Authors and One Love Event organizers Julia, Alicia and Robert Roskind will be returning to Jamaica and hosting a Gathering of the Peacemakers at the Negril Escape Hotel in Negril, according to a news release. The event, which is free to all, will be held on Saturday January 31 and Sunday, February 1 from 9AM [...]
In early March 2009, one of the most talked about dancehall artists Mavado will unveil the second chapter of his stirring street narrative, Mr Brooks…A Better Tomorrow, on VP Records, the label has announced. “Mavado — who was crowned “Best New Reggae Artist” at the 2008 MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards and by Rolling [...]
Barbados is a bellwether for the English-speaking Caribbean and things don’t look good for the region now. No; Barbados has not crashed. It remains the territory with functioning social services and the best telecommunications and public transportation systems. But you can see the signs of difficulties for the majority of the local population. “Something is [...]
2008, like 2007, ends with a bang that will usher in 2009. In December 2007, it was the assassination of Benazir Bhutto while on the campaign trail that rocked the world as Christendom celebrated one of its high holy periods. This time around, the Christ birthday party and New Year’s bash are being overshadowed by [...]
As 2009 opens, experienced business professionals will meet future business leaders in The Bahamas for four days of dialogue and professional development. From January 4 to 7, the Caribbean Business Clubs of Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will host the 7th Annual Caribbean MBA Conference in Nassau. The [...]
Stéphane Dion didn’t know what hit him. One minute he was the leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition as head of the Liberal Party of Canada, being vilified as a potential banana republic dictator grabbing for the premiership outside of the electoral route; the next he was being swept from his job just as mysteriously [...]
Thanks for sharing some of your time with us at Abeng News over the past year. We’re making some changes to the look of our site and the newsletter, Abeng Update. The changes come as a result of a shift in the technology we use in the background. The new system has some features that [...]
Just as the Jamaican central bank, in an unpopular move among the business sector, pushed up interest rates on certificates of deposit to curb money supply and halt a decline in value of the local currency, comes an IMF staff assessment urging countries to lower interest rates and thus stimulate production and demand as the [...]
How do you fight hypertension, ward of a hex and flavour food all in one breath? “Bam! gawlic,” Emeril Lagasse, the American celebrity chef would probably say while serving you up his Garlic Schmeared Rosemary Chicken.In fact in one of his Emeril Live TV episodes “Gotta Have Garlic”, he celebrates his love for garlic, garlic, [...]
Bill Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has strongly urged the incoming Obama administration and new Congress to renew America’s commitment to expand opportunity in the United States and in the developing world. Giving a major foundation policy address in Washington, DC, at George Washington University, Gates argued that even [...]