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AP A “For Sale” sign is displayed in front of a home in the USA Monday, December 15, 2025.
December 21, 2025

Home sales in USA are up for the month but down for the year

Sales of previously occupied US homes rose in November from October levels, but slowed compared to a year earlier for the first time since May, despite average long-term mortgage rates holding near…
In this file photo, seagulls are seen sitting on a fishing boat at Kingston Harbour.
December 21, 2025

Kingston Harbour: Heartbeat of the city

Kingston Harbour is the birthplace of Jamaica’s capital’s history and life. Extending about 16 kilometres long and 3.2 kilometres wide, this semi-enclosed bay on Jamaica’s south coast is known as one…
Comedian Christopher ‘Johnny’ Daley, whose deep love for the art form has fueled the growth of the Johnny Live and Comedy Bar brands.
December 21, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

Johnny Daley serious about stand-up comedy

If there’s one thing that Johnny Daley is serious about, it’s comedy ... specifically stand-up comedy. He can literally talk for hours extolling the merits of this “beautiful art form” in which he has…
December 21, 2025

Unwrap the ‘invisible gifts’ this festive season

Christmas is a few days away, the world is sparkling with lights, decorations, and wrapped gifts placed beautifully under the Christmas trees. While these visible symbols bring joy, the deeper beauty…
A selection of Inuit items is unveiled at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec.
December 21, 2025

Indigenous artefacts returned by the Vatican find home in Canada

OTTAWA (AP) A selection of Inuit artefacts returned by the Vatican is now at the Canadian Museum of History, after First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders for years called for the repatriation of…
The USS Gravely destroyer prepares to dock for military exercises in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
December 21, 2025

Curtis Ward | A target on her back – Trinidad and Tobago in the crosshairs

Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar switched from obfuscations and denials to admission of reality – her government unreservedly sided with president Donald Trump’s US…
December 21, 2025

Gordon Robinson | Out with the old; in with the new

Some time ago you either bought or were gifted, probably by a spouse or parent, a different type of telephone. It was shaped like a half oval. It wasn’t attached to the wall. It could fit in your…
In this October 30 photo a man is seen sitting by the roadside on High Street, Black River, surrounded by debris of structures damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 21, 2025

Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | Disaster debris isn’t just garbage

Drone footage and satellite images taken after Hurricane Melissa revealed a landscape littered with wreckage - trees stripped bare, vegetation ripped from the ground, roofing sheets, doors, windows,…
Demar Banton a carpenter working with Food For The Poor installs a solar panel on the roof of a newly bult house for a family in Kingston.
December 21, 2025

Hello mi neighbour | Remember victims of another sort

As we pour into the lives of Melissa’s victims especially those in western Jamaica, let’s remember victims of another sort residing in other sections of the island. “Poorness” prevents them from…