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Government Senator Marlon Morgan. - File photo.
April 29, 2026

Morgan calls for apology from Brown-Burke and Golding over ‘disgraceful’ conduct in Parliament

Government Senator Marlon Morgan is arguing that South West St Andrew Member of Parliament Dr Angela Brown-Burke and Opposition Leader Mark Golding owe the Speaker of the House, Parliament, and the…
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April 29, 2026

Opposition criticises gov’t on tax on short-term rentals

The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is accusing the Government of acting “like a thief in the night” after it approved tax measures that will impose General Consumption Tax (GCT) on…
Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, makes his 2026/27 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 28.
April 29, 2026

Gov’t to establish river and cays management authorities under NEPA

The Government plans to establish a River Management Authority and a Cays Management Authority within the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA). This was announced by Minister of Water,…
 People pay their respects at a memorial on the steps of the Town Hall following a vigil the previous day in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Saturday, February 14, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP, file)
April 29, 2026

Families of Canada school shooting victims sue OpenAI over shooter’s use of ChatGPT

The families of victims of a school shooting in a Canadian Rockies town are suing artificial intelligence company OpenAI in US federal court, seeking to hold the ChatGPT maker responsible for failing…
Young people use their phones to view social media in Sydney, November 8, 2024.
April 29, 2026

Opposition party in Grenada condemns imposition of VAT on services provided through social media

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Apr 29, CMC – Grenada's main opposition New National Party (NNP) on Wednesday said it has “serious concerns” following the government’s decision to table the Value Added…
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…
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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…
Louis E.A. Moyston, PhD, lecturer in the Department of Government at The University of the West Indies
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…
Adam Stewart
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…