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June 4, 2026
A watershed moment for policing in Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Madam:
While the people of Granville welcome the Director of Public Prosecutions’ ruling that the police officer involved in the shooting death of Latoya “Buju” Bulgin should be charged…
June 4, 2026
Editorial | No STEM without English
Kevin Brown, president of the University of Technology (UTech), is right about the failures of Jamaica’s education system, especially its inability to graduate students proficient in mathematics and…
June 4, 2026
Paul Golding | Pope’s AI warning: Who controls the future of humanity?
Pope Leo’XIV, on Monday, May 25, published his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (‘Magnificent Humanity’). The Pope argued that “A.I. can be a valuable tool”; however, the technology “tends to…
June 3, 2026
Stipend boost secured for Jamaican scholarship students in Cuba
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has secured an increase in the stipend provided to Jamaican scholarship students in Cuba, through the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service.
June 3, 2026
Man fatally shot by police in alleged shoot-out after cabbie reportedly hijacked
A man was fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with police following a reported hijacking of a taxi along Camp Road in Kingston on Wednesday evening.
June 3, 2026
‘Justice cannot run on charity alone,’ says MP Jess in call for JP stipend
Making a case for Justices of the Peace (JPs) to be paid a stipend to cover basic expenses associated with their roles, Opposition Spokesperson on Justice Zuleika Jess described the current…
June 3, 2026
Manchester man accused of signing documents as fake doctor and JP granted $600,000 bail
A Manchester man accused of misrepresenting himself as a medical doctor as well as a Justice of the Peace and signing motor vehicle and other documents was today granted $600,000 bail in the parish…
June 4, 2026
Basil Jarrett | China will win the AI race. And it’s not for the reason you think
If you’ve been paying attention to developments in geopolitics over the last couple of weeks or perhaps months, you would have no doubt seen the rising tensions between the United States and China, as…
June 4, 2026
by Ruddy Mathison
Fare increase sparks tension
Several taxi operators in Spanish Town, St Catherine, say the fare increase announced on Tuesday has created new challenges rather than ease existing pressures.
The Government has granted a 16 per…