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Year: 2009
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Barbadian Wine Maker Keeping the Spirits High Despite the Odds
The Bible story says Jesus turned water into wine when the spirits ran low at the wedding in Cana. Malcolm Wood, in Bridgetown, Barbados, is 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 humanity5 …
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E-mail Con Artistry
You should feel lucky if your email inbox has escaped the curse of the con artists. It seems like quite a few have made it 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 humanity5 …
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Abeng in Beijing
This poem by fabian thomas is timely if only because of the seeming double standard in the way the IOC has responded to Michael Phelps’ latest episode with a ganja smoking bong. Bolt was chastised for celebrating his dramatic win the the 100 meters in Beijing.
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Legislating poverty, global uncompetitiveness and unemployment
Minister of labour and social security Pearnel Charles referring to Jamaica’s minimum wage has pointed out that “the 17 and a half percent increase in 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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Women’s Rights Conventions Mere Paper Tigers
The history of women is one of repeated injuries against this social group, which has been campaigning for ages for a just social order based 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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Worst World Growth in 60 Years says IMF
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 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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Dance Hall – High Culture vs Survival
This piece by Kamau Chionesu is in response to some of the issues regarding the dance hall culture that were raised by columnist Ian Boyne in his article ‘Are Jamaicans prepared for 2009?” (The Sunday Gleaner January 4, 2009). It is reproduced courtesy of Caribbean Dialogues online forum.
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Wanted: A Jamaican Obama
In the past, I have written bemoaning the fact that there seems to be a lack of political will and leadership in tackling the problems 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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English Faces 21st Century Challenges
The pre-eminent French language society L’Académie Française is stepping up its activity. Its barely concealed contempt for English language intrusion into the beloved français is 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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The Myth of Poverty Alleviation – Part 2
Many countries in the Caribbean and Latin America have achieved significant growth over the years, Chile, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil, to name 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 humanity8 …