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Published:Friday | January 9, 2026 | 8:44 AM

Constitution makers: Presenting messages from four of the 17 citizens who drafted the Independence Constitution for Jamaica.

Published:Friday | January 9, 2026 | 8:39 AM

From its sweeping coastal views to its steep, forested hillsides, St Thomas offers a quiet, natural beauty that unfolds at an unhurried pace. Winding roads reveal vistas of the Caribbean Sea in shifting shades of blue and green, while inland slopes...

Published:Friday | January 9, 2026 | 8:30 AM

Bunny Wailer is on the brink of redemption after earning a Grammy nomination for his album Time Will Tell, just months after enduring a hostile reception at 'Sting ’90'. The nomination places the reggae icon among five contenders in...

Published:Friday | January 9, 2026 | 8:25 AM

The Judiciary has reaffirmed the importance of its role as a central pillar of Jamaica’s democracy, warning that actions which diminish respect for the courts risk weakening public confidence in the administration of justice. Chief Justice...

Published:Friday | January 9, 2026 | 8:20 AM

Ahead of the opening Shell Shield match at Sabina Park, doubts surrounded fast bowler Michael Holding’s fitness after he picked up a groin injury, prompting selectors to identify left-arm seamer Cecil Lawson of Melbourne as his replacement,...

Published:Thursday | January 8, 2026 | 8:01 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts at Brown University in the US have revealed that a short break from drinking alcohol can boost mood, sleep and health - even if the individual doesn't abstain from booze for the whole month. The boffins conducted a major review of 16...

Published:Thursday | January 8, 2026 | 7:55 AMBANG Bizarre

David Dalrymple, a programme director and AI safety expert at the UK Government's Aria agency, believes that people should be alarmed about the technology's expanding capabilities. He told The Guardian: "I think we should be concerned...

Published:Thursday | January 8, 2026 | 7:48 AMBANG Bizarre

A study by psychologists at Korea University in Seoul found that so-called "phubbing" — snubbing someone in favour of your phone — leaves a distinctly bad impression. People who were glued to their screens were judged as...

Published:Thursday | January 8, 2026 | 7:46 AMBANG Bizarre

Using the NASA / European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have identified a completely new type of cosmic object: a starless, gas-rich cloud dominated by dark matter, nicknamed 'Cloud-9', and it is the first time anything...

Published:Thursday | January 8, 2026 | 7:17 AMBANG Bizarre

Utah native Stephen Chase was just 19 when he went under the knife for a routine knee operation after a football injury. What he didn’t expect was to come round from the anaesthetic speaking a language he barely knew. Now 33 and a father of...

Published:Wednesday | January 7, 2026 | 8:13 AMAntara Haldar for Project Syndicate

NEW YORK :It’s lunchtime on top of the world again. Time’s annual 'Person of the Year' issue has revived the iconic Depression-era photograph of steelworkers casually lunching on a beam suspended over Manhattan. With the city...

Published:Wednesday | January 7, 2026 | 7:56 AMMekala Krishnan, Annabel Farr and Kanmani Chockalingam for Project Syndicate

BOSTON: Humanity has long learnt to live with extreme weather. Much of the Netherlands would be under water were it not for centuries of ingenious adaptation to the constant threat of flooding. Likewise, ancient communities on the banks of the...

Published:Wednesday | January 7, 2026 | 7:38 AMRichard Haass for Project Syndicate

NEW YORK :Nicolás Maduro is now the former president of Venezuela, a prisoner in US custody. His ouster at the hands of US Special Forces is, however, best understood as the end of the beginning rather than the beginning of the end. To be...

Published:Wednesday | January 7, 2026 | 7:10 AMYuen Yuen Ang for Project Syndicate

WASHINGTON, DC: For a mathematician, 2025 might stand out for being a 'perfect square”: 45 multiplied by 45, a rare symmetry. But its significance goes far beyond numerical elegance – it marks the year the post-war global order...

Published:Wednesday | January 7, 2026 | 6:37 AMStephen Holmes for Project Syndicate

BERLIN: In the early hours of January 3, US forces bombed Caracas, blacking out the capital, and captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his compound at Fort Tiuna. By dawn, Delta Force operators had helicoptered Maduro –...

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2026 | 5:57 AM

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more.  Take a look at this week's past line-up of cartoons as...

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2026 | 5:54 AM

In a world where major powers are increasingly willing to flex economic and military muscle, the fallout from the US action in Venezuela has underscored why small states cannot afford to stand alone. As the arrest of Nicolás Maduro and the...

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2026 | 5:50 AM

Across Caracas and other parts of the country, uncertainty has settled in as Venezuelans try to imagine life after the capture of Nicolás Maduro. With routines disrupted and official signals unclear, many citizens are questioning who will...

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2026 | 5:37 AM

Policing in 2025 will be remembered as a year of sharp contrasts as Jamaica recorded its lowest murder rate in decades while simultaneously seeing an unprecedented number of civilians killed by members of the security forces. Despite a 42 per cent...

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2026 | 5:33 AM

Jamaica Teachers’ Association president Mark Malabver is urging the Ministry of Education to reassess the heavy use of technology in classrooms, cautioning that emerging research suggests that it may be weakening students’ critical...

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2026 | 5:28 AM

Conflicting views on whether consensual sexual activity between minors close in age should be decriminalised have resurfaced, underscoring a debate that has persisted for years. Rights advocates, including Jamaicans for Justice, maintain that...

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2026 | 5:25 AM

Member of Parliament Everald Warmington has pushed back against expectations surrounding the Government’s $75-million allocation to assist churches damaged by Hurricane Melissa. He said congregations should consider merging into fewer...

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2026 | 5:22 AM

Opposition Education Spokesman Damion Crawford has raised alarm over what he says is the Government’s failure to allocate funds for early childhood education, warning that the omission violates children’s constitutional rights. He said...

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2026 | 5:18 AM

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz has outlined a $372-million support package to help hurricane-damaged households safely reconnect to the electricity grid, with funds redirected from the National Energy Poverty Reduction Programme. Speaking in St...

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