Category: Opinion
The Three Commonsense Rs of Jamaica’s Revival
Over these last few years, there have been newspaper editorials and columns calling, challenging, chiding and cajoling the Jamaican government, whether it was the PNP-led Continue reading
How Many Parliamentary Seats did Olint Buy?
News of the demise of Ponzi schemes abound worldwide. We have heard of the arrests of Carlos Hill of Cash Plus Ltd in Jamaica, Olint’s Continue reading
The Germ of an Uprising
A friend urged me to be thankful for Bruce Golding and stop beating up on his pandering to popular opinion and his plodding, indecisive approach to Continue reading
Obama in Canada: Yes We Can do Something for Our People
When Barack Obama came to Canada last Thursday on a day trip, his first mistake was to confuse the capital city Ottawa with Iowa – Continue reading
OLINT Foreign Exchange Scheme Collapse Exposes Intrigue
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 Continue reading
Golding – All that Glittered
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding needs to do some dusting of his cabinet. But only after he’s dusted himself off. The abundance of divisive nonsense-statements Continue reading
Black History Month and Reggae Month
Black History Month is commemorated in February as remembrance of important people, events and achievements in the history of the African Diaspora. The commemoration originated Continue reading
Lessons From Beijing – Nine Principles For 2009 and Beyond
Our athletes did us extremely proud at the Olympic Games held last year in Beijing China with their scintillating performance. As a nation, we were Continue reading
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 reading
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 reading