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April 28, 2026
Trump pursues new import taxes to replace tariffs Supreme Court rejected
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Supreme Court killed his favourite tariffs in February, President Donald Trump promptly rolled out temporary import taxes to replace them. But those stopgap levies expire in…
April 28, 2026
Motorists urged to stop throwing garbage from vehicles
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is urging motorists and passengers to stop throwing litter from vehicles and exercise greater discipline in how they dispose of waste while…
April 28, 2026
NSWMA says its committed to accountability amid audit exposing irregularities, notes final report pending
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is insisting that it is committed to accountability, transparency and serving the public interest, in light of an internal audit report that…
April 28, 2026
Attorney listed as person of interest arrested in downtown MoBay
Attorney-at-law Debby-Ann Samuels was taken into custody on Monday after a near two-hour standoff with cops in downtown Montego Bay, St James, a senior police official and sources have disclosed. …
April 28, 2026
Retired policeman found dead at home
The Spanish Town police have launched an investigation into the sudden death of a retired policeman who was on Monday night found unresponsive in his St Catherine home. He has been identified as…
April 28, 2026
GraceKennedy announces price increases on non-alcoholic sweetened beverages
GraceKennedy Limited says it will increase its prices on non-alcoholic sweetened beverages by an average of nine per cent, effective Friday, May 1. In an April 24 notice to its Jamaican retail…
April 28, 2026
Senior Guyanese minister objects to brooch worn by Venezuela’s acting president
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A senior Guyanese government minister has criticised Venezuela’s Acting President, Delcy Rodriquez, for wearing a brooch showing her country’s map that includes Guyana’s…
April 28, 2026
Dean Jones | 80 per cent of homes uninsured in Jamaica
…Hurricanes exposed it. The numbers confirm it. The system still hasn’t fixed it. Jamaica does not have a housing problem in the way it is commonly described. It has a risk problem, and that risk is…
April 28, 2026
PAC moves to compel testimony from UHWI CEO Fitzgerald Mitchell
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…