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Professor Donovan Campbell
December 26, 2025

UWI scientists play key role in UN flagship environmental report

Scientists from the University of the West Indies (UWI) have once again placed the Caribbean at the centre of global environmental discourse, playing a key role in the research, analysis, and…
Alex Johnson, head of the Faith Chapel of Faith Apostolic Ministries Health and Welness Department, attends to a patient on December 13 at the Mother Lewis AME Church in Shrewsbury, Westmoreland.
December 26, 2025 by Antoine Lodge

Faith steps in where Melissa left scars

More than 100 residents of the Shrewsbury and Logwood districts in Petersfield, Westmoreland received much-needed health and social services on December 13, as Faith Apostolic Ministries continued its…
People relax along Hellshire Beach in St Catherine.
December 26, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

No ‘box dung’ on Boxing Day

A few days ago, I overheard a conversation between a young mother and her daughter, who looked about six years old. The child wanted to know why Boxing Day is so called, and when it is. The mother…
December 26, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Heavy-duty payout

The Supreme Court has ordered Jamaica North South Highway Company Limited and China Harbour Engineering Company Limited to pay heavy-duty truck driver Leon Mais $4,100,829.23 in damages, after finding…
Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness.
December 26, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Tufton expects Melissa-damaged western hospital buildings to be repaired by next month

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says he is hopeful that the hospitals in western Jamaica, which took a battering from Hurricane Melissa, will be restored by the end…
Reggae artiste Skygrass poses with his fiancée, Nicole Arbour, at the Yard Mas Carnival 2026 Galleria hybrid costume presentation, held at Palace Cineplex, Sovereign Centre in St Andrew. The pair are currently filming a reality-style docuseries with US-ba
December 26, 2025 by O’brian Wynter

Skygrass’ bold new chapter

Reggae recording artiste and producer Skygrass is entering one of the most exciting and expansive chapters of his career — one where music, love, culture and storytelling collide. Fresh off the…
Digicel Foundation CEO Charmaine Daniels (right) hands over $300,000 worth of hardware vouchers to Sadie Brisstell, administrative assistant at West Haven Children’s Home, during a visit to the facility in Hanover.
December 26, 2025

Digicel Foundation brings holiday cheer with hardware vouchers

The Digicel Foundation is distributing of $30 million in Hardware and Lumber Limited vouchers to support home repairs and rebuilding efforts, with a strong focus on western Jamaica, where communities…
Keliesha Fearon, a resident of St Elizabeth and a JWN Foundation volunteer, prepares paint to help with the rebuilding efforts.
December 26, 2025

‘I won’t have to worry anymore’

For 33-year-old Nichola Smith, the approach of Hurricane Melissa brought days of fear and uncertainty. Living in Balaclava, St Elizabeth, Smith, who shares her home with five members of her household,…
Miss Global Jamaica 2025 Keri-Ann Greenwood and Jermane Blair, national director of the local franchise, both shared lens at the official launch of the 2026 local competition.
December 26, 2025 by O’brian Wynter

The road to Miss Global Jamaica 2026 begins

The road to crowning Jamaica’s next global queen, following reigning representative Keri-Ann Greenwood’s first-runner-up finish at the 2025 Miss Global competition, officially began on December 21…