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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…
April 9, 2026
Earth Today | Young minds show off green solutions
AS CLIMATE change intensifies, Jamaica, like many small island developing states (SIDS), faces growing threats from flooding, heat stress, food insecurity, and environmental degradation. However,…
April 9, 2026
Tiffany McLeggon | We are not a nation meant to cower
There are some lines you do not expect to hear in a Senate debate. Not because they are out of place but because they carry a kind of weight that forces you to pause. Last week, People’s National…
April 9, 2026
Africka Stephens and Nickasha Dockery | Hearts and hashtags: Keeping teen dating safe online
As teenagers, many of us remember sneaking an Instagram or Facebook message on our phones or iPads, even though our parents often told us to stay away from social media – risking our devices being…
April 8, 2026
‘Ketamine Queen’ gets 15 years in prison for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling actor Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in 2023. …