David Jessop

London, England — Delivering Caribbean Governments’ ambitious plans to reduce the Caribbean’s huge food import bill will require significant levels of private sector investment. Gervase...

In 2023, CARICOM will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Plans are underway for what may be a year-long celebration. Most governments, the secretariat, and regional institutions...

London, England — In 2023, CARICOM will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Plans are underway for what may be a year-long celebration. Most governments, the secretariat,...

London England — Cuba’s Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero, has said that he expects tourism to complete its full recovery in 2023. Speaking during Cuba’s annual...

London, England — Nothing better illustrates the divide that exists between today’s Caribbean and its past than two unfortunate images of Prince William and his...

London, England – Can the Caribbean avoid being caught up in the accelerating East-West struggle for global influence? Is the region likely to find itself...

London, England – In less than three months’ time, El Salvador intends becoming the first country in the world to make Bitcoin its official currency...

London, England — It is not often that well-resourced and politically powerful companies such as ExxonMobil and Shell suffer historic defeats. However, last month, in...

London, England — If the pandemic has demonstrated anything it is that much improved internet connectivity, reliability and security have become unavoidable priorities for the...

London, England — Vaccine inequity has become a matter of deep global concern. The issue, the WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told a recent meeting...

London, England — Perhaps the most important aspect of the short statement issued in Washington after a first two-hour meeting last week between the new...

London, England — A few days ago, the Nigerian-American economist, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed to lead the 164 nation Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO)....

London, England – More than a decade has passed since the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was negotiated and signed. The free-trade agreement with Europe...

London, England — In the dying days of the Trump Presidency, the US State Department designated Cuba a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’. Regrettably, the measure...

London, England — Very soon, possibly by the time that this column is read, the European Union and Britain will have decided on the nature...

London, England – It is hard to know what the future holds for Venezuela, its opposition leader Juan Guaidó, or the present US-led policy that...

London, England – Intensely national in character, environmental protest is on the rise across the Caribbean. From French Guiana, to Suriname, Guyana, Barbados, Antigua, Belize,...

London, England – This was the year when much of the Caribbean went to the polls. General elections were held in Anguilla, Belize, Jamaica, the...

London, England — In the last few days, Pfizer BioNTech, a German-US company, and the US company, Moderna have separately announced that the COVID-19 vaccines...

London, England – It is easy to share the excitement felt across the Caribbean at President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the US polls. However, a...