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Journalists take cover from the exchange of gunfire between gangs and police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
January 12, 2026 by James Rodgers

The enduring power of journalism in a world of more media and less freedom

A vast amount of information has not necessarily meant more reliable information. On December 10, the year 2025 reached a murderous milestone. In 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) had…
Workers install lighting on an ‘X’ sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, July 28, 2023.
January 12, 2026 by Wayne Unger

Grok produces sexualised photos of women and minors for users on X

Since the end of December 2025, X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has responded to many users’ requests to undress real people by turning photos of the people into sexually explicit material.…
Residents are seen assisting in rebuilding efforts in Maryland and Cottage Road, as part of the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation’s Community Restart Project .
January 12, 2026

JMMB Trinidad and Tobago subsidiaries contribute $12m in Hurricane Melissa relief support

JMMB Trinidad and Tobago’s subsidiaries raised more than TT$540,000 (approximately J$12 million) through its CSR Disaster Relief Fund, “One Love”, to assist communities in Jamaica devastated by…
Anne Bonareri, a widow, looks out the window of her home in Kisii, Kenya.
January 12, 2026

They lost their husbands and then their land

SIAYA (AP): Rebecca Anyango stood outside the house she has called home for 26 years, wondering how long it will remain hers. As a widow, she’s been threatened with eviction for years by her late…
Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration’s plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, in Washington DC.
January 12, 2026

Lawsuits by Trump allies could shape how the 2030 census is done

ORLANDO (AP): The next US census is four years away, but two lawsuits playing out this year could affect how it will be done and who will be counted. Allies of President Donald Trump are behind the…
Dr Robert Clarke
January 12, 2026

US-based World Cares Center partners with Help Jamaica to carry out medical missions in hurricane-affected areas

New York-based World Cares Center is teaming up with Dr Robert Clarke from Help Jamaica Medical Mission and Dr Bill Tinglin to undertake a major medical and humanitarian initiative across several…
A man watches the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba.
January 12, 2026

Concerns after US seizures of oil tankers linked to Venezuela surge

HAVANA (AP) As US seizures of Venezuela-linked oil tankers surge, concerns grow in Cuba about whether the island’s government and economy will survive. Experts warn that a sudden halt in Venezuelan…
CARICOM Heads of Government pose for a group photo at the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.
January 12, 2026

Editorial | Expand partnerships

More than a year ago, before Donald Trump’s formal re-occupation of the White House, this newspaper urged Jamaica and its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) partners to begin a strategic expansion of their…
Allan ‘Skill’ Cole
January 12, 2026

Remembering those who died in 2025

Today, we pause to remember those who made a solid contribution to the music industry and bowed out in the year 2025. This list includes a lot of veterans, some of whom were still active in the…