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[...]It’s time to abandon sanctions on Cuba
Opinion January 22, 2021 | 7:40 am
The View from Europe David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor In the dying days of the Trump Presidency the US State Department designated Cuba a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’. [...]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[...]