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Beyoncé accepts the award for Album of the Year for ‘Cowboy Carter’ during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 2, in Los Angeles.
December 23, 2025

The Grammys Country Album category split might be great

NEW YORK (AP): Flashback to February. It’s the 2025 Grammys, and Beyoncé has made history. Not only was she finally awarded the top prize of album of the year, but she also became the first Black…
Janet Silvera (right), the chairman of the Sarah’s Children charity, presents a donation of 1,440 medical scrubs to Dr Dwayne Hall (centre), head of surgery at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James, and Cassandra Laing, CRH’s operations mana
December 23, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

CRH doctors get 1,440 scrubs as early Christmas gift

WESTERN BUREAU: Doctors and nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, can now conduct operations in greater comfort and safety, after receiving an early Christmas gift…
Raehann Bryce-Davis in one of her dramatic performances.
December 23, 2025

Raehann Bryce-Davis to headline Music Unites concert

Lovers of classical music are in for a treat as world-renowned Jamaican-American mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis takes the stage in Kingston for a special fundraising concert on Sunday, February 1,…
Sprint icon Asafa Powell (right) and his wife Alyshia (second right) share lens with Red Stripe Head of Commerce Sean Wallace (left) and Johnnie Walker Brand Manager Nadine Hylton.
December 23, 2025

Something Extra | Tuesday

It was the Sunday before Christmas as sunrise met style at the Daybreak Breakfast Party at Sabina Park in Kingston. The highly anticipated event brought colour to the grounds, transforming the space…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
December 23, 2025

Gordon Robinson | International Domino Awards 2025

For the 14th time I celebrate my days around Gene Autry’s domino table by handing out awards named for the regulars. International Dunce Award: How does Donald Trump not win this award hands down?…
December 23, 2025

Michael Abrahams | Sex after the hurricane: a realistic perspective

A few weeks ago, I came across a tweet from Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz that piqued my interest. It concerned two women in western Jamaica who were…
A proud moment for the members of the First Dance Studios Gymnastics team from Montego Bay.
December 23, 2025

MoBay dance studio triumphs despite hurricane setbacks

Weeks after Hurricane Melissa damaged its western Jamaica facility in Montego Bay, St James, and wiped out nearly a month of training, First Dance Studios has successfully defended its national…
Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI (AP Photo)
December 23, 2025

These are the key AI players on the cover of Time’s ‘Architects of AI’ magazine

Accompanying Time’s annual Person of the Year selection Thursday is a magazine cover that resembles the “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” photograph from the 1930s, showing eight of the “Architects of AI”…
December 23, 2025

More on desalination

THE EDITOR, Madam: