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Barbados Eyes Digital Legislation
By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados is launching a new project aimed at digitizing the country’s legislation. The Legislative Information Management Systems project, which is being launched by the Attorney General’s office Thursday, looks to help the government draft legislation […]
The Caribbean’s Digital Switchover – And What It Means
What the switch means By Gerard Best CJ Contributor A shift from analog to digital television broadcast in the Caribbean could be a big boost for local content creators looking to produce and distribute original programs. Free, analog, over-the-air television […]
How Crypto Has Been Driving Bahamas Real Estate
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: Caribbean Journal Invest for comprehensive investment news or Caribbean Journal Travel Advisor for targeted content for travel agents and advisors. Subscribe […]
St Vincent to Host Cybersecurity Forum
By Gerard Best CJ Contributor KINGSTOWN — Rising cyber crime is stoking growing concern among legislators, law enforcement officials, business leaders and millions of affected citizens across the Caribbean. In response, several Caribbean nations are taking concrete steps to finalise […]
How to Create Prosperity in Jamaica
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor In order to secure power (spillover from the colonial system), both political parties in Jamaica, when they formed government, set about creating institutional loyalties, using the state bodies and security forces to cement their hold […]
Why Experts are Upbeat About the Future of Caribbean Tech
By Gerard Best CJ Contributor BELIZE CITY, Belize—Regional Internet and technology experts remain upbeat on the future of the industry in the Caribbean. A recent industry report showed that Internet connectivity in the Caribbean is growing at sluggish speeds, with high rates. However, shifting attitudes within the region’s […]
Jamaica’s Productivity Problem
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor AFTER 12 previous IMF agreements, Jamaica is once again at a crossroads. We are once again at a place where we are having a debate about how much pain is being inflicted by the agreement, […]
The Private Sector and Jamaica’s Growth
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor THE recent Jamaica Observer report that 7,000 professionals have left Jamaica over the past few years has received much attention. We all know that teachers, nurses, engineers, accountants, and other professionals have been making the […]
Fear and the Jamaican Economy
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor FEAR can be a very important learning tool if one understands and embraces it. A child for example learns through fear, and understanding how to minimize the risk associated with the fear. If, however, the […]
Jamaica’s Path to Prosperity
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor Jamaica’s January fiscal numbers reveal a concern that many of us expressed at the start of the International Monetary Fund agreement: that achieving the primary surplus target is going to be very challenging. The numbers […]
Transforming Jamaica’s Public Sector
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ANYONE WHO has been reading my articles will be aware that I have always been caught up with the need to transform the public sector into a more efficient and facilitative support for private sector […]
Changing the Attitude in Jamaica
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor PROBABLY THE best known sporting brand, Nike, has a very simple tagline — “Just do it.” If you think about it, the tagline simply means that the only way to get results is to act. […]
A New Vision For Jamaica
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor THIS week I am going to look at the positive impact we can have on Jamaican development if we were to fix the crime and bureaucracy challenges I discussed last week. I will once again […]
Transforming Productivity in Jamaica
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor LAST WEEK I referred to what I think is Jamaica’s biggest risk (that of the unproductive human resources) and also addressed my belief that the economic programme is on the right track, given the accomplishments […]
Jamaica’s Pillars for Growth
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor MY last article looked at how Jamaica can increase competitiveness in the tourism industry, which is critical for Jamaica because tourism is our highest foreign exchange earner, and the area in which we have always […]
Does Jamaica Need a Redesign?
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor Playing Cricket on a Volleyball Court ANYONE who knows the game of cricket would know how difficult it would be to fit all 22 players, both umpires, and both sets of stumps on a volleyball […]
The Caribbean Year in Review
For the Caribbean, it was the Year of the Vote. By year’s end, five countries, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Haiti and the British Virgin Islands, will have chosen new leadership, with Jamaicans headed to the polls on Thursday. It […]
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