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Published:Monday | November 10, 2025 | 12:05 AMKrysta Anderson/Staff Reporter

Assistance has been pouring into the island from all corners of the world post-Hurricane Melissa, and Ghana is no exception. Citizens of the west African country have been gathering relief supplies to send to the land of wood and water, and this...

Published:Sunday | November 9, 2025 | 12:11 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Philanthropy, passion and purpose linked arms on the Rooftop Terrace of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, last Thursday, as media gathered to hear the details of the I Love Jamaica telethon and global concerts, which form...

Published:Sunday | November 9, 2025 | 12:09 AMAndre Williams - Staff Reporter

Vybz Kartel was moved to tears as he stood among a group of children with disabilities at the Westhaven Children’s Home in Copse, Hanover, on Thursday. Many of the children at the privately operated institution danced and screamed his name, “Kartel...

Published:Sunday | November 9, 2025 | 12:07 AM

As Hurricane Melissa intensified to a Category 5 storm pointing right at Jamaica, Shaggy knew he had to help. He just wasn’t sure how. So he asked ChatGPT. “I don’t know anything about relief and how to prepare for a storm,” the Grammy-winning...

Published:Saturday | November 8, 2025 | 12:09 AM

LONDON (AP): The scene: Outside a stately English home, a man and a woman attempt to solve a mystery. What’s unusual about this picture? They’re using the Internet. In a departure from what could be the logline for many a cosy English mystery...

Published:Saturday | November 8, 2025 | 12:09 AM

Soulful reggae singer-songwriter Mortimer said he is feeling an overwhelming sense of gratitude after receiving news that he has been nominated for a Grammy Award, the music industry’s most coveted recognition. Mortimer is nominated for a Best...

Published:Saturday | November 8, 2025 | 12:08 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Not like us? More like him: Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammy Award nominations, announced Friday. The rapper is up for nine trophies at February’s ceremony: Record, Song and Album of the Year – marking the third time he’s had...

Published:Friday | November 7, 2025 | 7:32 PM

The nominees for Best Reggae Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced, and they are all homegrown acts, including three first-time nominees. They are Treasure Self Love, the debut album by Lila Iké; Heart and Soul by Vybz Kartel...

Published:Friday | November 7, 2025 | 12:06 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

“With God, all things are possible”; “Never give up. Keep going”; “You can do it”. These guiding themes have shaped the journey of gospel-reggae singer Lady Da Flame. In fact, the latter is the title of one of her spiritually uplifting songs. The...

Published:Thursday | November 6, 2025 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Miss Universe Jamaica 2025, Dr Gabrielle Henry, is currently in Thailand, where she is representing the island on the world stage as she competes at the global pageant. However, with the passage of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa on October 28 and the...

Published:Thursday | November 6, 2025 | 12:06 AM

NEW YORK (AP): The Recording Academy will announce the 2026 Grammy Award nominees on Friday. It’s as good a reason as any to take a beat and examine how the institution makes it decisions. Who selects the nominees? Who votes? Can anyone nominate...

Published:Thursday | November 6, 2025 | 12:06 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): Adam Sandler will be the next recipient of AARP’s Movies for Grownups career achievement award, the group said Tuesday. And maybe this time, the actor will wait for his signal. When Sandler won the group’s best actor prize in 2020...

Published:Thursday | November 6, 2025 | 12:05 AM

Jessie J’s “whole world has changed” since she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The 37-year-old singer revealed in June that she had been diagnosed with the illness at an early stage and reflected on the implications it has had on her life in an...

Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 9:23 AM

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, reggae songbird Sevana is turning compassion into action, working with a team of local and international partners to bring sustained relief to her home parish of Westmoreland. “I have collaborated...

Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 12:22 AM

NEW YORK (AP): New home. Some format changes. Same monsters. Sesame Street launches its 56th season on November 10 with NASCAR champion Bubba Wallace as a guest, a slightly tweaked format and a new way to watch — via Netflix. “There you are, hi,”...

Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 12:21 AM

D’Angelo was laid to rest over the weekend. The R...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:07 AMAndrea Dempster Chung/Contributor

When a Category 5 hurricane hits Jamaica, it doesn’t only topple trees and cause the devastation we are so familiar with seeing on our phones and TV screens. It also silences the street dances, it cancels concerts, it stops the artisan markets, it...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:07 AM

NEW YORK (AP): In the last few years, the Grammy Awards have made a concerted effort to diversify its electorate. In 2024, the Recording Academy revealed significant changes to its evolving voting body, saying 66 per cent of voters joined in the...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

In paying tribute to legendary radio announcer, Barry G the Boogieman, who died last Wednesday, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, commented on the famous clash between him and British broadcaster, David Rodigan. “...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has a job in his prison’s laundry room. The 55-year-old rap mogul was transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Fort Dix, New Jersey, last week, where he is expected to carry out the rest of his 50-month jail...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:07 AM

A$AP Rocky has reignited speculation he and Rihanna have quietly married after referring to himself as her “husband” in a new interview. The 37-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, made the remark while speaking to Perfect Magazine....

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Global dancehall superstar, Sean Paul, told The Gleaner in a recent interview that wherever he goes in the world, Jamaica is always on his mind. The patriotic Jamaican entertainer has been put to the test and has come up roses, with his actions...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:07 AM

‘I Love Jamaica’, a five-concert fundraising series, which will be staged in cities across the world, gets under way on November 14, at the National Stadium Car Park in Kingston, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Curated by the Ministry of Culture, Gender...

Published:Sunday | November 2, 2025 | 12:08 AMLester Hinds - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon, the legendary broadcaster affectionately known as ‘The Boogie Man’, has been remembered as the consummate professional who transformed Jamaican radio and left an indelible mark on the nation’s entertainment landscape....

Published:Sunday | November 2, 2025 | 12:08 AMJ.T. Davy - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Last week, Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful cyclonic phenomena to enter the Caribbean region, wreaked havoc across the Greater Antilles. Jamaica was not spared her wrath, with many lives, especially those of people residing in western...

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