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January 9, 2026
Kristen Gyles | What caused the blackout in Venezuela?
For months leading up to January 3, the US special forces had been rehearsing its step-by-step capture plan for the arrest of Nicolás Maduro from his home in Caracas, Venezuela. At roughly 2 a.m. in…
January 9, 2026
Job openings slide to 2nd-lowest level in five years
US employers posted far fewer jobs in November than the previous month, a sign that employers are not yet ramping up hiring even as growth has picked up. Businesses and government agencies posted 7.1…
January 9, 2026
by Krysta Anderson
Five Questions with ... Ricky Platinum
Undoubtedly, one of the top dancehall disc jockeys on the international scene, this DJ rose to stardom after joining the family business. And although he was born in the United States, his background…
January 9, 2026
California loses $160m for delaying revocation of 17,000 commercial driver’s licences for immigrants
California will lose US$160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licences for immigrants, federal transportation officials announced on Wednesday. Transportation…
January 9, 2026
Google and chatbot maker Character to settle lawsuit alleging chatbot pushed teen to suicide
Google and artificial intelligence chatbot maker Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida, USA mother who alleged that a chatbot pushed her teenage son to kill himself.…
January 9, 2026
Letter of the Day | Concern about increase in police killings justified
THE EDITOR, Madam: As I watched the newscasts on Television Jamaica (TVJ) on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, two items captured my attention. The first was the welcomed reports of a reduction in…
January 9, 2026
Not condoning adult-child sex
THE EDITOR, Madam: In the letter to The Gleaner on January 6, titled “Don’t expand close-in-age exemption, educate the children”, the writer suggests that the Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) is…
January 9, 2026
by Carl Gilchrist
Delay not a disadvantage
Jamaican Alex Anderson, a preparatory school teacher, has been named valedictorian of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Global Campus Class of 2025. For him, the honour is proof that…
January 9, 2026
by Neville Graham
WIPT stock climbs 11-fold in two weeks
West Indies Petroleum Terminal Ltd. (WIPT) stock climbed above $5.60 in Thursday trading, or 11 times its listing price some two weeks earlier, reflecting a rally driven more by scarcity than…