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January 18, 2026

Be in prayer

Do you pray? How often have you wondered whether your prayers were answered or ignored? Over time, many of us have turned prayer into a habit, a request list, or a ritual performed in moments of need.…
January 18, 2026

Mark Wignall | Pain, aches, and persistent coughs

I was 22 years old and still living with my parents. It was a terrible Sunday afternoon. I had come home with aches in just about muscle group. At the arrival in the doctor’s office, the pain…
Dena Spence Hyatt writes: Even more troubling is how many workplaces respond - or fail to respond - to women’s biological realities.
January 18, 2026

Dena Spence Hyatt | Supporting women beyond career versus motherhood debate

As a society, we repeatedly stress the importance of women bearing children, often warning that “time is running out”. At the same time, recent demographic data show declining fertility rates,…
January 18, 2026

Dennis Minott | Wealth’s pretence and the academy’s duty

There are moments in history when a civilisation does not collapse noisily but drifts — slowly, comfortably — away from its moral bearings. We may be living through such a moment now. Wealth, greased…
January 18, 2026

Hello mi neighbour | Ways to experience behaviour change

Today’s piece is intentional. I don’t want you to miss the message. Sing these words with me: If I can help somebody, as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody, with a word or song, If I can show…
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Body-worn cameras on display at the Police Commissioner’s Office in St Andrew.
January 18, 2026

Aubrey Stewart | Body-worn cameras record violence, they do not prevent it

As Jamaica intensifies its crackdown on crime, confrontations between the police and criminal suspects have become more frequent. These encounters, often unfolding in high-risk and highly visible…
Business
January 18, 2026

Paramount profits despite hurricane

Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited swung back to profit in the second quarter (Q2) ended November 30, 2025, notching net earnings of $31.1 million compared with a $10.8 million loss a year earlier. …
Fashion designer Lucien Harrison hosted the 2026 Vision Brunch under the theme shades of green, surprising guests with a ‘flash-fab’ fashion show.
January 19, 2026 by Krysta Anderson

Lucien Harrison’s study in green

On a trip to Southeast Asia, designer Lucien Harrison was inspired by the vibrant culture. The journey planted a seed, and the universe, he said, handed him a blueprint for his most recent pop-up…
January 18, 2026

Sean Major-Campbell | Faith from the desolate pit

The world has moved into a difficult season. There are more questions than answers. The resource of religious faith is also tested in the face of natural disaster, the threat of pandemic, and the…