Jamaica’s Governor General, Sir Kenneth Hall has resigned as the country’s head of state for health reasons after three years in the office and Prime Continue reading
The Year of Community
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 Continue reading
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Something New
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 Continue reading
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Whither the Obama Regime?
Barack Obama’s appointments to his forthcoming administration will raise many questions about his campaign themes of bringing change to Washington and restoring America’s image abroad. Continue reading
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Barack Obama — Can He Deliver?
President-elect Barack Obama must have seen it coming. There are still celebrations in the most remote reaches of the globe. The expectations following his victory Continue reading
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A Nation Reinvents Itself
On the eve of probably the most pivotal election in US history, Americans have seen the best and worst of themselves. For matters of race Continue reading
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The Silence of the Sands
The most serenely quiet place you could ever find is the heart of the desert at night. Miles away from civilization, this is where peace Continue reading
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The Week That Was – Sharing Up the World and all That…
A New York Times columnist quotes Michael Specter, in the New Yorker: “There was a brief five-year period when we could get away with treating Continue reading
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Mark Lee has been a long-time journalist writing, editing and producing in print, radio television and new media.
Step Right Up!
And we thought we had seen it all. A US Postal Service cheque, payable to the Postmaster General of Jamaica disappears, untraceable, a feat unheard Continue reading
About Mark Lee
Mark Lee has been a long-time journalist writing, editing and producing in print, radio television and new media.
Jamaican Creole Not an English Dialect
Since the news of the project to translate the Bible into Jamaican Creole, many have argued about the legitimacy of Jamaican as a language. Some Continue reading
About Mark Lee
Mark Lee has been a long-time journalist writing, editing and producing in print, radio television and new media.
