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AP A COPA Airlines plane takes off at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, days after the government revoked operating rights for international airlines that suspended flights following a warning from the US Federal Aviation Admini
December 9, 2025

Imani Tafari-Ama | Making of an enemy

When the president of the United States (US) announced that he was closing the airspace of Venezuela, I got the proverbial whiplash. With intense war threats a daily occurrence, this kind of…
Skatta Burrell
December 9, 2025

Skatta does the ‘Coolie Dance’ with new publishing deal

Producer Cordel ‘Skatta’ Burrell says he is looking to replicate across the local music fraternity his recent global success from a lucrative publishing deal. Having joined forces with Reservoir Media…
Dr. M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe, CD, JP, BA, M.Sc., DBE (h.c.), Chairman of Manpower & Maintenance Services (MMS) Limited Group
December 9, 2025

Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe | After Hurricane Melissa – Understanding sanitation vs sanitisation: A public health dilemma

We will agree that the passing of Melissa, a Category 5 Hurricane, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, has again brought us to a place akin to where we were during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It is a…
In October, the KSAMC said it was prepared to make public the name of advertising companies that owe the municipality millions for billboard advertisements across the municipality.
December 9, 2025

Illegal billboards dominant across Kingston and St Andrew; KSAMC explores regularisation

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) will be exploring measures to regularise individuals or entities who erect billboards illegally across the municipality. This comes in the…
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon.
December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

St James residents urged to carry out proper waste disposal post-Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: As cleanup and restoration efforts continue following Hurricane Melissa’s passage on October 28, the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) is warning St James’ residents to properly…
FILE - Debris surrounds damaged homes along the Black River, St Elizabeth, on Thursday, October 30, 2025 in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Replenishment: A prayer after Melissa

Home is where / one starts from. Raise the Nile to its measures, according to Your grace O Lord Give joy to the face of the earth May its furrows be abundantly watered and its fruits be…
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meets in Atlanta on December 5, 2025 to consider changes in hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for infants.
December 9, 2025

US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

(AP) — A United States vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all US babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. Hepatitis B is a…
The Netflix logo is shown in this photo from the company's website on February. 2, 2023, in New York.
December 9, 2025

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for US$72 billion

Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and “Friends,” in a US$72 billion deal. It would bring together two of the biggest players in…
From left: Adiel ‘King Diel’ Thomas, Carl ‘Lee King’ Scharschmidt and Justin ‘Just King’ Walker of the music group, Island Kings.
December 9, 2025 by O’brian Wynter

Island Kings to bring holiday cheer, hope with charity concert

As Jamaica continues to rebuild from the devastation of Hurricane Melissa, local music collective Island Kings is stepping forward with music and community spirit. On Sunday, December 21, the group…