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Kayon Smith captures the final sunset of 2025 on Kingston’s waterfront on Wednesday.
January 2, 2026

Pictorial | Jamaicans usher in the New Year

Jamaicans gathered at prime spots across the island to bid farewell to 2025 and welcome the New Year. From the final sunset over Kingston’s waterfront to fireworks lighting up Black River – where…
Bad Bunny performs during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, on Monday, March 17, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
January 2, 2026

Bad Bunny could make Grammy history

NEW YORK (AP): Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny continues to redefine global stardom and could make history again at the 2026 Grammy Awards. The artiste, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is…
Dr Orlando Thomas
January 2, 2026 by Keisha Hill

Dr Orlando Thomas launches inspiring new book

Physician, wellness advocate, and motivational speaker Dr Orlando Thomas has officially launched his latest book, Growing in the Desert, a deeply personal and faith-centred work that explores…
Tom Hiddleston (left) and Zawe Ashton.
January 2, 2026

Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton welcome their second child

NEW YORK (AP): English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton have welcomed their second child. Hiddleston confirmed the news to GQ in a feature published Monday. He described birth as the “most…
George Clooney kisses the hand of his wife Amal while posing for photographers on the red carpet for the film ‘Jay Kelly’ during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, in August, 2025.
January 2, 2026

French government defends granting citizenship to George and Amal Clooney

PARIS (AP): Actor George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney were granted French citizenship because “they contribute, through their distinguished actions, to France’s international influence and…
Two men photograph fireworks over Black River’s seafront.
January 2, 2026

Letter of the Day | Let’s rebuild and rise together stronger in 2026

THE EDITOR, Madam: As closed 2025 filled with speeches, promises, dreams, challenges, and visions that at times seemed to whirl away like a sudden whirlwind, we pause to reflect. Even when our dawn…
Letters
January 2, 2026

Readers’ reactions

Sports journalist and broadcaster Donald Oliver has passed away I was not expecting this news. – @_romeko No sah me nuh think me a read right. OMG. This is sad. – @PrettyFace_SM Donald and I used…
January 2, 2026

Kristen Gyles | Food is the new crack

In recent times, I have sat three difficult professional exams, each of which required months of rigorous study. Each time, after sitting the exam, I went straight from the exam centre to a…
January 2, 2026

Peter Espeut | The new builds on the old

“The new is in the old concealed; the old is in the new revealed” – Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD). I hope no one ever comes to me for legal advice, for I am no lawyer. I am a theologian,…