Jamaica Gleaner

1. Fundraising jam session for Della Manley Thursday

   Friends and fellow musicians of singer-songwriter Della Manley are banding together in support of her ongoing recovery, following her hospitalisation in March. The singer was critically injured in a car crash in Montego Bay, St James, shortly...

2. Educator Ashley-Nicole Lawrence is Miss Hanover Festival Queen

   Western Bureau: Educator, 26-year-old Ashley-Nicole Lawrence walked away with the coveted 2025 Miss Hanover Festival Queen title on Saturday night when she upstaged the other six contenders in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s...

3. Officers gave R Kelly near-fatal dose of medicine, says lawyer

   R. Kelly was rushed to hospital after he suffered a near-fatal overdose in prison. According to a new filing by his attorney, Beau Brindley, the 58-year-old singer – who is serving 30 years in a North Carolina prison for sex trafficking and...

4. Tyler Perry sued by actor on 'The Oval' for sexual assault and harassment

   An actor who worked on the Tyler Perry-created TV drama 'The Oval' has filed a lawsuit alleging Perry leveraged his industry power to repeatedly sexually assault and harass him while keeping him quiet. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles...

5. 'Magic Moment' singer Leroy Gibbons has died

   Veteran lover's rock singer, Leroy Gibbons (real name Leroy Gibbon) reportedly died earlier today in Lucea, Hanover. Legendary producer, Lloyd Woodrowe James, better known as King Jammy, told The Gleaner that he received a call at about 7 a.m. to...