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The country’s coat of arms hangs on the facade of a government building in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
18 Sep, 2026 0

Long state of emergency ends as anger mounts over arrests

PORT-OF-SPAIN (AP): Trinidad and Tobago ended a lengthy state of emergency on Thursday, with authorities on alert for a possible surge in violence as activists and lawyers decried the mass arrests…
18 Sep, 2026 0

Update | Direct deposit NIS pension payments fixed

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is advising NIS pensioners that pension payments have now been successfully uploaded. The Ministry says pensioners who receive their payments through direct…
The country’s coat of arms hangs on the facade of a government building in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
18 Sep, 2026 0

Trinidad and Tobago ends long state of emergency as anger mounts over arrests

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago ended a lengthy state of emergency on Thursday with authorities on alert for a possible surge in violence as activists and lawyers decried the mass…
A cleric takes a photograph at the shattered Shajareh Tayyebeh school, which has become a place of mourning and a memorial to those killed in a US airstrike on February 28, in Minab, southern Iran, September 7.
18 Sep, 2026 0

UN-backed experts cite possible US war crimes in Iran strikes

GENEVA (AP): Experts commissioned by the UN’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a…
Maxcine Headley (third right), principal of Kendal Primary and Infant, and secretary for JN Circle Mandeville takes a group photo (from left), De’Ante Livingston of the JN Group; Cheryl Walker, teacher at Kendal Primary and Infant; Mildred Rattary, treas
18 Sep, 2026 0

New roofs, fresh start for Kendal schools

For teachers and students at two schools in Kendal, Manchester, the new school term began with more than the excitement of returning to the classroom; they also returned to learning spaces made safer…
Staff members at Bickersteth Primary and Infant School in St James survey the damage done to a section of the premises, following a break-in at the institution on Wednesday night.
18 Sep, 2026 0

Thieves hit six primary schools in St James, Hanover since August

WESTERN BUREAU: Thieves have broken into six primary schools within the Ministry of Education’s Region 4 jurisdiction since late August, with Bickersteth Primary and Infant School in St James…
First-time recipients of the 2026 Carlton Alexander Memorial Bursary are pictured at the awards ceremony held last month at GraceKennedy’s headquarters in downtown Kingston. Sharing the moment are (standing, from left) Edward Alexander, son of the late C
18 Sep, 2026 0

GK Foundation invests $32m in student support

The GraceKennedy Foundation (GKF) has reinforced its investment in education, providing more than $32 million in scholarships and bursaries to Jamaican students.
18 Sep, 2026 0

NWA ramps up $38 million road rehabilitation project in Trelawny

The National Works Agency (NWA) says it is ramping up efforts to complete a robust $38 million patching and local rehabilitation project in Trelawny. Community Relations Officer for the NWA’s Western…
18 Sep, 2026 0

Editorial | Doubling down on bad policy

Delroy Chuck, the justice minister, might wish to remind himself of this newspaper’s frequently expressed adage that what is worse than formulating bad policy is its implementation. But even worse…