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January 9, 2026
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…
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…
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…
January 9, 2026
Taylor Swift leads iHeartRadio Music Award nominations again
NEW YORK (AP): Taylor Swift once again leads the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Award nominees with nine. She is followed by Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter and Alex Warren, who are tied with eight each. The…
January 9, 2026
Peter Espeut | Are we driven by logic?
I have written here before that I wish that the science of logic would be taught in every high school in Jamaica. As a start, it should improve student performance in mathematics, which is a refined…
January 9, 2026
Gmail to become personal AI assistant
More artificial intelligence (AI) is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarise far-flung…
January 9, 2026
Trump wants to ban large investors from buying houses
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes.
January 9, 2026
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