One of cinema’s most iconic monsters is the Predator, or as the new film Predator: Badlands calls them, the Yautja. They are an alien race of brutal hunters who travel to distant worlds, determined to assert their dominance. The creature is...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo celebrated Friday the victory of Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico as Miss Universe 2025, applauding her as an example for women. Bosch’s win the previous night in Thailand was a...
Treasure Beach Food, Rum and Reggae Festival has announced a reimagined format for this year’s event. It will now take place as a one-day benefit concert on Sunday, December 7, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, 36 Hope Road, St Andrew....
The Stella Maris Dance Ensemble will stage its 32nd Season of dance at The Little Theatre this weekend, with two shows: tonight at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m. The production features a diverse repertoire celebrating Jamaica’s cultural heritage...
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025, Dr Gabrielle Henry, remains hospitalised in Thailand following a fall from the main stage during the evening gown segment of the Miss Universe preliminary competition earlier this week. On account of medical advice, she...
Miss Universe Mexico Fátima Bosch has been named Miss Universe 2025. The announcement was made a short while ago at the Impact Challenger Hall in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 Dr Gabrielle Henry, who fell from the stage...
Singer, songwriter, ordained evangelist, author and motivational speaker are just some of the titles that adorn Kevin Downswell, and he wears them well. But he really is not about titles. The internationally acclaimed gospel artiste and CEO of...
With two judges confirmed resigning from the Miss Universe 2025 competition in the space of 24 hours, mere days before the finals, and an incident two weeks ago which saw some of the queens walking out of a meeting in support of Miss Mexico, this...
During the recent graduation ceremony at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, two of Jamaica’s most distinguished orators and thespians, Owen ‘Blakka’ Ellis and Dr Amina Blackwood-Meeks, were honoured with lifetime achievement...
UNITED NATIONS (AP): Rapper Nicki Minaj took up President Donald Trump’s allegations that Christians are persecuted in Nigeria, saying Tuesday at a United Nations event organised by the US, that she wants to shine a spotlight on “the deadly threat...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
