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Nigeria police, Anti-Bomb squad, secure the scene of a US airstrike in Northwest, Jabo, Nigeria, Friday, December 26, 2025.
January 8, 2026

Curtis A. Ward | Military strike IS in Nigeria – expanding US war on terrorism in West Africa

The military strike on an Islamic State (IS or ISIS) affiliate in northern Nigeria is consistent with past US actions against IS and combatting international terrorism. The timing is not relevant. And…
Maroons marching at the 288 Maroon Treaty celebration in Acompong Town, St Elizabeth, on Tuesday.
January 8, 2026

Buchanan warns against interference, defends Ja’s democracy and Maroon freedom

WESTERN BUREAU: Isat Buchanan, Opposition member of parliament for Portland Eastern, has issued a forceful defence of Jamaica’s democracy, warning that no external force should interfere in the will…
Natassia Wright, co-founder of Mind Food International, during a recent session with staff at Meadowbrook High School.
January 8, 2026 by Keisha Hill

Couple leads school tours to heal minds after the storm

After Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, leaving destruction and grief in its wake, Jamar and Natassia Wright stepped into schools with a different kind of relief effort – not rebuilding walls…
The SSP Diaries
January 8, 2026

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)
January 8, 2026

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.
January 8, 2026

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
January 8, 2026

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.
January 8, 2026

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
January 8, 2026

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…