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A tractor uses marl to raise the height of the bank at the red mud lake in Manchester, belonging to West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO). (Norman Grindley)
15 Apr, 2026 0

Jamaica Bauxite Institute warns oil crisis will translate into higher production costs and inflationary pressure

Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rippling through Jamaica’s bauxite and alumina sector, raising production costs and feeding inflationary pressures, the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) warned…
Business
15 Apr, 2026 0

NCB auctioning 110 repo vehicles worth $437m

National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCB), the nation’s largest bank, is auctioning off 110 repossessed vehicles, ranging from an $18.4-million 2022 Porsche Cayenne to a $500,000 2016 Nissan AD wagon.…
Norris Rhooms
15 Apr, 2026 0

Norris Rhoomes elected chairman of St Andrew JP body

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Norris Rhoomes has been elected chairman of the St Andrew Justice of the Peace Association (SAJPA) at a recent annual general meeting, held at the Police…
Letters
15 Apr, 2026 0

Letter of the Day | Unfinished freedom: Why Jamaica must fully embrace black hair in schools

THE EDITOR, Madam: I write in response to The Gleaner news article, ‘Strands of Change’, which highlights an encouraging shift in school grooming policies across Jamaica. This development signals a…
Letters
15 Apr, 2026 0

Foreign wars, local casualties

THE EDITOR, Madam: The Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global oil transportation, plays a vital role in the world economy. Approximately 20 per cent of the world’s oil supply passes…
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
15 Apr, 2026 0

Editorial | Interlocutor for Kamla

For supporters of regional integration, as expressed by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 2025 was, as Queen Elizabeth II characterised 1992, an annus horribilis.
Oliver Tomlinson, CEO of Canopy Insurance Company.
15 Apr, 2026 0

Canopy posts $4.8b revenue and nears erasing start-up deficit

Canopy Insurance Limited, a joint venture between GraceKennedy Group and Musson Jamaica Limited, posted profit for a third consecutive year, with revenue and earnings both rising by double-digit…
Norris McDonald
15 Apr, 2026 0

Norris R. McDonald | Poverty, ghetto survival, and land tenure struggles

Smoke curls from a wattle-and-daub, thatched-roof kren-kren in Epsom, St Mary, as the sun rises over terraced hillsides. Descendants of the Coromantee Maroons survive here through discipline, memory,…
Chelsea Manning, bottom second left, and protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace block traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of US Senator Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the US-Israel war with Iran and opposing US weapons support,
15 Apr, 2026 0

Elizabeth Morgan | War – what is it good for?

Since January, it seems that the news has been full of war, military action, more than usual. We have had military activities continuing in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, the Caribbean,…