Year: 2009
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Land We Love … and Hate Part II – Burnt But Still Standing
Part two of the story of Mello, a resident of Toronto, who travels to Jamaica and recounts two days of a trip in which he encountered everything he loves and hates about the land of his birth.
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The Honduras Coup is the Caribbean’s Business
On April 11, 2002, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez was briefly removed from office by an abortive coup d-etat. A documentary on this episode, The Revolution Continue reading
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PNP Trapped by Old School Politics
Since the 2007 general election, there has been any number of articles, columns and editorials written about the results and about why the People’s National Continue reading
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Jamaica Damaged by “The Secret Caribbean”?
An Open Letter to the Government of Jamaica, “The Real Secret Jamaica”
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Land We Love … and Hate – Part I
Mello, a resident of Toronto, travels to Jamaica and recounts two days of a trip in which he encountered everything he loves and hates about the land of his birth.
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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