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Caribbean food security and the private sector
David JessopSept. 22, 2022Gervase Warner, the Chief Executive Officer of Massy Holdings, was direct.
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Rapid action needed on food security
David JessopJune 17, 2022Could the threat of global food shortages finally unite CARICOM? Will it cause member states to act together, making real the CSME's promise of effective regional cooperation and economic security? ...
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Are Caribbean citizenship schemes at an end?
David JessopMay 9, 2022For most, a passport denotes citizenship, belonging, certain rights, and residence.
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Royalty, republics, and reparations
David JessopApril 22, 2022Nothing better illustrates the divide that exists between today's Caribbean and its past than two unfortunate images of Prince William and his wife Catherine in Jamaica; one standing atop a ...
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The invasion of Ukraine – a turning point in global ...
David JessopMarch 25, 2022On 24 February, Russia's President began a vicious military campaign, invading a neighbouring country, Ukraine.
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Drowning in promises
David JessopDec. 27, 2021In a powerful speech at last month's COP26 climate summit, Barbados' Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, seized the day.
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Vaccine passports may hold the key to tourism's safe return
David JessopMarch 11, 2021From Russia to Singapore, nations around the world are considering providing citizens who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 with digital immunity certificates for domestic and international use. Their principal objective ...
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A new US initiative for the Caribbean is needed
David JessopFeb. 13, 2021When the economies of the Caribbean and Central America finally exit the pandemic, most will be in crisis. As a recent IMF review of The Bahamas put it, recovery to ...
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Partnerships are always better than hostility
David JessopNov. 2, 2020A few days ago, the US Ambassador in Kingston, Donald Tapia, gave an exclusive interview to the Jamaica Observer. In it he said that the country has to make a ...
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Global leadership and the search for a vaccine
David JessopMay 22, 2020Scientists and pharmaceutical companies around the world are hopeful that before long they may find an effective vaccine against COVID-19.
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Britain, Brexit and an impending crisis
David JessopMay 15, 2020A moment will come at the end of June when the European Union and Britain will hold a virtual high-level meeting to decide whether enough progress has been made to ...
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When the pandemic is over
David JessopMay 8, 2020A day will come when a vaccine is available, the World Health Organisation confirms there are no new coronavirus cases, and our lives return to normal. When this will be ...
