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Author Shani Akilah presented Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness with her book ‘For Such a Time as This’ at the 2025 Calabash International Literary Festival in Treasure Beach.
January 9, 2026

Want to read more in 2026?

NEW YORK (AP): People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again. Curling up with a good book can reduce stress, increase…
Harvey Weinstein appears in court in New York, Thursday, January 8.
January 9, 2026

Judge to rule on juror bullying in Weinstein case

NEW YORK (AP): Harvey Weinstein returned to court Thursday, seeking to get his latest sex crime conviction thrown out because anger and apprehensions flared among jurors during deliberations last…
Lensed on the streets of Lower Manhattan last month, SAINT’s Dixon rocks the Colorado jacket, pleated trousers and a cashmere scarf from Daniel Simmons’ Winter collection.
January 9, 2026 by Omar Tomlinson

SAINT’s Romaine Dixon shoots new Daniel Simmons winter collection

Romaine Dixon is hot to trot in the winter collection for menswear designer Daniel Simmons. The SAINT International model rocks the newest in elevated, minimalist men’s essentials from the…
Project STAR Training Coordinator Kelly Griffith (right) presents a certificate representing a $100,000 cash implementation grant to the winning Business Pitch Team Jason Campbell (left) and Nakeida Williamson (centre) from Kingston Technical High School f
January 9, 2026

Kingston Technical students triumph in business pitch competition

Two fifth-form students from Kingston Technical High School emerged as winners of Project STAR’s inaugural Business Pitch Competition, capturing the top prize with their innovative idea to improve…
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January 9, 2026
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January 9, 2026
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January 9, 2026

Cutty Ranks wages copyright battle over viral hit ‘Dame tu Cosita’

Dancehall star Cutty Ranks has retained a new female lawyer in his ongoing battle against Panamanian artiste El Chombo and Juston Records for unpaid compensation and recognition on the viral monster…
Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck
January 9, 2026

Editorial | Bench trial review

With Chief Justice Bryan Sykes having again warned of the unlikelihood of Jamaican judges “trying” their way out of the backlog of cases in the island’s high court, it is past time that Delroy…
The Financial Services Commission building on Barbados Ave, New Kingston.
January 9, 2026

Cash holdings in investment schemes up 40% to $18.5 billion

Jamaica’s securities dealers are sitting on relatively high levels of cash within a market affected by uncertainty. Cash holdings in local collective investment schemes (CIS) surged 40.2 percent to…