Month: June 2009
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Dear Michael Jackson,
It would be hypocritical to say, “I hope when these few lines reach, you will be in good health.” Your passing is untimely. Whether we Continue reading
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Still Victims of the “Shitstem”
At Abeng News Magazine we hate the culture of victimology. It’s where minority people spend much time lamenting the reasons for our oppression rather than Continue reading
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Montego Bay Abused – Needs Local Government Reform
It is a truism that the struggle for existence is the struggle for food and space. Nowhere is that struggle more intense than here in Continue reading
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Can the IMF Leopard Change its Spots?
There is talk of the possibility of the current Jamaican administration returning to do business with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF was founded Continue reading
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UWI Mona Hat Trick in Case Analysis Competition
The all girls team from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, beat four other competing teams to cop first place and the FirstCaribbean Continue reading
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Diaspora in Search of Power
“Power grows from the barrel of a gun,” Mao Zedong said or as his successors in Beijing are proving, out of the smoke stacks of Continue reading
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Let the Apartment Buyer Beware – Buyer’s Dream Dashed
The lawyer who recommended and completed the transaction for the England-based buyer is the condo-manager who pulls a gun on her… A first person account.
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Usain Bolt is World Sportsman of the Year 2008
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, triple sprint gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics and rated the fastest man on earth has won the World Sportsman of the Continue reading
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CARICOM’s Existence Threatened – Golding
The existence of Caricom (the Caribbean Community), the only organisation dedicated to the economic interests of the Caribbean countries, is at risk, Jamaica’s Prime Minister Continue reading
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I Dream of a New Jamaica – part II
Jamaica’s government and private sector must seek to adopt policies that not only coordinate economic and trade policies but other domestic policies that encourage wider Continue reading