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December 24, 2025
TRUE Pet Food delivers relief for animals
When the winds died down and the floodwaters began to recede, the true cost of Hurricane Melissa slowly came into view. Beyond damaged homes and disrupted lives, another crisis unfolded quietly across…
December 24, 2025
by Gareth Davis Snr
Colonel Sterling laments end of Jonkunnu in Moore Town
The Jonkunnu festivity at Moore Town, a Maroon village in East Portland’s Rio Grande Valley, has died a slow, natural death — leaving residents with a quiet resolve. Colonel of the Moore Town Maroons,…
December 24, 2025
Mortimer and Jonkunnu featured at the ArtWalk Festival
Downtown Kingston came alive with music, movement, visual art, and community pride on Sunday as the ArtWalk Festival transformed the city into an open-air celebration of Jamaica’s cultural heritage.…
December 24, 2025
Japan’s new flagship H3 rocket fails to put geolocation satellite into orbit
Japan’s space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a setback for the country’s new flagship rocket and its space launch programme.…
December 24, 2025
Get the most from your doctor’s visit
WASHINGTON (AP): It is not unusual for a 20-something to text their mother in a panic from the doctor’s office, stuck on a question they did not expect. Even experienced patients forget medications,…
December 24, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Christmas of yesteryear in Jamaica
Up to the end of the 20th century Christmas celebrations were more widely anticipated in Jamaica, secularly and religiously, than they are nowadays. The days leading up to Christmas were full of…
December 24, 2025
by Keisha Hill
Redefining skin health for the Caribbean
For Dr Keren-Marie St Clair, skin health is more than aesthetics — it is deeply connected to confidence, mental well-being, and quality of life. As the founder of The Skin Lab Jamaica and creator of…
December 24, 2025
Starlink in the crosshairs: How Russia could attack Elon Musk’s conquering of space
Two NATO-nation intelligence services suspect that Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel, with the…
December 24, 2025
BOJ expects problem loans to double from the $42.9-billion pre-Hurricane Melissa levels
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) expects borrowers to fall behind on loan payments in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, with non-performing loans (NPLs) projected to double. The central bank said the fallout…