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Published:Wednesday | November 19, 2025 | 12:40 PM

Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 Dr Gabrielle Henry experienced a fall from the main stage during the evening gown round of the preliminary competition, ahead of the Miss Universe Finals on Friday in Thailand. A statement from the Miss Universe Jamaica...

Published:Wednesday | November 19, 2025 | 12:37 PM

Miss Universe Jamaica, Dr Gabrielle Henry has been hospitalised after falling from the stage during the evening gown round of the preliminary competition ahead of this weekend's Miss Universe Finals in Thailand. A release from the Miss Universe...

Published:Wednesday | November 19, 2025 | 12:06 AMAdrian Frater/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Dancehall star Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Price, through his Bounty Killer Foundation and International DJ and record producer DJ Khaled’s We the Best Foundation, on Monday donated $8 million to four hospitals in western Jamaica to...

Published:Tuesday | November 18, 2025 | 11:59 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said it's investigating a new sexual battery allegation against hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is serving a four-year prison sentence on prostitution-related convictions. A...

Published:Wednesday | November 19, 2025 | 12:11 PMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

With the global Miss Universe finals taking place in three days time, Miss Universe Jamaica 2025, Dr Gabrielle Henry remains confident and upbeat while enjoying the host country and “soaking up all the opportunities that come with being a part of...

Published:Tuesday | November 18, 2025 | 12:08 AMAnthony Turner/Gleaner Writer

QUEENS, NY: Organisers of the Jamaica Strong benefit concert scheduled for Friday, December 12, at the UBS Arena in New York have announced an ambitious target to raise US$1 million for the Jamaica hurricane relief effort. “My goal is to make at...

Published:Tuesday | November 18, 2025 | 12:08 AM

The annual Peter Tosh Symposium, which was postponed owing to the passing of Hurricane Melissa, will now take place on November 26. Staged by the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work and the Institute of Caribbean Studies at UWI,...

Published:Monday | November 17, 2025 | 12:08 AM

Internationally acclaimed gospel artiste Chevelle Franklyn is set to join a stellar line-up of global worship leaders at the world’s largest gospel concert, House On The Rock’s The Experience @20 on December 5, at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos,...

Published:Monday | November 17, 2025 | 12:08 AM

The year 2025 has been another milestone one for diamond-selling reggae artiste, Shaggy. In recent months, the entertainer, who is managed by Martin Kierszenbaum/Cherrytree Music Company, fronted Peugeot’s 3008 global campaign, co-curated and...

Published:Monday | November 17, 2025 | 12:08 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP): Pope Leo XIV welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience Saturday, celebrating cinema and its ability to inspire and unite. He encouraged the filmmakers...

Published:Monday | November 17, 2025 | 12:08 AM

After more than a week of national heartbreak following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, Jamaican entertainment promoters are stepping up to bring hope and healing. Livewire returns for its sixth staging on November 20 at Usain Bolt’s...

Published:Monday | November 17, 2025 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

When it comes to colourful, larger-than-life characters, the reggae-dancehall space has produced its fair share. And none was more colourful that the man named Harold Jackson, but known to all as Joe Lickshot, “the original pioneer from ancient day...

Published:Sunday | November 16, 2025 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Bishop of The Faith Center Ministries in Sunrise, Florida, Henry B. Fernandez, pastors what is described in his official bio as “a thriving, multiracial congregation of over 10,000 members”. Considering that a mega-church is defined as any...

Published:Sunday | November 16, 2025 | 12:07 AMToussaint Davy - Contributor

Camden’s award-winning music venue, KOKO, played host to the first I Love Jamaica concert in London on Thursday, including a number of the United Kingdom’s biggest names in pop and British reggae. All had gathered to support relief efforts in...

Published:Saturday | November 15, 2025 | 12:19 AM

NEW YORK (AP): For many, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has taken on a mythical status. The Queen of Tejano broke barriers for women in Latin music, and her influence is evident in today’s regional Mexicana boom. Thirty years after she was killed at 23...

Published:Saturday | November 15, 2025 | 12:19 AM

Internationally acclaimed Jamaican gospel artiste Chevelle Franklyn will perform at House On The Rock’s The Experience @20, one of the world’s largest gospel concerts, themed ‘Jesus United’. The event is set for Friday, December 5 at Tafawa Balewa...

Published:Saturday | November 15, 2025 | 12:05 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Singing sensation Alaine is one of the artistes who will be performing on the I Love Jamaica telethon on Sunday, November 23, to raise funds to assist those who have been affected by Hurricane Melissa. Full of compassion for the plight of those who...

Published:Friday | November 14, 2025 | 12:06 AM

This week, 5 Questions With ... had a quick conversation with not one, but two celebrities who have responded to the plight of Jamaicans after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa on October 28. American DJ and music producer Thomas Wesley...

Published:Thursday | November 13, 2025 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Fashion designer Tom Ford has called up Adele to co-star in his adaptation of Anne Rice’s Cry to Heaven, his production company said Wednesday. The film, which Ford is writing, directing and producing, will mark the acting debut of...

Published:Thursday | November 13, 2025 | 12:10 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

Fresh off the heels of the successful Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, another anime hits Jamaican cinemas. This time, a film continuing the story of the viral sensation Chainsaw Man. The Reze Arc features the same cast as the series, following the...

Published:Thursday | November 13, 2025 | 12:06 AMNatasha Williams/Gleaner Writer

Dancehall artiste Marlon ‘KipRich’ Plunkett is a very happy man after prosecutors dropped their case accusing him of allegedly promoting gang activity and praising a purported gang leader in a song. The move came after prosecutors revealed they had...

Published:Wednesday | November 12, 2025 | 3:20 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California court on Wednesday denied rapper Tory Lanez's appeal of his guilty verdict on charges he fired a gun at Megan Thee Stallion. A three-judge panel from the California 2nd District Court of Appeal issued a ruling...

Published:Wednesday | November 12, 2025 | 12:19 AM

LONDON (AP): Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for Flesh, the story of one man’s life from working-class origins in Hungary to mega-wealth in Britain, in which what isn’t on the page is just...

Published:Wednesday | November 12, 2025 | 12:10 AM

“You’ll never leave us or forsake us, so lead us into brighter days.” Those words, simple yet profound, became the heartbeat of recording artiste Christopher Morris, better known as Chris Malachi, and his latest release, Brighter Days. Penned...

Published:Tuesday | November 11, 2025 | 12:47 AM

Iconic old-school party series Good Times is set to return with a special central and intimate edition on Saturday, November 29, at Jangas Soundbar...

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