...]

  • Do you know how to save on online brokerage fees?

    Opinion February 28, 2017 | 11:03 am

    If you've made it to a point in life where you're ready to start investing, or at least start thinking about investing, you may consider opening a brokerage account. But you're not alone if the tho[...]

  • Tourism is vital to the Caribbean economy

    Opinion February 24, 2017 | 11:31 am

    ‘Tourism is a vital sector to the economiesof Member States’. So said CARICOM Heads of Government in the communiqué thatfollowed their recent inter-sessional meeting in Georgetown, Guyana.[...]

  • DT reader tells of shocking encounter with child prostitution

    Opinion February 21, 2017 | 11:19 am

    "Last week I was approached by a youngwoman outside a good hotel in Las Terrenas at about three in the afternoon. Shewanted to sell me the sexual services of an even younger woman. I would say[...]

  • Transformational change requires new thinking

    Opinion February 20, 2017 | 8:11 pm

    n the last few weeks, Washington think tanks, financial services analysts in New York and London, and publications from the New York Times to the Petroleum Argus, have all found a reason to express a [...]

  • Prepare your budget for closing costs when buying a home


    Opinion February 20, 2017 | 4:56 pm

    Imagine the frustration that would follow if you spent hours planning and narrowing in on a dream home only to find out that you can't afford it when push comes to shove. Starting with a price rang[...]

  • Transformational change requires new thinking

    Opinion February 17, 2017 | 11:16 am

    In the last few weeks, Washington thinktanks, financial services analysts in New York and London, and publicationsfrom the New York Times to the Petroleum Argus, have all found a reason toexpress a[...]

  • Cuba responds to the thinking of a new generation

    Opinion February 10, 2017 | 1:08 pm

    When it comes to Cuba, the world’s media tendsto focus on the obvious: the possible outcome of the new US Administration’spolicy review, the multiple difficulties faced by Cuba’s over-central[...]

  • Odebrecht: A new virus spreads through Latin America

    Opinion February 10, 2017 | 9:08 am

    Overthe last 73 years, Odebrecht has become the leading construction company inLatin America, currently active in 27 countries worldwide. Odebrecht has helped usher in a new era of moderninfrastru[...]

  • Time to improve the CARICOM-DR relationship

    Opinion February 4, 2017 | 9:09 am

    In a few days’ time, Jovenel Moïse, willbecome Haiti’s forty second President. His swearing in follows his first-roundvictory in the country’s November 20 election.

    A businessman f[...]

  • Values, growth and economic globalisation

    Opinion January 27, 2017 | 10:35 am

    In the coming months, it is likely that theway in which governments think about international trade and their fundamentalvalues will evolve rapidly, as the promises and threats that President Trump[...]

  • New York environmentalists support Anticorruption March

    Opinion January 20, 2017 | 12:37 pm

    NY. The Dominican Committee for the Defenseof Natural Resources in New York joins in the indignation of its compatriots indifferent coasts of the world, including Santo Domingo, Miami, Boston, NYC,[...]

  • The message in President Trump’s Mexico policy

    Opinion January 20, 2017 | 10:39 am

    One of the few issues about which thenew President of the United States has been consistent, is his approach towardsMexico.

    Ever since his extraordinary electoral campaignfirst began, he has [...]

  • The real challenge of citizenship programmes

    Opinion January 13, 2017 | 12:44 pm

    A few days into the New Year, St Lucia’sPrime Minister, Allen Chastanet, suggested that all five of the EasternCaribbean nations that sell Citizenship by Investment (CBI) should develop ajoint ap[...]

  • Health and Wealth in One – how to make money while working out

    Opinion January 9, 2017 | 10:54 am

    The end of the year is a perennial period of self-reflection, and I enjoy partaking in setting a few New Year's resolutions. Unfortunately, I've (more than once) enthusiastically started a year wit[...]

  • The US should respect the WTO ruling on Antigua

    Opinion January 6, 2017 | 9:55 am

    Late last November the Government ofAntigua gave notice to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Disputes SettlementBody (DSB) that if the United States did not reach ‘an appropriate andbenefici[...]

  • Resolve to replace your bad financial habits

    Opinion January 2, 2017 | 11:58 am

    Most people have at least one bad financialhabit. Whether it's impulse shopping, forgetting to pay bills on time orputting off building that emergency fund, balancing what you want to do andwhat yo[...]

  • A moment for careful reflection

    Opinion December 30, 2016 | 1:11 pm

    Few people understand how great the dailypressures are on a Prime Minister or President. Instead they mostly observe thepublic persona, see their leaders in the context of tribal politics, and are [...]

  • Star ratings and the authentic Caribbean

    Opinion December 23, 2016 | 10:14 am

    Some time ago I received an email askingme how many five star hotels there are in the Caribbean.

    I replied that there was no recognisedor independently adjudicated rating system anywhere in t[...]