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Becca Mendoza and Tammi Hines look at products as shoppers browse through Kohl’s department store for Black Friday deals, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Woodstock, Ga. (AP Photo/Megan Varner)
December 24, 2025

Stores try to attract beauty lovers from online markets

It’s shoppers like Quinn Kelsey who keep department store executives up at night. The 38-year-old Denver resident gets makeup ideas from TikTok videos and other social media content, not salespeople…
A worker does checks on battery storage pods at Orsted’s Eleven Mile Solar Center lithium-ion battery storage energy facility Feb. 29, 2024, in Coolidge, Ariz. AP
December 24, 2025

Clean energy experts call 2025 turbulent as Trump stymies wind and solar

Dozens of energy developers, experts, and politicians say there were some highs amid a lot of lows in a roller coaster year for clean energy as President Donald Trump worked to boost polluting fuels…
From left: Suwanee Farquharson, e-Commerce administrator, Fontana Pharmacy; Melissa Shaw, digital marketing coordinator, Fontana Pharmacy; Nadia Williams, administrator, Mary’s Child; Morgan Binger, PR and outreach coordinator, Fontana; Shaundae Demns, d
December 24, 2025

Mary’s Child hails support from Fontana’s Wishing Tree

Nadia Williams, administrator of Mary’s Child, says community partnerships are vital in helping teenage mothers rebuild their lives. Her comments came as Fontana completed one of its Christmas Wishing…
Kelly Griffith, training coordinator at Project STAR, leads an interactive training session as participants engage in discussion during the Project STAR, UNDP Cash for Care & Work Initiative in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.
December 24, 2025

Project STAR, UNDP launch ‘Cash for Care & Work’ initiative in Sav-la-Mar, Salt Spring

Project STAR has strengthened its post–Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts with the launch of a Cash for Care & Work Initiative, implemented in partnership with the United Nations Development…
Enjoying a night out are Veronie Sramata (left) and Sabrina Moulton.
December 24, 2025

Something Extra | Wednesday

The energy was high at Kingston Polo Club at Caymanas Estates last Saturday as MainStage, powered by title sponsor Legend Jamaican Lager, brought house, Afro house, EDM and progressive beats to life.…
From left; Roshane Reid-Koomson, executive director of the Jamaica Cancer Society, with CHASE Fund’s Project Manager, Latoya Foster; Hilary Coulton, public relations and administrative manager, CHASE Fund; and Richard Perkins, public relations officer,
December 24, 2025

Jamaica Cancer Society hosts inaugural radio telethon

The Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) marked a significant milestone in its public health advocacy efforts with the successful staging of its inaugural ‘Early Detection Saves Lives’ radio telethon, a…
Centre: Designed by Shawn Dhanraj and inspired by the elements and the celestial phenomenon of the Northern Lights, Aurora is defined by radiant colour, expansive feather work and fluid movement.
December 24, 2025 by Nyoka Manning

Gen XS promises endless energy with ‘Infiniti’

As soca anthems begin to pulse across the island ahead of the 2026 Carnival in Jamaica season, Gen XS Carnival Jamaica has released Infiniti as its season theme. “Infiniti stands for endless energy…
Motorists travelling to Kingston via Annotto Bay are being urged to use an alternative route through Richmond, into Rock River, then Scott’s Hall, exiting at Grandy Hole.
December 23, 2025

Broken-down truck blocks Junction main road in St Mary

The St Mary police are advising that the Junction main road is blocked between Friendship Gap and Devon Pen due to a truck that has broken down. As a result, motorists travelling to Kingston via…
December 23, 2025

Canada court remands Jamaican pastor accused of killing his wife

Jamaican pastor Alton Farquharson, who is charged with murder in the death of his wife, was remanded when he appeared in a court in Canada on Tuesday. The 56-year-old, who is reportedly from Mile…