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Pearnel Charles Jr, (second right) Minister of Labour and Social Security, and Donovan Williams, (right) minister of state in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Jamaica, greet farm workers at the first send-off ceremony of farm workers to Canad
January 7, 2026

Jamaican farm workers head to Canada for new season

The first group of 182 Jamaican seasonal farm workers departed yesterday for Canada’s 2026 farming season, underscoring the island’s long-standing labour partnership with its North American partner. …
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes address at the Judges’ Swearing-in Ceremony for the Hillary Term on January 5 at King’s House.
January 7, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Sykes: Current system simply cannot continue

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has warned that Jamaica cannot “try its way out” of its growing court backlog and that reform of the jury trial system must now be seriously considered. Speaking at King’s…
Letters
January 7, 2026

Judicial humility

THE EDITOR, Madam: The president of the court of appeal, The Honourable Marva McDonald Bishop, who handed down the acquittal decision in the Vybz Kartel murder case on July 24, 2024, gave a very…
Government supporters gather for a women’s march to demand the return of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, January 6, three days after US forces captured him and his wife.
January 7, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | Are countries in the Western Hemisphere to become more subjugated US satellites?

There are 35 independent countries in the Western Hemisphere, including the Caribbean small island developing states, which signed the agreement establishing the Organization of American States (OAS).…
Principal of the Clarendon-based Kemps Hill High School, Karen Charlton Boothe (second right), in discussion with students at the institution recently. They are (from left) Trishana Ramdarsingh, Kaycia Cole; prefect, Kemoy Miller, and senior prefect, Shant
January 7, 2026

Major improvement in English language pass rate at Kemps Hill High

With support from the National School Learning and Intervention Plan (NSLIP), the Clarendon-based Kemps Hill High School registered a 32 per cent improvement in English language, in the 2025 Caribbean…
Letters
January 7, 2026

Letter of the Day | Close-in-age exemption a safeguard, not an open door

THE EDITOR, Madam: In your Letter of the Day published on Monday, January 5, 2026, a writer using the moniker ‘Concerned Citizen’ argued, “Don’t expand the close-in-age exemption, educate the…
Letters
January 7, 2026

JFJ, INDECOM singing from different hymn sheets – for a change

THE EDITOR, Madam: A couple of years ago, I expressed grave concern about the sight of the commissioner of INDECOM appearing alongside human rights advocacy groups, particularly Jamaicans for Justice…
Protesters rally outside the White House on Saturday, January 3 in Washington, after the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a military operation.
January 7, 2026

Norris R. McDonald |Maduro, Venezuela and god-king Trump’s imperial rampage

Recent developments involving Venezuela raise urgent concerns about whether the United States is once again asserting imperial power over a sovereign nation, this time with unprecedented openness and…
Business
January 7, 2026

Jamaica Stock Exchange dips below $2 trillion with 5.0% slide in 2025

The value of all shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) closed 2025 at US$1.98 trillion in market capitalisation, some 5.0 per cent lower than the previous year, as all three major indices…