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April 9, 2026
by Karen Madden
NHF commissions major solar energy systems in green push
The National Health Fund (NHF) has taken a significant step towards improving energy efficiency and reducing operational costs with the commissioning of a multimillion-dollar solar energy system at…
April 9, 2026
by Bryan Miller
Hanover Custos backs push for greater focus on STEAM, TVET subjects in schools
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Custos Lennox Anderson-Jackson has voiced strong support for educators advocating for greater recognition of STEAM and TVET subjects, emphasising that rapid technological…
April 9, 2026
Iran’s proposal to collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz violates trade norms
To end the war with the United States and Israel, Iran is demanding the right to collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz as a precondition for reopening the waterway vital to world oil supplies. Yet…
April 9, 2026
Menacing beggars and child abusers
THE EDITOR, Madam: I recently visited an establishment in Half Way Tree and encountered a situation that left me both reflective and deeply concerned. While there, a young woman approached me in a…
April 9, 2026
Letter of the Day | A serious governance concern
THE EDITOR, Madam: The controversial reappointment of Dr Carla Barnett as CARICOM Secretary General raises fundamental questions of law, treaty compliance, and institutional legitimacy. This is not…
April 9, 2026
Who to blame for Caribbean Airlines losses?
THE EDITOR, Madam: Trinidad’s Guardian Express recently carried an investigative report suggesting that accumulated losses from former Air Jamaica routes, taken over by Caribbean Airlines (CAL) in…
April 9, 2026
Editorial | Advancing reparations
This newspaper celebrates Ghana’s spearheading of last month’s United Nations resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and slavery “the gravest crime against humanity”. Indeed, a formal…
April 9, 2026
Earth Today | New EFJ podcast unpacks climate challenge for Jamaicans
THE PUBLIC now has the benefit of a new a podcast, one intended to help them make sense of climate change impacts, while placing them at the centre of conversations about how readiness can be…
April 9, 2026
Earth Today | Managing biological invasions in a warming Caribbean
ACROSS THE Caribbean, species that do not belong are quietly reshaping our coasts and reefs, one spiny fin and drifting mat at a time. The lionfish is the poster child of this problem. With its…