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April 29, 2026
Hurricane Melissa contributes to Trelawny property tax collection shortfall
The Trelawny Municipal Corporation says it collected $342 million in property taxes for the fiscal year 2025/2026. This information was revealed to The Gleaner by Chief Executive Officer Andrew…
April 29, 2026
Gas prices to go up $4.50
Motorists will pay even more for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $4.50 to sell for $185.63 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $4.50…
April 29, 2026
Louis E.A. Moyston | Where have all the PWDs gone?
Those persons who were born before Independence and probably a decade after 1962 will readily understand the acronym PWD which, of course, is the Public Works Department. I thought about the PWD the…
April 29, 2026
Adam Stewart scores latest victory in battle over Butch Stewart’s empire
The Supreme Court has struck out a claim by executors of the late hotel mogul Gordon "Butch" Stewart’s estate seeking a "red flag" audit of several companies, ruling they lacked…
April 29, 2026
Body believed to be that of missing Clarendon policeman found
A body believed to be that of missing Clarendon policeman, Detective Corporal Sylvester Reid was discovered by police in York Town in the parish last night. Reid has been missing since April 14,…
April 29, 2026
Jamaica Evangelical Alliance condemns St James church shooting
The Jamaica Evangelical Alliance (JEA) is urging the culprit who shot 38-year-old Cora Thompson at the compound of the New Testament Church of God in St James last Wednesday to turn himself in to the…
April 29, 2026
Immigration advocate condemns new Trump migration policy
NEW YORK, CMC – An immigration advocate has condemned a new policy by the Trump administration denying green cards to Caribbean and other applicants for exercising freedom of speech against the…
April 29, 2026
NCAA agrees to lift restrictions on student-athletes earning prize money before enrolling in college
GREENSBORO, NC (AP) — The NCAA has agreed to overhaul its restrictions on athletes accepting prize money before enrolling in college under the terms of a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit…
April 29, 2026
Fashion Elevation pushes the envelope with style
Models from fashion houses such as Shades of Africa, Endlesz Designs, Yard Pop, Cheryl Robinson Designs and the Septimius Couture Collection, strutting their stuff down the runway and celebrities…