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Deidre Powell
April 14, 2026

Immigration Corner | Canada’s Express Entry is changing

Dear Miss Powell, I’ve been preparing to apply under Canada’s Express Entry system and just waiting on my credentials report. I’m now hearing that major changes to the Express Entry System that…
Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew, CARICOM chair.
April 13, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Summit snub

WESTERN BUREAU A diplomatic dispute within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has intensified after Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) stayed away from an emergency meeting convened to address concerns it…
Dr Trisha Bailey
April 13, 2026 by Lester Hinds

From Churchill Downs to Serenity Ranch

For more than 150 years, the Kentucky Derby has stood as one of the most iconic and prestigious traditions in American history. Established in 1875 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, the…
Representatives of JAMLEO at last year’s humanitarian mission at Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann.
April 13, 2026 by Lester Hinds

100-member team of Jamaican-American cops visit island this month

A 100-member-strong mission from the Jamaican-American Law Enforcement Organization (JAMLEO), comprising officers in the New York Police Department (NYPD), will arrive in Jamaica on April 26 for a…
Superintendent Andrew Nish.
April 13, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Slight uptick in murders a concern in Hanover

Western Bureau: Despite the best efforts of the police and an overall decline in major crimes in the parish, Superintendent Andrew Nish, the police commander for Hanover, says there has been a slight…
Supporters of Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza party, celebrate after a parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday.
April 13, 2026

Orbán concedes defeat in European electoral earthquake

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP): Hungarian voters yesterday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he…
April 13, 2026 by Karen Madden

MoBay court tosses defunct company’s multimillion-dollar rent claim

The Montego Bay Parish Court recently struck down a multi-million dollar claim brought by SBV Company Limited and Arla Vernon-Gordon against their former tenant Karett Brown, operator of a supermarket…
From left: Dr Mark Smith, immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association [JTA]; La Sonja Harrison, JTA president elect; Dr Kevin Brown, president of the University of Technology Jamaica [UTech]; and Mark Malabver, the current JTA president
April 13, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

UTech president wants Jamaica to be a leader in technology

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Kevin Brown, president of the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), says Jamaica needs to prepare to be a leader in technological advancement, arguing that the implementation…
Tona-Lee Lewis Wright.
April 13, 2026

Humble start, elite success

Few would have imagined that a humble little girl from the cool hills of Manchester in Jamaica would one day become the number-one ranked insurance agent within one of the most prestigious agencies in…