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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,…
Dr Wayne Wesley
April 29, 2026

CXC urges candidates to approach exams with confidence and care

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has issued a direct appeal to examination candidates across the region, urging them to approach the upcoming May to June 2026 sitting with confidence,…
Sean Blake, who runs a cookshop at Gutters, received a stove and other inputs to restart her business.
April 29, 2026

UNDP reports progress in post‑Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts

Six months after Hurricane Melissa’s destructive landfall, hundreds of small and micro enterprises (SMEs) are rebuilding livelihoods and markets, while thousands of community residents are benefiting…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (centre); Dr Carla Barnett (left), secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM);  and Dr Amstrong Alexis, deputy secretary general of CARICOM, during a Plenary Business Session at the 49th Regular Meeting of the C
April 29, 2026

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…
Letters
April 29, 2026

Letter of the Day | Meaningful constitutional reform requires bipartisan consensus

THE EDITOR, Madam: Recent commentary by Lloyd Barnett in The Gleaner, titled Selecting Jamaica’s Final Court of Appeal, makes a timely and constructive contribution to Jamaica’s ongoing…