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Grammy-nominated artiste Mortimer enthrals the audience at the Artwalk Festival Gran’ Market on Sunday.
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.…
The H3 rocket (8th) by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, carrying a navigation satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Tanegashima island, southern Japan, on Monday, December 22.
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.…
Preparing questions and medical information ahead of time helps patients get the most out of their doctor’s visit.
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,…
Vermon Taylor is pictured decorating the Christmas tree for the parish of St James.
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…
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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…
Bank of Jamaica building on the Kingston waterfront.
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…
Jim Beam, Knob Creek and other alcohol bottles are pictured at a bar in Eagle, Colorado USA. (AP Photo)
December 24, 2025

Bourbon maker Jim Beam halts production at Kentucky distillery

Bourbon maker Jim Beam is halting production at one of its distilleries in Kentucky for at least a year as the whiskey industry navigates tariffs from the Trump administration and slumping demand for…
Cordell Howell-Huie (second left) and Deacon Dalmas Agan (second right)), administrators at the Mustard Seed Children’s Home in Moore Park, St James, jointly collect a gift basket from Janet Richards (left), chairman of the Janet Richards Foundation, and
December 24, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Janet Richards Foundation targeting Bolt for more help

Western Bureau: Chairman of the Janet Richards Foundation, Janet Richards, says she will be reaching out to the Usain Bolt Foundation to help transform the play area at the St James-based Mustard Seed…