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May 6, 2026
GraceKennedy unit disputes J$403-million Guyana tax claim
GraceKennedy Limited's remittance subsidiary in Guyana has received its third disputed tax assessment from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), based on a company reclassification that…
May 6, 2026
Actors, studios strike tentative 4-year deal - Fears eased of another Hollywood shutdown
LOS ANGELES (AP):
Union board members representing television and movie actors are set this week to review a tentative contract deal with studios and streaming services.
While an agreement was…
May 6, 2026
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni end 'It Ends With Us' dispute in settlement
NEW YORK (AP):
Actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni agreed Monday to end their legal feud over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film It Ends With Us, averting a trial that threatened to…
May 6, 2026
by Nicola Cunningham
‘Surreal’ - Miss Universe Jamaica Portland Celene Hall ready to represent parish
For 25-year-old Celene Hall, being crowned Miss Universe Jamaica Portland 2026 is still a surreal experience. The executive manager beat out 11 other contestants on Saturday to win the coveted title…
May 6, 2026
Something Extra | Wednesday
The first Monday in May saw the Met Gala return to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, once again bringing together high fashion and fundraising spectacle. This year’s dress code, ‘Fashion is Art’,…
May 7, 2026
by Nyoka Manning
Dr Aysha-Simone Brown builds community one run at a time
At 5:30 a.m., while much of Montego Bay is still waking up, Dr Aysha-Simone Brown is already in motion, balancing the demands of medicine with a growing fitness community she built from the ground up.…
May 6, 2026
Letter of the Day | Closing the gap in the HIV treatment cascade
THE EDITOR, Madam:
Jamaica continues to face persistent gaps in the HIV treatment cascade, from diagnosis to viral suppression. In Kingston and St Andrew (KSA), where patient volumes are highest and…
May 6, 2026
Editorial | CARICOM breakthrough?
There is a spark of optimism that a private trip to Port-of-Spain by St Lucia’s Prime Minister Phillip Pierre, which morphed into a mini-summit with his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Kamla…
May 6, 2026
Maziki Thame | Education for a better Jamaica
Many Jamaicans are deeply concerned and are therefore engaged in a debate about our need to build a better society. We may not all agree on what that society should look like, but many believe the…