Steffon Campbell, Author at Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network

Steffon Campbell

Steffon R. K. Campbell is a published Trinbagonian author, Communication Consultant, Lecturer and Coordinator of the CARIMAC Western Jamaica Programme in Montego Bay. He holds a BA in Media & Communication (with first class honours), an MA in Communication Studies and is currently pursuing a PhD in Social Policy and a Bachelor of Law (LLB). He has been a regular contributor to the Western Mirror and has produced several radio programmes and documentaries, in Jamaica, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago. Steffon is currently on the Board of Directors for Universal Media Company Limited, which oversees NewsTalk 93FM and has worked with public, private and NGOs including the United Nations, Public Media Alliance (UK), AM Resorts, Sandals Resorts International and Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL). Steffon R. K. Campbell lives by the motto: It’s not what you do…It’s what you get done.

COVID in the Caribbean

Jamaica’s COVID-19 Strategy Raises Mistrust Among Rastafarians

Kingston, Jamaica

By

Steffon Campbell | June 21, 2021

“I will give you the figure off the top of my head: ZERO!”

That was the reply of a health worker in one of Jamaica’s vaccine sites when asked how many Rastafarians had come to her to get a shot. But she says she still hopes Rastafari elders will lead the way as Jamaica’s phased vaccine rollout continues. Jamaica received its first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in March, about a year after the virus arrived on the island. The World Health Organization tracks vaccine distribution on the island. WHO Dashboard for Jamaica

But while Jamaica’s vaccine blitz exceeded the government’s targets with hundreds of people being turned away from vaccine sites, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is still urging every Jamaican to take the vaccine. Prime Minister Holness has gone on record saying vaccinations are critical for reopening the economy. “What would happen to Jamaica if we are considered a country that has not yet reached the threshold of vaccinations to be the destination of travel that we once were?

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COVID-19

The Caribbean’s Pandemic Pyramids and Ponzis

By

Wesley Gibbings, Editor,

Freeman Rogers,

Steffon Campbell,

Colwyn Abrams,

Jensen LaVende,

Rachelle Agard,

Theresa Gordon and

Bibi Khatoon | December 30, 2020

Even as Caribbean authorities wrestle with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators have been scrambling to formulate appropriate responses to an accompanying growth in unlawful pyramid and Ponzi schemes marketed as financial solutions to the impact of restrictive pandemic measures.

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China

COVID-19 and China’s Disappearing Financial Lifeline in the Caribbean

By

Natalee Legore,

Steffon Campbell and

Carla Bridglal | May 27, 2020

Delayed project completion dates, cost overruns, and encumbered raw material sourcing are some of the direct impacts that senior economists and government officials expect to see on China-led public works in the Caribbean, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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China

China’s Opaque Caribbean Trail: Dreams, Deals and Debt

By

Carla Bridglal,

Ivan Cairo,

Steffon Campbell,

Alix Lewis and

Neil Marks | December 5, 2019

A hotel. A highway. A port. The prime minister’s house. For Caribbean countries, one of the most visible, expansive, and expensive forms of Beijing’s engagement with the region is its financing of large-scale infrastructure projects.

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