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January 1, 2026

Editorial | Gains by cops; more to do

If there is one development from the past year that most Jamaicans will wish is carried over to 2026 it is the dramatic decline in intentional homicides. Murders fell by 42 per cent (there were 666…
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
January 1, 2026

António Guterres | Our future depends on our collective courage to act

As we enter the new year, the world stands at a crossroads. Chaos and uncertainty surround us. Division. Violence. Climate breakdown. And systemic violations of international law. A retreat from the…
Sir Patrick Allen, ON, GCMG, CD, KST.J, Governor-General of Jamaica
January 1, 2026

Sir Patrick Allen | A New Year of resilience, responsibility and unity

My fellow Jamaicans at home and abroad, as we welcome the New Year 2026, I extend to you and your families my best wishes for peace, strength, and renewed hope. We enter this New Year with deep…
Dr. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP, Prime Minister of Jamaica
January 1, 2026

Andrew Holness | A New Year of purpose, progress and confidence

We give God thanks for sparing us to see 2026, and we pause to remember the lives lost to Hurricane Melissa, the third most powerful hurricane ever recorded globally, and the most destructive storm…
Mark J. Golding, MP, Jamaica’s Leader of the Opposition
January 1, 2026

Mark Golding | May 2026 be a year of healing, renewal, and collective progress

My fellow Jamaicans, at home and abroad, Happy New Year to you all. While we have collectively and individually endured many challenges, 2025 tested our strength and resolve in ways none of us could…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at the BET Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, in 2022.
January 1, 2026

Basil Jarrett |That Diddy documentary

Netflix documentary The Reckoning, which traces the rise and fall of Sean ‘P-Diddy’ Combs from Harlem party promoter to billionaire music mogul, and follows the wave of abuse allegations and federal…
January 1, 2026

Matthew Hyatt | Protecting the presumption of innocence

In Jamaica, people are often brought before the criminal courts to answer to charges against them. It is important to understand that such charges rest upon the foundation of mere allegations by…
The offices of Stocks and Securities Ltd on Hope Road in St Andrew in 2023.
December 31, 2025

Editorial | SSL arrests not for the money

In parsing the circumlocutory remarks of bosses at the investigative agencies that were involved in last weekend’s choreographed arrest of three former officials of Stocks and Securities Limited…
This file photo shows toy guns seized at a Kingston Corporate Area primary school.
December 31, 2025

Sayeed Bernard | Rethink mandatory minimum for imitation firearms

Jamaica’s crime problem demands strength. We all want a justice system that strikes fear into the hearts of those who threaten our citizens. But strength without fairness becomes punishment for…