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The SSP Diaries
08 Jan, 2026 0

SSP Diaries | Future warnings

PROPERTY INSURANCE I remember when we lived in a wooden house and my parents built a solid concrete structure in the same location subsequently. Leaving home many years later, I reflected on what my…
Cover of the 2021 Guidance Note (1)
08 Jan, 2026 0

Earth Today | High praise for new community engagement course

CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT practitioners now have the benefit of the first certified online community engagement course, courtesy of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB’s) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF). …
A Razer AI Desk Companion sits on display at the Razer booth during the CES tech show Tuesday, January 6, in Las Vegas.
08 Jan, 2026 0

Entertainment leaders amp up AI discussions at CES 2026

LAS VEGAS (AP): The world’s largest tech showcase does not come without theatrics. Innovations and gadgets like a lollipop that sings to you as you consume it, a laundry-folding robot and a “smart”…
Climate change in the Courtroom snap
08 Jan, 2026 0

Earth Today | Pacific Islands NGO gets ‘policy leadership’ honour

AS CLIMATE change realities press in on vulnerable countries, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has celebrated leaders working on climate issues for their 2025 Champions of Earth Awards.…
A government supporter holds an image of President Nicolás Maduro during a women’s march to demand his return in Caracas, Venezuela.
08 Jan, 2026 0

Editorial | Nothing settled in Venezuela

Nothing, fundamentally, has been settled in Venezuela despite America’s military assault on the country and the capture and rendition to the United States of the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro.…
Letters
08 Jan, 2026 0

Trump ... evidence of a great evil, unleashed

THE EDITOR, Madam: Re: the Donald Trump administration’s non-militarily-provoked attack against Venezuela to topple its democratically elected government American comedian/actor John Mulaney has…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (left) and Chief of Accompong Richard Currie in conversation at the 288 Maroon Treaty celebration in Accompong Town, St Elizabeth, on Tuesday.
08 Jan, 2026 0

From resistance to republic: Holness, Currie talk sovereignty

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has delivered one of his most pointed declarations on sovereignty and democratic accountability, telling Maroons that his authority flows directly from…
Letters
08 Jan, 2026 0

Letter of the Day | A divided America, a dangerous world

THE EDITOR, Madam: For much of its modern history, the United States has projected itself as a guarantor of international stability and a defender of a rules-based global order. Today, however, that…