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January 10, 2026
Editorial | Urgency of mitigating climate change
The recent recognition of Jamaican climate scientists Professor Donovan Campbell and Dr Shanecia Lester of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is commended and welcome. They contributed to…
January 10, 2026
Allan Alberga | Hurricane Melissa and Jamaica’s moment of reckoning
Now that the winds from Hurricane Melissa have subsided, Jamaica finds itself at a moment that demands reflection rather than routine recovery. Across the island, lives were disrupted, livelihoods…
January 10, 2026
Letter of the Day | Coming together, like the colours of Jamaican flag
THE EDITOR, Madam: For 63 years, the Jamaican National flag has been a symbol of pride, hope, and resilience, for Jamaicans themselves as well as people all over the world. Being one of the few flags…
January 10, 2026
Drug abuse in Zimbabwe is destroying a generation
THE EDITOR, Madam: It’s sad that Harare, Zimbabwe is in the grip of a deepening drug abuse crisis that is systematically destroying its young population. What was once dismissed as a social problem…
January 10, 2026
Tony Deyal | Days of love and Bajan
I was in Barbados where my column was named, ‘Saturday’s Child’ and I got enough jokes by the people about how this “show-and-show” man could be called a “child”. My response was, “I think your wife…
January 10, 2026
Oliver Samuels Foundation awards its first scholarship
The Oliver Samuels Foundation is set to host the official handover ceremony for its inaugural Oliver Samuels Foundation Scholarship on Wednesday, January 14, at the Edna Manley College of the Visual…
January 9, 2026
UN forecasts global economic growth of 2.7% this year, down slightly from 2025
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is forecasting that the global economy will grow by 2.7% this year, slightly lower than last year’s estimate, citing the impact of higher United States…
January 9, 2026
US judge to temporarily block effort to end protections for relatives of citizens, green card holders
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that she expects to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a programme that offered temporary legal protections for more than 10,000…
January 9, 2026
School restoration efforts advance in St Elizabeth
The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has commenced inspections of ongoing work at several schools being repaired, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Parliamentary Secretary in…