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An Edwin Allen athlete competes in the Championship of America 4x100 metres at the Penn Relays inside the Franklin Field stadium in Philadelphia last week.
April 29, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Dyke pleased with Edwin Allen’s Penns outing

Head coach of Edwin Allen High School’s female track and field team Michael Dyke is happy with his charges’ performances at the recently concluded Penn Relays in Franklin Field, Philadelphia. The…
Sherrion Robinson, parent of a student at Melrose Primary and Junior High in St Andrew, whose questions sparked the idea for a sensory room.
April 29, 2026 by Karen Madden

Ground broken for sensory room at St Andrew school

An ambitious suggestion during a parent-teacher conference at Melrose Primary and Junior High led to a seed being planted that has now grown into the breaking of ground for the construction of a…
SUPREME SOUL (right), with Shane Ellis aboard, outlasts stablemate TOONA CILIATA (Linton Steadman) to win the Jamaica St Leger and secure the coveted Triple Crown in 2019.
April 29, 2026

A Tale of Two Triple Crowns

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light,…
University Hospital of the West Indies.
April 29, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Probe deepens into UHWI tax exemption abuse

Focused on revenue recovery, the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has launched an audit of the last three years to assess breaches by the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) involving misuse of…
Letters
April 29, 2026

Violence in schools requires healing, not only control

THE EDITOR, Madam: Recent discussions on violence in our schools rightly call for urgent and sustained action. However, if we are to move beyond managing symptoms, we must confront a deeper reality:…
Bryan Sykes, chief justice of Jamaica.
April 29, 2026

New electronic system aims to cut delays in courts

Work has begun on the development and implementation of an Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS) for Jamaica’s justice system, a move aimed at modernising the administration of justice…
Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriquez (left) meeting with Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Monday.
April 29, 2026

Minister objects to brooch worn by Venezuela’s acting president

GEORGETOWN (CMC): A senior Guyanese government minister has criticised Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, for wearing a brooch depicting her country’s map to include Guyana’s Essequibo…
Former FBI Director James Comey.
April 29, 2026

Ex-FBI Director Comey indicted

WASHINGTON (AP): Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted yesterday in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials said constituted a threat against…
Letters
April 29, 2026

Israel, Lebanon, and the courage to choose peace

THE EDITOR, Madam: The last Hezbollah-Israel war ended with a ceasefire in 2006. UN Security Council Resolution 1701 stipulated that Hezbollah forces would remain north of the Litani River,…