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Month: April 2008
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Slow Death of the Banana Culture
Loading bananas, Kingston, 1936 The World Trade Organization’s ruling issued April 7, supporting the contention of Ecuador, the USA and some Latin American banana producers, Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity3 …
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A Return to Eden?
Arial view of Doctor’s Cave Beach in Montego Bay When I first came to Jamaica as a young man in my twenties more than thirty-five Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity2 …
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How to be an Effective Cancer Warrior*
People who have had to battle with cancer usually refer to themselves as either cancer survivors or cancer fighters. The two terms have vastly different Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity8 …
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The Man Behind Abeng News
The flood of responses and feedback by readers belie the lack of fanfare with which Abeng News magazine announced its presence on the worldwide web. Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity1 …
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Both Patois and Standard English Have a Place in Jamaica
In the Jamaica Gleaner of Thursday, March 13, 2008, letter writer, Earl Mckenzie of University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona expressed the need for Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity7 …
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The Olympics – Magnet For Conflicts
From IOC video clip So you think politicking and protest actions are new to the Olympics? Where have you been? According to the University of Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity4 …
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Bob Marley’s Mom Dies
There is an old adage that says when a great person dies, a library has burnt down. On Tuesday last, an invaluable archive of the Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity0 …
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Kathy Brown is Doctor Jazz
Contemporary jazz pianist, Dr. Kathy Brown, took her musical journey further up the road when she officially unveiled her debut CD album, Mission: A Musical Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity9 …
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Rising Food Prices Threaten to Reverse Poverty Fight – World bank
Rising food prices could wipe out successes in reducing poverty and malnutrition, according to the World Bank. A new report released Tuesday (Apr 8), says Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity0 …
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IMF Forecasts U.S. Housing Slump to Accelerate Global Financial Slowdown
World economic growth is expected to slow to 3.7 percent in 2008 due to a fallout in the U.S. subprime housing market, according to a Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity6 …