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10 Jan, 2026
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Learn to abstain or face consequences
THE EDITOR, Madam: I noted with interest The Gleaner’s endorsement of the decriminalisation of sex between minors, even the four-year age difference for the “close in age” exemptions. None of the…
10 Jan, 2026
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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…
10 Jan, 2026
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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…
10 Jan, 2026
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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…
10 Jan, 2026
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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…
10 Jan, 2026
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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…
10 Jan, 2026
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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…
09 Jan, 2026
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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…
09 Jan, 2026
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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…