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January 11, 2026
Silence builds strength
The year has changed, and life continues. Every life carries an unseen battlefield within. In a world that constantly encourages displaying and exposing every move, we have forgotten to contain our…
January 11, 2026
Pope blasts countries’ use of force to assert dominion
VATICAN CITY (AP): In his most substantial critique of US, Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, Pope Leo XIV on Friday denounced how nations were using force to assert their…
January 11, 2026
Top entertainment stories for 2025
1. Farewell to a legend 2. Veteran reggae singer Cocoa Tea has died 3. Mexican reggae singer Jah Fabio wished to take last breath in Jamaica 4. Six-foot standout Dreanna Williams wins Miss Universe…
January 11, 2026
Top 15 Dancehall Songs in the Streets
We took to the streets for this top-15 and who better than DJ Tom, one of the organisers of the popular Leggo Di Streets Wednesdays, a weekly party that is held in Kencot, St Andrew. 1. Mute –…
January 11, 2026
Top 15 Dancehall Songs 2025
Renaissance disc jock, Delano ‘DJ3D’ Thomas put his spin on compiling this exclusive list of dancehall songs for the year 2025. Sitting pretty at the top is Armanii, who also gets honourable mention…
January 11, 2026
Jalil Dabdoub | The goat, sheep, and the world order – The fall of principle
Bruce Golding’s recent article in the Jamaica Observer, titled ‘Things fall apart’ in almost every respect, is a truthful and courageous reckoning with the collapse of the post-WWII rules-based…
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…
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…
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…