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Jamaica Gleaner

  • Sevana’s ‘Jeans an Marina’ celebrates community and culture

    A pair of jeans, a merino, a game of dominoes, and some music represent much more than a casual night out for Jamaican singer-songwriter Sevana. They are symbols of community, resilience and the simple ways Jamaicans have traditionally found joy and comfort in each other and form the heart of her latest single, Jeans an Marina. The song, which officially dropped on September 9, is about making the most of what you have. “You come together to sort of heal, to move forward to the next week,” Sevana said.

  • I carried Portland with me - Hall

    “When this journey began, I carried Portland with me. Every time I stepped onto that national stage with Portland big and bold across my chest, I understood that I was not standing there alone,” Miss Universe Jamaica Celene Hall stated during a civic function held as part of her homecoming celebration in Portland.

  • ‘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.