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Delano Seiveright, minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce.
December 20, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Seiveright: Melissa offers Jamaicans in diaspora opportunity to invest in Jamaica

Delano Seiveright, minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, has indicated that the impact of Hurricane Melissa offers Jamaicans in the diaspora a unique opportunity to…
The grounds of the St Theresa Preparatory School in Kingston were transformed into a scene of  merriment Thursday evening as students, staff and parents gathered to celebrate their annual Christmas Jubilee. 
December 20, 2025 by Sashana Small

St Theresa Prep gets festive at Christmas Jubilee

The grounds of St Theresa Preparatory School in Kingston were transformed into a scene of merriment Thursday evening as students, staff and parents gathered to celebrate their annual Christmas…
Latoya Burrows-Johns (second right), owner of LD Promise Farms, shares a photo with employees (from left) Kenroy Ricketts, Vivine Haslam and Glen Shirley.
December 23, 2025 by Ruddy Mathison

Unbroken will

The resilience so often used to describe the Jamaican farmer is clearly exemplified in 35-year-old Latoya Barrows-Johns, who, along with her partner, operates a 15-acre crop and livestock farm at Salt…
Children play amid the rubble on High Street, Black River, St Elizabeth, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa in October.
December 20, 2025

UNICEF urges play for children during the holidays

UNICEF Jamaica is urging families to make play a central part of recovery during the holiday season, noting that games and creative activities are vital for children’s emotional healing in the…
Jason Russell.
December 20, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Russell calls for multi-use indoor arena after Hurricane Melissa ravages MoBay Sports Complex

WESTERN BUREAU: Reacting to the devastation caused to the Montego Bay Sports Complex by Hurricane Melissa, Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), is…
From left: Donmayne Gyles, president and CEO of Andrews Memorial Hospital, makes a point as Zuleika Jess, member of parliament for St Elizabeth North Eastern, and Leroy Dallas, CEO of Allkare Wellness Foundation, listen at an outreach clinic on December 7,
December 20, 2025

Adventists partner to deliver psychosocial, health services in St Bess

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, Andrews Memorial Hospital Limited (AMH), the Allkare Wellness Foundation and the Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church staged a Hurricane…
People walk around the Christmas tree in front of St. Sophia Monastery in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
December 20, 2025

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Oscar statuettes appear backstage at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on February 28, 2016.
December 20, 2025

The Oscars to leave ABC for YouTube in 2029

AP: The Academy Awards will move from ABC to YouTube beginning in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday. ABC will continue to broadcast the annual ceremony…
Award winners Thea Melton (left), Harry Mould (centre) and Amahra Spence hold their individual awards presented at the 29th Alfred Fagan Awards ceremony at the Dorfman Theatre, London.
December 20, 2025 by George Ruddock

UK play lands award named for J’can boxing champ, poet

LONDON: Harry Mould’s play ‘ The Brenda Line’ has been announced as the winner of the 29th Alfred Fagon Award which was handed out at the Dorfman Theatre inside the National Theatre in London’s South…