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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…
Tishauna Mullings, founder of NexxStepp Lifelong Educational Services, is all smiles.
December 20, 2025

Something Extra | Saturday

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Hall of Fame came alive for its 31st staging at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, with specially invited guests and attendees arriving in elegant black-tie…
Letters
December 20, 2025

Meaningful dialogues on fertility are important

THE EDITOR, Madam: I recently watched a video in which the minister of health engaged members of the public, particularly men, in discussion about declining sperm counts and reduced rates of…
Letters
December 20, 2025

Reject JFJ’s recommendations

THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent call by Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) for decriminalisation of consensual sex between minors requires urgent scrutiny. While framed as a human rights issue, the proposal…