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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…
Organiser of Winternational international embassy showcase, Jan Du Plain (second from left), shares a photo opportunity at Jamaica’s booth with (from left) Counsellor Brittany McCera, Community Relations Officer Emile Wallace Waddell, and Minister Counse
December 20, 2025

Jamaica wows guests at embassy showcase in Washington, DC

Jamaica emerged as a standout presence at Winternational, Washington, DC’s largest international embassy showcase, captivating thousands of attendees with an immersive presentation of Jamaican…
In this February photo provided by the US Coast Guard shows overloaded boat with scores of Haitian migrants being intercepted.
December 20, 2025

Editorial | Addressing migration

Hurricane Melissa’s cruel displacement of tens of thousands of people in Jamaica’s western parishes will probably give Jamaicans a sense of the plight of people in other countries who are forced to…
Kadijah Robinson and Everton Angus pack the car with food and essential supplies ahead of a delivery trip to Newmarket, St Elizabeth, as part of ongoing relief efforts supporting families rebuilding after the hurricane.
December 20, 2025

GoodHeart | Driving hope home

Going home should be easy, a familiar drive along a road you know by memory, leading back to the place that shaped you. But for Dr Kadijah Robinson, whose trips to and from Newmarket, St Elizabeth…
Wiz Khalifa
December 20, 2025

US rapper Wiz Khalifa sentenced in Romania for drug possession

Bucharest, Romania (AP): American rapper Wiz Khalifa was sentenced by a court in Romania on Thursday to nine months in jail for drug possession, more than a year after he took part in a music festival…