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Dr Horace Chang, deputy prime minister and minister of national security and peace, addresses yesterday’s post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St Andrew.
April 23, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Fake gun flaw

Changing Jamaica’s gun law to provide lesser penalties for possession of an imitation firearm is not enough if the “fundamental flaw” of possibly criminalising citizens for an object that cannot…
Richard Mullings, president of the Integrated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica.
April 23, 2026 by Sashana Small

IMAJ urges Gov’t to build bridge to consultation on NaRRA bill

The Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) is raising concerns over what it describes as a lack of consultation with local contractors in the establishment of the National…
Marlene Malahoo Forte, government member of parliament.
April 23, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Shredded!

In a rare departure from Jamaica’s parliamentary tradition, backbencher and former Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte on Tuesday cut through one of the most…
A section of the Caribbean Cement Company Ltd in Kingston.
April 23, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Rain threatens post-Melissa rebuild as cement output falls

Rainfall is threatening to delay islandwide reconstruction efforts following Hurricane Melissa, as Caribbean Cement Company Ltd says its operations are being hampered by adverse weather conditions.…
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April 23, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Not automatic that weapon fired where casings found, says witness in Acadia trial

A former crime scene officer yesterday testified that he recovered multiple 9mm spent casings in the vicinity of Evans Avenue and Acadia Drive in St Andrew, where three men were fatally shot during a…
Mark Malabver, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
April 23, 2026

JTA president wants urgent nat’l meeting on violence in schools

Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver is calling for an urgent national meeting involving key education stakeholders to confront the growing problem of violence in schools,…
A Caribbean national collects vetiver grass.
April 23, 2026

Earth Today | From grassroots to green slopes

CARIBBEAN HILLSIDES have a problem that concrete cannot always fix, and budgets rarely cover – soil erosion. Soil erosion, worsened by increasingly intense storms and degraded land cover, strips farms…
ESL chair and chief executive officer, Eleanor Jones
April 23, 2026

Earth Today | Heir apparent

STEPHEN JONES is a new addition to the senior leadership of the consultancy firm, Environmental Solutions Limited (ESL); and he is keen to make his mark in the environment sector while transforming…
(AP Illustration/Jenni Sohn)
April 23, 2026

Earth Today | ‘Embrace renewables’

AHEAD OF Earth Day 2026, which had as its theme ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, leaders from small island states have championed the use of sustainable energy sources as part of the solution to the current…