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Sherona Forrester-Thomas (centre), founding member, along with tenors Anthony Morgan (left) and Kyle Harvey, engage the audience during the performance of 'A Dexter Christmas' at last year's concert.
December 25, 2025 by Bradley Ramhing

Christmas Joy 2025 shines with choral performances

The Jamaica Youth Chorale and the Kingston Seventeen, under the direction of Gregory Simms, brought Christmas cheer in the form of musical excellence at their annual concert, Christmas Joy, at the…
December 24, 2025

Clarendon pedal cyclist dies after collision with motorcycle

The Clarendon police are investigating the death of a 62-year-old pedal cyclist who was struck by a motorbike on Tuesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Francisco Thomas, otherwise…
December 24, 2025

Taxi driver charged with murder after Westmoreland woman beaten and burned

Collin James, a taxi driver, has been charged with the murder of Natalie Gooden, the Westmoreland woman who died following an attack at a house in Cornwall Mountain in the parish recently. Gooden…
Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 24, 2025.
December 24, 2025

Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo celebrates his first Christmas Eve mass

(AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after…
December 24, 2025

Funeral homes lose bid to challenge police orders dealing with sudden deaths

The Court of Appeal has set aside permission granted to five funeral homes to challenge police force orders on sudden deaths, ruling that procedural defects meant the judicial review case should never…
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December 24, 2025

Trinidad gov’t warns against using drones illegally to acquire photos of US military installations and equipment

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government on Wednesday criticised the use of drones to acquire photos of “military installations and equipment,” noting “with great concern”…
Freed students of St Mary's Catholic School in the Papiri community, upon their arrival at the government house, in Minna, Nigeria, Monday, December 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
December 24, 2025

Tears of joy as Nigerian families reunite with kidnapped schoolchildren

PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) — In a Christmas reunion, families and villagers in north-central Nigeria cried and hugged schoolchildren who were held for a month after being seized in one of the largest mass…
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Hugh Grant, speaking at the official launch of the JPS Emergency Mobile Power Generation Unit in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, on December 24, 2025.
December 24, 2025

Christmas joy…JPS mobile power unit to bring electricity to Black River on Thursday

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Hugh Grant, has announced that electricity will be restored to key facilities and major sections of Black River, St…
Divisional Commander for St Andrew South Police Division, Senior Superintendent Damion Manderson, along with members of his community safety and security team, at a street meeting at the corner of Water Street and Fitzgerald Avenue in St Andrew on December
December 24, 2025

St Andrew South police aiming to make Maxfield Avenue communities ‘no-shooting, no-murder zone’ in 2026

Residents of Fitzgerald Avenue in the Maxfield area of St Andrew have been urged by lawmen to partner with the police in the coming year to help reduce violent crime. Divisional Commander for St…