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January 9, 2026
Letter of the Day | Concern about increase in police killings justified
THE EDITOR, Madam: As I watched the newscasts on Television Jamaica (TVJ) on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, two items captured my attention. The first was the welcomed reports of a reduction in…
January 9, 2026
Not condoning adult-child sex
THE EDITOR, Madam: In the letter to The Gleaner on January 6, titled “Don’t expand close-in-age exemption, educate the children”, the writer suggests that the Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) is…
January 9, 2026
by Carl Gilchrist
Delay not a disadvantage
Jamaican Alex Anderson, a preparatory school teacher, has been named valedictorian of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Global Campus Class of 2025. For him, the honour is proof that…
January 9, 2026
by Neville Graham
WIPT stock climbs 11-fold in two weeks
West Indies Petroleum Terminal Ltd. (WIPT) stock climbed above $5.60 in Thursday trading, or 11 times its listing price some two weeks earlier, reflecting a rally driven more by scarcity than…
January 9, 2026
by Krysta Anderson
Happy Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Day
Consumed by the masses at the crack of dawn, the sipping indulgence of this roasted bean beverage during the day has also served as an effective way to conquer a long day. You just can’t go wrong with…
January 9, 2026
by Olivia Brown
Clarendon mother rebuilds home with support from 14-y-o
Shana Folkes, a single mother of four from Ritchies in northern Clarendon says she believes she has been given “a second chance at life”, a quiet conviction born out of loss, survival, and an…
January 9, 2026
by Luke Douglas
Restaurants test appetite for JAM-DEX
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is intensifying efforts to boost use of its digital currency, JAM-DEX, with restaurants reporting mixed but promising results from promotional campaigns. Restaurant chains,…
January 9, 2026
Something Extra | Friday
With hurricane relief efforts in full effect for the latter part of 2025, National Commercial Bank (NCB) thought about cancelling its annual Christmas customer-appreciation event. But who says you…
January 8, 2026
Venezuela releases some journalists and activists from prison as a gesture to ‘seek peace’
GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela released citizens and foreigners from its prisons on Thursday in what a top government official described as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former…