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Nations Choice Ham, freshly prepared and sliced for patrons to savour at the recently staged Christmas Connection: Sip, Taste and Shop experience, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel.
December 18, 2025

Chef Akai Lindsay’s Christmas ham

’Twas the week before Christmas, and across the island, shoppers were busy making last-minute preparations — especially securing the perfect ham for the holiday table. Food caught up with Mark…
Moses Chybar, president of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
December 18, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Westmoreland Chamber says Melissa exposed gaps in preparedness, not storage capacity

WESTERN BUREAU: Hurricane Melissa has reignited debate over disaster readiness in Westmoreland, but the parish’s business community says the solution does not lie in constructing a new, purpose-built…
The Kingston College Chapel Choir in action at the St Augustine Chapel on the school’s North Street campus on Sunday.
December 18, 2025 by Nicola Cunningham

KC Choir delights in Christmas performance

One did not need to be a music aficionado to appreciate the voices raised in celebration of the Yuletide season, as the Kingston College Chapel Choir presented ‘Tidings of Comfort and Joy’ at the St…
Mixologist Shaniqua Reece presents her unique yuletide creation: Mrs Claus.
December 18, 2025 by Krysta Anderson

Festive cocktails for the season

Two restaurants. One jolly good time! Christmas Day is fast approaching, and bars across the Corporate Area are already shaking and stirring things up, bringing one festive ‘cheers’ after the other.…
From left: Rueanna Haynes, director of Climate Analytics Caribbean; Abigail Ellis, Grenada’s national coordinator, Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN); and Dr Spencer Thomas, Grenada’s ambassador and Special Envoy for Multilateral Environmental
December 18, 2025

German-Caribbean climate talks spotlight urgent need for ambition, adaptation

REGIONAL AND international climate leaders convened in Grenada for the third edition of the German-Caribbean Climate Talks earlier this month, focusing on increasing ambition and accelerating…
President Donald Trump speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in Washington USA (AP Photo)
December 18, 2025

Editorial | Asserting the Monroe Doctrine

When Donald Trump won the US presidential election more than a year ago, this newspaper stressed the good sense of the small nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) coordinating their policies…
Lora Rochester, vice-president of business development and risk management at Canopy Insurance Limited, shares a prize with a child at the SOS Children’s Village after he solved a tricky riddle during the Christmas visit.
December 18, 2025

Corporate Hands | Canopy Insurance Limited brings Christmas cheer to children

Residents gather amid debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa on a street in Black River, Jamaica, on October 30.
December 18, 2025

Natasha Greaves | Reimagining resilience and solidarity: Jamaica at a crossroads

Every December 18, International Migrants Day invites us to reflect on the journeys of millions who leave home in search of safety, dignity, and opportunity. For Jamaica and the Caribbean, migration…
The William Knibb Memorial High School in Falmouth, Trelawny, suffered significant damage during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28.
December 18, 2025

Melissa opens engineering gap

RESPECTED PHYSICIST, Professor Michael Taylor, has flagged for attention what he says is Jamaica’s now exposed engineering gap, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. As Jamaicans come to terms…