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April 2, 2026
BOJ holds policy rate citing uncertainty
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has opted to maintain its benchmark interest rate at 5.50 per cent, underscoring heightened global uncertainty and an increasingly fragile inflation outlook as the dominant…
April 2, 2026
Persons outside labour force surge in Melissa-hit parishes
Some 30,100 fewer persons were employed as of January 2026 compared to the year before, and Jamaica’s labour force also fell by 33,000 during the same period, according to key indicators from the…
April 2, 2026
Letter of the Day | Justice as the engine of prosperity
THE EDITOR, Madam:
April 2, 2026
Editorial | CARICOM’s new crisis
Dr Carla Barnett has not been the kind of secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) this newspaper had hoped for. She has not interpreted her mandate or fashioned her leadership as a…
April 2, 2026
Iran’s oil – a blessing or a curse?
THE EDITOR, Madam: Huge crowds, numbering in the millions, filled streets in more than 3,000 American cities on Saturday, March 28. Rallying under the banner “No Kings”, protesters denounced…
April 2, 2026
Earth Today | Seagrass: Unsung hero of Caribbean blue carbon
SEAGRASS BEDS are the nurseries of our ocean, the first home of the snapper, grunt, and parrotfish that sustain coastal livelihoods across the Caribbean; and the primary food source for green sea…
April 2, 2026
Earth Today | St Hilda’s wins EcoSpark Innovation Challenge
THE ST Hilda’s Diocesan High School in Brown’s Town has walked away with $300,000 in winnings after topping the Nature-based Solutions category of the EcoSpark Innovation Challenge.
April 2, 2026
Earth Today | New cities initiative to inspire solutions to waste crisis
THERE IS a new initiative to help solve the world’s waste woes, as data out of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) paints a picture of a planet in a growing mess. According to the 2024…
April 2, 2026
Let Manchester bloom
THE EDITOR, Madam: There is something profoundly fitting about the Government’s proposal – announced by Andrew Holness – to establish an “Emancipation-type” state park in Mandeville. Yet, if this…