The following message was issued by the University of the Weest Indies’ Women and Development Unit in recognition of International Women’s Day, 2009. Today, the Women and Development Unit joins hands with all women across the Caribbean and the world to reflect on the state, status, condition and circumstances of women across the globe who [...]

From Michelle Obama’s sleeveless arms to Rihanna’s battered face, as the 98th anniversary of International Women’s Day arrives March 8, it is obvious that women do not yet occupy a space they can call their own in the definition of themselves. In Mrs Obama’s case, one could say it is a trite issue whether she [...]

Intra-Caribbean tourism is getting a push with the sixth annual re-DISCOVER the Caribbean Show taking place on Friday April 24 and Saturday April 25, 2009 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference Centre in Barbados. Over 100 exhibitors representing 20 Caribbean destinations, including representatives from Belize for the first time, will be taking part. Participants will [...]

The term ‘medical tourism’ is now being widely used for people who travel to another country for medical treatment. Barbados has long been established as a tourist destination, but now is also on the map for providing exceptional medical treatment as well, all thanks to Barbados Fertility Centre. Since 2002, the medical team at Barbados [...]

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding says Sir Kenneth Hall, in his three years as Governor General , performed his duties with aplomb, with style , dignity and with urbanity. ‘When you take up a position like this, if you are not deliberate you can get lost in remoteness,” said Golding. “You can be isolated from [...]

IN the race against the fallout from climate change, developing countries, such as those of the Caribbean, could soon see themselves ahead, thanks to the Adaptation Fund. Jeffrey Spooner, who represents the Group of Latin America and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) on the United Nations Adaptation Fund Board, said such countries may be able to draw [...]

Who is Okey Rawson? His was the name which came up first when Abeng News searched for BUSHMASTER, the mysterious poster of emails allegedly transferred between the beleaguered OLINT financial business officers, its clients and assorted politicians and journalists. But Rawson’s son, Robert’s name turned up in the police blotters in Florida, where he was [...]

Jamaica’s Information, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister, Olivia “Babsy” Grange, has described as “positive” Friday’s confabulation between the Government and members of the music industry to consider steps to be taken to eliminate the practice of inclusion of unsavoury lyrics in Jamaican music. Grange who convened and chaired the meeting said that, “there was general [...]

Jamaica’s culture minister  Olivia “Babsy” Grange,  has expressed her sympathy to Anthony Fairclough, otherwise known as “Michigan” of the DJ duo, “Michigan and Smiley”, and to his brother Wayne, a leading football coach,  following the death of four of their relatives in the recent airplane disaster in Buffalo, New York. In a telephone conversation with [...]

The following was submitted by a reader: I don’t like your promotion of Anti-Jamaican culture that would seek to introduce homosexuality, one of the most abominable perversions, as the NORM. I don’t like the general slackness and nastiness of Jamaican people in general, and what disgusts me most is that it is not even original, [...]