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In this October 2025 photo a cordon is seen along Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew following a fatal police shooting.
January 11, 2026

Mickel Jackson | Jamaica’s historic crime reduction amid security forces killing surge

As we enter 2026, Jamaica confronts a stark paradox. In 2025, the nation achieved a historic breakthrough: murders fell to a provisional 673, the lowest annual total in over three decades and a…
A government supporter holds an image of President Nicolás Maduro during a women’s march to demand his return in Caracas, Venezuela.
January 11, 2026

Imani Tafari-Ama | Return of 21st century piracy?

For those who believed that the age of imperial adventurism and piracy was confined to the history books — age-old memories of the Barbary Coast or the scramble for Africa — the events unfolding in…
Howard Beckford
January 11, 2026

Howard Beckford | Jamaica and the politics of chaos after Hurricane Melissa

In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Jamaicans are again confronting a familiar but uncomfortable truth: disasters do not affect all groups equally. Some communities quickly regain normalcy while…
January 11, 2026

Hello mi neighbour | Seek to resolve conflicts quickly and peacefully

Had a good night’s rest last night? How are things generally? Relationships good? How about job/career? Making ends meet? Happy most times and know why? Unhappy most times and don’t know why?…
Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbours say was hit during US strikes to capture Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela.
January 11, 2026

Mark Wignall | Fundamentally evil

At his core, the US president swims in a huge void.One of the great Trump policy directions is one of non-intervention, that is, no armed intervention. That, I believe, was his intention until a…
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin
January 11, 2026

Yaakov Raskin | Are you existing or living?

At moments when many people pause to reflect on their lives, their direction, and the year ahead, it is worth asking a deeper question: Are we merely existing, or are we truly living?
January 11, 2026

Sean Major-Campbell | Silence is not an option

The hypocrisy of silence may be louder than we realise. We are quick to express concerns about the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the invasion of Venezuela by America while being complicit with a…
January 11, 2026

Dwight Fletcher | Elevate your purpose in 2026

We’re almost two weeks into 2026 and, according to different studies, over 23 per cent of people have already broken their New Year’s Resolution. Another 64 per cent won’t last until the end of the…
January 11, 2026

Gabriel Agbo | The storm is over!

The storm is over! God will stabilise you this year. Paul was sailing to Rome to appear before Caesar. There were 276 people on board with cargoes. And suddenly the weather changed, the storm arose,…