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January 22, 2026
UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ hunger crisis in Nigeria as food aid funding runs out
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations World Food Program said Thursday that more than a million people in northeastern Nigeria could lose access to emergency food and nutrition aid within weeks…
January 22, 2026
St Mary man dies after being electrocuted
A St Mary man on Wednesday died after being electrocuted while in Warwick Castle district in Gayle. He has been identified by the police as 38-year-old Orace Grey, a farmer and mason of a Mango…
January 22, 2026
Janiel McEwan | Jamaica’s invisible economy is carrying the country
There is an economy Jamaicans interact with every day, yet rarely see reflected in official discussions. It pays rent when formal wages fall short. It absorbs shocks when jobs disappear. It feeds…
January 22, 2026
US gov’t warns it will take action if Haitian politicians destabilise country
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The US warned the transitional council in charge of Haiti against making changes to the troubled country’s government late Wednesday, as pressure mounts for the unelected…
January 22, 2026
PJ Patterson | Curtis Ward was a noble Avatar
During the long passage of life we are at times confronted with the sudden passing of treasured ones. That of Curtis Ward has come to me as a cataclysmic shock as our almost daily contact was done by…
January 22, 2026
Skeletal remains found at premises in Rockfort
The police have launched an investigation following the discovery of skeletal remains at a premises along Adastar Road in Rockfort in Kingston on Wednesday. The police say the remains were found…
January 22, 2026
Section of Browns Town to Alexandria corridor in St Ann to be closed for repair works
Commencing at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, the roadway from Browns Town to Alexandria in St Ann, in the vicinity of Top Road, will be closed for pavement repairs. The National Works Agency…
January 22, 2026
Coffee farmers to get chainsaws to clear debris and restore access to farms
Coffee farmers impacted by Hurricane Melissa will receive professional-grade chainsaws on a loan basis to help clear debris and restore access to their farms as part of a targeted rehabilitation…
January 22, 2026
by Ainsley Walters
Taylormade looks a shoo-in for Rimsky Trophy
TAYLOR MADE’s exercise gallops make her unstoppable in Saturday’s Rimsky Trophy at six furlongs, her first outing as a three-year-old, after trotting up against two-year-old maidens on debut at five…