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, [...]
Ground has been broken for the Chinese government-funded construction of a convention centre in Jamaica’s tourism mecca of Montego Bay, which when completed should be a fillip to the island’s important foreign exchange earning sector. “For Jamaica it is a significant development. For tourism stakeholders, a dream come true,” Prime Minister Bruce Golding said in [...]
Can you rhyme like Sean Paul or sing like Rihanna? If so, Golden Krust and VP Records are looking for you! The premier record label has teamed up with the food franchise for Reggae’s Golden Krust Caribbean Star Search competition, giving musicians 18 years and older who are residents in the US, a place to [...]
The word is out on climate change and its many harmful effects, current and prospective, and Jamaican entertainers are beginning to hear it. A group of artistes, among them 2008′s Digicel Rising Stars competition winner Cameal Davis, were in late January educated about the phenomena, which threatens not only Caribbean people’s livelihoods, but also their [...]
The internet is all about interconnectivity and interconnectedness. Abeng News Magazine is positioned within this global community but with a distinctly Caribbean voice. The Net connects not just people but the media we use to communicate. Abeng News is offering you a new way to participate in our community. It’s called My Turn, a voice [...]
In more bad news for Caribbean economies, world growth is forecast to fall to its lowest level since World War II, with financial markets remaining under stress and the global economy taking a sharp turn for the worse, sending both global output and trade plummeting, the IMF said in its latest assessment of the world [...]