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 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…
Forty-two-year-old Sylvester Reid of Evans’s Heights, May Pen, Clarendon.
April 29, 2026

Body believed to be that of missing Clarendon policeman found

A body believed to be that of missing Clarendon policeman, Detective Corporal Sylvester Reid was discovered by police in York Town in the parish last night. Reid has been missing since April 14,…
Montego Bay New Testament Church of God.
April 29, 2026

Jamaica Evangelical Alliance condemns St James church shooting

The Jamaica Evangelical Alliance (JEA) is urging the culprit who shot 38-year-old Cora Thompson at the compound of the New Testament Church of God in St James last Wednesday to turn himself in to the…
Murad Awawdeh
April 29, 2026

Immigration advocate condemns new Trump migration policy

NEW YORK, CMC – An immigration advocate has condemned a new policy by the Trump administration denying green cards to Caribbean and other applicants for exercising freedom of speech against the…