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PAC moves to compel testimony from UHWI CEO Fitzgerald Mitchell
April 28, 2026
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) voted unanimously on Tuesday to invoke Parliament's legal powers to compel University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) CEO Fitzgerald Mitchell's attendance, a step that carries potential criminal sanctions if disobeyed. His immediate predecessor as CEO, Kevin Allen, was also ordered to appear for a June 2 meeting.
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NaRRA bill clears House despite pushback from Opposition
The House of Representatives has approved the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) Bill, clearing a key hurdle on the way to establishing a central agency to lead Jamaica’s post–Hurricane Melissa recovery. The legislation now moves to the Senate for further consideration. The vote came about 1:33 a.m. Wednesday after a lengthy debate and clause-by-clause consideration of the legislation.
Three teams left in escape dogfight
With Spanish Town Police’s relegation from the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) confirmed over the weekend, Molynes United, Treasure Beach, and Harbour View’s fates still remain up in the air. Spanish Town stood with an outside chance of survival coming into last weekend’s fixtures, but they needed to win all of their remaining games to pull off an unlikely escape. However, their hopes were quickly dashed when they went down with a whimper in a 6-2 drubbing at the hands of Chapelton Maroons.
‘I just love playing football’
When Monica Bosiljevac stepped away from football as a player over a decade ago, she did not foresee lacing up her boots to compete for Real Mona in their return to the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) this season. Bosiljevac’s journey to being the heart of Real Mona’s midfield is a story of life’s twists and turns, her love for football, and her connection to a team that needed her experience in the squad.
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SCHOOL RIGHTS CHALLENGE
Arguing that Jamaica’s education system was gradually collapsing, Opposition Spokesman on Education Damion Crawford on Tuesday announced that he has taken the Government to court to defend the constitutional rights of children at the pre-primary and primary levels.
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Regional energy transition now urgent, says Wheatley
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Cayman minister wants stronger backing for regional regulators
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‘I just love playing football’
When Monica Bosiljevac stepped away from football as a player over a decade ago, she did not foresee lacing up her boots to compete for Real Mona in their return to the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) this season. Bosiljevac’s journey to being the heart of Real Mona’s midfield is a story of life’s twists and turns, her love for football, and her connection to a team that needed her experience in the squad.
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Three teams left in escape dogfight
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Pride roar into playoffs as Bishop’s five-for sinks Scorpions
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Stephen ‘Di Genius’ writes a new chapter with ‘Hill and Gully’ riddim
Multi-Grammy Award-winning producer, Stephen ‘Di Genius’ McGregor , is excited about his newest riddim, Hill and Gully, which is a spin-off of the original mento song and riddim of the same name. “I was just trying to tap into Jamaican culture on a deeper level, and I thought that no one really went into mento and that kind of thing. So, I wanted to see how I could merge that world with like the new people and kind of just reintroduce that part of the culture,” McGregor told The Gleaner.
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Documentary to revisit 1962 execution of J’can man in Britain
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Yaksta gets real on ‘Roar’
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Caribbean Cement annual output fell to five-year low
The kiln expansion at Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) failed to lift output past one million tonnes in 2025 as production dipped below 2020 pandemic levels, according to data in its annual report. Going forward, operations could see “uncertainty” with higher input costs due to oil shocks caused by the US-Iran war, the annual report warns. Its kiln – the equivalent of an industrial furnace – was completed and commissioned in April–May 2025, after which Hurricane Melissa struck last October, causing temporary disruptions.
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No sugar-coating it
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Not for your Probox
April 28, 2026
Island Wedding |Chadde and Cheve-Ann tie the knot in perfect timing
For years, Cheve-Ann Boucher and Chadde Bryan crossed paths at church and served together at Christian youth camps. But everything changed in 2019 when they returned from camp that summer and arranged a picnic date. Sparks flew, and nearly seven years later, the couple entered holy matrimony “I always thought that Cheve-Ann was graceful, classy, in a universe all by herself and far out of my reach, even when it came to friendship,” Chadde told Island Wedding.
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The Smile Architect: Dr Anna Law marks 30 years of Align Orthodontics
April 28, 2026
Something Extra | Tuesday
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Editorial | Searching for an SG
It is urgent that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) engineer a sensible solution to the impasse over the extension of the mandate of its secretary general, Carla Barnett. At this point, that solution increasingly appears to be Dr Barnett’s dignified exit from the post.
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Elizabeth Morgan | A global state of distress
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Norris R. McDonald | America and CARICOM’S psychology of ‘glad dependency!’
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Members and volunteers of the Ananda Marga pose for a photograph as they prepare to head out to distribute relief supplies to people affected by Hurricane Melissa in western Jamaica.
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Glenmuir High School players in a celebratory mood.