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Jamaica Gleaner

  • ‘J-House Vol. 1’ poised to tap into billion-dollar industry

    A line-up that includes dancehall icon Patra, dancehall heavyweight Beenie Man, hitmaker Busy Signal, high-energy entertainer Ding Dong, internationally acclaimed singer and The Voice winner Tessanne Chin, legendary Jamaican group T.O.K., reggae veteran Richie Stephens, dancehall lyricist Agent Sasco, J’Calm, and AcYn has been packaged into a set titled J-House Volume 1.

  • Denise Brown’s inspiring pageant story

    What started as a simple enough error when she did not stop to read, ended with a poised and confident 56-year-old strutting across the stage as a Miss Universe Jamaica St Ann and St Mary contestant in June 2026. Educator and environmentalist Denise Brown wowed the huge crowd gathered at Lavender Moon Villas and showed them that age is indeed just a number. The Gleaner recently spoke with the educator, who lectures in natural and applied sciences at the Moneague College, about her experience standing beside other women young enough to consider her as a mother figure.

  • Rapper Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour

    NEW YORK (AP): Macklemore said Monday that he has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour over pro-Palestinian comments made by the Grammy-winning rapper earlier this month onstage at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. Macklemore said on Instagram that several US venues told the promoter that they would prohibit him from performing as Sheeran’s opening act for the Loop Tour.

  • Portland celebrates Miss Universe Jamaica Celene Hall

    It was a day of celebrating the achievements of one of their own, so Portlanders went at it with full gusto as they revelled in the fact that it was the first time in Miss Universe Jamaica pageant history that their parish copped the national title with the crowning of Celene Hall. This meant that a full homecoming parade was in order. The parade made its way from Buff Bay all the way to Port Antonio with a few stops in between.

  • 'The Pitt' looks to repeat and 'Widow's Bay' could bring an epic wave as Emmy Awards arrive

    LOS ANGELES (AP) – The 78th Emmy Awards are here. ‘The Pitt’ will look to find its place in the television pantheon and ‘Widow's Bay’ will ride a storm of buzz into the ceremony on Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Mariska Hargitay, the longtime ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ star and a three-time Emmy winner, will host the show on NBC, which has rolled out a peacock blue carpet for the occasion, a nod to the network's 100th anniversary.