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April 20, 2026

Letter of the Day | Access to clean water is a necessity

THE EDITOR, Madam: There are deeper issues that lie in the lack of access to clean, potable water in sufficient quantities to meet household needs. Many communities have no reliable indoor plumbing…
Gleaner editorial writes: Jamaica has to urgently design, and proffer, policies to cushion the worst of the effects of this fall-out. These should begin to emerge in Parliament’s sector debate that begin this week.
April 20, 2026

Editorial | Sectoral debate on solutions

Despite the lull after the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, the war in the Middle East continues to send economic shockwaves across an interconnected global system. Energy supplies are…
Broughton (left) in conversation with David Betty, president of the Jamaican Canadian Association in Ontario at a Hurricane Melissa donation relief drop-off centre last November. JN Bank in Canada served as the official drop-off for items collected in Toro
April 20, 2026

Monique Broughton: JN Bank’s People Magnet in Canada

Monique Broughton remembers well her adolescent years tuning into the nightly TV news. Local and international affairs, sports and weather, all easy enough to follow. The finance segment, however,…
Kenyah Adamson (right), manager of the Lucea branch of the Infiniti Cooperative Credit Union Jamaica Limited, presents documents related to the entrepreneurship programme to Tova Trench-Anderson, the parish manager for the Hanover branch of the Social Deve
April 20, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Hanover’s SDC branch, Infiniti Credit Union launch entrepreneurship programme for students

Western Bureau: The Hanover branch of the Social Development Commission (SDC) has forged a partnership with Infiniti Cooperative Credit Union to launch a Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (YEP) in high…
People wait their turn to enter a bank in Havana, Cuba.
April 20, 2026

Shaquille Ramsay | Between two storms

Ninety miles separates Cuba from the coast of Florida. Less than a hundred miles separates Jamaica from Cuba. As the drumbeat of American political rhetoric grows louder toward Havana, the Government…
April 19, 2026

T&T police probe killing of officer, theft of weapons in major station breach

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The authorities are investigating what is being described as one of the most serious security breaches at a police facility in recent history, after a municipal police…
April 19, 2026

Three men charged in St Mary carjacking

Three alleged carjackers have been arrested and charged following an incident in Harmony Hill district in Highgate, St Mary, on April 14. The men are 24-year-old labourer Jahneke Kelly, otherwise…
Bayern's Harry Kane reacts during a Bundesliga football match between Bayern and Stuttgart in Munich, Germany, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
April 19, 2026

Bayern Munich win 13th Bundesliga title in 14 years

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich wrapped up another Bundesliga title on Sunday, the club's 13th in 14 years, by easing to a 4-2 win over Stuttgart. Harry Kane scored his league-leading 32nd goal of…
Manchester City's Erling Haaland celebrate with his teammates Nico Gonzalez and Phil Foden at the end of the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and and Arsenal, in Manchester, England, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Thomp
April 19, 2026

Man City beat Arsenal 2-1 for huge swing in Premier League title race

MANCHESTER, England ( AP ) — The Premier League might just have a new title favourite after Manchester City swung the race for the championship in its favour by beating Arsenal 2-1 on Sunday thanks to…